Magna Carta was a folk rock group originally formed in London on 10 May 1969, by Chris Simpson (guitar, vocals), Lyell Tranter (guitar, vocals) and Glen Stuart (vocals). Although never purely a folk band, they managed to successfully bridge the gap between folk and folk rock. The trio released albums for Fontana Records and Vertigo Records, enjoying particular success with 1970's Seasons before Tranter returned to Australia. Davey Johnstone joined the line-up as his replacement, recording Songs From Wasties Orchard and In Concert with the band before leaving to work with Elton John, with whom he is still playing. Davey Johnstone - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, sitar, cymbals, harpsichord, Glenn Stuart - vocals, lyre, Chris Simpson - vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion, plus Nick Potter, Ron Chesterman - bass, Danny Thompson - double bass, Rick Wakeman - keyboards and Heather Corbett - percussion. 01 - The Bridge At Knaresborough Town 02 - White Snow Dove 03 - Parliament Hill 04 - Wayfaring 05 - Down Along Up 06 - Country Jam 07 - Time For The Leaving 08 - Isle Of Skye 09 - Sponge 10 - Sunday On The River 11 - Good Morning Sun 12 - Home Groan LINK (RS)orLINK (FS)
Paul Griggs is a British musician from St. Albans, Hertfordshire. He first played professionally in the band The Cortinas, formed in 1963. Cortinas released one unsuccessful single in 1968 and was renamed Octopus the same year. Octopus, which included Griggs' brother Nigel, supported many well-known groups including Cream and Yes and in 1970 released one LP, Restless Night and several singles. During its existence, Octopus had several members who later joined famous groups: Drummer Brian Glascock, John Cook and Tim Reeves of Mungo Jerry, and brother Nigel Griggs and Malcolm Green, both later of New Zealand group, Split Enz. According to the Nottinghan Post, "There was a point – when Octopus cut a single and album – when it looked like fame would be theirs ... but it didn't happen." 01 - The River 02 - Summer 03 - Council Plans 04 - Restless Night 05 - Thief 06 - Queen And The Pauper 07 - I Say 08 - John's Rock 09 - Rainchild 10 - Tide 11 - Laugh At The Poor Man 12 - Girlfriend 13 - The River 14 - Thief LINK (RS) or LINK (FS)
Originally released in 1969 on Stable records, this is heavy LSD-laden progressive rock with some great guitar playing. Unfortunately this obscure Scottish band recorded just this one (now beyond rare) album before drifting into anonymity.(MG60) Heavy guitar based progressive rock with flashes of Cream and similar late '60's bands. William Brown, drums, Ernest Rea, lead guitar, John Graham Pettigrew, lead vocals and Peter Grant Nagle, bass and harp. 01 - Turn On, Or Turn Me Down 02 - His Town 03 - You Can't Take It From My Heart 04 - Love Talk 05 - All Aboard 06 - The Game 07 - Stoned 08 - Pettsie´s Blues 09 - On The Road LINK (RS) or LINK (FS)
Bootleg compilation of Neil Young solo demos for Elektra, alternate tracks (8,9) with Buffalo Springfield, and The Squires' and Neil Young's first single (12,13) produced by Bob Bradburn, a DJ at CKRC in Winnipeg. 01 - Sugar Mountain 02 - Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sin 03 - Run Around Babe 04 - Don't Pity Me Babe 05 - I Ain't Got The Blues 06 - The Rent Is Always Due 07 - When It Falls, It Falls Over Y 08 - Down To The Wire 09 - Do I Have To Come Right Out An 10 - There Goes My Babe 11 - One More Sign 12 - Sultan (Instrumental) 13 - Aurora (Instrumental) LINK (RS) or New LINK (FS)
The Mindbenders (originally the backing group for Wayne Fontana) was a 1960s beat group from Manchester, England. They were part of the mid 1960s British Invasion with their chart-toppers "Game of Love" and "A Groovy Kind of Love". Wayne Fontana founded the band in 1963 with Bob Lang, Ric Rothwell, and Eric Stewart. The group was later joined by Grahame Foote. The name of the group was inspired by the title of a 1963 film, starring the British actor Sir Dirk Bogarde, called The Mind Benders. They released a few unsuccessful singles before recording "Um Um Um Um Um Um" in 1964, which was a major hit in Britain and led to a tour with Brenda Lee. They also had a #1 hit in the United States with "Game of Love". After a tour of America and some more unsuccessful singles, Fontana left the band in the middle of a concert in 1965. Stewart became the lead singer of the band, which also dropped 'Wayne Fontana' from its name. Bob Lang - Bass, Eric Stewart - Guitar / Lead Vocals, Ric Rothwell - Drums, Graham Gouldman - Bass, Paul Hancox- Drums, and Graham Foote - Guitar. 