Mount Rushmore - High on Mount Rushmore (1968 us. hard rock blues)

Great early hard rock with roots (and parts of the stem) in psychedelia. The sparseness of the sound coupled with brilliantly performed vocals makes for perhaps the finest american hard rock album of the late sixties. It contains great rock tracks such as "I Don't Believe In Statues", and more experimental pieces like "Looking Back", with its' shifting meters and proto kraut parts. A "lost" classic.

Mount Rushmore - Mount Rushmore '69 (1969)

Grungier, thicker and better than the debut album, Mount Rushmore sound a bit more serious and stoned here. Again, it's hardly classic stuff, and the production is pretty clunky, but I can't slam it too hard.

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Screaming Lord Sutch - Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends (1970 uk)
(with J.Page, J.Bonham,J Beck, N. Redding)

This much-maligned album isn't nearly as bad as you may have been led to believe. It's actually a rather fascinating aural document, mostly for the fact that it seems to be an important missing link in the Jimmy Page/Zeppelin story. First off, there's Lord Sutch himself. His voice is definitely a liability, and he's easily the weakest-link in this otherwise pretty stellar chain. I suppose it wouldn't be so bad if he was a decent lyricist, but unfortunately I've seldom heard lyrics as banal and insipid. The titles pretty much say it all in this regard: "Wailing Sounds", "Flashing Lights", "Thumping Beat"....you get the picture...Fortunately, most of the backing tracks themselves are great - at least the ones featuring Page and Bonham, which constitute roughly half the album. They almost sound like Zeppelin outtakes, and I get the feeling that Page may have used this project to hone his studio craft. The drums on the Page/Bonham tracks are straight off of Zeppelin II, and sound fat, thick and heavy - ditto Page's guitar parts. These tracks are worth the price of the album alone. Sadly, the same can't be said for the remaining tracks. Apparently they were recorded in London (the Page/Bonham tracks were done in L.A.) and feature Nicky Hopkins, Jeff Beck, and Noel Redding, among others. Compared to the Page/Bonham tracks they sound incredibly muddy, thin, and frankly, amateurish - notwithstanding Beck's always interesting fretwork.  
So, to sum up, this album is probably worth it for the Page/Bonham tracks alone, but the remainder is fairly hit-or-miss. I'd recommend it to hard-core Zeppelin fans however. For everyone else - you've been warned.
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Barnodaj - Mauglì (1975 v.good czech-sinf. prog)

Buon esempio di prog cecoslovacco (per la verità non so se più ceco o slovacco...)...interessanti le alternanze musicali di un prog classico richiamante alla lezione dei gruppi italiani del tempo e anche agli standard inglesi, in più ovviamente anche elementi della stessa tradizione cecoslovacca...superba la song "Stesti".

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Thundermug - Strikes (1972 can )

Wow what a great LP! Hearing 'Page/What Would You Do?/'Father Son' still blows me away all these years later. Great band from London, Ontario Canada. I grew up in Toronto, and these guys played at one of my high school dances. Stupid me, I didn't go... Probably had a fuckin' pimple or something.

Though my face was clear for 'Bush', 'Steel River' and 'Crowbar'! Lol

I'm not sure if this LP is available on CD yet or not. I've had a few copies on vinyl over the years, and they've seen their share of my platter.

I was floored when I walked into a local store here called 'Recordland', and found 4 copies. Three were lumped together, and in pretty decent shape. The fourth was kind of hiding, and separate from the others, still sealed, and well worth the $20.00 Canadian I might add. There was also a sealed copy of their 'Orbit' LP for $20.00, and of course my drooling continued!

The opening track, 'Africa' was a minor radio hit in Canada, and maybe the US as well.

Just an incredible guitar drenched Canadian heavy rock masterpiece! The previous review sums up everything else I'd like to say! So, if you're ever in Calgary, check out 'Recordland'. They have several hundred thousand LP's in stock, and over a million LP's unfiled in the back! The store is reminiscent of 'Alladins Cave'. I'm quite sure they'd still have at least a half dozen or so 'Thundermug' LPs just sitting there.

