Δέλτα (Delta) - Μωβ (Mov) [Greece psychedelic 1981] Pan Vox 10237

 

Live Recorded in Studio 51 of Thessaloniki in 1981

In 2-12-1981 in the studio 51 of Thessaloníki was live recorded, in a special night with free entrance, this album with two groups Delta and Mov.

The band of Mov was one of the most popular groups of Thessaloníki city.

On the other hand Delta was a brand new band which proved there value with these four songs. They have been influenced by psychedelic rock.

This album remains one of the most collectible in Greece thought it was live recorded.

Δέλτα - Μωβ (rip by GalacticGarden)

LIED DES TEUFELS - Lied des Teufels [rock, psychedelic rock, blues rock 1973] 1994 Ohrwaschl Records OW032

After Hanuman released their one and only unique Krautrock album in 1971, the crowded world of the burgeoning progressive rock scene in Germany didn't exactly open up for them and with the lackluster response of their very good album came the first hemorrhaging of band members. The main instrumental leader and organist Wolf-Rüdiger Uhlig jumped ship and instead of replacing him with another keyboardist, the band carried on by not only replacing him with a guitarist (which the first album lacked) but also decided to go for broke and change the band name to LIED DES TEUFELS (Song Of The Devil). The change is profound as it totally changed the symphonic prog Krautrock aspects of the band into a more heavy blues rock style that still incorporated progressive rock elements but clearly put them on simmer as the songs on the second eponymous album under a different band name were more melodic and focused on catchy riffs rather than the kaleidoscope of Kraut that Hanuman utilized.

Lied Des Teufels

GRIT - Grit [UK hard psychedelic rock 1972] 2020 Sommor SOMM059

First ever reissue of this ultra-rare acetate (two copies pressed) from 1972, Grit's self-titled album. Featured in Hans Pokora's book with the maximum scale rarity. Psychedelic hard-rock with furious drumming and stunning lead guitar by this unknown until now London based band, Grit recorded a demo at SWM Studios and two copies of a one-sided 12" acetate were pressed for promo purposes. It featured four self-penned songs, the killer "Mineshaft" (pure underground fuzz hard-rock), and two lengthy numbers: "Child and the Drifter" (furious drumming, stunning leads, hard-prog moves), and the hard-psychedelic "What Do You See In My Eyes"/"I Wish I Was". 

Grit

THE ELECTRIC FLAG - Live From California 1967-1968 [USA rock, blues rock, soul] 2017 RockBeat Records ROC-3390

 

Two fantastic live shows from The Electric Flag at the peak of their career.

The first was performed at the famed Whisky A Go-Go, West Hollywood, CA in September 1967, just one week after their gig at Fillmore West opening for Cream

The second was recorded at the equally legendary Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA in May 1968 and features the original band lineup: Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites, Buddy Miles, Barry Goldberg, Harvey Brooks, Herbie Rich, Doubleday and Peter Strazza.

The Electric Flag was one of the premiere rock bands of the 1960's. Organized by Mike Bloomfield, who had just left the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, the band featured such notable talent as Buddy Miles, Elvin Bishop, Nick Gravenites and Barry Goldberg. The Flag was the first band to feature a full horn section in support of its searing blues and jazz based rock originals. 

The Electric Flag astounded both critics and the public, both of which proclaimed the band as the world's greatest. And they were, indeed! No one ever came close to their combination of brilliant musicianship and hard blues based commercial music. Sadly, egos prevailed and the group broke up after only two years of performing and recording. Their albums are still selling today and are regarded as essential albums for any rock library.

Flag

JEFF BECK GROUP - Twilight Of The Idols - Live 1967-1968 [UK rock, blues] 2019 Shockwaves SHOCK06CD

 

Classic Radio Broadcasts from San Francisco and London. Jeff Beck staggered out of The Yardbirds in early 1966 without a clear idea of where he was going next. Having walked out of the band after years of gruelling tour schedules with little in the way of either fame or fortune, he was initially launched as a solo artist by manager Simon Napier-Bell and producer Mickie Most. Although a chart hit, his debut single, Hi Ho Silver Lining, captured little of his instrumental talents or raw energy, and instead it was its B-Side, Beck s Bolero, which pointed to a possible future. Assisted by the cream of his contemporaries on the British music scene Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Nicky Hopkins and Keith Moon the track suggested Beck would still work better as part of an ensemble. In the early months of 67 he formed The Jeff Beck Group, and over the course of the year the band concentrated on building up their public profile, both domestically and internationally. In Britain, they were frequent guests on BBC radio, both on the long running Saturday Club and on John Peel s brand new show, Top Gear . Meanwhile, future Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant had spotted the huge potential of the burgeoning live music scene across the Atlantic, and he convinced the band to undertake a US tour in the Spring of 1968. The tour proved to be a massive success, with gushing reviews following the Beck Group across the country from their opening show in New York to their closing night at the Fillmore West in San Francisco. By the time the curtain came down, Grant had secured them a new recording contract with Epic records, a few weeks later Jeff Beck s Group debut album, Truth, appeared. Twilight of the Idols showcases the key live performances from across this early chapter in The Jeff Beck Group s career. Presented here are the complete BBC sessions from 1967 and 68, including the initial appearances on The Saturday Club that featured the rotating cast of players, with Mickey Waller and Dave Ambrose on the first gig replaced by Ron Wood and Anysley Dubar by the time of the second. Following the collection of BBC broadcasts we bring you the legendary show at The Fillmore West on the 24th of July 1968 - last night of the Beck Group s first US tour and a seminal moment in Jeff Beck s career. 

