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Gentle Giant - Under Construction

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Gentle Giant was at its best when adding polyphonic arrangements to aggressive rock music. Determining who was responsible was merely a scan of the writing credits, where "Shulman, Shulman and...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1998-07-01)

Gentle Giant - King Biscuit Flower Hour

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Gentle Giant as a live touring band (1970-1980) was always in a period of transition and refinement. The group would craft a challenging album from the palette of musical ideas by Kerry Minnear and...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1998-07-01)

Brand X - Missing Period

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While nothing in the liner notes specifies an exact recording date for these sessions other than a very general timeframe of 1975-76, the music seems to bear this out, presenting a five-piece...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1998-07-01)

Various Artists - Archives of Space

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A healthy variety of spaced-out entries makes the grade for inclusion on this intriguing package. Take the same basic style as Hawkwind (captured here by a lengthy one-chord wonder), but add two...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 1998-02-01)

Various Artists - Acid Ranch 2000

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For all of you who are trying to one-up your friends by having the weirdest music in your collections, buy this and win big points. Though each track on this compilation wields a very different...

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(Posted by Steve Robey 1998-02-01)

The Tannahill Weavers - Choice Cuts 87-96

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Having long been a fan of Irish and Scottish folk music I cannot believe I have never heard this band before. So for me listening to Choice Cuts was welcome indeed. This is a great album....

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 1998-02-01)

The Doors - Box Set

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The Doors, you ask? Can one appreciate modern rock poets like Peter Hammill and the Fish-fronted Marillion without acknowledging the influence they received from the charismatic vocalist Jim...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1998-02-01)

Strawbs - Halcyon Days

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Perhaps Strawbs is one of the most widely misunderstood bands that ever confused and confounded fans for not conforming to preconceived (and often wildly inaccurate) expectations. When Yes fans...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1998-02-01)

Procol Harum - 30th Anniversary Anthology

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Hard to believe it's been 30 years since the Summer of Love, and also since the lone greatest single in the history of Procol Harum, "A Whiter Shade of Pale," but it's sadly true....

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1998-02-01)

Motor Totemist Guild - Archive One & Two

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Before the recombinant U Totem ever hit the streets, baton wielder James Grigsby fronted The Motor Totemist Guild (recently reconstituted as a twelve-piece ensemble featuring members of Non Credo,...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 1998-02-01)
 

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