As the Exception, this quartet were one of Chicago's top mid-'60s bands. In 1968 they shook up their personnel, changed their name to Aorta and embraced psychedelia, issuing their debut album the following spring. An ambitious psychedelic suite, it alternates between mellow and heavier sounds, with some intense fuzz guitar and sound effects, and stands as one of the best major label psych LPs of the late 1960s.
01 Main Vein I 02 Heart Attack 03 What's In My Mind's Eye 04 Magic Bed 05 Main Vein Ii 06 Sleep Tight 07 Catalyptic 08 Main Vein Iii 09 Sprinkle Road To Cork Street 10 Ode To Missy Mxyzosptlk 11 Strange 12 A Thousand Thoughts