The Tea Company

Trackimage Playbut Trackname Playbut Trackname
Come And Have Some Tea With Me 00:00 Tools
Flowers 03:19 Tools
You Keep Me Hangin' On 08:48 Tools
Love Could Make The World Go Round 03:28 Tools
Don't Make Waves 01:35 Tools
Make Love Not War 01:35 Tools
As I Have Seen You Upon The Wall 02:41 Tools
Say Hay Ha Ha 02:37 Tools
Flowers [1968] 10:02 Tools
Maiden In The East 02:13 Tools
Make Love, Not War 02:36 Tools
Internationally Me 02:14 Tools
The Naturals 02:14 Tools
Don't Make Waves (Water Sound Effects) 01:38 Tools
The Naturals [1966] 02:13 Tools
Maiden In The East [1966] 02:12 Tools
Internationally Me [1966] 02:13 Tools
You Keep Me Hanging On 08:21 Tools
Flowers (Longplay 1968) 01:38 Tools
Don't Make Waves (Water Sounds Effects) 03:23 Tools
Theme From A Natural 02:13 Tools
Make Love, Not War 02:34 Tools
Come And Have Some Tea With M 03:26 Tools
Say hey ha ha 03:23 Tools
Don't Make Waves - Tea Company 03:26 Tools
Inernationally Me 02:13 Tools
Love Could 02:13 Tools
As I Have Seen You Upon The W 02:40 Tools
Come and have some 03:23 Tools
01 - Come and Have Some Tea With Me 03:23 Tools
As I Have Seen You Upon The Wa 03:23 Tools
Theme from a natural (bonus) 03:23 Tools
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The Tea Company from New York City was one of the early birds from the US psychedelic underground scene with an LP on the market by 1968 originally released on Smash Records. This album marks the evolution of the 45 rpm teen-psych-garage band market to the upcoming LP-generation with extended improvisational parts. “The Naturals” formed in 1963 with Joe Meek influence and evolved into the Tea Company which showcased a more psychedelic sound. Opening up big ballrooms for such acts as; The Mamas and the Papas, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Bob Dylan, Ritchie Havens, and many others, the Tea Company became popular in the US underground, also in San Francisco for spectacular live shows and lyrical hippie statements. Influenced by and using the same equipment as the Beatles, the controversial and intense “East-Indo Sound” reflects “an assemblage of possessed rock performers; retinue preparing the unusual; alternating with the roots of soul…whose purpose is to cause sensation, due to stimulation of the auditory centers of the brain!” Played with lots of freaked-out-echo-organ/-guitar noises on a 12-string Rickenbacker and various-stereo madness, reminds strongly of Syd Barrett´s spirit but more driven by hard hittin´ drums. You will find an outrageous 9 min. cover version of Vanilla Fudge “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”, which is celebrated among 60s collectors as a true milestone. The album is a mindblowing and freaky production (LP includes 3 bonus tracks by the NATURALS). This LP-release (remastered) captures the end 60s stereo sound-experiments in a fresh and intense way! The insert contains a nice bio and photos. A must for those who wanna feed their minds with unusual heavy-psychedelic Rock-ROOTS! Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.