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Monday, August 23, 2021

Nektar - Journey To The Centre Of The Eye (1971 uk, incredible space prog rock, 2006 bonus tracks and 2013 SHM double disc remasters)

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Nektar are one of those classic progressive rock bands who have seen their catalog reissued and remastered countless times over the years, a...
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Saturday, August 21, 2021

Spectrum - Milesago (1971-72 australia, a prog rock milestone, 2008 digi pak double disc remaster and expanded)

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January 1972 was a high point in Spectrum's career, with two major events that month. The first was the release of their landmark second...
Friday, August 20, 2021

Tudor Lodge - Tudor Lodge (1971 uk, wonderful hippie baroque folk rock harmonies, 2011 remaster with bonus track)

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Tudor Lodge was originally formed in 1968, featuring John Stannard and Roger Strevens. The group started playing at the White Horse in Readi...
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Thursday, August 19, 2021

Free - Free At Last (1972 uk, great classic rock, 2002 remaster with extra tracks)

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Following Paul Rodgers' unsuccessful project titled Peace and Andy Fraser's ill-fated Toby, Free rebuilt themselves and released Fre...
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Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Apothecary - Apothecary (1973 us, wonderful folkish classic rock)

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Recorded at East Detroit's G.M. Studios with Wesley Willard and Guy Marasco co-producing, I've struggled to bin these guys.  With al...
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Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Blue Jug - Blue Jug (1975 us, fine southern rock, 2006 japan remaster)

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Blue Jug (from Seattle by way of Nashville) and First albums are rarely as impressive as this one, and now I wonder if I've overstated t...
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Sunday, July 25, 2021

Matching Mole - Matching Mole's Little Red Record (1972 uk, extraordinary art prog rock, 2013 japan Blu Spec and 2012 double disc extra tracks remasters)

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With antagonistic artwork - a pastiche of a Chinese propaganda poster - Little Red Record was a different album in many respects. For starte...
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Saturday, July 24, 2021

Pure Prairie League - If The Shoe Fits / Just Fly / Dance (1976/78 us, fine southern country soft rock, 2013 double disc remaster)

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On 1976's "IF THE SHOE FITS" features the same PPL line-up, though this time the band members co-wrote much of the material wi...
Thursday, July 22, 2021

Billy Boy Arnold with Tony McPhee And The Groundhogs - Dirty Mother (1977 us / uk, superb hard boogie rock, 2007 remaster)

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This long-buried treasure, featuring a recording session from 1977 available on disc for the first time, reveals two like-minded hard-blues ...
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Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Harry Chapin - Original Album Series (1972-76 us, brilliant folk rock, 2009 five disc box)

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Harry Chapin's debut album is a smoothly put-together, if slightly musically unbalanced piece of singer/songwriter rock, unbalanced beca...
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