Carpenters were a vocal and instrumental duo, consisting of siblings Karen and Richard Carpenter. Carpenters were the #1 selling American music act of the 1970s. Though often referred to by the public as "The Carpenters", the duo's official name on authorized recordings and press materials is simply "Carpenters", without the definite article. During a period in the 1970s when louder and wilder rock was in great demand, Richard and Karen produced a distinctively soft musical style that made them among the best-selling music artists of all time. Ticket to Ride is the first album by Carpenters. At the time of its release in 1969 under the name Offering, it was a commercial failure and produced only one minor hit single - "Ticket to Ride", a ballad version of a song made famous by The Beatles. After the Carpenters' breakthrough however, the album was re-issued internationally under the name Ticket to Ride and sold moderately.
01 - Invocation 02 - Your Wonderful Parade 03 - Someday 04 - Get Together 05 - All Of My Life 06 - Turn Away 07 - Ticket To Ride 08 - Don't Be Afraid 09 - What's The Use 10 - All I Can Do 11 - Eve 12 - Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing 13 - Benediction
Wigwam is a Finnish progressive rock band formed in 1968 after the split of the seminal Blues Section, with whom drummer Ronnie Österberg had played before. He formed the band as a trio, but soon brought in British expatriate singer/songwriter Jim Pembroke (also in BS) and organist Jukka Gustavson. A year later, Pekka Pohjola joined on bass. Kim Fowley produced Wigwam's second album Tombstone Valentine (1970). This album also featured an excerpt of Erkki Kurenniemi's electronic composition 'Dance of the Anthropoids'. The 1974 album Being is often called Wigwam's masterpiece. After its release, though, Pohjola and Gustavson quit the band. Hard N' Horny is the debut album. 01 - 633 Jesu Fåglar 02 - Pidäan Sinusta 03 - En Aio Paeta 04 - Neron Muistolle; Hyvää Yötä 05 - Guardian Angel, The Future 06 - No Pens, Ei Karsinoita 07 - Henry's Mountain Range Or Thereabouts 08 - Henry's Geographical And Astronomical Mistakes 09 - Henry's Highway Code 10 - Henry's Ghastly And Diabolical Mistakes 11 - Henry's Cancelled Holiday Plans 12 - Henry's Concentration Camp Brochure 13 - Henry's Ears, Eyes, Girlfriend And Feet 14 - Henry's Hard And Horny All-Niter 15 - Henry's Milk Round In The Morning LINK
Haymarket Square was a Chicago-based psychedelic rock band in the late sixities. The band's name is a reference to the 1886 Haymarket Square Riot, in which eight policemen were killed and seven workers sentenced to death. The album, Magic Lantern (originally issued in 1968) was a major hit, and is well considered by fans of psychedelic rock music even today. The music of the album was used to accompany the original Baron and Bailey Light Circus in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. The album was reissued by Gear Fab Records in 2001. Gloria Lambert -Vocal, Marc Swenson -Guitar, Vocal, Robert (Bob) Homa -Bass, vocal, John Kowalski- Percussion. 01 - Elevator 02 - The Train Kept A-Rollin' 03 - Ahimsa 04 - Amapola 05 - Phantasmagoria 06 - Funeral LINK
Though this obscure 1970 LP falls into the general folk-psych-rock category, its focus is so all-over-the-place that it's hard to get a read on it. The group are British, but at times the record seems very influenced by the poppiest side of American folk-rock, particularly in the blends of male and female vocal harmonies, which are extremely reminiscent of the Mamas & the Papas' approach in places. Yet there are also songs that have a more specifically British, gentle reserved acoustic quality; a character portrait of "Mr. Jones" with a whimsical British feel; and occasional off-the-wall burning fuzzy psychedelic guitar. At its most mature, it's slightly similar to, if an obscure reference point is allowed, the folk-prog-rock recordings that Giles, Giles & Fripp made as they were morphing into King Crimson (though not nearly as inspired). At its sappiest and most cooing, it could almost pass for a Californian sunshine pop recording. What the songs lack, however, are memorable choruses, or much cohesion between the parts, although the individual parts (especially the female vocalists' contributions) are often pretty. File under the section with the many stylistically confused rock bands of the period who had some talent and tried hard to say something important, but didn't quite have the goods.(OoD)
01 - Flying - Love you more than it's good for me to - Nostrils 02 - She brings the morning with her 03 - Back to Boulder 04 - Traveller 05 - See saw 06 - Mini splurge - Mr. Jones - Is that good that's nice 07 - Clocks - Hey I used to know you 08 - Unknown journey 09 - Leave me be 10 - Clown
