01 - Tuely's Day 02 - Tuely And Mary 03 - Make You See 04 - Alone 05 - Wellsville 06 - Power Of Love 07 - If I Ever Needed A Woman 08 - Better Be Sure 09 - 40 Days And Nights (Introduction) 10 - 40 Days And Nights 11 - Make It 12 - Anyone At All 13 - I Want To Go Clear 14 - Play The Game
NHB is a very nice hard/prog rock band, with only a single album released, as usual. For a prog rock band tracks are usually short, with the exception of "Rabbits", which is 13 minutes long. "Give It to You Girl" and "I Really Need a Friend" are lovely songs. Recommended!
Album information:
01 - Den Of Iniquity 02 - Finding My Way Home 03 - Everything You See (Mr. Armageddon) 04 - When I Come Down 05 - Bourgeois 06 - Rabbits 07 - Life Is So Unkind 08 - I Really Need A Friend 09 - Daffodil 10 - Autumn Mobile 11 - Elaine 12 - Give It To You Girl 13 - Rabbits (single version)
I think this album will be appreciated by all kinds of listeners, it's a mix between Hard, Psyche & Prog rock. Lead guitar alone is a reason to gather interest in the album. Sadly there's no Volume Two. Enjoy this great album.
Album information:
01 - Mystic Man 02 - Appearance Is Everything, Style Is A Way Of Living 03 - Brush With The Midnight Butterfly 04 - Maybe Someday 05 - Reality Presented As An Alternative 06 - Naked Breakfast 07 - Circle Of The Night
Somewhat an underrated Progressive rock band. I think The Ghost has a lot to offer for prog lovers, Keys? Plenty. Lead? Plenty. Oh, and there's female vocals in a couple songs! You should not pass over this album. "When You're Dead" and "Too Late To Cry" are very impressive songs.
After a break, I'm returning with a Prog rock album, by The Cleves. This Australian band has gotten my interest with the song "Waterfall". Very interesting keys and lead on this album. Recommended!
Album information: 01. Work Out 02. There Is A Place 03. Keep Trying 04. Time Has Come 05. Summertime 06. Wait For A Moment 07. For A Time 08. Waterfall 09. You And Me [Bonus Track] 10. Music From Michael [Bonus Track]
Timothy, where on earth did you go?! This compilation album is a mixture between psyche, prog & classic rock. 18 tracks, well worth to be in an archive.
Tear Gas is for those days you need to just get run over by a truck. Or rather just need some heavy sound. The band is labeled as Prog rock, but I think we need to add the word heavy somewhere in between. "Love Story" is my favorite.
Steel Mill is a heavy prog rock band from the UK. With a single album released, they must be put in the list of underappreciated bands! Riffs in "Green Eyed God" and "Blood Runs Deep", flutes in "Black Jewel of the Forest" and "Har Fleur" are still waiting to be heard.
Stark Naked to me is somewhere between prog and psyche, have a listen and decide for yourself. "Favorite" is a word I use too often, atleast when I'm blogging, but everything I post here truly is a favorite of mine, Stark naked is one of them. Male & female vocals, heavy guitar work, and non-ending tracks!
Starfire is a heavy prog rock band, with psychedelic influence in their sound. This is their only released album. Most I like about this album is the vocals, for some reason. "Comfort Me" is my favorite track on the album.
A german prog rock band heavy on the keyboards. It's hard to find information about this band on the Internet. Keyboard fans like me will very much like this band. "Bellast" is my favorite in the album.
Reality is regarded as the first progressive rock album, and is very underrated, as far as I've come to notice. You will notice how ahead of their time this band was. "Mainliner" is the first song I've listened by Second Hand, since then this album has been in the archive. Another track "Reality" must also be noted. Enjoy.
Album information:
01 - A Fairy Tale
02 - Rhubarb
03 - Denis James the Clown
04 - Steam Tugs
05 - Good Old '59 (We Are Slowly Gettin' Older)
06 - The World Will End Yesterday
07 - Denis James (Ode to D.J.)