Warning; The US issue of this LP appears the same at first glance, however the tracklisting is completely different. The US version is a compilation of Thundermug 'Strikes', and their 2nd LP 'Orbit'.

Look for the 'Axe Records' pressing, AXS 502, because this is the 'true' version.

The US compilation LP of the same name is 'BN3264'.

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Emergency - No Compromise(czec.-superb 1974 jazz-prog)

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Frantic - Conception (1971 U.s. Hard rock-heavy psych)

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Tentacle - The Angel of Death (70/71 scotland - hard prog)

Excelent and obscure band of Heavy Psych.from Scothland. Similar to Morly Grey, Dark, T2. The album was recorded in 1970/71. Really Cool !!!!!!!

Wonderfully morose scottish rock with some flowery, folk-derived electric guitar work and heavy bits that don't get too loutish.  Wholeheartedly recommended to fans of T2's first album, Dark, Parameter, Janus...

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Zipper - Zipper (1973 - hard rock U.S.)

Pre Dead Moon band with Fred Cole. Not just "with" but I think it was his band 'cause he wrote all the tracks. Amazing stuff on this platter, from hardrock, to rockandroll and ballads. The "feel" is exactly like the Dead Moon records, but with a different sound. Some stupid people think this is influenced by Led Zeppelin, wich is no good reference to me, but I like this. A lot. A new genre is introduced; garagehardrock!!!!

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Racing Cars - Downtown Tonight (1976 uk soft rock)

I loved this album when I first heard it in the Seventies. Very west coast sound, maybe a softer edged version of the Doobies or a slightly more funky Eagles.
I came across it again recently and was a little disappointed. It sounds very dated and the individual tracks are a little too eclectic. It doesn't really gel as an album.
Some great moments though. "They Shoot Horses Don't They" is a beautiful ballad written I assume as a tribute to the film of the same name. There are also a couple of really good funky instrumentals.

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VERVERT TURNER GROUP-S/T (1972)

Vi posto questo disco che sicuramente vi piacerà! Non ve lo sa definire bene ma si può parlare di psych&hard rock (forse però è riduttivo)!

Si vocifera che questo tizio che vedete in foto e Jimi Hendrix fossero amici e progettassero un power trio...non so se è vero ma sta di fatto che il cantato di Ververt Turner lascerà ai più molto interdetti, perchè sembra effettivamente Hendrix al microfono!Anche io al primo ascolto sono stato parecchio disorientato!

Come intuirete la tecnica chitarristica è molto buona (ma non ai livelli di Hendrix!) e il disco è molto piacevole!dunque le song consigliate sono "Excuse Me,Gentlemen", "Scarlet Warrior","Madonna (of seventh moon)"( forse è la più bella), e "Strangely Neww"!

Come al solito ascoltate e non ve ne pentirete!

Ci sentiamo presto e fatemi gli in bocca al lupo x il mattone d'esame che vo' affrontando!!!!

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Velvert Turner was apparently a friend of Jimi Hendrix's, and the Hendrix vibe on the album Velvert Turner Group is almost overpowering, right down to the fish-eye photo on the back cover. Turner's got great guitar tone and a playing style quite similar to Jimi. The songs are also similar to later-period Hendrix, circa First Rays of the New Rising Sun, but with some keyboards added. In fact, "Three O'Clock Train" starts out with a riff very close to "Izabella," then sounds more like "51st Anniversary" in the body of the tune. The really shocking thing, though, is how much Turner's voice sounds like Jimi. It's jarring, right down to the same vocal inflections. But it doesn't sound like imitation, it just sounds like they came from the same places. The songs are good, although not the equal of Hendrix's, but some of the guitar playing is great, with some good feedback and panning effects to boot. It's certainly derivative, but Jimi left so few official albums that this will be a welcome sound to Hendrix fans.

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(i suggest the song "Strangely Neww", "excuse me gentleman" and "scarlet warrior""madonna(of the seventh moon)" ...take a listen!)

