Spring, from Leicestershire (same area of England that brought us bands like Family and Pesky Gee/Black Widow) was one of many British prog rock bands that was not very well known, but their one and only album is a wonderful example of early progressive rock. And if you’re a Mellotron fan, then you gotta own […] Continue reading →

Seven Up, Ash Ra Tempel’s third album is often very misunderstood by fans of their music. It’s a real odd one to say the least, and if you’re familiar with such albums as their 1971 debut, Join Inn (1973), or Inventions For Electric Guitar (1975, actually a Manuel Göttsching solo album) this one is quite […] Continue reading →

For an album that’s as amazing as Ash Ra Tempel’s self-entitled 1971 debut, the band knew right away they would need to follow that up with another excellent albums and they delivered. Guitarist Manuel Göttsching and bassist Hartmut Enke were still there. Klaus Schulze had already left the band, to pursue his ever famous solo […] Continue reading →

Nektar was one of those prog rock bands that people classify as German or Krautrock, when in reality, they were a British band who took residence in Germany. The band consisted of keyboardist Allan “Taff” Freeman, guitarist Roye Allbrighton, bassist Derek “Mo” Moore, and drummer Ron Howden. Journey to the Centre of the Eye is […] Continue reading →

Caravan, Soft Machine, Hatfield & the North, National Health, and Matching Mole are a few examples of the Canterbury rock scene. Many of these groups tended to be jazzy with bizarre experimentations thrown in. Another example is Khan, who only released this one and only album, Space Shanty in 1972 on Deram Records (same label […] Continue reading →

Writing on the Wall, from Edinburgh, Scotland is the epitome of an underground rock band. Their one and only album was entitled The Power of the Picts, released in 1969 on a label called Middle Earth (the band also happened to perform at the Middle Earth Club as well). The label only had something like […] Continue reading →

While many people most familiar with the German scene are familiar with bands such as Can, Faust, Neu, Amon Düül II, Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, and the likes, the country had quite a few more or less conventional symphonic prog acts out there. Like Eloy, Novalis, Grobschnitt, Ramses, many of these bands of course, […] Continue reading →

1971’s Galactic Zoo Dossier, Arthur Brown’s first album with his new band Kingdom Come proved that he still had more great material to give us. So a year later, he decided to record a second album, called Kingdom Come. By this point VCS-3 synthesizer player Julian Paul Brown and bassist Desmond Fisher left, replaced by […] Continue reading →

I have already reviewed a bunch of Ozric Tentacles albums already, but what I hadn’t done is reviewed one of their live albums, so here goes. Live at the Pongmasters Ball is the band’s most recent live album, recorded March 29th (Friday), 2002 at the Shepherds Bush Empire in London. This was also their first […] Continue reading →

In 1969, Jack S. Margolis wrote a book called A Child’s Garden of Grass. Two years later, an album based on that book surfaced on Elektra Records. If you’re looking for a silly comedy album in which the entire theme is on marijuana, and its affects, then you should go get a copy. I am […] Continue reading →