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The Who- "Young Man Blues", 1970 Isle of Wight Festival... Not much I can say to express how much this version of the song makes me happy. Everything is right about this- Pete's crunching riffs and his violent/erotic feedback special in his face during the 2nd solo, Moon the Loon's explosive drumming, Daltry's scathing vocals (if not his sort of dancing during Pete's solos), and Entwistle's skeleton outfit (and solid bass chops). The 1970 festival had many amazing acts- Miles Davis, Ten Years After, Taste, Family, Jethro Tull, and the debut of E.L.P., to name a few.. the Who's set was one of the best. Find out why...Rory Gallagher- "Laundromat", 1971... Rory is the epitome of Irish blues cool, and this thunderous version of "Laundromat" tells you all you need to know. He's in rare form with his finest early 70's trio of Gerry McAcoy on bass and Wilgar Campbell on drums, and they smoke through the track. As always, Rory's solos are blistering. Enjoy a "taste" of Rory Gallagher!Fleetwood Mac- "Dragonfly", 1971...Between the blues fueled machine of the Peter Green-led band and the cocaine bloated monster of the Buckingham/Nicks regime, there was a small window of time where the Mac found its muse in its troubled guitarist/vocalist Danny Kirwan. While a member since 1968 at the tender age of 19, Kirwan was forced front and center when Green and later Jeremy Spencer, both fled the band by late 1970. Kirwan penned some of the band's more enduring, if unknown, tracks. "Dragonfly" was released in 1971 and should have been a hit. Its lazy trip into Kirwan's head was tailor made for the early 70's Mac. He was a vital force on 2 superb lps, 1971's "Future Games", and 1972's "Bare Trees", both well worth checking out. Alas, Danny's time was short lived as drink, drugs, and ego forced him out, and the Mac would languish for 2 years until Buckingham/Nicks joined. Enjoy Danny with a very young Bob Welch on guitar, along with Christine and the battery of John and Mick. "Dragonfly" is a minor masterpiece.Tangerine Dream- "Ossiach Lake", 1971.. God, I fucking LOVE this track. It's everything that was good and holy and pure about the early 70's version of the Dream. Wonderfully oscillating stuff that sounds like its' from their moog laden prog giant "Zeit" plus Edgar's homage to Syd Barrett on his guitar to open the track. The only regret is that the track is a mere 4 minutes and change long.. way too shortCream- "We're Going Wrong", 1968.. what to say about this classic track? Jack Bruce wins the day with his always haunting vocal qualities, but Cream was as good a TRIO as ever there was short of the German invasion of the early 70's (Guru Guru and Ash Ra Tempel took the Cream format, turned it on its head, made it more fucked up and lippy and harder). Ginger Baker's drumming is astounding, as always, and Clapton's basic licks on his Strat are perfect! This is by far my favorite Cream track of them all... the video is from an early 1968 documentary on London music, and so far as I know, is the only recorded sighting of this song before the 2005 reunion... enjoy!Booker T and the MG's- "Time Is Tight" (1970)- The essence of the Memphis sound and the best that Stax had to offer. Few bands sound better. Booker T's glorious Hammond B3 is where it's at. Steve Cropper is always regarded among the greatest guiratists ever, and his understated playing on this track explains why. Of special note here is that original drummer Al Jackson graces this live version, and rules the roost with bassist Duck Dunn.. a very tight track.. and yes, that is Credence Clearwater Revival the video pans to on a couple of different occasions.Scorpions- "I'm Going Mad" (1972). Before they became that lame ass 80's "Rock You Like a Hurricane" band, the Scorpions were pure Krautrock, starting their lives on the Brain label (which housed German staples like Neu!, Guru Guru, Cluster, and Embryo), then joining up with producer terrible Deiter Dirks for most of the rest