genre: psych
country: uk
quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, cover)
time: 40'13" size: 249 mb
misc.: 2005 japan
the Tapestry of Delights:
This band were first called The Stormeville Shakers. Their rare progressive album is now of minor interest to collectors. Mel Collins was later in King Crimson and Kokomo. Philip Goodhand-Tait had earlier recorded three 45s for Parlophone and after his spell with Circus he went on to record several solo albums. Chris Burrows had earlier played with Ray Anton and The Proform, and later had some involvement with Spirit Of John Morgan and Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come.
Do You Dream? is a delightful piece of psychedelic pop and their first 45 was produced by Mike D'Abo.Chris Burrows later became a Buddhist monk, releasing four CDs of Buddhist percussion/chanting for the New Beginnings label.
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genre: avant
country: france
quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, scans)
time: 36'59" size: 209 mb
Scented Gardens of Mind:
This large theatrical troupe played musical theatre, like a cross between Principal Edwards Magic Theatre and "Radio Gnome"-period Gong, but of course all in French! Aurora (1971) is a top rarity these days, and was released on the legendary Futura label. The two later albums are somewhat easier to find but in a similar style.
01. "Le Train" 4:38
02. "Les Oiseaux" 3:39
03. "Hey...!" 11:44
04. "La 7" 5:30
05. "Le Nil" 11:28
Nicole Aubiat / vocals
Thierry Bergerot / synthesizers
Jean-Loius Cannaud / Flute, tenor and alto sax, vocals, percussions
Jean-Pierre Chalon / drums, percussions
Daniel Dublet / piano, violincello, congas
Monik Lamy / vocals, percussions
Philippe Puech / vibraphone, vocals
Christine Schaffter / soprano sax, vocals percussions
Pierre Surtel / sporano sax, vibraphone, vocals
Abel Valls / bass guitar, contrabass
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genre: canterbury
country: uk
quality: lossless (wv, cue, log, covers)
time: 52'08" size: 2993 mb
misc.: 1999, recorded '77
In 1977, Caravan entered the studio to finish their tenth LP. The music recorded during these sessions was shelved for almost two decades before Pony Records released the newly mastered tunes in 1994. The collection, entitled Cool Water, has a distinctly raw sound that suggests much of the material was still in development when the album was scrapped. Without the benefit of a complete production treatment, the songs are reduced to their fundamental elements, adding to Cool Water's pop overtones. Gone are the 20-minute epic noodle-fests and indulgent solos. Echoes of Brian Wilson and John Lennon can be heard in guitarist/vocalist Pye Hastings' work during highlights like "Just the Way You Are," "Poor Molly," and other straight pop numbers. The only real miscalculations on Cool Water are the fluffy rock tracks, especially "Tuesday Is Rock 'N' Roll Night." Despite these missteps, this lost treasure is sure to delight fans of the Canterbury Scene. Listeners who can do without the genre's most excessive musical elements will be especially pleased.
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genre: heavy
country: us
quality: lossless (ape, cue, log, scans)
time: 38'01" size: 275 mb
Wiki:
Dawn Explosion, the third and final album by Captain Beyond, was released in 1977, and featured former members of Iron Butterfly. Original singer Rod Evans was replaced by Willy Daffern.
Side one
"Do or Die" (Rhino, Bobby Caldwell, Willy Daffern) – 3:38
"Icarus" (Rhino, Caldwell, Lee Dorman) – 4:17
"Sweet Dreams" (Rhino, Caldwell, Dorman) – 5:29
"Fantasy" (Rhino, Caldwell, Daffern) – 6:02
Side two
"Breath of Fire, Part 1 & Part 2" (Rhino, Caldwell, Daffern) – 6:19
"If You Please" (Rhino, Caldwell, Daffern, Dorman) – 4:13
"Midnight Memories" (Rhino) – 3:59
"Oblivion" (Rhino, Caldwell, Dorman) – 4:00
Rhino – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar
Bobby Caldwell – drums, percussion, vocals
Lee Dorman – bass guitar, string ensemble, vocals
Willy Daffern – lead vocals
also:
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genre: psych
country: us
quality: lossless (ape, cue, log, scans)
time: 38'58" size: 260 mb
01. "Hot Head" 3:23
02. "Ashtray Heart" 3:27
03. "Carrot Is As Close as a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond" 1:38
04. "Run Paint Run Run" 3:39
05. "Sue Egypt" 2:58
06. "Brickbats" 2:44
07. "Dirty Blue Gene" 3:52
08. "Best Batch Yet" 5:01
09. "Telephone" 1:32
10. "Flavor Bud Living" 1:01
11. "Sheriff of Hong Kong" 6:33
12. "Making Love to a Vampire with a Monkey on My Knee" 3:11
Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) / vocals, harmonica, Tenor saxophone, Soprano saxophone, bass clarinet
Eric Drew Feldman / bass guitar, synthesizer, mellotron, grand piano, electric piano
Bruce Fowler / trombone
John French / guitar, slide guitar, marimba, bass guitar, some drums
Robert Williams / drums, percussion
Jeff Moris Tepper / guitar, slide-guitar, nerve guitar
Guest:
