Genesis - A History (documentary, 1990)

This 1990 documentary tells the story of Genesis from Charterhouse in the late sixties to the then present times at Knebworth festival in 1990. 


Features interviews with:

Tony Banks
Phil Collins
Peter Gabriel
Steve Hackett
Jonathan King
Anthony Phillips
Michael Rutherford


Genesis: A History (1990) Full Documentary: https://youtu.be/teht3U5Gx4k

(The Band, the solo projects, and the story so far up until 1990

***MANY edits needed to avoid Youtube copyright block!! So some silences and blurs)

Source: YouTube

DOM (krautrock, psych space rock, acid folk / Germany)

Biography:

Dom is a quartet formed by a multi-national musical collective (with members from Germany, Poland and Hungary). Their unique album called "Edge of Time" was released in a relative discretion in 1970. The music reaches the listener into a space, acoustic "trip" dominated by guitars and percussions. Introspect electric organs parts, bass "drones", simplistic "weird" electronic effects are added to the mix in order to deliver an unforgettable psychedelic "voyage". The concept of the album is based upon a bad "trip", its consequences on mind and perception of time.

Compare to early Pink Floyd, Brave New World, Kalacakra, Tangerine Dream, Brainticket (Celestial Ocean), Emtidi (Saat), Popol Vuh, Between, Ash Ra Tempel, Cluster, the quieter and more downtempo moments in Agitation Free and Amon Duul II etc and generally to the genres of krautrock, progressive electronic, psychedelic/space rock, and acid folk.


Line-up:

László v. Baksay: Bass, Lyrics By, Vocals 
Rainer Puzalowski: Guitar, Vocals, Flute  
Hans Georg Stopka : Organ, Guitar, Vocals 
Gábor v. Baksay: Percussion, Vocals, Flute


Edge of Time (full album, 1970): http://youtu.be/JTZoUByYg7U

Tracks: 
1 Introitus (8:45) 
2 Silence (8:53) 
3 Edge Of Time (9:06) 
4 Dream (9:37) 

Five Day Rain (psych, prog / UK)

Five Day Rain is a British late 60' psych/prog band. They played typical for late 60' rock with lots of organ & guitar. Their self-titled album recorded in 1969 is a prime example of early prog. 


The band formed in late '68 as Iron Prophet, a heavy trio comprising Rick Sharpe, Clive Shepherd and Dick Hawkes. They changed their name to Five Day Rain in early 1970, with the arrival of Graham Maitland and the beginning of the recordings presented here. The usual disagreement between musicians, management and producers led the album to be shelved (only a few acetates were pressed) and the band to split. 
Rick Sharpe, Shepherd and Maitland formed the short-lived Studd Pump before taking separate ways, with Sharpe joining glam rockers Streak and Maitland resurfacing with Glencoe. 
Five Day Rain was issued for the first time on CD a dozen years ago, with a nice JOHN HURFORD artwork made for International Times magazine, but without both musicians and illustrator permit. This new issue, made with the essential contribution of Rick Sharpe, uses the original running order and is enriched by a few bonus tracks: a Bob Dylan cover (Too Much Of Nothing) and four tracks recorded at the time but left off the purposed LP. These, which have been completed by Rick Sharpe with a few overdubs in November 2005, are the only recorded proof of the original heavier Iron Prophet sound.

Line-up:

Graham Maitland (keyboards) 
Rick Sharp (guitars)
Clive Burges (bass)
Kim (drums) 
Sharon Tandy (vocals)

Five Day Rain (Self-titled, 1970, Full Album): https://youtu.be/O4usPObaWjQ :

Rough Cut Marmalade: https://youtu.be/d4eUBPZGJ18 :

My Solid Ground (psych krautrock, space rock, hard rock / Germany)

This group has long been one of the more obscure Krautrock bands, even though their single eponymous album from 1971 has become legendary, even though much of the record is fairly conventional hard-rock.

