Electric Music For The Mind And Body
by Country Joe And The Fish

A solid opening track and one of the better Tracks on the album. Standard blues fair but done well. Reminiscent of early Beefheart

This is such a good psychedelic album. It has an eerie feel to it in places, created using the organ textures and lead guitar accents. The first two tracks on side two (vinyl) bring in a more upbeat song structure. ‘Flying High’ and ‘Section 43’ are personal favourites.

From jwammo12 07/07/2021 12:39 | #271413

There is a higher end frequency that they seem to overdo in their sound, but man is this great 60s blues/psychedelia

From seb7 02/19/2021 03:41 | #266496

A favorite of mine

severely dated

From teague 09/07/2020 00:02 | #257837 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Much like Days of Future Passed, Electric Music for the Mind and Body plays with the building blocks for a genre that is yet to be, in this case heavy metal. Each of the components are there, (psychedelic rock, acid rock, blues rock) but they're never fully combined. Unfortunately, Country Joe and the Fish's debut LP is not similarly as good as the aforementioned Moody Blues effort. The songs, as short as they may seem, ramble and wander and the guitar and organ become grating very quickly. Flying High is great though, a psychedelic 60s classic.

From mdbaxter 08/18/2020 16:48 | #257161 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

On the whole, an impressive record but it unfortunately suffers from the recording technology of the time. The overly sparse sound features some of the best electric guitar that you can find.

From Sandrof1969 02/13/2018 19:33 | #207969

Bello, per quanto datato, questo esordio dei Country Joe & The Fish: un rock psichedelico legato alle radici soprattutto blues, abbastanza visionario e con qualche punto di contatto con l'allora ultimo Dylan.

From planetneutral 01/15/2018 17:34 | #205753

Far more drenched in psychedelia than I was anticipating. Some good, some testing my patience.

Criminally overlooked! Easily one of the best, if not the best, psychedelic albums of the late 60s Haight-Ashbury scene. I would heartily recommend this album to Deadheads but I already know that they are blissfully cocooned (or is it entrenched?) in their own solipsistic bootleg heaven. However, fans of Love, Jefferson Airplane & Moby Grape will rejoice at having another album to enjoy at 4:20.