(Various Artists) – “Forge Your Own Chains: Heavy Psychedelic Ballads and Dirges 1968-1974” (2009)
This review comes from Max Burke, dated Dec. 8, 2009, in Prefix magazine. This interesting psych comp comes from the Now-Again label, which usually specializes in great, obscure funk sides from the same time period, as covered here…
Compilations collecting genre obscurities have become ubiquitous in the decade since the re-release of Nuggets by Rhino in 1998. From Soul Jazz Records’ expert retrospectives to idiosyncratic reissue labels like Subliminal Sounds, the average trip to the (proverbial?) record store promises not only the latest contemporary releases, but also Read the rest of this entry »
The Beat Patrol 