Riff Raff - Outside Looking In (uk 1999) (originally recorded in 1972)

Riff Raff - Outside Looking in (uk 1999)
(originally recorded in 1972)

Formed: 1972, United Kingdom

Members:
* Tommy Eyre (keyboards, Hammond organ, acoustic guitar),
* Alan Marshall (vocals),
* Roger Sutton (bass guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals),
* Rod Coombes (drums, percussion, acoustic guitar),
* Joe Czarnecki aka Joe Peters (2nd drums),
* Martin Ball (guitar),
* Richie Dalton (saxophones),
* Pete Kirtley (guitar 8 to 11),
* Kenny Slade (drums 8 to 11),
* Aurero De Souza (drums 8 to 11).

Related Artists: Mark-Almond, Nucleus, Blue Whale

Genres: Progressive Rock

Albums:
- Riff Raff (RCA SF 8351) 1973 (reissued on CD by Disconforme, DISC 1952 CD, 1999)
- Original Man (RCA LPLI 5023) 1974 (reissued on CD by Disconforme, DISC 1953 CD, 1999)
- Outside Looking In (never released before 1999; CD by Disconforme, DISC 1951 CD, 1999)
45:
- Copper Kettle/You Must Be Joking (RCA RCA 2396) 1973

Tracklist:
01. Outside Looking In – 9:17
02. The Blind Man – 8:18
03. Bach B. Minor Prelude – 2:58
04. Feeling Paranoic – 0:43
05. Buthelezi – 3:42
06. So You Want to Be Free – 10:56
07. Changes – 3:25
Bonus Tracks:
08. Child of the Summer – 6:02
09. For Every Dog – 4:08
10. Morning – 5:59
11. The Garden – 6:59

Riff Raff was a UK progressive rock band formed by keyboardist Tommy Eyre in 1972.The band was a continuation on the back of drummers (and Harrow School of Art friends) Rod Coombes (Juicy Lucy Strawbs and Stealers Wheel) and Joe Czarnecki's (Plainsmen) aka Joe Peter's project originally called 'Crikey' started in 1969 and completed in 1970 when Rod had to accept growing tour commitments with Juicy Lucy.These sessions comprise half of the Riff Raff album 'Outside Looking In' in which Rod wrote half the songs.Rod says that "the concept of the band was based around two drummers and afro-jazz (Rod and Joe were great fans of Ginger Baker and Miles Davis) and fusion(this album was one of the first true fusion albums to be recorded).I had worked with Roger with singer Paul Williams (Juicy Lucy)and Tommy previously and clearly we all enjoyed doing what we do best-playing freely".
Riff Raff later went on to release two albums to lukewarm response; however, their use of jazz and hard-edged rock garnered them a large underground following. Riff Raff also released the single "Copper Kettle". Although not typical of Riff Raff's repertoire, the band were unlucky not to get some chart coverage from the single.[citation needed]
NOTE: This band is not to be confused with a US rock band of the same name (Doug Lubahn: vocals, bass. Ned Liben: guitar. Werner Fritzsching: guitar. Mark Kaufman: drums) who released an album entitled Vinyl Futures (Atco SD-32-108) in 1981 (notable for having a Hipgnosis sleeve design). Also note, not to be confused with the Island recording artists "Riff Raff" 1978, Chris DeMarco, Ray Hennighan, Jimmy Lowell, Ned Liben, David Lanik.
 ~ From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Riff Raff came together almost as a natural consequence of the member’s different paths crossing each others at times.
While the Eyre and Sutton pair where working with Mark-Almond progressive duet, they had the time to record an album with Alan Marshall (future Zzebra) and drummer Rod Coombes (future Strawbs), but Mark-Almond became successful in America, so their project (then-named Strabismus) got put on hold. There are also bonus tracks from a recording session of the future incarnation of Riff Raff, with Kirtley, De Souza (and second drummer Kenny Slade).
All tracks (including, bizarrely, the bonus tracks) are written by bassist Sutton and drummer Coombes self-produced, this album is much rockier than the next two Riff Raff albums, and the opening title track is certainly a lengthy energetic number, rather contrasting with its (also length) follow-up Blind Man with its choral middle-section (recorded in the Guilford cathedral).
The Bach piece is much in the line of Blind Man. The side ends with an ultra-short Paranoia (musically-linked to the previous track). Since this album never came out under the vinyl format, it is relatively hard to tell which track would’ve been on which side since Buthelezi is also linked to Paranoiac (and therefore to the Bach piece), but it quickly develops into a drum solo. So far, this unreleased album has reserved us a few surprises, being much more classically-influenced than the next two Riff Raff albums. A bluesier (almost 11-min) To Be Free is certainly still enjoyable.
As for the bonus tracks supposed to be making the link from this unreleased album to the next one, not much is specified as to when the sessions took place, who was still in the group (three drummers for the whole album and two for the bonus tracks). “Child of the summer” is a very nice jazz-laced with soul vocals really announcing the eponymous album and is a small gem, Morning being a bit soul-folk-like, but allowing for instrumental interplay (a good flute-guitar duet), while the 7-min The Garden is a reflective piece offering peaceful ballad-like ambiances.
This “debut” album is rather different-sounding to the classic Riff Raff and is more for the hardcore fans, but still offers a few interesting moments. The bonus tracks are of a bit more interest as they really represent the Riff Raff genesis.
 ~ (Review from progarchives.com).

