Lightning - Selftitled (1968 - 1971)

Lightning - Selftitled

I think of this compilation (?) album as a mixture of heavy psychedelia, classic rock and a bit of garage rock. Which means you'll find something just for you, from "William" to "Eagle" to "1930", you'll see a difference in style and sound. "Eagle" is my favorite from this band.

Album information:

01 Prelude To Opus IV

02 Hideaway

03 When A Man Could Be Free

04 Madame Sunrise

05 1930

06 Freedom (Is Live With Giving)

07 They've Got The Time

08 (Ghost) Riders In The Sky

09 William

10 Of Paupers And Poets

11 (Under The Screaming Double) Eagle

12 What Have I Now

13 Rat

14 Hideaway [Edited 45 Mix]

15 Freedom [Edited 45 Mix]

16 William Tell Overture (The Lone Ranger Theme)

Band information:

A Minnesota-based rock band that grew out of White Lightning, a "power trio" consisting of ex-Litter guitarist Zippy Caplan, bass guitarist Woody Woodrich, and drummer Mick Stanhope. Woodrich is said to have pioneered the use of redline compression on his instrument, before such compressors were generally available to the public. The music heard here was performed by this trio and a quintet formed by the addition of second guitarist Ronn Roberts and percussionist Bernie Pershey, who can be heard operating a xylophone on "When a Man Could Be Free." Technically, at least, Lightning was the name usually applied to the five-piece band.

They engaged in such colorful crowd-pleasing routines as an electrified rendering of Gioacchino Rossini's "William Tell Overture" (first performed in this version at the New City Opera House during the autumn of 1968), and a freaky take (à la Jeff Beck's "Bolero") on "Ghost Riders in the Sky" that featuredStanhope singing through a Moog synthesizer. "Of Paupers and Poets" was first released as a 45 rpm single on the Hexagon record label and made it to number five on the Top 40 in Minneapolis/St. Paul in January 1969. "They've Got the Time" was composed on September 18, 1970 in response to the death of Jimi Hendrix and was also dedicated to Janis Joplin and Brian Jones. Lightning was well received at rock festivals throughout the Middle West. They opened for (and reportedly upstaged) Grand Funk Railroad on December 31, 1970 at a concert in Des Moines, IA. One source claims that White Lightning (named after a notoriously potent brand of lysergic acid) existed in five distinct combinations between the years 1968-1974, and that six different Lightnings came and went between 1969 and 1990. None of these Lightnings are to be confused with Detroit's short-lived post-Guardian Angel five-piece unit that went by the name of Lightnin'.

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Lava - Tears Are Goin' Home (1973)

Lava - Tears Are Goin' Home

Tears are goin' home! Oh I wish they would. Another band from Germany, another great album. Best for progressive/psychedelia lovers. Enjoy.

Album information:

01 - Tears Are Goin' Home

02 - Crimes Of Love

03 - Would Be Better You Run

04 - All My Love To You

05 - Mad Dog

06 - Holy Fool

07 - Piece Of Peace

Band information:

LAVA was part of the Berlin underground music scene but produced one album only. Founded in 1971 they developed typically for this time. Brought together spontaneously more or less by the interest of some musicans to play improvised free-minded music in connection with the use of drugs and then disbanded 1974 after Thomas Karrenbach had died.

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Kris Kringle - Sodom (1971)

Kris Kringle - Sodom

A Brazilian progressive/heavy psychedelia band. All songs on the album are sung in English. Great music for those who like heavy stuff.

Album information:

01 - Louisiana

02 - Help

03 - That's My Love for You

04 - The Resurrection Shuffle

05 - Janie Slow Down

06 - Susie

07 - The Monkey Song

08 - Sarabande

09 - Mr. Universe

10 - What You Want

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Kennelmus - Folkstone Prism (1971)

Kennelmus - Folkstone Prism

An instrumental-heavy album by Kennelmus. Songs like "I Don't Know" and "Patti's Dream" will carry you elsewhere. I feel lucky to have found this album, enjoy.

Album information:

01 - I Don't Know

02 - Patti's Dream

03 - Dancing Doris

04 - Goodbye Pamela Ann

05 - Monologue

06 - Black Sunshine

07 - Think For Yourself

08 - The Bug The Goat

09 - Shapes Of Sleep

10 - Cloud Of Lead

11 - Mother Of My Children

12 - 1001 Twice

13 - Sylvan Shores

14 - Bulletin!!

