Electric Music for the Mind and Body

Infobox Album |
Name = Electric Music for the Mind and Body
Type = Album
Artist = Country Joe and the Fish


Released = January 1967
Recorded = Sierra Sound Laboratories
Berkley, California
by Robert DeSouza
Genre = Psychedelic rock, acid rock
Length = 43:30
Label = Vanguard
Producer = Samuel Charters
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3ifwxqe5ldse link]
Last album =

This album = "Electric Music for the Mind and Body"
(1967)
Next album = "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die"
(1967)

"Electric Music For The Mind And Body", Country Joe and The Fish's debut album, was one of the first psychedelic albums to come out of San Francisco in 1967. Many timed their acid trips to peak during Country Joe and The Fish performances at The Avalon or The Fillmore, where they were frequent performers.

Tracks from the LP, especially "Section 43", "Grace", and "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine" were played on progressive FM rock stations like KSAN and KMPX in San Francisco, often back-to-back. A famous version of the song "Love" was performed at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.Fact|date=February 2008

Track listing

#"Flying High" (Joe McDonald) – 2:38
#"Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine" (McDonald) – 4:21
#"Death Sound" (McDonald) – 4:23
#"Porpoise Mouth" (McDonald) – 2:48
#"Section 43" (McDonald) – 7:23
#"Superbird" (McDonald) – 2:04
#"Sad and Lonely Times" (McDonald) – 2:23
#"Love" (McDonald, Melton, Cohen, Barthol, Gunning, Hirsh) – 2:19
#"Bass Strings" (McDonald) – 4:58
#"The Masked Marauder" (McDonald) – 3:10
#"Grace" (McDonald) – 7:03

Musicians

* Country Joe McDonald -- vocals, guitar, bells, tambourine
* Barry Melton -- vocals, guitar
* David Cohen -- guitar, organ
* Bruce Barthol -- bass, harmonica
* Gary "Chicken" Hirsh -- drums