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Kevin Vicalvi - Songs From Down The Hall (1970-74 us, fantastic folk bluesy...
During the late 60's - early 70's my hometown of Worcester, Massachusetts was not very receptive to local bands that played songs they had written themselves. If you were a band that wanted work, you...
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Rudy Ramos - Hard Knocks And Bad Times (1972 us, wonderful country psych folk...
The acting career of Rudy Ramos has covered six decades and started with an appearance on the television show, "Ironside" in 1969. Six months later he was cast as a series regular, playing the part of...
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rep> The Surprise Package - Free Up (1969 us, powerful organ driving heavy...
The Surprise Package were a Seattle, Washington group consisting of Fred Zeufeldt (drums, backing vocals), Michael Rohers (piano, organ, bass, backing vocals), Greg Beck (guitar, backing vocals), Rob...
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Christopher Kearney - Sweetwater (1974 canada, nice soft groovy rock, 2014...
This is the third album from Canadian swamp singer-songwriter Christopher Keaney. His sound is more refined than his debut, featuring three songs by band member Bob Yeomans. It seems to have been...
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rep> Chameleon - Rising (1973-78 us, exceptional hard prog rock, 2013 digipak...
It was 1969 when Mike Huey introduced his friend, Spencer Clark, to his brother Rick Huey, and the three of them started a "garage band" called Evolepoh. In 1970, Craig Gysler joined the band, now...
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Brian Short - Anything For A Laugh (1971 uk, sophisticated, ambitious folk...
Brian Short was an English singer who emerged as the frontman of Black Cat Bones. His solo album, Anything for a Laugh, appeared in 1971 on Transatlantic Records. He later wrote songs for Jeff Beck and...
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Bloody Mary - Bloody Mary (1974 us, rough psych hard rock, 2014 korean remaster)
Bloody Mary was a group based in New York, and this is their only album released by USA Family Productions in 1974. The rumors was that they were Sir Lord Baltimore, who was also from New York, but...
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The Lost Souls - The Lost Souls (1964-1976 us, splendid garage folk psych...
The Lost Souls never released any records, yet the meager recorded evidence that survives indicates that they were one of the finest unknown American groups of the mid-’60s, able to write both catchy...
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rep> Little Big Horn - Little Big Horn (1970-71 uk, great classic rock with...
The eponymous, German-only album from this long forgotten British hard progressive quintet was released in 1971 by Bellaphon - the record label responsible for the collectable (and now very expensive)...
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Thomas F. Browne - Wednesday's Child (1971 uk, elegant jazzy folk soft rock,...
It's one of the unwritten laws of record collecting that some labels guaranteed quality simply by existing -- and, if a record bears that sainted logo, then it's worth any investment you care to make....
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Bat McGrath And Don Potter - Introducing Bat McGrath And Don Potter (1969 us,...
Bat and Don have been singing together since their early teens. They're 23 now and a lot of rock groups, records, songs and other changes have passed over the dam by now, but they're still singing...
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Sky Dancer - Alive (1977 us, stunning live hard rock with prog shades, 2023...
Sky Dancer is a group from Damon, Iowa. This is the only album released by USA All in One Records in 1977 as a Private Press self-release, and is a live recording of a concert at The Royal Grove in...
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The Robert Coady Band - Nowhere Special (1977 us, fine southern country rock,...
Country-tinged southern rock from Orlando, Florida. Oddly enough, there wasn't anyone in the band actually named Robert Coady: the group was named after Captain Robert Coady, an MIA Vietnam War-era Air...
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Buckacre - Morning Comes (1976 us, excellent country rock, 2016 korean remaster)
Buckacre is a five-piece band from Illinois, USA. Their debut album, released in 1976, was recorded in London and produced by Glyn Jones. Based on a laid-back country rock sound featuring skillful...
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The Game - It's Shocking What They Call Us (1965-68/1995 uk, rough freakbeat,...
The Game were a rock & roll unit formed out of the remnants of an earlier Surrey-based band, the Secrets, in which lead guitarist Terry Spencer and bassist Allen Janaway had previously played. Tony...
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Stanky Brown - Stanky Brown (1978 us, fine melodic rock with funky vibes,...
On their third and final album, which hit the record stores in 1978, Stanky Brown offer a sound here that matches their cover appearance very well -- confident and sassy 70s cats who can put out a...
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Traffic - Mr.Fantasy (1967 uk, iconic folk psych rock, 2007 remaster)
Traffic are rightly remembered as titans of jazz-rock and soul. But on their debut album, released in December 1967, Steve Winwood and company were busy riding the psychedelic coattails of Sgt....
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Blind Faith - Blind Faith (1969 uk, supergroup, 2001 double disc remaster)
Blind Faith were the band that introduced the world to the notion of a rock "supergroup," a combo featuring several musicians who had already achieved popularity and critical acclaim before joining...
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Alkana - Welcome To My Paradise (1978 us, tough 'n' heavy rock dynamite, 2016...
Formed in the biker hotspot of San Bernadino, east of Los Angeles, Alkana centred on the voice and lyrics of Jack Rucker (who would also become known by the nickname Damien King I, the lead singer for...
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Rain - Tomorrow Never Comes The NYC Sessions (1967-68 uk / us, fantastic...
One popular noun used in songwriting is “Rain”, expressing a wide range of feelings and emotions. Here, I’m using this concerning a band, and there are a number of groups who have chosen to take this...
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The Stanky Brown Group - Our Pleasure To Serve You (1976 us, fine brass funk...
The Stanky Brown Group was an industrious rock sextet from New Jersey. With a varied blend of sounds and exceptional musical talent, the Stanky Brown Group has delivered a mix of brass mellow and funky...
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Thomas Jefferson Kaye - First Grade (1974 us, wonderful folk classic rock,...
Thomas Jefferson Kaye's second solo work “First Grade'' it’s 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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Meal Ticket - The Albums (1977-78 uk / canada, beautiful country soft rock,...
Meal Ticket’s first album “Code Of The Road” was released in 1977, possibly the worst possible timing ever as the pub-rock movement into which they could have fitted had dissipated in 1976 to give way...
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rep> Marble Phrogg - Marble Phrogg (1968 us, hard psych, Relics 2011 edition)
This now rare and sought-after album was the work of a band from Tulsa in Northeastern Oklahoma. Although entirely embellished with cover versions collectors will pay hundreds of bucks for an original...
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rep> Bryan MacLean - Ifyoubelievein (1966-82 us, splendid acoustic folk...
Bryan MacLean guitarist, singer and songwriter of the cult 60's Californian band Love, died of a heart attack on Christmas day 1998 in the city of Los Angeles where he was born. Love were responsible...
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