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The Rascals - Once Upon a Dream (1968 us, sensational mosaic of r'n'b, latin,...
After releasing three classic garage blue-eyed soul records, the Rascals felt a need to expand their sound, become a bit more ornate, and take in the influence of psychedelia. In early 1968 they...
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Brian Auger's Oblivion Express – Brian Auger's Oblivion Express (1970 uk,...
Having learnt his craft on London's jazz scene at Lichfield Street's Cottage Club and later at (he Flamingo, Auger first scored hits in France but it wasn't until he teamed with Julie Driscoll in Julie...
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The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Live / The Penthouse Tapes (1975-76 uk,...
Although the Sensational Alex Harvey Band showed off plenty of sonic firepower on studio outings like Next and Tomorrow Belongs To Me, they were always at their most ferocious in the concert arena. As...
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Toni Vescoli - Information (1971 swiss, fascinating progressive folk psych...
Toni Vescoli is a pioneering Swiss singer/songwriter/guitarist of the classic rock era who over the course of his long career performed a variety of styles, from English-language pop/rock to Dylanesque...
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Barry McGuire - The World's Last Privat Citizen / Barry And The Doctor...
Along with Bob Dylan's emergence came countless other folk-based "protest singers" in the early to mid-'60s, including Barry McGuire. Born in Oklahoma City during 1937, McGuire had relocated to New...
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Priscilla - Gypsy Queen (1970 us, amazing r 'n' b phychedelia, 2013 korean...
Booker T. Jones exited Stax Records before it came to a complete crash and married singer Priscilla Coolidge, Rita's sister, and the two hooked-up musically as well. Great things were expected from...
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Agnes Strange - Strange Flavour (1976 uk, fantastic hard rockin' boogie, 2007...
Sometimes, albums become far more interesting because of their back story. Case in point: Agnes Strange. This heavy trio from Southampton, England, led by singer-guitarist John Westwood, somehow didn't...
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The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Stories / Rock Drill (1976/78 uk, great...
Completing the two-fer reissues of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band's 1970s LP catalog, this final package brings together the band's final, dying breaths. Cut less than a year after "Delilah" finally...
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Coast Road Drive - Delicious And Refreshing (1974 uk, marvelous rural...
A short lived British band strongly inspired by American rural southern rock bands. The album illustrates excellent examples of swamp and British rock backed up by nice electric guitar. Coast Road...
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Bill Wilson – Ever Changing Minstrel (1973 us, outstandind folk rock, 2012...
)Damned if this isn’t the story that rock ’n’ roll dreams are almost made of. In 1973, Wilson, an unknown 26-year-old Indiana native, had a batch of songs he’d written and wanted to record. Being a...
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The Fugs - Electromagnetic Steamboat (1967-70 us, superb freak folk psych...
Electromagnetic Steamboat: The Reprise Recordings gathers "every unique master recording of the Fugs that was delivered to and survives in the Reprise [Records] archives." This includes not only the...
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The Rascals - See (1969 us, wonderful r 'n' b psychedelia, 2012 japan remaster)
In their first three years or so as recording artists, the Rascals had achieved almost as much success as was humanly possible for any rock band not named the Beatles in the mid-to-late 1960s. There...
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Various Artists - Ears Of Stone (60's us, wondrous weave of folk country and...
A peculiar package in more ways than one, Ears of Stone has 20 Nashville-issued tracks from the 1960s that cover such a wide range as to be nearly unclassifiable. At least the strange "Ears of Stone"...
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Jack's Angels - Our Fantasy's Kingdom (1967 austria / canada, sensational...
Jack Grunsky was born in Austria and raised in Canada. After completing high school in Toronto in 1964, Jack moved to Austria, where he attended the Academy of Arts in Vienna. Interestingly, it was...
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Spider - Labyrinths (1972 us, incredible swamp psych folk rock, 2013 korean...
Short live US band, release their only album "Labyrinths" in 1972. A great example of swamp psych rock melted with spiritual folk country and classic rock tunes, with male / female stunning vocals,...
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Wayne Talbert - Houston Nickel Kicks (1970 us, magnificent funky r 'n' b,...
Wayne Talbert's Houston Nickel Kicks (Mercury) was released in 1970. Before cutting this record, Talbert, who looks like a fat, freaky ex-Marine, played piano for Mother Earth and the Sir Douglas...
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The Legend - The Legend (1969 us, splendid beat psych, Fallout issue)
The Legend, also loosely later known as Dragonfly, was originally from Colorado, but bounced back and forth between there and L.A. to record and issue records. Members included Jack Duncan (bass),...
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Ernie Graham - Ernie Graham (1971 ireland, remarkable folk pub rock, 2014...
Singer Guitarist Ernie Graham was an active part of the British pub rock scene during the first half of the '70s, shuffling between several bands and also recording solo. Graham started out in Belfast...
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Mantis - Turn On To Music (1973 fiji, pleasant hard funky boogie, 2013 edition)
This psychedelic funk classic is firmly established as one of the most collectable albums of all time. Recorded by a quartet from Fiji, it was only released in New Zealand, where it appeared in tiny...
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Sleepy Hollow - Sleepy Hollow (1972 us, lovely pop harmonies, Vinyl edition)
Slapping an album with a Beatles comparison is usually the equivalent of an artistic and commercial kiss of death. Luckily, this was one of those rare cases where the comparison actually had some...
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