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    Laser - 1973 - Vita Sul PianetaStyle: prog
    Country: italy
    Audio: lossless (flac 779k)
    Size: 190mb

    ItalianProg:
    A band from Rome, founded at the end of the 60's with the name Il Laser by Elvezio Sbardella, who was in the early days their singer and later their lyricist and producer, they made their debut single single in 1972 for a small label from Emilia. The first line-up included a keyboardist named Gino.
    The album Vita sul pianeta, released by the Car Juke Box label with no promotion, is very short, with eight tracks in hard prog style, guitar and keyboards to the fore. A good album, though the production is not great, sought after by collectors for its rarity.
    The group didn't have a role singer, and the vocal parts are the weakest point of the album, the naive lyrics were about the evolution of mankind on earth.
    Laser broke up in 1973, right after the LP release, due to the fact that keyboardist D'Agostino had its military duties and the others had work commitments. 
    Riccardo Paolucci was the only one who's kept playing in the clubs of Rome.

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    Views: 2168 | Date: 24.04.2010 | Rating: 5.0 | Comments (0)


    Ladies WC - 1969 - Ladies WCStyle: psych
    Country: venezuela
    Audio: lossless (ape 777k)
    Size: 199mb
    Issue: 2004

    Dreams Fantasies & Nightmares:
    A stunning album and, prior to its reissue, one of the rarest and most sought-after in the World. Original pressings appeared on translucent coloured vinyl. It was made by American Stephen Scott and a group of Venezuelan musicians, whilst hippie musician Scott was on his travels through South America.

    The opening cut People, also featured on the Love, Peace And Poetry: Latin American Psychedelic Music compilation, sets the tone for much of what follows with some superb fuzz guitar work, which is also most evident on the other stand out cut And Everywhere I See The Shadow Of That Life. Other highlights include To Walk On Water, a laid back number with some lovely woodwind and, in a similar style, The Time Of Hope Is Gone with its ethereal vocals. Heaven's Coming Up and W.C. Blues are more bluesy. The finale is interesting too, opening with sounds reminiscent of The United States Of America album. The track ends in a sorta freeform mayhem. All lyrics on this album are sung in English. Recommended.
     
    01. "People" 2:42
    02. "I Cant See Straight" 3:20
    03. "To Walk On Water" 3:27
    04. "Heavens Comming Up" 4:23
    05. "And Everywhere I See Shadow Of That Life" 3:25
    06. "Searching For Meeting Place" 2:49
    07. "Put That In Your Pipe And Smoke It" 3:12
    08. "The Time Of Hope Is Gone" 2:35
    09. "Blues" 2:54
    10. "I Am Gonna Be" 5:49
     
    ADIT COSTA gtr, organ, vcls
    STEPHEN SCOTT hrmnca, bs, vcls
    JAIME SEIJAS gtr, organ, vcls
    MARIO SEIJAS drms, perc
     
    Views: 2091 | Date: 24.04.2010 | Rating: 0.0 | Comments (3)



    Kula Shaker - 2007 - Strange FolkStyle: neo psych
    Country: uk
    Audio: lossless (flac 978k)
    Size: 355mb

    Adrift in the Ether:
    Kula Shaker are a sixties influenced psych / R&B act with a bluesy edge. The band were formed from the remains of North London mod act The Kays in October 1995, although Crispian Mills (son of actress Hayley Mills) and Alonza Bevin had first met in 1988 at Richmond college and played together in a number of bands - The Lovely Lads, The New Originals and The Objects.

    The band's music is variable in quality and sometimes derivative and lacking in originality although at its best the music is excellent. The debut single, in particular, was rather laboured and unsubtle but matters improved greatly with the second, Tattva. The band show themselves to be skilled songwriters and talented musicians, particularly Crispian and Jay Darlington. The sound is strongly reminiscent of Beatles-style sixties pop psych with soulful organ playing and skilfully blended with eastern elements and instruments. Other tracks retain the combination of mod and eastern elements and are all pretty good. The cover of Tim Hardin's Red Balloon is particularly noteworthy. Tattva was deservedly a hit. (Chris Williams)
     
    Views: 2212 | Date: 24.04.2010 | Rating: 5.0 | Comments (0)



    Junipher Greene - 1971 - FriendshipStyle: psych, prog
    Country: Norway
    Audio: lossless (flac 992k)
    Size: 450mb

