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Tower Of Power - Back To Oakland (1974 us, powerful funky bluesy brass rock,...
Tower of Power followed their self-titled gold album with an even better album that didn't enjoy similar sales success. Back to Oakland had tougher, funkier and better-produced cuts, stronger vocals...
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Various Artists - Fading Yellow Volume 20 (1964-70 us, even more popsike and...
Celebrating the 20 years since Fading Yellow volume 1, Fading Yellow released the 20th volume. Created a genre all of its own and praised by many including Bob Stanley. Fading Yellow magically bound...
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rep> Alex Chilton – Feudalist Tarts (1985 us, amazing blend of power pop...
1985's Feudalist Tarts was Chilton's first studio release since 1979; after spending most of the 1970s as one of the few rock acts from the Deep South who displayed almost no visible R&B...
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The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968 uk, spooky, trippy, strange, and...
As the British invasion sound of the early 60s grew and developed into an insatiable beast, the founding bands themselves looked to stretch their wings, douse their music in psychedelia and create...
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rep> Various Artists - With Love A Pot Of Flowers (1965-67 us, fantastic...
“With Love: A Pot Of Flowers” was originally issued in late 1967 by Mainstream Records. It is testament to the quality of the groups and songs included, not to mention the A&R proclivities of...
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Winterhawk - Dog Soldier (1980 us, awesome hard rock, 2021 hard sleeve remaster)
San Francisco band Winterhawk were years ahead of their time. They’re best remembered for frontman/guitarist Nik Alexander’s distinctive mashups of 70s acid rock and Cree Indian folk music. Alexander...
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rep> Birmingham Sunday - A Message From Birmingham Sunday (1968 us, nice...
Birmingham Sunday was formed in September 1966, and they were named after the Sunday concerts that took place in Birmingham, England. The original lineup of Birmingham Sunday featured bassist John...
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rep> Blown Free - Maximum Rock 'n' Roll (1978 us, great hard, rough 'n' raw,...
Blown Free were a Houston band active between 1978 and 1982. Their history is almost completely unknown, what is known is that the band's leader and main songwriter, David Matthews, has a long history...
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Graham Bell - Graham Bell (1972 uk, fabulous rhythm 'n' blues, 2016 korean...
Bell's father, Jimmy, who died in 2010, was a well-known local singer, and his late mother, Leonora Rogers, was in show business prior to marriage, after which she was heavily involved in local music...
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Ned - Ned (1973 us, refreshing soothing melody and harmony, 2023 korean...
Ned four young men who chance brought together in a Harvard dorm in 1969. Rokko Jans and Jeffrey Parsons were attending Harvard while Nick Talantis and Norman Reim were just passing through Boston on...
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rep> Truk - Truk Tracks (1971 us, strong heavy psych rock, 2008 Retro Disc...
Truk hailed from Oklahoma, and played a high energy Hard Rock magma punctuated with stunning heavy organ, there is a good cover of Gun's " Yellow Cab man", some acoustic melodic passages and few...
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The Daily Flash - The Legendary Recordings (1965-67 us, superb electrifying...
In 1965, the “music scene” in America was often conservative yet diverse, similar throughout many regions. University students had access to international touring artists like Ravi Shankar, and the...
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Gillian McPherson - Poets And Painters And Performers Of Blues (1971 ireland,...
Gillian McPherson, was a folk singer from Northern Ireland who had her first (and only) major label release out*‘Poets, Painters and Performers of Blues’ on RCA. She came out looking the part with...
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Ronnie Barron - Reverend Ether (1971 us, splendid rhythm 'n' blues, swamp...
Born Ronald Raymond Barrosse in 1943, Barron worked with Rebennack during his early days as an A&R man for Specialty and Ace records in the late 1950s and early '60s. Rebennack produced Barron's...
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rep> Chick Churchill - You And Me (1973 uk, classy prog rock, 2011 remaster)
Michael George "Chick" Churchill is a classically-trained pianist best-known as on/off keyboard man with Ten Years After, possibly the archetypal British blues/rock band, featuring Alvin Lee's...
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rep> Dogfeet - Dogfeet (1970 uk, fascinating hypnotic psych blues rock, 2010...
Here's one of those obscure outfits that collectors love to heavily hype. Bassist Dave Nichols, singer Alan Pearse, drummer Derek Perry and guitarist Trevor Povey first came together as Chicago Max,...
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Sundance - Chuffer (1974 uk, fascinating blend of prog glam classic rock,...
A British group from Birmingham (not to confused with the US Californian band with the same name), with a surprisingly no-nonsense approach for the time – neither prog, nor hard rock, glam, or...
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rep> Bow Street Runners - Bow Street Runners (1970 us, marvelous fuzzy psych...
Sounding like a blend of Jefferson Airplane and the Doors, Bow Street Runners was a Fayetteville, North Carolina-based psychedelic band who released one eponymous album in limited quantities on B.T....
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Randy Holland - Cat Mind (1972 us, charming mellow folk country rock, 2014...
There are many different kinds of records. Some latch onto you almost immediately and either stand the test of time or else slip away as easily as they came. Randy Holland’s 1972 album Cat Mind is the...
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Arthur Brown - The Story Of Arthur Brown (1965-2003 uk, classic freak psych...
Arthur Brown is synonymous with his 1968 hit "Fire", and the Hammond-driven "Crazy World" line-up which spawned it. However, his 'God of Hellfire' burned out fast and, in 1970, he returned with a new...
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