Sam Gopal

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Sam Gopal (aka Sam Gopal's Dream) was an underground British psychedelic rock band named after its founder and tabla player, Sam Gopal (born in Malaysia). The varying line-up featured many musicians, including, at one time, Lemmy. The first line-up was Sam Gopal on tabla, Mick Hutchinson on guitar, Pete Sears (ex-Les Fleur de Lys) on bass guitar and keys, and later towards the end, Andy Clark on organ and vocals. On 28 April 1967, the band performed at The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream, a UK Underground event organised by the International Times at Alexandra Palace. Other performing bands included Pink Floyd, The Pretty Things, Savoy Brown, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Soft Machine and The Move. The band (then called Sam Gopal's Dream) played at the UFO Club (their first headline show), The Electric Garden in Covent Garden (later to become Middle Earth), The Roundhouse, and Happening 44. They later played the Christmas on Earth Show at Olympia in London with Traffic, Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd. Jimi Hendrix later sat in with them at London's Speakeasy Club. At some point in 1967 the band recorded a few tracks for Screen Gems with Gus Dudgeon as engineer. Andy Clark later joined on organ and keyboards and they soon changed their name to Vamp with the addition of Viv Prince on drums, and released a single called, "Floatin", on Atlantic. After the original band broke up in 1968, Sears went on to session work and formed his own band Giant, while Hutchinson and Clark recorded

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Escalator

Wondrous Stories: A Complete Introduction To Progressive Rock

Back to Mine

Back To Mine - Death In Vegas

Damage Case

Back To Mine: Death In Vegas

Lemmy: Damage Case

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1969-Escalator

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Lemmy Damage Case (Disc 1)

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Wondrous Stories CD1

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Back To Mine [Volume 16]

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Acid Drops, Spacedust & Flying Saucers - Roundhouse Ghosts (Disc 4)

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