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Flashes From The Archives Of Oblivion > Harper, Roy

Artist: Roy Harper
Label: Harvest
Catalog#: SHDW 405
Format: 2xVinyl
Country: UK
Released: 1974

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Floating World > Jade Warrior

Artist: Jade Warrior
Label: Island Records
Catalog#: ILPS 9290
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1974
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Story has it that after listening to Jade Warrior's music, Steve Winwood convinced Chris Blackwell to sign the band to his Island Records. Now reduced to the core of Tony Duhig and Jon Field, the duo left most of their musical past behind, including vocals and any trace of psychedelia. On their 1974 release, Floating World, each track is presented as wide and cinematic in sound as it is descriptive in title. After the introductory "Clouds," "Mountain of Fruits and Flowers" emerges with a stirring bass line.

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Fragments Of Light > Sensations' Fix

Artist: Sensations' Fix
Label: Polydor
Catalog#: 2448 023 L
Format: Vinyl
Country: Italy
Released: 1974

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Free Spirit > Hudson Ford

Artist: Hudson-Ford
Label: A&M Records
Catalog#: SP-3652
Format: Vinyl
Country: US
Released: 1974

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Future Days > Can

Artist: Can
Label: United Artists Records
Catalog#: UA-LA213-F
Format: Vinyl
Country: Germany
Released: 1974

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Genealogia > Perigeo, Il

Artist: Perigeo
Label: RCA Victor
Catalog#: TPL1-1080
Format: Vinyl
Country: US
Released: 1974

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Guitar Solos > Frith, Fred

Artist: Fred Frith
Label: Caroline (UK)
Catalog#: C 1508
Format: Vinyl
Country: UK
Released: 1974

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Hall Of The Mountain Grill > Hawkwind

Artist: Hawkwind
Label: United Artists Records
Catalog#: UA-LA328-G
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1974-09
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Hawkwind's ranks continued to revolve: Dik Mik left the band the previous August, followed by Robert Calvert, who left to record a solo album. Hawkwind returned to the US in March, for their 1999 Party tour, adding Simon House, ex-High Tide and Third Ear Band, on keyboards and violin. The album, Hall Of The Mountain Grill, its title taken from a cafe the band liked to frequent, also gives a nod to the work of classical composer Edvard Grieg.

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Hamburger Concerto > Focus

Artist: Focus
Label: ATCO Records
Catalog#: SD 36-100
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1974-05
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At the end of 1973, Pierre van der Linden left Focus to form Trace with Rick van der Linden from Ekseption; British drummer Colin Allen, previously with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and Stone The Crows, was flown in as a replacement. Although it had been over two years since the band's last album, Hamburger Concerto again offers another installment of classic Focus music. The brief "Delitiae Musicae" opens, confirming both Thijs van Leer and Jan Akkerman's love of classical music—something they also pursued in contemporaneous solo works.

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Hatfield And The North > Hatfield And The North

Artist: Hatfield And The North
Label: Virgin
Catalog#: VR-13-110
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1974-03
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The roots of Hatfield and the North go back to the Miller brothers-guitarist Phil and keyboardist Steve-and the final days of Delivery in mid-1972. In early 1973, keyboard player and Dave Stewart replaced Steve, joining the core of Phil, bassist Richard Sinclair (ex-Caravan) and drummer Pip Pyle (ex-Gong). Stewart had previously been in Egg and replaced keyboard player Dave Sinclair, who returned to Caravan. The band spent most of 1973 touring, including several visits to the Continent.

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