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Ya Ho Wha 13
Ya Ho Wha 13
	Ya Ho Wha 13 and The Source Family
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Also known as	Ya Ho Wa 13, Yahowa13
Origin	Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Psychedelic rock, experimental rock, jam band
Years active	1970s–present
Labels	Higher Key, Swordfish Records, Drag City Records, Captain Trip Records
Website	yahowha.org

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Ya Ho Wha 13, otherwise known as Ya Ho Wa 13 or Yahowha 13, is a psychedelic rock band fronted by Father Yod (/joʊd/ YOHD), spiritual leader of a religious commune called the Source Family, based in Los Angeles. (Without the vowels and spaces, Ya Ho Wha can be abbreviated to "YHWH", the tetragrammaton). The band has released nine LPs of psychedelic music, with tribal drums and distorted guitars. Some were unrehearsed jam sessions and others conventional rock music.

Formation

In the early 1970s, members of The Source Family, who lived in the former Harry Chandler mansion in Los Feliz in the Hollywood Hills, formed an improvisational, psychedelic music group. ^[1] In 1973 they began recording LPs in a studio in a garage at the family's communal residence.

All the records made with Father Yod's participation were improvised, with no rehearsals or overdubs. ^{[citation needed]} Most were pressed in small runs of 500 to 1000 copies on the Higher Key label and sold to the public in Father Yod's vegetarian restaurant.

Nine LPs were produced and released, but more than 65 albums were thought to have been recorded by the group and then lost over the years. The group's historian and archivist later found unreleased music tapes in the archives, and it was planned to remaster and release them through Drag City Records of Chicago and the group's website.^[2]

The band changed members and its name occasionally, from Father Yod and the Spirit of ’76 to Ya Ho Wha 13 to The Savage Sons of Ya Ho Wha, Yodship, and Fire Water Air. The key players were always the same: Djin Aquarian on guitar, Octavius Aquarian on drums, and Sunflower Aquarian on bass. Other family musicians were Lovely Aquarian, Zoroaster Aquarian, Hom Aquarian, Rhythm Aquarian, Pythias Aquarian, Aquariana Aquarian, Ahom Aquarian, and Electron Aquarian.

Father Yod does not appear on all album releases, but on those on which he participates he handles lead vocals and percussion on a kettle drum. Yahowha 13 was Father Yod's signature band. He intended that its music and lyrics should continue his teaching after he was gone.^{[citation needed]} Sky Saxon of The Seeds joined the Source Family in 1973 and also appeared on the band's recordings.

Discography

Father Yod and the Spirit of ‘76

Kohoutek (1973)
Contraction (1974)
Expansion (1974)
All or Nothing at All (1974)

Father Yod does not participate on All or Nothing at All, unlike the previous three albums released under this incarnation, in which his chanting and singing vocals are prominent.^[3]

Ya Ho Wa 13

Ya Ho Wa 13 (1974), recorded at the Father House garage.
Savage Sons of Ya Ho Wa (1974), recorded at the Father House garage.
Penetration: An Aquarian Symphony (1974), recorded at the Father House garage, is the band's most popular recording and has been reissued several times.
I'm Gonna Take You Home (1974), also called The Lovers, was recorded at the Father House garage.
To the Principles, For the Children (1974), recorded at the Father House garage.
The Operetta (1975), not released until the 2000s.

By the end of 1974, the Source Family had tried to move to Hawaii but were met with hostility, which forced them to temporarily relocate to Northern California before eventually returning. This album^{[clarification needed]} was recorded during that time and the tension is apparent. It has been described as “a more personalized, painfully vulnerable”^[3] collection of songs. This long-lost final album of Ya Ho Wha with Father's participation was recently^[when?] released by Swordfish Records. It was recorded in the spring of 1975, just after Ya Ho Wha's spontaneous visit to India, which culminated in his initiation in the Great Pyramid of Giza on Easter Sunday. He was en route to the US via France when the plane was re-routed due to a storm and forced to land in Cairo, Egypt. Upon arrival the group (there were four traveling) hailed a taxi, and the taxi driver suggested they stay at his brothers house and the next morning at 4am they proceeded to the Great Pyramids. Upon arrival they were greeted by a mysterious man who escorted them through the Great Pyramid. This LP represents the first recording Ya Ho Wha made after his "resurrection" in the Great Pyramid, and is also his last full collaboration with the band.^[3]

Sonic Portation, the first record release of the remaining members of YaHoWha13 in over 33 years through ProphaseMusic. The band released two more albums called 2013.

