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Monday, 18 December 2006
 Review from the AMG:
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of the most unique albums of the 1970s, R. Stevie Moore's debut
long-player is an uncategorizable mess that somehow keeps from falling
apart completely, kind of like a one-man band version of the Beatles' White Album
cross-pollinated with late-1960s Frank Zappa at his most antic. Yet
just as the album seems hopelessly self-indulgent and bizarre, Moore
suddenly veers into some of the sweetest and catchiest pop songs of the
pre-punk '70s. That dichotomy is what makes Phonography
special. Recorded in bits and pieces over the course of two years of
living room sessions, with Moore playing and singing every part,
barring the tambourine on the Soft Machine-like ... |
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Sunday, 17 December 2006
from Head Heritage: Imagine
The Fifty Foot Hose jamming with Great Society-era Grace Slick or if
Grace found herself with half of 1967-era Jefferson Airplane joined by
The Silver Apples with a fully operational string section that knew
when to back off....her
most experimental and artistically successful album of all. It was a
brave departure from her previous five albums on Vanguard. Gone were
the straight folk re-readings as it embraced elements as diverse as
electric Rock, acoustic folk tracks mixed in with string and horn
arrangements (orchestrated by no less a personage than Peter "PDQ Ba... |
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Sunday, 17 December 2006
Battle of the Garages vol 1
01 The United States Of Existence - Return To The Psychedelic (Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.)
02 The Vertebrats - Left In The Dark (Champaign, IL, U.S.A.)
03 The Stepmothers - Let Her Dance
04 Pete Holly & The Looks - Look Out Below
05 Eddy Best - Things I Should've Said
06 Brad Long - Tell Me (Logansport, IN, U.S.A.)
07 Deniz Tek - RPM (Australia)
08 The Dark Side - In The Dark (U.K.)
09 The Embarrassment - Pushin' Too Hard
10 The Wombats - The Reason Why (Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.)
11 The Crawdad... |
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Sunday, 17 December 2006
01 Prophecies/Morning Blue02 Prism Fawn03 One Eyed Minor04 Feels Like Love05 Silver Children06 Valley of Eyes07 Without You08 What Were You Looking For ?09 I'm Satisfied10 Fo... |
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Sunday, 17 December 2006
 My name is Paul Carey. Back in the '80s (May 1984 to February 1988 specifically) I was the lead singer for The Untold Fables. The other Untold Fables were Jon Niederbrach on guitar, Robert Butler (later of The Miracle Workers) on bass, and Paul Sakry on drums. Although we were mainly associated with the mid-'80s LA Psychedelic/Garage revival scene that grew out of a club called The Rave Up, and later moved to Greg Shaw's Cavern Club, our music also included strong influences from '70s Punk and '50s Rhthym & Blues. Our first release, a remake of "I Try" by The Young Tyrants, was f...
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Saturday, 16 December 2006
You asked for this, so here it is.
Tracklisting :pt.1
01. Country Joe And The Fish - Grace
(1967, USA, from 'Electric Music For The Mind and Body' / Vanguard) 0:00
02. Mad River - Eastern Light
(1968, USA, from 'Mad River' / Capitol) 1:46
03. Iron Butterfly - In The Time Of Our Lives
(1969, USA, from 'Ball' / ATCO) 3:45
04. Vanilla Fudge - The Season Of The Witch
(1968, USA, from 'Renaissance' / Atlantic) 6:05
05. Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
(1973, USA, from 'Houses of the Holy' / At... |
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Thursday, 14 December 2006
A
lysergic space rock odyssey with psychedelic pop and crazy jams. A
freaky journey via Greece, Brasil, France, Germany, UK & USA. For a
better comprehension of oneself, a strong harmony with nature, a higher
clearness, a sharpening of the senses This mix was made to keep the
curiosity going about the music of one of the most creative period of
music history (1966-1974). The selection has been focused on acid-rock,
when impressively talented mu... |
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Thursday, 14 December 2006
 The Dark Cellars were formed in June of 1984 near a graveyard for the mentally insane at positively 13 o'clock (actually it was Newtonville, but doesn't matter now). - from the liner notes.
New England garage/psych band, sharing members with the whole local garage scene (Keene Highland Klan, Hopelessly Obscure, Johnny & The Jumper Cables, Four Commandments and the rest Stanton Park groups). Aram Heller (owner of Stanton Park recs and member of Hopelessly Obscure) is on guitar and keyboards in these recordings, and Bryn Carlson (who played with almost every Boston band in the 80s) is on drums. This LP, released in 1986 on Alien Cactus Records (ACR THORN 001) comes from the deepest six-o psyche and includes some real killers, as the instrumental Revolution #2, which, if doesn't get you on your feet, there's a strong possibillity that you're dead.
