Goliath - Hot Rock and Thunder (Psychedelic Rock US 1972)

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Another fabulous private pressing, this time from Goliath, a supremely talented 5-piece progressive hard rock outfit from Kentucky.

Released in 1972 on the Bridges label, Goliath’s guitar, bass, drums keyboards and vocal style owes much to the influence of Deep Purple, although vocalist Jim Kitchen can sound very much like Robert Plant at times.

The band, always tight and composed, storms through 7 finely-crafted self-penned songs with flair and originality.

Hot Rock And Thunder, with it’s stunning artwork, is Goliath’s only known release (confusingly, another band of the same name had already released an album on CBS in 1970) and an album that would not have been disgraced by comparison with many of the hard rock offerings of the time and still stands up extremely well today

01. We´re Not Afraid
02. Ordinary Guy
03. Tell Me You´re Satisfied
04. Silver Girl
05. Dead Drunk Screamin´
06. Hot Rock and Thunder
07. The Apocalypse 

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Gene Clark - With The Gosdin Brothers (Classic Album US 1967)

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The first album that Gene Clark released after his departure from the Byrds followed very closely on the model of his earlier efforts on the Byrds' first two albums. His backing musicians included ex-bandmates Chris Hillman and Michael Clarke, as well as future Byrd Clarence White and Clark collaborator Doug Dillard, not to mention the Gosdin brothers, whose harmonies resembled a rockier Everly Brothers and brought the sound very close to that of the Byrds.

The album contains a number of fine pop-oriented tunes and stellar folk-rock/country-rock numbers (a year before the Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo, which employed both White and Dillard) and established Clark as a major songwriter, rivaling his old band and often coming close to the fabness of the Beatles. Still, despite such solid songs and backing musicians, Gene Clark With the Gosdin Brothers failed to make much of an impact, perhaps due to its being released in the same week as the Byrds' Younger Than Yesterday, itself a tour de force that cemented their influence. However, in the realm of Clark's recorded output, this album stands as the one of the best, if not the best, example of how powerful a singer, writer, and bandleader he was.

01. Echoes (3:15)     
02. Think I'm Gonna Feel Better (1:32)     
03. Tried So Hard (2:18)     
04. Is Yours Is Mine (2:18)     
05. Keep on Pushin' (1:43)     
06. I Found You (2:58)     
07. So You Say You Lost Your Baby (2:06)     
08. Elevator Operator (2:23)     
09. Same One (3:26)     
10. Couldn't Believe Her (1:49)     
11. Needing Someone (2:02) 

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Gandalf The Grey - The Grey Wizard Am I (Psychedelic Folkrock US 1972) + Bonus Album

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One could make the argument that J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings fantasy trilogy (published 1954-1955) had as significant a formative influence on the emergent hippie generation as did Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) or Joseph Heller's Catch-22 (1961). Certainly you can hear it in the twee archaisms of British folk from the era and in the more whimsical, otherworldly strains of British psychedelia (the Incredible String Band comes immediately to mind), and, in time, it would saturate '70s prog rock. 

It is right there, too, as a catalyst in American folk-rock (perhaps Simon & Garfunkel's "Scarborough Fair/Canticle," probably the Byrds' "Renaissance Fair") and Baroque pop (Sagittarius' Present Tense, Love's "Forever Changes"), and ultimately in its acid folk (Perry Leopold's dark masterpiece Christian Lucifer). But Chris Wilson took the inspiration to its logical extreme on The Grey Wizard Am I. His nom de guerre, appropriated from the novels, is the ultimate homage, while many of the lyrics on the album were directly inspired by Tolkien's imaginary landscapes as well, and even by some of his characters.

The remainder convert the ins and outs of Wilson's bohemian life in Greenwich Village into a sort of fantasy world of its own. And it is all quite delightfully, if earnestly, done -- or, to be less precious about it, The Grey Wizard Am I is often a transfixing, bewitching little relic, particularly on such songs as "My Elven Home," "Go and See," and "Sunshine Down the Line." It's not likely to have a wide appeal -- anything this eccentric, unworldly, and chimeric, no matter how well done, probably has a limited audience -- and there is not a great deal of melodic variation from song to song to push it into the upper echelon of similar recordings. Nevertheless, The Grey Wizard Am I is a lovely little pastry for fans of obscure '60s and '70s folkadelica, ideal music for playing dress-up to, or for daydreaming.

