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INDEX
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ABC Records, 102
Abramson, Ed, 95
Ace Recording Studios, 11, 184–87, 186n, 267, 282
Adlow, Elijah, 40–41, 242–43
Aerosmith, 7, 117, 225
Alexander, Willie, 128–30, 134–35
Alpert, Richard, see Ram Dass
Alpert, William, 200
Alter, Harvey “Dog,” 265–67
Amboy Dukes, 238
America, 48
America Inc., 260n
American Avatar, 50, 219, 261–62
American Society for Psychical Research, 213–14, 275
Amphion, 77–78, 87, 92, 93, 96
Anders, William, 304
Anthology of American Folk Music, 28
Antonioni, Michelangelo, 158–67, 174
Apollo 8, 304
Apple Pie Motherhood Band, 95, 283
Arbus, Diane, 291
Ark, 265n
Armstrong, Jim, 3
Armstrong, Louis, 186
Arnold, Bruce, 79–81, 88–89, 94, 99–101
Aronowitz, Al, 263–64
Arthur, Brooks, 4, 13, 79, 269, 270, 286
Asch, Timothy, 152
Ascheim, Skip, 68, 71, 247
Association, 183
“Astral Plane,” 124–25
Astral Projection, 269n–70n
Astral Weeks, 5–7, 11–13, 17, 19–21, 23, 48, 66, 125, 131n, 132, 175, 179, 186–88, 207–8, 218n, 223n, 266n, 281–86, 288–90
“Ballerina,” 3
“Beside You,” 271, 274, 275, 277–78, 289
“Cyprus Avenue,” 271, 274, 276, 284, 289
“Madame George,” 6, 10, 208, 271, 274–78, 285, 289–91
poem on sleeve of, 12, 182, 278
recording of, 11, 79, 175, 267–78
“Slim Slow Slider,” 208, 276, 284
“Sweet Thing,” 6, 274
“Train” and, 284–85, 289
“The Way Young Lovers Do,” 12, 276
Atkins, Tom, 231–37, 232n, 240, 246–47
Atlantic, 141
Atwood, David, 69, 176, 234, 235, 238–39
Aubrey, James, 165
Avatar, 35–43, 45, 49–50, 52, 55, 67, 68, 71, 95, 105, 113, 120–21, 131n, 154, 157n, 159, 163–64, 166, 189, 196, 207, 209, 216, 243, 244, 247, 248, 255–60, 304
American Avatar, 50, 219, 261–62
astrology and, 223
Avatar II, 260–61
FBI and, 245
Frechette and, 160–63
obscenity trials of, 38–43, 91, 172, 242, 291
Titicut Follies article in, 150–52
Weil and, 198n
What’s Happening, Mr. Silver? and, 61–65
Baez, Joan, 31, 66, 291
Bagatelle, 102–3, 114
Bailey, Alice, 123–26, 132, 225n, 273
Bailey, F. Lee, 143
Baker, Ross, 241
“Ballerina,” 3
Band, The, 185n
Bang Records, 13, 14, 18, 101, 184, 186n, 268, 272, 277–78, 282, 289
Bangs, Lester, 5, 12, 48, 105, 120, 208n, 285–86
Banner of Light, 212, 290
Baranco, Victor, 292–93
Barbarians, 185
Barber, Adrian, 225n
Barnet, Sylvan, 52
Barnicle, Mike, 173
Barry and the Remains, 77, 90
Barzyk, Fred, 53–54, 56, 58–60, 67–70, 72, 73, 158, 260n
Beach Boys, 77, 92, 233
Beacon Street Union, 75–76, 81–83, 86n, 87–89, 99, 102
Bead Game, 12, 187
Beam, Alex, 181
Beardsley, Ed, 39–41, 159, 259, 260
Beatles, 27, 77, 88, 118n, 225, 233, 262, 263, 281
Beautiful Vision, 125
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