The jazz rock fussion band Ambergris, was formed by Jerry Weiss, who appeared on the debut album by Blood, Sweat & Tears. This album was produced by the great Steve Cropper. 01 - Something Happened To Me 02 - Play On Player 03 - Gotta Find Her 04 - Chocolate Pudding 05 - Forget It, I Got It 06 - Walking On The Water 07 - Sunday Lady 08 - Home Groan 09 - Soul Food 10 - Endless Night LINK
Credited to Argus, this album should have be titled as an "Argus” / "Anaconda” split album because it comprises material of two very different groups. Dave Wagstaffe's first bands, Argus was an English blues hard rock band and Anaconda was a jazz rock outfit. Recorded live by Argus at Brondesbury Park, London, 1973 (tracks 1-5) and recorded live by Anaconda at The George Finsbury Park, London, 1977 (tracks 6-12). Dave Wagstaffe, drums, Mick Pearl, bass, Del Watkins, guitar and Ken Lewis, vocals (Argus) and Dave Wagstaffe, drums, Randy Spence guitar, vocals, Rod Newington, bass and "Mad" Reg, flute (Anaconda).
Argus
01 - Friend Of Mine 02 - Road Of Life 03 - Twenty-Four Hours 04 - Same Old Story 05 - Superstition
Anaconda
06 - Funk Song 07 - Why Can't They Leave Us Alone 08 - Take No Chance 09 - Drum Thing 10 - Jubilee Shuffle 11 - 77 St. Thomas Road Part 1 12 - 77 St. Thomas Road Part 2
Armaggedon was a late sixties german hard/heavy blues rock band, Frank Diez (guitar,vocals), Manfred Galatik (keyboards, bass), Michael Nürnberg (bass, guitar) and Jürgen Lorenzen (drums). Their self-titled album is a heavy progressive masterpiece with excellent, Hendrix-influenced guitar work and vocals by Frank Diez. Armageddon was the start of his long and impressive career. Their album had six tracks, and two of them were cover versions. Most impressive was the 10 minute version of Jeff Beck Group's "Rice Pudding". This track had some of the greatest heavy guitar riffing to appear on a German record.(SW) 01 - Round 02 - Open 03 - Oh Man 04 - Rice Pudding 05 - People Talking 06 - Better By You, Better Than Me LINK
British progresive rock band, Ted Bartlett / vocals, Dave Cook / bass, Rodney Harrison / guitar, vocals, Peter Orgil / violin, James Smith / vocals and Ian Snow / drums. This album, which is a cross between Fantasy and The Moody Blues (circa 1971), is worth checking out. Asgard came from the West Country and their first 45 was produced by Tony Clarke. They were also one of the first bands signed by Gerry Hoff, head of The Moody Blues' Threshold label. Rod Harrison had previously played in Please and Bulldog Bread, whilst James Smith and Ian Snow went on to Stonehouse. 01 - In the Realm of Asgaerd 02 - Friends 03 - Town Crier 04 - Austin Osman Spare 05 - Children of a New Born Age 06 - Time 07 - Lorraine 08 - Starquest LINK
Produced by Joel Sill, Atlee were a good hard-rock quartet from California. All the tracks on their sole album were penned by Yeager and demonstrate the band's skill and their sense of humour: Jesus People, Dirty Sheets, Dirty Old Man, Let's Make Love are just some highlights of a very consistent album. Still working with Michael Stevens, Atlee Yeager would go on to issue another album on Chelsea in 1973. Don Francisco, drums, vocals, Bruce Schaffer, Keyboards, Vocals, Michael Stevens, guitar, vocals and Atlee Yager, lead vocals, bass
01 - Rip You Up 02 - Swamp Rythm 03 - Painted Ladies 04 - Jesus People 05 - Let?s Make Love 06 - Will Get Together 07 - Dirty Old Man 08 - Ain?t That The Way 09 - Dirty Sheets
Jan and Dean were a rock and roll duo, popular from the late 1950s through the mid 1960s, consisting of William Jan Berry and Dean Ormsby Torrence. They became associated with the vocal "surf music" craze that was later popularised by The Beach Boys. Popsicle is the 16th album of the duo, arranged & produced by Jan Berry and Snuff Garrett, released in 1966 by Liberty Records. 01 - Popsicle 02 - The Restless Surfer 03 - She's My Summer Girl 04 - Down At Malibu Beach 05 - Summer Means Fun 06 - Tennessee 07 - Norwegian Wood 08 - A Surfer's Dream 09 - Surf Route 101 10 - Surfin' Wild 11 - Waimea Bay 12 - One-Piece Topless Bathing Suit LINK