    *** Junipher Greene - Magical Garden, from "Friendship", their debut album, released in 1971. Junipher Greene were one of Norway's best progressive rock outfits, formed in the early seventies. Information about them is almost nigh impossible to find, but it would appear that the band was formed by guitarist/vocalist Bent Aaserud, drummer/vocalist Geir Boehren, keyboard p layer Helge Groesli and bassist Oeyvind Villibo. Their jazz influenced sound is probably best compared to that of UK outfit Tonton Macoute, with some l ovely flute thrown in for good measure. This debut offering is apparently their only album currently available on CD, which is a pity, because their follow-up, "Communication", which came out in 1973, was excellent, but difficult to track down outside of their home country. It would appear that they split in 1975, with the obligatory "Best of " album being released that year, and then they reformed in 1980, releasing a further two albums. ( Dinosaurdays )

    *** JUNIPHER GREENE was a Norwegian progressive rock band who were formed in Oslo in 1967. The initial line-up included Bent Aserud on guitars, keyboards, flute and vocals, Geir Bohren on lead vocals, drums and sax, Helge Groslie on keyboards, Freddie Dahl on guitar and vocals and Oyvind Vilbo on bass. They released their ambitious debut album in 1971 called "Friendship". It stands as one of Norway's earliest progressive album and the country's first double LP.They were one of Norway's best bands together with RUPHUS and HOST, although they only released one album in 1973 "Communication" (also very good) before splitting in the mid 70s. Two compilation albums, "Best Of" (1975) and "Rewind" (1981), which also featured a number of unreleased tracks recorded between 1969 and 1980, were issued. Helge Groslie left the band to join TITANIC in 1972, Aserud and Bohren kept the JUNIPHER GREENE name for various incarnations during the 80s, although these were very different to the original group. They've since built a reputation as the creators of Norwegian movie soundtracks. ( ProgArchives )
     
    Views: 2861 | Date: 24.04.2010 | Rating: 5.0 | Comments (2)


    Hero - 1973 - HeroStyle: prog
    Country: italy
    Audio: lossless (ape, cue, scans)
    Size: 274 mb
    Issue: 2002 Remaster 24bit
     
    ProgArchives:
     
    A lost group from the progressive rock movement of Italy in the 1970's that has finally seen the light of day with the recent reissue of their only album, 1972's self titled album. The group included Robert Deller (keyboards, vocals), Massimo Pravato (guitar, bass), and Umberto Maschio (drums). They left Italy after forming for Germany where they took up residency in Munich where they recorded their album. Massimo Pravato was killed in a car accident in 1973. The album was released in 1974 only in Germany and until last years reissue of the album on CD it was forgotten and went largely unnoticed.

    Their self titled album is good example of a solid hard prog with nice keyboard work Noteable for in an era that had many 'short' albums the album was lengthy clocking in at over 46 minutes.

    The group is worth a listen. Would recommend only to those who have money to burn and are looking for really hidden albums in the Rock Progressivo Italiano genre. That said.. having owned the reissue for about six months.. it still get regular rotation. Good group and wouild have liked to have seen what they might have followed this up with.
     
    01. "Merry Go ROund" 4:24
    02. "Crumbs of a Day" 4:43
    03. "Sunday Best" 5:59
    04. "Seminar" 3:18
    05. "Childrens Game" 5:03
    06. "Knock" 4:52
    07. "Clapping and Smiling" 9:06
    08. "Dew-Drops" 7:06
    09. "Buzzard" 1:48
     
    Robert Deller / keyboards, vocals
    Massimo Pravato / guitar, bass
    Umberto Maschio / drums

    oe: very 1stclass italian prog, sounds like early Graaf or Gentle
     
    Views: 2187 | Date: 24.04.2010 | Rating: 0.0 | Comments (1)



    Ken Hensley - 2006 - Blood On The HighwayStyle: hard
    Country: uk
    Audio: lossless (flac 966k)
    Size: 427mb

    oe: proud dusty hard at shelf, okay okay this house is down
     
    Views: 1821 | Date: 24.04.2010 | Rating: 3.0 | Comments (0)



    Cockney Rebel - 1975 - The Best Years Of Our LivesStyle: glam
    Country: uk
    Audio: lossless (ape 784k)
    Size: 308mb

