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GRIN - Lisner Auditorium George Washington University Washington DC December 1, 1972
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Nils Hilmer Lofgren (born June 21, 1951) is an American rock musician, recording artist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Along with his work as a solo artist, he is a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band since 1984, a former member of Crazy Horse, and founder/frontman of the band Grin. Lofgren was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the E Street Band in 2014.
Lofgren was born in Chicago in 1951 to an Italian mother and a Swedish father. He moved to the suburban town of Garrett Park, Maryland, near the northern border of Washington, D.C. as a young child. Lofgren's first instrument was classical accordion, beginning at age 5, which he studied seriously for ten years. After studying classical music and jazz, throughout his youth, Lofgren switched his emphasis to rock music, and focused on the piano and the guitar. By 1968, Lofgren formed the band Grin originally with bassist George Daly (later replaced by Bob Gordon), and drummer Bob Berberich, former players in the DC band The Hangmen.
The group played in venues throughout the Washington, D.C. area. Lofgren had been a competitive gymnast in high school, a skill that popped up later in his career. During this time, Lofgren met Neil Young and played for him. Young invited Lofgren to come to California and the Grin trio (Lofgren, Daly and Berberich) drove out west and lived for some months at a home Neil Young rented in Laurel Canyon.
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Lofgren used the Neil Young album credits to land his band Grin a record deal in 1971. Lofgren had formed the band originally with bassist George Daly and drummer Bob Berberich, and the group played in venues throughout the Washington D.C. area before going to California. Daly left the band early on to become a Columbia Records A & R Executive and was replaced by bassist Bob Gordon, who remained through the release of four critically acclaimed albums of catchy, hard rock, from 1971 to 1974, with guitar as Lofgren's primary instrument.
The single "White Lies" got heavy airplay on Washington, D.C.-area radio. Lofgren wrote the majority of the group's songs, and often shared vocal duties with other members of the band (primarily drummer Bob Berberich). After the second album Nils added brother Tom Lofgren as a rhythm guitarist. Grin failed to hit the big time, and were released by their record company.
Grin - Lisner Auditorium, December 1, 1972
George Washington University, Washington DC
01. I Had Too Much 3:44
02. Ain't Love Nice 2:11
03. Love or Else 4:05
04. Please Don't Be Long 2:19
05. Moon Tears 8:34
06. Love Again 4:56
07. Heart on Fire 5:09
08. Slippery Fingers 5:47
09. Sad Letter 3:39
10. Heavy Chevy 3:53
11. Like Rain 5:35
12. End Unkind 12:24
13. See What Love Can Do 9:34
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Various Artist - Dust on The Nettles - British Underground Folk Scene 1967-72
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It’s one of the most significant musical rediscoveries of recent years and, on its own, makes Dust on the Nettles indispensible. “The Seagulls Scream” by Christine Quayle is track 10 on the first disc of this box set of psychedelically inclined British folk or folk-inspired music. Quayle intones desolately of “a human in bed [who] is singing his prayers in his head, his mind is dead.”
As an intense musical evocation of despair, “The Seagulls Scream” is on the same level as the most desiccated moments of Ed Askew’s debut album from 1968, Sibylle Baier’s early Seventies recordings, Big Star’s “Holocaust” and Joy Division’s “Decades”.
Until now, “The Seagulls Scream” was deeply obscure. Surprisingly, the track has barely any internet presence. Quayle, 17 when she recorded it, had been brought to a studio to tape a contribution for the 1970 compilation album Sounds Like West Cornwall. Though the song became her only solo recording, she was busy and precocious.
Living with her family in Zennor, Cornwall, Quayle ran the local Mermaid Folk Club – described in its flyers as a “Way Out Club” – in 1968. For some of her solo live shows, she played as Chrissie, though Sounds Like West Cornwall credited her as Christine Quayle.
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Although everything collected on Dust on the Nettles is top drawer, Quayle’s existential masterpiece is the standout. The three-disc clamshell box set is a companion piece to last year’s Love, Poetry and Revolution, which billed itself as “A Journey Through the British Psychedelic and Underground Scenes”. Dust on the Nettles, billed as “A Journey Through the British Underground Folk Scene 1967–72”, is similarly no frills, with each disc in a card sleeve. There is a very tightly designed CD-sized booklet, with pithy track-by-track annotation in tiny print. In close to four hours, 63 tracks are heard.
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The stated mission is to demonstrate and soundtrack folk taking on psychedelia and, in turn, show how musical voyagers drew from folk. In essence, this new release goes further into what was introduced on discs three and four of the pioneering 2005 box set Anthems in Eden (there are track duplications). A few tracks sit uncomfortably with the whole (baroque singer-songwriter Duncan Browne, the blues-based Kevin Coyne and the rocky Gerald Moore), but this diligently represents the many, disparate facets of folk in its turned-on state, what passed for folk or drew from folk, and is a more even listen overall than Love, Poetry and Revolution.
Naturally, The Incredible String Band feature, as do Fairport Convention (both with alternate versions of familiar songs that were issued in the Sixties). Some Fairport offshoots like Steeleye Span and the fantastic Trader Horne (pictured above right, with ex-Fairport Convention singer Judy Dyble on the left) are also collected. The set opens with The Pentangle. Among the better known names are Joan Armatrading (with the spine-tingling “Visionary Mountains”), Anne Briggs, Vashti Bunyan, Shelagh McDonald, Bill Fay, Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, Bridget St. John, Mick Softly, Trees and Tyrannosaurus Rex
Of the lesser-knowns, cults and barely knowns, Comus, with the rare single-only track “Winter is a Coloured Bird”, are reliably and terrifyingly pagan.
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This new mini-box set, subtitled A Journey Through the British Underground Folk Scene, boasts 63 tracks and a running time of nearly four hours. The emphasis is on the genre sometimes referred to as “acid folk,” or contemporary folk music inspired by the psychedelic experience much as “acid rock” was for the heavier rock idiom. This countercultural style of folk particularly blossomed in the United Kingdom, incorporating both acoustic and electric sounds, traditional and newly-written tunes, and everything from religious-oriented to pagan-inspired lyrics. The array of artists here pushed the envelope even if most weren’t rewarded with considerable commercial success.
