The Human Expression is a psychedelic rock band from Los Angeles that released three well-regarded singles and made additional demo recordings between 1966 and 1967. The band formed in 1966, with the members coming from Westminster, California, and Tustin, California (both in Orange County). Jim Quarles, lead vocals, Jim Foster, rhythm guitar, Tom Hamilton, bass guitar, Armand Poulin, drums and Martin Eshleman, lead guitar. With no album released during their life, the band's work was compiled in Love at Psychedelic Velocity from 1994. 01 - Everynight (Demo) 02 - Readin' Your Will (Demo) 03 - Everynight (Single) 04 - Love At Psychedelic Velocity (Single) 05 - Calm Me Down (Demo) 06 - Optical Sound (Demo) 07 - Calm Me Down (Single) 08 - Optical Sound (Single) 09 - I Don't Need Nobody (Single) 10 - Sweet Child Of Nothingness (Single) 11 - Outside Of It All (Unreleased) 12 - Following Me (Unreleased) 13 - Who Is Burning (Unreleased) 14 - You Need Lovin' Too (Unreleased) LINK
This collection of US Garage Psychedelia, originally appeared in 1968. Though the band was marketed as being from Australia, they were in fact New Yorkers, whose short, sharp songs, snarling guitar and aggressive rhythms anticipate the Punk music with wich the city would become so associated a few years later. Elsewhere on the album are some decididely psychedelic flourishes, making it a must-have for all fans of psych-punk.(From back cover) 01 - Don`t You Know What I Mean 02 - Look At The Way She Comes 03 - Poor Discarded Baby 04 - Nothing's Changed 05 - She's A Lady 06 - Colours Of Our Rainbow 07 - Poppa Duke Tyler 08 - Strange Feelings 09 - Elizabeth 10 - You Say 11 - Yesterday's Rain 12 - Lady Dressed In White 13 - Scaltered Children's Toys LINK
Soft and delicate, yet melodic, confident and self-assured, this Deram act's only album resides somewhere between period UK country rock (Cochise, Quicksand, Southern Comfort, Quiver) and singer-songwriterdom (Mike Maran, Pete Atkin, Tony Hazzard) with plenty of light and shade thrown in from both sides. Featuring crème de la crème of Britain's studio scene and aided by a sympathetic and lush production, this band manages to produce twelve superbly orchestrated tracks full of energy, effervescence, vigour, character, rich flavour and originality. It also features no less than three lead vocalists and - count them! - five guitarists, including none other than Southern Comfort's Gordon Huntley. Was Eric Bell the same guy who played in Thin Lizzy, on Mk I line-up's biggest hits, "Whiskey In The Jar" and "The Rocker"? Clem Cattini is featured in our other PICKs: Hungry Wolf, Ugly Custard, John Schroeder and Fancy. Jimmy Hastings, of course, needs no introduction, being a long-standing member of Canterbury prog legend Caravan. Eric Bell (guitar), Tony Carr (percussion), Clem Cattini Ork (drums), John Chuter (vocals, guitar, bass), Ant Grouth-Smith (guitar, bass, sax, vocals), Jimmy Hastings (flute), George Howe (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Gordon Huntley (steel guitar), Barry Morgan (drums), Douglas Wright (drums). (OoD) 01 - Help Me 02 - Hello Lady 03 - I Can't Believe Me Eyes 04 - City Boy 05 - Blind Leading The Blind 06 - Machine 07 - See The Wheels Are Turning 08 - Whenever 09 - Do It For Mother 10 - Blind Man 11 - Nothing At All 12 - See What The Future Brings LINK
The Clark Hutchinson Band was led by guitarist Mick Hutchinson and keyboardist Andy Clark. Hutchinson began playing with a band called Sons of Fred and then passed to Sam Gopal's Dream, a group in which had much influence on the music of India. There he met Andy Clark, bassist Pete Sears and drummer Franco Franco and settle for Clark Hutchinson. In 1968 the band recorded an album of blues, in line with what happened at that time in England, a sound like Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack and The Groundhogs, groups that were exploring other sounds to escape the limitations of traditional blues. Then began his flirtation with progressive rock until its demise in the mid 70's. 01 - Free To Be Stoned 02 - After Hours 03 - In Another Day 04 - Best Suit 05 - Death, The Lover LINK
