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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Seatrain - Seatrain / Marblehead Messenger (1970-71 us, splendid blend of country folk blues and classic rock, double disc set)

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Seatrain is the second album by the band Seatrain, recorded in 1970 and adding Peter Rowan on guitar and lead vocals. It was the f...
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Sunday, July 16, 2017

Zalman Yanovsky - Alive And Well In Argentina (1968 canada / us, bright genius colorful psychedelia, 2010 remaster and expanded)

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I know at least one of his fellow supposedly-lovin' Spoonfuls resents the situation to this day, but whenever Zal Yanovsky app...
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Thursday, July 13, 2017

Bob Brown - The Wall I Built Myself (1970 us, beautiful tender jazzy folk poetic ruminations, Richie Havens production, 2016 remaster)

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Spontaneity drifts through The Wall I Built Myself , Bob Brown’s 1970 debut album. The D.C. folk artist’s distinctive chord chang...
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Sunday, July 9, 2017

Bobby Whitlock - Rock Your Sox Off (1976 us, awesome southern groovy boogie rock, 2016 SHM remaster)

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Featuring many of the same musicians as his previous, One Of A Kind, Rock Your Sox Off mines similar sonic landscapes. The nucleus...
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Friday, July 7, 2017

The Free Spirits - Out Of Sight And Sound (1966 us, superb jazz psych rock, 2006 remaster)

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The Free Spirits emerged from that NYC stew in 1965, jazz players with drop-dead chops playing on the rock beat, psychedelic lyric...
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Thursday, July 6, 2017

The Free Spirits - Live At The Scene (1967 us, jazz psych rock, 2011 release)

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Before earning world renown as one of the most electrifying guitarists in American bop, Larry Coryell was a member of a local NYC ...
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Monday, July 3, 2017

Marian Henderson - Cameo (1964-70 australia, divine folk jazzy silky rock, 2016 double disc edition)

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Marian Henderson was the queen of the Australian folk revival during the 1960s. With her distinctive, pure alto voice, beautiful f...
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Thursday, June 29, 2017

Mick Softley - Any Mother Doesn't Grumble (1972 uk, magnificent folk jazzy prog rock, 2016 reissue)

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After many years lurking in a musical hinterland, Mick Softley's quite wonderful 'Any Mother Doesn't Grumble' has ...
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Sunday, June 25, 2017

The Ides Of March - Last Band Standing The Definitive 50 Year Anniversary Collection (1965-2015 us, amazing colorful blend of music, 2015 four discs box set)

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“Beware the ides of March,” goes the famous admonition.  Thankfully, Jim Peterik, Larry Millas, Bob Bergland and Mike Borch didn’t...
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Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Carp - Carp (1970 us, heavenly psych folk country rock with spiritual references, 2017 korean remaster)

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Carp is known not so much for its music as it is for being the launching pad for the career of fledgling actor Gary Busey. Singer/...
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Sunday, June 18, 2017

Leon Russell And Marc Benno - Asylum Choir II (1971 us, outstanding psych protest bluesy rock with experimental mood, japan SHM 2016 remaster)

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1971's "Asylum Choir II" was originally intended as a follow-up to 1968's "Looking Inside the Asylum Choir...
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