Music after Father's death

After Father Yod / Ya Ho Wha's hang-gliding accident and death in Hawaii in 1975, the original Yahowa 13 band dissolved, though many of the members continue to make music.

Golden Sunrise (Fire Water Air, 1977), the first recording after Father Yod's death and the first featured appearance of Sky Saxon of The Seeds.^[4]
Yodship Suite (1977) was a private pressing and, except for Sky Saxon, the specific family members involved are unknown. The sound takes on a softer, less acid rock tone with flutes and acoustic guitars, and most of the songs are laments about Father's death.^[4]
Yodship Suite, Part 3 (c. 1977), the last Ya Ho Wha-related album to be released. This poorly documented album features recordings from 1973 featuring the Spirit of '76 band, but with Sky Saxon on vocals instead of Father Yod. It's a one-sided LP with about 15 minutes of music, containing two different tracks spliced together. The music is considerably more aggressive than the preceding Yod Ship Suite. Only 2–3 copies of this album are known to exist.^[5]

Ya Ho Wha 13's Music Today

The original LP pressings of all incarnations of Ya Ho Wha 13 are now very rare and valued highly by music collectors; the albums Contraction and Expansion are especially sought-after. All or Nothing at All and Yodship are possibly the rarest, though considered somewhat less musically accessible.^[6]

Sky Saxon, singer of the seminal garage band The Seeds collaborated with Japanese label Captain Trip Records in 1998 to produce a deluxe 13-CD box set entitled God and Hair, including CD reissues of the original Source Family records and some unreleased material.^[6] In 2002, The Source Foundation Corp LLC/Source.Org was created, and is currently not affiliated with the remaining members of YaHoWha13, nor involved with present musical endeavors.

Swordfish Records in the UK, in collaboration with The Source Foundation Corp LLC remastered and released some of the Higher Key Record Catalog as both limited pressing LPs and CDs. This includes, Penetration, I'm Going to Take You Home (Lovers/Chariot), and To the Principles for the Children.^[3] In the summer of 2009, Drag City Records released Magnificence in the Memory, rare cuts of YaHoWha13 from the archives of the Source Foundation.

In 2007, the three surviving members of YaHoWha13 (Sunflower, Octavius and Djin) were invited by Isis Aquarian and Jodi Wille of Process to play in Los Angeles for their Source Book coming out event the untold story of "Father Yod, Yahowha13 and the Source Family". This was the first time they had played together in 33 years. This led to their first recording of Sonic Portation (Prophase Music). YaHoWha13 made several appearances in Los Angeles and San Francisco.^{[citation needed]}

In 2009, Ya Ho Wha 13 played on the East Coast, and in Canada. They are currently working on their new live/studio album^{[needs update]}, and appeared at The South by SouthWest Music Festival in Austin, Texas, in Spring of 2010 - playing with experimental psychedelic bands The Acid Mothers Temple and Plastic Crimewave Sound.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Balmont, James (2022-12-21). "Father Yod: the 1970s cult leader whose wild psychedelia was more suited to Disneyland than dive bars". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
^ "Billy Corgan Talks — and Talks — About 'The Source' Film, Ya Ho Wha 13 and How a Drum Circle Changed His Thinking". Billboard. 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Father Yod/Ya Ho Wha 13. Archived 2009-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b Patrick Lundborg, "The Lama Workshop", 2009
^ The Acid Archives, book by Patrick Lundborg 2006
^ ^a ^b / Julian Cope Presents Head Heritage. Reviews, Yahowha 13 2000.

External links

Ya Ho Wha.org (web site for The Source Foundation)
"The Ya Ho Wa 13 Interview" (June, 2002) by Gary Bearman at Perfect Sound Forever
"A Home Unlike All Others" (8/19/07) Los Angeles Times article about The Source Family
"Father Yod Knew Best" Doug Harvey's LA Weekly cover story on the Source Family (August 30, 2007)

[1] Balmont, James (2022-12-21). "Father Yod: the 1970s cult leader whose wild psychedelia was more suited to Disneyland than dive bars". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-06-24.

