Dave Lewis - From Time To Time (1976 ireland, wonderful orchestrated folk...
David Lewis began playing guitar and piano and writing songs at a very young age, appearing in talent contests and on local TV in Northern Ireland. In 1967 he joined psychedelic band The Method who...
View ArticleDirk Hamilton - You Can Sing On The Left Or Bark On The Right (1976 us,...
Dirk Hamilton was born in Hobart, Indiana and raised in California. At 14 he played in a Chuck Berry/surf music band called The Regents. For a 45-rpm record they were about to make, bandleader Houston...
View ArticleMystic Number National Bank - Mystic Number National Bank (1969 us, awesome...
Formed in Kansas City. Specializing in hard-edged psychedelic blues and propelled by Sebbo's fine guitar work, their sole album was taped in New York and appeared in 1969, but promptly sank without...
View ArticleClimax Blues Band - World Tour (1976 uk, superb funky blues rock, 2012 release)
Everyone seems to be getting in on the Climax Blues Band reissues these days, and now Major League Productions (MLP) are jumping on board with their re-release of the sizzling 1976 live album titled...
View ArticleBlues Image - Open (1970 us, outstanding blues psych classic rock, 2004...
When Blues Image launched into their 1970 chart smash, "Ride Captain Ride," the smoking lamp was always lit. But, with their subtle use of Latin Rhythms -- featuring tantalizing fretboard work by Mike...
View ArticleFreeborne - Peak Impressions (1967/2010 us, psychedelic masterpiece, 2013...
The Freeborne were a youthful Boston-based psych outfit whose five members, despite their tender years, all had considerable experience of playing a wide range of styles in earlier combos. Adapting...
View ArticleThe Animals - Animalism (1966 uk, essential rhythm 'n' blues roots rock, 2014...
As with many of their 1960s contemporaries, the Animals were beholden to blues, gospel, and r&b;, even as they combined those rhythms with prevailing rock sounds. Like the Rolling Stones and the...
View ArticleKing Harvest - Dancing In The Moonlight (1972 us, elegant soft classic rock)
They scored only one real hit, but the magic of King Harvest's infectious invitation to go "Dancing In The Moonlight" has secured the song a regular rotation on many oldies stations. The members of...
View ArticleWayne Berry - Home At Last (1974 us, excellent folk country soft rock, 2017...
Wayne Berry is a singer-songwriter from Nashville, TN who was mostly active in the 1960s and 1970s as a country/rock artist. Besides recording a handful of singles and one album as a solo artist, he...
View ArticleMckendree Spring - Get Me To The Country (1975 uk, wonderful folk rock, 2017...
McKendree Spring is a progressive folk-rock band, active mainly in the early 1970s.The band consisted of Fran McKendree (vocals and guitar), their first bass player was Larry Tucker (shown in the...
View ArticleDave Lewis - A Collection Of Short Dreams (1978 ireland, marvelous multi...
The third solo full-length by the former lead singer of Irish psych legends Andwellas Dream, is actually a diverse album, like the title reffears "A collection of short dreams", from the funky "Let's...
View ArticleByzantium - Seasons Changing (1973 uk, elegant silky prog rock, 2013 edition)
Originally issued in 1973, "Seasons Changing" was their third and final album release, and found them blending concise pop-rock songs and ballads with a lengthy three-part suite. Dreamy and...
View ArticleBare Sole - Flash (1969 uk, spectacular garage psych heavy blues rock, 2015...
Bare Sole had been formed in 1969 from the ashes of another local beat outfit, The Combine, headed by lead guitarist Richie Foster, drummer Ron Newlove and Dave George on rhythm guitar. Richie Foster...
View ArticleBadger - White Lady (1975 uk, fabulous soulful art rock, 2015 remaster)
By 1974, Badger was reduced to Kaye and Dyke, who reconstructed the group along somewhat different lines with the addition of Paul Pilnick, late of Stealers Wheel, on lead guitar, Kim Gardner (of...
View ArticleThe Paupers - Magic People (1967 canada, superb psych rock with west coast...
In 1967 the great band from the North released their debut record. The Paupers, along with the Guess Who, were one of the first Canadian bands to capitalize on the British Invasion. They started...
View ArticleChris Stainton Glen Turner - Tundra (1976 uk, awesome classic rock, 2014...
Tundra was the result of Chris Stainton's blossoming solo exploits that had followed in the wake of his association with legendary singer Joe Cocker. There was a hallowed preserve of Sheffield...
View ArticleThe Glass Menagerie - Have You Forgotten Who We Are? The Anthology (1968-69...
When guitarist Alan Kendall (ex-Kris Ryan & The Questions) and bass player from Nelson John (Megs) Medley left the backing group of The Truth (singers Frank Aiello and Steve Gold, who had reached...
View ArticleJericho - Jericho (1971 canada, gorgeous bluesy hard classic rock 2019 korean...
Has classic rock radio made a bad name for itself because the music doesn’t wear well with age, or is it because they keep playing the same old shit? In a perfect world, classic rock gems like Jericho...
View ArticleTony Joe White - Black And White (1969 us, remarkable swamp rock, 2012 japan...
Tony Joe White grew up in rural Louisiana and was nicknamed “the Swamp Fox” due to his ability to write songs that conveyed the humidity, idiosyncrasies and tensions of the US south.The best known of...
View ArticleThe Amboy Dukes - Journey To The Center Of The Mind (1968 us, outstanding...
In early 1968 the Dukes went on to studio to record their second album "Journey to the Center of the Mind", it was released in April 1968, on the local "Mainstream" label. The title track, which Nugent...
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