Lynne Hughes & Tongue and Groove - Freeway Gypsy (1969 Fontana)

I have one Stoneground -album and Lynne was part of the band. Lynne was also a member of a psych group The Charlatans. I have seen The Charlatans mentioned as the first psychedelic rock group. Freeway Gypsy is not psychedelic stuff, but groovy blues and folky roots and you can imagine how glad i was to find it at a flea today for just 2 euros.
rose of woe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrH8JPAYB_c

The United States Of America - S/T (1968 Columbia / re Sundazed)

This is a top psychedelic album.
cloud song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cM-h6h3qLE&feature=related
where is yesterday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bds5iYbBJRY

Crabby Appleton - S/T (1970 Elektra)

Nice pop-rock with a lot of organ. Congas and timbales are also a good part of the sound that after 42 years still appears amazingly fresh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifImP3tREnY&feature=related

Howard Wales & Jerry Garcia - Hooteroll? (1971 Douglas5)

Smooth and cool organ driven jazz-rock. Wonderful album!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJRz5xUcVQ0&feature=relmfu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7kChWN0pxs

The Brethren - Moment Of Truth (1971 Tiffany Records)

Goscrove, Marotta, Woods and Garson: great musicianship. Long cover of Dr. John's "Loop Garoo" is enjoyable. I can imagine hearing some echoes at least from Santana and Colosseum on this over eight minute track. Very good album indeed.

Loop Garoo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN1JcfvKTPE

Earth Opera - S/T (1968 Elektra)

A gem! Peter Rowan & Earth Opera is like original Englisman Steve Ashley and pure American Andy Zwerling mixed together: Time and again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEgRMp5dAO8 Death by Fire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1n1-ie4zKc

The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Vol.2 Breaking Through (1967 Reprise) (

Sitting on the floor in a silver plated room is one of those safely unique experiences everybody dreams of. Or maybe their foil hats did not do. Side two is better than the first one. Strange, but I'm little by little becoming to get this. ...Two days later... This album is one of those you have to listen with headphones and after more closely listening i'm beginning to appreciate this a lot. I perceive it a concept album. "Smell of Incense" maybe the greatest single piece on this entire and high-spirited psych art disc.

Chango - S/T (1975 abc)

Excellent Santana style album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJhrzWZpjmk&feature=related

Mother Earth - Bring Me Home (1971 Reprise)

Very pleasant, comfortable and relaxing bluesy music. Tracy Nelson is the biggest part and sound of this album, putting Lotti Golden in my mind. High quality west coast folk-blues.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - S/T (1970 Manticore)

I have mostly listened to Tarkus and Brain Salad Surgery, supposing they are the two best albums from ELP. I'm not sure of that anymore. This their debut has been totally unknown to me. Remarkable progalbum! I have found ELP again. Feels good!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGQYXqUqslc

The American Breed - Pumpkin, Powder, Scarlet & Green (1968 Acta)

American Breed with this album is not just another standard bubblegum pop mix made around one potential hit song. This rather is a smooth harmony pop concept album using brass elements which are typical to Chicago area music and using some light psychedelic elements on sounds and structure. Their harmony singing is very good and they are skillful on using controlled non-harmony singing too. Sometimes American Breed connotes me band "Ultra Bra".

The Pretty Things - Parachute (1970 Rare Earth)

The Beatles meets Pink Floyd and Radiohead in 1970. I have hoped there still were for me unknown albums with an atmosphere like this. And this was. Parachute sounds stunning and safe, new and familiar at the same time. It now made my day and all the days to come. Thank you ThePT for making this album.
Grass: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilbzf9VYT3k

Sons Of Champlin - Wellcome To The Dance (1973 CBS)

Quite difficult album to describe. Mostly it is organ (Hammond) driven blue-eyed soul with some parts of guitar driven jazz-prog. Some very tightly jamming parts with strong guitar appear when you don't wait it and fade away too soon leaving me to hope there were more that. Interesting and well played mixed bag of this and that. Bill Champlin went later to sing with Chicago. Terry Haggerty on guitar is very good.

Terry Ber - Through The Eyes Of Terry Ber Songs of Terry Ber & Other Poets (1968 World Pasific)

Six of the twelve songs are written by Terry herself. Three of the songs are from L. Cohen and one from Donovan. Her music on this her sole album is beautiful and sensitive folk. She was a coffee house and night club singer on the New York area. It is claimed that she had a song repertoire in 27 different languages. Perhaps that was because she was a travelling person, hitchhiking across America, Canada and Europe for example. In 1968 she had also written a cookbook. I got this information from the program leaflet of The Mariposa Folk Festival in 1968 in Canada. By the way... the cover of this album may send some hints of psychedelic content and some sellers seem to let us believe it belongs to psych genre, but that is not true. Streets of My Village:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YbNwwaTRkI

Mad River - S/T (1968 Capitols this re Sundazed 2008)

Long and jamming "Wind Chimes" and "The War Goes On" (sounds occasionally like King Crimson before King Crimson) make this album. They sound so fresh that it is hard to believe the album was made in 1968. Mad River sounds ahead of their times. Very, very good album indeed.

Yvonne Elliman - S/T (1972 CBS)

Elliman's first album was issued in 1972 i.e. it was in most parts recorded after her Jesus Christ Superstar era and before she went more to disco. So this album is not disco and there are only two songs from the musical. Yvonne E. was a fan of Jefferson Airplane. Later she worked with Eric Clapton and sings backing vocals e.g. on I Shot The Sherrif. There is only one her own song on this album and the others are from Dave Mason, Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood (Traffic), John Kongos, Marc Benno, David Spinozza (sw-producer who worked with McCartney and Lennon) and Bruce Epstein (who is Bruce Epstein?) Spinozza also plays guitars on this album. The other musicians are Hugh McCracken, a session musician who has played with numerous top artists e.g. Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, Bob Dylan and VanMorrison (guitars and harmonica), Henry Ascher (organ and piano), Stu Woods (bass) and Rick Marotta (drums and percussion). Stu Woods and Rick Marotta (what a drummer!) were a part of a group called "Brethren". In addition to the main band behind Yvonne, there are many addiotional players too, playin congas, french horn, violins, viola, cello, fluegel horn, trombone and flute. Can't find my way home (Steve Winwood): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=638yKMWuPVM&feature=related
Sugar Babe (Stephen Stills): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYOUg1vBLuA
World in changes (Dave Mason): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA7SJGgt7-I&feature=related

Randy Sparks - Angel Unchained (1970 Air)

I used to have a 50cc moped in early 70's. My "Tunturi" was otherwise made in Finland but had the very strong Austrian "Puch" motor on it. It worked in every weather and situations. Later, much later i purchased custom style Yamaha. A bit frisky-freaky song called "Bemusement" kick-starts this otherwise quite mellow moped music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11wzmpX58FA&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL9EAE3C3CD252F697

Calliope - Steamed (1968 Buddah)

"Atlas" is the best, but here is California dreaming... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhWGSElyN8s

Douglas Leedy - The Electric Zodiac (1969 Capitol)

The Moog and the Buchla synthesizers and the Ognob Generator are used to create the sounds in this record. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG9GX16ZUA8&feature=related