Oldish Psych and Prog

Colin Blunstone ~ 1972 ~ Ennismore

olegelagin — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 16:47:58 GMT

genre: rock
country: uk
quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, covers)
time: 31'53" size: 180 mb

wikipedia:
The second album by singer Colin Blunstone, former member of British rock band The Zombies. It was released in 1972 (see 1972 in music). The lead-off single "I Don't Believe in Miracles" b/w "I've Always Had You" peaked at number 31 and "How Could We Dare to Be Wrong" b/w "Time's Running Out" reached number 45 in the UK.
As with Blunstone's 1971 debut One Year, Ennismore was produced by Rod Argent and Chris White and most of the songs were backed by Argent's band Argent.
Robin Platts of Allmusic wrote: "Opinions differ as to which of the two is Blunstone's best album, but both One Year and Ennismore are consistently strong records and are bound to please anyone who has enjoyed Colin's work with the Zombies."[

$CUT$"I Don't Believe in Miracles" (Russ Ballard) – 3:03
"Quartet: Exclusively for Me" (Colin Blunstone, David Jones) – 2:30
"Quartet: A Sign from Me to You" (Blunstone) – 3:58
"Quartet: Every Sound I Heard" (Blunstone, David Jones) – 2:26
"Quartet: How Wrong Can One Man Be" (Blunstone) – 2:02
"I Want Some More" (Blunstone) – 3:08
"Pay Me Later" (Blunstone, Phil Dennys) – 2:46
"Andorra" (Rod Argent, Chris White) – 3:18
"I've Always Had You" (Blunstone) – 2:32
"Time's Running Out" (Blunstone) – 2:41
"How Could We Dare to Be Wrong" (Blunstone, Phil Dennys) – 3:24

Rod Argent – piano, keyboards
Russ Ballard – guitar, piano, keyboards
Steve Bingham – bass
Jim Rodford – bass
Robert Henrit – drums
Byron Lyefoot – drums
Jim Toomey – drums
Terry Poole – drums, bass
Phil Dennys – piano, keyboards
Pete Wingfield – piano, keyboards
Derek Griffiths – guitar
Michael Snow – guitar, keyboards

read also: Colin Blunstone ~ 1971 ~ One Year

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Brandywine ~ 1970 ~ Aged

olegelagin — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 15:36:40 GMT

genre: hard
country: us
quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, covers)
time: 34'12" size: 246 mb

Fuzz Acid & Flowers:
A rock quartet with flashy guitar and strong harmonies. Their material ranged from hard rock to mellow songs. ~ (Stephane Rebeschini)

01. "Stay Here" 3:16
02. "Ridin/ Through The Rain" 3:52
03. "Somebody" 4:49
04. "Happiness Won/t Buy A Bed" 4:12
05. "Look Around" 3:48
06. "Searchin/" 5:12
07. "Mr. Johnson" 5:10
08. "Humble John" 4:19
09. "True To Me" 5:25

Bass – Mike Caruso
Drums – Chip Miles
Guitar, Vocals – Edward Stasium
Keyboards, Vocals – Albert Miller

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Boot ~ 1972 ~ Boot

olegelagin — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 11:26:49 GMT

genre: hard
country: us
quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, covers)
time: 34'12" size: 246 mb

Fuzz Acid & Flowers:
Their first album is rare and came out on a Texas label 'though they hailed from New Port Richey, Florida, and had earlier recorded as The Split Ends. It's basically hard rock with some psychedelic guitar work. Their second album is rather mundane heavy rock.
Jim O'Brock recalls: "Circa 1969 We changed names from The Split Ends to B.O.O.T, an anacronym for 'Blues Of Our Time'. We began playing 80% to 90% original material and began traveling more, playing larger venues. We played with Canned Heat, B.B. King, Neil Diamond, Detroit Wheels, etc. and at the Atlanta Pop Festival and Miami II Pop Festivals. Once we competed with the Allman Brothers in a contest at the University of Florida and won first prize! In Atlanta, Georgia we played with Lynyrd Skynyrd (they opened for us!) and stayed on the road for about four years. During this time we recorded our two albums in Nashville, Tn.
"We seemed to stagnate about that time. I left the band and it broke up. A couple of years later, Mike and Bruce tried to resurrect the name with a couple of new guys, but it didn't last long". ~ (Clark Faville/Max Waller/Susie Martin-Rott w/thanks to Jim O'Brock)

