The Merseybeats are a Merseybeat band that emerged from the Liverpool scene in the early 1960s, performing at The Cavern Club along with The Beatles, Gerry & The Pacemakers and other similar artists and remains active until today. The current line-up is: Tony Crane (founder member) lead vocals and lead guitar; Billy Kinsley (founder member) lead vocals and rhythm guitar; Bob Packham (joined 1974) backing vocals and bass guitar; Dave Goldberg keyboards and lead guitar (joined 2000); and Lou Rosenthal (joined 2000) drums. They signed a recording contract with Fontana and had their first hit single in 1963 with "It's Love That Really Counts", followed in 1964 by their million-selling recording "I Think of You" which gained them their first gold disc. The Merseybeats appeared regularly at Liverpool's Cavern Club, and they claim to have appeared there with The Beatles on more occasions than any other band from that era. They were also successful abroad, touring in Germany and the US in 1964, and having their own Merseybeats Show on Italian television.
01 - Milkman 02 - Hello, Young Lovers 03 - He Will Break Your Heart 04 - Funny Face 05 - Really Mystified 06 - The Girl That I Marry 07 - Fools Like Me 08 - My Heart And I 09 - Bring It On Home To Me 10 - Lavender Blue 11 - Jumping Jonah 12 - Don't Turn Around
Rod Piazza is an American blues harmonica player and singer. In the mid 1960s, Piazza formed his first band The House of DBS, which later changed its name to the Dirty Blues Band. The band signed with ABC-Bluesway and released two albums in 1967 and 1968. The band broke up in 1968, and Piazza formed Bacon Fat that year. 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. The Los Angeles' blues band Bacon Fat was essentially a vehicle for Rod Piazza and his superb `chromatic' harmonica playing - loud, live and gutsy! The band line-up on this disc includes Buddy Reed and Gregg Schaefer on guitars, J.D. Nicholson on Piano with Jerry Smith on bass and Dick Innes on drums. 01 - Up The Line 02 - Boom, Boom (Out Go 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
Christian garage band from Dayton, Ohio. "Christian flower psych, soul and bluesy moves. Also released in Italy and Israel. Formerly garage band Jerry & the Others who appear on the WONE compilation."(AA). "Highly obscure funky psych/prog album originally from 1973. Nice wah wah guitars with funky songs that vary from bubblegum pop "Fort Lauderdale" through to psychedelic sounds on "Too Late For Chance". Interesting lost 70's album." (FE) 01 - Looking For The Answer 02 - Too Late To Chance 03 - Sissy Strut + 04 - Romp 05 - Fort Lauderdale 06 - 25 Miles 07 - By The Size Of My Shoes 25 Miles 08 - Everybody Say Yeah 09 - Hip Hugger 10 - Your Mother Chews Tobacco LINK
Demos of baroque pop songs with a Kinks-style flair for decrepit Brit society lyrics from a post-art school songwriting team in midlands UK, whose singles were played by Honeybus members & studio string session players. Sixteen tracks cut across 1967-68 by one of the most enigmatic UK psych-pop acts, who recorded two highly regarded singles for Polydor before disappearing forever. This set features "Esprit de Corps', "Your Servant Stephen' and two versions of the classic "Mazy' as well as twelve previously unreleased tracks that confirm the Peep Show to have been an extraordinary, even unique group who boasted a peculiar lyrical vision and idiosyncratic pop sensibilities. 1000 numbered copies on 190gm vinyl.
