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Hydra - Hydra (1974 us, great tough 'n' roll to southern edges)
The band began life in the late '60s, evolving from "Noah Mayflower" through "Osmosis" and finally becoming "HYDRA". They built a rock solid reputation as one of the top club bands in the south. In...
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Hydra - Land Of Money (1975 us, hard southern rockin')
Hydra’s second essay titled "Land Of Money", rolls on the same hard Southern rails as their debut, but having a little bit more tougher directions, bringing to mind the bands like Bad Company not...
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Hydra - Rock The World (1977 us, significant southern hard rock)
There's more than one band and artist called Hydra, but this is the 70's Southern Rock band. They released three albums. Most songs on the album are merely decent to good, but the following trio of...
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The Travis Allan Band - A Place In Time (1982 us, superb heavy southern rock...
This is a remarkable rare private press, recorded in New Braunfels Texas between February and March 1982. Lead by singer / guitarist Tim Paul Catron who startet his career in the mid seventies...
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Billy Cox - Nitro Function (1972 us, great heavy 'n' rough acid psych blues...
After the death of Jimi Hendrix, Billy Cox found female guitarist, Char Vinedge (she began in the early 1960s as lead guitarist / singer with an all-girl group The Tremolons and later with Luv'd...
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Kansas City Jammers - Got Good (If You Get It) (1969-71 us, awesome folk...
The band members first began performing together in 1969, while students at Ohio Wesleyan University. Upon Bob and Geoff's graduation in 19 71, they were able to devote themselves to full-time writing,...
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Richard Twice - Richard Twice (1970 us, magnificent psych folk rock, with...
“This is a virtually perfect pop album, the kind of thing that would have ruled the charts if the wind had been blowing the right way that month” – The Acid ArchivesThis glorious pop album, originally...
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Goldenrod - Goldenrod (1969 us, skill hard psych jam rock)
From Los Angeles, Goldenrod were part of the "Our Productions" crew, along with Mike Deasy, Lee Mallory and Curt Boettcher. As part of this talented group of people, they contributed to numerous albums...
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Rising Sons - Rising Sons (1965-66/92 us, astounding blues folk rock garage...
No one knew quite what to make of this L.A. band in the mid-'60s, who unbelievably included Ry Cooder, Taj Mahal, Kevin Kelley (later in the Byrds), and even Ed Cassidy (briefly) in the same lineup....
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Food - Forever Is A Dream (1969 us, appealing melodious psychedelia with jazz...
Part of the legendary of most-collectible Capitol psych LPs (along with Gandalf. the Common People and Euphoria), Forever Is A Dream remains largely shrouded in mystery. Food are known to have come...
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Earth Quake - 8.5 (1976 us, utter power rock, Vinyl edition)
Earth Quake started out as part of the mid-'60s band scene in San Francisco, where - originally known as Purple Earthquake -- they were more than a little bit unusual. Having recorded a pair of...
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Earth Quake – Leveled (1977 us, high energy hard 'n' roll, Vinyl issue)
Earthquake's 5th effort "Leveled' is one of their best, this record features some nice originals ("Lovin' Cup" and especially, "Upstairs") and a solid version of Mann & Weil's "Kicks." Tracks1....
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The Nomadds - The Nomadds (1965 us, fine roots garage teen beat, 2009 Digi...
Their only album has finally been reissued by Way Back Records on vinyl and cd. The Nomadds was originally released by Radex in 1965. They enjoyed quite a local following in Freeport and were...
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Various Artists - Beserkley's Best (1975-93 us, incredible power rock 'n'...
Beserkley Records was an independent label founded by Matthew King Kaufman in Berkeley, California, about 1975. It anticipated the "alternative rock" genre by providing a label for music that didn't...
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Family - In Their Own Time (1969-73 uk, brilliant progressive art rock, two...
Like so many other British bands that achieved recognition in the progressive era, Family's origins lay in the R’n’B boom of the early Sixties. The initial line-up included guitarist Charlie Whitney,...
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Fresh Air - A Breath Of Fresh Air (1969 us, delicate hard rockin psychedelia)
Copies of Fresh Air's only album, 1970's A Breath of Fresh Air - one of the very first albums released on the Amaret label, who issued recordings by the Minneapolis blues-rock quintet Crow -- are...
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Various Artists - Beserkley Chartbusters / Beserk "Alive Over Germany"...
Out of nowhere, it seems, along came Beserkley Records - and the Beserkley Chartbusters in particular. The original album featured the label's first four signings namely, Earth Quake, Greg Kihn, The...
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The Amboy Dukes - The Amboy Dukes (1967 us, superb garage psych, 2007 Sunrise...
The Amboy Dukes were Ted Nugent’s first band (or one of). They came from the same Detroit scene as SRC, The Stooges, Mitch Ryder, Bob Seger, The Frost, The Rationals, MC5 and so forth. They began...
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The Amboy Dukes - Journey To The Center Of The Mind (1968 us, classic acid...
In early 1968 the Dukes went on to studio to record their second album "Journey to the Center of the Mind", it was released in April 1968, on the local "Mainstream" label. The title track, which Nugent...
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Rain - Norsk Suite (1969 norway, elegant art psych with early prog touches,...
Norway's most well kept secret has been betrayed and solved! This great band has only released a very rare 45rpm EP, which was the soundtrack for the Norwegian movie 'Rivalen'. Very much like Frank...
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