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Album: Bad News
Joe was born in Chicago where he later played alongside Howlin' Wolf and other bluesmen. He visited the UK to record a solo album for EMI in 1973. He became a prolific and respected Session guitarist, having worked with Martha Velez, Jimmy Witherspoon and toured with Maggie Bell
Real Name: Joseph Edward Wright II

Pop Show Grupa from former Yugoslavia (Serbian). The track here is a fast, punky fuzzer! They made two singles like this, plus the mystery single "Malaika / Sisi Tunakupenda" which appeared five years later in 1979, and seems to have a collaboration with a Belgrade-based Kenyan musician called Steven Hannington. I have not heard this third one so can only guess what it sounds like, though Discogs categorises it under "Folk, World, & Country, Funk / Soul, Pop".

The band was Miodrag Dobrić (bass), Dragan Milić (guitar) and Vladan Dokić (drums). Vladan was in Opus and later-on Rok Mašina, which was an '80s development of Pop Mašina.

They made two singles like this, plus the mystery single "Malaika / Sisi Tunakupenda" which appeared five years later in 1979, and seems to have a collaboration with a Belgrade-based Kenyan musician called Steven Hannington. I have not heard this third one so can only guess what it sounds like, though Discogs categorises it under "Folk, World, & Country, Funk / Soul, Pop".

The band was Miodrag Dobrić (bass), Dragan Milić (guitar) and Vladan Dokić (drums). Vladan was in Opus and later-on Rok Mašina, which was an '80s development of Pop Mašina.

English band founded in the 1960's by Colin Cooper. Originally known as The Climax Chicago Blues Band, the Climax Blues Band has always focused on its roots, a unique combination of jazz and blues.

Nosferatu hailed from Frankfurt. One self-titled album was released in 1970, recorded at Rhenus studio in Köln and Conny engineered it. In their early days they were fronted by guitarist & vocalist Michael Winzkowski (who went on to Orange Peel and Epsilon) and wind player Christian Felke who guested later with Epsilon.

From Connecticut

Album: Doctor Down Trip
Hard rock band based in Brussels (Belgium), formed in 1969. Throughout its history the band underwent numerous line-up changes. By 1975, with the departure of Heslop and Paul, they changed their name to simply Downtrip.

Obscure and short-lived heavy rock band that released one only single in 1971. The group included the guitarist and vocalist Geoff Hart aka Wyndham George (Cupid's Inspiration) and the bass player Ken Payne (Screaming Lord Sutch And The Savages). The name of the band was taken from the German film director Wolf Rilla (1920-2005) which with the 1960 movie "Village of the Damned" gained cult status.

S/T Album
I have been unable to find a lot of info on this one-album band. What you get is no-nonsense, heads-down mid-paced bluesey hard rock, with a hint of southern rock here and there. An interesting example of a style that was not common over there at the time. The band comprised Klaus Luley (guitar, vocals), Roger Käschner (bass) and Willi Waid (drums).

According to RobotsForRonnie, "...the band's self-titled debut was released in the US but went virtually unnoticed. The band fizzled by the next year, with Luley later reappearing in Tokyo, Craaft and Douglas. The post-split activities of Kaeschner and Waid are unknown."

V'73 put out very few records of their own but played in various live situations including supporting Locomotiv GT and Omega.
They were a trio styled after ELP and took a classical, keyboard-heavy approach to progressive rock when they were playing their own material, something unusual in Hungary at the time. Wikipedia states that they were yet another band that backed Kati Kovács at times (i'm starting to wonder if there was a Hungarian band that didn't, haha) and the first album for that is her 1977 LP 'Csendszóró'.
V'73 was absorbed into the 'V'Moto Rock' band soon after that, with the addition of Ferenc Demjén, ex-Bergendy, and that outfit continued to back Kati, while also becoming a popular new-wave pop band of their own in the '80s, moving away from music of interest here. 'Gondolatok' is a track from an LP of rare unreleased V'73 recordings, put out by Moiras Records a few years ago

Album: Sneak Attack
Toronto's Lynx made three albums between 76-79 and this track is taken from the 2nd, 'Sneak Attack'.

Album: Night Train [6 track promo]
One of the most important Indonesian rock musicians in the country, born July 4, 1949.

In 1966 Benny Soebardja started his career as the guitarist/vocalist of Bandung's beat combo The Peels. Being tired of covering other bands (Cream, Beatles, Hendrix), he left to form Shark Move. Around 1972 he occasionally joined God Bless and GPL (Group Pecinta Lagu). When a member of Shark Move died, the group disbanded. Benny Soebardja then formed Giant Step, and another band called Lizard, to be the backing of his solo outings.

At the beginning, both bands shared members. During Benny Soebardja's Lizard years you can hear how the English songs mattered more and more and the style went from a rockier side to a more ballad side, with use of acoustic guitars too. British poet Bob Dook guided the English lyrics, and they had their own qualities. During the whole period Benny also distinguished himself as a good electric guitarist.

Solo work from member of 'If', Procol Harum and others

Album: Opens Your Mind [2004 Archival - Rockadelic label]
Joshua played a spritely and somewhat heavy set of California blues psych from the same scene as Blue Cheer. Another posthumous release from Rockadelic, the "Opens Your Mind" album liner notes say "Fronted by singer Mick Martin, Joshua were at the center of a scene that, for the most part, ignored the flower power shenanigans going on up north and worshipped at the altar of heavy Rock & Roll." The rest of the band was Wayne Smith (lead guitar, vocals), Ray Halverson (lead guitar), Larry Sherwood (bass, backing vocals) and Rick Yarrision (drums).

Here's a cool live recording from a festival held in southern Hungary. Quoted from facebook:: "The first Orosháza beat festival was organized in 1974 by the Petőfi Cultural Center, the sixth competition was held in 1981.

The driving force of the Orosháza festivals was Benedek Péter Benkő, an employee of the cultural center, who organized these events until 1978. Zoltán Varga, who was the secretary of the festivals at the time, later became a library director and member of parliament."

Dzsuvox were a band who, according to rockkluboh.blogspot, were the most renowned act in the area local to the festival. Unfortunately, Dzsuvox never released any official records, but luckily a video of them is available, playing the same song at a later time on the Ki Mit Tud? TV show.

A heavy cover of a bluesy country classic, Merle Travis's Sixteen Tons. It was in Motherheast, Ohio USA, in 1969, midway between the towns of Warren and Cortland, that five determined young musicians:
Ray Escott - Lead Vocals, LJ Fortier - Drums, John Harrow - Lead Guitar, Vocals, "Buster" McCarthy - Bass, Vocals, and Kurt Sunderman - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals, started getting together in the damp basement of LJ's parents home on Sunday mornings in an effort to try to carry on with their dreams of being in a successful Rock band.

The sequel to Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Slayer, DeathKeep (1995) is an action RPG for 3DO, using a custom-built 3D game engine that is similar to DOOM but with some advanced features such as looking up and down.

A first-person dungeon crawler where you explore a large castle to find three orbs which are needed to defeat the powerful evil necromancer that has taken over the castle. Choose to play a dwarven fighter, an elven mage, or a half-elf fighter-mage.

Album: Talas

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American hard rock band from Buffalo, NY active late 1970s-late 1980s and thereafter sporadically before reforming to record an album released in 2022. Inactive since the death of the singer on that album, Phil Naro