01 - The Way You Do The Things You Do 02 - Just A Little Bit 03 - Seventh Son 04 - One Fine Day 05 - Tricky Dicky 06 - A Groovy Kind Of Love 07 - Little Nightingale 08 - Don't Cry No More 09 - You Don't Know About Love 10 - Love Is Good 11 - Rockin' Jaybee 12 - All Night Worker LINK (RS) or LINK (FS)
English Freakbeat band, formed in 1966 in Fulham, Greater London and disbanded in 1969. Eric Francis (vocals, organ), Del Dwyer (guitar), Alan Francis (bass), Alan Brooks (drums). This is a superlimited Spanish-only 10 inch release of the band, including the previously unreleased Purple Barrier acetate, demo-only recordings of Dawn Breaks Through / Tomorrow Of Yesterday from 1966 plus The Barrier’s superrare and fantastic mod freakbeat single of Spot The Lights / Uh!
01 - Spot The Lights 02 - Uh! 03 - Dawn Breaks Through 04 - Tomorrow Of Yesterday
Talk about your mystery groups – despite 20 years of celebrity among psych fans and being on one of the most respected record labels in the world, no one seems to know much about the 5-man outfit known as the Common People. I used to think they were an Eastcoast band because that's what they sound like, but they were managed by Lord Tim Hudson of Seeds & Lollipop Shoppe infamy, and the 1969 album was apparently recorded in L A, so maybe they were westcoast after all. In any event, the LP is an interesting experience, far from perfect but with a bunch of strange twists and turns unusual for a major label artefact.(Choco). John Bartley (Guitar), Michael McCarthy (Bass), Danny Rebinett (Guitar), Danny Rebinett (Vocals), Jerrald Rebinett (Drums), produced by David Axelrod. 01 - Soon There'll Be Thunder 02 - I Have Been Alone 03 - Those Who Love 04 - Go Every Way 05 - Why Must I Be 06 - Take From You 07 - They Didn't Even Go To The Funeral 08 - Feeling 09 - 09 - Girl Said - Know 10 - Land Of A Day 11 - This Life She Is Mine LINK (RS) or LINK (FS)
The Devil's Anvil was a hard rock/psychedelic band based out of New York City in the 1960's. They released on album entitled Hard Rock from the Middle East in 1967 showcasing a mix of 60's hard rock and psychedelic sound with Turkish, Arab vocals and traditional instrumentals. Their middle-eastern acid-rock was unique and bizarrely modern (it predates the British transglobal-dance bands by about 30 years). The fuzzed-out guitar mingled with oud, bouzouki, tamboura, Goblet drum. Instrumental in the band's formation was producer Felix Pappalardi, who helped sign them with Columbia Records. It was in 1966, while hanging out in the Village that he chanced upon a group of Middle Eastern-born or -descended musicians, playing at a coffee house called Feejon. Pappalardi began playing with them, and eventually they became the unofficial house band at Feejon -- the core members of the group, which took the name The Devil's Anvil, were Steve Knight (rhythm guitar, bass, bouzouki), Jerry Satpir (lead guitar, vocals), Elierzer Adoram (accordion), and Kareem Issaq (oud, vocals). Knight and Pappalardi developed a good working relationship, trading the bass and guitar spots during the recording of the group's one album, Hard Rock from the Middle East, which set the stage for their subsequent team-up together in Mountain. Unfortunately for The Devil's Anvil, their album was released during escalating tensions between Israel and neighboring Arab countries and the Six Day War, or the Arab-Israeli War, in 1967. Subsequently, radio stations would not touch the album because of its controversial sound. 01 - Wala Dai 02 - Nahna Ou Diab 03 - Karkadon 04 - Selim Alai 05 - Isme 06 - Besaha 07 - Shisheler 08 - Kley 09 - Hala Laya 10 - Treea Pethya 11 - Misirlou LINK (RS) or LINK (FS)