08 - Mainliner
09 - Reality
10 - The Bath Song
11 - A Fairy Tale [Alternative Mix]
12 - Steam Tugs [Alternative Mix]
13 - James in the Basement [Bonus]
14 - I Am Nearly There [Bonus]
Band information:
Second Hand were a British progressive rock band, established by teenagers Ken Elliott, Kieran O'Connor and Bob Gibbons in 1965. They recorded three studio albums (the firstwas released in 1968) until their breakup in 1972. The band is considered to be one of the first and most underestimated progressive rock bands in history.
Ken Elliott was 15 in 1965, when his schoolmate Kieran O'Connor, a drummer, suggested that they set up a band. Ken quickly learned to play the harmonica and the piano. Kieran also asked his friends Bob Gibbons, who played the guitar, and Grant Ramsay (bass) to join the group. The band's title was The Next Collection, the group was based in Streatham,South London. Ramsay was replaced by Arthur Kitchener soon afterwards. With him on board, the band won the Streatham ice rink battle of the bands and were awarded the privilege to make a demo recording at Maximum Sound Studios. The Next Collection recorded two songs during this session, "A Fairy Tale" and "Steam Tugs". These demo recordings were later released as bonus tracks to the 2007 reissue of the album Reality. Vic Keary, the owner of the studio, liked the band and decided to become their producer.
With Keary's support, the band signed to a prestigious Polydor label under the title The Moving Finger (a reference to one of the Omar Khayyám poems). The band started working on their first studio album, Reality with Arthur Kitchener on bass, but he quit the band during the sessions, and the bassist Nick South was found through an ad in Melody Maker. As a result, half of the songs on the album were recorded with Kitchener on the bass, and the other half with South. The album was to be released in September, but Polydor found out that the band called The Moving Finger had already released a single on Mercury Records, and so the band had to change its name. They called themselves Second Hand, as all their instruments had been bought used. The album was released at the end of 1968 and failed because of complete lack of promotional support by Polydor.
I think I found Salem Mass a little too late. Mostly because Psyche always came before Prog for me. I absolutely love this single album the band has released. Salem Mass is a keyboard-heavy prog rock band with psychedelic influence. 10 minute long song "Witch Burning" can keep me awake all night. "You're Just a Dream" and "My Sweet Jane" are both great songs I will note.
Not so much a discography, but the only two albums the band has released. First one being selftitled, the second "Black Magician". 19 tracks (two albums combined): hard rock and heavy prog. "Evil Woman" is my favorite song by this band, it is not a cover of the song we all know though.
This album has 20 songs, hard rock, heavy psychedelia, prog, everything you'd want. They surprised me by how heavy and mellow they were on different tracks. So many songs to really list here, but "Fragments", "Black Lily", "Get a Life", "Canyon Woman", "Flowing Robes", all left a surprising impression on me.
A progressive rock band from Netherlands. These guys are heavy! Their cover of "Drive My Car" is very well done. I enjoy the song "The Prisoner" so much, especially the intro. Give Pugh's Place a chance.
This album will move you! A great heavy psychedelic rock example, in my opinion. It is hard to find too much information about this band, but their song "Sea of Nightmares" is probably known to some. "Angel of Love" is my favorite in the album.
Out of Focus is a progressive rock band from Germany. They are also mentioned as a Krautrock band as all others from the era, but I do not like the term. This selftitled album is actually their second, unfortunately this is the only one that I have in the archive. Prog lovers, gather around!
Album information:
01 - What Can A Poor Boy Do (But To Be A Streetfighting Man)
02 - It's Your Life
03 - Whispering
04 - Blue Sunday Morning
05 - Fly Bird Fly
06 - Television Programm
Band information:
Out Of Focus was a German "Krautrock" rock fusion band, formed in late-1968 in Munich, existing 5 years or so. They took their name from a Blue Cheer track, but had also been listening to Soft Machine and Xhol Caravan, and rapidly established a distinctive style blending rock and jazz, psychedelic overtones. A unique facet was the profound socio-political awareness of Moran Neumüller's songs. Although typically Munich styled (with Embryo and Sahara connections) they are often compared to Canterbury fusion and Scandinavian jazz-rock acts.
Heavy psychedelia? Proto-prog? Plain hard rock? I can not decide. Keyboards and the guitar blend in well together in this album. Sadly there is no information about this band online. Overall, good album for those who like heavy stuff.