Bernhard Rendel, only 14 years old at the time, started My Solid Ground in 1968 in Russelsheim, near Frankfurt, Germany. Prior to this, his mother encouraged his interest in music and guitar, and she continued to support him even as his music became louder and harder. The group began to practice at the home of Rendel's parents, and his family also helped arranged live performances. With their musical talent and an elaborate lightshow, the band soon became a popular in the region around Frankfurt. In 1968 the members were Bernhard Rendel (guitar), Teddy (vocals), Manfred Fischer (bass) and Willy Waid (drums).



By 1970 after a few lineup changes, the group gelled with Kalrheinz Dorfler on bass, Andreas Wurching on drums, and Ingo Werner on organ. In late October of that year they recorded the track 'Flash' the Morfelden Studio in Frankfurt, and used it to win second place in an amateur competition hosted by Sudwestfunk (SWF) Radio.

In February and April of 1971, they recorded their self-titled album, which was released by the Bacillus label later that year. In June of 1971 My Solid Ground entered the studios of SWF in Baden-Baden for a live radio broadcast. Because of legal issues they could not play any of the pieces from the LP, so they debuted entirely new material. Though the group now had nationwide success, they were frequently losing members. By 1972 the band consisted of Rendel with a totally new lineup. That year they moved to Frankfurt where they lasted until 1974, when Rendel dropped My Solid Ground to pursue academics. He has since become a lecturer on music at Muinz University, as well as producer and composer. When Long Hair Records decided to release the SWF session on CD in 2001, Rendel was encouraged to go back into the studio to record some solo an LPs-worth of additional tracks, a 2001 version of My Solid Ground, and these were added to the CD.

My Solid Ground (Full Album): http://youtu.be/LneduxXyt9I:

The opening track on their self-titled LP certainly lives up to the album's reputation: a 13-minute epic of dark, heavy space rock with crunching guitars and acid riffs, distorted vocals, lots of long droning keyboards - imagine a mix of early Floyd ("One of These Days") and  Thirsty Moon. However, the rest of the album (or most of it) is fairly mainstream, being made up of rather conventional hard rock. A recent re-release CD version includes some excellent bonus tracks, among which is a 24-minute psychedelic Krautrock tour de force featuring incredible guitar soloing. Recommended to fans of early Pink Floyd.


Personnel:

- Karl-Heinrich Dorfler - bass
- Bernhard Rendel - vocals, guitar
- Ingo Werner - organ, piano, Mellotron
- Andreas Wursching - drums

Widsith (folk, psych / USA)

Widsith is a rootsy pair from Hicksville on Long Island, NY – Bob Teer, song writer, on lead vocals and guitars, and Ed McCafferty on vocals, electric, acoustic, bottleneck and steel guitars, plus a bit of bass! They recorded one and only LP album "Maker Of Song" (This is a private press released in 1972 by the Alithia label (Alithia 9101)) .The duo seem to do a bit of overdubbing in the studio – expanding out their sound with a mix of guitars, some rhythms, and other elements – but there’s still a pretty stripped down sound overall, as if you’re catching Teer and McCafferty trading lines back and forth on the stage. 

Other musicians featured on the album "Maker of Song":  Mark Jacobson: Flute, Dennis Garcia: Bass and vocals, Tony Pacheco: Congas and percussion, Harry Barber: Keyboards, Ian Bennet: Tenor Sax and Bobby Colomby of “Blood, Sweat and Tears” fame: Drums.







Singer In The Marketplace  (1972): http://youtu.be/tRkRSCo-Q7A

Lou Reed - Rock and Roll Heart (documentary)

Rock and Roll Heart traces Lou Reed's career from the formation of the Velvet Underground to rock icon to his more recent artistic endeavors. Includes lots of rare and vintage footage along with interviews with David Bowie, John Cale, Patti Smith, Thurston Moore, David Byrne, Jim Carroll, Maureen Tucker, Suzanne Vega, Dave Stewart and Philip Glass. An excellent documentary (and the only one) about this hugely influential and uncompromising American artist. Directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders for American Masters and screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 1998.

http://youtu.be/TjPuF-CYuic

Rainbow Ffolly (psych pop, psych garage / UK)

Rainbow Ffolly were an English psychedelic pop band who released only one LP, Sallies Fforth, in 1968. Their only single, "Drive My Car", failed to garner much success on the charts, and they disbanded shortly thereafter.