[2] "Billy Corgan Talks — and Talks — About 'The Source' Film, Ya Ho Wha 13 and How a Drum Circle Changed His Thinking". Billboard. 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2024-06-24.

[homestead-3] Father Yod/Ya Ho Wha 13. Archived 2009-01-30 at the Wayback Machine

[saxon-4] Patrick Lundborg, "The Lama Workshop", 2009

[The_Acid_Archives-5] The Acid Archives, book by Patrick Lundborg 2006

[head_heritage-6] / Julian Cope Presents Head Heritage. Reviews, Yahowha 13 2000.

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+{{Multiple issues|
-Founded in 1973 in the Los Angeles area, '''Ya Ho Wha 13''', otherwise known '''Yahowha 13''' is a psychedelic rock band fronted by [[Father Yod]], spiritual leader of a religious [[cult]]/[[Commune (intentional community)|commune]] called the Source Family.  Ya Ho Wha without the vowels and spaces reduces to YHWH, the [[tetragrammaton]].  The band recorded nine LPs full of their extreme [[psychedelic]] sound with tribal drums and distorted guitars, some of which were completely unrehearsed jam sessions, others which contained more conventional rock songs.
+{{More citations needed|date=November 2023}}
+{{Copyedit|date=November 2023}}
+{{Tone|date=November 2023}}
+}}
+{{Infobox musical artist
+| background      = group_or_band
+| name            = Ya Ho Wha 13
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+| image_size      = 275px
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+| caption         = Ya Ho Wha 13 and The Source Family
+| alias           = Ya Ho Wa 13, Yahowa13
+| origin          = [[Hollywood Hills]], [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
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+| years_active    = {{Start date|1970s}}–present
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+}}
+'''Ya Ho Wha 13''', otherwise known as '''Ya Ho Wa 13''' or '''Yahowha 13''', is a [[psychedelic rock]] band fronted by [[Father Yod]] ({{IPAc-en|j|oʊ|d}} {{respell|YOHD}}), spiritual leader of a religious [[Commune (intentional community)|commune]] called the [[Source Family]], based in [[Los Angeles]]. (Without the vowels and spaces, Ya Ho Wha can be abbreviated to "YHWH", the [[tetragrammaton]]). The band has released nine LPs of [[Psychedelic music|psychedelic]] music, with tribal drums and distorted guitars. Some were unrehearsed jam sessions and others conventional rock music.
 ==Formation==
+In the early 1970s, members of The Source Family, who lived in the former [[Harry Chandler]] mansion in [[Los Feliz, Los Angeles|Los Feliz]] in the [[Hollywood Hills]], formed an improvisational, [[psychedelic music]] group. <ref>{{Cite news |last=Balmont |first=James |date=2022-12-21 |title=Father Yod: the 1970s cult leader whose wild psychedelia was more suited to Disneyland than dive bars |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/21/father-yod-the-1970s-cult-leader-whose-wild-psychedelia-was-more-suited-to-disneyland-than-dive-bars |access-date=2024-06-24 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In 1973 they began recording LPs in a studio in a garage at the family's communal residence.
+All the records made with Father Yod's participation were improvised, with no rehearsals or overdubs. {{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} Most were pressed in small runs of 500 to 1000 copies on the Higher Key label and sold to the public in [[Father Yod]]'s [[vegetarian]] restaurant.
-Members of The Source Family, who lived in the [[Hollywood Hills]] in the early 1970s, decided to fuse their musical talents and spirituality by forming an improvisational, [[psychedelic]] music group. They began to press LPs in 1973, most of which were recorded after hours of meditation at 3:00-6:00 a.m. in a soundproofed garage that served as the musicians’ studio at the family's [[communal]] residence. All of the records with Father Yod’s participation were completely improvised, with no rehearsals or overdubs. Most of the albums were pressed in small runs of only 500 to 1000 copies on the Higher Key label. They were sold to the general public in [[Father Yod]]’s popular [[vegetarian]] Source Restaurant for $10 each. Though only nine LPs were produced and released, it is rumored that more than 65 albums were recorded by the group but were lost over the years....Isis Aquarian, who was the family historian, archivist and one of Fathers wives, recently found a lot of these unreleased music tapes in her archives and they are now being remastered and released through Drag City Records out of Chicago and their site www.Yahowha.org<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/father-yod?cat=entertainment/ "Father Yod"] artist entry at [http://www.answers.com/ Answers.com] (source: [http://www.allmusic.com/ Allmusic])</ref>
