FOLK (60s-70s)

Fully remastered and licensed ltd to 500 copies, 180 gr. When we talk about british folk revival we should not forget a key figure as Ian A. Anderson, a songwriter on its own and a truly prime mover in the local scene. Currently editor of the 'world music magazine' fRoots, Ian A. Anderson first...

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,...

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...

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...

Lothar Jahn's "February '75" single was released by the German label Sound Records in 1977. It was a very unusual record, somewhere between psychedelic, folk and Krautrock. It was reviewed thus on Discogs: "A mysterious journey through Cosmic Psych Folk Kraut, whatever you may call it. Fantastic,...

Reissued on vinyl for the first time, Marc Jonson's debut, "Years", is a psych folk/baroque pop masterpiece originally released on Vanguard Records in 1972. Just 20 years old at the time, Jonson wrote and produced a gloriously ambitious record influenced by milestone albums such as "Astral Weeks"...

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...

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...

Double CD containing "Heterophonies" (1975) and "Bloody Turkey Sandwiches" (1974). 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...

With Cholo (recorded in 1972) El Polen and rock fusion began their history in Peru. Six songs emerge: The Flower, White Pants Little Cholo, Quena Landscapes, Valicha, Sitting Dream, Tondero and Hurdy Gurdy and Poliphon sequences. The name of the album comes from the film that director Bernardo...