Jonathan Dunsterville and his brother Richard Dunsterville of Farnham Common were inclined toward music and performing at an early age, and during the early '60s, formed a band called the Force Four, specializing in Everly Brothers-style harmony material. Jon was at college when he met Stewart Osborn, a drummer, who in turn knew a bassist named Roger Newell. Out of this a new group, the Rainbow Ffolly, was formed; they had a light, fun touch, very much in the spirit of early 1967; a close, cohesive sound in which all four members sang, with Jon Dunsterville serving as songwriter. 


By early 1967, they acquired a manager, John Sparrowhawk, and decided to try for a recording contract. They booked time at the Jackson Recording Studio, owned by Malcolm and John Jackson, the sons of disc jockey Jack Jackson, and put a demo tape together.
Their first five songs were so accomplished that they were persuaded by the Jackson brothers to come up with seven more songs, all ostensibly for a full-length demo reel. 

Jon Dunsterville and his wife Jane came up with the most ornate cover art (and some of the cleverest of the decade) that they could in keeping with the "rainbow" in the band's name, and Sallies Fforth (as it was christened) was released. It turned out not only not to be bad, but pretty good, although the group wished, long after its release, that they'd been allowed to go back in and complete some tracks. The guitar parts were what bothered them the most, on tracks like "Come on Go," where they never did the overdubs that they'd intended.


The group played concerts in support of the record and even did a tour of Germany, making their first overseas appearance at the Star Club in Hamburg in a month-long engagement. the Rainbow Ffolly also performed at the Playboy Club in London, which was then a new recreational institution and always attracted a lot of attention. The group took chances, and some of them paid off, at least musically. They were able to bridge the gap between the lighter weight but elegant harmony groups, such as the Bystanders and the Montanas, and what have since come to be called the freakbeat bands (the Troggs, etc.), with their more heavyweight sounds. In a sense, they were like the Beatles in that respect, although based on Sallies Fforth, they didn't have as easy a time generating the heavier instrumental sound needed to compete with the hard-rocking psychedelic outfits of the era.


Members:

John Dunsterville
Richard Dunsterville
Roger Newell

Stewart Osborn


Sun Sing: http://youtu.be/XwK0G-L_HSQ

Discography:

Sallies Fforth - 1967

Krokodil (psych rock, krautrock / Switzerland) (including the album: The Psychedelic Tapes)

Krokodil (German for "Crocodile") were constantly promoted by the labels they signed to as a Krautrock band, yet though they had the spirit of Krautrock in their veins, the truth was that they were Swiss! Naturally, Liberty tried to present them as the Krautrock answer to The Groundhogs. Well, Krokodil did have blues origins, they really knew how to rock-it and had a flair for the experimental, so they did have the same sort of attitude as The Groundhogs. But, all that aside, Krokodil were innovators in their own right, not at all copyist, except for maybe their John Mayall type roots. Like most Swiss bands, Krokodil were an unlikely combo, mostly of German-Swiss extraction, with one Englishman: Terry Stevens. Early on, the quoted "Swiss Bob Dylan" Hardy Hepp seemed to be in control, his softer folk and blues mix, and Mojo Weideli's harmonica, gave them a more down-to-earth sound.

After Hardy's departure for a solo career, Krokodil really blossomed with the extraordinary “An Invisible World Revealed”, an album that took on all sorts of ethnic and fusion elements, becoming like a hybrid of Amon Düül II, Man and Third Ear Band, all mixed into that unique Krokodil style. Ethnic elements had figured in earlier Krokodil recordings, but not so much as here, where the sitar, tablas and flute are heavily featured. Krokodil had become the finest of Swiss Krautrock bands.

A change of label, to Bacillus, their next album “Getting Up For The Morning” offered a similar blending of rock, blues and ethnic styles, though in a more condensed and song-based concoction. The double album “Sweat & Swim”, though it had a couple of duff tracks, also contained some of their best, not least so the 17 minute cosmic-ethnic trip "Linger" recalling the masterworks of “An Invisible World Revealed”.



