Pacific Drift - Feelin' Free (1970/2006) Sunrise Records - SR 61020162

 

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Prog Rock

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"Released to widespread indifference back in January 1970, Manchester band Pacific Drift’s album Feelin’ Free surely deserved a better fate. A sparkling, West Coast-influenced amalgam of post-psychedelic pop and early progressive rock, skilfully weaving wistful hippie laments and riff-laden rockers into a fully cohesive whole, it didn’t really attract any kind of attention until the Great Prog Rock Stampede of the late Eighties, when albums that couldn’t be given away when first released suddenly began to change hands for significant sums of money."...

Tracks

1. Plaster Caster's U.S.A. 2:59

2. Tomorrow Morning Brings 2:38

3. Feelin' Free 2:34

4. Just Another Girl 3:08

5. Garden Of Love 1:46

6. Norman 3:12

7. Grain Of Sand 2:19

8. Greta The Legend 5:08

9. Going Slow 2:59

10. God Has Given Me 2:59

11. Happy Days 7:23

Personnel

Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Graham Harrop

Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Lawrence Arends

Flute – Jack Lancaster

Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar – Barry Reynolds

Piano, Organ, Harpsichord, Vocals – Brian Chapman

[Request] Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1995) Rhino Records - R2 72196

 

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Acid Rock, Psychedelic Rock

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American psychedelic rock band, formed in San Diego in 1966.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is the second studio album by the American rock band Iron Butterfly, released in June 1968. It is most known for its title track, a 17-minute composition that occupies the entirety of Side B.

"A deluxe rerelease of their classic album from newly discovered first-generation master tapes complete with bonus material". 

1. Most Anything You Want (3:44)

2. Flowers and Beads (3:09)

3. My Mirage (4:55)

4. Termination (2:53)

5. Are You Happy (4:32)

6. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (17:10)

Bonus Tracks:

7. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Live Version) (18:51)

8. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Single Version) (2:54)

Notes

Tracks: 1-6 Original album was issued as Atco (June 14, 1968)

Track: 7 from the album Live, Atco (April 22, 1970)

Track: 8 Atco single, A-Side (July 31, 1968).

Doug Ingle - vocals, keyboards (Vox Continental)

Erik Brann - guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (track 4)

Lee Dorman - bass, backing vocals

Ron Bushy - drums, percussion

Fat Mattress (1969/2009) Esoteric Records - ECLEC2134

 

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Psychedelic Rock

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Fat Mattress were an English rock band that formed in Folkestone in 1968. Founded by guitarist and vocalist Noel Redding, during his time as bassist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience, and vocalist Neil Landon, the band was completed by multi-instrumentalist Jim Leverton, drummer Eric Dillon and keyboardist Mick Weaver. The band released two albums before splitting up in 1970. Fat Mattress is the debut self-titled studio album, released on 15 August 1969.

Tracks

1. All Night Drinker 3:18

2. I Don't Mind 3:51

3. Bright New Day 3:48

4. Petrol Pump Assistant 3:01

5. Mr. Moonshine 4:04

6. Magic Forest 3:05

7. She Came in the Morning 4:01

8. Everything Blue 2:50

9. Walking Through a Garden 3:20

10. How Can I Live 4:26

Bonus

11. Naturally 3:02

12. Iridescent Butterfly (A & B Sides Of Single) 3:42

13. Magic Forest (Mono Single version) 2:57

14. Little Girl in White 4:08

15. Eric the Red (Recorded During Sessions For "Fat Mattress") 2:57

16. Black Sheep of the Family (B-Side Of Single) 4:30

17. Hall of Kings (Recorded During Sessions For "Fat Mattress II") 5:34

18. Which Way to Go (Unreleased Jim Leverton Solo Single) 3:05

Personnel:

Neil Landon - vocals, production

Noel Redding - guitar, vocals, production

Jimmy Leverton - bass, harpsichord, organ, vocals, production

Eric Dillon - drums, tuned percussion, production

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Mitch Mitchell - drums, percussion on "How Can I Live"

Chris Wood - flute on "All Night Drinker"

Jimi Hendrix - percussion on "How Can I Live"

[Refresh] Thin Lizzy (1971/1990) Deram - POCD-1051/Japan

 

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Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal

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Thin Lizzy is the debut studio album by Irish rock band, released on 30 April 1971. Thin Lizzy are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. The band initially consisted of bass guitarist, lead vocalist and principal songwriter Phil Lynott, drummer Brian Downey, guitarist Eric Bell and organist Eric Wrixon, although Wrixon left after a few months. Thin Lizzy albums reached the top ten in the UK. The band's music reflects a wide range of influences including blues, soul music, psychedelic rock, and traditional Irish folk music, but is generally classified as hard rock or sometimes heavy metal...

Tracks:

1. The Friendly Ranger At Clontarf Castle

2. Honesty Is No Excuse

3. Diddy Levine

4. Ray-Gun

5. Look What The Wind Blew In

6. Eire

7. Return Of The Farmer's Son

8. Clifton Grange Hotel

9. Saga Of The Ageing Orphan

10. Remembering Part. 1

Bonus Tracks (New Day EP 1971)

11. Dublin 

12. Remembering, Part II (New Day) 

13. Old Moon Madness

14. Things Ain't Working Out Down At The Farm

Thin Lizzy

Philip Lynott – vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar

Eric Bell – lead and rhythm guitar, twelve-string guitar

Brian Downey – drums, percussion

Additional musicians:

Ivor Raymonde – mellotron (2)

Gary Moore - Guitar [Extra], Keyboards [Extra] (11,14)

Midge Ure - Vocals [Extra], Guitar [Extra Guitar Work] (11,14)

Smak - Crna Dama (1977/2006) Sokoj - CD 415685

 

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Prog Rock

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Smak was a Serbian and former Yugoslav prog rock band, with strong jazz fusion and blues undertones. Smak was formed in 1971 in Kragujevac, Serbia, by guitar virtuoso Radomir Mihailović, nicknamed "Točak" ("the Wheel")... Crna dama (Black Lady) is the second studio album by the Yugoslav band Smak, released in 1977.

ALO (listen for the music)

"There is no instrumental with scat singing on the world rock scene that is close to this. This kind of vocal performance is pure genius. These vocal commanding tones of the guitar, then the endings and all the other flexibility up to the high notes are an unsurpassed alternation in the rhythm of this perfection. And Zoran's bass is just a special story. A band that deserves years of research into every tone of every instrument in order to see and understand unity. That is SMAK. Love without borders."

Tracks

1. Crna dama (3:34)

2. Stvar ljubavi (5:09)

3. Domaci zadatak (7:43)

4. Alo (4:04)

5. Tegoba (6:46)

6. Daire (3:45)

7. Plava pesma (4:26)

Recorded and mixed at Morgan Studios, London during April 1977.

Personnel:

Bass – Zoran Milanović

Vocals – Boris Aranđelović

Drums, Percussion – Slobodan Stojanović "Kepa"

Guitar – Radomir Mihajlović "Točak"

Keyboards – Miodrag Petkovski "Miki"

Percussion – Maurice Pert

Strings – Harmonium Quartet

Cello – Ben Kennard

Viola – Brian Mack

Violin [First] – Pat Nalling

Violin [Second] – John Knight