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Gagalactyca-Gagalactyca (1975 heavy psych)

Disco molto particolare, quando l'ho sentito la prima volta sono rimasto sorpreso ed annoiato e non mi sono spinto più in la delle prime tracce ma al secondo ascolto, superata la prima song che a mio avviso è noiosa, sono stato preso dal sound che diviene, via via che trascorre il disco, molto più "acido" e assume caratteri psych molto più forti...!ve lo consiglio!

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Progres 2 - Treti Kniha Dzungli(czech-prog 1982)

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AGAIN PSYCH !!
VALHALLA - VALHALLA

(u.s.-1969)

Il disco che vi propongo oggi è un ottimo disco di musica psych (qualcuno parla di heavy psych ma non sono molto daccordo...) Secondo la mia opinione è un ottimo disco da ascoltare con piacere anche se potevano fare qualcosina in più!
Mi sento di consigliarvi le canzoni "Hard times","overseas symphony", la strana "Deacon" che mi ricorda la canzone della pubblicità della valleverde (ovviamente non ricordo assolutamente il titolo!) e anche "Roof top man". La particolarità di questo disco è un graduale aumento della complessità nella stuttura delle canzoni fino al top di "overseas symphony" bove si ha un vero effetto sinfonico...beh...che state aspettando?! Ascoltate!!!!

Early psych-simp.prog from a one record (1969) band. Songs start out rather simple and turn into massive fusion-psych-hard rock jams (take a listen to "Overseas symphony"and "Hard times" and "deacon")! Very good album!

Enjoy it!

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Valhalla's only album was a rather haphazard mix of end-of-the-'60s psychedelic and heavy rock influences. Even if it's not particularly outstanding or original, however, it has its enjoyable aspects, especially for those who enjoy late-'60s combinations of bluesy hard organ and bluesy hard rock guitar. In its slightly overreaching, over-serious feel with a hint of religious pomposity, it's often slightly reminiscent of early Deep Purple and — more distantly, especially in the fairly penetrating organ — the Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Graham Bond, and Lee Michaels. Throw in some more guitar-oriented hard rock with songwriting and riffs reminiscent of Cream and the "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago"-era Yardbirds, and it's a little surprising to learn that this band came from Long Island, not Britain. At times, too, the record takes strange right turns into more orchestrated, skewed pop and jazzy tempos, as if they were trying to get a little more mainstream but couldn't quite iron out their more uncommercial aspirations. Some faint symphonic pretensions both add and detract in some ways, but there are some pretty commanding lead vocals and organ, which put it a notch above many other secondary psychedelic albums of this kind.

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Valhalla is a symphonic rock band who recorded one record for United Artists. Mark Mangold, now a celebrated AOR figure, played keyboards with this Long Island unit who performed local gigs until management pushed the group to compose original material to ensnare a recording contract. Here the young Mangold honed his songwriting chops while developing a love for synths and mellotons which he would carry into his next band, American Tears. American Tears evolved into Touch and Mangold also formed Drive, She Said and has worked with Aldo Nova, Randy Jackson, and many others. He wrote Cher's faux metal smash "I Found Someone" with Michael Bolton.

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White Witch - White Witch (1972 uk psych prog glam hard rock)

I really enjoy this album. It might be the fact that it was one of the first psychedelic/hard rock albums that I heard in my youth and because it contains a fun pop sensibility,it was easy for me to get into at the time. I can understand how the cover might be a turn off(a bad makeup job which has not aged well) .I am also not a fan of "It's So Nice To Be Stoned"..it could be one of the worst weed oriented rock songs of the 60's/70's.
Every other song on here is OK to great..the somewhat more pedestrian numbers at least made interesting by Ronn Goedert's feminine/witchy vocal stylings.
The warm and flowing moog melodies are certainly another highlight and add to the mystical feeling of the record. A much better album than the sophomore release, "A Spiritual Greeting",which is chock full of forgettable songs. As far as this debut goes, "Help Me Lord" and "Don't Close Your Mind" are my favorite tracks.

