The KALEIDOSCOPE: Eclectic 60s World Fusion - Part Two |
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- This part two video on the KALEIDSCOPE continues their unique story featuring their blend of rock, bluegrass, middle eastern, country, folk, blues, and psychedelia. This video focuses on the 3rd and 4th album after founding member Chris Darrow left. Live performances are features of Cuckoo and Lie To Me.
The Kaleidoscope (1968-1970) are: Chester Crill, Solomon Feldthouse, David Lindley, Stuart Brotman, and Paul Lagos
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The opening track of Bernice is my favourite K. song ever.
It would be cool if you would do a story on the other two kaleidoscope groups especially the British one which I think was great.
I saw them at the Avalon in the summer of '68. I had the album, Bernice, long since lost. They came across much, much better live than on record. Very unique sound and performance. The belly dancer was there too. Because I never had the opportunity to see them live again, and lost the record, I lost track of them. But I always remember how much I enjoyed the live performance and have wondered what became of them. Thanks.
How fortunate you were to see the belly dancer! They are one band I would have liked to seen if I had been around. Thanks Edie!
You’re a good story teller. I appreciate your time and effort that you devote to what is obviously a labor of love. Stay obsessed.
Thank you, Larry - more to come!
Use to see the Kaleidoscope regularly at the Ash Grove in Los Angeles. I also ran into Solomon Feldthouse once at the Renaissance Faire. I bought some earrings at the booth he was at and he told me all about the Hands of Fatima that they represented. Wonderful band. Lie To Me also a favorite of mine.
How fortunate to have seen them live!
Excellent commentary. Chris Darrow was my neighbor in the 60's and 70's in Claremont, CA. I first met David after he came back from England and had been playing with Terry Reid (he married Chris' sister, Joan). I made a point of asking Lindley about working with Antonioni on Zabriskie Point which may have the best soundtrack of all time.
Very interesting, Terry. I didn't know Chris and David were brothers in law. That soundtrack is excellent!
Excellent, Matt. Aside from going into the musical chronology of the group; you try to emphasize the mission and scope of the band. You also bring those musicians (that would remain in the shadows of time) out to today's limelight. Kudos to you, sir!
Thank you! This was a fun one to do.
Man oh man Matt, but these two pieces were truly appreciated! When I was in college and could get a ride to Cambridge, MA, I would swing by Harvard Coop and see vinyl that I never saw elsewhere. So in '67 when I saw the cover of "Side Trips," I figured that I'd take a side trip of my own. I still adore this record because of, not despite, the varying sounds. I lived in Cambridge in the summer of '68 and saw Kaleidoscope (alas, no Darrow, but a powerful rhythm section) with Nazz opening. Both groups knocked me out, and I still can't out how Feldthouse stood on one leg for most of the show.
Great pictures to open the video, and, once again, fun facts that I was unaware of: Kaleidoscope backing Leonard Cohen! Best of your videos that I have seen so far, but then I do love kaleidoscope.
Hello, Wylie! Thanks for commenting. I had no idea they shared a bill with the Nazz - what a show!
They were (and still are) a favorite band from the 60s. First 3 albums were just great. Above and beyond most any others. Unique! The last album I never could get into.
Just great! thanks for the review! As a youth The local newspaper would have record reviews and reviewed Beacon From Mars with an address to order it! Was I ever surprised when it was delivered to my address! The mini bio on Chester Crill cleared up his alter names. Always some of my favorite harmonica too. Simply great stuff.
Thank you, William! How cool to get an album of theirs in the mail!
Kaleidoscope! I had no idea. I'll check it out.
David Lindley, what can I say. El Rayo X is still a favorite, and without David Lindley, Jackson Browne would not sound like Jackson Browne.
Lindley played on Jackson's 1977 Running on Empty tour. The bass player on that tour was Leland Sklar. If you have seen pictures of that tour, he's the guy with the really long beard.
Sklar started a TH-cam channel about a year ago. Sometimes he plays his basslines along with the original recording. Sometimes he plays a recording and talks about the artist, the other musicians, and what was going down at the time. He has some amazing stories.
