Pebbles, Volume 3

Infobox Album
Name = Pebbles, Volume 3
Type = compilation
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Released = 1979 (LP)
1992 (CD)
Recorded = Mid-1960's
Genre = Garage rock, Psychedelic rock
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Label = BFD Records
AIP Records
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Last album = Pebbles, Volume 2
This album = Pebbles, Volume 3
Next album = Pebbles, Volume 4

"Pebbles, Volume 3" is a compilation album in the Pebbles series that has been issued on both LP and CD formats. The tracks are rare psychedelic rock songs, and the album is subtitled The Acid Gallery. Another "Pebbles, Volume 3" was issued on CD a few years earlier by ESD Records and has almost completely different tracks, although their "Pebbles, Volume 2" has many of the same songs as this album.

Release Data

This album was released on BFD Records, in 1979. AIP Records kept the LP in print for many years.

AIP Records issued this volume in CD format in 1992. Although having a different cover, the two formats are largely the same album and even have similar catalogue numbers.

Two box sets of the first five volumes of the Pebbles series have also been released, the "Pebbles Box" on LP (in 1987) and the "Trash Box" on CD (in 2004).

Omitted Tracks on the CD

When AIP Records issued the early volumes of CDs, they omitted some tracks from the corresponding LP for the stated reason that they were already widely available on other anthologies. In this case, the "bonus track" is omitted, along with "Soggy Cereal", by Mike Condello. The other tracks on the LP are included on the CD, although the opening cut has a different song name and a slightly different band name, and the order of the songs is different.

Notes on the Tracks

This album has among the most bizarre songs in the psychedelic rock genre, such as "Horror Asparagus Stories" and "Voices Green and Purple" – both of which have been covered several times over the years – and a weird take on Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" by Race Marbles. A cover of Kim Fowley's "The Trip" by Godfrey is also included, even though Fowley's original recording is on "Pebbles, Volume 1".

Track listing

LP

Side 1:

# Dave Diamond & the Higher Elevation: "Diamond Man"
# Teddy & His Patches: "Suzy Creamcheese"
# Crystal Chandelier: "Suicidal Flowers"
# William Penn V: "Swami"
# Jefferson Handkerchief: "I'm Allergic to Flowers"
# [Bonus Track] Unfolding: Prana (excerpt)
# The Calico Wall: "Flight Reaction"
# The Hogs: "Loose Lip Sync Ship"
# The Driving Stupid: "The Reality of (Air) Fried Borsk"

Side 2:

# The Third Bardo: "I'm Five Years Ahead of My Time"
# The Bees: "Voices Green and Purple"
# The Monocles: "Spider and the Fly"
# Godfrey: "Let's Take a Trip" (Kim Fowley)"
# T. C. Atlantic: "Faces"
# Mike Condello: "Soggy Cereal"
# The Lea Riders Group: "Dom Kellar os Mods"
# The Driving Stupid: "Horror Asparagus Stories"
# Race Marbles: "Like a Dribbling Fram"

CD

# Higher Elevation: "The Diamond Mine"
# Teddy & His Patches: "Suzy Creamcheese"
# Crystal Chandelier: "Suicidal Flowers"
# William Penn V: "Swami"
# Jefferson Handkerchief: "I'm Allergic to Flowers"
# The Calico Wall: "Flight Reaction"
# The Hogs: "Loose Lip Sync Ship"
# The Driving Stupid: "The Reality of (Air) Fried Borsk"
# The Driving Stupid: "Horror Asparagus Stories"
# The Third Bardo: "I'm Five Years Ahead of My Time"
# The Bees: "Voices Green and Purple"
# The Monocles: "Spider and the Fly"
# Godfrey: "Let's Take a Trip" (Kim Fowley)"
# T. C. Atlantic: "Faces"
# The Lea Riders Group: "Dom Kellar os Mods"
# Race Marbles: "Like a Dribbling Fram"
# Painted Faces: "Anxious Color"
# Adjeef the Poet: "Ieek, I'm a Freak"
# Adjeef the Poet: "Squafrech Lemon Comes Back"
# Beautiful Daze: "City Jungle, Part 1"
# Catfish Knight: "Deathwise"
# Oshun: "Rattle of Life"

Release History

LP

BFD Records (#BFD-5020) — 1979

AIP Records – several reissues

CD

AIP Records (#AIP-CD-5020) — 1992