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MC5 - Back In The USA (1970 us, solid prime hard raw rock 'n' roll, japan SHM...
Right on the heels of the revolution. Right after the smoke cleared from Grande Ballroom in Detroit where its native sons, the MC5, set forth a sound that was unheard of in terms of how high...
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Terry Smith - Fall Out (1968 uk, superb jazz rock)
Terry Smith's rare late-'60s LP was an accomplished set that showcased his fluid, modern bop-influenced jazz guitar in both big band and small combo settings. Smith plays much in the style of American...
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Matching Mole - Matching Mole (1972 uk, marvelous prog rock, canterbury...
Robert Wyatt left Soft Machine in 1971 because of creative differences (he didn't want the band to completely abandon vocals) and decided to make a solo album. Wyatt was contractually obligated to Soft...
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Plain Jane - Plain Jane (1969 us, fabulous country folk rock with sunny psych...
Recorded at Hollywood's I.D. Sound Studios with Les Brown Jr. handling the production duties, 1969's "Plain Jane" was nothing short of fabulous. Featuring ten original tracks with all four members...
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Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On (1969 uk, blues rock masterpiece, deluxe...
A peculiar news bulletin appeared in the July 12th, 1969, edition of Rolling Stone: Two members of the British blues band Fleetwood Mac were going to "put Christ on wax," as the headline put it....
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Road - Road (1972 uk / us, stunning hard psych rock, with Noel Redding)
Formed in March 1972 by former Jimi Hendrix Experience bassist Noel Redding, in the aftermath of a debilitating fall at Frank Zappa’s home, this short-lived power trio also featured former Rare Earth...
View ArticleLOU REED (March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013)
Lou Reed, Velvet Underground Leader and Rock Pioneer, Dead at 71Lou Reed, a massively influential songwriter and guitarist who helped shape nearly fifty years of rock music, died today. The cause of...
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Fat Mattress - Fat Mattress (1969 uk, essential psych folk rock, 2009...
Fat Mattress were basically a Rock'n'Roll group from Folkestone in Kent. The nucleus of Fat Mattress came from three local bands based in South East England in the early sixties. Noel Redding was the...
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Various Artists - The Dutch Woodstock (1970 us/uk/nl, psych blues folk prog...
Woodstock and Altamont pretty much covered what can go right and what can go wrong at a large rock festival in America. Meanwhile, over in Europe, music festivals began cropping up left and right, with...
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Wimple Winch - Tales From The Sinking Ship (1964-68 uk, marvelous blend of...
Liverpool's Wimple Winch are best known to obsessive collectors of U.K. freakbeat for a handful of rare but potent singles, such as the malevolent "Save My Soul and "Rumble on Mersey Square South," a...
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Dantalian`s Chariot - Chariot Rising (1967 uk, impressive colorful psychedelia)
One of the most brilliant obscure psychedelic singles of the late '60s — indeed, one of the most brilliant obscure rock singles of any kind from the era — was Dantalian's Chariot's "Madman Running...
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Bob Lind - Since There Were Circles (1971 us, splendid passionate folk, 2006...
Bob Lind has enjoyed a sizable cult following based on a rather small body of work; he released just four albums between 1966 and 1971 (one a collection of demos never intended for commercial release),...
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The Yardbirds - Glimpses (1963-68 uk, classic influental blues garage 'n'...
Easy Action deserves an award for perseverance in the face of impossible odds, taking three years to realise the DVD of 2008’s historic MC5/Primal Scream Meltdown double-header, spending two years...
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If - Double Diamond (1973 uk, exceptional progressive brass rock, 2010...
The genesis of If occurred on London's late 60s jazz scene, when guitar ace Terry Smith, saxophonists Dick Morrissey and Dave Quincy joined US soul singer J.J. Jackson's “Greatest Soul Band In The...
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Humble Pie - Performance, Rockin’ The Fillmore, The Complete Recordings’...
In 1971, the concept of a hard-rock band achieving its big commercial breakthrough with a double live album was nothing new. But the experience had to be a particularly satisfying one for Humble Pie.In...
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The Music Machine - The Ultimate Turn On (1966-67 us, enormous garage...
Some years ago, Sean Bonniwell, the charismatic leader of the Music Machine, penned an evocative memoir of his life and music days, "Beyond The Garage". The book's title was no doubt in deference to...
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Tommy Bolin - Whirlwind (1972-75 us, superb hard fusion rock, 2013 two disc set)
The life and music of guitar legend Tommy Bolin seemed to have crashed and burned all too quickly. Prior to his drug related death in 1976, Bolin was starting to formulate solo album number three,...
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Bosom Blues Band - The Overgone Sounds of the Bosom Blues Band (1968 us,...
An obscure late 60s band out of Charlottesville, VA that evolved from an R'n'B ensemble called the Soothsayers. In 1967 the Bosom Blues Band entered a local studio and recorded several demos and...
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Elvin Bishop - Party Till The Cows Come Home (1969-70/72 us, magnificent...
This double CD combines Elvin Bishop's first three albums (variously credited to the Elvin Bishop Group and the Elvin Bishop Band) on to two discs. Containing 1969's Elvin Bishop Group, 1970s Feel It!,...
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Rex Holman – Here In The Land Of Victory (1970 us, tremendous folk psych)
Actor Rex Holman is perhaps better-known to Star Trek and Monkees fans than music enthusiasts, but connoisseurs of acid folk have long treasured this, his sole album, which originally appeared in 1970...
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