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Tracks have been drawn from a wide variety of labels including CBS, RCA Victor (and its progressive-minded Neon imprint), Pye (and its Dawn subsidiary), Andrew Loog Oldham’s Immediate, and John Peel’s Dandelion Records. A number of rare and previously unissued demos also are brought together to tell the story. Naturally, many “heavy hitters” feature on the diverse track list, most notably Fairport Convention (a 1969 demo of “Fotheringay”), Pentangle (1968 single “Let No Man Steal Your Thyme”), The Incredible String Band (a 1967 demo of “First Girl I Loved”), Vashti Bunyan (“Winter is Blue”), Joan Armatrading (1972’s “Visionary Mountains”), Steeleye Span (1970’s “All Things are Quite Silent”), Tyrannosaurus Rex (the duo’s 1967 recording of “Highways (Misty Mist),” and the recently-rediscovered cult hero Bill Fay (an early 1969 demo of “Garden Song”).
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Steve Peregrine Took, one-half of Tyrannosaurus Rex, is also represented with “Amanda,” a 1969 track from his post-Rex group Shagrat, founded with Larry Wallis and Tim Taylor. Incredible String Band founding member Clive Palmer gets a solo cut here with 1967’s “Stories of Jesus,” an adaptation of a 19th century hymn. (There are actually more hymns on this collection than one might expect!) Palmer also reappears on “Music of the Ages” from his band C.O.B., or Clive’s Original Band. “Curious Crystals of Unusual Purity” is reprised from Bridget St. John’s time on Dandelion; her entire output for the label was recently collected on a box from Cherry Red. Bias Boshell, who went on to later fame as the writer of “I’ve Got the Music in Me” for Kiki Dee, wrote “The Garden of Jane Delawney” which he performs with his early band Trees.
This collection, packed with surprises. Rarities and five previously unreleased tracks, includes a lavishly-illustrated 36-page booklet with an introduction by compilation producer David Wells and track-by-track liner notes for each and every track. Simon Murphy at Another Planet Music has remastered all songs and Andy Morten has handsomely designed the set. The three discs are housed in individual paper sleeves within the box.
Disc 1
01. The Pentangle - LET NO MAN STEAL YOUR THYME (Transatlantic TRA 162, 1968)
02. Magnet - WILLOW’S SONG (FROM THE WICKER MAN) (rec. 1972, first issued 1998)
03. Wight - COME ALL YOU TRAVELLERS (French Festival SPX 147, 1970)
04. Spirogyra - LOVE IS A FUNNY THING (B&C CAS 1042, 1971)
05. Gary Farr - IMAGES OF PASSING CLOUDS (rec. 1968, previously unreleased)
06. Synanthesia - PEEK STRANGELY AND WORRIED EVENING (RCA Victor SF 8058, 1969)
07. Bob & Carole Pegg - GLASS OF WATER (Galliard GAL 4017, 1972)
08. Vashti Bunyan - WINTER IS BLUE (Instant INL 002, 1968)
09. Comus - WINTER IS A COLOURED BIRD (Dawn DNX 2506, 1971)
10. Chrissie Quayle - THE SEAGULLS SCREAM (Sentinel SENS 1001, 1970)
11. Clive Palmer - STORIES OF JESUS (rec. 1967, first issued 1999)
12. Steve Peregrin Took’s Shagrat - AMANDA (rec. 1969, first issued 1990)
13. Bridget St. John - CURIOUS CRYSTALS OF UNUSUAL PURITY (Dandelion 63750, 1969)
14. Mark Fry - ROSES FOR COLUMBUS (Italian ZSLT 70006. 1972)
15. Dando Shaft - TILL THE MORNING COMES (RCA Neon NE 5, 1971)
16. Mary-Anne - BLACK GIRL (Joy JOYS 162, 1970)
17. Trees - THE GARDEN OF JANE DELAWNEY (CBS 63837, 1970)
18. Principal Edwards Magic Theatre - WEIRDSONG OF BREAKING THROUGH AT LAST (Dandelion DAN 8002, 1971)
19. Oberon - MINAS TIRITH (Acorn OBE LPS 1, 1971)
20. Paper Bubble - PRISONERS, VICTIMS, STRANGERS, FRIENDS (rec. 1970, previously unreleased)
Disc 2
01. Gerald Moore - PILGRIM (rec. 1972, first issued 1999)
02. Melton Constable - RIVER LANE (rec. 1972, previously unreleased)
03. Moonkyte - WAY OUT HERMIT (Mother SMOT 1, 1071)
04. Steeleye Span - ALL THINGS ARE QUITE SILENT (RCA SF 8113, 1970)
05. Heron - UPON REFLECTION (Dawn DNLS 3010, 1970)
06. Parchment - LOVE IS COME AGAIN (Pye NSPL 18388, 1972)
07. Shelagh McDonald - STARGAZER (B&C CAS 1043, 1971)
08. Tony Caro & John - THERE ARE NO GREATER HEROES (private label, no cat. no., 1972)
09. Joan Armatrading - VISIONARY MOUNTAINS (Cube HIFLY 12, 1972)
10. Tuesday - GLOW OF THE FIRELIGHT (rec. 1972, previously unreleased)
11. Warm Gold - SEARCHING FOR LAMBS (Sentinel SENS 1011, 1972)
12. Benjamin Delaney Lion - SAMANTHA CAROL FRAGMENTS (Hollick & Taylor, no cat. no., 1969)
13. Fairport Convention - FOTHERINGAY (rec. 1969, first issued 2000)
14. Frozen Tear - YOU KNOW WHAT HAS TO BE (RA 5001, 1969)
15. Hunt Lunt & Cunningham - MEANWHILE BACK IN THE FOREST (Pye 7N 45125, 1972)
16. The Incredible String Band - FIRST GIRL I LOVED (rec. 1967, first issued 1998)
17. The Moths - HALFDAN’S DAUGHTER (Deroy LP, no cat. no., 1970)
18. Trader Horne - THE MUTANT (Dawn DNLS 3004, 1970)
19. Dry Heart - MEETING BY THE MOONLIGHT MILL (rec. 1970, previously unreleased)
20. Tyrannosaurus Rex - HIGHWAYS (MISTY MIST) (rec. 1967, first issued 1991)
21. Duncan Browne - GABILAN (Immediate IMS 018, 1968)
22. Kevin Coyne - SAND ALL YELLOW (Dandelion 2310 228, 1972)
Disc 3
01. Bill Fay - GARDEN SONG (rec. 1969, first issued 1999)
02. C.O.B. - MUSIC OF THE AGES (CBS 69010, 1971)
03. Everyone Involved - A SONG FOR THE SYSTEM (Arcturus ARC 4, 1972)
04. Country Sun - THE COLOUR IS BLUE (Dandelion 2485 021, 1972)
05. Wild Country - SILENT VILLAGE (Trafalgar TRAF1, 1970)
06. Marc Brierley - WELCOME TO THE CITADEL (CBS 63478, 1969)
07. The Occasional Word - THE EVIL VENUS TREE (Dandelion DAN 63753, 1970)
08. Anne Briggs - STANDING ON THE SHORE (CBS 64612, 1971)
09. Agincourt - KIND SIR (Merlin HF 3, 1970)
10. Mick Softly - EAGLE (CBS 64098, 1970)
11. Fresh Maggots - ROSEMARY HILL (RCA SF 8205, 1971)
12. Music Box - THE HAPPY KING (Westwood MRS 013, 1972)
13. Fuchsia - ME AND MY KITE (Pegasus PEG 8, 1971)
14. The Sun Also Rises - WIZARD SHEP (Village Thing VTS 2, 1970)
15. Folkal Point - SCARBOROUGH FAIR (Midas MR 003, 1972)
16. Marie Celeste - PRISONER (no label, no cat. no., 1971)
17. Simon Finn - PATRICE (Mushroom 100 MR 2, 1971)
18. Shide & Acorn - GIRL OF THE COSMOS (Solent SM 011, 1971)
19. Chimera - ELEGY TO A DEAD KING (rec. 1968, first issued 2004)
20. Beau - SILENCE RETURNS (Dandelion DAN 8006, 1971)
21. Mother Nature - ORANGE DAYS AND PURPLE NIGHTS (B&C CB166. 1971)
