KISMET RECORDS UK
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Distr. : UK -
US - Forced Exposure
Style : reissue
all notes taken from www.forcedexposure.com
KIS 4001 THE SMOKE THE SMOKE CD 08.2010
(Note : US Smoke)
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KIS 4002 CHRISTOPHER CHRISTOPHER CD 08.2010
(Note : trio from Texas , 1970)
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KIS 4003 TROYKA TROYKA CD 08.2010
(Note : trio from Alberta , Canada , 1968-69)
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KIS 4004 STONEWALL STONEWALL CD 08.2010
KIS 4004 STONEWALL STONEWALL LP 04.2012
(Note : hard rock quartet fro Long Island , 1974)
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KIS 4005 PRIVILEGE PRIVILEGE CD 07.2011
(Note : soul band from aug.1969)
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KIS 4006 CYNARA CYNARA CD 05.2011
(Note : psych.-jazzy quintet from Boston ; 08.1970)
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KIS 4007 JUMP JUMP CD 05.2011
(Note : prog-pop rock from LA ; spring 1971)
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KIS 4008 THUNDER AND ROSES KING OF THE BLACK SUNRISE CD 05.2011
(Note : psych.heavy rock trio from Philadelphia;07.1969
Line up : Chris Bond (vo.,gt.)
Tom Schaffer (bass)
George Emme (drums)
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KIS 4009 EMILY EMILY CD 07.2011
KIS 4009 EMILY EMILY LP 03.2012
(Note : psych-folk from 1972)
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KIS 4010 VISION OF SUNSHINE VISION OF SUNSHINE CD 07.2011
(Note : Californian quintet , early 1970)
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KIS 4011 DIRTY JOHN'S HOT DOG STAND : RETURN FROM THE DEAD CD 07.2011
(Note : orig.issued in june 1970)
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KIS 4012 COTTONWOOD CAMARADERIE CD 01.2012
(Note : quintet fron California ; 1971 debut)
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KIS 4013 GIANT CRAB COOL IT ... HELIOS CD 01.2012
(Note : quintet from Santa Barbara ; late 60's)
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KIS 4014 GIANT CRAB A GIANT CRAB COMES FORTH CD 01.2012
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KIS 4015 GORDON ALEXANDER GORDON'S BUSTER CD 10.2011
(Note : West-Coast psych pop from 1968)
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KIS 4016 EVE TAKE IT AND SMILE CD 10.2011
(Note : ex.members of leg.female harmony quartet Honey
Ltd. ; from 1968)
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KIS 4017 BIT A SWEET HYPNOTIC 1 CD 10.2011
(Note : sythesizer psych sound from 1968)
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KIS 4018 THE AMERICAN DREAM THE AMERICAN DREAM LP.CD 10.2011
(Note : Phiadelphien pop rock quintet , 02.1970)
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KIS 4019 LINN COUNTY PROUD FLESH SOOTHSEER CD 10.2011
(Note : orig.known as The Linn County Blues Band , psych.
