Genre: 60s Rock / Psychedelic Rock
Country of performer (group): USA
Publication year: 1967-1968
Audio codec: MP3
Rip type: tracks
Audio Bitrate: 320 kbps
Duration: 01:14:06

he Tangerine Zoo is a very interesting psychedelic band (place of origin - Boston, MS, USA) with very strong keyboards in their time (in my opinion, somewhere even superior to "Manzarek's") and well-placed polyphony (which, however, at the time The heyday of The Beatles was the necessary standard of sound). TZ released two sensible albums (composed mainly of their own material), on which the psychedelic element is by no means an end in itself, but is organically woven into the Music itself, in the strict sense of the word. The material itself, of course, lies within the then rock mainstream, but still only partly. The basis of TZ's compositions is a rather hard brit-rock sound, colored by keyboard and guitar improvisations and vocal diversity. They did not belong to those who cloned and clichéd the Beatles' trademark "big beat", even after The Beatles themselves had long stepped over it. Equally, they were not like those who reveled in the psychedelic frenzy of 1967, seeing in it a chance to somehow light up. They were among those who were looking for a new sound. From such collectives, perhaps, after some year or two, "titans" of art rock grew up. It seems that The Tangerine Zoo could potentially be among them. But for some reason they didn’t go further than two LPs, while others were more fortunate ...

Albums:

The Tangerine Zoo - 1967 (00:35:10)
01. Gloria - 06:09
02. Trip to the Zoo - 03:54
03. Please Don't Set Me Free - 03:52
04. Nature's Children - 03:52
05. The Flight - 04:24
06. Mommy and Daddy - 01:44
07. Symphonic Psyche - 03:53
08. Crystalescent Heaven - 04:47
09. One More Heartache - 02:31
Total time - 00:35:10
Robert "Benny" Benevides - Guitar, Wayne Gagnon - Vocals & Guitar Ronald Medeiros - Keyboards & Vocal, Tony Taveira - Bass, Donald Smith - Drums & Vocal

Outside Looking In - 1968 (00:38:36)
01. Birth (Instrumental) - 02:14
02. Like People - 02:40
03. Wake Up Sun - 04:23
04. Another Morning - 02:49
05. Confusion - 04:54
06. You I Love - 03:55
07. Farther Down the Road - 04:31
08. Can't You See - 03:52
09. Young Dream - 09:34
Total time - 00:38:36
Ronald Medeiros - Keyboards & Vocal, Wayne Gagnon - Guitar & Vocal, Robert "Benny" Benevides - Bass & Vocal, Donald Smith - Drums & Vocal