Group 1850

Group 1850 Sometimes Spelled In Dutch As Groep 1850 But Group 1850 Is The Most Common And Preferred Spelling Was A Psychedelic Rock Band From The Netherlands Considered By Many To Be One Of The Finest Acid Rock Acts Europe Has Ever Produced. The Band Was Founded In 1964 In Hague By The Name Klits And Renamed Group 1850 In 1966 When Their Debut Single Misty Night / Look Around Appeared On The Tiny Yep Label. Though Few Copies Were Pressed It Established Them As One Of Holland's Most Original Bands Alongside The Outsiders And Q65 And They Soon Signed To Philips. More Singles Ensued In A Highly Psychedelic Vein Including The Brilliant Mother No Head. In 1967 The Band Supported The Mothers Of Invention At The Amsterdam Concertgebouw. Their Debut Album Agemo's Trip To Mother Earth Appeared In Late 1968. In Holland Its Sleeve Had A 3-D Image On The Cover And Came With A Pair Of 3-D Glasses Copies With The Glasses Unperforated Are Especially Prized Today . The Album's Concept Is Incomprehensible But Its Superb Songs And Musicianship Have Ensured Its Lasting Cult Reputation And It Has Been Called The Most Truly Psychedelic Album Ever Recorded. A UK Release Also On Philips Did Not Help The Band Gain A Footing Outside Holland And Philips Dropped Them Soon Afterwards. Their Next Album 1969's Paradise Now Appeared On The Dutch Discofoon Label In 1969 And Was Only Marginally Less Acid-Influenced Than Its Predecessor. The Band Disbanded Soon Afterwards But Was Sporadically Active Through The 1970s. Especially Notable Was Another Excellent Single 1971's Fire / Have You Ever Heard? Which Appeared On Polydor Again With A Picture Sleeve . In Subsequent Years Related Albums Have Appeared By S.I.X. Sjardin's Invisible X-Factor Sjardin's Terrible Surprise And Orange Upstairs. The Discography Below Is Not Complete. Singles * Look Around / Misty Night Yep 1013 1966 * I Know La Pensee / I Want More Philips JF 333835 1967 * Mother No Head / Ever Ever Green Philips JF 333901 1967 * Zero / Frozen Mind Philips JF 333973 1968 * We Love Life / Little Fly Philips JF 334646 1969 * Don't Let It Be / Sun Is Coming Action 2102004 1970 * Sun Is Coming / We Change From Day To Day Intertone 1970 * Fire / Have You Ever Heard? Polydor 2050111 1971 Albums * Agemo's Trip To Mother Earth Philips PY 844083 1968 * Paradise Now Discofoon Vroom & Dreesman 7063 1969 * Polyandri 1974 read less