Buzzbone - "Magic" 45 1976

Released as a 45 rpm single in 1976, this record was supposed to be a prelude to a full length L.P. which never happened. Only now, 38 years later, ShroomAngel records is said to be producing a  slightly delayed release of the album that was scheduled for 2014. The band, from Houston Texas, featured both Dan Mitchel and Tom More of Moving Sidewalks fame. Will this album ever see the light of day? I hope so. Because this cut is great.

Vikings Invasion - Vol. 1 1975

An obvious "unpolished' L.P. from a band hailing from a German speaking pat of Switzerland, Vikings Invasion played a rough gritty blues based heavy rock. Formed in 1970, their first and only album "Vol. 1" (there never was a Vol.2) was released exclusively in England where they had lived for some time. In Switzerland, a bootleg copy was released, but a constant grinding noise makes it an annoying listen at best. The original is wanted by collectors who are willing to pay un-godly prices for the original L.P. because of it's rarity. Like I stated earlier, a bit unpolished, but loud blues rock none the less.

The Other Half - "The Other Half Plus" 1968

From San Francisco, The Other Half were part of the fist wave of psych bands ('66 to '68) and served as the vehicle for guitarist Randy Holden between  The Sons of Adam and Blue Cheer. Holden joined The Other Half after being offered the chance to replace Jeff Beck in The Yardbirds. The Other Half's sound has been compared to The Yardbirds by critics and fans alike containing elements of Blues and Hard Rock. Holen left the band after the release of their debut album, being disappointed by the recording and dissatisfied with the type of guitar he was playing for the band, later stating: "I was trying to accommodate everyone else at the expense of my own soul and happiness."
Formed in 1966, the band released their first single "Mr. Pharmacist" b/w "I've come so far"  and has been described as a slice of "raging garage punk/anger" but failed to sell. It did however, attract the attention of the Acta label who agreed to finance an album. The bands debut on the label was the single "Wonderful Day b/w "Flight of the Dragon Lady", again, attracting critical praise, but failing in sales. 1968 saw the release of their self titled L.P. and is considered a "lost classic" among psych collectors, Holden's guitar being the strong point of the band and the release. There is a tune on the album "Feathered Friend" written by Arthur Lee (Love), and "Flight of the Dragon Lady" being two of my picks from this release. All in all, a fine album. This re-issue containd the two singles mentioned above as well.

R.I.P. Dickie Peterson Sept. 12, 1946 - Oct. 12, 2009

Remember him every time you hear THUNDER from above.

Swampgas - s/t 1972

I believe the sole release of this obscure and mysterious band from Long Island, N.Y. There's really not much biographical information on these guys out there. The lineup consisted of Jock Davis (bass), Baird Hersey (guitars) Kim Ornitz (vocals), and Ricky Statler (drums). It was released on RSO records, and recorded at A&R in N.Y. with Arnie Kornfeld (one of three producers at Woodstock fest.) and the band co-producing.
It's got kind of a southern rock tinge to it, a-la Skynard, or James Gang, but on a less sensational level. It's got a lot of really great grooves and they were good at the music of the day.

Sadly, the label was having money troubles and postponed the release of the album, which tore the band apart. Some time after the bands demise, the parent company, Buddah, released the album with no support, and no band to promote it. It fell forever between the cracks. Good luck finding a copy of this one.

