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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 RANKINGRepress. Reissue 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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AYLER, ALBERT - SOMETHING DIFFERENT!!!!!!Unorthodox saxophonist Albert Ayler straddled different jazz streams during his brief career. After playing with Stanley Turrentine and Harold Budd in the late 1950s, a move to Sweden brought him into the limelight, fronting his own trio. Debut album 'Something ... 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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BEN, JORGE - SOLTA O PAVAORepress on pink vinyl. Jorge Ben is one of Brazilian music's iconic and best-loved figures. Born Jorge Duilio Lima Menezes in Rio in 1942, he took the stage name, Jorge Ben, in deference to his mother's Ethiopian roots, and later used Jorge Ben Jorge for further ... read more » |
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BIRTHA - BIRTHAFemale rock group Birtha formed in Los Angeles in 1967, a talented quartet with guitarist Michelle Pinizzotto, keyboardist Sherry Hagler, drummer Olivia Favela, and bassist Rosemary Butler, who opened for The Stones while in The Ladybirds; Pinizzotto had been in The Daisy ... 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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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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CREATION (JAPAN) - CREATIONDuring the late 1960s, Japanese band Blues Creation was formed from the ashes of an earlier group, the Bickles. Beginning as a covers act and then switching to original material, they had several line-up changes before calling it quits, only to be born again as Creation in ... read more » |
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DOLPHY, ERIC -QUINTET- - OUTWARD BOUNDAvant-garde pioneer Eric Dolphy achieved incredible things with the bass clarinet, establishing it as a vehicle for solo improvisation, and was equally adept on alto and flute, gaining kudos from peers such as John Coltrane and Charles Mingus. 1960's 'Outward Bound' holds 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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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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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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KATMANDU - KATMANDUFormed in the late 1960s, the blues rock quartet Katmandu was comprised of four hopefuls on the Miami music scene, namely singer/keyboardist Norman Harris, guitarist Bob Jabo, drummer Kenny Zale, and bassist Bobby Caldwell, who would later score immortal 'What You Won't Do ... read more » |
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KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - POLYGONDWANALAND (AUS/RED)Repress on red 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' for a slow ... read more » |
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MERRYWEATHER & CAREY - VACUUM CLEANERCanadian bassist/vocalist Neil Merryweather relocated to Los Angeles in the late 1960s and hooked up with the singer, actress and future Penthouse pet, Lynn Carey. They would find greater fame upon forming the band Mama Lion in 1972, but 'Vacuum Cleaner' captures the ... read more » |
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MUDIE, HARRY -MEET KING TUBBY'S- - IN DUB CONFERENCE VOLUME ONEAfter running a sound system and studying electronics overseas, Spanish Town-based Harry Mudie began releasing rhythm and blues recordings by local performers, enjoying more concerted success during the reggae era of the late 1960s and mid-1970s, crafting lasting hits with ... read more » |
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OHNO, MATSUO - ROOTS OF ELECTRONIC SOUNDBorn in Tokyo in 1930, Matsuo Ohno is a true pioneer of Japanese electronic music. 'Roots Of Electronic' Sound contains ground breaking recordings from the years 1963-1966. Originally released in the mid-'70s. |
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PRIVILEGE - PRIVILEGEAn unlikely collaboration from a Jimi Hendrix concert at New York's Syracuse University, supported by the Isley Brothers and mixed soul-rock group Soul Survivors. When Soul Survivors morphed into Privilege, they convinced the Isley Brohters to sign them to T-Neck, the ... read more » |
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