Dust- Hard Attack- 1972

The missing link between Black Sabbath and Big Star, Dust were a hard rock trio from the early ’70s whose prog instincts were tempered with occasional twangy ballads and pretty boy lyrics (although I can’t confirm if they were, in fact, attractive. My guess is not.)

The factoid that usually pops up regarding this band is that their drummer, Mark Bell, later went on to become Marky Ramone, but make no mistake: the two Dust albums are nothing like the Ramones.

The first self-titled album is a mostly uninspired affair, but the second album ramps it up many, many notches, delivering an unusual, brightly colored take (lots of swirling riffs and fills) on the hard prog sound that made Uriah Heep and Sir Lord Baltimore so wonderfully fukkin’ awesome. Highly recommended.

Song List:
01 - Pull Away - So Many Times
02 - Walk In The Soft Rain
03 - Thusly Spoken
04 - Learning To Die
05 - All In All
06 - I Been Thinkin'
07 - Ivory
08 - How Many Horses
09 - Suicide
10 - Dust The End

Band Members:
Richie Wise
Kenny Aaronson
Marc Bell (Later Known as Marky Ramone)

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Captain Beyond- Self Titled- 1972

Captain Beyond was an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1971.

Song List:
1. Dancing Madly Backwards (On a Sea of Air)
2. Armworth
3. Myopic Void
4. Mesmerization Eclipse
5. Raging River of Fear
6.Thousand Days of Yesterdays (Intro)
7.Frozen Over
8.Thousand Days of Yesterdays (Time Since Come and Gone)
9.I Can't Feel Nothin' (Part 1)
10.As the Moon Speaks (To the Waves of the Sea)
11.Astral Lady
12.As the Moon Speaks (Return)
13.I Can't Feel Nothin' (Part 2)

Band Members:
Rod Evans – vocals
Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt – guitars
Lee Dorman – bass guitar, piano, Hammond organ, vocals
Bobby Caldwell – drums, percussion, Hammond organ, bells, vibraphone, vocals

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Lucifer's Friend- Self Titled- 1970

Lucifer's Friend was a 1970s German rock band. Allmusic author, Eduardo Rivadavia, noted the group as, "early practitioners of heavy metal and progressive rock." They also incorporated elements of jazz into their music.The band have also been cited as one of the pioneers of doom metal. Their Best Release is their first.

Song List:
1.Ride in the Sky
2.Everybody's Clown
3.Keep Goin'
4.Toxic Shadows
5.Free Baby
6.Baby You're a Liar
7.In the Time of Job When Mammon Was a Yippie
8.Lucifer's Friend

Band Members:
Peter Hesslein - Lead Guitars/Vocals/Percussion
Peter Hecht - Piano/Keyboards/French Horn on "Ride The Sky."
John Lawton - Lead Vocals
Dieter Horns - Bass
Joachim Rietenbach - Drums

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The Third Power- Believe- 1970

The Third Power was Detroit’s answer to Cream back in the late 60′s to early 70′s and in fact did a rendition of “I’m So Glad” that rivaled anything Cream did. Third Power was intense sonic output, a power trio that used high output vacuum tube Traynor amps and pretty much did entirely original music. And they did it at volumetric decibles that surely contributed to hearing loss among many an aged hippie; the Who had little edge in that respect save they had a bigger PA system.

Third Power was always a draw at any Detroit venue and personally my other favourite Detroit group (SRC was first even though they were from Ann Arbor). This album is purely studio; way too produced and laden with overdubs impossible to duplicate live, at least with the technology available then (multi key synthesizers were light years away) and it was not strong enough to capture the all important top 40 FM market and most importantly, did not sell well outside of Detroit and related environs.

Still, it is well worth a listen and does represent an accurate accounting of the Detroit music scene along with some decent lyrics and musicianship. Should you have liked the MC-5 or The Frost, this would be the intensity of these groups amplified with a more cerebral appeal.

Song List:
1.Gettin' Together
2.Feel So Lonely
3.Passed By
4.Lost In A Daydream
5.Persecution
6.Comin' Home
7.Won't Beg Any More
8.Crystalline Chandelier
9.Like Me Love Me

Band Members:
Drew Abbot- Guitars/Vocals
Jem Targal- Bass/Vocals
Jim Craig- Drums/Vocals

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Buffalo- Volcanic Rock- 1973

BUFFALO was a hard rock band from Sydney, Australia. Formed in 1970 and releasing their proper debut in 1972, they actually preceded better-known Australian bands like AC/DC and ROSE TATTOO (of which BUFFALO bassist Peter Wells was also a member). Their sophomore release, Volcanic Rock, is widely considered to be the band's crowning achievement. Eschewing a great deal of the juvenile silliness and rootin'-tootin' that would plague subsequent releases, Volcanic Rock relies primarily on sludgy riffs, extended jams, and a bizarre side-long suite based on Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. The album is actually very comparable to BLACK SABBATH. In fact, BUFFALO opened a tour for the mighty SABBATH, and by some accounts, blew them off the stage. Listen with an open mind and I assure you, you'll find this piece of history a rewarding addition to your collection.