Personnel:

Hardy Hepp (violin, piano, vocals)
Düde Dürst (drums, percussion, vocals)
Walty Anselmo (sitar, lead guitar, vocals)
Terry Stevens (bass, guitar, vocals)

Mojo Weideli (harmonica, flute, percussion)


An Invisible World Revealed 1971 (full Album): https://youtu.be/v0Z0NJENwwY

Discography:

Albums:

Krokodil  (1969)
Swamp (1970)
An Invisible World Revealed (1971)
Getting Up For The Morning (1972)
Sweat & Swim (1973)
Krokodil (1977 re-recordings?)




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1970-1972 were the psychedelic years of the Krokodil from Switzerland. During this early period the band recorded a lot of magical songs both live and in the studio which are now after more than thirty years released for the first time.

Long trippy space rock with a West Coast/Kraut Rock edge, feature fluid acid guitar work, flute and effects. The CD includes a great version of "Pharoah Sanders "The Creator Has a Mater Plan" plus other gems.

01 (00:00) The Creator Has A Master Plan (1970) 
02 (09:26) Stehaufmädchen Part 1 (1970) 
03 (10:36) Marzipan (Live) (1972)
04 (18:43) Stehaufmädchen Part 2 (1970) 
05 (19:50) You're Still A Part Of Me (Live) (1972) 
06 (25:40) Stehaufmädchen Part 3 (1970) 
07 (26:50) Odyssey In Om (Live) (1972) 
08 (57:24) Raga (1971)

Line Up:

Bass, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Vocals  - Terry Stevens (2)
Drums, Congas, Vocals - Düde Dürst
Electric Guitar, Sitar, Bass, Vocals - Walty Anselmo
Harmonica [Mouthharp], Flute, Percussion, Vocals - Mojo Weideli
Violin, Organ [Farfisa], Recorder, Vocals - Hardy Hepp (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6)


Remastered: Pirmin Weder (2013)

The Psychedelic Tapes 1970 - 1972: https://youtu.be/dG5cevo6tTc

The Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (The Who, The Doors, The Moody Blues, Miles Davis, Jethro Tull, ELP, Joni Mitchell)

The Who: https://youtu.be/YMS47w8hAZ8 :

The Moody Blues: https://youtu.be/vRuMgs4b1qk :

The Doors: https://youtu.be/51SAvWieaNc :

Miles Davis: https://youtu.be/hMYVvjoXf4o :

Jethro Tull : https://youtu.be/_ETdorb55Zg :

Emerson, Lake & Palmer: https://youtu.be/l0GO-oYejEk :

Joni Mitchell: https://youtu.be/9PFZelPcW70 :

More info: Blog November 25, 2012

Frumious Bandersnatch (psych blues rock / USA)

Frumious Bandersnatch was a psychedelic rock band in the late 1960s. The band was named after a character from the Lewis Carroll poem "Jabberwocky". Based out of San Francisco, California. The band was active from 1967 to 1969. 
Their initial three-song EP produced a minor underground hit with the song "Hearts to Cry". A recording of their live work, titled A Young Man's Song, was released on the Big Beat label.

The band was formed across the bay from San Francisco in Contra Costa County, and changed personnel several times in their brief lifespan (1967–69). Interest from several record companies came to naught, and the band's only release was a three-song EP on their own label, pressed in a quantity of 1000 and distributed locally.

Four members of Frumious Bandersnatch (Bobby Winkelman, Jack King, Ross Valory, and David Denny) would be regular members of the Steve Miller Band. Valory, along with fellow Frumious Bandersnatch member George Tickner and manager Herbie Herbert would join with ex-Santana members Neal Schon and Gregg Rolie to form the band Journey in 1973.


