What’s well known about the Strawbs was that they were never known for a steady lineup, with only Dave Cousins being the only constant through the mess. The band was known for having Rick Wakeman in their ranks, but he left in 1971 for Yes, of course. In his place was a keyboardist named Mick […] Continue reading →

The Beatles: LOVE A Religious Experience! Review by Skip Stone Buy Audio DVD at Amazon.com Buy CD at Amazon.com Are YOU ready for this psychedelic experience? Have you rolled up & smoked that fatty with the best weed you can find? Are you coming on to those shrooms? Have you begun to PEAK on that […] Continue reading →

Buddah Records might be more notable for bubblegum acts like The Ohio Express and the 1910 Fruitgum Company, but to be fair, Captain Beefheart was also on that label for his debut album, Safe as Milk (by far the most credible artist to end up on the label). One of the more unusual albums you’ll […] Continue reading →

In 1978, Tim Blake recorded and released his second solo album, Blake’s New Jerusalem, also released on the French Egg label. This time around, it’s a studio effort, so whatever flaws of Crystal Machine, are not here, since he got time to edit those flaws. Blake this time around, not only handles his trustworthy Mini […] Continue reading →

If you happen to be a fan of Popol Vuh, you are more likely to have albums like Hosianna Mantra (1972), Seligpreisung (1973), Einsjager & Siebenjager (1974), etc. You know that Florian Fricke tended to use piano as his main instrument, and no electronic instruments were used by any other band member. So it’s a […] Continue reading →

Buy This CD! In 1971, Strawbs released their fourth album, From the Witchwood. It was only their second album to have an American release (their self-entitled 1969 debut and 1970’s Dragonfly, were originally released only in the UK, and never received an American release, so as you might guess, those are their hardest to acquire […] Continue reading →

Buy This CD! We all know the history of Deep Purple. Many of the band members had played with other people, Ritchie Blackmore, for example, played for Screaming Lord Sutch, and was an early member of a band called The Trip (which was a British band at the time, but then moved to Italy and […] Continue reading →

Comus was one of those British bands that were somewhere between folk rock and prog rock, but never doing versions of traditional folk material the way of Fairport Convention or Steeleye Span. They have a harder edge than any of those groups, and plenty of creative passages and tempo changes that would make them also […] Continue reading →

Buy This CD! In 1969, around the release of Last Exit (which was mainly live leftovers, that is performance of songs found on none of their other albums, and collections of non-album singles, more of an idea thought of by Island Records than by the band), Traffic broke up. Steve Winwood teamed up with Eric […] Continue reading →

Argentina’s Espiritu was known for constant lineup changes, and habits of reuniting now and then, releasing some albums, and breaking up. The band formed in 1973 and that year released their first single, “Hoy, Sempre Hoy” b/w “Soy La Noche”. I have not heard this early single, but in 1975 comes their first full-length album, […] Continue reading →