The Motions from The Hague were one of the bigger groups of the 1960s Dutch beat explosion. They were formed in 1964 from the remnants of Ritchie Clark and the Ricochets and went on to become hitmakers for the next several years. From 1964 till 1967, the line-up remained the same: Rudy Bennett - lead vocals, guitars, Robbie Van Leeuwen - guitars, vocals, Henk Smitskamp - bass, vocals and Sieb Warner - drums, vocals. This line-up had a string of hits in The Netherlands during 1965 and 1966 with singles like "Wasted Words" and "It's The Same Old Song". Their first album, "Introduction To The Motions", is considered one of the best albums of the era. 01 - Love Won't Stop 02 - I've Waited So Long 03 - I'll Follow The Sun 04 - The Girl From New York City 05 - You Bother Me 06 - I Want Someone To Love 07 - It's Gone 08 - No Matter Where You Run 09 - Be The Woman I Need 10 - I've Got Misery 11 - Who'll Save My Soul 12 - For Another Man LINK (RS) or LINK (FS)
Recorded Live at State Fair Park Rock and Roll Festival, West Allis - July 26, 1969. Wisconsin State Fair Park Grounds in West Allis, Wisconsin, is a park in a suburb southwest of Milwaukee. This was a rock & roll festival, that included several other well-known groups of the late 1960's.
"The happening was promoted as "The Mid West Rock & Roll Festival". Opening acts were local, followed by another British group called Taste (with Rory Gallagher), then by the Motor City (MC) 5, John Mayall, and Delaney, Bonnie & Friends. Prime time in the late afternoon was the new super group from England, Blind Faith..." 01 - Had To Cry Today 02 - Can't Find My Way Home 03 - Sleeping In The Ground 04 - Well All Right 05 - Presence Of The Lord (Cut) 06 - Do What You Like 07 - Sunshine Of Your Love LINK (RS) or New LINK (FS)
The Earwigs become The Spiders in 1965. Musically, the group was inspired by artists such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, and The Yardbirds. For the next year the band performed regularly around the Phoenix area with a huge black spider's web as their backdrop, the group's first stage prop. In 1965 they recorded their first single, "Why Don't You Love Me" (originally performed by The Blackwells), with Furnier learning the harmonica for that song. In 1966 "The Spiders" graduated from high school, and after North High School footballer, Michael Bruce, replaced John Tatum on rhythm guitar, the band scored a local #1 radio hit with "Don't Blow Your Mind," an original composition from their second single release. By 1967 the band had begun to make regular road trips to Los Angeles, California to play shows. In 1967 renamed themselves as The Nazz and released the single "Wonder Who's Lovin' Her Now," In 1968 upon learning that Todd Rundgren also had a band called Nazz, the band was again in need of another stage name. Believing that the group needed a gimmick to succeed, and that other bands were not exploiting the showmanship potential of the stage, Furnier chose "Alice Cooper" as the band's name. Vincent Furnier (Alice Cooper) - vocals, harmonica, Glen Buxton - lead guitar, Dennis Dunaway - bass, John Speer - drums and John Tatum - rhythm guitar ( Michael Bruce - rhythm guitar on track 03). 01 - Why Don't You Love Me.mp3 02 - Hitch Hike.mp3 03 - Don't Blow Your Mind.mp3 04 - Why Don't You Love Me (Instrumental).mp3 LINK (RS) or LINK (FS)
The Original Surfaris were a surf rock group from Orange County, California, active in the 1960s. Around 1960, The Original Surfaris were formed. Originally called the Surfaris, they changed their name to the Original Surfaris after another band also called the Surfaris became widely famous for the song "Wipe Out". Larry Weed (Lead Guitar), Chuck Vehle (Rhythm Guitar), Jim Tran (Bass Guitar), Doug Wiseman (Saxophone), Al Valdez (Piano) and Mike Biondi (drums). 01 - Delano Soul Beat 02 - Gear Down Boogie 03 - Dirt Track Baby 04 - Speed Jocking 05 - Wheel Soul 06 - Wheels Theme 07 - Shutdown Daddy 08 - Spinout 09 - Floorboarding 10 - Way-Out Wheeler LINK (RS) or LINK (FS)
