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While by no means the first of Australia's outdoor rock festivals, for better or worse, Sunbury soon assumed the mantle of "Australia's Woodstock". It was held at the end of January, 1972, over the Australia Day long weekend. The venue was a natural amphitheatre site on farmland near Sunbury, a rural town north of Melbourne, Victoria. The Aztecs shared billing with Spectrum/Murtceps, The La De Das, Max Merritt & the Meteors, SCRA, Pirana, Greg Quill's Country Radio and many others.

DREAMS is a 4-CD box set compiling in chronological order tracks by the Allman Brothers Band, as well as tracks by bands featuring one or more member of the Allman Brothers Band and solo performances by Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts.

Organist Larry Young was from a jazz background, having made a series of wonderful albums for Blue Note in the '60's. As the decade closed, he sought new sounds and is best known for his work on John McLaughlin and Carlos Santana's "Love Devotion & Surrender"

Atom Heart Mother is a 1970 progressive rock album by Pink Floyd, engineered by Alan Parsons and Peter Bown. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, England, and reached number 1 in the UK, and number 55 in the U.S. charts, and went gold in the U.S. in March 1994. A re-mastered CD was released in 1994 in the UK, and in 1995 in the U.S.

The Division Bell is the final studio album by Pink Floyd, released in 1994 (30 March in the United Kingdom and 5 April in the United States), and the second album without original bassist Roger Waters. It was recorded at a number of studios, including guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour's houseboat studio called The Astoria. It went to #1 in the UK and debuted at the top of the U.S. Billboard 200 album charts in April 1994, spending four weeks as the top album in the country. By contrast, Pink Floyd's previous album, A Momentary Lapse of Reason, had peaked at #3. The Division Bell was certified Gold, Platinum, and Double Platinum in the U.S. in June 1994 and Triple Platinum in January 1999. Its release was accompanied by an extremely successful tour documented in the P•U•L•S•E album released the following year.

I referred to this album in an earlier Hendrix post. Released in 1971, it culled tracks from 3 west coast concerts and was one of the better releases in the years close to his death. It contains some great performances, most notably "Little Wing", which is just beautiful, the best version that I have heard.

It is also very rare, deleted not long after release and only given a limited brief CD release.

This is the Rainbow Bridge concert of the 30th of July 1970. Its a very good soundboard and contains both sets played at this venue. The cover art is amazing. Well worth adding to your Hendrix collection.

Eccentric, prolific British singer/songwriter Roy Harper is a legend on the U.K. folk-rock scene. He began recording in the late 1960s, as something of a cross between Bob Dylan's troubadourism and Syd Barrett's freewheeling, wild-eyed visions. Though Harper has had an impact on British rockers who gained greater fame (he's feted in Led Zeppelin's "Hats Off To Roy Harper," sings lead on Pink Floyd's "Have a Cigar," and was a
major influence on Jethro Tull), his mix of folk and prog-rock has earned him a niche all his own in the pantheon of British songwriters.

In June 1970 Free had established their reputation as one of the greatest stripped back rock acts, with two albums and constant touring under their belt. The combination of Paul Rodgers (one of the best vocalists of all time, Bad Company and now with Queen), Paul Kossoff (the guitarist died of drug related heart problems at the tender age of 25) and Simon Kirke (drummer of Bad Company) would ensure that they would never be forgotten. Their third album, Fire and Water is unique in their repertoire, as a consistently great album, the first that was self-produced, yielding much bickering as a result, but incredible nevertheless: rough, blues oriented music, soul-inspired vocals, it’s got to be on the shelf of any serious rock fan.