What of the following is not true about the
Indica Bookstore and Gallery?
The Incredible String Band served as the house
band
Which member of The Beatles studied sitar with
Ravi Shankar?
George Harrison
One of the first major events in the formation
of the London Underground was a poetry reading given by Allen Ginsberg
True
What was the inspiration for the title of the
song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”?
A drawing by John Lennon’s son
Donovan was influenced by the finger-picking
guitar style of
Bert Jansch
Who was the sound engineer for the albums
Revolver and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band?
Geoff Emerick
Which of the following best describes the
musical form of “The Mad Hatter’s Song”?
Multiple sections with little structural repetition
What is the name of the rotating speaker system
designed to create a Doppler effect?
Leslie Speaker
What avant-grade composer influenced Paul
McCartney and appears on the album cover of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Clubs
Band?
Karlheinz Stockhausen
What is the name of the British researcher who
introduced Timothy Leary to LSD?
Michael Hollingshead
What is the peculiar electronic instrument featured
in the song “Good Vibrations”?
The electro-theremin
Which album by the Beach Boys reflects Brain Wilson’s increased interest in studio
production?
Pet Sounds
Who were the co-founders of the UFO club?
John “Hoppy” Hopkins and Joe Boyd
The generic mantra for Transcendental Meditation,
as taught by Ken Mille, the guest lecturer, is:
Aim (pronounced like a drawn out “I’m”)
Pink Floyd served as the first house band of the
UFO Club
True
Which Beatle compared the band favorably to
Jesus in a controversial statement?
John Lennon
Which of the following is not true about The
Rolling Stones album ‘Their Satanic Majesties Request’?
The title satirizes the text on a standard
British passport
In the article “Goodbye Surfing Hello God!- The
Religious Conversion of Brian Wilson” (1967), Jules Siegel describes Wilson’s
Ambitious studio recording project that remained
incomplete until 2004
What is the peculiar electronic instrument in
the song “Good Vibrations”?
The electro-theremin
Pink Floyd as the first house band of the UFO
Club?
True
What was the 14-Hour Technicolour Dream?
A multi-media event designed to raise money for
the International Times
The term “glissando” refers to a
Continuous slide from one pitch to another
The band Soft Machine was named after a novel by
William Burroughs
The band The Rolling Stones was named after a
Song by blues singer and guitarist Muddy Waters
Which album by The Beach Boys reflects Brian
Wilson’s increased interest in studio production?
Pet Sounds
Which of the following musicians was not a
member of Cream?
Steve Winwood
A “supergroup” is a rock band…
Consisting of musicians who previously achieved
fame in other groups
Where did Jimi Hendrix light his guitar on fire
after a performance of “Wild Thing”
Monterey Pop Festival
Which of the following guitarists was not a
member of The Yardbirds?
Syd Barrett
In the song “1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to
Be),” to what does “1983” refer?
A section number of the Civil Rights Act
In his 1968 interview with Jann Wenner, Eric
Clapton expresses his appreciation of Jimi Hendrix not only as a musician, but
also as an entertainer
False
At the early stages of his career, Jimi Hendriz
did not tour with which of the following R&B musicians?
Bo Diddley
After The Yardbirds disbanded in 1968, formed
the group
Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin
In his 1968 interview with Rolling Stone
Magazine, Jimi Hendriz explains that audiences from different countries respond
to his music in a similar manner, and as long as the countinue to pay he will
continue to play
False
Who is the acustic engineer who worked with Jimi Hendrix to develop guitar effects?
Roger Mayer
How many people attended the Woodstock Festival?
500,000
Who co-organized the Monterey Pop Festival?
Lou Adler
The lyrics to the song “Legend of a Mind” refer
to and
Timothy Leary, psychedelic drugs
The Woodstock Festival of 1969 was intended as a
free concert?
False
What was the name of the radio program that disc
jockey John Peel broadcasted in Radio London?
The Perfumed Garden
In the song “Monterey” by Eric Burdon and the
Animals, when the lyrics describe different musicians who performed at the
festival, the accompaniment changes to reflect the style of each performer
True
Who filmed “Monterey Pop” (1968), the
documentary of the Monterey Pop Festival?
D.A. Pennebaker
What is “pirate radio”?
An illegal radio transmission
Mike Pinder of the Moody Blues introduced what
instrument to what other musicians?
Mellotron, John Lennon and Paul McCartney
In his book “Aquarius Rising,” Robert Santelli
distinguishes rock festivals of the late 1969’s from earlier folk or jazz
festivals in terms of age, drugs, and the number of people in attendance
true
Abbey Road Studios
recording
studio located on Abbey rd which had techniques used by The Beatles and Pink
Floyd
Altamont
speedway Free Festival
rock
concert feat the rolling stones and jefferson airplane where they hired the
Hells Angels for security cuz the venue was so violent (dec. 6, 1969)
Automatic
Double Tracking (ADT)-
invented
at Abby Road studios it’s a technique of recording and delaying the music and
vocals doubling the vocals and instruments
14-Hour
Technicolour Dream
·
fundraiser concert for the International Times (1967)
Backmasking
recording
technique where a sound or message is recorded backwards on to a track that is
meant to be played forward
Bed-In
2
week long bed-in for peace held by John Lennon and Yoko to protest the Vietnam
war
Bowed
guitar
method
of playing guitar using a bow like a cello or violin (used by Jimmy Page in The
Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin)
Bridge
contrasting
section which prepares for the return of the original material section in music
British
Invasion
describes the large number of UK bands that
became popular between 64 and 66
Café
Wha
club
where many musicians got their start such as Hendrix, bob dylan, bruce
springsteen, ect.