Gary Lucas / guitar, French horn
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genre: heavy prog, psych, fusion
country: uk
quality: lossless (ape, cue, log, scans)
time: 48'01" size: 308 mb
01. "City Of Darkness" 3:07
02. "Harold Dubbleyew" 3:11
03. "Hatton Mill Morning" 3:50
04. "Green Side Up" 2:01
05. "Wallpaper" 3:00
06. "Did You Die Four Years Ago Tonight" 2:11
07. "Watcha Kelele" 3:51
08. "Reverend J McKinnon" 3:00
09. "Sunday Joint" 2:03
10. "War Or Peace" 9:43
a. Theme 2:11
b. East Meets West 2:39
c. Battle Scene 0:38
d. Conscience 2:00
e. Epilogue 2:28
bonus:
11. "I'm A Man" 3:33
12. "God Bless The Child" 5:00
13. "To Love Somebody" 3:29
John L. Watson / vocals
Kenny Beveridge / drums, percussion
Lennie Wright / vibes, percussion
John Eaton / guitar
Tony Edwards / guitar
Dick Lee-Smith / bass
Tom Harris / saxes, flute
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genre: blues
country: us
quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, scans)
time: 1:17'36" size: 513 mb
misc.: 2003
"Same All Over" (Canned Heat, Henry Vestine) – 2:51
"Change My Ways" (Alan Wilson) – 2:47
"Canned Heat" (Bob Hite) – 4:22
"Sic 'em Pigs" (Hite, White) – 2:41
"I'm Her Man" (A.Leigh - actually by Bob Hite[1]) – 2:55
"Time Was" (Wilson) – 3:21
"Do Not Enter" (Wilson) – 2:50
"Big Fat (The Fat Man)" (Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino) – 1:57
"Huautla " (V.Wolf - actually by Fito de la Parra) – 3:33
"Get Off My Back" (Wilson) – 5:10
"Down in the Gutter, But Free" (Canned Heat) – 5:37
Bob Hite – vocals
Alan Wilson – Slide Guitar, vocals, Harmonica
Henry Vestine– Lead guitar
Larry Taylor – electric bass
Fito de la Parra – drums
Additional Personnel:
Ernest Lane - Piano
Mark Naftalin - Piano
Elliot Ingber - Background Vocals
Javier Baitz - Background Vocals
Mike Pacheco - bongos
12. "Bullfrog Blues" 2:21
13. "Rollin' And Tumblin'" 3:11
14. "Going Up The Country" 2:55
15. "Amphetamine Annie" 3:36
16. "Time Was" 3:29
17. "Boogie Music" 3:05
18. "On The Road Again" 3:29
19. "Same All Over" 2:53
20. "Sic 'Em Pigs" 2:42
21. "Fried Hockey Boogie" 11:14
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genre: psych
country: germany
quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, scans)
time: 38'09" size: 257 mb
misc.: 2004
01. "Father Cannot Yell" 7:07
02. "Mary, Mary So Contrary" 6:22
03. "Outside My Door" 4:12
04. "Yoo Doo Right" 20:28
Irmin Schmidt – keyboards
Jaki Liebezeit – drums
Holger Czukay – bass
Michael Karoli – guitar
Malcolm Mooney – vocals
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genre: psych
country: italy
quality: lossless (wv, cue, log, scans)
time: 36'23" size: 192 mb
ItalianProg:
Roberto "Juri" Camisasca, from near Milan, despite a very limited discography can be considered a cult figure among the progressive music followers.
His La finestra dentro, issued in 1974 by Bla Bla, is one of the best albums on that label, and strongly influenced by his collaboration with Franco Battiato, who signed Juri to the label and produced the LP, also playing the VCS3 synth on it.
Though not musically as complex as Battiato's early works, La finestra dentro can be compared with Alan Sorrenti's first album in the use of voice as an instrument, with sparse musical accompaniment on some tracks. The overall result is much more intense than Sorrenti's Aria, with no weak parts, and a very regarding listen.
Many of Battiato's backing musicians (Gianfranco D'Adda, Gianni Mocchetti, Pino Massara, Lino "Capra" Vaccina) are featured on the 7-tracks album, that strongly deserves a CD reissue.
After two singles in 1975, both featuring an album track and an unreleased one, Camisasca was briefly involved in Telaio Magnetico, sort of avantgarde supergroup that also featured among others Franco Battiato, Mino Di Martino from I Giganti and his wife Terra Di Benedetto (both later in Albergo Intergalattico Spaziale).
This group only made a tour in the summer of that year, before disbanding.
Camisasca then entered a Benedictine convent, where he stayed for 11 years, until the late 80's when he returned to the music biz with a new album called Te Deum, based on reworkings of Gregorian chants. Later works have been Il carmelo di Echt in 1991 and Arcano enigma in 1999, and he's been very active as composer working with such artists like PFM, Battiato, Alice and Giuni Russo.
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genre: psych
country: uk
quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, booklet scans)
time: 54'24" size: 375 mb
misc.: 2001
1. Romain (6:12)
2. Country Girl (3:06)
3. Would The Christians Wait Five Minutes? The Lions Are Having A Draw (12:57)
4. Daughter Of The Fireplace (5:19)
5. Alchemist (20:40)
6. Daughter Of The Fireplace [single version]* (2:59)
7. Country Girl [single version]* (3:05)
Micky Jones / guitars, vocals
Deke Leonard / guitars, piano, vocals
Terry Williams / drums, percussion
Martin Ace / bass, acoustic guitar
Clive John / organ, piano, guitar, harpsichord, vocals
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