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Fable - Get The "L" Outta Here1975 RecordPlex Productions – RP 102 Track List: Intro (Late Again), Kacheena, Why Is It Me?, We'll Find A Way, Hear Me Calling, Without Asking, Lady Of The Night, Believe In Me, A Cue Stick, Battle Of The Kneon Knights, And This Day, The Tramp, No Way Out, Kacheena (Again - Alternate Radio Edit). |
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Fabulon Triptometer - Padded Lounge1992 Midnight Track List: A Very Super Action, It Was On a Winters Day, Winkle Picker Shoes, Tallulah Bankhead, Ten Screaming Queens, Living With The Lady, Moon and Satellite, Little Star on Bethlehem, Psychosis of the Worm. |
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Factory, The - Path Through The Forest1968 Bri-Tone Track List: Path Through The Forest. Gone. Mr Lacey. Try A little Sunshine. Red Chalk Hill. Second Generation Woman. Review: Possibly the best British Psych/Freakbeat band of all time?. This CD release sees both singles and some unrealeased demos material from this stunning band. Path Through The Forest is a driving psych track with an excellent drum beat and vocal effects (this is one of my all time faves). Reviewed by pOoTer November 2000 |
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Fairfield Parlour - From Home To Home1970 Vertigo – 6360 001 Track List: Aries, In My Box, By Your Bedside, Soldier Of The Flesh, I Will Always Feel The Same, Free, Emily, Chalk On The Wall, The Glorious House Of Arthur, Monkey, Sunny Side Circus, Drummer Boy Of Shiloh. |
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Fairport Convention - Fairport Convention1968 Polydor – 582 035 Track List: Time Will Show The Wiser, I Don't Know Where I Stand, If (Stomp), Decameron, Jack O'Diamonds, Portfolio, Chelsea Morning, Sun Shade, The Lobster, It's Alright Ma, It's Only Witchcraft, One Sure Thing, M1 Breakdown. |
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The Fallen Angels - Roulette Masters Vol. 11968 Collectables Track List: Room At The Top, Love Don’t Talk To Strangers, Your Friend Here In Dundersville, I’ve Been Thinking, It Might Have Been Easier To Stay At Home, Most Children Do, Introspective Looking Glass, I Don’t Wanna Fall, No Way Out, Painted Bird, Mother’s Homesick Too, You Have Changed. |
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The Fallen Angels - Roulette Masters Vol. 2 (It’s A long Way Down)1968 Collectables Track List: Poor Old Man, A Horn Playing On My Thin Wall, Something You Can Hide In, Tell Me A Story, Silent Garden, Look To The Sun, One Of The Few Ones Left, I Really Love My Mother, Look At The Wind, Didn’t I, It’s A Long Way Down, I’ll Drive You From My Mind. |
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Family - Music In A Doll's House1968 Reprise Records – RLP 6312 Track List: The Chase, Mellowing Grey, Never Like This, Me My Friend, Variation On A Theme Of Hey Mr. Policeman, Winter, Old Songs New Songs, Variation On A Theme Of The Breeze, Hey Mr. Policeman, See Through Windows, Variation On A Theme Of My Friend, Peace Of Mind, Voyage, The Breeze, 3 X Time.
Family - Family Entertainment1969 Reprise Records – RSLP 6340 Track List: The Weaver's Answer, Observations From A Hill, Hung Up Down, Summer '67, How-Hi-The-Li, Second Generation Woman, From Past Archives, Dim, Processions, Face In The Cloud, Emotions. |
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Fapardokly - Fapardokly1967 UIP – LP 2250 Track List: Lila, The Music Scene, Sorry For Yourself, Glass Chandelier, Tomorrows Girl, Suzie Cryin, Mr. Clock, Gon To Pot, No Retreat, Too Many Heartbreaks, When I Get Home, Super Market. |
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Far East Family Band - "The Cave" Down To The Earth1975 Mu Land – CD-7139-M Track List: Undiscovered Northern Land, Birds Flying To The Cave Down To The Earth, The God Of Water, Saying To The Land, The God Of Wind, Moving, Looking, Trying, Jumping In A Maze, Wa, Wa (Yamato), Mystery Of Northern Space, The Cave, Down To The Earth, Four Minds, Transmigration.
