 genre: avant country: japan quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, covers) time: 50'29" size: 308 mb
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Of all the new bands that have emerged from Japan's bourgeoning underground progressive scene TIPOGRAPHICA have got to be right at the top along with HAPPY FAMILY. They are definitely in the RIO vein with noticeable shades of early HENRY COW, PICCHIO DAL POZZO and HATFIELD & THE NORTH, (free) jazz and instrumental/classical ZAPPA ("Hot Rats", "Waka Jawaka", "The Grand Wazoo", "Studio Tan", etc.). All of the musicians are nimble, adept, and have extremely proficient control over their instruments. Blazing guitar, honking sax - super tight arrangements - brilliant muscianship. If you love mid-70's Frank ZAPPA this band will blow your mind.
TIPOGRAPHICA existed from 1986 until 1998 and who released four albums in the 90s. They play completely instrumental music, basically a rhythmically complex type of jazz-rock. If you like melodic symphonic rock or neo-prog, you probably won't like their music. RIO freaks, jazz or jazz-rock lovers, and fans of ZAPPA or complex music in general definitely should try one of their albums. Any of their four albums is a good place to start. Well, if you like exploring the progressive music, sooner or later you'll have to meet them and acquire their Canterbury inspired New Music. ESSENTIAL!!!
01. "Naked lunch" 4:22 02. "Infinity street car" 7:54 03. "Blue heaven but be unsolved" 5:53 04. "The turf have disordered gravity" 7:00 05. "Prostitute robot (made by Sony)" 6:57 06. "Like a new type apes" 5:24 07. "If you are an aggressor, keep slowly and certainly" 5:40 08. "Forest tipographical" 7:19
Tsuneo Imahori / guitar Naruyoshi Kikuchi / saxophone Osamu Matsumoto / trombone Akira Minakami / keyboards Hiroaki Mizutani / bass Akira Sotoyama / drums
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 genre: country country: uk quality: lossless (ape, cue, log, scans) time: 39'52" size: 226 mb
"For the Second Time" (Ian Matthews) - 3:51 "Yo Yo Man" (Rick Cunha, Marty Cooper) - 2:13 "Louise" (Paul Siebel) - 3:18 "Call the Tune" (Ian Matthews) - 5:22 "Diesel on My Tail" (Jim Fagan) - 2:03 "Amelia Earhart's Last Flight" (Dave McEnery) - 4:05 "I'll Fly Away" (Albert E. Brumley) - 2:03 "True Story of Amelia Earhart" (Ian Matthews) - 4:32 "Even the Guiding Light" (Ian Matthews) - 4:12 "Side Roads" (Ian Matthews) - 3:29 "Raider" (Jerry Yester, Judy Henske) - 4:32
Ian Matthews - guitar, vocals Andy Roberts - guitar, vocals Dave Richards - guitar, vocals Bob Ronga - bass, vocals Martin Jenkins - mandolin, cello, mandola Dave Mattacks - drums Timi Donald - drums
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 genre: rock country: uk quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, scans) time: 35'47" size: 227 mb misc.: 1997
Tapestry of Delights: This political underground band played at the "Oz Police Ball" benefit for the Oz obscenity trial with Arthur Brown, Viv Stanshall, Pink Fairies, Egg, Roy Harper and Gnidrolog, but this group was different. They were singing about the rebels, the poor and uneducated people: the working class, the semi-skilled labourers, the yobos and the Hell's Angels. They were able to write excellent, sensitive melodies but in general their music and lyrics were ugly and real - like life itself. No punk band seven years later would have dared sing lyrics like:
"Let's free the working class We're tired of licking the government's arse We're tired of kissing the Monarch's arse Letting its bad air out". (from M.I.5's Alive)
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"Get your arse down to Hammersmith town Join the urban guerrillas Take up arms against the crown .... Don't talk about the wrong and right Get out and fight." (from Hammersmith Guerrilla).
