Richard Thompson is to british folk what John Mayall is to british blues.

Richard Thompson - The Life and Music of Richard Thompson
Disc: 1
1. Now That I Am Dead
2. Genesis Hall
3. Josef Locke
4. Willy O'Winsbury
5. Don't Sit On My Jimmy Shands
6. Nobody's Wedding
7. Madonna's Wedding
8. Walking The Long Miles Home
9. Withered and Died
10. Beat the Retreat
11. The Great Valerio
12. Walking on a Wire
13. Never Again
14. The End of the Rainbow
15. King of Bohemia
16. Killerman Gold Posse
17. Lotteryland
18. Now be Thankful
19. Shoot out the Lights
20. Outside of the Inside
Disc: 2
1. I Feel so Good
2. Push and Shove
3. Time to Ring Some Changes
4. Cooksferry Queen
5. Waltzing for Dreamers
6. I Want to see the Bright Lights Tonight
7. I Misunderstood
8. Meet on the Ledge
9. Down Where the Drunkards Roll
10. Gethesmane
11. Tear-stained Letter
12. Wall Of Death
13. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
14. From Galway to Graceland
15. Crazy Man Michael
16. Dimming of the Day
17. Beeswing
Disc: 3
1. Valerie
2. Don't Let a Thief Steal into your Heart
3. TGhosts in the Wind
4. Crash the Party
5. For Shame of Doing Wrong
6. Calvary Cross
7. Sloth
8. Night Comes In
9. Drowned Dog, Black Night
10. Put it there Pal
11. Morris Medley / Flying Saucers
Disc: 4
1. Substitute
2. Tempted
3. (The Story of) Hamlet
4. Oops, I did it Again
5. Ca Plane Pour Moi
6. Why don't Women Like Me?
7. Time has Told Me
8. Shenandoah
9. Danny Boy
10. Move It
11. Willie and the Hand Jive
12. Loch Lomond
13. Job of Journeywork
14. Napoleon's Dream
15. Sally Rackett
16. God Loves a Drunk
17. The Angels Took my Racehorse Away
18. Poseidon
19. Wall of Death
20. You'll Never Walk Alone
21. I Ain't Marching Anymore
22. The Who Medley
Disc: 5
1. Albion Sunrise
2. How Many Times do you have to Fall
3. Bad News is all the Wind Can Carry
4. Mrs Rita
5. Shady Lies
6. Lucky in in Life, Unlucky in Love
7. Dragging the River
8. Alexander Graham Bell
9. Someone Else's Fancy
10. Modern Woman
11. Woman or Man
12. My Daddy is a Mummy
13. You Got what you Wanted
14. In over your Head
15. Dear Janet Jackson
Disc: 6
01 - Meet On The Ledge
02 - When I Get To The Border
03 - I Want To See The Bright Lights
04 - We Sing Hallelujah
05 - The Hangman's Reel
06 - Albion Sunrise
07 - Sir Patrick Spens
08 - New St. George
09 - Sword Dance~Young Black Cow
10 - The Lady Is A Tramp
11 - Farewell, Farewell
12 - Meet On The Ledge
13 - Gas Almost Works
14 - Withered & Died
15 - Has He Got A Friend For Me
16 - End Of The Rainbow
17 - Beeswing

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Los Yorks - '69

Totally insane peruvian Garage Rock !

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Grateful Dead 2/4/1970
Family Dog At the Great Highway - San Francisco, CA

1 Hard To Handle (Redding, Jones, Isbell) 6:44
2 Black Peter (Garcia, Hunter) 9:33
3 Me and My Uncle (Phillips) 3:29
4 China Cat Sunflower > (Garcia, Hunter) 5:05
5 I Know You Rider (Trad. Arr. By Grateful Dead) 4:53
6 St. Stephen > (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) 2:19
7 Not Fade Away > (Petty, Hardin) 6:59
8 St. Stephen > (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) 2:23
9 In The Midnight Hour (Pickett, Cropper) 8:16
Bonus Tracks
from 10/5/70 Winterland
10 Dancing In The Streets (Stevenson, Gaye, I. Hunter) 12:14
from 12/31/70 Winterland:
11 Monkey and the Engineer (Fuller) 2:46
12 Good Lovin' > (Resnick, Clark) 15:08

Grateful Dead
Jerry Garcia: Lead Guitar, vocals
Mickey Hart: Drums
Bill Kreutzmann: Drums
Phil Lesh: Electric bass, vocals
Ron "Pig Pen" McKernan: Organ, harmonica, vocals
Bob Weir: Rhythm Guitar, vocals

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Though overshadowed by "Sweet Child" and "Basket Of Light", the dreamy, melodic beauty of "Cruel Sister" stands as the high point of Pentangle's exploration of the fusion of folk with jazz and rock elements.
Adding electric guitar for the first time to the already ethereal atmospheres of "Basket Of Light", though many fans did not appreciate it, makes Pentangle's sound much deeper. This was clear from the way in which the voices and instruments interweave on the epic "Jack Orion", which actually never gets boring owing to the fact that the sections do not repeat: they vary with guitars, voices, recorders many times. The title tune was almost as dreamy as Laura Nyro's "Brown Earth", even if built from a quite different story.
On the other side, McShee's amazing voice was never better seen than on "When I Was In My Prime", which despite being a capella, still is recognisable as Pentangle. It is most refreshing to see McShee allowed so much space especially with the sharp remastered sound, and on "A Maid That's Deep In Love", she sang perhaps even better: reflective yet never despairing, romantic yet never sentimental. "Lord Franklin" was even more subtle than the other songs, yet the electric guitar's melody ought to surprise those used to the more folksy "Sweet Child". Indeed, the remastered sound allows one to see how they both complement and supplement each other in a remarkable manner.
On the whole, an atmospheric masterpiece matching almost anything in its era, rivalling Van Morrison's "Astral Weeks" and "Moondance" and Tim Buckley's "Lorca" and "Happy Sad".

The Pentangle - Cruel Sister
1. Maid That's Deep in Love
2. When I Was in My Prime
3. Lord Franklin
4. Cruel Sister
5. Jack Orion

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This white blues-band simply burst onto the New York music scene between 1965 and 1966. Founder Danny Kalb had contributed two acoustic guitar tracks to a 1964 Elektra blues/folk compilation album The Blues Project. After hearing Tim Hardin playing electric guitar in Greenwich Village soon after he decided to form his own band to play a similar combination of jazz, blues, R&B, and rock.
They were originally going to record for Columbia and recorded a couple of tracks (Violets Of Dawn and Back Door Man) in September/October which were later released as their first single for Verve records. The session man on piano was Al Kooper who was offered a permanent gig with the band. In his early days, Al Kooper had been a Tin Pan Alley/Brill Building production writer (This Diamond Ring, Who Wears Short Shorts, etc.) and was with Bob Dylan on Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde On Blonde, playing the organ in a way that would influence many American and English groups. Kooper kept on doing sessions with New York based singers during his stay with the group.
In October 1965 the band were offered a residency at the Cafe A Go Go in Greenwich Village where they began to get a huge following. Here, their first 'live' album was recorded and highly acclaimed. The band were one of the city's main live attractions playing three concerts in Central Park in the same year. In January 1966 Flanders left after an argument and signed with Verve as a solo artist. The vocals were now to be shared, with Danny doing the blues numbers, Steve the folk, and Al the R&B and rock tunes. The Live At The Cafe Au Go Go album was released soon after with most of the material recorded after Flanders' departure. It sold over 20,000 copies in its first month of release.

