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Dr Feelgood - Malpractice (1975 uk, superb boogie 'n' roll, 2014 japan SHM...
Dr. Feelgood's second album and their American debut, Malpractice was represented a major step forward for the group -- for starters, it was in stereo. Add to that the fact that the quartet had refined...
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Wally Tax - Love In (1967 dutch, fabulous orchestrated jazzy folk tunes, 2012...
Wally has sung. Wally has sung very well, with his whole personality. Mysteriously, he hits something deep within. Bert Paige has written the arrangements. Bert has written very well. He feels exactly...
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Nick Garrie Hamilton - The Lost Songs (1968-2002 uk, wonderful baroque folk...
Nick Garrie is renowned in psychedelic collectors' circles for his 1970 debut, The Nightmare of J.B. Stanislas, a Baroque pop masterpiece effectively buried by nonexistent distribution and promotion....
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Shiloh - Shiloh (1969 us, amazing country folk rock with "the Eagles" Don...
In the mid sixties Richard Bowden, Don Henley, Jerry Surratt and Freddie Neese formed a band called the Four Spreeds. Freddy Neese replaced by Joey Brown and they change their name to Felicity around...
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The Byrds - Sweetheart Of The Rodeo (1968 us, masterpiece, two disc set...
Recorded in Nashville, Sweetheart of the Rodeo was indeed a huge bust for the once-massively popular band, peaking at a dismal Number 77 on the album charts, and yielding not one hit single. A classic...
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Joey Gregorash - North Country Funk (1971 canada, amazing classic rock with...
A native of Winnipeg, Joey Gregorash grew up in a musical family, where his first interest was the violin, which his father played. But as he got older, his interests turned more to rock and roll and...
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Blue Cheer - New Improved! (1969 us, superb rough blues tinged acid rock,...
Like a musical tsunami swallowing everything in sight, San Francisco’s Blue Cheer submerged all of those happy-go-lucky denizens of the Age of Aquarius with the chaotic soundwaves, howling feedback and...
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Knowbody Else - Soldiers Of Pure Peace (1967 us, fascinating psych rock,...
The band formed in Monette, Arkansas from the remnants of local bands the Surfs and the Epsilons, with members coming and going including Ricky Copeland on drums. Terry Cullen on guitar and Danny...
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Stillrock - Stillrock (1969 us, awesome folk country psych, 2014 korean...
A rock album released on Stax's Ernterprise subsidiary that was produced by Donald Duck Dunn and Don Nix, and featuring material by Nix and Don Preston ... sounds like an interesting way to spend a...
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The Siegel Schwall Band - The Complete Vanguard Recordings And More (1966-70...
Corky Siegel was born in Chicago in 1943 and musically influenced by Elvis, Chuck Berry, little Richard, Fats Domino, and everything eke on '50s and '60s radio. He had played tenor sax in a high school...
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The Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966 us, classic influental blues...
The legendary Butterfield Blues Band, led by vocalist/harmonica player Paul Butterfield, was a launching pad for many aspiring electric blues musicians back in the mid/late 1960s. East-West has long...
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Blue Cheer - Oh! Pleasant Hope (1971 us, impressive classic rock with folk...
It's hard to imagine what would prompt someone to suggest the band that recorded Vincebus Eruptum should get in touch with their pastoral side, but for their sixth album in only four years, Blue Cheer...
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Genesis - In The Beginning (1968 us, sensational psych rock, 2012 edition)
In The Beginning is a decent enough acid rock album very clearly born from LA in the late '60s. Much more fascinating than the music on the album is the list of acts in which members of Genesis had...
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Ken Lauber - Contemplation View (1970 us, awesome folk country, classic rock,...
At 13, I received a dozen or so lessons as a surprise birthday gift and a few weeks later, found myself on West 54th Street between 7th and 8th Avenue, New York City. I was about to take my first drum...
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The Black Hippies - The Black Hippies (1977 nigeria, terrific hard fuzzy funk...
Black Hippies were a Nigerian rock band in the mid-'70s led by songwriter Joseph Etinagbedia (aka Pazy). In their earliest incarnations, the band played a distinct style of harder rock, one that bore...
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Chris Spedding - Chris Spedding (1975-77 uk, splendid guitar pub rock,...
Though this eponymous masterpiece was not Chris Spedding's first solo album, it was the first to impact on the record buying public at large. Spiralling out of his so-memorable hit "Motorbiking," it...
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Tobias Wood Henderson - Blue Stone (1968 us, superb funky soul blues rock,...
I was actually born in New Iberia, Louisiana. To be exact, I was born on Avery Island in the middle of the Bayou Teche in a lying in hospital which was part of the WL Mclllhenny plantation. Momma had...
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Beau Brummels - Live (1974 us, marvelous folk psych country rock)
In 1965, American rock and roll music was swept up in the British Invasion. But, in Northern California, fans had there own "British" band. The Beau Brummels, like the Byrds and others, were a vital...
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McGuinn, Clark And Hillman - McGuinn, Clark And Hillman (1979 us, elegant...
Although Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, and Chris Hillman were founding members of the Byrds, when they reunited as a trio at the end of the 1970s they seemed determined to create a sound that did not...
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Johnny Kidd And The Pirates - The Best Of (1956-66 uk, pioneer beat roots 'n'...
It may surprise you to know that The Beatles were not the first British rock act to top the chart with one of their own compositions – that honour goes to Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, whose No. 1...
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