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 genre: heavy, psych country: canada quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, cover) time: 1:03'30" size: 391 mb
01. "Let Me Show You The Door" 3:26 02. "Midsummer Day" 5:52 03. "Little Miss Heaven" 3:21 04. "Winter Solstice" 2:51 05. "Save Me" 8:22 06. "Sun Going Down" 5:20 07. "Watching What The Rain Blows In" 5:47 08. "Fallen Angel" 4:57 09. "Dreams Of Reason" 7:41 10. "Goodman Rag" 4:00 11. "All My Charms" 5:55 12. "Baby What You Trying To Do" 5:57
Jeff Burrows - drums and percussion Stuart Chatwood - bass guitars, executive producer
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 genre: prog country: france quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, scans)Scented Gardens of Mind:
Tai Phong were merchants of archetypical late 70's symphonic rock, following on the heels of Barclay James Harvest and Yes. Some will find their three albums too full of Yes clichйs, others might dislike the strained vocal yells, but others will enjoy the rich melodic content. What I miss is some personality and distance from the British symphonic rock scene. As reflected by their name, Tai Phong were based around two Japanese immigrants. 01. "Goin' Away" 5:45 02. "Sister Jane" 4:06 03. "Crest" 3:29 04. "For Years And Years (Cathy)" 8:32 05. "Fields Of Gold" 7:39 06. "Out Of The Night" 11:37 07. "(If You're Headed) North For Winter" 3:14 08. "Let Us Play" 2:36 09. "Sister Jane (Single Version)" 3:21
Khanh Mai / electric, acoustic & slide guitar, vocals Tai Sihn / vocal, bass, acoustic guitar, Moog Jean-Jacques Goldmnan / vocals, electric, acoustic guitar, violin Jean Alain Gardet / piano, organ, Moog, keyboards Stephan Caussarieu / drums, percussion
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 genre: heavy prog country: uk quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, scans) time: 46'00" size: 230 mb misc.: recorded in '70
01. "Highway" 3:02 02. "Careful Sam" 5:50 03. "Timothy Monday" 3:50 04. "Cd/The Ministrel" 10:33 05. "Fantasy" 8:10 06. "T2" 14:35
Keith Cross / electric guitar, electric piano Peter Dunton / lead vocals, drums, acoustic guitar, mellotron Bernard Jinks / bass guitar
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 genre: psych country: uk quality: lossless (ape, cue, log, cover) time: 52'54" size: 355 mb
Tapestry of Delights: By 1967, Alder assumed the name Twink and resurfaced in Tomorrow. He was then involved in The Pretty Things, playing on their S.F. Sorrow album in 1968, but by 1969 he'd left them too to form an early Pink Fairies line-up with Mick Farren and Steve Peregrine-Took (from Tyrannosaurus Rex). He'd also recorded solo album "Twink Pink" with assistance from several musicians, including Took and various members of The Deviants. Twink sings as well as drums on the album, which is a mixture of his own songs (including some instrumentals) and poems. It is a very significant disc in the wilderness of British psychedelia. Its highlights included the opening cut, The Coming Of The Other One, with its Eastern-sounding gongs, bongos, sitars, backward tapes and sighs and screams; The Sparrow Is The Sign and Thousand Words In A Cardboard Box. It wasn't actually released until 1970, though. It is now very collectable but some copies were pressed on red vinyl and these are now ultra-rare. In 1970, Twink also formed Pink Fairies as a more stable unit with Mick Farren, but by mid-1971 Twink had left the group and shortly afterwards left the country too. In 1972, he formed an outfit called Stars with Syd Barrett and bassist Jack Monk (ex-Delivery). They only lasted for half a gig before Barrett wandered off the stage - indeed, they must be a contender for one of the shortest-lived bands in history. Having married in 1974, Twink returned to the music scene in the late seventies... |
 genre: soul country: us quality: lossless (ape, cue, log, covers) time: 1:00'57" size: 340 mb misc.: japan
"... The album, simply titled Doris Troy, featured some of that era's biggest stars: Eric Clapton, Delaney & Bonnie, Peter Frampton, Leon Russell, and the Beatles' Harrison and Starr. The fusion of soul and rock should have been a star-making relaunch of her career, but during the Beatle's messy public breakup, their record label withered for want of attention."
