Kak-Ola [Import]

Kak | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 5, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Big Beat UK
• ASIN: B00000JR5B
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,823 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. HCO 97658

2. Everything's Changing

3. Electric Sailor

4. Disbelievin'

5. I've Got Time

6. Flowing By

7. Bryte 'N' Clear Day

8. Trieulogy

9. Lemonaide Kid

10. Rain(Single Version)

11. Everything's Changing(Previously Unissued

12. I've Got Time((Previously Unissued Acoustic Demo)

13. Medley: Bye Bye/Easy Jack(Previously Unissued)

14. "Bryte ""N"" Clear Day(Previously Unissued

15. Medley; Mirage/Rain(Previously Unissued Acoustic

16. When Love Comes In(Previously Unissued)

17. I Miss You(Previously Unissued)

18. Lonely People Blue(Previously Unissued)

19. Flight From The Fast

20. Good Time Music

Editorial Reviews

20 track compilation for the '60s West coast psychedelic group that evolved from The Oxford Circle. Contains their entire sole album, 1969's 'Kak', plus six previously unissued recordings, 'Everything's Changing' (Acoustic Demo), 'I've Got Time' (Acoustic Demo), 'Medley - Bye Bye/ Easy Jack', 'Bryte 'N' Clear Day' (Acoustic Live Version), 'Medley - Mirage/ Rain' (Acoustic Live Version) and 'When Love Comes In'. 1999 release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fans of West Coast psych should not hesitate to grab this, October 4, 2005

By 

Ludix (Upton, MA United States) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Kak-Ola (Audio CD)

A lot of obscure '60s "psychedelic" albums have been hailed by pundits as "lost classics." I've been suckered into buying many of these, and have often been disappointed.

Kak's sole album from '68 is a happy exception. If I had to compile a list of the Top 10 West Coast psych albums, KAK-OLA would be on it, right along with the best of the Airplane, the Dead, QMS and Love. Derivative? Sometimes, but who cares? Kak absolutely NAILED this idiom. If you like the above-named groups, you simply have to check out KAK-OLA.

I dare you to hear the dreamy, cannabis-infused guitar riff of "The Lemonade Kid" and not buy this! Betcha can't get it out of your head ...

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Kacophony, December 13, 2001

By 

Ian Laws (Batavia Western New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kak-Ola (Audio CD)

Many psychedelic albums that are regarded as
"lost classics"would be overshadowed by this album,the packaging alone is a treasure trove,that answers all the pertinent questions regarding this release,and how the group and the album came into existence.
All of this would mean nothing if the music were not of such a high standard throughout.I believe that this album distills many of the great things about the psychedelic sixties.Highlights are many and the guitar work is awesome.Rain stands out as particularly memorable.Of course the album meanders occasionaly,but it is difficult to believe that,with all that is so excellent about this album Kak never emerged at the time and made a larger impact.Big Beat records should be congratulated for this brilliant release.Also listening to Gary Yoder"s tracks as basically works in progress is an inspired and inspiring move.For all those people that have been let down by lost classics,please go out and give this a chance.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Recomended..!!!, March 8, 2009

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R. Franecki "vocokesh" (Wisconsin, USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Kak-Ola (Audio CD)

Simply put, this is a good album. Historians and completists will note that this was the group Gary Yoder was in before Blue Cheer, and indeed, much of this album sounds like later Blue Cheer, and I mean that in a good way! The later Blue cheer Albums were a forum for Gary Yoder's songwriting, and he wrote some good ones. Kak also had Chris Lockheed on drums, who later played on the legendary (and very rare) solo LP 'Population II' by Randy Holden, another Blue Cheer alumnus. Kak were often accused of being a bit 'derivitive' but that doesn't bother me if the influences are good ones. (Quicksilver, Moby Grape..etc...) They were considered a 'second string' SF band, and often were an opening act for the above mentioned groups. Buy this..you'll like it!...