ULISES     Ritual Virtual     MEX '97?     SMOGLESS     CD     $16
2ND CD FROM THIS MEXICAN ETHNIC PROG/PSYCH BAND SOME DARK NEAR AMBIENT BACKINGS ALA TANGERINE DREAM, ETC. SOME EXCELLENT GUITAR WORK AND SOME EXCITING PERCUSSION. LIKE LABEL MATES HUMUS THIS HAS ROOTS IN THE '70'S MUSIC BUT BOLDLY GOES FORWARD CREATING NEW STYLES AND SOUNDS.
ULTIMATE SPINACH     S/T     UK '95     BIG BEAT     CD     $18
AT LAST THE KINGS OF THE BOSSTOWN PSYCH SCENE!
UNDER THE BIG TREE     S/T     US '98     PRIVATE     CD     $15
EXCELLENT PROGRESSIVE WITH SOME PSYCHEDELIA TO BOOT FROM NICK PECK KEYBOARDIST FOR EPISODE. THIS CERTAINLY SURPASSES EVERYTHING THEY HAVE DONE. REALLY DYNAMIC AND POWERFUL BOTH IN MELODIES AND PLAYING.
UNDER THE SUN     S/T     UK '9?     VINYL TAP     CD     $18
CD OF UK PRIVATE PROG FROM '79.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA     S/T     UK '97     EDSEL     CD     $20
IT'S ABOUT TIME THEY REISSUED THIS ON CD! THE CLASSIC JOSEPH BYRD GENRE PUSHER AND BREAKTHROUGH FROM '68.
USE OF ASHES     Firetree     IT '97     MELLOW     CD     $20
LONG OVERDUE 2ND PIECE FROM THIS GREAT DUTCH OUTFIT. THE 1ST "CASTLE OF FAIR WELCOME" IS LONG OUT OF PRINT AND COPIES OF THE LP SELL IN THE $100 RANGE! MUSICALLY THIS IS IN A SIMILAR VEIN TO THE SACRED ACID FOLK/PSYCHEDELIA OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY OF THE INFANT JESUS WITH AN EXTENDED FLOWING FEEL THROUGHOUT!