#al simones

SOLID SPACE "Space Museum" (LP. 2017 / rec. 1982) [UK]

Le FORTE FOUR "Bikini Tennis Shoes" (LP. 2017 / rec. 1975) [US]

Al SIMONES "Enchanted Forest" (LP. 2013 / rec. 1994) [US]

Allen GINSBERG "First Blues" (2xLP. 1982 / rec. 1971-81) [US]

Paul HORN "Inside II" (LP. 1972) [CAN]

Alain SAVEROT "Ballade rustique" (LP. 1982) [FR]

SKY NEEDLE "Rave Cave" (LP. 2012) [AUS]

PRIMA MATERIA "La Coda della Tigre / The Tail of the Tiger" (LP. 2015 / rec. 1976) [ITA]

The DECAYES "Aquarium" (LP. 2014) [US]

PRIMA MATERIA "Live in Concert (Musik der Zeit - Köln 1974" (LP. 2015 / rec. 1974) [ITA]

MATFIELD & The POND "Not quite 'it'" (LP. 1989 / rec. 1980-82) [UK]

REPTILE RANCH "Reptile Ranch" (LP. 2017 / rec. 1979-80) [UK]

Die TÖDLICHE DORIS "" "" (LP. 2017 / rec. 1982) [GER]

Walter MAIOLI, Fred GALES, Pit PICCINELLI "Amazonia 6891" (2xLP. 2016 / rec. 1985) [ITA]

BUZZCOCKS "Love Bites" (LP. 1978) [UK]

Al Simones  “Balloon Ride” 1999 US Psych Rock  Limited to 500 copies

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Simones comes across to me as an American Bevis Frond, or sometimes akin to fellow American Nick Riff. It's that Syd Barrett and Jimi Hendrix inspiration, all done by a dedicated soloist multi-tracking as much as he can. The mixture of wispy and druggy atmospheres, playful songs and instrumentals often tend to sound more 1969 than 1999. And I guess that was the intention. .....

Long revered as a trade secret amongst record dealers and collectors Simones music is one of the great secrets of the home recording revolution that took root in the late 1980s. Ohio born Al Simones combined his love of 60s and 70s psychedelic rock music with vintage instruments and produced four highly collectable handmade albums between 1992 and 2009. All of them are filled with intense psychedelic guitar music that invokes the energy and passion of his influences - including Jimi Hendrix and Phil Keaggy of The Glass Harp - whilst also possessing the mystery and spiritual intensity that surrounds 70s US private press legends such as Jeffrey Liberman and Mystic Siva. Simones albums have been beyond the reach of most record buyers for many years due to their limited numbers. For those who have never heard Simones' mind blowing music its a revelatory treat. In 2012, Clear spot Distribution's Headspin label released al imited edition (500 copies) 20th Anniversary box-set, which was a year in the making - a beautiful deluxe 4LP BOXSET, draped in astonishing black velvet, with exclusive full technicolor artwork. The box included all four of al Simones' albums, housed in 450 gsm carton sleeves with two of them being gatefolds: ......

- Corridor of Dreams (1992) - Enchanted Forest (1994) - Balloon Ride (1998) - From The Electric Cornfield

Al SIMONES ”Enchanted Forest” (LP. 2013 / rec. 1994) [US]

MAHOGANY BRAIN "With (Junk-Saucepan) when (Spoon-Trigger)" (LP. 2014 / rec. 1970) [FR]

Joël VANDROOGENBROECK "Meditation vol. 1" (LP. 2014 / rec. 1980) [BEL]

RED NOISE "Sarcelles - Lochères" (LP. 2014 / rec. 1970) [FR] 

SAND "North Atlantic Raven" (LP. 2014 / rec. 1973-76) [GER]

Conrad SCHNITZLER & Gregor SCHNITZLER "Conrad & Sohn" (LP. 2013 / rec. 1981) [GER]

James WHITE & The BLACKS "Off white" (LP. 1979) [US]

The DEEP FREEZE MICE "Hang on Constance, let me hear the News" (LP. 1985) [UK]

Steve HOOKER'S SHAKERS "Really gone" (LP. 1984 / rec. 1979-84?) [UK]

V/A "Sébastien 'Sf Sorrow' Favre. 1963-2010" (LP. 2010 / rec. 195?-6?)

V/A "Swing for a Crime" (LP. 1988 / rec. 195?-6?)

Link WRAY & The RAYMEN "There's good rockin' tonite" (LP. 1972 / rec. 1957-65) [US]

Al Simones - Colors 

You should find any Al Simones you can, listen to it on headphones and try to recreate it personally.