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Prentice And Tuttle - Prentice And Tuttle (1971 us, acoustic bluesy folk,...
First record from this duo, recorded while they were still in high-school. This two young Boston based folk duo released this strong rural inspired beautiful folk album. The album is nowhere near as...
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Mountain - Climbing! (1970 us, impressive heavy rock with melodic...
In the early ‘70s, the transition of rock as a form of expression towards the mass market entertainment industry swept aside in its wake a large number of musical pioneers – pioneers such as Mountain,...
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The Seeds - Raw And Alive The Seeds In Concert At Merlin's Music Box (1967-68...
Sky Saxon and the Seeds were an aggregation who, at their peak, understood how to unleash the unbridled cathartic power of rock’n’roll in their live performances. Their swansong album “Raw & Alive:...
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Mountain - Nantucket Sleighride (1971 us, fantastic blues soaked hard rock,...
Mountain's follow-up to the very successful Climbing! is another tour-de-force of heavy rock styles, mixed this time even more effectively with an increased sense of experimentalism. Columbia/Legacy...
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Jerry Yester - Pass Your Light Around (1964-7? us, wonderful folk soft rock,...
Though having been a member of the New Christy Minstrels and Modern Folk Quartet, and a replacement for Zal Yanovsky in the Lovin’ Spoonful, Jerry Yester is known mostly for his behind-the-scenes work...
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Taj Mahal - Giant Step / De Ole Folks At Home (1969 us, magnificent electric...
Along with Ry Cooder, Taj was a founder of the legendary Rising Sons, and went on to release two stripped down delta-blues classics in 1968. Giant Step, released concurrently with a raw collection of...
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Buzzy Linhart - The Time To Live Is Now (1971 us, eccentric, eclectic jazzy...
Buzzy Linhart's first of two albums for Kama Sutra, three if you include the band Music's on the Buddah-distributed Eleuthera Records, 1971's The Time to Live Is Now has the songwriter playing with...
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A.B. Skhy - Ramblin' On (1970 us, stunning blues psych rock, 2019 korean...
Originally known as New Blues, they were basically an electric blues band with horns and some jazz influences. From Milwaukee, Winconsin they relocated to San Francisco where they became a popular live...
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Don Nix - Living By The Days (1971 us, spectacular blend of country psych...
Don Nix may not be a household name, but for serious fans of 1960s and 1970s music, he is an important figure: as a multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and producer. He also looms large in his home town...
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Troyka - Troyka (1970 canada, astonishing psych rock with experimental mood,...
This Edmonton power trio combine some frenetic post-Cream guitar thrills with gruff, hyper-macho vocals on their one and only LP. The lads - Edmontonians Robert Edwards, Michael Richards, and Ron...
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Badger - One Live Badger (1976 uk, remarkable prog rock, 2016 digi pak remaster)
After Tony Kaye left Yes he formed Badger and in an unprecedented move of great confidence the band supported Yes at The Rainbow in London and recorded their show, playing completely unknown material...
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The Troggs - Wild Thing (1966 uk, classic garage psych beat, 2015 audiophile...
Remembered chiefly as proto-punkers who reached the top of the charts with the "caveman rock" of "Wild Thing" (1966), the Troggs were also adept at crafting power pop and ballads. Hearkening back to a...
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Trilogy - I'm Beginning To Feel It (1970 us, magnificent classic rock with...
Skip Griparis has flourished in many of the performing arts. After first studying piano and saxophone as a boy, he began his professional career while at Joliet West High School as a singer/guitarist...
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John Compton – To Luna (1973 us, amazing art prog folk rock, 2005 japan...
Singer, songwriter, and guitarist John Parker Compton co-founded the acoustic band APPALOOSA with violinist Robin Batteau in the late '60s. Both musicians had been heavily influenced by the folk scene...
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Lee Michaels - Recital (1968 us, awesome classic rock with prog shades, 2016...
A big, demanding voice seeping with melody, combined with crafty keyboard exercises were prime factors engraved in the songs of Lee Michaels. Prior to adopting such a stance, the Southern California...
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Don Nix - In God We Trust (1971 us, spiritual blues rock, 2016 SHM remaster)
Born in Memphis, Nix attended Messick High School with Donald "Duck" Dunn and Steve Cropper of the famed Stax house band Booker T. & the MG's. After graduation, Nix spent a short stint in the Army...
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Keith Christmas - Pigmy (1971 uk, sensational acid folk psych rock, 2012...
Acid Folk is one of those musicological genre headings that had to be invented retrospectively because it didn’t exist when the music it describes was extant in the late sixties. These days it’s taken...
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Gene Clark - Gene Clark With The Gosdin Brothers (1967 us, a glorious...
When Gene Clark died in 1991 after years of substance abuse, obit writers cited his brief period as a founding member of the Byrds. Clark was actually much more. He infused the original band with much...
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One Of Hours - When You Hear The Music, It's Yours (1967-68 us, fantastic...
One of Hours were a Stonewall neighborhood band from Lexington’s south side. Formed in 1966, the three core members of the original lineup had been playing in a prior group called the 7 Suns performing...
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The Grass Roots - Uprooted / Powers Of The Night (1979/82 us, wonderful melt...
Robert Frank "Rob" Grill was born November 30, 1943 in Los Angeles, California and was an American lead singer, songwriter and bass guitarist.He was the central member of The Grass Roots and he...
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