+Nine LPs were produced and released, but more than 65 albums were thought to have been recorded by the group and then lost over the years. The group's historian and archivist later found unreleased music tapes in the archives, and it was planned to remaster and release them through [[Drag City Records]] of Chicago and the group's website.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2012-03-19 |title=Billy Corgan Talks — and Talks — About ‘The Source’ Film, Ya Ho Wha 13 and How a Drum Circle Changed His Thinking |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/billy-corgan-talks-and-talks-about-the-source-film-ya-ho-wha-13-1098364/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>
-The band changed members occasionally, morphing into various incarnations, from Father Yod and the Spirit of ’76 to Ya Ho Wha 13 to The Savage Sons of Ya Ho Wha, Yodship, and Fire Water Air; but the key players were always the same: (Djin Aquarian on guitar, Octavious Aquarian on drums, and Sunflower Aquarian on bass) along with other family musicians Lovely Aquarian, Hom Aquarian, Rhythm Aquarian, Pythias Aquarian, Aquariana Aquarian, Ahom Aquarian, Electron Aquarian. Father Yod does not appear on all their album releases, but for those on which he participates, he handles lead vocals and percussion, via a kettle drum. Yahowha 13 was Father Yod signature Band and one that he said that he would still teaching with (by the words he used) long after he was gone...and it has held true -as the music held a cult underground following all these years and now the next generation has embraced it. Former pop star [[Sky Saxon]] of [[The Seeds]] had joined the Source Family in 1973 and occasionally appeared on the band's recordings.
+The band changed members and its name occasionally, from Father Yod and the Spirit of ’76 to Ya Ho Wha 13 to The Savage Sons of Ya Ho Wha, Yodship, and Fire Water Air. The key players were always the same: Djin Aquarian on guitar, Octavius Aquarian on drums, and Sunflower Aquarian on bass. Other family musicians were Lovely Aquarian, Zoroaster Aquarian, Hom Aquarian, Rhythm Aquarian, Pythias Aquarian, Aquariana Aquarian, Ahom Aquarian, and Electron Aquarian.
-==Discography==
-===Father Yod and the Spirit of ‘76===
+Father Yod does not appear on all album releases, but on those on which he participates he handles lead vocals and percussion on a kettle drum. Yahowha 13 was Father Yod's signature band. He intended that its music and lyrics should continue his teaching after he was gone.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}} [[Sky Saxon]] of [[The Seeds]] joined the Source Family in 1973 and also appeared on the band's recordings.
-''Kohoutek''  (1973)
+==Discography==
-''Contraction'' (1974)
+===Father Yod and the Spirit of ‘76===
-''Expansion'' (1974)
+* ''Kohoutek''  (1973)
+* ''Contraction'' (1974)
+* ''Expansion'' (1974)
+* ''All or Nothing at All'' (1974)
+Father Yod does not participate on ''All or Nothing at All'', unlike the previous three albums released under this incarnation, in which his chanting and singing vocals are prominent.<ref name="homestead">[http://progressive.homestead.com/YAHOWA.html// Father Yod/Ya Ho Wha 13]. {{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130145703/http://progressive.homestead.com/YAHOWA.html//|date=2009-01-30}}</ref>
-''All or Nothing at All'' (1974)
+===Ya Ho Wa 13===
-Father Yod does not participate on ''All or Nothing at All'', unlike the previous three albums released under this incarnation, in which his chanting and singing vocals are prominent.<ref name = "homestead">[http://progressive.homestead.com/YAHOWA.html// Father Yod/Ya Ho Wha 13]</ref>
+* ''Ya Ho Wa 13'' (1974), recorded at the Father House garage.
+* ''Savage Sons of Ya Ho Wa'' (1974), recorded at the Father House garage.
+* ''Penetration: An Aquarian Symphony'' (1974), recorded at the Father House garage, is the band's most popular recording and has been reissued several times.
