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For Asgard

Asgard

For Asgard wv

Previously unreleased heavy acid-rock / proto-prog album from 1972!

Asgard (initially known as Osgoode, named after the street where Blue Cheer had their headquarter) was a San Francisco band featuring ace guitar player Bob Hardy (a veteran of many Bay Area bands since the early 60s) and Jake ‘Gelon’ Lau (Gideon & Power, Mary McCreary, Tribe…) on electric violin and vocals.
This is their lost album, registered at Roy Chen Recorders in 1972, now released for the first time.

“For Asgard” features nine original tracks, perfectly recorded and played, dominated by Bob Hardy’s outstanding fuzzy lead guitar and the cool touch of Gelon’s Lau electrified violin that recalls UK prog-psych bands like the similar named Asgærd or High Tide at times.

Hard to believe that such a pro-recorded, top quality album like this was never released at the time. After playing a celebrated free concert at the Provo Park in Berkeley alongside bands like Mother Cat and Summerhill, the band slowly disintegrated.

Download card includes one studio track from the same album sessions plus three raw rehearsal tracks.

Galaxis

1974 - Galaxis

Galaxis, a hidden gem in the German heavy rock scene,

dropped a killer single in 1974 with a

high-voltage reissue.

“We were mainly inspired by Uriah Heep, Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple”

Tiger B. Smith

1974 - We’re The Tiger Bunch (LHC118) wv

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Formed

1972, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany

Members

Holger Schmidt (vocals, guitar), Klaus Meinhardt (bass, 1972-74), Karl-Heinz Traut (drums), Thomas Jauer (bass, 1974-75), Heinz Schmidt (vocals, guitar), Ben Schmidt (vocals, guitar), Peter Klapper (keyboards, vocals), Harald Stief (bass)

Related Artists

Attempt to Restore, King-Kong, Strassenjungs

Also Known As

Second Life

Genres

Heavy Psych, Hard Rock, Glam Rock

Parchment Farm

Parchment Farm
2024 - Parchment Farm, 1968-1972 wv

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Over the course of about five years beginning in late 1968, several musicians living in eastern Missouri rocked the area clubs and festivals with a mix of cover and heavy original songs. The band’s name, Parchment Farm, came from a song on Blue Cheer’s debut LP, “Vincebus Eruptum.”

According to Mike Watermann, original drummer for Parchment Farm, their first gig was in late 1968.

Sons of Champlin, sometime in early August and/or November 26, 1969 at The Rainy Daze Club (Dates for Sons of Champlin shows are according to a post on The Rainy Daze Facebook page. That Parchment Farm 1.0 was an opening act is per Mike Watermann).

Brian Auger & Trinity on July 7, 1970 at The Rainy Daze Club (per Mike Watermann).

NOTE: Parchment Farm 1.0 played with another local band, Burlington Route, at The Rainy Daze Club on January 9, 1970.

In early 1971, Mike Dulany (RIP) became the drummer and they were, now, a 3-piece band. The development of original songs ramped up and they began playing and recording them right away.

Parchment Farm 2.0 was an opening act for the following:

ZZ Top on July 29, 1972 at the Airway Drive-In Theater, St. Louis, MO.

Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes on October 14, 1971 at the Shrine Mosque in Springfield, MO.

Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes on January 29, 1972 at the Columbia, MO National Guard

Velvet Underground & Brownsville Station on August 29, 1971 at Fun Valley Lake in Pacific, MO

Sometime in late 1972, Mike Lusher became the drummer and the band added a keyboardist, Cliff King. They expanded the repertoire by playing songs by The Moody Blues, Yes, etc. At some point after February, 1973, Cliff left the band and was replaced by Mike “Scotty” Scott, a young Keith Emerson follower that owned a Moog and played the flute.

Parchment Farm 3.0 (presumably with Mike Scott) was an opening act for the following:

Canned Heat, The Hollies, and Rare Earth on Sunday, May 27, 1973 in Evansville, Indiana (as reported in the Evansville Press on May 28, 1973)

REO Speedwagon on August 18, 1973 at the Rollins Music Festival near Villa Ridge, MO.

Parchment Farm disbanded in late 1973

Blue Max

Blue Max

2023 - Limited Edition (OSR098) wv

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Cool hard-rock / proto-metal by this teenage power-trio from Nova Scotia.

“Limited Edition” was originally released in 1977 as a private edition of 1000 copies for promo purposes. Here’s the first ever official vinyl reissue with new, improved artwork, newly remastered sound and insert with liner notes.

RIYL: Witchfinder General, Angel Witch, Jerusalem, Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest, Rush…