Take these guys out of the Ashkan, because they can really rock their arses off! Ashkan have a heady, bass-y groove that rocks out with the power of early Deep Purple at their best – stretching out over longish tunes that have a freewheeling quality that's clearly driven by its own demons, ... (Rock) read moreCD
Fantastic solo work from Ginger Baker – a musician who only seemed to get better and better the farther he moved away from Cream and Blind Faith! A set like this really gives Ginger a chance to open up and explore all the many musical currents that were grabbing his interests – served ... (Rock) read moreCD
It must have cost Barrabas plenty to make the heart-shaped manhole on the cover of this album – but given the sound of the grooves, the money was well worth it! The set's a fair bit tighter than their earliest work from Spain – but also a great direction for their styles – one ... (Soul) read moreCD
One of the few albums ever issued by Ronnie Barron – an artist with a long range of work on the New Orleans scene, ties to Dr John, and even a role in the Woodstock scene of the early 70s – all of which really come through on this well-done set! Barron's got all the roots in his music ... (Rock) read moreCD
A blistering bit of blues rock from the UK scene – one of those records where strong blues influences turn into hard rock expression – and leave the world a little bit darker in the process! Imagine the territory of Paul Rodgers in Free, then turn it up a few notches – and you'll ... (Rock) read moreCD
Heavy drums and a good dose of soul – both of which make Black Pearl stand out a bit from many of their late 60s contemporaries! There's a definite bluesy undercurrent to the group's music, but the riffs are also pretty hard and fast too – almost a bit funky at times, and delivered ... (Rock) read moreCD
One of the only albums ever issued by vibist Lynn Blessing – a player best known for his LA session work in the 60s, and who's stepping out here in a slightly psychedelic approach to jazz! The style's a bit like some of Emil Richard's best work of the time – warmly chromatic vibes, but ... (Rock) read moreCD
Amazing work from the Blues Magoos – stretching way beyond their roots as a garage rock band! The album's free, open, with a really jazzy style that shows that these guys had been soaking up plenty of influences from the left end of the singer/songwriter spectrum – and had also been ... (Rock) read moreCD
A great bit of work from the re-formed Blues Magoos – a new incarnation of the group that had a few early garage rock hits, and which on this set features some great work by Eric Kaz, who seems to add a hip singer-songwriter feel to the record. The group have clearly been listening to a lot ... (Rock) read moreCD
One of the stunning late 60 psych rock classics on Mainstream Records – and, like the rest, a set that's a real standout at the time – and one of the few musical statements by a group who never got picked up and pushed more heavily by another label! Yet that quality is what makes the ... (Rock) read moreCD
The only album ever from Broken Glass – a group that features the great Stan Webb from Chicken Shack on guitar – bringing in all the strengths that he added to that well-known group! There's some of the blues rock inspiration of that earlier combo, but refined a bit more with a ... (Rock) read moreCD
Stanky Brown have a sound here that's very much in keeping with their look on the cover – confident and cheeky 70s cats who can lay down a record that's tight, but easygoing too – on a set that's very much the sort that got all the right sort of funding and attention in the studio, but ... (Rock) read moreCD
One of those 70s records that has everything going for it, but somehow never got a chance to get off the mark – well-written and catchy tunes, a tight approach to production that's also somehow fresh, and a sense of personality that marks this second set by the band to be one where they're ... (Rock) read moreCD
A great little record from Brown Sugar – a group who really soar here, thanks to the presence of Clydie King on lead vocals! King sung famously on many rock and soul sessions during the 60s and 70s – but she's a great talent in the spotlight, and really helps to give the record a lot ... (Soul) read moreCD
A really groovy psych album, and one by a short-lived group that has ties to so many other scenes too! The record was one of the wonderfully weird projects that Alan Lorber put together for MGM Records in the late 60s – and the quartet actually features a very young Chevy Chase, in pre-comedy ... (Rock) read moreCD
A soaring set from the later years of Detroit funk powerhouse Westbound Records – a record that has the label moving into clubbier territory, but with all the sharpness they brought to their earlier releases! Detroit producers Mike Theodore and Dennis Coffey are at the helm of the record ... (Soul) read moreCD