Disc 4 (Extra Bonus Disc)
01. Zior - I Was Fooling (1971)
02. Zakarrias - The Unknown Years (1971)
03. Wooden Horse - Celebration Song (Unreleased Album 1973)
04. Wil Malone - At The Silver Slipper (1970)
05. Whistler - See What The Future Brings (1971)
06. Unicorn - Cosmic Kid (1971)
07. Trevor Lucas - On The Banks of The Condamine (1966)
08. Trees - Streets Of Derry (1970)
09. Tim Hart & Maddy Prior - Serving Girls Holiday (1971)
10. Thunderclap Newman - The Reason (1970)
11. The World - Things I Could Have Said (1970)
12. The Way We Live - Squares (1971)
13. Quiet World - First Light (1970)
14. The Machine Gun Co. with Mike Cooper - The Singing Tree (1972)
15. The Humblebums - Continental Song (1970)
16. Tennent & Morrison - Death In A Distant Country (1972)
17. John Williams - London Town (1968) (w. Jimmy Page)
18. John & Beverly Martyn - Parcels (1970)
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Rush - Agora Ballroom August 26, 1974 & Electric Lady Studios December 05, 1974 (Bootleg)
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The Actual Name of the Recording studio is Electric Lady. Not electric Ladyland.
Dec 1974 Show: Bad Boy stands out on this show. Here Again and Need Some Love are only found on these early broadcasts. This Trilogy of broadcast performances captures the very earliest Rush. You can hear the stripped down, three piece sound. Geddy's bass and vocals are raw, Alex is still in the forefront.
If you like old Rush, you'll love this. Recorded in 1974, this CD has two shows with songs no later than Fly By Night. It also contains two songs that have never been officially released, "Bad Boy" (a cover song) and "Fancy Dancer" (an original song). This CD was actually taken from vinyl, as both these shows have been available as LP boots for some time (one is called "Electric"). Because they were taken from vinyl, some pops can be heard throughout the recording, but are not very noticeable unless you're looking for them.? The recording from Electric Ladyland is a soundboard -- it was actually recorded "live in the studio" -- and the quality is similar to Rush's first album. Everything is clear, sharp and very RAW; you can barely hear the polite clapping of the audience.
The packaging is simple, and a short essay by "Marathon Man" graces the back of the booklet.? Inside the company indulged themselves and listed other bootlegs that they manufacture. On the back is a neat black & white photo of the band from "the early days". "Fancy Dancer" is listed incorrectly as "Can't You See" and may fool quite a few. Overall a solid raw recording, one worth having especially if you're in to early Rush. If you are a fan of later recordings, you'll probably want to pass this by.? Counterparts it is not!
Even at this early time point in the history of Rush, the performance value and musicianship is top notch. The sound quality is surprisingly very good for a recording that has previously been floating around as a bootleg.
Sections of the songs "Fancy Dancer" and "Garden Road" appear in the "Beyond The Lighted Stage" film, and since I heard them there, I had hoped to get a copy if this performance. An early, and much shorter version than we are used to of Neil Peart's drum solo appears here as well (he had joined the band only weeks before this performance). The audience sections between the songs have been edited, to give the CD a tighter feel, but some of the edits are distracting. That's my only real complaint about this release. Otherwise, it's a must have for the hardcore Rush fan.
Rush - Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, August 26, 1974 and
Rush - Electric Lady Studios, New York, New York, USA, December 05, 1974★
♦ Geddy Lee - bass, vocals
♦ Alex Lifeson - guitars
♦ Neil Peart - drums
01. Finding My Way 05:07
02. The Best I Can 03:06 ★
03. Need Some Love 03:21
04. In The End 06:13 ★
05. Fancy Dancer 03:54 ★
06. In The Mood 03:18
07. Bad Boy 05:37
08. Here Again 07:53
09. Working Man 09:13 ★
10. Drum Solo 02:54
11. What You're Doing 04:26 ★
12. Garden Road 03:03
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13. Anthem 04:21
14. Beneath, Between & Behind 03:06
15. Fly By Night 02:46
16. Donna Halper Interview 05:31
(This is the best version i have heard so far, must be 20 versions of this bootleg, ChrisGoesRock)
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It's a Beautiful Day - Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA, FM Broadcast 1978-10-01, (Bootleg)
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It's a Beautiful Day is an American band formed in San Francisco, California, in 1967, featuring vocalist Pattie Santos along with violinist David LaFlamme and his wife, Linda LaFlamme, on keyboards.
David LaFlamme, a former soloist with the Utah Symphony Orchestra, had previously been in the band Orkustra, and unusually, played a five-string violin. The other members of It's a Beautiful Day in its early years were Hal Wagenet (guitar), Mitchell Holman (bass) and Val Fuentes (drums). Although they were one of the earliest and most important San Francisco bands to emerge from 1967's social phenomenon Summer of Love, the band never quite achieved the success of contemporaries such as Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and Santana, with whom they had connections. The band created a unique blend of rock, jazz, folk, classical and world beat styles during the initial seven years it was officially together.
The band's original manager, Matthew Katz, had previously worked with the rock bands Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape. The members of the band were unaware that the other two bands were already trying to end their business relationships with Katz. During 1967 and early 1968, Katz prevented It's a Beautiful Day from performing in San Francisco, telling them they were not ready. He booked their first public appearances at a club he controlled in Seattle, Washington, formerly known as the Encore Ballroom. Katz renamed the club San Francisco Sound. While in Seattle, the group lived in the attic of an old house owned by Katz while writing and rehearsing new songs in between club performances. Few customers came to the club during the band's engagement in Seattle during December 1967.
