WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND / A child's guide to good & evil

     The delicate melodies of these Californians seem to come from ancient times, or even to have always existed. As if their creation required only an exercise in reflection, synthesis, and purification of the energies that have moved the universe for millions of years, causing the sun to set below the horizon and rise again the following morning.
     Volume 3: A Child's Guide to Good and Evil, the band's fourth LP from 1968, has been described as a "strange fusion of innocence and malice." The most exquisite beauty coexists with bad trips, paranoia, and social protest...
     The Butterfly Mind is the work of John Van Hamersveld, an artist who designed, among 300 other covers, The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour , Jefferson Airplane's Crown of Creation , and The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street .