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The British North American Act - In The Beginning... (1969 canada / uk,...
Named for an act of British Parliament that helped establish the Canadian constitution, the British North-American Act were, fittingly enough, comprised of musicians from both Canada and the U.K....
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Juicy Lucy - Get A Whiff A This (1971 uk, great classic rock with country and...
For an impressionable teenager still in my final year at school, Juicy Lucy's version of Who Do You Love was a welcome injection of energetic blues-rock when it entered the U.K. singles chart. This was...
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Stephen Stills And Manassas - Down the Road (1973 us, excellent folk country...
Stephen Stills and Manassas released a brilliant debut album in 1972 and it would become recognized as one of the better albums of its era. So what did they do for an encore? They issued a solid, if...
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Moonrider - Moonrider (1973-75 uk, ravishing guitar rock with country shades,...
Singer/songwriter Keith West is most known for his work in the fine cult 1960s British psychedelic band Tomorrow, as well as for the big U.K. hit single he scored as a solo artist while in the group,...
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Juicy Lucy - Juicy Lucy (1969-70 uk, stunning blues swamp psych rock, 2010...
Back a ways there was one album that just about every 14 year old wanted – not for the music, they used to steal the cover alone from the local record shop. The image of Zelda Plum on the cover clad...
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William R. Strickland - Is Only The Name (1969 us, prominent introspective...
One of the most unusual signings by the legendary Deram label, not least of all because he was American, poet/singer/songwriter William R. Strickland was paired with keyboardist/synthesizer player...
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Ian And Sylvia - The Beginning Of The End (1971 canada, wonderful country...
Born in Victoria, BC in 1933, it wasn't until he was a teen, laid up in a hospital after a rodeo accident, that Ian Tyson picked up a guitar for the first time.Once the broken leg mended, he continued...
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Bobby Whitlock - One Of A Kind (1975 us, wonderful blend of classic rock...
The Memphis-born/Austin resident with a soulful voice soaked in gospel, R&B, and blues continues to represent the true South, the legacy he began when he was the first white artist to be signed to...
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Christopher Kearney - Pemmican Stash (1973 canada, wonderful folk country...
Toronto-born Christopher Kearney moved to the cottage area of Lindsay, Ontario at age 4. He became serious about music in the mid-60's after relocating to the US West coast where he met Gordon...
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Leon Russell And Marc Benno - Asylum Choir II (1971 us, outstanding psych...
1971's "Asylum Choir II" was originally intended as a follow-up to 1968's "Looking Inside the Asylum Choir". Unfortunately Smash Records executives shelved the set where it sat for the next three...
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Carp - Carp (1970 us, heavenly psych folk country rock with spiritual...
Carp is known not so much for its music as it is for being the launching pad for the career of fledgling actor Gary Busey. Singer/drummer Busey formed the group in the spring of 1966 with fellow...
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The Ides Of March - Last Band Standing The Definitive 50 Year Anniversary...
“Beware the ides of March,” goes the famous admonition. Thankfully, Jim Peterik, Larry Millas, Bob Bergland and Mike Borch didn’t heed the warning. Formed in Berwyn, Illinois in 1965 as the...
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Mick Softley - Any Mother Doesn't Grumble (1972 Uk, magnificent folk jazzy...
After many years lurking in a musical hinterland, Mick Softley's quite wonderful 'Any Mother Doesn't Grumble' has been released into the wild once again and it is quite clearly the work of an untamed...
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Marian Henderson - Cameo (1964-70 australia, divine folk jazzy silk rock,...
Marian Henderson was the queen of the Australian folk revival during the 1960s. With her distinctive, pure alto voice, beautiful face and long hair, she was the epitome of the new folk style. She gave...
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The Free Spirits - Live At The Scene (1967 us, jazz psych rock, 2011 release)
Before earning world renown as one of the most electrifying guitarists in American bop, Larry Coryell was a member of a local NYC group called The Free Spirits who is widely considered to be the very...
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The Free Spirits - Out Of Sight And Sound (1966 us, superb jazz psych rock,...
The Free Spirits emerged from that NYC stew in 1965, jazz players with drop-dead chops playing on the rock beat, psychedelic lyrics infused with whatever there needed to be on the date, in the moment,...
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Bobby Whitlock - Rock Your Sox Off (1976 us, awesome southern groovy boogie...
Featuring many of the same musicians as his previous, One Of A Kind, Rock Your Sox Off mines similar sonic landscapes. The nucleus of the project was Kenny Tibbets on bass, Jerome Thomas on drums,...
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Bob Brown - The Wall I Built Myself (1970 us, beautiful tender jazzy folk...
Spontaneity drifts through The Wall I Built Myself, Bob Brown’s 1970 debut album. The D.C. folk artist’s distinctive chord changes animate his music. And, although these lilting, gorgeous songs were...
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Zalman Yanovsky - Alive And Well In Argentina (1968 canada / us, bright...
I know at least one of his fellow supposedly-lovin' Spoonfuls resents the situation to this day, but whenever Zal Yanovsky appeared on stage alongside John Sebastian, Joe Butler, and Steve Boone during...
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Seatrain - Seatrain / Marblehead Messenger (1970-71 us, splendid blend of...
Seatrain is the second album by the band Seatrain, recorded in 1970 and adding Peter Rowan on guitar and lead vocals. It was the first record produced by George Martin after his work with The Beatles....
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