The Blues Project - Live At The Cafe Au Go Go
1. Goin' Down Louisiana
2. You Go and I'll Go With You
3. Catch the Wind
4. I Want to Be Your Driver
5. Alberta
6. Way My Baby Walks
7. Violets of Dawn
8. Back Door Man
9. Jelly Jelly Blues
10. Spoonful
11. Who Do You Love?

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Frank Zappa - 200 Motels
Disc: 1
1. Semi-Fraudulent/Direct-From-Hollywood Overture
2. Mystery Roach
3. Dance Of The Rock & Roll Interviewers
4. This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Prologue)
5. Tuna Fish Promenade
6. Dance Of The Just Plain Folks
7. This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Reprise)
8. The Sealed Tuna Bolero
9. Lonesome Cowboy Burt
10. Touring Can Make You Crazy
11. Would You Like A Snack?
12. Redneck Eats
13. Centerville
14. She Painted Up Her Face
15. Janet's Big Dance Number
16. Half A Dozen Provocative Squats
17. Mysterioso
18. Shove It Right In
19. Lucy's Seduction Of A Bored Violinist & Postlude
Disc: 2
1. I'm Stealing The Towels
2. Dental Hygene Dilemma
3. Does This Kind Of Life Look Interesting To You?
4. Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
5. Penis Dimension
6. What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning
7. A Nun Suit Painted On Some Old Boxes
8. Magic Fingers
9. Motorhead's Midnight Ranch
10. Dew On The Newts We Got
11. The Lad Searches The Night For His Newts
12. The Girl Wants To Fix Him Some Broth
13. The Girls Dream Listen
14. Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Ponce
15. Strictly Genteel (The Finale)
16. Cut 1 'Coming Soon!...'
17. Cut 2 'The Wide Screen Erupts...'
18. Cut 3 'Coming Soon !...'
19. Cut 4 ' Frank Zappa's 200 Motels...'

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Although this West Drayton band, originally known as the Thunderbirds, set out playing R'n'B and Motown-influenced music some of their later records will be of interest to collectors of psychedelia. All of their 45s are now rare and sought-after, especially the Reaction one.
The Bird's three 45s feature frantic guitar work and together with McKenzie's powerful vocals, confirm them as one of the most talented UK mid-sixties bands. In 1966 they changed their name to Birds Birds to record the now mega-rare Say Those Magic Words 45, which also features additional guitar work on the flip from Jeff Beck.
The band attracted public attention as a result of a legal battle with America's Byrds over the rights to the name and also appeared in a horror movie, 'The Deadly Bees' singing That's All I Need You For. When they split in 1966 Gardner and Wood joined Creation. Later Gardner achieved some success with Ashton, Gardner and Dyke. Wood, of course, achieved fame with The Jeff Beck Group, The Faces and The Rolling Stones.

The Birds - The Collectors' Guide To Rare British Birds
1. You're On My Mind
2. You Don't Love Me(You Don't Care)
3. Leaving Here
4. Next In Live
5. No Good Without You Baby
6. How Can It Be
7. You're On My Mind(Original Demo)
8. You Don't Love Me (OriginalDemo)
9. Say Those Magic Words
10. Daddy Daddy
11. Run Run Run
12. Good Times
13. Say Those Magic Words
14. Daddy Daddy
15. La Poupee Qui Fait Non
16. Run Run Run
17. Daddy Daddy
18. Granny Rides Again

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"Many Thanks to mimlim who sent me the link"

The Pentangle - The Pentangle
1. Let No Man Steal Your Thyme
2. Bells
3. Hear My Call
4. Pentangling
5. Mirage
6. Way Behind The Sun
7. Bruton Town
8. Waltz

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The Mothers Of Invention - We're Only in It for the Money
1. Are You Hung Up?
2. Who Needs The Peace Corps?
3. Concentration Moon
4. Mom & Dad
5. Telephone Conversation
6. Bow Tie Daddy
7. Harry, You Are A Beast
8. What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?
9. Absolutely Free
10. Flower Punk
11. Hot Poop
12. Nasal Retentive Calliope Music
13. Let's Make The Water Turn Black
14. The Idiot Bastard Son
15. It's His Voice On The Radio
16. Take Your Clothes Off When you Dance
17. What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (Reprise)
18. Mother People
19. The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny

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The Pentangle - Basket of Light
1. Light Flight
2. Once I Had a Sweetheart
3. Spring Time Promises
4. Lyke-Wake Dirge
5. Train Song
6. Hunting Song
7. Sally Go Round the Roses
8. Cuckoo
9. House Carpenter

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The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out!
1. Hungry Freaks, Daddy
2. I Ain't Got No Heart
3. Who Are The Brain Police?
4. Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder
5. Motherly Love
6. How Could I Be Such A Fool
7. Wowie Zowie
8. You Didn't Try To Call Me
9. Any Way The Wind Blows
10. I'm Not Satisfied
11. You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here
12. Trouble Every Day
13. Help, I'm A Rock
14. It Can't Happen Here
15. The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet

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The Mothers Of Invention - Absolutely Free Missing Track

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The Duke Of Prunes

The Pentangle - Sweet Child CD 2 Track 3

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Three Part Thing

The Mothers Of Invention - Cruising With Ruben & The Jets (Promo)
Anything
Anyway The Wind Blows
Cheap Thrills
Deseri
Fountain Of Love
How Could I Be Such A Fool
I'm Not Satisfied
Jelly Roll Gum Drop
Later That Night
Love Of My Life
Stuff Up The Cracks
You Didn't Try To Call Me
_No No No_

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Pentangle was formed in 1967 by John Renbourn and Bert Jansch two guitarists who had both already recorded as solo artists since 1965. Both musicians had recorded together ‘Bert and John’ in 1966 for ‘Transatlantic’. Jacqui Mc Shee who joined the band on vocals had already worked with John Renbourn on his first solo record. The rhythm section was formed by Danny Thompson on double bass and Terry Cox on drums and percussion, both former sidemen of Alexis Korner in his band Alexis Korner Blues Incorporated.
Pentangle played a mixture of Jazz and Folk with Blues-elements, influences that the band integrated in their debut record ‘The Pentangle’ which was produced by Shel Talmy. The same year Pentangle released their second record ‘Sweet child’ a double LP consisting of live and studio tracks and containing among others two compositions by Charlie Mingus ’Haitian Fight Song’ and ‘Goodbye Pork Pie hat’.This is the limited Japanese reissue, originally released in 1968, of the British folk-rock act's sprawling two CD set, half recorded in the studio & half live at the Royal Festival Hall, packaged in a miniature LP sleeve it features 33 tracks including four bonus tracks, 'In Time' (alt. version), 'The Trees They Do Grow High' (alt. version), 'Hole In The Coal' (alt. version), & 'Haitian Fight Song' (studio version).

