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Rory Gallagher - Calling Card (1976 ireland, superb hard blues rock, japan...
Rory's eighth solo album, "Calling Card", was recorded during 1976 at the famed Musicland Studios in Munich. All of Rory's previous releases had been successfully self-produced. For this album he was...
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UFO - UFO 2 Flying, One Hour Space Rock (1971 uk, outstanding hard space...
Who would have thought old Phil Mogg, Pete Way and Co. would be responsible for one the greatest psychedelic long players ever released?, but yes folks this record called "UFO 2/Flying" is a head trip...
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Roger Rodier - Upon Velveatur (1972 canada, smooth post psych folk rock, 2006...
It can be a bit of a mystery why some artists develop successful careers and other equally talented individuals never make it off the ground, languishing instead in obscurity and penury. Take Roger...
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Jim Capaldi - Oh How We Danced (1972 uk, great solo debut album, 2012 extra...
Jim Capaldi began his solo career just as Traffic had reached their peak, releasing his solo debut Oh How We Danced in early 1972, not long after the high-water marks of John Barleycorn Must Die and...
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Caravan - Waterloo Lily (1972 uk, incredible progressive rock, canterbury...
David Sinclair departed Caravan and Steve Miller arrived. If that was a reason this album ditches a lot of the nice, folksy pop songs of 'In The Land Of...' to replace them with long, jam based tunes -...
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The Forum Quorum - The Forum Quorum (1968 us, enjoyable pop psych with some...
The Forum Quorum comprises a group of Greek and Italian boys who dispense what manager Hal Davis calls a 'Mediterranean sound'. Lead instruments are electric bouzouki, placed by Sturg Pardalis, and...
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Steppenwolf - For Ladies Only (1971 canada, one more classic, 2013 SHM remaster)
Steppenwolf became a big-name group on the basis of their driving arrangements and John Kay’s growling vocals. So any attempt by the group to venture into areas beyond “Born to be Wild-Magic Carpet...
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The Lovin' Spoonful - Daydream (1966 us, magnificent folk, roots 'n' roll,...
Paul McCartney said in 1967 that one of his favourite albums was "Daydream" by the Lovin' Spoonful. Without a question "Daydream" is a totaly plunge into sunshine -power psych-pop the wany only The...
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Chelsea - Chelsea (1970 us, attractive folkish rock melted with various...
Chelsea was a band from New York City, best known for the presence of the drummer Peter Criss before he joined Kiss. Â In late 1968 the band managed to secure a 2 record deal on Decca Records,...
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Mighty Kong - All I Wanna Do Is Rock (1973 aussie, splendid hard funking...
Mighty Kong was the 'supergroup' successor to the legendary Daddy Cool, which broke up in in August 1972. It was also the fifth (and technically the last) in the line of groups that featured Ross "The...
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Foghat - Foghat (1972 uk, terrific hard blues rock, japan remaster)
In the 1970s Foghat's love of the blues led them to simplify rock at a time when many of their peers were adding synthesizers and complex arrangements. While critics complained that bands like Foghat...
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Group 1850 - Paradise Now (1969 holland, ethereal psychedelia with...
Recorded, edited and mixed over one long Red Lebanon hash-fueled weekend in October 1969, Group 1850s second album, Paradise Now, remains one of the high-water marks of European psychedelia. A...
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Three Headed Dog - Hound Of Hades (1972-73 fine basement hard rock with prog...
Birmingham, England has long been acknowledged as one of the most fertile breeding grounds for emerging rock bands during the heady boom of the late 60s and early 70s. The likes of The Move, Led...
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The Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe In Magic (1965 us, wonderful psychedelic...
The Lovin' Spoonful. Once dubbed America's answer to the Beatles... "I think that was a fair comment," says bassist Steve Boone. "The Beatles started out as a skiffle band, whereas we were initially a...
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The Hobbits - Down To Middle Earth (1967 us, smart sunny folk psych, original...
Folk-rock outfit the Hobbits was the studio project of Queens, New York-born singer/songwriter Jimmy Curtiss, who ranks as one of the more interesting footnotes in the history of rock & roll -- the...
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The Siegel-Schwall Band - Siegel-Schwall (1971 us, excellent chicago blues rock)
Along with the first-wave British Invasion bands like The Rolling Stones, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, and stateside groups like The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Siegel-Schwall Band were...
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Dust - Hard Attack / Dust (1971-72 us, superb hard rock pioneer metal, 2013...
Bassist Kenny Aaronson was one of the finest in the entire world of rock. He went on to perform with the likes of Hall and Gates, Bob Dylan, Billy Idol, Rick Derringer and Joan Jett. Aaronson wrote the...
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Life - Spring (1971 germany, rough 'n' hard rock)
"The story of Life and their only album 'spring' began sometime early 1971 after Christian Burchard from Embryo visited composer, musician, producer, sound engineer and artist Julius Schittenhelm in...
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Foghat - Rock And Roll (1973 uk, groovy hard rockin' blues, japan remaster)
Foghat's second album finds the group working its way towards the fusion of blues and hard rock that would make them an arena rock favorite. They were not yet the stadium kings they would soon become,...
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The Hobbits - Men And Doors (1968 us, enjoyable sunny psych folk, original...
Between 1967 and 1969 Jimmy Curtiss worked with a group called The Hobbits in New York. This was presumably more a studio project than a performing live band. Despite the band's name, apparently taken...
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