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Farm - Farm (us 1971)

Farm - Farm (us 1971, Crusade Enterprises LPS-465)

Formed: 1969,    Mt. Vernon, IL, United States
Disbanded: 1973 // 

Members:
* Del Herbert (lead guitar),
* Gary Gordon (vocals, guitar, bottleneck guitar),
* Jim Elwyn (vocals, bass),
* Steve Evanchik (percussion, harmonica),
* Roger Greenwalt (keyboards),
* Mike Young (drums).

ALBUMS:
1 FARM (Crusade Enterprises LPS-465) 1971 R2
NB: (1) reissued as a 10" LP (Akarma AK2012) 2000.  

Tracks:
01. Jungle Song (instrumental)- 7:45
02. Let That Boy Boogie - 7:13
03. Sunshine In My Window  - 3:47
04. Cottonfield Woman  - 3:57
05. Statesboro Blues - 3:24

Farm was a late '60s band from Southern Illinois, whose bluesy, country rock style was very similar of that of The Allman Brothers, and Canned Heat. In fact, Farm did an excellent version of the The Allman Brothers' "Statesboro Blues", which is featured on their first and only album, and opened for some big name acts of the day such as Canned Heat. Farm so impressed Canned Heat's  manager at the time, he offered to represent them, but the band turned him down.
Sadly, Farm disbanded about a year after their debut album was released.
 ~ by RYM.
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Recorded at Golden Voice Recording Studios in South Pekin, Illinois and released on a small record label from Flora, Illinois, this Farm released a very obscure and rare album of heavy garage psych with fuzz guitars, congas, mouth harp, organ, bottleneck and timbales. The album contains five tracks including Jungle Song, Let That Boy Boogie and Sunshine In My Window.
They thank a certain George Leeman as their friend and spiritual guide.            
 ~ (Stephane Rebeschini) / Fuzz, Acid & Flowers
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The line up consisted of bassist Jim Elwyn, percussionist Steve Evanchik, singer/guitarist Gary Gordon, keyboard player  Roger Greenwalt, guitarist Del Herbert and drummer Mike Young.  I also know that their 1971 debut "Farm" was recorded at Golden Voice Studios in South Perkin, Illinois and was limited to a 500 copy pressing.  Featuring largely original material, the set's fairly varied.  The opening instrumental 'Jungle Song' and 'Sunshine In My Window' are both strong guitar-propelled numbers that sound heavily influenced by both The Allman Brothers and Santana.  Elsewhere, 'Cottonfield Woman' was a nice slice of blues-rock, while as you'd probably expect from the title 'Let the Boy Boogie' and a cover of 'Statesboro Blues' were okay slices of boogie. 
(Quoting from the liner notes - "Many thanks to George Leeman, our friend and spiritual guide"
- anyone know who Leeman is?)
 ~ Internet source.

