{"id":53604,"date":"2025-05-22T15:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T13:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vinylgrove.nl\/?post_type=product&#038;p=53604"},"modified":"2025-09-18T13:52:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T11:52:41","slug":"children-of-the-mushroom","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/vinylgrove.nl\/index.php\/product\/children-of-the-mushroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Children Of The Mushroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Release: 14-02-2024 (C 1968)<\/p>\n<p>With only one 45 released back at the time, Children Of The Mushroom epitomized the psychedelic-garage sound coming out from California in the late 60s. Formed in Thousand Oaks by Jerry McMillen and Dennis Swanson, they evolved from a mid-60s teen-beat band called The Captives. In 1967, they became Children Of The Mushroom, a name which reflected their new psychedelic sound and image. The following year, they caught the attention of a couple of young producers, who signed the band for a 45 release. Recorded in 1968 for Soho Records, &#8220;August Mademoiselle&#8221; \/ &#8220;You can&#8217;t erase a Mirror&#8221;, is one of the masterpieces from the first psychedelic era: feedback, fuzz, organ, mysterious vocals\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Soon after, the band incorporated a new guitar player, shortened their name to The Mushroom and started playing in a more heavy-psych vein, in a similar style to Iron Butterfly.<\/p>\n<p>This retrospective album includes both tracks from their monster 45 with sound taken from the masters plus previously unreleased tracks by The Mushroom, recorded in 1968. These are raw, lo-fi home recordings (some of the tracks were recorded in a real garage!) with lot of fuzz guitar and organ. It&#8217;s the sound of a psychedelic band in 1968 playing free and wild, without any producer or record label executive telling them what to do. An incredible document.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tracklist:<\/p>\n<section class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\n<ul class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\n<li class=\"ng-star-inserted\">A1 August Mademoiselle<\/li>\n<li class=\"ng-star-inserted\">A2 You Can&#8217;t Erase A Mirror<\/li>\n<li class=\"ng-star-inserted\">A3 Blade<\/li>\n<li class=\"ng-star-inserted\">A4 It Won&#8217;t Be Enough<\/li>\n<li class=\"ng-star-inserted\">B1 Vortex<\/li>\n<li class=\"ng-star-inserted\">B2 Care For Me<\/li>\n<li class=\"ng-star-inserted\">B3 Exordium (The Mushroom Theme)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>Location: Proto-Metal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children Of The Mushroom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":53605,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[28],"product_tag":[1160],"class_list":{"0":"post-53604","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-metal-hardrock","7":"product_tag-out-sider","9":"first","10":"outofstock","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinylgrove.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/53604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinylgrove.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinylgrove.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinylgrove.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinylgrove.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinylgrove.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=53604"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinylgrove.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=53604"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinylgrove.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=53604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}