Members:

David Denny – Guitar
Jack King – Drums
George Tickner – Guitar
Ross Valory – Bass

Bobby Winkelman – Rhythm Guitar, Bass


Cheshire: http://youtu.be/1wMYQB4c08g

Hearts To Cry:  http://youtu.be/Dz7dYgEUQZE

Discography:

1967 – Untitled EP; self-produced

1995 – The Berkeley EP's (compilation, 3 songs featured); Big Beat UK
1996 – A Young Man's Song; Big Beat UK
2003 – Golden Songs of Libra, Get Back
2007 – Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965–1970 (compilation, feat. "Hearts to Cry"); Rhino Records

Progressive Rock from Italy

Prog rock - Italy: http://youtu.be/-b1TAXgE-9g

TRACK LIST

01. (B&w) Le Orme: Sguardo...
02. (B&w) Le Orme: Contrappunti
03. (B&w) PFM: Impressioni di Settembre
04. (B&w) PFM: Dove... Quando...
05. (B&w) PFM: La Carrozza Di Hans
06. (B&w) PFM: La Luna Nuova
07. (Col) PFM: Four Holes...
08. (Col) PFM: Celebration
09. (Col) PFM: Mr 5 Till 9
10. (Col) PFM: Alta Loma
11. (Col) PFM: Chocolate Kings
12. (B&w) Banco: Requiescat In Pacem
13. (B&w) Banco: Canto Nomade Di Un Pastore Errante Dell'Asia
14. (B&w) Banco: Leave Me Alone

Monterey International Pop Festival (Part 4 of 4)

BONUS PERFORMANCES
Performances from the Monterey Pop Festival not released on the original documentary by D.A. Pennebaker. Nearly two hours of bonus footage from the Criterion Collection release of Monterey. The Festival that marked the beginning of the summer of love and spurred one of musics most creative and influential era's. This includes performances by:

The Association- "Along Comes Mary"
Simon and Garfunkel- "Homeward Bound" 3:55 "Sound of Silence" 6:46
Country Joe and the Fish- "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine" 10:00
Al Kooper- "Wake Me, Shake Me" 15:20
The Butterfield Blues Band- "Driftin' Blues" 22:50
Quicksilver Messenger Service- "Dino's Song" 27:34
The Electric Flag- "Wine" 30:51" 
The Byrds- "Chimes of Freedom" 33:40 "He Was A Friend of Mine" 37:36 "Hey Joe" 40:30
Laura Nyro- "Poverty Train" 42:55
Jefferson Airplane- "Somebody To Love" 48:24 
The Blues Project- "Flute Thing" 52:29
Big Brother and the Holding Co. w/ Janis Joplin "Combination of the Two" 1:03:07
The Buffalo Springfield- "For What It's Worth" 1:08:57
The Who- "Substitute" 1:12:30 "Summertime Blues" 1:16:19 "A Quick One" 1:19:57
The Mamas and The Papas- "Straight Shooter" 1:28:14 "Somebody Groovy" 1:32:00 "I Call Your Name" 1:34:53 
(Hilarious antics of Mama Cass) 1:38:46 "Monday, Monday" 1:40:36
Scott McKenzie- "San Francisco" 1:44:30
The Mamas and The Papas and Scott McKenzie- "Dancin' in the Street" 1:48:05

All rights credited to Criterion Collection

http://youtu.be/OiQN3pQ6EwM

See also: part 1, 2 and 3 (October 29, 2012)

Indian Summer (prog rock / UK)

Indian Summer were a progressive rock quartet, formed in Coventry, UK, in 1969. 

The members were Malcolm Harker on bass, Paul Hooper on drums, Bob Jackson on keyboards and lead vocals and Colin Williams on guitar. Their manager was Jim Simpson who was managing Black Sabbath at the time. After signing Sabbath to the Vertigo label, he then signed Indian Summer with the same production team to record their debut album. Indian Summer's album of the same name was released two and a half years later, in 1971.






Indian Summer (full album): https://youtu.be/XhfRVTcVaRI :

Discography:

- Indian Summer (1971)

Rumplestiltskin (heavy blues rock / UK)

The mysterious group Rumplestiltskin was the idea/brainchild of a succesful record producer Shel Talmy, his intent was to create a supergroup from highly respected, seasoned session man to rival the rock monoliths of the day. 

The “band” were all top British session players who all played under pseudonyms. The line up comprised of Peter Charles Greene (Peter Lee Stirling - vocals), Andrew Balmain (Alan Parker - guitar), Jeremy Eagles (Alan Hawkshaw - keyboards), Jackson Primrose (Herbie Flowers - bass) and Rupert Baer (Clem Cattini - drums).

