What can you tell us about this band, Rich Finegan? Cool song and sounds like the guitarist can play a little but never heard any more from them. I've posted 2 versions of the song. My ears are pretty shot but it sounds like the first is a mono mix, the 2nd in stereo. Is it possible to enjoy psychedelic music in mono???
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Yes, that first clip is mono (probably recorded from the 45) and the second is stereo (probably from the album or a CD reissue of it).
They both sound good to me. I have no problem with psychedelic music in mono. A large part of my collection of this kind of material is original 45's, and most of them are mono.
I don't know much about that group Bubble Puppy. Without doing an elaborate search I can say that as far as I know they had one LP and 4 singles. Their first 45, "Hot Smoke & Sassafrass" was the only one that was a hit in the charts. It made it all the way up to #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, debuting on 2-15-69 and lasting 12 weeks on the charts.
I have that hit 45, but none of their others. As usual, the hit 45 is the more common one. The ones that were not hits are much harder to find (although in this age of eBay one could probably find all or most of them any time!) I haven't tried too hard to find them, but wouldn't mind hearing their others or their album. I do like the B-side of the 45 I do have.
The book that gives the Billboard chart listings gives the following brief info about the group:
"Psychedelic rock band from Austin, Texas. Later recorded as Demien".
Here's a listing of the 45's put out by the group's label International Artists, including the four by Bubble Puppy:
45 Discography for International Artists Records (1967 - 1970)
101 The Coastliners - Alright / Wonderful You
102 Ray Brooks - You Done Me Wrong / Because You're A Man
103 Johnny Williams - Honey Child / Another Love
104 The She's - The Fool / Ah Geel Maurie
105 Kathy Clarke - My Summer Prayer / Little Girl Called Sad
106 Tom Harvey - So Ah In Ah Love / My Love Is There
107 The 13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me / Tried To Hide
108 Sterling Damon - Rejected / My Last Letter
109 The Disciples of Shaftesbury - My Cup Is Full / Times Gone By
110 Thursday's Children - Air Conditioned Man / Dominoes
111 The 13th Floor Elevators - Reverberation (Doubt) / Fire Engine
112 Frankie and Johnny - Sweet Thang / Times Gone By
113 The 13th Floor Elevators - Before You Accuse Me / Levitation
114 The Chayns - Night Time / Live With The Moon
115 Thursday's Children - Help, Murder, Police / You Can't Forget About That
116 Billy Wade Mc Knight - I Need Your Lovin' / Trouble's Comin' On
117 Frankie and Johnny - A Present Of The Past / Right String Baby
118
119 The Chayns - There's Something Wrong / See It Thru
120 Lost and Found - Forever Lasting Plastic Words / Everybody's Here
121 The 13th Floor Elevators - Baby Blue / She Lives
122 The 13th Floor Elevators - Slip Inside This House / Splash 1
123 Beauregard - Mama Never Taught Me How To Jelly Roll / Popcorn Popper
124 Rubayyat - If I Were A Carpenter / Ever Ever Land
125 Lost and Found - When Will You Come Through / Professor Black
126 The 13th Floor Elevators - May The Circle Remain Unbroken / I'm Gonna Love You Too
127 Lightnin' Hopkins - Baby Child / Mr. Charlie
128 The Bubble Puppy - Hot Smoke And Sassafrass / Lonely
129 Endle St. Cloud - Tell Me One More Time / Quest For Beauty
130 The 13th Floor Elevators - Livin' On / Scarlet And Gold
131 Sonny Hall - The Battle Of The Moon / Poor Planet Earth
132 The Shayds - Search The Sun / Bring Your Love
133 The Bubble Puppy - Beginning / If I Had A Reason
134
135
136 The Bubble Puppy - Days Of Our Time / Thinkin' About Thinkin'
137 Shayde - A Profitable Dream / Third Number
138 The Bubble Puppy - What Do You See / Hurry Sundown
139 Endle St. Cloud - She Wears It Like A Badge / Laughter
140
141 Arnim and Hamilton - Pepperman / Walkin' Midnite Coffee Break
142 Ginger Valley - Ginger / Country Life