Lee's live streams have created a cadre of fans around the world. Some of us will meet in person on May 8th, when Lee will sign his book Everybody Loves Me at LA Vintage Gear in Burbank. It is a book of photos of people Lee has met in his musical travels - flipping him off!!
His website is leesklarsbeard.com for anyone interested.
Back to Kaleidoscope. They played at the Ash Grove in the '60s. I was too young to be around, but later I did the legal work for the Ash Grove as Ed Pearl and friends worked to reopen the club on the Santa Monica Pier. All the plans for that were dashed on October 17th 1987, Black Monday, when the stock market crashed.
No money, no Ash Grove, and there was no way to put the effort back together.
Sometimes I think about the music we would have heard had the Ash Grove reopened.
The Ash Grove was where world music really got its start, so it makes sense that Kaleidoscope would have played there.
Now, if you will excuse me, I have an album I must listen to right now - on the vinyl I bought back in the day. 🎶🎶
Thanks for that background on the Ash Grove! I which I could transport myself to see some shows back then. Enjoy your vinyl!
Matt, your appreciation of this group's eclecticism brings to mind (The) Pentangle, which I consider to be one of the finest bands of the '60s-'70s. Given that you cited the great Bert Jansch as a favourite guitar player, I would think that the extremely diverse Pentangle would be a worthy subject for discussion. ... In the short time I've known of your channel, it's become one that I particularly enjoy.
Thank you so much. I can't wait to do a proper Pentangle history. Not sure how to weave the Bert Jansch - John Renbourn solo stuff in though 🙂
Just wanted to say I really appreciate/enjoy these long form band story videos. Keep it up! Love it.
Thank you, Skip! I try to keep them compact but informative. Thank you for checking them out - more to come!
"Kaleidoscope" was the perfect name for this band....Thanks for sharing!
A good childhood friend willed the yellow 80's issue to me in 2003. It brings back wonderful memories of digging thru those 60's and cutout sections in the back of the record store looking for forgotten sound magic with that friend. Thanks and cheers.
Thank you. I have 53 pages about this, my favourite group and more than 110 different songs. I love them!
Very nice video here about one
fine interesting band from the 60s
David Lindley recently one a guitarprice in Sweden......
An enjoyable profile of a 'lost' but not forgotten musical collective. Many of the samples you played remind me of The Incredible String Band. Both incorporated exotic Eastern European and Middle Eastern sounds, grafted onto folk, blues and rock songs. Thanks for putting this together.
Lindley’s “pre-polyester” phase!
David Lindley put out a solo album in 1981 called El Rayo-X with an excellent version of "Mercury Blues"on it.
Not a solo album. El-Rayo-X was the band.
Bought Incredible Kaleidoscope - their finest - and still play it. Packed with great tracks and the eleven minute Seven-Ate-Sweet. Yup, love Lie To Me, Cuckoo and Killing Floor.
New to me Matt. I really loved the third Lp. Strong playing on all. Unique . I intend to seek them out and explore.. Your channel is a great resource,
Thanks Barry!
Beacon from mars is amazing
Saw them open for Steve Miller band at fillmore. Boz Scags had just quit Steve Miller band. Kaleidoscope so good we had to stay another day. Cuckoo song kills
That is so good to hear. Thank you for sharing that.
I was tickled to see that third album. I used to have it back then and I played it a lot.Actually I thought it was their only album
Years later, I saw "Bernice" but passed on it
Never laid eyes on those 1st two tho
Thanks
Good job, Matt. I have this group in my wish list as another target to increase my collection of the 1960´s music. Now I have a complete view including song samples. I love these commercial quite unsuccesful bands such as Mc Squared from LA or The Fleur de Lys from Soton in UK etc. Really good idea to choose not well known group from this era to present, thumbs up.
Thank you - more to come!
Another interesting 60s band is Procol Harum - not only because of Whiter Shade of Pale and its complicated lawsuit. A Salty Dog was the first PH album I bought-the beginning of the title track made my hair stand on end. A very trippy nautical experience. Gary Brooker is a worthy 60s musical personality.
I agree, Procol Harum is a very good band that is somewhat overlooked except for the big hit. I love a lot of their album tracks and Brooker's voice is truly unique.