This was recorded in 1967, but never released. Introspective US garage/psych band from Virginia influenced by the British Sound, soul and R&B. After they recorded their "Leave or Stay" 45 for the Gama label under the name The English Muffins, 32 years later this LP finally sees the light of day via this lovely reissue LP limited to 400 copies and in an old style thick jacket done to look just like the Lp would have looked on the Justice label had it come out way back when. 6 covers include Kinks, Yardbirds and the 5 originals all have an early Stones vibe. Most who've heard it put it up in the top 2 for the label.(DM-M) 01 - Sympathy 02 - Midnight Hour 03 - Till The End Of The Day 04 - Mr. You're A Better Man Than I 05 - Mustang Sally 06 - Well I Know 07 - It's My Pride 08 - Come On Up 09 - Proud Reflections 10 - Make Your Bed 11 - I've Got A Mind To Give Up Livin' LINK
Stud is a British rock band from the early 1970s, that featured two members of Taste - bassist Charlie McCracken and drummer John Wilson, along with two members of Family, former bass guitarist John Weider and future bass player, Jim Cregan. Never a very commercially successful band, Stud had its biggest successes in Germany. September from 1972 is the second release of the band. 01 - Good Things 02 - God Knows 03 - Corner 04 - Life Without Music 8 05 - Samurai 06 - Five To Mid-Day 07 - Prelude 08 - Bad Handlin 09 - Ocean Boogie 10 - Red Wine LINK
Strawbs (or The Strawbs) are an English rock band founded in 1964. Although the band started out as a bluegrass group they eventually moved on to other styles such as folk rock, glam rock and progressive rock. They are best known for their hit Part of the Union, which reached number two in the UK charts in February 1973, and for touring with Supertramp in their Crime of the Century Tour, doing their Hero and Heroine Tour, which drew musical similarities and themes. Just A Collection Of Antiques And Curios is a live album by Strawbs recorded at the Queen Elizabeth Hall London on July 11, 1970. The album reached number 27 in the UK Album Charts. The band line-up had changed dramatically from that of the previous album, Dragonfly. Only founder-members Dave Cousins and Tony Hooper remained, double bass player Ron Chesterman and cellist Claire Deniz being replaced by rhythm section John Ford and Richard Hudson. Rick Wakeman also became a full-time member. Thus the band changed from being a folk quartet to a rock quintet. The concert was instrumental in bringing Rick Wakeman's virtuosity to the attention of the music media, who prophesied super-stardom for the keyboard player. 01 - Martin Luther King's Dream 02 - The Antique Suite 03 - Temperament Of Mind 04 - Fingertips 05 - Song Of A Sad Little Girl 06 - Where Is This Dream Of Your Youth 07 - The Vision Of The Lady Of The Lake 08 - We'll Meet Again Sometime 09 - Forever LINK
The Moody Blues are an English rock band. Among their innovations was a fusion with classical music, most notably in their 1967 album Days of Future Passed. The Moody Blues have sold in excess of 70 million albums worldwide and have been awarded 14 platinum and gold discs. As of 2011 they remain active with one member from the original band from 1964 and two more from the 1967 lineup. This Is The Moody Blues is a two LP (later two CDs) compilation album, released in late 1974 while the band was on a self-imposed sabbatical. Though all of the songs were previously released on albums (with the exception of "A Simple Game" which was a 1968 B-side), several of them are heard here in distinctly different mixes. This Is The Moody Blues was a commercial and critical success, reaching #14 in the UK and #11 in the U.S. before 1974 was out. Disc 1 01 - Question 02 - The Actor 03 - The Word 04 - Eyes Of A Child 05 - Dear Diary 06 - Legend Of A Mind 07 - In The Beginning 08 - Lovely To See You 09 - Never Comes The Day 10 - Isn't Life Strange 11 - The Dream 12 - Have You Heard (Part 1) 13 - The Voyage 14 - Have You Heard (Part 2) Disc 2 01 - Ride My See Saw 02 - Tuesday Afternoon 03 - And The Tide Rushes In 04 - New Horizons 05 - A Simple Game 06 - Watching And Waiting 07 - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) 08 - For My Lady 09 - The Story In Your Eyes 10 - Melancholy Man 11 - Nights In White Satin 12 - Late Lament LINK
