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Sunday, October 8, 2023

Blue Rose - Blue Rose (1972 us, fine rural rock)

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The Blue Rose LP is worth looking for. The album. It’s a pretty good piece of work. The opener, “My Impersonal Life” – which was edited down...
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Saturday, October 7, 2023

Greg Sneddon - Mind Stroll (1975 australia, beautiful melodic baroque prog rock, 2019 korean remaster)

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Australian composer and instrumentalist Greg Sneddon's sole album is a wonderful mixture of pop, space rock and strong keyboard driven p...
Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Allan Clarke - My Real Name Is 'Arold (1972 uk, wonderful straight ahead rock with folk and country aspects)

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Singer/guitarist/songwriter Allan Clarke is one of the founders of the Hollies; intermittently, he also has maintained a solo career. Clarke...
Monday, October 2, 2023

rep> Soho Orange - Soho Orange (1971 uk, heavy rumbling psych rock)

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The music you're about to hear is rough, fresh and sometimes strange. The power of the Picts once more . Soho Orange (Glasgow n...
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Sunday, October 1, 2023

Southern Cross - Southern Cross (1976 australia, hot burning hard rock, 2011 reissue)

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A heavy rock band formed by ex-Buffalo members Alan Milano and John Baxter. Milano was co-vocalist on Dead Forever while John Baxter was res...
Friday, September 29, 2023

Morning Dew - No More (1966-69 us, tight, dynamic garage psych, 2009 release)

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The Morning Dew's body of work provides a compelling object lesson in how far into the ether the average American rock dude would drift ...
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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Garland Jeffreys And Grinder's Switch - Garland Jeffreys And Grinder's Switch (1970 puerto rico / us, intelligent combined reggae, blues and idiosyncratic country-rock amalgams)

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As a child of black, white and Puerto Rican heritage growing up in the ‘50s, Jeffreys was raised on everything from R&B to the first bur...
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Monday, September 25, 2023

rep> Johnny Lunchbreak - Appetizer / Soup's On (1974-75 us, amazing guitar garage psych rock)

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Johnny Lunchbreak, never even released an album. The band had roots at King Philip Junior High in West Hartford, Conn., and their...
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Sunday, September 24, 2023

Genya Ravan - Goldie Zelkowitz (1974 us, essential funky blues rock, 2008 remaster)

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When you hear the great blues singer Genya Ravan totally capture Gregg Allman's "Whipping Post," you realize that his melody n...
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Saturday, September 23, 2023

Various Artists - Vintage Psychedelia From The Music City (1968-69 us, wonderful sunny beat psych, 2008 release)

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For about 15 years, in the 1990’s and the early 2000’s, wonderful 50s/60s  compilations of tracks from the small labels of Nashville appeare...
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