A great later set from guitar genius Dennis Coffey – one that has him continuing the great run of instrumental funk albums he started a few years before – while also changing up the groove a bit more for the time! The set shows some of Coffey's influence working with clubbier acts on ... (Soul) read moreCD
A groundbreaking record – and one that set a whole new standard for guitar funk in the 70s! By the time of this set, Dennis Coffey had been playing, arranging, and producing all over the Detroit soul scene for many years – so it wasn't like he really needed a hit to get paid or ... (Soul) read moreCD
Funky guitar and a bucket of fried chicken – two things that go perfectly together here on a record that's one of the last of Dennis Coffey's great run in the early 70s! The album marks some of the shift in Coffey's role on the Detroit soul scene as the decade moved on – as it features ... (Soul) read moreCD
Maybe the funkiest album ever from Detroit guitar genius Dennis Coffey – a set that takes off nicely from his early funky 45s, but which also delivers the goods in a longer-form mode that's completely outta sight! We love Coffey's later albums on Sussex Records, but the vibe here is even ... (Soul) read moreCD
There's nothing instant about this album from the great Dennis Coffey – as the set marks a continuing evolution of the fantastic guitar sound he forged on the Detroit scene from the late 60s onward – that wicked blend of funk, soul, jazz, and a bit of rock – served up wonderfully ... (Soul) read moreCD
A great little group, and one that we only know from this one early 70s album on Atlantic – an unusual set that's kind of a mix of rootsy modes with more baroque elements – often with strongly harmonized vocals, ala America – but a very different sound overall! The production is ... (Rock) read moreCD
The only full album we've ever seen from Moses Dillard – a name that we know from a few funky 45s back in the day – and equally great here in the space of a 33rpm record! On side one, the music is a wicked blend of southern soul and funk – served up from the South Carolina scene, ... (Soul) read moreCD
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The full length debut of this Belgian band from the 70s – one who'd issued a fair bit of singles before the set, but who really knock it out of the park with a well-crafted sound that really shows the time they'd put into honing their style! The set's definitely got plenty of hard rock ... (Rock) read moreCD
The one and only album from Douglas Fir – an obscure Northwest combo from the start of the 70s, but one who get some really top-shelf treatment on this album recorded for a small imprint of MGM! There's some surprisingly great larger arrangements at points – never too much, but just ... (Rock) read moreCD
A real standout in the career of Lesley Duncan – a singer who started in more folksy modes, but who gets warmed up here by just the right AOR touches – at a level that really seems to bring out the best in her music! The songs still have the more personal touches of some of Lesley's ... (Rock) read moreCD
An underground British classic that's every bit as dark as you'd expect from its cover – served up by a group that features a young Andy Scott on guitar, in the years before he ended up in The Sweet – already playing with a hell of an edge that brings plenty of fire to the proceedings! ... (Rock) read moreCD
Cheryl Ernst may not be one of the biggest names in 70s music, but she gets some top-shelf here from Bones Howe in the studio – who mixes her sweet vocals and guitar with some really sublime larger backings! The blend is wonderful – as Cheryl's post-folk approach might sound a bit too ... (Rock) read moreCD
A really well-done set from the solo stretch of Andy Fairweather-Low – music that's a lot more down to earth than the sounds created by his earlier group – at a level that mixes roots rock performance with maybe just a slight touch of sharper production – all handled beautifully ... (Rock) read moreCD
Andy Fairweather-Low got his start in progressive rock territory – but here, as a solo act, he's in a very different mode entirely – more compact, and with almost a roots rock sort of vibe at times – but in a way that is nicely unfamiliar too, given Andy's rather distinct vocal ... (Rock) read moreCD
A really rare batch of garage psych from late 60s DC scene – served up on a record that barely got any circulation at the time! The oft-overlooked Fallen Angels were signed to Roulette in the late 60s, and the group only made a couple of albums – Roulette bailed when it became obvious ... (Rock) read moreCD
A sweet 70s set on Capricorn Records – one from a time when the label was moving away from a more slavishly southern sound, and really opening up to some other currents of the period! The group have a nice way of harmonizing on the vocals, with some slight rootsy elements in the ... (Rock) read moreCD
