--- product_id: 168334650 title: "A Slight Disturbance In My Mind ~ The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds Of 1966" price: "S$52" currency: SGD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.sg/products/168334650-a-slight-disturbance-in-my-mind-the-british-proto-psychedelic store_origin: SG region: Singapore --- # A Slight Disturbance In My Mind ~ The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds Of 1966 **Price:** S$52 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** A Slight Disturbance In My Mind ~ The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds Of 1966 - **How much does it cost?** S$52 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sg](https://www.desertcart.sg/products/168334650-a-slight-disturbance-in-my-mind-the-british-proto-psychedelic) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description While the likes of “Rubber Soul”, ‘See My Friends’ and ‘Still I’m Sad’ had served notice in 1965 of British pop’s heightened level of ambition, 1966 would prove to be an even more tumultuous twelve-month period as experimentation and innovation grew to new levels. The release that August of “Revolver” – whose cataclysmic closing track ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ landed amongst the record-buying public like an impenetrable missile from outer space – brought the concept of psychedelic music out of the margins and into the mainstream. However, psychedelia – condemned by national newspaper The Sun as “the new and dangerous sound in pop music” – had been percolating throughout the year. The word was already in subterranean use in America, adapted by the likes of The 13 th Floor Elevators and Hollywood hustler Kim Fowley, who in late 1965 had become the first person to promote a record with the term “psychedelic”. Arriving in London in March 1966, Fowley became a proselytising influence for the new sound, instructing bemused young British bands to “act psychedelically”. His sojourn coincided with the relocation of Californian band The Misunderstood, whose incendiary sound and stage act was a major influence on a new generation of British acts. Meanwhile, serial pioneers The Yardbirds were making increasingly audacious music, their new manager Simon Napier-Bell instructed the young John’s Children to become “the first psychedelic group”, while mod band The Creation developed an intriguing pop-art approach. Featuring 84 tracks, A Slight Disturbance In My Mind: The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds Of 1966 examines the “experimental pop” element of the British music scene during that epochal twelve-month period with a dizzying, dazzling mix of nascent psychedelia, introspective pop and what’s been retrospectively labelled freakbeat. We feature vital contributions from some of the era’s biggest names (The Kinks, The Yardbirds, The Hollies, The Animals etc), a bunch of highly collectable cult classics, a huge stash of unissued-at-the-time nuggets and early outings for such future legends as Bowie, Bolan, Slade and The Bee Gees. Housed in a clamshell box containing a 52-page booklet crammed with biographical information and priceless period photos and memorabilia. Review: Superb Box Set - This is a superbly curated box set. An understandable reaction to reading that most of the tracks in this set were either not hits or even never released would be to think, " there's a reason for that!" , but nothing could be further from the truth. This is almost wall to wall fabulous. I have been a fan of sixties music since my pre-teens but I have probably only heard one or two of the tracks here and I can't believe what I've been missing for the last 50 years! Absolutely brilliant! Review: Another great compilation - This is the fifth of these Grapefruit box sets I have bought. It covers 1966 (the others having covered 1967-1970). It's possibly the best of the lot. As always the notes in the booklet by David Wells are fascinating. My favourite bit is "Irrespective of whether you consider the four hours of dizzying, genre busting music spread across our anthology to be motivated by the doors of perception or the window of opportunity, "A Slight Disturbance In My Mind" is the sound of British pop storming the gates of a new, strange and wonderful dawn." I like to listen to the music while reading the notes and also having Wikipedia to hand to see what happened to bands like The Smoke whose "My Friend Jack" opens Disc 2. Did you know that the bass guitarist with The Smoke was John "Zeke" Lund who became a sound engineer for Boney M - who went on to record "My Friend Jack" themselves. Fascinating. ## Images ![A Slight Disturbance In My Mind ~ The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds Of 1966 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91z4jCjJYbL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Superb Box Set *by C***K on 1 March 2026* This is a superbly curated box set. An understandable reaction to reading that most of the tracks in this set were either not hits or even never released would be to think, " there's a reason for that!" , but nothing could be further from the truth. This is almost wall to wall fabulous. I have been a fan of sixties music since my pre-teens but I have probably only heard one or two of the tracks here and I can't believe what I've been missing for the last 50 years! Absolutely brilliant! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Another great compilation *by M***E on 18 March 2020* This is the fifth of these Grapefruit box sets I have bought. It covers 1966 (the others having covered 1967-1970). It's possibly the best of the lot. As always the notes in the booklet by David Wells are fascinating. My favourite bit is "Irrespective of whether you consider the four hours of dizzying, genre busting music spread across our anthology to be motivated by the doors of perception or the window of opportunity, "A Slight Disturbance In My Mind" is the sound of British pop storming the gates of a new, strange and wonderful dawn." I like to listen to the music while reading the notes and also having Wikipedia to hand to see what happened to bands like The Smoke whose "My Friend Jack" opens Disc 2. Did you know that the bass guitarist with The Smoke was John "Zeke" Lund who became a sound engineer for Boney M - who went on to record "My Friend Jack" themselves. Fascinating. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Lots of lysergic gems *by A***R on 14 August 2020* Three discs of fascinating tracks from an era of exploding imaginations. Useful booklet adds nuggets of context and information. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sg/products/168334650-a-slight-disturbance-in-my-mind-the-british-proto-psychedelic](https://www.desertcart.sg/products/168334650-a-slight-disturbance-in-my-mind-the-british-proto-psychedelic) --- *Product available on Desertcart Singapore* *Store origin: SG* *Last updated: 2026-10-29*