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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Cochise – Velvet Mountain An Anthology (1970-72 uk, magnificent classic guitar rock with country and folk elements, 2013 double disc set remaster)

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Yes, that is indeed a naked female breast on the cover of this compilation of the underrated British rock act Cochise, taken from...
Sunday, March 5, 2017

Renaissance - Renaissance (1969 uk, great prog jazz rock with classical influence, 2008 remaster)

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The history of Renaissance is essentially the history of two separate groups, rather similar to the two phases of the Moody Blues or th...
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Saturday, March 4, 2017

Illusion – Illusion (1978 uk, startling prog rock, 2011 remaster)

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In 1975 Keith Relf, the singer and former colleague of mine in the Yardbirds, called me up for a 'get-together' with his ...
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Friday, March 3, 2017

Illusion - Out Of The Mist (1977 uk, amazing prog rock, 2011 remaster)

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Illusion were a British band formed in 1977. They released two albums Out Of The Mist and Illusion both on Island Records. Their ...
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Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Grin - Grin (1971 us, awesome blend of country folk and classic rock, 2005 remaster)

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Nils Lofgren raised in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Garrett Park, Maryland, he began playing music at an early age, picking up ...
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Thursday, February 23, 2017

Space Farm - Space Farm (1972 new zealand, spectacular heavy guitar bluesy rock)

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In February 1971, when the Underdogs, whom at that time consisted of Harvey Mann, Glen Absolum and Neil Edwards, released their ...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Crystal Image - II / Rock And Roll (1974 us, fantastic fuzz driven west coast psychedelia, with groovy almost funky sections, 2001 edition)

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John Covert (keyboards/vocal) established Crystal Image band and Crystal Image Music BMI in 1968. Covert has Opened shows for War...
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Monday, February 20, 2017

Hatfield And The North - Afters (1974-75/80 uk, brilliant canterbury prog rock, 2011 japan SHM remaster)

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Amongst the more revered of 1970s Canterbury bands—including Egg, Soft Machine, Caravan, Gilgamesh and Gong—Hatfield and the Nor...
Friday, February 17, 2017

Kathe Green - Run The Length Of Your Wildness (1969 us / uk, smart baroque psych folk, 2009 remaster)

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Strangely scattershot, if fitfully entertaining LP, Run the Length of Your Wildness can't quite make up its mind whether to b...
Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Hatfield And The North - Hatfield And The North (1974 uk, glorious divine canterbury prog rock, 2011 SHM extra tracks remaster)

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When Andy Tillison included a piece of music entitled The Canterbury Sequence on The Tangent’s debut album he certainly started someth...
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