Two Sides of a Coin: Juxtaposing

Plastic Penny were a British group who made the U.K. Top Ten in early 1968 with "Everything I Am," a labored ballad augmented by strings, that wasn't even one of their best songs. Much of their material was psychedelic pop with hints of encroaching prog-rock, sometimes recalling the Who a bit, elsewhere going into more fey story-songs. Their guitarist, Mick Grabham, would play with Procol Harum between 1973-1977.

Plastic Penny were a British group who made the U.K. Top Ten in early 1968 with "Everything I Am," a labored ballad augmented by strings, that wasn't even one of their best songs. Much of their material was psychedelic pop with hints of encroaching prog-rock, sometimes recalling the Who a bit, elsewhere going into more fey story-songs. Their guitarist, Mick Grabham, would play with Procol Harum between 1973-1977.

Esoteric Recordings is pleased to announce the release of a new re-mastered 2 CD edition of TWO SIDES OF A RAINBOW – Live at the Rainbow 1978 by the legendary psychedelic rock band SPIRIT. The set features the entire concert performed by the band at the Rainbow Theatre in London on 11th March 1978, along with the 9 tracks that comprised the US album release Live Spirit in 1979.

Reissue of this totally unknown New England teenage folk private press from 1971. Originally released by the artist herself as a demo only, blank cover edition of 100 copies. Just out of high school and hoping somebody might pay attention, the LP slipped through the cracks, the chapter closed, and life moved forward on a different course. The album left behind stands as a true female loner folk gem, of which there aren't many at all: just Ellie's humbly intimate vocals & her harp-like self-taught finger-picked guitar playing, plus some lovely pastoral flute by a friend on a handful of tracks. The sounds are straight from the tuned-in melancholy teenage mind, reeling from the mind expansion of the 60s, but also the excesses. Deeply reflective, poetic & searching lyrics of love / nature / peace playing out in real time against stark reality / longing / loss, and balanced at the very edge of the void…