The Pentangle - Sweet Child
1. Market Song
2. No More My Lord
3. Turn Your Money Green
4. Haitian Fight Song
5. Woman Like You
6. Goodbye Pork-Pie Hat
7. Three Dances
8. Watch The Stars
9. So Early In The Spring
10. No Exit
11. Time Has Come
12. Bruton Town
13. Hear My Call
14. Let No Man Steal Your Thyme
15. Belles
16. Travelling Song
17. Waltz
18. Way Behind The Sun
19. John Donne Song
20. Sweet Child
21. I Loved A Lass
22. Three Part Thing
23. Sovay
24. In Time
25. In Your Mind
26. I've Got A Feeling
27. Trees They Do Grow High
28. Moon Dog
29. Hole In The Coal
30. Hole In The Coal * Alternate Version*
31. Trees They Do Grow High * Alternate Version*
32. Haitian Fight Song * Alternate Version*
33. In Time * Alternate Version*

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The Mothers Of Invention - Absolutely Free (Mono Promo)
America Drinks & Goes Home
America Drinks
Amnesia Vivace
Brown Shoes Don't Make It
Call Any Vegetable
Invocation & Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin
Plastic People
Soft-Sell Conclusion & Ending Of Side #1
Son Of Suzy Creemcheese
Status Back Baby
The Duke Regains His Chops
Uncle Bernie's Farm
_Absolutely Free_
__M.O.I. American Pageant_

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From Brooklyn, New York. As recording artists they are best known for their pulsating versions of I Want Candy (which had been a hit for Brian Poole and The Tremeloes in the UK) and Night Time. Both are fine rockers.
The Strangeloves also recorded under the name The Merry Dragons and Sheep. Under the latter moniker they also enjoyed a No. 58 U.S. hit with Hide And Seek in 1966, whilst a later effort I Feel Good made No. 130. They're also rumoured to have recorded a 45 as The Beach-Nuts.
The band also recorded a version of Hang On Sloopy which they produced for one of their big discoveries - The McCoys. Other production credits by the trio included The Angels' My Boyfriend's Back (which had been a No. 1 for this New Jersey-based female pop trio) back in 1963.
Richard Gottehrer later became a partner in Sire Records, which the band helped to form, producing The Go-Go's first two albums and Blondie's debut. Jerry Goldstein's production credits included The Druids Of Stonehenge, Eric Burdon and War and Tim Buckley's Greetings From L.A.. His Far Out Productions company were based in L.A. from 1969.

The Strangeloves - I Want Candy
I Want Candy; The Best of the Strangeloves_01_Cara-Lin
I Want Candy; The Best of the Strangeloves_02_Sendin' My Love
I Want Candy; The Best of the Strangeloves_03_(Roll On) Mississippi
I Want Candy; The Best of the Strangeloves_04_I Want Candy
I Want Candy; The Best of the Strangeloves_05_It's About My Baby
I Want Candy; The Best of the Strangeloves_06_Just the Way You Are
I Want Candy; The Best of the Strangeloves_07_Night Time
I Want Candy; The Best of the Strangeloves_08_No Jive
I Want Candy; The Best of the Strangeloves_09_Rhythm of Love
I Want Candy; The Best of the Strangeloves_10_Satisfaction
I Want Candy; The Best of the Strangeloves_11_I Gotta Dance
I Want Candy; The Best of the Strangeloves_12_Hang On Sloopy
I Want Candy; The Best of the Strangeloves_13_New Orleans
I Want Candy; The Best of the Strangeloves_14_Hand Jive
I Want Candy; The Best of the Strangeloves_15_Out in the Sun (Hey-O)
I Want Candy; The Best of the Strangeloves_16_Love, Love
I Want Candy; The Best of the Strangeloves_17_I'm On Fire
I Want Candy; The Best of the Strangeloves_18_Honey Do
I Want Candy; The Best of the Strangeloves_19_I Wanna Do It
I Want Candy; The Best of the Strangeloves_20_Quarter to Three

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When Zoot Money broke up The Big Roll Band, he formed this suitably named psychedelic outfit who performed frequently at London's Middle Earth and UFO clubs. They were certainly a talented outfit. Andy Summers, of course, later played with The Police, and Colin Allen went on to play with John Mayall and Stone The Crows. They recorded just one single for Columbia, The Madman Running Through The Fields. Penned by Money and Andy Summers it was perhaps one of the finest pieces of psychedelia recorded in the UK, this single is now very sought-after.This 1967 effort was British pop-psych at its zenith, strongly reminiscent of (and as good as) the classic early sides by Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd. Dantalian's Chariot's live appearances were amazing. They took to the stage in white robes and had what was generally regarded as the best light show in town. The only problem was this ensured they made heavy financial loses with every appearance.
Rumours of an unreleased Dantalion's Chariot album were untrue, but in 1995 David Wells' Tenth Planet label pieced together an album of previously unreleased material by the band, plus both sides of their 45. Soma, which appeared in two parts, one on each side of the album, with Andy Summers (who co-wrote it with his tutor Narzir Jarazbhoy) on sitar, was a fine Eastern-sounding remnant from 1967. Fourpenny Bus Ride and, to a lesser degree, Four Firemen were reasonable examples of whimsical psychedelic pop, but of the previously unissued material the jarring World War Three and jazz-tinged High Flying Bird (not the popular US West Coast standard, although it is an ode to the beautiful people of San Francisco), both Money/Summers collaborations, are the high points. By contrast Coffee Song and Recapture The Thrill were inconsequential mainstream recordings. However, overall this album is recommended.

Dantalian's Chariot - Chariot Rising
1. Madman Running through the Fields (A-side of single release)
2. World War Three
3. This Island
4. Fourpenny Bus Ride
5. Four Firemen
6. Sun Came Bursting Through My Cloud
(B-side of single release)
7. Recapture the Thrill
8. Soma
9. Coffee Song
10. High Flying Bird

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Oxford Circle was a legendary psychedelic blues band primarily due to the fact that drummer Paul Whaley and vocalist/fuzz guitarist Gary Lee Yoder were members of the cult proto-metal band Blue Cheer. This set "Live at the Avalon 1966" contains 14 live cuts in good sound quality for the time period. In addition it also contains four studio cuts. "Foolish Woman" a garage/psychedelic favorite and "Troubles" another band original appear here in both studio and live versions. These are the strongest group originals on the disk. The live cuts are mostly classic blues or British blues/rock covers. Versions of "You're A Better Man Than I" (Yardbirds) and "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" (Animals)and some songs by Van Morrison illustrate that their main influences were British blues/rock bands of the mid to late sixties with a California psychedelic take. Blues covers "Baby Please Don't Go" and "I'm A Man" are especially energetic. The Yardbirds like rave-up at the end of the latter contains some Jeff Beck inspired guitar work by lead guitarist Dehner Patten with some psychedelic fuzz and distortion added by Yoder. Fans of California's psychedelic scene and rare blues/garage rock will find this to be a hidden treasure.

