This, the Chambers Brothers' coming-of-age record, was a well-timed and even better-executed exercise in modern record-making. The brothers had recorded several excellent gospel-folk sides on a...
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There’s a knowing shrug to the title of Time for Another, Ace’s second album, an admission that this is just another round, not dissimilar to another pint of bitter served up halfway into a...
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Of all the Mothers of Invention (MOI ) alumnae, the Phlorescent Leech (aka Flo ) and Eddie remain one of the most musically consistent. Part of the reason could be traced back to Mark V...
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The Bob Seger System throws everything into Ramblin' Gamblin' Man, dabbling in folk, blues-rock, psychedelia, and piledriving rock & roll synonymous with Detroit. Typical of such a wide-ranging...
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Following up the success of “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head” may have been the easiest thing B.J. Thomas ever had to do it professionally. He now had the sound, the style, and the songwr...
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John Hiatt mixed pop, folk, rock, R&B, country, and gospel on his debut album, immediately becoming an uncategorizable (and thus uncommercial) entity. Although this album was cut in Nashville, ...
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Establishing themselves as an unholy collision between the still-nascent Pink Fairies and the legendary Fugs , the debut album by British free-festival favorites the Edgar Broughton Band al...
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Australian rock group active in the early 70s. Kush were a jazz-rock fusion band that existed from 1971 to 75 led by the flamboyant vocalist Jeff Duff. Kush was formed with Jeff Duff on vocals, J...
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Alexis Korner was a British blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as "a founding father of British blues". A major influence on the sound of the British mus...
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This is another of the must-have classic albums by Milton Nascimento. Released in 1975, the album opens with the wonderful "Minas" (Novelli ), a tribute to all sacred music traditions in the Mi...
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White Summer was a Chicago-area rock trio that was active during the mid-1970s, Jimmy Watkins (lead vocals, guitar, drums, percussion), Rick Lowe (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, backing voc...
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Hard rock band US. Still a little known group and the discography of the thinnest. Originally from Oklahoma, No Large Trucks was established in 1967 at the instigation of J. Martin "Moby" Anders...
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Strawberry Path was a psychedelic/progressive rock duo from Japan, formed in 1971. Give it a listen. listen here
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Abel was a brass rock band from San Francisco that brought with it some Latin influences. Previously, the band was known as The Prophets. Later, Tom Catalano created his own label, TomCat, and w...
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The Wizards From Kansas' eponymous album finds this Midwestern group sounding more like a West Coast hybrid combining rambling, melancholy country-rock elements with harder psych-rock sounds. T...
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Another interesting unknown group from USA. The music is a mix of soul, rock, and funk elements. Dig it and give it a listen. listen here
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Spawned from the fertile musical grounds of Cleveland, Ohio, Thunderduk was part of a local scene that included the likes of The James Gang, Glass Harp, Bang and Dragonwyck. Their desire to play...
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Canadian group from Vancouver. Not much info about this lonely album released in 1974. Very interesting country rock. Give it a listen. listen here
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Ablution from Sweden came to be after combining bassist John GUSTAFSON and keyboard player Peter Robinson (later in Brand X) from the heavy prog act Quatermass with ex-members of Baltik: Bjorn J...
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Terry Stamp and Jim Avery hold the distinction of forming Third World War probably the UK's first, for real, “aggro” band. Formed in London at the turn of the 70s, Third World War released 2...
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This Oneness was a short-lived project from Minnesota that released just one studio album, Surprize, in 1975. This collection of multi-instrumentalists had an unusual beginning for a progressive...
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Not to be confused with their self-titled debut album, this double LP, which can still be found without too much hassle, is clearly the best Springfield compilation, at least until the overdue ...
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Rio Grande was a genuine country rock band. Supplemented with bassist Tom Russell and pedal steel player Bobby Tuttle, they recorded their debut LP for RCA at the local studio in Tyler, Rio Gran...
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The Perfect Circle was an Oakland, California-based funk band active from 1975 until 1979. Known for "Bay Area Funk" emphasizing jazz, disco, psychedelics, and horn arrangements. Released on Geo...
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On Yesterday's Dreams, the Four Tops began looking back. Their songwriting and production mainstays, Holland-Dozier-Holland , had recently left the company in a royalties dispute and the LP in...
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