Recent Updates

▼
Saturday, June 13, 2026

rep>>> Wild Turkey - Turkey (1972 uk, excellent prog rock, 2013 bonus tracks remaster and 2002 xtra tracks reissue)

›
Wild Turkey released their second album, Turkey, in October 1972 on Chrysalis. It contains two Hopkins cuts (“Tomorrows Friend,” “Chuck Stal...
4 comments:
Friday, June 12, 2026

rep>>> Fantasy - Paint A Picture (1973 uk, essential progressive rock, full of delightful twists and turns, 2005 remaster with bonus tracks)

›
Many of the most obscure progressive bands of the late 60s and early 70s are included in our exhaustive appraisal of private pressi...
1 comment:
Thursday, June 11, 2026

rep>>> Donovan - Breezes Of Patchouli His Studio Recordings (1966-69 uk, outstanding folk jazzy bluesy pychedelia, 2013 four discs remaster)

›
Despite a title that suggests, to the uninitiated, a mocking comedy sketch by Chris Morris, this box of delights comprising Donova...
4 comments:
Wednesday, June 10, 2026

rep>>> Derek And The Dominos - Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (1970 uk/us, classic treasure, 2013 platinum SHM edition)

›
In 1970, the recording engineer Tom Dowd brokered one of the most auspicious meetings in rock history -- between guitarist Eric C...
5 comments:
Tuesday, June 9, 2026

rep>>> Thunderduk - Thunderduk (1972-74 us, fine heavy guitar jamming psych with jazz elements, 2007 Footprint issue)

›
Spawned from the fertile musical grounds of Cleveland, Ohio, Thunderduk was part of a local scene that included the likes of The...
Monday, June 8, 2026

rep>>> Santana - Welcome (1973 us, fusion rock masterpiece, 2023 SACD)

›
The choice of “Welcome,” a John Coltrane composition from Kulu Se Mama, as the title tune of the new Santana album is a natural follow-up to...
5 comments:
Sunday, June 7, 2026

rep>>> Kensington Market - Aardvark (1969 canada, great psych fusing folk with baroque, prog and jazz elements, 2008 remaster)

›
By the end of the 1960s, the psychedelic-rock revolution was peaking. Dream-laced lyrics and trippy effects, including distortion,...

rep>>> Felix Pappalardi - Don't Worry Ma (1979 us, excellent amalgam of rhythm 'n' blues and classic rock, 2004 edition)

›
The late 1970s were a strange time. Many of the movers and shakers of the previous decade and a half had believed the press releases, and ta...
Saturday, June 6, 2026

rep>>> Show Of Hands - Formerly Anthrax (1970 us, extraordinary prog jazz, psych rock, 2008 edition)

›
The roots of San Diego jazz-rock trio Formerly Anthrax lie in the psychedelic band the National Debt, formed in 1967 by singer/gu...
5 comments:
Friday, June 5, 2026

rep>>> Barry Goldberg - Two Jews Blues (1969 us, classic blues rock)

›
This is one of those late-'60s collaborations where I expected the world to explode when I put it on, and felt disappointed when...
8 comments: