Irresistably charming album from this NY folkie, who apparently had listened to a lot of Donovan's and Byrds songs (and some Dylan). The album starts with two great folk-psych tunes, the sad waltz of "Organ Grinder's Dream" and the more known "Rising of Scorpio" that's been on many compilations. Note the excellent guitar work of Artie Traum and Dave Bromberg, faintly reminding Lee Underwood's guitar for Tim Buckley's early albums. I would say that Santo's voice is somewhere between a (very) quiet Buckley and Donovan (not witty thought). In other songs (Jingle Down A Hill) the echo of Donovan is more clear. Silver Currents' songs are mainly folk - imagine an acoustic Byrds record (without the 12-string of McGuinn), occasionaly coloured with the sounds of organ, piano and jews harp and some nice ballads with Santo's voice accompanied with his guitar.
The following two reviews are from Lysergia.com: Santo’s best known for "Rising Of Scorpio,” a cool tune that appeared on many psychedelic compilations, despite m
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V.A. - New Mexico Punk From the Sixties (1985 - Eva 12047) Side 1 1 The Kreeg - How Can I 2 The Kreeg - Impressin' 3 Era Of Sound - Girl In The Mini Skirt 4 The Burgundy Runn - Stop! 5 The Plague - Go Away 6 The Movin' Morfomen - Run Girl Run 7 Lincoln St. Exit - Sunny Sunday Dream 8 Lincoln St. Exit - The Bummer
Side 2 1 The Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 - I Wanna Come Back (From The World Of LSD) 2 The Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 - Double Crossin' Girl 3 The Grass - I'm Getting Tired 4 The Outer Limits - Don't Need You No More 5 Nobody's Children - St. James Infirmary 6 Axis Brotherhood - Signed D.C.... Read more »
The Romulans, one of several bands going by the same name, was a psychedelic rock band based in Madison, Wisconsin and Minneapolis, Minnesota. The band members all used the surname, Romulan, on their first two releases. Guitarist and vocalist Kevin Hagen founded the band in 1989 with bassist Michelle Waterman. The Romulans drew their influences from 1960's US garage and psychedelia, and from 1960's UK mod and psychedelic bands as well as Milwaukee's Plasticland. Kevin Hagen and guitarist Dave Junker penned most of the songs. Drummer Tom Hamer was with the band for 2 years and played on the band's early recorded work. He was replaced by Steve Laux, who stayed with the band until its demise in 1994.
The Romulans released three 7" singles and one full length CD. They performed live in Madison, Milwaukee, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Iowa
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Although the ultra-mysterious and rumour-cloaked Les Rallizes Denudes/Hadaka no Rallizes existed in various forms from November 1967 to their last gig in October 1996 they are practically unknown in - let alone out of - Japan. Their recorded output is incredibly rare and highly priced and interviews or articles in the music press virtually non-existent. Tie that in with links to radical left-wing politics, extreme sensory assault at live shows and a general revolutionary aura and you have what must be the ultimate cult group.
This heavy guitar-based psychedelic band had their beginnings at Kyoto University in late 1967 with their first gig in 1968 - a song from which is featured on the 67-69 Studio et Live CD. While their recordings from this early period are still relatively controlled their live shows reputedly featured massive volume and the use of strobe lights and mirror ball
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This is the first single of Neil young and his band called Squires. It was recorded in 1963 and released locally. This two track recording ,both instrumentals , are moving to surf rythms .These were the only two songs that the Squires ever released. They did record later in Thunder Bay , but these songs were never released. These songs were "I'll Love you Forever", "I Wonder" "Don't Cry No Tears", and "Together Alone. All of them are in a different style and have vocals and all are now in Neil's possession . This is the most collective 45' single as it has been sold for 2.800 dollars once.
Musicians: Neil Young: Lead Guitar Allan Bates: Rhythm Guitar Ken Koblun: Bass Ken Smyth: Drums
Three chord garage punk from 1966, straight to 2007 (when this demo was recorded).
