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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Tamam Shud - Evolution (1969 aussie, significant hard psych rock with prog traces, 2007 japan extra tracks edition)

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As the year progressed The Sunsets, now immersed in the blossoming psychedelic scene, reinvented themselves as Tamam Shud. Their...
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Kaleidoscope - White-Faced Lady (1970 uk, a luscious sustained reverie, japan two disc set edition)

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This elaborate two-CD set collects two albums by Fairfield Parlour: From Home to Home, a somber, more mature album that was insp...
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Monday, July 30, 2012

Various Artists - Floor Filler Killers / New Directions Vol. 3 (60's uk, excellent groovie garage beat psych)

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Fantastic 14-track British beat/garage compilation garnered from the personal collection of one of Britain's top record dealer...
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Various Artists - Pebbles Vol. 6 • English Freakbeat • The Roots Of Mod (60's uk, rud 'n' sharp mod freakbeat)

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Since the late 1940s when Joe Turner sang "Shake Rattle and Roll", the root of all rock and roll music has been rhythm an...
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Sunday, July 29, 2012

The Deirdre Wilson Tabac - The Deirdre Wilson Tabac (1969 us, beautiful funky rocking soul with jazz blends)

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In April 1969 Billboard announced that RCA had signed a 'progressive blues-rock band called The Deirdre Wilson Tabac This was ...
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Saturday, July 28, 2012

Kaleidoscope - Please Listen To The Pictures / The BBC Sessions (1967-71 uk, unique essential psychedelia)

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Most of these recordings have seen the light of day in the form of a CD bootleg some time back, but I'll wager there are more p...
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The Lemon Fog - The Psychedelic Sound Of Summer (1967-68 us, pure texas garage psych, 2011 cicadelic release)

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In 1967, Jimmy Duncan sent a tape of demos by The Lemon Fog to Ray McGinnis of Orbit Records. Duncan was a producer and songwrit...
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Various Artists - Three O'Clock Merrian Webster Time (1966-68 us, great texas psychedelic brands)

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By the time 1966 ended, many of the groups in Texas that started out playing British Invasion and folk-rock music, were now imme...
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Friday, July 27, 2012

Tax Free - Tax Free (1970 dutch, jazzy folk rock masterpiece, by Wally Tax "The Outsiders" frontman with guests John Cale and Richard Davis from "Astral Weeks" fame)

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The short-lived Tax Free consisted of Wally Tax (vocals), David Oliphanr (guitar), Jody Purpora (vocals, guitar) and Leendert Busc...
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William Penn And His Pals - William Penn And His Pals (1966 us, remarkable garage psych, with Gregg Rolie pre Santana)

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Also known as the William Penn Fyve on many bootlegs. It's been a long time coming, in fact about 35 years. This group was f...
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The Syndicate Of Sound - Little Girl (1966 us, superb garage beat, 1997 Sundazed and 1994 Perfomance edition)

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Formed in San Jose, CA, in1964, the Syndicate of Sound were one of the premier garage bands and forerunners of psychedelic rock,...
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Thursday, July 26, 2012

The (Blues) Creation With Felix Pappalardi - Live At Budokan (1976 japan, raw hard blues rock, rare double disc japan issue)

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Blues Creation was formed by guitarists Kazuo Takeda, Koh Eiryu and singer Fumio Nunoya, in early 1969, after the dissolution o...
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Various Artists - The Hush Records Story (60's us, more treasures from the golden state)

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The Nuggets series continues with a various artist compilation charting the life of the San Franciscan label Hush Records. Owne...
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Various Artists - You Got Yours! East Bay Garage (1965-67 us, treasures from the golden state)

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Directly across the Bay from San Francisco, in Alameda County, lies a thirty mile band of suburbia encompassing small cities lik...
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