of the decade... Their debut lp, "Lonesome Crow", was produced by the incomperable Konrad Plank, and is a minor Krautrock masterpiece... this video features the youthful looking Michael Schenker before he bolted to join UFO... the drummer and bassist wouldn't last long, either.. soon, they'd re-emerge with "Fly to the rainbow", with the cult single classic "Speedy's Coming", and start their long march to who they are now...Focus- "Hocus Pocus" (1973). Undoubletly one of the more bizzare performances ever..but so damned good. Gladys Knight introduces the band, and 1 look at keyboardist/ flautist/yodelist Thijs van Leer's face lets you know that this is gonna be special...The Dutch boys were known on prog circuits, and this performance gave them international exposure. "Hocus Pocus" is much slower on the lp version ("Moving Waves" is a must own for prog fans, and features the 23 minute monster track "Eruption"), and they chose to speed it up live (drugs?)..but to great effect. Enjoy the yodeling plus the metal-ish riffs of guitarist Jan Akkerman, the bass of Bert Ruiter, and drummer Pierre van der Linden.Eloy- "Walk Alone" (1970)- 1st single from this mainstay Krautrock act. The sound is much different from the more spaced-out stuff they would be later known for, but nonetheless, this is a great track from all-time member guitarist Frank Bornemann and the guys...Mothers of Invention, 1968Black Sabbath, 1970- Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, Bill WardThe Seeds, 1966... check out the revamped Seeds on MySpace, as well as on the roadThe Third Bardo, 1967.... I'm five years ahead of my time....Abilene, Texas gave us the Livin' End..a fine groupRoger Keith Barrett, 1967-2006The Pink Floyd, 1969 Soft Machine 1967Robert Wyatt, Daevid Allen, Kevin Ayers, Mike RatledgeMoby Grape, 1967Jefferson Airplane, 1967..Golden Gate parkCan't have a music page without the Velvet Underground..1966 the late Sterling Morrsion, Moe Tucker, Lou Reed, John CaleJohn Fahey, 1967Can, 1972 Michael Karoli, Irmin Schmidt, Holger Czukay, Jaki Liebezeit, Damo SuzukiMiles Davis' electric working band, 1971.. Keith Jarrett (keys), Michael Henderson (bass), Gary Bartz (alto sax), Miles (trumpet), Leon "Ndugu" Chancler (drums)Eric DolphyBrian Eno!!!!!Lee "Scratch" Perry..the dub masterBrazil's Tropicalia movement 1968..Gilberto Gil, Os Mutantes, Gal Costa, Caetano Veloso, Rogrio Duprat, Tom Ze, Jlio Medaglia, Damiano CozzelaLove, 1967Ash Ra Temple, 1971... a power trio's power trio... Cream had NOTHING on the Temple... Manuel Gottsching- Guitar; Klaus Schulze- Drums; Hartmut Enke- bassJeff Beck era YardbirdsThe Kinks, 1971Before E.L.O...before he joined the Move, there was the Idle Race with Jeff Lynne...The Move, late 1966the very underrated Moving Sidewalks with the amazing (and clean shaven) pre-ZZ Top Billy Gibbons on guitar!The Sonics....Gerry Roslie has the greatest gut wrenching screams in musicThe Remains- one of Boston's best bands..Don't Look Back!Everything ever done by California's the Dovers... an excellent band that should've been HUGE.. "She's Not Just Anybody" is as fine a 2 minute single as ever has been made...find this lp and get itBefore thre Charlatans, before the Mystery Trend, SF offered up the Beau Brummels...easy to overlook, and a grave mistake to do so....amazing stuffThe unheralded Silver Apples, 1968 The underappreicated, acid laden, Fifty Foot HoseThe Creation, 1967 Biff Bang Pow!Children of the Mushroom..good stuff!!!!New York's Insect Trust, 1967Les Baroques, one of Holland's finest!Davie Allan and the Arrows!!!L.A.'s Sons of Adam.....Mike Port, Randy Holden, Jack Ttanna, Michael Stuart drummer Michael Stuart would leave and join Love..Randy replaced Leigh Stephens in Blue Cheer and became the guitar god he isHolland's the Outsiders... love this photothe Undertakers!!!Canada's King BeezzThe Ju Ju's! Excited to find a photo of this fine Michigan band!!Mouse and the Traps!!! since this is your public execution, I'll go right on ahead....The Basement WallGREAT