$CUT$01. "Hey Little Girl" 4:09
02. "Danny's Tune" 5:29
03. "Liza Brown" 2:51
04. "Andromeda" 5:20
05. "Destruction Road" 5:17
06. "Reach Out" 3:18
07. "What Are They Doing To Me?" 3:40
08. "What You're Missing" 4:07

Dan Eliassen -- vocals, bass
Bruce Knox (RIP) -- vocals, lead guitar
Mike Mycz -- vocals, rhythm guitar
Jim O'Brock -- vocals, drums

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the Soft Machine ~ 2003 ~ BBC Radio 1967-1971

olegelagin — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 09:57:02 GMT

genre: canterbury
country: uk
quality: lossless (ape, cue, log, covers)
time: 1:06'50"+1:00'55" size: 752 mb

allmusic:
There is no shortage of collections of archive material by the Soft Machine and some of them are pretty good. You just can't beat BBC recordings for good sound quality and meaningful "alternate versions." This first volume covers the group's early years up to the departure of drummer Robert Wyatt, starting with a session from December 1967, when the Softs consisted of Kevin Ayers, Mike Ratledge, and Wyatt. Early demo and live versions of dubious quality of "Clarence in Wonderland," "Certain Kind," or "Hope for Happiness" are in circulation (see Turns On, Vol. 1, for instance), but these recordings are far more superior. A session from 1969 features Wyatt, Ratledge, Hugh Hopper, and Brian Hopper in a torrid medley of "Facelift" and the "Mousetrap" suite, but the jewel of the first disc is indisputably a full-band rendition (Ratledge, Wyatt, and Hugh Hopper) of "Moon in June," one of very few times it was performed as such (the studio version was mostly put together by Wyatt overdubbing all parts). Disc two presents sessions from 1971 with Elton Dean added to the regular lineup. The last track is another "Mousetrap" sequence seguing into "Esther's Nose Job," performed by the short-lived septet lineup (with a brass section formed by Dean, Lyn Dobson, Marc Charig, and Nick Evans). This is the closest thing to a studio recording existing by this particular group and it is well-worth the price of admission. If you are a relative newcomer to the music of Soft Machine and are looking to expand beyond their studio releases, start here before moving on to more obscure live sets. ~ François Couture

$CUT$cd1:
01. "Clarence In Wonderland" 2:57
02. "We Know What You Mean" 3:11
03. "Certain Kind" 3:38
04. "Hope For Happiness" 4:37
05. "Strangest Scene (AKA Lullaby Letter)" 4:55
06. "Facelift / Mousetrap / Noisette / Backwards / Mousetrap Reprise" 11:55
07. "The Moon In June" 13:02
08. "Instant Pussy" 3:19
09. "Slightly All The Time / Out Bloody Rageous / Eamonn Andrews" 19:15

cd2:
01. "Virtually" 9:58
02. "Fletcher's Blemish" 12:12
03. "Neo-Caliban Grides" 7:35
04. "Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening " 2:47
05. "Eamonn Andrews/All White" 7:12
06. "Mousetrap:Noisette:Backwards:Mousetrap Reprise:Esther's Nose Job" 21:12

Kevin Ayers / bass, guitar, voice (tracks 1-5 CD1)
Robert Wyatt / drums, voice
Mike Ratledge / keyboards
Hugh Hopper / bass (tracks 6-9 CD1, CD2)
Brian Hopper saxophone, flute (track 6 CD1)
Elton Dean / axophone (track 9 CD1, CD2)
Marc Charig / trumpet (track 6 CD2)
Lyn Dobson / saxophone, flute (track 6 CD2)
Nick Evans / trombone (track 6 CD2)

read also:

the Soft Machine ~ 1968 - Volumes One + 1969 ~ Volume Two

Soft Machine - 1971 - Fourth

Soft Machine ~ 1972 ~ Fifth

Soft Machine - 1975 - Bundles

Soft Machine - 1976 - Softs

Soft Machine - 1977 - Jet-Propelled Photographs (aka At the Beginnings)