band from Iowa and move to SF in 1967 , LP 09.1968)
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KIS 4020 THE LITTLE BOY BLUES IN THE WOODLAND OF WEIR CD 10.2011
(Note : acid rock,jazz & classical infl. band from
Chicago , orig.LP 10.1968)
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KIS 4021 AKIDO AKIDO CD 12.2011
(Note : afro-funk band produced by Faces'Ronnie Lane ;
released in North America only in august 1972)
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KIS 4022 KALI BAHLU : TAKES THE FOREST CHILDREN ON A JOURNEY OF CD 12.2011
COSMIC REMEMBERANCE
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KIS 4023 OKKO SITAR & ELECTRONICS CD 12.2011
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KIS 4024 RABBIT MCKAY BUG CLOTH CD 12.2011
(Note : US blues , garage rock and psychedelic singer ,
orig.released in june 1968)
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KIS 4025 FIRE & IVE LTD. THE HAPPENING CD 04.2012
(Note :from june 1966 , earliest psych.rock album
ever recorded)
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KIS 4026 THE GLASS FAMILY ELECTRIC BAND CD 04.2012
(Note pop rock from LA , 02.1969)
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KIS 4027 FUNKY JUNCTION PLAY A TRIBUTE TO DEEP PURPLE LP.CD 06.2012
(Note : album was rec.under a peudonym in late 1972 by
the original Thin Lizzy trio)
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KIS 4028 THE TRAVEL AGENCY THE TRAVEL AGENCY CD 06.2012
(Note : psych pop band from SF , 1966)
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KIS 4029 BLUE PHANTOM DISTROTIONS CD 06.2012
(Note : unknown musicians , 1971)
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KIS 4030 TAOS TAOS CD 07.2012
(Note : from NYC , 1970)
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KIS 4031 THE VELVET UNDERGROUND SQUEEZE LP.CD 07.2012
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KIS 4032 RIVERSON RIVERSON CD 08.2012
(Note : one of the finest Canadian albums , 1972)
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KIS 4033 ARCADIUM BREATHE AWHILE CD 08.2012
(Note : London based quintet , 11.1969)
LP Middle Earth MDLS 302 1969 UK
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KIS 4034 SILK SMOOTH AS RAW SILK CD 10.2012
(Note : quartet from Cleveland , OH ; summer 1969)
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KIS 4035 ALEXANDERS TIMELESS BLOOZHAND : FOR SALE CD 01.2013
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KIS 4036 SANDY COAST SHIPWRECK CD 01.2013
(Note : LP on Page One MORS 201 , 1969)
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KIS 4037 TRIPSICHORD TRIPSICHORD MUSIC BOX CD 02.2013
(Note : Caligornian acid rock quintet, 1971)
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KIS 4038 MANTIS TURN ONTO MUSIC CD 05.2013
(Note : psych-funk band , 1973)
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KIS 4039 BRAM STOKER HEAVY ROCK SPECTACULAR CD 05.2013
(Note : organ-heavy prog band , Windmill WMD 117, 1972)
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KIS 4040 SANDY COAST FROM THE STEREO WORKSHOP CD 09.2013
(Note : prog band from Holland, Page One POLS 020, 1969)
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KIS 4041 MYSTIC NUMBER NATIONAL BANK CD 09.2013
(Note : psych.blues band from Kansas City, Probe SPB 1001,
1969)
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KIS 4042 WOODY'S TRUCK STOP WOODY'S TRUCK STOP CD 12.2013
(Note : one of Philadelphia's leading late-'60s bands)
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KIS 4043 THE YANKEE DOLLAR THE YANKEE DOLLAR CD 12.2013
(Note : Californian sextet were discovered and produced
by Strawberry Alarm Clock manager Frank Slay, 1968)
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KIS 4044 CREEPY JOHN THOMAS CREEPY JOHN THOMAS CD 03.2014
(Note : Creepy John Thomas was an alias for Australian singer-guitarist Johnny Driver,
who had enjoyed considerable success back home with The Flies, even supporting
The Rolling Stones. Recorded by the legendary Conny Plank and released in late
1969, this terrific album combines psychedelic rock, blues and folk to spellbin
ding effect, and makes its long-awaited return to CD here)
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KIS 045 GANIMIAN & HIS ORIENTAL MUSIC : COME WITH ME TO THE CD 03.2014
CASHBAH
(Note : originally released in the summer of 1959, this remarkable album was one of the
first to fuse Middle Eastern and Western instrumentation. Led by Armenian-Ameri
can oud virtuoso Charles "Chick" Ganimian, the band tear through a collection
of standards and originals that touch on what they termed "Oriental r&r,"
anticipating the work of John Berberian, The Orient Express, The Devil's Anvil,
and others. Includes background notes)
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KIS 4046 NICHOLAS GREENWOOD COLD CUTS CD 04.2014
(Note : bassist/singer Nicholas Greenwood was a member of The Crazy World Of Arthur
Brown between 1967 and 1970. Having struck out on his own, he recorded his only
solo LP with help from Dick Heninghem and Eric Peachey (Khan), Bunk Gardner
(The Mothers Of Invention), Bryn Howarth (Les Fleur de Lys) and others. Intense
and moody, it was released in tiny numbers in France, Holland and the UK in
1972, and is one of the rarest albums of the progressive era)
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KIS 4047 THE UNDERDOGS WASTING OUR TIME CD 04.2014
(Note : The Underdogs have been described as New Zealand's most notorious '60s band.
