EPYSODE 20: "Sussex", by Bent Wind

Farmer John Presents "Psychedelic Relics"

Guests: Bent Wind band members Marty Roth and Ed Thomas.

When the Beatles hit, bands started cropping up everywhere. Sure, the most successful groups came from the US or the UK, but that doesn't mean smaller countries weren't immune to "cool". Bands from these countries had a difficult time breaking through as they were on smaller labels, with smaller budgets and a reluctance from American radio at the time to take a chance on playing "outsider" music. As a result we have a ton of high quality albums that never achieved any level of commercial success at the time of their release, but now are considered classics.

Bent Wind's "Sussex" falls into that category. In 1969 the Canadian band couldn't give them away. Now original copies fetch over $10,000.

If you like your psych hard and heavy, this ramshackle album is going to be right up your alley.

I hope you enjoy Sussex as much as I do.

-FJ

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With permission, I used a portion of the podcast "The Ongoing History of New Music with Alan Cross" in this episode. To hear that show's episode in full (#360 titled "The History of the Record Store"), click here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ongoing-history-of-new-music/id1201968027?i=1000664843377

==SONGS==

Here's a list of all the songs used in this Epysode in order of appearance. Normally I add a link to a Spotify playlist, however in this case none of Bent Wind's material is available.

THE BLUES MAGOOS “(We Ain’t Got) Nothin’ Yet”

BENT WIND "Castles Made Of Man"

BENT WIND “Sacred Cows” (single version)

BENT WIND “Touch Of Red”

BENT WIND “Riverside”

BENT WIND “The Lions”

BENT WIND “Going To The City”

BENT WIND “Hate”

BENT WIND “Look At Love”

BENT WIND “Mistify”

THE DOORS "Roadhouse Blues"

BENT WIND "Sacred Cows" (album version)

BENT WIND “Leroy Goes West”

BENT WIND “It’s Not Jazz”

BENT WIND “Beautiful Lady”

??MYSTERY ARTIST?? Tune in to the next Epysode to find out...

NEWPORT ELECTRIC “If Wishes Were Horses”

~~"We're Gonna Groove" is a song by Led Zeppelin featured on the album Coda. It was a cover of Ben E. King's "Groovin'". Listen to both and thank me later.~~