Sweetwater s/t album from 1968, a heady mix of Progressive and Psychedelic Rock.
They were the first band to play at Woodstock and the outstanding lead vocalist, Nancy Nevis, reminds me of Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane.
Sweetwater should have been really successful but unfortunately Nevis was badly injured in a car crash which prevented her from performing for close to 2 years, by which time the world had passed them by.
“San Francisco’s Shiver” recorded in 1972 by Shiver but not released until the year 2000. One of the best Psychedelic/Hard Rock bands of that era.
AMG says “Shiver played psychedelic rock like many other bands from San Francisco in the flower power era of the late 1960s/early 1970s, but what differentiated them was their shear raw energy, making these acid rockers equally at home with the Haight hippy set and greasy redneck bikers. This album, recorded on a two-track recorder in 1972 with no overdubs, captures acid rock in its heyday, with crazed guitar solos, a wild rhythm section, and out-of-control screamed vocals.”
"Satori" the 1971 Psychedelic/Space/Hard Rock album by Japanese group Flower Travellin' Band.
AMG says "Flower Travelling Band was Japan's answer to Led Zeppelin meeting Blue Cheer and Black Sabbath at the Ash Ra Temple. Simply put, they played grand, spacey, tripped-out hard rock with a riffy base that was only two steps removed from the blues......Forget everything you know about hard rock from the 1970s until you've put this one (Satori) through your headphones. It's monolithic, expansive, flipped to wig city, and full of a beach blanket bong-out muscularity. In other words, this is a "real" classic and worth any price you happen to pay for it"
Really glad that this album got reissued around the time of Julian Cope's Japrocksampler so us young folk could get to hear it. A fine record by a fine band. Their first was also damn nifty and had a "classic" cover
The Blues Creation 1971 Heavy Psych/Hard Rock album "Demon & Eleven Children". Certainly one of the best of the early 1970s Japrock albums.
AMG says "it's safe to assume that only geographical isolation stopped Demon & Eleven Children from turning Blues Creation into a major concern overseas on par with, if not Zeppelin, Purple, or Sabbath, then possibly Leaf Hound, Buffalo, or Cactus."
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Sweetwater should have been really successful but unfortunately Nevis was badly injured in a car crash which prevented her from performing for close to 2 years, by which time the world had passed them by.
https://youtu.be/Aemo6GO55Fw?si=iNRcTiT5LC_pMbL2
AMG says “Shiver played psychedelic rock like many other bands from San Francisco in the flower power era of the late 1960s/early 1970s, but what differentiated them was their shear raw energy, making these acid rockers equally at home with the Haight hippy set and greasy redneck bikers. This album, recorded on a two-track recorder in 1972 with no overdubs, captures acid rock in its heyday, with crazed guitar solos, a wild rhythm section, and out-of-control screamed vocals.”
https://youtu.be/zl8Uq6bQhL0?t=12
AMG says "Flower Travelling Band was Japan's answer to Led Zeppelin meeting Blue Cheer and Black Sabbath at the Ash Ra Temple. Simply put, they played grand, spacey, tripped-out hard rock with a riffy base that was only two steps removed from the blues......Forget everything you know about hard rock from the 1970s until you've put this one (Satori) through your headphones. It's monolithic, expansive, flipped to wig city, and full of a beach blanket bong-out muscularity. In other words, this is a "real" classic and worth any price you happen to pay for it"
Really glad that this album got reissued around the time of Julian Cope's Japrocksampler so us young folk could get to hear it. A fine record by a fine band.
Their first was also damn nifty and had a "classic" cover
AMG says "it's safe to assume that only geographical isolation stopped Demon & Eleven Children from turning Blues Creation into a major concern overseas on par with, if not Zeppelin, Purple, or Sabbath, then possibly Leaf Hound, Buffalo, or Cactus."
Rather amazing cover!