"Where the 'white bird' thing came from ... We were like caged birds in that attic. We had no money, no transportation, the weather was miserable. We were just barely getting by on a very small food allowance provided to us. It was quite an experience, but it was very creative in a way."
By the time the group members returned to San Francisco they had no money and were frustrated by Katz's attempts to manipulate their career. In desperation, they began playing at a few clubs without Katz's approval. The band gradually began to gain some recognition and earn money. The band got its first big break when offered a chance to open for Cream at the Oakland Coliseum, in Oakland, California on October 4, 1968. Around this time, the band first began a long process of trying to disentangle themselves from Katz.
The band was almost invited to play at Woodstock. When Michael Lang was negotiating with Bill Graham to get the Grateful Dead to appear, Graham insisted Lang put one of two acts that he managed on the bill. Lang then listened to a tape of both It's a Beautiful Day and the other band and liked them so much that he couldn't decide so he flipped a coin and It's a Beautiful Day lost. The band that won was Santana, who became stars overnight.
July 5, 1970, the band played the (second) Atlanta International Pop Festival in Byron, GA to an estimated 250,000 people. Linda sang lead on "White Bird", "Hot Summer Day" and "The Dolphin Song". The band had a regional radio hit with "Don and Dewey". By later that year, the original lineup of the band had changed somewhat; the LaFlammes had split up and Linda left the band, replaced by Fred Webb. The following album, Marrying Maiden, recorded at Pacific High Recording Studio in San Fransisco, released in 1970, was their most successful in the charts. It reached number 28 in the U.S. (their only Top 40 placing) and number 45 in the U.K. In that year, the band also performed at the Holland Pop Festival at the Kralingse Bos in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and at the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music. Tom Fowler (later bassist for Frank Zappa) and Bill Gregory joined in March 1971, their very first performance being live on San Francisco's KSAN FM radio, with host Tom Donahue introducing them as the band's two new members.
In July 1971, the band was one of the last acts to appear at Fillmore West in San Francisco. Its performance of "White Bird" appeared as part of the musical documentary film Fillmore (1972).
The band reunited occasionally for reunions and special concerts. The band's music continued under the name "David LaFlamme Band" as well as "It's a Beautiful Day" until Katz let his trademark of the name go un-renewed.
Since 2000, the band features founder David LaFlamme and original drummer Fuentes. Other band members are LaFlamme's current wife, whom he met in 1974, Linda Baker LaFlamme (vocals), Toby Gray (basses and producer), Gary Thomas (keyboards and producer), Rob Espinosa (guitars) and Michael Prichard (percussion). They continue performing today, with LaFlamme contributing to Jefferson Starship's 2008 release, Jefferson's Tree of Liberty. This lineup is the longest continual group that has ever performed the band's material. In the summer of 2014 Rob Cunningham (The Zins, The Coasters, The Drifters, The Diamonds and Al Wilson) replaced Espinosa on lead guitar.
It's a Beautiful Day - Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA
FM Broadcast 1978-10-01
01. Intro 03.31
02. Wasted Union Blues 06.55
03. Hot Summer Day 05.34
04. Bombay Callin 07.28
05. Bulgaria 05.42
06. Time is 09.58
07. White Bird 11.13
08. Don & Dewey 07.47
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FORMERLY FAT HARRY are one the forgotten greats of late '60s British rock. The band was formed in London in 1969 by ex-Country Joe & the Fish bassist Bruce Barthol and two old friends from the Berkeley California folk music scene, Gary Petersen and Phil Greenberg. Fat Harry was soon signed up by the original Pink Floyd management company.
A quartet of 'musician's musicians', admired by everyone from Ralph McTell to Edgar Broughton and Michael Chapman, the group made only one LP for Harvest Records before disbanding in 1972. Though reflecting their musical and song-writing abilities, that record failed to capture their true flavour.
Formed in England in 1971, Formerly Fat Harry revolved around the talents of US expatriates Gary Peterson (vocals/guitar/keyboards), Phil Greenberg (vocals/guitar) and Bruce Barthol (bass, ex-Country Joe And The Fish). Saxophonist George Khan (formerly of Battered Ornaments) and Laurie Allen (drums) completed the featured line-up on Formerly Fat Harry, a pleasant country rock, good time music set which anticipated the ‘pub rock’ boom.
Led by Bruce Barthol (bassist with San Francisco psych heroes Country Joe & The Fish), this oddly-named quartet coalesced in London in 1969 and soon gained admirers for their laid-back country-influenced sound. They became a fixture in the city's underground clubs and at free festivals, but their sole album appeared in late 1971, by which time their moment had passed. It makes its long-awaited return to CD here, complete with background notes.
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♦ Bruce Barthol - bass/vocals
♦ Phil Greenberg - guitar/vocals
♦ Gary Peterson - guitar/keyboards/vocals
♦ Laurie Allan - drums (tracks 1, 3, 4, 8)
♦ John Marshall - drums (tracks 2, 5, 7)
♦ Alan Jackson - drums (track 6)
01. Passing The River 05:04
02. My Friend Ws A Pusher 05:15
03. About My Life 05:45
04. Please Go Away 04:35
05. I Saw The Ringing Of The Bell 04:45
06. Tell Me All About It 04:40
07. Captain Heart 03:28
08. Goodbye For Good 06:55
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Neil Young - The Ranch Rehearsals w. Crazy Horse 1990 (Bootleg) (Superb Quality!)
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These live recordings of Neil Young & Crazy Horse may be old news in trader’s circles, but… they never get old. Here are some of the raw rehearsals leading up to the recording of Ragged Glory, taped at Neil’s Broken Arrow Ranch in the summer of 1990. Great sound quality, with a few false starts mixed in and the group’s ringing guitars lingering in the fade outs. Some actually prefer a few of these takes to the official versions, but that’s hardly worth debating. If you want to know what it’s like to hang with Neil and the boys at the ranch, this is what you need.
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The album revisits the hard-rock style previously explored on Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere and Zuma. The first two tracks are songs Young and Crazy Horse originally wrote and performed live in the 1970s with "Country Home" notably being performed on their 1976 tour. "Farmer John" is a cover of a 60s song, written and performed by R&B duo Don and Dewey and also performed by garage band The Premiers. Young revealed that the song "Days that Used to Be" is inspired by Bob Dylan's "My Back Pages". The album features many extended guitar jams, with two songs stretching out to more than ten minutes.
