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Dry Ice - Dry Ice (1969 uk, outstanding hard acid psych rock, 2018 remaster)
The roots of Dry Ice go back to 1965, when guitarist Paul Gardner's band, The Select, were recording at Joe Meek's Holloway Road studios. In a legendary fit of pique Joe announced that if this...
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Humble Pie - Street Rats (1975 uk, great groovy classic rock, 2016 japan SHM...
Humble Pie endured their share of turbulent times early in the band's existence, overcoming the early departure of guitarist Peter Frampton through a steady diet of regular album releases and a...
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Fantasy - Beyond The Beyond Plus... (1974 uk, remarkable prog rock, 2015...
Hailing from Gravesend in Kent, Fantasy formed in 1970 and were originally known as Chapel Farm, after their rehearsal space. The original line-up was Dave Metcalfe (keyboards), Paul Lawrence (guitar /...
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Marc Ellington - Marc Time (1975 uk, splendid country folk classic rock, 2011...
I like the way how Marc Ellington approaches his songs and choices, Sandy Roberton's flawless production, great song adaptations, excellent musicians, and beautiful sound collages, which makes it...
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Wings - Wings (1968 us, marvelous folk sunny psych, 2018 korean remaster)
The American folk-rock group Wings -- not to be confused with Paul McCartney's 1970's-era band -- is one of the more enigmatic recording outfits of their era, partly owing to the fact that although...
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Paul Pena - New Train (1973 cape verde, magnificent melt of funky blues folk...
Paul Pena came from a Cape Verdean background and learned the Afro-Portuguese music of those islands, including morna. His musician father also sent him to Spain and Portugal to study flamenco. He...
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Paul Pena - Paul Pena (1971 us / cape verde, fascinating groovy folk classic...
Paul Pena was born on January 26, 1950 in Hyannis, MA, the oldest child of Jack and Virginia Pena. His grandparents came from the Cape Verde Islands off the west coast of Africa. He was born with...
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Curt Newbury - Half A Month Of Maydays (1970 us, tremendous west coast folk...
Curt Newbury was born and raised in Texas, but while one can hear traces of his Western heritage in his voice, his sole album, 1970s Half a Month of May Days, is an archetypical example of West Coast...
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Mars Bonfire - Faster Than The Speed Of Life (1968 canada, fascinating acid...
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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Ambergris - Ambergris (1970 us, marvelous jazz brass rock with latin shades,...
Ambergris, as it turned out, was a one-shot album from a band formed by Jerry Weiss, who’d played keyboards with the first version of Blood, Sweat and Tears. Leaving before the group recorded the...
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Evergreen Blues - Comin' On (1969 us, fantastic soulful funky blues psych...
The seeds of Evergreen Blues were planted at St. Alphonsus Catholic elementary school in East Los Angeles. It was in the basement auditorium of this school that some of the greatest "Eastside Sound"...
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Marc Benno - Lost In Austin (1979 us, splendid blues southern rock, japan...
From the first gut-wrenching guitar licks to a spicy south of the border ode, Marc Benno's "Lost In Austin" is full of funk, vibrant vocals and breathtaking instrumentation. It's perfectly produced by...
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Marc Benno - Ambush (1972 us, superb groovy blues rock, rare and out of print...
Ambush cannot be heard as dated, Ambush appears more raw, more straight, than its procedure, Minnows. Ambush was released as a CD only in Japan first time in 1989, this here is the 2006 24bit...
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J. Teal Band - Cooks (1977 us, fascinating hard psych blues rock with...
The J. Teal Band was formed in 1974, originally called the Jonathan Teal Band, named after a legendary gold prospector from the hills of North Carolina. They were all from Spartanburg, South Carolina....
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Swampwater - Swamp Water (1971 us, amazing country folk swamp rock, 2019...
Their last album and another really good country-rock outing. This self-titled effort was released off RCA in 1971 and came packaged in a strange jacket. Swampwater’s lineup had remained the same since...
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Coldwater Army - Peace (1971 us, remarkable brass psych classic rock with...
Singer/guitarist Bobby Golden and his older brother/bassist Kenny Golden grew up outside of Macon, Georgia. While in their teens, they started forming and playing in local bans such as The Golden Boys...
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Loudest Whisper - The Children Of Lir (1974 uk, spectacular folk psych rock,...
In 1972, Loudest Whisper guitarist Brian O'Reilly composed a folk-rock song suite of sorts, The Children of Lir, based around the legend of the Irish King Lir. As a theatrical production, it opened in...
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David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name....(1971 us, impressive folk...
The ’60s were over and David Crosby was living on a boat. Aside from the recording studio, his 59-foot schooner, named The Mayan, was the only place where things made sense. When Crosby was 11, his...
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McKendree Spring - McKendree Spring (1969 us, excellent folk rock with prog...
Formed in 1969 as a drummerless four piece folk-rock ensemble that Bill Graham (promoter/manager and creator of the Fillmore Theatres) once dubbed "one of the best unknown bands in the world,"...
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Rumplestiltskin - Black Magician (1972 uk, fascinating prog rock, 2011 hard...
Rumplestiltskin is the classic example of a band that very few even knew existed. Another band whose record company’s handling of them was apparently tragic.Shel Talmy, the producer of The Who and The...
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