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
01 Gypsy Wine 02 Sunshine People 03 Way Up High 04 Lady's Man 05 Mr. Mortimer 06 Man Do You 07 Raining 08 I Hide 09 Raven 10 A Day
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The Paper Garden was an American psychedelic rock band formed in New York City, New York in 1967. After gathering a sizable following in the Northwest, the group recorded their only album, The Paper Garden, in 1968, which promoted several styles ranging from complex orchestration to hard-edged psychedelia. Following its release, the recordings have since become considered one of the more accomplished artistic statements from the psychedelic era.
Formed in 1967, the Paper Garden consisted of members Joe Arduino (bass guitar, vocals), Sandy Napoli (rhythm guitar, keyboards, sitar, vocals), Paul LoGrande (lead guitar, vocals), Jimmy Tirella (drums), and John Reich (keyboards). With varying talents as multi-instrumentalists, three capable singers, and accomplished songwriters in Arduino, Napoli, and LoGrande, the band almost effortlessly was able to expand upon the complex instrumentals found in the Beatles' Revolver and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The Paper Garden toured all along the Northeast coast, establishing several pockets of followers in local college campuses. In 1968, the group garnered the interest of record producerGeoff Turner, who was working for Aaron Schroeder's New York-based Musicor Records. Under the assumption that the band would record matetial he heard onstage, Turner signed the Paper Garden to a recording contract, ambitious to produce a group he hoped was on the cutting-edge of psychedelia.
Rather than record the material from their live set, the Paper Garden decided to compose a whole new set of ambitious repertory. The album was much more elaborate and expensive to cut than Turner anticipated; however, he ultimately elected to recording it, complete with string orchestra arrangements, contributions by session trumpeteer, violinist, and trombonist, and intricate vocal harmonies. Music critic Beverly Patterson, writing for It's Psychedelic Baby! magazine voices that The Paper Garden album was "Clearly influenced by the psychedelic hoodoo practiced by the Beatles, trickles of the Idle Race, and the Bee Gees, and even the jolly jugband stylings of the Lovin’ Spoonful, further arise on 'The Paper Garden Presents,' resulting in a record that’s both playful and progressive". Upon release, The Paper Garden was met with positive reviews, but without a single or major record label to support it, the album was a commercial flop.
The Paper Harden disbanded in 1969, and for a while their album was left to lay in obscurity. However, in 2002, Gear-Fab Records released a remastered version of the album. It has since been followed by more reissues on Relics Records in 2012 and Sundazed Records in 2014. The renewed recognition of The Paper Garden has lead to many music critics to conclude the album is a well-executed piece from the psychedelic era.
One of the first bands that I've discovered. With only a single album released, these guys influenced many bands. "Thor the Thunder God", "My Soul and My Will", "Magic Potion" are great songs. Must-listen album for everyone interested in heavy/psychedelic rock.
Album information:
01-Dear Louise
02-Try Another Day
03-I Feel The Same Way Too
04-My Mind Cries
05-Can't You See
06-Thor the Thunder God
07-Horses And Chariots
08-Before My Time
09-Free As The Breeze
10-Girl I'm So Alone
11-Soul And My Will
12-Falling Again
13-Magic Potion [bonus track]
14-Cast A Spell [bonus track]
15-Day And Night [bonus track]
16-Get Out Of My Way [bonus track]
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The band was formed in the mid 1960s by four musicians from Putney, South London. Initially named The Apaches formed by Tim du Feu, Mike Brancaccio and Philip Fox and their friend Ray Nye. Nye left in 1965 and another friend, Terry Schindler, joined instead. The band became The Drag Set, who released a little-known single in February 1967, "Day and Night" / "Get Out of My Way". Shortly thereafter, they changed their name to The Open Mind and in July 1969 released a self-titled LP which has since become a highly sought-after collectible. The band, however, is best known for its druggy August 1969 single, "Magic Potion", which did not appear on the album.
The Open Mind disbanded in 1973; its members wanted to move into jazz-influenced music, but The Open Mind was too well known as a psychedelic band. The band members (minus Phil Fox) went on to form Armada, which lasted about three years but did not release any recorded material.
Despite their paucity of recorded material, The Open Mind have proven to be influential in the psychedelic rock genre, their single "Magic Potion" having been covered by bands such as The Seers and Sun Dial.
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)
A Hard/Heavy Psychedelic rock band from Japan. Most of the songs are sung in English. Band's early stuff was more of a Psychedelic pop, this album was a great change. A bunch of people like me dig bands that came out of Japan, so here you go!
Album information:
01 - Iijanaika
02 - Town Where I Was Born
03 - Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Night
04 - Nobody Cares
05 - Traces Of Love
06 - To My Sons
07 - No One Knows What They Were
08 - Alone
09 - Untitled
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The Mops were formed in 1966 by a group of high schoolers: Mikiharu Suzuki (drums), Taro Miyuki (guitar), Masaru Hoshi (or Katu Hoshi) (guitar), and Kaoru Murakami (bass). They began as an instrumental rock group similar to The Ventures, but soon after forming, Mikiharu Suzuki's brother Hiromitsu joined on lead vocals. The group began to play psychedelic rock at the suggestion of their manager, who had brought home recordings of American hippie groups such as Jefferson Airplane from his trip to San Francisco. The group signed toJVC Records, the Japanese wing of Victor Records, and released a single in November 1967 called "Asamade Matenai", which hit No. 38 on the Japanese charts. In April 1968, the full-length debut, Psychedelic Sound in Japan, followed; the album included covers of "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love" by Jefferson Airplane, "Light My Fire" by The Doors, as well as "Inside-Looking Out" and "San Franciscan Nights" by The Animals. They received much press for being the "first psychedelic band" in Japan, and performed with elaborate light shows.
Bassist Murakami quit the group in 1969, and guitarist Miyuki moved to bass. The group then signed with Liberty/Toshiba/EMI, moving to a blues rock and Hard Rock sound, and followed with the hits "Tadorituitara Itumo Amefuri" "Gekko Kamen (Moonlight Mask)" and "Goiken Muyo (No Excuse)", both of which charted in 1971. Several albums followed before the group's breakup in May 1974.
After The Mops, Hoshi remained in the music industry, working as an arranger. Hiromitsu Suzuki became a TV personality and actor, and Mikiharu Suzuki embarked on a successful career in artist management. The group achieved a resurgence of cult fandom in America after their "theme song", entitled "I'm Just A Mops", was included on the 1960s rarities compilation Nuggets II.
Coming back with a very heavy album. The Human Instinct hails from New Zealand. These guys made heavy metal in 1970. You could call this anything with a "heavy" prefix. I'll let the tracks speak for themselves, enjoy.
Album information:
01 - Black Sally
02 - Stoned Guitar
03 - Jugg-a-Jug
04 - Midnight Sun
05 - Tomorrow
06 - Railway and Gun
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The Human Instinct are a New Zealand blues rock band that has been active since the late 1960s. The band currently consists of Maurice Greer (lead vocals and stand-up drummer), Phil Pritchard (guitar), Joel Haines (guitar) and Tony Baird (bass). The band has had more than 25 members and has changed lineups several times since its formation under the leadership of Maurice Greer.
They have released a total of seven albums and thirty singles. Their most recent album, Midnight Sun, was released October 2010.
The band is best known for their single "Black Sally" and their album Stoned Guitar, which features the Jimi Hendrix-inspired guitar work of Billy Te Kahika, professionally known as Billy TK.