The B Sides are a fairly new group (formed at the end of 2006) yet, they've already developed a following in the club circles of Athens. With a strong set of well selected covers and some originals that would fit perfectly in any 60s compilation, their live shows are not to be missed. Three of the five members are not new to the scene (they've been to the Odd Mods, Yesterday's Thoughts and Psykicks) But what makes them exceptional is their sound: this swinging farfisa of Apo 66, the balanced rhythm section of Lefteris and Panaramone and the hard working guitar of John, and above all the voice of Maria, sometimes husky and "mean", sometimes sensual, create the garagehead's wet dream: 2-minute 3-chord anthems for the teens of all ages, played with love and knowledge.
This 8-song demo was recorded not long after their start, yet we can listen all of the above, (some still in the stage of developement). But even in this early demo we find some true gems (like their own "Hey Mister" or their cover of Unrelated
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There's nothing earth-shattering about the 44 minutes of live material represented on this CD -- it's just a well-played set by one of the better garage bands working on New York's Long Island during the mid-'60s. But that's sort of the point -- precious little of that scene survives in so pure and unadulterated a form as you get to hear here, and depend upon it, this is worth hearing. Near as one can make out, the Long Island group the Outcasts (as distinct from the similarly named bands from Texas and elsewhere) were an enthusiastic, talented outfit, capable of doing live covers of numbers like "Mustang Sally" and "Hang On Sloopy" for audiences of the day, often with a lot of verve and spirit, which does get picked up on this performance. Additionally, the choice of some of their covers -- "In the Midnight Hour" and "Satisfaction" are not surprising choices, but Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" and the Stones' "Play With Fire" -- shows some more serious musical ambitions, the ability to do more than deliver a beat, and a willingness to demand a little more out of an audience; this show also contains what
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"...I was first introduced to the Mystic Tide in the early 80's via a compilation on EVA records that had 2 life changing songs by the Tide, I also got a great album also from Eva that paired the Mystic Tide with the great San Jose, California folk-rock group the E-Types. However back then little was known about the Mystic Tide, I used to wonder who the hell is Joe Docko and why is his face not a part of Mt. Rushmore." (Dave Furgess at Head Heritage)
Mystic Tide were from Long Island, and as we've learned from their well documented history, they released four singles from 1965 to 1967 and then they absorbed by the black hole that eats great music and spits collector's items. Their side in this LP, is so varied that if we listen to their tracks without looking at the credits we could never tell that's the same band: from the british beat sound of "I Search For A New Love" to the 9 1/2 minutes of eastern scale improvisation on "Psychedelic Journey" and their take on early psychedelia in "Frustration" there a huge distance, especially for the short period of their ac
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Another lost record, first time in blogland. The Fanatics is a happening all its own. It all started when Neal - alias "Daddy Frog" - left a group he had been playing with in favor of starting his own. W.T. "Dub" Johnson was drafted into the movement when he went guitar-shopping at a Houston department store where Neal was working. "Big Jon" Pereles came abroad in much the same manner a few days later. Drawing in a couple of old friends, "Baby John" Cravey and Johnny "String" Stringfellow, the boys were off and rolling in February 1965. Lanier "Idiot" Greig, organ impresario extraordinarius and clown prince to end all princes, joined the group later. After endless name calling sessions, "Big Jon" is more or less credited with pinning the Fanatics name on the group. The name stuck - and so Houston and the nation are swinging with a way out group that's really "IN". (from the Fanatics Fan Club booklet) With the above promo text, I thing we get an idea of the years (an
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This LP from 1971, escaped until today any reissue, and remains in many collectors wishlists. No info is available for this except from from a couple of words in rateyourmusic. The first reviewer (which provided the cover, an image we used in this post) praises it and gives the Holy Modal Rounders as the closest reference while the second almost dismiss it as very much influenced from Dylan.
I would say that the more I'm listening to it, the more I tend to agree with the first reviewer: although we're not talking about a masterpiece, it's true that there are not many records you can bring in your mind while listening Vigril Caine. Surely there's Dylan here (like in the opening track or in "Buiscuit High") but after that we have "There's an X in Nixon" a true masterpiece, which I think will be played a lot by our visitors who will decide to listen to this album.
