Where have I been?

Yes, I know. Lax as hell, I am. I have a pretty good excuse. My friggin' back hurts. But here I am again to molest your ears with some groovy psychedelic ditties guaranteed to grow hair in places you just don't want it to.


We'll start slowly. Here is the American Revolution's sole LP from 1968. I had wanted to hear this puppy for years. I got ahold of a copy a year or so ago and let's just I was mildly disappointed. I had heard such good things. Never been told it was a monster or anything like that, but still I had my hopes up. So I will leave it at this: if you like bubble gum psych from the acid capital of the U.S.A. (yes, Wisconsin, just ask Hyde) you will be on cloud nine. If you like wild trippy fuzz fests then move on down the page, and I might be able to help you out.


http://rapidshare.de/files/30688487/thAm_Re_-_sa_68_.rar



Now we're getting closer to the type of stuff that makes my quest for all things psych worth the trouble. This here is the American Dream (rather have a Dream than a Revolution anyways). Produced by this cat named Todd (Rundgren), and released on Ampex in 1970, this has a sound kinda similar to Todd's band the Nazz (Todd sures loves that phase shifting) but I find I am reminded of a bit of Spirit here and there also. Good News, Big Brother and I Ain't Searchin' are faves, but what the hell is a Credemphels?!?!?!?






http://rapidshare.de/files/30692054/Am_Dr_-_sa_70_.rar


Now here is a platter done just the way I like it. You put this thing on whatever listening device you have handy, and the first track is this raga drum type thing, maybe. Okay pretty cool. Then the band does this sappy love shit and you say boo fuckity hoo, but before you can remove the pollution from your airspace, WHAM, here comes a freakout from the nether region of Xyplopagus (wherever the hell that is) and you start diggin' it again, then bam, more peace and love bs and you get disgusted and start for the device again, BOOM the drummer's acid kicked in and he goes off for a moment. That's the way this album goes, keeps you off balance in such a great way. Some of the songs segway into each other and you'll notice that I left some that way in my rip. Actual track list is below. I guess I needn't mention I luv this album, do I?

1-Birdsong
2-Witch Helen
3-Have You Seen Them Cry
4-Lake Of Sand
5-State of Confusion
6-Golden Lion
7-Pioneer Saint of Death
8-the Resurrection
9-Demian
10-So It Seems
11-Suite Classical #1

http://rapidshare.de/files/30698651/BloPe_-_sa_68_.rar



For Bigfoot Kit, who shared an album I was desperately searching for, is Good Rats From Rats to Riches. This has gotta be their hardest rocking album (all are worth hearing) and probably the one I dig out the most. I wore a cassette of this one out back in the eighties! Not my rip and I have no idea where I got it so thanks to you, o' sharer of great tunes.









http://rapidshare.de/files/30693721/GR-FRTR.rar


And with Kit's permission I give you the great Captain Beyond tribute, with a killer version of Dancing Madly Backwards by Pentagram, and supremely cool cuts by Flower Kings, Locomotive Breath and many others. It is the first album done track by track and then has a few bonus cuts at the end. Thanks to Bigfoot Kit for this and no thanks to the asshead that stole my CD of it!!


http://rapidshare.de/files/29543795/A_TRIBUTE_TO_CAPTAIN_BEYOND_-_A_Thousand_Days_Of_Yesterdays.rar

Back later tonight or tomorrow with Hard Nutz, Liquid Smoke, 2 quid Deal by Skin Alley and more. Gonna update that live blog of mine too!!! Yippeee!!!

Here's one I forgot to post from a long time ago

I was going through my rapidshare links I noticed this hadn't been downloaded in a long while, so I checked and I had never posted it here (at least I don't think I did).

