Electric Music for the Mind and Body

50 Essential Albums of 1967 (50 music items)

"At first, Country Joe and the Fish were indie rockers. Three tracks on this trip-music classic, including the stoner's hymn "Bass Strings" and the drifting instrumental "Section 43," were initially cut by the Berkeley band for a 1966 EP on singer-songwriter Joe McDonald's agitprop label, Rag Baby. He started the Fish as a protest jug band (the name combines nods to Joseph Stalin and Mao Tsetung) but here temporarily kept his left-wing zest in check. Flanked by the electric organ of David Cohen a"

2,020 Albums You Must Hear Before the World Ends (1728 music items)

"ELECTRIC MUSIC FOR THE MIND and BODY (1967) COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH Review coming soon... FAV TRACKS: "Section 43"; "Bass Strings"; "Death Sound Blues"; "Happiness is a Porpoise Mouth"; "Superbird"; "Flying High"; "Love"; "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine"; "Grace"; "The Masked Marauder"; "Sad and Lonely Times" "