Iron Butterfly 'Get Out My Life Woman'

Iron Butterfly 'Get Out My Life Woman'

Psych-tinged cover of Lee Dorsey's hit single from 1967. As well as being one of the most covered songs of the era, the drum break from 'Get Out My Life Woman' became one of the most sampled beats of all time and the foundation for innumerable hip-hop tunes. The original is still the best, lean and direct song crafting from the great Allen Toussaint.

Wooden Shjips 'O, Tannenbaum'

Wooden Shjips 'O, Tannenbaum'

Alternative Christmas sound alert, with West Coast stoner rock outfit Wooden Shjips turning the whimsy of 'O, Tannenbaum' into a lilting psych instrumental. This tune along with a crazy cover of Auld Land Syne were released last Christmas on tape to friends and family of the band and have just recently been redistributed for wider yuletide moshing. One to wrap the presents to with the aid of mulled cider and a fatty.

The Velvet Underground 'Foggy Notion'

The Velvet Underground 'Foggy Notion'

Cale-era Velvets with a barrage of kinetic rock 'n roll - Foggy Notion was one of the tracks off their unreleased album for MGM Records, due for release in 1969, but only reaching the light of day in the '80s. Doug Yule cuts particularly loose on lead guitar, 'metronomic' Mo tucker looks after percussion whilst Reed sings about calamine lotion.

The Mickey Finn 'Garden Of My Mind'

The Mickey Finn 'Garden Of My Mind'

Let's hope Mickey found peace in the garden of his mind shortly after committing this to the tapes, because the general vibe is anything but tranquil in this short, de-railed steam train trip through garage psychedelia wilderness. In fact his mind sounds more like a quagmire than a garden, but there's plenty of hidden paths and water features of interest nontheless.