Released back in the day when vinyl was still king, although compact discs were rapidly gaining ground and would soon seize the throne You May Also Like: Maundy Quintet, Fewdle Lords, Cosmic Camel + others, Psychedelic States: Florida in the ’60s Vol. 4 (2015) Byrds’ The Notorious Byrd Brothers vs.Read More

Although they were a bona fide phenomenon in their home base of Australia, the Easybeats to the rest of the planet are basically remembered for two things. You May Also Like: Aviation Blondes – ‘Edge of Forever’ (2009): Forgotten Series The Mills Brothers, “Cab Driver” (1968): Forgotten series Forgotten series:Read More

Composed of studio musicians, most notably the late great guitarist Hugh McCracken, who played with everybody from the Monkees to Simon to Garfunkel to Van Morrison to Steely Dan to John Lennon You May Also Like: Micky Dolenz pushes back on criticism of early Monkees recordings: ‘So many groups usedRead More

Formed in 1962, the Standells were seasoned professionals by the time they obtained widespread visiblity. The song that did it for them was “Dirty Water,” which peaked at No. 11 on the national charts You May Also Like: Something Else! Interview: Larry Tamblyn of garage-rock pioneers the Standells The Cretins,Read More

Featuring the multi-talented John Pantry in his various guises as singer, songwriter, musician and recording engineer over a period from 1966-71, Upside Down World of John Pantry is jam-packed You May Also Like: How the Bee Gees Overcame It All to Produce the Magical ‘Odessa’ Forgotten series: RPM Records Sampler:Read More

Rocking to attention, ‘Serious Fun’ proved the Knack still had the knack.

Formed in 1969 by Cub Koda, who later reaped the title as an honorable music historian, Brownsville Station issued a trio of albums prior to harvesting honey with this disc. You May Also Like: Bob Dylan’s wrongheaded Knocked Out Loaded was almost saved by epic ‘Brownsville Girl’ Motley Crue –Read More

What do thrash, Cheech and Chong, Mozart and some of the greatest riffs in hard rock history have in common? This sadly forgotten gem of an album. You May Also Like: Pantera – ‘Power Metal’ (1988): Forgotten Series Anthrax – ‘For All Kings’ (2016) Australian Crawl – ‘Sirocco’ (1981): ForgottenRead More

A collectible psychedelic album from this one-off studio-only group consisting of UK songwriters, The Five Day Week Straw People was originally on Saga Records and features your standard British underground psychedelia You May Also Like: Grand Funk Railroad – E Pluribus Funk (1971): Forgotten Series Procol Harum – A SaltyRead More

It’s a truism that our society pays homage to the sham psychotic, while sweeping the genuinely mentally ill under the rug. You May Also Like: Black Crown Initiate – The Wreckage of Stars (2014) Australian Crawl – ‘Sirocco’ (1981): Forgotten Series Screaming Trees – Last Words: The Final Recordings (2011):Read More