Far East Family Band - Nipponjin (Join Our Mental Phase Sound)1975 Vertigo – 6370850 Track List: Nipponjin, The Cave, Undiscovered Northern Land, Timeless, The God Of Water, River Of Soul, The God Of Wind, Moovin' Lookin', Yamato, Mystery Of Northern Space. |
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Mick Farren - Mona (The Carnivorous Circus)1970 Transatlantic Records – TRA 212 Track List: Mona (A Fragment),Carnivourous Circus Part I, The Whole Thing Starts, But Charlie It's Still Moving, Observe The Ravens, Society Of The Horsemen, Summertime Blues, Carnivourous Circus Part II, Don't Talk To Me Mary, You Can't Move Me, In My Window Box, An Epitaph Can Point The Way, Mona (The Whole Trip). |
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Father Moo & The Black Sheep - Father Moo & The Black Sheep1998 Acid Mothers Temple – AMCD-006 Track List: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled. |
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Fear Itself - Fear Itself1968 Dot Records – DLP 25942 Track List: Crawling King Snake, Underground River, Bow'd Up, For Suki, In My Time Of Dying, The Letter, Lazarus, Mossy Dream, Billy Gene, Born Under A Bad Sign. |
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Fever Tree - Same1968 Uni 73024 Track List: Imitation Situation, Where Do You Go, San Francisco Girls (return of the native), Ninety-Nine And One Half, Man Who Paints The Pictures, Filigree & Shadow, The Sun Also Rises, Dat Tripper, Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing, Unlock My Door, Come With Me (rainsong). |
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Fiction (Featuring Tony Hill) - Dna, The Brain, The Universe2001 Inexact IM005 Track List: Conscious Accident, Could Of Been Great, Everybody Knows, Open Season, You Wouldn’t Want to, But There Again. Review: It was an exciting day when this package landed in our PO Box, this the latest album from Tony Hill's Fiction. First a little history lesson for those of you not familiar with the name....shame on you!! Reviewed by pOoTer - January 2002 |
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Fields - Fields1971 CBS - S 69009 Track List: A Friend Of Mine, While The Sun Still Shines, Not So Good, Three Minstrels, Slow Susan, Over And Over Again, Feeling Free, Fair-Haired Lady, A Place To Lay My Head, The Eagle. |
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Fifty Foot Hose - Cauldron1967 Limelight 86062 Track List: And after, If not this time, Opus 777, The changes that consern you, Opus 11, Red the sign post, For paula, Rose, Fantasy, God bless the child, Cauldron. Review: With it's trippy delayed vocals, psych-guitar and electronic weirdness this is a true psychedelic trip. The album features an mix of male and female vocals mixed with a contemporary rock beat fused with avant-garde electronics, though in a much different style than the Silver Apples and the United States of America. Review by Electrip - July 2002 |
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The Filipinos - Doo·wadda·doo·wop!1989 Swordfish SWFLP9 (UK) Track List: Dictator, Soul brother, Skydiver, Grindin’ the bones, Doo·wadda·doo·wop!, Lost & found, Cool head for 501’s, Hypnotisin’ me. Review: The beautiful gatefold sleeve discloses inside, among the others, two pictures of female strip-teasers: each time I listen to this record, “sensual” is the first adjective that strikes me… the same sensuality that sweats from the grooves of Thee Hypnotics’ “Soul glitter & sin” that likely starts where this “Doo·wadda·doo·wop!” ends. Unfortunately the aforesaid Smith left the group the same day this glamorous album was released, and honestly his absence made the following works clearly less attractive. Submitted by Roberto (The Wrong Way) - August 2003 |
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Finchley Boys - Everlasting Tributes1972 Golden Throat Records – LP S 200-19 Track List: Who's Been Talkin´, Swelling Waters, Outcast, I'm Not Like Everybody Else, Hooked, Once I Was A Boy, It All Ends, Restrictions. |
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Fingletoad, Strange & Siho - Mazzola1970 Zut Records – 1147-A/B Track List: Marshlands, Forsaken, Salvation, Make Your Mine, On The Morning You're Gone, Screaming Spiders, Woman, Stormy Day. |
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Fire - Magic Shoemaker1970 See For Miles (reissue) Track List: Children Of Imagination. Tell You A story. Magic Shoes. reason For Everything. Only A Dream. Flies Like A Bird. Like To Help You if I Can. I Can See The Sky. Shoemaker. Happy Man Am I. Children Of Imagination. Review: Super rare gem from the 70’s whose members went on to form The Strawbs. Get this on vinyl and you will be a lucky man indeed (and about £350 worse off!!) Whymsical narrated concept album telling a fairytale story about a magic shoemaker, some quite psychy tracks amongst extended progressive rock and gentle acoustic cuts. There are some very strong tracks here and the album on the whole is very good indeed. The plot is a story being told to some young children on a bus journey and is written and narrated entirely by Dave Lambert. Not long after this album was released the band split and Dave joined The Strawbs. Reviewed by pOoTer |
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Fire Escape - Psychotic Reaction1967 GNP Crescendo 2034 Track List: 96 Tears, Forune Teller, Talk Talk, L.S.D, The Trip, Blood Beat, Pictures and Designs, Journey’s End, Trip Maker. Review: Run of the mill ('exploitation' ?) album recorded by session musicians allegedly put together by the legendary Kim Fowley, comprising of cover versions of various artists such as ? & The Mysterians, The Seeds and Kim Fowley. Reviewed by pOoTer |
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Five Day Week Straw People - Same1968 Saga 2123 Track List: Five Day Week Straw People, I'm Going Out Tonight, Gold Digger, Postman, Car Wash, Feel Like Having A Party, Sunday Morning, Does It Rain, If You Were Around, Dust Is In My Eyes. |
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Flamin' Groovies - Sneakers1968 A Snazz Recording – R-2371 Track List: I'm Drowning, Babes In The Sky, Love Time, My Yada, Golden Clouds, The Slide, Prelude In A Flat To Afternoon Of A Pud.
