If you are a Facebook friend, you likely read my post saying I would soon be returning to the blogosphere. So, I’ve decided to keep my promise this time, and will attempt to be more regular in my posts. Perhaps if I keep them shorter it will be easier for me to do.

This is not a placeholder for a later, more informative post. I am going to do a bit of updating on a previous post. Specifically, it is my post of June 30, 2020, titled “A Fresh of Breath Air II.”  In that post I had made a distinction between those albums I own and those I do not. Well, time has changed that. I am happy to report that the following are now in my collection, in CD format:

Jim Kweskin and The Jug Band – Jug Band Music.

Jim Kweskin and The Jug Band – See Reverse Side for Title.

I was extremely fortunate to obtain the outrageously rare “Excerpts from The Acid Test” that was issued in 1966 on a seven inch 33 1/3 rpm record. It is in near mint condition, still in the brown paper sleeve that had some folds but was not torn. The seller told me he attended an acid test sometime in 1966 and Ken Kesey was handing them out. It is marked “For Radio Play Only. Not For Sale,” so I presume they had distributed them to all the radio stations they had planned and had some left over. I got it at a ridiculously low price. In addition, the seller sent a series of emails giving me information about other era happenings and details about the acid tests I would otherwise have never known, including a few photos. I discovered when playing this record that it is groove-locked, meaning you must pick up the needle at the end of one track and manually place it in the groove for the next track. It is a quite tedious process and makes it difficult to digitize without making mistakes. After several attempts at burning this to CDr, I had to rip the best CDr tracks I made to my PC and then edit out the mistakes to get a clean copy. I now have a flawless CDr of this rare item.

Neal Cassady Raps – I now have this seven-inch flexi disc burned to CDr.

In my June 23, 2020 post “Like a Fresh of Breath Air” I have one addition regarding the recordings of British philosopher and author, Gerald Heard. For some reason during the pandemic I began to see several copies of all the Gerald Heard vinyl releases from the late 1950s and early 1960s listed on eBay and Discogs. The first three LPs were listed individually while the second three LP set was listed both individually and in a box set. Long story short, I was able to obtain all three LPs from the first box set, plus the complete second box set all in near mint condition at very low prices. I have digitized and burned all to CDr.

Next time I will finish my post on the origins Christian rock in the United States. I discussed the United Kingdom origins of Christian rock in my post of June 3, 2023. I should be able to to accomplish this in one post. Then I will get back to the Breath of Fresh Air posts which may have to be done in several posts.

No photos this time, but next time for sure.