Oxford Circle - Live at the Avalon 1966@128
01 - mystic eyes
02 - since you've been away
03 - you're a better man than i
04 - soul on fire
05 - i got my mojo working
06 - baby please don't go
07 - foolish woman
08 - troubles
09 - we gotta get out of this place
10 - today
11 - silent woman
12 - little girl
13 - hoochie coochie man
14_-_I_m_A_Man__Live__
15 - foolish woman
16 - mind destruction
17 - the raven
18 - troubles

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Hot Tuna – Live at Sweetwater II
01 - Hot Tuna - Hesitation Blues - Live At Sweetwater Two
02 Dime For A Beer
03 Death Don't Have No Mercy
04 99 Year Blues
05 San Francisco Bay Blues
06 Blue Moon Of Kentucky
07 Ain't Got No Home
08 Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
09 3rd Week At The Chelsea
10 Ak-47
11 Parchman Farm

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Claudine Longet? Didn't she kill somebody? Sadly, Claudine Longet is most remembered for a tragic day in 1976 when a gun she was holding discharged into the stomach of her boyfriend, ski legend Spider Sabich, leaving him mortally wounded in the bathroom of their Aspen, Colorado chalet. Prior to the shooting, the world knew Claudine best as wife of crooner Andy Williams, although she had gained a measure of fame in her own right as a pop singer with a trademark soft, whispery French accent, and also had to her credit some film work and a string of bit parts on television shows like "Combat!" and "The Rat Patrol." Nowadays, though, more people are familiar with the tasteless Saturday Night Live "Claudine Longet Invitational Ski Tournament" skit (sounds of gunshots are dubbed over footage of skiers flying off a ramp) than with her record and film work.

While the world mourned for Spider Sabich, few tears were shed for the acting and singing career of Claudine which ended just as abruptly as Sabich's life that night. And that's a shame, for Claudine left behind a small legacy of film and TV appearances as well as a catalog of under-appreciated albums which embody the same lethal magic for which Spider Sabich paid so dearly.

As the sixties drew nigh, Claudine's trip down Moon River was coming to an end. She and Williams separated in 1970, and by 1972 Claudine was romantically involved with Spider Sabich. Spider was an Olympic skier and twice world ski-racing champion, and was the real-life role model for the character played by Robert Redford in the film "Downhill Racer."

Claudine and Spider swung with the glittery jet set that populated Aspen, Colorado, a place that Newsweek magazine at the time described as home to "rich recluses, hip hedonists, mellow cowboys and cocaine-snorting vegetarians." In 1974, Claudine and her three children by Williams moved into Spider's stone-and-glass A-frame in the gated Starwood subdivision of Aspen, a neighborhood that also housed John Denver, Tina Sinatra, Jack Nicholson and Jill St. John.

It should be noted that during this time Claudine released the two finest albums of her career, "We've Only Just Begun" and "Let's Spend the Night Together." The albums were issued on Barnaby Records, a label which, curiously enough, was (and is) owned by Andy Williams. Why, one wonders, would their business relationship intensify just as their marriage was dissolving? Some have interpreted the move as an attempt on Andy's part to maintain whatever ties he could to his beautiful wife, and as we shall see, Andy's loyalty and devotion to Claudine extended beyond the conventional marriage contract. For her part, Claudine came into her own artistically, free at last from the oppressiveness of being Mrs. Andy Williams. Here, finally, was the real Claudine.
The "Let's Spend the Night Together" LP is particularly gratifying. From the fragile, heart-aching version of "God Only Knows" that opens side one to the erotic reworking of the Jagger/Richards title track at the end of side two, Claudine demonstrates that she has few peers when it comes to summoning the power of seduction in front of a microphone. Claudine's take on Graham Nash's "Sleep Song" is as sexually charged as anything by French chanteuse Jane Birkin, but unlike Birkin, Claudine never had to resort to heavy breathing to get her message across.

In retrospect, though, it is Claudine's version of "Jealous Guy" that returns to haunt the listener. Imagine Claudine delivering the following recitation with both hands grasped tightly around a German Lüger:

I was dreaming of the past
And my heart was beating fast
I began to lose control
I began to lose control

I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just the jealous kind

I was feeling insecure
You might not love me anymore
I was shivering inside
I was shivering inside
March 21 was cold and gray. Claudine had set out for the slopes, but then changed her mind and went to the Center Bar, where she spent the afternoon sipping white wine. Around 4:00 she drove home where Spider, who had been skiing, returned a short while later. As Spider got ready for a shower and stripped down to his blue thermal underwear, Claudine approached him with a .22-caliber imitation Lüger pistol, which she later claimed to have come across just that morning while putting away some sweaters. She was asking him how to use it, how to protect herself and her children when he was away, when all of a sudden her finger slipped on the trigger and bang bang boom boom, a tragic accident. Or was it?

Not everyone bought Claudine's slippery-finger story. Some locals considered Claudine to be an intruder in Aspen, and a spoiled brat to boot. The couple's four-year relationship was said to be rocky, and Claudine's jealous episodes in public had raised eyebrows around town. Claudine and her three children were getting to be too much for Spider, and he had supposedly given them a deadline to find other accommodations. Claudine did have some supporters in Aspen, like John and Annie Denver with whom she stayed the night after the shooting, but public sentiment ran largely against her. Like the sirens of mythology, Claudine was seen as an enchantress who had bewitched and then doomed the hapless Spider.

Claudine on trial revealed, if not the circumstances surrounding the shooting, certainly the duplicity of her nature, and indeed the inherent contradiction and guile of the female animal at its most deadly. With mournful eyes and choking back tears, a pale and trembling Claudine told the jury that "we were probably everything that a man and a woman should be to each other, we loved each other so much. He was my best friend." Claudine saw herself as a victim, guilty only of mishandling a loaded gun. Contrast this with testimony of the glass-hurling and ski-wielding Claudine, lashing out at Spider in public. Innocent and mercenary, sweet yet cunning, the prize and the curse.

A detective who was with Claudine at the hospital that night claimed that her initial story was that she had been joking with Spider, and just before the gun went off had said playfully, "Bang, bang. Boom, boom." At the trial, however, Claudine denied this and said she knew better than to play with a loaded gun, her final words to Spider instead: "You are sure it won't fire?" Another famous disputed quote was by ex-husband Andy, who had rushed to Claudine's side after the accident. He was overheard to have remarked, "She's always been a reckless chick who drives too fast, skis too fast and takes too many risks." Andy on the witness stand spoke of Claudine as gentle and loving mother of their three children.

A diary which had been illegally seized was not admitted into evidence, nor were blood tests rumored to have shown traces of cocaine. The diary ignited a hotbed of speculation outside the courtroom, however. Prosecutor and District Attorney Frank Tucker claimed it could blow the lid off the case, as well as pull the covers down on a long list of Hollywood heavyweights.

