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Raw Material Raw Material 1970 uk excellent prog psych rock 2003 remaster and vortex extra tracks issue The A-side of their eponymous debut album, from the London based quintet, includes three strong, long tracks: "Time And Illusion", which had a long instrumental break and vibraphone on leading role; "Id Be Delighted", which featured strong vocals, good flute and sax work and "Fighting Cock", which builds in strength after a mellow beginning. The finale, "Destruction", is a poetry recitation with unidentified orchestral backing. Tracks 1. Time And Illusion ( Victor Smith ) - 7:30 2. Id Be Delighted ( Ed Welch ) - 5:06 3. Fighting Cock ( Ed Welch ) - 3:48 4. Pear On An Apple Tree ( Ed Welch, Phil Sawyer ) - 2:58 5. Future Recollections ( Colin Catt, Phil Gunn ) - 3:54 6. Traveller Man ( Klodzinski, Page, Dave Green ) - 6:13 7. Destruction Of America ( Colin Catt, Herbie Flowers, Phil Gunn ) - 2:20 8. Time And Illusion (Single Version) ( Victor Sm...

The Magic Mixture This The Magic Mixture 1967 69 uk brilliand psychedelic rock 2008 extra tracks issue The Magic Mixture were a British psychedelic band comprised Terry Thomas (guitar/vocals), Melvyn Hacker (bass), Jack Collins (drums) and Stan Curtis (organ) . Mel and Terry were  both students at the Central Foundation Boys School in London in the early of 60s. After some line up changes they released their sole album in 1968. It is regarded as one of the better examples of the psych genre, featuring engaging instrumental work on tracks such as �(I�m So) Sad�, �Urge To Leave� and �Slowly The Day�. Originally released on Saga, this superb piece of psychedelic freakbeat should be in every record collection sharing section with UK psych gods like July, Skip Bifferty, Forever Amber, Five Day Week Straw People, The Open Mind and the likes Even though according to The Tapestry Of Delights book the Saga LPs are supposed to have been recorded at a school premises rather than in a proper s...

The Stormsville Shakers One And One Is The Complete Recordings 1965 67 uk wonderful mod beat with psych flashes 2015 issue Phillip Goodhand-Tait has had his songs recorded by artists ranging from Gene Pitney to Roger Daltrey and has also fronted a number of bands in his many decades in the music industry.  Cherry Red Group imprint RPM has collected 27 tracks by singer-musician-songwriter Goodhand-Tait, solo and with his bands The Stormsville Shakers and Circus as One and One is Two: Complete Recordings 1965-1967. Born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Goodhand-Tait began his music career while still in his teenage years.  In his new liner notes penned especially for this release, he recalls receiving the sum of five pounds for assembling a five-piece band to play a dance at the local drill hall in 1960.  After flirting with names The Royphillians, Phil Tone and the Midnighters, and The Vibrants, the group settled on The Stormsville Shakers in 1961. The band, fro...

The Frantics Relax Your Mind 1968 us magical trippy psychedelic rock rare issue The Frantics were from the same era and area as The BlueThings the 60s and the Midwest. They were musicians from parts of Montana and North Dakota who formed The Frantics in Billings, Montana. All of them were in bands previously and some had released singles locally. They were fans of The BlueThings and the first Frantics1 single in 1966 was The BlueThings version of "La Do Da Da�, backed with "Route 66". Only 1,000 copies were pressed and today they are much sought-after by collectors. Through 1966 and 1967, The Frantics progressed as artists. After becoming the top draw in Montana and most of Wyoming and 9outh Dakota, they became a "KOMA" band (along with The Tracers, The Fabulous Flippers, 9pider &� The Crabs, The Red Dogs and The BlueThings). They headlined all over the country and were also second billed on concerts with The Who, The Young Rascals, The Everly Brothers, The...

The Millennium Voices Of The Millennium 1965 68 us bautiful sunshine psychedelia 2013 Blu Spec issue third part of eight discs box set The Voices Of Millennium are actually telling us about how some of the band members were spending their time after The Millennium break-up (if there ever was one) towards the end of the decade. Though it might not be as adventurous as it was while they were only just �begin-ining�, these sessions show that they were still spending some quality time together. Some of the tracks, with an almost baroque country feel, with the kind of a Wilson-ian touch too, like I Still Can See Your Face and Will You Ever See Me, as well as the chamber-psych The Blue Marble, later surfaced on Gary Usher�s sophomore Sagittarius release of the same title, while another easy country piece, Share With Me, graced the sunny side of Curt Boettcher�s Together single. Along with the Spector-ized opener Come To Me Baby, the ones contributing to the more cheery side of the album, are...

The Rowans Sibling Rivalry Jubilation 1976 77 us marvelous country silk rock 2004 issue Jerry Garcia called them the California Beatles. Rock critic Dave Marsh quipped that Garcia must have been tripping at the time. The truth about the Rowans can be found where the truth often resides: somewhere in the middle. Between Garcias adulation and the critics damnation with faint praise, the Rowans made an eclectic and uneven body of work for Asylum Records in the mid-70s�a trio of albums through which disparate styles, from bluegrass and reggae to straightforward pop and rock, intersected and combined. Some of the Rowans songs from this period continue to be sung today and, thanks to Collectors Choice, their original albums are back in print nearly thirty years later. Peter, Chris and Lorin Rowan recorded their self-titled Asylum debut in 1975, and that story can be found in the booklet of The Rowans, reissued on compact disc by Collectors Choice in 2002. This disc is the second chapter in t...