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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