Virgil Cane was the fictional character of Robbie Robertson's "The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down" fro
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Recorded in 1969 (when they were called Foehammer), two years before their sole LP "Under the Tree” (which can be found at Time Has Told Me),
"Legend of the Dreamstones", shows the band in a more prog/psych
direction. Electric guitar riffs and more rock instrumentation are the
main differences - vocals are kind of "shy" and there are still
trolls, rivermen and ladies as in "Under the Tree". Although
"Legend..." saw the light of day in 2004-5, is now out-of-print and
seems there are no plans of a reissue. I think that the main reason may
be the low quality of the recordings (which could be called lousy - but
this shouldn't stop the lovers of british hippy-folk of the 60s to
listen to it).
Perhaps no way-obscure early-'70s British folk-rock band is as over-represented on CD as Shide & Acorn, who released just one album in the early '70s, which itself was a privately pressed LP given away to friends. Not only did that album
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"... an experimental psychedelic folk album with songs that release themselves of any constraints and explore differing sonic boundaries (odd instruments, studio effects, imaginative rock inspired by indian music and B-movies)..."
"Lord Space Devil" starts quietly, evolves into something like slowed-down-Meat-Puppets (Up-On-The-Sun era) and ends in an orgy of lysergic guitar, backwards tapes and percussion. In these 18 songs we find that Syd Barrett lives through "Go Down Streets" and West Coast shines through "Mantra #27", sitar-driven heavy psyhe instrumentals, light pop psychedelia "In the Haze of Drugs", electric folk ("So Sad"), 1965's garage tunes with rich instrumentation ("Another Venus"), British psychedelic blues ("Plastic Hippie"), short experiments/scetches for future songs, Donovan, Tom Rapp, and a million wonderful details.
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Eight brand new songs from LA's most respected folk bands together on
this very limited edition split picture disc with stunning artwork by
Astrid Quay (Winter Flowers) and Abigail Chapin (The Chapin Sisters).
Contains the Chapin Sisters KCRW hit "Let Me Go" and the extraordinary
Winter Flowers on four mellotron and flute soaked classics that bring
to mind bands like Fairport Convention, Incredible String Band and
Devendra Banhart. The Chapin Sisters are the Abigail and Lily Chapin,
nieces of legendary folk singer Harry Chapin ("Cats In the Cradle")
with half-sister Jessica Craven (daughter of director Wes Craven).
Winter Flowers are five young mystics who live in a communal
environment in Echo Park, California. A soft musical oasis of guitars,
flutes, mandolins, glockenspiels, harpsichords & soaring 3 part
vocal harmonies. WF offer a space of fragile delights for the seeker of
higher musical realms.
A beautiful picture disc LP split between Los Angeles' most inspiring
folk band
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Disc One 1. Come to Arkham (Wear the Wind in Your Hair) - Byron Fenris 2. Electric Rejuvenation - The Red-Eyed Dogs 3. Erich Zann - The Howl 4. Twitch of the Death Nerve - The Gyre Falcons 5. Flowers and Lies - The Barrow Wights 6. Where the Sun Touches the Sky - The Conqueror Wyrms 7. The Cold Fathom - The Plasma Miasma 8.
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("a major band" - Pulsebeat; "classic psychedelia by any standards" - Freakbeat; "One of the strongest bands in the genre" - Knights of Fuzz)
Q: If you had the chance to play a gig at any place or time, where and when would you choose? A: The Fillmore West, with Jefferson Airplane opening for us. (from interview in Freakbeat #7, 1990)
The Not Quite were a critically acclaimed 60's revival band that flourished in Ct. for over a decade. The group was formed by Dark Lord Rob and featured 60's style pop/rock, with the Kinks and Who as the guiding influence. The addition of Tom Donnelly (drums) and Morrie McCarthy (guitar) gave the group a new power, and a more psychedelic sound emerged ( though psych material had been part of the group from the get-go). Soon an album was released on the Dutch Resonance label, garnering some small measure of critical acclaim ("A major band" -- Art Black). This album is now considered a classic of sorts in European garage rock circles. The group further evolved with the e
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