This is ... |
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Wednesday, 13 December 2006
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Tuesday, 12 December 2006
 The Things - 1986 - Outside My WindowOne of the more obscure bands of the Southern California paisley underground scene in the mid-'80s, the Things had three albums released in the mid 80s, two on Voxx and a third on Epitaph. You can find their first (Coloured Heaven, 1984) in Twilightzone, with a semi-negative review by R.Unterberger.
Certainly songwriter/singer/guitarist Steve Crabtree's chief musical inspiration was Arthur Lee, but he managed to make some truly inspired songs and to built a sound, which could distinguish them from the mass. In 'Outside My Window', their best record, Things weren't the craze... |
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Saturday, 09 December 2006
 The Mooseheart Faith Stellar Groove Band, sometimes known as Mooseheart Faith, is (was?) a Los Angeles based rock band blending 1960s folk rock and psychedelia, 1970s space rock and progressive rock and a variety of influences from world music and jazz. The core of the band is autoharp player and sometime bassist Todd Homer, formerly of the punk band, The Angry Samoans and guitarist Larry Robinson, formerly of 1970s teen pop/soul group Apollo, along with a variety of other individuals.
This is their 88 debut release, issued on DeMilo recs (LP, DM-1). Rock n roll psychedelia from their weird and wonderfull cosmos with melodies that will linger in your mind. They released 4 more LPs/CDs and a few 7" (two with Crawlspace), equal or better than 'Golden Light'. They were active untill late 90s. Today on their homepage there's only an announcement that ... |
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Friday, 08 December 2006
 Ozric Tentacles - Rare & Unreleased
Disc One :
01. Ozric Tentacles - Rare & Unreleased 1- The Dreaming Cat
01. Ozric Tentacles - Rare & Unreleased 1- Always
03. Ozric Tentacles - Rare & Unreleased 1- Minstrel Carousel
04. Ozric Tentacles - Rare & Unreleased 1- We Are Always Here
05. Ozric Tentacles - Rare & Unreleased 1- Sea Cucumber
06. Ozric Tentac... |
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Friday, 08 December 2006
Bucketfull of Brains: This album is so good, mere words won't do it justice. Through a dense psychedelic wall of sound emerge melodies and lyrics of intricate beauty, and surprisingly powerful songs with an endearing naivete. Initially, the intensity of sound and extended arrangements are difficult to penetrate, but perseverence pays off. The barrage of effects is not there to conceal any inadequacies, rather they begin with great songs which develop into a compelling electrical confusion.It's hard to find any bad tracks, but certain ones stand out above the others. "Step Upside Down" at the start of side one is a psychedelic classic, as you'd expect with a title like that. "My World Dies Screaming" is also as good as you'd imagine. But the hidden gem is "All Over Me" which is easy to overlook, with ethereal vocals over a beautifully understated backing. I can't recommend this album highly enough. It's my favourite amongst lots...
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Thursday, 07 December 2006
 The year was 1983 when the Green Pajamas germinated in the minds of Joe Ross and Jeff Kelly after they met at a party and discovered a common interest in 60's psychedelia. With the Los Angeles "paisley underground" music scene of `83 spinning at full tilt, our fab duo decided to start a similar scene in their home town of Seattle. By spring of 1984 they had recorded and released a homemade cassette called Summer of Lust described by one U.K. journalist as "British-style psychedelia similar to Dukes of Stratosphear but moreoff-center and less pastiche". Tom Dyer heard something in Jeff's songs and signed the Pajamas to his Green Monkey record label in their native Seattle, despite the fact that Jeff's fabric of choice, paisley was immediately swallowed up by a sea of flannel. Microscopic quantities of the first four GPJs releases trickled out, some in cassette only versions, giving new meaning to the term "limited edition." After 1989 'Ghosts of Love' the Green Pajamas went on hiatus and Kelly issued the solo LP 'Co...
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Wednesday, 06 December 2006
 The best review for this comes from Dimitri T.Shepilov, Editor in Chief
of Pravda, in the 50s: "All this nervous and insane Boogie Woogie are
the wild orgies of cavemen...devoid of all elements of beauty and
melody...representing an uncontrolled release of base passions, a burst
of the lowest feeling and sexual urges."
Line-up
Solomon Gruberger: vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar / Jay Gruberger: bass, lead guitar (3,6) / Kenne Gizmo Highland: vocals, lead guitar (1,2,4,7) / Marthat Hull: vocals (1,2,7) / Kenny Kaiser: drums, percussion (1,7) / Kim Kane (Slickee Boys): rhythm guitar, vocals (1,7) / Tommy Carr: drums (2)
recorded on august 14, 1982 - producers: S.Gruberger, J.Gruberger, K.Kane
Track listing
1.I'm lost in the sea of your love (part 1)
2.Nothings gonna change my life
3.Tonight
4.Reno Mania
5.Don't spoil the cake
6.Cute little she devil
7.I'm lost in the sea of your love (part 2)
The Afrika ... |
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