09-07-06 - 16-07-06

Saturday, July 15, 2006

Laine and Alan - 1982 - On An Autumn Day

Laine and Alan - 1982 - On An Autumn Day

Fantastic UK female vocal folk. Mainly trad tunes but with such a sweet and beautiful feeling,
the vocals on this are just superb, lovely instrumentation with Flutes / Autoharp / Harmonium etc, so fragile sounding yet her voice is just so perfect, backed by John Rose and Nick Dow,
produced by Rick Saunders. I put a personal guarantee that you will love this LP!

Thursday, July 13, 2006

The Poppy Family (Canada) - 1969 - Which Way You Goin' Billy ?

The Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy ?
(1969 Canadian pop )

The Poppy Family was a late 1960s-early 70s Canadian pop musical group based in Vancouver, British Columbia. A product of the "Hippie generation," they brought a cleaner cut image(altough the use of sitar is present), capitalizing on the vocal talents and good looks of Susan Jacks. Managed and produced by her husband Terry Jacks (vocals/guitar), with Craig McCaw (guitar) and Satwan Singh (drums), the group recorded two albums, from which came their best known songs "Which Way You Goin' Billy?" and "That's Where I Went Wrong" (1969).
The album Which Way You Goin' Billy? earned the group two 1970 Gold Leaf (Juno) Awards, one for best-produced middle-of-the-road album, and the other in the best-produced single category for the album's title track.
The Poppy Family disbanded in 1973.

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Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Τhe Hands Of Time - 2000 - Τhe Hands Of Time

Τhe Hands Of Time - s/t (2000 Australian garage rock)

Caution!: This album is for Cavemen only! One creepy night with full moon in the hills above Melbourne, four lads joined together and locked into a dark cellar. Suddenly, while they were experiencing several liquors, chords and lines they transformed into hideous monsters: A wolfman, a mummy, a frankenstein and a vampire…! The day after, when the woke they couldn’t remember anything but they did find this master-monster tape they recorded and they immediately delivered it to Off The Hip laboratories, where they detected what exactly happened but never detected how… Cavemen, get a copy and try to find yourself how could this happen to four naive guys with guitars and amps.


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Tuesday, July 11, 2006

One St. Stephen - 1975 - One St. Stephen

One St. Stephen - 1975 - One St. Stephen

01 - November Edgar
02 - November
03 - You May Be Religious
04 - Nightly Drift
05 - Without You
06 - In Your Mind
07 - Old Man
08 - Junkie's Lament
09 - 12th Street Shuffle
10 - Richer You Get
11 - Dash In The Rocks
12 - Silver Chidlren
13 - Valley Of The Eyes

"Another private pressing, this time one that first saw the light of day on the Owl label in 1975. Despite the somewhat controversial cover,
this is an album which is generally regarded as one of the finest heavy acid psych albums of its time. One reviewer described it thus: '
Side 1 opens and closes with extended, awesome moody psychers which will blow you away. Poe, heroin and Jim Morrison all help shape Stephen's outlook,
which results in one of the more distinct late autumnal moods [ever] manifested on vinyl.
Good vocals, some howling fuzz and occasional use of moog in typical '70s acidhead fashion'.
One St Stephen has been issued on CD before (on an unknown Austrian label in the '90s),
but that particular version erroneously included 2 tracks by a completely different band (St Steven, from Boston),
so this is the first time that this highly-regarded album has appeared in its original form."

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part I ~ part II

Magic Mushroom Band - 1991 - Spaced Out

Magic Mushroom Band - 1991 - Spaced Out

Spaced Out was Originally Released in 1991 and Initial Copies of this Album Are Now Highly Prized Collectors Items.
It was Originally Released in a Number of Limited Formats. There were Originally 1,000 Copies in a Limited 3D Sleeve.
In Addition to this There was also a Limited Run of 1,000 Cds, which also Came in a Limited Edition 3D Fold Out Sleeve.
The First 500 Copies of Each Format also Included a Comic, which Had Been Signed by the Entire Band.

Kim Oz : Synthesizer, Vocals
Garry Moonboot : Guitar, Vocals, Didjeridu
David P. Jackson : Flute, Saxophone


Title: Spaced Out
Cat. Num: Fungus Records ltd edition private press
Format: LP

Tracks :
01 Astralasia (7:59)
02 Look Into The Future (3:21)
03 Feel So Fine (4:04)
04 Equasian (3:27)
05 Freedom (4:09)
06 My Hat (5:04)
07 Squatter In The House (6:50)
08 Aquasian (3:30)
09 Aravinda (3:34)
10 Pictures In My Mind (4:46)
11 It Just Takes Time (5:56)

