Saturday 21 February 2015

DAN GILLMOR & DOUG McCLARAN - "Road Apple" (1974 US little Folk gem)


Truly a forgotten jewel in my opinion !
A pity it has never been reissued ...

Listen to this track :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwtk8euwVg8

Record : VG++
Cover : VG+
Price : Recently SOLD - I'm sorry !
Payment : PAYPAL or Bank transfer (ask for my account number)
Contact : etienne.reyser@gmail.com

BURGER & REAGAN - "First Time Out" (1981 US privately pressed LP)


Excellent privately pressed LP by this SSW Folk duo.
Nine originals by Fred Burger and Scott Reagan and a 'Mike Smith' cover - "The Dutchman".

You can still listen to four tracks of this album on this ebay page :
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Burger-amp-Reagan-Lp-First-Time-Out-Private-SSW-Folk-Duo-HEAR-/271766824772?nma=true&si=uSVn2d6aw8%252BZ48h2Gj1xrSIJh5o%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Record : EXC
Cover : EXC (still in shrink wrap)
Price : 60,00 Euros (+ the expedition costs calculated by the Belgian Post)
Payment : PAYPAL or Bank transfer (ask for my account number)
Contact : etienne.reyser@gmail.com

Sunday 8 February 2015

MIKE HAY - "Mike Makes Hay with His Magic SUN~g~shine" (197? US Xian Loner Folk - Privately pressed LP)



Some really nice Xian loner folk with mesmerizing chord progressions that could almost classify this as "acid folk". 
If you dig loner Christian vibes like David Bixby and Jon Polce this is RIGHT up your alley !
(review written by Alex on RYM)

From the back cover: "Tragically, the dreams have evanesced. Victim of an automobile accident in 1973, Mike gallantly bears the cross of paralysis."

Listen here :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgxtU3jbrTw
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Record : Still Sealed
Cover : Exc (Still Sealed)
Price : 120,00 Euros (+ expedition costs calculated by the Belgian Post office)
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Contact : etienne.reyser@gmail.com

CURTIS BROTHERS - "Memories" (1975 US privately pressed little gem)


Lovely and still mostly unknown private press LP by this California-based duo, with a vibe somewhere between the bittersweet folk-rock sound of late 1960's Donovan, Smokey & His Sister etc. and early 1970's DIY singer-songwriter.
Brother Randy Curtis, who sang lead and wrote all the songs, died of cancer before the album's release and this was privately funded by friends and family in his memory.
The songs have a yearning innocence and undeniable sadness about them, aided by Curtis' gentle, melancholy vocal delivery. There's also an endearing, claustrophobic bed-sitter quality common to a lot of private press albums of the period -- and weirdly enough, a few tracks call to mind the simple ballads and love songs on Roky Erickson's solo records.
Definitely grows on you with each listen, and still off the radar screen for 1970's private press albums.
(review taken from popsike)

Listen to four tracks here :
http://www.thestrangeexperienceofmusic.com/article-curtis-brothers-memories-1975-101731812.html

Record : Still Sealed
Cover : Exc (Still Sealed)
Price : 150,00 Euros (+ expedition costs calculated by the Belgian Post office)
Payment : PAYPAL or Bank transfer (ask for my account number)
Contact : etienne.reyser@gmail.com