01 - Your Servant Stephen 02 - Mazy 03 - Big Giant Man 04 - Lost My Lover 05 - Lovey Dovey Feeling 06 - Silver Queen Of The Screen 07 - When You're Getting Tired 08 - Rum Sensation 09 - Called And Chosen 10 - Esprit De Corps 11 - The Hovercraft Song 12 - Goodbye Child 13 - Morning 14 - Do Not Wait For Better Times 15 - Mazy # 2 16 - My Friends And I
Hailing from Detroit City, hard rockers Third Power were led by singer/guitarist Drew Abbott (later to become a longtime member of Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band), along with bassist Jem Targal and drummer Jim Craig. Third Power formed in 1969 and quickly emerged as a favorite on the local club circuit thanks to the band's hard rock, bone-rattling sound and their influence from such three-person bands as Cream or the Jimi Hendrix Experience. In 1970 the album Believe was recorded for the Vanguard label but it was deemed too heavy for the label's direction and lacked the support that could have made it more of a hit. This decision by Vanguard to drop the band from their roster almost immediately after the album's release made it an instant collectable.(AV) 01 - Gettin' Together 02 - Feel So Lonely 03 - Passed By 04 - Lost In a Daydream 05 - Persecution 06 - Comin' Home 07 - Won't Beg Any More 08 - Crystalline Chandelier 09 - Like Me Love Me LINK
There are more than one band called Wolfe, this is a early 70's UK psychedelic pop band. This was a US release only on Rare Earth and is a very relaxing and melodic mix of pleasant harmonies and good songwriting. 01 - Ballad Of The Unloved 02 - Bite It Deep 03 - Love Song 04 - Something In The Way She Moves 05 - Funny Funny 06 - Dead From The Head Down 07 - Dancing In The Moonlight 08 - Tale Of Two Cities 09 - Us 10 - Mama Lion 11 - Time Is Money 12 - Song With No Name LINK
Blue Cheer were an American psychedelic blues-rock band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and were sporadically active from that point on until 2009. Based in San Francisco, Blue Cheer played in a psychedelic blues-rock style, and are also credited as being pioneers of heavy metal (their cover of "Summertime Blues" is sometimes cited as the first in the genre), punk rock, stoner rock, doom metal, experimental rock, and grunge. According to Tim Hills in his book, The Many Lives of the Crystal Ballroom,"Blue Cheer was the epitome of San Francisco psychedelia. The band is rumored to have been named after a street brand of LSD and promoted by renowned LSD chemist and former Grateful Dead patron, Owsley Stanley." Jim Morrison of The Doors called the group, "The single most powerful band I've ever seen." Blue Cheer is the fourth album by Blue Cheer, released in 1969 on Philips Records. Gary Lee Yoder contributed songwriting for the opening and closing tracks and would later join the group as guitarist on their next album The Original Human Being (1970). The album is the first Blue Cheer release as a four piece band, as they had always been a power trio prior. 01 - Fool 02 - You're Gonna Need Someone 03 - Hello L.A.,Bye Bye Birmingham 04 - Saturday Freedom 05 - Ain't That The Way (Love's Supposed To Be) 06 - Rock And Roll Queens 07 - Better When We Try 08 - Natural Man 09 - Lovin' You's Easy 10 - The Same Old Story LINK
Blackfoot Sue was a British pop rock band, formed in 1970 by the twin brothers Tom and David Farmer, Alan Jones and Eddie Golga. A single released in August 1972, "Standing in the Road", reached number 4 on the UK Singles Chart. Lack of further tangible success left them labelled as one-hit wonders. However, they did have another record enter the UK Singles Chart. "Sing Don't Speak" reached number 36 in December 1972. In November 1972, they appeared on the German television programme, Disco. According to Allmusic, "they were written off as a teen sensation and broke up in 1977". This is the debut album of the band. 01 - Messiah 02 - Country Home 03 - Cry 04 - My Oh My 05 - Now We're Three 06 - The Spring Of '69 07 - Glittery Obituary 08 - On His Own 09 - Too Soon 10 - Gypsy Jam 11 - Standing In The Road 12 - Celestial Plain 13 - Sing Don't Speak 14 - 2 B Free 15 - Summer(From The Seasons Suite) LINK