Originally released in 1991, Spaced Out saw The Magic Mushroom Band taking on the mantle previously held by Hawkwind.
Astralasia kicks things off in a relatively ambient mood with lots of swirling synths and typical sax and flute mayhem from special guest
David Jackson of Van Der Graaf Generator fame.
The title of the track underlines the close association with the off-shoot band of the same name
and the influence they had on the Magic Mushroom Band sound, particularly on the next album.
This influence is particularly prominent on the other instrumental pieces on this album.
A very mellow approach is taken on Equasian, a gentle acoustic guitar and saxophone piece which is revisited on Aquasian with the sax replaced by a flute.
The remaining two instrumental numbers have a more rhythmic feel.
Squatter In The House has a more prominent beat and is laden with female moans that even Jane Birkin would have been proud of
Aravinda features a more ethnic percussion track and some haunting and atmospheric flute work courtesy of Mr Jackson.

The remainder of the album consists of some very fine songs, which are mostly sung by Garry Moonboot,
Kim Oz taking charge of the lead vocals on only one track, Freedom.
Tracks like Feel So Fine, It Takes Time and Look Into The Future (which features a great violin riff by Sam Turner) are classic space rock numbers and will be a delight to any follower of the genre.
However, top billing must go to the classic Pictures In My Mind which is not only psychedelic, spacey, rocky and foot-tappingly good,
but also contains a chorus that sticks in the brain for an eternity. Close to a perfect Magic Mushroom Band song.

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Introduction
The Magic Mushroom Band were originally formed back in 1982 when, allegedly, guitarist Garry Masters (aka Garry Moonboot) heard Kim Russell (aka Kim Oz) singing in the bath and crawled through the bathroom window to invite the owner of the voice to join his band!
Along with the third core member of the group, guitarist Gary Twining (aka Ed 'Eddie' Bones), and a variable collection of other musicians, the group set about gigging and released the first of several limited edition cassettes.
It wasn't until 1986 that the debut album, The Politics Of Ecstasy, was released on the group's own Pagan Music label as a limited edition of 500 copies.
The follow-up, Bomshankar, released by Aftermath Records in 1987, was more consistent in terms of recording quality and sold well enough for Aftermath to release Eyes Of The Angel in 1989.
Two more limited edition, privately pressed albums on Fungus Records followed: Process Of Illumination in 1990 and Spaced Out in 1991.
By this time Masters, Russell and Twining had been joined, in what was to be the most consistent line-up, by Wayne Manor (bass), Marc Swordfish (drums and programming) and Sam Turner (violin).
Signing with Magick Eye records, the band released a further three albums;
Re-Hash (a collection of older material re-recorded utilising more advanced studio equipment) in 1992,
RU Spaced Out 2 in 1993 and Magic in 1994 (by which time the group had abbreviated their name to The Mushroom Band).

Since 1994, The Mushroom Band have been on a seemingly permanent hiatus while various members have concentrated on the off-shoot band Astralasia, an ambient / trance / dance act originally formed in 1990. Astralasia are probably most widely known to progressive fans for their remix of Porcupine Tree's Voyage 34 (Phase III) released by Delerium Records as a limited edition EP.

Los Vidrios Quebrados (Chile) - 1967 - Fictions

Los Vidrios Quebrados (Chile) - 1967 - Fictions

01 Oscar Wilde
02 Que Importa El Tiempo
03 En Tu Mirada
04 Una Manera De Vivir
05 La Primavera De Miss Lo'b
06 Ficciones
07 Concierto En La Menor
08 Introduccion A La vida Narrada Por El Tio Juan
09 Palabras y Palabras y...
10 Las Docos Caras Del Amor
11 Se Oyen Los Pasos
12 Como Jesuchristo Uso El

“Fictions” is the ONLY album that the band from Chile EVER recorded!
Los Vidrios Quebrados (something like “The Shattered Glasses”)
formed in 1965 by making their own instruments and playing at schools while they were in the Catolica School of Laws.
Odeon offered them a contract and they recorded their first single, “Friend b/w She’ll Never Know I’m Blue”.
In 1967, they record the legendary “Fictions” for RCA.

This album is played with their own instruments.
They cut, pasted and arranged the frets of their guitars on their own pure intuition.
They cut their strings out of steel wire rolls bought at hardware stores.
They picked up the songs they wanted to play –Beatles, Rolling Stones, Yardbirds and a lot of Kinks stuff- by going into a club,
listening to them on a wurlitzer jukebox, and going back home trying to remember the song.
They sung in English “to separate ourselves from the commercial music of that time”, the so-called “Nueva Ola”.
They sang about everyday things such as “the lack of liberties,
the fights caused just by the lenght of your hair”, trying to be the spokesmen of a generation.
They were indeed quite an intelectual band in their references and intentions.
Though they had begun doing covers, all the songs in “Fictions”, recorded in a total time of 9 hours, were written by themselves.
Their history ended when Hector Sepulveda moved to London in 1969.
Originally they tried to go all together but the rest could not make it,
and Hector played in the streets for a while and opened once for Family at the Marquee.