Beck

DALTON'S FAMILY - Enxiety [Greece psychedelic rock 1981] private press SPR 208

 

Possibly the best secret of the greece psychedelic rock scene. The one and only release of this fantastic psychedelic soft rock band.

Released private press from the band at 1981. Very, very rare to find. 

Enxiety

VVAA - Cologne Curiosities · The Unknown Krautrock Underground, 1972-1976 [Germany kraut rock ] 2016 Mental Experience MENT005CD

 

“Cologne Curiosities” collects, for the first time on vinyl, all the otherwise unpublished/un-reissued material that firstly appeared on the three "Unknown Deutschland - The Krautrock Archive" CDs released on Virgin during 1996. 

The recordings included here were made between 1972 and 1976 using studios in and around Cologne, produced by Toby Robinson for his own amusement, just having fun on the studio. Inevitably, bands would come in for practice sessions, to record demo's, and during slack periods impromptu jams would happen. Most of these sessions were recorded by Toby, and they feature Toby himself plus a revolving cast of friends and musicians (some of them apparently big Kraut names under pseudonym).

Including lost-in-time bands / studio projects like Astral Army, Fuerrote, Spirulina and Baal among others, the music here ranges from killer proto-New Wave Kraut psych to wild space rock, proto-ambient electronic, dark psychedelia and raw Kosmische sounds with lot of analog synths / Moog.

It was during that time in Cologne, that Toby, along with Fluxus artist Robin Page, gave birth to the mysterious and controversial Pyramid label, for which these tracks were originally made for.

Cologne

LOU REED - Thinking Of Another Place (Live In Akron 1976) [USA classic rock] 2006 Easy Action EARS021

 

Recorded live at the Civic Theater in Akron, Ohio on October 23, 1976, Thinking of Another Place appeared first as an FM radio broadcast before getting remastered and restored in 2006. The two-disc set draws heavily from Reed's seventh solo album, Rock and Roll Heart, for which he was touring in support of, but the set list draws from his entire career, including his Velvet Underground days.

Lou

JOHNNY RIVERS - Summer Rain - The Essential Rivers 1964-1975 [USA rock and roll, por rock 1964-75] 2006 Raven RVCD-245

 

True, this 25-track, single-disc compilation isn't as extensive as the two-CD set usually hailed as the best Johnny Rivers collection, Rhino's Anthology, 1964-1977. It's also true that it's missing a few of the Rivers singles that tickled the bottom half of the Top 100, like "Cupid" and "These Are Not My People." If you're looking for the ultimate single-disc Rivers comp, however, this 77-minute CD is probably as close as anyone's going to come. Summer Rains: The Essential Rivers has every one of his Top 50 hits from between 1964-1975, of which there were many, adding up to 18 in all. The other seven cuts include some of his most interesting LP tracks, among them three early Jimmy Webb covers (from 1967's Rewind album); an orchestrated version of Gram Parsons' "Brass Buttons"; the late-'60s recording "Going Back to Big Sur," one of Rivers' relatively infrequent original compositions; and his 1968 cover of "Positively 4th Street," famously cited by Bob Dylan (in his Chronicles Vol. 1 book) as his all-time favorite interpretation of one of his songs. And, frankly, cutting away some of the flab from the later part of this period makes this a tighter, more consistent listen than the more comprehensive Rhino set. For most people, this will be all the Rivers you want and need, complemented by detailed liner notes.

Rivers new link

J.D. BLACKFOOT - Live In St. Louis - July 16,1982 [USA psychedelic rock 1982] Bison Record Co. B-44

 

Live in St. Louis was recorded July 16th, 1982 at the Keil Opera House in St. Louis, MO.

The show was sponsored by KSHE FM and was performed in front of a sold-out crowd of 3,800 of the most intense fans that a tape machine ever had the opportunity of capturing.

