The Chicago blues scene was rocked to its core when Koko Taylor hit the Windy City in the early '60s. The former Cora Walton's gutsy, hard-belting style quickly earned her the title "Queen of the Blues" - and she's kept her crown ever since. Deluxe Edition: Koko Taylor brings together her best performances from her first seven Alligator Records albums.

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The Notorious Byrd Brothers is the fifth rock music album by The Byrds , released in 1968 on Columbia Records.

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Brosel maschine combines the highly talented acoustic guitar playing of Peter Bursch (a master of the instrument who has published many instructional books on the subject), romantic vocals, and a mild Eastern influence highlighted by the use of sitar and flute. (1971).

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(1969)

This is British duo Jan Hendin and Lorraine Lefevre, and their superb collection of acid-tinged folk and pop has been acclaimed as one of the best female psychedelic albums of the late 1960s, with contents varying from fragile ballads to rousing rock and roll, set to complex arr/ments and gorgeous vocal harmonies.

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Very rare album(1970) by the Electric Prunes arranger who did "Release of an Oath" and "Mass in F Minor". The album has some vocals but is still filled with David's trademark arrangements (guitars / drums /bass /harpsichord /strings etc) and some beautiful psychedelic arrangements throughout.

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U.S. folk-rock singer & songwriter Jake Holmes' second album, originally released in 1968 on the Tower label.

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This enigmatic US quartet made only one album,which originally appeared in 1969 and has barely been heard since.It's classy combination of laid-back acoustic rock, power pop and gorgeous vocal harmonies, dappled with some tasty fuzz guitar.

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(1966)

"Dirty Water" is their Tower debut. The title song is a Punk classic reproduced on numerous "Nuggets" type comps, and along with the five and-a-half minute b-side, "Rari" was recorded in Hollywood by Richard Podolor. Most of the remaining tracks - originals, covers, and songs written by Cobb.

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Some classic of sixties

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Survival is a roots reggae album by Bob Marley & The Wailers released in 1979.

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Golden Dawn - Power plant(1967)

The Golden Dawn started out in the murky time and space of Austin, Texas in late 1966, along with many other wild groups now holding legendary status, but most notably with the kings of the Texas Psychedelic scene, the 13th Floor Elevators. George Kinney and Roky Erickson of the Elevators grew up together and played in high school bands with each other, and by the time of the Great Mind Expansion, the Elevators and the Dawn were in close contact.

Great psychedelic album.

Don't miss it!

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Willie Nelson - Across the borderline(1993)

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Elvis Costello was as much a pub rocker as he was a punk rocker and nowhere is that more evident than on his debut, My Aim Is True.

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Houses of the Holy follows the same basic pattern as Led Zeppelin IV, but the approach is looser and more relaxed. Jimmy Page's riffs rely on ringing, folky hooks as much as they do on thundering blues-rock, giving the album a lighter, more open atmosphere.

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Neil Young's second solo album, released only four months after his first, was nearly a total rejection of that polished effort.

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Something from 80's

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The album is full of fuzz guitars & 'acid' organ sounds but with a few nice soft rock ballads.

1970(US)Psychedelic

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http://rapidshare.com/files/258894087/NewDawn_Venenos.rar

"DEENA WEBSTER: Tuesday's Child (Parlophone UK 68) very rare 6o's UK female folk/singer in her great and rare only album… Arthur Greenslade accompanied her on a few covers of Dylan, Paxton, Ochs, Donovan…highly recommended if you're into female singer collection like Catherine Howe, Julie Covington, Ann Briggs, Barbara Dickson…

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Another psych diamond for all friends(1967US)

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The Peanut Butter Conspiracy - Is Spreading(1967)

Great psychedelic album(U.S)

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Tim Hardin 1 (1967)

Folk singer-songwriter.

More info in older post.

Just a music diamond.

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Were they a modern blues band ala Butterfield, a folk-rock oufit or some other exotic psychedelic hybrid with that smattering of jazz and baroque classical styles?

The protean Al Kooper had his hand in many "projects" of course, this classic album a prelude to the even more successful Blood, Sweat & Tears and that ubiquitous FM staple Super Session.

Enjoy:1.http://rapidshare.com/files/105482525/Projections_I.zip

2.http://rapidshare.com/files/105480790/Projections_II.zip

John Tahey - Days have gone by(1967)

American folk music-John Fahey, who produced an enduring series of guitar meditations throughout the '60s. This 1967 album is great.