So here is the first album from Ginger Baker's Airforce.



http://rapidshare.de/files/17953279/GBAF_-_1st_-_Pt.1.rar

http://rapidshare.de/files/17953911/GBAF_-_1st_-_Pt.2.rar


And also some wonderful folks out there in blogsville are adding my links to their rapidshare link folders (curse rapidshare for coming up with that horrid idea) and passing them around and links are being killed off. It's not that many (7 so far) so if you happen to click a dead link please let me know so I can remove the old link and I will get a new one added. Most of them seem to be fairly deep into the archive so basically unless you are new here, it's not a real big problem and nothing I'm going to fret about.

Jim Dandy sez---let life be good to you

Hands down my favorite studio album from Dandy Jim and the boys. Only a couple weak tracks here and most are fairly original and energetic compared to some of their studio stuff. Back Door Man was the closest they ever came to a hit and Fancy Nancy, Cryan' Shame and Let Life Be Good To You should have been big.



http://rapidshare.de/files/28831925/BlOaAr-Alg.rar









From 1976 here's Focus' Ship of Memories. A fairly good one from these guys since by a friend.






http://rapidshare.de/files/28783771/FoShOMe.rar










Always dug Roy and this album is a pretty tasty platter of his guitar licks.





http://rapidshare.de/files/28788302/Loading_Zone.rar



Some early Genesis. From 1972 here's Foxtrot. This is the definitive remastered edition (or so says the cover of it). It's done in 320k.






http://rapidshare.de/files/28790864/g-fxtt_-dre.rar


http://rapidshare.de/files/28793019/g-fxtt-dre_p2.rar






Also from a friend here's Blue Cheer's first LP Vincebus Eruptum.





http://rapidshare.de/files/28803905/BC-VE.rar











And also from an anon source is Caravan's Songs For Oblivious Fisherman.



http://rapidshare.de/files/28780062/CarvSoObFi.rar






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And from Bruce here are some more cool albums plus a track that was left off of one from the other day.




Download-Link: http://rapidshare.de/files/28817626/love_out_here_pt_2.rar.html

http://rapidshare.de/files/28816863/love_out_here.rar.html

links for out here by LOVE. in my opinion this has the the best version of "Signed D.C." the version on the 1st lp is shorter.

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Here's the missing Gravy Train track.

http://rapidshare.de/files/29162672/Gravy_Train_-_1974_Staircase_to_the_Day_-_04_-

_Staircase_To_The_Day.rar.html

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And also from Bruce:

this is the band "ollie and the gogos' they were a band from penn. around 1966. they recorded one 45 and were a regional success. i am freinds with one of the band members and made him this cd. it has the single and all unrealesed. this cd has never seen the light of day other than a couple people. larry has had quite a long career in the music buisness with several hit songs and populare tv theme songs. freddy barnett played in a number of bands over the years. this is deffinity low fi. but it has that feel of a band trying to make way back when. the band did have a reunion last year playing several shows in the penn. area.



http://rapidshare.de/files/28832106/OLLIE.rar.html


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Wow....more stuff.

Lots of fun stuff this evening. Here is a Canadian band I don't know a whole lot about except this LP was released in 1970, it was produced by Jack Richardson who produced a lot of rock back in the 70's, and it varies between sunshine pop songs and harder rock with some blazing fuzzed leads on other numbers. Guess which my favorites are? Although you can't see it here mine has a neat-o gweet-o silvery metallic cover like the Silver Apples 1st album (and Steppenwolf's 1st on some editions).


http://rapidshare.de/files/28346653/N-st_70.rar






And a 180 degree brings us to Zebra's first album from 1983. These guys were marketed as the next Zep back in the early hair metal daze. Randy Jackson was a member of a Zep tribute band before this group, and he does pull off more than a few Percyisms from time to time throughout the 35 or so minutes of this platter. Most people want this for the two huge FM staples "Who's Behind the Door?" and "Tell Me Want You Want" but really the first five songs are great proggy hard rock. The last 4 are not as good in my opinion but when my friends and I were wearing out my vinyl copy of this we never got past side one most of the time, so it may be a case of giving them "One More Chance". By request, but I can't remember who, sorry!

