The Fraternity of Man - 1968

If I had to pick my 100 favorite records, this would be on the list. It has energy, spirit, humor, and some dazzling guitar work in this onslaught of anti-authoritarian marijuana-soaked celebration. If you've never heard this band, seek out this record. They did a bust of a "contract fulfillment" second album, then disappeared, but this record is great. A version of Zappa's "Oh No, I Don't Believe It" is guitar bliss and "Bikini Baby" is one of the best tracks ever, anywhere.

Elliott Ingber, by then a veteran of The Mothers of Invention and Captain Beefheart, put this group together with Martin Kibbee, Warren Klein, Richard Hayward, and Stash Wagner.