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Orphann - Up For Adoption (1977 us, strong guitar classic rock, 2015 remaster)

Orphan is a group from Kansas City, Missouri, led by brothers Lance and Kevin Merenbruch. This is their first album, released in 1977 as a private press self-release on USA's OMI Records, and features...

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Karakorum - The Gate Of Thought (1970 uk, avant garde prog rock, 2021 release)

Absolutely unique progressive rock from 1970. Eastern tinged, the lead guitarist falls in spiralling electric noodling with hypnotic drums taking the listener's mind into new and shadowlike prog...

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Faxx - Faxx (1977 us, fine twin guitars and keyboards parts boogie southern...

Arkansas US band Faxx self-released this album in 1977. An excellent mix of Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Southern Rock and Boogie, with 2 guitars, bass, drums and keyboard.Tracks1. Shadowfax (Tommy Akers,...

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Rep> Hokus Poke - Earth Harmony (1972 uk, awesome boogie classic rock with...

East Londoners Hokus Poke consisted of Clive Blenkhorn (lead vocals, guitar), Roger Clarke (guitar, vocals), Smith Campbell(bass, vocals) and Johnnie Miles (drums). Blenkhorn had previously played in a...

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rep> Tuesday's Children - Strange Light From the East (1966-69 uk, attractive...

'Tuesday's Children' were formed in 1966 by Phil Cordell, Mick Ware and Derrick Gough who had been in North London band 'Steve Douglas and the Challengers' who later changed their name to 'The...

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Kevin Vicalvi - Songs From Down The Hall (1970-74 us, fantastic folk bluesy...

During the late 60's - early 70's my hometown of Worcester, Massachusetts was not very receptive to local bands that played songs they had written themselves. If you were a band that wanted work, you...

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Rudy Ramos - Hard Knocks And Bad Times (1972 us, wonderful country psych folk...

The acting career of Rudy Ramos has covered six decades and started with an appearance on the television show, "Ironside" in 1969. Six months later he was cast as a series regular, playing the part of...

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rep> The Surprise Package - Free Up (1969 us, powerful organ driving heavy...

The Surprise Package were a Seattle, Washington group consisting of Fred Zeufeldt (drums, backing vocals), Michael Rohers (piano, organ, bass, backing vocals), Greg Beck (guitar, backing vocals), Rob...

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Christopher Kearney - Sweetwater (1974 canada, nice soft groovy rock, 2014...

This is the third album from Canadian swamp singer-songwriter Christopher Keaney. His sound is more refined than his debut, featuring three songs by band member Bob Yeomans. It seems to have been...

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rep> Chameleon - Rising (1973-78 us, exceptional hard prog rock, 2013 digipak...

It was 1969 when Mike Huey introduced his friend, Spencer Clark, to his brother Rick Huey, and the three of them started a "garage band" called Evolepoh. In 1970, Craig Gysler joined the band, now...

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Brian Short - Anything For A Laugh (1971 uk, sophisticated, ambitious folk...

Brian Short was an English singer who emerged as the frontman of Black Cat Bones. His solo album, Anything for a Laugh, appeared in 1971 on Transatlantic Records. He later wrote songs for Jeff Beck and...

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Bloody Mary - Bloody Mary (1974 us, rough psych hard rock, 2014 korean remaster)

Bloody Mary was a group based in New York, and this is their only album released by USA Family Productions in 1974. The rumors was that they were Sir Lord Baltimore, who was also from New York, but...

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The Lost Souls - The Lost Souls (1964-1976 us, splendid garage folk psych...

The Lost Souls never released any records, yet the meager recorded evidence that survives indicates that they were one of the finest unknown American groups of the mid-’60s, able to write both catchy...

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rep> Little Big Horn - Little Big Horn (1970-71 uk, great classic rock with...

The eponymous, German-only album from this long forgotten British hard progressive quintet was released in 1971 by Bellaphon - the record label responsible for the collectable (and now very expensive)...

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Thomas F. Browne - Wednesday's Child (1971 uk, elegant jazzy folk soft rock,...

It's one of the unwritten laws of record collecting that some labels guaranteed quality simply by existing -- and, if a record bears that sainted logo, then it's worth any investment you care to make....

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Bat McGrath And Don Potter - Introducing Bat McGrath And Don Potter (1969 us,...

Bat and Don have been singing together since their early teens. They're 23 now and a lot of rock groups, records, songs and other changes have passed over the dam by now, but they're still singing...

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Sky Dancer - Alive (1977 us, stunning live hard rock with prog shades, 2023...

Sky Dancer is a group from Damon, Iowa. This is the only album released by USA All in One Records in 1977 as a Private Press self-release, and is a live recording of a concert at The Royal Grove in...

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The Robert Coady Band - Nowhere Special (1977 us, fine southern country rock,...

Country-tinged southern rock from Orlando, Florida. Oddly enough, there wasn't anyone in the band actually named Robert Coady: the group was named after Captain Robert Coady, an MIA Vietnam War-era Air...

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Buckacre - Morning Comes (1976 us, excellent country rock, 2016 korean remaster)

Buckacre is a five-piece band from Illinois, USA. Their debut album, released in 1976, was recorded in London and produced by Glyn Jones. Based on a laid-back country rock sound featuring skillful...

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The Game - It's Shocking What They Call Us (1965-68/1995 uk, rough freakbeat,...

The Game were a rock & roll unit formed out of the remnants of an earlier Surrey-based band, the Secrets, in which lead guitarist Terry Spencer and bassist Allen Janaway had previously played. Tony...

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