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Subway - Subway (1971 uk / us, spendid acid folk psych rock, 2006 reissue)
Subway was a duo, consisting of an American and an UK- guy, who released their only album in France as 200 vinyls in 1971. There they lived and played both for some time as street musicians, who played...
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Brenda Patterson - Like Good Wine (1974 us, pleasant vocal blue eyed soul,...
Brenda Patterson has a fantastic voice, a Memphis based blues rock singer recorded three albums in early 70’s.“Like Good Wine” was her third, released in 1974 on Discreet Records, a label owned in part...
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Eddie Hardin - You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks (1977 uk, fine soft...
When you can call on the likes of Deep Purple members Ian Paice and Roger Glover, Elton John Band bassist Dee Murray and famed session musicians like B. J. Cole, Mo Foster and Henry Spinetti to help...
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Hi friends, I've added a new request box form on my side blog (Plain And Fancy), you can ask for an artist or an album that's not available of any of my two blogs, be sure to stay in the spirit of...
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Frijid Pink - Frijid Pink (1970 us, tremendous rough psych rock, 2005 digipak...
Frijid Pink's self-titled debut album is a slashing, seriously soulful example of late-'60s Detroit rock near its best. Although they never registered with critics or rock historians the way MC5 or the...
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Jim Spencer - 2nd Look (1974 us, fantastic jazzy folk rock, 2009 korean...
The love of his fiancée led Jim Spencer to move from his native Kentucky to Milwaukee. The South’s loss became a boon to the Cream City from the late 1960s to the early ‘80s. A cultural polymath of...
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Brenda Patterson - Brenda Patterson (1973 us, spectacular blues swamp rock,...
Brenda Patterson is the self titled album by Brenda Patterson, released in 1973. A rock-roots crossover set, with soul-tinged vocals and a bunch of hard-rocking cover tunes. Ry Cooder, Chris Ethridge...
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Illusion - Illusion (1974 us, fantastic folk soft rock, 2012 korean remaster)
Wendell Ing was raised as a classical pianist, then began playing in bands in the early 70's, notably Small Time Leroy, a blues band out of Brooklyn, Illusion, a folk rock group in Honolulu which made...
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Peter Kelley - Dealin’ Blues (1971 us, fantastic folk blues psych rock, 2020...
East Coast singer-songwriter Peter Kelley made two superb albums. His second effort "Dealin' Blues" is an acoustic blues with an outlaw vibe and some surprising and effective use of moog., An...
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The Ivy League - Major League The Pye Piccadilly Anthology (1964-67 uk, roots...
John Carter and Ken Lewis writing songs all together in high school in Birmingham. Early 60 's they point Carter-Lewis & the Southerners, in which, among other things, Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)...
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Brethren - Brethren (1970 us, excellent country folk psych rock, 2012 korean...
After graduating from Brooklyn College with a music major in 1970, Garson was a member of rock/country/jazz band Brethren with Rick Marotta, Tom Cosgrove and Stu Woods. They recorded two hard-to-find...
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Marc McClure - Songs For Old Ladys And Babys (1972 us, awesome brassy country...
Former member of Joyous Noise, singer songwriter multi instrumentalist Marc McClure, released this solo effort in 1972 with the help of many friends like Ron Elliott (fron The Beau Brummels fame), Dan...
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Merryweather - Word Of Mouth (1969 canada / us, stunning tough bluesy rock,...
The mid-to-late 1960s California rock landscape was littered with Canadian expatriates jostling for a record deal and the allure of fame and fortune. One of the earliest to arrive on the West Coast was...
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Stretch - Forget The Past (1978 uk, remarkable funky guitar rock, 2010 japan...
Stretch recorded ‘Forget The Past’ without Elmer. Their former singer was not best pleased. “I don’t think it went very well. They did one album and a few gigs. I must admit that I was angry, so I was...
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Mother Hen - Mother Hen (1971 us, wonderful amalgam of country folk and jazzy...
Mother Hen (Jane Getz) is a singer that fails to compare with anyone else. Her voice is so off-beat that it puts itself on a level away from anybody else. Her material and arrangements are all her own....
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A Band Called O - "O" (1974 uk, groovy funky glam prog rock, 2019 korean...
Formed in Jersey, Channel Islands, circa 1970, as "The Parlour Band", the early line up comprised brothers Mark Anders (bass and vocals) and Craig Anders (lead guitar and vocals) with Peter Filleul...
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Eddie Mottau - No Turning Around (1973 us, magnificent folk psych classic...
Boston-born guitarist Eddie Mottau has enjoyed a five-decade career that has carried him across a dozen or more crazes, waves, and other trends in music. From a boyhood interest in folk music, he...
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The Rainy Daze - That Acapulco Gold (1967 us, astonishing garage psych rock,...
A Denver, Colorado band, the Rainy Daze came together in 1965 and gleaned an admirable reputation locally, leading to signing a deal with Chicory Records late in 1966. The band’s first single, “That...
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Terje Jesper And Joachim - Terje Jesper And Joachim (1970-73 denmark, massive...
Terje Jesper and Joachim' started out as 'the Unknown' in autumn '65. I put a down payment on a red Hefner bass with the money I'd gotten for my 13th birthday (October 3rd). In November '65 we made our...
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A Band Called O - Oasis (1975 uk, a nifty mixture of pop rock and funky...
Originally known as The Parlour Band, playing progressive rock, they renamed to A Band Called O for two albums on CBS/Epic and later to The O Band for further albums with UA. In 1975 they released...
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