01. The Grey Wizard Am I (2:37)
02. My Elven Home (2:28)
03. From The Green Havens (2:55)
04. Here On Eighth Street (7:42)
05. Go And See (2:31)
06. The Christmas Song (2:50)
07. Old Town Church (3:13)
08. The Home Coming (The Sun Is Down) (2:21)
09. I Don't Know Why The People (3:04)
10. Mr. Joe's (3:13)
11. Sunshine Down The Line (4:07)
12. The World Belongs To The Children (3:06)
13. A Young Girl Just Died (2:25)
14. Before Tomorrow (2:49)
15. The Shadow Of Tomorrow (2:25)
16. An Elven Song Of Love (2:31)

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Fresh Maggots - Fresh Maggots (UK Heavy Progressive 1971)

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This duo came from Nuneaton in Warwickshire, with their own individual brand of folk-rock. The album is full of good songs like the exquisite Rosemary Hill and Dole Song, yep a song about signing on, which features some arresting guitar work. Other highlights include Everyone's Gone To War, a song of different moods with some good fuzz guitar work; Who's To Die, a lovely melodic song with a riff which sounded like early Electric Light Orchestra and the majestic finale Frustration. 

There are no weak links, though, on this consistent album which is thoroughly recommended. Long established as a cult classic and collector's grail, Mick Burgoyne and Leigh Dolphin's sole album is presented here with their full co-operation. Originally recorded in 1971 when they were just nineteen and fresh to the studio, Fresh Maggots is one of the best distillations of folk and psychedelia ever recorded. 

Varying in tone form heavy rock 'Frustration', to protest 'Everyone's Gone To War', social commentary 'Dole Song' and pastoral 'Rosemary Hill', it's a highly unusual and powerful record that enjoyed extravagant acclaim on release but sold poorly and has never been officially issued since. 

01. Dole Song        
02. Rosemary Hill        
03. Quickie        
04. Everyone’S Gone To War        
05. And When She Laughs        
06. Spring        
07. Balloon Song        
08. Guzz Up        
09. Who’S To Die        
10. Elizabeth R        
11. Frustration

Bonustracks:        
12. Car Song (Non-Album Track)        
13. What Would You Do?
14. Frustration (Live)
15. Rosemary Hill (Live)
16. Quickie (Live)
17. And When She Laughs (Live)
18. Spring (Live)

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Framework - Skeleton (Good Rock US 1969)

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Realy heavy guitar work all over, a DOUBLE CD loaded with Psychedelia. This album was never released before. Framework released only 1 single. Like Brain Police they´re from San Diego. Amazing compositions, great guitar work. 

Double CD of expressive psychedelic rock from San Diego, ala the semi-infamous Brain Police. These recordings were originally made 1968-69, but never released at the time (only one single was issued by this band during their lifetime), packaged here with a 8-page booklet of notes and photos from the band's past. 

Previously issued on the limited vinyl reissue label Rockadelic, this double CD version adds 2 additional bonus tracks & ranks as one of the best resurrections of post-Elevators rock exploration to emerge in recent times.. From Clark Faville's liner notes: "The music produced by Framework ranges from ethereal overture ('Beautiful Weather'), to sublime harmonic beauty ('Like A Child', 'You're Going Home') to dissonant bluesy psychedelic mayhem ('The Direction'). Skeleton may be the most comprehensive document ever assembled to commemorate what is, in essence, an unknown American band." 

Disc 1:
01.I'm Gonna Move - 3.30
02.Flotz - 3.19
03.The Direction - 5.43
04.You're Going Home - 4.29
05.Iron Door - 3.49
06.Funny Kind Of Sunshine - 2.25
07.Get Out Of My Room - 1.47
08.Like A Child - 4.17
09.Conscence Be Your Guide - 3.21
10.Wind Chimes - 3.39
11.Last Sad Song - 8.11

Disc 2: 
01.Beautiful Weather - 3.00
02.I'm Gonna Move - 3.40
03.Wind Chimes - 5.29
04.These Things I Know - 5.34
05.Like A Child - 3.48
06.Get Out Of My Room - Good Times - 14.14
07.Get Out Of My Room - Good Times (2nd) - 13.12

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Fraction - Moon Blood (US Heavy Psychedelia 1971)

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"This 1971 release on the Angelus label (Angelus 571) was limited to only 200 copies, so originals are worth a small fortune. Fraction, with vocalist Jim Beach bearing an uncanny vocal resemblance to Jim Morrision (although he was singing on Sunset Strip long before Morrison took to the stage), were often compared favourably with the Doors, although their quasi-religious message would probably not have found favour with the recently-departed Morrison. 

