The Other Half
This obscure San Francisco (by way of L.A.) '60s band gained a degree of notoriety in the '80s when their punk-garage single "Mr. Pharmacist" was included on one of Rhino's Nuggets compilations and covered by the Fall. Actually, most of the Other Half's material was far less garage than psychedelic, featuring the sustain-laden guitar of Randy Holden, one of the best Jeff Beck-inspired axemen of the '60s. Boasting a just-out-of-the-garage approach to Haight-Ashbury psychedelia, the group cut a little-heard, fairly strong album, as well as a few rare singles, in 1967 and 1968. Holden, who had previously played in the L.A. psychedelic garage band Sons of Adam, went on to join Blue Cheer and record on his own.
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Discography
7 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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The Other Half
Progressive Rock - Released by ODL on 20 Aug 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Psychedelic Essentials
Rock - Released by Glass Ark Music on 1 Aug 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Cruel Jokes for Kind Friends
Rock - Released by 2503697 Records DK2 on 30 Dec 2020
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Summer Melodies
Ambient - Released by The Other Half on 8 Feb 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Family of Fools
Rock - Released by Electric Social on 9 Jul 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
New Century Man
Rock - Released by Electric Social on 3 Aug 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo