peterfrederics
Thanks for your comments and totally understand what it’s like to be so busy! Really glad that emusers is here for the long term. I likewise listen to many of your tips and often for similar reasons. That is, to my mind, what makes this group so great to belong to.
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"Noseferatu" first and only album from 1970 by the band of the same name.
Krautrock verging into Hard Rock. Try the first and best track "Highway".
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@rostasi the video won't play in my country. Out of interest, what is the band and album?
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"Lady Lake" 1972 album by Gnidrolog.
A heady mix of Prog Rock, Jazz Rock, Psychedelic Folk and even a bit of Hard Rock.
A must listen for those into 1960s/70s Prog Rock.
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"Lady Lake" 1972 album by Gnidrolog.
A heady mix of Prog Rock, Jazz Rock, Psychedelic Folk and even a bit of Hard Rock.
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@rostasi thanks from me too re the Mike Barnes book. Perfect for a Prog freak like me!
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"English Electric: Full Power" by Big Big Train
Part One rated by ProgArchives as No.2 album for 2012.
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"Overdrive" an outstanding 1971 Hard Blues Rock album by Phafner.
AMG says "it features great, blues-influenced hard rock with loads of fuzz guitar, in the style of such artists as Josephus or early in Obscure Groups from the late 60s and early 70s that should have done so much better! Comment by peterfrederics July 2021 -
"San Francisco Earthquake" by Uther Pendragon. An outstanding album with songs recorded from the mid 60s to the mid 70…
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"Stars Die: The Delerium Years '91-97" by Porcupine Tree.
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Bringing back great memories!
"The Woodstock Generation", a compilation of music of the era.
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"A Mind Trip over Netherlands (Dutch Psychedelia and Progressive Rock 60s/70s)" a sampler album of largely obscure Dutch bands from the 60s/70s.
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"Phaedra" to my mind Tangerine Dream's best album released in 1974.
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Cherry Five's self titled 1975 album.
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An ultra obscure band was Mad Timothy which recorded some Blues/Psychedelic Rock songs in the late 60s and early 70s which finally made it on to the 2018 album "A Very Snug Joiner".
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Leaf Hound did a really good Hard Rock/Heavy Psych album 1971's "Grower of Mushrooms".
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June 2021
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"Fields of Gold" and "Songbird" both on the album "Songbird" by Eva Cassidy.
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"Quicksilver Messenger Service" the 1968 first album by Quicksilver Messenger Service.
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"The Pretty Things" the 1965 first album by The Pretty Things. For a brief moment, they were more than a challenge for The Rolling Stones.
Just try "Roadrunner", "Rosalyn" and "Don't Bring Me Down".
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"Sandrose" 1972 album by Sandrose. Came across it for the first time last week.
From Progarchives, "Of all the early French prog records, this one is probably the highest rated".
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"Le Déjeuner Sur L'Herbe" 1968 Jazz Fusion album by The New Jazz Orchestra.
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@Lowlife thanks for Black Midi "Cavalcade" - what a sensational album!
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@Brighternow thanks for the intro to Squarepusher and have been playing the "Hard Normal Daddy" album.
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"The Truth" by D.R. Hooker. One of the best Psych albums from the early 1970s.
https://www.discogs.com/DR-Hooker-The-Truth/master/87153
If you're interested in sampling Psych music from the 1960s then by far the best album is the highly regarded album "Nuggets: Choice Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968".
AMG says "If one had to point to a single initial…rostasi said:(Quote) Where are these?
I downloaded some tracks from this series of albums from eMusic way back in 2014. Mainly fairly average but there were some striking exceptions. It led me to …"A Gathering of the Tribes", a series of five albums featuring compilations of Psychedelic Rock primarily from the 60s.
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"Summer Sessions Volume 1" by Causa Sui
Progarchives says "Their musical style is influenced by not only psychedelic rock or Krautrock, but also 60s rock, blues, or 70s heavy metal" and to my mind some elements of post rock as well. All i…"All Hour Cymbals" by Yeasayer
Particularly like "Sunrise" and "2080"
https://www.allmusic.com/album/all-hour-cymbals-mw0000750096
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