Clik here to view.
Crossroads - Southern Strutter (1979 us, good southern rock)
The Crossroads saw the first light, in the second half of the 70's, in Arkansas. In 1979 they released their first record, under the title "Southern Strutter", this is precisely the tone of their...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Michael Garrick Band - Home Stretch Blues (1972 uk, excellent vocal jazz)
Home Stretch Blues represents a high point in the Sextet's history. Within a few days our Trio also recorded 'Cold Mountain' (available on Vocalion CDSML 841 5) in the same studio behind Gloucester...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cargoe - Cargoe (1972 us, brilliant melt of power pop, southern, classic rock...
Often associated with the Power Pop genre given to Ardent Label Mates Big Star, Cargoe projected more of a stylized artistic nuance to their songwriting and performing, with harmonies exhibiting a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Raiders - Indian Reservation / Collage (1970-71 us, fantastic blend of...
Paul Revere and The Raiders has been a veritable army of musicians, whose major career began in 1963 and lasted through 1975. Paul managed the group's internal workings, Mark Lindsay lent his voice,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chameleon - Rising (1973-78 us, exceptional hard prog rock, 2013 release)
It was 1969 when Mike Huey introduced his friend, Spencer Clark, to his brother Rick Huey, and the three of them started a "garage band" called Evolepoh. In 1970, Craig Gysler joined the band, now...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gerry Lockran - Wun (1972 india / uk, amazing blues rock with classic tinges)
Gerald Cranston Frederick Loughran was born on the 19th July 1942 in the Yeotmal province of the central plains of India. He was the youngest of eight children, having three brothers and four...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Aaron Lightman - Aaron Lightman (1970 (us, delicate orchestrated baroque folk...
“Aaron Lightman is a young singer-composer-actor from Philadelphia. Although in his twenties, his child-like appearance and slight build (100 pounds soaking wet on a good day!) tend to make people...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Freedom - Freedom (1970 uk, fantastic hard psych)
Freedom's album 'Freedom' original released on vinyl in 1970. This is the follow up album to 'At Last' and is the 2nd album from the power trio of Bobby Harrison, Roger Saunders and Walter Monagham and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cream - Goodbye (1969 uk, classic heavy blues psych rock, 2010 SHM remaster)
After a mere three albums in just under three years, Cream called it quits in 1969. Being proper gentlemen, they said their formal goodbyes with a tour and a farewell album called -- what else? --...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Sonics - Introducing (1966 us, inspiring trailblazer garage 'n' roll,...
No one ever squeezed more juice out of the basic rock-band lineup than The Sonics did when they cut the earsplitting teenage anthems found on Infroducing The Sonics. The album (actually the band's...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Max Webster - Max Webster (1976 canada, awesome hard prog rock with glam shades)
Toronto's Max Webster blended metal, prog, and rock elements into a genre-defying blend that won the group a cult following in the mid- to late '70s. Formed in 1973, the band's sound focused on the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Max Webster - High Class In Borrowed Shoes (1977 canada, great heavy prog rock)
The one unifying factor coursing through Max Webster's magnificent premiere was a rural warmth that evoked images of. I dunno. Carved cherry wood. In comparison, High Class In Borrowed Shoes, although...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Max Webster - Mutiny Up My Sleeve (1978 canada, stunning prog rock)
The Max machine keeps ascending further into the bright blue with this cooler, darker, and mellower release, fashioned sorta like a dry Martini intravenous. The boys are sounding more like a Steely Dan...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pulse - Pulse (feat. Carlo Mastrangelo) (1971 us, terrific hard rock with...
Pulse was led by Bronx born songwriter, drummer and vocalist Carlo Mastrangelo, who'd been a founder member of Dion and The Belmonts, with whom he sang, bass and drummed. As such he was on the poorly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Storyteller - Storyteller (1970-71 uk, fabulous dual vocals in an aethereal...
The start of the Seventies was an uncertain time for lovers of grown-up popular music. Monterey had led to Woodstock, which had become Altamont. Much of that deep and meaningful West Coast stuff had...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Max Webster - A Million Vacations (1979 canada, fine prog rock)
All is silky, ethereal, and crisp as winter snow on Max's most polished piece of studio jewelry, the band's lightest footprinted excursion. A Million Vacations chimes clear as a bell, the album...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Max Webster - Live Magnetic Air (1979 canada, excellent prog rock)
The closest me an' the buds ever came to viewing Max in the flesh (until '96's brief reunion tour) was being denied entrance (underage) at one of the band's near final shows at some bar in Nelson, B.C....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Uriel - Arzachel (1969 uk, remarkable psych prog rock, 2007 remaster,...
Initially released by the obscure Evolution label in 1969, the self titled album by Arzachel has long been regarded as one of the best lost gems of the British psychedelic and progressive rock scene....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ola And The Janglers - Lime Light (1966 sweden, marvelous r 'n' b, beat...
The group was formed in 1962 in Stockholm and called The Janglers. When Ola Håkansson joined the band in 1963 changed the name to Ola and The Janglers. At that time members were Ola, vocals, Ake...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Raiders - Country Wine...Plus (1971-74 us, spledind melt of classic rock,...
The band had started to diversify and develop its sound on the albums Collage (1970) and Indian Reservation (1971), something they continued with the final studio album for Columbia Records, Country...
View Article