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Smockin willie - s/t (1970 great heavy psych)

Ammazza quanto è heavy questo disco! siamo di fronte ad un disco (per altro ottimo!!!!) pieno di suoni molto carichi,dalle chitarre iperdistorte fino ad un roboante hammon (ma non quello tipico del genere prog!)...mi sembrano i blue cheer moltopiù heavy!!!Consigliatissimo!


This is probably one of the of the oddest albums we've ever released. Smokin' Willie and his sidekicks Jim Sarvis and Ron Frye deliver a sound and a take on some hits of the day the likes of which you won't have heard before. The trio blasts its way through two original numbers and its own singular versions of 'Whiter Shade Of Pale', 'Evil Ways', 'Get Ready' and the most unbelievable 'House Of The Rising Sun' you're ever likely to hear. There's lots of Hammond, up-front fuzz guitar, a truly thunderous rhythm section and howling vocals and as times it is hard to imagine this much sound being produced by only three musicians. Originally released in 1970 on the Ulrich Studios label (Ulrich Studio 3999) as a private pressing, the biker trio's budget only ran to 500 copies most of which were eagerly snapped up by the good folks of southern Indiana where the band enjoyed considerable local support.

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Dice - Four Riders of the Apocalypse(1977 syn.prog)

Sweden has always seemed to be a bastion of progressive music. Dice were a top-notch symphonic rock group from the 1970’s with virtuosic musicianship and compositional skills, occasionally marred by less-than perfect vocals, but still an outstanding group. The story of their albums’ release dates are kind of convoluted, but since their all available on CD for good (hopefully), it’s probably fair to treat them as sequential.

The first work they did was The Four Riders of the Apocalypse, an all-instrumental opus based on the biblical prophesy and Albrecht Durer’s engravings. The two shorter pieces (around 8 minutes each) are complex and fusiony, but surprisingly upbeat for such a dire themed album. The star of the show is one Orjan Strandberg who plays lightning fast but very melodic lines that are essentially just very complex riffs, around which the tracks seem to be based. Keyboardist Leif Larsson provides sturdy accompinament on organ, mellotron, and synthesizers. The two longer pieces are around 11 minutes long and are the highlights, in my opinion at least, as they go through a wide range of styles but still flow together nicely. Some people have complained about a few of the many sections like the part that sounds like “Larks Tongues in Aspic, part Two” (there is a section that sounds very much like that piece, but it only occurs briefly, so it’s more of an homage than a ripoff, and I have to admit that I didn’t even notice the similarity the first several times I listened to it since the rhythm is commonly used in a lot of prog music) or the quote from an old big band jazz piece that I can’t identify (I actually really like this part as it’s so unexpected). In spite of those brief controversial parts, the rest of the two long tracks are full-fledged masterpieces of symphonic rock that push all the right buttons and do a pretty good job of depicting the apocalyptic situations dictated by the concept. One of the great obscure masterpieces of 1970’s European progrock.

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Dice - Dice(1978)

The album Dice featured a decent but somewhat distracting vocalist, but is a little more polished than The Four Riders… There’s still the same mix between upbeat major-key ditties, lush symphonic epics, and dissonant ostinatos. All of the tracks are very strong, but I find the instrumental breaks on “The Utopian Suntan,” the Focus-like instrumental “Annika,” and the glorious mellotron dirge “Esther” to be exceptional. The 22-minute suite “Follies” is an interesting look at schizophrenia. The lyrics are often poorly written but still well-sung and they suit the music pretty well. As is often the case, this album sounds more professional but less distinctive than the rawer predecessor. A lot of the songs are based very much on chord sequences or academic-sounding melodic patterns without a lot else going on. That doesn’t bother me, but it seems to strike others as being bland and unmemorable and more like exercises than well-developed compositions. I think they’re great though.

