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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 Day After The Sabbath 122 Sonata in Z long tracks Download from [mf] or [mg] unzip password:   tdats The Day After The Sabbath 122: Sonata in Z? by Rich Aftersabbath on Mixcloud Six masterful songs around ten minutes in length each. To make amends for generally avoiding long tracks in these comps, heres an hours worth of nothing but long, heavy prog tracks that have space to breath, and go to some amazing places... All these names are new to the blog and many of you will recognise them Im sure. The UK, the US, Germany and Japan are all represented by talented bands that liked to push the envelope and take rock music into deeper realms than your average four minute axe-bashers. Heres some more results of the amazing experimentation that progressive rock and psych explored during those important times, leaving a legacy that continues to inspire the heavy bands of today. Just in case you are wondering, this is guaranteed 100% drum solo-free! TRACKS 01. Steamhammer - Tele...

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...

Rationals The Rationals 1969 us stunning detroit r n b garage rock 2011 extra tracks remaster At the time of the album�s release, Detroit rock was epitomised by the Grande Ballroom and the powerful sounds of the groups associated with it, such as the MC5, Stooges, SRC, Amboy Dukes and Frost. The Rationals were younger than the majority of the musicians in these groups, and they ploughed their own rock/RnB furrow, resisting the heavyweight arrangements deemed mandatory, and eschewing the fashionable hirsute image of the time for a neat, latter-day mod look. Not that the Rationals were unpopular at the �high energy� Grande � far from it. The group appeared as a regular, and no doubt refreshing, alternative to the bluster of many of their harder-edged contemporaries. Their classic 1969 single �Guitar Army� became an anthem of sorts for Detroit rock, with its universal truth that seemed to have been submerged in the overheated revolutionary rhetoric of the time � that the music was the mes...

The Gods Genesis 1968 uk splendid psych rock 2009 japan extra tracks remaster After leaving Stevenage based RnB outfit The Jimmy Brown Sound in early 1965 keyboardist / guitarist / vocalist Ken Hensley formed The Gods with Mick Taylor (guitar), John Glasscock (bass / vocals) and Brian Glasscock (drums). However this line up only lasted until June 1967 when Taylor quit to join John Mayalls Bluesbreakers and then The Rolling Stones. Hensley then moved to Hampshire where, whilst living in a van(!), he met up with bassist Paul Newton and put together a new version of The Gods which featured Hensley, Newton, drummer Lee Kerslake and guitarist John Konas. However despite building up a good following on the South Coast collage circuit Newton left (he later became a founding member of Uriah Heep) and was replaced by Greg Lake. With a residency at Londons Marquee and a contract with EMIs Columbia label it looked like The Gods would at last release something but, as Hensley recalls, "Just a...

The Mystery Trend So Glad I Found You 1966 67 us marvelous folk psych garage rock extra tracks edition If the Airplane and the Dead were the Beatles and Stones of San Franciscos mid-1960s rock heyday, then the Mystery Trend were its Zombies or Left Banke, peddling craftsmanship and high quality pop songs in an era of burgeoning indulgence. Ahead of anyone else except perhaps the Charlatans, the Trend was the first alternative rock group in the Bay Area, debuting in May 1965. Unlike the ex-folkies and beatniks that comprised the rest of the scene, the group, led by keyboardist and songwriter Ron Nagle, were older and came from an art school background, eschewing the jams and free-form modality of other local groups for concise ensemble arrangements. "The kind of writing that was going on in San Francisco then, to me, it was dogshit" says Nagle."Everyone was into this wankingsoloingpsychedelic-droneout. It was very uncool to play three minute pop songs." Nagle and gui...