[Hidden Rarities #21] Charisma (USA)
Charisma were an American Progressive Rock/Psychedelic Rock group from the late ‘60s and early 70s. Charisma came from diverging roots emanating from 3 directions. The core of Charisma was Rich…
[Hidden Rarities # 20] Iron Maiden (1970)
Iron Maiden, which has nothing to do with the well-known Metallers, were an English band formed in Basildon, near London, taking their name from the Iron Maiden, a medieval instrument…
[Hidden Rarities # 19] Olive (Jap)
The band Olive was active in the mid-’70s, releasing only a rare LP, “First Album” on Studio-3 Records in 1976, which has never been reissued. According to the sleeve notes…
[Hidden Rarities #18] Riff Raff
Riff Raff was an English band born in 1972 from an idea of keyboardist Tommy Eyre, who became famous for arranging the organ parts in the Beatles cover “Whit A…
[Hidden Rarities #17] I Giganti – Terra In Bocca
It is in fact an act of courage, a strong accusation against the Mafia for the water war in parched Sicily. The story of two young lovers is intertwined with…
[Hidden Rarities #16] Fuzzy Duck: Heavy-Prog Holy Grail and the 500-Copy Myth of 1971
In the fog-bound, organ-drenched cellars of London circa 1970, a seismic sound was taking shape. As the late-1960s Psychedelic Blues scene splintered, a heavier, more technically demanding strain of Rock…
[Hidden Rarities #15] Bead Game
Bead Game was a band from Cambridge in Massachusetts, USA. They formed at the end of the 60s and immediately a good live activity started in the local area, especially…
[Hidden Rarities #14] Mother Superior (UK)
Mother Superior, besides being a rare and qualitatively beautiful Prog album, has the characteristic of being a group made up only of women. The album was produced in a period…
[Hidden Rarities #13] Sustain
Sustain is a little known Dutch Progressive Rock band, whose story begins in the mid-1970s and continues until its dissolution in 1982. The group formed in 1976 as a quartet…
Hidden Rarities #12: Titus Groan — The Jazz-Rock Epic Among the Spires of Gormenghast
England, 1969. In the vast tapestry of early Seventies British Progressive Rock, there are threads that shine with an intense but fleeting light — destined to be rediscovered only decades…