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Jesse Colin Young - Songbird (1975 us, beautiful adult soft rock, 2002 remaster)
Buoyed by the positive reaction he received opening Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's summer 1974 stadium tour, Jesse Colin Young cut another album of attractive, frequently country-tinged music with...
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Atomic Rooster - In Hearing Of (1971-72 uk, tremendous hard psych prog rock,...
In Hearing Of Atomic Rooster is a remarkable album, but not for the most obvious reasons. On first listen, it’s a heavy psych-prog album by a band centred around former Crazy World of Arthur Brown...
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Dave Loggins - Apprentice (In A Musical Workshop) (1974 us, wonderful country...
Kenny Loggins' second cousin hit the big time for a couple of months in 1975 with "Please Come to Boston," a serviceable and sentimental soft rock gem from his second album, Apprentice (In a Musical...
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Bill Quateman - Bill Quateman (1973 us, magnificent folk rock, 2000 remaster)
Bill Quateman (born November 4, 1947, Chicago, Illinois) is an American singer-songwriter. Quateman released four albums in the 1970s and charted with the single “Only Love”, which reached No. 86 on...
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Billy Gray - Feeling Gray? (1972 uk / italy, primo blues classic rock, with...
It's 1972. Prog has been a reality for a couple of years, but the counterculture is already knocking at the door with its hard, self-conscious sound. Meanwhile, the epigones of post beat and...
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Terry Reid - The Other Side of The River (1973 uk, fascinating acid psych...
British musician Terry Reid is a relatively unsung legend. With his incredible voice (that earned him the nickname “Superlungs”), spot-on songwriting, and underrated guitar skills, Reid invented new...
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Country Joe And The Fish - Reunion (1977 us, fine folk psych rock, 2018...
“Reunion,” released in 1977, constituted a reunion of the 1967 version of Country Joe and the Fish. They wisely didn’t just dip into the old psychedelic well, because that really wasn’t likely to go...
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Midnight - Into The Night (1978 us, raw garage-like underground hard rock)
Midnight is one of those 'shoulda/woulda/coulda' bands that might actually have made it -- had their utter youthfulness not got in the way. Hailing from the 'burbs of Olympia Fields, Country Club...
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The Beat Of The Earth - The Beat Of The Earth (1967 us, fascinating fresh and...
A foundational document of American private-press psychedelic rock emerge from decades-long shadows, deeply illuminated chapters authored by prototypical "terminally unique" Southern California...
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Family Times Band - Family Times Band (1976 us, laid-back silky folk tinged...
Family Times Band consisted of two brothers and two sisters who hailed from Newport News, Virginia and released this their sole album in 1976 as a privately pressed edition of 500. Presented here for...
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Lambert And Nuttycombe - At Home (1970 us, mellow ballads, superb vocal...
Craig Nuttycombe and the late Denis Lambert got their start as a folk duo in the Los Angeles area after years of playing in a number of different bands. After signing with A&M and a move to...
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The Beat Of The Earth - The Electronic Hole (1970 us, raw, noisy, droning and...
The Beat Of The Earth's The Electronic Hole, originally released in 1970. Second album from the cultish experimental jam band formed in 1967 in Orange County, California. Their second effort from 1970...
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Impala Syndrome - Impala Syndrome (1969 venezuela, fantastic acid psych rock,...
Previously known as Los Impalas, this Venezuela-based group eventually moved to Spain where they met with great success. The band’s discs, which encompassed a mix of different styles, were well...
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James Luther Dickinson - Dixie Fried (1972 us, awesome roots 'n' roll swamp...
The late James Luther Dickinson was one of American music’s most elusive, intriguing musicians and producers. Part of the unpredictable Beale Street crowd from Memphis, Tennessee, his résumé reads like...
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The Love Depression - The Love Depression (1968 venezuela, rough garage...
Venezuela 1968. Band members were 17 to 18 years old at the time of the recording. Guitarist Alvaro Falcón came from a band called The Snobs and previously a band from Washington D.C. The Laymen,...
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Bread Love And Dreams - Bread Love And Dreams (1969 uk, fragile, beautiful...
This is the first album from Bread, Love and Dreams, released in 1969 against the background of a major revival in the popularity of folk music that had grown via the folk clubs and college campus...
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Gram Parsons - Another Side Of This Life The Lost Recordings (1965-66 us,...
Gram Parsons gets heavy credit as one of the pioneers and true talents of country rock. In the 27 years since his death, no one has matched the beautiful fragility of his voice or his novelistic sense...
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David Clayton-Thomas - David Clayton-Thomas / Tequila Sunrise (1972 canada,...
David Clayton-Thomas primarily known as the frontman of the legendary Brass Rock ensemble Blood, Sweat & Tears. Although purist might contest that Clayton-Thomas made some recordings in Canada in...
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Ten Years After - Woodstock (1969 uk, legendary classic blues rock testament,...
Ten Years After's epic performance at Woodstock has been praised as one of the best performances of the three-day music festival in August 1969. It was also a breakthrough moment for the British...
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Man - Back Into The Future (1973 uk, astonishing jam prog rock, 2008 three...
Man's 1973 album, Back Into The Future was the follow-up to the highly successful Be Good To Yourself At Least Once A Day and, unsurprisingly, featured a change in line-up with Clive John having left...
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April Wine - April Wine (1971 canada, raw classic rock, 2008 edition)
A staple of Canadian classic rock, April Wine was one of the most popular and commercially successful Canadian rock bands of the 1970s and early 1980s. They had 5 platinum or multi-platinum albums in...
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April Wine - First Glance (1978 canada, solid aor classic rock, 2008 remaster)
In 1977, armed with an additional brand new guitarist named Brian Greenway, April Wine signed a worldwide deal with Capitol-EMI.Myles Goodwyn, who produced First Glance, decided that this would be a...
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Joe Walsh - Barnstorm (1972 us, adventurous with fat guitars keyboards,...
Joe Walsh is one of those artists that will always be remembered for classic rock radio hits Funk #49, Rocky Mountain Way, and Life’s Been Good. Then of course was his memorable stint in the Eagles,...
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Joe Walsh - The Smoker You Drink The Player You Get (1973 us, the quirky,...
Because Joe Walsh has never been a critic’s darling, we sometimes forget he holds a lofty place in the eyes of fellow musicians. Rock royalty like Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend, and Eric Clapton have all...
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Nektar - Live In New York (1977 uk, stunning hard driving prog rock, 2004...
The fact that this was Nektar's first tour of the USA, and that this show was broadcast over the radio thanks to New York's WNEW (then THE radio station for rock music), helped make this show all the...
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