Soft Machine ~ 1996 ~ Spaced

Soft Machine ~ 1998 ~ Virtually

Soft Machine ~ 2000 ~ Noisette

Soft Machine - 2003 - Bbc Radio 1971-1974

Soft Machine ~ 2004 ~ Live In Paris

Soft Machine ~ 2005 ~ British Tour '75

Soft Machine ~ 2006 ~ Floating World Live

Soft Machine ~ 2006 ~ Grides

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Mars Bonfire ~ 1969 ~ Faster Than The Speed Of Life

olegelagin — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 09:53:26 GMT

genre: rock
country: canada
quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, covers)
time: 38'54" size: 249 mb

wikipedia:
Born Dennis Eugene McCrohan, he and his brother Jerry changed their surnames to Edmonton in the early 1960s. The brothers were part of a band called The Sparrows which later evolved into Steppenwolf. Another member of The Sparrows was Bruce Palmer, who later became a member of Buffalo Springfield.
Bonfire embarked on a solo career while his brother Jerry became the drummer for Steppenwolf. After leaving the band, he often collaborated with Kim Fowley, co-writing and recording on the recordings of Fowley and artists associated with Fowley.

allmusic:
Mars Bonfire's late-'60s material occasionally bears some resemblance to Steppenwolf, particularly in the use of heavy organs. But in fact this is certainly on the lighter and more pop-flecked side than Steppenwolf, which might both disappointment Steppenwolf fans who seek this out on the basis of the "Born to Be Wild" connection, and make this LP a rather pleasant surprise to those fearing bombastic late-'60s hard rock on the order of Steppenwolf's less impressive aspects. There is a version of "Born to Be Wild" here that is far tamer and less effective than Steppenwolf's hit cover. Yet on about half the album Bonfire favors a pretty airy pop-psychedelic approach (reminiscent of his "Tomorrow's Ship" composition on the single for pre-Steppenwolf outfit the Sparrow, written under his real name of Dennis Edmonton) to both his songwriting and arrangements. Bonfire has a thin, crackly voice that lacks force and precluded any significant success as a solo singer and band frontman, but does have a sincere and likable quality in spite of its limitations. "Lady Moon Walker" in particular is an overlooked psych-pop gem, with Bonfire's best deployment of attractive melodies, spacy lyrics, and pleasing keyboard textures. "In Christina's Arms" and "Sad Eyes" are also neat-o tender love songs with just enough unexpected melodic changes and oh-so-slightly trippy lyrics to make them more intriguing than the usual decent late-'60s pop/rock tune. When Bonfire tries to rock harder and get a little bluesy, the music becomes undistinguished, and sometimes downright boring. ~ Richie Unterberger

$CUT$01. "Faster Than The Speed Of Life" 3:04
02. "Born To Be Wild" 3:03
03. "Sad Eyes" 2:22
04. "Lady Moon Walker" 2:42
05. "Tenderness" 4:29
06. "She" 2:58
07. "Ride With Me Baby" 6:05
08. "How Much Older Will We Grow?" 5:52
09. "So Alive With Love" 2:42
10. "In Christina's Arms" 3:16
11. "Night Time's For You" 2:21

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M Efekt ~ 1979 ~ Svitanie

olegelagin — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 08:02:23 GMT

genre: fusion, prog
country: czech republic
quality: lossless (ape, cue, log, covers)
time: 47'36" size: 219 mb

wikipedia:
Seventh studio album by the rock group Blue Effect, which was released under a Czech version and abbreviated name M Effekt.

Strana 1
1. „Vysoká stolička, dlhý popol“ instrumentální Veselý, Hladík, Frešo 10:12
2. „Ej, padá, padá rosenka“ lidová lidová, úprava: Veselý, Frešo, Hladík, Čech 6:36
3. „V sobotu popoludní“ instrumentální Frešo, Veselý, Hladík 4:15
Strana 2
4. „Svitanie“ Hutka Frešo, Hladík, Veselý 19:35
bonus:
5. Golem (1976 Supraphon) 6:47

Vlado Čech / drums, percussion
Fedor Freso / bass, bass mandoline, vocals, percussion
Radim Hladík / acoustic & electric guitars
Oldřich Veselý / acoustic & electric pianos, organ, Arp & string synths, vocals

