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Colosseum - Live '71 (1971 uk, superb jazz prog rock, 2020 double disc remaster)
The first thing that strikes you about this new 2CD live album from Colosseum, professionally recorded across several shows in early 1971, is how sensational it sounds. Vibrant, clear, sparkling,...
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John Buck Wilkin - Buck Wilkin (1971 us, excellent folk country classic rock,...
Singer songwriter John Buck Wilkin's second and last album from 1971, in diversed styles, kind of folk country rock delivered in a very smooth style, sometimes harder with a use of wah wah guitar. John...
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Buzzy Linhart - Music (1971 us, extraordinary fusion psych rock, 2019 remaster)
Released in 1971 around the same time as his solo Buddah release (The Time to Live Is Now), Music, on Artie Kornfeld's Eleuthera imprint distributed by Buddah, distinguished itself from the Carole King...
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Tim Rose - The Musician (1975 us, a fine blend of blues folk power pop)
A nearly forgotten singer/songwriter of the '60s, Tim Rose's early work bore a strong resemblance to another Tim working in Greenwich Village around 1966-67, Tim Hardin. Rose also favored a throaty...
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Dear Mr Time - Grandfather The Dear Mr Time Anthology (1970-2021 uk,...
The initial album is called Grandfather, giving its name to the title of this collection. Released in February 1971, it’s actually a conceptual piece telling the story of a man’s life from birth to...
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Various Artists - Great Lost Elektra Singles Vol. 1 (1964-70 us, excellent...
For most of its early history, the Elektra label concentrated almost exclusively on the album market. Prior to Love's "My Little Red Book" in 1966, they never had a significant entry on the national...
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Glenn Faria - Glenn Faria (1964-71 us, rough acid psych rock, 2001 release)
Born Nov 13, 1946, raised in Kentucky and Virginia by middle-class parents. I was given piano lessons at age five for a few years, then switched to guitar. My early idols were the Everly Brothers and...
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Freedom's Children - Astra (1967-70 south africa, impressive psych prog...
It all began one manic weekend in 1970 in a recording studio in Johannesburg - and when it was over Astra, one of the greatest rock albums to ever come out of South Africa, had been born.While the...
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Axis - Someone (1972 greece, epic fusion prog rock, 2013 edition)
"Someone" was an album from Axis, a band with Greek musicians who based in Paris. They played archetypical heavy progressive rock with great organ and electric guitars, with couple of tracks were even...
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Cargo - Simple Things (1970 canada, fantastic hypnotic jazzy psych rock, 2015...
Merv Buchanan originally started up his now-sought-after Trend label in 1965 in a crusty old studio out in the wilds of suburban east Toronto. The enterprising dee jay and producer half-flippantly...
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Vangelis Papathanassíou (29 March 1943 - 17 May 2022)
RIPVangelis, the Greek composer and musician whose synth-driven work brought huge drama to film soundtracks including Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire, has died aged 79. His representatives said he...
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Team Dokus - Team Dokus (1972 uk, superb underground acid psych rock, 2021...
When Blandford Forum resident and vocalist Roger ‘Dokus’ Hope was edged out of local band The Room in favour of Jane Kevern in February 1969, he was approached by former members of The Push, guitarists...
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Mark "Moogy" Klingman - Moogy (1972 us, fabulous rhythm 'n' blues rock, 2022...
His mother, Mildred "Milly" Klingman, wrote the book The Secret Lives of Fat People. Her son, Mark "Moogy" Klingman, produced Bette Midler's third album, Songs for the New Depression; co-wrote with...
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Fever Tree - Fever Tree (1968 us, classic psych rock, 2011 digipak remaster)
The self-titled debut album of this unfairly neglected psychedelic band is an odd mix of slick studio work laced with surprising moments of eclecticism, from soundtrack references to hard rock worthy...
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Pacific Ocean - Pacific Ocean (1968 us,groovy garage psych rock, 2018 reissue)
Pacific Ocean was an American West-Coast Psychedelic band. They released one and only album in 1968 by the VMC label, known for releasing great Psychedelic albums. There isn't much information about...
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Audience - Friend's Friend's Friend (1970 uk, fantastic post psych prog art...
Fiend's, Friend's, Friend was the second album by British art-rock band Audience, and first for Charisma Records. Now remastered by Cherry Red Records along with a host of bonus material, this...
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Jane Getz - No Ordinary Child (1973 us, lovely jazzy art soft rock, 2010...
Jane Getz made a strong but brief impression while playing in New York in the mid- to late '60s, and then seemed to disappear until she emerged in Los Angeles in the mid-'90s. The truth is that she...
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Andy Ellison - Cornflake Zoo (1967-2005 uk, mod psych beat synth pop, 2006...
Born in Hammersmith, London, Andy was in the thick of things even as a boy. He was shot in the left eye with an arrow, his right eye with an airgun and since he enjoyed climbing trees and jumping out...
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Dirk Hamilton - Alias I (1977-78 us, remarkable dark moody quirky humorous,...
Alias I, Dirk Hamilton's sophomore set, opens with a quite appalling scene -- "I saw a dog in a trash can chewin' on a cat" -- but worse is to come, as "In the Eyes of the Night"'s dystopian vision...
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Dulcimer - Room For Thought (1971 uk, beautiful acoustic folk rock with a...
Dulcimer consisted of singer/guitarists Dave Eaves and Pete Hodges and bassist Jem North. The trio apparently began working together in 1966 - 67 (see interesting email below) attracting some local...
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