Shocking Blue was a Dutch rock band from The Hague, the Netherlands, formed in 1967. Their biggest hit, "Venus", went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1970, and the band had sold 13.5 million discs by 1973, but the group disbanded in 1974. Shocking You aka Third Album is an album released in 1971 by Pink Elephant Records. 01 - Venus 02 - Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind 03 - Long And Lonesome Road 04 - Send Me A Postcard Darling 05 - Hot Sand 06 - Mighty Joe 07 - Blossom Lady 08 - Hello Darkness 09 - Time Slips Away 10 - Shocking You 11 - Pickin' Tomatoes 12 - Fireball Of Love 13 - Never Marry A Railroad Man 14 - Velvet Heaven 15 - Roll Engine Roll LINK
CD reissue of this unreleased album of West Coast psych recordings from 1969. Monstrous & unreleased at the time heavy/psychedelic/West Coast artifact of the highest order. This is one of the five best-ever promo-only releases to emerge from California. Only released in a quantity of a couple of copies to get a major record deal that never materialized. Three of the songs were used in a low-budget biker flick called Black Angels. The original demo LP had only a plain black label with no kinds of credits. The original producer told us that a demo-only LP was released by The Zoo after the Chocolate Moose album. The slightly different line-up had the name Joyful Noise (you can see a scan of the acetate in Hans Pokora's 4001 Record Collector's Dreams) but at this time they were looking for a tougher name to fit to the music and they found Mad Dog. Under this name a couple of test pressings were done. So we made a re-release deal straight away. To our surprise the guy told us, after hearing the tape, that he knew the music and that it had already been re-released by another label without any kinds of info using the numbers from the dead end part of the vinyl which was C1/C2! The C was for Cavett, the producer's name. Since the project was already paid, we decided to go on with the release to please collectors with an amazing remastering straight from the master tapes, and an insert with unseen pictures and a band bio written by Morgan Cavett. Howard M. Leese (lead guitar, background vocals), Terry Gottlieb (bass, background vocals), Vincent "Murphy" Carfagna (rhythm guitar), Steve Goldstein (drums, percussion) and Gary Witkosky (lead vocals, background vocals, tenor sax, flute)
01 - Suite For Two Guitars 02 - Military Disgust 03 - Ala Ala 04 - Fort Huachuca Blues 05 - Everything's Alright 06 - Dawn Of The Seventh Sun 07 - The Fast Song 08 - When It Touches You 09 - Soulful Bowlful 10 - Free Fall
Beggars Opera were a progressive rock band from Glasgow, Scotland, and were formed in Glasgow in 1969 by guitarist Ricky Gardiner. Members: Ricky Gardiner (Guitar), Alan Park (Organ), Martin Griffiths (Vox), and Marshall Erskine (Bass) and Raymond Wilson (Drums). Virginia Scott (Mellotron) and Gordon Sellar (Bass) joined in 1971. Waters Of Change is the second album of the band, released in 1971.
01 - Time Machine 02 - Lament 03 - I've No Idea 04 - Nimbus 05 - Festival 06 - Silver Peacock Intro 07 - Silver Peacock 08 - Impromptu 09 - The Fox
October Country was created in 1967 by singer, musician and composer Michael Lloyd, who with 13 years of age was "under the wing of the famous producer Kim Fowley. Michael Lloyd - guitar, composer, songwriter, Caryle (Carol) De Franca - female vocals, Joe De Franca - vocals, Marty Earle - guitar, Bob Wian - keyboards, Bruce Wayne - bass and Eddie Beram - drums. The group, created for this sole LP, disbanded after the recording. About the music, an obvious influence of Lloyd's favorite The Beatles (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band) and The Beach Boys (Pet Sounds).
