genre: prog, folk
state: uk
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time: 50:34
wikipedia: Stackridge is the 1971 debut album by the English group Stackridge. It was one of the first releases on the MCA Records label in the U.K.
The Stackridge style is rather hard to categorize. According to the liner notes the group claimed a wide range of influences including The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Frank Zappa, Syd Barrett, Robin Williamson, The Marx Brothers, Flanders and Swan, Bing Crosby, Tom Lehrer, Gilbert & Sullivan, Frederick Delius, J.S. Bach and Igor Stravinsky.
The album contains the original version of "Slark" which was later re-recorded in a much shorter version for a single. "Slark" was the highlight of many concerts, combining folk and progressive rock elements to create the first Stackridge epic.
"Dora the Female Explorer" was the only single released from the album and sounds like it must have been the inspiration for the children's television show Dora the Explorer. The real reason for the similarity in title is not fully known. Lyricists Andy Cresswell-Davis and James Warren had hoped to adapt six of the album's songs into a cartoon-book for children but, unfortunately, the project was never completed.
The album was recorded on 16-track equipment at De Lane Lea Studios, London, between March and April 1971 with recording engineer Martin Birch. It was produced by Fritz Freyer. Deep Purple were in the studio next door working on their album Fireball.
On some versions of the album, such as the U.S. edition released by Decca Records (DL-75317), the title of the song "32 West Mall" was shortened to "West Mall." Decca had also changed the titles of songs by other British artists, such as The Who, for U.S. release.
Fuzz Acid & Flowers:
A local Californian release and one of the rarest and probably the most significant American private press hard rock album of the era. Above All was 'discovered' by collectors in the mid-eighties and since then only a half-dozen original copies have turned up. Stack were a figurehead group in a busy hard rock scene exploding out of the Los Angeles area in the late sixties. Formed out a surf band called The Vandells (which included Gould) and Wabash Spencer (with Ellis and Sheppard) in 1967, Stack enjoyed a prolific concert itinerary for over two years, playing with such notables as Buffalo Springfield, Fields, Hook, Things To Come, Rockin' Foo, Iron Butterfly, Illinois Speed Press, Three Dog Night, Frank Zappa and Alice Cooper. During 1968, they signed a long-term contract with Mike Curb's Sidewalk Productions and recorded an album in off-hours at local studios. Above All is a brutal hard rock album with a distinct British influence in several of the better tracks. Cass and Only Forever are remarkably effective showcases for Ellis' propulsive drumming style, which sounds like a cross between Paul Whaley (of Blue Cheer) and Keith Moon. There are a couple of tracks on the album that sound merely typical by comparison; a lenghty blues, and a cover of Poison Ivy that was rather unfortunately chosen as the opening cut on Side One, but overall it's a killer and highly recommended to hard rock fans.
wikipedia:
The SRC (short for The Scot Richard Case) was a Detroit-based rock band from the late 1960s. From 1966 to 1972, they were a staple at many Detroit rock venues, such as the Grande Ballroom.
The SRC was formed by Scott Richardson, the Chosen Few lead singer, with local band The Fugitives, which featured Glenn Quackenbush, Gary Quackenbush & E.G. Clawson, all based in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Robin Dale, Bass & Vocals, the only British member of the group. Jeep Holland, manager of The Rationals, became their manager and suggested Richardson as lead singer. Bass player Robin Dale was added later.
Holland, also a record store manager, later served as Russ Gibb's booking agent and was associated with many of the top Detroit based artists of his time such as MC5, The Tymes, and others. The Quackenbush brothers went to see Richardson at one of the final Chosen Few gigs at the Ann Arbor Armory, run by Pete Andrews (later SRC's manager). They formed the Scot Richard Case, later known as SRC.