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Mandalaband - Mandalaband(1975 prog)

This mythic & heroic progressive rock album is surprisingly excellent! On side 1, It has TONS of BEAUTIFUL, poignant, intense and religious male & female choir parts. The heroic floating and symphonic keyboards are quite intense and anthemic. The keyboards and choir clearly remind Rick Wakeman's work in the 70's. The omnipresent electric guitar sometimes sounds like Steve Hackett's one of the Genesis' "Selling England by the pound" album. There are a few weird psychedelic parts, but fortunately they do not last for a long time.

On side 1, The OUTSTANDING & epic "Om mani padme hum" contains impressive jazzy piano parts a la Keith Emerson or Eddie Jobson; there is a brilliant, exciting & melodic tubular bells part; the symphonic & anthemic keyboards are just memorable. The electric guitar near the end, despite its hard rock tendency, does not kill the grandeur of this long track.

The other side is different and less good. The tracks are shorter and they often have a more straightforward loaded rock/hard rock tendency, without the flamboyant choirs and keyboards present on the first side. "Determination" contains dirty rhythmic organs, wah-wah hard rock electric guitars and fast & complex drums, a bit like on the first Camel's album. "Song for a king" is more like the first side: the beautiful and melodic track is absolutely memorable with the catchy and addictive lead vocals, refined keyboards arrangements and Hackett-like guitar solos. The very good "Roof of the world" takes a rather fast and aggressive mood: it has fast and restless drums, hard rock guitar solos, floating mellotron and catchy lead vocals: there is again a mythic & heroic mood present on this track. The last track has mellow Fender Rhodes notes: combined with the tender voice, it reminds me the Gentle Giant's "Aspirations" track.

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Mandalaband - The Eye of Wendor: Prophecies (1978)

In 1992 German record company Line meritoriously re-released the classic second Mandalaband album The Eye Of Wendor: Prophecies, which was recorded between 1976 and 1978. All four members of Barclay James Harvest, all four members of the original 10cc, Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues, Maddy Prior of Steeleye Span, Noel Redding (ex-The Jimi Hendrix Experience) plus lots of other musicians were involved, although leader of the pack was David Rohl, who wrote and produced the album and played the master of the keyboards.

Melodic art rock in the just established tradition of The Alan Parsons Project with beautiful kitschy bombastic tunes galore.

A lengthy piece named "Om Mani Padme Hum", which originally made up one half of the first Mandalaband output, was added to fill up the CD.

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Cleves - Cleves(1971v.good aussie psych prog)

Buon disco di musica psych/prog proveniente dlla terra dei canguri!mi è piaciuto perchè c'è una certa dose di cattiveria unita con la bravura dei musicisti...ottime chitarre ottimo organo ottimo cantato(sia maschile che femminile)...inoltre mi sembra che la 5 o 6 traccia sia una sorta di "Stop" revisited (la famosa e stupenda "stop" di Al Kooper E M.Blomfield presente su "supersession") Consigliato!

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Mandrill - Mandrill(1970 jazz prog funk)

This is a bright, explosive, progressive debut. The band does plenty of afro-cuban jams, but they also venture into jazz and do a prog-rock suite on the second side of the album. A great interesting debut, indeed....

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Mandrill - Mandrill Is(1972)

Mandrill were part of the fusion movement of the early seventies - undervalued until this day. Though they recall other bands - Santana, Tower of Power, War come to mind - Mandrill did have their own unique way of blending the ingredients. On Mandrill is, their second album, there´s a Prog-Rock aspect adding to their Latin Funk core. Add some Jazz influences and a touch of psychedelica, and you have a rich, yet not over-spiced brew.

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Autosalvage - Autosalvage(1968 heavy psych)

Extremely metallic psychedelic classic that is very unusual and intriguing. I have a vinyl pressing that is extremely loud and far better than a CD issue I have heard. The sound is reminiscent of the crunching rhythm guitar / bass / drum sound of Revolver tracks like Taxman and Dr Robert with a dense web of counterpoint between tightly structured bass and electric guitar lines, a little reminiscent of Marquee Moon. The sound is quite fascinating and the dense counterpoint metallic approach is sustained throughout the album. The vocals are a weakness however - it is the tracks that really stand out as a tour de force of arranging structured guitar and bass parts. This is psychedelia but experimental and definitely of interest to fans of electric guitar and metallic sounds. Another fascinating one-album band and a personal favourite.

