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Michael Fennelly - Love Can Change Everything (1967-72 us, remarkable psych...
Recently, though, the handful of labels specializing in reissues have taken to if not letting the artists compile their music, allowing people who know the music intimately put albums together. The...
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Lou Reed, John Cale And Nico - Live At Bataclan Paris (1972 de / uk / us,...
Lou Reed and John Cale formed the Velvet Underground in late 1965, recording their influential debut with Nico the following year. She was never regarded as a full member of the band, however, and...
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Bull - This Is Bull (1970 us, strong funky psych, 2012 Relics issue)
In late summer of 1967, my friend Earl Hooker in San Francisco introduced me to Barry at a club. At the time Earl was teaching Barry how to play guitar, and fie was amazingly competent for playing for...
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Paul Revere And The Raiders - Something Happening (1968 us, fantastic beat...
Paul Revere and The Raiders became the pride of America when The Beatles took the States by storm during the 'British Invasion'. The Raiders were the first rock band signed to Columbia and they enjoyed...
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Cargoe - Live In Memphis! (1972 us, exceptional southern rock with psych shades)
The year was 1972, and Cargoe were flying high. They had migrated from Oklahoma to JL the musical confines of Memphis, and had landed a recording contract with the newly invigorated Ardent Records....
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Jade Stone And Luv – Mosaics Pieces Of Stone (1977 us, awesome rough fuzzy...
Although Ronnie Patton cut his first single in Nashville at the tender age of 17 with, no less, Elvis Presley’s guitarist Scotty Moore and the Jordanaires on backing vocals, it wasn’t until 14 years...
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Crabby Appleton - Crabby Appleton (1970 us, fantastic classic rock)
Crabby Appleton will always be most known for their infectious single "Go Back," a brooding slice of power pop that made the Top Forty in the summer of 1970. Less celebrated was their self-titled...
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Crabby Appleton - Rotten To The Core (1971 us, exceptional classic rock)
Crabby Appleton's first album, Crabby Appleton, had established them as one of the more promising new American bands at the dawn of the 1970s. It had yielded a Top Forty single, "Go Back," and unveiled...
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Peter Bardens - Heart To Heart (1979 uk, magnificent prog jazz fusion rock,...
Keyboardist Peter Bardens legacy with renowned prog band Camel included seven albums in six years before he decided to abandon the ship of the desert in 1978. Camels symphonic influences can be...
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Curtis Knight - Down In The Village (1970 us, outstanding hard psych, 2012...
This singer-guitarist was born Mont Curtis McNear in Fort Scott, Kansas on May 9th 1929. According to later publicity material, however, 'Curtis Knight was born in 1945, half black, half Blackfoot...
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Bruce Hamana - Hamana (1974 us, brilliant west coast psychedelic guitar...
It's really funny and weird together, how come some real masterpieces have been lost in the vortex of time. Perhaps poor planning? Wrong promotional choices ? Who knows. Bruce Hamana, son of Original...
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Cynara - Cynara (1970 us, spectacular hard prog psych with jazz elements,...
Michael Tschudin is taking his new group, Cynara, on me road to play rock clubs and music festivals free as a trailer for his debut record for Capitol. The free dates are part of Capitol's over-all...
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The Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine (1968 us, wonderful sunny psych, first...
In 1968, for one brief, DayGlo moment, a Tristate band was the biggest thing in rock 'n' roll.The Lemon Pipers - singer Ivan Browne, guitarist Bill Bartlett, keyboardist Bob Nave, bassist Steve...
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Hollins And Starr - Sidewalks Talking (1970 us, amazing laid back psych,...
Chicago-based duo Chuck Hollins and David Starr only made this one album, which originally appeared in 1970 on the Ovation label. All we know about them is what the original ads for the album said:...
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Brewer And Shipley - Down In L.A. (1967-68 us, marvelous psychedelic folk...
From the beginning Down In L.A. never got its due when staff songwriters Michael Brewer and Tom Shipley immediately split L.A. after recording the album for A and M. The newly formed record label...
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Monte Dunn And Karen Cruz - Monte Dunn And Karen Cruz (1969 us, bright smooth...
"Monte Dunn was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. When Tim Hardin and Richie Havens recorded their most recent albums, they called him in to play guitar. This is not unusual as, for almost a...
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Condello - Phase I (1968 us, smart multicolor psychedelia, 2007 RDI remaster)
Formed in Arizona but based in California, Condello's Phase One album has some fine moments. it's sometimes like listening to some psychedelic comp because of the way it jumps from popsike to...
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Tennessee River Crooks - Tennessee River Crooks (1976 us, awesome southern rock)
In 1970, Jimmy Stewart and Larry Farrar (childhood friends) were playing in a band called Rat Salad, and was approached by Mike Hendrix about joining with some friends of his to play. From this meeting...
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Transatlantic Railroad - Express To Oblivion (1965-68 us, sensational west...
Coming from the sixties'"fruity" Frisco bay area, they were often referred to as "the next great San Francisco music scene band" which is what they had remained too, supposedly because of "one band...
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Stoned Circus - Revisited (1970 us, terrific acid psych rock, 2004 World in...
A long gone, forgotten by most psychedelic band from the Midwest. This is a remaster from the original tapes. Band was from Kansas City and this ten track album was recorded at Cavern Studios in...
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