Beacon From Mars and other Psychedelic Side Trips

Along with United States Of America, Kaleidoscope (formed in 1966 in Berkley, near California), were one of the more complex bands of the original psychedelic era and one of the first to adopt an 'oriental' style. Kaleidoscope's sound consisted of the violin and keyboard textures of Fenrus Epp, the guitar and fiddle of David Lindley, the bass of Chris Darrow, the voice of Solomon Feldthouse and the drums of John Vidican. The group added to the classic rock rock quartet format by supplementing the rock sound with country instruments. The recording is resplendent with jazz, cajun, gypsy and Middle Eastern inflections, exotic arrangements and mystical country and western transfigurations. This is a compilation of tracks from their first 4 albums, but mainly from Beacon.