After less than four hours of testimony and four hours of deliberation, the jury found Claudine Longet guilty only of criminal negligence. She was sentenced to 30 days in jail and two years probation. Claudine chose not to appeal and served her time in April, 1977 in the Pitkin County jail. True to form, Claudine shortly thereafter became romantically linked with her defense lawyer, Ron Austin. The diary was returned to Claudine, who threw it in the fire.

In the ensuing years, Claudine has kept a low profile. Andy Williams continues to perform nine months out of the year in Branson, Missouri at his Moon River Theater. Williams' publicist, Tennyson Flowers, reveals only that Claudine is happily married and still living in Aspen.

Claudine Longet - 1967-1972 - [The Very Best of]
1. Hello, Hello
2. We've Only Just Begun
3. God Only Knows
4. Here, There and Everywhere
5. Ain't No Mountain High Enough
6. You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry
7. Small Talk
8. They Long to Be (Close to You)
9. Sleep Song
10. Guess Who I Saw in Paris
11. Walk in the Park
12. Every Night
13. All Alone Am I
14. Look What They Done to My Song, Ma
15. As If You Walked Away
16. Sugar Me
17. Nothing To Lose (The Party version) -1968

Tracks 1, 4 are from Claudine
Tracks 7, 11 are from Love Is Blue ("Small Talk" is the single mix, with Andy Williams on backing vocals)
Tracks 2, 5, 8, 14 are from We've Only Just Begun
Tracks 3, 9, 12 are from Let's Spend the Night Together
Tracks 6, 10, 13, 15, 16 are from Sugar Me
Track 17 (The Party version) -1968

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Fotheringay - Farewell Fotheringay
1. Eppy Moray
2. Gypsy Davey
3. Bold Jack Donahue
4. Lowlands Of Holland
5. The Ballad Of Ned Kelly
6. Banks Of The Nile
7. Nothing More
8. Seven Threads And Golden Needles
9. Peace In The End
10. The Way I Feel
11. Nothing More
12. Wild Mountain Thyme
13. Two Last Weeks In Summer
14. Late November
15. Gypsy Davey
16. Nothing More
17. Memphis Tennessee

Comment
Tracks 1-6: BBC, Folk On One
Tracks 7-9: BBC, Sound Of The Seventies, May 5, 1970
Tracks 10-12: BBC Radio One, April 2, 1970
Tracks 13-15: studio outtakes
Tracks 16-17: Rotterdam Open Air Festival, Summer 1970

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"It was more than 35 years ago today, so keep in mind these recordings may not sound perfect by today standards"

Talk about your mystery groups – despite 20 years of celebrity among psych fans and being on one of the most respected record labels in the world, no one seems to know much about the 5-man outfit known as the Common People. I used to think they were an Eastcoast band because that's what they sound like, but they were managed by Lord Tim Hudson of Seeds & Lollipop Shoppe infamy, and the 1969 album was apparently recorded in L A, so maybe they were westcoast after all. In any event, the LP is an interesting experience, far from perfect but with a bunch of strange twists and turns unusual for a major label artefact.
The Common People - Of The People, By The People, For The People From The Common People 1969 (Capitol st-266)
Feeling
Girl Said - Know
Go Every Way
I Have Been Alone
Land Of A Day
Soon There'll Be Thunder
They Didn't Even Go To The Funeral
This Life She Is Mine
Those Who Love
Why Must I Be

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Back in the mid-late 1960s (a time when giants walked the earth), Long John Baldry, The Yardbirds, and especially John Mayall and his Blues Breakers spearheaded the British blues band scene. Guitarists such as Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, and Peter Green (yep, in those days Peter Green was mentioned in the same breath as that illustrious line-up) floated in and out of various of these and other, minor, Brit blues bands. All went to school on early American blues legends such as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, Willie Dixon, and Robert Johnson.
Here's the short version: Clapton became god, and Green's excessive use of drugs doomed him to a shadowy figure floating in and out of Brit blues history. Although Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Live at the BBC was recorded between 1967 and 1970, this album sounds as if it were done yesterday!

Fleetwood Mac - Live At The BBC
Disc: 1
1. Rattlesnake Shake
2. Sandy Mary
3. Believe My Time Ain't Long
4. Although The Sun Is Shining
5. Only You
6. You Never Know What Your Missing
7. Oh Well
8. Can't Believe You Wanna Leave
9. Jenny Lee
10. Heavenly
11. When Will I Be Loved
12. When I See My Baby
13. Buddy's Song
14. Honey Hush
15. Preachin'
16. Jumping At Shadows
17. Preachin' Blues
18. Need Your Love So Bad
Disc: 2
1. Long Grey Mare
2. Sweet Home Chicago
3. Baby Please Set A Date
4. Blues With A Feeling
5. Stop Messing Around
6. Tallahassee Lassie
7. Hang On To A Dream
8. Linda
9. Mean Mistreatin' Mama
10. World Keeps Turning
11. I Can't Hold Out
12. Early Morning Come
13. Albatross
14. Looking For Somebody
15. A Fool No More
16. Got To Move
17. Like Crying Like Dying
18. Man Of The World

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A Boston group whose sole album, recorded at CBS Studios in New York, is excellent - full of the acid imagery which typified the Bosstown sound in 1968. Almost every track is of interest. For example Land Of Diana has a compelling organ intro, Visions Of My Own some fine woodwind instrumentation and Inside People unusual fuzztone vocals and pleasing keyboards.

Freeborne - Peak Impressions (Monitor MPS 607) 1967
A New Song For Orestes
But I Must Return To Frenzy
Hurtin' Kind Of Woman
Images
Inside People
Land Of Diana
Peak Impressions & Thoughts
Sadly Acknowledged
Visions Of My Own
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One of the better known Dallas bands of this era American Blues were originally known as The Warlocks and also an important stepping stone for Dusty Hill and Frank Beard before they went on to join ZZ Top. Their first album was produced by Scotty McKay and recorded at Robin Hood Brian's studio in Tyler, Texas. Side one is predominantly psychedelic and a 45 from it was issued the following year. Side two was in more of a heavy rock style. It did well enough to attract the interest of EMI subsidiary UNI who signed the band.
American Blues - Is Here (Karma 1001) 1968
1. If I Were a Carpenter
2. All I Saw Was You
3. She'll Be Mine
4. Fugue for Lady Cheriff
5. It's Gone
6. Keep My Heart in a Rage
7. Mercury Blues
8. Melted Like Snow
9. Mellow