15 - The Raven

Band information:

This really obscure Phoenix band released a late-period psychedelic album in 1971 that, by the standards of self-released LPs of the time, was several layers above the usual such offering. Largely (although not wholly) instrumental, their Folkstone Prism was an authentically oddball, occasionally goofy, and sometimes inspired blend of surf music, spaced-out psychedelia, and silly pop. The exotic dabs of melodica, zither, and special effects by multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Ken Walker added a cloud of eeriness: "I Don't Know" has keyboards straight off the Chantays' surf classic "Pipeline"; "Goodbye Pamela Ann" has scorching psychedelic guitar that sounds like a mating of the Electric Prunes and Haight-Ashbury, and "Mother of My Children" has vocals that sound like a Lee Hazlewood parody. Kennelmus, indeed, can be seen as spiritual forefathers of sorts to several post-punk Arizona bands -- Black Sun Ensemble,Friends of Dean Martinez, and Scenic -- that have made instrumental rock that can function as a quasi-psychedelic desert movie soundtrack. Of course, it's doubtful that those bands, or many others, were aware of Kennelmus, since their album was released in a pressing of 1000 in 1971, and is not even well known among collectors.

Kennelmus evolved from the more standard garage band the Shi-Reeves, who played British Invasion covers and surf music. Ken Walker changed the name to Kennelmus in 1969 (Kennelmus being his full first name), and with singer/guitarist Bob Narloch began recording Folkstone Prism in late 1970, with the help of bassist Tom Gilmore and drummer Mike Shipp. The record was very much the brainchild of Walker, who wrote all but one of the songs. Three of the four bandmembers worked at a pressing plant, making them one of the few, if not the only, group of their sort to literally help press their own recordings. An anomaly of its time (or any other), Folkstone Prism made little impact, and the band broke up around the mid-'70s, although the album was reissued on CD by Sundazed in 1999.

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Kaleidoscope - Discography (1967-71)

Kaleidoscope - Discography

Another great band from England. If you care for lyrics, this band will get to you. Every song on the albums are worth listening. They were later known as Fairfield Parlour, continued with the same quality of music.

Album information:

(1967) - Tangerine Dream

(1969) - Faintly Blowing

(1971) - White-faced Lady

Band information:

Having performed since 1963 under the name The Sidekicks, they became The Key in November 1965, before settling upon the name Kaleidoscope when they signed a deal with Fontana Records in January 1967 with the help of the music publisher Dick Leahy. The group consisted of Eddy Pumer on guitar, Steve Clark on bass and flute, and Danny Bridgman on drums and the vocalist Peter Daltrey, who also played various keyboard instruments. Most of the band's songs were compositions of Pumer's music and Daltrey's lyrics. While the group did not achieve major commercial success in its time, it retains a loyal fan-base and its recordings are remembered in high regard.

The band's first single "Flight from Ashiya" (b/w "Holidaymaker") was released on 15 September 1967 by Fontana Records, a little earlier than the band's first albumTangerine Dream. The song was telling about an impending plane crash. The single got critical acclaim and quite an amount of radio airplay but failed to reach the charts. Years later, the song has appeared on many compilation albums, including Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond, 1964–1969, the second box set of the Nuggets series and Acid Drops, Spacedust & Flying Saucers: Psychedelic Confectionery. Two months later, Tangerine Dream - also produced by Dick Leahy - was released. The album included "Flight From Ashiya", "Please Excuse My Face" and "Dive into Yesterday" which are now considered some the band's best songs. Meanwhile the band were aired performing live on several BBC radio shows. A new single was released in 1968 called "Jenny Artichoke" (b/w "Just How Much You Are") that was inspired by Donovan's, "Jennifer Juniper".After the release the band traveled around Europe, and when in Netherlands supported Country Joe and the Fish at the Amsterdam Concert Hall. Faintly Blowing, again produced by Leahy, was released later, in 1969 by Fontana Records. This time the band's sound was heavier but the tracks still included psychedelic elements with notable lyrics but it failed to reach the charts. After the failure of Faintly Blowing, they released two more singles and, after a radio session in BBC Maida Vale Studios, the band took a new name to avoid confusion with the US group.

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Kak - Kak-Ola (1968)

Kak - Kak-Ola

Another favorite of mine, KAK. This album is perfect on all points for me. You will love every single song if you are into heavy stuff. "Trieulogy", "Electric Sailor", "Mirage & Rain", "I Miss You" are the songs I can't get enough of. Listen to the lyrics, enjoy Kak.

