Clay Riness - Rollin' in My Changes (Rare and great 1983 US Private Rural Folk LP)

 

I think this is an amazingly great LP.
Often one can get a pretty good idea about a record just by checking out the titles & various details on the cover and/or in the liners; this is a prime example of such examination. How could it not be raw, rustic folk with a label name like Weary Wolf & a publishing company called Folked Up Musics, with songs like "Trapper", "Yodelin' Cowboy", and "Knock Kneed Country Woman" ? How could it not have a slight beat/jazzy/coffeehouse cool to it with a poem like that by Robert "One Man" Johnson on the back ? Right - what you see is what you get, and it's all the better for it.
Only two songs have full accompaniment with drums, bass & femme backing vocals; otherwise Clay sticks to himself & he's doing just as good that way. The guitarplaying is absolutely topnotch, vocals are soulful & deliver the moodiness of "Me And My Old Man" and "Yodelin' Cowboy" with the same ease as the ironic wit of "Movin' To The City Rag".
The songwriting is also of a very high class, balancing the derivation that is part of this game with original ideas that stand up to comparisons with (should-be) classics of the genre, like the Bob Frank LP on Vanguard. Also mandatory for folkblues LPs, at least to my ears, is the need for a few spins to let the songs grab hold of you - it hardly ever happens right away.
Rivaling "Me And My Old Man" for the hotspot is the, also aforementioned, melancholic "Yodelin' Cowboy", full of nostalgia and late-night sadness that may come when looking back upon happier and/or easier times but I wouldn't want to be without any of these ten songs. "Rollin' In My Changes" is a seemingly lost chapter in the record lists, but I'm sure collectors will catch up eventually.
(review taken from https://www.beautifullies.se/farm-faves/)

Listen : A3. Me and My Old Man  &  B5. The Age of Consent

Complete with the original insert !

Clay Riness himself told me that there were only one thousand of this LP pressed and released. Rare indeed !

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Ferré Grignard - Captain Disaster (Great 1968 Belgian Psych Folk Blues LP - 1st UK issue on Major Minor)

 

 

Produced by Rikki Stein, 1968's "Captain Disaster" featured a mixture of Grignard originals and revamped traditional tunes. While his sound remained firmly rooted in '60s singer-songwriter folk and American blues (as interpreted by a Flemish hippie), producer Stein slapped an update sound on the ten selections. With backing from an un-credited band, performances like 'I Won't Have a Dance', the single 'Yama Hey' and the title track mixed his folk and blues moves with a heavy dose of psychedelic effects. Again singing all of the material in English, the combination of Grignard's ragged voice; limited English and those psychedelic arrangements made for a truly strange album. To be honest, had it not been for his "hippie" reputation (long hair, mod clothing, don't-care attitude), it's hard to imagine that Grignard would ever have worked himself out of a small Antwerp club. And maybe that "real person" vibe was part of what made this album interesting. Okay, half of it was lousy, but exemplified by tracks like the opener 'I Won't Have a Dance' and 'Hansie Pansey', the other 50% was fascinating in a train-wreck fashion.

 

Listen : A5. Hansie Pansy & A4. My Friend & A2. Tell Me Now 

 

This the first UK issue from 1972 on Major Minor (Catalog number SMLP72) !!!

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Nashville - Départ (Amazing 1976 Private French Psychedelic Folk LP)

 

Very rare and excellent French Folk LP privately released in 1976 on Farfadet Music.

Tracklist :
A1 Les vieux
A2 Pourquoi faut-il un jour
A3 La mélodie du souvenir
A4 Le vagabond
A5 La chanson des marins
A6 Vietnam
B1 Les chemins de Katmandu
B2 Lettre à un fils
B3 Les enfants de Nanterre
B4 Turn On
B5 Atlantide
B6 Départ

Credits :
Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica, Banjo, Vocals – Gérard Royer
Flute, Percussion, Vocals – Jean Paul Toczek
Twelve-string Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals – Serge Rey

(with Dany Pontarolo & Sylvain Vidal - additional acoustic guitars)

 

Listen :  A5. La chanson des marins  &  A6. Vietnam 73  &  B5. Atlantide  &  B6. Départ 

Don't miss this one ... you could regret it !

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The Changing Tyde (from John Brown University) - Let Love Come In (Rare 1970 Gospel Folk LP on Century Records)

 

Rare Xian/Folk/Psych LP from 1970.
Six piece group of students deliver some great originals and some fantastic covers (Everybody's Talkin', California Dreaming, ...) !

Listen :  A4. Trust Him  &  A2. Deep Inside  or ... The whole LP  !

Same highly collectable Tax-Loss record label as Search Party, Folly's Pool, St.Pius X Seminary Choir, All Of Thus, Piper, ... !

