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Rory Gallagher - ‘Check Shirt Wizard-Live In ’77 (1977 ireland, superb...
Irish bluesman Rory Gallagher was always known as a fierce live performer and those not fortunate enough to catch him first-hand can still feel his power on his new posthumous release Check Shirt...
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Thrice Mice - Thrice Mice (1970 germany, astonishing psych prog jazz rock...
A sextet from Hamburg, playing the patented, distinctive German type of progressive jazz-rock typified by underground legends like Xhol and Out Of Focus (their 2nd & 3rd albums). The leading...
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Locksley Hall - Locksley Hall (1969-70 us, fine psych rock, 2019 reissue)
Named after a poem written in 1835 by Alfred Tennyson, Locksley Hall came from Spokane, Washington. Established 1967, the band was well regarded on the Pacific Northwest circuit until their demise in...
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Moby Grape - 20 Granite Creek (1971 us, remarkable west coast rural psych...
20 Granite Creek was another comeback disc that Moby Grape issued in 1971, and delivers the goods in a more subdued, laidback country-rock fashion.The five original members who played on the 1967...
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God's Children - Music Is The Answer The Complete Collection (1971 us,...
The memories are rich, often as sun-splashed as one might expect, and I wish I had more of them. Seeing Santana at a Day on the Green in 1976, War at Winterland around the same time, Malo in the mix...
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Mike Vernon - Bring It Back Home (1971 uk, fantastic blues jazz rock, 2019...
As a producer and label owner, Mike Vernon has probably contributed more than anyone to the recording of early British Blues and presenting American original Blues players to the British public. By...
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Mike Vernon - Moment Of Madness (1973 uk, fascinating funky groovy bluesy...
Second solo album for Mike Vernon, released for Sire records and not by his own label. "Moment Of Madness" was recorded in Oxfordshire in England during the spring in 1973, and revealed on record...
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Doctor K's Blues Band - Doctor K's Blues Band (1968 uk, fabulous electric...
Electric urban blues, particularly of the hard-hitting Chicago variety, became big news in Britain in the middle of the 1960's, not so much as performed by its American originators, but rather like the...
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The Souther Hillman Furay Band - Trouble In Paradise (1975 us, fine country...
With producer Tom Dowd, known for his work at Atlantic Records, at the helm, the Souther-Hillman-Furay Band seemed to be distancing itself a bit from its country-rock roots with its second release, the...
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Heads Hands And Feet - Tracks...Plus (1972 uk, stunning classic rock with...
Although the core personnel had been together in a variety of incarnations since the mid-'60s, most notable of which was the brilliant and criminally short-lived Poet & the One Man Band, Tracks...
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The Sorrows - Old Songs New Songs (1966-80 uk, awesome mod freakbeat bluesy...
Long after Fardon split, however, some of the band grabbed a last chance (for an extended holiday, at least) and relocated to Italy in 1966 to try and cash in on an Anglophilic scene. During this...
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NRBQ - All Hopped Up (1977 us, outstanding jazzy roots 'n' roll bar rock,...
The music on All Hopped Up covered a period of a few years, 1974-1976. The LP was released in the Spring of 1977 by Red Rooster Records. NRBQ has released several fine albums but this has to rank as...
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Chad And Jeremy - Sing For You (1964-65 uk, delightful baroque folk rock,...
Generally relegated to footnote status, folk/rock duo (heavier on the folk) Chad & Jeremy nonetheless managed a certain level of influence among a group of navel-gazing sensitive types who couldn’t...
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Leslie West - The Great Fatsby (1975 us, awesome classic rock, 2008 reissue)
Released on Foreigner manager Bud Prager's RCA imprint -- Phantom records, it is one of two albums released by Leslie West on that label in 1975, the other being titled simply The Leslie West Band. The...
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Blues Magoos - Gulf Coast Bound (1970 us, magnificent jazz blues brass rock,...
As original member Peppy Thielhelm and original producer Bob Wyld expanded the Blues Magoos' foray into Latin music meets mainstream blues, these May 1970 recordings take the previous years' Never...
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Chris Harwood - Nice To Meet Miss Christine (1970 uk, gorgeous jazzy folk,...
Has anybody met Chrissie Harwood? Let us introduce to you an elusive British artiste who made an equally elusive, immaculate LP, which in the 35 years since its original release, as if by tragic...
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Toe Fat - Bad Side Of The Moon An Anthology (1970-72 uk, impressive hard...
Motown’s Rare Earth imprint intended to bring the sound of rock to the home of The Supremes, The Miracles, Martha and The Vandellas, The Temptations, and Four Tops. The imprint was named after a white...
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Woody Kern - The Awful Disclosures Of Maria Monk (1969 uk, fascinating blues...
Woody Kern had its beginning with trio Rik Kenton (who was the focal point during live performances), Mick Wheat and Steve Harris forming the band in 1967 in their hometown of Nottingham. As the...
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Dr. Music - Dr. Music (1973 canada, remarkable jazz fusion rock, 2005 remaster)
Douglas Riley began playing music with the R&B group the Silhouettes in Toronto. Throughout the late '60s and '70s he worked in Canadian television as a musical director and arranger for various...
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Horn - On The People's Side (1972 canada, extraordinary prog jazz rock, 2015...
Largely forgotten, even among the crate-diggers, Horn was a Toronto jazz/rock outfit that seems to have fallen off the musical map even though the band contained drummer Bill Bryans (M.G. and the...
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