“KNOW YOU’RE ONLY DREAMING” (A SIXTIES UNDERGROUND PLAYLIST)

After the Patrick Troughton era of ‘Doctor Who’ has put us in the mood for all things Sixties, here’s the unofficial soundtrack. This was the time when the post-war, black & white world seemed finally done with, when suddenly there were more colours that you had known existed and everything was going to change.

Some pointers... Yes, Donovan was in many ways the Bono of his day. Still, listen to that opening track shimmer. Hawkwind could hold a riff down with the best of ‘em but they could dream too. Gong come up with perhaps the most Om-out riff of all… And whatever else you do, stick with ‘Trust Us’ past the half-way mark. Yes the Magic Band were mavericks who operated with absolute indifference to musical trends. But this one time they really channelled the zeitgeist, Beefheart intoning like a master mesmerist. "The path is youth, let the dying die, let the lying lie…”

Donovan: 'Hurdy Gurdy Man’
Jefferson Airplane: ‘White Rabbit’
The Electric Prunes: ‘I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)’
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band: ‘Suppose They Give a War and No One Comes’
David Peel + the Lower East Side: ‘Legalise Marijuana’
Mick Jagger: ‘Memo From Turner’
The Mothers of Invention: ‘Trouble Every Day’
Hawkwind: ‘You Know You’re Only Dreaming’
Caravan: 'The Dog, The Dog, He’s At It Again’
Soft Machine: ‘Why Are We Sleeping?’
Love: ‘Live and Let Live’
Captain Beefheart + His Magic Band: ‘Trust Us’
13th Floor Elevators: 'Slip Inside This House’
Gong: ‘Master Builder’

Pink Floyd: ‘Take Up This Stethoscope And Walk’