If you're wondering, Bunalım means Depression. An underrated band from Turkey. Look, if these guys were born in the US, they could still be around. They're not known even in their home country, sad that we have to use blogs to share good music. Listen to them.
This album is very heavy. Lyrics are dark. Bulbous Creation is evil. I'm actually upset that a band like this is known by nobody at all. I'm sure everyone with an ear to rock music would love this band. Great fucking sound, listen to this album.
Album information:
01 - End Of The Page
02 - Having a Good Time
03 - Satan
04 - Fever Machine Man
05 - Let's Go To The Sea
06 - Hooked
07 - Under The Black Sun
08 - Stormy Monday
Band information:
In 1971, Bulbous Creation poured what little personal surplus they had into a full day of recording at Cavern Studios, tracking enough material for a full length album. The band wouldn’t stay together long enough to save up for a custom pressing on Rock. Singer/guitarist Paul Parkinson was deeply individualistic, and left to perform his songs as he thought they should be, as a solo act. He preferred coffee shops to concert halls, and would stick to his craft another 20 years before hanging it up. Drummer Horstmann followed suit. Jim "Bugs" Wine and guitarist Alan Lewis soldiered on, shortening their name to the more sensible Creation and adding vocalist Wayne Austin, dynamic drummer Tommy Ward, and guitarist Roger Sewell. The Bulbous Creation LP was nearly doomed to oblivion, but for the efforts of Rich Haupt, who issued an unauthorized eight song LP in 1995 on his Rockadelic imprint. Lewis died in 1998 of esophageal cancer. When Paul Parkinson died of leukemia in 2001, a lone copy turned up amongst his possessions, with piece of mind that someone, somewhere, was listening.
A native American musician, in a one-man band, worked 40 hours for an album. I for one love the lyrics, respecting the time given for this album, I'm sharing it with you. Enjoy!
A latin band makes an album that every single song is worth spending a day with? That is Brew. I've always loved when bands coupled keyboards with guitars. All songs are sung in English, very nice lyrics too. I wish I could advertise better, this band is worth listening.
Album information:
01-Intro
02-It Takes A Fool
03-Three's A Crowd
04-Crossroads Of Life
05-(Such A) Foggy Day
06-If I Were Someone
07-What Do You See In My Mind
08-Union Man
09-I Can Hardly Wait To Live
10-Always On My Mind
11-Yesterday's Coming
12-If You Want Me
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This obscure album is that it takes its name from a song by Cream, since over the course of its 30-odd minutes, they manage to sound like everyone BUT Cream. Side 1 opens with some bubbling cauldron sound effects, as a barely audible voice welcomes you in with “Listen to the VERY…strange…brew…”, sorta like the Tea Company’s brand of self-advertising on their Smash album. Shortly after, the Brew burst in with an explosive in-your-face opening guitar chord just like the one that kicks off Badfinger’s “No Matter What” – and like that song, this is a fine, very catchy loud guitar rocker. The verses on “Three’s a Crowd” sound almost identical to the ones on the Leaves’ version of “Hey Joe”, even if the chorus switches abruptly to the catchy AM soul pop sounds of a band like the Vogues.
The laid-back loungey jazz pop froth of “If I Were Someone” brings back fond memories of the Strawberry Alarm Clock, while“Union Man”’s bouncy pop, rolling organ and skip-a-long tune sounds pretty similar in style and melody to the Kinks “Sunny Afternoon”. And twice the Brew summon up the heavy acid rock spirit of the mighty Steppenwolf – once on “I Can Hardly” and again on“What Do You See”, which resembles “Magic Carpet Ride” with similar swaths of psychedelic guitar feedback, at least until the very strange jazz piano solo cuts in midway through.
Okay, so I don’t want to accuse the band of being completely derivative – perhaps just acutely aware of the success of their competitors – but the fact that that they sound like some of the best at least makes this one of the more consistently enjoyable and solid psychedelic albums of its kind. Like a K-Tel “Sounds of Acid Rock”compilation with all original songs. But no Cream. Wouldn’t be surprised if Mr. Ron Popeil himself wasn’t somehow behind THIS Brew.
Bliss, I love the harmony between the vocals and the guitar in this album. I'm sure this band will remind you a couple classic bands, you can see them as a heavy "The Zombies", or perhaps "Beatles" meeting heavier riffs. I don't know, I'm high on music!
