Saxophonist Dan Seals, younger brother of Jimmy Seals of Seals & Crofts and classical pianist John Colley started out as the Shimmeres with various recordings in Nashville until their stage act as Colley & Wayland. Backed by Hip Records they launched their 1968 debut Smell Of Incense along with the title track which made #56. […] Continue reading →

Squelching reverb and crescendo leadbreaks quantify the German Freakbeat band Electric Sandwich. The first phase of this hippy ensemble came together with ex Whetstones drummer ‘Wolf‘ Lupus Fabian joined up with ex Chaotic Trust bassist Klaus ‘Lowry’ Lormann and ex Slaves of Fire guitarist Jog ‘Edu’ Ohlert , fronted by ex Flashback singer Jochen ‘Archie’ […] Continue reading →

Ex Tim Rose & the Thorns Jake Holmes later known as the Feldmans had written entire albums for Frank Sinatra and The Four Seasons. Jake’s debut The Above Ground Sound Of Jake Holmes which featured Jake on acoustic guitar, ex Feldmens Teddy Irwin on electric guitar and ex Brain Police Rick Randle on bass carried […] Continue reading →

Former guitarist for Moby Grape, Skip Spence entered the Columbia recording studios in Nashville 1968 to record his first solo album entitled Oar. Spence had just been released from the prison psychiatric ward of Bellevue hospital where he was incarcerated for six months. Skip produced the album, sang, played the drums and bass and all […] Continue reading →

Chicago was a band that really threw their credibility in the crapper with those cheesy ballads. Peter Cetera obviously laying a lot to blame, many of their cheesy hits, if they were not necessarily written by him, they were sung by him. You can be thankful in the early ’70s Chicago had so much better […] Continue reading →

One of the most riveting fuion of rock and brass to fill the shelves of a collector would be the album The Going’s Easy by The Greatest Show On Earth who first employed vocalist Ozzie Lane for a year. Greatest Show On Earth originally formed in 1968 through guitarist Garth-Roy and his bass-playing brother Norman, […] Continue reading →

While Woodstock went global in 1969 a Kansas group called Morning Dew launched their self titled album to a market incensed with Hendrix, The Doors and Grateful Dead . The story of this incredibly gifted foursome started when the folk rock band The Toads disbanded and formed Morning Dew. The groups first pressing were two […] Continue reading →

The Blues Magoos had done a lot to light up the Big Apple with their neon suits, but the group that matured the east coast sound was the underrated Magic Ship. They started out as the New Primitives comprising of Edward ‘Tommy’ Nikosey (guitar and vocals), Anthony ‘Guss’ Riozzi (bass and Hammond B three), Patrick […] Continue reading →

In the same superior rage as T2, Jody Grind remain vastly understated in musical measure and lyrical overflow.Their story started in 1966 when a group called The News comprising guitarist Ivan Zagni, Andy Fields vox & keyboards, Harvey Platt bass and Denny Royal drums released two singles “The Intertainer” and “I Count The Tears”. The […] Continue reading →

Pulsar is regarded as one of the best known French progressive rock bands, and for good reason. They have been called the French Pink Floyd, but they had plenty of their own style so as not to be considered copycats. I am focusing only on their first three albums as that’s the ones I’m familiar […] Continue reading →