Kostas Tournas (Greece) - 1972 - Aperanta Choraphia

Kostas Tournas (Greece) - 1972 - Aperanta Choraphia

After the split of "Poll", Kostas Tournas went on to record a great progressive-psychedelic concept solo album. A major progressive folk-rock opus with no distinction into separate tracks; it's a autobiographic concept album. Tournas wrote and arranged it for a large orchestra -something unbelievable, speaking for Greece, back in the early 70's- and a rock group (RUTH). He provided the vocals and the guitars by himself.

Spiral Sky - 1994 - Spiral Sky

Spiral Sky - 1994 - Spiral Sky

01 Lady Of Shallot
02 Wanting Love
03 Kingdom For A Meaning
04 Matty Groves
05 Slime Pits
06 Marriage Of Inconvenience
07 Bold William Taylor
08 Folk Song
09 Cat's Whiskers
10 Sensing The Blue

Spiral Sky :
Kata : vocals,dulcimer,keyboard
Andy Boot : guitars
Anthony Clough : bass guitar,percussion,flutes
Mike Webb : drums,tablas,percussion
Tryphena Cohen : keyboards

>Guest musicians :
Joe Townsend : violin
Steve Johnson : flute
Edward Kent : guitar,tambura,sitar


All songs composed by Kata
except Lady Of Shallot - Kata, Andy and Tennyson; Matty Grooves
and Bold William Taylor - Kata/traditional



Sundial's/Gary Ramon :
"I'd been into production and recording and sound from way back but it started off with Spiral Sky around 1992 (which Anthony was involved with also). Their album was recorded at my studios and was complete but I felt had more potential. They just allowed me to remix it and add or detract stuff, which I did. I figured as a whole LP I thought it made sense and that was the first non Sun Dial Acme album release - and it got some good reviews. I think I played guitar on one or two tracks."


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Azitis - 1971 - Help

Azitis - 1971 - Help

Tracks :
01 - Creation, Lord I Saw You Cry
02 - There Is An Answer
03 - Who's To Blame
04 - The Prophet
05 - Time Has Passed
06 - From This Place
07 - Hope To Save
08 - Judgement Day

One of many good LPs in the Christian psychrock bag, mellow and reflective which is the way these LPs should sound.
An organ-based post-1960s sound with moody vocals and quality song writing, consistent all through. They also had a 45.
An official CD re from the band themselves exists. [PL]
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Dreamy xian organ psych rock with fuzz and good vocals.
The band was originally named Help but changed in deference to the Decca group.
Their name is pronounced 'as it is'. [RM]
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One of the very best Xian records.
This album reveals hidden depths with each listen.
The dreamy, laid-back vibe at first hides the abundance of melodic ideas.
Excellent vocals, a consistent sound and lyrics that are thoughtful rather than preachy.
Often quite dark, but the groove isn’t depressive.
The organ/guitar-based sound isn’t exactly original but the overall feel is unique.
A must. [AM]
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On earth azitis in heaven.
Well, now at least you know how to pronounce the name of this 4-man Sacramento band.
For a while I was thinking it rhymed with phlebitis.
Azitis without question gets the official Ken Scott five-star rating.
It also happens to be one of the very few Christian-themed albums that is solidly psychedelic in sound from beginning to end.
Every song is a winner here, strong melodies, gentle vocals,
moody passages with swirly organ that sound like they were lifted out of the middle of 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida'.
In fact this whole album is saturated in psychy organ sounds.
Add to that fuzz, phasing, reverb, wah-wah, flutes and you've got a virtual time machine to the flower power era.
'Creation' starts things off with a dissonant organ crescendo, chanting, and wah-wah guitar.
'The Prophet' and 'From This Place' both reach frenzied intense peaks,
while 'Hope To Save' brings in piano and acoustic guitar for a melodic ballad.
Thematically covers a number of topics such as creation, the fall, judgment day, Revelation.
Exceptional cover art of a gold cross emerging from the planet earth. [KS]

Sabicas & Joe Beck - 1966 - Rock Encounter

Sabicas & Joe Beck - 1966 - Rock Encounter

Tracks :
1 - Inca song
2 - Joe's Tune
3 - Zapateado
4 - Zambra
5 - Handclaps
6 - Flamenco Rock
7 - Bulerias
8 - Farruca

This album shows a fantastic mixture of authentic traditional Flamenco,Progressive and Psychedelic Rock by Spanish legend Sabicas and extraordinary electric Jazzrock guitar by Joe Beck with congenial backing band among others Donald Mac Donald on drums, Warren Bernhardt organ and Tony Levin on bass. This is an album for those, who are willing to look over the edges of their progressive and psychedelic horizon.Great guitar playing (lots of electric and acoustic guitars) all over.Unique and hypnotizing!

