Beards & Denim: Heavy Rock 68 to 79

This download is a selection of heavy rock from between 1968 & 1979. It was put together by The Loftmonkey in one of his more ‘rock’ moments and he's even included some notes & comments on each of the songs. There's some real classics on here as well as some lesser known songs so time to grow yourself a beard, get the denim on, stick your thumbs in your belt loops and start to rock.

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Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Everything I Need - Tiger B. Smith (Germany 1972)

Power trio from Frankfurt heavy on riffs & hair but light on subtlety. Taken from their seminal debut produced by the legendary Dieter Dierks.

02) T.N.U.C. - Grand Funk Railroad (USA 1975)

Live offering from Detroit's finest. Unashamed crotch-thrusting, foot-on-the-monitors rock. For more on Grand Funk, consult your school library.

03) Ain't Gonna Take No More - Highway Robbery (USA 1972)

Obscure trio from their sole album. Nice wailing vocals.

04) Searching For A New Dimension - Mariani (USA 1970)

Even-more-obscure Texas power trio. From their 1970 unreleased acetate.

05) Hard Rain Fallin' - Sir Lord Baltimore (USA 1970)

Legendary New York trio rocking out. Taken from their debut album "Kingdom Come" famous for the fact that a 1971 review contained the first documented use of the term "heavy metal" to refer to a style of music.

06) Shot Down In Flames - AC/DC (Australia 1979)

From "Highway To Hell"...

07) Persecution - Third Power (USA 1968)

It seems that Detroit skipped psychedelia & went straight from garage rock to heavy rock (Stooges, MC5, Grand Funk etc.). In 1968 when most bands were folking themselves silly & putting flowers in things, bands like Third Power were turning their Marshalls up to 11 & rocking (as they say) out.

08) I'm A Man - The Yellow Payges (USA 1972)

LA heavy garage rock outfit with some wild psychedelic guitar shenanigans.

09) One Eyed Jacks With Moustaches - Slade (UK 1977)

The Black Country's finest rock out in the year of Punk. Kipper tie, Noddy?

10) Do It - Pink Fairies (UK 1971)

Debut release by freakrock/festival legends formed from the ashes of Mick Farren's Deviants.

11) White Lace & Strange - Thunder & Roses (USA 1968)

Philadelphia power trio from their sole album issued in 1968. This track was covered by Nirvana for a radio session in the late 1980's.

12) Brighton Rock - Queen (UK 1974)

Before they became awful, Queen could occasionally rock with the best of 'em as evidenced on this opening track to "Sheer Heart Attack". [Ernest's Note: This album was the first ever record I really wanted. Shame, as you say, they became shit.]

13) Summertime Blues - Blue Cheer (USA 1968)

The god-like genius of Blue Cheer's debut album "Vincebus Eruptum" should never be underplayed. Named after a brand of acid, the San Francisco trio's take on Eddie Cochrane's standard captures their style perfectly. Guitarist Leigh Stephens claimed in a 1980's interview that he hadn't actually taken acid... he was lying (as evidenced during the middle part of the song... “Snap out of it Leigh, ya trippin' fool!!!”).

14) It Couldn't Be Me - Power Of Zeus (USA 1970)

Back to Detroit again for a slice of heavy pysch from their sole release.

15) Angeline - Genesis [USA] (USA 1969)

One-off single release by US rockers Genesis who had nothing to do with Phil Collins (mercifully).

16) Bad Woman - Speed, Glue & Shinki (Japan 1972)

Thoroughly unhinged power trio from Japan who named themselves after their favourite drugs (apart from guitarist Shinki Chen who named himself after, um... himself). Taken from their self-titled second & final album.

17) Sweet Leaf - Black Sabbath (UK 1971)

How else to finish? All hail Black Sabbath. From their third album "Master Of Reality".

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Ernest's Adventures In Space

I had a dream about Hawkwind the other night (nothing sexual you'll be glad to hear) so I decided to put together a new collection/mix of space rock. Most of the tracks are fairly recent but there's some older stuff as well (Monkey 3, Porcupine Tree). Most of the songs aren't straight up space rock but they have more of a stoner'ish feel, think bands like 35007. It's all pretty cosmic though so I hope you enjoy it. I've mixed the tracks together and it should fit onto a blank CD.