http://rapidshare.de/files/28353323/Z_83-1.rar



A great garage album in my opinion, in fact one of the few I can stomach listening to all the way through is this slab of tex-mex zaniness from the frat-rock days of 1966. These guys wrote more than the average amount of original material, which is why I think it scores more points with me. But the covers aren't bad either, Stormy Monday being a great blues raver that comes to mind. So here in all it's mono glory is Question Mark & the Mysterian's Cameo long player 96 Tears. WARNING: This one is recorded from vinyl and there are a few pops at the beginning's of a couple songs. The tracks are numbered 11-22, but 11 is actually 1 and so on.



http://rapidshare.de/files/28347714/QMM-NST.rar




These (or at least In the Garden) were posted on another blog that went kaput so I decided to upload them and post them on mine. These are the first 2 albums from the underrated band Gypsy (AKA: James Walsh Gypsy Band).
They are proggy, bouncing between hard and soft and are both all around solid LPs. Mine are the Bedrock CD reissues that came out in the mid to late 90's.











http://rapidshare.de/files/28350460/G-FAP1.rar

http://rapidshare.de/files/28351720/G-FAP2.rar



Here's In the Garden, (obviously) the 2nd album.















http://rapidshare.de/files/28349253/G-ITG.rar



Okay, this is the cover of the original LP, but what I have for your enjoyment is MUCH better. I couldn't find the cover anywhere but it is a compilation with the same title from Edsel records UK back in '87. It removes many of the so-so tracks from the album pictured at left (like the lackluster Who covers) and replaces them with some really great single sides and turns a two star album into a five star album, so to speak. This comp has the hit of course, but also has the very psychedelic "Merry Go Round" and "Contrast" (a single that followed the album) both of which are favorites of mine. Yes they stole that middle section of "Psychotic Reaction" straight from the Yardbirds, but these guys had a few original moves too. Check 'em out. (p.s._the orig. is posted at another blog, I think Green Fuz).


http://rapidshare.de/files/28345254/C5-PR.rar

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And Bruce sent some more cool stuff to share.

Bill Mummy's Paradora's Box (this album came out before the previous one Bruce sent)

http://rapidshare.de/files/28212505/mumy.rar.html

http://rapidshare.de/files/28211956/Pandora_s_Box.rar.html

Big Brother - How Hard It Is

http://rapidshare.de/files/28098135/bib_brother.rar.html

Gravy Train - Staircase to the Day

http://rapidshare.de/files/28209800/staircase_to_the_day.rar.html

As always, thanks very much Bruce!!!

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The first of several requests I'm working on. This one was real easy (I have the CD) and it's not the kind of music I usually post here, but I like it, and maybe some others will too! The original album came out sometime around 1980 on the Elektra label and these guys were marketed as another "Cars". The Bob Ezrin production of the the album was quite similar to Roy Thomas Baker's handling of that other somewhat similar group. They had a modest hit with "Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide" and were deemed new wave. The skinny tie set took to them, but only briefly as their second album Amazon Beach stiffed and the U.S. heard nothing further from the Kings. But apparently the band did do some other stuff, 5 examples are included on this expanded CD which came out in Canada in 1999.


http://rapidshare.de/files/27976753/kaham.rar


And a friend of the blog, Maris sent me some great Max Webster-Kim Mitchell stuff along with permission to share with everyone here. I especially recommend Kim Mitchell's Akimbo Alogo, but all are worthy of a listen as Kim and Max Webster are definetly a great underrated hard rock band.

Max Webster - A Million Vacations

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q64OAFT3

Kim Mitchell - Akimbo Alogo

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JNDXJKLR

Kim Mitchell - Itch

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H714WY7O

Kim Mitchell - S/T Ep

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PSNUM5OD

Kim Mitchell - Shakin' Like a Human Being

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NEJBTI1T

And finally over at the liveandotherwise blog which I have been neglecting lately:
Genesis from 1978, the Doors from 1970, and a great Van Halen demo set and 8 disc Marc Bolan/T.Rex set sent from another friend.