Indeed, this rather fine album was once famously described as the album the Doors probably wished they had made! Underpinned by guitarist Don Swanson's superb Ritchie Blackmorestyle guitar work, this is an album full of beautiful psychedelia, acid and hard rock, at once emblematic of the era but not dated by its association. The five original compositions are all of the highest quality and the contribution of Beach's Morrison-esque vocals place a stamp of originality on the recording that endures from beginning to end."

01. Sanc-Divided
02. Come Out Of Her
03. Eye Of The Hurricane
04. Sons Come To Birth
05. This Bird
06. Sky High 

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Finchley Boys - Everlasting Tributes (Bluesbased Heavy Psychedelia US 1972)

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Hailing from Champaign, lllinois, where they formed in January 1963, the band recorded the material for their album in Chicago during 1968 and 1969, although it was not released until 1972. They do not appear to have released any 45s at all. Practice Sessions is a reissue of their album but with five additional tracks. 

The best cuts on the album are their reinterpretation of Ray Davies' I'm Not Like Everybody Else and the superb It All Ends. Most of their material is very bluesy, as one might expect for a Chicago band of this era and to appreciate their music you'll need to be a fan of the blues.(Borderline Books)

Illinois band's killer and ultra rare album from 1972. An amazing blast of heavy psychedelic, blues based acid rock, which includes a killer cover of The Kinks' "I'm Not Like Anybody Else" complete with mind melting lead guitar work. "Outcast" is filled with a really angry teenage angst whilst the bands version of "Restrictions" has some amazing twin wah- wah acid guitar. The band were included on the legendary 'Endless Journey' comps and rightly so.. (Freak Emporium)

01. Who´s Been Talkin´ - 4.31
02. Swelling Waters - 3.59
03. Outcast - 2.41
04. I´m Not Like Everybody Else - 4.49
05. Hooked - 4.16
06. Once I Was A Boy - 4.36
07. It All Ends - 4.04
08. Restrictions - 3.35

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Fever Tree - San Francisco Girls (US West Coast Rock 1968-70)

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The stone cold classic debut album from 1967 by Houston Texas based fever tree. Dennis Keller's Jim Morrisson like vocals are mixed into a brew of West Coast harmony psych featuring orchestration, harpsichord and tight acid fuzz guitar work. The spooky dreamy production of Fever Tree's debut perfectly captured the mystery and LSD soaked wonder of The Summer of Love and although those days are sadly gone this album remains. Taken from the master tapes and with five previously unreleased tracks this is one of the best in it's class.

Originally known as Bostwick Vine, they formed in Houston in 1966 and quickly became known as Fever Tree. Michael Knust had earlier been a solo artist. Like many other Texan bands of this era they spent time in San Francisco and many actually believed them to be Californians. This was partly due to their Top 100 U.S. hit San Francisco Girls, which reached No. 91. 

Their first album was excellent, and reached No. 156 in the charts, but then decline set in. The remaining three each had moments of merit, particularly the second and third which got to No.'s 83 and 97 respectively in the charts. However the last album was released during a period when the group was breaking up and appears to have been completed using session musicians. The liner notes to the ERA CD suggest that many of the tracks were outtakes from earlier LPs. 

Michael Knust reformed the band in 1978, recording a four-track EP Fever Tree Return and the Live At Lake Charles 1978 CD, which was released in 1998. The group style is best described as "Fever Tree gets funky" and neither release is recommended. 

Kevin Kelly joined the band from The Byrds and went on to play in Jesse, Wolf and Wings, Clarry and Blanchette were both earlier in The Sherwoods. 

San Francisco Girls remains the best guide to their material.

01. San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native)        
02. Sun Also Rises        
03. Come With Me (Rainsong)        
04. Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing        
05. Unlock My Door        
06. Nintey-Nine and One Half        
07. Man Who Paints the Pictures        
08. Imitation Situation (Tocatta Fugue)        
09. Filigree & Shadow        
10. Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out        
11. Grand Candy, Young Sweet        
12. Puppet Master        
13. Don't Come Crying to Me         
14. You Don't See Me         
15. Party Anytime         
16. San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native)         
17. Houston Post Radio Commercial  

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Fear Itself - Selftitled (Good Psych-Blues-Rock US 1968)

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A late sixties San Francisco outfit, whose album is full of fuzz-blues material sounding rather like a psychedelic Groundhogs. Its more psychedelic tracks included Underground River and For Suki. Only two covers are present, a bluesy version of The Letter and Born Under A Bad Sign, both were chosen for their 45. The album is now a very minor collectors' item and was produced by Tom Wilson.