+* ''I'm Gonna Take You Home'' (1974), also called The Lovers, was recorded at the Father House garage.
+* ''To the Principles, For the Children'' (1974), recorded at the Father House garage.
+* ''The Operetta'' (1975), not released until the 2000s.
+By the end of 1974, the Source Family had tried to move to [[Hawaii]] but were met with hostility, which forced them to temporarily relocate to [[Northern California]] before eventually returning. This album{{Clarify|date=November 2023}} was recorded during that time and the tension is apparent. It has been described as “a more personalized, painfully vulnerable”<ref name = "homestead"/> collection of songs. This long-lost final album of Ya Ho Wha with Father's participation was recently{{when|date=November 2023}} released by Swordfish Records. It was recorded in the spring of 1975, just after Ya Ho Wha's spontaneous visit to India, which culminated in his initiation in the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]] on [[Easter Sunday]]. He was en route to the US via France when the plane was re-routed due to a storm and forced to land in Cairo, Egypt. Upon arrival the group (there were four traveling) hailed a taxi, and the taxi driver suggested they stay at his brothers house and the next morning at 4am they proceeded to the Great Pyramids. Upon arrival they were greeted by a mysterious man who escorted them through the Great Pyramid. This LP represents the first recording Ya Ho Wha made after his "resurrection" in the Great Pyramid, and is also his last full collaboration with the band.<ref name="homestead"/>
-===Ya Ho Wha 13===
+* ''Sonic Portation'', the first record release of the remaining members of YaHoWha13 in over 33 years through ProphaseMusic. The band released two more albums called 2013.
-''Ya Ho Wha 13'' (1974), recorded at the Father House garage.
+==Music after Father's death==
-''Savage Sons of Ya Ho Wha'' (1974), recorded at the Father House garage.
+After [[Father Yod]] / Ya Ho Wha's [[hang-gliding]] accident and death in Hawaii in 1975, the original Yahowa 13 band dissolved, though many of the members continue to make music.
+* ''Golden Sunrise'' (Fire Water Air, 1977), the first recording after [[Father Yod]]'s death and the first featured appearance of [[Sky Saxon]] of [[The Seeds]].<ref name = "saxon">[[Patrick Lundborg]], [http://www.lysergia.com/LamaWorkshop/lamaSkySaxon.htm/ "The Lama Workshop"], 2009</ref>
-''Penetration: An Aquarian Symphony'' (1974), recorded at the Father House garage, is the band's most popular recording and has been reissued several times.
+* ''Yodship Suite'' (1977) was a private pressing and, except for Sky Saxon, the specific family members involved are unknown. The sound takes on a softer, less [[acid rock]] tone with flutes and acoustic guitars, and most of the songs are [[lament]]s about Father's death.<ref name="saxon"/>
+* ''Yodship Suite, Part 3'' ({{circa|1977}}), the last Ya Ho Wha-related album to be released. This poorly documented album features recordings from 1973 featuring the Spirit of '76 band, but with Sky Saxon on vocals instead of Father Yod. It's a one-sided LP with about 15 minutes of music, containing two different tracks spliced together. The music is considerably more aggressive than the preceding Yod Ship Suite. Only 2–3 copies of this album are known to exist.<ref name = "The Acid Archives">The Acid Archives, book by [[Patrick Lundborg]] 2006</ref>
+==Ya Ho Wha 13's Music Today==
-''I’m Gonna Take You Home'' (1974), also called The Lovers, was recorded at the Father House garage.
+The original LP pressings of all incarnations of Ya Ho Wha 13 are now very rare and valued highly by music collectors; the albums ''Contraction'' and ''Expansion'' are especially sought-after. ''All or Nothing at All'' and ''Yodship'' are possibly the rarest, though considered somewhat less musically accessible.<ref name="head heritage">[http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review/25 / Julian Cope Presents Head Heritage. Reviews, Yahowha 13] 2000.</ref>
-''To the Principles, For the Children'' (1974), recorded at the Father House garage.
+[[Sky Saxon]], singer of the seminal garage band [[The Seeds]] collaborated with Japanese label [[Captain Trip Records]] in 1998 to produce a deluxe 13-CD box set entitled ''God and Hair'', including CD reissues of the original Source Family records and some unreleased material.<ref name="head heritage"/>
