Jacco Gardner – Cabinet Of Curiosities (2013) review
Jacco Gardner "Cabinet Of Curiosities" (Trouble In Mind, 2013) When ‘Clear The Air’ was first released on seven inch single by Spain’s Action Weekend label a year or...
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John the Revelator – Wild Blues (1970) review
John the Revelator - "Wild Blues" (Pseudonym Records, 2013) John The Revelator is an obscure Dutch ensemble, at least I’d never heard anything at all about them...
Paul Butterfield Blues Band – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965) review
Paul Butterfield Blues Band - "The Paul Butterfield Blues Band" (Music On Vinyl, 2013) Seen in context, this is the album that, way back in 1965, brought the...
Free – Fire and Water (1970) review
Free "Fire and Water" (Music On Vinyl, 2013) With a hectic gigging schedule and two already well-received sets behind them, Tons Of Sobs and Free, both in 1969,...
Victoria – Kings, Queens & Jokers (1971) review
A US group from New Jersey who made one lone private-press album back in 1971. I have to say this is a particularly lovely collection of fantastically dreamy...
The Outsiders – Outsiders (1967) review
The Outsiders - "Outsiders" (Pseudonym Records, 2012) They are the incomparable Dutch 60s garage-punk, beautiful-and-ugly beat r’n’b, turned psychedelic rock mavens the Outsiders, and their eponymous half-live, half-studio...
Brainbox – Dark Rose: their 45s (2012) review
Brainbox “Dark Rose: their 45s” (Pseudonym, 2012) The persuasive buzz of 'Down Man' and the sublime rendering of Gershwin’s perennial ‘Summertime' from their eponymous debut are but two...
After Tea – Joint House Blues (1971) review
After Tea “Joint House Blues” (Pseudonym, 2012) This was the third outing from these Dutch soulful r’n’b ambassadors, and dates from 1970. It’s fair to say too that...