The album was originally released in 1969 on Dot-Records but didn´t receive too much attention - maybe it appeared as a too freaked out heavy version of Jefferson Airplane or Big Brother & the Holding Co. The group started back in Atlanta Georgia in 1967 as a quartet with 2 guitars and played true psychedelic sounds, recorded at the Record Plant in NYC, and moved to Woodstock (NY).

Their 5 original tunes, 2 arrangements of traditional tunes and 3 others are electric heavy blues with a strong Hendrix feel with duelling guitarwork, an outstanding female voice/vocals/screams...lots of intense stereo effects. They performed at Woodstock Festival in 1968 (one year before...) and at the hottest locations of NYC such as Filmore East. 

Ellen McIlwaine, the founder of the group made an international solo career as blues-singer and slide guitarist sharing the bill with Jimi Hendrix, Laura Nyro, Howlin' Wolf, Weather Report, Taj Mahal, George Thorogood, Tom Waits, Chicago, Bruce Springsteen and played a series of concerts with Johnny Winter. This release, is issued with stunning sound quality and includes a great booklet with pictures and biographical background. - For all 60´s collectors who are not familiar with this masterpiece - it´s a must - there a not many groups that were able to present the freewheelin´ live on stage feeling on their studio album!

01.Crawling Kingsnake 
02.Underground River 
03.Bow'd Up 
04.For Suki 
05.In My Time Of Dying 
06.The Letter
07.Lazarus 
08.Mossy Dream 
09.Billy Gene

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Fapardokly - Selftitled (Rare and Sought After Psychedelia US 1967)

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Though they were considered an enigma in the world of '60s rock collectibles, there was never a group called Fapardokly; the 12 songs on their self-titled album were recorded by Merrell & the Exiles, a Southern California group headed by legendary cult folk-rocker Merrell Fankhauser. That group cut several singles for the tiny Glenn label before heading off in a psychedelic direction and mutating into H.M.S. Bounty. 

The equally tiny UIP label decided to gather a few of the Glenn singles, add a few more psychedelically oriented tracks that Merrill and his group had recorded, and release the package as the work of a group called Fapardokly. Although it was not recorded or intended as a unified work, it stands as one of the great lost folk-rock classics of the '60s. Fankhauser went on to make more excellent obscure recordings with H.M.S. Bounty in the late '60s and Mu in the early '70s.

One of the most sought-after rock rarities of the '60s, this album was stylistically uneven, as can be expected from an LP cobbled together from recordings spanning a few years. About half, however, is sparkling psychedelic folk-rock, recalling Fifth Dimension Byrds with its shimmering twelve-string guitars, multipart harmonies, and occasional trippy lyrics. 

Although the early material is more pop-oriented and doesn't fit in as well, it's pretty solid, recalling the Zombies and (in the very earliest tracks) Ricky Nelson. "Lila," "Tomorrow's Girl," and "Super Market" are genuine lost '60s treasures, and much of the rest of the album isn't far behind. (All Music Guide AMG)

01. Lila  Listen   
02. The Music Scene    
03. Sorry For Yourself    
04. Glass Chandlier    
05. Tomorrow's Girl   
06. Suzie Cryin'   
07. Mr. Clock    
08. Gone To Pot    
09. No Retreat    
10. Too Many Heartbreaks    
11. When I Get Home    
12. Super Market    
13. The War  Listen  
14. Yes I Love You (Bonus)   
15. Run Baby Run (Bonus)

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Family - Music In A Doll´s House (1st Album of UK Rock 1968)

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Music in a Doll's House is the debut album by progressive rock group Family, released in July 1968. The album, which was mainly produced by Dave Mason of Traffic, features a number of complex musical arrangements contributing to its ambitious psychedelic sound.

The non-LP single "Scene Through the Eye of a Lens" b/w "Gypsy Woman" not withstanding, Music in a Doll's House (1968) is the debut full-length release from the earliest incarnation of Family, featuring Roger Chapman (harmonica/tenor sax/vocals), Rick Grech (violin/ cello/bass guitar/vocals), Rob Townsend (percussion/drums), John "Charlie" Whitney (guitar/pedal steel guitar/keyboards), and Jim King (harmonica/keyboards/soprano sax/tenor sax/vocals). 