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Sabicas
Guitarist
Composer / songwriter
Name:Agustin Castellon Campos
Birth: 1912 Pamplona
Death: 1990 Nueva York


"In Sabicas, I saw a new form of playing, something new...". Paco de Lucia

He represented a breaking point for the flamenco guitar and he revealed flamenco to the whole world, via America. He was absolutely innovative, and revolutionised guitar playing with his speed and polished execution with a right hand technique that is unmistakeable and unrepeatable. His influence has been unquestionable for the new generations of guitarists, passing through the work of Paco de Lucia and Serranito.

He was born between Sanfermines (Pamplona's world-famous feast) and gypsies, in the city that Hemingway made popular with his pen, and his parents bought him his first guitar when he was four years old, when he was just strong enough to lift it. Two years later, he was already making his debut on a stage. In his beginnings, he was a fanatic follower of Ramon Montoya. Nonetheless, his work accompanying the most important cantaores of the time helped him to conceive a far more personal style of playing.

During the Civil War (1936) he went into exile to South America with Carmen Amaya and, together, they embarked on several tours. Sabicas grew fond of those lands, and settled in New York, where he played concerts as a solo artist. He became open minded, to the point where he made the first attempt at fusion with Joe Beck, Rock encounter (1966). He also struck up an important relationship with jazz masters like Charles Mingus, Ben E. King, Gill Evans, Thelonius Monk and Miles Davis. He even played for President Roosevelt in the White House and was treated as just another artist by the record labels, which distributed his records all over the world.

He did not return to Spain until 1967. Twenty years later, his country of birth gave him a national tribute for the first time, in the Teatro Real in Madrid. Earlier, in 1982, Pamplona had dedicated its feast, the Sanfermines, to him. He recorded with Enrique Morente a year before he died.

Pink Floyd - BBC Archives 1967-1969

Pink Floyd - BBC Archives 1967-1969

Tracks:
Recorded – September 25th, 1967 :
1. Flaming (2:37)
2. Scarecrow (2:02)
3. Matilda Mother (3:19)
4. The Gnome (2:09)

Recorded – December 20th, 1967 :
5. Pow R. Toc H. (2:58)
6. Vegetable Man (3:24)
7. Scream Thy Last Scream (3:39)
8. Jugband Blues (3:52)

Recorded – June 25th, 1968 :
9. Let There Be More Light (3:41)
10. Murderistic Women (2:18)
11. Julia Dream (2:23)
12. Massed Gadgets of Hercules (6:50)

Recorded – December 2nd, 1968 :
13. Point Me At The Sky (4:21)
14. The Embryo (3:27)
15. Baby Blue Shuffle In D Major (3:55)
16. Interstellar Overdrive (8:38)

Recorded – May 12th, 1969 :
17. Daybreak (3:36)
18. Nightmare (3:29)
19. The Beginning (3:11)
20. Beset By Creatures Of The Deep (3:06)
21. The Narrow Way (4:25)

Venue:
September 25th, 1967 – BBC Playhouse Theater, Broadcast October 1st, 1967 (Top Gear),
December 20th, 1967 – BBC Maida Vale Studios, Broadcast December 31st, 1967 (Top Gear),
June 25th, 1968 – BBC 210 Piccadilly Studios, Broadcast August 11th, 1968 (Top Gear),
December 2nd, 1968 – BBC Maida Vale Studios, Broadcast December 15th, 1968 (Top Gear),
May 12th, 1969 – BBC Paris Cinema, Broadcast May 14th, 1969 (Night Ride) and June 1st, 1969 (Top Gear).

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Teen Trash Series

Teen Trash Series vol. 01_From Marseille, France --'THE CRYPTONES'
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01 I Can't Stand My Life Today
02 Spiritus Mundi
03 You've Got To Know
04 Le Roi De Quoi?
05 Si Tu Reviens
06 Ca Ne Peut Plus Durer
07 Spanish Waves
08 No Fun
09 Miserablement Votre
10 Brutal Beach
11 A Tombeau
12 Je Ne Vois Rien
13 Bad Times
14 Rockline
15 Have Love Will Travel

The Cryptones are an excellent French band inspired by primitive garage punk and ‘60s R&B. First release in the Music Maniac Teen Trash series!


