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Frightened (1973) is another chapter in the enchanted forest of obscure acid folk. Stoned Circle's prestigious overview of Richmond's recorded legacy provides more than enough for fans of early 1970s British folk rock. For the first time ever, Frightened, Richmond's sole album, receives a fully remastered treatment combined with various related recordings that predate the album, including rare sides from Richmond's output as Shillingford Mill and non-album singles on the Dart label covering their 1971-1974 lifespan. Professionally remastered original sound recording with archival photos and comprehensive liners.
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American R&B singer J. J. Jackson was a pioneer and much more than simply a soul artist. He wrote, produced, and arranged for an array of jazz and soul artists in America and was undoubtedly a revered figure within those communities. His UK residency inspired a hit for The Pretty Things and admiration from progressive rockers IF, who, in late 1969, joined Jackson to record his debut album as J.J. Jackson's Dilemma. Jackson's ambitious crossover of soul, jazz, and progressive rock was a hedonistic fusion that forged a momentary but engaging collaboration. It resulted in two albums and helped in the making of Brother Jack McDuff's 1970 album for Blue Note. Whether it was simply misunderstood at the time or blatantly ignored, J.J. Jackson's Dilemma remains among Jackson's most interesting work and a highlight of the British underground jazz-rock scene. Stoned Circle proudly descends into the jazz-rock underground of 1970 and brings forth a pure gem of late-'60s fusion. Laden with the essential period quota of fuzz guitar, Hammond organ, and wah-wah effects, J.J. Jackson's Dilemma earns a prestigious place in the ever-expanding British enpsychlopedia! Professionally remastered original sound recording with analytical liners, rare archival photos, and bonus tracks from the original US and UK release as well as Jackson's 1970 . . . And Proud of It! LP.
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STCCD 3010CD
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Cleveland's Purple Image faced an uphill climb in an era and country that expected "negro" music from its "negroes": In a Hendrix landscape, young, black bands had slowly started to emerge from the soul neighborhoods and R&B backdrop. Purple Image traded on a thumping, harder-than-Parliament psychedelic noise fortified by powerful group vocals and the twin guitar attack of Ken Roberts and Frank Smith. Aside from their singles and super rare album, they managed only a few profile gigs with the likes of Steppenwolf and Country Joe as a local support act. However, along with bands such as Black Merda, Fugi, Pure Hell and Death, Purple Image would inevitably lay the foundations for future black crossover acts such as Fishbone, Bad Brains, Living Colour. Stoned Circle proudly presents the intoxicating head sounds of Cleveland's psychedelic upstarts. Equipped with the essential period quota of fuzz, wah-wah and organ, their sound could best be described as: "purple with yellow flashes". Professionally re-mastered original sound recording with expansive liners and rare archival photos.
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"Her singing was exceptional. Wonderful breathy phrasing and clear enunciation married a husky, beautiful voice that was as comfortable with jazz as folk music." --folklore collector and cultural historian Warren Fahey
Virtually ignored outside her native Australia, Marian Henderson (1937-2015) provided folk fans worldwide with a brief, but inspired soundtrack. Her jazz background also drew profound accolades from numerous musicians, but for all the applause, Henderson's recorded legacy remains sadly short. Her 1970 album Cameo reveals a simplicity and depth that deserve far greater recognition than she received during her career. Alongside valuable interpretations of Sandy Denny's "Fotheringay," Leonard Cohen's "The Stranger," and The Incredible String Band's "First Girl I Loved," this set offers a sublime collection of numerous traditionals to which Henderson gives new life. Stoned Circle very proudly presents the first-ever reissue of the astounding Cameo, Marian Henderson's sole album. Accompanying a fully remastered Cameo, the second disc includes a remastered collection of her other rare recorded appearances from the 1964 Pix magazine EPs and the compilations the The Restless Years and Old Botany Bay. Includes background liners and rare archival photos.
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On May 27, 1973, Britain's top rock venue, the Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park, London, put on a concert to a sold-out throng of 2,700 people. The main attraction on the bill was a bunch of longhairs who looked like archetypal Californian hippies, but in fact emanated from Milwaukee. Clearly taking their musical influences from bands like Jefferson Airplane while dedicated to a full-on declaration of gospel truth, The Sheep would take the Christian rock scene by storm. With two albums and a rock opera soundtrack, The Sheep had arrived in a world that seemed ripe for salvation. Armed with fuzz guitars, Hammond organ, and the leading talents of Greg Nancarrow, they were set to launch their own love revolution on the world via Nazi sympathizers and an estranged cult. Stoned Circle takes a precarious leap into psychedelic Christian rock and invites you to an alternative heavy sabbath. Professionally remastered original sound recordings with informative liners, interviews, and rare archival photos. You may have seen the light, but now it's time to hear it!
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Continuum was an ambitious recording project conceived in Holland by Hungarian multi-instrumentalist Yoel Schwarcz in 1967. Released in 1970, Continuum's first album is a confident statement of not only visionary ambition, but also a gifted and spiritual determination. Similar in style to ELO's early work with its heavy cello, phased strings, and overall dramatic swamp, and with such celebrated guests as Richard Hartley and Patric Standford, Continuum is a truly inspired production of ethereal progressive rock that remains triumphant. Stoned Circle's intrepid venture into the progressive rock undergrowth unveils a criminally overlooked chapter in British popular music. This professionally remastered original recording also boasts insightful liner notes and interviews together with rare archival photos.