Their highly original sound has often been compared to Traffic, which may be in part due to the production skills of Jimmy Miller and Dave Mason, the latter also contributing the organic and rootsy rocker "Never Like This." Additionally, neither band was overtly psychedelic or progressive, contrasting them from the other burgeoning combos such as Soft Machine, Pink Floyd, and Caravan. Family's deceptively involved arrangements are coupled with an equally unique blend of Chapman's commanding vocals driving through the jazz and folk-rooted tunes. "The Chase" is a spirited opener that immediately establishes their unmistakable vibe, which is furthered on the sides "Old Songs for New Songs" and the aggressive rocker "Peace of Mind." The antithesis can be heard on the rural-flavored "Mellowing Grey" and "Winter," or perhaps the almost blatantly trippy "See Through Windows."

01."The Chase" – 2:16 
02."Mellowing Grey" – 2:48 
03."Never Like This" – 2:20 (Dave Mason) 
04."Me My Friend" – 2:00 
05."Variation on a theme of Hey Mr. Policeman" – 0:25 
06."Winter" – 2:26 
07."Old Songs New Songs" – 4:18 
08."Variation on a theme of The Breeze" – 0:39 
09."Hey Mr. Policeman" – 3:14 
10."See Through Windows" – 3:44 
11."Variation on a theme of Me My Friend" – 0:22 
12."Peace of Mind" – 2:26 
13."Voyage" – 3:31 
14."The Breeze" – 2:52 
15."3 x Time" – 3:51
     

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Faine Jade - Introspection (Sought After US Psychedelia 1968)

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Faine Jade was an East Coast solo artist based around Boston. The album contains two outstanding tracks People Games Play - complete with sounds of the jungle - and the subtle Cold Winter Sun Symphony In D Major. The remainder of the album is experimental, but not outstanding (though some regard it as an absolute classic). It is, however, quite a significant collectable. 

It Ain't True is a limited edition release of previously unreleased demos and acetates. Side one consisting of Faine Jade's earlier outfit The Rustics, which led to him and Nick Manzi being signed up as staff writers for Laurie Records in 1966. The Rustics did issue one single on their own label, which also appears on the Distortions album, but towards the end of the year Nick Manzi left to join Bohemian Vendetta. Faine then signed a solo deal with Laurie subsiduary, Providence, which resulted in the Love On A Candy Apple Day 45 with his brother Jeff Jade on drums, and founding Illusion member Bruce Bradt on organ. The 'B' side, It Ain't True, is an excellent psychedelic number. 

In late '67, Faine recorded demo versions of Cold Winter Sun and I Lived Tomorrow Yesterday, backed by the Bohemian Vendetta, which led to the deal with New York independent label for the Introspection album. The band also backed him on the album, along with Bruce Brandt and Randy Skrha (who filled in for Jeff Jade - who was in Vietnam at the time). Bruce also co-wrote two of the songs on the album. The recent CD reissue, includes a linking piano section Piano Interlude omitted by the record company at the time because of its uncommercial nature, as well as three album demos, and a nineties tribute to John Lennon. 

Where Introspection captures the arguably naive atmosphere of '67, and naked openness that the use of psychedelics represented, Vietnam polarised political opinion, which Faine articulated on a 1969 recording USA Now before moving to Florida and working with the pre-Allmans outfit Second Coming. Later he rejoined Nick Manzi and Bruce Brandt as Dust Bowl Clementine who released one album, Patchin' Up (Roulette 1970), and opened a studio in Long Island. 

Faine recently had a local hit with Mario Taxes, a song about the state of affairs in New York. 

Compilation appearances have included: It Ain't True on Mayhem & Psychosis, Vol. 1 (LP), Mindrocker, Vol. 5 (LP), Pebbles, Vol. 8 (LP), Sixties Archive Vol. 8 (CD), A Journey To Tyme, Vol. 2 (LP), Acid Dreams, Vol. 1 (LP) and Acid Trip From The Psychedelic Sixties (LP); The Ballad Of The Bad Guys on Psychedelic Crown Jewels, Vol. 1 (Dble LP & CD); and both Cold Winter Sun and People Games Play on Endless Journey - Phase Two (LP) and Endless Journey - Phase I & II (Dble CD). 