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Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Dead Man In Space (Edit) [Øresund Space Collective] (from Dead Man In Space)
02) Black & White [Vibravoid] (from Void Vibration)
03) Salted Earth [Verma] (from Salted Earth)
04) Orbit Tag [Spaceship Landing] (from Spaceship Landing)
05) Signify [Porcupine Tree] (from Signify)
06) Electrovoid [Vibravoid] (from Void Vibration)
07) Dead [White Hills] (from White Hills)
08) The Traveller [Secret Saucer] (from Element 115)
09) Make Yourself Heard For The Sake Of The World [First Band From Outer Space] (from We're Only In It For The Space Rock)
10) Night Encounter (Edit) [Secret Saucer] (from Tri-Angle Waves)
11) Portrait Of A Distant Look [Lüger] (from Lüger)
12) Electric Mistress [Monkey 3] (from Monkey 3)
13) Moonjuice [Radar Men From The Moon] (from Intergalactic Dada & Space Trombones)
14) Brain-Massage [Mother-Unit] (from Brain Massage)
15) Balsem Voor De Oren [Het Droste Effect] (from Het Droste Effect)
16) Slip Into The Vortex (Edit) [Øresund Space Collective] (from Slip Into The Vortex)

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Hawkwind - Kinetic Playground (Live 71)

Here's another live show from Hawkwind. This one was recorded in Birmingham, England on the 6th of December 1971 and was released as a bootleg called Kinetic Playground. This is a crowd recording so the sound quality isn't perfect.

Hawkwind are an English rock band that formed in November 1969 by singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Brock. Over the years since they formed there have been many different lineups and dozens of musicians have played with the group, including people like Ginger Baker, Lemmy, Tim Blake and the author Michael Moorcock.

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Here's the band lineup...
Dave Brock: Guitar & Vocals
Nik Turner: Flute & Vocals
Twink: Drums
Lemmy: Bass & Vocals
DikMik: Audio Generator
Del Dettmar: Synthesiser
Bob Calvert: Voice

and the tracklisting (256kbps)...
01) Technicians Of Spaceship Earth
02) You Shouldn't Do That
03) The Awakening
04) You Know You're Only Dreaming
05) Spirit Of The Age
06) Master Of The Universe
07) Paranoia
08) Earth Calling
09) Silver Machine
10) Welcome
11) Born To Go
12) Jam

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Hawkwind - Space Rock From London (Live 72)

I love Hawkwind. No pissing about with changing musical directions or trying to make a more money-friendly sound, just straight up cosmic space rock. There is so much good stuff to choose from I didn't know where to start so instead of me doing a compilation I'll post up this live recording. It is a BBC Live In Concert recording of a show from 28 September 1972 in the Paris Theatre, London. I'll be posting up another live show from Hawkwind in the next couple of days so don't forget to check back.

Hawkwind are an English rock band that formed in November 1969 by singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Brock. Over the years since they formed there have been many different lineups and dozens of musicians have played with the group, including people like Ginger Baker, Lemmy, Tim Blake and the author Michael Moorcock.

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The lineup for the show was...
Dave Brock - Guitar & Vocals
Nik Turner - Saxophone, Flute, Vocals
Lemmy - Bass Guitar & Vocals
Dik Mik Davies - Synthesizer
Del Dettmar - Synthesizer
Simon King - Drums
Stacia – Announcements & Huge Breasts
Andy Dunkley – Announcements

Here's the tracklisting (256kbps)...
01) Born To Go
02) Seven By Seven
03) Brainstorm
04) Master Of The Universe
05) Paranoia
06) Silver Machine

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Space Rock Collection

Time for a bit of classic space rock & this compilation features 20 tracks from a number of different artists. It has all the main protagonists of the genre, including Hawkwind, Pink Floyd, Gong & Steve Hillage to name a few. I have already posted details for some of the bands here so if you want to you can download more of their music. Anyway I suggest you now sit back & relax in your favourite armchair with a smoke of your choice, stick your headphones on & enjoy this trip into the outer reaches of a psychedelic galaxy.

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Here's the tracklisting (256 or 320kbps)...
01) R-Complex [Farflung]
02) Master Builder [Gong]
03) Vision Quest [Bedouin]
04) Wolf City [Amon Düül II]
05) Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear In Smoke) [Hawkwind]
06) I-Mantra [Hidria Spacefolk]
07) Time Center [Michael Moorcocks Deep Fix]
08) Basiculo Ad Cunnum [35007]
09) Searching For The Spark [Steve Hillage]
10) The Nile Song [Pink Floyd]
11) Slo Blo [Pressurehead]
12) Contrapuntal Interstellar Radars [Conrad Schnitzler]
13) Tribal Elders [Nick Riff]
14) Destroy The Mothership [Litmus]
15) There's One [Gas Giant]
16) Kick Muck [Ozric Tentacles]
17) Red Sun In June [Causa Sui]
18) Trains [Harrold Juana]
19) Aphrodite [Nebula]
20) Third From The Sun [Chrome]

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Farflung

Farflung are a space rock band hailing from the United States. If you're a fan of groups like Hawkwind then this lot is definitely for you, it's space rock for the 21st century. You can also check out their myspace page.