-''The Operetta'' (1975), not released until the 2000s.
+In 2002, The Source Foundation Corp LLC/Source.Org was created, and is currently not affiliated with the remaining members of YaHoWha13, nor involved with present musical endeavors.
-By the end of 1974, the Source Family had tried to move to [[Hawaii]] but were met with hostility, which forced them to temporarily relocate to Northern California before eventually returning. This album was recorded during that time and the tension is apparent. It has been described as “a more personalized, painfully vulnerable”<ref name = "homestead">[http://progressive.homestead.com/YAHOWA.html/ Father Yod/Ya Ho Wha 13]</ref> collection of songs. This long-lost final opus of Ya Ho Wha with Father’s participation was recently released by Swordfish Records. It was recorded in the spring of 1975, just after Ya Ho Wha’s spontaneous visit to the East, which culminated in his initiation in the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]] on Easter Sunday. This LP represents the first recording Ya Ho Wha made after his “resurrection” in the Great Pyramid, and is also his last full collaboration with the band.<ref name="homestead"/>
+Swordfish Records in the UK, in collaboration with The Source Foundation Corp LLC remastered and released some of the Higher Key Record Catalog as both limited pressing LPs and CDs. This includes, ''Penetration'', ''I'm Going to Take You Home'' (Lovers/Chariot), and ''To the Principles for the Children''.<ref name = "homestead"/> In the summer of 2009, Drag City Records released ''Magnificence in the Memory'', rare cuts of YaHoWha13 from the archives of the Source Foundation.
-''Sonic Portation'' The first record release of the remaining members of YaHoWha13 in over 33 years through ProphaseMusic.
+In 2007, the three surviving members of YaHoWha13 (Sunflower, Octavius and Djin) were invited by Isis Aquarian and Jodi Wille of Process to play in Los Angeles for their Source Book coming out event the untold story of "Father Yod, Yahowha13 and the Source Family". This was the first time they had played together in 33 years. This led to their first recording of ''Sonic Portation'' (Prophase Music). YaHoWha13 made several appearances in Los Angeles and San Francisco.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}
-==Music After Father’s Death==
+In 2009, Ya Ho Wha 13 played on the East Coast, and in Canada. They are currently working on their new live/studio album{{needs update|date=May 2023}}, and appeared at [[South by Southwest Music Festival|The South by SouthWest Music Festival]] in Austin, Texas, in Spring of 2010 - playing with experimental psychedelic bands [[Acid Mothers Temple|The Acid Mothers Temple]] and [[Plastic Crimewave|Plastic Crimewave Sound]].{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}
-After [[Father Yod]] / Ya Ho Wha’s [[hang-gliding]] accident and death in Hawaii 1975, the original Yahowa 13 band dissolved, though many of the members continue to make music.
-''Golden Sunrise'' (Fire Water Air, 1977), the first recording after [[Father Yod]]’s death and the first featured appearance of [[Sky Saxon]] of [[The Seeds]].<ref name = "saxon">[[Patrick Lundborg]], [http://www.lysergia.com/LamaWorkshop/lamaSkySaxon.htm/ "The Lama Workshop"], 2009</ref>
-''Yodship Suite'' (1977), the record was a private pressing and except for Sky Saxon the specific family members involved are unknown. The sound takes on a softer, less [[acid rock]] tone with flutes and acoustic guitars, and most of the songs are [[lament]]s about Father’s death.<ref name="saxon"/>
-''Yodship Suite, Part 3'' (c1977), the last Ya Ho Wha-related album to be released. This poorly documented album features recordings from 1973 featuring the Spirit Of '76 band, but with Sky Saxon on vocals instead of Father Yod. It's a one-sided LP with about 15 minutes of music, containing two different tracks spliced together. The music is considerably more aggressive than the preceding Yod Ship Suite. Only 2-3 copies of this album are known to exist.<ref name = "The Acid Archives">The Acid Archives, book by [[Patrick Lundborg]] 2006</ref>
-==Ya Ho Wha 13’s Music Today==