The V.I.P.'s (Art) were a British R&B musical ensemble formed in Carlisle, Cumberland, (North West England) in late 1963, out of an earlier outfit known as The Ramrods, who had formed in Carlisle in 1960. The band members were: Mike Harrison (lead vocals); Greg Ridley (bass guitar); Frank Kenyon (rhythm guitar) (1963-67); Jimmy Henshaw (lead guitar) (1963-67); Keith Emerson (electric organ) (1966 - 1967); Luther Grosvenor (lead guitar) (1967); Walter Johnstone (drummer) (1963-67) and Mike Kellie (drummer) (1967). With no tangible success, the band became later known as Art and then as Spooky Tooth. After the release of their only album, Supernatural Fairy Tales, as Art, the band split up in April 1967. 01 - I Think I'm Going Weird 02 - What's That Sound (For What it's Worth) 03 - African Thing 04 - Room With a View 05 - Flying Anchors 06 - Supernatural Fairy Tale 07 - Love is Real 08 - Come on Up 09 - Brothers, Dads and Mothers 10 - Talkin' to Myself 11 - Alive Not Dead 12 - Rome Take Away Three LINK
British progressive rock band formed by A.B. Benson - Organ, Vocals, Dave Chriss - Bass, John Cook - Drums and Dave Titley - Guitar, Lead Vocals. "This is a band whose concept album is based on the Ten Commandments. Each track deals with a different commandment. The album, which was produced by Miki Dallon, was dominated by Bob Leaper's orchestral arrangements, but there are also some good melodies, strong vocals and organ work and powerful drumming. The best tracks are those where the orchestral arrangements are more discreet: "He Is My God", on which the melody sounds like King Crimson in places; "Images", which features strong vocals, good drumming and organ work; the mellow and melodic "People" and "False Witness", a good progressive piece with some fine guitar leads and powerful organ."(Vernon Joynson) 01 - Prelude - He's My God 02 - Images 03 - People 04 - God's Day 05 - Honour Thy Father And Thy Mother 06 - Kill 07 - Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery 08 - Steal 09 - False Witness 10 - Possessions LINK
The beginnings of the Blossom Toes go as far back as to 1962, when Brian Godding and Brian Belshaw met as apprentices at the Hilger and Watts scientific instrument factory at Highbury, Islington. There they formed a group called The Grave Diggers and eventually played in The Ingoes, a R&B outfit. As The Ingoes, they teamed up with The Yardbirds manager Giorgio Gomelsky and went to Paris where they developed a strong cult following. When back in London for a break, they recruited Jim Cregan, and returned for a second spell in Paris. It was during this time that The Ingoes recorded a single version of Help!, sung in Italian for the Italian market, and an EP on the Riviera label. Right after their London return, drummer Colin Martin, left and was replaced by Kevin Westlake. It was around this time that The Ingoes became Blossom Toes. They were then housed in a flat in Fulham by manager Giorgio Gomelsky and entered the studio to record their debut album. The backing of much of the album was recorded by an orchestra and session men. The album was a 15 track collection of inventive psych pop with it's share of weirdness. Unfortunately, their live act suffered due to the inability to reproduce most of the album on stage. Their second album, If Only For A Moment was released in 1969. It was much less psychedelic than their debut, but still has some fine moments in the epic Love Bomb and the madness of the first track, Peace Loving Man. Brian Belshaw: Bass Guitar, Brian Godding: Guitar, Vocals, Jim Cregan: Guitar, Vocals, Kevin Westlake: Drums (1967-68), Poli Palmer: Drums, Flute, Vibes, Harp, Vocals (1968), Barry Reeves: Drums (1968-69). Disbanded in 1969. 01 - Peace Loving Man 02 - Kiss Of Confusion 03 - Listen To The Silence 04 - Love Bomb 05 - Billy Boo The Gunman 06 - Indian Summer 07 - Just Above My Hobby Horse's Head 08 - Wait A Minute LINK
Formed by Jim Mandell - Organ, Flute, Piano, Vocals, David Ryan - Bass, Vocals, Vin Campisi - Guitar and Robert H. Henderson - Drums, Vocals,Puff was the 1969 extension-group of the Rockin Ramrods with songs written by founding Ramrods leader Ron Campisi and featured guitarist-vocalist David Allen Ryan (later of Sha Na Na) and jazz flutist/keyboardist Jim Mandell. The sound of the group was a marked departure from the Rockin' Ramrods. It was softer, more experimental, and for the first time introduced jazz, blues and classical themes into their music. Although the lyrics Ronn Campisi wrote in the early, middle and late stages of his groups were set against different musical idioms, there was always one thematic-constant of kid's dreams, adolescent desires & growing up. 01 - Dead Thoughts Of Alfred 02 - Rainy Day 03 - Vacuum 04 - Walk Upon The Water 05 - Who Do You Think You Are 06 - Of Not Being Able To Go To Sleep 07 - When I Wake Up In The Morning 08 - Trees 09 - It's My Way 10 - I Sure Need You 11 - Go With You 12 - Changes LINK