Alan Parker, Herbie Flowers, and Alan Hawkshaw also worked as part of Blue Mink for several years, and Hawkshaw wrote music for various TV shows and films. Clem Cattini ended up in one of the variants of Colloseum for a while, 


This great band was comprised of some of the best musicians in the UK at the time, although, probably for contractual reasons, they weren't allowed to use their real names. Bassist Herbie Flowers and guitarist Alan Parker were the main characters in this hard rock band, as was vocalist Peter Lee Stirling, who'd been in Hungry Wolf. They released two fairly rare albums in the early seventies and split, with the various members getting involved with the likes of Donovan, Sky, Lou Reed and Marianne Faithfull. Both albums were released on CD by Repertoire Records a number of years ago and are certainly worth checking out.

 It was Shel Talmy's idea to form a supergroup that might rival the highly successful outfits that dominated the early Seventies, such as Status Quo and Led Zeppelin.
Instead of picking young, untried rockers, Talmy brought together highly experienced professional session men. Among them was drummer Clem Cattini. 
Although Rumplestiltskin wasnt a hit, it was nevertheless a serious project, as can be heard on the eight powerful tracks on their classy album, first released in 1970. The band also featured singer Peter Lee Stirling, who later scored a hit single with Beautiful Sunday under the name of Daniel Boone.

The first album is good bluesy rock with longish organ and guitar solos but nothing particularly progressive about it. Black Magician was released on Bellaphon, the same label as Nektar.


Members:

Peter Lee Stirling (vocals)
Alan Hawkshaw (keyboards)
Alan Parker (guitar)
Clem Cattini (drums)
Herbie Flowers (bass)



Make Me Make You (1970): http://youtu.be/LJeYSG1k6EA

Can't You Feel (1971): http://youtu.be/Prg8j-YudVw 

Discography: 

Rumplestiltskin - 1970
Black Magician - 1971


Source: YouTube and Last fm.

Progressive Rock History (documentary)

This is a great documentary by David C. Robin and produced by Scott Smith on prog rock history which is not limited to the four or five well-known British bands of the 70's. It covers the history of progressive rock from the 70's to the 2000's and includes bands from the international prog scene.

http://youtu.be/1_8PtTGFh9w

Bröselmaschine (krautrock(folk) / Germany)

On the softer side of krautrock, Bröselmaschine are sometimes considered “krautfolk” a more unique subgenre. With the talented and published musician Peter Bursch leading them, they released albums in the 70s with melodic acoustic guitar and slightly Eastern influenced styles and some psychedelic certainly in the scheme.











Bröselmaschine 1971 (Full Album): http://youtu.be/sLQwLMgfy-I

After six adventurous and successful years the original and first line-up disbanded in 1974. Some members went to India whilst others moved to the countryside (all members came originally from Duisburg). That was when the founders Peter Bursch and Willi Kissmer reformed Bröselmaschine. Klaus Dapper, a sax player and flutist from the jazz scene, joined as a new member. The musicians already knew each other from diverse sessions and common gigs. It was Conny Plank then who put them under contract and recorded their new record in his studio. Since the band hadn't reached its full line-up at that time, Bröselmaschine's friends viz Mani Neumeier (Guru Guru), Roland Schaeffer (also Guru Guru) as well as Jan Fride (Kraan) helped them by playing at their studio recordings.



Line-up:

Peter Bursch (guitar, vocals)
Klaus Dapper (sax, flute)
Willi Kissmer (guitar)
Roland Schaeffer (bass)
Jan Fride (drums)
Mani Neumeier (percussion)
Mahendra Kapadia (tablas)



Peter Bursch Und Die Bröselmaschine: 

Come Together(1975): http://youtu.be/t7wmmBYFnkE

Liquid Visions (psych rock, space rock / Germany)

Liquid Visions was founded in Berlin at the turn of the year 1994/95 by Hans-Peter Ringholz (guitar, vocals), Dave Schmidt (aka Sula Bassana) on bass, Robert Terkhany (guitar, vocals) and drummer Markus Rometsch. Over the years the band saw a bunch of line-up changes and developed the sound which basically is a blend of garage/fuzz rock and spacey trips in combination with a lightshow concept when playing live.

