![]() ![]() ![]() Released in March 1966, just as the Pranksters were splitting for Mexico. Lots of amazing mind games and word play with Kesey and Ken Babbs in good form, ad libbed poetry, fractured harmonica solos, tape loops and the Grateful Dead lurking in the background. Shows the other side of acid culture which is fun, unpredictable and avantgarde as opposed to the Leary camp's solemn religious/ psychological approach. “Legendary documentation of the 1965-66 Bay Area Acid Test scene "from 14 hours of the actual trip" (recorded in a studio). A corner piece and freak ticket item for anyone remotely interested into the doped out West Coast acid and counterculture scene. Tripped out sound effected, stoned and wasted ramblings, disjointed tape loops all happening simultaneously with the Grateful Dead jamming and spacing out in the background. Original 1996 US private pressing of this legendary document of the Bay Area LSD and acid scene. ACID TEST - KEN KESEY AND THE MERRY PRANKSTERS: “ACID TEST” (Sound City Productions) (Record: Near Mint/ Jacket: Near Mint – clean with also a virginally white back sleeve). ![]()
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