Love Affair were a London based pop, soul, R&B group formed in 1966. They had several UK Singles Chart Top 10 hits, including the number one success "Everlasting Love". Steve Ellis - (vocals), Rex Brayley - (guitar), Lynton Guest - (keyboards 1967 to 1968), Morgan Fisher - (keyboardist from 1968 to 1971), Maurice Bacon - (drummer), Mick Jackson - (bass). Love Affair sold more singles in 1968 in the UK than any other band, except for The Beatles. At the end of that year, they released the album Everlasting Love Affair, the debut album of the band. 01 - Ever Lasting Love 02 - Hush 03 - 60 Minutes (Of Your Love) 04 - Could I Be Dreaming 05 - The First Cut Is The Deepest 06 - So Sorry 07 - A Day Without Love 08 - Tobacco Road 09 - The Tree 10 - Handbags And Gladrags 11 - Build On Love 12 - Please Stay LINK
Rhinoceros was a rock band established in 1967 by Elektra Records as that label's intended supergroup. The band, while well-respected in many circles, did not live up to the record label's expectations. As one reviewer commented, "Despite the fact that the band could not live up to the expectations that were raised by Elektra Records' publicity machine, Rhinoceros' contributions to rock still deserve more credit than subsequent rock histories give it. Rhinoceros was conceived in August 1967 by Elektra Records producers Frazier Mohawk (Barry Friedman) and Paul Rothchild as a means to create a 'Supergroup' similar to Mohawk's earlier co-creation, Buffalo Springfield, with Stephen Stills. The duo had a short list of potential enlistees including guitarist Doug Hastings (ex-Buffalo Springfield/Daily Flash). In September 1967 the first formal meeting of 12 potential players took place at Mohawk's Laurel Canyon home. Hastings was present as was his former Daily Flash associate and drummer John Keliehor, bassist Kerry Magness (ex-Kingsmen), pianist/singer/songwriter Alan Gerber, and guitarist Danny Kortchmar. However, neither Rothchild nor Mohawk were content with this line-up and continued their search. In November 1967 Mohawk and Rothchild held a second meeting with nearly 20 players in attendance at a Los Angeles motel and from this meeting decide to run with Gerber and Hastings plus guitarist Danny Weis (ex-Iron Butterfly) and singer John Finley (ex-Jon And Lee And The Checkmates). As the fall progresses Weis recommends his former Iron Butterfly bandmate Jerry 'The Bear' Penrod as bassist, while Finley calls on his old keyboardist from Jon & Lee Michael Fonfara to round out the line-up. Better Times Are Coming, their third and last album, appeared in 1970. 01 - Better Times 02 - Old Age 03 - Sweet, Nice 'n' High 04 - Just Me 05 - Happiness 06 - Somewhere 07 - It's A Groovy World 08 - Insanity 09 - Lady Of Fortune 10 - Let's Party 11 - Rain Child LINK
Kaleidoscope’s fourth and final album (as a band), Bernice, featured more electric guitar work than the earlier albums, and more country influence. There were further personnel changes, adding singer-guitarist Jeff Kaplan, and bassist Ron Johnston who replaced Brotman during the making of the album. Feldthouse also left the group. At the end of 1969, Kaleidoscope contributed two new songs ("Brother Mary" and "Mickey's Tune") to Michelangelo Antonioni's Zabriskie Point, and supported Cream on their American farewell tour. The band split up soon afterwards. 01 - Chocolate Whale 02 - Another Lover 03 - Sneakin' Thru The Ghetto 04 - To Know Is Not To Be 05 - Lulu Arfin Nanny 06 - Lie & Hide 07 - Ballad Of Tommy Udo 08 - Bernie 09 - Soft & Easy 10 - New Blue Ooze LINK
Ellison was an English Canadian Band from Montreal Quebec. The band was originally formed in 1967 as "Jimmy Peace", around the talents of vocalist / guitarist Vincent Marandola and bass player Richard Arcand. In 1969, drummer Robert Cager and guitarist Christian Tremblay joined and the name was changed to Ellison. In 1971 the band released an excellent hard rock styled album on the independent and highly collectable Trans-World label. Mainly selling in the province of Quebec and Ontario, the album had only a limited release and quickly disappeared as did the band itself. The self titled album featured seven original songs that have been described as brash, loud, hard rock with straight from the heart vocal work. Great fuzzed-out guitars, echoey vocals, hard-driving drums, and fine bass guitar make this a must for early 70's pscyh rock!! (PRB). 01 - Unchanged World 02 - Seal A Beam Bow 03 - Satanic 04 - Winter Slutch 05 - Strawberry Pain 06 - Untruth Story 07 - Freedom LINK