01 TUNE UP 
02 DOCTOR PAUL OVERTURE
03 PEOPLE GAMES PLAY
04 COLD WINTER SUN SYMPHONY IN D MAJOR
05 I LIVED TOMORROW YESTERDAY
06 BALLAD OF THE BAD GUYS (1956 A.D.)
07 PIANO INTERLUDE
08 INTROSPECTION
09 IN A BRAND NEW GROOVE
10 ON THE INSIDE THERE'S A MIDDLE
11 DON'T HASSLE ME
12 GRAND FINALE (DON'T HASSLE ME PART 2)
13 STAND TOGETHER IN THE END  

Previously Unreleased instramental tracks recorded in December 1967 in Faine's Garage: 
14 DOCTOR PAUL
15 PEOPLE GAMES PLAY
16 DON'T HASSLE ME 

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Fable - Get The 'L' Outta Here! (Heavyfuzz From Canada 1974)

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Hearing the onslaught of stoner metal bands struggling desperately to recreate the airy deep end of mid-’70s heavy music is amusing… almost as much as actually coming across the occasional bona fide prog metal outfits long forgotten over the ages. One of Canada’s original rhythm rock outfits that haven’t stood the test of time, Fable blended the questionable aesthetics of cape-laden Rush with Paranoid-era Black Sabbath’s eeriness and a moderately softer structural attack reminiscent of Budgie.

The end result is the perfect Black Light metal begging for a big ol’ bong suck and an imaginary dragon ride to the land of vans painted with wizards, barbarians and Aztec goddesses. Surprisingly timeless despite an obviously specific historical specificity, Get The “L” Outta Here! provides the perfect document of a band with nothing affecting the excesses of ’70s rock’n’roll. Plenty of epic songs heavy on wah pedal and jam band aura makes for a fun retrospective party listen — and when compared to the accessibility of modern stoner rock — proves that minimal means often do produce the greater results. (Waxing Deep)

01. Intro (Late Again)
02. Kacheena
03. Why Is It Me?
04. We'll Find A Way
05. Hear Me Calling
06. Without Asking
07. Lady Of The Night
08. Believe In Me
09. A Cue Stick
10. Battle Of The Neon Knights
11. And This Day
12. The Tramp
13. No Way Out
14. Kacheena (Again Alternate Radio Edit)

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F.J. McMahon - Spirit of The Golden Juice (Psychedelic Folk US 1969)

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Hypnotic folk-rock introits from California Vietnam vet.

Grew up in Santa Barbara, California. He played in several “surf/instrumental” bands through junior and senior high school. Upon graduating Santa Barbara High School in 1964, he enlisted in the Air Force.

While stationed at Hamilton Air Force Base just north of San Francisco, he had the opportunity to play a few small clubs and get involved with some of the music scene that was happening in that area between 1965 and 1967.  In 1967 he received orders to South East Asia.  This involved travel and temporary duty in Vietnam, the  Philippines and  Thailand.

After being discharged F.J. returned to Santa Barbara to play and write what would be his only album: Spirit of the Golden Juice.  The album was released in 1969. This was followed by two years of hitting the road and playing anyplace that he could.  He then played in a succession of bar bands culminating with a move to Hawaii and one more year of gigging bars and hotels.  

With disco on the way in and glitter glam the current flavor of the month, F.J. decided to quit the music business and get a day job. 

So he went to work for the Atomic Energy Commission as a Security Enforcement Officer on a place called Johnston Atoll.  Upon his return to California he met the lady of his life Diane Milano, got married and had two daughters Danielle and Niki.  Mixed in with all this was four years in the Navy where he became an avionics technician and served on the USS Ranger.  F.J. has spent the last twenty five years as a computer repair and operations specialist.

Fred McMahon must have called me at MOJO one day but I have no recollection of it. All I know is that, back in 2004 I received a CD burn of this album in the post. Given I’d forgotten he’d even called my natural next response would have been to stick the CD straight in the listen-to-later box, and get on with something far less important. But written on a post-it note stuck to the back of the CD case were the words “Sorry it took so long” and a signature that looked a lot like “F.J. Mc”. Then there was that cover - an oval Victorian picture frame containing the image of a perplexed, apprehensive young man, standing next to a pot plant, looking like he’d was posing for some 19th Century photographer, before going off to fight in the American Civil War. 

