Starchild - Long Way Home / Ocean. 1978 USA ~ Dallas, Texas

Really nice two sider. The a) side is more commercial in nature, but still based in space rock principles, especially considering the phasing. The vocals are female and bear a strong resemblance to my Proto Prog with Female Vocals list. This is especially apparent on the b) side which is more progressive rock in nature. The overall sound is late 70s or early 80s. Excellent guitar work throughout.

Not finding anything much about it. A comment on YouTube says it was made for a Sci-Fi Movie and Book. It also says Dallas. 

More research ties the Dallas reference together with this book. In the description they talk about an unfinished novel from a 40 year old movie treatment. And this was published in 2018. 40 years before? 1978. That sounds exactly right. I'm going forward with these dates and places.

3.5 / 4.0

12/30/25 (new entry)

Southern Savanna - Hear Me / Devil In My Life. 197? USA-Dallas

I had a lot of personal great discoveries last year. Storm, Manchester Bridge Band, Red Machine, Buffoon, Luxus, Heavy Blow, Highway, Dream'r, the list goes on. But Southern Savanna takes the #2 spot. What a guitar tone this guy gets! Starting off with a killer riff and then right into the rhythm, this has the right groove. Then the vocalist comes in, and he actually knows how to sing. A real dude too. Then there's break after break, progressive in nature. Love the pounding drums. This is just awesome hard rock. All killer, no filler. And the b) side is no less awesome. More ass kicking with crankin' solos. Picking up some Blue Cheer on this one. Essential. 

The band name indicates these guys might be from the southeast, Georgia in particular. YouTube says Texas (but where?), and there's no evidence to support that claim. Though it could very well be accurate. As for a date, 1971 seems about right. Found some hard evidence that the label is from Dallas, so we'll go with that.

Ownership: SP: 19?? Sevens International. Online acquisition (2020). 

11/1/20 (first listen) 5/16/21 (review / new entry)