Pretty neat stuff for a bunch of guys from Dallas. Very psychedelic with a little Canterbury thrown in! And some Beatle-ish sounding horns, musically likened to Buffalo Springfield. Released by ATCO in 1969 01 - To Be 02 - Where Have I Been 03 - Sunrise #7 04 - Just Try 05 - Sparkle 06 - Green 07 - Footprints In The Snow 08 - At The Time 09 - Rcmpb 10 - Don't 11 - Have You Ever LINK
Sly and the Family Stone were an American rock, funk, and soul band from San Francisco, California. Active from 1966 to 1983, the band was pivotal in the development of soul, funk, and psychedelic music. Headed by singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone, and containing several of his family members and friends, the band was the first major American rock band to have an "integrated, multi-gender" lineup. Fillmore East (New York, NY) Oct 5, 1968 two shows. These performances were recorded weeks after the release of Sly and the Family Stone's second album, Life, but just before the "Everyday People" single would vault the band to international recognition and incredible commercial success. The influence Sly and the Family Stone would soon have on the American music scene cannot be underestimated. It's safe to say they were a major force in the development of 1960s era funk and soul, but they would have equal influence on the likes of other musicians, including jazz great Miles Davis and rock guitar giant, Jimi Hendrix. The multicultural personnel of the band, as well as the inclusion of both men and women in the group, were virtually unheard of in the 1960s. The fact that these multicultural elements would blend so perfectly had far-reaching effects on both audiences and the music industry itself.(WV) Disc 1 01 - Life 02 - Color Me True 03 - It Won't Be Long 04 - Are You Ready 05 - Dance To The Music 06 - M'lady Disc 2 01 - M'lady 02 - Color Me True 03 - Are You Ready 04 - It Won't Be Long 05 - Color Me True 06 - Dance To The Music 07 - Love City 08 - Turn Me Loose 09 - Outro LINK
If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You is a 1970 release by Canterbury scene rock band Caravan. According to Allmusic, "If I Could Do It All Over Again contains significant progressions over the first album." It was the second album by the band, the predecessor to their best-known album In the Land of Grey and Pink. The album is known as the epitome of Canterbury rock, featuring representative organ solos and melodic vocals typical of the band's style. The album was released on Decca Records, as was the title track as a single release. This record began to define what became the best-known Caravan sound that was heard on most releases through 1975. "For Richard" (the 14:21 medley) became a staple of Caravan shows and was typically heard as the closer. A fully orchestrated, live version can be heard on the 1974 release Caravan and the New Symphonia.The album title and title of the title track is a quote attributed to Spike Milligan. 01 - If I Could Do It All Over Again I'd Do It All Over You 02 - And I Wish I Were Stoned - Don't Worry 03 - As I Feel I Die 04 - With An Ear To The Ground You Can Make It - Martinian - Only Cox (Reprise) 05 - Hello Hello 06 - Asforteri 07 - Can't Be Long Now - Francoise - For Richard - Warlock 08 - Limits 09 - A Day In The Life Of Maurice Haylett 10 - Why (And I Wish I Were Stoned) (demo version) 11 - Clipping The 8th (Hello Hello) (demo version) 12 - As I Feel I Die (demo version) 13 - If I Could Do It All Over Again I'd Do It All Over You (remix) LINK
Darryl Way is a British rock and classical musician who, together with Francis Monkman, was a founding member of Curved Air. He is best known as a violinist although he also played keyboards with his band Wolf. He began his musical training at Dartington College of Arts, and later studied at the Royal College of Music, where he met Monkman. They originally formed the band Sisyphus, which evolved into Curved Air. After three albums with Curved Air he left in 1972 and formed the band Wolf (which became known as Darryl Way's Wolf), which also recorded three albums before splitting when he rejoined Curved Air in late 1974. Darryl Way - violin, keyboards, John Etheridge - guitar, Dek Messecar - bass, Ian Mosley - drums and John Hodkinson - vocals. 01 - The Envoy 02 - Black September 03 - Flat 2-55 04 - Anteros 05 - We're Watching You 06 - Steal The World 07 - Comrade Of The Nine LINK