-The original LP pressings of all incarnations of Ya Ho Wha 13 are now very rare and valued highly by music collectors; Contraction and Expansion in particular. All Or Nothing At All and Yod Ship Suite are possibly the rarest of all, but considered somewhat less attractive musically.<ref name="renamed_from_1000_on_20081126193958">[http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review/25 / Julian Cope Presents Head Heritage. Reviews, Yahowha 13] 2000.</ref>
-[[Sky Saxon]], singer of the seminal garage band [[The Seeds]] collaborated with Japanese label Captain Trip in 1998 to produced a deluxe 13-CD box set entitled ''God and Hair'', including CD reissues of the original Source Family records and some unreleased material.<ref name="renamed_from_1000_on_20081126193958">”>[http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review/25 / Julian Cope Presents Head Heritage. Reviews, Yahowha 13] 2000.</ref>
-In 2002,The Source Foundation Corp LLC/Source.Org was created, and is currently nonaffiliated with the remaining members of YaHoWha13, nor involved with present musical endeavors.
-Swordfish Records in the UK, in collaboration with The Source Foundation Corp LLC remastered and released some of the Higher Key Record Catalog as both limited pressing LPs and CDs.This includes,Penetration,I'm Going to Take You Home(Lovers/Chariot),and To the Principles for the Children.<ref name = "homestead"/> In the summer of 2009, Drag City Records released "Magnificence in the Memory." Rare cuts of YaHoWha13 from the archives of the Source Foundation.
-In 2007, the three surviving members of YaHoWha13 (Sunflower,Octavius,and Djin) were invited by Isis Aquarian and Jodi wille of Process to play in Los Angeles for their Source Book coming out event the untold story of "Father Yod, Yahowha13 and the Source Family". This was the first time they had played in 33 years together. This led to their first recording of "Sonic Portation" (Prophase Music). YaHoWha13 made several appearances in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
-In 2009, YaHoWha13 played to packed houses with much enthusiasum on the East Coast, and in Canada.They are currently working on their new live/studio album, and appeared at The South by SouthWest Music Festival in Austin,TX in Spring of 2010 - playing with experimental psychedelic bands The Acid Mothers Temple and The Plastic Crimewave Sound.
 ==See also==
 *[[Father Yod]]
 *[[Tom Stone (photographer)|Tom Stone]]
-*[[Isis Aquarian (author)|Isis Aquarian]]
 ==References==
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 ==Further reading==
-{{cite book
+* {{cite book
   | last = Aquarian
   | first = Isis & Electricity Aquarian
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   | publisher = [[Process Media]]
   | year = 2007
-  | isbn = 9780976082293 }}
+  | isbn = 978-0-9760822-9-3 }}
-{{cite book
+* {{cite book
   | last = Allen
   | first = Steve
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   | publisher = Bobbs-Merrill
   | year = 1982
-  | isbn = 0672526786 }}
+  | isbn = 0-672-52678-6 }}
-{{cite book
+* {{cite book
   | last = Miller
   | first = Timothy
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   | publisher = [[Syracuse University Press]]
   | year = 2000
-  | isbn = 081560601X }}
+  | isbn = 0-8156-0601-X }}
 ==External links==
-* [http://www.yahowha13.com/ Ya Ho Wha 13.com] (band web site)
+* [http://www.yahowha.org/ Ya Ho Wha.org] (web site for The Source Foundation)
-* [http://www.yahowha.org/ Ya Ho Wha.org ] (web site for The Source Foundation)
 * [http://www.furious.com/PERFECT/yahowa13.html "The Ya Ho Wa 13 Interview"] (June, 2002) by Gary Bearman at [http://www.furious.com/PERFECT/ Perfect Sound Forever]
-* [http://articles.latimes.com/2007/aug/19/entertainment/ca-source19 "A Home Unlike All Others"] (8/19/07) [http://articles.latimes.com Los Angeles Times] article about The Source Family
+* [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-aug-19-ca-source19-story.html "A Home Unlike All Others"] (8/19/07) [https://www.latimes.com/ Los Angeles Times] article about The Source Family
 * [http://www.laweekly.com/2007-08-30/news/father-yod-knew-best/ "Father Yod Knew Best"] Doug Harvey's LA Weekly cover story on the Source Family (August 30, 2007)
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 [[Category:Musical collectives]]
+[[Category:Musical groups established in the 1970s]]
+[[Category:Musical groups from Los Angeles]]
+[[Category:Psychedelic rock music groups from California]]

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