Flamin' Groovies - Supersnazz1969 Epic – BN 26487 Track List: Love Have Mercy, The Girl Can't Help It, Laurie Did It, A Part From That, Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie 'Flu, The First One's Free, Pagan Rachel, Somethin' Else / Pistol Packin' Mama, Brushfire, Bam Balam, Around The Corner. |
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Flat Earth Society - Waleeco1968 Fleetwood Records - FCLP 3027 Track List: Feelin' Much Better, Midnight Hour, I'm So Happy, When You're There, Four & Twenty Miles, Prelude For The Town Monk, Shadows, Dark Street Downtown, Portrait In Grey, In My Window, Satori. |
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Fleur De Lys - Reflections (Comp)1997 Blueprint - BP256CD Track List: Les Fleur De Lys - Circles, Les Fleur De Lys - Mud In Your Eye, Les Fleur De Lys - Gong With The Luminous Nose, John Bromley - Sugar Love, Sharon Tandy - Hold On, Les Fleur De Lys - Prodigal Son, Les Fleur De Lys - One Girl City, Sharon Tandy - Daughter Of The Sun, Shyster - Tick Tock, Les Fleur De Lys - I Can See The Light, Les Fleur De Lys - Liar, Chocolate Frog - I Forgive You, Les Fleur De Lys - So Come On, Les Fleur De Lys - Hammer Head, Les Fleur De Lys - Stop Crossing The Bridge, Waygood Ellis - I Like What I'm Trying To Do, Rupert's People - Hold On, Chocolate Frog - Butchers And Bakers, Les Fleur De Lys - Wait For Me, Rupert's People - Reflections Of Charlie Brown, Les Fleur De Lys - Brick By Brick, Les Fleur De Lys - I've Been Trying, Les Fleur De Lys - Moondreams, John Bromley - So Many Things.
Fleur De Lys - Circles (The Ultimate Fleur De Lys)2021 Countdown – VAINSCD102 Track List: Les Fleur De Lys – Circles, Les Fleur De Lys – Mud In Your Eye, Rupert's People – Hold On, Les Fleur De Lys – Gong With The Luminous Nose, Shyster – Tick Tock, Les Fleur De Lys – Hammer Head, Les Fleur De Lys – One City Girl, Chocolate Frog – I Forgive You, Les Fleur De Lys – Brick By Brick (Stone By Stone), Les Fleur De Lys – I Can See A Light, Les Fleur De Lys – Prodigal Son, Les Fleur De Lys – Nothing To Say, Les Fleur De Lys – Stop Crossing The Bridge, Tony And Tandy – The Bitter And The Sweet, Les Fleur De Lys – So Come On, Les Fleur De Lys – You've Got To Earn It, Tony And Tandy – Two Can Make It Together, Les Fleur De Lys – I've Been Trying, Les Fleur De Lys – Liar, Les Fleur De Lys – Moondreams, Les Fleur De Lys – Wait For Me, Les Fleur De Lys – Love Them All (Demo), Les Fleur De Lys – Gotta Get Enough Time, Les Fleur De Lys – I Walk The Sands, Les Fleur De Lys – Yeah, I Do Love You (Demo). |
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Flies - Complete Collection 1965-19682000 Acme – ADLP1030 Track List: The Flies - (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone, The Flies - The Magic Train, The Flies - House Of Love, The Flies - Turning Back The Page, The Flies - Gently As You Feel, The Flies - Talk To Me, The In-Sect - Tired Of Waiting For You, No Flies On Us But - Just Won't Do, No Flies On Us But - (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone, The Flies - The Magic Train,Alexander Bell - Alexander Bell Believes, Alexander Bell - A Hymn....With Love, The Flies - Sincerely Yours, The Flies - Where, The In-Sect - There Ain't No Woman, The Flies - Winter Afternoon, The Flies - It Had To Be You. |
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Floating Flower - 1st1998 Acid Mothers Temple – AMCD-009 Track List: Shizuku No Youni, Johsho Kiryu, Yasei No Uma No Tategami Ga Suki, Fuwa Fuwa. Floating Flower - 21999 Acid Mothers Temple – AMCD-013 Track List: Wave Ring, Walk In The Air, Desert, Over The Mountain, Falling Colours. |
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Floh De Cologne - Rockoper Profitgeier1971 Ohr – OMM 56.010 Track List: He, Hallo Stift, Die Einen Kommen Erster Klasse Zur Welt, Wir Stehen Am Rande, Bekenntnis Der Unpolitischen Väter,Auf Dem Arbeitsmarkt, Der Kapitalismus Stinkt, Wir Brauchen Keine Millionäre, Die Luft Gehört Denen, Die Sie Atmen, Profitgeier, Wir Werden Immer Mehr. |
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Flood - The Rise Of Flood1970 Maple Records – M-6005 Track List: Vacuum, Idle Time, Blessed Be The Young Children, Pain, Songbird Of Time, Mr. Wickett, Don't Take Me, Hurting Time. |
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Flow, The - The Flow's Greatest Hits2007 Shadoks Music – SHADOKS 050 Track List: It Swallowed The Sun, Searchin', Funny Funky Woman, Meditations, Toccata In D Minor, Bijinkies, Mousley, Troubadour, Between Sets, Third Movement, Get Up & Smile, Sunday Night Randoms, I Saw A Dog, Insanity Creeping, Things We Said Today, Baghdad Express. |
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Flower Travellin' Band - Anywhere1970 Philips – FX-8507 Track List: Anywhere, Louisiana Blues, Black Sabbath, House Of The Rising Sun, Twenty-First Century Schizoid Man, Anywhere.
