Sunday, November 30, 2008

EPIC WINTER






01. BRIGHTBLACK MORNING LIGHT - ON A WEATHERBEATEN FENCE POST [Motion to Rejoin, 2008]
02. MOON MARTIN - PAID KILLER [Shots From A Cold Nightmare, 1978]
03. SERGE GAINSBOURG & BRIGITTE BARDOT - BALLADE DE MELODY NELSON [Serge Gainsbourg: Best Of, 1999]
04. FAIRPORT CONVENTION - THE LOBSTER [Fairport Convention, 1968]
05. MUD - MR BAGATELLE [Singles: '67 - '78, 1997]
06. PSYCHIC ILLS - 4 AM [Early Violence, 2006]
07. HEAD OF WANTASTIQUET - LA MAUVAIS ÉTOILE [Mortagne, 2008]
08. ESPERS - DEAD KING [II, 2006]
09. GRIZZLY BEAR - COLORADO [Yellow House, 2006]



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photo by Timothy Mills, Lands End, 2005

Thursday, November 6, 2008

The Wizards From Kansas (Mercury Records, 1970)

dancer-at-uc-berkeley-1969-richardblair



Found these guys while scouring for versions of the song "Codine".


Formed in Kansas City, 1968, blah blah blah. Mercury Records released the album in 1970, but The Wizards broke up the following month so no one promoted the record. Instead it sat around until 2003, when Radioactive Records briefly re-released it.
If you like Jefferson Airplane, The Byrds, and the Northern California sounds of the 60s, this will suit your tastes. It's a good bit of country psych rock.




1. High Flying Bird
2. High Mister
3. 912 1/2 Mass
4. Codine
5. Freedom Speech
6. Flyaway Days
7. Misty Mountainside
8. Country Dawn
9. She Rides with Witches


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Photo ⓒ Richard Blair, Dancer at UC Berkeley, 1969







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