Bill Vanaver - ST (Rare 1972 US Loner Folk LP on Swallowtail Records)
Scarce and surprisingly good album by this great guitar and mandolin player.Recorded in January 1972 on Swallowtail Records.Listen : A3. The Haunted Hunter (or The Walker In The Snow)and A5. I Gave...
View ArticleJ.P. Sunshine - ST (Excellent 1995 UK Psychedelic Rock LP - 1967-1968...
In 1967, the English poet George Duffell, alias Jorgy Porgy, decided to set his verses to music, birthing J.P. Sunshine with guitarist/vocalist Rod Goodway of pop act The Pack (later with the Crazy...
View ArticleGérard Ducos - Ducos (aka Renaissance) (Rare 1970 French Folk LP on Kelenn)
Gérard Ducos est arrivé en Bretagne à 20 ans, par Brest, par la mer ce qui représente une originalité plus grande qu'il ne l'imagine. Autre originalité, il n'était pas Breton, il venait d'un pays "qui...
View ArticleThe Minstrel Boys (Ian McGarry & Terry Odlum) - A Walk in the Green (Rare...
Very rare and excellent Irish Folk LP released in 1975 by The Minstrel Boys (Ian McGarry & Terry Odlum).Listen : A2. NoraAnother interesting and little known Irish Folk LP !Record : VG (should be...
View ArticlePierre Litoust - Disque n° 2 (Chansons - ... L'enclume, Mélusine, Fais-moi...
Excellent and rare 2nd LP privately released by this great French singer-songwriter !A great LP in the same vein than his two other albums !Listen : B2. Nous avons des masques (ou Pelures d'oignon)...
View ArticleHermanas Misioneras Catequistas Guadalupanas - El Mensaje de la Juventud...
Rare Xian Garage Rock LP privately released in 1966 in Mexico by Las Misioneras de la Montaña (aka Hermanas Misioneras Catequistas Guadalupanas).Mexican Sisters Mission, in the vein of pop rock in...
View ArticleJohn Max Jacobs - A Prairie Dream (Rare 1984 US Private Psych Folk LP)
A 1984 LP but it sounds like 1974. Rare private press from Minneapolis. Beautiful acid folk psych! Very well produced !Listen : B5. Iron Butterfly& A4. Lazy Willow& B3. Frankie Lee McKinney...
View ArticleThe MacDonald Folk Group - Take One (Ultra rare 1968 UK Folk LP - 1st release...
Very rare and great UK Folk LP released in 1968 on the Folk Heritage label.First release (FHR 001M) on that great label !Listen : B1. GeordieA2. The Flowers Never Bend With the RainfallB3. April Come...
View ArticleJill Cislaghi - Friends of Mine (Very rare 1977 US Folk masterpiece released...
One of my top ten US privately 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...
View ArticleThe Chapel Choir of the First United Presbyterian Church in Pitman, New...
Excellent and very rare US Xian album with great organ and John Ylvisaker's covers.Recorded end of the 60's or beginning of the 70'sSide two is where the youth take over, playing tracks from John...
View ArticleClayton F. Moore – Live From My Basement (Rare 1973 Canadian Private Downer...
Original 1973 first pressing ... no more than a 500 private press and seldom seen. Produced in this cats basement, basically lost highway hippie loner delivering his wayward message backed by an...
View ArticleThe Travelling People - Folk in Concert ( Rare and great 1970 UK Folk LP on...
The Travelling People were Richard and Peter Stevenson, Lin Marriott, Julian Earp and Dave Perkins.Formed June 1967, in Melbourne, Derbyshire, UK, they were first known as Melbourne Folk Trio.Rare UK...
View ArticleJordan & Anderson - Edges of Love (Great 1974 Private US Psych Folk LP)
Privately pressed LP released in 1974 by Larry Jordan and Rob Anderson.An excellent psych folk album with great harmony vocals, good acoustic guitar work, keyboards and some trumpet and flute here and...
View ArticleJed - Merlin's Song (Very rare 1982 US Private Psych 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...
View ArticleSteve & Ed - Dream Song (Rare 1975 US Psych Folk masterpiece)
Very great Psych Folk LP recorded in 1975 by Steve Hicks and Ed Rosiek.A surprisingly good folk-pop LP on the vanity label Century that I picked up recently due to my "leave no stock cover behind"...
View ArticlePat's People - An Irish Night at the Gaelic League (Rare 1974 US Private...
Pat's People was a Michigan area Irish folk group with its roots in Belfast.Line-up :Brian Aldwinckle : Vocals, BassSean Lavery : Vocals, Bodhrán, AccordionRay Maguire : Vocals, Guitar, Concert...
View ArticlePat's People - Silver Rains Afar (Excellent 1976 US Private Folk Psych LP)
Pat's People were an exceptional UK/Irish Folk band with several quite rare private press LPs:"An Irish Night At The Gaelic League An Irish American Lounge"(1974) ... much more traditional folk style...
View ArticlePat's People with Al Purcell - Some Say The Devil's Dead (Great 1980 US...
Their 3rd LP, more traditional but still a great LP. I think this was their last recording as Pat's People. Listen to the whole album : Some Say The Devil's Dead Record : VG++Cover : VG+ (see...
View ArticleNelson Elliot Tuvey - Love to Make Music By (Rare 1974 US Private SSW Folk LP)
Rare and great LP privately released in 1974 by Nelson Elliot Tuvey.All songs written and performed by Nelson Elliot Tuvey.Listen : A5. Heaven Is Looking Into Your Eyes& B3. Sunday Morning&...
View ArticleMalone & Hutch (Gerry Malone & Paul Hotchkiss) - Sing Irish Songs & Ballads...
Notes from the back cover :"Album recorded live at Brock's Eating and Drinking House, Orange, Conn. and at Red Kastle Studio, Ridgefield, Conn. February and March 1978 using Ampex Recorders and...
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