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V.A. - Freakout U.S.A. (1967)

V.A. - Freakout U.S.A. (1967, Tower T-5901, Mono)

Tracks:
Side 1
A1. Freakout U.S.A. - The Aftermath (M. Curb)
A2. Psychotic Reaction - The Hands of Time (Ellner, Chaney, Atkison, Byrne, Michalski)
A3.Yellow Pill - Mom's Boys (Beckner, Hector, Martin, McClain, Wibier)
A4. Poisons in My Body - International Theatre Foundation (M. Cohen)
A5. I'm Losing It - The Glass Family (Parrett, Lamont)

Side 2
B1. Up and Down - Mom's Boys (Beckner, Hector, Martin, McClain, Wibier)
B2. Season of the Witch - The Mugwumps (Donovan)
B3. Number 1 Lover - Everybody's Children (J. Capps, M. Jay)
B4. Don't Try to Crawl Back - Jesters (Pittman, Fredrickson Jr.)
B5. I Like the Way You Freakout - The Hands of Time (H. Hatcher)

This is one of the better cash-in artifacts of the mid-60s teenquake. Released on the same label that produced soundtracks to American International Pictures biker flicks like The Wild Angels (on which The Hands of Time also appear), and featuring a title track written by an eventual California lieutenant governor. The Aftermath's segues from Standells' styled garage-punk to Jan & Dean sunshine harmonies and back are particularly winning. The Zappa-esque jazz freakout "Poisons in My Body" could be a serious bummer if your trip's not going well, but the fuzz guitar "I'm Losing It" will reel you back in.
 ~ Internet source.

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The Summer Sounds - Up Bown (us 1969)

The Summer Sounds - Up Down (us 1969)

Formed:  North Dartmouth, MA, United States

Tracks:
01. Small World - 2.49
02. Hard To Please - 3.55
03. Lonely Beach - 3.23
04. Gimme Some Lovin΄ - 2.58
05. One Last Kiss - 2.22
06. The Leaves Are Turning Brown - 4.20
07. Summer Girl - 4.22
08. I Love You - 3.42
09. First Date - 2.21
10. You Told Me - 2.42

Reviews:
"Mega rare album from the Dartmouth, Massachusetts fivepiece outfit which was released originally on the Laurel label (Laurel 331098) in 1969. Up-Down is an album of largely self-penned material (only 2 covers, one of which is a strong version of The Spencer Davis Group's hit, 'Gimme Some Lovin') with The Leaves Are Turning Brown, complete with cheesy psych organ and wonderful earnest vocals, is the stand out track. Up-Down is a beat-garage concept album detailing the highs and lows of a summer vacation romance, with, as you would expect, loads of moody teenage angst and lashings of self pity. The songs are all catchy, and there's a couple of good ballads. Mega rare album from the Dartmouth, Massachusetts five-piece outfit which was released originally on the Laurel label in 1969. Largely self-penned material (only 2 covers, one of which is a strong version of The Spencer Davis Group's hit, Gimme Some Lovin') with The Leaves Are Turning Brown, complete with cheesy psych organ and wonderfully-earnest vocals, is the stand out track. Up-Down is a beat-garage concept album detailing the highs and lows of a summer vocation romance, with, as you would expect, loads of moody teenage angst and lashings of self pity.First time that this album, with it's ultra-cool cover, has been reissued on CD.
~ by CGR.
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First off, let me underscore this is a copy of the mid-1990s 400 copy reissue.  It's expensive, but then an original copy will set you back $600 - $800.
These guys stands as another mid-1960s outfit that's been largely forgotten over the years. 
There certainly isn't a great deal of bibliographical data available on them.  A five piece (no surnames on the liner notes), they were apparently from Dartmouth, Massachusetts and got a recording contract as a result of having won a local talent contest.
Released in 1969 by the Laurel label, "Up-Down" must have already sounded hopelessly dated on its release.  Surrounded by a sea of acts pushing blues jams, psych meltdowns, and hard rock, these guys proudly stuck with a very retro sound.  Showcased lots of original, Farfisa-propelled ballads, to my untrained ears these hopelessly earnest performances sounded like something from the 1965-1966 timeframe rather than 1969.  Who knows, maybe they were going for a retro sound. 
Exemplified by tracks like 'Small World', 'Lonely Beach' and their cover of The Zombies 'I Love You' this was broken-hearted mid-1960s garage rock at its best.  Even the isolated up-tempo numbers such as their cover of The Spencer Davis Group's 'Gimme Some Lovin'', 'First Date', and the closer 'You Told Me' sounded like they'd been recorded with a broken heart, or at least under the effects of a codeine blanket.  Adding to the mystique, the album was apparently intended as a concept piece, most of the nine songs dealing with the subject of found-then-lost summer love - want to hear a heartbroken guy then check out the near suicidal 'Summer Girl'.  All told you wouldn't think this would be something to get all that excited about here.  The funny thing is this is a wonderful album.  The low tech, overly earnest feel was simply KILLER - I dare anyone to hear 'Hard To Please' or the organ-propelled 'The Leaves Are Turning Brown' (with a keyboard riff that will drill its way into your head and not let go) and not be won over.  Worth the asking price of an original?  I'll leave that decision up to each of you.
~ by RDTEN1 (RYM).