With just an acoustic guitar, he connects the timeless form of the blues to the larger forms of classical music - Brahms and Mississippi John Hurt joining hands at last across the great cultural divide.

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Fred Neil (1965-66)

folk singer-songwriter Fred Neil has a strong melodies like"Everybody's Talkin'," one of the greatest songs of the '60s,and "The Dolphins," which Tim Buckley used to feature in his live shows and on a later recording.

a credible psychedelic acoustic album.

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The 13th floor Elevators (1966-67)

Roky Erickson & his 13th Floor Elevators had something nearly as important: sheer guitar-bass-drums chops, so jazz-like and fluid, unusual for a garage band.

Psych diamond.

Enjoy:http://rapidshare.com/files/242587155/The_Psychedelic_Sounds_Of_The_13th_Floor_Elevators.zip

Sin & Soul - Oscar Brown Jr (1961)

A gifted songwriter and lyricist, no doubt, even a fascinating one.

I never get that feeling with Nina Simone, who was a great singer as well an obviously dominant personality.

This is nice stuff here with jazzy feeling and his great voice.

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lots of great guitars, space keyboards, great bass and drum interplay and wonderfully memorable songs.. what else can you ask for ? The music of BJH is really something special and their music literally works on so many different levels for this music lover. “XII” was the twelfth album by the BJH and everything obviously clicked here during the writing and recording sessions. The album is full of deep harmonic and symphonic passages with some inspirational musicianship and moods.

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Matthews Southern Comfort(1970)

Ian Matthews create a vocal folk rock group

in the late 60's

Pass:In the comments

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Slim Harpo is probably the best musician from the Louisiana "swamp blues" scene: lazy, drawling, mushmouth vocals, simple, funky harmonica and guitar riffs surfing on the tidal waves of reverb and tremolo. He was really popular with the british bluesmen in the 60s: the Rolling Stones covered his songs.

Enjoy:Disc 1:http://rapidshare.com/files/93341994/Slim1.rar.html

Disc 2:http://rapidshare.com/files/93347962/Slim2.rar.html

Holderin - Holderlins Traum (1972)

A great album full of folk prog and represents a very interesting listen with its rich mix of folk, classical and rock into seven tracks of varying effect.

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Odessey and Oracle was one of the flukiest (and best) albums of the 1960s, and one of the most enduring long-players to come out of the entire British psychedelic boom, mixing trippy melodies, ornate choruses, and lush Mellotron sounds with a solid hard rock base.

Recording in the summer of 1967.

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Joni Mitchell - Ladies of the Canyon(1970)

Another classic folk singer/songwriter album.

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Phil Ochs

1965 - I Ain't Marching Anymore

This is great protest folk album.

Classic!

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Released in the spring of 1967, Let's Live for Today was almost a musical throwback, steeped in folk-rock, which was fairly passé at the time, rather than psychedelia, but that's what makes it so appealing to listeners today.

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(1968)

A decent if somewhat candy-coated effort in the pop-psychedelic vein, combining cheerful sunshine pop sensibilities with some hard-edged psychedelic playing. It all falls somewhere between the Beatles' Revolver album and the Zombies' Odessey & Oracle (the latter especially on "Man Do You" and "Raven"), with some Sgt. Pepper-type layered choruses and overdubbed strings and other instruments.

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Disc one1. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes2. On the Way Home3. Teach Your Children4. Triad5. Lee Shore6. Chicago/We Can Change the World7. Right Between the Eyes8. Cowgirl in the Sand9. Don't Let It Bring You Down10. 49 Bye-Byes/America's Children11. Love the One You're With12. King Midas in Reverse [*]13. Laughing [*]14. Black Queen [*]15. Medley: The Loner/Cinnamon Girl/Down by the River
disc two
1. Pre-Road Downs2. Long Time Gone3. Southern Man4. Ohio5. Carry On6. Find the Cost of Freedom

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part 2:http://rapidshare.com/files/128754079/CSN_Y-Four_Way_Street__Expanded_.part2.rar

(1966)

World premiere of the complete original soundtrack from Italian director Michaelangelo Antonioni’s groundbreaking 1966 masterpiece. Includes one of jazz legend Herbie Hancock’s first motion picture scores, plus a rare track, Stroll On, by the Jeff Beck/Jimmy Page-era Yardbirds, and two previously unreleased recordings by the British band, Tomorrow, which were edited from the film.

