TRIPSICHORD - "The New Word" (1971)

 

Here's another pretty cool and unique Northern California psych band you might not have heard of,

Tripsichord, formerly known as Tripsichord Music Box.

Their manager, the notorious Mathew Katz, had them shorten the name.

At one point, Mathew Katz managed Moby Grape, Jefferson Airplane, and It's A Beautiful Day, and he ripped them all off, and the court cases went on for decades.

So it's probably just as well that Tripischord never gained widespread popularity, or they would probably have ended up in court too, instead of The Billboard Charts.

The music is a lot heavier than this album cover would have you believe. 

From their 1971 self-titled album, here's.....

TRIPSICHORD - "The New Word"