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Mars Bonfire - Mars Bonfire (1968 canada, superb classic psych rock, original...
Mars Bonfire has earned himself rock 'n' roll immortality, not to mention lifetime royalty checks, for penning Steppenwolf's inescapable classic "Born to Be Wild," that eternal anthem of would-be...
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Grand Funk - Shinin' On (1974 us, hard groovy rockin', japan extra track issue)
And now, here it comes, Grand Funk in all their slick rag-tag glory, where roughness and toughness in the essence have been overshadowed by gloss and, well, shining on the surface. Yeah, it took Todd...
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The Fool - The Fool (1969 holland, tasteful blend of psychedelia, r 'n' b...
For Susan "the Golden Light" and her MotherThe Fool were a Dutch quartet transplanted to London in the middle ’60s, whose original impact on the rock world was visual rather than musical. They were...
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Billy Hallquist - Persephone (1972-73 us, strong, clear folk rock, 2009...
Billy Hallquist was born Oct. 19, 1949 in Sioux Falls, SD, USA. In 1951, He was stricken with Polio, but survived after several months in the hospital. His family moved to Minneapolis, MN in 1962....
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Mama's Pride - Mama's Pride (1975 us, stunning southern rock, wounded bird...
The band, Mama's Pride, was originally from St. Louis, Missouri USA. In their hometown, they were fondly referred to as "The Pride of St. Louis". The group was formed by brothers Pat and Danny Liston....
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Orange Bicycle - Orange Bicycle (1970 uk, magnificent pshychedelia with soul...
The British psych-pop outfit known as Orange Bicycle evolved from a Beat group, Robb Storme & the Whispers, also known as the Robb Storme Group. They had recorded a handful of harmony pop singles...
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Knocker Jungle - Knocker Jungle (1970 uk, splendid bluesy psych folk rock,...
Only a few copies were sold of this 1970 LP by the Knocker Jungle. At the time of the release, the duo had already split, and the shops didn’t take it, perhaps also because of a photograph with a...
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Judas Jump - Scorch (1970 uk, classic rock with glam and psych touches, 2009...
UK supergroup from such origins as The Herd, Amen Corner and the Mindbenders, branching out to the beyond, with a more progressive direction, as was de rigueur at the fag end of the 60's. Despite a...
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Gass - Gass "Juju" (1970 uk, exciting blend of blues, jazz, psych and prog,...
Bob Tench (also frequently credited as Bobby Tench) is a talented journeyman singer and guitarist who has worked with some of the biggest and best-respected names in British rock during a career that...
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The Guess Who - Let's Go (1967-68 canada, relish beat psych)
This new take on the "BBC Sessions" concept puts a comedic spin on the act of performing live on a '60s CBC television series. Bernie Mac (The Brenie Mac Show) costars as Percy Jones, a wealthy black...
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Sainte Anthony’s Fyre – Sainte Anthony’s Fyre (1970 us, heavy fuzzed drenched...
Legendary proto-metal/psych private press side: released in 1970 this is a classic wasted thug-punk album with a ton of fuzz, crude riffs and a totally crunching rhythm section giving way to doofy...
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Band Of Light - Total Union (1973 kiwi / aussie, awesome hard blues boogie...
Band of Light was a blues-based Sydney group, formed in October 1972 by Phil Key, with bassist Peter Roberts, who had both just left The La De Das. Phil Key was of course a founder member, the rhythm...
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Freight Train - Just The Beginning (1971 us, great blues psych rock)
The band, Freight Train, was formed by The Reds, founding member, Rick Shaffer, in 1968. The line-up went through many personnel changes before arriving at the one that appears on the 1971 album,...
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Eire Apparent - Sunrise (1969 ireland, splendid varied imaginative...
Eire Apparent was in fact the last lineup of The People, a band whose history dates back through several lineup changes to the early 1960's. The People had been managed by David Robinson and had moved...
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Chris Youlden - Nowhere Road (1973 uk, fabulous blues rock with funky soul...
Nowhere Road is an underrated album, which is easily explained. Chris Youlden is illustrated with Savoy Brown in the late sixties. But this first solo album goes in a different direction. Youlden are...
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Chris Youlden - Citychild (1974 uk, magnificent blues jazzy funk rock)
Youlden has a great voice and is capable of writing classic material. Here the results are kind of hit-or-miss. His second solo effort, the collection found Youlden handling production duties....
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Creative Rock - Gorilla (1972 germany, magnificent jazz brass rock)
With a good deal more invention and a powerful lead singer, their debut Gorilla was barely recognisable as German rock, yet despite this it was still rather good, full of complex brass arrangements and...
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Roger Morris - First Album (1972 us, amazing country folk, slight rock,...
Roger Morris’ First Album, released by Emi/Regal Zonophone in 1972, stakes a claim as one of the most American sounding British-folk albums of the seventies. Along with the painfully obscure solo album...
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Fickle Pickle - Sinful Skinful (1971 uk, delicate blend of psych baroque pop...
Reissue of original 1971 and 14 more bonus trax of extremely highly quality. What are we talking here? Well, first listen below. We hear The Move, The Zombies, Blue Ash, Rockin` Horse, Emitt Rhodes,...
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Red Dirt - Red Dirt (1970 uk, fantastic heavy blues folk rock, 2010 expanded...
Red Dirt were a blues band formed in East Yorkshire around 1968 comprised of Dave Richardson (vocals), Steve Howden (guitar), Kenny Giles (bass) and Steve Jackson (drums) who built up an impressive...
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