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Maria Muldaur - Maria Muldaur - 1973 - Reprise

Bestknown for her seductive '70s pop staple "Midnight at the Oasis," Maria Muldaur has since become an acclaimed interpreter of just about every stripe of American roots music: blues, early jazz, gospel, folk, country, RB, etc. While these influences were certainly present on her more poporiented '70s recordings (as befitting her Greenwich Village folkie past), Muldaur truly came into her own as a true rootsmusic stylist during the '90s, when she developed a particular fascination with the myriad sounds of Louisiana. On the string of wellreceived albums that followed, Muldaur tied her eclecticism together with the romantic sensuality that had underpinned much of her best work ever since the beginning of her career.

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The sole album by this Chicago based duo is a treasure trove of strong melodies and dreamy vocal harmonies, which originally appeared in 1970 on the Ovation label. Expect a gorgeous, ethereal blend of psychedelic folk and offbeat pop.

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Originally from Mississippi, the Gordian Knot emerged in Los Angeles in 1967. They recorded this fascinating hybrid of Association-esque soft pop/soft psych/country rock with LA's finest studio musicians and the Hi-Lo's own Clark Burroughs in the producers chair. The result is the finest harmony pop psych offering in the entire Verve catalog.

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Steely Dan is a Grammy-Award winning American jazz fusion/rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. The band's peak of popularity was in the 1970s, when it released seven albums that blended elements of jazz, rock, funk, R&B, and pop .

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o1. Gimme Shelter

2. Love in vain

3. Country honk

4. Live with me

5. Let it bleed

6. Midnight rambler

7. You got the silver

8. Monkey man

9. You can´t always get what you want (Version 2)

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Randy Newman - Harps and Angels(2008)

Randy Newman old stuff vvas sardonically opinionated vvhile seeminig waguely informed. This just musics like a lot_of angry vvhining trying to be funny.

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Candido - Thousand finger man(1969)

lost Latin funk! This is Candido's rarest (and it's a killer batch of conga-heavy grooves) recorded in the late 60s for Solid State, and featuring a very groovy set of mod Latin arrangements by Joe Cain. The band features organ, guitar, bass, horns, and some upfront conga solos from Candido. Tracks are longer than usual for this sort of album, and there's a lot of strange elements floating through the tracks, in a very nice way!

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1. What's Going On

2. What's Happening Brother

3. Flyin' High (In The Friendly Sky)

4. Save The Children

5. God Is Love

6. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)

7. Right On 8. Wholy Holy

9. Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler)

10. God Is Love (Bonus Track)

11. Sad Tomorrows aka Flyin' High (In The Friendly Sky)

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01 All Of You

02 Sometimes I'm Happy

03 You Took Advantage Of Me

04 When It's Sleepy Time Down South

05 There'll Be Some Changes Made

06 'Deed I Do

07 Don't Worry 'bout Me

08 All The Way

09 Just One More Chance

10 It's Not For Me To Say

11 I'll Never Smile Again

12 Baby, Won't You Please Come Back

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Recorded 1958 (1-6), 1959(7-8)

This previously unreleased session from November 2, 1958 recorded at Manhattan Towers is a real joy. The legendary Art Blakey is joined by Lee Morgan on trumpet, Jymie Merritt on bass, and Bobby Timmons on piano from his Messengers of the period, and drummers Roy Haynes, and Joseph Rudolph Jones aka "Philly" Joe Jones and conga master Ray Barretto.

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1. Uh Oh Love Comes To Town

2. New Feeling

3. Tentative Decisions

4. Happy Day

5. Who Is It

6. No Compassion

7. Book I Read

8. Don't Worry About The Government

9. First Week

10. Last Week... Carefree

11. Psycho Killer

12. Pulled Up

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Madeleine Peyroux - Bares Bone (2009)

Madeleine Peyroux [pronounced like the country Peru] was born in Athens, Georgia, she grew up between Brooklyn, Southern California and Paris, though it was in the City of Light where she found her voice. As a teen she was drawn to street music, and in 1989 she started to perform with a group of buskers. She then joined the Lost Wandering Blues & Jazz Band, becoming the only female in the group, which toured around Europe for several years.

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The Softones - Black magic (1977)

The Softones are a "sweet soul" group from the city of Baltimore, Maryland.They recorded for the Avco Records record label, in the early to mid 1970s. They were a very underrated singing group, whose initial breakout recordings were blessed with superb production.

1 Call It Love

2 Go On With The Show

3 Laundromat

4 (Where Do I Begin) Love Story

5 That Old Black Magic

6 Maybe Tomorrow

7 Bulldog (Dog Power Song)

8 Love Child

bonus My Dream (1973)

bonus That Old Black Magic (1976 H&L 12'')

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