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The remaining members of The Moving Strings and The Beat-Town Skifflers formed The Zipps in the autumn of 1965. The band received national attention almost immediately because of their remarkable blend of folk-rock with beat influences. But The Zipps impressed even more when their music evolved to psychedelic, including a colorful, bubbling and mind-expanding light show. It was an awesome experience for mind and body! The fans put up stickers all over the Netherlands, with slogans like: 'Be Stoned, dig The Zipps psychedelic sound. In 2011 The Zipps celebrate their 45th anniversary. The kick-off is this beautiful vinyl album Kicks & Chicks: Ever Stoned, with much unreleased material. Such as the original versions of Marie Juana (Give Me Your Smell) and Benzedrine Bass Player (Hurry I Need Benzedrine), the never-released single The Singer Was Stoned/Lotus Love, instrumental versions, extended versions of Kicks and Chicks and When You Tell It, Tell It Well ..!, a live version of Roll The Cotton Down in 1965 by The Beat-Town Skifflers and the previously unreleased Watch What Happens! from 1971. All these wonderful sounds are packed into a stunning psychedelic sleeve ... KICKS AND CHICKS: EVER STONED is a great monument to The Zipps and their legendary music ... Be Stoned! Dig the Zipps! Eventually ZIPPS evolved in to COSMIC DEALER recoding a couple of singles and one classic album. Chapter A 1. Roll the Cotton Down 2.17 - live 2. The Beer Hall Song 2.34 - live 3. Rock my Soul 2.21 - live 4. Kicks And Chicks 3.30 - full length stereo 5. Mari-Juana (Give Me Your Smell) 3.50 - demo 6. Benzedrine Bassplayer (Hurry I Need Benzedrine) 2.44 - demo 7. Mari-Juana (Give Me Your Smell) 2.53 - false starts Chapter B 1. The Struggle for Ice-cold Milk of Benzi the Bassplayer or how to Promote Original Dutch Milk 2.26 - stereo 2. The Singer was Stoned 3.05 - demo vocal 3. The Singer was Stoned 3.04 - instrumental demo 4. Lotus Love 2.54 - instrumental demo 5. When You Tell It, Tell It Well..! 4.06 - full length 6. Watch What Happens! 5.45 - demo Tracks A 1 - 3 performed as The Beat-Town Skifflers. Previously unreleased tracks & sessions, except tracks B 1 & 4.
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