Album information:

01 - Hco 97658

02 - Everything's Changing 

03 - Electric Sailor

04 - Disbelievin'

05 - I've Got Time

06 - Flowing By

07 - Bryte 'N' Clear Day

08 - Trieulogy 

09 - Lemonaide Kid

10 - Rain (Single Version)

11 - Everything's Changing (Acoustic Demo)

12 - I've Got Time (Acoustic Demo)

13 - (Medley) Bye Bye & Easy Jack (Previously Unissued)

14 - Bryte 'N' Clear Day (Acoustic Live Version)

15 - (Medley) Mirage & Rain (Acoustic Live Version)

16 - When Love Comes In (Previously Unissued)

17 - I Miss You (Previously Unissued)

18 - Lonely People Blues (Previously Unissued)

19 - Flight From The East

20 - Good Time Music

Band information:

Although formed in Davis, CA, Kak were based in San Francisco for a good part of 1968, when they recorded their only album. Lead singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter Gary Lee Yoder and lead guitarist Dehner Patten had been in the Oxford Circle, an obscure early Northern Californian psychedelic band that had cut one garage/psych single ("Foolish Woman"/"Mind Destruction") and played some shows on the San Francisco psychedelic circuit, while bassist Joe Dave Damrell had been on a 1965 single on Scorpio Records with Group "B".

The self-titled Kak LP was minor-league San Francisco psychedelic rock colored by a lot of influence from bigger Bay Area bands, particularly Moby Grape; the vocal harmonies and curling guitar work on tracks like "Disbelievin'" and "Everything's Changing" in particular sounded like a more pedestrianMoby Grape. There were also more distant echoes of Quicksilver Messenger Service (in the guitar work) and the Grateful Dead (in faint traces of country-blues-rock). Kak were best, and least derivative, at their quietest, as on the gentle country-tinged rocker "I've Got Time, " the good-time wistful psych-folk-rock of "Lemonade Kid, " and the harpsichord-decorated ballad "Flowing By, " which was as derivative of Donovan as much of their other songs were of Moby Grape.

Kak's album was barely promoted and sold little. It didn't help that the band played less than a dozen shows before breaking up in early 1969, Damrell having already quit prior to the split. Yoder did a single for Epic and then joined Blue Cheer. The Kak album eventually became a pricey collector's item, and was reissued on CD by Big Beat (with the new title Kak-ola) in 1999 with plenty of bonus cuts, including previously unreleased acoustic demos and Yodersolo tracks from the late '60s.

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July - Selftitled (1968)

July - July

July is another band from England, like most other bands they were active in the late 60's. songs like "Dandelion Seeds" will carry you somewhere else. Get a taste of July.

Album information:

01. My Clown

02. Dandelion Seeds

03. Jolly Mary

04. Hallo To Me

05. You Missed It All

06. The Way

07. To Be Free

08. Move On Sweet Flower

09. Crying Is For Writers

10. I See

11. Friendly Man

12. A Bird Lived
13. My Clown (Single Version)
14. Dandelion Seeds (Single Version)
15. Hello, Who's There

16. The Way (Single Version)

Band information:

July were a psychedelic rock band from Ealing, London that were professionally active between 1968 and 1969. The band's music was a blend of psychedelic rock and pop, marked by lush harmonies, acoustic guitars, keyboards, and intricate lead guitar work. Although none of the band's records managed to chart in the UK or the U.S., July are today best remembered for their songs "My Clown", "Dandelion Seeds", and "The Way", which have all been included on a number of compilation albums over the years.

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Joshua - Opens Your Mind (1969)

Joshua - Opens Your Mind

I remember listening to Joshua for a very long time, especially the song "You Still Hide". Joshua is a hard rock band that I believe would fit on this blog. Enjoy this great band.

Album information:

01- The Fist

02- Open Your Mind

03- You Still Hide

04- Please Excuse Me

05- Man on the Street

06- It's a Game

07- When You Grow Up

08- No Country

09- G.I. Peace

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Jeronimo - Discography (1970-72)

Jeronimo - Discography

Jeronimo; my second-favorite band in the archive after Frijid Pink. Good hard rock from Germany. They toured with Steppenwolf and actually released an album together with Creedence Clearwater Revival as Spirit Orgaszmus, which I included in the discography. 4 great albums you'll never get bored of. Enjoy!

Album(s) information:

(1970) Cosmic Blues

(1970) Spirit Orgaszmus & Creedence Clearwater Revival

(1971) Jeronimo

(1972) Time Ride

Band information:

Jeronimo was founded in 1969 and in '69/'70 they had their first two hits "He Ya" and "Na Na Hey Hey". With these two chartbreakers, Jeronimo climbed to the number 1 position in almost all European countries.

In 1970 Jeronimo and "Steppenwolf" toured successfully through Germany and in the same year Jeronimo partook in the legendary "Progressive Pop Festival" in Cologne. Following that, Jeronimo shared the headlines with such groups as "Deep Purple" and "Golden Earring" at various European open-air festivals.

In 1970, Jeronimo, together with Creedence Clearwater, presented the album "Spirit Orgaszmus", which was a success throughout all of Europe.