Flower Travellin' Band - Satori1971 Atlantic – P-8056A Track List: Satori Part 1, Satori Part 2, Satori Part 3, Satori Part 4, Satori Part 5.
Flower Travellin' Band - Made In Japan1972 Atlantic – P-8187A Track List: Introduction, Unaware, Aw Give Me Air, Kamikaze, Hiroshima, Spasms, Heaven And Hell, That's All. |
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Food - Forever Is A Dream1969 Capitol Records – ST-304 Track List: Forever Is A Dream, Naive Prayers, No, Lady Miss Ann, Fountains Of My Mind, Coming Back, What It Seems To Be, Inside The Mirror, Marbled Wings, Traveling Light, Leaves, Here We Go Again. |
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A Foot In Coldwater - A Foot In Coldwater1972 Daffodil Records – SBA 16012 Track List: On The Wind, Yalla Yae, Deep Freeze, (Make Me Do) Anything You Want, Who Can Stop Us Now, Alone Together, Fallen Man, In Heat. |
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Ford Theatre - Trilogy For The Masses1968 ABCS658 Track List: Side One: Theme for the Masses, 101 Harrison street, Excerpt (from the theme), Back to Philadelphia, The race Review: Songs that really catch the ear on side A of the album: “Theme for the Masses” is the theme song of the album it starts with a string quartet and has a great melody( a good melody is one that get stuck in your head after hearing it only once.), than the electric guitar and organ are coming in to play the theme with a jazzy undertone, all backed by this amazing string quartet, intense stuff. This fades into the next song “1010 Harrison street” the highlight on the album according to these ears. This is excellent stuff with introspective lyrics . Here a few lines from that song: I think you’re lookin’ around for somethin’ you can’t find here You’re hidin’ your head, and you’re tryin’ to hide your fears And now there’s somethin’ else on your mind You’re trying to find Who you belong to………., Phew! The middle section has some great freaky guitar and organ workouts, sometimes they’re bordering on the edge of the song cohesion. But it never fails to keep the ears excited. O yeah, the vocal department is good too. They end this suite like song with “Excerpt (from the theme)” like it says it’s a variation of the main theme. Great! Songs that really catch the ear on side B of the album: “From a black window” is a fine song with some progressive leanings, and introspective lyrics again with at the end the message you need LOVE! After that a killer organ solo’s starts to build around the guitar bass and drum work. Time for the two guitar players who are inter weaving their guitar patterns, with success. There are some high pitched John Cipollina styled notes dripping from their guitars. Great stuff with some really freaky moments and all based around two chords before they return to the song structure. After that the main theme kicks in again, with a fantastic melody line & intense organ playing, guitars and a cool string quartet. Say no more. A fine album that you will play over and over again. They made a second album, which I have not heard but I,ve read that it’s inferior to the first one, I just don’t know but what I do know is that the first one has it’s moments of brilliance!. Reviewed by Joël van Roode - August 2002 |
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Forest - Forest1969 Harvest – SHVL 760 Track List: Bad Penny, A Glade Somewhere, Lovemakers' Ways, While You're Gone, Sylvie (We'd Better Not Pretend), A Fantasy You, Fading Light, Do You Want Some Smoke?, Don't Want To Go, Nothing Else Will Matter, Mirror Of Life, Rain Is On My Balcony. |
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Fotheringay - Fotheringay1970 Island Records – ILPS-9125 Track List: Nothing More, The Sea, The Ballad Of Ned Kelly, Winter Winds, Peace In The End, The Way I Feel, The Pond And The Stream, Too Much Of Nothing, Banks Of The Nile. |
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Fox - For Fox Sake1970 Fontana 6309 007 Track List: Secondhand love, Lovely day, As she walks away, Glad i could, Butterfly, Look in the sky, Good time music, Mr blank, Man in a fast car, Birthday card, Madame magical. Review: In a similar style to the original Nirvana, Fox produced haunting guitar, sitar material of which this is a classic. Allegedly banned when released due to the title (think about it) this is now a rare and sought after release (I paid £25 for it in 1985 and have never seen another copy). Reviewed by pOoTer |
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Fraction - Moon Blood1971 Angelus Records – WR-5005 Track List: Sanc-Divided, Come Out Of Her, Eye Of The Hurricane, Sons Come To Birth, This Bird (Sky High). |
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John Francovic - Under The Water Lily1993 Midnight Track List: Your Telling Me, Here We Stand, On a Full Moon Night, I Thought I Saw You, Amen the End, My Secret Hiding Place, Under The Water Lily. |
