Saturday 22 November 2014
JIM PALANA - "Back in Town" (1983 US Private Folk LP)
"Back in Town" by Jim Palana, released on Drumless Records in the U.S. in 1983.
Nice and largely unknown private lp of rural SSW folk out of Massachusetts.
Another very interesting LP in my opinion.
Record : EXC
Cover : VG+
Price : 40,00 Euros ( + the expedition costs calculated by the Belgian Post office)
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Sunday 26 October 2014
STEVE & ED - "Dream Song" (Rare 1975 US Psych Folk masterpiece)
A surprisingly good folk-pop lp on the vanity label Century that I picked up recently due to my "leave no stock cover behind" compulsion. The notes say it was recorded in a Los Angeles area church, and it has a sort of cavernous low-fi sound quality that I quite enjoy. Very soothing Simon & Garfunkel-esque harmonies on most tracks, with sparse, acoustic heavy arrangements. Recorded in 1975, but tracks like "I Love The Rain" could easily pass for late 60′s to my ears. The majestic, spoken title track is nice as well. (from waxidermy)
Very great 1975 private pressed LP from Steve Hicks and Ed Rosiek.
A top fave of mine !
Listen to these tracks :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrr4QKxzsRs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ-EGOM1UuE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmvNaFHTyZU
&
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RXT1LVyogk
Record : EXC
Cover : EXC (still in shrink)
Price : 450,00 Euros ( + the expedition costs calculated by the Belgian Post office)
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JED (aka Jed O'Connor aka Jed Silverstar) - "Merlin's Song" (Very rare 1982 US Psyche Folk masterpiece)
"Mystical, medieval folk songs played and sung very convincingly. And unlike some in the genre, I'm under the suspicion that the psych aspect is unintentional, but rather a natural setting for the songs that were written. This was recorded as some kind of educational project for a Florida based program specializing in all things from the Arthurian period. As far as the music, it's beautiful minor key folk with intricately woven male and female vocals. Fans of bands like Stone Angel, etc. would do well to track this down. Makes you want to dance with the jester".
Another of my top ten "desert island" LPs.
You can listen to the full album on youtube :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvk0WVYz8EE
Don't miss this one, just 300 of these made way back then and very rare now.
Record : EXC+
Cover : VG+ (because the upper seam is torn on 15 cm)
Price : 400,00 Euros ( + the expedition costs calculated by the Belgian Post office)
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JILL CISLAGHI - "Friends of Mine" (Very rare 1977 US masterpiece)
One of my top ten US private pressed LPs.
Jill Cislaghi wrote and recorded her only album in her senior year in 1977 at Regis College, in Massachusetts near where she grew up.
Cislaghi pressed 500 copies on Massachusetts' own vanity custom-pressing plant Fleetwood Recording Co. She made this record for her friends and wound up selling nearly every copy at her college, so this LP is incredibly hard to come by now.
Listen to these tracks available on youtube :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL65h-wtxnc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy2l6B9HeqI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIwQyH3FKx0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4VzMRTpC0I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0pk0zv23lM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGJ9p0hz1jY
Don't miss this one !!!
Record : VG+
Cover : VG+ (autographed on front cover - see picture)
Price : 240,00 Euros ( + the expedition costs calculated by the Belgian Post office)
Payment : PAYPAL only
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Sunday 10 August 2014
TURLEY RICHARDS - "From Darkness to Light - Solo Concert" (Very rare 1972 US 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.
Very rare Psych Folk LP !
Cover : VG+ (with insert)
Record : VG+
Price : 40,00 Euros ( + the expedition costs calculated by the Belgian Post office)
Payment : PAYPAL only !
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Friday 8 August 2014
THE TRAVELLING PEOPLE - "Folk in Concert" (1970 UK Folk on Meridian - AJ7453S & AJ7454S)
The Travelling People are Richard and Peter Stevenson, Lin Marriott, Julian Earp and Dave Perkins.
Very rare UK Folk LP on the little Meridian label.
