Category Archives: Q-U
STEVE & MARIA (GARDNER)
A Better Day (Fourmost FM7124) 1972 If you get just one Steve & Maria album make it this one. A Better Day is a surprisingly outing, a good half the songs giving you the guy/gal folk-pop duo of … Continue reading
Filed under (USA), 1972, A Better Day, FM7124, FourMost, STEVE & MARIA (GARDNER)
SOLID AIR
Take A Little Interest (Rio/Banana 500) 1980 UK * Producer I. A. J. Twydell’s fingerprints are all over this wonderful British foursome’s custom lp. Solid Air’s style contains elements of several Twydell projects: particularly the driving keyboard rock … Continue reading
Filed under (UK), 1980, 500, Rio/Banana, SOLID AIR, Take A Little Interest
SO CONFUSING AND SO VERY CLEAR
So Confusing And So Very Clear (CFC 19776) 1976 UK * Another lovely homemade British electric folk obscurity. The delicate male/female unison vocals, gentle acoustic guitar and overall dreamy presentation give these folks an edge similar to 11:59. … Continue reading
Filed under (UK), 1976, 19776, CFC, So Confusing And So Very Clear, SO CONFUSING AND SO VERY CLEAR
RISING HOPE (OH)
Where The Song Comes From (no label 8064N2) 1978 Top-rate second custom lp of gentle folkrock tunes, mostly originals. Pretty simple sound, but it’s the catchy melodies, creativity, beautiful arrangements (including some nice flute, mandolin, violin) and the … Continue reading
Filed under (USA), 1978, 8064N2, no label, RISING HOPE (OH), Where The Song Comes From
RISING HOPE (OH)
Farewell To The Shadowlands (no label LP S 726) 1975 Besides coming up with one of the coolest album titles of all time (taken from the final chapter in C. S. Lewis’ ‘The Chronicles Of Narnia’), the Cincinnati … Continue reading
Filed under (USA), 1975, Farewell To The Shadowlands, LP S 726, no label, RISING HOPE (OH)
SHEKINAH (EDEN)
Shekinah (Eden EDN-104) 1982 The stunningly beautiful spacey music of Shekinah (Paul McKenzie and Bruce Labadie) would seem to have come from another world. Seldom has an acoustic duo resounded with such depth and mysterious beauty, with wind … Continue reading
SHEKINAH (OR)
Today’s The Day (Sands Of Time S-5046) 1979 Five guys from Estacada, Oregon playing decent middle-ground rock with a twinge of rural sentiment. Electric guitar leads here and there, plus a good deal of phased rhythm guitar. Soaring … Continue reading
Filed under (USA), 1979, S-5046, Sands Of Time, SHEKINAH (OR), Today's The Day
STUART & SANDY CAVE
Dawn On Sunday (Profile GMOR 143) 1977 UK * With their vibrant British folk/acoustic style, Stuart and Sandy Cave would have fit perfectly on the This Side Of The River compilation from the same label. Dawn On Sunday … Continue reading
Filed under (UK), 1977, Dawn On Sunday, GMOR 143, Profile, STUART & SANDY CAVE
SHEKINA GLORY
Have You Considered (IGL 6045N1) 1976 Very impressive custom obscurity from five-guy two-girl outfit scoring high with their mix of dreamy mysterious folk/psych, hard rock and west-coast rural rock. Some really breathtaking moments here. One listen to powerful … Continue reading
Filed under (USA), 1976, 6045N1, Have You Considered, IGL, SHEKINA GLORY
SHARONS, THE
Someone To Turn To (Emblem JDR 325) 1970 UK* In the Greenbelt Live! booklet Malcolm Dony gives a brief history of the British contemporary Christian music scene. The earliest groups utilized the post-Mersey pop style known as “beat … Continue reading