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Nino Ferrer - Nino And Radiah (Fra 1974)

Nino Ferrer - Nino and Radiah (Fra 1974)

Born: August 15, 1934,    Genova, Liguria , Italy
Died: August 13, 1998 //    Montcuq, Midi-Pyrénées, France

Related Artists: Les Gottamou
Also Known As: Nino Agostino Arturo Maria Ferrari [birth name]

Genres:
Pop/Rock, Psychedelic Pop, French Pop, Chanson, Jazz-Rock

Members:
* Nino Ferrer - guitar & vocals
* Radiah Frye - vocals & sympathy
with:
* the American band ICE:
* Arthur Young & Ronnie James - trumpet
* Franck Abel - keyboards
* Larry Jones - electric guitar
* Lafayette Hudson - bass
* Danny Donath - drums
* Kino Speller - percussion

Tracks:
01. South (N. Ferrer) - 5:00**
02. Moses (N. Ferrer, D. Moses, R. Frye) - 4:45
03. Mint Julep (N. Ferrer, D. Moses, R. Frye) - 4:00
04. Hot Toddy (N. Ferrer, D. Moses, R. Frye) - 8:35
05. Vomitation (N. Ferrer, D. Moses, R. Frye) - 2:36
06. The Garden (N. Ferrer, D. Moses, R. Frye) - 4:20
07. Looking For You (N. Ferrer) - 5:47
08. New York (N. Ferrer) - 5:02
09. Le Sud (N. Ferrer) [Bonus Track] - 4:33***

**Track 01. members:
- Nino Ferrer - vocals
- Michel Bernholc - conducting & piano
- Claude Engel & Gérard Kawcsynski - guitars
- Christian Padovan - bass
- André Sitbon - drums
- Marc Chantereau - percussion

***Track 09.
- From: 537 732 - 2,  Barclay CD: Nino and Radiah et le Sud (1997)

A good album in English by an Italian-French artist. "South" was recorded in London Trident Studio with French and British musicians, all of the other song in Rueil (near Paris) with the group Gee and others. "Le Sud" is the French adaption of "South", and it has become a big hit in France, frequently heard on radios even now. Most of the album has a blues and progressive feeling, and a relaxed tone.
The (now) politically incorrect cover has been replaced on certain reissues by a view of a house in a garden ...
 ~ by chrismass61 (RYM).
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Taking into account Nino Ferrer's personal view of his discography, the album Nino and Radiah should be perceived as his third album (although chronologically this was in fact number seven). It followed the prog rock approach of 1971's Métronomie and the rock & roll leanings of the Mickey Finn collaboration Nino Ferrer & Leggs from 1973. The album is partly named after Afro-American singer Radiah Frye, and her pinup presence flanking Ferrer substantially upgraded the original album cover. Accompanied by the Lafayette Afro Rock Band (aka Ice), Ferrer set out on yet another shape-shifting exercise. Building on the groovy vibe of Métronomie, the album ultimately steers toward majestically orchestrated, laid-back funk. Entirely different from his earlier take on Southern soul, the result requires several listenings before it gently entangles your subconscious and reveals its addictive qualities. Reminiscent of the New Orleans-inspired funk of Little Feat and California singer/songwriters from the same era, it's perfect company for driving the French countryside or West Coast highways. It was recorded in November 1973 and sung in English with one exception. Ferrer's longtime accomplice Bernard Estardy rearranged the track "South," adding some widescreen organ touches. The resulting "Le Sud" had huge commercial appeal, much to the chagrin of Ferrer: he felt the artistic compromise of aiming at chart success had rendered everything else on the album pointless in a similar way to what had happened previously to Métronomie and its leadoff track, "La Maison Près de la Fontaine." However, the royalties did enable him to buy a 15th century fortress in the Quercy region, where he would retreat between albums and divide his time between his family and painting. "Le Sud"/"South" refers to a Louisiana-style mansion situated in Italy: a pleasant and idyllic place where the moody Ferrer seeks refuge from his dark side. Both versions serve as bookends to the album, which works best as a whole. Still, standout tracks are the funky "Mint Julep" (a relative of the Mojito cocktail) with its fuzzy guitar and the lengthy but mesmerizing "Hot Toddy." "The Garden" with its lazy organ and the bongo-laden "New York" sound fairly close to what the French band Air would build an entire career on. Remaining a relatively undiscovered gem, Nino and Radiah is in fact up there with classics like Melody Nelson and Polnareff's.
 ~ AMG.

