MarkSmith

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  • Submit Date: 8/7/2008
  • Format: Cassette
  • Category: Theme

Rockets: Original Artyfacts from the "Loud & Hard" Era (1968-1979) - Discs 1 & 2 (of 6)

Side A
Artist Song
UFO  Silver Bird [UFO 2: Flying - One Hour Space Rock, 1971] 
Night Sun  Come Down [Mournin', 1972] 
Silverhead  16 and Savaged [16 and Savaged,1973] 
High Tide  Futilist's Lament [Sea Shanties, 1969] 
Bedemon  Serpent Venom [1971 / Child of Darkness: From the Original Master Tapes, 2006] 
Speed, Glue & Shinki  Stoned Out of My Mind [Eve, 1971] 
Ursa Major  Sinner [Ursa Major, 1972] 
Hairy Chapter  It Must Be an Officer's Daughter [Can't Get Through, 1971] 
Euclid  She's Gone [Heavy Equipment, 1970] 
Oda  How Do You Feel [Oda, 1973] 
George Brigman  Jungle Rot [Jungle Rot, 1975] 
Groundhogs  Cherry Red [Split, 1971] 
Coloured Balls  Human Being [Ball Power, 1973] 
Dust  From a Dry Camel [Dust, 1971] 
Side B
ArtistSongBuy
Captain Beyond  Dancing Madly Backwards (On a Sea of Air) [Captain Beyond, 1972] 
The Third Power  Gettin' Together [Believe, 1970] 
Gomorrha  O p e n ing of the Sealed Book [I Turned to See Whose Voice It Was, 1972] 
Pentagram  Be Forewarned [1972 / First Daze Here: The Vintage Collection, 2002] 
Edgar Broughton Band  Why Can't Somebody Love Me [Wasa Wasa, 1969] 
Blue Cheer  Just a Little Bit [Outsideinside, 1968] 
Orang-Utan  Magic Playground [Orang-Utan, 1970] 
Bull Angus  No Cream for the Mad [Bull Angus, 1971] 
Boomerang  Cynthia Fever [Boomerang, 1971] 
Dragonfly  Blue Monday [Dragonfly, 1970] 
Simply Saucer  Here Come the Cyborgs, Pt. 2 [1975 / Cyborgs Revisited, 1989] 
Hard Stuff  Time Gambler (Rodney) [Bulletproof, 1972] 
Pax  Storyless Junkie [May God and Your Will Land You and Your Soul Miles Away, 1970] 
Trettiosriga Kriget  Kaledoniska Orogenesen [Trettiosriga Kriget, 1974] 
Legs Diamond  Evil [A Diamond Is a Hard Rock, 1977] 
Yesterday's Children  Hunter's Moon [Yesterday's Children, 1969] 

Comment:

Well, this is it, a 6 disc "box-set" compiling the different ways a band in the 70s could be "hard & loud". You'll find straight-ahead 70s rockers, hard-psych goodies, a bit of proto-metal, good ol' doom, power trios, deliciously hard prog-rock, pre-NWOBHM rawkness, Deep Purple-ish shadings, Sabbath overtones, self-pressed obscurities... and most importantly, picks from all over the globe (well, not really, mainly US & UK, with a few artists from countries such as Australia, Japan, Germany, Greece and Belgium). I beg your pardon if you don't find a particular song or artist.

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njr
Date: 8/7/2008
Oh, yeah! THIS was heavy metal before it got homogenized in the music factories. Looking forward to the next disks in this series.
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vandaleyes
Date: 8/7/2008
Great idea! I haven't heard a lot of these, but I really like the Simply Saucer album.
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Rob Conroy
Date: 8/7/2008
This is fuckin' amazing. Seriously. Is there a link available for this?
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musicgnome
Date: 8/7/2008
Awesome! And, to think there are 4 Discs to come! I'm all a-tingle.
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anthony lombardi
Date: 8/7/2008
some really great stuff here - can't wait for the next four discs
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doowad
Date: 8/7/2008
No pardon to beg of anyobdy, fantastic overview. Will there be a d/l forthcoming?
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MarkSmith
Date: 8/7/2008
yes, the post with discs 5 & 6 will hopefully come with d/l links for all the set :)
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Barrydali
Date: 8/8/2008
Holy moly, this is something else.
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p the swede
Date: 8/9/2008
trettiosriga kriget!!!
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2old2matter
Date: 8/10/2008
Amazing. While I was alive and somewhat awake during this period, I'm embarrased to say that I'm unfamiliar with many of these artists. Will look forward to the d/l.
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Vlad the Accountant
Date: 8/11/2008
Mind-blowingly heavy. Bring on the next four!
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Mixxer
Date: 11/14/2008
Like everybody else, I have to say "> This looks really well done.