{"product_id":"strange-light-from-the-east-eastern-influenced-a-strange-light-from-the-east-eastern-influenced-western-music-1965-72-various-compact-discs","title":"Strange Light From the East: Eastern Influenced: A Strange Light From The East: Eastern Influenced Western Music 1965-72 \/ Various - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eA Strange Light From The East: Eastern Influenced Western Music 1965-72 \/ Various\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eStrange Light From the East: Eastern Influenced\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eStrawberry\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e5013929436138\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eRock\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2026-08-28\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e3\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eAdditional Details: \u003c\/b\u003eUNITED KINGDOM - IMPORT\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         1965-1972 period saw Western music transformed through the integration of Eastern music and philosophy and raga influences. Iconic tracks by The Byrds, The Yardbirds, and The Paul Butterfield Blues Band pioneered the fusion of modal jazz, Indian classical music, and psychedelic rock. These experiments laid the foundations for progressive rock, proto-punk, and world music, permanently altering the technical and creative landscape of modern music. The dawn of the British folk revival broke in 1965 when Bert Jansch's \"folk-baroque\" finger style revolutionised tradition, providing the early morning light for a burgeoning psychedelic scene which, by 1972 had traveled from folk clubs to the high-concept landscapes of progressive rock, exemplified by the Eastern-tinged sitar-guitar on Yes's 'Siberian Khatru'. Western artists utilised Eastern forms as a new musical bedrock. The Byrds transitioned from folk-rock into the uncharted territory of 'Eight Miles High', a track widely cited as the first true U.S. \"Raga Rock\" single. Driven by Roger McGuinn's solos - inspired by Ravi Shankar and John Coltrane - it proved pop could embrace complex modal structures. Similarly, The Yardbirds' Jeff Beck used high-fuzz pedals to mimic a sitar's drone on 'Heart Full Of Soul'. As the daylight intensified, ambitious excursions pushed genre limits. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band bridged the gap between traditional forms and the jam-band aesthetic with 'East West', a masterpiece of modal jazz and Indian classical music. Kaleidoscope's 'Egyptian Gardens' remains one of the most authentic examples of the trend, blending Middle Eastern scales into world-music fusion. Even the driving rhythms of Shocking Blue's 'Love Buzz' showed how the raga sound was integrated into emerging hard rock. This \"strange light\" provided the blueprint for the complex musical architecture that followed. The technical rigours of progressive rock grew directly from these experiments; Jimmy Page's DADGAD tuning on 'White Summer' became a Led Zeppelin staple. The influence even reached into the shadows, as The Stooges traded garage-rock for the ritualistic intensity of 'We Will Fall'. From the \"space-age\" pop of The Riot Squad to the \"Indo-Afro\" experiments of The 40 Watt Banana, this era of cross-pollination forever altered the horizons of Western musicians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Bert Jansch - Anji \u003cbr\u003e1.2 The Yardbirds W\/ Jeff \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Beck - Heart Full Of Soul \u003cbr\u003e1.4 The Byrds - Eight Miles High \u003cbr\u003e1.5 The Riot Squad - I Take It That We're Through \u003cbr\u003e1.6 The Cyrkle - Turn Down Day \u003cbr\u003e1.7 The Mirage - Tomorrow Never Knows \u003cbr\u003e1.8 The Misunderstood - I Unseen (Ibc Acetate) -The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East West \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Tuesday's Children -Strange Light From The East \u003cbr\u003e1.10 Big Jim Sullivan - She's Leaving Home \u003cbr\u003e1.11 Dantalion's Chariot -This Island \u003cbr\u003e1.12 The Flower Pot -Wantin' Ain't Gettin' \u003cbr\u003e1.13 The Zodiac - Libra - The Flower Child \u003cbr\u003e1.14 Kaleidoscope - Egyptian Gardens \u003cbr\u003e1.15 West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band -Buddha \u003cbr\u003e1.16 The Yardbirds W\/ Jimmy \u003cbr\u003e1.17 Page - White Summer \u003cbr\u003e1.18 The Fugs - Hare Krishna \u003cbr\u003e1.19 The Misty Wizards - It's Love \u003cbr\u003e1.20 Hi Revving Tongues - (The Psychedelic) Illusion \u003cbr\u003e1.21 Spirit - Girl In Your Eye \u003cbr\u003e1.22 The Lemon Pipers - I Need Someone (The Painter) \u003cbr\u003e1.23 The Twilights -Devendra \u003cbr\u003e1.24 Chad ; Jeremy -Sunstroke \u003cbr\u003e1.25 Boeing Duveen ; The Beautiful Soup - Which Dreamed It \u003cbr\u003e2.1 Spencer Davis Group -After Tea \u003cbr\u003e2.2 July - The Way (Unreleased Version) \u003cbr\u003e2.3 Tales Of Justine - Sitting \u003cbr\u003e2.4 On A Blunestone \u003cbr\u003e2.5 East Of Eden - Waterways (Demo) \u003cbr\u003e2.6 Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera - Air \u003cbr\u003e2.7 Tomorrow - Real Life Peppermint Dream \u003cbr\u003e2.8 The Rascals - Sattva \u003cbr\u003e2.9 Incredible String Band -Koeeoaddi There \u003cbr\u003e2.10 Pretty Things - Bracelets \u003cbr\u003e2.11 Merrell Fankhauser ; \u003cbr\u003e2.12 Hms Bounty - A Visit With Ashiya \u003cbr\u003e2.13 The Ceyleib People -Menyatt Dyl Com \u003cbr\u003e2.14 The Nirvana Sitar ; String Group - Head \u003cbr\u003e2.15 The Stooges - We Will Fall \u003cbr\u003e2.16 Blossom Toes - Just \u003cbr\u003e2.17 Above My Hobby Horse's Head \u003cbr\u003e2.18 Humble Pie - The Light Of Love \u003cbr\u003e2.19 Pentangle - Once I Had A Sweetheart \u003cbr\u003e2.20 Walter Horton ; Martin Stone - Netti Netti \u003cbr\u003e3.1 Shocking Blue - Love Buzz \u003cbr\u003e3.2 Clark-Hutchinson -Impromptu In 'E' Minor \u003cbr\u003e3.3 Lynne Pike - Given Time \u003cbr\u003e3.4 Jeremy Harmer - Tuesday P.M. \u003cbr\u003e3.5 Blonde On Blonde -Spinning Wheel \u003cbr\u003e3.6 The Hubbels - Hippy \u003cbr\u003e3.7 Dippy Funky Monkey Double Bubble Sitar Man \u003cbr\u003e3.8 Third Ear Band - GhettoRaga (Edit) \u003cbr\u003e3.9 John Renbourn -Lamento Di Tristan \u003cbr\u003e3.10 The Fox - Butterfly \u003cbr\u003e3.11 Meic Stevens - Yorric \u003cbr\u003e3.12 Ananda Shankar -Jumpin' Jack Flash \u003cbr\u003e3.13 Nitai Dasgupta - BaithaTano \u003cbr\u003e3.14 Abacus - Song ForBrunhilde \u003cbr\u003e3.15 The 40 Watt Banana -Nirvana \u003cbr\u003e3.16 Pandit Kanwar Sain \u003cbr\u003e3.17 Trikha - Folk Piece In Kahrwa \u003cbr\u003e3.18 Wizz Jones - American Land \u003cbr\u003e3.19 Yes - Siberian Khatru\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Strange Light From the East: Eastern Influenced","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43046385680455,"sku":"46357373","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/4521598-3617010.jpg?v=1786013326","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/strange-light-from-the-east-eastern-influenced-a-strange-light-from-the-east-eastern-influenced-western-music-1965-72-various-compact-discs","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}