Then there was that album title, Spirit Of The Golden Juice, suggesting something mystical yet seedy, transcendental but intoxicating. It needed to be played. Well, Spirit of The Golden Juice doesn’t come upon you like a great album. It neither pounces nor creeps but is just there, like you’ve walked in on the middle of it and it’s always been playing. The opening track, Sister, Brother “begins” with a short military drum paradiddle before guitar and drums flop into a lazy, seemingly eternal time-keeping groove, interspersed with lonesome twangs of Gibson echo as McMahon sings “Sister, brother/come and hold my hand/don’t let me walk away/help me stand.” 

McMahon’s voice is something else: nervous, beaten, wary, possessing some of Fred Neil or Tim Hardin’s folk presaging but without their junkie meanness or arrogance. If Spirit has a weakness it’s also its strength: every song sounds the same, keeping to the same lazy rhythm and possessing the same delicate, mournful melodic drift, with only the lyrics changing. But it’s in those lyrics that you get to the heart of the album. On one track he is a drifter who “forgot the way back home”; on another, a man back from a five-year sentence who doesn’t understand how the world works. “I never knew what they meant by duty,” he sings on Five Year Kansas Blues, while on the beautifully sad Early Blue we find him cowering in his room during daylight “I try to hide from people…” Turns out that McMahon was a Santa Barbara surf guitarist who joined the USAF in 1965, receiving orders for a tour of duty of Vietnam two years later. The darkness at the heart of Spirit Of The Golden Juice is combat fatigue, PTSD.

“I know I’ve lost a good part of my life,” he sings on the reverberant, premonitory title track, “But I’d do it again / As will most men / Keep on ’til I die.” And what is The Spirit Of The Golden Juice? “That song is about my experiences in Viet Nam, Thailand and the PI,” he tells lysergia.com, “The ‘golden juice’ is I. W. Harper bourbon which was the fuel of the times.” Fred McMahon currently works in computer repairs. If you go to his website http://fjmcmahon.com/ and drop him a line he’ll burn you a copy of his album for $19.95, including postage and packing. [Mojo Magazine]

01. Sister Brother 4:05 
02. The Road Back Home 3:12 
03. Early Blue 3:02 
04. Black Night Woman 3:22 
05. One Alone Together 2:57 
06. Five Year Kansas Blues 2:44 
07. Enough It Is Done 2:35 
08. The Learned Man 2:37 
09. The Spirit of the Golden Juice 3:33 

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Not to be missed (again): Ernan Roch Con Las Voces Frescas - La Onda Pesada (1971)

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'60s Mexican album with amazing psychedelic guitar playing (ripping wah wah fuzz). All songs are in English and have a West Coast feel but that guitar... it's amazing!. 

First time on CD for this extremely rare Rex label psychedelic classic (1971) from Mexico; terrific West Coast style psych, with melodic vocals and blasts of incredible fuzz guitar that seem to come out of nowhere; excellent album, whose current price for an original copy is around $1,000, if you can find a copy.

01.The Train 
02.Sitting On The Side Of The Ocean 
03.I Found All 
04.I Can't 
05.Round Round 
06.Gonna Make It 
07.A Life Of Love
08.Cause Of Love  
09.All Right-It's Gonna Take Time 
10.Give A Me Peace 

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Ellison - Selftitled (Superb Canadian Hardrock 1971)

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The sole album recorded by Montreal band Ellison in 1971 for Trans-World Records certainly starts out promisingly enough. After some door-knocking sound effects, the opening cut, "Unchanged World," charges into a gritty blues-rock groove with pulsating bass runs and some excellent guitar work. On top of that, vocalist Vincent Marandola does a pretty respectable impersonation of Jim Morrison's later-period-Doors, with a barrelhouse blues yodel (with vaguer hints of the Felix Cavaliere and countryman John Kay) and an earth-shaking, alcohol-soaked, gravelly shout. 

At least, this is the first impression. Unfortunately, their music is unable to sustain any sort of excitability past those first few seconds, and the album quickly devolves into prosaic hard rock that lacks any subtlety, imagination, or melodic sophistication. The band may want to capture the mystical sonic assault of Crazy Horse -- and they do fill their songs with chunky rhythm guitar, minor chording, and thick, dense drum beats -- but they rarely sound like anything other than a sloppy bar-band equivalent. By the middle of the second song, "Seal a Beam Bow," -- which, incidentally, is built on a nice, jazzy barre-chord progression -- Marandola's two-note vocal limitations become apparent and begin to grate in unpleasant ways. 

