Forgotten heavy bands from late 60's to early 70's
@larsman Besides Man and Budgie there was also another Welsh band called Sassafras. They toured extensively in the US and Europe but never made the Big Time. Their Riding High album is on Tidal. Man and Budgie also on Tidal. Beckett another forgotten band which I saw live backing Slade, remember them? Beckett only issued one album "Beckett" then disbanded after the lead singer died in a car crash. That is a hard to find album. |
@lordmelton - I do remember Sassafras (did they have a Roger Dean cover?), though I don't think I'd seen or heard them; Beckett is another I recall seeing in the import section. I used to be in the record business in the 70's and would always read the English weeklies. We had a good local FM station then in San Jose that played nothing but prog and psychedelic music; shame it didn't last longer, but they're the ones who turned me on to Man and the whole Welsh scene (and the Canterbury scene as well). In fact one of their DJ's, Ron Sanchez, ended up producing 'Call Down the Moon'. |
https://www.discogs.com/artist/1264922-Sassafras No Roger Dean album covers, are you thinking of Greenslade?
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@lordmelton - it might be Greenslade, but Roger did SO many album covers back then, who knows what I was thinking of? That Medicine Head one - wow, that's a real obscuro!! |