Cover : VG+
Record : VG++
Price : 80,00 Euros ( + the expedition costs by registered parcel calculated by the Belgian Post office)
Payment : PAYPAL only !
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Saturday 2 August 2014
SKREE FOLK - "Skree Folk" (1972 UK original - Ultra rare private press Folk LP)
Skree Folk are Tom Redpath, Niall Galloway, Jimmy Proudfoot and John MacFarlane.
This is a very rare private press album that features great folk music !
Side One:
The Bonnie Ship The Diamond; Bonnie Dundee; Culloden; The Flower Of Scotland; The Battle Of Otterburn; The Dowie Dens Of Yarrow.
Side Two:
The Balina; Leezie Lidsay; Ye Jacobites By Name; The Haughs Of Cromdale; The Banks Of Sicily; The Land O’ The Leal.
This album was released by Eroica Recording Services Ltd, ERO/D/673/4ST
Listen : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RVOXwBJsBs
Record: EXC
Cover : VG+
Price : 60,00 Euros ( + the expedition costs calculated by the Belgian Post office)
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Saturday 5 July 2014
CHUCK AND MARY, DALE, SUE, KEN & FRIENDS - "Little Child" (1975 US Xian Folk LP)
Charles "Chuck" Smith (piano, psaltry, guitar, chimes, saxophone, recorder, tambourine, vocals), Mary Smith (guitar, vocals), Ken Sabella (Piano, organ, guitar, flute, vocals), Dale Trullinger (bass, vocals), Sue Westerfield (vocals), Dan Rice (percussion), Jim Cardarelli (dobro), Jude Spinnett (viola).
Rare Xian Folk LP from Portland, Oregon.
Record : VG++
Cover : VG+
Price : 20,00 Euros ( + the expedition costs calculated by the Belgian Post office)
Payment : PAYPAL only
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HAMILTON CAMP - "Welcome to Hamilton Camp" (1969 US Great Folk LP)
On 1969's "Welcome to Hamilton Camp" LP, Hamilton Camp returned largely to his pre-folk-rock roots as a straight folksinger.
Camp played all the guitars and harmonicas and sang all the lead and background voices on this wholly acoustic record; in fact, he did everything, save for a little piano by producer Bobby Paris.
It's a curious mix of Camp originals and covers of songs both famous (by Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Peter LaFarge, and Leonard Cohen) and obscure (by Patrick Sky, Bob Neuwirth, and Peter Boyd).
Camp's brand of acoustic folk is both moody and haunting, enhanced by some reverb in the production.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-XW1TGdM7Y
Record : EXC
Cover : VG+ (ring wear, corner cut)
Price : 30,00 Euros ( + the expedition costs calculated by the Belgian Post office)
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Thursday 3 July 2014
KEITH BUTCHER - "Appalachian Legacy" (197? US privately pressed Folk LP)
End of the 70's or beginning of the 80's Rural Folk LP.
Another interesting album and a big rarity !
Listen to this track :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osmXtgvxdvM
Record : VG++
Cover : VG+
Price : 50,00 Euros ( + the expedition costs calculated by the Belgian Post office)
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Monday 9 June 2014
TOM ROSPLOCK - "Tom Rosplock" (1974 US Psych Folk gem)
Very rare privately pressed LP on the Johnny Dollar Records label.
And a little gem of a psych folk album that continues to offer new delights upon repeated listens.
Listen : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuGwWYhtwfA
Record: EXC
Cover : EXC
Price : 130,00 Euros ( + the expedition costs calculated by the Belgian Post office)
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FREEDOM FIGHTER - "Freedom Fighter Lives Forever" (awesome 1982 UK private pressing)
Amazing album by this band formed by disabled musicians.
