Trees - The Garden Of Jane Delawney (1970 CBS re 1987 Decall)

"The garden of Jane Delawney" may be the best English psych tinged folk rock album at least as far as i know. I like its improvisational feeling. It doesn't mean there were something wrong with the songwriting. No, not at all. One half of it is traditional songs arranged by Trees and the other half is composed by band's bassist Bias Boshell. In this case that kind of mixture works perfectly. The whole atmosphere on the album is emancipated. The musicianship is great and spiritually coequal. I imagine hearing mutual appreciating in all they do. Maybe they have not fully found themselves as a group yet so they have to hear and reflect each other to know which direction to go. I can hear them being on the road not quite knowing how the trip will end and that is why it sounds so authentic.  Don't get me wrong but somehow TGOJD reminds me of VanMorrison's Astral Weeks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOUcZGopoTU
Excellent guitar and sensitive female vocals and what i took note at the first hearing is the bass player. His role doing the ground to Trees is remarkable. It is just my humble opinion of course.

Trees - On The Shore (1971 CBS re 1987 Decall)

I'll never say never again. I had vowed myself never more to buy any English folk rock record but, when i stumbled upon these two albums from Trees i had to renegade. Now i can withdraw my words again because i'm sure i can't find better English psych tinged folk rock albums than On The Shore and The Garden of Jane Delaney. This their second album may be more considered than their debut one. Even if it is far from overproduced music which i hate, this misses something when comparing it to their debut one and it is the innocence and authenticity on being. On The Shore is better album than The Garden of J.D if you appreciate musical tightness and goal-directed production. When comparing this to TgoJD it lacks of authenticity but may be more there.    ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbtmGEQied4

Samla Mammas Manna - Klossa Knapitatet (1974 Silence)

Thank gods there still are this kind of gems unknown to me. Klossa Knapitatet är den bästä musik från Sverige jag har hört. Guitar virtuoso Coste Apetrea used to have session with our guitar hero Jukka Tolonen.

Two days and a couple of listenings later: i have to water a bit down my first reaction. I first heard some kínd of similiarity to Zappa's music and as a big Zappa enthusiast i may sometimes overreact when hearing something avant-garde style near to his that i have never before heard. Nu när jag har hört skivan några gånger måste jag sägä att mostly it is just a good technical simulation of Zappa's music but not enough assimilated. It is too much aping. Ramlösa kvällär is the best stand-alone track on the album. Among the other circus music there are though some marvelous passages but as a whole this record is a bit loose and
artificially fun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-03Kv5a84DY

Älgarnas Trädgård - Framtiden Är Ett Svävande Skepp, Förankrat I Forntiden (1972 Cd 1995 Silence)

Mostly a bit tedious psychedelic folk rock. There's a lot of sound effects and impromptu in minor. I like to hear violin in rock music but this time it sounds amateurish and flat. This is a good album anyway, but i think it is not as good as they use to say on RYM and Allmusic. There's one excellent Pink Floydish track different from the most others, which show tight musicianship: "Ring Of Saturn". If the whole album just were more a stuff like it... changes in rhythm and intensity, excellent drumming... "The Future is a hovering ship..." is very intense and hypnotic too.
Ring of Saturn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft_2Gzr54nE
The future is...: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfagq7lvBUg

Omnibus - S/T (1970 Liberty)

Organ and fuzz guitar driven rock with some jazz and psych flavor in the vein of Doors and Morrison.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYk1XA86pwM

Orpheus - Joyful

Nicely orchestrated pop. Easy to listen to.

Bruce Palmer - The Cycle Is Complete (1971 Verve Forecast)

Ex Buffalo Springfield bassist's (+ Kaleidoscope) free form hippie effort.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJo3ghCkRaM

Goliath - S/T (1979 CBS re Swee Dandelion)

Quite good jazzy progrock with nice J T -like flute, tenor saxophone etc. but something is missing... i'm not sure what it is... this does not grow but remains sprouting. The best track is "I heard about a friend". The last track "Maajun" is very interesting too and sounds occasionally a bit like Jethro Tull on "Thick as A Brick". Somebody says on the net somewhere Goliath sounds like Catapilla... Maybe so.
I heard about a friend: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Muy1oKYdp4w
Maajun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l40645rQUoI

The Common People - Of/By/For The People From (1969 Capitol re Radioactive)

If the whole album were as brilliant as the first three tracks, it were a masterpiece. Unfortunately rest of the songs are not on same level as the first three great ones except "land of a day" which is different but beautiful.

Soon there will be thunder: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I3E_zND2JU
I've been alone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqj4WuvVv7o
Those who love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BN9sfgb9l0
Land of a day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAeualgMBbA

Yankee Dollar - S/T (1968 Dot re Subway Records)

Quite simple harmony-psych-pop. Simple is not any understatement here. On the contrary their self-confidence when executing their music is on high level and on some odd way in it's simpleness it is almost ingenious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JATxkGP7hg

Eero Koivistoinen - Odysseus (1969 Ota re Sahko Recordings)

Davis & Coltrane style quality jazz from Finland.

Blast Furnace - S/T (1971 re CD 2002)

Excellent Danish band and album.
toytown: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=664RrlFWEpM
ginger cake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwVnPIQmC0U

The Floating Opera - S/T (1971 Embryo)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PN7wY-FdKY

Gilgamesh - S/T (1975 Caroline)

Very enjoyable Canterbury Scene fusion-prog-rock. Phil Lee occasionally plays his instrument sounding like John McLaughlin and the musicianship on the whole is great, but i can't avoid thinking there somehow are two levels in their music: First it is a bit like a thesis of a Fusion School. All the methods and cliches of playing the music of this distinct genre have been adapted fully. Secondly they concentrate too much on the pedagogic and formal aspects instead of the deeper content and meanings. Maybe what i say here is a cliche itself but it is how i feel when listening the record. Gilgamesh is still a fine entity even it too often misses Enkidu's point of view. ...One day later: The more i hear this the more i like it beginning to hear Enkidu running among the game on steppe. Getting better by every spin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJM4TBn2oT4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAZsx1gsK8Q

Felt - S/T

If you think you have already found all those hidden musical pearls, you should try this. Only 17- years old singer, composer, guitarist and the leader of the "Felt" Myke Jackson went soon after this to Christian music and fell to obscurity . I don't want to analyze the album now, just listen it. Somehow this whole "Felt" project reminds me of "After All". Great album!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nf4249393o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHw09vR10zo

Karen Dalton - In My Own Time (1971/2006)

I can't imagine a better country-folk album than this. It begins with almost too perfect song "Something On Your Mind" but after that it declines a bit, till she after a couple of tracks turns around and finally gets to the barn again being almost there where she once started. Her emotive voice is just one good motive for purchasing the album. A classic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsYHN7eCCtU

Bo Grumpus - Before The War (1968)

Light, soft and safe but unsurprising middle of the road psych-pop. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFdIG7_iBJE

Children Of One - S/T (1970 Real 2007 Akarma)

"Spontaneous music...great freedom to play and sing their own inner melodies and rhythms...from the inner nature of the artist." Nice eastern flavored jazz improvisation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpFYjzeWigs

Pink Floyd Atom Heart Mother Mini Poster 1973

                                           

"Musa" music magazine 1973 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOmII8n2dIQ

Orange Bicycle - S/T (1970 re 2012)

Since i have known the existence of this album i have assumed it would be more psychedelic tinged music it now turns out to be. Orange Bicycle was Wilson Malone's band but there are only for his compositions. One  track is by band's bass player Bachini and the other are covers. The best of them are Malone's "Hallelujah Moon" which is more than the other ones like the songs on his later solo album, which otherwise than this album is a great one, and Bachini's "Back" which is very good and a bit towars psychedelic elements. Something may tell  that one of the best  tracks on the record "Country Comfort" is by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Orange Bicycle performs neat well played and produced rock and i like a lot R.T. Scales's vocals but in it's entirety it is a bit disappointment. It sounds they had plenty of talent but not a real musical leader and good enough songs of their own. Malone's solo album 10 - Orange Bicycle 7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpyVLa7ERwE

Paul Joses - Lonely Man (1975 Buk)

I picked this at a flea for 3 euros being skeptic for what i guessed the music would sound but because the cover art looked interesting: both ordinary and fancy. Someone had made effort to bear and set big mirrors in a pine wood! Isn't that something! Not until at home i noticed it was Keef. Paul Joses looks very he-man but sometimes he sings more like she. The album consists of country tinged folk ballads sung very a personal style. The dylanisque "Weaver's tale" on the other side is maybe the best track and the entire album is listenable enough to keep. Actually this is much better i expected. He seems to have moved to the other side of the Canal later. And still going strong. I'd like to have been  along on his gig shown behind this link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czD6UK66Vlc Super!