Count Five - Psychotic Reaction (1966)

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Published on December 26, 2021 5:55:09 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_Z7jFIfKp8

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Originally released as a single in February 1965, “Psychotic Reaction” was only able to initially attract an enthusiastic California audience. The two rave-up sections, inspired
by portions of “I’m A Man” by The Yardbirds, were taken a bit further, allowing the lead guitar to play a hypnotic-sounding scale. This made Count Five, quite probably, the first psychedelic band in rock and roll history. “Psychotic Reaction” was re-released many months later in July 1966 and became a national megahit, reaching #5 on Billboard and #4 on Cash Box on October 22, 1966.