Hippies were the original psychedelic peoples, so some hippie rock as psychedelic disco at The Loft:
"The Mexican," Babe Ruth (1973): English rock band mocking John Wayne's epic dud The Alamo (1960) for its Cold War bigotry, I think, and virtual B-Boy standard in early Hip-hop era; e.g., Funky 4 + 1, "Feel It (The Mexican)" (1983).
"Glad," Traffic (1970): A little too young for Traffic. I knew Steve Winwood's Arc of a Diver better (1980). The piano vamping is familiar ("What'd I Say"?) and undeniably hot. Add on some jazz-rock fanfare and a trippy interlude or two and why not?
"Listen Here," Brian Auger (1970): Smoking hot proto-Disco and, yes, I'm a total sucker for the Hammond organ sound. But jungle polyrhythms and a fat bass sound on the bottom topped with a greasy mess of funky organ and jazz-rock guitar grooving. Augerization!
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