“This recording date grew out of sessions Alan Douglas put together, featuring McLaughlin and Larry Young jamming with Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Miles (Billy Rich was the bass player). McLaughlin sounded timid next to Hendrix (none of the material with Hendrix has been officially released), but really comes to life on Devotion. This is arguably one of the finest acid rock albums of all time. McLaughlin is on fire, using fuzzboxes and phasers, over Larry Young’s swirling Hammond B-3, with Billy Rich and Buddy Miles as the rock-solid rhythm section. If you think that McLaughlin’s solo at the end of “Right Off” (from A Tribute to Jack Johnson) is one of the high points of his career, then this is the album for you.”
Siglo Cero – Latinoamerica (1970)
“After The Speakers split in 1969, Humberto Monroy co-founded Siglo cero with Jaime Rodriguez, Mario Renee, Ferdie Fernández and Speaker’s drummer Roberto Fiorilli. Siglo cero was a progressive rock outfit, with major jazz influences. In 1970 they released Festival de la Vida, which was recorded live the 27th of June of the same year at a performance in Bogotá’s Parque Nacional, before 10,000 people.”
Sphinx Tush – Crashville (1970)
Sphinx Tush is a live band in true sense of the word. This is probably the only track that was saved til’ this day. It’s recording of their improvising on some German festival. What we have here is destructive symphony of fast, head-banging heavy rock jam only 5 minute long – but that’s how rock ‘n’ roll music should be… short, raw and fast.
Eden Rose – On the Way to Eden (1970)
Fully instrumental album of spontaneous jams with great Hammond organ. This can easily be best progressive rock band from France.
Made in Sweden – Live! At the Golden Circle (1970)
Rare live album by Swedish supergroup with Georg Wadenius on guitar who later joined Blood, Sweat & Tears. Known primarly as “best Swedish band of 70s” and Grammy Award-winning hitmakers this album however mostly instrumental and built on improvisation.
Free Action Inc. – Plays Eddy Korsche Rock And Blues (1970)
Obscure Italian band with crazy Hammond and psychedelic blues guitar. It sounds like massive boogie freakout.
The Psycheground Group – Psycheground (1970)
“A sweet psychedelic set, but one with very mysterious origins — originally recorded as a sound library session, by a group that was really the better-known Nuova Idea! The album’s definitely got a vibe that fits its sound library roots — all instrumental, with a bit less bravado than most psyche albums of this type — almost more of a focus on the rhythms, which stretch out strongly amidst the Hammond and guitar solos on the set.”
Peter Green – The End of the Game (1970)
“Peter Green (born Peter Allen Greenbaum on 29 October 1946 in London, England) is an influential blues guitarist and founder of Fleetwood Mac and Peter Green Splinter Group…. From 1970 to 1974, Peter played some sessions, and worked with several small bands, as well as releasing two solo singles and an album of extended jams, The End of the Game.”
Sweet Smoke – Just A Poke (1970)
“Their music is one of the most loosely arranged happy-hippy-rock, very “jammy” as well as being very jazz-tinged also. Their average tune was 20 min long.”
Food Brain – Social Gathering (1970)
Social Gathering by Food Brain is a 1970 one-off jam record by a Japanese psych/prog “supergroup” consisting of guitarist Shinki Chen (Speed, Glue & Shinki), bassist Luis Kabe (The Golden Cups), organist Hiro Yanagida (Apryl Fool), and drummer Hiro Tsunada (Strawberry Path).”