Released originally in Japan in April 1968, The Mops' debut album Psychedelic Sounds In Japan was the country's first self-declared psychedelic record. Even though they sported kaftans, beads and Sergeant Pepper jackets, The Mops were too tough, too jagged to be true flower people. Praised and hyped in recent years by UK writer/musician Julian Cope in his Japrocksamplerbook, original LP copies go for thousands of dollars. Part US west coast groove and part Monks/Seeds-style weirdness, this is a genuine cult classic.