Ken Kesey THE ACID TEST Original 1966 1st pressing Vinyl 9009 Meets all criteria
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Ken Kesey THE ACID TEST Original 1966 1st pressing Vinyl 9009 Mint Meets all criteria for 1st pressing. This was recorded in Sound City Studios Jan 29 1966 Play Tested Mint
Matrix number is 9009 and The Acid Test Side - 1 / 2 No catalog number on spine of sleeve.
Back cover is blank white.
Sound City phone number: EX 2-7690
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The Acid Tests were a series of parties held by author Ken Kesey primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area during the mid-1960s, centered on the use of and advocacy for the psychedelic drug LSD, commonly known as "acid". LSD was not made illegal in California until October 6, 1966.
The name "Acid Test" was coined by Kesey, after the term "acid test" used by gold miners in the 1850s. He began throwing parties at his farm at La Honda, California. The Merry Pranksters were central to organizing the Acid Tests, including Pranksters such as Lee Quarnstrom and Neal Cassady. Other people, such as LSD chemists Owsley Stanley and Tim Scully, were involved as well.
Kesey took the parties to public places, and advertised with posters that read, "Can you pass the acid test?", and the name was later popularized in Tom Wolfe's 1968 book The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Musical performances by the Grateful Dead were commonplace, along with black lights, strobe lights, and fluorescent paint. The Acid Tests are notable for their influence on the LSD-based countercultureof the San Francisco area and subsequent transition from the beat generation to the hippie movement. The Jefferson Airplane song "A Song for All Seasons" (from Volunteers) mentions the Acid Tests.
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