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Saturday, December 17, 2022

Chicken Shack - Roadies Concerto (1981 uk, tough boogie rock, 2015 release)

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In 1981 Stan Webb had possibly found the most prolific of all of his line-ups with basically an all-star line-up of bluesrock royalty:Stan W...
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Friday, December 16, 2022

Hank Marvin And John Farrar - Hank Marvin And John Farrar (1973 uk / australia, nice melodic soft rock, 2007 remaster)

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Paring Marvin, Welch & Farrar down to a duo of Hank Marvin and Olivia Newton-John producer John Farrar results in "So Hard to Live ...
Thursday, December 15, 2022

Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers (1969 psych rock milestone, 2013 Audiophile remaster and 2003 xpanded)

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Volunteers was different from many of the anti-war and protest albums of the ‘60s. There was no despair or condescension, but rather, it was...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2022

James Gang - Straight Shooter / Passin' Thru (1972 us / canada, funky country classic rock, 2004 remaster)

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The rock’n’roll city of Cleveland really rocked in the company of the James Gang, the local heroes who rode the American bestsellers from th...
Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Jefferson Airplane - Thirty Seconds Over Winterland (1973 us, superb live recording, 2013 Audiophile remaster and 2009 expanded)

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Thirty Seconds Over Winterland, originally released in 1973, was the final original album release from rock icons Jefferson Airplane. Captur...
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Monday, December 12, 2022

Curly Curve - Curly Curve (1973 germany, stunning hard prog blues rock)

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Curly Curve is a German rock band with roots in Berlin founded in 1968. The line-up changed a lot during their life time. In 1973 they gaine...
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Saturday, December 10, 2022

Mike Cooper - Five Albums On Three Discs (1969-72 uk, amazing blues folk rock, 2019 three disc digi pak remaster)

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Born in 1942 but briefly emigrating with his family to Australia in 1953, his teens were later spent in the fertile music area of Reading En...
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Friday, December 9, 2022

Cherubin - Our Sunrise (1973-74 germany, excellent poppy and funky based psych prog rock, 2004 bonus track remaster)

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Guitarist Andreas "Andy" Marx lived in London for two years (1968-70) and played with "Creepy John Thomas". In 1971 he j...
Thursday, December 8, 2022

Brian Hopper with Beggars Farm - Brian Hopper with Beggars Farm (1969-70 uk, solid heavy psych rock with jazz and prog elements)

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Here's one of the latest of the Canterbury music resurrections. Brian Hopper, brother of former Soft Machine bassist Hugh, was a key mem...
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Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Stonehouse - Stonehouse Creek (1971 uk, remarkable bluesy hard rock, 2007 digi pak remaster)

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The band was a short-lived and unlucky brainchild of Peter Spearing, amazing guitarist and composer. Before founding "Stonehouse" ...
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