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The Open Window has been described by reviewers as a chamber-rock jazz trio, a classical ensemble, and a folk-rock-raga group, and all the names fit, except that they leave out the honky-tonk piano rolls and the Russian chants. These three musicians take it all apart and when they put it all back together again, it's something new; a batch of songs, non-songs, and sort-of-songs that will engage your mind and your toe and anything else you leave exposed to it. Stoned Circle happily presents the inspired and remarkable world of theoretical and classical composers Peter Schickele, Stanley Walden, and Robert Dennis, reissued for the first time. Their momentary collision with psychedelic rock music in 1970 laid waste to any musical divisions and boundaries that may have existed. Caught in the act in 1970, the collaborative Open Window transcended popular culture and defined an era of music with an open mind and freedom of thought. Step inside for a colorful surprise and meet the psychedelic sound of The Open Window. Professionally remastered original recording with background liners and rare archival photographs. Includes two bonus tracks.
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STCCD 3006CD
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From the dark abyss of British underground rock comes the near-mythological Lucifer. The anarchist antichrist has remained an enigma since his recordings appeared in the underground press in 1971. It was not until the 1990s that the true identity of Lucifer was revealed as filmmaker, musician, and all-around electronics whiz-kid Denys Irving, a close friend of the enigmatic Howard Marks, with whom he attended the University of Oxford in the late '60s. Irving's short films have now been salvaged, restored, and appraised, to help celebrate the work of a truly inspired and iconic genius. Dance with the Devil contains all of Irving's known Lucifer recordings, combining his all of his privately-pressed rarities for the first time. The debut Lucifer album, Big Gun, was originally released in 1972 and the ultra-rare second work, soundtrack album Exit, followed later that year. Dance with the Devil also collects the four Lucifer singles, originally released between 1971 and '73. This edition also boasts original artwork, numerous pieces of rare archival memorabilia and photos, and a detailed account of the man behind the music. For lovers of demonic rock, early electronica, or plain fuzz-driven proto-punk, this is a unique opportunity to sample the devil at work. Professionally remastered original recordings.
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One was another of the numerous short-lived bands that have come to form a hugely complex picture of the tail-end of the 1960s. One were born out of an earlier revolution, the roots of which can be traced to the mid-'60s R&B scene, which gave way to the psychedelic and progressive blues scenes a few years later. Various members had come up through the beat ranks in Timebox, Loose Ends, The Rogues, Happy Magazine, and Gass, all enjoying varying degrees of success, and by the end of the decade they would come together to form the progressive outfit One. After a lone self-titled album on Fontana (released in the UK, Spain, France, and Germany) and two 1970 singles containing album tracks, the dream was quickly over. That sole album, originally issued in 1969 and now highly sought-after by collectors of British progressive rock, is available here in professionally remastered sound with a bonus track taken from the band's 1970 split single with French pop artist César, thus collecting all of One's recorded output. Includes background liners and rare archival photos.
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Since the release of Leland Yoshitsu's eponymous self-financed debut vinyl outing in 1976, interest in his recordings has stirred and grown on a worldwide scale. A long-out-of-print reissue of his super-rare debut album from 1976 appeared on Contempt records in 1978, titled This Is My World with the accompanying text "A Self-Taught, Decathlon, Hard Rock Musician," a profound statement that earns its place as the title to this retrospective edition of the multi-instrumentalist's work. This expanded reissue, the first since the 1978 release, includes the caped-crusading psychedelic pioneer's self-titled debut plus his 1979 follow-up, Live At Mabuhay Gardens, S.F. Digitally remastered; includes background liners and rare archival photos.
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The bare principles of unparalleled hippie euphoria; a climax of communal head-sounds with disturbing Indian vibes in a deranged marriage of ambient absurdity and financial hallucinations. Spearheaded by Reality D. Blipcrotch, this San Francisco bunch of longhairs and friends of Jefferson Airplane realized their potent raga potential in 1972 with the extraordinary debut album Come. Exploding B-sides, whistling teapots, and pop-up marijuana leaves only form half the story... welcome to the world of 1. Digitally remastered from the original recording; includes informative background liners and rare archival photos.
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At a time when musical shifts were almost a daily routine in the immediate aftermath of the 1960s, multi-instrumentalist Vyto Beleska decided to trawl through the archives of his own Clay Pigeon studios, based in Chicago's South Side. Assembled here are past recording projects that utilized some of Chicago's finest underground musicians, whose collaborations with Beleska reveal another chapter in the annals of psychedelia and garage. To mark the early work of Beleska and Clay Pigeon Studios, a privately pressed album was issued in 1972 in a quantity of 500 copies. Circulated locally, the Clay Pigeon recordings were sadly never acknowledged on a national or worldwide level. The time has come to give wider recognition to the inspiring and awesome sounds that came from these musicians. This is the first legitimate reissue of this retrospective look at one of Chicago's finest unsung musical innovators whose early recorded legacy boasts more fuzz, feedback, and psychedelic mayhem than any true '60s rock fan could desire. Digitally remastered from the original recording; includes detailed background liners and rare archival photographs.
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The Bermuda Jam's only known contribution to the 1960s music scene was released by Dynovoice Records in 1969, a self-titled psychedelic mod/soul crossover jamboree that, contrary to its detractors, holds delightfully unexpected highlights. Somewhat cruelly neglected and mistakenly overlooked in the past, The Bermuda Jam and their lone album have been assigned to bargain bins with an unjust lack of foresight. The history of the band offers an interesting glimpse of the local garage punk scene, with connections to The Gents and The Savages, both of whom have enjoyed retrospective cult status on compilations including some in the Pebbles series. Other connections include Sly & the Family Stone, Joe Cocker, and Pink Floyd, but name-dropping aside, this small Bermuda outfit wielded some of their own tasty magic for their one-off album deal in 1969. Infectious Hammond and psychedelic studio trickery with ample fuzz and wah-wah make for a thrilling late psychedelic entry that should not go ignored. This first ever reissue was digitally remastered from the original recording and includes detailed background liners and rare archival photographs.
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