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V.A. - When The May Rain Comes (2009)

V.A. - When The May Rain Comes (2009)
[Mixtape #3, By dfbm at 5/27/2009]

Genre: Psych Folk, Freak Folk, LoFi, Acoustic, Psychedelic.

Tracklisting:
01. Current 93 - When The May Rain Comes [from: Thunder Perfect Mind]
02. No One Conquered, Wyoming - Golden Spools [from: Vega]
03. French Quarter - Golden Heart [from: French Quarter]
04. Greg Ashley - Mona Rider [from: Medicine Fuck Dream]
05. Sand - Burning House [from: Vulture I]
06. Parameter - Virgin Childe [from: Galactic Ramble]
07. Satwa - Allegro Piradissimo [from: Satwa]
08. Virgin Insanity - Time Of Sorrows Gone Soon [from: Illusions of the Maintenance Man]
09. David Pajo - Where Eagles Dare [from: Scream With Me]
10. Chauchat - Odessa [from: Cardboard Projectors]
11. Gowns - Experts [from: Gowns]
12. No One Conquered, Wyoming - The Panda [from: Vega]
13. Sand - May Rain [from: Golem]

The last days of may. This month always sucks personally. Bad season for broken hearts or too much work or any other bad things - because it would be nicer too feel the bloom. But everything will pass, and there is music helping a bit.
So here for your listening pleasure a mix with mostly acoustic/psych/folk stuff. Old an new mixed together. Tell me what you think!
 ~ By dfbm (dying for bad music).

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Chris Smither - Honeysuckle Dog (us 1973)

Chris Smither - Honeysuckle Dog (us 1973) [unreleased until 2004]

Born: November 11, 1944,   Miami, Fl, United States.

Genres: Folk, Blues, Contemporary Folk, Acoustic Blues

Personnel:
* Chris Smither (vocals, acoustic guitar), 
* John Bailey (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, autoharp),
* Dave Holland (acoustic bass, double bass),
* Jackie Lomax (electric bass, bass guitar),
* Richard Anthony Davis (electric bass),
* Richard Davis (bass guitar),
* Ralph McDonald (tambourine),
* Maeretha Stewart (background vocals),
* Lowell George (electric guitar),
* Robin Kenyatta (flute);
* Eric Kaz (harmonica, piano, electric piano),
* Perry Robinson (clarinet),
* Pat Rebillot (piano, organ),
* Dr. John (piano),
* Bill Payne (piano),
* Mike Mainieri (vibraphone),
* Chris Parker ,
* Ray Lucas (drums),
* Dede Puma (background vocals),
* Patti Austin (background vocals),
* Hilda Harris (background vocals).