McGuinness Flint was a rock band formed in 1970 by Tom McGuinness, former bassist and guitarist with Manfred Mann, and Hughie Flint, former drummer with John Mayall; plus vocalist and keyboard player Dennis Coulson, and multi-instrumentalists and songwriters Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle. With a varying subsequent line-up, "they earned a loyal following in Britain, but in the United States they were scarcely more than a cult act, despite a top-flight lineup and a sound that should have been a natural for the era". After a succession of excellent albums, the band eventually split in 1975. Between 1970 & 1971, McGuinness Flint recorded several sessions for BBC Radio 1. The best of these are Malt & Barley Blues, compiled by Tom McGuinness in 2002. 01 - Lazy Afternoon 02 - Bodang Buck 03 - Mister Mister 04 - Heritage 05 - Letting You Know 06 - Let It Ride 07 - Dream, Darling Dream 08 - When I'm Dead And Gone 09 - Brother Psycho 10 - Who You Got To Love 11 - International 12 - Malt And Barley Blues 13 - Rock On LINK
In 1968, Canterbury Glass recorded six tracks in London for an album that went unreleased at the time, the group disbanding after interest from a couple record labels fell through. Nearly 40 years later, many of the tapes were rediscovered and issued on this CD. Valerie Watson - Vocals, Flute, Harmonica, Malcolm Ironton - Guitar, Vocal, Mike Hall - Keyboards, Guitar, Tony Proto - Bass, Vocal, David Dowle - Drums, Steve Hackett - Guitar. This was Steve Hackett's (Genesis) first band. 01 - Kyrie 02 - Nunc Dimittis 03 - Gloria 04 - Prologue 05 - We`re Going To Beat It LINK
Joy of Cooking was an American folk-rock band, formed in 1967 in Berkeley, California. It was unusual in that it was led by two women - pianist Toni Brown and guitarist Terry Garthwaite (also known as Ruby Green). The rest of the band consisted of bass guitarist David Garthwaite (Terry's Brother), drummer Fritz Kasten and percussion player Ron Wilson. Keyboard player Stevie Roseman replaced Toni Brown for a time and bass players Happy Smith and eventually Jeff Neighbor replaced David Garthwaite on bass guitar. The music was a mix of "hippy" sensibility on blues and folk roots, and the lyrics often reflected feminist or environmental themes. Joy of Cooking recorded three albums with Capitol Records, this is the 1971 debut album 01 - Hush 02 - Too Late, But Not Forgotten 03 - Down My Dream 04 - If Some God (Sometimes You Gotta Go Home) 05 - Did You Go Downtown 06 - Dancing Couple 07 - Brownsville Mockingbird 08 - Red Wine At Noon 09 - Only Time Will Tell Me 10 - Children's House LINK
Dion & the Belmonts was a leading American vocal group of the late 1950s. The group formed when Dion DiMucci, lead singer, joined The Belmonts: Carlo Mastrangelo, baritone, Freddie Milano, second tenor, and Angelo D'Aleo, first tenor, in late 1957. After an unsuccessful first single, the group was signed to Laurie Records. Their breakthrough came when "I Wonder Why" reached No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and the group appeared for the first time on American Bandstand. They followed it with the ballads "No One Knows" (No. 19) and "Don’t Pity Me" (No. 40). This success won Dion and the Belmonts their first major tour in late 1958, with The Coasters, Buddy Holly and Bobby Darin, and this was followed up by the "Winter Dance Party" tour with Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. On 2 February 1959, after playing at the Surf Ballroom, Dion decided that he could not afford the $36 cost of a flight to the next venue. The plane crashed; Holly, Valens, The Big Bopper, and the pilot were killed on 3 February 1959, shortly after midnight. However, the tour continued, with Jimmy Clanton and Bobby Vee being added to the bill as replacements. In October 1960, Dion decided to quit for a solo career. The Belmonts also continued to release records, but with less success. 01 - A Teenager In Love 02 - Runaround Sue 03 - I Wonder Why 04 - The Wanderer 05 - Where Or When 06 - A Lover's Prayer 07 - Lovers Who Wander 08 - No One Knows 09 - When You Wish Upon A Star 10 - Lonely Teenager 11 - Little Diana 12 - Love Came To Me 13 - Sandy 14 - The Majestic 15 - In The Still Of The Night 16 - Don't Pity Me 17 - (I Was) Born To Cry 18 - Every Little Thing I Do LINK
The Blues Project was a band from the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City that was formed in 1965 and originally split up in 1967. While their songs drew from a wide array of musical styles, they are most remembered as one of the earliest practitioners of psychedelic rock, as well as one of the world's first jam bands, along with the Grateful Dead. In 1966, the band included Al Kooper, Danny Kalb on guitar, Steve Katz (having recently departed the Even Dozen Jug Band) also on guitar, Andy Kulberg on bass and flute, Roy Blumenfeld on drums and Tommy Flanders on vocals. Possible dates of this record, August 30-September 6 or September 7-15, 1966
