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Fairfield Ski - Fairfield Ski (1973 uk, fabulous melodic orchestrated soft...
Birminghams Fairfield Ski are one of the greatest lost UK psych/prog bands ever. With a line- up which included ex- Terry Reids band Bill Bonham (cousin of Led Zepp John Bonham) on keyboards, their...
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Cream - Live Cream II (1972 uk, classic heavy blues psych rock, 2010 japan...
An oft-overlooked curio, Live Cream, Vol. 2 appeared at a very odd time, with very little warning, almost two years after its predecessor -- and at virtually the same time as the related (though not...
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Cockney Rebel - Cavaliers, An Anthology (1973-74 uk, two masterpieces and...
The British band Cockney Rebel, founded by singer-songwriter Steve Harley, entered the rock scene in 1973 after signing with EMI. Their debut The Human Menagerie contained the single Sebastian with its...
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Leonda - Woman In The Sun (1969 canada, marvelous folk psych with jazz blues...
Though it was released on a major label (Columbia's Epic subsidiary) in the late '60s, Leonda's sole album, Woman in the Sun, is extremely rare, and little known even among fans of singer/songwriters...
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The Grass Roots - Move Along / Alotta Mileage (1972-73 us, sightly soulful...
The final three Top 40 hits for the Grass Roots materialize on Move Along, a consistent album under the aegis of original co-producer Steve Barri with the band's future producers Dennis Lambert and...
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Jimmie Spheeris - Isle Οf View / The Original Tap Dancing Kid (1971-73 us,...
The first name of James among popular musicians of the pre-punk rock era appears in retrospect to be somewhat of a poisoned chalice. Surely everyone is familiar with the cases of Jimi Hendrix and Jim...
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The Byrds - Live At Royal Albert Hall (1971 us, stunning country folk classic...
It’s too easy to think in stereotypes about bands. The Byrds will, for most people, be the studio band of the first few albums, a beautiful execution of great songs peaking with Sweetheart Of The...
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The Outsiders - The Outsiders (1966-67 dutch, superb garage psych beat)
The Amsterdam-based combo were one of the most popular homegrown bands in the Netherlands from 1965 to 1967, and have since become a favorite among historians of the beat music era; Richie Unterberger...
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The Outsiders - Singles A's And B's (1967-94 dutch, impressive colorful...
The Outsiders were formed in Amsterdam in the early 1960's. The line-up initially was Vladimir 'Wally' Tax, who sang and played rhythm guitar, lead guitarist Ronald Splinter, bassist Appie Rammers and...
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Finn MacCuill - Sink Ye - Swim Ye (1978 uk, lovely traditional folk, very...
Finn mac Cuill began at Stirling University in 1972 when Tony Ireland met Nick Keir and started playing gigs together. The first residencies were in Edinburgh, notably the St Clair and Doric Hotels....
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Brian Auger With Julie Driscoll And The Trinity - Open (1967 uk, groovie...
From the outgrowth of Steampacket, a band that included not only Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll, but also a young Rod Stewart, came Auger and Driscoll's collective effort that produced two albums. When...
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Roger McGuinn - Roger McGuinn (1973 us, amazing folk country classic rock,...
Roger McGuinn's 1973 self-titled solo debut was in most respects a breath of fresh air after the final days of the Byrds, in which the group was floundering in directionless mediocrity. In a sense,...
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The Outsiders - Strange Things Are Happening The Complete Singles (1965-69...
The Outsiders were without a doubt the most prolific and exciting band from a non-English speaking country to come out of the 1960s. It's great to see that this Dutch band are finally getting their due...
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Ronnie Lane And Slim Chance - Ooh La La An Island Harvest (1974-76 uk,...
The story goes that Ronnie Lane’s Slim Chance were formed after he walked into a bar after the last ever Faces show in June of 73 and shouted at Marc Bolan asking if he had an opening for an unemployed...
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US 69 - Yesterdays Folks (1969 us, awesome trippy colorful psychedelia, 2014...
US 69 were psychedelic rock group from the Hartford Connecticut area with tripped-out jazz undercurrents and rough funky edges.They started out as the Mustard Family, and changed their name to US ’69...
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Neal Ford And The Fanatics - Good Men (1965-68 us, outstanding rough garage...
In mid-60s America, every major city had at least one rock’n’roll band that ruled the town. Such top-dogs enjoyed a rabidly partisan audience that packed the teen centres, populated the fan clubs and...
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Wailing Wall - Wailing Wall (1970 us, awesome heavy southern psych rock)
Wailing Wall was formed in El Paso, Texas by guitarist Mike Cancellare who up until this time had been playing in a straight blues trio. Mike recruited David Rutledge to play drums and was searching...
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Tiffany Shade - Tiffany Shade (1967 us, fantastic psychedelia, 2014 issue)
In the fall of 1967 The Tiffany Shade-Bob Leonard (born May 27, 1945) – piano/ vocals, Michael Barnes (born May 21, 1948) – lead vocals/guitar, Tom Schuster (born Feb.1, 1949) – drums and Robb Clarke...
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Judee Sill - Judee Sill (1971 us, beautiful tender baroque folk, 2013 japan...
Judee Sill’s self-titled debut hit the shelves in 1971, the first release on David Geffen’s Asylum Records. Unjustly lost amongst the sands of time, and out of print for many years until it’s reissue a...
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The Outsiders - Thinking About Today Their Complete Works (1965-68 dutch,...
The Outsiders’ recording career lasted merely three years, but in that time they recorded and released close to fifty songs, every one of them an original composition; few other groups during that era...
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