rep>>> Aardvark - Aardvark (1970 uk, great heavy progressive rock, 2011 remaster)

The group Aardvark remains one of those numerous bands who released a single album in the early seventies and subsequently sunk without a trace. However the band still retain a certain amount of interest amongst progressive rock enthusiasts because of their particular heavy styled progressive rock that was completely keyboard based with the band making do without the use of any guitar. 

The band itself was a studio band with most compositions entrusted to the hand of Dave Skillin and were based in the Midlands. Strangely enough, though the band dispensed with any guitars, they had trouble with the recruitment of a keyboardists and one could say that they were mainly a studio band with very little live dates to their name. 

Because of their very brief history, very little can be said about the band and it is their album that speaks volumes for what they were all about. However, there are a couple of interesting anecdotes related to this band and for those musos who try to connect musicians and bands through the ages, Aardvark had a number of musicians who would later go on to make names for themselves with various other outfits. 

The album was released in 1970 on the Deram Nova label in both mono and stereo versions as (S)DN 17 with a value on today's market of 50.00 British sterling. Though titled Aardvark, it is also known as Put It In Your Pipe And Smoke It. In all probability the title was withdrawn because of its obvious drug references, with the title track reduced to just Put It In You Pipe. 

Steve Milliner previously played keyboards with Black Cat Bones, a London based blues-rock based band who only released one album during their brief tenure together. The band is rather more well-known because both Paul Kossof and Simon Kirke played in the band before leaving to form legendary band, Free. 

Dave Skillin would eventually join prog-band Home, another Forgotten Sons candidate whilst I could not find anything related to Frank Clark. Stan Aldous is also known for the work he had done previously with garage band Odyssey. 

Throughout the brief Aardvark history, the band also went through a number of keyboardists. Amongst these one finds Paddy Coulter, Dave Watts, who would later play with Jackson Heights and Affinity and the late Peter John Wood. Wood would go on to play with Quiver, The Sutherland Brothers, Al Stewart and Natural Gas. 

The band Aardvark are also involved in one of the myths of British psychedelia. The group Tintern Abbey only released one single throughout their recording span, Beeside/Vacuum Cleaner, for Deram (DM 164) in 1967. Considered as one of the most collectable items from this particular musical period, it has long been rumoured that the band had recorded a second single, How Do I Feel Today which was never released yet which was supposedly circulated amongst collectors. 

In fact the single was never recorded and the name of the single was actually an unissued Aardvark single that was meant to be released on independent label as Rubble 12. However the tapes were lost by Deram and the band used the name of the Aardvark title, created a fictitious cover and thus deceived countless numbers of psychedelic fans all over the world!

by Nigel Camilleri

Tracks
1. Copper Sunset - 3:17
2. Very Nice Of You To Call - 3:39
3. Many Things To Do - 4:20
4. Greencap - 6:02
5. I Can't Stop - 5:26
6. Outing - Yes - 9:50
7. Once Upon A Hill (Stan Aldous) - 3:03
8. Put That In Your Pipe And Smoke It - 7:13
All songs by Dave Skillin except where noted.

Aardvark
*Stan Aldous - Bass
*Frank Clark - Drums
*Steve Milliner - Keyboards, Recorder, Vibraphone
*Dave Skillin - Vocals

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rep>>> Oriental Sunshine - Dedicated To The Bird We Love (1970 norway, dreamy exotic folk psychedelia, 2006 remaster)

I love psych. I love world music. I love psych world music. Sadly, too often what gets marketed in the west as psych world music turns out to be regular local pop from the late ’60s – early ’70s with maybe some twangy guitar thrown on top (Rough Guide, don’t get me wrong, you’re great – but you are really guilty of this). Psych should at least sound like a thick fog of burning joss sticks was present during some point of the recording, if not marijuana and/or various hallucinogens.

This most recent reissue of the legendary single LP by the Norwegian band Oriental Sunshine manages to have that effect in spades, without relying on heavy guitar freakouts. Students Nina Johansen and Rune Walle met in 1968 and bonded over a shared love of The Beatles, Joni Mitchell and Ravi Shankar.