pic of the Wailers and entourageSean Bonniwell and the Music Machine!!!! My social life's a dud, my name is really mud....Philly isn't the only home of the Liberty Bell- these guys hailed from TexasMinnesota's Paisleys..the picture tells you the storyGreat promo shot of We the People, a fine Florida bandThe Swiss Movement- an interesting Texas actThe Blokes hailed from Michigan...dig that great megaphone!The Netherlands greatest musical gift- Q65!!! and what has to be one of the best promo shots ever!!Manitoba yielded the Quid..a great punk band...and a nice luncheonette, too.The Buckinghams, 1966...more than "Kind of a Drag"... they were a fine bandthe Del Vetts..a fine Chicago 60's bandMinneapolis' The Litter.... "Distortions" is one of the best lps of 60's American garage.San Antonio can only mean the Sir Douglas Quintet with the late Doug Sahm- a man with a talent as big as Texas itself..R.I.P, Doug....Austin's 13th Floor Elevators.. slip inside this house as you pass by....the Bad Roads... hailing from Lake Charles, La..."Blue Girl" is a piece of Standells like snarling greatness, while "Too Bad" reminds me a lot of the Zombies...and they did a masterful cover of the Kinks "Till the End of the Day".. a superb band not to be overlooked....Texas' Red Krayola with Mayo Thompson... God bless the Red Krayola and all who sail with it....a simple dairy maid's lament..I knew exactly what she meant.....Chicago's the Shady Daze...who's "I'll Make You Pay" is one of the fuzzed out classics of 60's garageThe Syndicate of Sound won a recording contract by winning a battle of the bands..how cool is THAT? and we are lucky..."Little Girl" is a 2 minute pop masterpieceChicago's Little Boy Blues..."You Don't Love Me" is a great piece of Yardbirds-esque fuzzed out blues The Damnation of Adam Blessing- Cleveland rockers who should have been bigThe Byrds, 1970 Gene Parsons, Roger McGuinn, Skip Battin, Clarence WhiteThe Band, 1969Tim Buckley + Carter Collins, 1967(American) Kaleidoscope, 1967 with David LindleyFleetwood Mac, 1969 John McVie, Danny Kirwan, Jeremy Spencer, Mick Fleetwood, Peter Greenthe sadly forgotten Van Der Graaf Generator's classic lineup- Hugh Blanton (keys, bass, vocals), David Jackson (sax, keys, vocals), Peter Hammill (guitar, keys, vocals), Guy Evans (drums), 1971Wonderful Beatles shoot- 1968Tangerine Dream, 1974- Christoph Franke, Hans-Peter Baumann, Edgar Froese...just after the release of "Phaedra" and international success thanks to the John Peel Show...yeah, T-Dream doesn't fit in well with most of the other acts I have on here, but my love for their innovative early music (1969-1976) knows no bounds..very important to those of us who love mellotrons, moog synths and the like...and super early forays into ambient musicDeep Purple, Mark I, America 1968 Ian Paice (drums), Rod Evans (vocals), Jon Lord (keys), Nick Simper (bass), Ritchie Blackmore (guitar)Rod Evans post Deep Purple with uber-supergroup Captain Beyond!Not to be forgotten- Nick Simper with Deep Purple Mk 1.5.. more commonly known as Warhorse!Deep Purple Mark II, 1970 Jon Lord, Ian Gillian, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Ritchie BlackmoreItaly's greatest prog export- the New TrollsGermany's finest power trio this side of Ash Ra Tempel...Guru Guru!!!! Ax Genrich- Guitar; Mani Neumeier- Drums; Uli Trepte- bassSpeaking of power trios.. Rush, 1978 Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart, Geddy LeeKing Crimson, 1973..."Larks Tongue In Aspic" lineup..arguably their finest.... Jaime Muir, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp, David Cross, John WettonPoco's 2nd lineup, 1969..great publicity photo Tim Schmidt, Jim Messina, Richie Furay, George Grantham, Rusty YoungGrand Funk Railroad, 1973Ten Years After...Alvin Lee's in the zone again..look out!My favorite Richmond (VA) group... Labradford!!! Take mellow Pink Floyd and slow it down to a glorious piece of droning ambient music and you have LabradfordTeenage Fanclub..Scotland's version of Big Star