By the end of the ’60s, pop had undergone several all-consuming metamorphoses. Rock music and youth culture at large were changing by the minute, and there were more landmark albums that represented universal shifts in the way music was composed, produced, conceptualized, and consumed. For every Pet Sounds, Revolver, Forever Changes, or Axis: Bold as Love, there were less visible ripples throughout all of music, as psychedelic thinking and a softly adventurous spirit overtook bands and artists who were stuck in their by-the-numbers garage rock ways before this enlightenment. Safe in My Garden: American Pop in the Shadows 1967-1972 takes a look at some of the best, strangest, and most interesting examples of lesser-known purveyors of…

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