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Frank Zappa - 200 Motels (Live studio soundtrack)1971 U.A. (UDF 50003) Track List: Semi-fraudulent - direct-from-Hollywood overture, Mystery roach, Dance of the rock & roll interviewers, This town is a sealed tuna sandwich (prologue), Tuna fish promenade, Dance of the just plain folks, This town is a sealed tuna fish sandwich (reprise), The sealed tuna bolero, Lonesome cowboy Burt, Touring can make you crazy, Would you like a snack?, Redneck eats, Centerville, She painted up her face, Janet's big dance number, Half a dozen provocative squats, Mysterioso, Shove it right in, Lucy's seduction of a bored violinist & postlude, I,m stealing the towels, Dental hygeine dilemma, Does this kind of life look interesting to you?, Daddy-daddy-daddy, Penis dimension, What will this evening bring me this morning, A nun suit painted on some old boxes, Magic fingers, Motorhead's midnight ranch, Dew on the newts we got, The lad searches the night for his newts, The girl wants to fix him some broth, The girl's dream, Little green scratchy sweaters & corduroy ponce, Strictly genteel (the finale). |
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Fraternity Of Man - The Fraternity Of Man1968 ABC Records – ABCS-647 Track List: In The Morning, Plastic Rat, Don't Bogart Me, Stop Me, Citate Me, Bikini Baby, Oh No I Don't Believe It, Wispy Paisley Skies, Field Day, Just Doin' Our Job, Blue Guitar, Last Call For Alcohol, Candy Striped Lion's Tails. |
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Freak Scene - Psychedelic Soul1967 Collectables CD Track List: A Million Grains Of Sand, "...When In Course Of Human Events (Draft Beer, No Students)/Interpolation: We Shall Overcome, Rose Of Smiling Faces, Behind The Mind, The Subway Ride Thru Inner Space, Butterfly Dream, My Rainbow Life, The Centre Of My Soul, Watered Down Soul, Red Roses Will Weep, Mind Bender, Grok! |
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Fredric - Phases & Faces1968 Forte 80461 Track List: Federal Reserve Bank Blues, The Girl I Love, All About Judi, Henry Adams, Morning Sunshine, Taggin’, Cousin Mary Knows, My Yellow Tree, Red Pier, Old Fashioned Guy, Born In Fire, Saturday Morning With Rain. Review: This is a well-crafted 60’s pop record that is chock full of wonderful hooks and an interesting baroque sounding organ thrown in for good effect. Whilst not necessarily psychedelic, it has enough traces of psychedelia to keep many fans happy. At times, the music is reminiscent of The Turtles whilst other times it takes on an almost Anglo-Pop approach to its sound (e.g.” Henry Adams”). However, for me, it is the songs “All About Judi” & “Red Pier” which are the albums strongest tracks. “All About Judi” is a luscious, mellow, dopey love song about stealing your best friends girl. “Red Pier” is possibly the most psychedelic track on the album. It’s an extremely lazy, hazy musical fog that weaves and floats in almost suspended animation. It makes me feel completely airless and if this isn’t the recipe for first-rate psychedelia then I don’t know what is. A couple of other tracks worth mentioning are “Cousin Mary Knows” & album closer, “Saturday Morning With Rain”. I love the arrogance of the opening lines of “Cousin Mary Knows”- “Ask her about the sit-u-a-tion If only the vocalist had the attitude and nasal sneer/snarl of Iggy or Sky, this could be a fantastic punk track. “Saturday Morning With Rain” is a nice closing track with some exquisite guitar, breathy harmonica and mellow bongos throughout. No, the record doesn’t always hit the right mark, and there are a couple throw away tracks, but hell, given the fact these songs were written, composed and recorded by teenagers who had such a great understanding of how to structure a pop song one must admire it for that asset alone. Reviewed by BlueMagoo - October 2002 |
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Free - Tons Of Sobs1969 Island Records – ILPS-9089 Track List: Over The Green Hills Pt. I, Worry, Walk In My Shadow, Wild Indian Woman, Goin' Down Slow, I'm A Mover, The Hunter, Moonshine, Sweet Tooth, Over The Green Hills Pt. II. |
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Free Spirits - Out Of Sight And Sound1967 ABC Records – ABC-S 593 Track List: Don't Look Now (But Your Head Is Turned Around), I'm Gonna Be Free, LBOD, Sunday Telephone, Blue Water Mother, Girl Of The Mountain, Cosmic Daddy Dancer, Bad News Cat, Storm, Early Mornin' Fear, Angels Can't Be True, Tattoo Man. |
