What obscure 60's & 70's rock are you listening to right now?

[Eywadude]

Pisces (A Lovely Sight, full album, 1969)

1 Dear One
2 Children Kiss Your Mother Goodnight
3 Motley Mary Ann
4 Say Goodbye To John
5 Mary
6 Genesis II
7 Sam
8 The Music Box
9 Like A Hole In the Wall Where the Rat Lives
10 Are You Changing In Your Time
11 In The Dreams Of Paula
12 Elephant Eyes
13 Circle Of Time
14 A Flower For All Seasons
15 In The Summer The Grape Grows

 

[Eywadude]

Jokers Wild (Liquid Giraffe, full album, 1967-'69)

01 Peace Man
02 Tomorrow
03 The Grass Is Greener
04 I’m On My Way
05 Stranger
06 Copper Penny
07 I See You
08 Witch
09 American Dream
10 Hard Road
11 River
12 Have You Ever Loved Somebody
13 Dissatisfied
14 Good Time
15 Echo [Bonus track]
16 Because I'm Free [Bonus track]
17 All I see Is You [Bonus track]
18. Park Music [Bonus track]

 

[Eywadude]

The Little Boy Blues (In the Woodland of Weir, full album, 1968)

01 Cathedral
02 Is Love?
03 I'm Hip To You
04 Mr. Tripp Wouldn't Listen
05 The Death of Don Quixote
06 Jazz Is Love
07 It's Only You/Echoes of "You"
08 Dream Weaver/Seed of Love
09 The Fox 10 Look At the Sun

 

[Eywadude]

The Flying Karpets (self titled, full album, 1968)

01 Gimme A Little Sign
02 La Felicidad
03 White rabbit
04 Behind A Young Girl Smile
05 20th Century Fox
06 That Girl Don't Say Much
07 San Francisco Nights
08 I Wanna Be Free
09 My Back Pages
10 Yes I Know
11 Mercy Mercy Mercy
12 Winter Song

 

[Eywadude]

The E-Types (Introducing The E-Types, full album, 1965)

01 I can't do it 00:00
02 Love of the loved 02:35
03 Live 04:51
04 Put the clock back on the wall 07:29
05 Big city 10:16
06 She moves me 13:25
07 Back to me 15:56
08 No milk today 18:46
09 4th Street 21:37
10 Long before 24:25
11 A clown's no good 27:14
12 Wait 29:53
13 Evil hearted you 32:00
14 Mister you're a better man than i 34:24
15 Shapes of things 37:44
16 Things we said today 40:13
17 Still in love with you baby 42:48
18 Just a little 45:10
19 Let's not talk about it 47:34
20 It's better than i planned 49:18
21 I can't do it 51:27
22 Don't turn your back on me 54:06

 

[Eywadude]

NGC-4594 (Skipping Through the Night, full album, 1967)

01. Colors
02. Negative Zone
03. Take Off Your Feet
04. Imagination Dead Imagine
05. Blooming
06.Out To Play
07. Forever Gone
08. Sea Ballad
09. It's Called Love
10. Where Are You Coming From?
11. Nova Express
12. So Bright
13. Going Home
14. Skipping Through The Night

 

[Eywadude]

I'm not saying this is a "great" album by any means, but this is one of the reasons why searching for obscure rock keeps me coming back. This album is funky and lo-fi as heck, but I just love hearing different interpretations of what rock & roll was in other parts of the globe during this era. It's instantly recognizable as rock & roll, but it's SO different! Oftentimes, there is a traditional musical signature from the region they are from that influences the sound of the rock & roll they play. If you're able to have an open mind and an open ear, it can be different, enjoyable and even refreshing to listen to their take on what rock & roll was to them.

As funky as this album is, I think this album is an example of that. This is what rock & roll was for this band in Turkey in that point in time. You can hear a Middle Eastern singing influence to some of the lyrics and I find their take on what rock & roll was to them to be interesting. Not an album I'd listen to all the time, but I think it's well worth listening to.