After 30 years and millions of records sold worldwide, Jeronimo is still cult. In 1999/2000, their hits "Na Na Hey Hey" and "He Ya" were re-released on numerous hit-compilations. The CD's "Cosmic Blues", "Time Ride" and "Best of" have been available in record stores since 1991.

After numerous negotiations with "the purple record-company" in Frankfurt, Ringo Funk successfully acquired the rights to all of Jeronimo's songs in November of 2000. In the spring of 2002, 4 new CD's "Jeronimo", "Cosmic Blues", "Time Ride" and "Best of" will be released, which have been digitally mastered from the original recordings. There will be a bonus track on each of the CD's (partially with previously unreleased material).

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Jeffery Liberman - Then And Now (1975-89)

Jeffery Liberman - Then And Now

This is a compilation album, including 40 songs. Jeff was 19 at the time when he was recording his first songs. Amazing guitar work, I should say. Sad how this is still unknown.

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Jasper Wrath - Selftitled (1971)

Jasper Wrath - Jasper Wrath

Another progressive rock band with a psychedelic sound. Their first self-titled album from '71, includes a "masterpiece", the song "Odyssey". Please listen, as it's hard to explain with a few words.

Album information:

01 - Look To The Sunrise

02 - Mysteries (You Can Find Out)

03 - It's Up To You

04 - Autumn

05 - Odyssey

06 - Did You Know That

07 - Drift Through Our Cloud

08 - Portrait - My Lady Angelina

09 - Roland Of Montevere

Band information:

Jasper Wrath formed in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1969. The original lineup consisted of drummer Jeff Cannata of New Haven power trio band Christopher Hawke, as well as keyboardist Michael Soldan, guitarist Robert Giannotti, and bassist Phil Stone from the Connecticut-based band Buckle. Promoter John DuBuque recalls, "I had booked Christopher Hawke for an outdoor show in Milford. In true agency form, another group showed up, Jasper Wrath. I believe it was their first gig. Although upset, I knew, once they started playing, I had never heard or seen anything like this before around here." Uninterested in doing cover material, the band wrote a handful of songs in the next six to eight months and sent a few demos to record companies in New York and Los Angeles. Within a couple of weeks, interest from LA based MGM Records, prompted a call to set up a live showcase with their New York office. Weeks later contracts were negotiated and Jasper Wrath had their first record deal. Recorded in six weeks at Phil Ramone’s A&R Studio in New York, Wrath was on its way. The self-titled debut was released in 1971.
Just as a national tour was being scheduled, Giannotti left the band. After months of searching for the right replacement, without any luck, the band temporarily split. Cannata and Soldan, influenced by the British progressive art rock scene at the time decide to move to London, England to explore the musical possibilities there. In time, complications in obtaining British work permits, they take a holiday in Majorca, Spain co-writing some of Jasper Wrath’s most memorable compositions, i.e.: "You", "The Dream", "Somewhere Beyond The Sun", "The City", "Touch The Sky", and "The Ghost of Way". While at a Yes concert at The Palace Theater in Waterburyin the early 70’s, Cannata and Soldan approached Rick Wakeman pre-show backstage and asked about the then, mysterious mellotron. Wakeman revealed to them, "There are only three in the world. King Crimson has one, The Moody Blues and Yes, and the cost is around $16,000 if you can even get one”. Questioning the legitimacy of that statement, while in London Cannata and Soldan found and purchased the illusive mellotron for a mere 700 Pounds and had it sent back to the States. Now the band had the orchestral sound that they were looking for.

After returning to Connecticut, the band set out to find the right chemistry of players to perform the material live. To augment the sound, Phil Stone learned how to play the flute along with bass. Cannata then recruited James Christian from local band HOOKA as their new frontman on lead vocals and guitar. Scott Zito was added to the band on lead guitar, but left after a couple of years. Jeff Batter, who had been classically trained since the age of four, was later added as the group's second keyboardist. It was during this period in the mid-1970s that Jasper Wrath scored a regional No. 1 hit with the song "You". The band quickly became one of the most popular live acts in the area.

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J.J. Light - Heya! (1969)

J.J. Light - Heya!

This album is for those who like native music, or music by the natives. Beautiful music. I've collected 26 songs and put them together in the album, enjoy it!

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Homer - Grown In USA

Homer - Grown In USA

If Zeppelin is the only band left over from 70's that you listen to, well YOU NEED TONS MORE. Homer is a hard rock band with a psychedelic tone, so ahead of their time. This is a great album to have, every song is worth a listen. "Circles In The North" and "Dandelion Wine" are two GREAT songs. Oh, and I hate Zeppelin's fame, being the only band people know of.

