"You are about to have probably the most unusual musical experience of your life. The music will enter areas of your mind never before opened until now. At times it may be hard to understand, but if you let the music penetrate, you'll dig it..."
So ran the MC's introduction to a Silver Apples concert in San Francisco in 1968. This enigmatic duo, armed only with percussion, vocals and an early synthesizer, are often credited with giving the musical world its first electronic album, as well as having a significant influence on bands which followed in their wake, bands such as Ultravox and Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark.
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