Prodigal Sons - "Emerge from the Void" 1972

From Siverado's Rare Music: "Extremely consistent blend of Heavy Metal style, power trio hard rock, and some boogie blues hard rock, featuring some good wah-wah guitar. This is a great party album, leading one to believe they must have been a truly excellent live band. They were from Ohio.
Nice hard rockin' release. If you like Wildfire, Tin House, and early BTO, you will dig this! There's even some British influence (Johns Tune, Saga of Yeti) here. (Tymeshifter)
From RYM: 'Heavy hard southern tinged rock circa 1972. Killer cuts like 'Water Song,', and 'Song of the Yeti'... This is a killer throughout and unknown heretofore. Sounds great, and cool cover completes the package...
Sounds like a mix between Boulder Damn and Allman Bros., with maybe a little Feather De Gamba.
Lost music from a lost time. "The Mystery and music of the Prodigal Sons continues to thrill and mesmerize listeners to this day. Who are they? And where are they? The answer my friends, lay in the vault of the void. One thing is for certain, they know how to play kick ass rock and roll early 70's style before all the head bangin' mumbo jumbo. Listen on, as many have already, to the power and the glory that is and was The Prodigal Sons as they Emerge from the Void."

Him and The Others - "She's Got Eyes that Tell Lies" b/w "I Mean It" 1966

Him & the Others were formed in 1964 in the U.K. when drummer Keith Giles and Bassist/singer Lenny Shaw lfet their former group to start a new group with vocalist George Demetrious.
After placing adverts in Melody Maker, guitarists Colin Roche and Geoff Gibbs completed the lineup. The group soon built up a following around top London clubs and the home counties and supported many of the major top acts, as well as backing group to chart singer Peter Fenton. They also appeared in the British made film 'Mini Weekend' filmed at one of their many gigs at the London club Tiles.
They made one record for the Parlaphone label, which recieved rave reviews but failed to garner any chart success.
In 1967 following Lenny's departure from the group, they changed their name to The Hand with Geoff Gibbs switching to bass, they became more blues/progressive oriented.
The band split up for good about a year later. George and Geoff went on to form George Paul Jefferson, Keith Giles joined progressive group Forts Mentum, whilst Colin Roche went back to his love for blues forming a band with Paul Rodgers who later went on to form Free.

Life - "This Time (Our Love Will Last)" b/w "Lonely with a capitol "L" 45 1972

And here's the only description and/or info I could find on this American band/single (from a listing on Popsike Auction site): "As comped on the Angel Dust Psychedelia LP, "This Time" is a tremendous slab of heavy fuzzed up psych. Life were a southern band and their own single "Hatchet Annie" is not quite as good as it sounds. But this is the one to own." Looks as if it sold for around $130, and nobody had uploaded the B side as of yet. This tune is great though.

The Accent - "Red Sky at Night" b/w "Wind of Change" 1967

Aha! Here we have what is considered by many to be not only one of THE best U.K. Psych- Freakbeat/Mod slabs out there, but also one of the most collectable as well. Not too much info on this one I'm afraid. However, the credits are to Davies, Beethham, Hebron, & Burkett. The A side features "Red Sky at Night" which is a mid paced solid sonic slab o psych, nice fuzzy guitars, the B side "Wind of Change" at first came off a little darker, but both sides have grown on me quite a bit, and only after a couple plays each. Awesomely heavy guitars for the time on both sides. Can't choose one over the other. I'll update this entry as I find out more info on this one, as I plan to do a lot of digging into it. Here's a bit more from Julian Cope's Head Heritage

The Punks - s/t A.K.A. "The Most Powerful Music on Earth" 1973

Detroit U.S.A. 1973, The Punks were an American rock proto/punk band influenced by bands such as the Underdogs, Unrelated Segments, Velvet Underground, MC5, the Stooges, SRC, early Alice Cooper and Blue Cheer. The Punks represented the answer and contribution to the demise of the great late '60's era, especially in and around the greater Detroit area. After about 1970 or so, the Detroit scene had died out, so the Punks geared up and decided to make their own noise (and what a wonderful noise it was!!!) Guitarists Steve Rocky, Alan Weber, and bassist Ron McMahon, and lead singer "Frantic" a.k.a. William Kuchon took care of the craziness. Loud, aggressive, fast , rockin' music, at times slow, with heavy non-traditional guitar interactions of feedback/wah/distortion, mixed with driving bass runs and and atomic bomb relentless back beat. They lasted 'till about 1977, when the rest of the world was first discovering "Punk Rock." You could put this album up against any early Stooges efforts and be hard pressed to tell who's who. "when did the Stooges record this?!" I can here in the background of some basement party taking place right now. Their  only album was posthumously released culled from demo recordings and live shows. The Punks S/T a.k.a. "The Most Powerful Music on Earth" has been released on Motorcity Music. A link from around 2003 is a good start Right HERE to tracking down a copy of your own. Essential. also, dig this Review from Alan Wright.

