Category Archives: Reissues

WIDOWMAKER – Running Free: The Jet Recordings 1976-1977

January 5, 2018

Jet 1976-1977 / Esoteric 2017 High-flyers from different rocky ways of life find a heavy kind of common denominator and have a ball with it. The best music emerges from the pleasure of playing, not commercial necessities, that’s why this … Continue reading →

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VARIOUS ARTISTS – Extremes O.S.T.

January 4, 2018

Deram 1972 / Gonzo 2017 Long-forgotten soundtrack to a film preserving long-gone era for glorious posterity. “I like talking to young people but I don’t enjoy young people,” says a middle-class gentleman in one of the scenes that make “Extremes” … Continue reading →

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SONJA KRISTINA – Anthology

December 27, 2017

Curved Air 2017 In the air tonight, Acid Folk Queen rounds up her jewels for more or less comprehensive outlook of a criminally obscure career. Compositions by Carl Orff and Lemmy may seem unlikely bedfellows, and it takes a particular … Continue reading →

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COZMIC CORRIDORS – Cozmic Corridors

December 5, 2017

Psi-Fi 1996 / Mental Experience 2017 Faux artifact crawls from under the mist of time and falls into a mystery of sorts. Purportedly recorded in the early ’70s by Toby Robinson for his Pyramid label, this album defies its own … Continue reading →

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COLOSSEUM – Valentyne Suite

November 29, 2017

Vertigo 1969 / Dunhill 1970 / Esoteric 2017 When containers groan as they come together, intrepid English explorers create ritual recipes of immortality. It’s a rare instance of invoking greatness in transition: on the way from debut LP that outlined … Continue reading →

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