Teen Trash Series vol. 02_From Lawrence, KS. USA 'THE PSYCHOVIOLETS'
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01 Swear To God
02 So Strange
03 Can't go Back
04 Time
05 Welcome Death
06 Flesh Meets The Knife
07 Endless Days
08 I Gotta Move
09 What Is This
10 As They Do
11 Addicted To The Thought
12 Too Little Too Late
13 Stonede
14 D-Train
15 Screams
16 Do What You Want
17 Now I Know
18 Life In The Real World
19 The Box
20 I'm Down

Primitive garage rock’n’roll from the American heartland, The Psychoviolets are sure to turn heads and blast eardrums!


Teen Trash Series vol. 03_From Dallas, TX. USA 'THE BURNING RAIN'
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01 Look In My Mirror
02 Pictures In The Fire
03 Evil Eye
04 Oracle
05 Love Is Like Dying
06 Purple Visions
07 Sirius (The Dog Star)
08 Put You Down
09 Twisted Flower
10 Into The Night

With honest, powerful, ass kickin’ rock’n’roll – not to mention killer guitar and great vocals – The Burning Rain will surely rock your world!


Teen Trash Series vol. 04_From Los Angeles, Cal. USA 'THE FUZZTONES'
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01 Nine Months Later (R.Protrudi)
02 Girl, You Captivate Me (I.Day-A.Dischel)
03 Cheyenne Rider (M.Czekaj-J.Tarlow)
04 Greatest Lover In The World (E.McDaniel)
05 I Can't Control Myself (R.Presley)
06 You Must Be A Witch (F.Cole)
07 Jack The Ripper
08 Action Speaks Louder Than Words
09 I Never Knew (R.Protrudi)
10 Yeah Babe (R.Protrudi)
11 My Nothing
12 Romilar D (Version)

A focused spasm of energy and abandon led by the enigmatic Rudi Protrudi, the Fuzztones were one of the major successes of thes1980s garage rock revival!


Teen Trash Series vol. 05_From New Haven, Conn. USA - 'THE DOUBLE NAUGHT SPYS'
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01 You Better Tell Me Now
02 Right Where I Wanna Be
03 Tears From My Eyes
04 Mad At Me
05 Can't Tame Me
06 Now She's Cryin'
07 Outer Limits '66
08 And She Said Yes (Bonus Track)
09 Tryin' My Best
10 Won't Be The One
11 2-Timin' Baby
12 Side-Swiped
13 I Hate Love
14 I Can't Understand
15 She Lied
16 Slow Down (Bonus Track)

The Double Naught Spys keep the teenage feel of rock’n’roll via their melodic, catchy, well-crafted songs that just don’t sound like anyone else!


Teen Trash Series vol. 06_From Delft, Holland - 'THE ACE-TONES'
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01 Riot On Sunset Strip
02 99Th Floor
03 Five Years Ahead Of My Time
04 You're No Good
05 Girl, You Captivate Me
06 Gotta Get Some
07 Bad Woman
08 Green Slime
09 I Can Only Give You Everything
10 Suzy Creemchease
11 We're Pretty Quick
12 Action Woman
13 Grounded
14 Leaving Here
15 Journey To Tyme
16 No Friend Of Mine
17 Blackout At Gretely
18 7 and 7 is

The Ace-Tones give you another dose of way-out rock’n’roll mayhem, packed in a killer sleeve and full of ‘60s punk, garage rock, surf and psychedelic influences!


Teen Trash Series vol. 07_From Rome, Italy - 'THE OTHERS'
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01 It's Eerie (Massimo Del Pozzo)
02 Fallin' Off My World (Massimo Del Pozzo)
03 Feel The Time (Massimo Del Pozzo)
04 No More (M.Robinson)
05 Loose Lip Sync Ship(David Aquilar-Mark Loomis(Rob.Row)
06 I'm Not There (Lil'Boys Blue)
07 Since You've Been Gone (Uncalled For)
08 It'll Never Work Out (Galabooches)
09 You Better Know Why (Massimo Del Pozzo)
10 Girl (Massimo Del Pozzo)
11 In My Time (Massimo Del Pozzo)
12 She's Gone (Massimo Del Pozzo)
13 Never Before (Massimo Del Pozzo)
14 Taste Of The Same (Mike Taylor)
15 Stompin' (Massimo Del Pozzo)

Among the protagonists of the psychedelic revival of the 1980s, the Rome-based combo of The Others was one of the most gifted!


Teen Trash Series vol. 08_From Sacramento, Cal. USA 'THE E-TYPES !'
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01 Enraged
02 The Right Combination
03 Well Enough Alone
04 You Cured Me Of That
05 She Changes
06 What's Going On
07 Just Like Julie
08 Another Lonely Room
09 1.000 Times A Day
10 Everything
11 I Never Cried
12 Time Just Keeps Going By (Faster)
13 Things Will Change Tonight (missing)

The E-Types’ Beatles-fueled harmonies come from rock’n’roll heaven…specializing in a British Invasion sweet pop style, they will sweep you off your feet!


