Al Manfredi – Blue Gold

Blue Gold is the little-known 1973 West Coast rock masterpiece by Al Manfredi, later rediscovered and championed by collectors and writers as a lost gem of psychedelic and melodic songwriting. Originally self-pressed in tiny quantities, the album blends hazy California rock, folk-leaning introspection and late-60s psych sensibilities into a deeply personal record.

This reissue, overseen by Manfredi’s son Exile, presents the original album alongside unreleased material, restoring an overlooked artist whose work sits somewhere between David Crosby, Merrell Fankhauser and private-press psych lore. A vital archival release for fans of lost West Coast rock and rare underground songwriting.