Ultimate Spinach
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Ultimate Spinach

Ultimate Spinach formed in Boston in 1967 around guitarist Ian Bruce-Douglas, drummer Russell Levine, and bassist Keith Croce. Their self-titled debut came...

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Ultimate Spinach's brief, strange Boston psych

A late-60s band that left a handful of weird, winding songs before fading out.

For their sound, start with 'Mind Flowers.' For their weirder, folk-psych side, try 'Dove In Hawk's Clothing.'

They were part of that specific moment when psychedelic rock was getting tangled up with folk and jazz, and you can hear it in songs like 'Mind Flowers' and 'Dove In Hawk's Clothing.' Their records feel like artifacts from a scene that burned bright and fast, anchored by Ian Bruce-Douglas's writing before the lineup kept changing and tragedy hit.

They formed in Boston in 1967 and put out three albums in quick succession, starting with their self-titled debut in 1968. The original trio splintered quickly, with members like Barbara Hudson coming through, and they called it quits after bassist Keith Croce died in 1969 and one final album in 1970.

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Ultimate Spinach formed in Boston in 1967 around guitarist Ian Bruce-Douglas, drummer Russell Levine, and bassist Keith Croce. Their self-titled debut came out the following year, with 'Mind Flowers' becoming something of a counterculture staple. They put out a few more records quickly, like 'Behold & See' in 1968 and 'Ultimate Spinach III' in 1969.

The band's lineup shifted often, with people like keyboardist Barbara Hudson coming through. In 1969, bassist Keith Croce died in a car accident. They released one more album, 'Betrayal,' in 1970. Songs like 'Dove In Hawk's Clothing' and 'Visions Of Your Reality' show their mix of folk and rock with a psychedelic edge.

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