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Freeborne - Peak Impressions1967 Monitor Records MPS 607 Track List: Images, Land of Diana, Visions Of My Own, Sadly Acknowledged, Peak Impressions & Thoughts, Yellow Sky, Hurting Kind Of Woman, Inside People, Song For Orestes, But I Must Return To Frenzy. Review: This is probably one of my favourite albums to come out of the Boston area during the 1960’s. It is certainly one of the trippiest and it comes complete with more complex imagery and twists than a Hitchcock plot. The album opens with the jazzy piano sounds of “Images” which beaks into a superb Flamenco/Latin sounding solo in the middle of the song one almost expects to hear an “Ole” shouted at the end. “Land of Diana” swims and dances its way through your head. A very psychedelic song that climaxes into an astonishing organ and guitar freak-out whilst the final seconds of the song ends with a 1920’s style acapella do-wop. Truly bizarre but nevertheless it is highly entertaining and makes for a great finish. “Visions Of My Own” is a beautiful song that superbly marries a medieval sounding harpsichord and recorder with the marching sound of a militaristic drum roll. One can almost see (hallucinate) a psychedelic court jester in full regalia dancing merrily for his King in the Palace forecourt. “Sadly Acknowledged” is a short ditty about war…although written during the Vietnam War, the lyrics and orchestral background conjures up images of WW1 infantryman lining up to die in the trenches outside of Ypres town. Side One closes with the hallucinatory “Peak Impressions & Thoughts”. This has to be one of the greatest songs about an LSD trip ever captured on tape. At times it is reminiscent of “Grace” by CJ & the Fish, but its brain plucking guitar notes and adrenalin rushing climatic build-up make it much more spooky and ethereal than CJ & the Fish ever were. Marvellous stuff but I’m not sure if it’s a good trip…or a bad one. In my opinion, side two pales in comparison to the brilliance of side one, however there is still some interesting and worthwhile musical explorations going on. “Yellow Sky” has a nice twisty, spinning feel with some great wah-wah guitar. The jazzy blues of “Hurting Kind of Woman” has a moody atmosphere that makes you feel as if you are sitting in a dark, smoky bar. “Inside People” has a pretty cool fuzz tone effect on the vocals making the song very druggy indeed. The album then closes with possibly its two weakest tracks (for me). “Song for Orestes” and “But I Must Return to Frenzy”. It’s not that these songs are bad, they just are not up the same standard of the previous tracks. This is certainly an essential recording for any psych collector and due to its extravagant and unusual musical accompaniment it makes for a unique listening experience. I can’t fathom that this album could have been recorded in any other decade than the late 60’s. Reviewed by BlueMagoo - November 2002 |
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Freeman Sounds & Friends - Heavy Trip2005 World In Sound – RFR-025 Track List: Tomorrow Is Plastic, Heavy Trip #70, All I Need, If I Could Only, Wanting To Be Free, All Roads Lead Home, 16 Tons, Singing My Own Song, On The Way, Get It While You Can, I Just Can't Stop Lovin' You Babe, Christmas Card. |
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Fresh Blueberry Pancake - Fresh Blueberry Pancake (Heavy)1970 Private Pressing Track List: Hassles, Being In Town, Clown On A Rope, Bad Boy Turns Good, I Call Him Lord, Down On The Farm, Where's The Sun, Sleep Bound, Stranded. |
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Fresh Maggots - Fresh Maggots1971 RCA SF 8205 Track List: Dole Song, Rosemary Hill, Quickie, Everone’s Gone To War, And When She Laughs, Spring, Balloon Song, Guzz Up, Who’s To Die, Elizabeth R, Frustration. |
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Peter Frohmader - Advanced Alchemy Of Music1994 Nekropolis Records NCD 007 Track List: Dragon's Treasure, Golden Dawn, Ken Of Saloman, Phaethon, La Foret du Perceval, Rose + Croix. Review: With a musical career that can be traced back to the roots of German Krautrock with bands such as Alpha Centauri and Electronic Delusion back in the early 70's, Peter Frohmader certainly has the credentials required for a genuine Krautrock heavyweight. Couple this with a prolific recording history that runs to at least 36 albums and you begin to get the picture. Enter the dark, mystical and terrifying world of Peter Frohmader and enjoy the ride... Reviewed by pOoTer - May 2002 |
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Frost, The - Frost Music1969 Vanguard SVRL19052 Track List: Jennie Lee, The Family, A Long Way Down From Mobile, Take My Hand, Mystery Man, Baby Once You Got It, Stand In The Shadows, Little Susie Singer (Music to chew gum by), First Day Of May, Who Are You? Review: Frost were a couple of Michigan-based rockers with a psychedelic edge to their sound. Their first album contains some great music and dazzling guitar tricks, forget the other albums(they made 3 albums I believe). “Take my hand” is the first track that really catches the ear(the 4 th song on side one) with some great guitar gymnastics from Dick Wagner(later teamed up with Alice cooper, and played on Lou reed albums), they split your mind in all the four wind directions. Next is “the mystery man”, which kicks of with some a capella vocals singing to us”Pom popo Pom po po….. Here comes the mystery man”, and then, well, there’s Dick again with his furious axe. Reviewed by Joël van Roode (Celebrate your ears) - May 2002 |