A pretty great debut from Mike Finnigan – recorded after quite a long early journey in music, which included time in Jerry Hahn's Brotherhood group in San Francisco, and work with both Dave Mason and Jimi Hendrix – and countless other sessions that really helped him sharpen his chops ... (Rock) read moreCD
We're not sure we'd go as far as to say that Mike Finnigan and Jerry Wood are the crazed hipsters promised in the title – but they do a very good job here of hitting some of the more offbeat sides of the scene in the early 70s! By the time of the record, Mike had plenty of experience on a ... (Rock) read moreCD
Mighty nice solo work from Matthew Fisher – a record that really has him finding his voice as a solo act, on his own after leaving Procol Harum – still using keyboards as strongly as he did in that group, but also coming across as a strong singer too! Fisher has a surprisingly soulful ... (Rock) read moreCD
Matthew Fisher first rose to fame for the famous organ work he'd bring to the early recordings of Procol Harum – yet here, he's not just a keyboardist, but a singer too – serving up a set of original material with a surprising amount of charm! The style is very much in the best British ... (Rock) read moreCD
The only album ever issued by this really unique group – a British quartet, but one that features some key American members who give the whole thing a style that a lot more late 60s Bay Area than you'd guess from a record on the Harvest label! There's a nicely laidback vibe to the whole set ... (Rock) read moreCD
A rare batch of funky soul on the notorious Guinness label – the same company that gave the world the two fantastic albums by Newban – and somehow also managed to issue this gem of a set too! The vibe is similar to Newban – well-crafted upbeat soul that isn't really disco, but ... (Soul) read moreCD
A really cool group from the late 60s UK scene – one that we might be temped to put in the hipper camp of the jazz rock world of the time, but who've maybe got a bit more of the latter style than the former – which makes their use of tenor and trumpet come across in a really unique way! ... (Rock) read moreCD
One of the greatest solo albums ever issued by Latin jazz trumpeter Luis Gasca – a set that really expands on his debut for Atlantic Records, and which brings in a whole host of early 70s west coast Latin influences! The style here is very laidback and open – a bit like some of the ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Solo work from James Griffin of Bread – music that's maybe in a similar style to the work of that famous group, but a lot more personal too! Griffin's got a slight more bit of bite in his approach, while not stepping too far from soft rock territory – early in the days for AOR entirely ... (Rock) read moreCD
A really cool record from Jerry Hahn – a guitarist who's maybe known for his initial work in jazz, but who steps out here with a very groovy mix of those roots and long-haired, lyrical psychedelic sounds too! The set's got vocals on nearly every track, but Jerry still gets in all these ... (Rock) read moreCD
The only album ever issued by this obscure Canadian group of the early 70s – a record that maybe brings in more of the fuzzy guitar and urgent energy that you'd hear from a 60s California group – but with all sorts of interesting touches that are very much the group's own! At times, ... (Rock) read moreCD
Ouch – that's a bad pun on the cover, but the record itself is a lot more down to earth – served up by a group who were a short-lived project of singer Mark Ashton after his more famous time in Rare Bird! The style here is very different than Rare Bird – a bit singer/songwriter, ... (Rock) read moreCD
Headstone have a nice sort of bite here – a quality you might not expect from the obtuse look of the cover, but which comes across nicely in a blend of well-done guitar work and these oddly sinister vocalizations! Drums are sometimes slightly funky – not in a funk rock mode, but in a ... (Rock) read moreCD
An overlooked group from the great Brit folk revival moment of the early 70s – a combo who have a sound that's maybe a more electrified take on the music of Pentangle or Fairport Convention, but which also isn't that far from those roots either! The set mixes original material with ... (Rock) read moreCD
The debut of Help, an obscure west coast trio with a nice mix of harmony vocals and rootsy guitar lines – maybe somewhere in the best post-hippie spirit of the Marin County scene of the time! Almost all material is original, and there's a nicely laidback vibe to the record – an ... (Rock) read moreCD
Fantastic early work from Chris Hills – an artist you might know most from later work as part of Players Association – but who here is in an equally soulful sort of mode! The guy on the cover might look a bit unlikely as a soul artists – especially given that he's fading away in ... (Soul) read moreCD