"F*!#in' Up" (pronounced "Fuckin' Up") is frequently covered by Pearl Jam live and was performed by Bush in their headlining set at Woodstock 1999. Toronto-based band Constantines recorded a version of "F*!#in' Up" in Winnipeg, which surfaced as the b-side to their "Our Age" 7" in November 2008.
Having re-established his reputation with the musically varied, lyrically enraged Freedom, Neil Young returned to being the lead guitarist of Crazy Horse for the musically homogenous, lyrically hopeful Ragged Glory. The album's dominant sound was made by Young's noisy guitar, which bordered on and sometimes slipped over into distortion, while Crazy Horse kept up the songs' bright tempos.
Much about the record had a retrospective feel -- the first two tracks, "Country Home" and "White Line," were newly recorded versions of songs Young had played with Crazy Horse but never released in the '70s; "Mansion on the Hill," the album's most accessible track, celebrated a place where "psychedelic music fills the air" and "peace and love live there still"; there was a cover of the Premiers' garage rock oldie "Farmer John"; and "Days That Used to Be," in addition to its backward-looking theme, borrowed the melody from Bob Dylan's "My Back Pages" (by way of the Byrds' arrangement), while "Mother Earth (Natural Anthem)" was the folk standard "The Water Is Wide" with new, environmentally aware lyrics. Young was not generally known as an artist who evoked the past this much, but if he could extend his creative rebirth with music this exhilarating, no one was likely to complain.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - The Ranch Rehearsals
Recorded at Broken Arrow Ranch June thru July, 1990
Personnel
♫♪ Neil Young - guitar, vocals
♫♪ Frank Sampedro - guitar, vocals
♫♪ Billy Talbot - bass guitar, vocals
♫♪ Ralph Molina - drums, vocals
01. Mansion On The Hill - 09.02
02. White Line (1) - 03.37
03. White Line (2) - 00.59
04. Love To Burn (1) - 03.40
05. Love To Burn (false start) - 00.18
06. Love To Burn (2) - 09.50
07. The Days That Used To Be - 04.47
08. Love And Only Love - 09.56
Bonus Tracks (the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium April 1, 1990)
09. Everything's Broken - 04.15
10. Pocahontas - 04.07
11. Crime In The City - 07.39
12. After The Gold Rush - 04.20
13. The Needle And The Damage Done - 02.09
14. No More - 04.54
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Menace - G.L.C. The Best of Menace (UK 1987)
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Menace are an English punk band formed in London in 1976. They are notable for being one of the immediate forerunners of the 'Oi' sound later adopted by skinhead bands.
Menace’s forceful, simple yet musically competent and creative music is often described as having influenced, or even been the origin of, ‘Oi’ music, a subgenre of punk music associated with the skinhead culture. Traces of Menace’s influence can be found in the music of bands such as Sham 69 and The Cockney Rejects both of which became more popular and both of which were more closely associated with the skinhead movement. The band itself did not associate itself with either the mainstream punk movement or the skinhead movements; it attracted followers from both camps.
In the 00's they reformed for the 2nd time with original vocalist Morgan Webster and guitarist Steve Tannett and a revolving door of drummers and bass players. They're reformation has proved very successful as they have had sell-out shows in Japan and in Europe as well as playing festivals around the world like the Rebellion Festival, Punk and Disorderly Festival, The Last Jubilee and Avenues and Alayways. They have had numerous lineup changes in the past ten years, but it seems that Tannett and Webster are the core members of the band
Following Menace the boys joined a feisty biker chick called Vermillion who was working with Steve at Step Forward Records.
The Ace’s, Noel Steve and Charlie sprang into existence during the encore of Vermillion and the Aces gig at the Lyceum Ballroom (If anyone knows the date let me know) when Steve launched into the Menace classic GLC. Needless to say we were sacked by Vermillion and the Aces were born.
Oddy from Resistance 77 came in as vocalist and Uncle Albert was our friend Paul on guitar, who didn’t want his identity to be known. He came from the Stains, alongside Geordie who played with the Spitting Vicars.
“I hear you’re looking for a new guitarist”. “You’ve got to see Finn, he’s great.” I didn’t know Finn, which is unusual, because Finn knows everyone – We had a chat that night and he seemed OK. We arranged a rehearsal. Charlie knew him from his days at Fresh Records days, because he had been in loads of bands; Headhunters, Bloodsport, Public Heirs, Junior Manson Slags, just loads of bands. Apparently we once played with him, as a member of Fuck All Else To Do, at the Royal Standard at an impromptu festival we did after a Punk Aid gig was cancelled.
Martin Sawtell on bass, with occasionally appearances from Charlie, Toby and Rob. Martin moves to New Zealand and Rob takes over.
Current members
◊ Noel Martin − drums (1976-present)
◊ Rob − bass (1976-present)
◊ Finn Panton − guitar and vocal (2009-present)
Former members
◊ Steve Tannett - guitar (1976-1979)
◊ Morgan Webster − vocals (1976-1979)
◊ Andrew Tweedie - guitar (1997-2002)
◊ John Lacey - vocals (1997-2002)
◊ Charlie Casey - Bass (1976-2012)
01.Screwed Up
02.Insane Society
03.G.L.C.
04.I'm Civilised
05.I Need Nothing
06.Electrocutioner
07.The Young Ones
08.Tomorrow's World
09.Live For Today
10.Last Years Youth
11.Carry No Banners
Bonus Tracks
12.Last Years Youth (Bonus Live 1978)
13.Screwed Up (Bonus Live 1978)
14.I Like Chips (Bonus Live 1978)
15.G.L.C. (Bonus Live 1978)
16.One Way Street(The Aces)
17.Why Should It Be Mine (The Aces)
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Wucan - Sow the Wind + Bonus (German Retro Band Hardrock/Folkrock w. Flute 2015)
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The Dresden heavy retro band WUCAN began their quick ascent in 2014. Despite their short history the young band is still able to look back at a remarkable success. Everything began with their first EP "Vikarma," released in November 2014 on Metalizer Records.
WUCAN made the right choice of partners with producer and owner of the Big Snuff Studios in Berlin Richard Behrens and with Andreas “Lupo “ Lubich of Calyx Mastering for a successful debut in the retro rock scene.
This release, which quickly sold its first 500 vinyl copies, received many positive reviews. By taking their chances through their extraordinary, energetic live presence, the band quickly gained an audience at their numerable concerts. Some of their biggest moments include playing the prestigious Hammer of Doom Festival and a tour as support for Siena Root.
Heavy metal veteran Karl Walterbach recognized these qualities and soon after took on the role as the band's manager. A record deal with Manfred Schütz' MIG Music sublabel Hänsel & Gretel followed. Lastly the band became part of Berlin-based booking agency Magnificent Music's roster, who agreed to support the band's live success. With all of this praise WUCAN entered the studio to record their debut album "Sow the Wind."