Disc 1
01 - Intros 02 - Louisiana Blues 03 - Steve's Song 04 - I Can't Keep From Crying 05 - Caress Me Baby 06 - Flute Thing 1 07 - Wake Me, Shake Me 08 - The Way My Baby Walks 09 - Love Will Endure 10 - Jelly Jelly
Disc 2
01 - Cheryl's Going Home 02 - You Can't Catch Me 03 - Talk 04 - Shake That Thing 05 - Talk 06 - Catch The Wind 07 - You Can't Judge A Book 08 - Talk 09 - Flute Thing 2 10 - Hoochie Coochie Man 11 - If You Don't Come Back
The Chocolate Watch Band, was a psychedelic rock and garage rock band formed in San Jose, California in 1965. The band had finally broken up indefinitely by 1970 but then reunited in 1999 at a 66/99 show Mike Stax organized in San Diego. They continue to play today at garage rock shows in Europe as well as the States with Little Steven and the Electric Prunes. The band's music was largely described as a blend of 1960s-style garage rock with a distinguishable rolling San Francisco sound. The group's early music appeared to contain blues influences, and later it developed psychedelic elements through use of instrumental experimentation. The band also appeared in the 1967 film Riot on Sunset Strip and the 1968 film "The Love Ins".. No Way Out is the debut album of the band. 01 - Let's Talk About Girls 02 - In The Midnight Hour 03 - Come On 04 - Dark Side Of The Mushroom 05 - Hot Dusty Road 06 - Are You Gonna Be There (At The Love-In) 07 - Gone And Passes By 08 - No Way Out 09 - Expo 2000 10 - Gossamer Wings 11 - In The Midnight Hour (Previously Unissued Version) 12 - Milk Cow Blues 13 - Psychedelic Trip (Previously Unissued) LINK
Accolade were a British light acoustic band, formed in 1969 who completely eschewed electric instruments, as they developed a folk-jazz fusion. Notable, perhaps only for the inclusion of Don Partridge and fellow singer Gordon Giltrap, although the latter remained for only one album. The group recorded two albums and one single, before going their separate ways in 1971. Bassist Eden Abba, woodwind player Brian Cresswell, singer/guitarist Gordon Giltrap, drummer Ian Hoyle and guitarist Don Partridge.
01 - Maiden Flight Eliza 02 - Starting All Over 03 - Prelude To A Dawn 04 - Never Ending Solitude 05 - Natural Boy 06 - Gospel Song 07 - Calico 08 - Ulysses 09 - Go On Home
49th Parallel was one of an unusual breed of garage punk bands to come out of Canada in the mid-'60s. Originally known as the Shades of Blond when they were formed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the band featured Dennis Abbott on vocals, Dan Lowe and Bob Carlson on guitars, Dave Petch at the organ, Mick Woodhouse on bass, and Terry Bare on drums. 49th Parallel was renamed Painter and later Hammersmith in the 1970s. At their best, 49th Parallel had a hard, cutting sound that could have put them in the front ranks of garage punk bands, their slashing guitars and swirling organ around Abbott's lead vocals making a compelling and memorable sound, which was easily adaptable to psychedelic punk. Their slow ballads were suitably spacey in a pop/rock vein, but it was their harder numbers that hold up best. Like a lot of '60s bands, they outlived their era and metamorphosed into new shapes and directions. 01 - Labourer 02 - You Do Things 03 - She Says 04 - Blue Bonnie Blue 05 - Up To No Good 06 - Now That I'm A Man 07 - Get Away 08 - Eye To Eye 09 - Missouri 10 - (Come On Little Child) Talk To Me 11 - Magician 12 - Lazerander Filcny 13 - Close The Barn Door 14 - The People 15 - Good Time Baby 16 - I Need You 17 - Citizen Freak LINK
Yes are an English progressive rock band formed in London in 1968, generally regarded as one of the archetypal bands and pioneers of the genre. Despite many lineup changes, occasional splits within the group and the ever-changing trends in popular music, the band has continued for over forty years and still retains a large following. Fragile is the fourth album by Yes, released on Atlantic Records. It was the band's first album with keyboardist Rick Wakeman after the departure of Tony Kaye, and the first to feature cover art by Roger Dean, his work emblematic of both the band and progressive rock as a whole. Fragile was issued in the UK in November 1971, but was held back in North America for two months because of the chart momentum of The Yes Album. It peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200 during a stay of 46 weeks, and as Atlantic 2401 019 reached #7 in the UK album chart. 01 - Roundabout 02 - Cans And Brahms 03 - We Have Heaven 04 - South Side Of The Sky 05 - Five Per Cent For Nothing 06 - Long Distance Runaround 07 - The Fish (Shindleria Praematurus) 08 - Mood For A Day 09 - Heart Of The Sunrise LINK
