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Southern Comfort - Southern Comfort (1971 uk, splendid folk country rock,...
Southern Comfort haven t found the going easy since Ian Matthews left them 18 months ago, but they are anxious not to let it get them down. Their main problem is that the public have taken a long time...
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Lee Pickens - Lee Pickens Group (1973 us, tight hard rock, 2010 digi pak...
After leaving Bloodrock in '72, Lee Pickens put LPG together, and it certainly wasn't a commercial success. It was more of an artistic success. Comparing LPG to Trower's and Beck's as a better...
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The Dave Miller Set - The Mr Guy Fawkes (1967-70 new zealand / australia,...
When the managing director of Spin Records called Dave Miller into his office in 1969 to discuss his new single ‘Mr Guy Fawkes’, the last thing Miller expected was disdain. He was sure The Dave Miller...
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Wooden Lion - Wooden Lion (1973 uk, great prog space downer rock, 2014 release)
Recorded over forty years ago by the original five-piece band, these insanely rare Wooden Lion tracks have, regrettably, been locked away for an eternity - until now that is. This dastardly and...
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The Marshall Brothers Band - The Marshall Brothers Band (1975 australia, fine...
The Marshall Brothers Band are lesser-known Aussie proggers, quite possibly due to their lounge-act name, but also quite possibly due to their lounge-act music, certainly when compared to the likes of...
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Doug Snyder And Bob Thompson - Daily Dance (1972 us, psychedelic instrumental...
Less often than not, a sound recording will reach your ears that turns speculation into confirmation and leaves you wondering if it all really happened. TWS is usually the case when the bold soul finds...
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Mick Greenwood - Midnight Dreamer (1974 uk, marvellous folk soft rock, 2006...
Mick returned to the UK, and more touring with bands like Soft Machine and Curved Air, and performing at the Hammersmith Odeon with Jose Feliciano. The band underwent further changes with the addition...
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Rod Taylor - Rod Taylor (1973 us, spectacular country folk classic rock, 2014...
The credits on Taylor’s album reveal one heck of an all-star cast assembled to help him get his first set of songs recorded. Backing vocals are by Bonnie Bramlett and Joni Mitchell; guitarists include...
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Paul Brett - Paul Brett (1972 uk, amazing folk silk rock, 2016 korean remaster)
Paul Brett is well known as an exponent of the 12-string guitar. The list of people he has played with is impressive indeed - much in demand for sessions, tours etc., he has played for a host of folks,...
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Philippe Debarge With Pretty Things - Rock St Trop (1969 france / uk, superb...
Back in the stone age of rock ‘n’ roll – the year 1969, to be exact – Phil May (vocals) and Wally Waller (bass) of British rock legends the Pretty Things were approached with an unusual offer. Flown to...
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Tyla Gang - Pool Hall Punks / The Complete Recordings (1976-79 uk, stunning...
Collection of the Ducks Deluxe mainman Sean Tyla’s follow-up late 70s band, featuring both the officially released albums, plus singles, demos and live tracks. Ian Canty revisits that time when Pub...
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Jackson Browne - Running On Empty (1977 us, masterpiece, 2016 japan remaster)
This was actually my first Jackson Browne's LP in my records collection, since the day of it's first release back in 1977, (I had some cassettes with his previous releases but not a vinyl record), I...
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High Mountain Hoedown - High Mountain Hoedown (1969 us, awesome classic rock...
Formed by Jerry Williams (vocals and guitar] along with Rex Ludwick (drums) and Jerry McDonald (bass) in 1968, High Mountain Hoedown made a record deal with a producer & promoter Charles Greene who...
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Rare Earth - In Concert (1971 us, outstanding soulful psych rock with funky...
The performances from which this album is comprised must have been an embarrassment of riches. That's one way of explaining how this live double-LP set came to be released -- that and the fact that...
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John Hammond, Jr. - Mirrors (1967 us, astonishing blues rock, 2016 remaster)
Blues Hall of Fame inductee John Hammond is a giant of 20th century blues, a talented songster whose work has preserved countless blues, gospel, and folk tunes that otherwise might have disappeared...
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Hearts And Flowers - Now Is The Time For Hearts And Flowers (1967 us,...
I first got wind of this superb group via a label catalog by the late, great Bam Caruso Records in 1985. I collected all the releases on that label during that time period, so naturally I grabbed a...
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The Folklords - Release The Sunshine (1968 canada, dreamy glorious folk...
The Folklords actually got their start sometime around early 1968 when guitarist Tom Martin and bassist Paul Seip, who had been aping sounds from across the pond with their mod cover band the Chimes of...
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Indian Puddin And Pipe - Indian Puddin And Pipe (1969 us, impressive psych...
Indian Puddin'and Pipe emerged from the Pacific Northwest in 1966, as West Coast Natural Gas. The name would soon be erased by mogul Matthew Katz in favor of Indian Puddin' and Pipe for his Fifth...
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Tim Buckley - Tim Buckley (1966 us, miraculous psych folk, disc 1 of the 2017...
On October 2017, Rhino released Tim Buckley: The Complete Album Collection, an eight-CD box set that brings together the body of music the singer-songwriter recorded between 1966 and 1972.This set...
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Tim Buckley - Goodbye And Hello (1967 us, folk psych masterpiece, disc 2 of...
Goodbye and Hello from 1967, is an album that most would consider Buckley’s masterpiece. Even during that explosive era Buckley’s ambitious songwriting stood out from the rest of the pack, and Goodbye...
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