The Acid Archives - The Second Edition
Patrick Lundborg
396 pp. 21.6 x 28 cm. Sleeve slightly bent. Edited by Patrick Lundborg. "Expanding on the popular and highly renowned Acid Archives website, which has over 15,000 visitors per month, this book version adds 100 s of albums and reviews not listed on the web, as well as lots of images, rare band photos and LP sleeves. The book features release details and in-depth reviews for more than 4,000 obscure LP s from the USA and Canada, 1965-1982, including reissue data and value ratings. The main genres are psychedelia, garage, folk & folkrock, hippie rock, progressive rock, and hard-rock. There is also a wide selection of interesting and rare singer-songwriter, harmony pop, soft rock, lounge-rock, avantgarde and "outsider" albums. This is the first ever comprehensive guide to the vintage musical underground of North America, and opens up a gigantic field of outstanding music that has previously been exclusive and hard to grasp. There s also a buyer s guide, a glossary, a historical background, fun Top 10 lists, and much more. 300 pages, perfect-bound quarto with thick full color soft-cover, and a foreword by Mike Stax of Ugly Things magazine."