Strictly Personal is the second album by Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band. It was originally released in October 1968, almost a year after the band had initially taken to the studio to record the follow-up to 1967's Safe as Milk. The finished album has been the subject of controversy owing to producer Bob Krasnow's addition of phasing to many of the tracks, which Beefheart subsequently claimed was done without his knowledge or approval. The original intention was to record an album for Buddah Records entitled It Comes to You in a Plain Brown Wrapper. (Strictly Personal's sleeve design is a relic of this initial concept.) A considerable amount of material was recorded for the project during the period of October – November 1967 with Bob Krasnow producing. Owing to reservations on the part of Buddah, however, the album was not released. Instead, Strictly Personal was issued on Krasnow's own Blue Thumb label the following year. It features re-recorded versions of songs from the 1967 sessions, with psychedelic effects added by Krasnow. Beefheart has always hated the effects, claiming they had been added without his knowledge; the album's fate probably had a strong effect on his insistence on a dry, unaffected sound on later recordings. 01 - Ah Feel Like Ahcid 02 - Safe As Milk 03 - Trust Us 04 - Son Of Mirror Man - Mere Man 05 - On Tomorrow 06 - Beatle Bones 'n' Smokin' Stones 07 - Gimme Dat Harp Boy 08 - Kandy Korn LINK
A California group managed and produced by Andy Di Martino, the man responsible for some of the later albums by Captain Beefheart and for discovering The Cascades. Their music was a very decent mix of West Coast sounds, white soul and country, with good male/female vocals and often brilliant guitar parts. Durham, Smotherman and Dub Campbell wrote most of their material. Dub Campbell, guitar, electric violin, vocals, Mark Durham, bass, Randy James guitar, Michael "Bucky Smotherman, lead vocals, keyboards, Debbie Campbell, lead vocals, Rick Gilbert, drums, Sonny Ray, drums and Dean Smith, guitar, vocals. 01 - I Can Hear You 02 - Take Extra Care 03 - Will The Circle Be Unbroken 04 - Sweet Marie 05 - Put Out The Light 06 - Doin' It My Own Way 07 - Time To Live 08 - Take It Easy LINK
Lisztomania is a 1975 film by Ken Russell, drawn from a biography of Franz Liszt. Depicting the flamboyant Liszt as the first classical pop star, Lisztomania features contemporary rock star Roger Daltrey (of The Who) as Franz Liszt. The film was released the same year as Tommy, which also starred Daltrey and was directed by Russell. Lisztomania is a 1975 progressive rock soundtrack album by Rick Wakeman to the movie of the same name. Some tracks with vocals of Roger Daltrey, Linda Lewis and Paul Nicholas. 01 - Rienzi-Chopsticks Fantasia 02 - Love's Dream 03 - Dante Period 04 - Orpheus Song 05 - Hell 06 - Hibernation 07 - Excelsior Song 08 - Master Race 09 - Rape, Pillage & Clap 10 - Funerailles 11 - Free Song 12 - Peace At Last LINK
Chicago V is the fourth studio album (fifth overall) by American rock band Chicago and was released in 1972. It is notable for being the group's first single full-length release, after having released three consecutive double albums and a box set of live material. Following the release of Chicago III in 1971, which almost left Chicago creatively spent, the band decided to curb their penchant for double albums and work on more concise numbers (in contrast to the suites that had typified their previous work) in order to fit all of their new material onto a single album. Chicago V is also notable for Robert Lamm's prolific songwriting; eight out of its ten tunes are composed solely by him. Recorded just before Chicago at Carnegie Hall was released in the fall of 1971, Chicago V was cut in just over a week and held over for release until the following summer. Preceded by "Saturday In The Park", which reached #3 - the band's biggest hit thus far, the critically-acclaimed Chicago V became the biggest hit album of 1972, not only becoming Chicago's first #1 album but spending nine weeks in the pole position in the US. In the UK, the release managed to reach #24. Follow-up single, "Dialogue (Part I & II)" (#24) also became a Top 30 hit. 01 - A Hit By Varese 02 - All Is Well 03 - Now That You've Gone 04 - Dialogue (Part I) 05 - Dialogue (Part II) 06 - While The City Sleeps 07 - Saturday In The Park 08 - State Of The Union 09 - Goodbye 10 - Alma Mater LINK