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Frumious Bandersnatch - A Young Man’s Song1996 Big Beat CDWIKS 169 Track List: Medley: You Gotta Believe/Judgement Day, Chain Reaction, Rosemary’s Baby, What Is Bandersnatch?, Woodrose Syrup, Now That You’ve Gone, 45 Cents, Pulpit Huff, Paper, Cheshire, Black Box, Can-a-Bliss. |
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Funkadelic - Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow1970 Westbound CDSEWM 012 Track List: Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow, Friday Night, August the 14th, Funky Dollar Bill, I Wanna Know If Its Good To You?, Some More, Eulogy and Light. Review: Coming hot on the heels of their sublime self-titled debut of stoned blues grooves and predating the funky acid rock of their masterpiece third album (Maggot Brain) by mere months "Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow" perhaps remains the most disturbing, yet compelling listening experience Funkadelic recorded. Gone were the warm guitar licks and deep resonating bass-lines of the debut, replaced by an unsettling metallic coldness to the guitars and keyboards. George Clinton's confessed approach to record production simply involved lots of acid and "turning the knobs in the studio" which is exactly where we find him at the beginning of the title track opener, a funky evangelical mantra preached over electronic bleeps, icy shard-like organ notes and Ed Hazel's breathtaking guitar soloing. Although tempting as it is, comparing Hazel with Hendrix is a cliché, and as pointless as comparing Dali with Michaelangelo. Hazel's soloing provides a tension building backing to an increasingly hysterical chant that gives way to a funky keyboard riff that suddenly without warning warps, distorts and pans giving the listener a feeling of spinning disorientation, this is augmented by Hazel returning the riff on guitar. This is probably one the trippiest moments ever committed to vinyl. Next up, back on Earth for the funkiest track on the album "Friday Night, August the 14th", dripping with cool and built on swathes of wah-wah, with a riff reminiscent of "Foxy Lady" this is a hedonistic headrush of excitement before a lost weekend. The next track "Funky Dollar Bill", that is probably the weakest, combines social comment with a "cockney knees-up" piano sound, may have orked for the Small Faces but definetly not these guys. Sanity and cool is restored with "I Wanna Know If Its Good To You?" that showcases some empassioned soulful vocals and reintroduces the ice shard organ sounds of the title track to full spaced-out effect. "Some More" is a bouncy lysergic blues track with otherworldly vocals. Finally in comes "Eulogy and Light", to most this will come across as ludricrous self-indulgence, however this tracks saving grace for me is the ghostly gospel vocals spun backwards, worth a listen if only for that. Admittedly this album contains some weak moments that reflect the chemical excesses of its creators but it remains a trove of all-out deranged weirdness and psychedelic genius. This was a trip to the darkside that Funkadelic were never to repeat with such ferocity, although its echoes can be still be heard in its follow up "Maggot Brain". Reviewed by Simon Allen - November 2002 |
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Fuzztones - Leave Your Mind At Home1984 Midnight MIRLP 105 Track List: Voices Green And Purple, Blackout At Gretely, No Friend Of Mine, We’re Pretty Quick, Flash On You, The Bag I’m In, You Burn Me Up And Down. Review: Live almost human and direct from the American midwest circa 1984, careful this does not kill you, ‘cos this is sharp!! Play this at the highest volume available and remember Ambulances & Nurses are on call at all times... Reviewed by pOoTer |
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Fuzztones - Lysergic Emmanations1985 ABC LP4 Track List: 1 2 5, Gotta Get Some, Journey Tyme, Ward 81, Strychnine, Radar Eyes, Cinderella, Highway 69, Just Once, Shes Wicked, As Times Gone, Living Sickness, Bad News Travels Fast, Green Slime. Review: Original 60’s Punk....80’s style, these guys really rock!. Hailing from NY, USA This is the Fuzztones truly awesome debut LP and it takes no prisoners. Re-working punk classics such as the Haunted’s 1-2-5 in blistering style and a cover of The Cramps classic Human Fly that is after the blood of the original!!!. Reviewed by pOoTer |
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Fuzztones - Flashbacks1986 ABC Track List: 1-2-5, Nine Months Later - (alternate take), Heathen Set - (alternate take), Action Speaks Louder Than Words, I Never Knew, Bad News Travels Fast - (alternate take, John Peel session), Charlotte's Remains - (alternate take), Ward 81, Strychnine, In Heat - (alternate take), All The King's Horses, Rise - (alternate take), Down On The Street, Look For The Question Mark, She's My Witch, Blue's Theme, Blood From A Stone - (previously unreleased), Hurt On Hold - (alternate take), Romilar D - (alternate take), I'm The Wolfman, She's Wicked - (alternate take, John Peel session), Cinderella - (alternate take, John Peel session). |
