Wednesday 27 September 2017

Brainbox - Brainbox (1969)

Brainbox - Brainbox (1969)


Brainbox - Brainbox - 1969 - Artwork


Brainbox is a Dutch rock group from the late 1960s/early 1970s. The band was founded in Amsterdam by guitarist Jan Akkerman , drummer Pierre van der Linden and singer Kazimir Lux (Kaz). Their debut single was "Down Man", which established their progressive blues sound. They had several hit singles in the Netherlands, including

Wednesday 20 September 2017

The Human Beast - Volume One (1970)

The Human Beast - Volume One (1970)

 The Human Beast - Volume One - 1970 - Artwork


This was only album trio Human Beast Scotland (Edinburgh) recorded within 12 hours for Decca. This outstanding album had gone on the market and the team quickly ended his life. At the time when the LP is released, sold very poorly and today is a great rarity. The original UK pressing in perfect condition even have to pay around £ 1000. However, equally rare German pressing on Ebay price reaches 300-400 Euro.

In the 60s, Decca was one of the biggest record label, a true giant in the

Wednesday 13 September 2017

Quatermass - Quatermass (1970)

Quatermass - Quatermass (1970)


Quatermass - Quatermass - 1970 - Artwork

Quatermass is an album by British progressive rock band, Quatermass, first released in May 1970. It has been described as "a keyboard dominated chunk of heavy progressive rock... a popular part of the eccentric Harvest label." Based around organ, bass and drums, Quatermass is regarded as a quintessential

Wednesday 6 September 2017

Sam Gopal - Escalator (1969)

Sam Gopal - Escalator (1969) 

Sam Gopal - Escalator - 1969 - Artwork

Sam Gopal (also called Sam Gopal's Dream) were an underground British psychedelic rock band. The band was named after its founder, Sam Gopal, born in Malaysia. From the age of seven, he played tabla, a northern Indian percussion instrument, which replaced drums in the band.

The first line-up was Sam Gopal on tabla, Mick Hutchinson on guitar, Pete Sears on bass guitar and keys, and later towards the end, Andy Clark on organ and vocals. On 28 April 1967, the band performed at The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream, a UK Underground event organised by the International Times at Alexandra Palace. Other performing bands included Pink Floyd,

Wednesday 30 August 2017

Capability Brown - Voice (1973)

Capability Brown - Voice (1973)

Capability Brown - Voice - 1973 - Artwork


Great album, although almost absolutely divided between sides - A side consists of bunch of pop rock tunes with some light prog overtones, mostly in vocal department, and in some guitar melodies. Even if not the highest desire for a prog rock enthusiast, they're pleasurable to say the least: I can't say a single bad thing about these songs - they're attractive, well played, catchy, great in technique and even original in lyrics department. The only complaint I'm addressing to this bunch of the songs