They fortuitously met Satnam Singh, an emigrant from New Delhi, who happened to be an accomplished tabla and flute player. Together Oriental Sunshine created a gentle, peaceful, evocative sound; western pop, jazzy and mellow, yet with strong Indian influences and instrumentation on every track. It all hangs together beautifully and is quite unlike anything else I’ve ever heard, yet completely within that Joni Mitchell/Beatles/Indian musical Venn diagram that originally brought Johansen and Walle together.

Their sole album, ‘Dedicated to the Bird We Love’ was released on Philips in 1970, with the trio joined by accomplished jazz musicians Espen Rud (Min Bul), Sture Janson, and Helge Grøslie (Junipher Greene). The album was recorded by the legendary Norwegian producer and recording technician Jan Erik Kongshaug.

Unfortunately for the band,  Nina Johansen’s father died right before the album was released in 1970, and Satnam Singh was deported back to India, effectively ending the band. In the years since, ‘Dedicated to the Bird We Love’ (named after Blackbird by The Beatles as well as in honour of Johansen’s father) has only grown in stature among psych and world music aficionados, with original pressings selling for over a thousand dollars. Round 2’s lovingly remastered reissue of this album on vinyl brings it within a reasonable price for a new generation of music lovers to discover it.

by Ben Adams, 3 December 2016 

Tracks

1. Across Your Life (Nina Johansen) - 3:31
2. Mother Nature (Hans Jorgen Hoines) - 2:25
3. Look At Me (Nina Johansen) - 1:41
4. Unless (Nina Johansen) - 2:51
5. Land Of Wisdom (Hans Jorgen Hoines) - 1:48
6. Let It Be My Birth (Hans Jorgen Hoines) - 2:11
7. Can Anybody Tell? (Nina Johansen) - 5:49
8. Visions (Nina Johansen) - 2:47
9. My Way To Be Hurt (Nina Johansen) - 3:05
10. Where You Went (Tum Kahan Gaye) (Satnam Singh) - 2:51
11. I'm Going (Nina Johansen) - 0:58

Oriental Sunshine
*Nina Johansen - Vocals, Guitar
*Rune Walle - Sitar, Vocals, Guitar
*Satnam Singh - Bamboo Flute, Tablas, Vocals
With
*Helge Grosli - Keyboards
*Sture Janson - Bass
*Espen Rud - Drums, Percussion

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rep>>> Steve Miller Band - Children Of The Future (1968 us, superb psych blues rock, 2012 digipak remaster with bonus track)

The 1968 debut of the Steve Miller Band begins with a shattering cacophony, followed by an acoustic strum emerging like a beacon of light amidst the darkness and clatter.  The album’s title track “Children of the Future” is far removed from the ironic detachment of “The Joker” or the sleek majesty of “Fly Like an Eagle,” later hits that proved the group could go “pop” while still showing off their versatility and impeccable musicianship.

Though the blues-rock guitarist from Wisconsin rose through the ranks in the fertile Bay Area psychedelic rock scene, Miller’s first album was recorded by producer Glyn Johns at London’s Olympic Studios.  Miller and his band (originally Boz Scaggs on guitar/lead and background vocals, Lonnie Turner on bass/background vocals, Jim Peterman on mellotron and organ/background vocals, and Tim Davis on drums/lead and background vocals) married blues guitar licks to hazy, lysergic melodies.  The centerpiece of Children of the Future is the side-long suite which opened the LP, primarily written by Miller.  

It’s bookended by the title song (“We are children of the future…wonder what in the world we are going to do…When they get high, they can see for miles and miles/When we get high, I can see myself for miles…You know I’ve got something that you can use”) and the B.B. King-influenced closer “The Beauty of Time is That It’s Snowing (Psychedelic B.B.),” an instrumental with only the “We are children of the future” mantra for lyrics.  What Mr. King thought of it, I don’t know.  Miller did, indeed, get high, as his lyrics went, and was busted and imprisoned for marijuana possession while recording the album.  The suite’s lyrics combine optimism with hippy-dippy cosmic belief redolent of the period (“In my second mind, I can see you grow/Feel you flow/It moves my soul, yeah”) though traditional love song sentiments and blues tropes are also present.

