All of the Non-album B-sides, 1963-97, remastered. 01 - I Want To Be Loved 02 - Stoned 03 - Good Bad Times 04 - Bad Day 05 - Long While 06 - Who's Driving Plane 07 - Child Of Moon 08 - Let It Rock 09 - Thru Lonely Nights 10 - Every Thing Sturning Gold 11 - Harder They Come 12 - Think Going Mad 13 - Fancy Man Blues 14 - Cook Blues 15 - I Wish Never Met You 16 - Storm 17 - Jump On Top 18 - So Young 19 - Gonna Drive 20 - Any Way You Look At It 21 - Everybody Knows Good Thing 22 - Key To Highway LINK
Aardvark made one album only, then totally vanished from the scene. However, it was a very good album with lots of heavy prog workouts that should appeal to all fans of early prog acts like The Nice, Spooky Tooth, Deep Purple, Quatermass and Egg. "A very strong album, and whilst not terribly innovative, is still hugely enjoyable in many respects." Frank Clark - percussion, David Skillin - vocals, Steve Milliner - organ, piano, celeste, vibes, marimba & recorders and Stan Aldous - bass 01 - Copper Sunset 02 - Very Nice Of You To Call 03 - Many Things To Do 04 - The Greencap 05 - I Can't Stop 06 - The Outing-Yes 07 - Once Upon A Hill 08 - Put That In Your Pipe And Smoke It LINK
Heavily influenced by San Francisco bands (Big Brother and Jefferson Airplane quickly come to mind), the Santa Rosa, California-based A Euphonious Wail was roughly five years behind creative and popular tastes. Not that it stopped a struggling Kapp Records from signing the quintet. Built around the talents of drummer Doug Hoffman, keyboardist Bart Libby, singer Suzanne Rey, singer/guitarist Steve Tracy and bassist Gary Violetti. 01 - Pony 02 - We've Got The Chance 03 - Did You Ever 04 - When I Start To Live 05 - F# 06 - Chicken 07 - Night Out 08 - Love My Brother 09 - I Want To Be A Star LINK
Thorinshield is sometimes labeled a U.S. folk-psych trio or a sunshine pop band by collectors, but though they share some traits with Californian sunshine pop artists, they had a more straightforward, less lightweight rock flavor than many acts given that label. On their sole, obscure, self-titled album (from 1968), the influences of the melodic rock and vocal harmonies of the 1966-1967 Beatles are evident, as are some of the ornate orchestration, production trickery, and trippily optimistic-romantic lyrics that were becoming in vogue throughout much pop music by the late '60s.(AMG) Bass - Bob Ray, drums - Terry Hand and guitar - James Smith 01 - Life Is A Dream 02 - Brave New World 03 - Wrong My Friend 04 - Here Today 05 - Pleasure Time 06 - The Best Of It 07 - Daydreaming 08 - Light That Love Brings 09 - Prelude To A Postlude 10 - One Girl 11 - Collage Of Attitudes LINK
From Grand Rapids, Michigan, the Fredric issued a rare, limited-run album in the late '60s, Phases and Faces, that's highly valued in some collector quarters. It would be ultimately inaccurate to call this garage psychedelia; it's too clean-cut and poppy, with conscientious harmonies, guitar-organ interplay, and light lovelorn lyrics. They were a very young group, and it shows in the callow songwriting, despite the well-executed arrangements. The single "Red Pier" made some modest local noise, and by 1970 they were signed to Capitol, who changed their name to the Rock Garden. They disbanded shortly after beginning their relationship with Capitol; drummer-vocalist David Idema eventually had a hit as David Geddes, "Run Joey Run." (AMG). 01 - Federal Reserve Bank Blues 02 - The Girl I Love 03 - All About Judi 04 - Henry Adams 05 - Morning Sunshine 06 - Taggin' 07 - Cousin Mary Knows 08 - My Yellow Tree Red Piper 09 - Red Pier 10 - Old Fashioned Guy 11 - Born In Fire 12 - Saturday Morning With Rain LINK
These Trails was an Honolulu, Hawaii group that was privately pressed on Sinergia Records in 1973. Members were Patrick Cockett (vocals, slide guitar, tabla), Eric Kingsbury (guitar), Margaret Morgan (vocals, guitar, dulcimer), Carlos Pardeiro (vocals, guitar, sitar), Dave Choy (arp synthesizer, recorder, arrangements and final mix) and Ron Rosha (ipu). Their eponymous album is an album that skillfully combines a keen sense of melody with otherworldly vocals from the enigmatic late Margaret Morgan and innovative sonic experimentation that over 30 years later has stood the test of time. What's more the band furnished each of its tracks with the colours, scents and atmospheres of the botanical treasure of the volcanic Pacific island paradise that birthed them. (PRBlog) 01 - These Trails 02 - Our House In Hanalei 03 - Of Broken Links 04 - El Rey Pascador 05 - Psyche I & Share Your Water 06 - Hello Lou 07 - Rusty's House & Lost In Space 08 - Psyche I I 09 - Sowed A Seed 10 - Rapt Attention 11 - Waipoo 12 - Garden Botanum LINK
