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After Hendrix disbanded the Jimi Hendrix Experience in mid-1969, he formed Gypsy Sun and Rainbows to fulfill the contract for the Experience to play Woodstock. Bassist Billy Cox (who had played with Hendrix while they were in the army) had been rehearsing and playing with Hendrix since April, but the band was short-lived. With Cox and his drummer friend Buddy Miles, Hendrix next formed the Band of Gypsys, this time to fulfill his obligation to produce an LP of new material for Ed Chalpin, to be released on the Capitol label. Hendrix, in interviews as early as March 1969, had already mentioned a "jam" album to be titled Band of Gypsys. Hendrix also mentioned in his introduction at Woodstock that "Band of Gypsys" was an alternative name for the group performing there.

I've got (finally!) a new batch of Elton John's Japan mini replicas. Hoping to find soon the remaining albums ().

In early 2000's British retro label released 2 Small Faces anthologies covering their years with Immediate Records: and . Those discs were a collection of singles, selected LP tracks, unused recordings and rarities (mainly alternate mixes and alternate single versions) compiled and remastered with the supervision of . In 2004 both CD's were repacked in a slipcase titled . Each CD has his own original artwork & booklet with track by track anotations. This set coupled with the previous Decca anthology gives to the casual and not obsessive fans a wide and complete overview of one of the best British band ever.

Superb double anthology dedicated to spanning their Decca Years. This set includes all their singles (A's & B's), EP tracks and a couple of rarities: a solo single from 1963, and a 1967 recording of (Winston was their original organ player and released this single after his departure). 36 tracks, the sound quality is great, the packaging is simple but very nice and it's an out-of-print item so don't miss it!

This Collection is more than a greatest hits package because includes only 6 LP cuts; the remaining tracks are non album singles, many of them comes in previously unreleased stereo mixes. A must for fans of The Hurricanes and early 60's instrumental Rock.

January 11th 1967, the original lineup sat at the Sound Techniques Studios in London and, with Joe Boyd as producer, did their first profesional recording session. Two tracks were filmed: a 17 minutes long and a jam titled , a sort of precursor of pieces like and . Later in April 67 underground paper IT (International Times) organised at London's Alexandra Palace a multimedia show called that included musical acts (Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, The Move, Arthur Brown & The Crazy World, Pretty Things, Small Faces and Eric Burdon & The New Animals among others), light shows and "living art" performances. The event was filmed by and released a year later as , a 70 minutes documentary considered as the most relevant document about English Psychedelia and the Swinging London. This DVD contains the two Floyd tracks, collated with images of Whitehead's film and footage filmed at the legendary UFO club. 2005 edition, includes some film extras and a CD with the 2 Pink Floyd tracks. A must for Syd Barrett/early Floyd fans.

From Allmusic Guide:

Providing the soundtrack to numerous biker and teen exploitation movies in the mid- and late '60s, Davie Allan & the Arrows bridged the surf and psychedelic eras. Their driving, basic instrumentals featured loads and loads of fuzz guitar, as well as generous dollops of tremolo bar waggling and wah-wah. The guitarist and his band first made their mark with the minor hit "Apache '65," a version of the Shadows/Jorgen Ingmann's instrumental classic "Apache." Hooking up with notorious exploitation movie producer Mike Curb, the Arrows provided the soundtracks to numerous B-movies on the Tower and Sidewalk labels; their greatest success, "Blues Theme" (from The Wild Angels starring Peter Fonda), made the Top 40 in 1967. Curb abandoned racy movies for the Osmonds and purged MGM Records of their psychedelic acts, but the Arrows continued to play and record for various labels during the '80s and '90s. A slew of reissues during the new millennium broadened the group's appeal, and they returned in 2003 with ~ Richie Unterberger

were pioneers of the British Folk Rock movement and one of the greatest entities of the post-war musical scene. Their former members are legends in their own right: and the late and forever missed . is the best Fairport Convention compilation available, spanning all their studio albums between 1968-1975 and including 3 rarities (2 of them previously unreleased). The tracks have been remastered and the booklet is great with song by song anotations and an essay written by Fairport biographier Patrick Humphries.

IMHO these are some of the most representative Elton John albums from his classic (and best) years. 2006 Japanese releases in mini replicas of the LP artwork and excellent crystal clear sound. Originally packed in a limited edition box for the local market but individually sold outside Japan.

Allmusic:

If Duane Eddy's instrumental hits from the late '50s can sound unduly basic and repetitive (especially when taken all at once), he was vastly influential. Perhaps the most successful instrumental rocker of his time, he may have also been the man most responsible (along with Chuck Berry) for popularizing the electric rock guitar. His distinctively low, twangy riffs could be heard on no less than 15 Top 40 hits between 1958 and 1963. He was also one of the first rock stars to successfully crack the LP market...

Expanded version of this great collection first released in early 90's as 1 CD. These are the legendary lost Lansdowne Tapes, in honour of the studio where the band recorded their first 3 albums . Includes alternate versions/mixes, unreleased tracks and the unused recordings of The Spice (the first Uriah Heep incarnation), a curious mix of Hard Rock, Jazz & Psychedelia. Carefully remixed and remastered by Robert Corich, this set has a very well anotated booklet and a better tracklisting (the original release was a mixed bag of Spice & Heep tracks with any logical order).

One of the best and most underrated bands from the bay area and IMHO one the first prog bands; their original sound full of dark, onirical & menacing images, the role of the keyboards and the two-vocals approach with operatic & gospel influences pre-dated by 2 years bands like & and put them in the same league of seminal groups like and . This fantastic collection includes their 2 studio albums, (1967) and (1968), plus the non LP single . These 21 tracks and the fantastic live album were their only recorded legacy.

Many people still considers The Blues Magoos a singles band, a psych combo for teenagers. Their songs were very catchy and the titles of the albums ("Lollipop" "Comic Book") didn't suggest cosmic trips to the masses of hippies and neo-contraculture boys but they were a brilliant band, raw & energic, more garage than psych itself, and their sound pre-dated punk in many ways. Both albums in this collection are full of great tracks, originals and covers; only for citing 2 obvious examples, is an inmortal classic and their rendition of is awesome with an incisive beat and killer instrumental bridge that showed the great players Blues Magoos were.

The American (at the time this name was used too by UK, French & Mexican bands) was one of the best instrumental forces ever. Leaded by multinstrumentalists and they created a mixed bag of worldwide musical elements (Middle Eastern, North African, Indian, East Asian & Mid Europe) and Americana (Ragtime, Country, Bluegrass, Jazz, Blues, Cajun) in a psychedelic context pre-dating by many years the World Music concept. This 3 CD set collects all their output for Epic between 1967 and 1970 including several non-album tracks. The first 3 disc are their best: . The fourth album is not as good, they abandoned the exotic component of their sound to make a straight Rock album, but it's a true rarity because is available on CD for the first time. A special mention for 2 tracks: , a long acoustic jam recorded in just one take and the trippy where David Lindley plays an awesome guitar part; the way this guy controls the feedback and the "hanging" notes may be put on envy Jimi Hendrix and Jeff Beck themselves.