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Ellison - Ellison (1971 canada, superb heavy psych rock pre stoner, Gear Fab...
Ellison formed in Montreal in late 1967. Vincent Marandola and his childhood friend Richard Arcand, formed a trio named "Jimmy Peace". In 1969, they replaced the original drummer with Robert Cager and...
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Aphrodite's Child - 666 (1972 greece, brilliant concept progressive rock,...
Progressive rock is a marvelous genre. It is a musical style that celebrates experimentation, often incorporating elements of instrumental complexity that descents directly from the improvisational...
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The Lollipop Shoppe - Just Colour (1968-69 us, exciting garage punkadelic,...
Singer/songwriter Fred Cole's recording career began in the mid-1960s and over the ensuing four decades he's probably put himself in contention for some type of award for having having recorded with...
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Sweetwater – Melon (1971 us, cool psych latin jazz rock, 2005 reissue)
Sweetwater closed out their three-album trilogy for Warner-Reprise in 1972 with Melon It had been a brief but eventful run by a uniquely talented band with an even more unique sound, one which blended...
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Tim Hardin - Painted Head (1972 us, elegant passionate psych folk, japan...
A gentle, soulful singer who owed as much to blues and jazz as folk, Tim Hardin produced an impressive body of work in the late '60s without ever approaching either mass success or the artistic heights...
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Kensington Market - Avenue Road (1968 canada, excellent baroque psychedelia...
Kensington Market (named after a street market in the city’s west side) was formed initially to promote the song writing talents of English-born Keith McKie (b. 20 November 1947, St Albans).McKie’s...
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Luke Gibson - Another Perfect Day (1971 canada, gorgeous expressive folk...
Along with Bruce Cockburn’s debut, Another Perfect Day was one of True North’s first releases in 1971. Prior to this disc, Luke Gibson fronted Luke and the Apostles, a legendary garage blues group who...
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Al Kooper - Act Like Nothing's Wrong (1976 us, beautiful orchastrated soulful...
At the time of writing this sleeve note - July 15th, 2008, to be absolutely precise - rock and roll is well into its sixth decade, and like most of us, I guess, it's a bit torn and frayed around the...
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Foghat - Night Shift (1976 uk, tough 'n' roll, japan remaster with extra track)
Night Shift is a great Rock And Roll album. Combining Southern Rock, Blues Rock, & Boogie Rock, and playing them with a Hard Rock crunch, Foghat came up with a great signature sound. NIGHT SHIFT...
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Jeff Moore – The Youngest Son (1974 canada, amazing psych folk with prog...
I remember the sunny afternoon I sat in a high school marketing class trying to think of a project to do. One year earlier I had learned to play guitar and write songs and I thought why not make an...
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The Creation - How Does It Feel To Feel (1964-66 uk, fantastic mod beat psych)
The Creation was Kenny Pickett, Robert Garner, Jack Jones and Eddie Phillips. Their origins go back to 1963, as Jimmy Virgo & The Blue Jacks who included Jack Jones in their first line up. When...
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The Soundsations - Shout Including The Ramrods / Complete Recordings (1961-66...
The Ramrods were formed in 1961 when 13 year old Tom Carter and a few other musicians perfected enough songs to perform at local dances. Tom's dad, Jack, was instrumental in helping the band book jobs...
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Golden Earring - Moontan (1973 dutch, superb classic hard rock with prog...
"Moontan" is probably their best album, consisting of lengthy tracks where their boogie-based hard rock was fused with progressive elements. Several passages on the album includes flute, strings, brass...
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Butch Engle And The Styx - No Matter What You Say, The Best Of (1964-67 us,...
Butch Engle And The Styx were based in Mill Valley, California, USA. They were formerly known as the Showmen, under which name they recorded ‘You Know All I Want’ for the local MEA label. They took...
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Golden Earring - Together (1972 dutch, 8th album, excellent classic hard rock)
Together represents an important step forward for Golden Earring. Unlike the group's previous outings, the songs on this album don't fall into strict rock or progressive categories. Instead, the group...
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Rainman - Rainman (1970 dutch, brilliant psych jazzy folk rock, Fallout issue)
Recorded in 1971, "Rainman" was co-produced by Cuby 'n' the Blizzards drummer Dick Beekman and Nuyens. All tracks co-written by Nuyens and Q65 drummer Jay Baar (there's one cover), far from the...
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Jake Holmes - The Above Ground Sound Of Jake Holmes (1967 us, remarkable acid...
When folk-rock singer/songwriter Jake Holmes opened for The Yardbirds in New York in August 1967, little did he suspect that one of his songs, Dazed And Confused, would be “commandeered” by guitarist...
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The Steve Miller Band - Your Saving Grace (1969 us, splendid classic rock...
The same month Capitol Records released "Brave New World," the third album by the Steve Miller Band, the musicians started to record the band's next album in June 1969 at San Francisco's Wally Heider...
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Jake Holmes - A Letter To Katherine December (1968 us, marvelous experimental...
Jake Holmes’ first album, 'The Above Ground Sound', generated an amazing level of interest. Of course, the fact that the album included 'Dazed And Confused' had quite a lot to do with it, but it soon...
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Charles And Morgan - Homework (1974 germany, remarkable acid folk psych rock...
Dieter Kaspari (Morgan) was born in Aachen in 1947 and remained faithful in his town ever since. Leaving aside the numerous touring musician since 1965, including 12 years as a pro in various bands,...
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