A strange little side-chapter in the career of Tommy James & The Shondells – a group formed up by remaining members of that backing group, recording here maybe under the same Roulette Records contract as their star! The vibe is more roots rock overall – as you'd guess from the ... (Rock) read moreCD
A wonderfully trippy group from late 60s Chicago! Like so many groups of their time, HP Lovecraft have their roots in the later years of the folk scene – where they clearly picked up a sense of free being and personal expression. Yet unlike so many other groups, who turned that energy into a ... (Rock) read moreCD
A really groovy record on Motown's Rare Earth imprint – a set that definitely lives up to the "hippies with horns" image on the cover! The set mixes currents of Motown with lots of jazz rock instrumentation from the group – full horns soaring out over arrangements by Henry ... (Soul) read moreCD
Solo work from Nick Jameson of Foghat – a set that has Nick standing out with some really surprising strengths of his own – not just vocals and songwriting, but also an ability to handle a good many of the instruments and production as well! There's a mix of rootsy elements and tighter ... (Rock) read moreCD
The only full album ever issued by Jubal – and a record that has a cover and a sound that should have made it a classic, especially given that Elektra Records were more than willing to take a chance on these guys! Jubal have a style that's a bit roots rock, but with some of the more ... (Rock) read moreCD
A really wonderful, really unique group from the UK scene – one who've got some spare guitar instrumentation of their own, augmented by really wonderful harmonies from all members of the group – then set to some larger arrangements by Steve Gray that really knock things out of the park! ... (Rock) read moreCD
The title here is well-put – as the record marks a second chapter in the career of Danny Kirwan after leaving Fleetwood Mac behind – a set that showcases his vocal work as much as the guitar lines he was known for in that famous group – all with a cool, compressed production style ... (Rock) read moreCD
Mark Klingman may have "Moogy" as a nickname, but he mostly plays acoustic piano on this set – in a rootsy, raspy way that works perfect with his well-crafted vocals! Klingman's a hell of a songwriter too – one with a good ear for personal themes delivered with a down to ... (Rock) read moreCD
A late 70s gem from A&M records – a set that does a really great job of updating the sunny, harmony-drenched sound of some of the label's classics! At some level, the record's maybe got more of an early 70s Cali vibe overall – well-produced, but with a sense of innocence that you ... (Rock) read moreCD
Andrew Leigh had roots in other groups, most famously Spooky Tooth – but at the start of the 70s, he issued this lone solo album – an unusual record that mixes together some of the more ancient touches you'd guess from the cover with an earthy, soulful quality that resonates with his ... (Rock) read moreCD
A hell of a record from the Boston scene of the late 60s – a set that's more progressive than some of its contemporaries, with a dexterity of rhythms and keyboards that could even rival some of the coming greats on the UK scene! Michael Tschudin handles lead vocals and all the keyboards ... (Rock) read moreCD
A mindblowing bit of psych from the late 60s – and a record that has way more to offer than just the usual fuzzy guitar, thanks to key use of moog, theremin, and tape tricks! There's a really freaky feel to the record from the start – a quality that's hipper than most of the ... (Rock) read moreCD
The only solo album ever from William Lyall – an artist with ties to 70s UK pop giants Pilot and The Bay City Rollers – although don't hold that latter reference against him, as the music here is much like his work in Pilot! As with that group, the songs here are wonderfully sharp and ... (Rock) read moreCD
Larry McNeely's was best known as a banjo player before cutting this album – but he's a surprisingly strong presence in the lead, working here in this smoking mix of country elements and roots rock modes – but all without any of the cliche you might hear on other projects of the time! ... (Rock) read moreCD
A modest classic from the British scene of the mid 70s – and an album that may loom large in the history books, but which has found its way into plenty of record collections over the years! Metro features lead vocals from Peter Godwin and plenty of support from Duncan Browne – the ... (Rock) read moreCD
A really fantastic album from drummer Buddy Miles – an artist that many folks know for his key rock work in the Band Of Gypsys group of Jimi Hendrix, but a musician with an equally great ear for soul and funk as well! Miles began in Electric Flag, and certainly has ties to the world of psych ... (Soul) read moreCD
An obscure 70s album on Atlantic – a record that was almost immediately lost to the shifting sands of time, but which has a heady sound that really deserves more attention! Mirabi sings with a mix of rootsy influences – maybe coming off at times like some of the female singers from the ... (Rock) read moreCD