Tucky Buzzard - s/t 1971

A British hard rock band formed in 1969, by three former members of "The End." The original lineup was: Jimmy Henderson (vocals), Terry Taylor (guitar), David Brown (bass), Paul Frances (drums), and Nick Grahm (keys). Halfway through recording this, their debut album, Frances departed and was replaced with Chris Johnson, who recorded all the (awesome) drum parts, and was credited on the album sleeve. Tucky Buzzard produced a total of five albums between 1969 and 1973. The bands producer was Bill Wyman, of The Rolling Stones. Terry Taylor has worked with Bill Wyman on a number of musical projects, including Willie & the Poor Boys, and Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings.
Tucky Buzzard was prominently featured in an article called "Top 6 classic rock bands you didn't know that you didn't know" by Dave White.

Euphoria - "Lost in Trance" 1973

Psychedelic power trio from Wisconsin circa 1973. Rumor is they re-grouped recently and relocated out west to Washington, but it fizzled out? Really great acid/guitar psych-rock although with a very annoying singer. Well, maybe not him so much as his vocals. A good rockin' up-tempo kinda jam, with great guitars. The original packaging was a lot cooler that the re-issue. (which is pretty boring, actually). It's been described as a pillar of the genre, and sounds as if it could have been recorded MUCH earlier than '73. Good luck getting your hands on one of these. Very limited press on a private label, Probably made enough for their friends and to sell at shows, which was the norm for back then. Totally killer fuzzed- out biker psych. It's been reissued on CD (Mason Records), but the availability is something I unfortunately can not provide.

Pluto - s/t 1971

Pluto isnot necessarily onee bands in being the seminal weaving of the rock music tapestry, never the less remain a little known and underrated band, who's only album, originally released on the Dawn label back in 197 1has, during the latter half of the 90's became a sought after collectors itemin the underground progressive circles. During the mid-to late 60's and had drifted around the London Beat Scene. Appearing in the pop/rock/r&b groups. They were in fact, the last band to record with legendary indy producer John Meek. They created somewhat of a down headed lunacy - and, latched on to some of the sensational/destructive aspects of The Who and Jimi Hendrix. In the spring of 1972 the band released a second single, one who's songs didn't appear on the album. It was playlisted on Radio One and became somewhat of a hit. They split up in 1973.

Chirchill's - s/t 1968

The Churchill's was and Israeli band founded in 1965 active ''till the 1970's. It part of a rhythm band scene active in the 1970's especially in Ramla. The band played rock music in English , from psychedelic rock to progressive rock. It was also active in other countries as Jericho Jones and Jericho. It was one of the first Israeli rock bands. The band was a leading force in the Israeli Beat scene, but it was their cooperaration with Arik Einstein that made them cross over t the Israeli pop, and recorded the first Israeli rock albums.

Nitzinger - One Foot in History 1973

John Nitzinger is a blues rock guitarist  and songwriter from Fort Worth, Texas. In the early 70's, Nitzinger penned songs on five records by fellow Fort Worth band Bloodrock. When Bloodrock 2 went gold, Nitzinger signed a deal with Capitol and his first album "Nitzinger" was released in 1972. In 1973 his second album was issued on Capitol Records. On April 7, 1975, Nitzinger was the opening act for B.B King at the Longhorn Ballroom, Dallas, Texas. In 1976 a solo record was released called "Live Electrically on @0th Century Records.  After 1980. he continued releasing solo records, and participated in works by Carl Paul Palmer and Alice Cooper.