Kak

Kak were a rock band from California who made an LP for Epic Records in 1969 before splitting up. Despite some good reviews, the album was not a commercial success and was never released in Britain, but it was available for a time in London record shops specialising in imports, such as One Stop Records and Musicland, and was reviewed positively in International Times. A CD reissue of the album in 1969 stimulated some interest in the band, but Kak still remain one of the more obscure of psychedelic-era West Coast groups.

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John Peel obtained a copy of Kak's LP, probably from one of the import record shops mentioned above. He played tracks from it on Top Gear and was no doubt taken with the band's guitar sound, which recalled other West Coast psychedelic groups like Country Joe and the Fish and Quicksilver Messenger Service. But one track, "Trieulogy", was singled out by Peel, and a couplet from its lyrics caught his attention. According to him, the words are "We don't have to play by society's rules/We don't have to go out and make swimming pools" - although the singer's diction is unclear and the final words of the second line may be "mix with the fools", a more plausible if less striking expression of hippy philosophy. If this is a mondegreen, or misheard lyric, Peel did not seem to mind, playing the track long after the LP had been forgotten and sticking to his "make swimming pools" interpretation. Peel kept the LP and it features in the K section of his record collection. == Festive Fifty Entries == == Sessions == *Number of sessions? Any commercial release of sessions? 1. Recorded: YYYY-MM-DD. First broadcast: DD Month YYYY. Repeated: DD Month YYY *Song title / Song Title / Song Title / Song Title 2. Recorded: YYYY-MM-DD. First broadcast: DD Month YYYY. Repeated: DD Month YYY *Song title / Song Title / Song Title / Song Title etc (Please correct mistakes and add any missing info) == Other Shows Played == * DD Month YYYY: Song (single/album) Label (Please add any missing info) == External Links == *[http://www] Wikipedia *[http://www] Official site *[http://www] Other