{"title":"Ultimate Spinach","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican Psychedelic Rock Band from Boston, Massachusetts. Active from 1967 to 1969.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUltimate Spinach was a talented group of musicians that came together in the late 60s to create their unique brand of psychedelic rock music. Led by Ian Bruce-Douglas, Barbara Jean Hudson, and Ted Myers, the band's lineup also included Jeff Baxter, Tony Scheuren, Mike Levine, Russell Levine, Richard Nese, Geoffrey Winthrop, and Keith Lahteinen. With their diverse range of instruments and vocal talents, Ultimate Spinach produced captivating melodies that were enhanced by their experimental use of electric piano, organ, vibraphone, steel guitar and more. Their music left a lasting impact on the psychedelic rock genre and continues to be celebrated today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring their active years from 1967 to 1969 [comma] Ultimate Spinach released several albums that showcased their innovative sound [period]. They gained recognition for tracks like \"Ballad of the Hip Death Goddess,\" \"Mind Flowers,\" and \"Ego Trip\" which displayed their ability to seamlessly blend different musical elements into one cohesive piece [period]. Although they disbanded after only a few short years [comma] Ultimate Spinach's influence can still be heard in contemporary psychedelic rock bands [period]. Their legacy lives on as they remain an important part of music history [period]\u003c\/p\u003e.","products":[{"product_id":"behold-see","title":"Behold and See","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt was legendary record producer Alan Lorber that came up with the concept of \"The Bosstown Sound\" - \"The Sound Heard 'Round The World\" to market and promote the best and brightest of the Bean Town sixties psychedelic scene. (Boston's key groups at the time included Orpheus, Beacon Street Union, Ultimate Spinach, Chamaeleon Church and others). The Ultimate Spinach, arguably the finest of them all, produced magnificent examples of surreal psychedelic record-making, now prized by crate-diggers and outsider music fans alike. The Spinach's self-titled debut album is now considered a psychedelic classic, but it's the group's second record, Behold and See, that is perhaps their finest achievement. Ostensibly a concept album, it's centered around lead singer\/songwriter\/keyboardist\/guitarist Ian Bruce-Douglas' cynical worldview. He skewers \"normal\" society with all the fervor of Zappa and all the surreality (and insanity) of Bob Markley on songs like \"Visions of Your Reality\" and the four-part \"Suite: Genesis of Beauty.\" Add in the lush, floating vocals of Barbara Jean Hudson, fuzz guitar and some great late-60s psych jangle and you've got the formula for an unhinged classic that stands up to the best of the non-coastal psych sounds of the late-60s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"sundazed","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50478739358027,"sku":"2017482","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"2LP - Black","offer_id":57092001464651,"sku":"R3627-2580","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_6bfa5cf9_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727490253"},{"product_id":"ultimate-spinach-2","title":"Ultimate Spinach","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmerican psychedelic band from Boston, Massachusetts. Active 1967 to 1969. Their second album was originally released in 1968. Recorded in September 18th, 19th, 26th, 27th and October 26th, 29th 1967 at Bell Sound Studios, New York City\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Akarma","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":51246136328523,"sku":"2002311","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Ultimate_Spinach_ebcc9724_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1739232488"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_c0614265_thumbnail_4096_f7b15fc7-c5d1-4d03-b1a9-f52094d2a19f.jpg?v=1727490236","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/ultimate-spinach.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}