Erkin Koray (self titled, full album, 1967-'73)

01 Mesafeler 00:00
02 Askimiz Bitecek 03:35
03 Yagmur 06:52
04 Silinmeyen Hatiralar 10:28
05 Istenem 14:35
06 Cicekdagi 17:57
07 Nihansin Dideden 20:32
08 Sana Birseyler Olmus 24:30
09 Seni Her Gordugumde 27:31
10 Aska Inanmiyorum 30:49
11 Kizlari da Alin Askere 34:19
12 Anma Arkadas 37:45

 

[Eywadude]

^Man, I don't care what anyone says, but the vocals in song #11 above (starting at 34:19) are catchy as hell. lol I have no idea what the heck he is saying, but I love the vocals in that one. I'm listening to it for the third time in a row now.

 

[Eywadude]

The Fire Escape (Psychotic Reaction, full album, 1967)

01 Psychotic Reaction 00:00
02 Talk Talk 02:54
03 Love Special Delivery 04:46
04 The Trip 07:02
05 96 Tears 08:52
06 Blood Beat 11:25
07 Trip Maker 13:26
08 Journey's End 16:19
09 Pictures and Designs 19:00
10 Fortune Teller 21:30

 

[Eywadude]

Finchley Boys (Everlasting Tributes, full album, 1972)

01 Outcast 00:00
02 Echoes Remain 02:36
03 Deep Throat Blues 05:36
04 Restrictions 08:31
05 Suffering Servants 12:05
06 I’m Not Like Everybody Else 15:57
07 Finchley Boy Blues 20:38
08 Bad When the Teardrops Falls 26:51
09 It All Ends 29:28
10 Who’s Been Talkin 33:25

 

[bobsvinyl]

Mad Man- Zambian Psych from 1972.

 

[Eywadude]

Mad Man- Zambian Psych from 1972.

Nice! It's been awhile since I've posted something from Africa.

 

[Eywadude]

Amanaz (Africa, full album, 1975)

 

[Eywadude]

Here's something a little different. This is a compilation of Vietnamese rock, soul and psych from 1968-'74. Right during the height of the Vietnam war. There is actually some decent stuff in here, but for the love of eardrums, some of this has to be the harshest, most forward-sounding recording "quality" I have ever heard in my life! Again, if you are able to have an open ear and an open mind to some of this stuff, some of it is worth listening to. Heck, if you can get past the atrocious recording quality, the guitar playing on the first song alone is worth the price of admission.

Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks, 1968-1974 (full album, 1968-'74)

 

[Eywadude]

Bo Grumpus (Before The War, full album, 1968)

1. Sparrow Tune
2. Think Twice
3. Yesterday's Streets
4. The Breath 'O Love
5. A Knowing Young Touch
6. Ragtimely Love
7. Travelin' In The Dark
8. Brooklyn
9. The Moon Will Rise
10. If I Came To You

 

[Eywadude]

Farm (self titled, full album, 1971)

Side 1

1. Jungle Song
2. Let That Boy Boogie

Side 2

1. Sunshine In My Window
2. Cottonfield Woman
3. Statesboro Blues

 

[Eywadude]

Only 99 original pressings. A good listen.

England (self titled, full album, 1976)

Side 1

1. Osprey
2. Keswick Line
3. Out of Town
4. Beauty & the Beast

Side 2

1. Paradise Lost
2. How Does it Feel
3. Nature Ruled
4. Fleece
5. Life and Soul

 

[Eywadude]

Not sure if I posted the full album of this, but if I did, who cares? It's awesome. Killer, textbook Gibson Les Paul and Marshall stack tones of the early 70's.

Burning Plague (self titled, full album, 1970)

Side A

A38 - 0:00
She Went Riding - 2:50
Follow That Road - 11:03
Hairy Sea - 14:32

Side B

Night Travellin' Man - 20:53
First Time I Met You - 26:13
Life is Nonsense - 30:50
Will I Find Somebody - 35:13

 

[Mystic]

Hen's Teeth Vol. 3: Catherine On The Wheel
(Hen's Teeth, Germany, 1999)

* rare Psych compilation

 

[Eywadude]

Wildfire (Smokin', full album, 1970)

01. Stars in the Sky
02. Down to Earth
03. Time Will Tell
04. Don't Look for Me
05. Free
06. What Have I Got Now
07. Let It Happen
08. Quicksand