The second side is more traditional, though songs still flow into one another.  Boz Scaggs, on the verge of coming into his own as a solo artist, contributes two tracks to Side Two.  His pretty, ethereal pop song “Baby’s Callin’ Me Home” (with Ben Sidran on harpischord) segues into the electric rock of “Steppin’ Stone” (not the Monkees hit).  Long before “Jet Airliner,” Miller contributed the folk-rock “Roll with It” (“There’s a plane goin’ down the runway…Believe I better go with it/There’s a train goin’ by the highway…believe I better roll with it”) with its wailing guitar solo.  

The album is rounded out by Jim Pulte’s “Junior Saw It Happen” and a couple of R&B covers, “Fanny Mae” (with its striking R&B harmonica and a riff that was also semi-appropriated for The Beach Boys’ “Help Me, Rhonda”) and the slow-burning “Key to the Highway.”  The new reissue adds one bonus track, the shimmering non-LP single “Sittin’ in Circles,” written by another well-regarded tunesmith, Barry Goldberg of the Electric Flag.

by Joe Marchese

Tracks
1. Children Of The Future - 2:59
2. Pushed Me To It - 0:35
3. You've Got The Power - 0:53
4. In My First Mind (Steve Miller, Jim Peterman) - 7:31
5. The Beauty Of Time Is That It's Snowing (Psychedelic B.B.) - 5:24
6. Baby's Callin' Me Home (Boz Scaggs) - 3:24
7. Steppin' Stone (Scaggs) - 3:00
8. Roll With It - 2:29
9. Junior Saw It Happen (Jim Pulte) - 2:29
10.Fanny Mae (Buster Brown) - 3:09
11.Key To The Highway (Big Bill Broonzy, Charlie Segar) - 6:16
12.Sittin' In Circles (Barry Goldberg) - 3:06
All songs by Steve Miller unless as else stated

Band
*Steve Miller – Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
*Boz Scaggs – Guitar,  Vocals  
*Lonnie Turner – Bass, Vocals
*Jim Peterman – Hammond Organ, Mellotron. Vocals
*Tim Davis – Drums, Vocals
With
*Ben Sidran – Harpsichord

1968  Sailor (2012 digipack remaster)
1969  Your Saving Grace (2012 digi pack remaster)
1970  Steve Miller Band - Number 5 (2012 digi pack remaster)

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rep>>> Steve Miller Band - Sailor (1968 us, spectacular psych bluesy rock, 2012 digipak remaster)

Most definitely a part of the late-'60s West Coast psychedelic blues revolution that was becoming hipper than hip, Steve Miller was also always acutely aware of both the British psychedelic movement that was swirling in tandem and of where the future lay, and how that would evolve into something even more remarkable. 

The result of all those ideas, of course, came together on 1968's magnificent Sailor LP. What was begun on Children of the Future is more fully realized on Sailor, most notably on the opening "Song for Our Ancestors," which begins with a foghorn and only gets stranger from there. Indeed, the song precognizes Pink Floyd's 1971 opus "Echoes" to such an extent that one wonders how much the latter enjoyed Miller's own wild ride. 

Elsewhere, the beautiful, slow "Dear Mary" positively shimmers in a haze of declared love, while the heavy drumbeats and rock riffing guitar of "Living in the U.S.A." are a powerful reminder that the Steve Miller Band, no matter what other paths they meandered down, could rock out with the best of them. And, of course, this is the LP that introduced many to the Johnny "Guitar" Watson classic "Gangster of Love," a song that would become almost wholly Miller's own, giving the fans an alter ego to caress long before "The Joker" arose to show his hand. 

