There must be some mythical and hidden cache of chukka-chukka hairy hard rock one-offs from the 1970s, because how else to explain that there is yet another installment—lucky 13!—of the (obviously) long running Brown Acid series. I mean, where do they find this stuff? Or does it find them? And by them, I mean arch crate digging maniacs Lance Barresi—co-owner of the Permanent Records stores in Los Angeles and Chicago—and RidingEasy Records label head Daniel Hall.

Where other archival series like Nuggets and Pebbles eventually got tapped out, Brown Acid is still going strong with their Thirteenth Trip, which is chock full of  long-lost, rare, and unreleased hard rock, heavy psych, and proto-metal tracks from daze gone by.  And they license these songs legitimately and actually pay the artists (who, I would imagine are somewhat bemused to be getting paid for nearly never-heard songs recorded 50 years ago.)

Here’s a stream of the entire thing, featuring never famous names like Dry Ice, Bacchus, Orchis, Good Humore and Max (who were originally called Dawn before Tony Orlando’s lawyers put a stop to that.)

Brown Acid: The Thirteenth Trip will be available to buy on vinyl and CD from RidingEasy Records on October 31. All treats, no tricks…