FOLK (60s-70s)

Ars Nova was an American psychedelic/progressive rock band that performed and recorded from 1967 to 1969. They recorded two albums. The first was a 1968 self-titled album for the Elektra label, on which the personnel comprised Wyatt Day (guitar, vocals, piano, organ), John Pierson (vocal,...

West Coast Folk/Blues Psych Rock! Formed in 1967 by Canadian hippies and an American draft dodger, As Sheriff brought the fuzz and smoke to Victoria and Vancouver’s underground scenes with their DIY attitude, guttural guitars, hypnotic harmonies, and anti-war covers – featuring future May Blitz...

Official Chilean import reissue of this fabulous folk-rock album from 1971. This was their debut album with nearly nothing in common with what they did later, this is as brilliant as Blops albums can be, truly recommended!

Reissue of the sole album of this Catalan duo, Feliu Gasull (Spanish guitar) and Joan Albert Amargós (piano), both cousins. Post-Musica Urbana, originally released by Edigsa in 1977 and never reissued before. Recommended for lovers of Toti Soler, Musica Urbana and progressive in general. Newly...

One of the most obscure UK private pressings ever with only a handful of copies actually known in collections. Ultra lo-fi, fragile psychedelic folk from 1974 with acid flashes, backward effects, electric guitars, homemade stoned atmosphere…Compared to other psych-folk classics like Virgin...

Allan Fraser & Daisy DeBolt met in the summer of 1969. They had both been working individually on the coffeehouse circuit in their native Canada; over the next five years, as the duo of Fraser & DeBolt, they created a sublime body of work that still sounds remarkably fresh decades later. They...

Hard to believe this was part of a Catalan Christmas album back in 1973!!! Psychedelic acid-folk and folk-rock with stunning fuzz-wah guitar, moog and incredible vocal harmonies, revisiting classic old Christmas songs from Catalonia!!!We’re glad to introduce you all to this major discovery with...

The genesis of Havenstreet goes back to 1969, when Phil Ridgway and Jeff Vinter played in The Gas, an experimental psychedelic band heavily influenced by Barrett-era Pink Floyd. The two friends started to write songs their own songs, ending up as a folk duo. With the offer to record some of their...

Key duo from the catalan folk scene, result of the union between Ia Clua (from "2+1") and Jordi Batiste (one of the leading forces of Máquina! together with Enric Herrera), after the later one’s return from military service."Un Gran Día", the duo’s first album, was recorded at the end of 1972...

Ia Clua & Jordi Batiste were two Catalan musicians who started their career in the late 60's. Batiste was member of the leading psychedelic-progressive group MAQUINA, one of the most legendary groups ever to come out from Barcelona. After leaving MAQUINA, Jordi Batiste got together with Ia Clua and...

Officially licensed from the group, here's a remastered LP with a download card for the entire 'Lunar Dust' sessions as bonus tracks, and sleeve notes by Aaron Milenski (co-author 'The Acid Archives'). The LP is presented in a tip-on jacket and includes a 4-page insert with never before seen...

Enigmatic exemplar of subterranean overachievers, Michael Angelo Nigro, has long been known to sound-hounds searching for esoteric figures on the fringe. He was a man out-of-time, with unerring vision and dedication, principally known for his head-of-the-class 1977 private-press joy, "Michael...

Deeply mysterious sound collage of drifting, trippy acoustic instrumentals, heart-breaking hippy songs, west-coast inflected folk-rock, stoned mutterings, Bonzo Dog-like parodies and experimental psychedelia. A satisfying and cohesive Underground, Acid Folk monument. A member and four copies...

O.P.M.C. (Oldest Professional Music Company, as they were living in the famous Amsterdam Red Light District in those days) centered around Barrie Webb and Teun van der Slikke with different line ups during their existence. Other musicians in their recordings feature Frank van Tijn (drums), Peter...

A rare psychedelic selection from the Norwegian duo of Nina Johansen on vocals and guitar, and Runa Walle on sitar, guitar and vocals, with support from their Indian friend Satnam Singh on flute and tablas plus some local jazz and rock musicians rounding out the rhythm section. Originally released...

Singer/songwriter Pete Ryder was a key player on two of the most rare and sought-after private folk albums from the UK: Paradise Square and Cair Paravel. Paradise Square was his first project, a group formed at Sheffield University's Christian Union in the early 70s. In 1974, the band released...

"Bloody Turkey Sandwiches" is another ultra-rarity by British psychedelic folk band Pig Rider: only six copies were originally privately pressed by custom label Deroy in 1974. The music here is much in the same vein as their famous "Heterophonies" album but even more crazed. Some of the tracks...

Although nearly 60 people have played in Pig Rider or its various offshoots over the years, there have only been two ever-present members, Colin Kitchener and John Mayes, who founded the band at Sevenoaks School in Kent, England in the late 60s. They met when they were 12, and not long after began...

Bedroom / lo-fi psychedelia by these unsung heroes from the 80s DIY cassette culture scene.From outsider synth-pop to Barrett-esque lysergic folk, from lo-fi garage-punk to basement prog: acid-fuzz guitars, cheap keyboards, primitive electronics, homemade vibe and bizarre, funny lyrics.Pig Rider...