Purveyors of raucous R&B, their wild live sets and hedonistic lifestyle were
legendary. They splintered in 1969, but a reinvigorated line-up issued this
superb blues-rock set the following year, with blistering guitar leads
throughout)
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KIS 4048 ELLIE POP ELLI POP CD 04.2014
(Note : orig. issued in 1968, this Roseville, Michigan band's sole album is one of the
finest Beatles-influenced pop records of its era. A considerable rarity in its
original form, it makes its long-awaited return to CD here)
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KIS 4049 THE TIFFANY SHADE THE TIFFANY SHADE CD 06.2014
(Note : having formed in Cleveland in mid-1966, The Tiffany Shade swiftly became one of
the city's hippest acts, sharing stages with Janis Joplin, the MC5 and others.
A fine blend of folk-rock, garage and psychedelia, their sole album was swiftly
recorded in the fall of 1967 and appeared that December. The band split soon
after its release, but it has gone on to earn a significant cult reputation,
and makes its long-awaited return to CD here, together with background notes)
LP Mainstream 5/6105 1968 US mono/stereo
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KIS 4050 TRUK TRACKS CD 06.2014
(Note : originally from Oklahoma, where they started life as No Large Trucks, gritty
hard rockers Truk featured Willie Daffern (formerly of psych legends Hunger),
and cut their sole LP in California. Co-produced by Buffalo Springfield's Dewey
Martin, it's a bludgeoning classic reminiscent of other lost classics by bands
like Euclid and Troyka, and makes its long-awaited return to CD here. Includes
background notes)
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KIS 4051 SIDE SHOW SIDE SHOW CD 06.2014
(Note : originally released in the summer of 1970, this unconventional psychedelic pop
LP features several songs by the band's singer/guitarist Paul Giovanni, who
went on to create the unforgettable music for 1973 cult classic film The Wicker
Man. Combining vocal harmonies with distorted guitars, Moog synthesizer, sax,
melodica and more to impressive effect)
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KIS 4052 US 69 YEASTERDAY'S FOLK CD 06.2014
(Note : Connecticut quintet's sole album is remarkably diverse, spanning dreamy sitar
psych, garage rock, jazzy pop, Afro-pop, electronica and more. It did little
upon original release in March 1969, but has gone on to have a considerable
cult reputation, even being sampled by DJ Shadow)
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KIS 4053 DIA PROMETIDO DIA PROMETIDO CD 08.2014
(Note : originally issued in early 1972, this haunting album from Dia Prometido finds
an Iranian psalter player collaborating with a Chilean guitarist, together with
a Spanish rhythm section, and makes its CD debut here. Background notes incl.)
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KIS 4054 SCOTT BRADFORD ROCK SLIDES CD 08.2014
(Note : this lysergically-tinged jazz album was recorded in Belgium, where keyboardist
Scott Bradford, legendary saxophonist Nathan Davis, guitarist Philip Catherine,
bassist Gunther Lenz and drummer Stu Martin, originally issued on Probe Rec. in
1969)
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KIS 4055 TAMALPAIS EXCHANGE TAMALPAIS EXCHANGE CD 09.2014
(Note : pop-folk rock band from San Francisco , 1968)
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KIS 4056 AFRICA MUSIC FROM "LIL BROWN" CD 09.2014
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KIS 4057 DIA PROMETIDO DIA PROMETIDO CD 12.2014
(Note : rare 2nd album by Iranian psalter player Kamel Missaghian and Chilean guitarist
Pancho Amenabar. Originally issued in Spain in 1972)
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KIS 4058 CHARLIE STARR JUST PLAIN CHARLIE CD 12.2014
(Note : born in New York in 1941, the late Charlie Starr was blind from childhood, but
was determined to make it as a musician. His debut album originally appeared in
April 1969 on Mercury Records, and features several fine songs in the country
idiom, as well as some introspective ballads and one or two forays into
underground rock. It's a fine collection that has developed a considerable cult
following, and makes its overdue CD debut here, together with background notes.
Digitally remastered)
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