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Fuzztones - Bad News Travels Fast1986 ABC S011T Track List: Bad News Travel Fast, As Times Gone, Green Slime, Strychnine. Review: Out For Kicks..........In For Trouble, another quality pice of vinyl from New Yorks finest. Bad News Travels Fast produced for John Peel on Radio 1 in the UK. Four choice cuts including an excellent cover of Strychnine and Green Slime. Reviewed by pOoTer |
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Fuzztones - In Heat1989 Situation Two SITU 23 Track List: In Heat, Nine Months Later, Cheyenne Rider, Everything You Got, Black Box, Shame On You, It Came In The Mail, Me Tarzan You Jane, Heathen Set, Hurt On Hold, What You Dont Know, Charlottes Remains. |
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Fuzztones - Salt For Zombies2003 Sin Records 001 Track List: My Brother The Man, Get Naked, Face Of Time, Be Forewarned, Jonson In A Headlock, This Sinister Urge, Black Lightning Light, Idol Chatter, Hallucination Generation, A Wristwatch Band, Group Grop, Don`t Blow Your Mind, What Ever Happened To Baby Jesus? Review: The infamous Fuzztones are back with the most blistering, raw, punked-and-psyched-out album i`ve heard in a long time, "Salt For Zombies" is their first studio release in 13(!) years. This record has all the wonderful qualities that make an album outstanding in my book: an immense emotional depth, frenzied power of playing, untaimed attitude and that rawness `tones are famous for. All arrangements are tight and energetic, there is no dead weight on this cd. Every song rocks, yet every song has its psychedelic moments. The album is fuzzed out and furious, it is bad, mad, sexy, dark, weird... But there is no room for revelling in sorrow on this powerful album! Here, ladies and gentelmen, comes Jonson In A Headlock - a delicious original highly rated by many fans. It`s an up-tempo rocker, a track you can`t help thinking to yourself: "these guys& gals know how to rock`n`roll" while listening to it. It sounds fresh and vital and has a lot of that special edge and rawness which make rock`n`roll so daring, so untaimed, so...plainly wyld. The track starts out with a sharp, cheeky organ solo followed by fuzz- crunching guitar. A short but brilliant break in the middle with its fat drum section, wickedly-sweet background vocals and smart harmonica solo gives this song some sexy-teasing touch...Feel it - till the dark madness starts to creep in again. This Sinister Urge is coming now, a heavy track, anxious and angst ridden, dealing with nightmarish serial killer fantasies. This (surprisingly) melodic tune takes a listener aback with unexpected pace changes in refrain where evocative lead vocal mutates suddenly into a sort of prehistoric scream while guitars explode with raw, "primitive" fuzz. This song shows you some dark corners of the psyche, corners we`d rather not to think about...where the Black Lightning Light is born. It is an another astonishing cover (original by the Shy Guys). This song displays the psychedelic side of the `tones. Next track is entitled Idol Chatter. It`s a wonderful original tune written by the Fuzztones drummer Andrea Kusten. This wickedly-mellow, chilling song has a strong voodoo flavour with its shamanic drums and amazing, at times sitar-like soundig guitar. Then there comes a Wristwatch Band - a psychedelic ballad originally written by the Boss Tweed. It`s a very melodic tune that has some sad mood about it, wonderfully expressed through the beautiful, warm and strong Jim Morrison-like lead vocal. This track is kind of multidimensional, revealing itself in waves, getting deeper and deeper with every listenig. And how can i forget the Little Steven`s fave Don`t Blow Your Mind? I love this fabulous mixture of furious, hard, sweating rock`n`roll and psychedelic weirdness. This song has a truly "black", rebellious attitude! You can feel the frantic energy wildly pulsating through this tune. The pace changes and the great "live" effect of a mad crowd raving in the background are my personal highlights on this adrenalin pumper.....Over-groovy! The last track on this cd, named What Ever Happened To Baby Jesus? is probably the most haunting song of this first-class album. It`s a slow burner, but it displays emotional depths close to insanity. It starts off kind of unearthly with foreboding church-like organ chords. Then droney, menacing, dripping bass comes in, hypnotizing a listener into a deep, dark trance. Furious, sinister effects laden fuzz and brilliant blistering lead guitar spiral maniacally upwards to the upmost limits of perception, making their way through the dark, shimmering walls of mighty rhythm section and other-wordly digital wizardery. This fuzzed-out black pearl of an album is absolutely essential for every fuzz-devotee! It is available only as cd on the Fuzztones official website Review submitted by Anmaro6 - January 2004 |
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