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Various Artists OFF
Elektra (Germany) SMLP 009 (Stereo)
Released: 1968
Side 1
- The Doors: Strange Days
- Love: Bummer in the Summer
- Ars Nova: I Wrapped her in Ribbons
- Clear Light: Street Singer
- Incredible String Band: The Eyes of Fate
- Cosmic Sounds: Acquarius
Side 2
- Earth Opera: As it is Before
- Clear Light: The Ballad of Freddie and Larry
- The Doors: Take it as it Comes
- Tim Buckley: Song Slowly Sung
- Love: My Flash on You
- Cosmic Sounds: Aries
A sampler released only in German-speaking territories by Elektra's licensee there, Metronome. This was followed up by Off 2, AKA Hallucinations, which was issued as a picture disc. Packaged in an illustrated booklet sleeve.
Aquarius is mis-spelled Acquarius on both the sleeve and label.
Various Artists Psychedelic/Underground
Elektra (Germany) 6357 (Stereo)
Released: 1968
Side 1
- The Zodiac Cosmic Sounds: Scorpio - The Passionate Hero
- TheDoors: Hello, I Love You, Won't You Tell Me Your Name
- Love: My Little Red Book
- Clear Light: Mr. Blue
- The Doors: Love Me Two Times
- Clear Light: A Street Singer
Side 2
- Ars Nova: Zarathustra
- The Incredible String Band: No Sleep Blues
- The Doors: Horse Latitudes
- Earth Opera: The Red Sox Are Winning
- The Doors: Light My Fire
- The Cosmic Sounds: Aries - The Fire Fighter
Just called Psychedelic on the cover but Psychedelic/Underground on the labels. A record club release for the German-speaking market.
Various Artists underground & psychedelic
Elektra (Germany) H 876/5 (Stereo)
Released: 1969
Side 1
- Ars Nova: Zarathustra
- The Doors: Touch Me
- Clear Light: The Ballad of Freddie and Larry
- Rhinoceros: When you say You're Sorry
- Love: My Little Red Book
- The Holy Modal Rounders: The Pledge
Side 2
- The Doors: Hello, I Love You, Won't You Tell me Your Name
- Earth Opera: The Red Sox are Winning
- The Incredible String Band: No Sleep Blues
- Clear Light: A Street Singer
- The Doors: Light my Fire
- The Zodiac Cosmic Sounds: Scorpio - The Passionate Hero
A slight confusion over the title as while the sleeve calls it underground & psychedelic (lower case), the label calls it PSYCHEDELIC/UNDERGROUND (upper case, as is usual with these labels). Cover art is by Peter Gäthke.
This disc seems to have been produced for the Deutscher Schallplattenclub in Stuttgart rather than for general release. The catalogue numbers put this in between the two OFF samplers and the sleeve suggests that there was a mono version but I haven't found a trace of it.
The version of Light My Fire here is the edited one used for the single. Touch Me is titled Touche Me on the sleeve.
Various Artists OFF II - Hallucinations
Metronome H 895/5 (Stereo)
Released: 1969
Side 1
- MC5: Kick Out the Jams
- The Holy Modal Rounders: Werewolf
- Rhinoceros: Apricot Brandy
- The Doors: Five to One
- Love: The Daily Planet
- Earth Opera: The Great American Eagle Tragedy
Side 2
- MC5: I Want You Right Now
- Rhinoceros: I Need Love
- The Incredible String Band: A Very Cellular Song
- Ars Nova: And How am I to Know
- The Zodiac: Cancer - the Moon Child
The second OFF sampler from Metronome in Germany and also the second disc with Psychedelic Underground in the design. There are several versions of this, on the Metronome label and from the Deutscher Schallplattenclub in Stuttgart. Some versions are picture discs (as shown) which could well be the first example of such a thing, as this predates the Curved Air album. Some copies include a huge poster.
As this was for German-speaking markets I had expected they would include the unexpurgated version of Kick Out the Jams, but they used the bowdlerised one.
Various Artists Elekteriffic
Elektra (Netherlands) HJE 155 (Stereo)
Released: 1969
Side 1
- David Ackles: The Road to Cairo
- Clear Light: She's Ready to be Free
- Spider John Koerner and Willie Murphy: I Ain't Blue
- Love: Seven and Seven is
- Tim Buckley: Morning Glory
- MC5: Kick Out the Jams
- Eclection: Nevertheless
Side 2
- Earth Opera: Home to You
- The Doors: Soul Kitchen
- The Incredible String Band: Job's Tears
- David Peel and the Lower East Side: Up Against the Wall
- Butterfield Blues Band: Shake Your Moneymaker
- Rhinoceros: Same Old Way
- Lonnie Mack: She Don't Come Here Anymore
A sampler put together for the Dutch market. I had thought they would use the unexpurgated version of Kick Out the Jams, but they used the bowdlerised one. David Peel's Up Against the Wall is, however, completely unexpurgated.
There was a club version of this disc with a different sleeve, and confusingly entitled Elektrifying, issued on the SR International label. Discogs has the discs confused but one of the labels is shown and it includes the text HJW 155.
Various Artists Elektrifying
Elektra (Netherlands) ELS 890 (Stereo)
Released: 1969
Side 1
- The Doors: Break on Through
- The Butterfield Blues Band: I Got a Mind to Give up Living
- Ars Nova: General Clover Ends a War
- Ars Nova: Le Messe Notre Dame - Close Your Eyes and Shut the Door
- Love: My Little Red Book
- The Zodiac: Aries (The Fire Fighter)
Side 2
- Love: Alone Again Or
- Tim Buckley: Wings
- Incredible String Band: Mercy, I Cry, City
- Clear Light: Black Roses
- Eclection: Mark Time
- The Holy Modal Rounders: Bird Song
A sampler produced for the Dutch market.
Various Artists Kings of Pop Music Vol 1
Elektra (France) SLVLXEK 389 (Stereo) - Matrix SLVLXEK 389 30 A/B
Released: 1969
Side 1
- Lonnie Mack: Why
- The Doors: Tell all the People
- David Ackles: The Road to Cairo
- MC5: Motor City is Burning
- The Doors: My Wild Love
Side 2
- MC5: Kick Out the Jams
- Rhinoceros: Apricot Brandy
- The Butterfield Blues Band: Morning Blues
- Delaney & Bonnie: When the Battle is Over
- Love: Seven and Seven Is
- Rhinoceros: I Need Love
One of two French samplers issued by Disques Vogue, Elektra's French licensee, but badged as Elektra releases. The two volumes have sequential catalogue numbers, which suggests they were issued together.
Various Artists Kings of Pop Music Vol 2
Elektra (France) SLVLXEK 390 (Stereo) - Matrix SLVLXEK 390 30 A/B
Released: 1969
Side 1
- The Doors: Love me Two Times
- Love: Bummer in the Summer
- Ars Nova: I Wrapped her in Ribbons
- Eclection: Nevertheless
- ISB: The Eyes of Fate
- The Butterfield Blues Band: Born in Chicago
Side 2
- Tom Rush: Who do you Love?
- Clear Light: The Ballad of Freddie and Larry
- Earth Opera: Home of the Brave
- Tim Buckley: Song Slowly Sung
- Love: Hey Joe
- Zodiac Cosmic Sounds: Aries
The second of two French samplers issued by Disques Vogue, Elektra's French licensee, but badged as Elektra releases. The two volumes have sequential catalogue numbers, which suggests they were issued together.
ISB is, of course, The Incredible String Band.