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Gentle Giant - The Power And The Glory (1974 uk, significant prog rock, 2014...
This British band is just the cup of tea for aficianados who demand virtuosity, progress and originality in their music. Gentle Giant's work is not easy listening or immediately enjoyable [what really...
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Cream - Wheels Of Fire (1968 uk, psych blues jam rock masterpiece, 2014 japan...
IN MEMORY OF JACK BRUCEThe historical context for Wheels Of Fire needs no repetition here, as Cream’s history is so well documented. Suffice to mention that by the time they began recording it in early...
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Randy Newman - 12 Songs (1970 us, outstanding blend of jazz blues and country...
A complete change from his debut, '12 Songs' was a 'back to roots' album of sorts, following the mixed critical reception afforded his debut. Randy had worked with one of his heroes and influences,...
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Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, Steve Stills - The Super Sessions (1968 us, psych...
In the space of mere months, the soundscape of rock shifted radically from two- and three-minute danceable pop songs to comparatively longer works with more attention to technical and musical...
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Watchpocket - Watchpocket (1972 us, impressive guitar rock with blues and...
Watchpocket started out as a solo effort by former Gants frontman Sid Herring. When The Gants called it quits in 1971 Herring relocated to Memphis where he quickly found friends at Jerry Williams and...
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Gandalf - Gandalf (1969 us, superb psych rock with sunny flashes)
There are two general truths I hold to be self-evident. The first: there is no good reason why anyone should start a cover band, unless they need to support themselves by playing weddings, jazz...
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Brian Auger With Julie Driscoll - Streetnoise (1970 us, splendid rhythm 'n'...
(The approach developed in Open and Definitely What come to fruition in the release of Streetnoise (1969) oft cited as the first fusion recording. An impressive range of diverse influences results in...
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People - Both Sides Of People (1969 us, awesome psych rock with country...
One of the last great '60s bands hailing from the San Jose area, People followed in the homegrown tradition of such fabled South Bay combos as the Syndicate of Sound, Count Five, Chocolate Watchband,...
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Genesis - The Early Of Genesis (1967-69 uk, brilliant baroque psych, early...
There was a school in Surrey, England named Charterhouse. Attending this school there were two students named Tony Banks and Peter Gabriel. The two both had a love for music which caused them to form a...
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Stonefield Tramp - Dreaming Again (1974 uk, magnificent acid folk rock, 2010...
The U.K. folk scene was exploding with ambitious young singer/songwriters and acoustic pickers in the early ‘70s, when Rob Van Spyk first banded together with some similarly inclined pals to form a...
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Stone Angel - Stone Angel (1975 uk, ethereal traditional acid folk psych,...
The Stone Angel story begins in December 1972. Guitarists Ken Saul and Paul Corrick were rehearsing for a spot at the Great Yarmouth Folk Club Christmas party, but all they could come up with was a...
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Chrissy Zebby Tembo And Ngozi Family - My Ancestors (1974 zambia, essential...
Chrissy Zebby Tembo is the drummer of the Ngozi family. This time the album is under his name and Paul Ngozi is his guitarist. This album is so great, we left the best for the last Zam Rock release....
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The Unfolding - How to Blow Your Mind And Have A Freak-Out Party (1967 us,...
Music inspired from weed, alcohol, or LSD is pretty different. Weed makes stoned kind of freak-out music, alcohol creates smoky kind of freak-out moments, while LSD keeps things clear, only adds...
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Paul Revere And The Raiders - Special Edition (1982 us, good rock with early...
The quintet of Paul Revere, Mark Lindsay, Drake Levin, Phil Volk and Mike Smith reunited for Dick Clark on national television in 1979 doing a medley of their biggest hits.The punk rock and New Wave...
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Max Frost And The Troopers - Shape Of Things To Come (1968-69 us, superb...
Max Frost And The Troopers were a fictional group created for the 1968 hippie-exploitation movie, Wild In The Streets. Frost was actor Christopher Jones (passed away January 31, 2014), more...
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Fever Tree - Live (1969 us, awesome heavy psych blues jam rock, 2011 Vinyl...
The never-released 1969 live effort from Fever Tree! Gulf Coast punk phenoms the Bostwick Vines see Cream and Hendrix and bring their tough interpretation of that combination to Hollywood, California....
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Zodiac - Cosmic Sounds (1967 us, imressive radiant psychedelic space rock)
At first glance and hearing, The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds might seem like an anomaly in the Elektra catalog. When it appeared in 1967, the label was recognized primarily for its eclectic catalog of folk...
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Various Artists - Shakin' in Athens (1964-67 greece, garage beat)
It’s very difficult to describe in only a few words the history of such a rich and underestimated pop-rock scene as existed in Greece in the sixties. This is especially true when this scene has been...
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Climax Chicago Blues Band - A Lot Of Bottle (1970 uk, splendid hard blues...
1970’s A Lot of Bottle found the band both pursuing and eschewing the more expansive direction introduced on Plays On. Still signed to AIR, the group was shifted to EMI’s progressive-rock Harvest...
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Various Artists - Searching In The Wilderness (1964-67 multinational,...
While this compilation might prove mighty hard to track down, it's one of the better anthologies of raw, rare mid-'60s rock, concentrating exclusively on bands from the U.K. and Europe (i.e., this is...
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