Record : VG to VG+
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Gayland Titus & Paul Wehling - ST (Rare and excellent 1976 US Private Folk LP)

 

Excellent duo Folk LP with all original compositions by Gayland Titus (except one or two tracks written by Paul Wehling).
Some amazing tracks on here especially "A1. Melvin".

Listen : A1. Melvin  &   B3. His Wife  &  A3. 40 and Gettin' Colder 

Another very great LP that would deserve better recognition !

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Mary Ann - ST (Rare 1976 US Female Folk LP on Century Records)

 

Very rare tiny pressed-released LP on highly collectable Tax-Loss record label.

Same label as Search Party, Folly's Pool, St.Pius X Seminary Choir, All Of Thus, Piper, ... 

Listen : B3. If You Go Away  &  B2. Come On Over 

Guitar, vocals and arrangements by Mary Ann !

Record : VG+
Cover : VG+ (signed on back cover - see pictures)
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Missouri Woodland (Royal Scanlon & Gary D. Paredes) - Signing Our Lives Away (Rare 1978 US Private Country Folk Rock LP)

 

A simply splendid slice of americana back-porch Country-Folk-Rock pickin' by 2 U.S. Southern guys: Royal Scanlon & Gary D. Paredes ... with help from friends on dobro & pedal-steel (Cal Hand), e-bass, drums, piano, violin ...

Listen : B5. Common Ground 

Complete with original inner sleeve in great condition !

Record : VG++
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Insert : VG+
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Schlachtvieh - Ein Rock-Oratorium gegen den Krieg (Rare 1980 German Experimental Psych Cosmic Heavy Krautrock LP on Kanon)

 

Very nice Experimental German LP with psych, cosmic, prog touches !

Absolutely stunning and rare German Progressive Krautrock album. It has it all, great male/female vocals, great Hammond organ and amazing fuzz guitars, flute, fantastic psychedelic effects and spooky vocal narrations on two tracks! It sounds like it was recorded in the early 70’s.
(review by an ebay seller)
Two excellent Heavy Kraut tracks : A4. Kreuzzug and B4. Friedenslied. 

Listen : Schlachtvieh - Ein Rock-Oratorium gegen den Krieg - 1980 (The whole album) 

Tracklist :

 00.00. Einleitung (Kinderstimmen)
 06.14. Zwei Männer (Wolfgang Borchert)
 07.12. Josua (Altes Testament)
 10.42. Kreuzzug (Novalis)
 17.13. Menschenjagd (Ernst von Salomon)
 21.49. Warum sind wir die Weinenden? (David Luschnat)
 26.47. Zwei Männer (Wolfgang Borchert)
 28.25. Elegie (Krystof Baczynski)
 34.07. Friedenslied (Raimon)

Complete with the original inner sleeve !

A bizarre album in the tradition of earlier underground left-field "Polit Rock" Krautrock acts like Floh De Cologne, Lokomotive Kreuzberg, Oktober or Checkpoint Charlie, but given a whole new twist with lots of avant-garde percussives, electronics and mutilated guitars. A surreal piece of theatre with aptly surreal music, and menacing/startling texts delivered by a variety of voices: male, female, spoken, acted, sung and all delivered with a great deal of imagination and originality.

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Shalom Riot - Wie mit Rauschen das Meer (Rare and great 1984 German Heavy Xian Krautrock LP on Daviton)

 

One of the best (if not THE best!!) German XIAN Prog Rock LP !!!
Excellent early 70s style progressive krautrock with fantastic hammond organ, superb fuzz guitar and strong male and female vocals. The LP is a rarity from 1984, but it has the atmosphere and lots of elements of Green Brain, Pilz or Ohr releases of that wonderful time.
Strongly RECOMMENDED, even for early 70s secular progressive rock collectors !!!

 Listen : A2. Erste Liebe & B1. Wie mit Rauschen das Meer & B4. Traume & A1. Singt Einen Lobgesang

 

Truly an excellent LP !!!

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Turley Richards - From Darkness to Light (Rare 1972 US Private Psych Folk LP)

 

Turley Richards (born Richard Turley June 12, 1941 in Charleston, West Virginia) is an American singer and guitarist.
Richards was blinded in the left eye at the age of four in an archery accident, and lost sight in the right eye as well some years later. He first began playing in a group called The Five Pearls while still a teen in the 1950s. His first appearance on record was a single titled "All About Ann", released on Cincinnati, Ohio label Fraternity Records.
He moved to Los Angeles with an ensemble in the early 1960s, but his band failed and he returned to West Virginia. Later in the 1960s he moved to New York. He played the uptown East Side local Bar's (Malachy's II) (72nd & Lexington) and eventually found success in New York. He released his debut album on Warner Bros. Records in 1970. He scored two minor hit singles in the US in the early 1970s.
Turley Richards' "From Darkness To Light - Solo Concert" is the most complex and illustrative album of his incredible talents.