Click here to watch the video for Endless Drifting Wreck from the new album (on YouTube). It's a brainmelter!



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Discography
(1995) 25,000 Feet Per Second
(1996) The Raven That Ate The Moon
(1997) So Many Minds, So Little Time
(1998) The Belief Module
(1999) The Myth Of Solid Ground
(2002) 9 Pin Body
(2002) When Science Fails
(2008) A Wound In Eternity
Their current album, "A Wound In Eternity" is available from www.stonerrock.com and www.allthatisheavy.com.

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Solar Electric (from 25,000 Feet Per Second)
02) R-Complex (from A Wound In Eternity)
03) The Day Of St Anthony's Fire (from The Belief Module)
04) See You Up There (from So Many Minds, So Little Time)
05) Unborn Planet (from A Wound In Eternity)
06) The Nation (from When Science Fails)
07) Prototype Of A Traveller (from The Myth Of Solid Ground)
08) Don't Forget To Breathe (from 25,000 Feet Per Second)
09) Candied Electronic Atmospheres/Alius Orbis (from The Raven That Ate The Moon)
10) Visions Of Infinity (from So Many Minds, So Little Time)
11) The Belief Module (from The Belief Module)
12) Endless Drifting Wreck (from A Wound In Eternity)
13) 9 Pin Body (from 9 Pin Body)
14) Those Clouds Are Solid (from The Myth Of Solid Ground)
15) Like It Has Never Been (from A Wound In Eternity)
16) The Way The Sky Is (from So Many Minds, So Little Time)
17) Hot Fluffy Mind (from 25,000 Feet Per Second)
18) World Within A World (from The Belief Module)

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Weedeater

This is a collection of tracks from a band called Weedeater. They're pretty much a mix of stoner rock and sludge/doom metal but they have a definite bit of crust punk as well. Not the most upbeat of bands but if you like this kind of thing then they're definitely worth hearing (especially the track Alone... I love that song :). Weedeater formed in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1997 and have released three full length albums.

In April 2007, the band signed on to the Southern Lord record label.

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Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Tuesday Night [from ...And Justice For Y'all]
02) Free [from ...And Justice For Y'all]
03) Hungry Jack [from ...And Justice For Y'all]
04) Calico [from ...And Justice For Y'all]
05) #86 [from ...And Justice For Y'all]
06) Potbelly [from Sixteen Tons]
07) Time Served [from Sixteen Tons]
08) No. 3 [from Sixteen Tons]
09) Woe's Me [from Sixteen Tons]
10) Lines [from Sixteen Tons]
11) Wizard Fight [from God Luck & Good Speed]
12) Alone [from God Luck & Good Speed]
13) $20 Peanut [from God Luck & Good Speed]
14) It Is What It Is [from God Luck & Good Speed]
15) Gimme Back My Bullets [from God Luck & Good Speed]

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Stoner Rock Collection

Here's a compilation of some of the Stoner Rock bands I've been listening to lately. Most of it is your standard big riffs, bass heavy stoner rock but there's also a bit of sludge/doom for your listening pleasure.

According to wikipedia stoner rock and stoner metal are interchangeable terms describing sub-genres of rock and heavy metal music. It combines elements of psychedelic rock, blues-rock and doom metal. Stoner rock is typically slow-to-mid tempo and features low-tuned guitars, a bass-heavy sound, melodic vocals, and 'retro' production. The genre emerged during the early 1990s and was pioneered foremost by the Californian bands Kyuss and Sleep.

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NOTE :
All tracks are 320kbps except 14/25 (192kbps) & 19/22 (256kbps)
Here's the tracklisting...
01) Thumb [Kyuss]
02) Retrosky [Celstial Season]
03) Burning Beard [Clutch]
04) Giant [The Atomic Bitchwax]
05) Here Falls The Shadow [sHEAVY]
06) Eye [Witch]
07) From Hell [The Plight]
08) Nineteen [Karma To Burn]
09) Omega Glory [Dozer]
10) California Queen [Wolfmother]
11) Phase 1&2 [Blowback]
12) Sin's A Good Man's Brother [Monster Magnet]
13) Chemical Lady [Sasquatch]
14) King Of Mean [Halfway To Gone]
15) Vinum Sabbathi [Electric Wizard]
16) Imperial Lagerblayde [Motherboar]
17) They Come Back (Harvest Of Skulls) [Orange Goblin]
18) July [Slo Burn]
19) Ride With The Devil [Buddha Sentenza]
20) Redwood Blues [Spiritual Beggars]
21) Cold Cut [Slut Sister]
22) Aphrodite [Nebula]
23) Vat 69 [Greenleaf]
24) Super Computer [The Atomic Bitchwax]
25) Glen Zappa [Electric Magma]
26) Dragonaut [Sleep]
27) The Sleeping Assasin [sHEAVY]
28) Cherry Red [Earthless]
29) Thirty Four [Karma To Burn]
30) Soul Of Fire [Witch]
31) The Flood [Dozer]
32) Rapture Of Riddley Walker [Clutch]
33) Woman [Wolfmother]
34) Asteroid [Kyuss]
35) Visions Of Gehenna [Black Pyramid]