Produced by the legendary Tom Wilson when he launched his Raputin Productions in 1968 that included such bands as Fraternity Of Man, Ill Wind, and Bagattelle, this one somehow was lost in the shuffle, an obscure funky rockin' bluesy combo, with an integrated lineup, and instrumentation that includes organ, guitar, bass, and drums. The tracks are all originals, with a funky feel to them, and some good grooves on the best tracks.The lead singer's in kind of an Eric Burdon mode, but on the groovers, this comes off as sort of a mod soul/beat group sound, which gives the cuts a great A-Go-Go beat.(DG) John-John McDuffy (organ-piano-vocals), Fluffer Hirsch (guitar), Johnny Mitchell (alto sax-vocals), Sam Wright (bass), and "Chocolate" Wright (drums). 01 - Dustcracks, Bugs And Roaches 02 - Doin' The Everything 03 - Give In 04 - Life Of Love 05 - Jump Up 06 - Hippie Chick 07 - Hog For You Baby 08 - Nosey, Nosey People 09 - Forgive Me 10 - I Feel It LINK (RS) or LINK (FS)
A very '65 Garage group hailing from New York City. Farfisa Organ driven sounds abound. Eight songs in all of their known recordings. Think The Castaways' 'Liar, Liar' mixed with some Frat-Rock for a good idea. 'Shed a tear' being a good example. Your typical 60's teenage ups & downs Boy/Girl song themes. The moody ballad, 'Please Don't Go' is pretty good and alternates its' slow/fast tempos back & forth well. The title track appears twice here, first as the band's only A-Side released single and secondly, as a similar sounding abet, a slightly slower early first version. Both are very typical but, very likeable 1965 Garage. It's B-side, Dylan's 'Like A Rolling Stone' (and featured on Pebbles Volume 1) is given the Farfisa driven treatment with upbeat harmony vocals working very well as a Garage tune. 'Satellite' is a pleasant sounding 'Telstar' like instrumental which, reminded me of music you would've heard played in a 60's roller rink. 'You can't have my woman' their first demo from late 1964 is an atypical mid-tempo Garage rocker yet, features more guitar than their later Farfisa lead stuff. 01 - That's Too Bad 02 - Like A Rolling Stone 03 - Shed A Tear 04 - Hard To Find 05 - Please Don't Go 06 - That's Too Bad (First Version) 07 - Satellite 08 - You Can't Have My Woman LINK (RS) or LINK (FS)
The Ugly Ducklings were a five piece garage rock group based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, most notable during the mid 1960s. The group was formed in 1965 with Dave Bingham (lead vocals, harmonica), Glynn Bell (rhythm guitar), Roger Mayne (lead guitar), John Read (bass), and Robin Boers (drums). In their early days their music was partially influenced by The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds and The Kinks, however the band was still able to create a rough individual sound typified by their solid garage-punk original material and raw delivery. They released six singles in 1966 and 1967 on the Yorktown and Yorkville labels, and one album, Somewhere Outside in 1967. In the summer and fall of 1967, the band's fifth single "Gaslight" became a Top 40 hit across Canada, peaking at #17 on the RPM Chart, and reaching #1 on CHUM 1050 in Toronto on October 2 that year. Their first three singles also made the local 1050 CHUM AM charts in Toronto. 01 - Nothin' 02 - Do What You Want 03 - She Ain't No Use To Me 04 - Just In Case You Wonder 05 - Not For Long 06 - I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore 07 - Mama Keep Your Big Mouth Shut 08 - 1030 Train 09 - Just A Thought 10 - Postman's Fancy 11 - Windy City LINK (RS) or LINK (FS)
Richard St. John Francis Harris was an Irish actor, singer-songwriter, theatrical producer, film director and writer. He appeared on stage and in many films, and is perhaps best known for his roles as King Arthur in Camelot (1967), as Oliver Cromwell in Cromwell (1970) and as Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), his final film. He also played a British aristocrat and prisoner in A Man Called Horse (1970), Emperor Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator (2000) and the gunfighter English Bob in Clint Eastwood's Western film Unforgiven (1992). Harris had a top ten hit in Britain and the US with his 1968 recording of Jimmy Webb's song "MacArthur Park". A Tramp Shining is an album by Harris, released in 1968. Harris teamed with singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb for this album. Although Harris sang many numbers on the soundtrack album to the film musical Camelot in the previous year, A Tramp Shining became his first solo album. Jimmy Webb wrote all the songs, arranged the musicians, and produced the entire album. "MacArthur Park" was one of the biggest singles of that year, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. The album as a whole was also highly successful, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Album of the Year" in 1969. 01 - (Prelude) Didn't We 02 - (Interlude) Paper Chase 03 - (Interlude) Name Of My Sorrow 04 - (Interlude) Lovers Such As I 05 - In The Final Hours 06 - Mac Arthur Park 07 - Dancing Girl 08 - If You Must Leave My Life 09 - A Tramp Shining LINK (RS) or LINK (FS)