Album information:

(01) Circles In The North

(02) Taking Me Home

(03) Dawson Creek

(04) Survivor

(05) In The Beginning

(06) Love's Coming

(07) Four Days And Nights 'Without You'

(08) Cyrano In The Park

(09) Lovely Woman

(10) Sunrise (Bonus)

(11) Dandelion Wine (Bonus)

Band information:

Although Homer's sole and rare album is full of ideas and busy late-psychedelic/early-progressive rock instrumentation, it's a bunch of notions in search of a road map, and ultimately doesn't say much. Sometimes there's similarity to early-'70s British progressive rock in the occasional Mellotron, the multi-sectioned song structures, and the dynamic instrumentation. There are country and folkier touches (including steel guitar), though, which were rare in such British music, sometimes leaving a slight odd feeling of hearing Neil Young (an influence especially audible on "Dawson Creek") intersect with Yesand the Moody Blues. The lyrics sometimes have a verge-on-the-better-world hippie outlook that, while laudable on paper, comes across as kind of sappy. The hard-to-get-a-handle-on eclecticism isn't the problem so much as far more common shortcomings in these kind of psychedelic-era obscurities: a lack of strong songs or gripping originality, despite the undoubted competence of the playing and vocals. The 2002 CD reissue on Akarma adds two tracks from a non-LP 1970 single that are actually the best things on the disc. They have more of an early psychedelic feel than the LP and a tighter focus to the songs, which sound a bit like the kind of guitar-heavy, phased psychedelic pop the Amboy Dukes did on "Journey to the Center of the Mind," or early Spirit.

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Head Over Heels - Selftitled (1971)

Head Over Heels - Head Over Heels

Hard rock, heavy psychedelia, or a mixture? Listener is the judge. Heavy guitar work, strong vocals. "Question" and "Circles" are two great songs in this album. Listen to bands like these instead of hyped-shit made for the green.

Album information:

01 - Road Runner

02 - Right Away

03 - Red Rooster

04 - Children of the Mist

05 - Question

06 - Tired and Blue - Land, Land

07 - In My Woman

08 - Circles

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Gandalf - Selftitled (1969)

Gandalf - Gandalf

An unlucky band Gandalf (see the band information), this album is more of a cover album, including beautiful versions of "Hang on to a Dream" and "Golden Earrings". Relaxing tunes, listen to their versions of the songs I mentioned.

Album information:

01 - Golden Earrings

02 - Hang on to a Dream

03 - Never Too Far

04 - Scarlet Ribbons

05 - You Upset the Grace of Living

06 - Can You Travel in the Dark Alone

07 - Nature Boy

08 - Tiffany Rings

09 - Me About You

10 - I Watch the Moon

Band information:

Gandalf were an influential late 1960s psychedelic rock group. They were an American band originally called the Rahgoos and formed by Peter Sando, Frank Hubach, Bob Muller and Davy Bauer.

They signed a record deal with Capitol Records in 1967. Producers Koppelman & Rubin were not happy with the bands name, and suggest that it be changed. Despite being against the bands will, and losing local fan recognition, Davy suggested the name "Gandalf and The Wizards", which ended up sticking as "Gandalf".

They recorded their first and only LP the same year. The record includes covers of Tim Hardin, Eden Ahbez and Bonner & Gordon (the writers of "Happy Together") and two songs composed by the band's guitarist Peter Sando.

But Capitol spurned them and only released the LP in 1969 with the wrong record inside the sleeve. The copies were recalled and damaged the band's career. Capitol didn't promote the record which made the sales worse.

Over the years the album's reputation grew and it was re-released by Sundazed records in 2002.

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Frijid Pink - Discography (1970-72)

Frijid Pink - Discography

Here we are, Frijid Pink; my most loved band in the archive. Sometimes I wish they were known world-wide, and sometimes I wish I was the only one who knew their music. Great fucking music, 3 albums. In my opinion, Frijid Pink made the best "House of the Rising Sun" cover, even better than of The Animals'. I want you to listen to Frijid Pink, and at the same time I don't. Go on.

Album(s) information:

Frijid Pink - 1970

Defrosted - 1970

Earth Omen - 1972

Band information:

Frijid Pink was formed when local Detroit-area band the Detroit Vibrations, which featured Stevers and Harris, were joined by guitarist Gary Ray Thompson and singer Tom Beaudry, who later took the stage name Kelly Green. At some point Thompson convinced Vibrations' manager Clyde Stevers (Richard's father) that he was a better musician than the Vibrations' current guitarist. They spent their first two years touring throughout the Southeast Michigan/Detroit area and eventually signed with Parrot Records. Their first two singles, "Tell Me Why" and "Drivin' Blues" (both released in 1969) failed to attract much attention, but their third 1969 effort, a distorted guitar-driven rendition of "House of the Rising Sun," reached the Top Ten on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in the spring of 1970. This disc sold over one million copies, thereby receiving a gold disc.[1] The track also peaked at No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart.[2] and #3 in the Canadian RPM Magazinecharts. The song was a "filler," using up time at the end of a recording session. The band was so popular in their native Detroit area that a fledgling Led Zeppelin opened for them at Detroit's Grande Ballroom. Frijid Pink often shared billing with the likes of the MC5, the Stooges, the Amboy Dukes, and other local groups of that era.

