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Thanks @jonahpwll for reminding us about The Clientele. I, likewise, hadn't listened to them for a long time. My favourite album of theirs is "Strange Geometry" and I have real…
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"ZAM" 2019 Psychedelic/Garage Rock album by Frankie & The Witch Fingers
Particularly like the longer tracks "Dracula Drug", "ZAM" and "Underneath You".
in What are you listening to right now (on the floor, 25 or 6 to 4)? Comment by peterfrederics February 3 -
@rostasi really love it!
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Marianne Faithful singing "As Tears Go By" introduced and interviewed by Brian Epstein, then manager of The Beatles, plus a glimpse of Paul Anka hosting the TV program "Hullabaloo".
"Kew. Rhone." a 1977 Progressive Rock album by John Greaves, Lisa Herman and Peter Blegvad with Lisa Herman and Carla Bley on vocals.
AMG comments "An unfortunately neglected masterpiece of '70s progressive rock, the first exten…Akin to Strawberry Alarm Clock and their song "Incense and Peppermints" and from the same era, "Creation of Sunlight" by Sunlight. The first track "David" (see video link below) gives a good sense of the album.
in Obscure Groups from the late 60s and early 70s that should have done so much better! Comment by peterfrederics January 25I am not normally into 1970s traditional folk but rather liked this s/t album released in 1970 by Heron, particularly the tracks "Yellow Roses", "Upon Reflection" and "Lord and Master".
in What are you listening to right now (on the floor, 25 or 6 to 4)? Comment by peterfrederics January 25Not truly a cover version but more a reworking of The Allman Brothers Band's "Whipping Post", is the really enjoyable "Whip That Ghost" by Motorpsycho.
in Awesome Cover Versions . . . Comment by peterfrederics January 23On the subject of highly regarded live rock albums, it is difficult to go past "At Fillmore East" by The Allman Brothers Band.
Rated No.2 in both Rolling Stone's Top 50 live albums and Rolling Stones Readers' Top 10 live albums.
With the departure of Garth Hudson, last surviving member of The Band, time to listen in to some of those well remembered and highly regarded albums of theirs.
"Music From The Big Pink"in What are you listening to right now (on the floor, 25 or 6 to 4)? Comment by peterfrederics January 23
“So Long Marianne”, a really good take on Leonard Cohen’s early days, his life on Hydra and his relationship with Marianne Ihlen.
https://www.imdb.com/title/…“Swaddling Songs”, the 1972 Progressive Folk album by Mellow Candle.
ProgArchives says about the album “MELLOW CANDLE specialised in imaginative psychedelic folk rock and early progressive rock, with the singing talents of two ladies (…“Cuando Brille El Tiempo”, the 1974 album by Argentinian band Montes
1 “Liquid”, a 2002 Space/Stoner Rock album by Dutch band 35007.
AMG says “ Liquid stands as a major accomplishment in the ambient rock field, and a recommended introduction to both 35007 and the genre at large”.
in What are you listening to right now (on the floor, 25 or 6 to 4)? Comment by peterfrederics January 12“Empyrean Isles” by Herbie Hancock featuring Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter and Anthony Williams.
AMG says “Hancock pushes at the borders of hard bop, finding a brilliantly evocative balance between traditional bop, soul-injected grooves,…“Swaddling Songs”, a Progressive Folk album by Mellow Candle.
AMG says “Filled with multi-layered harmonies and complex arrangements, this unfortunately underlooked album of beautiful, flowing, and wonderfully recorded British folk-roc…“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…Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/arts/music/peter-yarrow-dead.html
In recognition of the passing of Peter Yarrow, "The Greatest Hits of Peter, Paul and Mary".
To quote AMG, "The most popular folk group of the 1960s, Peter, Paul and Mary in later decades have also proved themselves to be among th…"Blowin' in the Wind" by Peter, Paul and Mary
To quote Wikipedia, ""Blowin' in the Wind" is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962. In…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.
“Book of Hours”, a 2008 Progressive Rock album by Willowglass
@stewrat thanks for that great tip, as I had never heard of Freegal Music before. What's more, I've discovered that it is also available here in Australia, so I can make good use…“Above the Earth, Below the Sky”, an excellent 2009 Post Rock album by If These Trees Could Talk and “Hinterland”, a really good Progressive Rock album by Wobbler from 2005. Thanks to in What are you listening to right now? (24 hours from Tulsa) Comment by peterfrederics January 5As a suggestion, we could shorten my Chicago one to:
What are you listening to right now on the floor, 25 or 6 to 4?
but only too happy to fit in with what everybody else wants.
.I like both of the above with a slight preference for the Dukes one, mainly because I rather like the album cover!
Mind you, I also rather like my Chicago one "Sitting cross-legged on the floor, 25 or 6 to 4"!in What are you listening to right now? (24 hours from Tulsa) Comment by peterfrederics January 3
And "Rainbow Chaser" by, as @Brighternow said, the "real" Nirvana back in 1968. Also, their 1971 album "Local Anaesthetic".@Brighternow introduced us to two somewhat obscure early 70s bands, Electric Sandwich (ES) and Matching Mole (MM). My thinking is that their s/t albums are their best in both…