The Definitive America is a Australia & New Zealand compilation featuring all of the greatest hits since the 70s, for both Warner Brothers and Capitol Records. The album includes all of the smashes from their 1975 retrospective History/ Americas Greatest Hits (A Horse With No Name, Sister Golden Hair, Tin Man, I Need You, Ventura Highway, Lonely People), plus 11 more, including the top 10 You Can Do Magic. For most people, this is the definitive collection of their music, containing all the tracks that they are famous for and some other great songs that might encourage some to explore their music in greater depth. 01 - A Horse With No Name 02 - Ventura Highway 03 - Sandman 04 - Ventura Highway 05 - Dont Cross The River 06 - To Each His Own 07 - Only In Your Heart 08 - Muskrat Love 09 - Rainbow Song 10 - Shes Gonna Let You Down 11 - Tin Man 12 - Lonely People 13 - Sister Golden Hair 14 - Daisy Jane 15 - Woman Tonight 16 - Todays The Day 17 - Amber Cascades 18 - God Of The Sun 19 - Political Poachers 20 - Survival 21 - The Last Unicorn 22 - You Can Do Magic 23 - The Border LINK
Brainchild was a jazz rock/fusion band that recorded their sole album Healing Of The Lunatic Owl in western London in 1970 on the A&M label. The album contains sizzling brass rock, which must rank among the best of the genre (early Chicago and If), but also with the much more obscure and even more brilliant Warm Dust and Galliard. Brainchild's line-up was basically your standard prog quartet, plus a wind instrument section, including flute, sax, trumpet and trombone. Harvey Coles / bass, vocals, Bill Edwrds / lead guitar, vocals, Dave Muller / drums, Chris Jennings / organ, piano, Brian Wilshaw / saxophone, flute and Lloyd Williams / trumpet. 01 - Autobiography 02 - Healing Of The Lunatic Owl 03 - Hide From The Dawn 04 - She's Learning 05 - A Time A Place 06 - Two Bad Days 07 - Sadness Of A Moment 08 - To B LINK
The Brain Police were an early psychedelic garage band who, in the late '60s, opened for many national acts, including the Who, the Byrds, Cream, Jefferson Airplane, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Steppenwolf, and Buffalo Springfield. They essentially spun off from the group the Man-Dells, with guitarists Rick Randle and Larry Grant and bassist Norman Lombardo, who were all still in junior high when that group released its first single in 1965, "Bonnie" (with "Oh No" on the flipside). The trio had also played with the Other Four. They became the Brain Police in 1968, with Rick's younger brother David Randle joining on guitar, and earned a large local following. Benny Bennett: Percussion, Larry Grant: Guitar, Tony Johnson: Drums, Frank Mannix: Bass, Rick Randle: Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, David Randle: Guitar, Norman Lombardo: Bass, Vocals and Sid Smith: Drums. 01 - Election For Mayor Ride My Train Of Love 02 - I'll Be On The Inside, If I Can 03 - I'd Rather See You Dead 04 - Find Me A Moment 05 - Getting Too Much Higher 06 - Adler 07 - Gypsy Fast Woman 08 - I'll Find Love 09 - There's A Light Over The City 10 - My World Of Wax 11 - World Of Wax 12 - Smoking At Windsor Hill 13 - Bonnie 14 - Oh No 15 - Why 16 - Searching For My Love 17 - These Are The Words 18 - Once And For All Girl 19 - Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night 20 - How Do You Tell A Girl LINK
The Merry-Go-Round were a Los Angeles based pop band, best known for producing singer/songwriter Emitt Rhodes and featuring Joel Larson on drums Gary Kato on lead guitar, Bill Rinehart on bass. The band released only one full length album, The Merry-Go-Round (album) (1967). "Live", the first single from their album, was a top 10 smash at both KHJ in Los Angeles and KGB in San Diego, although it failed to crack the top 50 on the national charts. "Live" was covered by The Bangles in on their 1984 album All Over the Place and "Time Will Show The Wiser" was recorded by Fairport Convention on their debut album in 1968, a song still played regularly by Fairport at their Cropredy Festival.