The band soon started playing gigs. In 1996 besides the remaining Ringholz, Terkhany and Schmidt the crew also featured Alex Bulgrin on vocals, Mike Ostrich (organ) and drummer Wolfgang Seidel. The eponymous debut album came out another two years later, released on Nasoni Records. The live album 'Endless Plasmatic Childhood Overdose' offering three extended tracks followed in 2000 and shortly Katja Wolf joined playing organ, theremin and celebrating a blacklight dance-performance with her flourescent painted body to the swirling sounds of the band.

The next album 'Hypnotized' (2002) also features Kiryk Drewinski (vocals, guitar) and new drummer Chris Schwartzkinsky. This line-up remained stable until January 2004 when Dave Schmidt left to concentrate on other tasks. He was substituted by Eric Haegert. The same year saw the release of another album called 'From The Cube'. Liquid Visions went into hibernation though, played the last concert so far on New Year's Eve 2004.

Members:

Hans-Peter Ringholz / guitar, vocals
David Schmidt / bass, keyboards, synth
Robert Terkhany / guitar, vocals
Markus Rometsch / drums
Alexander Bulgrin / vocals
Thommy Habjanec / drums
Klaus Bühler / drums
Smolle / drums
Daryal / guitar
Gülay / vocals
Amanda / vocals
Wolfgang Seidel / drums
Michael Strauß / organ
Steffen Schurz / drums
Katja Wolff / theremin, organ, performance
Kiryk Drewinski / guitar, vocals
Chris Schwartinsky / drums

Eric Haegert / bass


Masters Of The Universe: http://youtu.be/xQS8bWS3CUg

Morning Rain: http://youtu.be/5nono7IhYRs

Discography:

Liquid Visions (1998)
Overstellar Interdrive (1999)
Endless Plasmatic Childhood Overdose (2000)
Hypnotized (2002)
From The Cube (2004)
The Lost Recordings (2006)

Van der Graaf Generator (prog rock / England)

Van der Graaf Generator is an English progressive rock band, formed in 1967 in Manchester by singer-songwriter Peter Hammill and Chris Judge Smith and the first act signed by Charisma Records. They did not experience much commercial success in the UK, but became popular in Italy during the 1970s. 

Years active: 1967–1972, 1975–1978, 2005–present

The band formed at Manchester University, but settled in London where they signed with Charisma. They went through a number of incarnations in their early years, including a brief split in 1969. When they reformed, they found minor commercial success with The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other, and after the follow-up album, H to He, Who Am the Only One, stabilised around a line-up of Hammill, organist Hugh Banton, saxophonist David Jackson and drummer Guy Evans. The quartet subsequently achieved significant success in Italy with the release of Pawn Hearts in 1971.

After several exhausting tours of Italy, the band split in 1972. They reformed in 1975, releasing Godbluff and frequently touring Italy again, before a major line-up change and a slight rename to Van der Graaf. The band split in 1978. After many years apart, the band finally united at a gig at the Royal Festival Hall and a short tour in 2005. Since then, the band has continued as a trio of Hammill, Banton and Evans, who record and tour regularly in between Hammill's concurrent solo career. Their most recent album, ALT, was released in June 2012.
The group's albums have tended to be both lyrically and musically darker in atmosphere than many of their prog-rock peers (a trait they shared with King Crimson, whose guitarist Robert Fripp guested on two of their albums), and guitar solos were the exception rather than the rule, preferring to use Banton's classically influenced organ, and, until his departure, Jackson's multiple saxophones. 
While Hammill is the primary songwriter for the band, and its members have contributed to his solo albums, he is keen to stress that the band collectively arranges all its material. Hammill's lyrics frequently covered themes of mortality, due to his love of science fiction writers such as Robert Heinlein and Philip K Dick, along with his self-confessed warped and obsessive nature. His voice has been a distinctive component of the band throughout its career. It has been described as "a male Nico" and would later on be cited as an influence by Goth bands in the 1980s. Though the group have generally been commercially unsuccessful outside of early 1970s Italy, they have inspired several musicians, including John Lydon and Julian Cope.