Concept
album
themed
album
Dynamics
how
loud or quite the music is
Finger
picking style
used
in folk, blues, and country-jazz where thumb maintains a steady rhythm on lower
strings and index picks out melody on high strings
Gilassando
a
glide from one pitch to another
Indica
Bookstore
store
co-owned by John Dunbar, peter Asher, and Barry Miles which hosted alternative
happenings and was helped by Paul McCartney
International
Times (IT)-
underground
newspaper made by John Hopkins, David Mairowitz, Pete Stansill, Barry Miles,
Jim Haynes and Tom McGrath
Jew’s
Harp (Jaw Harp)-
small
instrument placed in mouth
Leslie
Speaker
amplifier/loudspeaker
that is used to creat effects using the Doppler effect
Magical
Mystery Tour
CD
and Film by The Beatles where the film was a failure but the CD was a success
Mellotron
electric
keybored which was the first sample-playback keyboard;
Monterey
International Pop Festival
3-day
concert (june 16-18 1967)where Hendrix, The Who, and Janis Joplin played
Octavia
effects
pedal designed for Hendrix by his sound tech that reproduces the input signal
from a guitar one octave higher and/or lower in pitch to add distortion fuzz
Our
World
first live international satellite television
production which hosted The Beatles and Pablo Picaso
Panning
the
spread of a sound signal into a new stereo or multi-channel sound field
Pirate
Radio
·
illegal or unregulated radio transmission
Progressive
Rock
subgenre
of rock music which came from psychedelic rock with bands such as pink Floyd and
soft machine
The
Psychedelic Experience
book
written by Timothy Leary which details the experience as opening one’s mind to
things usually unavailable to ordinary waking consciousness
Redlands
Bust
bust
at Keith Richard’s house where many musicians were arrested such as Donovan
Supergroup
group
comprised of artsist who have already achieved fame in another group
Swarmandal
Indian
harp
Tack
piano
permanently
altered version of a piano in which tacks or nails are placed on the hammers of
the unstrument at the point where the hammers hit the strings, giving the instruments
a tinny, more percussive sound
Theremin
(Electro-Theremin)-
instrument
there you play by waving your hand in the air around the antenna
UFO
Club
underground
club who had pink Floyd as house band and hosted many other shows
Woodstock
Music and Arts Festival
1969
3-day music festival
Lou
Adler
·
help produce the Monterey International Pop
Festival
Pink
Anderson
blues
singer from where pink Floyd got their “pink” from
Johann
Sebastian Bach
german
composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist
Chuck
Berry
American
guitarist
Joe
Boyd
- American
record producer who helped launch the career of The Incredible String Band
William
Burroughs
American
novelist, poet, essayist, and spoken word poet who influenced the beat
generation and wrote Naked Lunch
Chas
Chandler
English
musician, record producer; who helped The Animals and became manager of Hendrix
Tony
Clarke
producer
of the Moody Blues
Floyd
Council
American
blues guitarist from whom pink Floyd got their “Floyd”
Bob
Dylan
American
singer/songwriter who has been a major musical figure
Geoff
Emerick
·
English recordning studio audio engineer who
worked with the beatles
Allen
Ginsberg
American
poet and sexual revolution writer
Kenneth
Grahame
Scottish
writer who wrote the wind in the willows which portrays psychedelic influence
before the movement even began
Michael
Hollingshead
british-born
reasearcher in psychedelic drugs and contributer to the psychedelic review
John
“Hoppy” Hopkins
set
up the UFO club
Bert
Jansch
Scottish
folk musicians and founding member of Pentangle
Robert
Johnson
American
blues singer (known for legened of making a deal with the devil to play blues)
Al
Kooper
provided
studio support for bob Dylan
Michael
Lang
producer
who co-created woodstock
Maharishi
Mahesh Yogi
spiritual
advisor to the beatles, and founder of transcendental meditation technique
George
Martin
“fifth
beatle” and produced all but one of their original albums
Roger
Mayer
song
engineer how developed several electric guitar effects used by hendrix
Barry
Miles
English author, and co-owner of the Indica
gallery and helped start the international times
Andrew
Oldham
manager
of the rolling stones
John
Peel
BBC
one radio DJ who played psychedelic rock
Paul
Tanner
developed
the theremin
Ken
Townsend
sound
engineer who played an important role at abbey rd studios and worked on several