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AHBEZ, EDEN - EDEN'S ISLAND (AUS)During the late 1940s, enigmatic proto-hippie Eden Ahbez lived off the grid beneath the Hollywood sign, fuelled by a raw food diet and dreams of a far-off paradise, scraping a living by writing songs like 'Nature Boy' for Nat King Cole. Sole LP Eden's Island is a one-off ... read more » |
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ALKANA - WELCOME TO MY PARADISEFormed in the biker hotspot of San Bernadino, east of Los Angeles, Alkana centred on the voice and lyrics of future Warlord frontman, Jack Rucker, and the guitar pyrotechnics of Danny Alkana, who drew heavily from the style of Boston's Tom Scholz and Deep Purple's Richie ... read more » |
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ALTHEA & DONNA - UPTOWN TOP RANKINGReissue on LP of the only album by this Jamaican reggae duo active between 1977 and 1979, mostly known for the number one hit 'Uptown Top Ranking'. Originally released in 1978. |
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ARLENE TIGER & THE CLAY PITTS ORCHESTRA - FEMALE ANIMAL O.S.T.New York-based Arlene Farber, who later had a bit part in 'The French Connection', was renamed Arlene Tiger by future husband Jerry Gross for the lurid 'Female Animal', one of the exploitation films he directed and distributed in the late '60s and early '70s (here under the ... read more » |
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BAKER, CHET -QUARTET- - BLUE'N'BOOGIE: LIVE IN PALERMO, SICILY 1976Chet Baker's work is legendary and the arrival of this previously unreleased live set, recorded at Palermo's Brass Club in 1976, is a real delight for his fans. Here Baker's marvellous trumpet revelry is matched by the rest of his dynamite quartet, this time featuring the ... read more » |
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BATTERED ORNAMENTS - MANTLE-PIECE (AUS)Reissue of 1969 album. Following the breakup of Cream, lyricist/vocalist Pete Brown formed his Battered Ornaments with guitarist Chris Spedding, drummer Rob Tait, bassist Butch Potter, percussionist Pete Bailey and saxophonist Nisar Ahmed Khan, but during the recording of ... read more » |
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BOBO, WILLIE - BOBO'S BEATThe gifted Puerto Rican-American drummer and percussionist Willie Bobo was one of the architects of Latin jazz. Following mentorship from Machito and Mongo Santamaria, Bobo played with Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, and Herbie Mann, before going solo. 'Bobo's Beat' is a sure-fire ... read more » |
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CANNABIS - JOINT EFFORTRhode Island rock band Cannabis are another of those fabled groups that were gone in the blink of an eye. With only an album and a single to their name, issued on the short-lived Amphion Seahorse label, the band's particular brand of harmonic psychedelia and keyboard-driven ... read more » |
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CHICO MAGNETIC BAND - CHICO MAGNETIC BAND (IT)Repress! Lyon-based freakers Chico Magnetic Band began as Chico & The Slow Death, its front man a wild Tunisian-born singer otherwise known as Mahmoud Ayari, with drummer Patrick Garel, bassist Alain Mazet and guitarist Bernard Lloret, later replaced by Bernard Monneri. ... read more » |
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CLARA MONDSHINE - LUNA AFRICANAIn the early 1970s, the journalist and composer Walter Bachauer played with experimental fusion group Between, and after founding the Meta Music Festival, began working for RIAS Berlin. 1981's 'Luna Africana' was the first electronic album he issued as Clara Mondshine. ... read more » |
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CLARA MONDSHINE - MEMORYMETROPOLISWalter Bachauer has been an active part of Berlin's but all in all Germany's electronic and progressive music scene as long as he lived with his greatest achievements being the Meta Music festivals in Berlin in 1974, 1976 and 1978 while he worked as a line producer at ... read more » |
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CLARA MONDSHINE - VISIONS OF AUDIOThe final installment of the electronic fusion projects that Walter Bachauer concocted for Klaus Schulze's Innovative Communication label, 'Visions Of Audio' delves further into minimalist musique concrete, extending themes developed on 'Memorymetropolis' in drawing on ... read more » |
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DIBANGO, MANU - AFRICADELIC (IT)Repress! The strange and majestic musical beast that is 'Africadelic' (1972) was Dibango's follow-up to 'Soul Makossa', but it was initially released on Louis Delacour's library music label Mondiaphone, before 'Soul Makossa' became an international phenomenon. As a ... read more » |
