Набрёл сегодня на Музей прогрессивного рока и прото-прогрессива. Хранилище статей и рецензий - скромное. Оформление сайта тоже не напичкано технологическими изысками, но содержание сайта неплохое. Думаю, что он вполне может пригодиться в качестве дополнительного справочного материала. В целом авт
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The Strange are from Olympia, WA close to the Canadian border. With a touch of westcoast music and lots of Mothers of Invention influences, this album is really something special. As special as The Spoils Of War and as complex as Time and Think Dog, with Frank Zappa style wah-wah guitar, great vocals, piano, effects, some horns, and a well-balanced mixture of heavy psych guitar tracks and twisted underground folk tunes. If you think the first Spoils O
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New West Records LLC is an eleven year old, wholly independent record label distributed in the United States by RED Distribution. With offices in Los Angeles, Athens, GA and Austin TX, the company is staffed by a unique blend of music and business specialists.
The label has had numerous releases debut in the Billboard Top 200 and boasts a number of Grammy Aaward winning artists and releases including Dwight Yoakam, Steve Earle, Rickie Lee Jones, Kris Kristofferson and Delbert McClinton. In addition, the roster includes Ben Lee, Buddy & Julie Mille
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"The debut from this Oregon-based reggae band shows lots of promise. It's got that slightly ragged, self-released sound about it, but all the necessary ingredients are there: intelligent, often funny lyrics, hooky melodies, ponderous basslines. The Toyes' signature tune seems to be the whimsical "Two Joints" ("I smoke two joints in times of peace/And two in times of war/I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints/And then I smoke two more"). It begins the program, and the album ends with two more versions, one in Spanish and one in French. In between there's a spectacular reggae version of "Freebird" and a hilarious sendup of the old novelty tune "Monster Mash," rewritten and
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Очень даже всё было бы неплохо, если убрать современное звучание инструментов, особенно ударных. Трек-лист диска включает кавер-версии извеcтных песен: 01. Eleanor Rigby (7:02) 02. I Wish (5:45) 03. Ben Zeppelin (0:51) 04. Black Dog (6:20) 05. Pastime Paradise (8:01) 06. Uncle Ho's Benz (0:40) 07. Mercedes Benz (6:23) 08. Over The Rainforest (0:36) 09. Move Over (6:59) 10. Whole Lotta Love (5:15) 11. Redemption Song (5:27) 12. Sunshine Of Your Love (4:44) 13. In A Gadda Da Vida (5:22) 14. Topkapi (0:43) 15. Come Together (5:47) ... Читать дальше »
