1969's Sussex: Collector’s Rare Canadian Heavy Psych Vinyl

EPYSODE 20: Sussex by Bent Wind.

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

Additional commentary by Uncle Herff.

*This epysode was released in season 1, when the show was titled "Psychedelic Relics".

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 areas 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. 

Thanks for tuning in, turning on & dropping by Vinyl Relics. I hope you enjoy "Sussex" as much as I do.

- Farmer John

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===LINKS===

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

===THE MUSIC===

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”

^ that's my band. This is shameless self-promotion!!

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