01 - October Country 02 - Painted Sky 03 - Little Boy Smiling 04 - She's Been Away 05 - Good To Be Around 06 - I Was A Fire 07 - Cowboys And Indians 08 - I Just Don't Know 09 - End Of The Line 10 - My Girlfriend Is A Witch 11 - Caryle's Theme 12 - Baby What I Mean 13 - October Country (Mono) 14 - I Just Don't Know (Mono) 15 - I Wish I Was A Fire (Mono) 16 - Cowboys And Indians (Mono) 17 - My Girlfriend Is A Witch (Bonus Track)
Ptarmigan was formed in Vancouver B.C. in 1970 by Michael Bieling, James Lithgow and Glen Dias. The band performed in coffee houses and small venues around the Vancouver Island and Victoria areas and attracted the attention of world renowned American flautist Paul Horn who had just moved to B.C. They began writing songs with Bieling accompanying on congas & soon added Dennis Lelonde on alto sax, piano & vocals; Monte Nordstrom on 12 string guitar & vocals with a second percussionist, Shawn Mullins. The sextet performed on Vancouver lsland & eventually came to the attention of the renowned flautist Paul Horn who had moved to Victoria, BC to escape the rigours of life in Los Angeles. He was impressed with the group's unorthodox style & encouraged the band to stay in touch. When the group fragmented with Lithgow & Bieling departing Peter Wheeler, an American percussionist, joined the band. Ptarmigan's music creates passages of flowing dreamy progressive almost psychedelic folk. Glen Dias : lead vocal, alto, tenor & bass recorder, incidental percussion, Monte Nordstrom : vocals, 12 string guitar (lead vocals on "A great northern Lake"), Kat Hendrikse : drums, Dave Field : acoustic bass, Richard Mayer : electric bass (on "The Island") and Peter Wheeler : hand drums. 01 - Rise 02 - Go Dancing 03 - The Island-Intro 04 - The Island-Preamble 05 - The Island-Main Theme 06 - Vancouver-Reflections 07 - Vancouver-The City 08 - Night Of The Gulls-On The Water 09 - A Hymn Tio The Ocean & A Great Nothern Lake-Ocean Song 10 - A Hymn Tio The Ocean & A Great Nothern Lake-Afternoon Rain 11 - Coquihalla 12 - Chimborazo(Bonus Track) 13 - Chimborazo-Studio Tag(Bonus Track) LINK
Studio & live rarities. Track 1, 2 First Pink Floyd-Studio-Session, Track 3 Studio Session, October 31, 1966, Track 4 Live in London, May 12, 1967, Track 5+14 Studio outtakes 1967, Track 6-9 BBC-Session, September 30, 1967, Track 10-13 BBC-Session, December 19, 1967, Track 15 Single version, available only on USA Tower label 7", Track 16 Live in Rotterdam October 12, 1967, Track 17 Studio outtake. 01 - Lucy Leave 02 - I´m A Kingbee 03 - Interstellar Overdrive 04 - Astronomy Domine 05 - Experiment 06 - Flaming 07 - The Gnome 08 - Matilda Mother 09 - The Scarecrow 10 - Vegetable Man 11 - Pow R Toc H 12 - Scream Thy Last Scream 13 - Jugband Blues 14 - Silas Lane 15 - Flaming 16 - Reaction In G 17 - Milky Way LINK
Cahoots is the fourth album by Canadian-American rock group The Band released in 1971 and was their last all-original studio album for four years. It received only mixed reviews when it first appeared. Robbie Robertson wrote or co-wrote all but one of the album tracks, Bob Dylan's "When I Paint My Masterpiece." Robertson's occasional co-writers include Danko and Helm on "Life is a Carnival", and Van Morrison on "4% Pantomime." The album cover for Cahoots was painted by New York artist/illustrator Gilbert Stone. 01 - Life Is A Carnival 02 - When I Paint My Masterpiece 03 - Last Of The Blacksmiths 04 - Where Do We Go From Here 05 - 4% Pantomime 06 - Shoot Out In Chinatown 07 - The Moon Struck One 08 - Thinkin' Out Loud 09 - Smoke Signal 10 - Volcano 11 - The River Hymn LINK
Badger was a British rock band from the early 1970s. The band was co-founded by keyboardist Tony Kaye after he left Yes, with David Foster. The pair found drummer Roy Dyke, formerly of Ashton, Gardner & Dyke, and Dyke suggested Brian Parrish on guitar. The new band signed to Atlantic Records. Badger's first release was the live album, One Live Badger, co-produced by Jon Anderson and Geoffrey Haslam, and was taken from a show opening for Yes. In the progressive rock genre, five of the songs were co-written by the whole band, with a sixth by Parrish. 01 - Wheel Of Fortune 02 - Fountain 03 - Wind Of Change 04 - River 05 - The Preacher 06 - On The Way Home LINK
Rod Piazza formed blues band Bacon Fat in 1968. Piazza's idol and mentor, George "Harmonica" Smith joined the band and they had a "dual harp" sound. Bacon Fat released two albums the following two years. Piazza left and worked in other bands before going solo in 1974. Rod "Gingerman" Piazza - vocals, harmonica, George "Harmonica" Smith - vocals, harmonica, J.D. Nicholson - piano, vocals, Ivan "Buddy" Reed - guitar, vocals, Gregg Schaefer - guitar, mandolin, Dick Innes Jr. - drums and Jerry Smith - bass. 01 - Up The Line 02 - Boom Boom (Out Goes The Lights) 03 - Small's On 53Rd 04 - She's A Wrong Woman 05 - I Need Your Love 06 - Juicy Harmonica 07 - Nobody But You 08 - Telephone Blues 09 - You're So Fine 10 - Too Late LINK
