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Friday, January 7, 2022

Rainbird - Maiden Flight (1971 uk, complex mysterious with flutes mystical lyrics, meandering melodies, 2021 release)

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Monsterously obscure Prog from 1971, 200 lps were privately made but most were destroyed, and no copies have ever been openly sold. Complex ...
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Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Machiavel - Mechanical Moonbeams (1978 belgium, magnifique experimental prog rock, 2010 xtra tracks remaster)

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Machiavel can be considered as one of the best Belgian progressive rock bands ever. Concerning prog rock you could say that Machiavel had th...
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Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Sweathog - Sweathog (1971 us, awesome west coast rhythm 'n' blues psych rock, 2014 remaster)

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Lenny Lee Goldsmith and David Leonard Johnson met in 1967 when Lenny sat in with David's band, The Persuaders. David tried to track down...
Monday, January 3, 2022

Beggar's Opera - Sagittary (1974 uk, fine multiblended rock, 2007 digipak remaster)

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After moving to Germany, they began collaborating with Jupiter, producing “Sagittary” in 1974. Ricky gathered together Pete Scott on vocals,...
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Sunday, January 2, 2022

Beggars Opera - Get Your Dog Off Me! (1973 uk, excellent prog mainstream rock, 2003 digipak remaster)

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Beggar's Opera had turned into a much more mainstream pop/rock band on this album, with the excellent instrumental "Classical Gas...
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Friday, December 31, 2021

Daniel - Phoenix (1976-78 us, fine mix of folk prog and classic rock, 2001 remaster)

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In 1974 his producer said: “Daniel plays the cello like Jimi Hendrix the guitar!“ This Russian rooted Californian is for sure the wildest ro...
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Thursday, December 30, 2021

Wally - Wally (1974 uk, insightful psych prog folk rock, 2015 japan SHM remaster)

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Wally was an English rock band in the mid-seventies that played a mixture of prog rock and country, often labelled as progressive country. T...
Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Jonathan Kelly - Twice Around The Houses (1972 ireland, spectacular folk bluesy rock roots 'n' roll)

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Irish singer-songwriter Jonathan Kelly’s second album “Twice around the Houses” was released on the RCA label in 1972 and was given masses o...
Monday, December 27, 2021

Jonathan Kelly - Two Days in Winter (1975 ireland, wonderful soulful folkish jazzy silky rock, 2004 remaster)

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By the time of Jonathan's last album " Two Days In Winter" in 1975 Jonathan's behavior was losing him friends and his judg...
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Sunday, December 26, 2021

Jonathan Kelly - Wait Till They Change The Backdrop (1973 ireland, remarkable multicolored orchestrated folk rock, 2001 remaster)

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Jonathan Kelly was born Jonathan Ledingham in Drogheda, Co. Lough in Ireland in 1947. He came from a musical family, his father played ukule...