01 - Live 02 - Time Will Show The Wiser 03 - On Your Way Out 04 - Gonna Fight The War 05 - Had To Run Around 06 - We're In Love 07 - You're A Very Lovely Woman 08 - Where Have You Been All Of My Life 09 - Early In The Morning 10 - Low Down 11 - Clown's No Good 12 - Gonna Leave You Alone
Second Coming, was a jazz-rock band, with Chicago-like horn instrumentation. The band was formed in 1970 and played mostly local Chicago clubs, but took a trip out to the Whiskey A Go Go in LA in September of 1970. Lots of people out there, including the owner of the club, loved the band and virtually every label came to see them. Jack Kramer (trumpet, bugle, trombone, background vocals), Buddy Stephens (trumpet, lead vocals), Bill Dinwiddie (trombone, percussion, background vocals), Rick Rudolph (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, alto flute, trombone), Les King (drums, congas, percussion, timpani), Dave Miller (Hammond organ, electric piano, background vocals), Ernie Sell (bass, guitar, backing vocals), Bob Penny (guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals), Tom Palmer (bass, guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals). The album was thefirst done in Chicago with Dolby noise reduction on all tracks. 01 - Requiem For A Rainy Day 02 - Take Me Home 03 - Nobody Cares 04 - Landlubber 05 - Roundhouse 06 - It's Over 07 - Jeremiah Crane LINK
Recorded in 1968 in Toronto, Canada. Lynn David Newton, the founder of TIME studied in the same class as Jim Cuomo from The Spoils Of War in Urbana IL, Beside 2 other members the artist David Rosenboom was a member of TIME. This is a musical masterpiece. Wellcomposed, wellplayed, touchy and twisted. All original songs with a big influence from the British Underground, with harpsichord, flutes, percussions, horns, many effects and lot´s of heavy fuzzguitar and a singer who sounds like Robert Wyatt in the early 70´s. A year later they moved to NY and became Think Dog, which will be also released this year. (www.psychedelic-music.com) 01 - A Song For You 02 - Kemp's Jig 03 - Introductory Lines 04 - Sad Benjamin 05 - Lily Has A Rose 06 - At Shadow's Eye 07 - Green Fields 08 - Waking 09 - Ma's Pan 10 - Dover Beach 11 - Elin Experience LINK
The Box Tops were a Memphis rock group of the second half of the 1960s. They are best known for the hits "The Letter," "Neon Rainbow," "Soul Deep," "I Met Her in Church," and "Cry Like A Baby," and are considered a major blue-eyed soul group of the period. They performed a mixture of current soul music songs by artists such as James and Bobby Purify and Clifford Curry, pop tunes such as "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Keith Reid, Gary Brooker and Matthew Fisher of Procol Harum, and songs written by their producers, Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham, and Chips Moman. Vocalist Alex Chilton went on to front the powerpop band Big Star and to launch a career as a solo artist, during which he occasionally performed songs he had sung with the Box Tops. The original Box Tops line-up was Bill Cunningham, Danny Smythe, Alex Chilton, Gary Talley and John Evans. Cry Like A Baby, from 1968 is the band'second album. Most members of the band returned to school and the group disbanded in 1970. However, the Bell record label kept releasing new Box Tops singles through early 1971, using material that had already been recorded by Chilton and company. February 1970's "You Keep Tightening Up On Me" scraped into the US Hot 100, and was a slightly bigger hit in Canada. Two further Box Tops singles failed to chart nationally in either the US or Canada, although the original band's final single "King's Highway" was a regional hit in Dallas in the spring of 1971.
01 - Cry Like A Baby 02 - Deep In Kentucky 03 - I'm The One For You 04 - Weeping Analeah 05 - Every Time 06 - Fields Of Clover 07 - Trouble With Sam 08 - Lost 09 - Good Morning Dear 10 - 727 11 - You Keep Me Hanging On 12 - Cry Like A Baby (Single A Side) 13 - The Door You Closed To Me (Single B Side)
Caldera was an American-based, short-lived project by Robert Margouleff and Malcolm Cecil (both on keyboards), who would form Tonto's Expanding Head Band later the same year. This project also includes Toby Saks on cello and John Atkins on harpsichord and other keyboards. Their released only one album, from 1970, fully titled 'Stabat Mater: A Moog Mass'. As it name suggests it's a conceptual album with sacral thematic - it's a mixture of Christian Contemporary Music and Progressive Electronic - with emphasis on 'classical' passages and Vocoder - in which the carrier is often a synth line, modulated with vocals singing Biblical renderings, often in Latin. The album was released in 1970. There are two different releases, the other one with band's name misspelled CALDARA and different cover, spinning on 45 rpm. Caldera is historical curiosity worth checking both because of an unusual blend of electronic music and contemporary Christian, as well as early Vocoder example combined with classical passages. 01 - The Mother Stood 02 - Who Is The Man 03 - Share With Me The Pain 04 - Virgin Of Virgin's 05 - Make Me Carry The Death Of Christ 06 - In Flames May I Not Be Burned 07 - Christ, When I Leave This Life LINK