 Listen : The Wole LP : "From Darkness to Light - Solo Concert"

A very rare LP ... complete with insert !

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Tony Ray - 4db Hot (Excellent 1975 Canadian Guitar oriented Psych Rock on Polaris)

 

Rare and great 1975 Canadian Psychedelic Rock LP with sharp electric guitar leads !
Released on the little Polaris label (Windsor, Ontario).

Semi-hard rock LP, not overly heavy, actually bordering on FM southern or rural rock often. The lead guitar is the highlight in a lot of places. Highlights by far are the track "I want to talk to you" and the Marshall Tuckeresque "I want you, You Want Me". (reviewed by oldmanwithaponytai on rateyourmusic).

Listen : A4. I Wanna Talk to You  &  B4. I'll Ride For Free

The whole LP is available on YouTube right now !

 Don't miss this little gem in a close to perfect condition !!!

Record : EXC+
Cover : EXC+ (still in shrink - see pictures)
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F.J. McMahon - Spirit of the Golden Juice (First 1998 Private reissue of this 1969 Loner/Downer SSW masterpiece)

 

Originally pressed in a small quantity and scattered along the California coastline in 1969, F.J. McMahon's first and only album, Spirit Of The Golden Juice, is a spell-binding blend of singer-songwriter emotion and spiraling guitar accompaniment with a raw, adventurous character all its own.

Spirit of the golden juice is a record described by Mojo magazine as feeling like "it's always been playing and you've just walked in the middle of it". It's brilliant, F.J. is something of an American Nick Drake. Basically, Fred (the F in F.J) was playing sunny, light-hearted West Coast pop tunes in local bands until he was called up to Vietnam, an experience which emotionally crippled him. He returned home and began to protest the war, even helping his friends dodge the draft. A couple of years later, McMahon scraped together a modest budget and spent an afternoon recording in a studio paid for by a local label. Somehow managing to channel the same tortured, beleaguered tone laid down by Robert Johnson, Skip James, Blind Lemon Jefferson all along the way. The album is slow, measured and considered, but never once feels depressing, preachy or forced. Like a weary travelogue, describing an emotional landscape that outlasted the geography of the jungle. 

This is the first 1998 private reissue of this masterpiece !

Listen : The full album - F.J. McMahon - Spirit of the Golden Juice  

A true gem !!!

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John J. Francis - Open Fist (Rare 1974 Australian Folk Psych Flute Rock on Warner Bros)

 

John's third album, 'Open Fist', was released in 1974 and once again is a very great LP !

Listen :  A5. Don't Know Where I'm Going  &  B2. Despair  

All four John J. Francis' LPs are little gems in my opinion !

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John J. Francis - Breaks, Works & Thoughts (Amazing 1973 Australian Folk Psych Flute Rock LP on Warner Bros)

 

John's second album, 'Breaks, Works and Thoughts', was released in 1973 and included the iconic 'Simple Ben', which is featured on the 'Morning of the Earth' movie soundtrack, the hit single 'Play Mumma, Sing Me a Song', as well as the driving 'Bop Right Over You' and the strikingly powerful and distinctively original 'Steel Man'.
'Breaks, Works and Thoughts' is undoubtedly a landmark in Australian music history and was the most nominated album at the 1973 Australasian Radio Awards (the precursor to today’s ARIA Awards) winning the coveted Best Song/Composer of the Year Award for 'Play Mumma, Sing Me a Song'.

Listen : B2. Till We Know  &  B5. God's Garden

Another very great album that would deserve a wider audience !

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John J. Francis - Rock 'n' Roll Refugee (Rare 1972 Australian Folk Psych Flute Rock masterpiece on Warner Bros)

 

1972 saw the release of John's first solo album 'Rock 'n' Roll Refugee', featuring the first triple-gate fold out LP cover, through Warner Brothers. The album was recorded "live" in the studio in two three-hour sessions at Copperfield Studios and was produced by the then A&R head of Pye Records in England, Alan A. Freeman. 'Rock 'n' Roll Refugee' contained many of the songs John was playing live at the time and, although it received very little airplay or publicity, managed to generate sales well into the mid-thousands.

 

This is an outstanding bluesy psychy proggy folky rock record with a lot of flute !

Listen : B2. Horse and Carriage  &  A3. A Dream ... Anytime 

An excellent album from start to finish ... one of the best records ever released in Australia !!!

A true masterpiece in my humble opinion !!!

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