Psychedelia / Prog / Kraut / Space / Psychedelic Folk (60s-70s)

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2076 wrote:Lightshine biography
LIGHTSHINE is a very unknown but great band from the Krautrock german scene, which was formed in Emmerich by Wolfgang, Ulli, Joe and Egonwhen when they were about 20. They played very trippy and beautiful music pieces, in the style of AMON DÜÜL II, ELOY, with a little touch of LED ZEPPELIN, GENESIS and PINK FLOYD. The band manages to bring something new to the Krautrock movement.

In 1973, they released their unique album, Feeling, edited with a limited number of copies. The d isc features great epic floating long pieces, mostly dominated by electric floating guitar and alternates relaxing and catchy passages. An unknown classic of Krautrock !

LIGHTSHINE should appeal all Krautrock, Symphonic Progressive and Space Rock fans !

Written by Modrigue

http://www.discogs.com/artist/1345015-Culpepers-Orchard wrote:Danish group formed late 1969 by Cy Nicklin and Nils Henriksen. First live performance January 30th 1970 with Michael Friis and Rodger Barker.

Mid 70s, after their third album, the group had trouble getting release contracts, - but still played live at various events (Roskilde Festival 1974, 1976, 1977 and 1978).

Their fourth album from 1976 was self-financed, released under the shorter group name Culpeper and showed a change in musical style.

http://rockasteria.blogspot.gr/2013/06/lyd-lyd-1970-us-rough-heavy-acid-garage.html wrote:The legend said that the band was massively using LSD and other psychedelic substances, to create a psycho garage...guitar psych with intense basement atmosphere, long fuzz excursions, and wasted junkie lyrics...opening track is unbelievably killer..lots of crunchy, fuzzy guitars.

http://www.jackpotrecords.com/products/view/1170/all wrote:The New Dawn’s “There’s A New Dawn” has been hailed as one of the rarest and best psych albums to come out of the late 60s and early 70s. Fuzz guitar, minor-chord organ dirges, tender vocals and monumental bass are the calling cards of this private press gem. Maybe it’s all the rain, but like their Northwest counterparts, the New Tweedy Brothers and the Sonics, The New Dawn helped to establish a regional musical perspective that is hauntingly addictive.

Initially released in July of 1970, five hundred copies were pressed, but it’s estimated that only around 200 may still exist. Subsequently, auctions on Ebay for an original vinyl LP go for $2000.

After being highly sought after by collectors, we are proud to release this definitive CD reissue which was produced in close collaboration with Dan Bazzy, singer, songwriter, and founder of The New Dawn. Also included are three previously unreleased 1971 demos and a live track from a 2008 band reunion.

http://rockasteria.blogspot.gr/2012/01/common-people-of-peopleby-peoplefor.html wrote:The Common People are perhaps the greatest remaining enigma in 1960s US rock music.

Their sole album has belatedly been acclaimed as one of the most distinctive recordings of its time, but - despite the best efforts of fans and journalists- none of the musicians involved has yet been found.

http://www.last.fm/music/Dino+Valente wrote:60’s Californian psychedelic rock legend, famous as the author of two rock anthems: “Hey Joe” and “Get Together”. He actually wrote only the latter, as the first was an old traditional song he only had the idea to bring to the 60’s rock environment (later being released by The Leaves, Jimi Hendrix Experience and many others). He wrote “Get Together” under his original name, Chet Powers, but sold the rights to help in raising some money while in prison. Valenti was a founding member of Quicksilver Messenger Service, only not getting to record or play live many times in the band because of his imprisonment shortly after the founding.

http://www.last.fm/music/Quicksilver+Messenger+Service wrote:San Francisco, United States (1964 – 1979, 2006 – present)

Quicksilver Messenger Service is an American psychedelic rock band, formed in 1965 in San Francisco. Of all the bands that came out of the San Francisco area during the late 60s, Quicksilver Messenger Service typified the style, attitude and sound of that era. Dogged by early personnel changes, the original band in 1964 comprised of vocalist Dino Valenti, guitarist John Cipollina, David Freiberg on bass and vocals, Jim Murray on vocals and harmonica, and drummer Casey Sonoban. Alexander ‘Skip’ Spence also spent a brief time with the band, before being whisked off to join Jefferson Airplane as their drummer.

Significant in Quicksilver’s development was the almost immediate arrest and imprisonment of Valenti for a drugs offence. He did not rejoin the band until late 1969. In 1965, the line-up was strengthened by the arrival of guitarist Gary Duncan and, replacing Sonoban, Greg Elmore.

They debuted at the end of ‘65 and played around the Bay Area and then the West Coast for the next two years, building up a large following, but resisting offers to record that had been taken up by such San Francisco acid-rock colleagues as Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead.

Quicksilver finally signed to Capitol toward the end of 1967 and recorded their self-titled debut album in 1968. Jim Murray departed soon after their well-received appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967.

The quartet of Cipollina, Duncan, Elmore and Freiberg recorded the first two albums; both were important in the development of San Francisco rock music, as the twin lead guitars of Cipollina and Duncan made them almost unique.