"Alchemy -- 30 Years of Counter Culture" compiled by Lee Harris
(audio CD album, music compilation, various artists ... ARK01 ... released by Arkadia Productions, London, England, October 2002 ... celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Alchemy shop, 261 Portobello Road, London, W11 1LR, England ... conceived by Lee Harris ... engineered & mastered by Sean Williams and Drezz ... cover artwork and booklet designed by Ali Om...
features: Tony Assassin, producer ... Brian Barritt, wordsmith ...Yasmin Khan Cheema, vocalist ... P.Davey ... Ginny Davis, vocalist ... Drezz, producer ... Nicky Flood, horns ...Lee Harris, spoken word ...Howie ... JC-001, rap ...Jeremy van Kampen ... Lex ... Howard Marks, spoken word ... Pop, musician ... Simon Posford, producer ... Raja Ram, musician ... John Ramirez ... K.Roberts ... Boris Sass ... D.Wardrop ... Sean Williams, engineer ... Youth, producer...
acts: An-Unna-Ki, Bush Chemists, The Crystal of Art, Drum Druids, Mystery School Players, Nirvasystem & Aether, Shpongle, Transparent, Triplicity...
studios: Artifact Records, Dragonfly Records, Twisted Records...
keywords: alternative, bohemian movement, counterculture, dub, electro, music, neurologic, social history, spoken word, traditional music, trance music, techno, tribal society, underground)
Allen Ginsberg Live at the Megatripolis directed by ?, 1995
(original video documentary ... poetry reading, public question & answer session ... Allen Ginsberg live at the Megatripolis club at Heaven in London, England, Thursday 19 October 1995 ... arranged, introduced, and compered by Lee Harris...
features: Allen Ginsberg, poet, poems, public interview ... Lee Harris, compere ... Megatripolis, venue ... Henry W.Targowski, human microphone stand...
keywords: alternative, beat generation, beat scene, bohemian movement, club scene, counterculture, poetry, sexuality, social history, underground)
"An Audience with Mr Nice" performed by Howard Marks
(DVD documentary, audio CD, non-fiction, stage performance, 140 minutes, 1st edition ... documentation of live show ... released by Snapper Music, 2003 ... recorded live on the Howard Marks 'Trail of Dead Roaches' tour, 2 October 2002 - 29 November 2002, UK ... produced and directed by Martin Baker ... design and art direction by Media Junction ... front cover image by Anthony Oliver, all other photography by Manuela Silva...
contains: backstage footage, live music feature, main show...
features: music by JC-001, Claire Nicholson, Paulo Bacon...
Howard Marks, Giles Cooper...
keywords: bohemian movement, cannabis, civil liberties, counterculture, drug smuggling,freedom, hashish, human rights, humour, justice, legalisation, marijuana, neurologic, performance, psychedelics, social history, spoken word, theatre, underground)
"Esoteric Sound Suite" by Mystery School Ensemble
(audio CD album, trance music, original pre-release promotional edition of "Mystery School Ensemble" ... ARTCD 001 ... released by Artifact Records, London, England, 2002 ... e-mail: sean@artifactrecords.com ... tel: +44 (0)7712 669 562 ... engineered by Sean Williams ... produced & arranged by Drezz ... executive production by Nicky Flood ... contains 9 tracks -- 4 of these do not appear on the eventual general release edition, "Mystery School Ensemble", namely: 'Further', 'Unknown Roads', 'In The Back Bar', 'Reflectology'...
features: Mystery School Players: James Burnham, bass, guitar ... Aviva Davidson, bass ... Drezz, Nicky Flood, horns ... Callum Hodgkins, drums ... Tom Menair ... James Morton, alto sax ... River Petein, alto sax ... Roxana Pope, vocals ... Pete Vilk, percussion ... Sean Williams, engineer, guitar, synthesizer...
keywords: alternative, ambient, counterculture, jazz, music, neurologic, trance music, underground)
Five News, 2004
(VHS video recording of tv news programme, 30 minutes ... shown on Channel 5, 17:30 hours, Thursday 22 January 2004, England...
features: a brief segment shot at the Alchemy shop, 261 Portobello Road, London, England; and a soundbite interview with Henry W.Targowski regarding cannabis reclassification as class C...
