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Edgar Broughton Band
Speak Down The Wires: The Recordings (1975-1982)
Esoteric
★★★★

This is an excellent four-CD set by the doyens of the ’60s counterculture — the trailblazers of political heavy rock.

Their 1969 debut album Wasa Wasa was cut for EMI’s underground label Harvest.

Pure Prarie League
Firin’ Up/Something In the Night
BGO Records
★★★

Dirty Work Going On: Kent & Modern Records Blues into the 60s Vol 1
If I Have to Wreck LA: Kent & Modern Records Blues into the 60s Vol 2
Ace Records
★★★★★

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
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