Showing posts with label Philadelphia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Philadelphia. Show all posts

Saturday, June 6, 2026

Majic Bus - World Turned Away / Total Silence. 197? USA ~ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


Very interesting one here. I bought this from a store in Phoenix while visiting family. I had seen it on Discogs, and since we were already there, might as well grab it. I'd heard some of it online once and added it straight to my want list. My notes says it reminded me of early Yes.

Yep, that's exactly it too. Really excellent two sider. Has much more of a UK sound than American. Thinking Guns & Butter here as well. As I put in the release notes in Discogs (while adding prog as a genre): Has organ, flute, sax, acoustic guitar, and Minimoog. Concerning the latter, this makes the date of 1970 highly suspicious (they would have had to be one of the first ever to use this synthesizer). Not enough data to overturn but 1971 to 1972 is far more likely here.

Quite an obscure item, though it isn't fetching high dollars, which isn't atypical for proggy 45s (though there are some major exceptions). Not in 45cat or RYM as I add this here.

Own.

4.0

Saturday, April 26, 2025

Bondzmen – Smoke In The City / Come Along With Me. USA ~ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


Both tracks are dreary soul numbers with a hint of garage. A) side is more upbeat but still depressing in its content. B) side has an overlong chorus. 

Derived they were from Philly based on the publisher name, but that could be incorrect.

2.5 / 2.0

4/26/25

Sunday, June 6, 2021

Shira - Liar / Frank's Ant Farm. 1973 USA-Philadelphia


Shira are a somewhat unknown group out of Philadelphia who released two promo 45s and then disappeared. 'Liar' is a kick ass hard rock number with a little bit of a funk edge. 'Frank's Ant Farm' is a dual guitar proggy hard rock instrumental that oddly reminds me of Automatic Fine Tuning. Excellent two sider. 

It would appear their other 45 isn't worth bothering with.


Ownership: SP: 1973 Jamie promo. Recent online acquisition. 

4/19/21 (first listen); 6/6/21 (review / new entry)

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