Tracks:
01. Sunshine Lady (MacNeil)
02. Tribute to Mississippi John Hurt (Hurt)
03. Honeysuckle Dog (Smither)
04. Rattlesnake Preacher (Eric Von Schmidt)
05. Rosalie (Smither)
06. Guilty (Randy Newman)
07. It Ain't Easy (Ron Davies)
08. Lonely Time (Smither)
09. Homunculus (Smither)
10. Braden River (Smither)
11. Steel Guitar (Danny O'Keefe)
12. Jailhouse Blues (Traditional)

Recording information:
- Bearsville Sound, Woodstock, NY (12/1997).
Production:
- Produced by Michael Cuscuna
- Engineered by Mark Harmon, Nick Jameson, Harry Maslin
[Recorded with producer Michael Cuscuna in two sessions — Woodstock, December 1972, and New York]

City, Spring 1973 — this was to be Smither’s third album for Poppy. Soon after it was finished, the label folded, parent company United Artists took over the masters, and the album was shelved.
The Cambridge-via-New-Orleans guitarist, singer and songwriter subsequently recorded ten of its twelve songs on later albums, but this is the first time Honeysuckle Dog has been released intact. It suggests that with a few breaks labelwise and a less self-destructive personal life, Smither could even then have been a contender, at least on a John Hammond/Ry Cooder level.
Only “Sunshine Lady”, the opening track, written by fellow Cambridge folkie Paul MacNeil, sounds dated. Cuscuna’s liner notes describe it as “commercial,” but in truth it’s a vapid period-piece invoking the worst soporifics of the post-’60s-rock, singer-songwriter weenie backlash. After that, it’s clear sailing for Smither, whether he’s playing a solo acoustic track such as “Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt” or working with a band on “Rosalie”.
On the former, his complex, elegiac fingerpicking style interpolates his own deft instrumental theme with four of the pacific Delta bluesman’s calling-card songs. The latter, with a full band that includes Little Feat’s Lowell George on electric guitar, confirms that even though Smither didn’t have much of a blues voice, he did invest it with tremendous blues feeling of his own. He sounds like nobody but himself, true to his influences without aping them, as did most of his misguided white blues peers. This track and its solo acoustic successor, a knowing interpretation of Randy Newman’s “Guilty” that was recorded before either the composer’s or Bonnie Raitt’s versions, provide the album’s emotional core.
The rest of the set balances originals such as the title song (featuring Dr. John) and the deeply estranged “Homunculus” with Smither readings of Bessie Smith’s “Jailhouse Blues”, Danny O’Keefe’s “Steel Guitar” and the like. Honeysuckle Dog fills a gaping hole in the Smither discography, and most of it can stand with anything he’s done in the three-plus decades since.
 ~ By John Morthland.
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Rock is teeming with Great Lost Albums. Mostly they gather dust in a vault somewhere, the odd song resurfacing on future projects. Smither's buried gem was recorded in 1973 in New York with impressive guests including Dr John and Little Feat's Lowell George. The non-appearance of his third album for Poppy - after the label went under and its backers kept the tapes - led to a downward spiral that put paid to most of the 1970s.
Unearthed by Heavenly Records 32 years on, it sounds remarkably fresh. There's a definite early 70s feel to the production on band songs such as Sunshine Lady - part Tim Hardin but a bigger part Poppy, since the same sheen was added to Smither's labelmate Townes Van Zandt. But the spare, exquisitely played, bittersweet solo voice-and-guitar songs - Smither's own plus excellent covers of Randy Newman (Guilty) and Bessie Smith (Jailhouse Blues) - are timeless.
 ~ by Sylvie Simmons (The Guardian, Friday 14 October 2005).
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Whether you call this previously unreleased collection Chris Smither's lost album or just an artifact of the early-'70s singer-songwriter scare, the pleasures it offers are evident, if not always essential. Some of the songs would be rerecorded in tighter versions for 1984's It Ain't Easy (although Lowell George's slide work on "Rosalie" and "It Ain't Easy" is brilliant) while others are reprised and improved versions of songs from Smither's first two records (I'm a Stranger Too and Don't It Drag On); the wistful original "Braden River" has never been heard before or since. The jazz-folk settings on half the cuts echo early Tim Hardin or Tim Buckley, but Smither's signature, delicately ornamented guitar work is in full-bloom--no other singer-songwriter at the time could begin to transform Bessie Smith's "Jailhouse Blues" the way he does. Die-hard fans will likely find this set a modest revelation.
 ~ by Roy Kasten (Amazon.com)

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Family Times Band - Family Times Band (us 1976)

Family Times Band - Family Times Band (us 1976)

Formed: Newport News, VA, United States.

Members:
* Don Leitzke (song writer, arranger, guitar, vocals),
* Jen Leitzke (keyboards, vocals),
* Amy Leitzke (bass guitar, vocals),
* Tom Leitzke (percussion, vocals).

