| Various Artists / A Visit To The Space Ship Factory |
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| Album: | A Visit To The Space Ship Factory | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | 08/2007 | |
| Label: | Psychic Circle | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-08-19 | Pull Date: | 2007-10-21 |
| Week Ending: | 16 Sep | 9 Sep | 2 Sep | 26 Aug |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 13, 2021: | MixTape: For a Few Quatloos More That Don't Help Me None | 4. | Dec 18, 2017: | Everything A to Z week 114 Tadpole | |
| 2. | Oct 28, 2019: | Everything People Come, People Go | 5. | May 21, 2008: | nag champa orangeasm So Come On | |
| 3. | Jan 29, 2018: | Everything A to Z Week 119 Why Not Tonight | 6. | Sep 12, 2007: | Baptism of Solitude So Come On |
| Album Review |
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| Ragnar of Ravensfjord Reviewed 2007-08-24 | ||
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20 tracks of obscure early 70’s rock, hard rock and proto-metal. The subtitle is a bit misleading as there’s nothing too prog about any of the bands aside from Fuzzy Duck & Beggar’s Opera which are only ½ way there. Labeling aside, it’s a LOT of fun and nice look back at what quite often were great “coulda been”, “shoulda been” bands. (((1))) Swingin’, funky beat, garage-y guitars and histronic chorus. Dated but pretty swell. (((2))) Excellent drumming and bass but the Guess Who-ish vocals don’t really work. (((3))) Typical, early 70’s wailing guitar rock centered around the sing-songy chorus. (((((4))))) Groovy, sorta-prog with a big guitar and organ sound. Some really cool drumming and vocal harmonies. Sorta like a less heavy Deep Purple. (((((((5))))))) KILLER proto-metal from Israel (& the UK), totally over the top (for ’72 anyway). Loud & raunchy vocals and twin guitar harmonies! The riff is very close to early Rush and the vocals are reminiscent of Nazereth. ((((6)))) Low-end based Deep Purple/Led Zep-ish- rawk. Some really nice guitar work. (((7))) Solid guitar playing but really weird, overcompensating “mystical dude” vocals. ((((8)))) Fuzzy, rudimentary, garage rawk/proto punk playing through Blue Cheer’s amps. ((((9)))) Weird, psych/hard rock, trippy organ-laden with dramatic Arthur Brown-like vocals. ((((10)))) Speaking of Mr. Brown, here he is with a space rock/psych with funky bass number. It oddly sounds like early Roxy Music. (((11))) Vocal-centric with occasional moves to hard rock guitar/organ jams. ((12)) Nice guitars and organ but the overly-emoting vocals really kill it. (That and the dude reminds me of Lou Gramm of Foreigner). (((13))) Silly vocals and a riff right out of James Gang’s “Funk #49”. Pretty amusing. (((14))) Funky, loose 70’s rock with some pretty powerful Roger Daltry-like vocals. ((((15)))) The same “Rock Bottom”, “Doctor Doctor” UFO. This is pre- Michael Schenker. Solid, reverby, bassy, rambiling hard psych rock. ((16)) Beatles-ish vocals with fast strummy guitars. Some points for a few guitar wails but nothing else too interesting. (((17))) Low-end hard-ish, swaggerin’ rock. Flat vocals but good interplay and solid groove towards the middle. (((18))) Silly, vocal-based, bouncy pop with occasionally fuzzed out guitars, killer drum breaks and cowbell, yes–cowbell. ((19)) Twangy, Southern/Boogie Rock sounding thing. Discount Skynrd. ((20)) Low recorded, piano based swingin’ 70’s rock with more histronic vocals. | ||
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