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The Open Mind was an English psychedelic rock band formed in London, and active in the 1960s and 1970s.
The band was formed in the mid 1960s by four musicians from Putney, South London. Initially named The Apaches formed by Tim du Feu, Mike Brancaccio and Philip Fox and their friend Ray Nye. Nye left in 1965 and another friend, Terry Schindler, joined instead. The band became The Drag Set, who released a little-known single in February 1967, "Day and Night" / "Get Out of My Way". Shortly thereafter, they changed their name to The Open Mind and in July 1969 released a self-titled LP which has since become a highly sought-after collectible. The band, however, is best known for its druggy August 1969 single, "Magic Potion", which did not appear on the album.
The Open Mind disbanded in 1973; its members wanted to move into jazz-influenced music, but The Open Mind was too well known as a psychedelic band. The band members (minus Phil Fox) went on to form Armada, which lasted about three years but did not release any recorded material.
Despite their paucity of recorded material, The Open Mind have proven to be influential in the psychedelic rock genre, their single "Magic Potion" having been covered by bands such as The Seers and Sun Dial.
Footage is from Wild Thing the 1987 film directed by Max Reid, screenplay by John Sayles, and story by Larry Stamper, starring Robert Knepper as Wild Thing
Kathleen Quinlan as Jane
Robert Davi as Chopper
Maury Chaykin as Jonathan Trask
Betty Buckley as Leah
Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge as Wild Thing (10 years old)
Clark Johnson as Winston
Sean Hewitt as Father Quinn
Teddy Abner as Rasheed
Cree Summer as Lisa
Shawn Levy as Paul.
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