Genres:
70s Folk Rock, Acid Folk, Singer-Songwriter Psychedelia

Album releases:
- "Family Times Band" 1976 (Casey Records)  [500p]
- "Family Times Band" 2009 (CD Erebus, UK)

Information:
All Erebus Records titles are remastered at the legendary Abbey Road Studios and contain
4-page booklets with band info.

Tracklist:
01. Sitting by the ocean - 5:06
02. She's done - 3:15
03. My love - 3:46
04. You've got to carry on - 3:25
05. The morning's just begun - 2:19
06. Cause you know - 2:21
07. That was all just a game - 2:47
08. Everybody get happy - 2:19
09. All I need - 2:36
10. What should we do - 2:42

Local band of two brothers and two sisters doing amateur CSN/America '70s folkrock with a humble
vibe. Some people seem to rate this highly but I found it disappointing, with a insipid, spineless feel. "She's Gone" and "Sitting By The Ocean" are usually rated as the best tracks, but even those didn't strike me as terribly interesting. My personal reservations aside, this is a rare album that has sold for good $$$ and should have been in the Acid Archives 2nd Edition book, but was omitted due to a printing error. It's housed in the same generic cover as the Asylum LP.
 ~ from Acid Archives [PL].
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Family Times Band consisted of two brothers and two sisters who hailed from Newport News, Virginia and originally released this their sole album in 1976 as a private press.
This album runs the gamut from killer hypnotic acid folk psych "Sitting By The Ocean" to West Coast psychy folk rock "She's Gone", 3rd Velvets/Hackamore Brick sounds "All I Need", to fuzzed out rockers "Cause You Know". Overall it comes across as being very much a mixture of the Seventh Dawn "Sunrise" LP and the Art Of Lovin'. And despite the 1976 release date, this album is much more in keeping with 1969-70 sensibilities. Lead vocalist Don Leitzke sounds very much like Mandrake Memorial's Michael Kac.
 ~ from cd notes.
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...Released in 1976 as a privately pressed edition of 500 on the Casey Records label, this lp runs the gamut from killer hypnotic acid folk psych ("Sitting By The Ocean") to West Coast psychy folk rock ("She's Gone"), 3rd Velvets/Hackamore Brick sounds ("All I Need"), to fuzzed out rockers ("Cause You Know"). With a band consisting of 2 brothers and 2 sisters, the lp comes across as being very much a mixture of the Seventh Dawn "Sunrise" lp and albums by bands such as Art Of Lovin', Growing Concern, etc. Despite the 1976 release date, the lp is much more in keeping with 1969-70 sensibilities. Instrumental lineup is drums, bass, electric and acoustic guitar, keyboards (piano, organ), male and female vocals. Lead vocals are chielfy male, with female harmonies...
 ~ internet source.

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Ferris Wheel - Supernatural Girl (uk 1974)

Ferris Wheel - Supernatural Girl (uk 1974 private pressing audio archives - aacd 047)

Category: Progressive Folk / Underground
Year: 1974
Country: England

Tracklist:
01. Flowers   
02. Sad Eyed Lady   
03. Piscean Ride   
04. Flowers Two   
05. Angel   
06. When I Look At You   
07. Princess   
08. Such A Sad Sad Day   
09. Yes I Know   
10. Andrea   
11. The Mermaid   
12. I'm Remembering You   
13. Supernatural girl   
14. Ferris Wheel

