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Artist
Mark Levine
12+ albums
folk rockclassic rock60ssinger-songwriterjazz piano
about
With songs of sex and drugs and terrifically trippy liners and cover art, this 1968 LP puts a lysergic spin on Dylanesque folk-rock. This one's nearly impossible to find; you'll hear Mike Deasy and a young Ry Cooder as you behold Purple Dreams Are Creepy; Twenty-One Years Older Than Yesterday; Nothing More Is Nothing Less, and more! User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
why this is interesting
This 1968 album merits serious consideration for its adventurous synthesis of psychedelia and folk-rock tradition. Rather than simply layering effects onto Dylan-influenced songwriting, it engages with lysergic consciousness as a genuine philosophical framework—evident in titles like "Purple Dreams Are Creepy" and "Twenty-One Years Older Than Yesterday" that suggest temporal and perceptual dissolution. The sonic palette, featuring contributions from accomplished players like Ry Cooder, demonstrates genuine craft beneath the experimental surface. Its extreme scarcity has rendered it nearly mythical in obscurity, yet the album's ambitions—exploring altered states through intricate composition rather than mere novelty—warrant the effort required to
