The psychedelic jazz-rock band Sweet Smoke was formed in Brooklyn in 1967, originally named Sweet Smoke Of The Happy Pipeful, but was active from 1969-1974 in what was then West Germany.Their debut album, Just A Poke, was released by EMI Columbia in Germany in 1970. It was also released in Italy, the Netherlands and France, where, due to their stage presence in those countries, they were quite popular. They were […]

At The Sound Of The Bell is the second album by the American Pavlov's Dog from St. Louis, Missouri, formed in 1972 and released in 1976.It is an album forged by Blue Oyster Cult producers Murray Krugman and Sandy Pearlman, who also produced and recorded the first album, which has a more appealing sound to the ear. The question of course is, what was its path. Too pop for progressive […]

Straight Shooter is the second studio album by British supergroup Bad Company. The album was released on 2 April 1975, a month after the release of the single "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" and four months before the album's second single "Feel Like Makin' Love".It peaked at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for […]

H.P. Lovecraft II, as the title suggests, is the second album by the American psychedelic rock band H.P. Lovecraft, released in September 1968 by Philips Records. As with their first LP, the band combines psychedelic and pop-rock influences, although they place a greater emphasis on psychedelia than on their first album. H.P. Lovecraft II failed to sell enough to enter the Billboard Top LPs chart or the UK Albums Chart, […]

This double live album, made on BJH's final tour with Wooly Wolstenholme in attendance, is one of the best live albums progressive rock has ever produced.While not as exciting as Genesis Live or as grand as Yessongs, it shows the band in excellent form, fully in tune, playing many of their best songs, including "Child Of The Universe", "Rock And Roll Star", "Poor Man's Moody Blues", "For No One" and […]

Who's Next is the fifth studio album by the British band The Who. It was based on the never-released rock opera Lifehouse, which had been written by Pete Townshend as a follow-up to the 1969 album Tommy. The project was cancelled due to its complexity and the group's conflict with Kit Lambert, the band's manager, but the Who salvaged a few stand-alone songs, without the connecting story elements of the […]

Mardi Gras is the seventh and final studio album by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released on April 11, 1972. It was recorded after the departure of guitarist Tom Fogerty and was their only album as a trio, with the band also sharing lead vocals on select tracks.Unlike previous albums, Mardi Gras featured Stu Cook and Doug Clifford sharing songwriting and production with John Fogerty, as well as their […]

Two For The Show is the sixth album by American progressive rock band Kansas and their first live album, released in October 1978 by Epic/Legacy Records. The album was reissued in a remastered form on CD in 2008. It was recorded during the band's three previous tours in 1977 and 1978 and went gold and then platinum shortly after its release.The album spawned a single, "Lonely Wind", which preceded the […]