Teen Trash Series vol. 09_From Torino, Italy - 'THE 99TH FLOOR'
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01 Too Many Times (Re-Scrivano)
02 Stop And Try (Re-Scrivano)
03 Better Follow My Way (Re-Scrivano)
04 Claudette Jones (Clancy-Rechter)
05 Just Another Day (Re-Scrivano)
06 Liar Liar (Jim Don)
07 Green City Hopper (Re-Scrivano)
08 Losing Your Mind (Re-Scrivano)
09 Everyday I'll Try (Re-Scrivano)
10 The One One Looking For (Re-Scrivano)
11 Never More (Re-Scrivano)
12 Things They Told Me Yesterday(Re-Scrivano)
13 Baby (Robin Thompson-Mike Carnes)
14 Jungle Stomp (Re-Scrivano)

Part of the intriguing mid-‘90s garage rock scene in Rome, The 99th Floor shared the stage with Head and The Hares, Cosmonauti, Space Cakes and many more!


Teen Trash Series vol. 10_From Eugene, Oregon USA - 'THE FALLING SPIKES'
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01 7 + 7 Is (Lee)
02 Doesn't Matter Anymore (Barley)
03 Gonna Miss Me (Erickson)
04 Big Blue Wave (Barley)
05 Clam Dippin' (Barley)
06 The Door (Barley)
07 Teenage Head (Jordan-Loney)
08 History (Barley)
09 Don't Crowd Me (Kessler)
10 Glass In The Sand (Waddell)
11 Pushin' Too Hard (Saxon)
12 Headline (Barley)
13 Lost World (Stuart)

The Falling Spikes have been making great music in the Northwest corner of the U.S. since 1985. This collection contains almost their entire recorded output!


Teen Trash Series vol. 11_From Pisa, Italy - 'THE STRANGE FLOWERS'
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01 Carrin' To Pie (Bruno)
02 Girls Of April (Marino)
03 Apples In Your Eyes (Marino-Montefiori)
04 Lemonade And Evergreen (Bruno-Marino)
05 Dreaming, Bleeding a Bit (Marino)
06 Of Perception (Marino-Pardini-Bruno)
07 Roger Talks To The Young Emily (Marino)
08 Miriam On The Nile (Marino)
09 December (Marino)
10 Dear Prudence (Lennon-McCartney)
11 The Chameleon (Marino)
12 Takin' Care Of Me (Bruno)
13 Me And The Eggman (Bruno-Marino) CD only
14 Janet's Faces (Marino) CD only

Everything you ever wanted to know about ‘60s mind-expanding punkadelic garage rock, but were afraid to ask…can be found on this disc from The Strange Flowers!

Teen Trash Series vol. 12_From Vancouver, Canada - 'THE FIENDS'
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01 No More
02 Zombies (Have Feelings Too)
03 Lies
04 Get Yourself Home
05 My Ghoul Fiend
06 Come See Me
07 Burn Out
08 Don't Crowd Me
09 Stormy
10 Waiting For You
11 Blow Your Mind
12 Find My Way Back
13 Take Off

It’s time to blow your mind with a creepy mess of ‘60s-inspired fuzz & farfisa courtesy of The Fiends – the perfect soundtrack for midnight garden raids & grave robbing!


Teen Trash Series vol. 13_From Vienna, Austria - 'THE JAYBIRDS'
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01 Don't Tell Me Lies (Gold-Zoechling)
02 Give Me Your Love (Gold-Zoechling)
03 Bright Lights, Big City (Reed)
04 Oh Baby (Alternate Mix) (Gold-Zoechling)
05 Haw Many More Times (Burnett)
06 I'm A Lover Not A Fighter (Miller)
07 I Don't Know Why (Gold)
08 No Time For Crying (Gold)
09 51 Mainstreet (Alternate Take) (The Jaybirds)
10 Love Me Like I Love You (Dreja-McCarty-Samwell-Smith-Relf)
11 You Make Me This Kind Of Mad (Gold-Zoechling)
12 Go Back Home (Gold) (missing)

Before the White Stripes, The Strokes, Interpol and Jet, there were The Jaybirds, Vienna’s hottest garage rock revivalists!


Teen Trash Series vol. 14_From Athens, Greece - 'THE SOUND EXPLOSION'
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01 Inspector Clouseau in outer limits
02 State Of My Mind
03 Send A Message
04 She's One Of A Kind
05 Hopeless Endless Way
06 Don't Turn Away
01 Lost In Tyme
02 No!No!No!No!No!
03 It's For You
04 My Baby Went Away With The Midnight Train
05 The Last November
06 In The Past
07 We're The Sound Explosion

Vol. 14 in shows the cream of the garage punk crop from Greece, which would fit perfectly on any Pebbles ‘60s punk compilation…great stuff!


