Brainbox - Brainbox (1969)

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

The Human Beast - Volume One (1970)

The Human Beast - Volume One (1970)

 

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

Quatermass - Quatermass (1970)

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

Sam Gopal - Escalator (1969)

Sam Gopal - Escalator (1969) 

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,

Capability Brown - Voice (1973)

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

Blue Cheer - OutsideInside (1968)

Outsideinside is Blue Cheer's second LP, released by Philips Records in August 1968. Its tracks were recorded both outdoors and indoors—hence the title of the album. The record's tracks feature contributions from all members, along with two covers: "Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones and "The Hunter" by Albert King. The album was re-released on

Blackwater Park - Dirt Box (1971)

Blackwater Park was a progressive hard rock band from Berlin, Germany, with an English vocalist. They released only one album, Dirt Box, which included a cover of

Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come (1970)

Artwork by Doug Taylor

Sir Lord Baltimore was an American rock band from Brooklyn, New York, United States, formed in 1968 by lead vocalist/drummer John Garner, guitarist Louis Dambra, and bass player Gary Justin. Some have cited the 1971 review of their debut record, Kingdom Come, in Creem magazine as containing the first documented use of the term "heavy metal" to refer to

Flied Egg - Dr. Siegel's Fried Egg Shooting Machine (1972)

First album recorded as Flied Egg called "Dr. Siegel's Fried Egg Shooting Machine" is surely the best record Shigeru Narumo & his friends ever done. Improvement over "When The Raven Has Come To The Earth"(recorded as Strawberry Path) is really huge. The most important is that band's leader

Baker Gurvitz Army - Baker Gurvitz Army (1974)

Former The Gun and Three Man Army members Paul and Adrian Gurvitz joined forces with ex-Cream drummer Ginger Baker in 1974. Things had not been going too well for

Gun - Gun (1968)

Artwork by Roger Dean

The Gun were renamed in 1967 from The Knack, formed by guitarist/vocalist Paul Gurvitz (born Paul Anthony Gurvitz, 6 July 1944, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire - he was known by the surname Curtis until the early 1970s after which he returned to his original name Gurvitz). The Knack changed their name in the spring/summer of 1966, and the setup was Paul Curtis (Gurvitz) on guitar and vocals, Louie Farrell (born Brian John Farrell, 8 December 1947, Goodmayes, Essex)  (who had joined The Knack in mid 1966) on drums, Gearie Kenworthy on bass guitar (born 17 October 1946), Tim Mycroft organ (born 1948 died 2000), and later for a short while, Jon Anderson of Yes. The Gun performed at the UFO Club, supporting bands such as

Twink - Think Pink (1970)

Think Pink is the 1970 debut album by English psychedelic musician Twink. It was produced by Mick Farren and featured members of The Pretty Things, The Deviants, plus Steve Peregrin Took of

Pink Fairies - Never Never Land (1971)

Never Never Land is the 1971 debut album by the UK underground group Pink Fairies.

The group were formed when the three musicians from The Deviants, having sacked their singer and leader Mick Farren, returned from a disastrous tour of the West Coast of North America and hooked up with Twink. These musicians had previously collaborated on Twink's Think Pink prior to the tour, and during the tour Twink, Farren and Steve Peregrin Took had used The Pink Fairies Motorcycle Club and All-Star Rock and Roll Band name, taken from a story written by Jamie Mandelkau, as an umbrella for their activities, including one gig in Manchester.

Polydor Records commissioned the group to record a

The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)

S.F. Sorrow is the fourth album by the English rock group The Pretty Things. Released in 1968, it is one of the first rock concept albums.

Based on a short story by singer Phil May, the album is structured as a song cycle, telling the story of the main character, Sebastian F. Sorrow, from birth through love, war, tragedy, madness, and the disillusionment of old age. Although the album is a rock opera, it has been stated

Tomorrow - Tomorrow (1968)

Tomorrow (previously known as The In-Crowd and before that as Four Plus One) were a 1960s psychedelic rock, pop and freakbeat band. Despite critical acclaim and support from DJ John Peel who featured them on his "Perfumed Garden" radio show, the band was not a great success in commercial terms. They were among the first psychedelic bands in England along with Pink Floyd and Soft Machine. Tomorrow recorded the first ever John Peel show session on BBC Radio 1 on 21 September 1967.

Tomorrow is a 1968 album by the English psychedelic rock band Tomorrow. It was originally released by EMI Parlophone in the U.K. in a black and white sleeve. A slightly different version

Flash - Flash (1972)

Artwork: Hipgnosis with Maurice Tate (tinting)

Flash was an English progressive rock group, formed by former Yes guitarist Peter Banks and vocalist Colin Carter in August 1971. Bassist Ray Bennett, and Mike Hough on drums completed the line-up.

The band went into the recording studio in November 1971 to record its debut album, and performed its first gig on 14 January 1972. Coincidentally, exactly one year later, on 14 January 1973, Flash would fill New York's Philharmonic Hall.