Album information:
01 Ride the Ship of Fools
02 Cry for Love
03 Gangster of Love
04 I Want To Be Free
05 Visions
06 Don't Think
07 I'm Gonna Hurt You
08 Make My Old Soul New
09 Rock Me Baby
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Raw, heavy power trio from Arizona that recorded at Audio Recorders in Phoenix. The album bears no date, but sounds circa 1970 - comparable perhaps to Wildfire, Banchee or Rock Island. Roughly half the album is top-notch hard rock and it seems surprising that it hasn't been reissued.
Despite having a similar catalogue numbering system, this label seems to be unrelated to the New Mexico-based Canyon Records that issued the Xit albums. The liner notes are written by an East Coast DJ who claims to have "watched them work this thing out for the last five years", suggesting that other recordings by this crew may exist.
A Peruvian funk/psychedelic rock band, weird huh? Not really, but their music sure is. I found them through one of their songs, sung in English, "Understanding". Beautiful, I literally spent days listening to that song. Try them!
Album information:
01 - Too Late
02 - Viajecito
03 - The Looser
04 - Understanding
05 - Fuego
06 - Valdez In The Country
07 - When You're Walking
08 - When I Needed Someone
09 - I Want To Believe
10 - Checan
11 - Kathy
12 - All Your Love
13 - Wake Up
14 - This Time
15 - Pussy Cat
Band information:
Black Sugar, the brainchild of Victor "Coco" Salazar and Miguel "Chino" Figueroa, was formed in 1969 under the name Los Far Fen, mainly because the group had a Farfisa and a Fender amplifiers as their only electronic amplification equipment.
Los Far Fen recorded three 45 rpm records with six tunes:original compositions, pop tunes and ballads. Three of those tracks, featured on this CD, show the talented arrangements of "Coco" Salazar and the inspired organ and keyboard solos of "Chino" Figueroa; also determined the future musical direction of the group and their natural ability to play Latin Funk.
In 1970 the group was given the name of Black Sugar by Jaime Delgado Aparicio, a jazz piano player and arranger that at the time was the artistic director of Sono Radio, a Peruvian label.
Delgado Aparicio, recognizing the talent of the young musicians, gave the group an opportunity to record a long play in 1971. Original compositions like "Too Late", "Viajecito" and "The Looser" made this LP an immediate best seller. Black Sugar "Black Sugar" was sold in all South America and there was a release of the LP in USA by a Miami based label.
The success of Black Sugar was not due to luck or marketing. Their members were some of the finest, if not the best, young musician from Peru. The arranger, "Coco" Salazar was also a fantastic guitar player; Miguel "Chino" Figueroa was the composer of almost all the original songs by Black Sugar, besides playing keyboards, he was also an inspired organ player; Jose Cruz was one of the most promising young jazz drummers; it is hard not to mention the rest of the musicians, players like Roberto Valdez, Luis Calixto, Antonio Ginocchio, etc... deserve an extensive description of their abilities.
O Canada! A band from Toronto that I feel lucky to have found, Bent Wind; is great. Soft vocals, non-stop guitar solos. Two of my favorite songs are "Touch of Red" and "Riverside". Most enjoyable. My heart is out in Canada, so what was I saying? Listen to Bent Wind!
Album information:
1 - Touch of Red
2 - Riverside (1996 ver.)
3 - Riverside (1969 ver.)
4 - The Lions
5 - Going To The City
6 - Hate
7- Look At Love
8 - Mystify
9 - Sacred Cows
10 - Castles Made Of Man (Single)
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The Toronto, Ontario, psychedelic rock band Bent Wind got its sporadic start in 1969. Original members way back then were drummer Eddie Thomas, bassist Sebastian Pelaia, and singers and guitarists Marty Roth and Gerry Gibas. The skilled group managed to record one double-sided single together, "Sacred Cows" and "Castles Made of Man," and one full-length album, Sussex, before a long dry spell. Both offerings came out under the Trend Records label on black vinyl. Most of the early works from Bent Wind were marketed in small amounts, which made the albums not only interesting to listen to but very hard to find -- and worth big bucks for those who happened to locate one.
Two lengthy decades after that debut album appeared, guitarist Marty Roth took the reins and brought the long forgotten Bent Wind back to life -- with the help of some new artists. The group, with its innovative lineup, recorded a second album, The Fourth Line Is...You Will, in 1989. It was independently released in a limited amount, just like the debut.
It took less than a decade for a third album to finally show up,Shadows on the Wall. Roth was in on the recording again, and brought along musicians like guitarists Michael George Jones and Bill Miller, along with drummer Wilson Laurencin, and a number of others