Frijid Pink's self-titled debut LP followed in 1970, as did their second release Defrosted, with most of the album's writing being provided by duo of Beaudry and Thompson. Subsequent singles including "Sing A Song For Freedom" and a cover of "Heartbreak Hotel" failed to match earlier successes, and after the departure of Beaudry and Thompson, a new lineup was formed featuring David Alexander and later Jon Wearing on vocals, Craig Webb on guitar, and Larry Zelanka on keyboards. This version of the group recorded 1972's Earth Omen. The group would have another lineup in place before re-entering the studio to record 1975's All Pink Inside with Jo Baker on vocals and Larry Popolizio playing the bass.

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Fraction - Moon Blood (1971)

Fraction - Moon Blood

Fraction's too heavy. Jim Beach is crazy on vocals. I can't get myself to believe just how these guys can be unknown. Songs "Eye of the Hurricane" and "Sanc-Divided" are two of my favorites in this album. Do not miss Fraction if you like heavy stuff.

Album information:

01 - Sanc-Divided

02 - Come Out Of Her

03 - Eye Of The Hurricane

04 - Sons Come To Birth

05 - This Bird

06 - Sky High

Band information:

A few short years ago, if you had wanted to listen to this record you would have had to buy a poor quality bootleg or spend upwards of £1,000 for one of the 200 copies that comprised the entire original 1971 pressing. LA-based Fraction were, in theory, a Christian-rock band, but, at times they sound like some seriously deranged and dangerous people. Tapping the same wave of down-tuned, bleakly heavy, savage comedown psych that informed contemporaries like Black Sabbath and the Stooges, Fraction were a working-class group who would rehearse and record early in the morning before going to their day jobs. Thanks to that dedication there is a spacious sort of loneliness at the heart of the noise they make. The five songs that made up the original album were recorded live in a single three-hour session with no FX and no overdubs – Come Out of Her is positively demonic (and includes a neat little two-bar breakbeat at 2:03). Singer Jim Beach's ragged growl has been likened to Jim Morrison, but there's a desperation and anxiety present here that the handsome, wealthy son of a senior navy officer never had, while guitarist Don Swanson pushes the wah-wah and fuzz to the limit. Moon Blood is a brilliantly odd record, a snapshot of a time where Jesus-freak hippies could still remember what it felt like to have some angry toxins flooding through your brain. Naturally, the band never got anywhere and for decades barely anyone, bar the most obsessed, got to hear them. Until, happily, now.

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Floating Bridge - Selftitled (1969)

Floating Bridge - Floating Bridge

Pure heavy psychedelic rock. I fucking love this band. Released '69 and still heavier than what we hear today. "Crackshot" is my favorite song in the album. I should tell you that these guys made the best "Eight Miles High" and "Paint It Black" cover ever. It's unfair, that a band like this is unheard of. Fuck.

Album information:

01 - Crackshot

02 - Hey Jude

03 - Watch Your Step

04 - Three Minute & Ten Second Blues

05 - Brought Up Wrong

06 - Medley - Eight Miles High - Paint It Black

07 - You've Got The Power

08 - Gonna' Lay Down 'N Die (Slow Blues)

Band information:

Following The Time Machine's collapse in 1967 Dangel and bass player Joe Johnson decided to form their own band. Recruiting guitarist Joe Johansen and drummer Michael Marinelli the result was The Unknown Factor. Serving as a for-hire backing band, the quartet worked with local acts such as Patti Allen and Ron Holden.

