Straight Ahead is the fifth album by Brian Auger and the Oblivion Express, released in 1975 and for many his last good one, after which the reviews that followed were mixed. Brian Auger, who was also called the "godfather of acid jazz", has done an excellent job, with some of his keyboard passages being truly wonderful as in "Beginning Again", with which the album begins, or "Bumpin' On Sunset", with […]

"For Children Of All Ages" is the third and final album by American psychedelic rock band The Peanut Butter Conspiracy and was released by Challenge Records in 1969. The album came after the group's contract with Columbia Records expired, with bassist Alan Brackett to produce the album himself during the recordings.The material on the album was originally intended as a side project started by Brackett, who also composed the majority […]

Welcome To The Canteen is the first live album by British band Traffic. It was recorded live at the Fairfield Halls, Croydon and at the Oz Benefit Concert, London, in July 1971 and released in September of that year. It was recorded during Dave Mason's third stint with the band, which only lasted for six shows.The tracklist includes one song each from Traffic's first three albums, two songs from Mason's […]

Live In New York is a live recording of Nektar from 1974, released in 1977, in New York city, where they always seem to give their best. In any case, Nektar is a band that you have to hear live to fully appreciate.Here we have the band in their original lineup with Roye Albrighton on guitar and vocals, Ron Howden on drums, Mo Moore on bass and vocals and Taff […]

Axis: Bold As Love is the second studio album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released on December 1, 1967 by Track Records in Europe and Reprise Records in America.The Experience returned to Olympic Studios on May 4, 1967 to begin recording the follow-up to Are You Experienced?. The first track they tackled was Noel Redding's "She's So Fine", which he sang and Hendrix and Mitchell provided backing vocals. On the […]

History: America's Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by American folk rock trio America, released by Warner Bros. Records in 1975. It was a big hit in the United States, reaching number 3 on the Billboard albums chart and going multi-platinum. It also went 6x platinum for shipments of 420,000 copies of the album in Australia. On July 20, 2019, the album re-entered the US charts peaking at […]

Plays Live is the first live and fifth album in a series released by Peter Gabriel. It was his first untitled solo album. The album was originally released as a double LP and longplay cassette in 1983, featuring sixteen songs. It was re-released in 1985, as a CD titled Plays Live (Highlights) with only twelve songs, some of which had been changed from their original version so that the album […]

Goin' Back To New Orleans is the 30th studio album by New Orleans singer and pianist Dr. John, released by Warner Bros. Records on June 12, 1992. The album won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album of the Year.The album features many musicians and singers such as the Neville Brothers, Al Hirt, Danny Barker, Alfred "Uganda" Roberts, Pete Fountain, Alvin "Red" Tyler, Chuck Carbo, Clyde Kerr Jr. and […]

Utrecht...The Final Frontier is Pendragon's seventh album and third live album, recorded in 1994 in Utrecht, Netherlands. If you've never heard this great progressive rock sound, then it's time to start.The sound quality is crystal clear and the band's performance takes your breath away. The dramatic 'Kowtow' which opens the album is worth the money the lucky concertgoers paid for, with Nick Barrett's subtle voice being used to its best […]