$CUT$read also:

the Blue Effect ~ 1970 ~ Meditace

Blue Effect & Jazz Q Praha - 1970 - Coniunctio

Modrý Efekt ~ 1970 ~ Nová Syntéza

Modrý Efekt ~ 1974 ~ Nová Syntéza 2

Modry Efekt & Radim Hladik ~ 1974 ~ Modry Efekt & Radim Hladik

M. Efekt ~ 1981 ~ 33

Blue Effect ~ 2004 ~ Beatová Síň Slávy

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Blue Cheer ~ 1970 ~ The Original Human Being

olegelagin — Sat, 27 Feb 2016 13:08:43 GMT

genre: heavy, psych
country: us
quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, covers)
time: 45'54" size: 274 mb

wikipedia:
Fifth album shows Blue Cheer exploring a more psychedelic and laid‑back rock and roll with horn sections on a few of the songs. This album features a very unusual, and different, song for Blue Cheer: "Babaji (Twilight Raga)", which features extensive use of sitar and synthesizer. These instruments were only used one other time in the song "I'm the Light" on the album Oh! Pleasant Hope.

Side one
"Good Times Are So Hard to Find" (Kent Housman / Norman Mayell) – 3:22
"Love of a Woman" (Dickie Peterson) – 4:35
"Make Me Laugh" (Ralph Burns Kellogg) – 5:06
"Pilot" (Gary R. Grelecki / Gary Yoder) – 4:49
"Babaji (Twilight Raga)" (Norman Mayell) – 3:46 (Instrumental)
Side two
"Preacher" (Gary R. Grelecki / Gary Yoder) – 4:01
"Black Sun" (Gary R. Grelecki / Gary Yoder) – 3:31
"Tears in My Bed" (Ralph Burns Kellogg) – 2:06
"Man on the Run" (Dickie Peterson) – 3:58
"Sandwich" (Gary R. Grelecki / Gary Yoder) – 5:01
"Rest at Ease" (Gary R. Grelecki / Gary Yoder) – 5:35

Dickie Peterson – bass, guitar, lead vocals (tracks 2, 3, 9)
Gary Lee Yoder – guitar, harmonica, vocals, harp, lead vocals (tracks 1, 4–8, 10–11)
Ralph Burns Kellogg – organ, piano, synthesizer, bass
Norman Mayell – guitar, percussion, sitar, producer, drums

$CUT$read also:

Blue Cheer ~ 1968 ~ Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer - 1969 - New! Improved!

Blue Cheer ~ 1969 ~ Blue Cheer

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Bloodrock ~ 1972 ~ Passage + 1974 ~ Whirlwind Tongues

olegelagin — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 07:38:08 GMT

genre: heavy prog
country: us
quality: lossless (flac, cue, covers)
time: 37'26" size: 278 mb

wikipedia:
Passage is the band's first album with a true progressive rock sound. On this album, the band sounds strikingly different from their earlier releases due to significant changes in their line-up. Warren Ham (lead vocals) was added in place of departed original members Jim Rutledge (lead vocals) and Lee Pickens (lead guitar).

Passage:
"Help Is on the Way" (Rick Cobb / Stephen Hill) – 4:35
"Scottsman" (Nick Taylor / Warren Ham / Stephen Hill)– 3:45
"Juice" (Warren Ham / Stephen Hill) – 3:38
"The Power" (Mike Pietzsch) – 4:23
"Life Blood" (Rick Cobb / Warren Ham / Stephen Hill) – 5:38
"Days and Nights" (Warren Ham / Stephen Hill) – 7:56
"Lost Fame" (Warren Ham / Stephen Hill) – 4:14
"Thank You Daniel Ellsberg" (Rick Cobb / Stephen Hill) – 3:15
"Fantasy" (Warren Ham / Stephen Hill) – 5:18

Bass, Vocals – Ed Grundy
Drums, Percussion – R. Cobb III
Guitar, Vocals – Nick Taylor
Keyboards, Vocals – Steve Hill
Vocals, Flute, Saxophone, Harmonica – Warren Ham

Whirlwind Tongues is the final studio album continues in the path of its previous release, Passage, by contrasting with the band's earlier material in favor of a progressive rock sound. Rick Cobb III (drummer) was replaced on this release by Randy Reeder (drummer).

