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Stone Garden - Stone Garden (1969 us, outstanding heavy psych, 2002 release)
The Stone Garden's journey began in Lewiston, Idaho in the early 1960's when my brothers and I developed a strong interest in playing music. This interest was fueled in great part to our parent's...
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rep>>> Rory Gallagher - Tattoo (1973 ireland, blues rock masterpiece, 2012...
Returning quickly to the studio in the summer of 1973 with his Blueprint line-up, Rory was in a prolific and confident mood. Rehearsals for the album began at a rowing club in Cork city, which allowed...
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rep>>> Various Artists - Golden State Psychedelia (1966-69 us, impressive...
Rare or previously unissued psychedelic gems from late 1960s San Francisco, produced at Leo Kulka’s studio, Golden State Recorders. When it opened for business in the autumn of 1965, Golden State...
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rep>>> Audience - Audience (1969 uk, excellent prog psych rock, 2002 remaster)
Audience was formed in London in 1969 by singer/guitarist Howard Werth, saxophonist Keith Gemmell, bassist Trevor Williams, and percussionist Tony Connor. Set apart from their contemporaries thanks to...
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rep>>> Little Free Rock - Time Is Of No Consequence (1969-71 uk, standout...
In my own personal scheme of things, Little Free Rock are pretty doggone important. I grew up with them. They were my first grass-roots contact with the underground rock'n'roll culture. Formed in...
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rep>>> Fusion Farm - Rush Job (1971-74 uk, astonishing rough 'n' roll, 2016...
We have heard about Fusion Farm for the first time from a well-known French collector who sent us the music. It took many years to locate the band and by coincidence the daughter of one of the band...
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rep>>> The Crow - Mosaic (1971 us, groovy hard boogie psych rock, 2011 Arf...
Very few Minnesota rock 'n' roll bands, in the days before Prince and Grammy-winning producers Jimmy "Jam" Harris and Terry Lewis made the scene, managed to successfully steal even a slight serving of...
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Winterhawk - Dog Soldier (1980 us, awesome hard rock, 2021 hard sleeve remaster)
San Francisco band Winterhawk were years ahead of their time. They’re best remembered for frontman/guitarist Nik Alexander’s distinctive mashups of 70s acid rock and Cree Indian folk music. Alexander...
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rep>>> Winterhawk - Electric Warriors (1979 us, outstanding hard rock, 2021...
San Francisco-based Indigenous hard rockers Winterhawk put out two records—one in 1979, one in 1980—that are both re-released by Don Giovanni Records, so we thought it was a good time to dive into the...
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Hookfoot - Roaring (1973 uk, great tough southern blues rock, expanded edition)
Hookfoot, created by Southampton based musicians vocalist Ian Duck, bassist Dave Glover and drummer Roger Pope, was virtually the side act to their day jobs as session musicians for Elton John. The...
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rep>>> Tim Rose - Tim Rose • Through Rose Coloured Glasses (1967•69 us, folk...
Quite coincidentaly, Tim Rose has re-emerged strongly in Britain in the mid-1990s, after an viapparent absence of around twenty years, and a new album has been released on a British independent label,...
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rep>>> Audience - Friend's Friend's Friend (1970 uk, fantastic post psych...
Fiend's, Friend's, Friend was the second album by British art-rock band Audience, and first for Charisma Records. Now remastered by Cherry Red Records along with a host of bonus material, this...
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rep> Truk - Truk Tracks (1971 us, strong heavy psych rock, 2008 Retro Disc...
Truk hailed from Oklahoma, and played a high energy Hard Rock magma punctuated with stunning heavy organ, there is a good cover of Gun's " Yellow Cab man", some acoustic melodic passages and few...
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rep>>> Strife - Back To Thunder (1977-78 uk, stunning hard rock, 2021...
Liverpool based three piece Strife emerged during the mid-seventies amassing a strong live following on the club circuit and releasing an impressive debut album 'Rush' on the Chrysalis label. It was a...
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rep>>> Nucleus - Nucleus (1969 canada, exellent hard rock with prog touches)
The origins of Nucleus lay in late- 60s Toronto combo The Lords Of London. They were a popular live attraction and appeared at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, which ran from 15th August...
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rep>>> Strife - Rush (1975 uk, super power trio, solid hard rock with...
British rock band from Liverpool in the mid 70's. They released two albums, Rush and Back to Thunder. Strife were formed by Paul Ellson in 1969 with Peter Trotman on guitar, Peter Hobbs on bass , and...
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rep>>> Thomas Jefferson Kaye - First Grade (1974 us, wonderful folk classic...
Thomas Jefferson Kaye's second solo work “First Grade'' is perfect. Along with the 1st, it can be recommended as a masterpiece of a swamp singer-songwriter. All three albums he released in the 70's,...
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rep>>> Plainsong - In Search Of Amelia Earhart (1972 uk, wonderful folk rock,...
In just under three years, Ian Matthews split from Fairport Convention, went solo, formed Matthews' Southern Comfort - with whom he scored a number one U.K. hit - left the group at the height of its...
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Chicken Shack - 100 Ton Chicken (1969 uk, awesome blues rock, 2013 remastered...
The amusingly titled "100 Ton Chicken' represents Chicken Shacks third album on the Blue Horizon label. Released in late Spring '69 it heralded a shift in the band's recorded output brought about...
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rep>>> People - Both Sides Of People (1969 us, awesome psych rock with...
One of the last great '60s bands hailing from the San Jose area, People followed in the homegrown tradition of such fabled South Bay combos as the Syndicate of Sound, Count Five, Chocolate Watchband,...
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