These videos were my first introduction to the band, and i gotta say this was NOT where i was expecting it to go. They were a well respected group in certain music circles, great live band, to suddenly a few bad decisions that left them forgotten to the back of the history books. Talk about a while ride man. This saga was better than daytime television. Great content!
Thank you, Zach. They are one of my all-time faves! Thanks for watching both.
Such amazing research. You're doing an amazing service here.
Much thanks - glad you appreciate the deep dives.
I love these kinds of videos, which turn me on to bands and albums that I'm not that familiar with. Thank you!
Hello Robin. I wanted to reply personally because I just discovered that almost all of your comments were automatically held for "review" and they weren't visible to me in the normal fashion. Sorry to get back to you so late but I appreciated you watching and your comments. I'm not sure why they were held over for review but they seemed benign to me. Thanks for watching!
@@popgoesthe60s52 Thank you. I'm glad the feedback was interesting. I've also been trying to post regular comments, because this is a way to boost viewership. I hope to have some more good ideas to share going forward. Good luck!
@@robinstevenson6690 Yes, the comments certain help push my content out so please feel free to continue to comment. I will check my review folder more often to make sure you're not overlooked.
Another great piece along with part 1. ...Chris Darrow was also a part of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band from 1968 to 1969. On two albums, “Rare Junk” and “Alive”. Their sound was quite eclectic at this time too.
Thank you for checking it out! Yeah, the Darrow-era Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is very good.
@@popgoesthe60s52 I never watched the movie, but the NGDB was in it and I am 95% sure that Darrow was in the band then.
Matt: Tom Rapp, Pearls before Swine, Balaklava, Etc.
It makes sense that Jimmy Page was into these guys, for both he and Plant were big time traditional folk enthusiasts prior to Led Zeppelin. I don't want to bore anyone, but there were a few examples of Zeppelin going in to the public domain catalog of songs to redo a few chestnuts that the original Kingston Trio had brought in the spotlight in the late 1950s / early 1960s.
It's well document that they violated publishing and we're sued on several occasions. When the Simpsons lampoon you, you know you're in deep. Thanks for the comment, Mark!
You make excellent videos. I've loved their albums since the 1980s and the comeback of 60s garage and psychedelic rock. Have you thought of making a video on Nick Drake? His first album is the only one released in the 1960s but his music reflects a lot of what you key in on in your essays. Thank you again for the quality posts.
Nick Drake is certainly worthy of a video. I am focusing first on bands more steeped in the 60s. However, I will spill into the 70s occasionally. Thank you for the nice comment.
Remember "The Incredible String Band"?
Thanks, I love Kaleidoscope! Back in the 60’s/70’s their albums were really hard to find. I eventually got a copy of Bernice. To Know is Not to Be and Bernice really impressed me. Also, the two songs on Zabriske Point. The soundtrack is fantastic! The movie is awful but with great music and cinematography, especially on the final spaced out “explosion” scene. I probably spent 20 years searching for their albums…but was grateful to find Egyptian Candy and Pulsating Dream on CD. Thanks for the excellent photos, videos and info on the band.
My pleasure, John. Thank you for the comment!
Funny saw them at the fifth estate which was near Tempe right at the city limits. Jim music had a uncanny talent for booking acts ahead of times, doors, Kairidoscope, merry go round, fixing sons, t-bones etc. Not to mention local such as Alice cooper/ spiders , mile ends / superfine dandelion, condello, beans/ tubes and the Cory wells blues band.
Wow that’s an impressive list!
Very entertaining and informative! You should make a Part 3, but with the U.K. Kaleidoscope band connection, and a mini bio about them to round it all out!
Edit: I didn't realize other people had also requested the same thing. Heh heh
Very interesting story! Even if it did all fall apart rather alarmingly fast towards the end. Funny they renamed the re-released CD compilation Pulsating DreamS... Still have to get the Zabriskie Point soundtrack to hear ALL of their music then :) It's cool you have the complete vinyl collection.
Too bad they didn’t have more commercial success. Thanks for commenting!
Found your channel a few days ago and really enjoying your content. Any thought to doing a band history of Moby Grape?
Yes! I have begun my research on the Grape and I have lots of unreleased stuff I've been listening to. My schedule is full for this year so look for a Moby Grape video early next year. Thanks for the request, Ken and welcome to my channel!