Rounding out Miller's love of the blues is an excellent rendering of Jimmy Reed's "You're So Fine." At their blues-loving best, Sailor is a classic Miller recording and a must-have -- especially for the more contemporary fan, where it becomes an initiation into a past of mythic proportion. 

by Amy Hanson

Tracks
1. Song For Our Ancestors - 5:57
2. Dear Mary - 3:35
3. My Friend (Tim Davis, Boz Scaggs) - 3:30
4. Living In The U.S.A.  - 4:03
5. Quicksilver Girl - 2:40
6. Lucky Man (Jim Peterman) – 3:08
7. Gangster Of Love (Johnny Guitar Watson) - 1:24
8. You're So Fine (Jimmy Reed) - 2:51
9. Overdrive (Boz Scaggs) - 3:54
10.Dime-A-Dance Romance (Boz Scaggs) - 3:26

Tracks 1,2,4,5 written by Steve Miller

Band
*Steve Miller - Guitar, Harmonica, Lead Vocals
*Boz Scaggs - Guitar, Backing Vocals
*Lonnie Turner - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
*Jim Peterman - Keyboards, Background Vocals
*Tim Davis - Drums, Backing Vocals

1969  Steve Miller Band - Your Saving Grace (2012 Edsel)

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rep>>> Ellen McIlwaine - We The People (1973 us, brilliant jazzy bluesy folk rock)

Brilliant work from the great Ellen McIllwaine! Ellen's certainly not a soul artist -- but she's got a particularly soulful approach to folk rock -- one that's made her a favorite of groovers worldwide in the past few decades, thanks to a big push from Gilles Peterson, and the club scene in Tokyo and Germany! The approach on this record is kind of like a mixture between Chaka Khan and Joni Mitchell -- lots of upbeat grooves, mixed with jazzy acoustic guitar and some wonderfully soaring vocals -- in a style that needs to be heard to be fully understood. The standout cut is the amazing "Jimmy Jean", a soaring jazzy dance cut with unbelievable vocals -- and other nice ones include "Sliding", "Ain't No Two Ways", and "All To You".

Tracks

1. Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) - 4:26

2. All To You - 3:05

3. Sliding - 2:52

4. Never Tell Your Mother She's Out Of Tune (Jack Bruce, Pete Brown) - 2:25

5. Farther Along (Traditional) - 3:44

6. I Don't Want To Play - 3:20

7. Underground River - 3:54

8. Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven (But Nobody Wants To Die) (Al Fields, Timmie Rogers, Tom Delaney) - 2:25

9. Jimmy Jean - 2:59

10.We The People - 3:23

All songs by Ellen McIlwaine except where stated

Track 10 Recorded Live At Carnegie Hall, New York

Musicians

*Ellen McIlwaine - Guitars, Vocals

*James Madison - Drums

*Don Payne - Bass

*Gerry Mercer - Drums

*Don Moore - Bass

*Thad Holiday - Bass, Vocals

*Don Kaplan - Piano

*Colin Tilton - Saxophone

*Candido - Conga

*Bill Curtis - Conga

*Bill Keith - Pedal Steel

1972  Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel   

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1968  Fear Itself - Fear Itself (2006 edition)

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rep>>> Colonel Bagshot - Oh! What A Lovely War (1971 uk, amazing atmospheric psychedelia through guitar-based soft-progressive to folky ballads, 2012 Flawed Gems remaster)

Colonel Bagshot's Incredible Bucket Band, were an English rock band formed in the late 1960s in Liverpool, England, comprised of Brian Farrell, Terry McCusker, Dave Dover and Kenny Parry. They had several record deals, toured Europe and played gigs like the Reading Festival. A record by the band from that period (Six Day War) was remixed by DJ Shadow, and also featured in the recent hit-film Phonebooth which starred Colin Farrell.

Brian later went solo and the other guys formed another band called 'Bunny', who went on to support the popular Glam Rock/Pop band, Slade, on their tours. Kenny Parry later joined the band, Liverpool Express-whom still play to this day. 

