Category Archives: Reissues

STEAMHAMMER – Mountains

October 5, 2016

B&C 1970 / Esoteric 2016 Harnessing gravity, one of the most underrated British bands hit their peak without getting high. Blindingly brilliant, this quartet should be spoken of in reverential tones but their colors have been covered in patina far … Continue reading →

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GANDALF – To Another Horizon

September 27, 2016

WEA 1983 / Esoteric 2016 Woe to the world that we’re leaving behind: a new-age scenario of finding a way out of mundane quandary into a celestial spectrum of possibilities. Sci-fi has always been a safe haven for progressive-minded artists, yet Heinz … Continue reading →

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GUNHILL – Nightheat / One Over The Eight

September 25, 2016

Heepster 1995 & Gunhill 1997 / Cherry Red 2016 Sympathy that does mean much: ex- belter mixes originals with covers refracted through the prism of his own. occupies quite a unique position on a musical landscape as a rare performer … Continue reading →

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RENAISSANCE – Live Fillmore West 1970

September 22, 2016

Spiral 2002 / Angel Air 2016 Concert rarity from the original, Yardbirds-inhabited ensemble of quintessential British art-rockers. It would be erroneous to see this band’s original line-up as a caterpillar which transformed into a butterfly in the early ’70s and … Continue reading →

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ARJEN ANTHONY LUCASSEN – Strange Hobby

September 21, 2016

Transmission 1996 / Aluca Music 2006 Anonymous adventures of AYREON auteur in the land of the ’60s psych. Arjen Lucassen may have called his flagship project’s debut “The Final Experiment” yet it didn’t stop the Dutchman from testing the waters … Continue reading →

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