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35007

I only heard 35007 for the first time just before Christmas and they've already made it into my 'one of the best bands ever' list. Going by the enigmatic code name 35007 ("loose" spelled upside down), Dutch musicians Mark Sponselee (guitar, bass, drums, synths, effects), Bertus Fridael (guitar), Michel Boekhoudt (bass), and Sander Evers (drums) perform ambient trance-groove music of a predominantly instrumental design. Secretive by nature, the group rarely performs live, and when it does, it’s usually with the help of a visual specialist to provide a truly multimedia and multi-sensory experience. They're kind of a mix of Hawkwind, Earth & System 7... and very, very good if you like your music cosmic ;)

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Discography
(1994) Especially For You
(1997) 35007
(1999) Especially For You (Re-Issue)
(2001) Sea Of Tranquility EP
(2002) Liquid
(2005) Phase V
These were all released on the German label Stickman Records.

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Herd (from 35007)
02) Undo (from 35007)
03) Powertruth (from 35007)
04) Zandbak (from Especially For You [Re-Issue])
05) Cosmic Messenger (from Especially For You [Re-Issue])
06) Basiculo Ad Cunnum (from Especially For You [Re-Issue])
07) Artificial Intelligence (from Sea Of Tranquility EP)
08) Evaporate (from Liquid)
09) 23 32 (from Phase V)
10) 06 18 (from Phase V)

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Five Horse Johnson

Five Horse Johnson are a five piece blues/southern rock band from Ohio in the US. They play a combination of standard blues & southern rock with a little stoner style thrown in for good measure. They're not breaking any new musical boundaries but if you like some good stomping blues rock then you should definitely give them a listen.

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Discography
(1996) Blues For Henry
(1997) Double Down
(1998) Fat Black Pussy Cat
(2000) No. 6 Dance
(2003) Last Men On Earth
(2006) The Mystery Spot

* All the above albums are on Small Stone Recordings and are available in their online store.

Here's the tracklisting...
01) Let Me In
02) Sermons In The Yard
03) Wishing Well
from Blues For Henry (320kbps)

04) Downstone Blues
05) Roll With You
06) Submission [Sex Pistols cover]
from Double Down (192kbps)

07) Lightning When I Need
08) Bleachin' Bones
09) Dead Language
from Fat Black Pussy Cat (192kbps)

10) Spillin' Fire
11) Shine Around
12) Buzzard Luck
from No. 6 Dance (192kbps)

13) Soul Digger
14) Blood Don't Pay
15) Love 2 Lose
from Last Men On Earth (256kbps)

16) The Mystery Spot
17) Of Ditch Diggers & Drowning Men
18) Keep Your Prize
19) The Ballad Of Sister Ruth
20) I Can't Shake It
from The Mystery Spot (320kbps)

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Doomriders

Another collection of stoner rock for you. This time it's Doomriders from Salem, Massachusetts. I saw them last year and a good time was had by all (How do you find Will Smith after an avalanche? Just look for the Fresh Prints). They've got a few releases out and are currently signed to Deathwish Inc., an independent label from the US.

DISCOGRAPHY
* Black Thunder (August 2005)
* Live from the middle east 7" (2006/2007)
* Not Of This World EP [Split With Coliseum] (2006/2007)
* Long Hair and Tights (2xCD) Split with Boris (2007)
* Tour 7" Split with Disfear (2008)
Note: All the above CD links are to Deathwish but the albums should be also available from Amazon.

Here's a collection of tracks from their Black Thunder album
(variable bitrate mp3 - approx. 256kbps)...
Black Thunder / Deathbox / The Chase / The Long Walk / The Whipcrack / Worthless

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The Plight

Well seeing as I've found myself listening to lots of stoner music recently here's a sample of a band called The Plight. I went down to Brighton to see them last year (on the strength of hearing 1 track [Ball & Chain]) and they were fucking excellent.
Take some Thin Lizzy, add a little Black Sabbath and mix with some current UK hardcore and you should get the idea. I think they've only released one EP (just 6 tracks unfortunately) called Black Summer but if you like this selection you should buy the whole album. I just hope they get back in the studio and release a full album. If you get a chance to see them live I recommend it :)
Tracks (320kbps mp3)...
Ball & Chain / Clarendon / Lifestyle / Pull The Trigger

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