The Devil Rides In - Spellbinding Satanic Magick and The Rockult 1967-1974

As the Fab dream of the first half of the 1960s began to fade and the acid took its unpredictable hold, spirituality in its many forms provided some outlet for many of pop and rock’s weariest souls and most enthusiastic experimenters. As the rock became harder and more progressive, the drugs grew dirtier and peace and love began to falter, the individualistic indulgence promised by the occult and its many sisters drew its cloak around already established acts and birthed countless other bastard and hybrid offspring.

Divided into several offshoots and outlets - Buried Underground, Phantom Sabbaths, Popular Satanism, She Devils, Folk Devils, Evil Jazz, Beelzefunk and Incantation Chants – The Devil Rides In captures a snapshot of that time and place, when rock, jazz, funk and folk took a step into the darkness, returning with tales of possession, witchcraft, covens, occult ceremonies, black masses, sabbats and encounters with He Who Walks Backwards himself. Enthusiastic and celebratory in places, damaged and cautionary in others, these artists offered a counter balance to the thread of Christian and Eastern spirituality also working its way into rock at that time. Sometimes overtly, sometimes veiled, but always with something to say.

Curated by the inimitable Cally, and accompanied by an insightful essay and accompanying imagery, this set promises release for freaks, hard rockers, greasers, dark folkies, avant jazzers and all in between.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE

1. ATOMIC ROOSTER "Death Walks Behind You"
2. FREE "Seven Angels"
3. ARGENT "Dance In The Smoke"
4. THE GUN "Race With Devil"
5. COMPLEX "Witch’s Spell"
6. LEVIATHAN "Flames"
7. WRITING ON THE WALL "Lucifer Corpus"
8. GENESIS "One-Eyed Hound"
9. HARSH REALITY "Heaven And Hell"
10. VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR "The White Hammer"
11. DR. Z "Evil Woman’s Manly Child"
12. ZIOR "Entrance Of The Devil"
13. SAM GOPAL "The Dark Lord"
14. THE OPEN MIND "Magic Potion"
15. ELIAS HULK "Nightmare"
17. WARHORSE "Ritual"

DISC TWO

1. THE FLYING MACHINE "The Devil Has Possession Of Your Mind"
2. THE CREATION "Nightmares"
3. THE EASYBEATS "Heaven And Hell"
4. ELMER GANTRY’S VELVET OPERA "Talk Of The Devil"
5. FANCY "Between The Devil And Me"
6. ICARUS "The Devil Rides Out"
7. THE IN-BE-TWEEN "Girl Child, I Am An Evil Witchman"
8. NIRVANA "Christopher Lucifer"
9. PAUL’S TROUBLES "The Devil Jumps Up"
10. TINTERN ABBEY "Witchcraft"
11. THE MOVE "Night Of Fear"
12. CURVED AIR "Screw"
13. JACULA "Long Black Magic Night"
14. JULIAN’S TREATMENT "The Black Tower"
15. MAN "Erotica"
16. SANDIE SHAW "Sympathy For The Devil"
17. COVEN "Pact With Lucifer"
18. JADE "Bad Magic"
19. JETHRO TULL "The Witch’s Promise"
20. STRAWBS "Keep The Devil Outside"
21. COMUS "The Bite"

DISC THREE

1. THIRD EAR BAND "Devil Weed"
2. FAMILY "Anyway"
3. MIGHTY BABY "Devil’s Whisper"
4. THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN "Devil’s Grip"
5. BLODWYN PIG "The Modern Alchemist"
6. MANFRED MANN CHAPTER III "Devil Woman"
7. CURTIS KNIGHT ZEUS "The Devil Made Me Do It"
8. ONYX "Air"
9. SHAPE OF THE RAIN "Big Black Bird"
10. JASON CREST "Black Mass"
11. THE ACCENT "Red Sky At Night"
12. DAVE DEE, DOZY, BEAKY, MICK AND TITCH "The Sun Goes Down"
13. THE LAURELS "Devil’s Well"
14. TEAR GAS "Witches Come Today"
15. BLACK WIDOW "Come To The Sabbat"
16. LUCIFER’S FRIEND "Ride The Sky"
17. COZY POWELL "Dance With The Devil"
18. TITANIC "Heia Valenga"