THEY’VE DONE IT AGAIN. The crate-digging maniacs behind the legendary Brown Acid record series—Lance Barresi of Permanent Records and Daniel Hall of RidingEasy Records, by name and reputation—have compiled yet another stellar compilation of proto stoner metal and heavy rock obscurities.  For this, their fourteenth trip to the seemingly bottomless fuzz box well of the late 60s/early 70s, they’ve assembled such unknown hard rockers as Harrisburg, PA’s own The Legends (featuring a pre-Edgar Winter Group Dan Hartman and his brother Dave); there’s the Moogified Mijal & White (“runaway oscillators and modular synths spurt and sputter over some Tommy James & The Shondells bubblegum garage psych”); the San Francisco Trolley Co. (“13th Floor Elevators meets the MC5”); and West Virginia’s Blue Creed, not a real band but a studio entity funded by coal miner & songwriter Bill Rexroad. Their (his?) song “You Need a Friend” might be my favorite track from this installment. Dig the sound of his guitar amp stuck inside of a metal oil drum! And then there’s Transfer, described as a proto-punk “mashup of the Velvet Underground and The Flamin’ Groovies.” Their number, “Play It Cool,” is about smoking weed.

These and many more heavy rock obscurities in Brown Acid: The Fourteenth Trip. Have a listen below. Out on 4/20, because of course it is. Order vinyl here.