Teen Trash Series vol. 15_Live in Muenchen, Germany - Various Artists - BEAT-O-MANIA
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Recorded Live in Muenchen/Germany March 1994.

01 Green Slime:Voices Green And Purple
02 Green Slime:Dirty Money
03 Thee Cherylinas:Soulin'
04 Thee Cherylinas:Love In Creation
05 The Apemen:Gotta Get A Little Love
06 The Apemen:Understanding
07 The Clique:Reggie
08 The Clique:The Quest
09 Rudi Protrudi:It Came In The Mail
10 Rudi Protrudi:LSD Made A Wreck Of Me
11 The Heartbeats:I'm Walking
12 The Heartbeats:Good Times
13 The Jaybirds:But You Never Do It Baby
14 The Jaybirds:Smokestack Lightning
15 Strange Flowers:December
16 Strange Flowers:Across The River And Through The Trees
17 Rudi and The Strange Flowers:Little Olive
18 The Others:T-Bone Black
19 The Others:I'm Gonna Leave You
20 Rudi and The Others:Bad Little Woman



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Alchemysts & Simeon - Simeon & the Alchemysts

Alchemysts & Simeon - Simeon & the Alchemysts
(space rock)

Tracks :
1 Hi Fi For You To Go 00:28
2 Hydrophobic 08:22
3 Lost Beat Magazine 05:25
4 Interstellar 1-2-5 08:20
5 21st Century In-Car-Entertainment Firearm Blues 03:58
6 Magellanic 09:26
7 Psychotropic Over Modulation 09:25
8 Morning Comes 15:27

coupling of '60s American electronic pioneer Simeon Coxe (of the Silver Apples) with the Alchemysts, a younger acid-jamming garage punk trio from rural Somerset in England. The Alchemysts usually forge an earthy, feedback-drenched amalgam influenced by the likes of Blue Cheer, the Stooges, and MC5. However, with Simeon and his famous oscillators on board, the band sets the controls for the heart of space rock territory, occupying an orbit similar to that of early-'70s Hawkwind. The most engaging material here seamlessly melds Jon Guard and Mat Love's bedrock rhythm section, Paul Simmons' effects-laden guitar, and Simeon's sci-fi electronics. The Loop-like "Hydrophobic," for instance, is grounded in heavily propulsive drum and bass, laced with weaving guitar patterns, and layered with bubbling and chirping synth. On "Interstellar 1-2-5," throbbing oscillators move into the foreground and Simeon adds Tourette's-style vocal outbursts; but on the standout, "Lost Beat Magazine," he plays a more prominent role, singing/speaking in a vaguely manic fashion over a mesmerizing, motorik groove that evokes Tago Mago-era Can. Although it lasts for five minutes, you can't help feeling it's far too short. The reverse is true of a couple of the album's trippier, epic tracks. At nine and 15 minutes, respectively, the drifting "Magellanic" and the mellow, meandering "Morning Comes" occasionally float off into outer space and lose their way a little. Still, such indulgences are excusable as part and parcel of the genre. Unusual collaborations such as this one often sound attractive in theory and then don't live up to expectations; The Alchemysts & Simeon doesn't disappoint.

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BlueBirds (Greece) - 1972 - BlueBirds

BlueBirds-s/t (1972) (Greek psychedelia)

Greek psychedelic group ,formed in '64 but managed to issue an album in '72. Not so progressive sound like AKRITAS etc . More into flower power and folk rock.

Band Members :
George Petridis : vocals (-1967)
Lia Laoutari : vocals
Giannis Psimopoulos : guitar,vocals
Leonidas Louloudis : bass(-1967)
Manolis Laoutaris : bass
Socrates Ardavanis : organ
Gavrilis Pantzis : drums

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Blue Epitaph - 1971 - Ode

Blue Epitaph - Ode (1971 UK acoustic folky psychedelia)

1.Diane (3:40)
2.Orange Room (2:37)
3.The Game's Reversible (2:52)
4.Oh You Lucky Man (3:36)
5.You Made Me (3:39)
6.Ode (5:35)
7.Can't Stop the Music (3:04)
8.I Never Met You (3:15)
9.She Lie Shoe (Who Are You?) (3:15)
10.Ffief (2:34)
11.When I'm Blind (Snippets) (2:43)
12.Underrated (4:58)


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Lamp of the Universe - 2001 - The Cosmic Union

Lamp of the Universe - 2001 - The Cosmic Union

(New Zeland psych sitar folk)

Tracks :