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Intriguing psych/prog crossover item should appeal to just about everyone. It has excellent songs, lots of fuzz guitar, soaring harmonies, hooks and loud drums and for the prog fans a few flutes and a long pretentious fantasty epic to close things off. Cool album cover too. “Look To The Sunrise” was a near-hit. It’s not, but it is awfully catchy.
Jasper Wrath - Anthology 1969-76
Big Life
Did You Know That
Father
Follow Me Down
General Gunther (Safari Excerpt - Live)
General Gunther
In The Moment
Lunar Progressions
Misty Meadow
Mysteries
Now Is The Time
Odyssey
Pleasure Trip
Raphael (The Wandering Space Show)
Roland Of Monteviere
Somewhere Behind The Sun (Live)
Somewhere Beyond The Sun (Original 4 Demo)
The City (Live)
The City (Original 4 Demo)
The Dream (Live)
The Dream (Original 4 Demo)
The Ghost Of Way
To Be Alive
Touch The Sky
Where Does Love Go
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Well, for some bizarre reason, a group of superior musicians and songwriters made one fantastic album, BEGIN, that went absolutely nowhere. It was unlike any other album ever made and might be classified as the first true Rock Opera. Each song flowed into the next as if they were one. This is rather strange since BEGIN is actually a compilation of songs by two separate groups, The Millennium and Ballroom. Both groups were formed by Curt Boettcher of Association and Tommy Roe fame. His genius at vocal arrangement was and still is unsurpassed; proven by his arrangements of the Association's Along Comes Mary and Cherish.
Boettcher was also involved with Gary Usher's "studio group" called Sagittarius. The album that resulted from this kinship, Present Tense, has recently been re-released by Sundazed Music with a foreword by Dawn Eden and for all true fans it is a must buy. It is a wonderful album showcasing the talents of all involved. All members of The Millennium are listed and given credit as they helped with vocals and were used as studio musicians for the project ... thanks to Boettcher who was at the time trying to get The Millennium under contract and keep them in spending money. I only recently bought Present Tense and must say I was a bit surprised by the content. If you expect to hear The Millennium, you won't. What you will hear are the seeds that The Millennium grew from, especially Curt Boettcher. The sound is sweet and lyrical and is a perfect vehicle for his voice, but there are moments when the music turns inward and a deeper level is reached. Now that you are totally confused I just want to say ... Buy It ... you won't be disappointed. Dawn Eden says a re-release of The Millennium album by Sundazed is also out there with new liner notes by her and a couple of additional tracks, but I haven't been able to locate it yet.
With the help of Keith Olsen (Music Machine) and Gary Usher(songwriter, surf music avatar, and Columbia staff producer), Boettcher formed The Millennium. This group consisted of seven musicians and songwriters, including Boettcher. The other six members are: Ron Edgar and Doug Rhodes (Music Machine), Michael Fennelly (who later formed Crabby Appleton), Lee Mallory, Sandy Salisbury (Ballroom), and Joey Stec.
Boettchers' genius at vocal arrangement and love of the new art of studio technology was obvious in the result. BEGIN was only the second album recorded with the new 16 track technology. Curt Boettcher ran up the highest Columbia studio bill in history in the year it took to make BEGIN. The reasons for its commercial failure might be due to the fact it was too light for FM and too complex and heavy for AM. Doug Rhodes felt that the resulting diversity of voices and musical styles on the album may have confused listeners and hampered sales. I personally feel that this album is just one of a kind. It is appreciated by those who take the time to listen. Not unlike a W.C. Fields movie, you can't do anything else and appreciate its content. Most people are not willing to devote the time necessary to listen, totally, to this album. If you are, then you just might see what all the fuss is about ... music taken to a higher level ...
Two songs, Just About The Same and Blight, were recorded after BEGIN, but the second album was never to be. At the end of 1968 internal differences, dissatisfaction with Columbia, and consumer indifference spelled the end of the group. Any chance of a reunion was ended in June,1987 with the death of Curt Boettcher.
Doug Rhodes quote in 1990, " It doesn't matter to me that BEGIN wasn't a commercial success. What matters is that we were among the first of our generation of musicians to explore recording itself as a creative process. It happened because we also explored openness and trust with one another, for we knew that was essential to being able to produce anything worthwhile on record. That togetherness is what the group was about. If that is audible, then the record is a success.

The Millenium - Magic Time
CD 1
A Time For Everything
Baby Please Don't Go
Crazy Dreams
Forever (Instrumental)
Forever
I'll Grow Stronger (Instrumental)
I'll Grow Stronger
It's A Sad World (Instrumental)
It's A Sad World
Lead Me To Love
Love's Fatal Way
Magic Time (Instrumental)
Magic Time
Musty Dusty
Spinning, Spinning, Spinning (Instrumental)
Spinning, Spinning, Spinning
Would You Like To Go (Instrumental)
Would You Like To Go
You Turn Me Around (Instrumental)
You Turn Me Around
CD2
5 A.M. [original version]
Another Time [demo]
Believe You
Dancing Dandelion [demo]
I'm Not Living Here
It Won't Always Be The Same [instrumental]
Karmic Dream Sequence #1 [original version]
Keeper Of The Games [demo]
Love's Fatal Way [Instrumental]
Milk And Honey
Opus To A Friend
Sea Of Tears [demo]
Sun Arise
Sunshine Today [alternate instrumental version]
Sunshine Today [demo]
The Island [original version]
There Is Nothing More To Say [instrumental]
To Claudia On Thursday [instrumental]
Too Young To Marry
CD 3
5 A.M. [Single Version]
5 A.M
Anthem (Begin)
Blight
I Just Want To Be Your Friend [Single Version]
I Just Want To Be Your Friend
I'm With You
It Won't Always Be The Same
It's You [Single Version]
It's You
Just About The Same
Karmic Dream Sequence #1
Prelude [Single Version]
Prelude
Sing To Me
Some Sunny Day
The Island
The Know It All
There Is Nothing More To Say [Single Version]
There Is Nothing More To Say
To Claudia On Thursday [Single Version]
To Claudia On Thursday


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Them - The Story Of Them Featuring Van Morrison
DISC 1:
1. Story Of Them Parts 1 & 2, The
2. Don't Start Crying Now
3. Gloria
4. Philosophy
5. One Two Brown Eyes
6. Baby Please Don't Go
7. Here Comes The Night
8. All For Myself
9. One More Time
10. Little Girl
11. I Gave My Love A Diamond
12. Go On Home Baby
13. My Little Baby
14. Mystic Eyes
15. Don't Look Back
16. If You And I Could Be As Two
17. I Like It Like That
18. I'm Gonna Dress In Black
19. Route 66, (Get Your Kicks On)
20. Just A Little Bit
21. You Just Can't Win
22. Bright Lights, Big City
23. Baby What You Want Me To Do
24. I'm Gonna Dress In Black - (Alternate mix)
25. One More Time - (Alternate Stereo mix)
26. Little Girl - (alternate take)
DISC 2:
1. How Long Baby
2. Half As Much, (It Won't Hurt)
3. Something You Got
4. Call My Name
5. Turn On Your Lovelight
6. I Put A Spell On You
7. I Got A Woman
8. Out Of Sight
9. It's All Over Now Baby Blue
10. Bad Or Good
11. Hello Josephine
12. Don't You Know
13. Hey Girl
14. Bring 'Em On In
15. Times Gettin' Tougher Than Tough
16. Stormy Monday
17. Friday's Child
18. Richard Cory
19. My Lonely Sad Eyes
20. I Can Only Give You Everything
21. Could You, Would You
22. Bring 'Em On In - (Alternate version)
23. Richard Cory - (Alternate version)
24. Call My Name - (Alternate Single version)

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The Move is a 1960s rock music band from Birmingham, England, led by guitarist, singer and songwriter Roy Wood. The group evolved from several mid-'60s Birmingham groups, including Carl Wayne and the Vikings, the Nightriders and the Mayfair Set. The group's name seems to refer to the move various members of these bands made to form the group. Beside Wood, the original members of the Move were drummer Bev Bevan, bassist Chris "Ace" Kefford, vocalist Carl Wayne and guitarist Trevor Burton.
They played their first shows in early 1966, and became known for their elaborate vocal arrangements and for their taste in soul music and American West-Coast bands the Beach Boys, the Byrds, Love and Moby Grape. Their manager, Tony Secunda, got them a weekly residency at London's Marquee Club, where they appeared dressed in gangster regalia. Roy Wood wrote their first single, 1967's "Night of Fear," which began the Move's practice of musical quotation (in this case, the 1812 Overture).
"Flowers in the Rain" was the first track played on Radio 1 when it began in 1967.

