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

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

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

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

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

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

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