Dan Slaine - The Singer [USA, Lounge](197-)
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Dan Slaine - The Singer [USA, Lounge](197-)

The artist paints an incredibly bleak, autobiographical portrait of the life of a working lounge singer in the late 70's midwest of America. It's a rare and moving insight into life in the trenches of this long-lost musical world.

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u/MysteryDiscs — 7 days ago
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Belita - Love Me 2-Night (1989)

The ethereal, atmospheric flip-side of the single from Las Vegas' very own "Psychic Rock Singer". Belita Adair is such a fascinating character. She channelled a new song from Elvis shortly after his death (when she was 15 and performing in an ice show in Vegas). She went on to become a Satanist and make very heavy and intense Black Metal in the years after this record. Someone should make a documentary about her!

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u/MysteryDiscs — 15 days ago
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Scorpio - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine

One look at this Florida band and their awesome logo, and you know you're in for a treat. They do not disappoint! Here, they turn in a stellar take on the Lou Rawls dance floor classic, sprinkling it with their own Scorpio magic. The whole record is great, and they were clearly a cut above many lounge bands of that time.

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u/MysteryDiscs — 28 days ago
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Momi - Sunrise [USA, Soft Rock](1979)

Exquisite, progressive, soft rock from Hawaii. Momi Riley is a Big Island harpist and singer. There is a wonderful, enchanting, purity to her voice that, combined with her harp playing, brings an ethereal and magical quality to this whole fantastic record.

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u/MysteryDiscs — 1 month ago

Michael Penn - Ocean Night [USA, Psyche, Folk](1974): Lovely, trippy psyche-folk evoking a very cosmic evening spent at the beach. Soft sand, sea breezes, stars in the sky, and maximum good vibes.

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u/MysteryDiscs — 1 month ago
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Anacortes High School Stage Band - Corazon (1975)(roughly): This Washington State school band turn this Carole King song into a hard, psychedelic workout. You can always tell on these records when the kids were really having fun, this is a perfect example of that.

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u/MysteryDiscs — 2 months ago
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Greenbank Senior Public School - Feeling Groovy / Goodbye To Love (1973)(roughly): Two slices of pure, uncut, fragile beauty from this Ottawa school band. I love both the Simon and Garfunkel and Carpenters originals, but there is something truly magical about these versions.

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u/MysteryDiscs — 2 months ago
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The New Folk - I Wish We'd All Been Ready [USQ, Psyche,Folk](1970): An unexpected turn from what is generally a very typical, happy-clappy Xian record. The band's psyche/folk rock take on the legendary, apocalyptic Larry Norman song, turns it into a wonderfully mournful, heavy, spiritual mantra.

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u/MysteryDiscs — 2 months ago