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49th Parallel – 49th Parallel (1967-70 canada, outstanding garage beat psych,...
Calgary's torch bearers in the great sixties garage punk sweepstakes were the 49th Parallel, whose 1969 chart success 'Twilight Woman' garnered them a few deserved rays of limelight. Unfortunately,...
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String Cheese - Strings Cheese (1971 us, wonderful psych folk rock with west...
On first listen, String Cheese bares an incredible resemblence to the cultish San-Fran psych-folk outfit, “It’s a Beautiful Day”. Both bands have hopeful lyrics carried by angelic voices soaring over...
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Fleetwood Mac - Show Biz Blues (1968-1970 uk, astonishing classic rock blues,...
'Show-Biz Blues' is a compilation which consists entirely of previously unissued works from Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. Included here are new songs as well as alternate versions of previously released...
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Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs - The MGM Singles (1965-73 us, awesome garage...
These days, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs are best remembered for such infectious ’60s hits as “Wooly Bully” and “Lil’ Red Riding Hood,” and for the sartorial splendor of turbaned frontman/organist Sam...
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Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield - The Lost Concert Tapes, Filmore East (1968 us,...
You could tell the way the concert started, how it was gonna be. Bill Graham, took great pleasure in introducing each act, from the side of the stage, in shirtsleeves.When we were all in place, the...
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Bobby Whitlock - Where There's a Will There's a Way (1972 us, incredible...
Whitlock’s story is a remarkable one. Born to a hardscrabble existence, raised in abject poverty, abused by his preacher father and was sent out to pick cotton in the fields. Moving from one railroad...
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The Attack - Magic In The Air (1967-69 uk, exciting freakbeat garage, psych)
You can say that the Attack were in fact, at least a couple different groups for the fact that vocalist Richard Sherman had to regroup Attack from almost scratch 3 times.The Attack's beginnings lie in...
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Steve Miller - Children Of The Future (1968 us, superb psych blues rock, 2012...
The 1968 debut of the Steve Miller Band begins with a shattering cacophony, followed by an acoustic strum emerging like a beacon of light amidst the darkness and clatter. The album’s title track...
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The Attack - About Time (1967-68 uk, solid mod freakbeat, 2006 remaster with...
The Attack where a band formed in 1966 around singer Richard Shirman (born 26 April 1949, London). The first line-up featured drummer Alan Whitehead from Marmalade, guitarist David O'List (later of The...
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Mother Earth - Living With The Animals (1968 us, enormous blues rock with...
Though Mother Earth is often remembered as a vehicle for Tracy Nelson, Living With the Animals is a true group effort, combining memorable vocal performances with tight R'n'B-derived playing with...
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Steppenwolf - 7 (1970 canada, classic hard bluesy rock, 2013 japan SHM remaster)
This album benefited greatly from Larry Byrom’s creative surge and contributions from George Biondo (who replaced Nick St. Nicholas on Bass) - . Larry and George had worked together in the group...
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Al Kooper - I Stand Alone / You Never Know Who Your Friends Are (1968-69 us,...
Another in the excellent reissue, this is a musically sprawling double disc collection of two albums with bonus tracks by keyboard player Kooper who brought his particular genius to Bob Dylan's Like A...
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The Steve Miller Band - Brave New World (1969 us excellent psych rock, 2012...
By the time the prolific Miller set up shop to record 1969’s Brave New World, the line-up had been slimmed down. Scaggs and Peterman had departed as 1968 came to a close, but Miller welcomed some very...
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The Glass Family - Electric Band (1969 us, trippy psyhedelic rock with prog...
Attempts to get into contemporary songwriting are being fostered here by a newly organized W.B.-Seven Arts writers workshop. Two 16-year-old writers plus a trio of writers/performers called the Glass...
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Steve Miller Band - Sailor (1968 us, spectacular psych bluesy rock, 2012...
Most definitely a part of the late-'60s West Coast psychedelic blues revolution that was becoming hipper than hip, Steve Miller was also always acutely aware of both the British psychedelic movement...
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Dave Mason - Certified Live / Let It Flow (1976-77 uk, splendid classic...
Back in the mid-seventies Dave Mason had a really nice run. In 1976 he had a nice hit record with this release, Certified Live, and then he followed that up a year later with one of, if not the most...
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The Association - The Association (1969 us, wonderful melt of psych rock,...
“Where have I gone, where have I gone?” pondered Terry Kirkman on the haunting opening track to The Association’s 1969 long-player. Though the group’s fifth album, it was simply titled The...
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Butterfingers - Butterfingers (1970 us, rough fuzzy psych rock, Shadoks release)
Another mystery group with a hideously rare private press to their credit. Butterfingers are thought to have come from Texas, as their album is rarely sighted far from the Houston area. Musically, this...
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Guess Who - Wheatfield Soul / Canned Wheat / Share The Land (1968-70 canada,...
It's been a strange and chequered career for Canadian classic rockers The Guess Who. They were the very first Canadian rock group to have a number one hit in the United States and they even found...
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Levee Camp Moan – Levee Camp Moan Plus Peacock Farm Free Concerts (1969 uk,...
Levee Camp Moan's self-tilled LP, released in 1969 on the County Recording Service label (SVVS 132), is without a shadow of doubt one of the UK s rarest and most prestigious private pressings to emerge...
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