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

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,

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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