The band also worked with new instruments such as a Moog synthesizer and a Moog Etherwave Theremin. Behrens was able to capture on tape the essence and dynamic of a WUCAN live show, which carries a hippy attitude with a modern rock sound.
However WUCAN does not imitate any artist but has developed its own individuality fitting somewhere between then and now. The band has always been able to create their own style despite their influences such as Jethro Tull, Renft, Lucifer's Friend, Birth Control and Krautrock in general.
The key element is vocalist Francis Tobolsky's characteristic, energetic and emotional voice. The charismatic singer grasps her audience with her voice and catchy flute melodies. Rounding out this successful debut release is the eye-catching packaging. "Sow the Wind"'s artwork was inspired by a Rufus Segar art piece, an artist who is particularly known for his work in anarchist publications in the 70s.
Divided in a seeing and screaming head in a stylistic representation, the cover and back perfectly fit the mood of the album. The storm which will be seeded with "Sow the Wind" figuratively hisses at the beholder before even playing the album. This CD is strictly limited to 500 copies.
Personnel:
○ Francis (Vocals, Flute, Guitar)
○ Tim (Guitar)
○ Patrik (Bass)
○ Pätz (Drums)
01. Father Storm 03:57
02. Owl Eyes 05:50
03. Looking In The Past 05:43
04. Face in the Kraut 04:16
05. King Korea 07:04
06. Wandersmann 15:45
Bonus Tracks:
07. Franis Vikarma 05:37
08. Frank 04:32
09. Big Red Bun 05:32
10. Wizard of Concrete Jungle 09:32
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Ron Wood - Electric Ladyland Studios NY 1992 at FM Broadcast, Sound "A" (Bootleg)
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Guitarist Ron Woodhas been a member of several "classic" British rock outfits, but the one that he's undoubtedly most associated with is the Rolling Stones, with whom he's been a member since 1976. Born on June 1, 1947, in Hillingdon, London, Wood made his first appearances on record during the mid-'60s, first as guitarist for the Birds and then as a member of the oft-overlooked mod outfit the Creation (Wood only appeared on a smattering of singles, collected years later on the compilation Complete Collection, Vol. 1: Making Time).
Immediately after his split from the Creation, Wood was invited to play bass in the Jeff Beck Group, a band that also included a then-unknown Rod Stewart on vocals. Despite high hopes for the group (often credited as one of the founders of hard rock/heavy metal), the band only managed to issue a pair of classic recordings, 1968's Truth and 1969's Beck-Ola, before splitting up just prior to an appearance at the legendary Woodstock festival. Wood and Stewart opted to stick together, as they joined the Small Faces the same year (with Wood returning to the six-string).
Black and Blue With the exit of Mick Taylor in 1974, the Stones began auditioning replacement guitarists, but all along, founding Stones guitarist Keith Richards knew that Wood (a longtime friend) was the man for the job. Wood contributed to half of the Stones' 1976 album, Black and Blue, before becoming a full-time member and appearing on 1977's Love You Live and 1978's Some Girls.
Additionally, Wood has guested on countless recordings by other artists over the years, including albums by the Band, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Donovan, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, and his old pal Rod Stewart, with whom he taped a popular edition of MTV's Unplugged in 1993, resulting in the hit album Unplugged...and Seated. Wood's seventh solo album, I Feel Like Playing, appeared in 2010 from Eagle Records and featured guest spots from Slash, Flea, Billy Gibbons, Bobby Womack, Jim Keltner, and ex-Faces bandmate Ian McLagan, among others.
Electric Lady Studios, at 52 West Eighth Street, in New York City's Greenwich Village, is a recording studio originally built by Jimi Hendrix and designed by John Storyk in 1970. Hendrix spent only four weeks recording in Electric Lady before his death, but it has since been used by many notable artists, such as Erykah Badu, Mew, The Roots, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Kiss, The Clash, AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, Michael Stanley Band, The Strokes, Hall & Oates, U2, Daft Punk, Kanye West, Christina Aguilera, A-ha, D'Angelo, Dan Auerbach and Lana Del Rey.
History:
Electric Lady Studio's current address has a long history. The basement housed The Village Barn nightclub from 1930 to 1967. Abstract expressionist artist Hans Hofmann began lecturing there in 1938, eventually retiring from teaching in 1958 to paint full-time.
In 1968, Jimi Hendrix and his manager Michael Jeffery had invested jointly in the purchase of the Generation Club in Greenwich Village. Their initial plans to re-open the club were scrapped when the pair decided that the investment would serve them much better as a recording studio. The studio fees for the lengthy Electric Ladyland sessions were astronomical, and Jimi was constantly in search of a recording environment that suited him.
Designed by architect and acoustician John Storyk, the studio was made specifically for Hendrix, with round windows and a machine capable of generating ambient lighting in myriad colors. It was designed to have a relaxing feel to encourage Jimi's creativity, but at the same time provide a professional recording atmosphere. Engineer Eddie Kramer upheld this by refusing to allow any drug use during session work. Artist Lance Jost painted the studio in a psychedelic space theme. Jimi Hendrix hired Jim Marron to manage the construction project and run the studio.
Hendrix spent only four weeks recording in Electric Lady, most of which took place while the final phases of construction were still ongoing. An opening party was held on August 26, 1970. The following day Hendrix created his last ever studio recording: a cool and tranquil instrumental known only as "Slow Blues". He then boarded an Air India flight for London to perform at the Isle of Wight Festival, and died less than three weeks later.
Ron Wood - Electric Ladyland Studios
New York, NY, November 2, 1992
WNEW-FM 102.7 FM Broadcast
Albums (or albums including tracks) recorded at
Electric Lady Studios, New York City, 125 albums i total:
AC/DC - Back in Black
Kizz - Destroyer
Jimi Hendrix - First Rays of the New Rising Sun
Peter Frampton - Frampton's Camel
Patti Smith - Horses
Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come
Leslie West - The Leslie West Band
Cactus - One Way... or Another
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Lou Reed - Sally Can't Dance
David Bowie - Young Americans
Dead Boys - Young Loud and Snotty
The Clash - Sandinista!