Upon the addition of Richardson, the original lineup included: Scott Richardson (vocals), Steve Lyman (rhythm guitar and vocals), Gary Quackenbush (lead guitar), Glenn Quackenbush (organ), Robin Dale (bass and vocals) and E.G. Clawson (drums). Richardson was influenced by the Pretty Things and based the SRC stage show on this. The band recorded its first single "Who's that Girl"/"I'm So Glad", the latter a cover of a Skip James song, and released it to moderate reviews. However, fan reaction was good enough for the band's members to choose to drop out of Eastern Michigan University to work on their music, a risk at the time as draft-eligible men were potentially subject to mandatory military duty in Vietnam.
Soon the band's sound became more psychedelic, influenced by the likes of Procol Harum, for whom the band would later open. Their self-titled debut album was released by Capitol Records, and the single "Black Sheep"/"Morning Mood" from this album drew fan and media praise. "Black Sheep", considered a psychedelic masterpiece, was released only in mono for the single, as an abridged version with different guitar sound and notation. The album version, recorded in well-blended as opposed to ping-pong stereo, then still in use by some of the more limited recording studios in 1968, featured a longer midsection with additional verses.
genre: folk
state: uk
quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, covers, 210 mb)
time: 40:33
wikipedia:
... self-financed tape recording Rowdy, Dowdy Day (1974) drew them to the attention of Steeleye Span's Tim Hart, who produced their first vinyl album Jack with a Feather (1975), contributing the song ‘Seamus the Showman’, beside traditional material such as the Child Ballads ‘Flodden Field’ and ‘The Twa Magicians’ (the last of which Steeleye Span had recorded the year before) and the Irish songs ‘Let no man steal your Thyme’ and ‘Curragh of Kildare’. The album, despite a very short run of pressings, together with Hart’s involvement, helped increase the band’s profile sufficiently to gain attention from a major label.
genre: heavy
state: uk
quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, covers, 370 mb)
time: 68:54 misc.: compilation of '69-'70 Eps
wikipedia:
It was the first Spooky Tooth album to be released without contributions from Mike Harrison. It also was their last album for nearly twenty five years, to be followed by Cross Purpose in 1999. The album was released in October, 1974, one month after group members had permanently disbanded. Members went on to form such bands as Foreigner and The Only Ones.
A review in the website Allmusic rates the album four stars out of five, with the reviewer stating "Elements of pop and gospel/R&B are all combined into a seamless rock delivery on The Mirror, giving the record a depth that is rare in the Spooky Tooth catalog.
genre: psych
state: us
quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, covers, 370 mb)
time: 68:54 misc.: compilation of '69-'70 Eps
Fuzz Acid & Flowers:
Weird'n'wonderful sounds emanated from Urbana, Illinois in 1968 and 1969 thanks to this previously unheralded assemblage. The reissue contains a mixed bag of cerebral sounds - electronic collages interspersed or combined with jazzy vibes, acid rock, and dreamy folk rock. Some highlights:- Walk In, Walk Out opens with an electronic barrage before turning to more standard fuzz-psych with (for a change) good use of brass; the astounding E-Thing could be a soundtrack to 'Apocalypse Now' - a backdrop of whining, pulsing helicopter-like effects onto which is etched a heavy acid jam; Rit Yellow Of The Sun builds to a delicious Spanish-flavoured guitar freakout then degenerates into fuzz and electronic mayhem.
This should appeal especially to fans of experimental or electonic psych by the likes of Fifty Foot Hose and the United States Of America.
Roger Francisco was previously with The Prodigies. ~ (Max Waller/Clark Faville)
genre: rock, folk
state: uk
quality: lossless (flac tracks, log, cover, 197 mb)
time: 35:45
wikipedia:
Splinter was a two-man vocal group from South Shields, England, consisting of Bill Elliott (William Elliott) and Bobby Purvis (Robert J Purvis), who formed in the early 1970s.
They were connected with ex-Beatle George Harrison, and had groups of instrumentalists to back them on each album. Splinter was the first act signed to Harrison's Dark Horse Records label, when it was partnered with A&M Records. The band's sound has often been likened to that of The Beatles (particularly Harrison and John Lennon) and Badfinger. The duo's biggest success came with their debut album, the critically admired The Place I Love (1974), which contained the hit single "Costafine Town". ...
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