FdM readers share some of their favourite tracks - found down the back of the sofa and dusted down
i. LANDING - DELUSION SOUND ii. SHIP OF FOOLS - DIESEL SPACESHIP iii. LEWSBURG - VICAR'S CROSS PT.2 iv. MONOKULTUR - PENNAN I HANDEN
i. Joe Portilo recommends a track from their 2016 album
ii. Santtu Laasko's choice
iii. Ron Green says, "This track from Lewsberg has such an unusual feel, melancholic and something else I can’t put my finger on"
iv. ...and one more from Ron
i. MANDRAKE MEMORIAL - LIVE ii. FLYING CIRCUS - PRID OF CREATION iii. D.F.A. - ESCHER 1999 iv. BUBBLEBATH - THE SENSUAL CON
i. Henry Schneider shares the only known live recording of the band
ii. Matthias Lang rates them as the best prog/hard rock band around, and they have a new album out in October
iii. Geoff Laidlaw thinks fans of London Underground and Italian prog generally may enjoy this track
iv. another from Geoff..."Quirky, technical, complex and unique"
i. KARNATAKA - THE STORM ii. MANDRAKE HANDSHAKE iii. THISTELEDOWN - ROSEMARIE iv. MELIN MELIN - MILL ON THE HILL
i. Prog/folk courtesy of Steve Livesley
ii. More Mandrake, from Rich Clarke
iii. 1969 Cornish gem from Colin Hill
iv. Rich Clarke recommends this new concept album (just the intro posted)
i. TYRNAROUND - COLOUR YOUR MIND ii. THE NINES - GIVE YOUR HEART AWAY iii. PAUL BRETT SAGE - THE VISITOR iv. SUPERSISTER - SHE WAS NAKED
i. Ryan Hoekstra shares some 1980s australian psych
ii. ...naw Canadian track, suggested by Ryne Hoek
iii. Nik williams says, "Paul Brett was a great guitar player who played with The Strawbs and Roy Harper amongst others. A prog/folk/psych classic track that to me has a slight hint of Stairway to Heaven in song structure"
iv. ...from Andy Thomas
i. MANHATTAN SLIDE - BLUE SHADOWS ii. SULA BASSANA - ENDLESS iii. ASSEMBLE HEAD IN SUNBURST SOUND - MOSQUIO LANTERN iv. THE SOLAR FLARES - GET IT TOGETHER
i. " If you like Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac..." Kevin Chown struggled to find much by this band to share
ii. Ernie Oakley opts for something a bit longer than 2 minutes...
iii. "Great, grungy psychedelic stoner rock", so says John Sewell
iv. ...who also reckons, "hearing Mr Day play his guitar is probably the closest a mere stripling of 57 like me can get to experiencing Jimi Hendrix in full flight.
i. MANFREAD MANN CHAPTER THREE - MISTER, YOU'RE A BETTER MAN THAN I ii. HOOFFOOT - LAST FLIGHT OF THE RATITE iii. SENOR COCONUT - SHOWROOM DUMMIES iv. WITCHITA FALL - HECTIVITY
Over to Till Wolff for two choices...
i. "a killer version (no offence - the Yardbirds are not bad either ...!) - plus it's reminded me how good this record was...still forgotten but back then too weird & jazzy for Manfred Mann fans and too poppy for jazz fans"
ii. "...Linked to Oresund Space Collective and Bland Bladen - but here not spacerock but tight Canterbury-flavoured proggy jazz rock - not so far from Soft Machine and the more jazzy Canterbury groups from the early 70s...even a bit Caravan in places"
iii. Ian Yates, "Senor Coconut (aka Atom Heart) doing Kraftwerk Latin style - household chores with Senor Coconut are so much easier! Cha-cha-cha indeed!"
iv. Russ Bravo recommends, "A rather lost gem from 1969, which will appeal to lovers of slightly progressive baroque pop /acid folk"
i. NO VIOLET - SHE GOES HER OWN WAY ii. HALF DEAD CLATCH - ELECTRIC DESERT iii. MASCA - SWEET TOOTH iv. THE NOMEN - SPACESHIP
i. Roy Sinclair says, "They did a set at the Strangeforms Festival at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds back in 2022 and they went down a storm. It was quite jazzy generally, and very tight musically - the audience in the pit were all as one, and I was amongst them. That gig was to celebrate my 70th birthday!"
ii. " Another from a blues background but with a very spaghetti western feel to it. I look forward to the monthly EP release from this guy - never quite sure where he's going. There's everything from classic blues to western soundscapes and beyond" - Kevin Chown
iii. Back to Roy with another Bristol band...
iV. ...and finally, for now, Kevin recommends the completely mad NoMen...