Current Members:

Peter Hammill – guitar, piano, keyboards, vocals (1967–1972, 1975-1978, 2005–present)
Hugh Banton – organ, bass pedals, bass (1968–1972, 1975-1976, 2005–present)
Guy Evans – drums (1968–1972, 1975-1978, 2005–present)

Former members: 

Chris Judge Smith – vocals, drums, wind instruments (1967–1968)
Nick Pearne – organ (1967–1968)
Keith Ellis – bass (1968–1969; died 1978)
Nic Potter – bass (1969–1970, 1977–1978; died 2013)
David Jackson – saxophone, flute (1969–1972, 1975-1977, 1978, 2005–2006)
Graham Smith – violin (1977–1978)

Charles Dickie – cello (1978)


H to He, Who Am the Only One (Full Album): http://youtu.be/XQR6e_wpeiY

Discography:

The Aerosol Grey Machine (1969)
The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other (1970)
H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
Pawn Hearts (1971)
Godbluff (1975)
Still Life (1976)
World Record (1976)
The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome (1977)
Present (2005)
Trisector (2008)
A Grounding in Numbers (2011)
ALT (2012)



More Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_der_Graaf_Generator

Fairport Convention - "It All Comes 'Round Again" (documentary)

Fairport Convention - "It All Comes 'Round Again" - documentary - 1987

“A 2 hour documentary tracing the history of Britain's premier folk-rock group, Fairport Convention. It features interviews with band members past and present, journalist Patrick Humphries and record producer Joe Boyd.”


This visual history of Fairport Convention contains only one song performed by Sandy Denny, Solo, in a black&white amateur recording, but includes several interviews which allude to Sandy, and there are many photos of her.


Full documentary:  http://youtu.be/xtms24UBn08

In the picture:
Simon Nicol ... June Tabor
Richard Thompson ... Dave Pegg
Dave Swarbrick ... Ric Sanders
Dave Mattacks ... Trevor Lucas
Sandy Danny ... Jerry Donahue
Ian Matthews ... Martin Lamble
Judy Dyble ... Bruce Rowland
Martin Allcock ... Ashley Hutchings
Joe Boyd ... Patrick Humphries


You hear a re-recording in DVD format videotape embodying Fairport Convention at the time of 1987 in action at the annual festival in Cropredy, England. The tape was released in the same year, in honor of the 20-year anniversary team. The plot is not limited to one of the festival: individual songs interspersed comments of former and current at the time of the group and videos of different years in order since 1968. Thus, we see the difficult history of Fairport Convention for 20 years of career, marked by repeated changes of composition and tragedies. However, all of these obstacles could not undermine the spirit of the musicians.


Tracks:

The Lark In the Morning
Cat on the Mixer
Three Left Feet
Time Will Show the Wiser
A Sailor's Life (Roud 273; Laws K12)
Come All Ye
The Hens March Through the Midden / The Four Poster Bed
Now Be Thankful
Hand of Kindness
Angel Delight
It'll Take a Long Time
When I Was Sixteen
Rosie
Polly on the Shore (Roud 811)
Solo
Adieu, Adieu (Roud 490; Laws L12)
Fiddlestix
The Hiring Fair
Matty Groves (Roud 52; Child 81)
The Rutland Reel / Sack the Juggler
Meet on the Ledge

Portmeiron

Sandy Denny (documentary)

Alexandra Elene Maclean "Sandy" Denny (6 January 1947 – 21 April 1978) was an English singer and songwriter, perhaps best known as the lead singer for the folk rock band Fairport Convention. She has been described as "the pre-eminent British folk rock singer".



Sandy Denny - Under Review - documentary



Preview: http://youtu.be/9F17gs8zHC8

Part 1: http://youtu.be/eLWlqqAjRI0

Part 2: http://youtu.be/c6qlxS0jgEw

Part 3: http://youtu.be/Kcf-DmE7WQY