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Some of the most tripped-out music ever from The Holy Modal Rounders – and that's saying a lot, given the nature of the group! This unique early album on ESP features two side-long tracks – both of which are mini-suites of sort, and filled with odd sounds, weird themes, and a strange mixture of hippie instrumentation and sci-fi experimentation! The group for the record is a quartet – with the core combo of Peter Stampfel on violin and vocals and Steve Weber on guitar, augmented by playwright Sam Shephard on drums and Lee Crabtree on piano and organ – plus extra vocals from the trio of Antonia, Barbara, & Wendy. The music is in the best free-thinking style of other rock on the ESP label in the 60s – and titles include "Jimmy & Crash Survey The Universe" and "The Second-Hand Watch".

Long-shelved early Michael Hurley material – a full album's worth recorded by folklorist and archivist Fred Ramsey Jr around 1965 – and as far as we know, these are seeing release for the first time ever, thanks to Mississippi and Nero's Neptune! It's really good stuff – mostly just Hurley and an acoustic guitar, and in a fairly plaintive mode – though not without his trademark eccentricities. It's got some alternate versions of Hurley and Holy Modal Rounders material, plus some bits we've never heard before, too. Includes "What'llya Do/Whatt'llya Say?", "The Blues Had Gone Away", "Pretty Girl On Rollerskates", "The Tea Song", "Intersoular Blues", "I Like My Wine", "Hey Hey Hey Hey" and "I Love You Babe".