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The Open Window s/t 1969 Prog/Art Rock album
The members of The Open Window (including Peter Schickele - refer my RIP post) also composed the score and lyrics for the famous and controversial, in its day, theatrical review, “Oh! Calcutta!… -
Johann Peter Schickele an American composer, musical educator and parodist, best known for comedy albums featuring his music, which he presented as being composed by the fictional in RIP Comment by peterfrederics February 2024
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"II" the beautiful 1999 Post Rock album by The Sonora Pine
AMG says ""II" was an early breakthrough in this mysterious magic, creating a glimmering world of soft-focus expressions that hung like smoke in the air and disappeared just as… -
"Radios Appear" the 1977 album by early Australian punk band Radio Birdman.
Calling them punk though underrates the tunefulness of their music and vocals.
Going to see them live in Melbourne on June 21st for their 50th Annivers… -
Melanie (Safka) who featured strongly in 1969 as well as the early 1970s, performing at Woodstock.
Apparently, she was inspired to write her greatest hit "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" after looking out into the crowd at Woodstock and s… -
"Live at the Atlanta International Pop Festival: July 3 & 5, 1970" by The Allman Brothers Band.
Outstanding live album probably only bettered by what many people consider to be the best live album of all time, their "At Fillmore East"… -
Four of my Aussie mates visiting our beach house!
in What's sitting outside your window right now? Comment by peterfrederics January 2024
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Have just finished reading “Scattershot” by Bernie Taupin.
Enjoyed it but there is rather too much name dropping the more you progress through the book.in What Are You Reading? Comment by peterfrederics January 2024
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Felt I had to listen to the Al Kooper/Michael Bloomfield/Stephen Stills 1968 album “Super Session” having just listened to the later Al/Michael album (see my post on 24 Hours…”).
And what better track than the Al Kooper/Stephen Stills cov… -
Down the beach at Lorne, enjoying the Australian summer!Just bought an original 1969 pressing of the album “The Live Adventures of Michael Bloomfield and Al Kooper” in one of the local shops. I think that this album together w…For some unknown reason, having long departed as a member, I checked back today on eMusic.
Much to my surprise, all my purchases are still sitting there and fully accessible under "My Music" although, I hasten to add, I long ago uploaded …Well I need to relax after Isis, so what could be better than one of my favourite Post Rock albums - "Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven" by Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
AMG says"It is a windfall for any fan of ambient pop,…"Oceanic" an Experimental/Post Metal album by Isis and it is far more melodic than this description would suggest. Rated no. 8 for 2002 by ProgArchives
AMG says "Oceanic is a masterfully complex symphony of majestic noise and melody, a…"Enigmatic" and "Niemen (Czerwony)" Progressive/Jazz Rock albums by Polish artist Czeslaw Niemen which came out in 1970 and 1971.
Outstanding but relatively unknown albums which are rated by ProgArchives in the top 25 and top 50 in what …Automatic Fine Tuning s/t Progressive Rock album from 1976
ProgArchives says "In 1976, guitarists Paul A. MacDONNELL and Robert CROSS, bass player Trevor DARKS and drummer/vocalist Dave BALL joined their considerable skills and …"Rip, Rig and Panic/Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith" a compilation of two excellent Avant Garde/Post Bop Jazz albums by the Rahsaan Roland Kirk Quartet from 1965 and 1967
in What Are You Listening to (23) Skidoo? Comment by peterfrederics December 2023Another big surprise from a band I had never heard of before, The Contents Are, with an excellent 1969 Psychedelic Rock album "Four Each Other"
in Favourite Rock Albums from the late 60s and early 70s Comment by peterfrederics December 2023"Wisdom Of The Elders" and "We Are Sent Here By History" by Shakaba And The Ancestors.
Some of the best Avant Garde Jazz I have ever heard with strong elements of Afro Jazz.
AMG says "We Are Sent Here by History is fi…24 Hours From Tulsa is fine with meInteresting 1970 Progressive Folk s/t album by English band Justine
Progarchives says "An odd British psych folk band comprised at their peak of three female vocalists and a couple male guitar players, JUSTINE's music consisted …(Quote)
Yes, why didn’t I think of Purple? So much better!
Between that and Tulsa for me.
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> Funny you should say that - I would have thought you might have gone with this one. I certainly played the hell out of it back in the day...
Ye…How about “What are you listening to - 24 Carat Gold”?
Seeing as all our album posts are inevitably 24 Carat Gold selections! Or not!?
Carat or Karat? Apparently you can use both spellings in the case of gold.
(Quote) How about "What Are You Listening To In The 24 Hours Of A Day?"Mexican band Rostro Del Sol s/t album from 2021. A great example of modern Prog/Jazz Rock with strong references to the 1960s/70s. I would try track 4 "Bop C Sketches" and (bonus track) 6 "Cynical Mind" first.
Doesn't the album cover take…One of my favourite albums from the early 2000s is “Office of Strategic Influence” by OSI, a progressive rock supergroup along the lines of Transatlantic.
AMG says “OSI’s debut album is more than the sum of its disparate parts. Office …