Ben (1971/2003) Akarma Records - AK247

 

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Jazz-Rock, Fusion, Prog Rock

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Ben is the singular album by the namesake English jazz-rock band, released in 1971 on Vertigo.

Tracklist:

1. The Influence (10:05)

 a. The Wooing of the Child

 b. The Innocence of the Child

 c. The Interest of the Youth

 d. The Involvement of the Man

 e. The Realization

 f. The Wooing of the Man

 g. The Conclusion

2. Gibbon (9:32)

3. Christmas Execution (7:21)

4. Gismo (11:50)

Personnel:

Peter Davey - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute, clarinet

Len Surtees - bass

Dave Sheen - drums, congas, percussion, vocals

Gerry Reid - electric guitar, acoustic guitar

Alex MacLeery - electric piano, harpsichord, moog synthesizer

Brigade - Last Laugh (1970/2000) Shadoks Music - SM 011

 

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Psychedelic Rock

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US psych rock band from North Portland, Oregon, 1966 - 1970.

Emerging from the ashes of a group called The Better Set. Dennis Steindl replaced in late 1969 Mark Hartman, they decided to record their own album at a friend's home studio. Recorded in February 1970 and released in June of the same year, the self-financed LP was pressed in only 100 copies. Obviously the item is really very rare.

Tracks:

1. Change In Me 5:55

2. Love Day For Day 2:33

3. Desert Song (You're All Alone) 5:53

4. Bad Town 2:56

5. Self Made God 4:06

6. Forever 1:23

7. Circles Of Life 4:20

8. Everybody Is Laughing 3:54

Personnel:

Peter Belknap - lead vocals, rhythm effects

Ed Wallo - guitar, backing vocals

Eric Anderson - keyboards, backing vocals

Dennis Steindl - bass, backing vocals

Bob Anderson - drums, backing vocals

Holy Mackerel - Closer To Heaven (1993) Tenth Planet - TP005

 

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Country Rock

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Holy Mackerel was a British rock band from Kent that formed from the ashes of UK psych legends Jason Crest plus members of cult rockers Samuel Prody and Orang Utan. The quintet coalesced in 1972, and having honed their material in the North of England, they became an immediate success on the live circuit and were soon offered the chance to make an LP. Issued at the end of the year, it drew on prog, country, pop and rock influences but failed to connect commercially though it is recognised as a lost classic today.

Twenty years later, "Closer To Heaven" (which has been digitally remastered from the sole surviving copy, recorded in 1973 originally for Santa Ponsa.)

Tracks:

1. Gemini (Derek Smallcombe) 3:27

2. Ballad Of Joe McCann (Terry Clark) 3:28

3. Burglar Man (Derek Smallcombe, Terry Clark) 3:56

4. Blue Eyed Redeemer (Chris Ware) 2:52 

5. (Closer To Heaven On) Judgement Day (Terry Clark) 4:11 

6. Hard Times, Good Times (Terry Clark) 2:57

7. Near You (Terry Clark) 4:17  

8. Walk Through The Valley (Derek Smallcombe, Terry Clark) 2:51 

9. Waterfall (Derek Smallcombe) 7:46

Personnel:

Terry Clarke - lead vocals

Derek Smallcombe - guitars, vocals

Chris Ware - guitars

Tony Wood - bass

Roger Siggery - drums

Raiders - Collage (1970/?) Sony Music Special Products - A 28266

 

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Pop-Rock, Soul

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Collage is the twelfth studio album by Paul Revere and the Raiders (listed as "Raiders" on the sleeve), released in 1970.

In an effort to update the band's sound and image, the name of the group was officially shortened to The Raiders on this and their subsequent albums Indian Reservation (1971) and Country Wine (1972).

Tracks:

1. Save The Country (Laura Nyro) 3:17

2. Think Twice (Mark Lindsay, Keith Allison) 3:52

3. Interlude (To Be Forgotten) (Mark Lindsay, Keith Allison) 2:47

4. Dr. Fine (Mark Lindsay) 4:06

5. Just Seventeen (Mark Lindsay) 3:49

6. The Boys In The Band (Mark Lindsay) 3:11

7. Tighter (Mark Lindsay, Terry Melcher) 2:09

8. Gone Movin' On (Mark Lindsay, Terry Melcher) 3:01

9. Wednesday's Child (Mark Lindsay, Keith Allison) 2:25

10. Sorceress With Blue Eyes (Mark Lindsay, Keith Allison) 5:01

11. We Gotta All Get Together (Freddy Weller) 4:53

Personnel:

Mark Lindsay - vocals

Paul Revere - keyboards

Freddy Weller - guitar

Keith Allison - bass, guitar, piano, organ

Joe Correro Jr. - drums, congas

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Skip Phyle, Terry Jones - trumpet

Andy Harris - trombone

John D'Andrea - woodwind

Dragon - Universal Radio / Scented Gardens For The Blind (2005) Estrella Rockera - ER 42117

 

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Progressive Rock

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Dragon are a New Zealand rock band which was formed in Auckland in January 1972, and, from 1975, based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Tracks:

1. Universal Radio 7:00

2. Going Slow 6:05

3. Patina 10:17

4. Weetbix 9:02

5. Graves 6:20

6. Avalanche 3:16

7. Vermillion Cellars 3:26

8. La Gash Lagoon 8:22

9. Sunburst 8:38

10. Grey Lynn Candy 4:59

11. Darkness 4:46

12. Scented Gardens for the Blind 7:37

Notes

Tracks: (1-6) Universal Radio is the debut album, released in June 1974 on Vertigo Records.

Tracks: (7-12) Scented Gardens for the Blind is the second album, released in February 1975 on Vertigo Records.

Personnel:

Marc Hunter - saxophone (7-12), percussion, vocals (1-12), lead vocals (8-10,12)

Todd Hunter - bass (1-12), backing vocals

Robert Taylor - guitar (1-6)

Ray Goodwin - guitars (7-12), vocals, lead vocals (7,11)

Paul Hewson - keyboards (1-6)

Ivan Thompson - organ, piano (1-6), keyboards (7-12)

Kerry Jacobsen - drums (1-6)

Neil Storey - drums (7-12)

Paul Crowther - Moog (1-6)

Tony - Fender Rhodes (1-6)