Personnel:
♦ Ronnie Wood - vocals, guitar, harmonica
♦ Bernard Fowler - vocals
♦ Ian McLagan - keyboards
♦ Johnny Lee Schell - guitar
♦ Shaun Solomon - bass
01."WNEW Introduction" - 01.43
02."Show Me" (Jerry Williams) - 03.41
03."Flying" (Ronnie Wood, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Lane) - 04.40
04."Testify" (George Clinton, Deron Taylor) 05.14
05."Pretty Beat Up" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood) - 05.04
06."Always Wanted More" (Ronnie Wood, Bernard Fowler) - 05.48
07."Breathe on Me"(Ronnie Wood) - 06.38
08."Silicone Grown" (Ronnie Wood, Rod Stewart) - 03.36
09."Black Limousine" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood) - 04.41
10."Little Red Rooster" (Willie Dixon) - 06.59
11."Stay With Me" (Ronnie Wood, Rod Stewart) - 04.03
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About "The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers" (Tounge Zipper)
Just wonder wich release of "Sticky Fingers" this zipper
came from?
Anyone who can help?
//ChrisGoesRock
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"Micky Blue": The Stones tongue zipper was on the 2015 remastered and expanded vinyl LP (which came with a second LP of live material), and had a working zip with the tongue logo puller. Sticky Fingers was the first Stones LP to feature the now famous logo"
"Jobe": From what I know, it is on the vinyl re-issue deluxe version. However the vinyl copy that I received for buying the cd version of the new re-issue came with just a picture (not a working zipper) Hope that helps.
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Hydra - Selftitled (Great Southern Rock Album US 1974) + Live 2005 Album as Bonus
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Based in the southern states of America, hard rock band Hydra formed in the early 70s around a line-up of Wayne Bruce (vocals, guitar), Spencer Kirkpatrick (guitar), Orville Davis (bass) and Steve Pace (drums). Signed to the Allman Brothers and Marshall Tucker Band’s record label, Capricorn Records, they made their debut in 1974 with a self-titled collection that drew heavily on Lynyrd Skynyrd’s southern boogie tradition, but also added elaborate pop hooks and disciplined rhythmic codas.
Hydra is an American Southern rock band founded in the late 1960s by Spencer Kirkpatrick (guitar), Wayne Bruce (vocals and guitar), and Steve Pace (drums). In 1977, it became a three-piece band (with Wayne Bruce now on bass) and the band broke up later that year. It released three albums, Hydra (1974), Land of Money (1975) and Rock The World (1977). In 2005, the band reunited for two shows (with Vickery on bass). A live album, Hydra: Live After All These Years was released.
Orville remained with Hydra on their first two LP's before leaving the group to join the hard rock outfit Rex and then briefly Starz. Hydra's reputation as a solid live act in the Atlanta, Georgia area began to spread and the band expanded their territory. They began supporting major internationally known acts in concert. They have been referred to[by whom?] as the first heavy southern rock band.
The band signed a recording contract with Capricorn Records in 1973 and released a self-titled album Hydra in 1974. In 1975, Land of Money followed. The producer Dan Turbeville used a horn section (without the band's knowledge) on the first album and musicians like Chuck Leavell (Allman Brothers band, The Rolling Stones, and Eric Clapton) (piano and keyboards) and Randall Bramblett, who later founded his own Randall Bramblett Band, on the second.
Hydra was one of those 70’s Southern rock bands that didn’t quite reach the commercial success they deserved. Hydra released three excellent albums between 1974 and 1977 before becoming frustrated with the growth of their success along with some management issues. They broke up in 1977 and have since only played handful of live shows in few different occasions.
After building a reputation as killer live band by supporting various major bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Allman Brothers Band and ZZ Top, Phil Walden signed them to his Capricorn Record label in 1973. Hydra´s self-titled debut album came out in 1974.
After year of touring and writing new songs on the road, their sophomore effort, Land Of Money, was released in 1975 and bassist Orville Davis left the band soon after to launch his own career as a country singer.
In 1976 Hydra signed a deal with Polydor Records and Rock the World came out in 1977 featuring three piece band with Wayne Bruce switching from guitar to bass, but by the end of 1977 Hydra broke up only to make a brief come back in 1997 with handful of live shows.
In 2005 Hydra played two more live dates, which were recorded into a live album called Hydra: Live After All These Years. The band haven´t completely shut out the option of recording new music under Hydra name in the future.
Personnel:
★ Wayne Bruce (vocals, guitar)
★ Spencer Kirkpatrick (guitar)
★ Orville Davis (bass)
★ Steve Pace (drums)
01.Glitter Queen - 4:02
02.Keep You Around - 5:16
03.It's So Hard (Music by Kirkpatrick, W. Bruce) - 4:45
04.Going Down (Don Nix) - 3:07
05.Feel A Pain (Will Boulware) - 6:24
06.Good Time Man (Words by W. Bruce, Steve Pace) - 3:23
07.Let Me Down Easy - 4:20
08.Warp 16 (S. Pace, S. Kirkpatrick, W. Bruce, Trip Burgess) - 4:20
09.If You Care To Survive - 2:54
10. Miriam - 7:42
Bonus: HYDRA - Live! After All These Years (2005)
01. Introduction
02. Glitter Queen
03. Wasting Time
04. Feel A Pain
05. You're The One
06. Baby Please Stop Messing Round
07. Making Plans
08. Feel Like Running
09. Diamond In The Rough
10. Land Of Money
11. Keep You Around
12. Miriam
13. Rattlesnake Shake
14. Going Down
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Alex Harvey Band - Hot City (Unreleased Album, UK 1974)
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Hot City has long been one of the legends of the Alex Harvey collecting world, a full LP recorded at the near peak of the band's creative powers and then abandoned after band and management had second thoughts about the entire thing.
But it does afford listeners the opportunity to contemplate an alternate history, as original producer Shel Talmy leads the Sensational Alex Harvey Band through a far harsher musical landscape than they ultimately created, and songs like "Man in the Jar,""Sergeant Fury," and "Anthem" (or "Last Train" as it was then titled) slash out with electrifying freshness. The full album is here, spread across nine tracks; two bonus cuts offer reprises of the anthemic "Tomahawk Kid" and "Anthem" itself.
‘Hot City – The 1974 Unreleased album’, which has been fully authorised and approved by the band, features 9 great quality tracks, and comes in a deluxe Digi Pack Sleeve which includes a separate inner sleeve and a 20 page high quality booklet with rare photos and extensive liner notes from the band, with track by track comments and opinions, plus an introduction by SAHB author and ex-manager Martin Kielty.
By 1974, the SAHB steamroller was working at full power. Their first album, ‘Framed’, had promised great things, the follow-up, ‘Next’, delivered them, and now the group were planning to record their upcoming third album. The band had been constantly touring and were well rehearsed when in late January, they went into Advision studios in London with legendary US producer Shel Talmy (The Who/The Kinks) to record their biggest album to date. By April, the sessions were finished and the album was mixed.
