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• Pebbles, Volume 3, subtitled The Acid Gallery, is a compilation album featuring American underground psychedelic rock musical artists.

Pebbles, Volume 3

Compilation Album

Released:	1979 (LP) 1992 (CD)
Recorded:	Mid-1960’s
Genre:	Psychedelic rock garage rock
Labels:	BFD (LP) AIP (CD)

Chronology (LP’s)

Pebbles, Volume 2 (1979)

Pebbles, Volume 3 (1979)

Pebbles, Volume 4 (1979)

Chronology (CD’s)

Pebbles, Volume 2 (1992)

Pebbles, Volume 3 (1992)

Pebbles, Volume 4 (1992)

Pebbles, Volume 3, subtitled The Acid Gallery, is a compilation album featuring American underground psychedelic rock musical artists from the 1960’s that has been issued in both LP and CD formats. The album is marked for containing among the most unusual recordings of psychedelic music.

CONTENTS

Background

Release Data

Track Listing

LP

CD

1992 CD Reissue

Release History

LP

CD

References

Background

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Compiling the most bizarre examples of psychedelia, The Acid Gallery opens with Higher Elevation‘s “The Diamond Mine“, showcasing the nonsensical ramblings performed by lead vocalist Dave Diamond. The Jefferson Handkerchief‘s novelty song, “I’m Allergic to Flowers“, mocks the flower children by lyrically telling the story of an individual who cannot become a hippie as a consequence of allergies.^[1] The narrative concept continues with “Flight Reaction” by Calico Wall, which describes the acid-drenched glimpse into the mind of a passenger concerned with crashing before takeoff in an airplane. A Frank Zappa-inspired instrumental on “Loose Lip Sync Ship” highlights a track supposedly recorded by the Chocolate Watchband under the moniker the Hogs.^[2] Side One concludes with the Driving Stupid‘s comedic number “The Reality of (Air) Fried Borsk“, a tune music historian Richie Unterberger describes: “Some listeners would subscribe to the ‘it’s-so-stupid-it’s-brilliant’ school; many would find the single unbearably amateurish and dumb. But of such things reputations are made, if only cult ones”.^[3]

Opening the second side is the Third Bardo‘s “I’m Five Years Ahead of My Time“, a cult favorite that was later highlighted on the Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968 box set in 1998, along with the subsequent track, “Voices Green and Purple“, recorded by the Bees.^[4] Among the majority of the remaining songs, there is a pattern of remakes of compositions by more successful musical acts. Godfrey‘s “Let’s Take a Trip” is based on Kim Fowley‘s “The Trip” (included on Pebbles, Volume 1), the Monocles‘ “Spider and the Fly” is a revisioning of 1950’s surf rock, and Race Marbles‘ “Like a Dribbling Fram” is a spoof of Bob Dylan‘s “Like a Rolling Stone“.^[3]

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Release Data

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Pebbles, Volume 3 is the third installment of the Pebbles series and was released on BFD Records in 1979 (see 1979 in music).

In 1992, AIP Records re-released Pebbles, Volume 3 on compact disc. The Driving Stupid song that was inadvertently omitted from the LP is included on the CD, although Mike Condello‘s “Soggy Cereal” and the “bonus track” by Unfolding were dropped. Otherwise, all of the songs on the LP are included on the CD, along with six bonus tracks. Though “Spider and the Fly” and “Let’s Take a Trip” are sequenced as the twelfth and thirteenth tracks respectively, the order is actually reversed on the album.

Two box sets of the first five volumes of the Pebbles series have also been released, the Pebbles Box on LP (in 1987) and the Trash Box on CD (in 2004). Both songs by the Driving Stupid are on the Pebbles Box as well as the Trash Box; while songs on Pebbles, Volume 3 that are omitted from the two box sets include two of the standout cuts on the album, “I’m Five Years Ahead of My Time” and “Voices Green and Purple“, plus several others that are not so greatly missed: “I’m Allergic to Flowers“, “Soggy Cereal“, “Dom Kellar os Mods“, “Like a Dribbling Fram“, and the bonus track by Unfolding. The only CD bonus track on Pebbles, Volume 3 that is on the Pebbles Box and the Trash Box is “Rattle of Life“.