Even worse, the weaknesses of the songwriting start to show themselves much more nakedly. Although the band was certainly capable of picking out the occasional nifty chord, they were unable to translate that ability into developing melodies. None of the seven original songs on Ellison could exactly be described as tuneful. Even if the band opens with a nice passage, the songs tend to inevitably descend into banal, early-'70s hard-rock clich‚s. 

Technically the band can play, but they simply do not have enough ideas for a single song, let alone an entire album. Amateurishness can conceivably be turned into an attribute, but instead of playing to their virtues, Ellison tries too often to turn the occasional interesting guitar riff, bassline, or instrumental passage into a whole song, stretching it out until the piece is nothing other than repetitive and soporific.

This great group from Montreal, Canada released their awesome self-titled LP in 1971. Great fuzzed-out guitars, echoey vocals, hard-driving drums, and fine bass guitar make this a must for early 70's pscyh rock!!

01. Unchanged World
02. Seal A Beam Bow
03. Satanic 
04. Winter Slutch
05. Strawberry Rain
06. Untruth story
07. Freedom

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Earthen Vessel - Everlasting Life (Heavy Psychedelia US 1970)

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From Lansing, Michigan band, although their rare album is on a Tennessee label. The 45 cuts are on the album. Both records are undated, but sound circa 1970. The group played hard rock with male and female vocals (overtly religious lyrics) punctuated by loud fuzz guitar. 

The ultra- rare 1970 LP- Heavy Rock: Everlasting Life. Off the master tapes, this Jefferson Airplane/Cream inspired music is one of a kind. Spacey AND VERY haunting vocals, distorted guitar, Farfisa Organ; it will take you to new limits of Psychedelia.

01. Life Everlasting
02. You Can
03. Let Jesus Bring You Back
04. I've Been Walking
05. Coming HOme
06. Get High

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Not to be missed: Dragonfly - Dragonfly (Great Guitar Driving Psychedelia US 1968)

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The album by this Colorado band is superb, full of driving rhythms and excellent psychedelic guitar. It's easy to see why copies of this collectors' item now change hands for a fair bit. My personal favourites were I Feel lt, Portrait Of Youth and the spacey Miles Away, although it's difficult to single out tracks as such a high standard is maintained throughout. 

The same outfit released an album for Megaphone under the name Legend, a couple of years earlier, along with an early 45 version of Portrait Of Youth.

Killer cusp of the 60's heavy psych album from California. Plenty of wailing psychedelic guitars, and a heavy garage psych edge give the album an awesome power. With weird trip-outs such as "Trombodo" and the soaring "I Feel It" this is prime Endless Journey style US psych with all the right acid dimensions. Great !!

Dragonfly was actually a band called The Legend who's debut album (on which they weren't allowed to play or contribute songs) was somewhat butchered by their record company. So they decided to pursue other interests. Under a different name (association with that Legend album wasn't gonna happen), they recorded this. They didn't have the best sound quality (crackles and pops still cover the sound on CD), but they had enough technology to mess around. Throughout this album, the track suddenly jumps into backward recording, slows down suddenly, or dissipates altogether. 

The boys explode into ridiculous giggles, get wasted by a moaning trombone, and turn into a giant rolling ball of mung at the end before returning to form. Along the way, we have some good songs. "Blue Monday" opens the album with a moan of "Oooh my God.." then harsh chords, before rhythm guitarist Gene cracks his throat in anger. "Enjoy Yourself" is bouncy, thoughtful psychedelia, "Crazy Woman" sounds very 60s and somewhat Moby Grape. "To Be Free" is a good bit of yearning and hope: the classic 60s message. 

There's just all kinds of good stuff here. The drums are fierce and the fuzz-toned lead guitar is excellent. There's some heavy solos on this album. Great performing. Gene's vocals sometimes sound like Keith Relf of the Yardbirds and sometimes like Jack Bruce of Cream. It's forgotten, and that's a pity. Take an acid trip ito the good ol' days of heavy psychedelic hard rock. It'll blow you away. 

01. Blue Monday        
02. Enjoy Yourself        
03. Hootchie Kootchie Man        
04. I Feel It        
05. Trombodo        
06. Portrait of Youth        
07. Crazy Woman        
08. She Don't Care        
09. Time Has Slipped Away        
10. To Be Free        
11. Darlin'        
12. Miles Away  

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