Back to business......

Hello again everyone. Let's get back to what started this stinkin' blog in the first place. Music. I am going to hold off on starting a forum for right now, as 3 have popped up in the last couple days and oversaturation is a thing we don't need. Let's see how these other ones progress. Thanks to everyone who offered to lend a hand and trust I will keep you in mind if things pan out to where starting a forum would be a benefit.

Thanks also to those who responded favorable to my Friday post. I couldn't respond to everyone and the emails were real nice too, I will get back to all who emailed (that I haven't already) in short order.

For now here are a couple nuggets for your downloading pleasure. My usual ripper, that I love dearly has disappeared from my computer (did some bios updates and reg edits, and I think I accidentally removed it) and I am using a freeware one til I can dig out my software to relaod it so this is an appetite whetter of what will be a smokin' update (maybe later today, tomorrow at the latest) with some requests and some surprises.




More Groundhogs, from 1970 here is Thank Christ For the Bomb. Still has some of the psych leanings like split but edging away from it slowly. Still an excellent album from Tony and the boys.




http://rapidshare.de/files/27754397/g-tcftb_70.rar















From 1972 here is Who Will Save the World--The Mighty Groundhogs. Love that cover!!! And the music ain't bad either. Starting to move into their mid-period hard rockin' sound on this one.






http://rapidshare.de/files/27756408/g-wwstwtmg_72.rar










Great later period Rory, Fresh Evidence is from 1990 and was self produced. My version is the original IRS release and this is the cover for that one. It was reissued with a close up head shot after Rory's death.






http://rapidshare.de/files/27759095/RG-FE.rar







Found this at a CD shop over the weekend and just decided to throw it up. This according to the very shabby liners is a live document, venues and dates unlisted of early Hawkwind. Not great sound quality, but far from horrendous, and decent versions of some early stuff here.










http://rapidshare.de/files/27752389/HW-ITB.rar


For right now that's all from me, but Bruce has sent some great stuff to share with everyone and I'll reprint what he sent along with the files. I did find one cover that wasn't included and have posted it here.

Hunger - same

http://rapidshare.de/files/27442467/hunger.rar.html


about the band
According to members of the band, Strawberry Alarm Clock guitarist Ed King volunteered to re-arrange some of the material and contribute his lead guitar in the preparation of a new master. The results were truly stunning, and the remastered Hunger! album was immediately put into production and scheduled for release... but halted after only a handful of vinyl test pressings were made. This is the album reissued on the Void label, licensed from the band, that is highly recommended.
King's influence is most obvious on the opening track, Colors - transformed from a bouncy pop song (2'00") on the Strictly From Hunger album to a wicked hard rocker ala Steppenwolf with amazing dual lead guitar parts (now stretching to 3'35"). Portland '69 follows, this time radically remixed (i.e., it's the same recording, but hardly recognisable!) and what is a rather laboured instrumental on the Strictly From Hunger album is now a brutal tour-de-force that builds to an incredible intensity. The remaining tracks are remade and/or remodeled as well, rendering the released vesion obsolete. Really, this is the Hunger! album to have, and had it been issued at the time, the band may well have survived into the seventies.
Bill Daffern left the band in 1969, which may be the reason the remastered album wasn't released - his distinctive lead vocals (heard on She Let Him Continue and No Shame) were part of the Hunger! sound from day one. He was replaced on drums by Gene Gunnels of the Strawberry Alarm Clock, and this final line-up played a few gigs before the band split for good.

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Love - A Product of Our Times (live bootleg)

a great live recording of love with art work. this is a nice boot i picked up last summer on the cape

http://rapidshare.de/files/27601709/love_live.rar.html

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next is kind of a oddity its billy mumy " will from lost in space" i just picked this up. he plays all instruments. i have heard his barns and barns but never any serious music by him. i was impressed king of a rural rocky sound. thought it was worth passing along i have never seen any of his stuff posted.

http://rapidshare.de/files/27443004/mumy_lis.rar.html

Some amazing facts........

