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Zeitgeist present Let Them Eat Cake, a CD presenting The Jumping Jacques' two albums, The Jumping Jacques (1968) and Sugar & Spice (1969).The brainchild of French arranger and bandleader Jacques Hendrix, this remarkable vocal ensemble combined breathtaking scat singing with irresistible pop melodies to create some of the most fresh and original harmony pop of the 1960s. Their two rare albums, The Jumping Jacques and Sugar & Spice, are presented together here for the first time, sure to delight all lovers of sunshine pop. As the original sleeve-notes put it, its music "for getting up early, for going to bed late, and for dreaming early or late..."
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ZG 9108CD
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Zeitgeist present Warren S. Richardson Jr. (1969). Warren S. Richardson Jr. was in fact a pseudonym for the young Bill Spooner, later to achieve cult legend status with the Tubes. The sole album he released under that name is a raunchy set of fuzz-propelled blues-rock, which sank without trace upon its original release in August 1969. It makes its long overdue return to CD here. Includes background notes.
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This New York-born half-Cuban vocalist came to London in 1967 and had her sole album released in the UK in 1969. It finds her tackling a number of jazz and popular standards in sultry style, backed by the percussive, jazzy grooves of the Laurie Holloway Quartet. A considerable rarity in its original vinyl form, it's reissued here for the first time.
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By the time he released this solo album in 1970, Bernie Schwartz was a veteran of the Hollywood music scene, having collaborated with The Everly Brothers on some unsuccessful singles, written songs for The East Side Kids and The Yellow Payges, and played with psych-pop band The Comfortable Chair. Co-produced with Wesley Watt and Bill Lincoln of Euphoria, The Wheel effortlessly spans wild psychedelic rock and gentle ballads. Expertly written, played, and sung, it's a lost classic, reissued here for the first time.
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The brainchild of legendary Berlin-born saxophonist and bandleader Klaus Doldinger, this psych-funk ultra-rarity was recorded and released in Germany in 1969. Featuring superb Beatles and Cream covers, as well as nine funky, punchy originals, it's nothing short of a space-age bachelor-pad classic. With original copies changing hands for well over $600, it makes its welcome reissue debut here.
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In the mid-'60s, a prolific young singer-songwriter named John Williams was invited to record demos for Andrew Oldham's troubled Immediate label, with guitar and sitar accompaniment from Jimmy Page and Big Jim Sullivan. Nothing was released at the time, though in 1967 Williams did have an LP and a couple of singles issued on Columbia. A few years later he privately issued 300 copies of his wistful Immediate demos as The Maureeny Wishfull Album. A legendary underground folk rarity now reissued on CD.
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Based in Bristol, England, this teenage quartet made one of the most sought-after folk albums of all time. Originally released in 1972, it combines folk standards with contemporary material by Bob Dylan, Tom Paxton, and others, all set to precise guitar arrangements and the gorgeous, wistful vocals of Cherie Musialik. With original copies changing hands for several thousand dollars, it makes a welcome return to CD here.
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Trip is an early-'70s Austrian "pop-opera" concerning the reception given to a black messiah in the modern age. Touching on the youth concerns of the time, it made a strong impact in Austria, where this extremely rare soundtrack album was issued in 1972. Spanning funk, pop, acid jazz, and gospel, with electric guitar, flute, organ, sitar, and more, it has been sampled since (notably for the epic breakbeat in Sunlounger's "White Sand" (2006)) and makes its CD debut here.
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A very rare album by a German power trio from Hamburg; this gem of a heavy rock record was recorded by Reaction before they disappeared into the mists of time. Fans of Agnes Strange and Incredible Hog or even Black Sabbath will love the primitive hard rock sound made on this storming album. Reissued here with original cover art. Nine pieces of sludge-heavy blues-rock boogie in the finest early 1970s tradition. Stand-outs include "Mistreated" and "Keep On Trying."
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ZG 9100CD
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This is the final album for the groundbreaking rock band The Petards, who evolved out of the beat scene to become early originators of German progressive rock. Featuring a diverse mixture of harmony pop, country boogie, and polished heavy psych embellished with the Hendrix-like guitar work of Bernd Wippich (who would later join the band as a full-time member). The double album Pet Arts was released in early 1971 and is easily the band's best work, including melodic favorites such as "Baby Man" and "Good Good Donna", as well as the lengthy guitar and percussion-driven workouts "Flame Missing Light" and "Spectrum."
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