UK Underground 1971 – 1976 vol. 3

 

UK Underground 1971 – 1976 trEs

 

  

 

ONE BELOW THE BELOW

 

 

Those were great days, when intellectuals as well as rawk’n’rollers would be billed for the same show.  I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was the time also of the big festivals where the major acts would appear on the main stage and you had to saunter off to one of the side stages to see the real goodies/Gods.

This time we’ll start with the bonus track as we have a freebie attached to the whole caboodle.

THE FREEBIE:  Many Are Called, But Few Get Up 

In 1975 three Americans decided to visit London - legendary guitarist John Cipollina (Quicksilver Messenger Service), equally legendary guitarist Barry “The Fish” Melton (Country Joe & The Fish) and Country Joe McDonald himself.

As the Welsh band MAN knew Cipollina from their spring 1975 US tour where he had turned up unexpectedly at one of their rehearsals and jammed with them, they invited him to guest on shows of their “Maximum Darkness” tour. Consequently, he rehearsed with them for a week and soon was on stage with Micky Jones (g), Deke Leonard (g), Martin Ace (b) and Terry Williams (dr). The gig at London’s Roundhouse was recorded and despite the fact that some of Cipollina’s guitar parts have been erroneously erased, the recording remains a valuable document of Anglo-American Rock music of the 70s. 

 The rumour goes that Cipollina had had the complete two-hour show taped by somebody in the audience and that this recording is part of the hours and hours of live recordings known as “The Cipollina Tapes”.

Melton and Country Joe also appeared on the same bill as MAN, performing solo and duo acoustic sets.

 

01. bonus track:  STARRY EYED & LAUGHING     Miles Away (1973 - from the Alternate Strategy Session) 

02. INDIAN SUMMER     Emotions Of Men (1971 [Indian Summer])

03. TONTON MACOUTE     Natural High Part I/Natural High Part II (1971 [Tonton Macoute])

04. SPRING     Golden Fleece (1971 [Spring])

05. CRUSHED BUTLER     My Son’s Alive (1971 [unreleased])

06. GROUNDHOGS     Promiscuity (1976 [Crosscut Saw])  

07. KHAN     Hollow Stone (1972 [Space Shanty])

08. CARAVAN     Chiefs And Indians (1976 [Blind Dog At St. Dunstans])

09. HATFIELD AND THE NORTH     Mumps (1975 [The Rotters’ Club)

10. EGG     Wring Out The Ground (Loosely Now) (1974 [The Civil Surface]) 

 

 

 

 

UK UNDERGROUND 1971 - 1976 2

 

 

 UK UNDERGROUND 1971 - 1976 vol. 2

ONE YARD BELOW ZERO

It’s numero doS of the UK Underground series.

Yeah, well, as we are at it, let’s go for another slice of UK Underground Music.

I hope you dig it. Those were very adventurous days, and the bands were musically demanding and musically skilled. The arrangements were often complex, but the composers never lost that feel for accessibility. Great days!

 

 

 

01. TUCKY BUZZARD     Which Way, When For Why (1972 [Warm Slash]) 

02. GRAIL     Grail (1971 [Grail])

03. STARRY EYED & LAUGHING     One Foot In The Boat (1975 [Thought Talk])

04. CHARGE     Soldiers (1973 [Charge])  

05. STACK WADDY     Meat Pies ‘Ave Come But Band’s Not ‘Ere Yet  (1972 [Bugger Off!])

06. DOCTORS OF MADNESS     Mainlines (1976 [Late Night Movies, All Night Brainstorms])

07. KINGDOM COME     City Melody (1972 [Kingdom Come])

08. HATFIELD & THE NORTH     Rifferama (1974 [Hatfield & The North])

09. SLAPP HAPPY     Mr. Rainbow (1974 [Slapp Happy])

10. BACHDENKEL     Strangerstill (You Leave Me)  (1973 [Lemmings])

11. TRACTOR     Everytime It Happens (1972 [Tractor])  

12. JERUSALEM     Hooded Eagle (1972 [Jerusalem])

13. bonus track:  SKIN ALLEY     Big Brother Is Watching You (1970 [To Pagham And Beyond])

 

 And the link to the music is

https://archive.org/details/uk-underground-dos

UK UNDERGROUND 1971 - 1976

 

THIRTEEN INCHES DOWN 

 

 UK UNDERGROUND 1971 - 1976

 

Recently I rediscovered early to mid-70s Rock due to talks with friends. It still does a lot for me, the music as well as the talks.

Here’s compilation number one. More are ready and to follow. 

 

The tracklist for UNO is:

 

1. STARRY EYED & LAUGHING - Everybody (1974 [Starry Eyed & Laughing])

2. COCHISE - Another Day (1971 [Swallow Tales])

3. CURVED AIR - Easy (1973 [Air Cut])

4. DOCTORS OF MADNESS - Suicide City (1976 [Figments Of Emancipation])

5. PINK FAIRIES - When’s The Fun Begin? (1973 [Kings Of Oblivion])

6. SKIN ALLEY - Bad Words And Evil People (1972 [Two Quid Deal])

7. HOOKFOOT - In Many Ways (You’re So Beautiful) (1973 [Roaring])

8. KINGDOM COME - Sunrise (1971 [Galactic Zoo Dossier])

9. KILBURN AND THE HIGH-ROADS - The Mumble Rumble And The Cocktail Rock (1975 [Handsome])

10. THE WINKIES - Twilight Masquerade (1975 [The Winkies])

11. BECKETT - Rolling Thunder (1974 [Beckett])

12. THIRD WORLD WAR - Hammersmith Guerilla (1973 [Third World War II])

13. bonus track:  THE HAMMERSMITH GORILLAS - You Really Got Me (1974 [7”])

 

 

And the link to the music is

https://archive.org/details/uk-underground-1