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Wilderness Road - Sold For The Prevention Of Disease Only (1973 us, elegant...
A rootsy group from the Chicago scene, but one with a fair amount of wit, too – a subtle political agenda that's buried a bit beneath more rocking modes, and which really helps set these guys apart...
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Buddy Miles - A Message To The People (1971 us, remarkable funky blues rock,...
In the league of funk-rock albums, A Message to the People is top-notch. Buddy Miles was easily one the better bandleaders of the early '70s, and his ability to unite a group of talented players around...
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The Stillroven - Cast Thy Burden Upon (1966-68 us, spectacular garage beat...
The Stillroven may be an unknown quantity to most listeners -- even those specializing in '60s music -- but these 18 songs are all well worth hearing for anyone who enjoys not just garage punk music of...
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Poor Boys - Ain't Nothin' In Our Pocket But Love (1970 us, pleasant groovy...
American trio the Poor Boys--Robert Fazio (lead vocals), Thomas Corio (organ, piano, vocals), and Edwin Corliss (percussion, vocals)--released their only album on the Motown-owned Rare Earth label in...
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Headstone - Headstone (1975 uk, nice prog rock with funky and folk tinges,...
After leaving Rare Bird Mark, Ashton formed a new band, Headstone, together with a great guitarist called Steve Bolton. Steve used to play with Atomic Rooster. They signed a contract with Trident...
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Highway - Highway (1974 uk, remarkable country folk swamp rock, 2012 korean...
"Highway" recorded and released in 1974 was the first album of the band. Much similar to other British swamp rockers like Ro Ro, Brian Short, Tennent Morrison and Black Cat Bones. Featuring Ray...
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Poobah - U.S. Rock (1976 us, brilliantly catchy rock anthems with some great...
US underground heavy rock sensations Poobah released this very fine sophomore effort U.S. Rock back in 1976, and the folks at Ripple Music are making it available once again, remastered and with 4...
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Stars - Stars (1976 uk, funky prog rock, 2022 korean remaster)
A guitarist/singer who led his own guitar/vocals group Ross and The Alan Ross Band. In the early 1970s, he was a technical guitarist who was sometimes called along with Eric Clapton , partly because he...
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Phil Ochs - Rehearsals For Retirement / Gunfight At Carnegie Hall (1969-70...
Rehearsals for Retirement might have been a prophetic title for an album by a major singer-songwriter who, after the 1969 release of this LP, would write and record barely any first-rate compositions,...
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Buddy Miles - Them Changes (1970 us, best qualities of funk and blues rock,...
Born in September 1947, Buddy Miles is most renowned for his role as drummer in Jimi Hendrix's Band Of Gypsys. His playing career began in his father's jazz band, but by the mid 60s he was playing in...
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B.W. Stevenson - Lead Free / B.W. Stevenson (1972 us, marvelous country folk...
Best remembered for his 1973 smash "My Maria," singer/songwriter B.W. Stevenson (the "B.W." reportedly stood for "Buckwheat" -- his real first name was Lewis) was born October 5, 1949, in Dallas, TX....
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Shaggy - Lessons For Beginners (1975 sweden / uk / austria, thunderous hard...
Yet another album from way back that has been rereleased! LESSONS FOR BEGINNERS by SHAGGY was originally from the era of the 70s’ and has been released once again for the general public to be able to...
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Tony Kelly - Bring Me Back (1972 uh, a splendid mixture of folk, soft rock...
Tony Kelly’s “Bring Me Back” Is an album that has been secretly known among people who like this kind of music for a long time, but for some reason it's extremely less exposed compared to other artists...
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Ben Atkins - Patchouli (1971 us, sweet silky folk r 'n' b, 2021 korean remaster)
Curious the case of Ben Atkins . And it is that if he has gone down to posterity for something, it is for being the first non Afro-American artist signed by Stax (through its subsidiary Enterprise),...
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rep> Fever Tree - Live (1969 us, awesome heavy psych blues jam rock, 2011...
The never-released 1969 live effort from Fever Tree! Gulf Coast punk phenoms the Bostwick Vines see Cream and Hendrix and bring their tough interpretation of that combination to Hollywood, California....
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Drywater - Backbone Of The Nation (1973 us, essential rural garage rock, cool...
Recorded in 1973 by guitarist/vocalists, Dennis Cheplick and Jack Sarvis, aided by Cheplick’s brother, Greg, on drums and Sarvis’ future brother-in-law, Ken Turcic on bass, Backbone Of The Nation was...
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Farm - Farm (1971 us, superb heavy jammer blues rock, 2022 remaster)
Tasty rural boogie blues rock with Crazy Horse influences, this lone album from Illinois’ sextet Farm is an air-guitarist’s delight. Intricate, dual guitar interplay is the order of the day, with lots...
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rep> Bear Mountain Band - One More Day (1971 us, outstanding hard psych blues...
A loud hardrock /heavy psych U.S. group from Arizona with lots of fuzz guitar and gritty vocals. Local mountain air rocker with psychy west coast flashes on the excellent titles track ‘One More Day’...
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Bob Hughes - The Kids Are Ok! (1978 uk, magnificent folk silky rock, 2011...
An obscured English singer songwriter Bob Hughes, was thirty-two years old at the time he recorded his first album (My Old Man) at Spaceward Studios in 1976. This was followed in the same Cambridge...
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Green - To Help Somebody (1971 us, pleasant rural, classic rock, 2011 reissue)
One of the most unjustly-neglected bands of their time, Green got together at North Texas State University in the late '60s, and released a stunning psych-pop debut in 1969. Their largely-overlooked...
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