keywords: alternative, cannabis, counterculture, government, justice, law, marijuana, neurologic, psychedelics, social history, underground)
Lee Harris videotaped by Mal Burns
(VHS video biograph/interview, non-fiction, 1 hour, 54 minutes ... recollections of Lee Harris, editor, journalist, playright, publisher, shopkeeper ... born 1936 ... individually recorded, extremely raw and unedited archive copy ... produced by Mal Burns ... taped at home in Suffolk, England, 1999...
mentions: Steve Abrams, researcher ... Activ88, encouraging voting ... afrikaans ... Alchemical Almanac, a handbook of psychoactive herbs ... Alchemy shop, 261 Portobello Road, London W11 1LR, England ... George Andrews, editor ... ANC, anti-apartheid movement ... Arts Lab, multi-media center ... Brainstorm Comix, alternative comics ... Bugsy ... Fraser Clark, underground promoter ... Congress of the People ... Caroline Coon, artist ... Baba Ram Das, guru, psychologist ... Emperor Ginseng Company, business ... Farizine, rasta publication ... Allen Ginsberg, poet ... Jim Haynes, author ... herbs ... Michael Hollingshead, author ... Michael Horovitz, poet ... Human Family, performance troupe ... Home Grown, alternative magazine ... International Times, underground magazine ... JC-001, poet, rap artist ... Christine Keeler, call girl, scandal ... Timothy Leary, neurologician ... lithuania ... Love Play, theatre ... Nelson Mandela, ANC ... Howard Marks, author, smuggler... Megatripolis, club ... Middle Earth, club ... Jack Henry Moore, video archivist ... Overland Guide to India, alternative travel guide ... Reclaim the Streets, direct action movement ... Release, organisation ... Ed Rosenthal, cannabis expert ... south africa ... Bryan Talbot, graphic artist ... UFO, club ... Videoheads, media group...
keywords: alternative, art, beat generation, beat scene, bohemian movement, cannabis, civil rights, club scene, communication, counterculture, freedom, justice, law, liberty, LSD, marijuana, media, music, neurologic, psychedelics, social history, spoken word, technology, theatre, tribal society, underground ... 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s)
Lee Harris photo taken by Ron Reid Lee Harris and John Bagwell photo taken by ? Lee Harris and Geni photo taken by ? Lee Harris and Lyn photo taken by Ron Reid
(original photograph of Lee Harris at the Alchemy stall, 253 Portobello Road, London, W11, England, 1978/1979...
keywords: alternative, art, beat generation, beat scene, bohemian movement, cannabis, civil liberties, counterculture, marijuana, media, photography, social history, underground ... 1970s)
(original photograph of Lee Harris and John Bagwell at the Alchemy stall, 253 Portobello Road, London, W11, England, Saturday 3 April 1976...
keywords: alternative, art, beat generation, beat scene, bohemian movement, cannabis, civil liberties, counterculture, marijuana, media, photography, social history, underground ... 1970s)
(original photograph of Lee Harris and Geni at the Alchemy stall, 253 Portobello Road, London, W11, England, Summer 1972...
keywords: alternative, art, beat generation, beat scene, bohemian movement, cannabis, civil liberties, counterculture, marijuana, media, photography, social history, underground ... 1970s)
(original photograph of Lee Harris and Lyn at the Alchemy stall, 253 Portobello Road, London, W11, England, 1974...
keywords: alternative, art, beat generation, beat scene, bohemian movement, cannabis, civil liberties, counterculture, marijuana, media, photography, social history, underground ... 1970s)
"Mystery School Ensemble" by Mystery School Ensemble
(audio CD album, 1st general release edition of "Esoteric Sound Suite" ... ARTCD 001 ... released by Artifact Records, London, England, November 2003 ... e-mail: sean@artifactrecords.com ... tel: +44 (0)7712 669 562 ... engineered by Sean Williams ... produced & arranged by Drezz ... executive production by Nicky Flood ... cover art by Alex Thynne ... contains 12 tracks [7 of which do not appear on the pre-release]...
features: Mystery School Players: James Burnham, bass, guitar ... Aviva Davidson, bass ... Drezz, bass, guitar, hand drum, keyboards, piano, producer, programming ... Nicky Flood, horns, trombone, trumpet ... Callum Hodgkins, drums ... Tom Menair, acoustic guitar ... James Morton, alto sax ... River Petein, alto sax ... Roxana Pope, vocals ... Pete Vilk, percussion ... Sean Williams, engineer, guitar, synthesizer...
