Scarce and surprisingly good album by this great guitar and mandolin player.
Recorded in January 1972 on Swallowtail Records.
Listen : A3. The Haunted Hunter (or The Walker In The Snow)
and A5. I Gave Myself to the Highway + A4. 1940
Record : VG++
Cover : VG++
Price : 50,00 Euros (+ expedition costs calculated by the Belgian Post office)
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Very rare US Psych Folk LP released in 1974 on Johnny Dollar Records.
A little gem that continues to offer new delights upon repeated listens.
Listen : A5. Now You've Gone and Married
Record: EXC
Cover : EXC (still in shrink)
Price : 130,00 Euros ( + the expedition costs calculated by the Belgian Post office)
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Rare original vinyl LP album of "Towards the Light" by Dan Lewis !
This album was released in 1979 by a small private press label called Imaginary Records with the catalog number IM-001. A total of 1.000 LPs were pressed in 1979.
Imaginary Records was the name that the artist chose to use, because there was actually no record company; hence, "Imaginary" Records.
"The soul of a mountain child shines through his music" reviewed by The Native Stone, Asheville, NC 1979
This unique collectable recording is a private press release from 1979, created by a young folk songwriter in the Blue Ridge mountains of western North Carolina. Containing 12 songs, Dan Lewis wrote all the words and music, and performed on 12 instruments on the various songs, including acoustic guitars, bass guitar, electric slide guitar, mandolin, harmonicas, tambourine, talking drum, folk harp, 32 string ukelin, piano, organ and synthesizer. Lewis also drew the front cover art and liner notes art ...
With the rare insert !
Listen : A3. Love From Afar
& B6. Time
Dan Lewis is from Asheville, located in the mountains of North Carolina and he really seemed to capture the essence of this city. This is a special little album that sounds almost magical. Most of the songs are in a quiet psych folk vein with a few being more up tempo with a band. This is one record that probably didn't make it to far out of the mountains but deserves to be heard by those who care. (from popsike)
Record : EXC
Cover : VG++ (see pictures)
Insert : EXC (see picture)
Price : 180,00 Euros (+ expedition costs by registered parcel calculated by the Belgian Post)
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"... Seldom seen private 70's downer folk style ... focus is more on groove and emotional presence ... the mood is intense with energetic acoustic guitar strumming ... uses echo to fine effect ... even a melodic number that brings in mellotron". (from Acid Archives)
A little gem in my opinion !
Listen : A1. Get Down
& B2. The Wisdom to Know the Difference
Some other tracks on Sébastien's blog - The Strange Experience of Music :
"Dark acoustic folk that hits all the private press buttons. Very few copies pressed, don't sleep on this one !" (Alex 'PsychedelicGuy' Kerner)
Record : EXC
Cover : VG+ (ringwear - see pictures)
Price : 250,00 Euros (+ expedition costs by registered parcel calculated by the Belgian Post)
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Another 80s oddity with amazing psych folk tracks.
The best tracks being the originals written by Rick Wooley himself.
A great album !
Credits:
Pat Ringley - Bass
Bobby Patriquin - Drums + other explosions
Michael G. Brown - Piano, harmonica on "Calcutta Monsoon"
Betsy Braud - Flute
John Holland - Cello on "Song for Charlie Smith"
Walter Holland - Tenor sax on "Salt Water Highway"
Rick Wooley - Vocals, guitar, kalimba, congas, percussion, wind & coyote, harmonica
Recorded 1980 at Sountrax, Inc. - Baton Rouge, La. 70806
Record : VG++
Cover : Exc
Price : 80,00 Euros (+ expedition costs calculated by the Belgian Post Office)
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Good homey arrangements with an accent on backwoods rural simplicity decorate this multi-faceted cutting-edge country folk obscurity. Sort of a mysterious project housed in a flimsy insert-like cover that opens on the top, with blank white labels on the record. Takes some digging in the credits to realize it’s mainly the work of a one L Carey Rowland. Instruments include guitar, violin, mandolin, banjo, harmonica, bass, drums and slide, plus piano from jazz-man Howard Hanger. Quite a bit of variety here, from the Dixieland-ish cover of ‘When The Saints Go Marching In’ to the hushed gospelly acoustic rendering of ‘Amazing Grace’. ‘Baptism’ has an easygoing country rock flow while ‘Spirit Of The Lord’ supplies a loungy nightclub mood with soft trumpet and Hanger’s smoky piano backing. Some relaxed bluegrass roots crop up on ‘Let Us Shout’, ‘Life’s Railway To Heaven’ and Hank William’s ‘I Saw The Light’ (which begins with the group opening in prayer). Title tune is a reading of Revelation 5:1-9 backed only by George Winston-like solo piano. Rowland’s guitar work flowers on the lengthy standout track ‘Follow The Way’ which has a creative progressive flavor akin to Bruce Cockburn’s early acoustic works. Recorded in North Carolina. (The Archivist, 4th edition by Ken Scott).
