Daybreak – “Daybreak” (1971) review
Daybreak - Daybreak (Gear Fab Records, 1971/2017) Operating out of Pearl River, New York, Daybreak came together in 1969. The band played local gigs to enthused audiences, and...
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“Blues Rock Festival”/“Beat Club International” (1970) review
“Blues Rock Festival”/“Beat Club International” (Gear Fab Records, 1970/2017 reissue) Exploitation albums were the underground of the underground. Pressed in miniscule quantities on vanity labels, these offerings were so...
Temples – “Volcano” (2017) review
Temples - Volcano (Fat Possum Records, 2017) There’s no way I’m saying that the music found within the grooves of Volcano isn’t good, what I am saying is...
Various Artists – ‘Psychedelic States: Missouri in the 60s Vol. 1 & Vol. 2’ (2017)
Following its long time tradition May 19, 2017 marked the release of the latest installment of Roger Maglio’s Gear Fab Records’ Psychedelic States series. Missouri releases of the...
The Aliens – “Luna” (2008) review
The Aliens - Luna (2008) Rising from the ashes of the Beta Band, a band eternally being discovered, rediscovered and then forgotten again, only to swing back when...
Zaharas – ‘Livin’ Ain’t Easy’ (1978)
I have long been a fan of Zaharas’s 1978 self-released LP Livin’ Ain’t Easy after finding it in my search for vintage North Carolina rock music online. They...
Spiritualized in Other Medications (2017)
With a pocket full of lush celestial narcotics and this wasted sonically layered infusion of Spiritualized covers, laid down lovingly by some of the best of those influenced...
Merrell Fankhauser And H.M.S. Bounty – ‘Things’ (1968)
Following the breakup of Fapardokly, guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Merrell Fankhauser and guitarist/vocalist Bill Dodd of the band set off for Los Angeles to pursue a record deal, while band members...
Spaced Out: The Story of Mushroom Records
(Grapefruit/Cherry Red CRSEG036D; 77.38, 75.04) Label retrospectives are released nowadays thick and fast as smog in Poland. Some compilations put together what doesn’t always seem to be linked,...
Fapardokly – ‘Fapardokly’ (1967)
Formed from the remnants of Merrell and The Exiles in 1967, Fapardokly was formed, and is a both delightful and important documentation of musical growth of guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Merrell...