A record with a sound that's as wonderfully swirling as its cover – material from a short-lived Cali group of the early 70s, and one who deliver this set with all the best elements of the big groups of the time – but with a much more laidback vibe! Their harmonies can really be ... (Rock) read moreCD
Mylon LeFevre ended up on the more spiritual side of the spectrum in his later years – but here on this great early set, he manages to blend gospel roots with some great elements of southern rock and soul – all produced by Allen Toussaint, and handled with a surprisingly soulful groove ... (Rock) read moreCD
Maybe the greatest record ever from Nanette Natal – a jazz singer at heart, but one who had a really open ear for currents of soul, funk, and other styles during the 70s! The approach of the record here is very unique – larger arrangements from jazz maestro Bill Russo, but served up ... (Vocalists) read moreCD
A much rootsier album than you'd guess from the cover image – maybe the only set we've ever seen from this mighty nice acoustic rock act from the early 70s! The music has a laidback, easy feeling – not folk or singer/songwriter, though – as these guys work in some wonderful ... (Rock) read moreCD
A pretty great set by this overlooked group from the 70s – a combo headed by two different singers, who trade leads and harmonize with a quality that's often in the best Hall & Oates mode of the time! The singers are Mark Pearson and Reed Neilsen – and Pearson maybe gets a bit more ... (Rock) read moreCD
A sweet AOR set from Mark Pearson and Reed Nielsen – a duo who come together with vocal styles that are maybe a bit like the shift that Hall & Oates were taking at the end of the 70s – and we mean that in the best way possible! Pearson and Nielsen have a great ear for a catchy tune ... (Rock) read moreCD
A killer set of funky instrumentals – one of those key records that has the Nite-Liters really challenging legendary groups like The Meters or JBs! If you know the sound of the combo, you'll know that they're a bit different than either – with a very distinctive groove that's created ... (Soul) read moreCD
The amazing first album from The Nite-Liters – the instrumental combo who were part of the larger New Birth family of soul on RCA, but who cut work that was a lot more funky overall! The group are right up there with The Meters or JBs for pure instrumental brilliance – able to serve up ... (Soul) read moreCD
A really sweet record from the Canadian scene at the end of the 60s – and a set that feels a lot more like a California-styled version of Sunshine Pop than you might expect! The group's an initial vehicle for the husband/wife team of Susan and Terry Jacks – the latter of whom would ... (Rock) read moreCD
The only album from this well-crafted British group of the 70s – a sextet that features a fair bit of vocal work from Alan Hull of Lindisfarne, but in a way that's very different than his material for that earlier group! As with an artist like Al Stewart, these guys clearly started out in ... (Rock) read moreCD
The cover looks a bit like a sunshine pop album, but the sound here is a lot more intense – great garagey grooves served up from The Rationals – the group's only full length record, even though they were a key part of the Michigan scene in the 60s! The Rationals rubbed shoulders with ... (Rock) read moreCD
One of a handful of great, but somewhat obscure albums by Turley Richards – a singer/songwriter who gets some very strong handling in the best Warner tradition of the time – which means that the label really lets Richard open up and do his own thing throughout the set, with just the ... (Rock) read moreCD
A key record in the solo development of Bob Seger – a set that has the Detroit powerhouse letting his feelings show a bit more than before, and in a way that really paves the way for his 70s fame to come! Yet the setting here is nicely down to earth, too – still away from the rock ... (Rock) read moreCD
A really surprising moment in the career of Bob Seger – a set that has him stepping away from the fuller rock backings of the Bob Seger System, and moving into a mode that's more singer/songwriter, and which has very light instrumentation that really seems to suit Seger's vocals! There's a ... (Rock) read moreCD
The last album that Bob Seger recorded with his early System group, and a set that's still got more of the hard rock and psych elements that Bob was using during his initial late 60s rise to fame! There's a rawness here at times that will surprise folks who only know Seger's late 70s mainstream ... (Rock) read moreCD
A really pivotal album for the young Bob Seger – still very much in the Detroit territory of his early years, but already learning how to focus all his inspirations in a really great way! If you know the very young Bob, you'll know that he began as a soul-inspired rocker – but here, ... (Rock) read moreCD