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Track Listing

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LP

Side One

1. Dave Diamond & the Higher Elevation: “Diamond Mine”
2. Teddy and His Patches: “Suzy Creamcheese”
3. Crystal Chandelier: “Suicidal Flowers”
4. William Penn V: “Swami”
5. Jefferson Handkerchief: “I’m Allergic to Flowers”
6. Unfolding: Prana (excerpt), vinyl-only track that is marked as “Bonus Track”
7. The Calico Wall: “Flight Reaction”
8. The Hogs: “Loose Lip Sync Ship”
9. The Driving Stupid: “The Reality of (Air) Fried Borsk”

Side Two

1. The Third Bardo: “I’m Five Years Ahead of My Time”
2. The Bees: “Voices Green and Purple“
3. The Monocles: “Spider and the Fly”
4. Godfrey: “Let’s Take a Trip” (Kim Fowley)
5. T.C. Atlantic: “Faces”
6. Mike Condello: “Soggy Cereal”, vinyl-only track
7. The Lea Riders Group: “Dom Kallar Oss Mods”
8. The Driving Stupid: “Horror Asparagus Stories”, not actually on the LP
9. Race Marbles: “Like a Dribbling Fram”

Note: On this LP, “Flight Reaction“, “Loose Lip Sync Ship“, and “The Reality of (Air) Fried Borsk” have a delay echo added to them; also, “Loose Lip Sync Ship” has a stuck needle in the groove about halfway through. These problems were corrected on the CD version.

CD

1. Dave Diamond & the Higher Elevation: “The Diamond Mine”
2. Teddy and His Patches: “Suzy Creamcheese”
3. Crystal Chandelier: “Suicidal Flowers”
4. William Penn V: “Swami”
5. Jefferson Handkerchief: “I’m Allergic to Flowers”
6. The Calico Wall: “Flight Reaction”
7. The Hogs: “Loose Lip Sync Ship”
8. The Driving Stupid: “The Reality of (Air) Fried Borsk”
9. The Driving Stupid: “Horror Asparagus Stories”
10. The Third Bardo: “I’m Five Years Ahead of My Time”
11. The Bees: “Voices Green and Purple“
12. The Monocles: “Spider and the Fly”
13. Godfrey: “Let’s Take a Trip” (Kim Fowley)
14. T. C. Atlantic: “Faces”
15. The Lea Riders Group: “Dom Kallar Oss Mods”
16. Race Marbles: “Like a Dribbling Fram”
17. The Painted Faces: “Anxious Color”, CD bonus track
18. Adjeef the Poet: “Ieek, I’m a Freak”, CD bonus track
19. Adjeef the Poet: “Squafrech Lemon Comes Back”, CD bonus track
20. Beautiful Daze: “City Jungle, Part 1”, CD bonus track
21. Catfish Knight: “Deathwise”, CD bonus track
22. Oshun: “Rattle of Life”, CD bonus track

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Release History

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LP

BFD Records (#BFD-5020) — 1979
AIP Records – several reissues

CD

AIP Records (#AIP-CD-5020) — 1992

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References

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1. Kristel, Todd. “Pebbles, Volume 3: The Acid Gallery – Review” (http://www.allmusic.com/album/
   pebbles-vol-3-the-acid-gallery-mw0000196708). allmusic.com. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
2. Strange, Nigel (1992). Pebbles Vol. 3: The Acid Gallery (CD booklet) (Media notes). AIP
   Records.
3. Unterberger, Richie. “The Driving Stupid – Review” (http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-driving-st
   upid-mn0000140304/biography). allmusic.com. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
4. “Various Artists – Pebbles, Volume 3” (http://themusicexchange.org.uk/index.php?route=produc
   t/product&product_id=1879). themusicexchange.org. Retrieved August 24, 2015.

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