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Dr. Feelgood - Original Album Series (1977-81 uk, tough boogie pub rock, 2016...
Not as random as it might first appear, this five-disc set joins the Feelgoods’ timeline with the Canvey Island band on the verge of major changes. Sneakin’ Suspicion was the band’s fourth release, and...
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Shawn Phillips - Live In The Seventies (1972-78 us, a blast of thunder in an...
It has been quite a number of years since the last Shawn Phillips release. I remember seeing his album Second Contribution with him wearing a black cape facing away from the camera on a dry lake bed...
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July - The Complete Recordings (1968-2020 uk, awesome psych rock, 2020 six...
They might not be a household name, but July is a band you ought to know. The U.K. psych-rockers have garnered a cult following since the release of their self-titled 1968 record. Original mono...
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Glass Harp - Where Did My World Come From (1969 us, astonishing fuzzy groovy...
Originally recorded in 1969, Peppermint Records presents the previously lost Glass Harp album 'Where Did My World Come From?' for the first time officially released. Although only two songs ('Where Did...
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The Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law / The KRLA King Of The Wheels...
Bobby Fuller was born in 1942 in Baytown, Texas. He enjoyed playing guitar, writing songs and singing them and eventually formed The Bobby Fuller Four in El Paso with his brother Randy and two friends,...
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Magic - Magic (1971 us, fantastic groovy psych rock, 2019 korean remaster)
Guitarist Duane King and his brother, bassist Nick, joined the Lansing, Michigan band the Next Exit in 1968. The rest of the band included Gary Harger on drums, Mike Motz on lead guitar, and organist...
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Southern Steel - Get On Through (1974 us, standout southern country rock with...
Southern Steel "Get On Through" out of Miami, Florida in 1974 firmly resides in the upper realms of rare early '70s southern rock LPs and the brilliant guitar interplay, vibrant vocals and finely...
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Companion - On The Line (1977 us, very good rural psych rock, 2011 reissue)
Californian band, formed by brothers Jim and Patrick Maguire. Their debut "On The Line" released as private pressing in 1977. This rural-psych bar-band quartet consists of (except for the two brothers)...
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W. D. Fisher - W. D. Fisher (1972 canada, deep lavish prog with an artful...
W.D. Fisher's roots date back to 1966 when the Savard brothers, Denis (bass) and Marc (technician), teamed up with Pierre Kirouac (vocals) and Marcel Périgny (rhythm guitar), and were joined a year...
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rep> Roxy - Roxy (1969 canada / us, beautiful groovy west coast psych, 2005...
Roxy might be best known as the group from which a more widely known Elektra band emerged, as principal singer-songwriter Bob Segarini and Randy Bishop went on to found the Wackers, who issued three...
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The Spencer Davis Group - Living On A Back Street (1974 uk, fine brit rock,...
Released in 1974, one year after their previous album, "Gluggo," this was the group's eighth and final album. The final session, performed by familiar members Eddie Hardin, Ray Fenwick, and Pete York,...
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Fairy Tale - Once Upon A Time (1969 holland, remarkable psych rock with prog...
In 1970, four musicians from The Hague settled in the Frisian countryside. A farmhouse on the Skieding near Drachtstercompagnie became their home. The band members of Fairy Tale, formed from a...
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Dana Gillespie - Weren't Born A Man (1973 uk, outstanding glam bluesy soulful...
Weren’t Born A Man, released in 1973, is Dana Gillespie’s third album and contains her version of ‘Andy Warhol’, a song that David Bowie originally wrote for her. Bowie and Mick Ronson produced said...
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Mandrake - Mandrake (1978 us,,rough southern boogie rock, 2016 reissue)
Mandrake hailed from Houston TX and released just one album in 1978. Led by brothers Benny and Danny Valerio, the band operated as a power-trio during its brief existence, and found a home with a label...
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Home - Pause For A Hoarse Horse (1971 uk, remarkable country west coast...
Formed in London in 1970, Home were a band that never quite made it into the top division. Yet the three albums they released are highly prized today as examples of British Seventies rock that display...
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Guggenheim - Anthology (1972 uk, tasty amalgam jazzy prog acid folk rock,...
Guggenheim's bizarre self-titled LP was originally released in 1972 on the low key Indigo label but went largely unnoticed due in part to the ineffective distribution by Decca. The blending of styles...
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Various Artists - Love And Peace (1970 germany, solid krautrock compilation,...
Love And Peace were a big outdoor festival in Germany (Fehmarn, last live performance of J. Hendrix) held in the summer of 1970. As was traditional for such events, an album was also released to...
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Red Bud Thunder - Amerivan Rock 'n' Roll (1979 us, tough southern biker rock,...
The only work by Red Bud Thunder, a hard southern bar band that toured pubs all over the Midwest, recorded in 1979 and privately pressed in 1980. The original is a rare, expensive copy. The cover has a...
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Brevity - Home Is Where Your Dog Is (1970 us, fantastic mosaic of baroque...
Meet Brevity, the '70s Chicago band that took their name seriously. Rick Vittenson and Mark Breyer mashed up their surnames faster than you can say "power pop pioneers." Imagine the Byrds and Everly...
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Jean Turk - Blue On Blue (1976 us / uk, fascinating raw heavy blues rock with...
Released in a 3-sided digi-sleeve from Seely Court in the UK. Limited pressing of 320 copies. Jean Turk is an American singer-songwriter (SSW) from Norfolk, Virginia, and is said to be the daughter of...
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Steve Miller Band - Recall The Beginning...A Journey From Eden (1972 us,...
Steve Miller had a real ace up his sleeve and delivered it to an unsuspecting public in 1972. Miller retreated to the studio with a brace of crack studio vets and issued “Recall The Beginning…A...
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Claw - Diggin' In (1980 us, rough boogie hard rock with southern feel and...
Originally released in 1980 on private press vinyl, "Diggin' in' is the only album by the US trio Claw. Probably hailed from Illinois, the recordings took place, round 1978 at the GDS studio in...
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Procol Harum - Shine On Brightly (1968 uk, fantastic pych prog rock, three...
Shine On Brightly, released in 1968, was Procol Harum’s second studio album. It followed on from their iconic single, A Whiter Shade of Pale, which reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, and their 1967...
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Atlantis - Ooh Baby / Top Of The Bill (1974/76 germany, awesome groovy funky...
Despite further changes, album number 3 from Atlantis was not long in coming. “Ooh, Baby” was recorded in the summer of 1974 and produced by Dieter Dierks . One drastic change was certainly the...
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Grinderswitch - Right On Time (1980 us, great southern rock, 2009 edition)
Having issues with their label, as their commercial success was declining dramatically, and the changes in music with disco and punk taking the lion's share of the sales, the times were difficult but...
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