Cat. No. 2692: COUNT FIVE ~ PSYCHOTIC REACTION. COLLECTABLES COL-CD-6039. (IMPORT).

COUNT FIVE WAS AN AMERICAN GARAGE BAND. THEIR BIGGEST HIT, “PSYCHOTIC REACTION” WAS BORN IN 1964 WHEN GUITARIST JOHN ”SEAN” BYRNE WAS SITTING IN A HEALTH EDUCATION CLASS LEARNING ABOUT PSYCHOSIS AND NEUROSIS. A FRIEND LEANED ACROSS AND WHISPERED, “YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD BE A GREAT NAME FOR A SONG? PSYCHOTIC REACTION.” BYRNE HAD BEEN WRITING A TUNE IN HIS HEAD THAT DAY AND USED THE TITLE TO FINISH. AFTER SEVERAL REWORKINGS THE BAND FINALLY RECORDED THE SONG FOR THE DOUBLE SHOT RECORDS. THE SONG WAS SLOW TO MOVE INITIALLY BUT EVENTUALLY PEAKED AT #5 ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100. IT IS REGARDED AS THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL PSYCHEDELIC ROCK SONG. ON THE BACK OF THE SUCCESS OF “PSYCHOTIC REACTION THE BAND RECORDED AN ENTIRE ALBUM FOR DOUBLE SHOT USING THE HIT SONG AS THE ALBUM TITLE WHICH WAS RELEASED IN 1966. V. GOOD ‘60s MUSIC. ****

TRACK LISTING: Psychotic Reaction / Double Decker Bus / Pretty Big Mouth / World / My Generation / She’s Fine / Peace Of Mind / They’re Gonna Get You / The Morning After / Can’t Get Your Lovin’ / Our In The Street / Teeny Bopper, Teeny Bopper / You Must Believe Me / Contrast / Merry-Go-Round / Declaration Of Independence / Revelation In Slow Motion / Mailman.

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