Erik Britton - The Troll (Amazing 1980 US Private Outsider Psych Folk LP)
Erik Britton's sound can only be described as "demented troubador," just his intense voice and a frantic 12-string guitar."If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...
View ArticleJ.J. Kellum - "Butterfly" (Rare 1983 US Private Female Folk LP)
"J.J. Kellum - Butterfly : One of my favorite private press records. It's a straight up fantastic amateur singer-songwriter record but with original and unexpectedly depressing songs, including one...
View ArticleJerry Meredith & Scott Dunbar - What's Life All About ? (Amazing 1968 US...
Jerry Meredith is from Saginaw, Michigan, while Scott Dunbar is from Morrow, Georgia.They released this incredibly great Private Folk LP with a lot of harmony vocals.Listen to these songs on YouTube...
View ArticleDave Keir - ST - aka Jazzland (Rare and great 1976? UK Folk LP on Folkland...
Another great UK Folk obscurity ... excellent from the beginning to the end !Listen to these songs I found on YouTube...
View ArticlePaul Bond with Martin Carthy, Danny Carnahan & Robin Petrie - In Sight of the...
Very rare LP issued in 1985 on Cityfolk Record.Paul Bond is from New Zealand and has been helped for this record by the great Martin Carthy (guitar), Danny Carnahan (mandolin, guitar, fiddle) and Robin...
View ArticleDave Inker - Profile (Rare German Folk LP released in 1976 on the little M...
Rare and excellent Folk LP released in 1976 by this quite obscure singer songwiter.Listen to this track on YouTube :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlPtuvPU60QAnother Folk, rarity in a very great...
View ArticleSt Rita's Folk Group, "Re-Creation" - God Will Set Us Free (Rare 1973 US...
Another Xian Folk little gem released on the RPC label.Another very rare and interesting LP !Listen to this track available on WFMU (thanks to Jason)...
View ArticleTerry David Russell - Journeyman Songwriter (Rare 1979 Private Folk LP from...
Rare 1979 Private Canadian LP by this unknown singer songwriter from the west coast with some great self-penned material.Uneven LP ... containing some amazing songs ... and also one or two forgettable...
View ArticleBruce Johnson - A Day in My Life (Very rare and excellent 1981 US Private...
Review found on the web :Midwestern loner folk singer songwriter.He has sort of mellow vocals and using mostly a 12 string guitar, the whole mix is shadowed at times with the use of a phase shifter and...
View ArticleEmmett Finley - ST (Killer 1971 US Folk Rock LP on Poison Ring Records)
It's a fairly obscure entry in the underground sounds arena. You'll hear this described as killer folk rock (it is) with lost, atmospheric vocals (huh?), amazing, soaring, backing vocal harmonies...
View ArticleBob Sharp - Times I've Tasted (Excellent 1984 Australian Private Folk LP)
'Times I've Tasted', a rare album released by Australian-based singer-songwriter/folk singer Bob Sharp, privately pressed on the rare and collectable 'EMI Custom' label in 1984.From the scant...
View ArticleThe Woods - Early Morning Rain (Very rare 1969 UK Folk LP on Tradition)
Rare and interesting UK Folk LP released in 1969 on the little Tradition label.It was even the first album released on Tradition - see catalog number : TSR001Sorry ... no track available on YouTube for...
View ArticleStephen Raley - Won't You Hurry Us Home ... Wish We'd All Been Ready...
Totally obscure Californian loner folk psych issued on Angelus (same label than Fraction).A couple of 100 made at max.Deep introspective vocals with a Perry Leopold feeling.Very great and rare album...
View ArticleFacial Expressions - The Windmill Run (Excellent 1983 Australian Folk on...
Facial Expressions released their excellent LP in 1983 on Larrikin.Ken Ferguson (vocals, tin whistle, mandolin, bodhran, keyboards), Bob Sharp (vocals, guitars, mandolin, bouzouki) and Colin James...
View ArticleBruce Kosaveach - This Time Around (Rare 1975 US Private SSW LP)
Rare and very interesting Singer-songwriter LP - all originals - privately released in 1975.Listen to these songs...
View ArticlePat Hernon - The Beggar (Amazing Celtic Folk LP from Canada)
Unknown and utterly exceptional Celtic folk lp out of Vancouver, richly performed and arranged. Highest recommendation - this is leagues above most private Celtic folk LPs.(reviewed by a well known...
View ArticleVarious Artists (Blue Anchor, Mick Sheehan, Pete Beresford) - Some Cleveland...
Rare (and great) Various Artists UK Folk LP released in 1976 on Pied Piper Records.A nice LP with three interesting band / singers. Tracklist :A1 Blue Anchor Pretty Peggy-o A2 Blue...
View ArticleCirrus Winery - ST (Excellent 2009 Private Prog Rock LP from Sweden)
Very great Progressive LP released in 2009 in Sweden.The members of Cirrus Winery are Andreas Lindmark (keyboards), Mikael Lennholm (guitars, vocals, flute), David Svedmyr (bass, vocals, flute) and...
View ArticleAustin Durack - The High Road to Glory (Amazing 1989 Folk LP on Larrikin)
The High Road to Glory - "Songs of Irish Emigration, Pioneering and Bush Life" - is the 3rd album released (in 1989) by this Irish singer songwriter on the Australian label Larrikin.Listen to these...
View ArticleHarley & J.B. McLain - Natural People's League (Mega rare 1980 US Private...
Mega rare private Rural Folk/Psych Hippie record out of Eckelson, North Dakota, very low press run almost impossible to find, excellent Folk sound with lots of protest type hippie tracks.A little...
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