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Francisco - Cosmic Beam Experience (1976 us, magical ambient space psych rock, 2005 reissue)
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Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Boomerang - Boomerang (1971 us, solid heavy bluesy psych rock, 2015 release)
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Boomerang- by definition, something that returns to the originator. Mark Stein may have been ahead of his time. As a founding member of Vani...
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Sunday, April 25, 2021
Alan Wilson - The Blind Owl (1966-70 us, superb psych blues rock, 2013 double disc remaster)
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Alan Wilson is widely remembered as a pioneer of blues-rock during its crucial development period of the 1960s. Wilson’s devoted fans consid...
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Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Chad And Jeremy - Before And After (1965 uk, orchestrated folk with wondrous harmonies, 2002 remaster)
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No one did lush, orchestral pop better than Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde. And very few traveled as far in their musical careers as did Chad ...
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Monday, April 12, 2021
Chad And Jeremy - Distant Shores (1966 uk, swirly baroque pop, 2000 bonus tracks remaster)
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Musical styles were changing and threatening to leave Chad & Jeremy's light, pleasant folk-rock-cum-British beat pop style behind. A...
Sunday, April 11, 2021
The Amazing Rhythm Aces - Full House Aces High (1981 us, delicate country bluesy soft rock)
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Original relased in 1981 as a double LP, this live set by The Amazing Rhythm Aces contains recordings made in 1979 in California and Alabam...
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Thursday, April 8, 2021
Unicorn - Laughing Up Your Sleeve (1973-74 uk, marvelous folk country soft prog rock, 2018 remaster)
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Back during the early-to-mid-‘70s, England’s Unicorn was plowing a similar country rock-styled vein as pub-rockers like Brinsley Schwarz, bu...
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Wednesday, April 7, 2021
NRBQ - High Noon A 50 Year Retrospective (1966-2016 us, career-spanning 5 disc boxed set, produced and compiled to celebrate 50 years, 2016 remaster)
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Once you’ve steeped yourself in the music and sensibility of NRBQ, it makes total sense that a sprawling career retrospective should start i...
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Monday, April 5, 2021
Roger Nichols And The Small Circle Of Friends - Roger Nichols And The Small Circle Of Friends (1964-68 us, soft pop, a smattering of rock, heavy dose of easy listening with great vocal blend, 2005 remaster and xpanded)
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It’s 1967. You record a debut album for an upstart record label. It doesn’t sell in fantastic numbers when first issued, but it gains a ve...
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Sunday, April 4, 2021
Chris Bell - Looking Forward The Roots Of Big Star (1969-71 us, rough energy, fractured guitar heroics, and splendid lead vocals, 2017 remaster)
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Perhaps 2017 will finally right the cosmic wrong that keeps Chris Bell a cult figure, relegating his memory to being “the guy that left afte...
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