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Ashman Reynolds - Stop Off (1972 uk, marvelous classic rock with west coast...
This is an interesting UK early-1970s 'super group' that doesn't seem to have attracted a great deal of attention during it's brief existence and today is all but unknown.Singer Aliki Ashman had...
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Milt Matthews Inc - For The People (1971 us, splendid bluesy funk psych rock,...
Some old recordings are rare for a reason. When I was a kid in the 70s, like lots of other boys my age, I collected beer cans. And we quickly learned some basic tenets of the hobby. An old Busch can...
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New Riders Of The Purple Sage - Glendale Train Live Radio Broadcast (1971 us,...
Legendary guitarist Jerry Garcia (1942-1995) is best known for his leadership of the quintessential San Franciscan collective, The Grateful Dead. However, in the early 1970's he was concurrently a...
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Compton And Batteau - In California (1970 us, brilliant groovy baroque folk,...
In the beginning there was “Yesterday.”Then “Eleanor Rigby” came to pass. And just about every teenager (James Osterberg, aka Iggy Pop excepted) wanted to play acoustic guitar, sing important...
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John Hall - Action (1970 us, splendid bluesy psych classic rock, 2017 japan...
John Hall was best known, for most of the first four decades of his public life, as a singer and guitarist, principally with the group Orleans -- although that group, an outgrowth of the more...
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Point Blank - Airplay (1979 us, solid hard boogie southern rock, 2018 japan...
Point Blank's second album, the aptly-titled Second Season, disappeared without a trace, which meant that they needed one thing from their third -- airplay -- so they could get some success underneath...
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The Outlaws - Bring It Back Alive (1978 us, outstanding southern boogie...
The Outlaws were one of the most enduring and popular of bands to emerge from the great 'Southern Rock' boom in the USA in the mid-70s. The band came from Florida, and their history stretched back into...
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John Wonderling - Daybreaks (1973 france / us, extraordinary spaced out folk...
Johnny Wonderling was born in France on February 18th 1945, and moved to Queens, New York, at the age of five. Always a music enthusiast, he began his career at Cameo-Parkway Records in the mid- 605,...
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The Original Caste - One Tin Soldier (1969 canada, wonderful sunny folk...
The five-member band grew out of the Calgary folk trio The North Country Singers, formed in 1966 by songwriter and guitarist Bruce Innes (b Calgary 7 Jan 1943). They moved to Vancouver and added the...
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Gregg Allman - Laid Back (1973 us, exceptional southern blues rock, 2016...
Laid Back is Gregg Allman’s debut studio solo album, released in October 1973 by Capricorn Records. He developed the album as a small creative outlet wherein he would assume full control, and he...
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Jim Ford - The Sounds Of Our Time (1967-73 us, fantastic groovy soulful...
In the liner notes to cd reissue Sounds of Our Time Nick Lowe describes Jim Ford: “Jim Ford’s reputation was not the best. He told a lot of terrible stories and he used to bend the truth a bit. I think...
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Eric Andersen - Be True To You (1975 us, awesome country folk soft rock, 2016...
Eric Andersen's songs, voice, and guitar have created a career, spanning over 40 years, that includes 25 albums of original songs, and numerous tours of North America, Europe, and Japan. His songs;...
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Marc Ellington - A Question Of Roads (1972 uk, marvellous country folk rock,...
Marc Ellington is a Scottish folksinger and multi-instrumentalist who worked with Fairport Convention, providing some vocal support on their 1969 ‘Unhalfbricking’ album, also played with Matthews...
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Tim Buckley - Greetings From West Hollywood (1969 us, brillinat acid folk...
One of the great rock vocalists of the 1960s, Tim Buckley drew from folk, psychedelic rock, and progressive jazz to create a considerable body of adventurous work in his brief lifetime. His...
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Nancy Priddy - You've Come This Way Before (1968 us, impressive jazzy baroque...
Although better known to the public at large as an actress, Nancy Priddy also enjoyed a sporadic recording career, in 1968 releasing her lone LP, You've Come This Way Before, a minor classic of...
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Song - Song Album (1970 us, remarkable blend of power pop glam rock with some...
Band Song formed in 1969, recorded and released one album in 1970, and were history within a year. Pretty much pure power pop here, but there are a couple of heavier rock and jazz infused tracks that...
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Andy Roberts - Urban Cowboy (1973 uk, marvellous folk soft prog rock, 2012...
Born in Hatchend, London, in 1947, Andy’s dad was a devotee of Music Hall comedy and his mum an afficionado of classical music. Both involved Andy in their enthusiasms from a young age and...
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Tony Kosinec - Processes (1969 canada, wonderful orhestrated silky jazzy folk...
Singer/songwriter Tony Kosinec began his long recording career in 1969 with the album Processes, and the single "Simple Emotion." Both were released under the Columbia Records label. More albums...
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Clear Blue Sky - Clear Blue Sky (1970 uk, essential raw heavy rock, 2017...
As the '60s gave way to the '70s in Swinging London, the colossal success of Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience was helping hard rock to become arguably the musical genre du jour, meaning there were...
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Shawn Phillips - At The BBC (1971-74 us, impressive prog jazzy folk, 2009...
It’s something of a cliché to say it but unbelievably Shawn Phillips remains on the periphery of mainstream rock, despite selling hundreds of thousands of albums and singles since he first came on to...
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