Overdub is the second album from San Francisco-based band Womb. Great late 60's acid sounds, plenty of fuzz guitar, trippy studio effects, and female vocals. The album is essentially crossover between the psychedelic and progressive era. Karyl Boddy piano, guitar, vocals, Ron Brunecker drums Rory Butcher vocals, perc., Cristopher Johnson bass, Roluf Stuart sax, flute, Greg Young lead guitar, Boots Hughston sax, flute 01 - Taking A Long Walk 02 - Flash 03 - Two Levels 04 - Love 05 - Flying High 06 - Evil People LINK
Uriel were an English psychedelic/blues band formed in 1968, consisting of Steve Hillage (guitar/vocals), Dave Stewart (organ), Clive Brooks (drums) and Mont Campbell (bass/vocals). The band produced their sole album under the name Arzachel in June 1969. This is one of the real delights of late '60s heavy psych. The album Arzachel was recorded and mixed in a single session in London. The level of musicianship and high-octane energy level lift Arzachel above most records of the genre. 01 - Garden Of Earthly Delights 02 - Azathoth 03 - Queen St. Gang 04 - Leg 05 - Clean Innocent Fun 06 - Metempsychosis LINK
Great and fantastic psychedelic LP from this Texas group, recorded in 1969 but released just in 1989. Dark psych explorations sometimes reminding 13 Floor elevators, sometimes the darkest Doors sounds ,HP Lovecraft,etc. There is a controversy on this album: which is the name of the band? Cold Sun or Dark Shadows? "As with many things in their history, the name "Cold Sun” is enigmatic. The 1989 retrospective album on the Rockadelic label that first brought the Sonobeat recordings to light didn’t even appear under that name, but as "Dark Shadows” which is the title of a popular 1960s mystery TV series. In the liner notes Miller denied ever having been in a band called Cold Sun, and suggested that they had always been called Dark Shadows. However he had referred to the band’s real name in a 1976 interview, where he mentioned that before playing with Roky Erickson in the Aliens he "spent seven years developing the electric auto-harp with a band called Cold Sun”.(from Fantasy)
01 - South Texas 02 - Twisted Flower 03 - Here In The Year 04 - Forever 05 - See What You Cause 06 - Fall 07 - Rama
Gravy Train were a progressive rock group from Lancashire, England, formed by vocalist and guitarist Norman Barratt in 1970. Together with J.D. Hughes (keyboards, vocals, wind), Lester Williams (bass, vocals) and Barry Davenport (drums) they recorded four studio albums. The first two were released on the Vertigo label and the latter two by Dawn Records. The band was dissolved in 1974. Little is known what happened with its members except for Norman Barratt, who appeared in Mandalaband for their second and final album in 1978. He went on to found the Barratt Band, which recorded albums in the early 1980s. 01 - Starbright Starlight 02 - Bring My Life On Back To Me 03 - Never Wanted You 04 - Staircase To The Day 05 - Going For A Quick One 06 - The Last Day 07 - Evening Of My Life 08 - Busted In Schenectady LINK
Lulu Kennedy-Cairns OBE, best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer-songwriter, actress, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day. She is most famous worldwide for her hit "To Sir, with Love" and in the UK for "Shout". 01 - To Sir With Love 02 - The Boat That I Row 03 - Rattler 04 - Morning Dew 05 - Love Loves to Love Love 06 - Best of Both Worlds 07 - Day Tripper 08 - Let's Pretend 09 - Take Me in Your Arms (And Love Me) 10 - To Love Somebody 11 - You and I 12 - Dreary Days and Nights 13 - Me, the Peaceful Heart 14 - Lookout 15 - Boy 16 - Sad Memories 17 - I'm a Tiger 18 - Without Him 19 - This Time (Bistro) (From 'Hot Millions') LINK
Live at The Piper Club, Rome, Italy 01 - Intro , You Don't Miss Your Water 02 - Hickory Wind 03 - Feel A Whole Lot Better 04 - Chimes Of Freedom 05 - The Christian Life 06 - Turn, Turn Turn 07 - Medley; My Back Pages , B.J. Blues , Baby What You Want Me To Do 08 - Mr. Spaceman LINK
The Dimensions were a garage band from Park Ridge, near Chicago, Illinois. Barre 'Emil' Probst (guitar, vocals), Steve 'Chrlie Tuna' Purnell (guitar, keyboards), Jim 'Sieb' Sebastian (vocals), Tom 'Happy Tooth' Parnell (bass guitar) and Jack 'Cheta' Brunsfield (drums).
01 - Carol 02 - Gloria 03 - Little Latin Lupe 04 - Hi Heel Sneakers 05 - Route 66 06 - Around And Around 07 - Do You Love Me 08 - I Need You 09 - Just Like Me 10 - Empty Heart 11 - Mean Woman Blues 12 - Mary Lou
