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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Ramatam - Ramatam (1972 us / uk, rough heavy prog brass rock with jazz shades, feat Mike Pinera, Mitch Mitchell, 2004 edition)

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Ramatam's chief claim to fame was in having a female lead guitarist, April Lawton, in the early '70s, especially as she w...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Doug Ashdown - The Age Of Mouse (1970 australia, prominent folk psych with spiritual citations, 2005 issue)

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Adelaide-born Doug Ashdown was an early starter in music. At the age of ten, he was given a banjo which he learned to play by ear...
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Sunday, May 15, 2016

American Flyer - American Flyer / Spirit Of A Woman (1976-77 us, wonderful orchestrated silk rock, George Martin production with Steve Katz, Doug Yule, Craig Fuller and Eric Kaz, 2003 remaster)

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American Flyer has long been a favorite of singer/songwriter, L.A. country-rock, and '70s soft rock aficionados, partially becaus...
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Saturday, May 14, 2016

Cold Blood - Vintage Blood Live (1973 us, unique brass rock in' soul)

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“East Bay Funk” is a musical amalgam created in the early seventies on the other end of the Bay bridge from San Francisco by, pri...
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Friday, May 13, 2016

Blood Sweat And Tears - Blood Sweat And Tears (1969 us, outstanding jazz rock, 2014 audio fidelity and 2016 SACD)

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Blood, Sweat & Tears self-titled second album from 1969 is the latest Hybrid Layer Stereo Super Audio CD release from Mobile...
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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Cold Blood - Thriller (1973 us, lavish soulful funky jazz rock, 2005 remaster)

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I consider some of the albums residing in my respectable but eclectic collection of vinyl records, deteriorating cassette tapes a...
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Monday, May 9, 2016

Analogy - Analogy (1972 italy / germany, ravishing prog krautrock, 2001 bonus track remaster)

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Analogy, today one of Germany’s best-known bands in the field of melodic progressive rock, formed, as such, in the spring of 1972...
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Saturday, May 7, 2016

The Moody Blues - The Magnificent Moodies (1964-66 uk, awesome beat rhythm and blues, 2014 anniversary deluxe double disc edition)

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An album of scruffy gumption and R'n'B grit, The Magnificent Moodies doesn’t sound anything like the symphonic prog that h...
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Friday, May 6, 2016

Geoff Muldaur And Amos Garrett - Live In Japan (1979 us, essential blues folk rock)

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Amos Garrett certainly is one of the most accomplished guitar player working today and yet Amos Garrett is legendary but not famo...
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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Steve Tilston - An Acoustic Confusion (1971 uk, excellent acoustic folk rock, 2013 extra tracks edition)

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"Lovingly remastered" is a phrase in danger of becoming a clich,, but in the case this re-release of Steve Tilston's f...
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