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Thursday, May 19, 2022

Vangelis Papathanassíou (29 March 1943 - 17 May 2022)

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RIP Vangelis, the Greek composer and musician whose synth-driven work brought huge drama to film soundtracks including Blade Runner and Char...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Cargo - Simple Things (1970 canada, fantastic hypnotic jazzy psych rock, 2015 remaster)

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Merv Buchanan originally started up his now-sought-after Trend label in 1965 in a crusty old studio out in the wilds of suburban east Toront...
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Friday, May 13, 2022

Axis - Someone (1972 greece, epic fusion prog rock, 2013 edition)

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"Someone" was an album from Axis, a band with Greek musicians who based in Paris. They played archetypical heavy progressive rock ...
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Saturday, May 7, 2022

Freedom's Children ‎- Astra (1967-70 south africa, impressive psych prog space rock, 2007 digipak remaster and expanded)

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It all began one manic weekend in 1970 in a recording studio in Johannesburg - and when it was over Astra, one of the greatest rock albums t...
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Sunday, May 1, 2022

Glenn Faria - Glenn Faria (1964-71 us, rough acid psych rock, 2001 release)

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Born Nov 13, 1946, raised in Kentucky and Virginia by middle-class parents. I was given piano lessons at age five for a few years, then swit...
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Monday, April 25, 2022

Various Artists - Great Lost Elektra Singles Vol. 1 (1964-70 us, excellent rare folk rock, 2005 remaster)

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For most of its early history, the Elektra label concentrated almost exclusively on the album market. Prior to Love's "My Little Re...
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Sunday, April 17, 2022

Dear Mr Time - Grandfather The Dear Mr Time Anthology (1970-2021 uk, highly-regarded and much sought-after psych prog rock, 2021 three disc box set with extra tracks)

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The initial album is called Grandfather, giving its name to the title of this collection. Released in February 1971, it’s actually a concept...
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Monday, April 11, 2022

Tim Rose - The Musician (1975 us, a fine blend of blues folk power pop)

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A nearly forgotten singer/songwriter of the '60s, Tim Rose's early work bore a strong resemblance to another Tim working in Greenwic...
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Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Buzzy Linhart - Music (1971 us, extraordinary fusion psych rock, 2019 korean remaster)

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Released in 1971 around the same time as his solo Buddah release (The Time to Live Is Now), Music, on Artie Kornfeld's Eleuthera imprint...
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