From one perspective you can argue that the Yardbirds are one of the most unstable British rock groups of all time, reflected by the fact that it produced three of the greatest guitarists in history: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page. It is mostly because all three started out with the Yardbirds that the group is regarded so highly even though they only had a few Top 40 hits in 1965-1966. This is a modern compilation of their early era. 01 - For Your Love 02 - Heart Full Of Soul 03 - Shapes Of Things 04 - You're A Better Man Than I 05 - Evil Hearted You 06 - The Train Kept A-Rollin' 07 - I Ain't Got You 08 - I Wish You Would 09 - Smokestack Lightning LINK (RS) or LINK (FS)
Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk is an American singer-songwriter. Usually known professionally as Melanie, she is best known for her hits "Brand New Key", "Ruby Tuesday" and "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)". Born to Be is Melanie's debut album, released on Buddah Records in 1968. Following Melanie's success at the Woodstock Festival in 1969 Buddha repackaged and reissued the album as My First Album. 01 - In The Hour 02 - I'm Back In Town 03 - Bo Bo's Party 04 - Mr. Tambourine Man 05 - Momma Momma 06 - I Really Loved Harold 07 - Animal Crackers 08 - Christopher Robin (Is Saying His Prayers) 09 - Close To It All 10 - Merry Xmas LINK (RS) or LINK (FS)
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country-folk-rock band that has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966. The group's membership has had at least a dozen changes over the years, including a period from 1976 to 1981 when the band performed and recorded as The Dirt Band. Constant members since the early times are singer-guitarist Jeff Hanna and drummer Jimmie Fadden. Multi-instrumentalist John McEuen was with the band from 1966 to 1986 and returned during 2001. Keyboardist Bob Carpenter joined the band in 1977. The band is often cited as instrumental to the progression of contemporary country and roots music. Pure Dirts, is the group's first compilation album, made up of six songs from the first album and eight from Ricochet, assembled and released by Liberty Records in England (where neither of the original albums had appeared). A fair representation of the original Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. 01 - Buy Me For The Rain 02 - It's Raining Here In Long Beach 03 - Dismal Swamp 04 - Tide Of Love 05 - Holding 06 - Call Again 07 - Your Gonna Get It In The End 08 - Shadow Dream Song 09 - Song To Jutta 10 - The Teddybears Picnic 11 - Truly Right 12 - Put A Bar In My Car 13 - Candy Man 14 - I'll Search The Sky LINK (RS) or LINK (FS)
No Earthly Connection is a 1976 progressive rock concept album by Rick Wakeman. It was recorded in France for tax purposes.The LP record's sleeve attributes the album to Rick Wakeman and the English Rock Ensemble. In addition to Wakeman with his wide variety of keyboard instruments, including harpsichords, Mellotrons, Moog synthesizers, organs, and pianos, musicians on the album are vocalist Ashley Holt, Roger Newell (bass guitar and vocals), John Dunsterville (guitars, mandolin, and vocals), Tony Fernandez (drums and percussion), Martyn Shields (trumpet, French horn, and vocals), and Reg Brooks (trombone and vocals). The album is currently out of print in Europe and the USA, but a remastered CD release is available in Japan. There are currently no plans for an official CD reissue in the rest of the world. 01 - Music Reincarnate The Warning The Maker The Spaceman The Realisation The Reaper 02 - The Prisoner 03 - The Lost Cycle LINK (RS) or LINK (FS)