I promise not to go off this time. I just saw on TV that BP and Exxon are both making profits of over a thousand dollars a SECOND each on the news this morning. Can you imagine that kind of money? I Can't. Can't even dream about it.

The RIAA affiliates stand to make over 4 billion dollars profit this year, barring another castatrophy like a slump in the economy. Again, that's profit. Nowhere near the BP and Exxon profits, but not too damn shabby. And that's not including the millions they are making by suing their own customers. Nice coin RIAA, make sure Lars gets that second yacht he so desperately needs.

Well, why the fuck are we getting so uptight over free shit? Why are nice friendly folks just trying to pass on their knowledge of obscure bands you probably would have never heard unless they let you running for cover? Because it's not good enough, right? It has to be perfect so, God forbid we don't have to (warning, dirty word to follow) BUY this stuff right? Couldn't we tape damn near perfect copies off our favorite radio stations? Oops, I forgot. Clear channel with the tightest playlists in the world control most of what you hear on the airwaves. If it ain't P Diddy (or whatever he's calling himself this hour), Madonna, that grey haired goof from American Idol or the latest boy band forget it, you don't need to hear it. So that's not the whole answer is it?

And here we have netterrorists who think they are helping the RIAA to get rid of bad people. Actually all they are doing is closing the gap once again, to the way it was before the internet. Hey, if you didn't hear it on WWTF then you didn't know it existed right? Unless you knew a cool record store guy or had a cool college station that played whatever they wanted too (lots of times they played albums all the way through SHOCK!!!! HORROR!!!!) .

Yes, there are blogs out there that love to pop the latest albums up before you can get them anywhere else. But if a person likes the album, chances are they are gonna go buy the "real thing" as soon as it comes out. If the person doesn't, what has the artist lost? Nothing because the sale wasn't going to be made anyway.

Oh, but they have listening posts at Wal-Mart to let you hear it before you buy it. But no one can make a good informed choice by that. I think the biggest scam is NOT to let you hear it a few times before you buy it. Would you buy a car without a test drive. Bad comparison, I know, but I'm pissed right now so let it go. Know what I think? The powers that be are afraid to let you hear there crappy product. Ford probably cringed when folks test drove their Pinto's too.

I am getting way off the topic that I wanted to discuss here. Blogs are being torn down over silliness right now and either it has to stop or blogowners are gonna say the hell with it and give up. Wanna see what I'm talking about, look in my comments two posts before this one. I don't give a shit and I know it's part of the game, but it's getting worse than that. Innocent people who just want to turn you on to some real good music are packing it in and saying "Fuck it, I don't need this bullshit". Quit biting the hand that shares with you before it's too late.

There have been some heavy casualties in this war, R.I.P. Chris Goes Rock, Mondo Daddykin, Groovy Fab blog and Forum, Spychedelic, and others. Who's next?

We need to get together as a team and fight this bullshit. Hey then maybe as a team we can take on Exxon and BP and the RIAA and Clear Channel and every other fucking multi-national conglomerate that is fucking up this piss-poor excuse for a world right now.

Hope this means something.........................

Frijid Pink's first 2 plus a couple more

A few more albums for you all. I'm really tired tonight so I won't bore you with my usual blather about them. Suffice it to say, I think they are good or I wouldn't have ripped them. I have more coming either tomorrow or Friday.

Frijid Pink - same (1st LP) 1970. This is the Repertoire CD reissue with 2 bonus tracks.




http://rapidshare.de/files/27165142/fp1.rar








Frijid Pink - Defrosted. The 2nd LP. CD reissue as above with 4 bonus tracks.






http://rapidshare.de/files/27166973/fp-2.rar











By request, here is the Grass Roots Greatest Hits Vol.1. I bought this CD for a buck because I love the song Temptation Eyes and it turned out I liked several others too.



http://rapidshare.de/files/27168033/gr-ro-gr-hs-v-001.rar









I actually had this ripped and uploaded for the last update, but I forgot to put it up here. Great album by the Electric Prunes called Underground. It is not the Collector's Choice version. That was the best looking cover I could find.



http://rapidshare.de/files/26666233/EP-U.rar

Here's some more stuff for ya!