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Hallelujah - Hallelujah Babe (1971 kraut-psych)

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Opale - La DerniereToile du Maitre (fra prog 1981)

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Metamorfosis - Papallones i elefants (1982 prog)

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Water!!!Great dutch prog!
Water - The Second Day(1975)

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Water - Damburst(1976)

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Bandolero - Love Is All (1970 puertorico psych)

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Spectrum - Milesago(1972prog hard rock)

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PSYCH!!!!
Oggi vi propongo questi2album...non ho apprezzato i friedsound ma possono esser gustati dagli appassionati del genere!meglio i chimo che comunque non raggiungono vette inesplorate!
Friendsound - Joyride(1969exp psych)

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Chimo - Chimo !(can psych1970)

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EPSILON-MOVE ON (1972)

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Poche parole per questo disco!Secondo me merita un ascolto pur non essendo eccezionale...ci sono delle song veramente belle, su tutte "Reichelsheilm" e "walk on my way" che fa un po il verso a "strange kind of a woman" dei purple e la jehtrotulleggiante "feelings" con un bel flauto pieno di sentimento...Che dire...Buon Ascolto!

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"Initially working under the name Karthago and with a repertoire of The Nice compositions, they changed radically when joined by the former Orange Peel and Nosferatu guitarist/vocalist Michael Winzkowski. Upon realising that another band called Karthago existed in Berlin, the name Epsilon was chosen instead. Typical of bands from Marburg (cf. Pell Mell, Frame, etc.) Epsilon drew heavily on classical music in an original and complex progressive rock, in a very different way to their British or Italian counterparts, especially so on side one of their debut, which blends in these classical influences in a very unusual and original manner, not least so a classical styled rendition of The Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black". It all amounts to an odd album that covers a lot of ground, yet is also excellent throughout. Subsequent releases moved onto hard-rock and blues realms, though MOVE ON was surprisingly good for a more mainstream song-based rock album, with some nice folky touches breaking the mood occasionally. And, even on the straight hard-rock EPSILON OFF they still retained the unique Epsilon sound with Winzkowski's unusual vocals. However, we suspect that the later singles are of no real interest!"

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HARDWATER -SAME (psych-1969)

Purtroppo Gooooogle sta monopolizzando il tutto...mah testiamo questa nuova versione beta...non so voi ma io odio i monopoli e questo motore di ricerca che, da libero e senza fini di lucro è diventato una fogna monopolizzante, a me non va a genio...comunque... parliamo d'altro! Parliamo di musica!

Disco non eccezionale ma di sicuro impatto per la vostra discografia...il genere proposto è un psych molto orecchiabile e piacevole (forse si sconfina un po nel garage-blues) ."City sidewals" e "Sanctuary" sono sicuramente song che piaceranno a parecchi di voi! Detto questo vi saluto!

Hardwater was produced by David Axelrod, who was also responsible for The Electric Prunes "Mass In F Minor" album. The Carter/Gilbert team of songwriters, also listed on the "Horses" album, provided 2 tracks for this quartet's one and only solid album, which should please fans of Buffalo Springfield and/or Moby Grape

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SBB - SBB (Amiga Album)1978 (pol-v.good heavy prog)

Buon disco di musica prog(heavy)proveniente dalla Polonia...all'inizio i nosti partono "sparati"e poi il ritmo scende sul finale esplorando con più calma il genere jazz-fusion...Non sfigurerà nella vostra collezione!
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Horton - Dancehall For Midgets (heavy psych 1976 u.s.a)

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Damin Eih, A.L.K. and Brother Clark - Never Mind(1973 psych folk u.s.a.)

1:Dreamy and hypnotic, an excellent mixture of folk and psych sounds,, every song is winner.
2:Wonderful songs from a great and lost album.
3:How can you be content in a world where Nirvana's Nevermind is held to be one of the greatest albums of all time, when in reality it is not even the best album titled Never Mind?