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EL RELOJ - EL RELOJFormed in the town of Rosario, northeast of Buenos Aires, in 1971, Argentinian group El Reloj are considered South American pioneers of progressive rock and heavy metal, their forward-thinking experimentalism scoring a contract with RCA Victor. Following the massive success ... read more » |
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GAINSBOURG, SERGE -& ALAN GORAGUER- - STRIP TEASE O.S.T.Another side of Serge Gainsbourg permeates this 1963 film soundtrack about 'a stripper lost in the nocturnal world' of Paris, according to director Jacques Poitrenaud, who cast Nico in the lead role (after her appearance in La Dolce Vita and just prior to the single she cut ... read more » |
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GIRLS - NORANEKO (STRAY CAT)Pioneers of the josei rock movement, Japanese girl group Girls looked to the Runaways for inspiration, successfully adapting their 'Cherry Bomb' in a mix of Japanese and English. Racier than contemporaries such as Mizutama Shobodan (or Polkadot Firebrigade), the band was ... read more » |
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GLASS HARP - GLASS HARPAdventurous rock trio Glass Harp formed in Ohio in 1968 by guitarist/vocalist Phil Keaggy, drummer John Sferra and bassist Steve Markulin, who was soon replaced by Dan Pecchio. After topping a Battle of the Bands, producer Lewis Merenstein signed them Decca Records for this ... read more » |
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GOLIATH (USA/IN) - HOT ROCK & THUNDERNever achieving the glory they deserved, Goliath was formed in Terre Haute, Indiana, a psychedelic/prog offshoot of Sons Of Sound, formed by rhythm section Bill and Steve Peters, with vocalist Jim Kitchen. Future Eagles manager Irv Azoff raised their profile, but guitarist ... read more » |
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HOWL THE GOOD - HOWL THE GOODDuring the early 1970s, Detroit rock band Howl The Good signed to Motown's prog-rock offshoot, Rare Earth. Travelling to London to record their self-titled debut album at Olympic Studios, they were fortunate to work with engineer Chris Kimsey (best known for his later work ... read more » |
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JUDAS JUMP - SCORCHProg-rock supergroup Judas Jump was formed by saxophonist Alan Jones, following the demise of Amen Corner, with future Status Quo keyboardist/vocalist Andrew Bown and future McCartney/Clapton/Pete Townsend drummer Henry Spinetti, who had both been in Herd with Peter ... read more » |
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KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - POLYGONDWANALAND (AUS)Repress on black yellow splatter vinyl. Like its mouthful of a title, 'Polygondwanaland' delivers a 10-course meal without dividers between its dishes. Songs seep into one another for an immersive listen. The stirring, quiet percussion of 'Inner Cell' tiptoes into 'Loyalty' ... read more » |
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LATEEF, YUSEF - JAZZ MOODA multi-instrumentalist who reconfigured jazz many times during his long career, Yusef Lateef came to prominence in the late 1950s, after having toured with Dizzy Gillespie. 'Jazz Mood' dates from 1957, when his quintet had some of Detroit's finest, including Alice ... read more » |
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LEE, RITA -& TUTTI FRUTTI- - ENTRADAS E BANDEIRASAs a founding member of innovative Brazilian psychedelic group Os Mutantes, Rita Lee's reputation is assured as a ground-breaking pioneer. Born Rita Lee Jones in 1947 in the upscale Vila Mariana district of Sao Paulo, Rita's father was an American descended from a ... read more » |
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LELAND - THIS IS MY WORLDLong-awaited reissue for Berkeley Asian-American legendary guitarist and composer Leland Yoshitsu's eponymous self-financed album, recorded in 1975 with a moog synthesizer, bass, electric guitar and organ, with the assistance of drummer Dana Rose and with David Blossom's ... read more » |
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MAIA, TIM - TIM MAIA (1973)Repress. An icon of Brazilian popular music, Tim Maia was a musical polymath and prolific recording artist best known for introducing American soul to the Brazilian music scene, pioneering the sambalanço style by blending elements of soul, funk, rock, and samba. Maia ... read more » |
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