Barefoot Jerry was and is a Nashville-based Southern rock and progressive Country band most active from 1971-1977. It was composed of area studio musicians under the tutelage of Wayne Moss, lead guitarist of Area Code 615, and other 615 alumni. This name is also used to refer to Moss and his sidemen in current reunions and other projects. Moss founded Cinderella Recording Studios and has operated it since 1960. Barefoot Jerry's first line up consisted of: Wayne Moss guitar/keyboards/vocals, Mac Gayden - guitar/keyboards/vocals, Kenneth A. Buttrey - drums, and John Harris - keyboards. This line up of Barefoot Jerry recorded the superb Southern Delight before Gayden left in 1972. 01 - Hospitality Song 02 - I'm Proud To Be A Redneck 03 - Smokies 04 - Quit While You're A Head 05 - Blood Is Not The Answer 06 - Come To Me Tonight 07 - Finishing Touches 08 - The Minstrel Is Free At Last 09 - Nobody Knows 10 - That's Ok, He'll Be Your Brother Someday LINK
Gayden left in 1972 to form his own band - Skyboat; Buttrey joined Neil Young's band. Wayne Moss and John Harris were soon joined by Russ Hicks - guitar/steel guitar/horn/vocals and Kenny Malone - drums for the equally breathtaking "Barefoot Jerry" released on Warner Brothers in 1972. 01 - Castle Rock 02 - One Woman 03 - In God We Trust 04 - Message 05 - Friends 06 - Snuff Queen 07 - Little Maggie 08 - Warm 09 - Fish 'n' Tits 10 - Ain't It Nice In Here 11 - Ebenezer LINK
Minor heroes of the East Coast garage-psych boom of the late '60s, the Druids of Stonehenge were a New York-based band. With an average age of 17, the group formed as the Druids in 1965, and that November a lineup comprised of Budge, guitarists Carl Hauser and Billy Tracy, bassist Tim Workman, and drummer Steve Tindall entered Manhattan's Nola Studios. This first session produced versions of "Who Do You Love," "Baby Please Don't Go," "Pretty Thing," and "I Put a Spell on You"; further sessions cut over the next year or so included similarly seething covers of Bo Diddley's "I (Who Have Nothing)" and "Bald Headed Woman." These earliest recordings have since been compiled onto a self-titled Sundazed mini-album, selections and performances that place the band firmly in the Rolling Stones/Pretty Things-flavored camp of brutally high-octane R&B. In 1968, the newly renamed and psychedelically realigned Druids of Stonehenge relocated to the West Coast and, signing to the Uni label, cut the single "A Garden Where Nothing Grows" and the album Creation. Notable for further stylized covers, Dylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" and Love's "Signed D.C." among them, together with a fiery retread of "I Put a Spell on You," the album was recorded in two sets of sessions, the bulk at TTG in L.A., the remainder back at Nola in New York. For many years best known only for the two songs later culled for the Baubles, Vol. 1 compilation, "Six Feet Down" and "Pale Dream," Creation has also since been reissued by Sundazed.(AMG) 01 - Six Feet Down 02 - Earthless 03 - I Put A Spell On You 04 - Speed 05 - Bring It On Home (Can't Get By Alone) 06 - Painted Woman 07 - Pale Dream 08 - Signed, D.C 09 - Forgot To Begot 10 - A Garden Where Nothing Grows 11 - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue LINK
The Illinois Speed Press was an American rock band formed - originally as The Rovin' Kind - in Chicago, later relocating to California. The band was formed by Paul Cotton - later of Poco - and Kal David. According to Allmusic, their sound "combined elements of R&B and country music in a powerful double-lead-guitar attack." Paul Cotton, guitar vocals, Kal David, guitar vocals, Mike Anthony, keyboards, vocals, Fred Page, drums, Keith Anderson, bass and Rob Lewine, bass. 01 - Get In The Wind 02 - Hard Luck Story 03 - Here Today 04 - Pay The Price 05 - P.N.S. When You Come Around 06 - Be A Woman 07 - Sky Song 08 - Beauty 09 - Free Ride 10 - Right On Time 11 - Nite People 12 - G.I.T.W. Part II (Instrumental) LINK
Released in 1973 only in Germany. "A second Rickfors-led Hollies album Out On The Road (1973) was recorded and issued in Germany, however no UK or USA release was made as Rickfors then stepped down, giving this lost Hollies Album legendary status among the band's fans, and high prices on the original German release." 01 - Out On The Road 02 - A Better Place 03 - They Don´t Realise I´m Down 04 - The Last Wind 05 - Mr. Heartbreaker 06 - I Was Born A Man 07 - Slow Down, Go Down 08 - Don ¥t Leave The Child Alone 09 - Nearer To You 10 - Pick Up The Pieces Again 11 - Trans-Atlantic West Bound Jet LINK