The rarest UK stoner-folk album from the early 70's. Dark, broody electric-folk with downer edge. Only recently discovered-just one know existing copy of original privet-pressing survived. A true lost period artefact and the ultimate folk rarity. Fully re-remastered, band details and original artwork included. Makes Leonard Cohen's albums sound joyous by comparison.
 ~ Audio Archives-UK.
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One in a million.  Like the impression left from swallowing whole a great book, or a decaying love affair, the music of dear Ferris Wheel has the ability to reduce the atmosphere around you to only the shimmering hazy essence of true nature.  Time doesn't exist, emotion is a pure substance tangible to the touch or other sense, ego is debateable - and may fly away in the wind; you're left with the frailest sense of being human in that perhaps one is nothing but sentient nerve.  I do believe Ed, Stan and Rich are tapped just that closely to the main wire...  the more I have listened to this LP the less I can deny some kind of complete musical and personal honesty on their part.  For me, this is truly shaking.  It's a long record, and I'm glad for it.  It works.  Songs are played with an effervescently melancholic leisure - working mistakes and earthy blunders left intact, not out of a loner's despair, but rather some kind of effortless cosmic resignation.  There's no need to rush, obviously.  These guys could be the oldest souls in the world.  And they'd know it wouldn't make a difference whether 5 people or 400 heard their moment of absolute medieval-heartbreak jangle quintessence.  Batter for the baking are the production values - marvelously warm, lo-fi, and glowing in a midnight pluck and ramble so rarely found in the private press, or anywhere.  Surely a counterpart to American signposts like Virgil Caine or Virgin Insanity, albeit of a completely continental drift - and less claustrophobic than either of those LPs - tempered instead with a slightly screwy grin and wistfully Baroque sense of humor as languid and bittersweet as floating out to sea in an unnamed vessel on the Mediterranean knowing that you may have so much in store but the faces and places and loves that have come before are impossibly lost to the mist.  Soulfully exhausted, perhaps entirely weary but still present. Still feeling! As long as the moon shines on the decks! Yes!
 ~ Joaquim_Peso (RYM).
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Woods, eat your heart out: Ferris Wheel was DIY-ing their outsider electric folk almost 40 freakin’ years ago. Not to be confused with funky mid-’60s UK pop band The Ferris Wheel, Ferris Wheel’s ’74 private press LP Supernatural Girl (reissued on CD by Audio Archives in 2004) is a soft, subtle album of understated pleasure. Not a staggering revelation; not the kind of total obscurity that splashes out of nowhere like a water balloon and makes you slap your own forehead like, “My god! Where has this been all my life?!” It’s just an endearingly flawed, not-too-adventurous but quietly beautiful, eerily distant, and impressively patient and melodic little album. The lyrics are kinda hippie-dippy, but hey, it’s early-’70s psych-folk; ya gotta just take it with a grain of salt. It also sounds like it was recorded in a pillow fort, but that’s a distinct part of its charm; a testament to what folks used to pull off in meager circumstances before we digitized our existence. If you were to say that Supernatural Girl was a case of private press translating more  to “vanity press,” I would say… Maybe. But when it’s cloudy outside and you want something sullen, stony and easy on the ears, you’d be thankful this long lost lo-fi gem was born and preserved.
 ~ Howard Wyman (crawdaddy.com) [published on July 23, 2010].

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V.A. - Yells from the crypt (2005)

V.A. - Yells from the Crypt (2005)

Label: GraveWax Records
Catalog#: GW 79004

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: on November 15, 2005

Genre: Folk, World, & Country, Rock
Style: Surf, Garage Rock, Country, Bluegrass, Punk, Psychobilly, Rockabilly, Folk

Tracks:
01. The Creepniks - Shadow Over Elkhart   
02. Those Poor Bastards  - Among the Pines   
03. The Route 66 Killers  - Murder on Beaver Street   
04. The Cryptomaniacs  - Vampire Bar Fight   
05. Alex Machine - Blood on the Grill   
06. The Coffin Daggers  - Psychonaut   
07. Rainer Hass  - Packin' Heat at the Speakeasy   
08. Colonel Sander's Grave  - CSG Theme   
09. Sons of Perdition  - Anhelo   
10. Muleskinner Jones - Death Row Hoedown   
11. Gein and The Graverobbers - The Hungry Grave   
12. Blitzkriegbliss - Beast   
13. The Phantom Creeps - Dead and Gone   
14. Lona and The Love Objects - Give Me!   
15. Los Muertos Vivientes - El DiabloEl Mas Chingon   
16. Joecephus and the George Jonestown Massacre  - Going Back to Memphis   
17. Cooterfinger  - Hope You Get What You Deserve   
18. Dexentonados  - Juan Simon   
19. Lonesome Wyatt - The Hellbound Train   
20. Reverend Elvis and The Undead Syncopators  - People Hate Blues   
21. The Visitant - Helv

Gravewax Records is a Lone Star State's company offering rockabilly, surf, spaghetti western, twang country sounds for the masses, the living dead & the masses of the living dead.

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