Was kind of bored today so I decided to upload a bunch stuff and stick it up here for everyone's listening pleasure. Enjoy. All but Alrune Rod and Atomic Rooster are ripped from vinyl, but most are taken from extremely clean albums and sound great. All ripped at 256 except Circus Maximus ripped at 320.



Fever Tree - Another Time Another Place. Californian hard rock/psych released on the Uni label. Some great somes here, Fever, Death Is The Dancer and I've Never Seen Evergreen spring to mind as favorites.


http://rapidshare.de/files/26663803/FT_ATAP.rar


Sweet first album from Jerry Jeff Walker and his 60's psych band Circus Maximus. Nice stinging fuzz guitar on some cuts and others are more laid back and introspective. Good stuff on both ends of the spectrum, but my fave cut is the closer, Wind, a mellow cut, but yet has lots going on in the grooves. Nice vocal dynamics on the track People's Games. Released in '67 on the Vanguard label, which released a lot of great psych between '67 and '70.

http://rapidshare.de/files/26677625/CMPt1.rar


http://rapidshare.de/files/26678091/CMP-Pt2.rar









Found this in a thrift store a year or so ago and was pleasantly surprised. Released in 1970 on the Liberty label, it is a trippy LP, folky at times, and hard at times, with a 16 year old vocalist named Lydia Miller who is almost a dead ringer for Janis Joplin in the song Understand (which she also wrote). She does other styles here too. Some songs on this album also features male-female counterpont vocals along with long instrumental passages. Stoned Cowboy is a great song also. Whatever happened to these guys? Highly talented band that disappeared after this one slab o' wax.

http://rapidshare.de/files/26671729/Fant-sa.rar





Great prog from these guys who need no introduction to anyone who is a fan of hard prog. This is ripped from the out of print One Way CD, and is their 1972 LP Made in England. Fantastic album. Not really a bad track in the bunch from this great band led by keyboard wiz Vincent Crane.


http://rapidshare.de/files/26617493/ATo-RooMIE.rar







I saw a live album from 1974 by Alrune Rod on another blog and decided to stick the debut LP from 1969 up here for those who liked it. Interesting stuff from these Norweigan proggers. I had mistakenly called them Italian progressive and a reader pointed out my error.


http://rapidshare.de/files/26615076/AR-1.000.rar



Couldn't find a picture of this one, but it's some decent sunshine pop/psych from Procession. Released in 1969 on the Smash label. A spotty LP but worth it for the opener You-Me, Take Time and Mind Magician, but some of the tracks get uncomfortably close to lounge on this often too laid back album. Nice one for a lazy Sunday afternoon, I guess.

http://rapidshare.de/files/26669429/Pro-sa.rar

More vinyl rips (except one)

Barclay James Harvest and Other Short Stories from 1972. Yes it is short for a prog album. In my opinion a spottier album as a whole but some really good individual tracks, such as Someone That You Know and After the Day which are my faves (Blue John's Blues is no slouch either). This
one was ripped from vinyl and was another of my early rips so forgive me.


http://rapidshare.de/files/25878299/BJH_-_AOSS.rar









Bethlehem Asylum's Commit Yourself from 1971. The following are my personal notes I made as I ripped this from vinyl a few years back----Cool jazzy prog on Child of the Mountain and Sea Rider, some other tracks are folky. The album gets a bit Zappaesque on a few tracks especially the last 3. Not essential, but worthy.

Sorry couldn't find the cover anywhere, but BA have a decent website that you can access (still no covers, but some cool info). The website address on the photo.