    Starling review:
    Now then, starting from here, you don't really need these records unless Mr Steve Harley, regardless of the actual music he and his croonies make, strikes you as an intelligent, astute, sagacious and utterly penetrative bonmot of a person. (You can have your thesaurus back now.) Oh, he actually does strike me as one, which is why in the end I ended up liking this record about as much as Psychomodo even if the sonic differentiation is drastic. But one man's genius is another man's Jerry Springer, so think for yourself cuz I won't be there with you. (Cool fuzz tone, abrupt stop).
    After Psychomodo, Steve Harley abruptly dumped the original Cockney Rebel, cruelly ending the two-year-long dream of the great democratic musical revolution. Out of the original members, only drummer Stuart Elliott has survived the transition, and out of all the new members, the only name I recognize is new guitarist Jim Cregan (former Family member for a very brief time, and later a pedestrian associate for Rod Stewart in his rote early Eighties period). And this is now "Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel" - meaning that music as such takes a step back and Harley's personal decadent/satiric fantasies take a step forward. Well, at least he's honest about it.
    At first, the difference will seem unbearable. Gone are the ultra-cool violin riffs and the lengthy complex instrumental passages and, in fact, a huge part of the musical audacity and diversity of old. The first few times I heard this, it was all generic four-four beats and lots and lots and lots of boring lyrics to me. Then, fortunately, the feeling passed and I saw the album for what it was: Harley's half-sung, half-spoken, half-meaningful, half-absurdist oh-so-70s confession. An album full of terrific lyrical imagery and theatrical passion - and, actually, not that devoid of melodies. Well, I guess it's about as melodic as your average Springsteen album, actually, your average singer-songwriter album from the mid-Seventies, and in those cases when the singer-songwriter gets by on behalf of his personal charisma, it's about the best you can expect from that period. And you wanted the best, you got it.
    There actually was one UK hit here, and that's 'Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)', an excellent mid-tempo pop-rocker with a glammy multi-vocal chorus and great use of the stop-and-start structure (as well as Beatlesque ooh-la-la-las all over the place). It's at the same time typical and atypical of the album. Typical, because it features the same type of enigmatic lyrics - on the surface, it's something like a misogynistic putdown, but what do you do with lines like 'How can you ignore my faith in everything/When I know what Faith is and what it's worth'? Atypical, because it's shorter, catchier and more concise than anything else on here, certainly chart-oriented at heart, but smart enough so as not to linger in the charts for too long.
    My favourite tracks are the two side-closers, though. 'Panorama' is fast and lively, with a funny guitar tone, upbeat brass lines punctuating the melody and a totally kick-ass chorus ('I felt forty-five I was barely alive, I saw a Human Tribe and I was terrified'). Who cares if you can't really decipher the goofy lyrics? That's Steve Harley for you, Bobby Zimmerman's trusted disciple. And it's glam, baby, glam pop in all of its glory, highlighted by his female backuppers and saxophones and a giddy atmosphere of know-nothing-care-for-nothing. And then there's the title track, even more Dylan-like because it's slower and, as far as the overall impression goes, more introspective. For all of its five and a half minutes, you are openly caressed by Harley's cockneyified vocals, vocals which nevertheless seem to mock the very idea of a nostalgic confessional song. 'You think it's tragic when that moment arrives - oh but it's magic, it's the best years of our lives', he sings, and it would all be very well if you could actually understand what particular moment he's singing about. But whatever it is, it must mean a lot to the man. Or pretends to mean a lot.
    The sense of the proceedings never gets any clearer, it only gets worse. Tracks like 'Back To The Farm' are openly paranoid, and it's a blessing - you don't actually have to wreck your brain over any hidden messages in that one. But indeed, Steve Harley is one of the best "impersonators of paranoia" of the epoch, and his ravings on that track are first rate, not to mention a well-crafted synthesizer solo from Duncan Mackay at the end. 'Mr Raffles' shuffles along lazily, yet with oodles and oodles of stylishness (and I particularly like that creeping little bit of Spanish guitar that enters right after the 'what a time we had down in Barcelona' line, ever noticed that?). '49th Parallel' experiments with funk, not particularly successfully, but ain't no crushing fiasco either. And 'Mad Mad Moonlight' desperately tries to pump in some rock'n'roll energy, but instead only manages to start the album off on a particularly puzzling note.
    Playing this backto back with Psychomodo would actually help you to understand why they're rated equally - Psychomodo is much more daring and experimental, yet it seems like on this 1975 album Steve is much more firmly standing on his own two feet, so to speak. The songs are long, but never really overlong, and every one of them has a point, even if most of the points are undecipherable. Here is a man who has intentionally toned down his ambitions and started making records that may not be as original in quality, but are far more adequate in content. And, of course, as usual, the lyrics and the moods which accompany them may all be a huge put-on, but I find no problem in accepting them as a conscious put-on. And, after all, it's not the literal interpretation that matters, but the overall message - that of a crazy, crazy, crazy social life, life as a madhouse rife with possibilities and combinations. Actually, just look over the lyrics sheet with one brief glance. It's all about parties, madness, and murder. Well, how can one exist without the other? That's 1975 for you. Heck, that's humanity for you.
     
    Views: 3206 | Date: 24.04.2010 | Rating: 0.0 | Comments (0)

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