There was a net stream that featured Psy music 24/7 but it died off.. I think it was called "KALEIDSCOPE " it was the 60's psy pop equal to 3WK radio that plays B sides and rare rock... I wish it was still around...
Yeah, some of those stations fell away I think due to having to pay licensing to play that music. A buddy of mine had a station called Technicolor Web of Sound that's been down for 9 years due to licensing costs. He is reviving it this year however.
@@popgoesthe60s52 OH that was it I think... keep us updated on when it goes live!!! thanks
You mention Michael Nesmith in passing here. It occurred to me that you'd be a good candidate to do a video on his 60s work, if that interested you. He did some quite unusual things from within the confines of the Monkees machine: The Wichita Train Whistle album, his Nashville sessions, etc.
I have a multi-video series of the Monkees, so stay tuned!
@@popgoesthe60s52 AMAZING! Can't wait for that!!!
I bought Paul Butterfield's magnificent 'East West' album in '66 and was abit surprised to see that 'Mary, Mary' by Nesmith was on the album. And I confess that I love it.
When Scopes Collide from 1976 is a more relevant Kaleidoscope album than Bernice. Greetings from Kartoonistan too.
Sorry so late to comment, watched on Roku earlier, just wanted to thank you for a great job bringing this band to my attention.(edit: should say our attention) I really like the sound of this installment's songs. Very (edit) innovative sound. One thing, if you happen on to this comment, I have never understood how a band fires a member. I could understand it if there were a legal filings such as one does with a corporation, where a defined structure is laid out, but a group of people get together and form a band it would seem they would be equals to a degree, e.g. well if you fire me then your fired etc.
Yeah, the firing in this band was peculiar because they formed the band as a democratic unit with no leader. That changed when Darrow quit and Lindley must have muscled his way into the leadership roll?
Hi, first off, thank you for shining a light on these guys, much appreciated. I am hoping you can help me clear something up regarding this group. Are they the same Kaleidoscope who sang Jenny Artichoke and Sky Children? I didn’t hear these songs discussed and was just curious. Thank you and keep up the great work.
No that was a British band with the same name and same time frame.
@@popgoesthe60s52 Thank you.
Great job, Matt! Speaking of Lindley - he's done a couple of songs by Bob 'Frizz' Fuller (Tiki Torches at Twilight and Rag Bag [a killer!]). I wanted to find out more about Fuller, but have failed so far (except for a compilation album of spoken words). Have you any idea about what happened to this guy? (I have a strange feeling of missing out on something here …) Thanks.
I can't help you out on Fuller, but I will keep and eye open! Thank you, Bertil!
Hej Bertil. Jeg skriver på engelsk: Bob Frizz Fuller was a poet who wrote songs and played piano, but he was 'a wino' according to David Lindley and funny but not a very 'social person'. He died of lung-cancer in a retirement-home (2006-2007, I think). His songs was performed by Jackson Browne, Ry Cooder, Warren Zevon, Walter Egan, Linda Ronstadt, Leo Kottke, David Lindley, Chris Darrow AND of course Kaleidoscope. He recorded a few LPs that was not published, so there is only one 'poem' on Harvey Kubernik’s Voices of the Angels spoken word album in 1981. Frizz (like Crill) had multiple aliases. He resembled Charles Bukowski, early Tom Waits and the like.
Thanks Matt! I'll have to check them out. You didn't talk much about the reunion album; which lineup was it, how did it sound and most importantly was it any good? Also, did that 3 CD thing have the 2 Zabriskie Point tracks?
The 3 CD set does not include the 2 songs from Zabriskie Point, unfortunately but those are not that hard to get. It does included Nobody and a couple b-sides. The reunion album is good but I don't listen to it much. The production values sound very 70s. The lineup for When Scopes Collide are: Brotman, Crill, Darrow, Feldthouse, Lindley and Lagos. The 1991 album, which I've not heard, had the same lineup minus Lindley. I forgot to go into those in more depth, so thanks for asking!
@@popgoesthe60s52 Surprised you haven’t heard the 1991 album.