Ripped from vinyl.

http://rapidshare.de/files/25874554/ba-cy.rar



Kim Mitchell pretty much was Max Webster. This is a great solo album I got on a trip to Toronto back in '99. Good rockin' stuff ripped from CD.

http://rapidshare.de/files/25868487/KM_-_AF_Pt_One.rar


http://rapidshare.de/files/25869514/KM_-_AF_Pt_Two.rar






Jade Warrior's Released from 1971. Another in a long line of great Vertigo albums. This album has in all in my opinion, quiet parts, loud rockin' jams, folky stuff, Eyes of Blue has fantastic ripping guitarwork, Minnamota's Dream sounds like a power trio type jam. Really only one sour spot with me, and that is the extended piece Barazinbar, which the rhythm sounds like a ripoff of Traffic's Glad, and it drones on and on and on and on. Other than that a masterpiece. Sadly ripped from worse for wear vinyl, but it was the best I could find.


http://rapidshare.de/files/25875980/JW-R.rar

Rest in Peace Syd

Syd Barrett passed on at 60 Friday the 7th of July. Today the news is spreading over the waves that are the internet. It's a very sad day for me, but I can't help but feel Syd left a long time ago. I have a lot of great memories of times shared with Syd, although he wasn't really with me, I felt his spirit was beside me, somehow, laughing at my foolish bahavior or toasting me when something went my way. Syd has long been a hero of mine, not for all the right reasons, but that hardly matters now, as he and I both wised up later(and some might say after it was too late for both of us).

Syd epitomised the 60's London psych scene to me, with his never ending paisley shirts, his knowing smirk that said, "I know more than you ever will", a silly kid grin, childlike yet wise beyond his years, all at the same time.

I was just a kid when Syd was in his twilight, but I still feel I travelled a bit with him, on voyages that neither of us knew the true destination, but neither cared as getting there was all the fun. I never met Syd, but felt I knew him and often wished that he could have known me. We would have had a few laughs, I imagine, as we were often on the same wavelength.

Shine on you crazy diamond.


A few months ago I posted a song. A single song that I felt summed up Syd's innocence and his talent all at the same time. It is from his Opel album, an album of leftovers that was released in the late seventies, and so as my tribute to the truths he spoke and sang, I put the link here again. It is the perfect summation of Syd, and one of my favorite gifts from him. Thanks, Syd, wherever you are!


http://rapidshare.com/files/315008/Syd_-_Milky_Way.rar

Thee Image and Greenslade

After Blues Image, Iron Butterfly and short stints in other bands Mike Pinera formed Thee Image with Duane Hitchings (ex-Cactus) and Donny Vosburgh. It too was short lived with two albums coming within 9 months of each other in 1975 on the prog heavy Manticore label and then, poof, they were gone. Nice melodic (proggy at times) pop songs with Pinera's usual penchant for the dreamy etherial flower power type lyrics. A power trio they weren't, but, nice music to get you through a dark stormy night. Image for the great cover of the 1st album was supplied by 6070blogspot. Thanks!!! Nice big pics of the almost amateurish second album cover to make up for it.





















http://rapidshare.de/files/25204160/TI-1.rar (1st, ripped at 320k from vinyl)

http://rapidshare.de/files/25207076/TI-InSteTr.rar (last, ripped as above)



Greenslade' s 1st (from 1973) is a progfest from the start, with Feathered Friends leaping out of the gates on a great note. I listened to about half of this album before I realised there were no guitars on it. The band were a UK prog supergroup of sorts with Dave Greenslade (keyboards) and Tony Reeves (bass) coming from Colosseum, Andrew McCulloch(drums) coming from Fields (also an alumni of King Crimson and Manfred Mann), and Dave Lawson (the mighty vocalist), coming from Episode Six. The line up doesn't change much for 1975's Time/Tide, but the one new member does change the sound a bit. Tony Reeves was replaced by Martin Briley and the bass sounds are much different (Reeves played the snakey overdriven sound like Chris Squire of Yes, Briley has more of a contemporary style, less fuzzy, but still plays a dominant part of the overall sound)


http://rapidshare.de/files/25212558/GS-1.rar



The songs on Time/Tide have more of an accesible pop influence on some but not all of the tracks. In case you don't have it, I also have their Bedside Manners Are Extra LP posted somewhere in the archives.








