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Pugsley Munion - Take My Soul - 1970
Us band from Fitchbourg Massachussets, great heavy psych sound! Produced by Zell Sanders, "Just Like You" probably won't have a major influence on anyone's life. It also isn't the psych masterpiece some dealers would have you believe. Those qualifiers...
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The Dog That Bit People - Reptile Man - 1971
Following the split of Birmingham's band Locomotive some remaining members formed The Dog That Bit People. A desire to move away from the "doomy prog-rock kind of sound" resulted in this somewhat bizarre name change to The Dog That Bit People, chosen...
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Flower Travelling Band - Satori - 1971
This is a masterpiece! One of my all time favorite albums, Satori by japan's Flower Travelling band. Enjoy! "Formed in 1967, this japanse proggy-doom heavy rockin' band started their career with 60's West coast acid rock covers under the name Yuya Uchida...
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Oliver - Trance - 1974
Oliver "Standing stone". "An ultra-rare and expensive privately pressed album by a certain Oliver Chaplin which is an amalgam of folk, blues, progressivism and psychedelia. All the material was written by Oliver. Its highlights include Freezing Cold Like...
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The Wicked Lady - The Axeman Cometh (1968/1972)
Uk's power trio band Wicked Lady was formed in 1968 by motorcycle enthusiasts and biker gang members Martin Weaver, "Mad" Dick Smith and Bob "Motorist" Jeffries. They played their heavy rock/proto doom sound touring around the uk in smoke-filled biker...
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Leaf Hound - Growers of Mushroom (1971)
First album of Uk hard rock band Leaf Hound. The band formed on 1969 by the name Black Cat Bones and issued one album "Barbed wire sandwich" with Paul Kossof on guitar and Simon Kirke on drums. Shortly after the line up and name of the band changed when...
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Yesterday's Children - Hunter's Moon 1969
Obscure band from Connecticut, They had a really heavy sound, mixing prog and hard-rock wonderfully ... "Pretty rockin' American psychedelic stuff from 1969. The guitar is very impressive especially on the tracks "Sailing" and "Hunter's Moon." After listening...
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George Brigman & Split - I Can Hear The Ants Dancin' - 1982
Today's entry is a quite special one....First time I heard this I was amazed.... This stuff's incredible...Self produced and originally released on cassette only in 1982 (300 copies), re-released on vinyl in 1995 (1225 copies). , Totally fuzzed-out mutant...
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Dom - Devil's Grandma 1972
Dom was a Krautrock quartet formed with members from Germany, Hungary and Poland in Düsseldorf, 1969. Laszlo and Gabor Baksay were escapees of the Soviet invasion of Hungary, who hooked up with Polish Reiner Puzalowski and German Hans Georg Stopka. Their...
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Ongaku 70 - Vintage Psychedelia in Japan - Osamu Kitajima - Tengu
First track from Ongaku 70: Vintage Psychedelia in Japan compilation. "Ongaku 70 is the ultimate beginners guide to the Japanese psychedelia era. A incredible set of 13 tunes released between 1969 and 1978 including Osamu Kitajima, Stomu Yamashtas Red...
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Bodkin - Aunty Mary's Trashcan 1972
"BODKIN were a Scottish quintet that released a self-titled album in 1972. They made a classic-sounding, rough-edged heavy progressive rock with the emphasis on Doug Rome's Hammond organ and complimented by Mick Riddle's guitar, Bill Anderson's bass,...
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Vox Dei - Jeremias pies de plomo 1972
From their third album, Argentina's Vox Dei heavy blues rockers. Vox Dei appeared in the movie "Rock Hasta Que Se Pong El Sol" playing Jeremias, Pies De Plomo and Las Guerras. Unfortunately, it was not captured on the obligatory soundtrack album. They...
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Head Machine - Orgasm 1969
Before playing with Cliff Bennet's band Toe Fat, Ken Hensley and Lee Kerslake (later together again in Uriah Heep) found time to record an album for a specific project called Head Machine, although it was supposed to be released as The Gods' third album....
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Lagger Blues Machine - Born to be alone on a white desert island 1972
"Many experienced record collectors regard Lagger Blues Machine as the very best Belgian group from the early seventies. Listening to their eponymous album it's easy to understand why. LBM combined odd elements from Soft Machine, Moving Gelatine Plates,...
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Orang-Utan (Chocolate Piano) 1971
"An often considered Psychedelic, Acid Rock, Heavy Rock, Hard Rock group from London, England, whose only album was originally released in the U.S. exclusively. The band was previously known as Hunter but never issued any recordings under that name. They...
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May Blitz - Smoking The Day Away 1970
"May Blitz is yet another good example of high quality hard-rock with an artistic appeal. This power-trio, guitar, bass & drums has a very concentrated riff-based rock-sound and experiments along the way. All songs have fresh ideas and there are no compositional...
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UFO 2 - flying - One Hour Space Rock 1971
Space rock at it's best. These dudes really knew how to fly HIGH! This album brings so many memories to me... Yet another masterpiece album! Lie back, roll a fatty, let your mind go... "UFO name is associated with the cosmos, with the departure (of the...
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Peter Bardens - Homage To The God Of Light 1970
Highlight track from Peter Barden's first solo album "The Answer", released in 1970. Enjoy! Prior to this solo debut, Peter Bardens had been on the British R&B-rock and psychedelic scene for about half a dozen years, playing in early bands with Ray Davies...
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Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffalo - Pigmy 1972
Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffalo, really wild Japanese African-Fusion, great acid psychedelic guitar riffs, awesome vocals and catchy groovy vibes with a funky touch. Don't miss it. Good stuff! One of the coolest records we've ever heard from Japanese drummer...
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Janus - Red Sun 1972
Obscure british band. "This is the history of Janus, born as a progressive rock band made up of English musicians in Krefeld in Germany in 1970, retired broke and unknown in 1973, despite being signed to the prestigious EMI "Harvest" label, alongside...
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EXPERIENCIA - Slow Down 1970
Experiencia was an obscure band from the underground Rioplatense scene, which split after releasing a couple of 45s. Probably based on The Beatles version, but this one is much heavier, w/ Hammond organ, heavy fuzz guitar, effects, stoned vocals (who...
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Sir Lord Baltimore - Helium Head
Brooklyn, NY's Sir Lord Baltimore were arguably America's first bona fide heavy metal band, and the funny thing is, they didn't even know it, since the style had yet to establish itself when the band first burst onto the scene. And because SLB's precocious,...
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Stackwaddy - Stackwaddy 1971
Stack Waddy's debut album is one of the "must hear" discs of the early 1970s, an uncompromising roar that might cavort through that shell-shocked no man's land that sprawls between Captain Beefheart and the Edgar Broughton Band, but which winds up defiantly...
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Coloured Balls - Working Man's Boogie - 1972
Working Man's Boogie by Lobby Lloyd's band and australian legend Coloured balls.
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Uriah Heep - Gypsy - 1970
This is a heavy rock classic. Here comes "Gipsy" from Uriah Heep's 1970 album "Very 'eavy...Very 'umble".