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Moonstone - Moonstone (1973 us-can dreaming psychfolk)

rare private press, 1973. kot'ai records, canada. the band were from alaska.
dreamy folk/psych with predominantly female vocals and crystal clear male-female harmony singing.
a combination of u.s. west woast acoustic songwriting and esoteric u.k. folk from the early 70s.
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Mij - yodeling astrologer(1969 psych folk)
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HIGHWAY ROBBERY - S/T

capolavoro!ci rockkeggiamo un po?ottimo disco anche piuttosto duro con il sound(molto grezzo tanto che può essere considerato un proto metal...è stato recentemente ripubblicato con la serie "headbanger"cosa che vi dice tutto!)Il disco è tutto molto bello ed è inutile perdere tempo a desciverlo anche se non resisto a consigliarvi "bells" "promotional man" ma ancora di più le prime 2 traccie... a voi!

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Major Arcana - Major Arcana(1976)

un buon disco ma non eccelso...è un mix folk psych ma non particolarmente acido come altri lavori già postati...non sono male ma devo dire che il disco tende ad essere appesantito da canzoni che tendono ad essere un filo troppo prolisse!!!mah...ditemi voi!

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Living Force - Living Force (1975 prog New Zealand)

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Cleves - Cleves (1971 nw zea. hard psych)

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Faces - First Step(1970-hard rock)

For a debut album this is a real killer. Okay so the members wern't exactly wet behind the ears, but it's still a monster of a first album none the less.
First Step isn't quite as complete and organic as their later albums, for example you do get a few weak points here that didn't really happen on the other albums. However, you do get some really fine tunes. My stand out track is the Ronnie Lane penned "The Stone", also the hypnotic "Flying" and the beautiful "Nobody Knows" make this a great debut album. The weakness is that it is a little too bluesy, and it doesn't really have that fun element that this lot were famed for.
Overall, you've got Ronnie Lane, Rod Stewart and Ian McLagan recording together on one record, what more of an excuse do you need to own it.
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The Gods - To Samuel a Son(1970 hard psych)

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Universe - Universe(1971 hard prog)

Stiamo davanti ad un buon disco, forse non eccelso ma decisamente ascoltabile...ci sono intermezzi "duri" altri un po' più melodici tutto condito in chiave Prog anche se ancora siamo un po' lontani da un heavy prog "classico"!a voi l'ascolto!

Universe was an English band who went to Norway. Some way along their travels their van broke down in front of a music freak's house. The guy took the band in, fed them, and gave them shelter for the night. The band recorded a jam session as a private pressing for this guy. Colours found it and reissued the recording. Bery obscure sounding music.

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Eternidad - Apertura(1979 folk-prog)

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Montes - Cuando Brille el Tiempo (1974 arg prog guitar oriented)

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EL TARRO DE MOSTAZA (MEX-1973)

Ancora un posto per voi!in lingua spagnola ma molto bello!questo è un disco di musica psych molto particolare, ogni traccia è degna di nota con forse un difetto nella prima song...la lunghezza!è una bella canzone ma ci sono dei passaggi di organo che richiamano il sound degli Iron Butterfly troppo prolungato...ma si può soprassedere!!da avere a da ascoltare in ogni modo!

An extremely rare Mexican psychedelic / progressive cross-over album. On the opening track Obertura-Brillo De Luz there's a nice but long keyboard intro, which gradually gives way to effects and pleasant guitar but the keyboards are always around. The largely instrumental cut has a haunting feel at times. It accounts for almost all of side one - the vocals, in Spanish, come in half way through by which time a strong Soft Machine influence (those repetitive organ chords on Soft Machine's first album) becomes evident. The side closes with Final-Advances, a short, catchy instrumental. The material on side two is generally less progressive. En Caso De Que Mi Reloj Se Pare has nice keyboards, El Ruido Del Silencio is quite catchy and Final is a laid back melodic number with woodwind. Certainly an album worth hearing.

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