Some excellent early 70's heavy psych, Mystic Siva were from Detroit Michigan, guitarist Al Tozzi, drummer Dave Mascarin, keyboardist/vocalist Mark Heckert, and bassist/vocalist Art Theinel. The self titled debut album (1971) is something of an overlooked masterwork, wonderfully spooky organ playing, lashing acid fuzz guitars, drugged out lyrics....I could, I suppose, point out some "highlights", ("Sunshine is Too Long", "Keeper of the Keys"), but really the whole thing is pretty damned awesome, don't know why I've never posted this before actually, I guess I just figured that I had, it's long been a favorite of mine.The follow up, "Under the Influence" is not quite as good as the debut, it features live recordings of a bunch of the tracks from the debut as well as a bunch of cover versions, interesting, but not nearly as essential as the first album.
MYSTIC SIVA-01 Keeper of the Keys/02 And When You Go/03 Eyes Have Seen Me/04 Come On Closer/05 Sunshine Is Too Long/06 Spinning a Spell/07 Supernatural Mind/08 Find Out Why/09 Magic Luv/10 Touch the Sky/11 In a Room
UNDER THE INFLUENCE-01 Keep Your Head/02 Spinning a Spell/03 Come On Closer/04 Supernatural Mind/05 Come Together/06 Magic Luv/07 Find Out Why/08 I'm a Man/09 Tobacco Road/10 Sitting In a Room/11 Black Sheep