The Move - Looking Back...The Best of the Move
1. Fire Brigade
2. Flowers in the Rain
3. Night of Fear
4. Disturbance
5. I Can Hear the Grass Grow
6. Kilroy Was Here
7. Mist on a Monday Morning
8. Blackberry Way
9. Cherry Blossom Clinic
10. Wild Tiger Woman
11. Useless Information
12. Curly
13. Omnibus
14. Something
15. Hello Susie
16. Beautiful Daughter
17. Brontosaurus
18. When Alice Comes Back to the Farm
19. Lightning Never Strikes Twice
20. Looking On
21. Feel Too Good

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Who can forget "Wild Thing"? The Troggs have always been remembered for this 60s anthem, but it is just one of their many UK hits. "With A Girl Like You", "I Can't Control Myself", "Anyway That You Want Me", "Give It To Me" and "Love Is All Around". They all followed in rapid succession to give The Troggs world-wide acclaim. Dubbed by many as the "first British punk band" they have continued playing in their own uncompromising style of good basic rock music.

The Troggs - Hit Single Anthology
1. Wild Thing
2. From Home
3. With A Girl Like You
4. I Want You
5. I Can't Control Myself
6. Gonna Make You
7. Anyway That You Want Me
8. 66 5 4 3 2 1
9. Give It To Me
10. You're Lyin
11. Night Of The Long Grass
12. Girl In Black
13. Hi Hi Hazel
14. As I Ride By
15. Love Is All Around
16. When Will The Rain Come
17. Little Girl
18. Maybe The Madman

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Just Another Chocoesque Comp - Michealangelo
01 - 1910 Fruitgum Company - Reflections From A Looking Glass
02 - Virgin Sleep - Secret
03 - Colin Giffin - Changes In Our Time
04 - The Searchers - Popcorn Double Feature
05 - Carl & Tom - People Get Together
06 - Angel Pavement - Green Mello Hill
07 - Wild Silk - Visions In A Plaster Sky
08 - The 23rd Turnoff - Michaelangelo
09 - Angel Pavement - When Will I See June Again
10 - Calum Bryce - Lovemaker
11 - Colin Giffin - When I Was So Young
12 - The Human Instinct - A Day In My Mind's Mind
13 - Wild Silk - Toymaker
14 - Spencer Davis Group - Sanity Inspector
15 - Strawberry Children - Love Years Coming
15a - Michelangelo (Reprise)
16 - The 23rd Turnoff - Leave Me Here
17 - July - Dandelion Seed
18 - Thunderclap Newman - Accidents
19 - Human Instinct - Death Of The Seaside
20 - The Virgin Sleep - Love
21 - The Searchers - Umbrella Man
22 - Kaleidescope - Balloon
23 - Dave D, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - The Sun Goes Down
24 - The Spencer Davis Group - Timeseller
25 - Kieth Meeham - Hooker Street
26 - Unknown
27 - Strawberry Alarm Clock - The Birdman of Alcatrash
28 - The Searchers - Lovers
29 - Strawberry Children - One Stands Here
30 - Love Children - Every Little Step
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The Nazz took their name from the song "The Nazz are Blue" by The Yardbirds from their album Roger the Engineer. That song, in turn, took its title from Lord Buckley's comic monologue, "The Nazz," which is a re-telling of the story of Jesus of Nazareth.
Formed in Philadelphia, USA in 1967, the psych-pop Nazz were not really Todd Rundgren's first band, both he and Van Osten had earlier played with Woody's Truck Stop, who were basically a white blues band and released their own album on Smash in early 1969.
Essentially a British-influenced mod band, the Nazz were quickly signed by Screen Gems Columbia who were looking for a replacement for The Monkees. 1968 saw the release of their debut album and a single Open My Eyes. Both were superb. The single was a high energy rocker with a compulsive beginning (which begged comparison to The Who's I Can't Explain), and beautifully blended harmonies. It received a lot of airplay in Britain, but inexplicably was not a hit. In the U.S. it was only a minor hit. It may well have been a much bigger hit, but many stations preferred to play its flip side Hello It's Me, which was also a minor hit when re-issued as the 'A' side to Crowded in 1969.
The album was full of variety - aside from the stunning Open My Eyes, it contained a number of fine rock ballads such as See What You Can Be, Hello It's Me, and If That's The Way You Feel and other dynamic hard rock numbers such as Back Of Your Mind, When I Get My Plane and She's Goin' Down (the latter showing a distinct Hendrix influence). Despite its acclaim, in retrospect, as a superb album, Nazz did not sell, either in the U.S. or the UK. Released at the height of the American West Coast's heyday, perhaps it cut across the general musical tide that year. However, it became a sought after collectors' item.
Nazz Nazz, recorded in Los Angeles, was a more consistent album and arguably the band's best. It was originally planned as a double album, but relationships within the group, particularly between Rundgren and Mooney were beginning to deteriorate to such an extent that only a single album was possible. (Nazz III was later released after the band split and made up of left overs from the earlier recording sessions.) Opening track, Forget All About It was a cohesive, melodic number. Not Wrong Long was the band's third U.S. single - the final one to be released in the UK. Under The Ice and Rain Rider were further examples of their heavier brand of rock. Gonna Cry Today and Letters Don't Count were melodic ballads, whilst Meridian Leeward was a rather strange number about a piloting human-eating pig. The final track, an eleven minute extravaganza entitled A Beautiful Song, married together all of The Nazz's musical styles as well as many of the influences on them.
Rundgren's departure for a solo career in 1970 brought the Nazz to an end, and Nazz III, compiled from material from the Nazz Nazz sessions, was issued posthumously...Nazz - Nazz (1968, SGC)
1 Open My Eyes
2 Back Of Your Mind
3 See What You Can Be
4 Hello It's Me
5 Wildwood Blues
6 If That's The Way You Feel
7 When I Get My Plane
8 Lemming Song
9 Crowded
10 She's Goin' Down





Nazz - Nazz Nazz (1969, SGC)
1 Forget All About It
2 Not Wrong Long
3 Rain Rider
4 Gonna Cry Today
5 Meridian Leeward
6 Under The Ice
7 Hang On Paul
8 Kiddie Boy
9 Featherbedding Lover
10 Letters Don't Count
11 A Beautiful Song



