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Potliquor - Potliquor (1979 us, awesome hard southern roots 'n' roll with...
Originally released in 1979 this same-titled from Louisiana's Potliquor. By 1979, the band had undergone noticable changes both with an overhaul of the entire lineup (minus bassist Guy Schaeffer) and...
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Climax Blues Band - FM Live (1973 uk, superb hard blues rock, 2013 remaster)
If you were looking for a band with substantial blues roots, technically excellent playing both individually and collectively, and a live excitement that grabs and never lets go, you couldn't do much...
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Canterbury Glass - Sacred Scenes And Characters (1968 uk, expressive psych...
Of the many psychedelic groups who recorded unreleased material in the 1960s that didn't get issued until decades later, Canterbury Glass was one of the more unusual and interesting. The tracks they...
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If - British Radio Sessions (1970-72 uk, tremendous prog jazz rock, 2013...
IF was a seminal jazz-rock band formed in 1969 as Britain's answer to the pioneering US bands Blood, Sweat and Tears and Chicago. The main difference was that IF did not have a trumpet or trombone...
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David Kubinec's Mainhorse Airline - The Geneva Tapes (1969-70 swiss/uk, fine...
It has always been said that the origins of the Patrick Moraz debut recording group “Mainhorse” are not well documented. Now, with the discovery after 37 years of ‘The Geneva Tapes’ all that has...
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David Wiffen - Coast To Coast Fever (1973 uk/canada, splendid soft rock with...
The name David Wiffen may or may not ring a bell, but to anyone with an interest in 1970s folk rock I can promise that at least one of his songs will. His material has seen quite a bit of mileage in...
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Indian Summer - Indian Summer (1971 uk, solid post psych prog rock with heavy...
Indian Summer were formed in the summer of 1969 by keyboardist Bob Jackson, guitarist/vocalist Colin Williams, drummer Paul Hooper and bassist Malcolm Harker. Based in Coventry they toured the local...
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Swegas - Beyond The Ox (1970 uk, astonishing jazz prog brass rock, 2009 digi...
Beyond The Ox was the second Swegas album and again shows that Nick, with tracks like Into The Ox and Said But Never Heard, to his credit as a writer and arranger, was guiding the band in the right...
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Various Artists - Golden State Psychedelia (1966-69 us, impressive psych...
Rare or previously unissued psychedelic gems from late 1960s San Francisco, produced at Leo Kulka’s studio, Golden State Recorders.When it opened for business in the autumn of 1965, Golden State...
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Marshall Tucker Band - Searchin' For A Rainbow (1975 us, beautiful guitar...
Old West dreams meet Southern memories in the tracks of Searchin' for a Rainbow, The Marshall Tucker Band's fourth album. Released in 1975, this song collection found the group refining its...
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Love Affair - New Day (1970 uk, superb melt of mod beat psych and prog rock,...
During the summer of 1970 Love Affair began recording the tracks destined for "New Day". The music here is something of a revelation and stills up after forty or so years ago. The album open with the...
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The Mickey Finn - Garden Of My Mind (1964-67 uk, awesome mod freak beat with...
This British cult band with Mod leanings, The Mickey Finn only put out a handful of singles, and it’s the first time that these (plus a couple of previously unavailable demos) have all been collected...
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Various Artists - The Immediate Singles Collection (1966-69 uk, amazing...
This extravagant six-CD set documents the astonishing life span of the first pop independent label in the U.K., Immediate Records. Founded in 1965, Immediate flipped, flopped, and staggered its own...
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Tucker Zimmerman - Ten Songs (1969 outstanding folk psych rock, 2015 bonus...
When David Bowie placed Tucker Zimmerman’s 1969 album Ten Songs by Tucker Zimmerman on a list of his 25 favorite albums – alongside acknowledged classics by The Velvet Underground, James Brown, Little...
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The Stroke Band - Green And Yellow (1978 us, exciting art punk power rock,...
Green And Yellow is the collected recordings of legendary lost 1970s Deep South freaksters, THE STROKE BAND. Seen and heard, until now, by only a few South Georgia pot heads, rednecks, sheriffs,...
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Sweet Marie - Sweet Marie 1 (1970 us, great bluesy funky psych rock, 2015 issue)
By the mid-'60s singer/guitarist Sonny Lathrop had made a minor name for himself as a member of Mickey and The Invaders and The Starfires (see separate entries). Along with a wave of other...
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Smokin' Willie - Smokin' Willie (1970 us, rough heavy psych, 2006 Radioactive...
Basement heavy psych, recorded in early 70's. Rough fuzz guitar, substantial organ and hooting vocals. Original LP released in about 500 copies. Album including one original composition written by bass...
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The Tropics - As Time's Gone (1965-69 us, awesome garage folk psych, 2013...
Regarding The Tropics, Tom Petty is unequivocal: “In 1965 [they] were the biggest band in Florida. I watched them in awe.” Starting out in Tampa Bay in 1963 as a hornaugmented showband, by mid-decade...
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Climax Blues Band - Gold Plated (1976 uk, astonishing blues funk rock, 2013...
Since the last tranche of Esoteric Climax Blues Band reissues were reviewed here we have had the sad news of Pete Haycock's death, and he now joins co-founder Colin Cooper in that great 12-bar line up...
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John Hammond - Sooner Or Later (1968 us, classy electric blues rock)
"Sooner Or Later" is John Hammond's second Atlantic LP originally released in 1968. The material selected did testify to his good taste. Ten songs of electric blues boogie with a rocking band...
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