Trackimage | Playbut | Trackname | Playbut | Trackname |
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7044132 | Play | Optical Sound | 02:38 Tools | |
7044133 | Play | Love at Psychedelic Velocity | 00:00 Tools | |
7044137 | Play | Every Night | 00:00 Tools | |
7044134 | Play | Readin' Your Will | 00:00 Tools | |
7044135 | Play | Calm Me Down | 00:00 Tools | |
7044139 | Play | Sweet Child Of Nothingness | 00:00 Tools | |
7044136 | Play | I Don't Need Nobody | 00:00 Tools | |
7044142 | Play | Outside Of It All | 00:00 Tools | |
87064265 | Play | Optical Sound (demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
50121886 | Play | Everynight (First Single) | 00:00 Tools | |
7044143 | Play | Calm Me Down (demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
7044140 | Play | Following Me | 00:00 Tools | |
7044144 | Play | Who Is Burning? | 00:00 Tools | |
7044147 | Play | Everynight (Demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
7044161 | Play | Following Me (Unreleased) | 00:00 Tools | |
7044153 | Play | Optical Sound (Single) | 00:00 Tools | |
7044185 | Play | Calm Me Down (Second Single) | 00:00 Tools | |
50121887 | Play | I Don't Need Nobody (Third Single) | 00:00 Tools | |
7044166 | Play | You Need Lovin' Too (Unreleased) | 00:00 Tools | |
7044149 | Play | You Need Lovin' Too | 00:00 Tools | |
7044172 | Play | Who Is Burning (Unreleased) | 00:00 Tools | |
7044145 | Play | Return Nevermore | 00:00 Tools | |
7044146 | Play | I Told Her | 00:00 Tools | |
7044169 | Play | Readin' Your Will (Demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
50121888 | Play | Your Mind Works In Reverse | 00:00 Tools | |
7044165 | Play | Everynight (Demo Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
7044152 | Play | Readin' Your Will (Demo Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
7044160 | Play | Calm Me Down (Demo Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
7044162 | Play | Optical Sound (Demo Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
7044177 | Play | Who Is Burning | 00:00 Tools | |
7044156 | Play | Judgement Of Rejection | 00:00 Tools | |
7044210 | Play | Every Night (Demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
7044173 | Play | Room Of Shadows | 00:00 Tools | |
7044151 | Play | Optical Sound [Single Version] | 00:00 Tools | |
7044150 | Play | Calm Me Down [Single Version] | 00:00 Tools | |
7044157 | Play | Every Night [Demo Version] | 00:00 Tools | |
7044186 | Play | Every Night (demo version) | 00:00 Tools | |
7044176 | Play | Judgment Of Rejection | 00:00 Tools | |
7044155 | Play | Every Night [Single Version] | 00:00 Tools | |
7044154 | Play | Room of Shadows [Complete Version] | 00:00 Tools | |
7044163 | Play | Optical Sound [Promo Version] | 00:00 Tools | |
7044148 | Play | Calm Me Down [Unreleased Version] | 00:00 Tools | |
7044175 | Play | Optical Sound (single version) | 00:00 Tools | |
7044164 | Play | Calm Me Down [Promo Version] | 00:00 Tools | |
7044223 | Play | Calm Me Down (promo version) | 00:00 Tools | |
7044215 | Play | Optical Sound (promo version) | 00:00 Tools | |
7044230 | Play | Every Night (single version) | 00:00 Tools | |
7044196 | Play | Everynight [demo] | 00:00 Tools | |
87064266 | Play | Love at Psychedelic Velocity (First Single) | 00:00 Tools | |
7044197 | Play | Who Is Burning? (Unreleased) | 00:00 Tools | |
87064267 | Play | Calm Me Down (single version) | 00:00 Tools | |
7044187 | Play | Readin' Your Will [demo] | 00:00 Tools | |
7044222 | Play | Calm Me Down (unreleased version) | 00:00 Tools | |
7044179 | Play | Optical Sound [demo] | 00:00 Tools | |
7044184 | Play | Calm Me Down [demo] | 00:00 Tools | |
50121890 | Play | Optical Sound (Second Single) | 00:00 Tools | |
50121892 | Play | Optical Sound (Second demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
87064269 | Play | Calm Me Down (Second Demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
87064268 | Play | Readin' Your Will (First Demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
87064270 | Play | Sweet Child of Nothingness (Third Single) | 00:00 Tools | |
7044181 | Play | Sweet Child Of Nothingness (SP, Accent 1252, 1967) | 00:00 Tools | |
7044188 | Play | I Don't Need Nobody (SP, Accent 1252, 1967) | 00:00 Tools | |
50121894 | Play | Everynight (First Demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
50121897 | Play | Every Night (45 version - mono) | 00:00 Tools | |
7044183 | Play | Outside Of It All (Unreleased | 00:00 Tools | |
50121902 | Play | Calm Me Down (Unreleased) | 00:00 Tools | |
50121903 | Play | Everynight (First demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
50121898 | Play | Outside of It All (Previously Unreleased) | 00:00 Tools | |
50121906 | Play | Readn' Your Will | 00:00 Tools | |
50121899 | Play | You Need Lovin' Too (Previously Unreleased) | 00:00 Tools | |
50121900 | Play | Calm Me Down (Accent 1226) Westminster, Cal. 1966 | 00:00 Tools | |
50121901 | Play | Who Is Burning? (Previously Unreleased) | 00:00 Tools | |
50121904 | Play | Room Of Shadows (complete version) | 00:00 Tools | |
7044201 | Play | Everynight [First Single] | 00:00 Tools | |
7044200 | Play | You Need Lovin' Too (Unreleas | 00:00 Tools | |
50121905 | Play | Readin' Your Will [#] | 00:00 Tools | |
87064271 | Play | Reading Your Will | 00:00 Tools | |
