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Country Joe and the Fish was an American psychedelic rock band formed in Berkeley, California, in 1965. The band was among the influential groups in the San Francisco music scene during the mid- to late 1960s. Much of the band's music was written by founding members Country Joe McDonald and Barry "The Fish" Melton, with lyrics pointedly addressing issues of importance to the counterculture, such as anti-war protests, free love, and recreational drug use. Through a combination of psychedelia and electronic music, the band's sound was marked by innovative guitar melodies and distorted organ-driven instrumentals which were significant to the development of acid rock. The band self-produced two EPs that drew attention on the underground circuit before signing to Vanguard Records in 1966. Their debut album, Electric Music for the Mind and Body, followed in 1967. It contained their only nationally charting single, "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine", and their most experimental arrangements. Their second album, I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die, was released in late 1967; its title track, with its dark humor and satire, became their signature tune and is among the era's most recognizable protest songs. Further success followed, including McDonald's appearance at Woodstock, but the group's lineup underwent changes until its disbandment in 1970. Members of the band continue in the music industry as solo recording artists and sporadically reconvene.
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The Wave of Electrical Sound [2018]
Song | Duration |
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Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine | 4:27 |
Superbird | |
Super Bird | 2:09 |
Love | 2:27 |
Who Am I | 4:06 |
The Best of Flower Power [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine | 4:31 |
Woodstock 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur's Farm [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Love [#] | 3:02 |
Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine [#] | 4:13 |
Silver and Gold [#] | 4:48 |
Flower Power [Time Life Box] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine | 3:14 |
Flower Power: Groovin' [Time Life #2] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine | 3:14 |
Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Superbird | 2:04 |
Summer of Love: Gold [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine | 4:23 |
Turned Up and Turned On [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Superbird |
Vanguard Visionaries [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Death Sound Blues | 4:24 |
Sing Sing Sing | 3:04 |
An Untitled Protest | 2:46 |
Janis | 2:36 |
Superbird (Tricky Dick) | 2:04 |
Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine | 4:22 |
The Masked Marauder | 3:10 |
25 Years Of California Rock [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine | 4:20 |
Classic: California Rock [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine | 4:20 |
Steal This Movie [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Superbird | 3:10 |
Best of Country Joe McDonald [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Ring of Fire | 2:26 |
Six Days on the Road | 2:17 |
Mara | 1:50 |
Air Algiers | 2:48 |
Joe's Blues | 4:11 |
The Call | 2:35 |
Best of Country Joe McDonald [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Pastures of Plenty | 2:17 |
The Monterey International Pop Festival, June 16-17-18, 1967 [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine | 5:37 |
Psychedelia [AAD] [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine | 4:20 |
Psychedelia: Long Strange Trip [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine | 4:22 |
San Francisco Nights [Rhino] [1991]
Song | Duration |
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Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine |
The Life and Time of Country Joe and the Fish From Haight-Ashbury to Woodstock [1991]
Song | Duration |
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Who Am I | 4:07 |
Superbird (Tricky Dick) | 5:26 |
Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine | 4:23 |
Love Machine | 6:11 |
The Collected Country Joe & the Fish [1987]
Song | Duration |
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Superbird | 3:09 |
Flying High | 2:38 |
Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine | 4:20 |
Death Sound Blues | 4:22 |
Janis | 2:36 |
An Untitled Protest | 2:45 |
Crystal Blues | 5:44 |
Rockin' Round the World | 3:37 |
The First Three EPs [1987]
Song | Duration |
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Superbird | 3:37 |
(Thing Called) Love | 2:37 |
Kiss My Ass | 3:02 |
Collectors Items: The First Three EP's [1981]
Song | Duration |
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Superbird | 3:33 |
(Thing Called) Love | 2:33 |
Kiss My Ass | 3:00 |
Collectors Items: The First Three EP's [Original] [1981]
Song | Duration |
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Superbird | |
(Thing Called) Love | |
Kiss My Ass |
The Life and Times of Country Joe & the Fish [1981]
Song | Duration |
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Flying High | 2:38 |
An Untitled Protest | 2:46 |
Who Am I | 4:03 |
Death Sound Blues | 4:22 |
Janis | 2:36 |
Sing Sing Sing | 3:01 |
Superbird (Tricky Dick) | 5:15 |
Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine | 3:52 |
Crystal Blues | 5:05 |
Masked Marauder | 3:51 |
Love Machine | 5:53 |
CJ Fish [1970]
Song | Duration |
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Sing Sing Sing | 3:05 |
She's a Bird | 4:38 |
Mara | 3:01 |
Hang On | 4:12 |
The Baby Song | 2:55 |
Hey Bobby | 2:11 |
Silver and Gold | 2:47 |
Rockin' Round the World | 4:54 |
The Love Machine | 5:48 |
The Return of Sweet Lorraine | 3:50 |
Return of Sweet Lorraine | 3:50 |
Electric Music for the Mind and Body [1967]
Song | Duration |
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Flying High | 2:48 |
Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine | 4:27 |
Death Sound Blues | 4:23 |
Super Bird | 2:07 |
Superbird | 2:09 |
Love | 2:27 |
The Masked Marauder | 3:14 |
I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die [1967]
Song | Duration |
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Magoo | 4:47 |
Janis | 2:36 |
Thought Dream | 7:17 |
Janis [Instrumental] [*] | 2:37 |
Here We Are Again
Song | Duration |
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Crystal Blues | 6:23 |
I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die
Song | Duration |
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Who Am I | 4:05 |
Live! Fillmore West 1969
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Flying High | 12:36 |
Monterey International Pop Festival: June 16, 17, 18, 1967
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine | 5:37 |
Together
Song | Duration |
---|---|
An Untitled Protest | 2:46 |
Unknown Album
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Death Sound Blues | 4:23 |
Flying High | 2:38 |
Silver and Gold | 2:47 |
Love | 2:19 |
Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine | 4:21 |
Six Days on the Road | 2:17 |
I Feel Like I'm Fixin To Die | |
Sing Sing Sing | 3:05 |
Superbird | 2:04 |
Ring of Fire | 2:26 |
Magoo | 4:43 |
Don't Bogart That Joint | |
Marijuana | |
Janis | 2:36 |
Amigo Bronco | 3:47 |
Fish Cheer | |
Kiss My Ass | 3:00 |
Bass Strings | 8:25 |
Thought Dream | 6:39 |
The Return of Sweet Lorraine | 3:50 |
Masked Marauder | 3:10 |
Vietnam Song (Live From Woodstock) | |
An Untitled Protest | 2:46 |
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