In 1968 they added former Punch singer Pat Gossan to the lineup. They quickly scored a deal becoming the house band at Seattle's Eagle Auditorium and attracted considerable attention as one of the acts performing at the 1968 Sky River Rock Festival. The resulting publicity saw them sign a contract with the L.A. based Vault Records. The group subsequently debuted with a dandy 1968 single 'Brought Up Wrong' b/w 'Watch Your Step' (Vault catalog number V-947). While the single did little commercially, it attracted enough attention for Vault to finance a follow-on album. Released in 1969 the cleverly titled "Floating Bridge" teamed the band with producer Jackie Mills. Musically the set offered up a standard mix of originals and popular covers, but the results were killer throughout. With Dangel, Johnson and Gossan responsible for most of the original material, tracks like 'Brought Up Wrong', the earlier single 'Watch Your Step', and 'Three Minute & Ten Second Blues' sported a distinctively heavy, Hendrix-inspired sound. Propelled by Gossan's likeable voice and Dangel and Johansen's twin leads extended guitar rave-ups like 'Crackpot' and their Byrds/Stones instrumental medley should strike a chord with the two hard rock fans out there reading this. Elsewhere another 'Hey Jude' cover wouldn't have sounded like the year's most imaginative move, but these guys managed to pull it off. Envision the song redone as an instrumental with a heavy edge that would have sounded good on an early Allman Brothers album ... one of the most impressive Beatles covers I've ever heard. In fact the only real disappointment is the routine bluesy closer 'Gonna' Lay Down 'n Die'. Much better than the standard references would have you think (and surprisingly hard to find in decent shape).

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Flat Earth Society - Waleeco and the Space Kids (1967-68)

Flat Earth Society - Waleeco

A band with a strange name, I wonder what they were thinking. Nevermind the band's name, this great album has 29 tracks, starting from the 14th, the rest of the tracks are by the Lost. Psychedelic rock and garage rock goes so well together. You'll find lots of songs to your liking, I'm sure.

Album information:

01. Feeling much better 

02. Midnight hour 

03. I'm so happy 

04. When you're there 

05. Four and twenty miles 

06. Prelude to the town monk 

07. Shadows 

08. Dark street downtown 

09. Protrait in grey 

10. In my window 

11. Satori 

12. The Lost w. Space Kids - part 1 

13. The Lost w. Space Kids - part 2 

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Flat Earth Society's Waleeco is a mid-level psychedelic organ-and-guitar-driven rock record, with a more focused sense of song construction than many such efforts in the late '60s, although the results aren't all that special. A highlight is "Shadows," which sounds like a super tough variation on the Association. [The 2006 CD reissue combines Waleeco with material that the Lost, another Boston band of the time, recorded in 1967 as incidental music for Space Kids, an audio fairy tale.]

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Felt - Selftitled (1971)

Felt - Felt

Psychedelia, progressive, blues; whichever works for you. Felt is one-album band like most of these bands. "The Change" is a song that is 10 minutes long, and is one of my all-time favorite song. The song is actually a compilation of 3 different tracks, all with a different vibe. Try Felt.

Album information:

01 - Look at the Sun

02 - Now She's Gone

03 - Weepin' Mama Blues 

04 - World

05 - The Change

06 - Destination

Band information:

Felt was formed in Alabama in the late '60s around the talents of Myke Jackson (guitars), Mike Neel(drums), Tommy Gilstrap (bass), Stan Lee (guitars), and Allan Dalrymple (keyboards). The band's self-titled album, released on the small Nasco label in 1971, contains half-a-dozen original songs written for the most part by Jackson. The mostly blues-styled songs on this album are full of great guitar work and contain fine Beatles-esque harmony vocals. While most of this album has a blues feeling to it, some of the songs hint of progressive rock with swirling keyboards, intense drumming, and blistering guitar solos. The album has recently been discovered for its musical excellence and has become a very rare collectors' item. Guitarist Lee would later go on to become a member of punk band the Dickies in the late '70s. This welcome re-release by Akarma Records features a reproduction of the original foldout album graphics in the mini-LP-styled Akarmapack.

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Fantasy - Selftitled (1969-1970)

Fantasy - Fantasy

Fantasy. Another band with POWERFUL female vocals. This time it's a little different. Lydia Janene (vocals), was 16 year old at the time of recording. Can you fucking believe that? I'll speak no more, I'll quote a couple sentences from the album's covers;

This album is dedicated to all the young, positive thinking people of this small planet, without whom the evolution of mankind and the hopes of world peace would most certainly be brought to an abrupt, unfilled end.

Album information:

01-Happy

02-Come

03-Wages Of Sin

04-Circus Of Invisible Men

05-Stoned Cowboy

06-Understand

07-What's Next

08-Painted Horse (Bonus Track)

09-I Got The Fever (Bonus Track)

10-Stoned Cowboy (Bonus Track)

11-Understand (Bonus Track)

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US act FANTASY was formed by 5 teenagers in Miami in 1967, originally consisting of Billy ROBBINS (vocals), Bob ROBBINS (bass), Jim DeMEO (guitar), Mario RUSSO (keyboards) and Greg KIMPLE (Drums). They slowly built up a following, and local popularity eventually saw them signed as a house band on "Thee Image", a highly popular venue at the time. The band played there every weekend from 1968, and got to open for acts like Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa, Steppenwolf and other artists popular at the time.