Tracks

1. Six Day War - 3:58
2. Lay It Down - 3:07
3. Lord High Human Being - 3:00
4. Headhunters - 2:47
5. I've Seen The Light (Ken Parry) - 4:45
6. Dirty Delilah Blues - 4:15
7. Sometimes - 2:02
8. That's What I'd Like To Know - 4:00
9. Smile - 2:55
10.Tightrope Tamer - 2:50
11.Oh! What A Lovely War - 3:18

All songs by Brian Farrell except where noted

Colonel Bagshot
*Brian Farrell - Vocals, Guitar, Stylophone
*Kenny Parry - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
*Dave Dover - Vocals, Bass Guitar, Keyboards
*Terry McCusker - Vocals, Drums

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rep>>> Fever Tree - Creation • For Sale (1969-70 us, marvelous psychedelic rock with blends of blues and classic rock)

In January 1969, the eccentric Dennis Keller left the band. Shortly thereafter, the rest of the group also left.  Sometime around the fall of 1969, The Fever Tree reformed.  Their third album, *Creation*, was also released that year.

Fever Tree featured a guest who would later become a global superstar: Billy Gibbons, later of ZZ Top. Yet this seemed to do the group more harm than good, and suddenly the album features blues and gospel sounds. 

They remained on tour well into 1970 to promote the album, but to no avail. Then Dennis Keller left the group again—due to tension.

Their fourth Album  *For Sale*, was released and, alongside the brilliant single “Hey Mister,” sold very well. Everything that was left over in any way appears on the album. Very little was recorded with the original lineup; the rest features many guest musicians, including former Byrds drummer Kevin Kelley.

Tracks

1. I Put A Spell On You (Herb Slotkin, Screamin' Jay Hawkins) - 3:23

2. You're Not The Same Baby (Scott Holtzman, Vivian Holtzman) - 3:46

3. She Comes In Colors (Arthur Lee) - 3:04

4. Hey Mister (Scott Holtzman, Vivian Holtzman) - 2:06

5. Come On In (Sean Bonniwell) - 2:50

6. Girl Don't Push Me (Scott Holtzman, Vivian Holtzman) - 2:39

7. Hey Joe (Billy Roberts) - 12:56

8. Woman, Woman (Woman) (Jancy Lee Tyler) - 2:33

9. Love Makes The Sun Rise (Frank Davis, Scott Holtzman, Vivian Holtzman) - 2:32

10.Catcher In The Rye (Rob Landes, Scott Holtzman, Vivian Holtzman) - 3:12

11.Wild Woman Ways (Jancy Lee Tyler) - 4:05

12.Fever Blue (Scott Holtzman, Vivian Holtzman) - 3:33

13.Run Past My Window (Jancy Lee Tyler) - 3:25

14.Imitation Situation (Complete And Unabridged) (Rob Landes, Scott Holtzman, Vivian Holtzman) - 4:47

15.Time Is Now (Scott Holtzman, Vivian Holtzman) - 4:05

16.The God Game (Rob Landes, Scott Holtzman, Vivian Holtzman) - 4:35

Fever Tree
*Kevin Kelley - Drums
*E. E. Wolfe - Bass
*Michael Knust - Guitar
*Grant Johnson - Keyboards
*Dennis Keller - Bass, Vocals
With
*John Tuttle - Drums
*Rob Landis - Keyboards
*Hal Blaine - Drums
*David Cohen - Guitar
*Walt Mescal - Guitar
*Joe Osborne - Bass
*Larry Knechtal - Piano
*Billy Gibbons - Guitar
*The Blackberries - Vocals

1968  Fever Tree - Fever Tree (2011 DigiPak)

1969  Fever Tree - Live (2011 DigiPak)

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rep>>> Gabriel Bondage - Angel Dust • Another Trip To Earth (1975/77 us, good space psych prog rock, 2009 digipak release)

Gabriel Bondage was an American post-psych band from Chicago that released the album Angel Dust on local-press Dharma in 1975, followed by Another Trip to Earth in 1977.

Their name was inspired by Gabriel Prosser, an enslaved 18th century blacksmith who — held in bondage on a Richmond, Virginia, plantation — became a martyred early hero of the abolitionist movement after planning one of the earliest anti-slavery revolts.

