Craig Smith Maitreya Kali - Apache / Inca (1971–72 US) | Psych Rock / Folk Rock | Album Livestream

This is the 2025 Record Store Day deluxe edition of Apache and Inca by Craig Smith, also known as Maitreya Kali. Two full LPs plus a bonus 7 inch, all taken from the early 70s sessions he recorded during his loner folk and outsider psych era. This set finally gives these recordings a proper wide release with clean mastering and quiet vinyl. Craig Smith’s story is one of the wildest to come out of the 60s and 70s Los Angeles scene. He wrote songs for The Monkees, Glen Campbell, and Andy Williams, played in Penny Arkade, disappeared into Asia for a long stretch, and returned with a completely different worldview and identity. The Apache and Inca material sits right in that period. Fragile acoustic psych, intimate vocals, tape hiss, and a mix of spirituality and heartbreak. If you know Skip Spence Oar, Perry Leopold, early Leonard Cohen, or some of the loner folk private press legends, you’ll hear the same haunted energy here. Simple arrangements but heavy emotion. It’s outsider folk rock that feels personal and unfiltered. The bonus 7 inch included with this RSD edition adds two more songs from the same era, filling out the full picture of Craig’s Maitreya Kali years. As a package, this is the best sounding release these recordings have ever had. 🎧 This livestream features my full RSD 2025 copy. Flat pressing, quiet vinyl, and easily the cleanest I’ve heard these tracks. If you are into loner folk, acoustic psych, or the stranger corners of LA underground music, this is essential. 📷 More vinyl on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinyl_piper/ 🎧 Full vinyl rips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9pEOi1yCUyAZikNmWVdz8Hn 💿 Tracklist (numbered, no timestamps) Apache 1. Ice and Snow 2. Black Swan 3. Color Fantasy 4. Voodoo Spell 5. Salesman 6. Music Box Sound 7. Love is Our Existence 8. One Last Farewell 9. I'm Walkin' Solo 10. Silk and Ivory 11. Swim 12. Revelation Inca 13. Lights of Dawn 14. Thesis 15. Knot the Freize 16. Jesus Owns 17. Sam Pan Boat 18. Fearless Men 19. Cheryl (Share All) 20. Occult 21. Country Girl 22. Old Man 23. King 7 inch 24. Cheryl 25. If I Were A King #CraigSmith #MaitreyaKali #Apache #Inca #RSD2025 #LonerFolk #PsychedelicFolk #OutsiderMusic #LosAngelesPsych #PennyArkade #RareVinyl #VinylRip #VinylCollector #VinylCommunity #VinylPiper