I like to pride myself on my eclectic tastes in rock, but I have never heard of them before now. Fascinating. Their instrumentals are amazing; vocals not so much, IMO.
Yeah, they are at times all over the place, but for L.A. in 1966, their only rival in terms of eclection would be the Mothers of Invention.
could you do a history ofr Love
Yes! I'll probably start working on that one right after Christmas so stay tuned!
Can u do these bands if u can
Cowsills
The Turtles
The Zombies
The Buckinghams
Good Video 100/100
All 4 are on my very long list. I have a couple more Beatles related videos I am working on now, then an underrated 60s vocal band. I will try doing at least one of those by summer. Thanks for the request!
Lagos over Jim Keltner? Go on mate, have a cuppa..
After listening to both Kaleidoscope videos, I have two positive suggestions to offer: (1) It would be good to add a few minutes to talk about the Pulsating Dreams compilation album, which has some of their best songs on it - - which I didn't find on their earlier albums, and (2) Please consider cutting the "post-mortem" or "decline and fall of the band" sections out of these videos or at least trimming them down to the bare minimum. HERE'S WHY:
I love your videos - - EXCEPT the part when you describe the end of the band, which is ALWAYS a downer. I'm starting to find it so sad to see these bands falling apart every time that I'm tempted to just stop watching halfway through, or perhaps I should only watch "part one" because I know that "part two" is going to be a downer. It might be an idea to add a "decline and fall" video for those who want the gruesome details, labeled as such so that people who want to skip that part could do so, or just consider concluding by saying something like this:
"Most listeners consider this their last great album. Their final effort(s) have a couple of songs that you might want to check out (such as...), but their final moment of glory came in 1968 (or 1969 or 1971, or whatever), and then they went their separate ways. If you'd like to know more about that, check out part 3 of the series. But let's conclude part two on an up note with a couple of their gems that many of you will want to check out...." (and then end it by featuring songs, as you do). I think you'll get a good response if you do that.
Your videos, start out great and get into a positive groove, things start to peak - and then things start to go wrong with the band in every case, and when the denouement comes, it's the same thing every time - - "a long day's journey into night." They're often so upsetting that all the joy is replaced by sadness at the end - - and I don't think you want people to be having that kind of experience. They should be ending on a high note!
I respect the fact that you're trying to tell the full story of the band, but you might get more people checking out your videos if you leave off the painful endings. Perhaps you might want to consider telling the story fo the band in a less chronological way and shift to starting out with the basics and then having it get better and better and better until when you get to the band's best songs, there will be a sense of suspense, and the conclusion will blow everybody's minds and make them feel fantastic!
Disagree. I like a complete, comprehensive overview of the band's history,start to finish.The end usually occurs in part three anyway.
Otherwise we'd have nothing but shiny, happy people who happen to just ride off into the sunset after awhile
Secondly, have some sympathy for poor Matt, who must toil in the vineyards of the 1910 Fruitgum Company occasionally 😸
I think he does an exemplary job. ✌
I remember this group, but I never felt that their music was innovative.
1. This Band’s Signature Ultra-Fusion Sound is Unfocused and Inconsistent. 2. Songwriting is Weak and Uncommercial = Extremely Limited Chart Success. 3. The Vocalists and the Vocals Are Unmemorable. I Don’t Understand Your Attraction to This Band.
Fine playing, exotic instrumentation, psychedelic overtones, acoustic resonance, and progressive for their time. I agree the song writing isn't great and the fusion is all over the place, but I love 'em anyway!
@@popgoesthe60s52 So we can safely assume he wouldn't like The Incredible String Band, either :-)
When it comes to art and music, the world is better for all the diversity of artistic expression.
I will never understand why friends like Abba and the Bee Gees, but they will never understand why I love Steely Dan.
I'm sure Sir Paul would agree that when it comes to music, it's not Live and Let Die (great tune) - it's Live and Let Live. I don't have to kill anyone who likes Lawrence Welk.
And that's good, because I am not into guns. I don't like Ted Nugent's music and I really don't like his politics. Happiness is a warm gun only on the White Album.
@@russellbrown5065 Gotta admit he went to a lot of trouble there...punctuation, et.al...to be such a curmudgeon 😹
That’s terrible music, out of sync and bad lyrics.