Nazz - Nazz III (1971, SGC)
1 Some People
2 Only One Winner
3 Kicks
4 Resolution
5 It's Not That Easy
6 Old Time Lovemaking
7 Magic Me
8 Loosen Up
9 Take The Hand
10 How Can You Call That Beautiful?
11 Plenty Of Lovin'
12 Christopher Columbus
13 You Are My Window

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In 1969 Beefheart's guitarist Jeff Cotton and Merrell Fankhauser formed Mu (basically a reunion of the Exiles). Their first album, Mu (RTV, 1971), reissued as The Maui Album (Reckless, 1988), contains the mystical/tribal suite Eternal Thirst, the exotic novelty Mumbella Baye La La, a spastic blues number a` la Beefheart (Ain't No Blues), the ethereal psychedelia of Blue Form and Brother Lew. Mu released three singles before disbanding: Ballad of Brother Lew/ Nobody Wants To Shine (Mantra, 1972), One More Day/You've Been Here Before (MU, 1972), On Our Way To Hana/Too Naked For Demetrius (MU, 1973). Cotton moved back to Los Angeles and became a priest.
The material recorded in 1973-74 for Mu's second album would eventually surface on The Last Album (Appaloosa, 1982), reissued as End Of An Era (Reckless, 1988). This material is less psychedelic and more exotic, laid-back, spiritual. The double-disc MU (Sundazed, 1997) contains a selection of both albums and the singles.

Mu - Compilation - D1.2 - California 1971-1972 - T01.12 - Ain't No Blues
Mu - Compilation - D1.2 - California 1971-1972 - T02.12 - Ballad Of Brother Lew
Mu - Compilation - D1.2 - California 1971-1972 - T03.12 - Blue Form
Mu - Compilation - D1.2 - California 1971-1972 - T04.12 - Interlude
Mu - Compilation - D1.2 - California 1971-1972 - T05.12 - Nobody Wants To Shine
Mu - Compilation - D1.2 - California 1971-1972 - T06.12 - Eternal Thirst
Mu - Compilation - D1.2 - California 1971-1972 - T07.12 - Too Naked For Demetrius
Mu - Compilation - D1.2 - California 1971-1972 - T08.12 - Mumbella Baye Tu La
Mu - Compilation - D1.2 - California 1971-1972 - T09.12 - The Clouds Went That Way
Mu - Compilation - D1.2 - California 1971-1972 - T10.12 - You've Been Here Before
Mu - Compilation - D1.2 - California 1971-1972 - T11.12 - One More Day
Mu - Compilation - D1.2 - California 1971-1972 - T12.12 - On Our Way To Hana
Mu - Compilation - D2.2 - Hawaii 1974 - T01.20 - The Land Of Mu
Mu - Compilation - D2.2 - Hawaii 1974 - T02.20 - Make A Joyful Noise
Mu - Compilation - D2.2 - Hawaii 1974 - T03.20 - Haleakala
Mu - Compilation - D2.2 - Hawaii 1974 - T04.20 - Blue Jay Blue
Mu - Compilation - D2.2 - Hawaii 1974 - T05.20 - Showering Rain
Mu - Compilation - D2.2 - Hawaii 1974 - T06.20 - I Saw Your Photograph
Mu - Compilation - D2.2 - Hawaii 1974 - T07.20 - It's Love That Sings The Song
Mu - Compilation - D2.2 - Hawaii 1974 - T08.20 - You And I
Mu - Compilation - D2.2 - Hawaii 1974 - T09.20 - Calling From A Star
Mu - Compilation - D2.2 - Hawaii 1974 - T10.20 - Waiting For The Sun
Mu - Compilation - D2.2 - Hawaii 1974 - T11.20 - Children Of The Rainbow
Mu - Compilation - D2.2 - Hawaii 1974 - T12.20 - Who Will Write This Song
Mu - Compilation - D2.2 - Hawaii 1974 - T13.20 - Daybreak Sunshine
Mu - Compilation - D2.2 - Hawaii 1974 - T14.20 - Drink From The Fountain
Mu - Compilation - D2.2 - Hawaii 1974 - T15.20 - The Love We Bare
Mu - Compilation - D2.2 - Hawaii 1974 - T16.20 - In Mu
Mu - Compilation - D2.2 - Hawaii 1974 - T17.20 - You're Not The Only One
Mu - Compilation - D2.2 - Hawaii 1974 - T18.20 - End Of An Era
Mu - Compilation - D2.2 - Hawaii 1974 - T19.20 - Earth News Interview
Mu - Compilation - D2.2 - Hawaii 1974 - T20.20 - The Awakening

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Janis Joplin - Good Girls to Heaven, Bad Ones to Everywhere = 1969-04-01 Live in Holland with the Kozmic Blues Band + 1965 Live in SF
(01) Instrumental
(02) Maybe
(03) Summertime
(04) Try (just a little bit harder)
(05) Can't turn You loose
(06) Combination of the two
(07) Ball and chain
(08) Piece of my heart
(09) Trouble in my mind
(10) Long black train
(11) Kansas city blues
(12) Hesitation blues
(13) Nobody knows you when you are down and out
(14) Daddy, daddy, daddy

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Fairport Convention - The Alternative Heyday BBC 1968 1969
1. Marcie
2. Night In The City
3. Easter Rain
4. Fotheringay
5. She Moves Through The Fair
6. Light My Fire
7. I'll Keep It With Mine
8. Billy The Orphan Boy's Lonely Xmas
9. Meet On The Ledge
10. The Book Song
11. Who Knows Where The Time Goes
12. You're Gonna Need My Help
13. Lark In The Morning

Tracks 1-2: David Symonds Show, June 18, 1968
Tracks 3-4: Top Gear, August 26, 1968
Tracks 5-9: Top Gear, December 9, 1968
Track 10: David Symonds Show, December 27, 1968
Track 11-12: Symonds On Sunday, February 4, 1969
Track 13: Top Gear, September 23, 1969

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Dashiell Hedayat aka Jack-Alain Léger aka Melmoth is a writer and translated in french books by Bob Dylan (Tarantula), J.R.R. Tolkien (Tom Bombadil) and Leonard Cohen.

He recorded two albums "La Devanture des Ivresses" as Melmoth in 1969 and Obsolete as Dashiell Hedayat in 1971 with strong involvement of Gong and William S. Burroughs.

Melmoth (Dashiell Hedayat) - La Devanture des Ivresses
1. Le Voyage D'été (8:20)
2. Vous Direz Que Je Suis Tombé (6:07)
3. La Mort Multicolore (4:13)
4. Papier A Fleur (5:55)
5. Le Blues Interminable de la Préposée (5:48)
6. Mary-Flora Belle (4:06)
7. Le Voyage D'Hiver (3:29)

Total Time: 37:58

Line-up
- Dashiell "Melmoth" Hedayatt / words, music and vocals
- Didier de Sanit-Jores / piano, organ, vibes, percussions
- Jose Fadla / guitars
- Robert Balestero / drums, vibes, percussions
- Richard Raux / saxes & flute

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