An obscure solo album from Brian Short, who sung with the Black Cat Bones group – and works here in a style that uses some of the bluesier currents of that group with some of the more sophisticated, ambitious sounds we love from the Transatlantic label! The record's at a level that really ... (Rock) read moreCD
A really cool lost group on late 60s ABC – a bit psych, with maybe a slight UK influence – able to turn out some nicely varied, but nicely focused songs throughout this debut set! The record's one of those great lost sides from the time – a group who've clearly got chops and ... (Rock) read moreCD
An overlooked roots rock nugget from the early 70s – and a record that should be known well enough for its work from singer Judy Roderick – an artist who'd already spent plenty of time in the folk underground of the 60s! Yet the sound here isn't folk at all – much heavier, as if ... (Rock) read moreCD
The only album we've ever seen from British group Stars – a combo who have a way of mixing funky rhythm currents with some fuzzier touches on vocals and guitar – all at a level that's maybe a bit like hitmakers Hot Chocolate at the time! Singer Simon Lait often gets some cool ... (Rock) read moreCD
A record with a cartoony cover, but a surprisingly rock-solid set – put together by a quartet that features ex-members of Taste, Family, and Blossom Toes – all of whom really seem to bring the strength of their experience to bear on the album! The set's nicely understated, and these ... (Rock) read moreCD
The searing second album from Sugarloaf – a set that has Jerry Corbetta wailing even more heavily on the organ than before, and the group working with the kind of razor-sharp intensity that made them such a big act at the time! Corbetta also handles most of the lead vocals, but the group ... (Rock) read moreCD
A fantastic debut from Sugarloaf – a group who managed to use the Hammond organ in ways that were just as strong as the guitar in most other groups! The approach here seems to draw a lot from all the best changes taking place in soulful jazz – as Jerry Corbetta manages his keyboards ... (Rock) read moreCD
A very groovy set from guitar genius Gabor Szabo – one that features all those cool tones and elements he'd developed on his late 60s albums for Impulse and Skye Records, given a tighter LA groove here, with almost an A&M Records vibe! There's loads of great solos throughout, played in a ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A great little record – of the type you could hardly make this well today! The Tea Company are an obscure psychedelic act, clearly concerned with all things "tea" (wink wink!) – and working in a free and open style that's a bit trippier than that of the usual psyche-pop ... (Rock) read moreCD
An overlooked gem from the glory days of the AOR generation – a well-crafted set of work from singer Richard Torrance, who might only know from this one LP! Sure, the cover's a bit cheesy – but that's also part of the charm, as is the way that Torrance can approach the tunes with all ... (Rock) read moreCD
Richard Torrance has a beard on the back that's not unlike that of Kenny Loggins or one of the Doobie Brothers – and on this overlooked late 70s gem, he's in very similar territory – well-crafted music that's right up there with the best of the AOR generation, yet like most of Richard's ... (Rock) read moreCD
A really groovy little record – definitely "underground", but with lots of funky sound library appeal – given that the group were mostly a studio combo, put together to record a few records like this! The set's mostly instrumental, and is filled with loads of strong organ ... (Rock) read moreCD
Badass work from Martha Velez – a rock singer at the core, but one with some plenty soulful touches! The album's a UK effort with help from a host of top-shelf talents at the time – but the groove is pretty gritty, and almost has that key rock/funk crossover mode that female singers ... (Rock) read moreCD
A rare nugget from the Voices Of East Harlem – an obscure second album of material for Elektra Records, issued after their debut on the label – but only as an overseas release! The album follows strongly in the righteous blend of gospel and soul on Right On Be Free – and the set ... (Soul) read moreCD
An overlooked gem from the great Spanky Wilson – a set that's sometimes missed because it's not as hard and funky as her earlier work, yet a record that's got all sorts of wonderful charms that really show Wilson starting to develop as a singer! There's a cool, classy vibe to the record, ... (Soul) read moreCD
A really cool 70s album from the great Link Wray – done at the time when he was reinventing himself, and changing from a damn great instrumental guitarist to a singer as well – one with a much bolder presence in the limelight than ever before! Wray serves up some fantastic electric ... (Rock) read moreCD