keywords: alternative, ambient, counterculture, jazz, music, neurologic, trance music, underground)
"This is real music made by real people. This is definitely an album best enjoyed after a nice pipe of your favourite herb... oh yes!" -- (in Pure Weed, Issue 1, 2004)
"Chill, jazzy, and trance. Highly recommended." -- Henry W.Targowski
"Never Again" by JC-001
(VHS copy of music video, single, ? minutes ... released by Anxious Records/EastWest Records, London, England, 19?? ... written and performed by JC-001...
contains: cameo appearances by local Portobello Road regulars, including: Lee Harris; with multi-cultural locations in London, England...
features: JC-001, Jonathon Chandra Pandy, artist, performer, poet...
keywords: anti-racism, beatbox, bohemian movement, civil liberties, counterculture, dance culture, freedom, human rights, justice, liberty, multi-culturalism, music, performance, poetry, rap, spoken word, underground ... england, india, ireland, wales)
Photographs of Allen Ginsberg and Lee Harris, 1995
(online images, taken from video recording ... Allen Ginsberg live at the Megatripolis club, London, England, Thursday 19 October 1995...
features: Allen Ginsberg, poet ... Lee Harris, compere...
keywords: alternative, beat generation, beat scene, bohemian movement, club scene, counterculture, poems, poetry, social history, underground)
"The PinkyPoos Experience" produced by Angelica Campion
(video, 60 minutes, spoof films and performance footage extracts ... unleashed by PinkyPoos, London, England, 2003... directed by Alan Conway ... winner of the 2003 Portobello Film Festival award for 'Most Popular Film'...
contains: 'Psycho', 'The Shining', 'Chapati-pati Bangrha', 'Poos Fiction', 'Pootrix'...
starring: Bertie Anderson, Pip Baily, Angelica Campion, Marcus Daborn...
features: appearances by local Portobello Road regulars, including: JC-001, Dr Stewart, Earl Okin, Howard Marks, Soul, Stan, Henry W.Targowski, Phillipa Whiting...
includes: Kevin Armstrong, Oliver Campion, Alan Conway, Cube, Marie-Helena Cuckow, Julian Fox, JC-001, Tony Lovatt, Blair Mackichan, Earl Okin, Howard Marks, Miles Winter Roberts, Sacred People, Ruby Sangha, Soul, Dr Stewart, Marjorie Terris...
keywords: alternative, cabaret, comedy, counterculture, dada, film, humour, kitsch, music, performance, surrealism, theatre, underground)
"The Product"/"Perpetual Culture Shock" by Howard Marks with Lee Harris and the Mystery School Ensemble
(audio 12-inch vinyl single ... ART 1202 ... released by Artifact Music, London, England, 2003 ... produced and engineered by Drezz & Sean Williams ... Nicky Flood, trumpet, trombone ... Sean Williams, guitar ... Drezz, bass ... Howard Marks and Lee Harris, voices...
Artifact Records, Drezz ... Nicky Flood, horns ... Lee Harris, Howard Marks, Mystery School Ensemble, Sean Williams...
keywords: alternative, counterculture, music, neurologic, social history, spoken word, underground)
"Tales of the Inexpressible" by Shpongle
(audio CD album, trance music, 1st general release edition ... TWSCD 13 ... released by Twisted Records, London, England, 200? ... e-mail: mail@twisted.co.uk ... tel: +44 (0)20 7736 38? ... written & produced by Simon Posford & Raja Ram ... contains 9 tracks...
features: Simon Posford, engineer, producer ... Raja Ram, flute, spoken word ... Shpongle...
keywords: alternative, ambient, bohemian movement, counterculture, music, neurologic, psychedelics, trance music, underground)
What Sadie Did Next, 2004
(tv programme series, 30 minutes ... Howard Marks interviewed by Sadie Frost ... originally shown on Channel E4, 22:30 hours, Thursday, ?, 2004, England...
features: a brief segment shot at the Alchemy shop, 261 Portobello Road, London, England; and a soundbite interview with Henry W.Targowski regarding cannabis reclassification as class C ... Eve's Cafe ... Market Bar...
keywords: alternative, cannabis, community, counterculture, government, justice, law, lifestyle, marijuana, neurologic, psychedelics, social history, underground)