Listen : Carey Rowland's 2nd LP - The whole LP
Record : VG++ (light warp that does not affect the play)
Cover : EXC (see pictures)
Price : 80,00 Euros (+ postage costs by registered parcel calculated by the Belgian Post office)
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Karen Gibbs is a songwriter and vocalist.
All credits under song title are Karen Gibbs, Romar Publications, BMI with the exception of:
Side A : Track 4: Loving Arms: Written by (Tom Jans, Almo Music Corp, ASCAP)
Side B : Track 4: Oh Daddy: Written by (Christine McVie, Gentoo Music, Inc, BMI)
P) 1977 Romar Productions P.O Box 8428 Salt Lake City, Utah 84108
Listen : A2. Windowpanes (To Friends)
Record : VG+
Cover : VG+ (bottom seam begins to tear - see pictures)
Price : 20,00 Euros (+ the expedition costs calculated by the Belgian Post)
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"I originally started to write Zothique and the rest of the suite of songs known as Aessence in 1972 and completed the work in 1976. After performing these songs with various ensembles of fellow musicians at the Freezer Theatre and the St. Andrews Community Concert series in Detroit, Michigan, I scraped together enough money to record and press them to vinyl in the 1980s. We used two 6-track Tascam Porta-Studios and finally did the final mix and mastering at Tanus Studios. Zothique was inspired by the book Zothique written by Clark Ashton Smith. The stories were originally published in various fantasy magazines in the 1930s, notably Weird Tales." -- John Sase
Plain white back cover. With the rare insert !
Listen : A2. Winter Song + A3. Industrial Age + B2. Get It Together
The whole LP : Aessence
Another little gem we have here !
Record : EXC+
Cover : EXC (see pictures)
Insert : EXC (see pictures)
Price : 250,00 Euros (+ postage costs - by registered parcel - calculated by the Belgian Post office)
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Recorded in Paris by a 16 year-old New Yorker, and released only in France, this extremely rare album has been acclaimed as a psychedelic folk masterpiece. With sensitive backing from local progressive rockers Dynastie Crisis, the eight self-penned songs feature delicate arrangements and lyrics that show remarkable maturity and depth.
Listen : B2. Song of Decision
This is truly a lost gem !
The music is mainly vocals, piano, acoustic guitar and flute.
A real masterpiece highly recommended to all psych folk lovers !!!
A holy grail among psych collectors in an excellent condition !
Record : EXC
Cover : EXC (see pictures)
Price : 280,00 Euros (+ the expedition costs by registered parcel calculated by the Belgian Post)
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Rare 1972 Private Press Christian Psych Folk Rock album from ex-Exkursions main guy Mike Johnson (Freedom Light Records NS-2037).
Acid Archives describes Johnson's recordings as "Eclectic rock with folk, rural and jazz inflections, with both acoustic and electric guitars," though they haven't yet reviewed this killer LP.
It all starts off with the monster heavy apocalyptic psych track "Cause and Effect", with a stomping heavy beat, plenty of distorted fuzz guitar and completely over-the-top lyrics about the end of mankind, Judgment Day, etc.
The next track has a wild extended freakout intro of Arp Synthesizer, guitar and frantic drumbeats. All the songs on here are originals -- a satisying rural mix of bluesy rock and folk -- Neil Young is definitely an influence.
Lyrically and musically, this album is a journey through Mike Johnson's longing for a better day for mankind.
From the intense, apocalyptic visions in the storytelling of "Cause And Effect" (complete with fuzz guitar and a dark, foreboding rhythm) to the fantastic arp synth/prog psych workout lead-in to "Pride" fans of private psych folk rock will not be disappointed.
Listen : A1. Cause and Effect
and A2. Pride
and B4. Lord Doctor
Another little gem never reissued on CD or on vinyl !
Record : VG++
Cover : VG+
Price : 80,00 Euros (+ postage costs by registered parcel calculated by the Belgian Post office)
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