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Marc Ellington - Restoration (1972 uk, exceptional folk country rock, 2011...
This is Marc Ellington's 4th album, recorded late 1972 and released early 1973, musically he moves around at the same levels as his previous releases, folk, country with straight Rock doses, cover...
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Alexander Lee Spence - AndOarAgain (1968 us, a warped blend of acid folk and...
Like a rough, more obscure counterpart to Syd Barrett, Skip Spence was one of the late '60s' most colorful acid casualties. The original Jefferson Airplane drummer (although he was a guitarist who had...
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Perth County Conspiracy - Perth County Conspiracy (1970 canada, beautiful...
Taking their name from the Stratford, Ontario region of the same name, Perty County Conspiracy was centred around British immigrant Cedric Smith and American draft dodger Richard Keelan (ex of...
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Salloom Sinclair And The Mother Bear - Salloom Sinclair And The Mother Bear...
Salloom-Sinclair were the male-female duo of singer-songwriter Roger Salloom and vocalist Robin Sinclair. In 1968, they fronted Salloom, Sinclair & the Mother Bear, who had a Marshall...
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Accolade - Accolade (1970 uk, splendid folk jazzy psych with prog shades,...
Accolade were one of those short-lived late-'60s / early-'70s English bands that attempted to expand musical boundaries, completely eschewing electric instruments to mix traditional English folk with...
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Merkin Manor - Music From Merkin Manor (1973 us, fabulous west coast psych...
Provo, Utah in March 1967 was not like the many other American towns during this period. While the air was a buzz elsewhere with new sounds of garage, psychedelic, and hard rock music and long hair was...
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Salloom Sinclair - Salloom Sinclair (1969 us, magnificent folkish bluesy...
The second great album from the duo of Roger Salloom and Robin Sinclair – issued by Chess Records like the first one, but much more of the kind of album you'd expect to hear coming from the south – on...
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Glass Harp - Synergy (1971 us, amazing guitar bluesy psych rock, 2015 remaster)
Synergy opens with two of Keaggy’s heaviest guitar statements on record: ‘One Day At A Time’ (which begins as a baroque acoustic melody before transitioning into hard rock), followed by the blistering...
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Sandra Rhodes - Where's Your Love Been (1973 us, miraculous soulful country...
Sandra Rhodes was a country girl who landed in Memphis rather than Nashville, which means she ended up singing a lot more than just country music. Rhodes, along with her sister Donna Rhodes and husband...
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Big Brother And The Holding Company - Sex, Dope and Cheap Thrills (1968 us,...
Janis Joplin’s time in the San Francisco blues crew Big Brother and the Holding Co. was relatively short, only a couple of years — just long enough to record two albums and become an era-defining...
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Savoy Brown - A Step Further (1969 uk, stunning hard blues rock, 2017 japan...
With Kim Simmonds and Chris Youlden combining their talents in Savoy Brown's strongest configuration, 1969's A Step Further kept the band in the blues-rock spotlight after the release of their...
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Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat (1968 us, classic psych blues rock,...
In 1967 Canned Heat signed to Liberty Records after appearing at the Monterey Pop Festival. In July 1967, they released a self-titled album that made No.76 on the album chart, following it with Boogie...
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Ron Davies - UFO (1973 us, fantastic soulful jazzy folk rock, 2013 japan Mini...
This is an outstanding collection of contemporary folk-style art-songs by the late great arpeggio-style finger picking guitarist and songwriter Ron Davies...Those who appreciate classics from artists...
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The Rose Garden - A Trip Through The Garden (1967-68 us, amazing sunny folk...
A Trip Through The Garden, a first-time Rose Garden anthology, is a companion piece to the Clark release and, as such, it illuminates the relationship and tells the band’s story.A Trip Through The...
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Crosby Stills Nash And Young - 4 Way Street (1971 canada / us / uk, superb...
Seldom in rock history have four guys who seemingly couldn’t stand each other sounded so good together as Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young did on their 1971 double live album 4 Way Street. There have...
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Marc Jonson - Years (1972 us, splendid baroque folk rock, 2017 remaster and...
The Real Gone Music label has just rereleased the out-of-print 1972 cult album Years by Marc Jonson. Real Gone touted the work as one of the most obscure cult albums ever as its initial vinyl release...
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The Choir - Artifact The Unreleased Album (1969 us, brilliant beat psych,...
During the British Invasion years, a Cleveland, Ohio band called The Choir ploughed a Brit-focussed furrow from late 1964. Initially and tellingly, they were named The Mods. Their prime mover, Dann...
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The Hollies - Bus Stop (1966 uk, fabulous beat roots 'n' roll, 2012 japan...
When the Hollies -- one of the best and most commercially successful pop/rock acts of the British Invasion -- began recording in 1963, they relied heavily upon the R&B/early rock & roll covers...
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Bonnie Dobson - Bonnie Dobson (1969 canada, divine baroque folk psych, 2006...
Bonnie Dobson Had already acquired legendary; status by the time she recorded this, her eponymous album in 1969. In the ten years since she wrote it, her song "Morning Dew" had long taken on a life of...
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The Floating Opera - The Floating Opera (1971 us, exceptional psych bluesy...
The Floating Opera is into a Blues-Rock sound made unique by guitarist Steve Welkom's persuasive singing in "Vision", he's joined by Gary Munce on bass, and Artie Alinikoff on excellent drums/vocals,...
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