Randy California
- Country
- United States
- Profile
- Randy California (1951 - 1997) was a guitarist, singer and songwriter and one of the original members of the rock group Spirit, formed in 1967.
- Website
- http://randycaliforniaandspirit.com
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- Review: Spirit - At Ebbetts Field 1974 (Peter Thelen 2017-03-19)
- Review: Spirit - The Original Potato Land (Peter Thelen 2014-01-16)
- Recommendation: Spirit has a line on you (Jon Davis 2013-12-13)
- Review: Spirit - Two Sides of a Rainbow (Peter Thelen 2013-11-21)
- Review: Randy California - Kapt. Kopter and the (Fabulous) Twirly Birds (Peter Thelen 2011-02-01)
- Review: Spirit - Salvation... The Spirit of '74 (Peter Thelen 2008-01-01)
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- Review: Spirit - Son of Spirit / Farther Along & Future Games / Spirit of 84 (Jon Davis 2006-05-01)
- Review: Spirit - 1984 (Peter Thelen 1999-01-01)
- News: Randy California RIP (Peter Thelen 1997-02-01)
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Feature: Before There Was a Label —
Looking at the Beginnings of Progressive Rock (Peter Thelen 1994-08-01)
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Latest news
2020-11-20
25 Views of Worthing Finally Gets Released –
A while ago, we wrote about the discovery of a "long lost" Canterbury-style gem by a band called 25 Views of Worthing. And now we're pleased to find out that Wind Waker Records has released their music on an LP. »
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2020-10-14
Audion Is Back in Business –
Our esteemed colleague Alan Freeman has restarted Audion Magazine after a seven year hiatus. The new incarnation is available online on their Bandcamp site. Audion's history goes back to 1984, and included 58 issues up to 2013. Issue #59 is available now, and #60 is in the works. »
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2020-10-06
Romantic Warriors IV – Krautrock (Part 2) Is in the Works –
Zeitgeist Media, the people who have brought us the great series of documentary films chronicling the history of progressive rock, are working on the second installment of their examination of German music. Krautrock 2 will focus on artists from Münich such as Guru Guru, Amon Düül II, Xhol Caravan, Kraan, Witthüser & Westrupp, and Popol Vuh. »
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2020-09-09
Simeon Coxe RIP –
Simeon Coxe, best known for his experimental electronics in the band Silver Apples, has died at the age of 82. The band's 1968 debut album set the stage for both German electronic music and experimental punk music a decade later. Coxe died on September 8 from pulmonary fibrosis. »
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2020-09-05
Gary Peacock RIP –
Legendary bassist Gary Peacock, veteran of many recordings and performances with Paul Bley, George Russell, Roland Kirk, Bill Evans, Tony Williams, and many more. »
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Previously in Exposé...
Alquimia & Jose Luis Fernandez Ledesma - Dead Tongues – Alquimia is a vocalist, composer and multi-instrumentalist who has three previous albums to her credit in the pre-hispanic/new electronic music area, while Fernandez Ledesma is the de-facto leader of... (1996) » Read more
Step Ahead - Step Ahead – Step Ahead was one of France's best symphonic bands and this, their only release, was a quite a rarity, not only in availability but also in quality. In the early eighties, few bands kept the... (1993) » Read more
Distant Dream - A New Beginning – Here’s something out of left field: a big concept album from a new, unknown band. And in this context, “concept album” should be taken as something more like I, Robot (or even Phantom of the... (2006) » Read more
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Lost Christmas Eve – It’s hard to imagine that the core members of metal band Savatage would take a musical U-turn and arrive with a huge money-making project that has nothing to do with their previous incarnation. The... (2005) » Read more
David Bedford - The Odyssey – Bedford reached a new high with The Odyssey from 1976. It's based upon the Odyssey which Odysseus undertook in the eponymous book from Homer. When you look at the back of the CD, among the 11... (2004) » Read more
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