Listen :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzgmH4Gv0j8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL0cWbaf-k0
&
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdjkS4Yvy5Y
Record: VG++
Cover : VG+
Price : 80,00 Euros ( + the expedition costs calculated by the Belgian Post office)
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Saturday 24 May 2014
TREES - "Let It Out" (1979 US Private Psych Folk LP)
This has that extra cool vibe that makes it one in a hundred for obscure school related folk based but with vocals, keyboards, flute, congas, harmonica, guitar ...
they just capture an innocent vibe with titles like "It Feels So Fine To Smile", "Roll Over", "Step Right In", "Loosen Up Your Body", "Watching The Time Go By"...
amateur young girls many solidly breezy moves, sincere and cool.
Private pressing, very obscure and no connection to other bands using the name Trees.
(review from ebay seller)
I can send some mp3s when you ask me !
Record : VG++
Cover : VG++
Price : 60,00 Euros (+ expedition costs calculated by the Belgian Post office)
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Tuesday 6 May 2014
PAT SHERIDAN - "Pat Sheridan" (1981 US Southern Rock - Private Press LP)
Excellent Southern Psych Rock LP with very great guitars !
Listen here :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYYb8FP-LnE
&
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icBZ6j2IPBs
Record : EXC+ (it was still sealed when I bought it and I only played it twice since)
Cover : EXC
Price : 80,00 Euros (+ expedition costs calculated by the Belgian Post office)
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Saturday 19 April 2014
ROGER PETERSOHN - "Simple Times" (1982 US privately pressed LP)
Very rare US privately pressed LP by Roger Petersohn backed by full band (Guitars : Tracey Broberg & Timothy Silke, Bass : Craig Taylor, Keyboards : David Lange, Leanne Mitchell & Roger Petersohn, Drums : Rob Parks & Roger Petersohn, Saxophone : Lee Haldorsen).
From Tacoma - WA
Listen : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYPgFvNtlHo
Record : Exc
Cover : Exc (still in shrink) - with the original insert
Price : 40,00 Euros (+ expedition costs calculated by the Belgian Post office)
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Saturday 22 March 2014
NASHVILLE - "Départ" (1976 French Folk LP on Farfadet Music)
Very rare and excellent French Folk LP recorded in 1976 on Farfadet Music.
Listen to this track :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruBW8wtnINI
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 – Dany Pontarolo, Sylvain Vidal
Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica, Banjo, Vocals – Gérard Royer
Flute, Percussion, Vocals – Jean Paul Toczek
Twelve-string Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals – Serge Rey
Cover : VG++
Record : Exc+
Price : 120,00 Euros (+ expedition costs calculated by the Belgian Post Office)
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Tuesday 11 February 2014
JAY BOLOTIN - "Jay Bolotin" (1970 US original on the small Commonwealth United label)
Given he was only 18 at the time, 1970's cleverly-titled "Jay Bolotin" offered a surprisingly impressive and accomplished set of singer/songwriter material.
Like lots of his folk contemporaries Bolotin had a deep and slightly ragged voice that wasn't immediately attractive, but actually grew on you after awhile.
A couple of reviews have drawn comparison's to Leonard Cohen, though to my ears his voice was actually far better than Cohen's.
Featuring ten Bolotin originals, the album also had a distinctive 'live' feel to it.
Backed by a fantastic pickup band, including Lyon on bass, Fugs drummer Bobby Mason, guitarist David Mowry, and keyboardist Mark Taber about half of the tracks featured electric arrangements. Unfortunately the Commonwealth United label collapsed shortly after the album was released, leaving the album to instant obscurity.
Bolotin continued touring, winning fans within the folk musician community, though little attention elsewhere.
Listen to him on youtube :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdBxz7VBxqM
&
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPz9wpdC3t0
&
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41rQafacG5M
Cover : Exc
Record : Exc+
Price : 70,00 Euros (+ expedition costs calculated by the Belgian Post Office)
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Thursday 2 January 2014
EDWARD R. MORGAN - "The Minstrelsinger" (1977 US Folk LP released in Germany)
German only release for this very rare and really great US Folk LP with psych moves.
Cover : EXC+ (with the insert)
Record : EXC+
Price : 30,00 Euros (+ expedition costs calculated by the Belgian Post Office)
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