HARD-ROCK (60s-70s)

Previously unreleased demo album from 1969, UK.The loudest band from Hull in the 60s, Bare Sole played raw, in-your-face psychedelic hard rock and heavy blues.Bare Sole’s brief existence at the tail end of the 1960s reflected the realistic trappings of their geographical situation. Musical icons...

Loud and powerful progressive hard-rock / proto metal by this mysterious studio band featuring members of Alive ‘N Kickin’.Originally released in 1974 on Artie Ripp’s Family Productions label, home also of other hard-rock bands like Heavy Cruiser and Mama Lion.*First ever official...

Ultra-rare rehearsal sessions from 1969 by this South African heavy psych / acid rock band, mastered from a tape transfer — and yet still doom-laden, dark, heavy, and as messy as can be, in all the right ways. Influences from heavy bands of the time, such as Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and...

In the early 70s, Hendrix’s old friend & collaborator Curtis Knight moved to London and formed CURTIS KNIGHT ZEUS, recruiting a young guitarist named “Fast” Eddie Clarke (later of Motörhead fame).Sea Of Time was recorded at Olympic Studios in 1973 but never actually released in the UK, only...

A classic in the collecting circuit since ages, the sole release by UK group Elias Hulk was out in 1970 on the Youngblood label.Raw hard-rock, adding some Eastern and blues-rock elements as well.Previously available on our Sommor sub-label and out of print, we present a new edition on...

The Flow was a psychedelic hard-rock power-trio formed in New York by Pete Fine, Monte Farber and Steve Starer.It was the early 70s in NYC, the pre-glam/punk/new wave days, when Flow (who rehearsed next room to a band called Wicked Lester, later known as KISS) decided to start playing music without...

Inventive and superbly produced hard-rock with psychedelic, blues and heavy-prog / proto-metal touches by this studio side-project of Mama Lion. Loud fuzz guitars, heavy keyboards (by James Newton Howard!), screaming vocals… Featuring the great Neil Merryweather and Lynn Carey & the Mama...

Psychedelic hard-rock and heavy blues with loud fuzzed-out guitars, keyboards and inventive studio production / effects by this band led by the great Neil Merryweather and featuring the Mama Lion musicians. This is their first album, originally released on Artie Ripp’s Family Productions label...

Psychedelic hard-rock with occult overtones by this London based band featuring drummer Ric Parnell (Atomic Rooster, Spinal Tap…)This is their sought-after sole album, originally released in 1970 and housed in a cover designed by Roger Wootton of Comus.Horse formed in 1968 when former high school...