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From: wfi@unc.UUCP (William F. Ingogly)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Ultimate Spinach ??
Message-ID: <247@unc.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 21-Mar-85 13:11:14 EST
Article-I.D.: unc.247
Posted: Thu Mar 21 13:11:14 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 23-Mar-85 01:32:24 EST
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Reply-To: wfi@unc.UUCP (William F. Ingogly)
Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill
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>              My brother was interested to know if there was any information
> out there in netland on a psychedelic band called Ultimate Spinach.  He 
> didn't think that there was anyone left who would remember what seems to be
> such an obscure band, but he doesn't know this net like I do.  DOES anyone
> remember this band?

How could we forget songs like 'Mindflowers' and 'Plastic Raincoats
And Hung-Up Minds?' As far as I can remember, they only put out a
single album, 'Ultimate Spinach.' The cover was your basic late-'60s
fold out with lyrics in the middle and some kind of plant substance
billowing up on the outside (the Ultimate Spinach, I guess). Many of
the songs on the album were just plain silly, but anything sounds
great after you've been sucking on Whacky Tobaccky for 12 hours. It 
seems to me that an article on this band claimed they were a
put-together band, sort of a psychedelic Monkees. Another rumor I've 
heard is that Steely Dan was a spinoff from Ultimate Spinach. Any 
confirmation of these absurdities would be most welcome.

And while we're on the subject of obscure bands ... I'd greatly
appreciate it if someone could tell me what ever happened to the
members of the bands The Paupers, Mad River, and The Edgar Broughton
Band? The Paupers put out two albums in the late '60s; the first was 
'Ellis Island;' I don't know the name of the second. I seem to recall
that the band was composed of some excellent studio musicians who
decided to form their own group.  Mad River put out two albums: 
'Mad River' and 'The Paradise Bar And Grill.' They were part of the
San Francisco scene along with the Dead, the Airplane, Quicksilver
Messenger Service, and the Charlatans. At the time, I thought their
lead guitarist was coming up with some very creative licks. The Edgar 
Broughton Band put out at least a couple of albums on Harvest; one 
of them was 'Wasa Wasa,' I think. They had a weird sound sort of like
Mel Torme on downers doing Captain Beefheart tunes. :-) :-)
 
                                             Bill Ingogly
                                             Univ. of North Carolina