"The Foundations  - From The Foundations- 1967 UK":

The Foundations were a British soul band, active from 1967 to 1970. The group, made up of West Indians, White British, and a Sri Lankan, are best known for their two biggest hits, "Baby, Now That I've Found You" (a Number One hit in the UK Singles Chart and Canada, and subsequently Top 10 in the US), written by Tony Macaulay and John MacLeod and "Build Me Up Buttercup" (a number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 in Canada), co-written by Macaulay with Mike d'Abo, at the time the lead vocalist with Manfred Mann. The group was the first multi-racial group to have a number 1 hit in the UK in the 1960s.
Here is their first album.

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"T. Swift &  The Electric Bag - Are You Experienced -1968 US":

T.Swift & The Electric Bag is yet another one of those psychedelic-era mysteries that has left barely a clue as to its true identity. The group's sole album (Originally released as Custom CS 1115 in 1968) has a lot more to offer than just a great fuzzed-out rendition of the classic Jimi Hendrix song, features original tracks that show the influence of such bands as the Byrds, the Doors, Vanilla Fudge & Bob Dylan.
"A Jet" is a straight cop of the Box Tops' "The Letter," "Take It Easy Baby" literally is Classics IV's "Spooky", they somehow managed to stumble on a handful of startlingly inspired moments.
"Free Form In 6," in particular, is a jolting freakout (think Chocolate Watchband by way of the Doors) that taps into some sort of zoned-out consciousness through its lulling jazz rhythms, fuzz bass, and ominous organ runs. Slightly less sublime but still outstanding are cut like the surf go-go "The Stinger", while "What's Your Bag?" has a spooky acid-washed guitar solo amid its slick, sub-Byrdsian raga noodling.  "Expo in Sound"  is perhaps the most psychedelic track on the album.The influences of Vanilla Fudge are quite evident. 

(by request-Thanks Mario from www.rockasteria.blogspot.gr  for the rip)

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"Emergency-Get Out To The Country-1973 Germany":



Hanus Berka (sax) from Prague came to Germany for the first time in the mid-sixties.After an extended stay in Las Vegas, he settled in Munich and formed "Emergency" at the end of 1970, comprising Udo Lindenberg (drums), Barrie Newby (guitar), Jiro Matousek (keyboards), Otto Bezloja (bass), Dusko Goykovic (trumpet) and Reddy (vocals), four Czechoslovakians, one German and an Englishman.
At the end of 1972, "Emergency" was re-organized again, and signed with Brain Records.
"Get Out To The Country" was recorded by Berka, Peter Bischof (vocals), Richard Palmer-James (guitar, ex-Supertramp, later with D.D.Sound, La Bionda), Jerzy Ziembrowski (bass), Veit Marvos (keyboards, ex-2066 & Then) and Bernd Knaak (drums,percussion).
Bischof had a soul-ish voice, resulting in a merging of jazz, soul and funk rock, quite song-oriented and mainstream.

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"Nektar - A Tab In The Ocean-1972 UK-Germany":

Nektar (German for Nectar) is a 1970s English progressive rock band originally based in Germany.
The band formed in Hamburg, Germany in 1969, members included Englishmen Roye Albrighton on guitars and vocals, Allan "Taff" Freeman on keyboards, Derek "Mo" Moore on bass, Ron Howden on drums, and Mick Brockett on lights, special effects and other miscellanea. Songwriting was always considered a group effort.
The band's early albums such as "Journey To The Centre of the Eye" and "A Tab In The Ocean" were obscure psychedelic rock albums that won the band a small but growing cult following, based largely on word of mouth.

"A Tab In The Ocean" was the first Nektar album to be released in the U.S., on the small Passport Records label.

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"The Peanut Butter Conspiracy - Is Spreading-1967 US":


The Peanut Butter Conspiracy was an American psychedelic folk/rock group in the 1960s.
They formed in Los Angeles in 1966 out of a folk-rock group, The Ashes.The Ashes released one single in 1966 on the Vault label, "Is There Anything I Can Do?" written by Jackie DeShannon.
Dryden then left The Ashes to replace Skip Spence in Jefferson Airplane, Robison left to give birth and the group temporarily disbanded.
Alan Brackett hooked up with a new guitarist, Lance Fent, and a new drummer, Jim Voigt, naming the new trio The Crossing Guards.
Merrill and Robison rejoined and the five-piece band became "The Peanut Butter Conspiracy", incl. John Merrill (guitar/ vocals), Alan Brackett (bass/ vocals), Barbara Robison (vocals) 'or "Sandy Peanut Butter" as she was called at that time', Spencer Dryden (drums) and Jim Cherniss (guitar/ vocals).

Here is their first album from 1967,very similiar to Jefferson Airplane or Mamas and Papas( female vocalist male backing members). Comparisons aside this is excellent well written with great vocals from female singer Sandy. The songs are steeped deep in the San Fransisco sound- part pysche-part acid rock pastoral folk.

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"Hamana -1974 US":

Bruce Hamana was a native American, who went in 1969 to college in the white man's world and the album expresses perfectly the sunny California peace, love and freedom feeling. The music itself is emotive with strong vocals, lots of West coast psychedelic guitar flashes, a bit garage feeling but also loner folk style with native American elements.


All instruments, bass, guitars, vocals and drums have been played by Hamana himself, later to be overdubbed into a tasty and atmospheric stereo acoustic/electric mix. This very rare album recorded in 1974, originally issued on the local Phoenix label, Canyon Records and is an accumulation of songs that he had written between 1965 and 1974.
To most 60΄s psychedelic/folk fans this is almost an unknown album, with only a few original copies known to exist.

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"Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity-Streetnoise- 1969 UK":


"Streetnoise" is a 1969 album by Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & the Trinity, originally released as a double LP.
It includes cover versions of The Doors "Light My Fire", Nina Simone’s "Take Me To The Water", Laura Nyro’s "Save The Country", Miles Davis "All Blues", Richie Havens "Indian Rope Man", and "Let The Sunshine In" from the musical "Hair".
Driscoll covers this wide range of musical influences easily and with her highly emotive and distinctive vocals, and with Auger's intense Hammond organ, "Streetnoise" is brilliant.

Members:
 Brian "Auge" Auger (organ, piano, electric piano, vocals)
Julie "Jools" Driscoll (vocals, acoustic guitar)
Clive "Toli" Thacker (drums, percussion)
David "Lobs" Ambrose ( bass, acoustic guitar, vocals)

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"La Maquina del Sonido-El Sonido Hippie Delico-1969 Mexico EP":

Rare EP from MEXICO with covers of " In a Gadda Da Vida", "People Are Strange","Fire", "Let's Live For Today" and more.(by request)  

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