Nightshadow - The Square Root of Two (1968)

1. Prologue (3:40)
2. So Much (2:17)
3. In The Air (2:53)
4. Plenty of Trouble (1:53)
5. I Can't Believe (9:39)
6. 60 Second Swinger (3:19)
7. Illusion (2:54)
8. Anything But Lies (3:46)
9. Turned on (3:46)
10. The Hot Rod Song (3:06)
11. The Hot Dog Man (2:30)

Tracks 1-9 and 11 taken from The Psychedelic Years - 1967-1969 compilation
Track 10 taken from the 1979 reissue as it wasn't included on this comp

I put them into the track order of the reissue from 1979, which I feel works better than the original running order as well as the order on the compilation. You can read more about that here.

"The band was usually known as Little Phil & the Nightshadows and had roots in the pre-Beatles era, but changed their name due to legal complications at the time. Unlike the Litter LPs I think this really is as great as people would have you believe, particularly side 1 which is like listening to a comp of killer fuzz acidpunk 45s. Beyond Phil's showmanship and the blatantly druggy lyrics and sound fx the fact remains that the superb songwriting puts most "Nuggets" classics to shame, and the band is completely at home in a sound that was unusual for the deep South. Some silly songs close the LP but all over this must rank among the top early garage psych LPs. Apart from the LP they had some killer 45s in 1966-1967." - Acid Archives

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