Appreciate your tenacity & devotion to the research, Andy. His keeping some of that history to himself lives in service to the mystery of the very molecule he synthesized. To make Global amounts places one onto a narrow thread guide. Great article.
Thank you very, very, VERY much!! As a person who has literally spent the majority of my waking hours for the past 60 years researching (and being a part of) the history of underground LSD manufacture and distribution, I found this to be fascinating!!!
Thanks very much for your kind comments David. What’s the depth of your knowledge of Britain’s acid manufacturing and distribution history, which is the subject of my next book. I have located information on 25 labs between 1965-2025, producing acid, mdma, other psychedelics or acting as distribution centres for acid brought from elsewhere to be laid to blotter in the UK.
I know a lot of stuff about the American LSD scene. I know very little about the British scene.
("Non-fiction prose is tricky when one is writing about friends and peers who wish to remain anonymous, settings that are clandestine, and activities that are illegal."
---Amber Dawn, in the preface to her 2013 book HOW POETRY SAVED MY LIFE--A Hustler's Memoir.)
What a fantastic read Andy! Kemp really doesn’t want to open up does he? Probably understandable after doing time and also the ‘legendary’ status and myth that has grown around him and the microdot gang. Thank you for your diligent work in keeping British Psychedelic culture documented and alive. Look forward to reading your new book in due course!
Andy, did you ever get that transcript of the Michael and Carol Randall talk? They talked quite a bit about Ron Stark. I assume they also knew Richard Kemp. Are you in touch with them?
Appreciate your tenacity & devotion to the research, Andy. His keeping some of that history to himself lives in service to the mystery of the very molecule he synthesized. To make Global amounts places one onto a narrow thread guide. Great article.
Place that Nutmeg upon your hearth.
Thank you very, very, VERY much!! As a person who has literally spent the majority of my waking hours for the past 60 years researching (and being a part of) the history of underground LSD manufacture and distribution, I found this to be fascinating!!!
Thanks very much for your kind comments David. What’s the depth of your knowledge of Britain’s acid manufacturing and distribution history, which is the subject of my next book. I have located information on 25 labs between 1965-2025, producing acid, mdma, other psychedelics or acting as distribution centres for acid brought from elsewhere to be laid to blotter in the UK.
Thanks
Andy
I do not think that it is possible to overstate the incredible importance of the research you have done and are doing!
("History's written from what can be found; what isn't saved is lost, sunken and rotted, eaten by earth."
---Jill Lepore)
I know a lot of stuff about the American LSD scene. I know very little about the British scene.
("Non-fiction prose is tricky when one is writing about friends and peers who wish to remain anonymous, settings that are clandestine, and activities that are illegal."
---Amber Dawn, in the preface to her 2013 book HOW POETRY SAVED MY LIFE--A Hustler's Memoir.)
Excellent piece Andy.
What a fantastic read Andy! Kemp really doesn’t want to open up does he? Probably understandable after doing time and also the ‘legendary’ status and myth that has grown around him and the microdot gang. Thank you for your diligent work in keeping British Psychedelic culture documented and alive. Look forward to reading your new book in due course!
Fabulous stuff. Thanks Andy😊
Andy, did you ever get that transcript of the Michael and Carol Randall talk? They talked quite a bit about Ron Stark. I assume they also knew Richard Kemp. Are you in touch with them?