Then disaster strikes for the band, as vocalist Billy Robbins; who was a charismatic frontman with no small part in the success they had achieved so far, went missing - and eventually turned up dead. Some time after the band starts searching for a new lead singer, and eventually settles on Lydia Janene MILLER (aka Jamene Miller); a 16 year old highly talented vocalist with a rough, powerful voice in the tradition of Janis Joplin and Grace Slick.

Fantasy got signed to Liberty/United Artists shortly after, and their self-titled debut album is released in 1970. They get a minor hit single with the instrumental Stoned Cowboy, but apart from that the album went nowhere. Miller decides to leave the band, unsuccessfully trying to establish a solo career, while the rest of the band carried on as Year One.

Fantasy reunited on two occasions in the 70's; but then for individual concerts only.
Sadly, Jamene Miller died on September 27, 2008 at the age of 55 due partly to an alcohol-related condition.

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Fairfield Parlour - From Home to Home (1970)

Fairfield Parlour - From Home to Home

A great band from the UK. Previously known as Kaleidoscope. They have released 4 albums in total, but only one as Fairfield Parlour. Great sound, great lyrics, great everything. Surely a favorite of mine. And I'm not exaggerating. Please listen to them, I'll share their older albums at a later time.

Album information:

(01) Aries

(02) In my box

(03) By your bedside

(04) Soldier of the flesh

(05) I will always feel the same

(06) Free

(07) Emily

(08) Chalk on the wall

(09) The glorious house of Arthur

(10) Monkey

(11) Sunny Side Circus

(12) Drummer boy of Shiloh

(13) Bordeaux Rose (bonus track)

(14) Chalk on the wall (bonus track - mono-single version)

(15)  Just another day (bonus track)

(16) Caraminda (bonus track)

(17) I am all the animals (bonus track)

(18) Song for you (bonus track)

(19) Bordeaux Rose (bonus track - alternative version)

(20) Baby stay for tonight (bonus track)

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By the end of the decade, failing with their last single "Balloon", the band moved on with their new manager DJ David Symonds, whom they met during the BBC sessions, as Fairfield Parlour, with the same line up. Despite the fact that they were now being called a progressive rock band, their music did not change much and still included fairy-tale lyrics with psychedelic harmony. The band's first single as Fairfield Parlour, "Bordeaux Rosé", was released on 17 April 1970 on theVertigo label. It got a considerable amount of radio airplay, but failed to achieve success. After releasing several singles, the album From Home to Home was released on 14 August 1970 with Symond's production. While the band was getting ready to release the album, they again used another name for themselves, I Luv Wight, as they were asked to record the theme tune for the Isle of Wight Festival, "Let the World Wash in", which got released a week after the release of the albumFrom Home to Home. They made the opening for the festival as Fairfield Parlour. The band's second album, White Faced Lady, which they financed independently, was recorded in Morgan Studios in London. Attempts at finding a record company failed and the album was shelved until 1991 when it was released under the name Kaleidoscope on their own label. The band's last appearance was at a concert in Bremen, Germany, in 1972.

In 2003, the independent record label Circle released the Kaleidoscope and Fairfield Parlour's 1967 to 1971 BBC radio sessions recordings in an album called Please Listen To The Pictures.

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Eternity's Children - Timeless (1968)

Eternity's Children - Timeless

Eternity's Children is a 60's pop band meeting psychedelic music. Don't expect fuzzy guitars, wait for keyboards. "Timeless" is a slow album, with male-female vocals, the song "Lifetime Day" is very relaxing, listen to pass out! Song "Flowers" is my favorite.

Album information:

01 Again Again

02 Rupert White

03 Flowers

04 My Happiness Day

05 Lifetime Day

06 Mrs. Bluebird

07 Your World

08 You Know I've Found A Way

09 Little Boy

10 Sunshine Among Us

11 Again Again (mono)

12 Rupert White (mono)

13 Flowers (mono)

14 My Happiness Day (mono)

15 Lifetime Day (mono)

16 Mrs. Bluebird (mono)

17 Your World (mono)

18 You Know I've Found A Way (mono)

19 Little Boy (mono)

20 Sunshine Among Us (mono)

Band information.

Sunshine pop cult favorites Eternity's Children were formed in Cleveland, MS, in 1965 by singer/keyboardist Bruce Blackman and drummer Roy Whittaker, fellow students at Delta College. With the addition of lead guitarist Johnny Walker, rhythm guitarist Jerry Bounds, and bassist Charlie Ross, the group (originally dubbed the Phantoms) began developing the complex, overlapping vocal harmonies that remained the hallmark of their sound throughout their career.

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