Song List:
1. Sunrise (Come My Way)
2. Freedom
3. Till My Death
4. The Prophet
5. Intro: Pound of Flesh
6. II: Shylock

Band Members:
Dave Tice- Vocals
Peter Wells- bass
John Baxter- guitar
Jimmy Economou- drums

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Leaf Hound- Growers Of Mushroom- 1971

Leaf Hound is an English 1970s hard rock band. The group have been cited as a major influence on the stoner rock movement.

Song List:
01. Freelance Fiend
02. Sad Road To The Sea
03. Drowned My Life In Fear
04. Work My Body
05. Stray
06. With A Minute To Go
07. Growers Of Mushroom
08. Stagnant Pool
09. Sawdust Caesar

Band Members:
Peter French- vocals
Mick Halls- guitar
Derek Brooks- guitar
Stuart Brooks- bass
Keith George-Young- drums

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Flower Travellin' Band- Satori- 1971

Flower Travellin' Band is a Japanese heavy psych outfit that was first active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Their Best Album is Satori.

Song List-
1. Satori, Pt. 1
2. Satori, Pt. 2
3. Satori, Pt. 3
4. Satori, Pt. 4
5. Satori, Pt. 5

Band Members:
Joe Yamanaka- Vocals
Hideki Ishima- Guitars
Jun Kobayashi- Bass
George Wada- Drums

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High Tide- Sea Shanties- 1969

High Tide was a band formed in 1969. The trademark of their first album Sea Shanties was the constant battle between the electric guitar of Tony Hill and the electric violin of Simon House. There is hardly a quiet moment on Sea Shanties, the heaviest tracks being "Futilist's Lament" and the instrumental "Death Warmed Up". Stylistically it is a mix of hard rock, psychedelic, blues, folk, and jazz-rock, and is sometimes even cited as the first progressive metal album. [1] Allmusic author, Wilson Neate, had this to say of the group, "High Tide had the muscularity of a no-nonsense proto-metal band, but they also ventured into prog territory with changing time signatures and tempos, soft-hard dynamics, multi-part arrangements, and even some ornate faux-Baroque interludes."

Song List:
1. Futilist's Lament
2. Death Warmed Up
3. Pushed, But Not Forgotten
4. Walking Down Their Outlook
5. Missing Out Listen
6. Nowhere

Band Members:
Tony Hill- Guitars, Keyboards, and Vocals
Simon House- Violin and Keyboards
Pete Pavil- Bass
Roger Hadden- Drums

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Tin House- Self Titled- 1971

Tin House was a US hard rockin' power trio who only released this one album. The record features ten originals by the band, all killer and no filler. Some solid guitar work from Floyd Radford, who later went on to join Edgar Winter.

Song List:
1 - I Want Your Body
2 - 30 Weight Blues
3 - Be Good and Be Kind
4 - You've Gone Too Far
5 - Silver Star
6 - Personal Gain
7 - Jezebel, Give Me Your Lovin'
8 - Tomorrow
9 - Endamus Finallamus
10 - Lady of the Silent Opera

Band Members:
Jeff Cole - bass, vocals
Mike Logan - drums, percussion, vocals
Floyd Radford - guitar, vocals

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Yesterday's Children- Self Titled- 1969

This elegant CD reissues the sole album by this obscure Connecticut group who recorded this one LP and a classic psychedelic garage punk single which appears on the Psychedelic Unknowns compilation. While the debut single was classic beat garage of the period 1966, by the 1969 album the group expanded into more hard rock and progressive styles -- and this album is drenched in the lead guitar blitz of Reggie Wright. The group was led by brothers Denis Croce on guitar and Richard Croce on vocals, and Chuck Maher and Ralph Muscatelli on bass and drums. The group is not to be confused with a Chicago-area group of the same name and era who appeared on the Pebbles box set. The reissue on Italian obscure specialist label Akarma is a stunning object to behold and an audiophile remaster of this underground classic.

Song List:
1. Paranoia
2. Sad Born Loser
3. What of I
4. She's Easy
5. Sailing
6. Providence Bummer
7. Evil Woman
8. Hunter's Moon

Band Members:
Richard Croce- Vocals
Reggie Wright- Lead Guitar
Denis Croce- Guitars
Chuck Maher- Bass
Ralph Muscatelli- Drums

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Les Variations- Nador- 1969/70

Les Variations was a French rock band from the 1960s and 1970s that sang in English and was known for its rock guitar based music. Often, their songs and compositions contained hints of North African and Jewish Sephardic melodies as well as the Hebrew songs of the band members’ youth. Their First Album Nador, is their best.

Song List:
01 - What A Mess Again
02 - Waiting For The Pope
03 - Nador
04 - We Gonna Find The Way
05 - Generations
06 - Free Me
07 - Completely Free
08 - Mississipi Woman
09 - But It's Alright

Band Members:
Joe Leb- Vocals
Marc Tobaly- Guitars
"Peti Pois" Grande- Bass
Isaac "Jacky" Bitto- Drums/Percussion, Vocals

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