1 Born in the Rays of the Third Eye

2 Lotus of a Thousand Petals

3 In the Mystic Light

4 Give Yourself to Love

5 Freedom in Your Mind

6 Her Cosmic Light

7 What Love Can Bring

8 Tantra Asana

Craig Williamson / all instruments & vocals

"The Cosmic Union is an album that beautifully highlights the ethereal psychedelic oneness of our time here on planet earth. A time that was touched on, albeit briefly, during the hippy era before the majors turned it into a money making venture. On 'The Cosmic Union' Craig Williamson (Lamp of the Universe) plays all the instruments, has written the lyrics and sings the beautiful cosmic vocals. This album will appeal to fans of Donovan, S.T.Mikael & the Incredible String Band as well as the cosmic guitar style of Manuel Gottsching of Ash Ra Tempel. Featuring cosmic peaceful lyrics, sitar, tabla, Guitar, drums, bass, keyboards, synthesizer & Rainstick."

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Lamp Of The Universe is a solo project from Datura bassist and vocalist Craig Williamson. What a surprise! For those of you who don't know them, Datura are a heavy Stoner rock band, while Lamp Of The Universe is a gorgeously lulling cosmic trip into a paisley colored psychedelic land of celestial ragas from Williamson's guitars, sitar, synths, and tablas. We're talking track titles like "Lotus Of A Thousand Petals" and "Tantra Asana". Believe me, these describe the music on The Cosmic Union perfectly. Lightly strumming acoustic guitars and sitars drift throughout as the tablas and other percussion keep a simple but effective psychedelic pace. Williamson's vocals are equally light and drifting making for the perfect marriage with his music. Lots of beautifully meandering jams that will open your mind for exploring the alternate realms that you travel with Williamson to. There are aggressive moments too, particularly on "In The Mystic Light" which sounds like a jam off Amon Duul's Yeti album. And love that organ and shimmering guitar on "Freedom In Your Mind". Actually, though this might seem to be a 360 degree flip from Datura, that band really is far more psychedelic than most Stoner bands, and the epic track "Mantra" on Datura's Visions For The Celestial CD is in many ways really a heavier version of what we hear on The Cosmic Union. HIGHLY recommended to fans of deep space flower power psychedelia. Note that Cranium Music has released The Cosmic Union in a numbered run of 500, but are interested in licensing the CD for release outside of New Zealand.

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Suicidal Flowers (UK) - 1992 - The Final Arrangements

Suicidal Flowers (UK) - 1992 - The Final Arrangements

Following a six month conversation in the York Arms public house in York, Astro Lore and Markoff De Dephel decided to form a band to play sixties psychedelia and, after going through a few classic song titles of the period such as "The Oscar Weiner Wagon" and "Voices Green and Purple" they hit upon the name "Suicidal Flowers". After a couple of months of deep thought, Astro and Markoff managed to con a few other musicians into joining them. Chris and Jessica Tinsley came in on vocals, Ralf Rollinson and Chris Howard on guitars whilst Bob Fauldes played violin. This group set off to the Old Dairy studio to make their first recording "Flower Arrangement One" which appeared on the now rare local compilation "Something Weird" (a record that also featured the band performing under various pseudonyms as fake local Death Metal bands!). This first vinyl appearance was swiftly followed by the recording of the bands debut album "The Final Arrangements" the 500 copies of which sold out almost immediately upon it's release in late 1992. Before the release of the album the band thought they had better do some gigs so their debut performance was booked at the bonding warehouse in York in April '91. Unfortunately the gig was a bit of a disaster since Rolf Rollinson rang the afternoon of the gig and said he was stuck in Tenerife and couldn't get back. That was the least of the bands troubles however, since the PA didn't turn up and one had to be put together using various scrounged parts. The gig was such a disaster that Chris Howard decided to leave the band. The next piece of bad luck happened when the "Final Arrangements" came to be repressed in an attempt to satisfy the backlog of orders that had built up. The company who had made the LP went bust leaving the original mix master tapes somewhere in Hungary and the artwork lost forever. A second edition of 500 copies was pieced together from the 16 track tapes and housed in a new sleeve. All copies of this were sold almost immediately and both versions of the album are now highly collectable. All that needed to be sorted now was a new band. After many months of searching Robin Tomalin was eventually found to play Keyboards and Rebecca Fry was taken on as vocalist. However sadly the band were to discover that she was completely mad and had to fire her, shortly before she was sectioned in a local mental Hospital. Helen Gee and Karl Farkas were then taken on as the vocalists but as preparations for the second album "Burn Mother Burn" were under way another slight hiccup occurred when Karl was sent to prison for six months for varying driving offences. Further problems were awakened when Chris Howard damaged his hand and was unable to play guitar again. He was replaced by Martin Hall and the album was eventually finished. The band then signed to Delerium outside York Minster on a very sunny day and everyone lived happily after (hopefully)...