The Other Half

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This obscure San Francisco '60s band gained a degree of notoriety in the '80s when their punk-garage single "Mr. Pharmacist" was included on one of Rhino's Nuggets compilations and covered by the Fall. Actually, most of the Other Half's material was far less garage than psychedelic, featuring the sustain-laden guitar of Randy Holden, one of the best Jeff Beck-inspired axemen of the '60s. Boasting a just-out-of-the-garage approach to Haight-Ashbury psychedelia, the group cut a little-heard, fairly strong album, as well as a few rare singles, in 1967 and 1968. Holden, who had previously played in the L.A. psychedelic garage band Sons of Adam, went on to join Blue Cheer and record on his own. The Other Half was also a satirical rock band from Northwestern Ohio, active in late 1970's and 1980's. They put out an album called "Smut" in 1979. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Mr. Pharmacist

The Other Half

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The Lost Singles

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Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era, Vol. 4

Smut

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Taboo Garage, Vol. 1

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Nuggets: Original Artyfacts Fr

Psychedelic Essentials

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Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era

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Devil's Jukebox: Taboo 60s

Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968

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Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 (disc 4)

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