7044189 | Play | Readin' Your Will [First Demo] | 00:00 Tools | |
7044207 | Play | Calm Me Down [second demo] | 00:00 Tools | |
50121907 | Play | You need Loving too (unreleased) | 00:00 Tools | |
7044208 | Play | Everynight [First Demo] | 00:00 Tools | |
7044211 | Play | I Don't Need Nobody [Third Single] | 00:00 Tools | |
50121908 | Play | I Don’t Need Nobody | 00:00 Tools | |
50121909 | Play | The Human Expression - Optical Sound | 00:00 Tools | |
7044206 | Play | Who Is Burning? [Unreleased] | 00:00 Tools | |
7044194 | Play | Optical Sound [Second Demo] | 00:00 Tools | |
7044199 | Play | Sweet Child Of Nothingness [Third Single] | 00:00 Tools | |
7044178 | Play | Optical Sound [Second Single] | 00:00 Tools | |
50121910 | Play | Optical Sound (Unreleased Demo) Westminster, Cal. 1966 | 00:00 Tools | |
50121912 | Play | Readin' Your Will (Unreleased demo) Westminster, Cal. 1966 | 00:00 Tools | |
7044192 | Play | 29_Optical Sound | 00:00 Tools | |
7044228 | Play | Follow Me | 00:00 Tools | |
7044198 | Play | Calm Me Down [Second Single] | 00:00 Tools | |
7044204 | Play | Love At Psychedelic Velocity [First Single] | 00:00 Tools | |
7044190 | Play | Outside Of It All [Unreleased] | 00:00 Tools | |
50121917 | Play | Love At Psychedelic Velocity (single A-side,1966) | 00:00 Tools | |
50121911 | Play | Optical Sound (Accent 1226) Westminster, Cal. 1966 | 00:00 Tools | |
50121913 | Play | 07 calm me down (single) | 00:00 Tools | |
50121914 | Play | Optical Sound - The Human Expression | 00:00 Tools | |
7044191 | Play | Following Me [Unreleased] | 00:00 Tools | |
50121915 | Play | Love At A Psychedelic Velocity (Accent 1214) Westminster, Cal. 1966 | 00:00 Tools | |
50121916 | Play | Who Is Burning (Unreleased Demo) Westminster, Cal. 1967 | 00:00 Tools | |
7044216 | Play | 29_Optical Sound - The Human Expression | 00:00 Tools | |
7044229 | Play | You Need Lovin' Too [Unreleased] | 00:00 Tools | |
50121918 | Play | Every Night (Unreleased) Westminster, Cal. 1966 | 00:00 Tools | |
89130642 | Play | Love At Psychadelic Velocity | 00:00 Tools | |
89130643 | Play | Calm Me Down [False Start] | 00:00 Tools | |
89130644 | Play | Calm Me Down (false start) | 00:00 Tools | |
87064272 | Play | Optical Sound (Promo) | 00:00 Tools | |
50121919 | Play | You Need Loving Too (Unreleased Demo) Westminster, Cal. 1967 | 00:00 Tools | |
50121920 | Play | Every Night (Accent 1214) Westminster, Cal. 1966 | 00:00 Tools |
But for a 1967 decision about which single to record, The Human Expression might've been a lot more than an obscure but beloved psychedelic band from Los Angeles. The band was formed in 1966 by Jim Quarles (lead vocals), Jim Foster (rhythm guitar), Martin Eshleman (lead guitar), Tom Hamilton (bass), and Armand Poulin (drums), with Quarles providing the name and Foster's father as their manager. They cut a demo single ("Everynight" b/w "Readin' Your Will," which got them a recording contract with Los Angeles-based Accent Records. An official single of "Everynight" b/w "Love at Psychedelic Velocity" was issued soon after. The band played played local clubs and USOs, and built up a great reputation for their hot live performances -- they good deliver on-stage what most groups scarcely achieved on record, an intensely virtuoso musicality coupled with punk defiance and a charismatic projection of all of these elements. In a different reality, they might've been a more mature and serious competitor to the Seeds, perhaps even succeeding at doing what the Doors did, only without the literary pretensions or personal excesses -- equally impressive was the fact that most of the songs that the Human Expression played were originals by Quarles and Foster, who were entirely self-taught songwriters; Quarles later admitted that he wrote from his heart and instinct, without over-intellectualizing any of it, and the results seemed to pay off when coupled with the band's musicianship -- their demos were as good as many contemporary groups' released singles. A second single, "Optical Sound" b/w "Calm Me Down," released in 1967, showed the group becoming more experimental, utilizing studio electronic effects. "Optical Sound" itself, as a title, was extremely clever, carrying with it connotations out of both psychedelia and film. It was impressive, but that single wasn't the breakthrough that the band had hoped for. The Human Expression's downfall came with the decision over what was to be their third single. Offered a pair of songs to choose from, they selected a number called "Sweet Child of Nothingness." The one they rejected was a song authored by Mars Bonfire called "Born to Be Wild," because Quarles had some doubts about the lyrics. This decision, which proved disastrous when Steppenwolf took their version of the song to the top of the charts, coincided with a major personnel shake-up -- lead guitarist Martin Eshleman was injured and had to be replaced, and Quarles didn't like the new lin-up and exited. The Human Expression's history ended, though Quarles continued writing songs and pursued some solo recording, and later establish his own studio. In 1994, Collectables Records released a 14-song CD (Love at Psychedelic Velocity) of the complete Human Expression demos and released singles, rounded out with a quartet of Quarles solo sides. - AMG Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.