The group formed in 1973 as One Brain when singer and multi-instrumentalist Rex Bundy, a former writer of religious music, enlisted bassist Tony Stram, once of the Pink Floyd covers band Stark Raving & Mad. They grew to a six-piece with reedist Bill Wisniewski, who once rubbed shoulders with members of Chicago.

As Gabriel Bondage, they opened an early US date by Canadian rockers Rush. Bundy developed a set of originals, influenced by The Beatles, Genesis, and Emerson Lake & Palmer.

Gabriel Bondage signed to Dharma Records, a Libertyville, Ill., indie label whose roster included jazz-rockers Streetdancer and the symphonic trio Atlantis Philharmonic.

Jazz-Rock-Soul

Tracks

1. Babylon - 4:44

2. First Stone In A Pyramid - 3:45

3. You And The Wind - 3:47

4. Take My Eyes - 3:09

5. Ladies And Gentlemen - 4:26

6. Bondage Rust Flakes, Dinosaur, Implosion - 8:10

7. Island - 3:59

8. Sing Me A Song - 3:30

9. Take It On A Dare (Ron Schwartz) - 6:02

10.Long Time - 3:47

11.Living In The City - 4:04

12.Birth Of The Unconquered Sun (L.James Biernacki) - 5:32

13.In The Daylight - 4:00

14.No Winners - 5:01

15.All I Know (L.James Biernacki, Rex Bundy) - 3:51

16.Those Games - 3:51

17.Fallen Angels - 11:11

All songs by Rex Bundy except where stated

Gabriel Bondage

*Rex Bundy - Lead Vocals, Guitar, 12-String Guitar, Drums, Piano, Effects) 

*Tony Stram - Vocals, Bass, Keyboards, Programming 

*Larry Biernacki - Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin 

*Bill Wisniewski - Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone             Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet 

*Ron Schwartz - Piano, Synthesizer, Hammond Organ, Programming 

*P.J. Shadowhawk - Drums

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rep>>> King Harvest - King Harvest (1975 us, delicate soft rock)

In 1969, four students at the prestigious Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., banded together to perform cover songs by such contemporary artists as Sly and the Family Stone, Traffic, Jimi Hendrix, Dr. John and The Band at local pubs, fraternities and nearby colleges. The quartet would split up for the first time only two years later, then in 1971 they regrouped in Paris, France, playing clubs and, by now, their own material. After performing under such names as E Rodney Jones and the Prairie Dogs, the four musicians -- David (Doc) Robinson, Eddie Tuleja, Rod Novak and Ronny Altbach -- decided to call themselves King Harvest, a nod to The Band's song "King Harvest Has Surely Come." An old friend, drummer and future Orleans founding member Wells Kelly, visited the band at their villa in the Paris suburb of Orgeval, France, bringing along not only albums by such popular American bands as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, but also "Dancing in the Moonlight," a song he had composed with his brother, Sherman Kelly.

"We recorded 'Dancing in the Moonlight' in Paris in the fall of 1971 and after it flopped in Europe, we disappeared to lick our wounds," says saxophonist/vocalist Rod Novak. "In the short couple months we were incommunicado, DITM started up the charts in the U.S. and our illustrious record company in France (Musidisc) gave the tapes that they had to the little American company (Perception Records) that leased DITM and Voila!, our first American album." Rod added the band quickly put together "the album which should have been", but unfortunately Perception "went bankrupt before we could release it."

Recording "Dancing in the Moonlight" proved to be a logistical challenge. Lead singer Doc Robinson had to sing out in the stairwell of the small Parisian studio, which was a natural echo chamber (as long as the neighbors didn't come out during the recording), and the peculiar percussion sound they got was the result of using a toilet brush instead of some more modern percussion instrument. It was Jack Robinson, the hands-on producer of the track, who suggested playing the giddy intro to the tune up in the higher octaves, and Robinson who pitched the song to several U.S. and U.K. labels, eventually signing King Harvest to the small New York City label Perception Records.