http://rapidshare.de/files/25214497/GS-tt.rar

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Everybody knows Bill. Drummer for Yes on (arguably) their most popular LP, Fragile, drummer for King Crimson, drummer for lots of others too. And solo star? Not really, but he has made a few. And some are better than others. This one is Feels Good To Me from 1978. It felt good to put this up here so if it feels good to download it, go ahead and then decide it feels good for you to listen to. Let me know, okay? Ripped at 320kbps.


http://rapidshare.de/files/24949638/BB-FGTM_1.rar

http://rapidshare.de/files/24953077/BB-FGTM_2.rar





This is an album I've had for years, by Morgan Fisher, called Nova Solis. It was released in 1972 and is quite an interesting little LP. Keyboard heavy prog with space rock leanings. My copy was an Italian import, and while pretty much beat to shit, doesn't sound too bad.




http://rapidshare.de/files/24978848/m-ns.rar






This is D. Beaver's 1973 Combinations. Not really a prog album, but there are some proggy moments here and there. I'd call it pop prog for lack of a better term. It reminds of Todd Rundgren in places, a bit like the Babys in spots. It has some very nice vocal harmonies and great hummable songs. Best thing about it: got it at a thrift store for a whopping quarter. And for me that makes it even better. Seriously though, if you like obscure 70's rock, give this a try, it's really good stuff

http://rapidshare.de/files/24946753/DB-Combo.rar


Lots more coming. Soon. Very soon.

Happy 4th of July

Feelin' bluesy today, don't have the blues, just wanted to listen to them. These blues are of the hardrock/blues (and in the case of Split, there is a hint of psych in them thar grooves). These are the Groundhogs 1971 and 1972 LPs Split and Hogwash, two of my favorites from them.



http://rapidshare.de/files/24896859/GH_-_S.rar

http://rapidshare.de/files/24898700/GH-HgWa.rar

And here is the first Horslips LP by request, Happy To Meet, Sorry To Part. This is my 2nd favorite album by the 'lips, the first being The Tain, but since I saw that posted somewhere (don't ask me where, I have the memory of something that has no memory). This one was ripped from LP, and for some reason, my splitter keeps having faults, probably because I am overhauling the harddrive on this computer right now. So it's one file and the song titles are as follows: 1.Happy To Meet 2.Hall of Mirrors 3.the Clergy's Lamentation 4.An Bratack Ban 5.The Shamrock Shore 6.Flower Among Them All 7.Bim Istigh Agol 8.Furniture 9.Ace & Deuce 10.Dance To Yer Daddy 11.High Reel 12.Scalloway Ripoff 13.the Musical Priest 14.Sorry To Part

http://rapidshare.de/files/24900628/H-HtMStP.rar

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And as promised some Carmen Maki & Oz sent by Bruce:

Best of:

http://rapidshare.de/files/24409930/best_of.rar.html

2nd LP (pictured below) :

http://rapidshare.de/files/24413506/oz.rar.html

Carmen Maki & Oz. - Live :

http://rapidshare.de/files/24418460/live.rar.html (RIPPED FROM RECORD. LAST SONG CUT SHORT SO I FADED IT NOT TWO SHORT THAT IT REALLY MATTERS )

Just a note. liveandotherwise.com now updated with that Prunes set and a nice 2005 Stones show from a friend.

Iron Butterfly

Here's an Iron Butterfly thang I got in a tape trade years ago that is kind of interesting, it's called Promos & Rarities. I debated over which blog I should put this on, since it is a bootleg of sorts, but since it's studio stuff, I decided on this one.

This is a pretty cool item, of varying sound quality, that includes radio interviews, the rare Ban commercial, unreleased tracks and other stuff.

http://rapidshare.de/files/24730864/Iron_Butterfly_-_Promos___Rarities.rar