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Thursday, April 8, 2021

Unicorn - Laughing Up Your Sleeve (1973-74 uk, marvelous folk country soft prog rock, 2018 remaster)

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Back during the early-to-mid-‘70s, England’s Unicorn was plowing a similar country rock-styled vein as pub-rockers like Brinsley Schwarz, bu...
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Wednesday, April 7, 2021

NRBQ - High Noon A 50 Year Retrospective (1966-2016 us, career-spanning 5 disc boxed set, produced and compiled to celebrate 50 years, 2016 remaster)

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Once you’ve steeped yourself in the music and sensibility of NRBQ, it makes total sense that a sprawling career retrospective should start i...
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Monday, April 5, 2021

Roger Nichols And The Small Circle Of Friends - Roger Nichols And The Small Circle Of Friends (1964-68 us, soft pop, a smattering of rock, heavy dose of easy listening with great vocal blend, 2005 remaster and xpanded)

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It’s 1967.  You record a debut album for an upstart record label.  It doesn’t sell in fantastic numbers when first issued, but it gains a ve...
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Sunday, April 4, 2021

Chris Bell - Looking Forward The Roots Of Big Star (1969-71 us, rough energy, fractured guitar heroics, and splendid lead vocals, 2017 remaster)

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Perhaps 2017 will finally right the cosmic wrong that keeps Chris Bell a cult figure, relegating his memory to being “the guy that left afte...
Saturday, April 3, 2021

NRBQ - NRBQ (1969 us, tossing bits and pieces of genres into the blender and then rocking it up good, 2018 remaster)

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Fifty years later, NRBQ’s eponymous debut remains a remarkable feat even now. A stunningly ambitious blend of styles and sounds, it comes ac...
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Friday, April 2, 2021

Violence Fog And Jerusalem - SWF Sessions Volume Six (1971 germany, fascinating prog blues rock with echoes of west coast, 2001 remaster)

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Violence Fog  founded in 1969 by members of local bands from the Baden-Baden area. After just a few rehearsals, the band was able to perform...
Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Haboob - Haboob (1971 us, freaky acid funky psych proto prog, 2009 remaster)

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Mysterious one-off project, co-led by 3 US expatriots living in Munich, Germany: Keyboardist Jimmy Jackson, drummer George Green and Guitari...
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Monday, March 29, 2021

Heads Hands And Feet - Heads Hands And Feet (1971 uk, remarkable classic rock with blues and country tinges)

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Following the dissolution of Poet & the One Man Band, Albert Lee (guitar), Pete Gavin (drums), Tony Colton (vocals), and Ray Smith (guit...
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Friday, March 26, 2021

Sequoiah - Sequoiah (1976 us, wonderful folk country rock, 2009 korean remaster)

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After a stint in the Army, a college degree, and an Air Force tour, singer/guitarist Tom Mobley kicked around the Indiana music scene playin...
Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Various Artsists - Fab Gear The British Beat Explosion And Its Aftershocks (1963-67 uk, beat soul and harmony bleed into psychedelia, six pack disc 2018 release)

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  “Yesterday’s Gone”: the song by folk-pop duo Chad and Jeremy opens the first of the six discs comprising Cherry Red and RPM’s new box set ...
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