01. "Ain't That Cute" 3:55 02. "Special Care" 3:01 03. "Give Me Back My Dynamite" 4:58 04. "You Tore Me Up Inside" 2:32 05. "Games People Play" 3:08 06. "Gonna Get My Baby Back" 2:21 07. "I've Got To Be Strong" 2:39 08. "Hurry" 3:15 09. "So Far" 4:29 10. "Exactly Like You" 3:11 11. "You Give Me Joy Joy" 3:42 12. "Don't Call Me No More" 2:09 13. "Jacob's Ladder" 3:02 14. "All That I've Got" 4:00 15. "Get Back" 3:10 16. "Dearest Darling" 2:55 17. "What You Will Blues" 5:01 18. "Vaya Con Dios" 3:29
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 genre: psych country: us quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, scans) time: 44'44" size: 277 mb
Side one 1. "We Can Be Together" Paul Kantner 5:48 2. "Good Shepherd" traditional, arranged by Jorma Kaukonen 4:21 3. "The Farm" Kantner, Gary Blackman 3:15 4. "Hey Fredrick" Grace Slick 8:26 Side two 1. "Turn My Life Down" Kaukonen 2:54 2. "Wooden Ships" David Crosby, Kantner, Stephen Stills 6:24 3. "Eskimo Blue Day" Slick, Kantner 6:31 4. "A Song for All Seasons" Spencer Dryden 3:28 5. "Meadowlands" traditional, arranged by Slick, Kantner 1:04 6. "Volunteers" Marty Balin, Kantner 2:08
Grace Slick – vocals, piano on "The Farm", "Hey Fredrick", "Eskimo Blue Day", and "Volunteers", organ on "Meadowlands", recorder on "Eskimo Blue Day" Paul Kantner – vocals, rhythm guitar Marty Balin – vocals, percussion Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar, vocals Jack Casady – bass Spencer Dryden – drums, percussion
Additional personnel: Nicky Hopkins – piano on "We Can Be Together", "Hey Fredrick", "Wooden Ships", "A Song for All Seasons", and "Volunteers" Stephen Stills – hammond organ on "Turn My Life Down" Jerry Garcia – pedal steel guitar on "The Farm" Joey Covington – congas on "Turn My Life Down", chair on "Eskimo Blue Day" David Crosby – sailboat on "Wooden Ships" Ace of Cups – vocals on "The Farm" and "Turn My Life Down" Bill Laudner – lead vocals on "A Song for All Seasons"
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 genre: psych country: us quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, scans) time: 1:05'32" size: 428 mb misc.: live, 2004
PsychedelicShark : The words "It wasn’t the Airplane, It Was Beauty Killed the Beast” will be eternally etched on my mind after countless listenings to this album. These are the closing lines of the film ‘King Kong’ and the opening to this album. The fans at the Fillmore West (mainly, I suspect) and East (possibly) were treated to a film show before the band came on stage. They used to do things differently in those days. The cover picture of a comatose Jack Cassady completes the image. This band wanted to blast you with the impact of their live show and this album did it comprehensively. The Airplane are at the height of their performance capability on this one. It’s a live album featuring a high octane ‘Somebody to Love’, and ‘Plastic Fantastic Lover', ‘The Other Side of This Life’ (from the first album and a classic by Fred Neil) and The Fat Angel – a tribute to the band written by Donovan. This latter track has two superb solos by Kaukonen. This is rock par excellence performed by a band when they were really on song. ‘Turn Down the Lights’ is just the band complaining about the fact that the ‘house’ lights are on and detracting from the light show, but it does give a brilliant sense of how the band empathised with the audience and Kantner’s threat of ‘we’ll send Owsley to get you’ reminds you of the roots of psychedelic mayhem. The final track is ‘Bear Melt', an 11-minute epic in which Grace sings ‘It feels pretty good when somebody gives it to you'. What could THAT be about?
