I can't believe that you just wrote about Bubble Puppy and their 1969 hit "Hot Smoke & Sassafras"! When I was a 13 year old kid, this was THE song to end all songs.

It was my first ever 45 RPM record purchase and I played the shit out of that song, over and over and over. I couldn't get enough of it. And then then I never heard from Bubble Puppy again.

About a year ago, for some unknown and bizarre reason, I thought about this song again and found it on iTunes and YouTube. It just didn't sound the same to me as it did when I was a kid. Anyway, thanks for bringing back the memories. ;)

Now I'm gonna find me some Inna Gadda Da Vida to fill out the rest of my day.

Love the guitar sound on the song. There's something uniquely American—or Texan, more specifically, to the sound of this record.

Nipper:
Have you heard the Demian album? It's a less flowery version of the same band.

I can't believe Dave hadn't heard this record before. An underappreciated Texas paisley-psych record, overshadowed by labelmates 13th Floor Elevators and The Golden Dawn.

Manitoba/Caribou sampled 'Gathering of Promises' on the song "Skunks"

Travis: I'd heard "Hot Smoke" a ton, but never ventured beyond that. Now that I've heard the LP, I realize I wasn't missing that much. I mean, it's good, but "Hot Smoke" towers above the rest of it.