The Mystic Tide

Of the numerous garage bands who released unrecognized and obscure singles within the mid-’60s, the Mystic Tide were among the absolute best. The Long Isle group released four singles independently brands in 1966 and 1967, mainly for distribution at their very own gigs (and evidently they didn’t sell as well well there, either). As the creation on these is rather natural, the group experienced genuine original skill, going after a dark, psychedelic eyesight with overloaded distorted acoustic guitar breaks. Their music (all compiled by guitarist Joe Docko) mixed the minor-key melodies of English Invasion organizations just like the Zombies using the raunch of functions like Them. Unlike almost every other American organizations following this route, nevertheless, they added a mysterioso (sometimes vaguely Middle Eastern) component that echoed the improvements of organizations like the Doorways, the Velvet Underground, and the early Red Floyd and Soft Machine, although Mystic Tide probably didn’t hear these organizations. Their audio and outlook had been perhaps as well foreboding for actually local success, as well as the group disbanded in 1967, ironically getting a very much greater target audience when their singles had been reissued for psych/garage area collectors within the ’80s.