Now relocated to Olcott Beach, N.Y., on the shore of Lake Ontario, King Harvest embarked on a U.S. tour, but eventually their record company went out of business. Then in the mid-'70s, the band was signed by major label A&M and hooked up with legendary songwriter Jeff Barry as producer. The King Harvest Album was released by A&M in 1975 and featured the band's trademark pop-rock formula of vocal harmony and jingling piano. By now, various members King Harvest were involved in touring with the Beach Boys, and The King Harvest Album featured guest appearances by Beach Boys Mike Love and Carl Wilson, as well as Peter Cetera of Chicago.

In late 2006, the band reacquired the rights to all their music from their former bankrupt record company, and released the above mentioned "album which should have been," now dubbed The Lost Tapes, on iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, and other major online record stores in September 2007. "The reason for the 30-year delay is that we 'lost' our rights to all our music in 1974," says Novak. "Also we just finished a DVD for PBS called The 70s Experience Live where we got together for the first time since 1976." Rod added that there's also talk of the band "going back to Paris and doing a reunion CD with our old producer, Jack Robinson."

Super-70's

Tracks
1. Borderline (Dave Robinson, Ron Altbach, Ed Tuleja, Tony Cahill) - 3:56
2. Vaea-Vy-Ya (Dave Robinson, Sherman Kelly) - 6:00
3. Country Pie (Ron Altbach, Ed Tuleja) - 3:55
4. Shine On (Dave Robinson, Ed Tuleja) - 3:58
5. A Little Bit Like Magic (Ron Altbach, Dave Robinson, Sherman Kelly, Jeff Barry) - 3:16
6. As Soon As We Can Get It Together (Ed Tuleja) - 3:00
7. Rue Du Four Rag (Ron Altbach) / Fly By (Tony Cahill, Ron Altbach, Rod Novak, Dave Robinson, Ed Tuleja, Jeff Barry) - 4:49
8. Old Friends (Ron Altbach, Dave Robinson, Ed Tuleja) - 3:45
9. Jumbee (Dave Robinson, Ed Tuleja, Ron Altbach) - 4:06

King Harvest
*Dave Robinson - Lead Vocals, Bass, Keyboards
*Ed Tuleja - Vocals, Guitar
*Tony Cahill - Bass
*David Montgomery - Drums
*Ron Altbach - Keyboards
*Sherman Kelly - Keyboards
*Rod Novak - Tenor Saxophone
With
*Billy Hinsche, Carl Wilson, Mike Love, Peter Cetera - Backing Vocals
*Jeff Barry - Tambourine
*Charles Lloyd - Saxophone
*Bobby Figueroa - Drums

1972  King Harvest - Dancing In The Moonlight

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rep>>> Puff - Puff (1969 us, fabulous garage beat psych, 2009 remaster)

Puff has a connection to the early sixties group The Ramrods, originally called The Rockin Ramrods. I loved them in back in the day and Bright Lit, Blue Skies is a local classic.

Vin Campisi and Robert Henderson are the Ramrods who started Puff. Ronn Campisi wrote all the songs on the album but supposedly was not a member.

The Puff album didn't get as much attention as some of the other Bosstown Sound albums it seems to me.The album is produced by Alan Lorber so it has his production values and is on MGM Records.

It's a calm sounding album. No real loud rock moments. There are many nice passages and it grows on you the more you hear it. 

Tracks

1. Dead Thoughts Of Alfred - 2:02

2. Rainy Day - 2:42

3. Vacuum - 2:12 

4. Walk Upon The Water - 2:00

5. Who Do You Think You Are - 2:27

6. Of Not Being Able To Go To Sleep - 5:09

7. When I Wake Up In The Morning - 3:05

8. Trees - 3:00 

9. It's My Way - 2:52

10.I Sure Need You - 6:29

11.Go With You - 2:55

12.Changes - 2:30

13.Looking In My Window I - 2:48

14.Looking In My Window II - 2:39

All songs by Ronn Campisi

Puff

*Jim Mandell - Organ, Flute, Piano, Vocals

*David Allen Ryan - Bass, Vocals

*Vin Campisi - Guitar

*Robert H. Henderson - Drums, Vocals

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