Whirlwind Tongues:
10. "It's Gonna Be Love" 3:25
11. "Sunday Song" 4:22
12. "Parallax" 3:43
13. "Voices" 3:40
14. "Eleanor Rigby" 3:17
15. "Stilled By Whirlwind Tongues" 5:39
16. "Guess What I Am" 3:00
17. "Lady Of Love" 3:59
18. "Jungle" 4:30

Bass – Ed Grundy
Drums, Percussion – Randy Reeder (tracks: 11, 13, 14, 17, 18), R. Cobb III* (tracks: 10, 12, 15, 16)
Guitar – Nick Taylor (4)
Keyboards, Synthesizer, Melodica – Stevie Hill
Vocals, Flute, Saxophone, Harmonica – Warren Ham

$CUT$read also:

Bloodrock ~ 1970 ~ Bloodrock

Bloodrock ~ 1970 ~ Bloodrock 2

Bloodrock ~ 1971 ~ Bloodrock 3

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Blind Ravage ~ 1970 ~ Blind Ravage

olegelagin — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:39:05 GMT

genre: heavy
country: canada
quality: lossless (flac, cue, covers)
time: 37'26" size: 278 mb

Dreams Fantasies & Nightmares:
Album by this Montreal, Quebec-based hard rock band with psychedelic overtones and some excellent guitar work is highly-rated. Apart from the Hawkins-Lewis-Broadwater composition, Susie Q, all the tracks on the album are originals. Only problem is that musically it lacks diversity, but the final two tracks, Disaster and Loser catch the ear.
Charbonneau, born in Riguad, Quebec, on 16th March 1947 was something of a multi-instrumentalist. He first played music at the age of 7 and can play piano, bass, mouth organ and guitar. Their organist, Serge Fleury, born in September 1944 in a Montreal University, was a music professor at a Montreal high school for four years, prior to joining the band. Bassist Robert Dufour was the band's main songwriter (though most of them were co-written with Charbonneau). He was born in Chomeday, Quebec, in November 1940 and played mouth organ and guitar too. Finally, drummer Andre Deguire was born in Montreal in March 1948. Prior to joining Blind Ravage, he'd done session drumming for several top acts. He also wrote My Life, which figured on their sole 45.

$CUT$01. "Susie-Q" 2:45
02. "Tousaw" 3:43
03. "Friday Fish" 4:13
04. "Prodigal" 3:42
05. "My Life" 3:53
06. "Strange Power" 6:13
07. "Cement Jungle" 3:44
08. "Ruins" 4:02
09. "Disaster" 2:28
10. "Loser" 2:40

JEAN CHARBONNEAU - gtr
ANDRE DEGUIRE - drms
ROBERT DUFOUR - bs
SERGE FLEURY - organ

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Blackfoot Sue ~ 1974 ~ Strangers

olegelagin — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 09:17:07 GMT

genre: rock, pop
country: uk
quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, covers)
time: 48'19" size: 304 mb

wikipedia:
Blackfoot Sue was a British pop / rock band, formed in 1970 by the twin brothers Tom and David Farmer and Eddie Golga. A single released in August 1972, "Standing in the Road" on the Jam label No. JAM 13, reached number 4 on the UK Singles Chart. Lack of further tangible success left them labelled as one-hit wonders. However, they did have another record enter the UK Singles Chart. "Sing Don't Speak" reached number 36 in December 1972. In November 1972, they appeared on the German television programme, Disco. According to Allmusic, "they were written off as a teen sensation and broke up in 1977".
The band stopped performing live in 1977 but under the name Liner recorded a studio album, Liner, in 1979. Released on Atlantic Records and produced by Arif Mardin, it was recorded in both the UK and the U.S., using session musicians from both sides of the Atlantic, including Mel Collins, Dick Morrissey, Frank Vicari and Ronnie Cuber on saxophones; plus Cissy Houston, Maretha Stewart and Beverly Ingram on background vocals. The group scored a minor US hit, "You And Me". The fourth member of the original band, Alan Jones, later emigrated to Sydney, Australia.
By 1984, they had formed as a trio, Outside Edge, recording a further four albums under that name.
In 1993, the band reinvented themselves as Blackfoot Sue, with a final gig at the London Astoria in 1999.

$CUT$01. "Care to believe" 3:22
02. "Touch the sky" 3:50
03. "Shoot all strangers" 5:14
04. "Tobago Rose" 3:09
05. "Nostalgia ain't" 3:50
06. "Bye bye Birmingham" 3:28
07. "Join together" 3:36
08. "1812" 11:08
bonus:
09. "Morning light" 3:07
10. "Get it all to me" 3:29
11. "You need love" 4:06

DAVE FARMER - drms
TOM FARMER - bs, keyb'ds, vcls
EDDIE GOLGA - lead gtr, keyb'ds
ALAN JONES - gtr, vcls

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