The album captured live performances of both ” The Ultimate Prophecy ” and ” The Song of Crazy Horse ” and listed almost 100 names of the audience that attended the show inside the album.

Live in St. Louis

SALVATION - This City [USA North Caroline psychedelic rock 1979] JTO Records JTO-7-25-79

 Morganton, North Caroline mega rare private press from 1979 recorded in Marion, NC.

All songs, words and music by John Oxford. Great guitar.

This City

NIKKI SUDDEN & ROWLAND S HOWARDS - Kiss You Kidnapped Charabanc & Live In Augsburg [UK rock 1987] 2002 Secretly Canadian SC57

 

This extraordinary collaboration between former Swell Maps guitarist/vocalist Nikki Sudden and Birthday Party/Crime & the City Solution guitarist/vocalist Rowland Howard comes highly recommended to those following the post-punk axis that spawned Nick Cave, These Immortal Souls, and the Wreckery. The pair first worked together on Sudden's solo album, Texas, which was also released on Creation and featured brilliant performances from Howard in his trademark knife-edge blues guitar. Further collaboration seemed inevitable, as the duo incidentally shared many connections in the post-Birthday Party scene. Rowland Howard frequently worked with the late Epic Soundtracks in Crime & the City Solution and later in These Immortal Souls. The legendary drummer and vocalist was Nikki Sudden's brother and a key figure in the urban blues sound that grew out of the splitting of both the Birthday Party and Swell Maps. Kiss You Kidnapped Charabanc is an outstanding opus derived of the duo's shared love for the crafts of Alex Chilton and Big Star in their darker moments, Lee Hazlewood, Serge Gainsbourg, sinister country, and Delta blues. The reissue version contains the original album, which at the time of release in 1987 was a dark surprise from the post-punk underground. The album set the precedent for the formation of These Immortal Souls, where Rowland Howard would later present his best songwriting on record. This album holds its own next to later masterpieces Get Lost (Don't Lie) and I'm Never Gonna Die Again, while Nikki Sudden continued to mine the Rolling Stones and T. Rex's songbooks for inspiration with the Jacobites and the French Revolution. The extended reissue includes The Wedding Hotel EP plus the outtake "French Revolution Blues" and an incredible and unreleased 12-song live set from 1987 recorded in Germany, with Sudden and Howard both on guitar and vocals abetted by the Gun Club's infamous drummer, Desperate, and bassist Duncan Sibbald.

Nikki & Rowland

THE BEVIS FROND - Live From The 4th Psychedelic Network Festival 2011 [UK neo psychedelic 2013] Woronzow WOO 61CD

 

The Bevis Frond was the banner used by Nick Saloman, a neo-psychedelic Renaissance man and the sole constant writer, performer, and producer behind the cottage industry bearing the Frond name. The head of his own label (Woronzow) as well as the co-publisher of his own underground magazine (the highly regarded Ptolemaic Terrascope), Saloman was a quintessential English eccentric, a frighteningly prolific talent and a true anachronism purveying an archaic musical genre while simultaneously pioneering the lo-fi aesthetic. The Bevis Frond's influences were strongly rooted in the '60s, as Saloman's music blended elements of psychedelia, pop, early hard rock, and folk, with plenty of epic-scale guitar soloing laid over the top as he sang his lyrics that leaned to the pastoral and the engagingly addled. 

Live

THE HOLY MODAL ROUNDERS - Last Round [USA folk, country 1978] 2000 Adelphi Records Inc. GCD 1030

 

Unless, like the Holy Modal Rounders, you've spent a lot of time listening to Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music while ingesting recreational drugs, their music might sound a bit odd to you. Actually, given the ramshackle performances, it sounds a bit odd in any case, but as with any humorously intended work, appreciation of it depends on one's sympathy with the artists. For initiates, this seventh (and, so it seemed at the time of its release, final) album was one of the Rounders' better ones, with Peter Stampfel, Chris Weber, and especially Robin Remaily turning out characteristic new work and covers of old songs like "Euphoria" and "If You Want to Be a Bird" backed by a rhythm section. "August, 1967 (Hippies Call It STP)," borrows its tune from "Fishin' Blues," while head Rounders Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber sing a paean to psychedelic drug use that breaks down into odd references such as this allusion to Amos & Andy: "'Splain dat to me, Kingfish, it ain't too clear/King it to me, 'splainfsh, said the engineer."The CD reissue released on June 27, 2000, added three bonus tracks. "TV Song" is a tribute to the addictive power of television; "Year of Jubilo" revives a Civil War victory celebration; and "Snappin' Pussy" is an appropriately bawdy follow-up to an earlier Rounders favorite, "Boobs a Lot."