There is some controversy over whether

Mellow candle - Swaddling Songs (1972)

"(...) Mellow Candle (from Ireland) are near-legendary in prog folk circles (...). This was their only studio release, but every song here is a folk delight with mild psych overtones and occasionally even a little rocking out. Best of all, the band features a pair of women whose voices seem to have

Harmonium - Si on avait besoin d'une cinquième saison (1975)

Si on avait besoin d'une cinquième saison (If We Needed a Fifth Season), also known as Les Cinq 

Saisons (The Five Seasons), is the second album by Quebec band Harmonium, released in 1975. The album marked a departure from the folk rock sound of the band's self-titled debut album towards a unique

Colosseum II - Strange New Flesh (1976)

Artwork by Ross McLochness with Ian Emes (illustration)

"Colosseum II was a British band formed in 1975 by the former Colosseum drummer and leader, Jon Hiseman, following the 1974 demise of his band Tempest. Hiseman announced his plan to form the band eventually named Colosseum II in November 1974, but only Gary Moore was

Circus - Movin' on (1977)

"From Basel, Switzerland, Circus had much success in Europe, with three studio albums and a document of them in concert (which we presume to be a bootleg). Formed in 1972, Circus took time to refine and hone their style, a complex rock with jazz and classical angles, and a rather unique instrumentation. Yes, remarkably, Circus played rock music without any

Blues Magoos - Psychedelic Lollipop (1966)

Psychedelic Lollipop is the debut album by the American rock band the Blues Magoos, and is one of the first records to have the word “psychedelic” on the sleeve. Their single “(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet” was their most successful effort, rising into the

High Tide - Sea Shanties (1969)

"Called by some a masterpiece of proto-prog-metal, "Sea Shanties" is somewhat rougher around the edges than its follow-up, "High Tide". Nevertheless, it is undeniably miles ahead of its time: a powerful, haunting wall of sound which is only let down by poor production values, all too revealing of the 37 years that have passed since the album's release. Strangely enough,

Fusion Orchestra - Skeleton in armour (1973)

"A little-known powerhouse of a band, Fusion Orchestra was one of the best of the many long-lost British groups that celebrated the new progressive sound of the early 1970s. Leader Jill Saward takes the reins as firmly as any male musician of her time and belts out a wail that could put some off, but her flute playing and contributions on

Birth Control - Plastic People (1975)

Formed in Germany, Birth Control it's a somewhat strange group: they started as a instrumental jazz rock outfit, but their albums are in the vein of Deep Purple with a German touch.

Plastic People, by the way, it's a mix of progressive, hard rock, krautrock (very little), jazz/soul and

Lucifer's Friend - Lucifer's Friend (1970)

Lucifer's Friend, previously known as Asterix, formed in Germany with the English singer John Lawton, later with Uriah Heep.

Their self-titled album released in 1970 it's a mixture of Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. In some tracks you can clearly hear, in the guitar playing,

Cirkus - Cirkus One (1973)

Cirkus was a band from UK.

"In 1973 Cirkus recorded their debut album "Cirkus One" at Sound Associates/Emison & Air Studios and just 1000 copies were pressed up. It is widely regarded by many collectors today as the most

May Blitz - May Blitz (1970)

(Artwork by Tony Benyon)

May Blitz were formed in 1969 by ex-Jeff Beck Group member Tony Newman on drums, Canadians James Black on lead guitar and vocals and Reid Hudson on bass and vocals.

Their debut album "May Blitz" was released on Vertigo in 1970. The cover was designed by

Laghonia - Etcetera (1971)

Laghonia was a peruvian psychedelic band. It's a quite a surprise that too few listeners know them.

Etcetera released in 1971 after Glue (their first album) is a very good album that I place near Psychedelic Lollipop by Blue Magoos.

These young boys (at the time) are good musicians and

Nautilus - 20,000 Miles Under The Sea (1978)

(artwork by Ralph Stucki)

The band is Nautilus, the year is the 1978, the country is Switzerland and here it is a little lost gem called 20 000 Miles Under The Sea. This band is almost ignored by the most.

This is a 1978 release, recorded in 1977, but it could be released in

Utopian Fields ‎– Utopian Fields (1989)

Utopian Fields is a band formed in Norway in 1988. Under the Colours Label they recorded two albums (actually three, but the third one was never released).

Their self-titled debut was released on vinyl in 1989, This is not your typical 80's style of music. The sound is an acoustic soft psych/progressive rock with slow-tempo compositions with

Mariani - Perpetuum Mobile (1970)

(artwork by Giorgio Mangora & Michele Zignego - Akarma edition)

In 1970 Vince Mariani made a band with a young Eric Johnson (yes, that Johnson who made cliffs of dover) and bassist/singer Jay Podolnick.

The music are in the vein of that years: psychedelic-lot-of-wahwah-acidrock style.

In my opinion, nothing to remember for what concern about the songs. It's a honest album: not terrible neither amazing. Interesting for Eric Johnson's fans.

There are good tracks and

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