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Technically I guess you could credit this as a Mike Curb release given he wrote all of the material and produced eight of the ten selections. Michael Lloyd was responsible for the two other tracks. With Mattel's Hot Wheels proving a massive... See full review

As you can probably tell from poking around the BadCatRecords site, I'll readily admit that I have a thing for exploito psych. There's something fascinating in many of these quickie collections that were simply meant to part consumers from their hard... See full review

Redbone's 1970 debut wasn't the worst country-rock album I've ever heard and I was always curious about the sophomore LP. Luckily it only took about a decade to find a copy of 1971's "One Man's Poison" at a community yard sale. Was it worth the wait... See full review

Like their debut album, 1972's "Benediction" was produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. Keyboardist Richard Kosinski and bassist Ron Aitken again provided virtually all of the material. The exception was a radically reworked cover of The Four Tops' 'Reach... See full review

Released in the midst of the full onslaught of punk aggression and new wave angst, 1978's "Focus Con Proby" never stood a chance in the commercial arena. Adding to Focus' problems, the album was released in the wake of wholesale personnel changes... See full review

So here's an obscurity that I know was written and released as a tax scam album. How do I know that for certain ? Well, namesake Larry Rust told me so.

"If I remember right, [producer] Frank [Cook] was hooked up with some Beverly Hills accountant... See full review

I'm always amazed at how many English bands recorded albums in the mid-'70s. Even more of a surprise is how many seem to have slipped by with little, or no attention; to say how many of them I've never heard of. Add to that list of unknown is the... See full review

When I first heard this album I could have sworn I was listening to The Free Design ... so your own opinion on this collection is likely to be influenced by how you feel about the Dedrick siblings.

Like the liner notes say "Queen Anne's Lace combines... See full review

If you were ever looking for a example of a "journeymen" 1970s rock band, you need look no further than the short-lived Moonrider. Formed in 1974, the band featured drummer Brian Greenwood, bassist Bruce Thomas, singer/rhythm guitarist Keith West and... See full review

Let me warn you this was about as far from Procol Harum as imaginable. It's also hard to believe this guy was born and raised in London - planning on becoming a soccer star until he shattered his arm. Well, why not become a drummer?  

Best known... See full review

Snafu evolved out of 1973 recording sessions for what was planned to be former Procol Harum and Freedom singer/drummer Bobby Harrison's debut album. One of the musicians playing on the recording sessions was Juicy Lucy guitarist Mickey Moody. ... See full review

This one was a total unknown to me. It attracted my attention for one reason; namely it was released on Jeff Kasenetz and Jerry Katz's Magna Glide label and is quite rate (it doesn't appear in any on-line discography I've seen).

Assuming they were... See full review

Known as This Oneness, the Minneapolis, Minnesota based band featured a line-up of vocalist/guitarist Gregg Inhofer, keyboard/woodwind player Robyn Lee, bassist Douglas Nelson , drummer Bernard Pershey and guitarist Dale Strength. Inhoffer and... See full review

Former Godz drummer Paul Thornton may have gotten first place in the naming department and was responsible for penning four of the album's eight selections, but 1974's "Pass On the Side" was largely built on the talents of... See full review

Wow, here's a strange one even for a tax scam label like Morris Levy's Tiger Lily Records. Richard Grasso's roots were in early-1960s Philadelphia doo-wop. The few on-line references I've stumbled across indicate he recorded with Philly-based ... See full review

I bought this album for two reasons - Sharleen Pederson's cool cover art and the fact the LP was produced by Buzz Cason.

For a band that recorded on a major label, there isn't a great deal of bibliographic information to be found on them. What is... See full review

Their third studio album ,1969's self-produced "It's All Happening On the Inside" was the first album to be less than overwhelming. A mixture of original material, and a couple of covers, to my ears it sounded as if Boyce and Hart had begun to run... See full review

Turns out Joshua is a pretty popular name for bands. The Rate Your Music database shows at least eight outfits. Discogs has even more.

Normally a blatantly Christian rock album wouldn't be something I had a lot of interest in, but over the years... See full review

In 1970 Thomas Bacon, Robert Cowart, Donald Haas, Arthur Krehbiel, Ervin Monroe, Robert Pangborn, Dennis Smith and Sam Tundo were all members of The Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The eight were apparently all bitten by the rock and roll bug, deciding to... See full review

As an avid vinyl collector, the late Jimmy Curtiss is one of those names I've regularly come across in association with different groups including The Bag, The Jon Bartle Group, The Hobbits, Velvet Night, etc.. He's also one of those rock enigmas -... See full review

Maybe not a great album, but as one of the first used LPs I ever bought, this one holds a special place in my collecting heart.

The Hobbits (and the New Hobbits) were the brainchild of the late Jimmy Curtiss (aka James Stulberger). Born and raised... See full review

In the wake of marginal sales of their debut album and a disastorous showcase performance at New York's Fillmore East, Aorta was dropped by Columbia Records. Drummer Billy Harman and bassist Bobby Jones quickly left. Jim Donlinger and Jim Nyeholt ... See full review

The debut LP offered up a decent enough slice of blues-rock and to be truthful, I wasn't expecting much more from 1969's "The Battle of North West Six". Judging by the liner notes and performance credits (former lead guitarist Spit Jones showed up on... See full review

Not to be confused with the Ohio-based One St. Steven, this Boston, Massachusetts-based outfit was one of those mystery acts nobody seemed to know all that much about. While some references refer to it as a band, 1969's "Over the Hills" was actually... See full review

This one was a complete mystery to me. I readily admit I bought if for the odd title and the fact it was released by Playboy Records. I found a couple of brief on-line reviews, but naturally they were both in Japanese so they didn't do me much good.... See full review