Holy

THREE SOULS IN MY MIND - Rock & Roll Band, Mexico City 1970-71 [Mexico hard psychedelic rock 1970-71] 2010 Therapeutic Records THR-002

 

A rock band from Mexico City fronted by Alex Lora. The group is regarded as influential in the development of Mexican rock music.

Over the years, El TSIMM sound has touched on several different styles including rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock, acoustic rock, blues-rock, and blues. The group has enjoyed moderate success garnering numerous gold-certified albums in Mexico.

TSIMM

NICODEMUS - What For [USA psychedelic 1980] 1994 CD Zedikiah Records 334DRC

 

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1994 reissue of what was theoretically the 6th album by Detroit's Nicodemus, originally from 1980. The immortal Barry Hennsler's overview of this eccentric legend from a recently issue of Motorbooty, has elevated this man to a whole new level of consumability. He's "To Stoned to Get High."  What For? is the most psychedelic rockin’ Nicodemus album and Scream his best song. Fantastic album.

Nicodemus

VVAA - Sigh Cry Die (29 Tales Of Woe And Despair) [USA garage rock 60s] 2004 Arf! Arf! Records AACC-098

 

American mid-'60s garage rock is most often stereotyped as a kind of macho suburban variation on the R&B-based British Invasion rock of the Rolling Stones. But there was also a wide strain of gentler midtempo rockers and ballads that were often prone to lachrymose adolescent self-pity. Subtitled "29 Tales of Woe and Despair," Sigh Cry Die has 78 minutes of the stuff, which -- in keeping with most Arf! Arf! '60s compilations -- is populated with bands mostly unknown even to the '60s garage buff. When King's Ransom and Fenwyck are about the most familiar bands, you know this music is way-obscure. The influence of the Beatles, the British Invasion, and the Byrds permeates much of the material, with some side nods to the Beau Brummels and the Zombies, though there's usually a layer of amateurish lovesick despondency missing even from the most downbeat songs done by these role models. It makes for a nice change of pace from the usual '60s garage collection, though not many of the songs are all that strong, and it's something of a downer heard in one gulp. King's Ransom's "Without You," with its tense clock-ticking rhythm, is about the best number here, and some of the other tracks (like Strange Fate's vibes-adorned "Love Is Like") have fair melodies, harmonies, and production, though most of them aren't highly memorable. The Fyrebirds' "I'm So Lonely" might be taken as evidence of a band with above-average promise if you're not aware it's actually a cover of a 1965 Hollies B-side. It's music to drag out to suit the mood on those first foggy November mornings after the switch to daylight savings time, preferably when recalling your first unrequited adolescent crushes. The packaging divulges no hard information about these never-made-its, other than reproductions of rare 45 labels in the booklet.

Sigh Cry Die

THE LITTER - Wretch (12 Previously Unreleased 1970 Recordings) [USA psychedelic hard rock 1970] 2018 Purple Pyramid CLO 0830

 

A very special album rescued from the vault – 12 previously unreleased 1970 recordings from American psychedelic garage rockers, The Litter!

The Litter’s late ’60s output, includiing the all-time classic “Action Woman,” has been hailed as some of the finest psych garage rock to come out of the States and this lost album will be welcomed with open arms by fans of vintage rock!

The Litter

CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND - Revolutions Reinvented [USA garage, psychedelic rock 2012] Twenty Stone Blatt Records BAMF 41

 

Re-formations are a tricky thing. It’s hard not to question the motivation, and the end result can find a precious entity becoming a Marshalled-up chugganaut with little authenticity or self-respect.

This is different. Cali garage giants The Chocolate Watchband’s ‘original line-up’ (questionable, as members from three incarnations are here) have re-recorded 13 tracks exactly the way they did in the 60s. Instruments, echo room, the works. It’s a good set, and fun to play spot the difference against the originals.

Some tracks retain attitude and raw power (Gone And Passes By, Sweet Young Thing), some reflect the pace of the 60-somethings remodelling them (Are You Gonna Be There, I Ain’t No Miracle Worker).

Chocolate

JOHNNY FARFISA - The Sky Is Falling - The Best Of Johnny Farfisa [USA garage, rhythm & blues, blue-eyed soul 1965-1968] 2017 Munster Records MR 375

 

Obscure 1965-1968 recordings, most of them previously unreleased, by The Individuals, The Tokays and Euphorian Railway, bands which featured Andy Cahan aka Johnny Farfisa as main songwriter and organ player. Over those three years, Cahan and his teenage bandmates produced a remarkable set of R&B/garage/blue-eyed soul tracks of outstanding quality.

Farfisa