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Sunday, June 10, 2012

Belfast Gypsies (Them) - Belfast Gypsies (1967 uk, mighty garage psychedelic rock, 2003 rev ola release with bonus tracks)

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The Belfast Gypsies' sole album was a very credible blast of British Invasion-styled R&B-rock. Released a year about af...
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Saturday, June 9, 2012

Silk - Smooth As Raw (1969 us, amazing psychedelic rock with baroque shades, 2008 Bull's Eye digi-pack edition)

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In 1965 the teenager Michael Gee, started his career playing in a number of local groups including The Scepters.  By 1968 Gee wa...
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Lobby Loyde - Plays With George Guitar (1971 aussie, outstanding acid spacey guitar rock)

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Australia's first guitar hero, Lobby Loyde helped shape the sound of classic local bands such as Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs ...
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Friday, June 8, 2012

Whichwhat - Whichwhat's First (1969-70 uk, fantastic psychedelic soulful blues rock with jazz elements, 2010 Flawed Gems bonus tracks remaster issue)

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Formed in 1968,Whichwhat joined the vibrant 60's Nottingham music scene at a time when every pub and club had live music. Th...
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The Blues Project - Lazarus / The Blues Project (1971-72 us, superb classic rock with blues and folk tinges)

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I'm sure that no one will argue the fact that the original Blues Project which recorded the albums Live at the Cafe Au Go Go...
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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Little Boy Blues - In The Woodland Of Weir (1968 us, awesome acid psych with blues and folk traces, 2012 Kismet extra tracks reissue)

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"When we first got started we played more in the Chicago blues bag," Ray explains. "But from there we derived our...
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Cozy Powell - The Bedlam Years (1968-1999 uk, great classic rock, hard rock, 2009 remaster edition, 3 disc box set)

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Bedlam (originally known as Beast when it formed in 1972) was a British hard rock band featuring singer Frank Aiello (from Tru...
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Blackwood Apology - The House of Leather (1969 us, magnificent concept psych garage rock opera, 2011 edition and 2023 remaster)

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The first time I heard House Of Leather, at first I was not very impressed by it. The vocals sounded too “pop”; like something the ...
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Ill Wind - Flashes (1966-68 us, west coast inspired, trippy psychedelic masterpiece, 2009 Sunbeam double disc expanded set)

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In the 1960s a new era of creativity began. The post-WWII values of the 1940s and 50s had begun to show cracks and a new gener...
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Sundance - Sundance (1971 us, excellent west coast rural psych, Fallout release)

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This classy slice of  Northern Californian (Chico) rural psych was originally released in 1971 and makes its CD debut with this re...
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Monday, June 4, 2012

Sum Pear - Sum Pear (1971 us, extremely psychedelic rock with progressive extension leads)

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A Long Island New York-based (?) duo consisting of guitarist/keyboard player Sonny Hahn and singer/keyboard player Doug Miller, ...
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Sunday, June 3, 2012

P.J. Proby - Three Weeks Hero (1969 us, quadrophrenic orchestrated psychedelic sunshine country folk blues rock)

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It was a cruel joke. P.J.Proby had his run of hits and had wrecked his career by ripping his velvet trousers, perhaps deliberate...
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The Id - Inner Sounds Of The Id (1967 us, acid garage psych, 2005 issue)

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Οn hand for the Pet Sounds sessions was Jerry Cole, an exceptional guitar talent who paid the rent working for Phil Spector and...
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Salem Mass - Witch Burning (1971 us, heavy prog rock, Gear Fab edition)

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Salem Mass spanned the 70's from 71 till 77 playing mainly in the Northwest and Canada. During this time the band went through ...
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Saturday, June 2, 2012

Smith - Minus-Plus (1970 us, fabulous psych rock, 2007 digi pak remaster)

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By the time of Smith's second album, Minus-Plus, Carter and Cliburn had left, replaced by guitarist singer Alan Parker and bas...
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