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 genre: psych country: us quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, scans) time: 1:08'28" size: 403 mb misc.: 2003
01 "The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil" (Kantner) – 4:29 02 "A Small Package of Value Will Come to You Shortly" (Blackman/Dryden/Thompson) – 1:39 03 "Young Girl Sunday Blues" (Balin/Kantner) – 3:33 04 "Martha" (Kantner) – 3:26 05 "Wild Tyme (H)" (Kantner) – 3:08 06 "The Last Wall of the Castle" (Kaukonen) – 2:40 07 "Rejoyce" (Slick) – 4:01 08 "Watch Her Ride" (Kantner) – 3:11 09 "Spare Chaynge" (Casady/Dryden/Kaukonen) – 9:12 10 "Two Heads" (Slick) – 3:10 11 "Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon" (Kantner) – 5:09
bonus: 12. "The Ballad Of You & Me & Pooneil (Live - Previously Unissued Long Version)" 11:08 13. "Martha (Mono Single Version)" 3:29 14. "Two Heads (Alternate Version - Previously Unissued)" 3:19 15. "Things Are Better In The East (Demo Version - Previously Unissued)" 6:41
Marty Balin - guitar, vocals; Jorma Kaukonen - guitar, vocals; Grace Slick - keyboards, vocals; Paul Kantner - guitar, vocals; Jack Casady - bass; Spencer Dryden - drums.
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 genre: sympho prog country: germany quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, scans) time: 1:14'45" size: 456 mb
01. The Invitation (vocal: Richard Schoenherz) 02. The Head of the Circus Sings For His Beloved Audience (18'41) (vocal: Richard Schoenherz) 03. Who is Victor (vocal: Achim Buchstab) 04. Victor's Song For Himself (15'52) (vocal: Richard Schoenherz) 05. Victor's Song For His Father (vocal: Richard Schoenherz) 06. Where is Victor (17'32) (vocal: Achim Buchstab) 07. Victor's Dream (vocal: Richard Schoenherz) 08. Victor's Song For the White Man (vocal: Richard Schoenherz) 09. The Song of Life (22'31) (vocal: Kurt Hauenstein)
Composed By [Symphonic Orchestra], Arranged By [Symphonic Orchestra] - Richard Schoenherz Lyrics By, Music By, Arranged By - Manuel Rigoni , Richard Schoenherz
Bass - Kurt Hauenstein Choir - Wiener Akademie Kammerchor Drums, Percussion - Manuel Rigoni Guitar - Harry Stojka, Johan Daansen Keyboards, Lead Vocals - Richard Schoenherz Lead Vocals - Achim Buchstab (tracks: 3, 6) Orchestra - the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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 genre: sympho prog country: germany quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, scans) time: 1:14'00" misc.: 2003
"The Capital of Power" (Fritz) - 3:13 "The School of Instant Pain" - 6:22 "Proclamation" (Fritz, Bathelt) "The Gladiator's Song" (Fritz, Bathelt) "Roman Entertainment" (Fritz, Bathelt) "The Battle" (Fritz, Bathelt) "The Walls of Doom" (Fritz) - 3:57 "The Deadly Dream of Freedom" (Kollen, Bathelt) - 3:54 "The Hazy Shades of Dawn" (Fritz) - 3:09 "The Burning Sword of Capua" (Fritz) - 2:41 "The Sweetest Sound of Liberty" (Kollen, Bathelt) - 2:35 "The March to the Eternal City" - 8:46 "Dusty Road" (Fritz, Bathelt) "Italian Improvisation" (Fritz, Bathelt) "First Success" (Fritz, Bathelt) "Spartacus" - 7:39 "The Superior Force of Rome" (Fritz, Bathelt) "A Broken Dream" (Fritz) "The Finale" (Fritz) bonus: "The Capital of Power (live)" (Fritz) - 3:17 11. "The Deadly Dream Of Freedom (live)" 5:02 12. "The March To The Eternal City (live)" 12:08 13. "Late Again (bonus)" 7:20 14. "Take A Break Today (bonus)" 3:34
Hans Bathelt — drums, percussion Jurgen Fritz — piano, organ, synthesizers Helmut Kollen — bass, acoustic guitars, vocals
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