Kristyl (1975 KY) & Tarantula (1969 US) | Private Psych & Heavy Organ | Vinyl Stream

Two records from opposite ends of the psychedelic underground. Kristyl is a 1975 private press out of Louisville, Kentucky - self-released, small run, the kind of record that takes years to surface in collector circles. Tarantula came out in 1969 on A&M, a proper label release that somehow flew under the radar anyway. Kristyl gets tagged as Christian psych sometimes but that's not really what's happening here. There's no sermon in it. It's a dual-guitar melodic psych record that sounds closer to the West Coast circa 1968 than anything coming out of Kentucky in 1975. Whether the band knew that or not is part of what makes it interesting. Tarantula is a completely different situation - A.J. Marshall and a Hammond B3 doing most of the heavy lifting. The organ sound on this record is massive, and the psych-blues feel gives it a grittier edge than most of what A&M was putting out at the time. Two records, two different paths into the same underground. 00:00 Intro 02:09 Kristyl 44:54 Tarantula 01:29:40 Close Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinyl_piper/ Full vinyl rips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9pEOi1yCUyAZikNmWVdz8Hn #Kristyl #Tarantula #PrivatePress #AandMRecords #PsychedelicRock #VinylRip #RareVinyl #AcidArchives #VinylPiper #MorningStream #70sPsych #60sPsych #HeavyPsych