However, after completion, the band and management had a rethink about the overall sound and amazingly, they decided to scrap the entire album. Shel Talmy then returned to Los Angeles with his tapes. Most of the song titles were later re-recorded and eventually showed up later that year on the official album ‘The Impossible Dream’ with a different producer on board and the songs changed dramatically.
As SAHB became the biggest band of 1975, these recordings were quickly forgotten about. Now after 34 years, MLP have re-discovered the fully mixed unreleased album by a rock group on the verge of stardom. The recordings have been re-assessed by both Shel Talmy and the band members and a decision was made that they would make a great release. Now re-mastered and with the band’s full approval, you can hear how songs like ‘Vambo’, ‘Man In The Jar’, ‘Anthem’ and ‘Sgt Fury’ originally sounded.
Alex Harvey, who tragically died of a massive heart attack in 1982, aged 46, was renowned for his charismatic persona and daredevil stage antics, and, above all, his astonishing, passionate, demonic vocal delivery. Nowhere is this better captured than on ‘Hot City – The 1974 Unreleased album’, a treasure trove of re-discovered musical gems.
01. Vambo 04:45
02. Man In The Jar 05:06
03. Hey You 00:44
04. Long Haired Music 05:05
05. Sergeant Fury 03:39
06. Tomahawk Kid 06:23
07. Ace In The Hole 02:37
08. Weights Made Of Lead 02:36
09. Last Train 09:49
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Zephyr - Zephyr (Blues-Based Hard Rock US 1969 w. Tommy Bolin)
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Zephyr is the debut album by the band Zephyr, released in 1969.
Zephyr was guitarist Tommy Bolin’s first recorded band before he joined the James Gang for two albums and his performance on Billy Cobham’s jazz fusion landmark Spectrum convinced David Coverdale to invite him to replace Ritchie Blackmore in Deep Purple (co-writing and playing on 1975’s Come Taste The Band).
This late-'60s Denver group is most notable as the starting point for guitarist Tommy Bolin, who was still in his teens when they recorded their first album in 1969. A rather routine slab of bluesy, heavy rock, it made the Top 50.
Aside from Bolin's extended hard rock riffing, it prominently featured the lead vocals of Candy Givens, who affected a blues-wailing pose along the lines of Janis Joplin. But she didn't have the full throat or guts to back it up, ending up closer to also-ran female psychedelic singers like Lydia Pense (of Cold Blood). Zephyr recorded one more album before Bolin left for stints with James Gang, Deep Purple, and a solo career; the group carried on throughout the 1970s.
The album was produced by David Givens who also authored the majority of the tunes. As a result of his stint with Zephyr, Bartley went on to a successful career with Gram Parsons and Firefall and drummer, Michael Wooten, went on to play for several years with Carole King. Various versions of Zephyr continued to play in Colorado until Candy's death in 1984. The release of "Heartbeat" in 1982 was promoted by a video that incorporated very early examples of analog computer animation combined with live action.
Other Zephyr members of note include trance blues maven, Otis Taylor, who played bass during the mid-1970s, Kenny Wilkins (Drums) and also later on as (guitarist), guitarist Zack Smith (founder of Columbia Records band Scandal), and blues guitarist, Eddie Turner, who played guitar in the last incarnation during the early 1980s.
Candie and David, Tommy, and John Faris were all founding members of The Legendary 4Nikators, Boulder's oldest and best loved party band. Taylor and Turner were later additions to The Legendary 4Nikators - Taylor noted for playing motorcycle on stage during "Leader Of The Pack" and performing in a kilt and Turner for his renditions of Jimi Hendrix classics.
Personnel:
♦♫♦ Candy Givens – lead vocals, harmonica
♦♫♦ Robbie Chamberlin – drums, backing vocals
♦♫♦ David Givens – bass, backing vocals
♦♫♦ John Faris – keyboards, flute
♦♫♦ Tommy Bolin – guitar, backing vocals
01. "Sail on" (Tommy Bolin, Candy Givens) – 7:22
02. "Sun's a Risin'" (Bolin, David Givens) – 4:45
03. "Raindrops" (Dee Clark) – 2:40
04. "Boom-Ba-Boom" (D. Givens) – 1.20
05. "Somebody Listen" (D. Givens, C. Givens, Bolin, John Faris) – 6:10
06. "Cross the River" (C. Givens, D. Givens) – 4:43
07. "St. James Infirmary" (Joe Primrose) – 5:15
08. "Huna Buna" (C. Givens, Bolin) – 2:26
09. "Hard Chargin' Woman" (Bolin, Robbie Chamberlin, Faris, C. Givens, D. Givens) – 8:40
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The Byrds - Washington D.C. 1970-04-18 (Bootleg)
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Live at the American University, Washington, DC, April 18, 1970. With their intricate harmonies and chiming guitars, from folk rock to acoustic rock to country rock, The Byrds probably covered them all. While the group formed in the ’60s with Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, David Crosby, drummer Michael Clark and bassist Chris Hillman, by 1970 when they played this Washington gig, only McGuinn from the original members remained.
The original Byrds reunited briefly in 1972 and while McGuinn, Clark and Hillman have worked with each other subsequently, the full-fledged reunion of the three continue to seem as elusive then as it is now. Gene Clark died in 1991 and Michael Clark died of liver disease in 1993.
And while today’s younger music listeners think of R.E.M. when they talk about jangle rock (especially on their Murmur album), not many would remember that musical path was long charted by acts that included The Byrds.
The Byrds - Leonard Gymnasium American University Washington D.C. April 18th 1970
Lineup:
♦ Roger McGuinn - guitar, vocals
♦ Clarence White - guitar, vocals
♦ Gene Parsons - drums, vocals
♦ Skip Battin - bass, vocals
01. You Ain't Going Nowhere
02. Old Blue
03. You All Look a Like
04. My Back Pages > Baby, What You Want Me to Do ?
05. He Was A Friend Of Mine
06. Willin'
07. Black Mountain Rag
08. This Wheel's on Fire
09. It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding), Ballad Of Easy Rider
10. Jesus is Just Alright
11. Nashville West
12. Turn, Turn, Turn
13. Mr Tambourine Man
14. Jam > Eight Miles High **
15. Instrumental Outro
16. Crowd, So You Want to be a Rock and Roll Star
17. Mr Spaceman
18. Instrumental Outro
19. Crowd, Amazing Grace (acapella version)
** The version of "Jam > Eight Miles High" is something unbelivable, a psychedelic trip
20 minutes long!
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Chris Youlden - Nowhere Road (ex. Savoy Brown UK 1973)
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The album featured a number of well-known session musicians. Nowhere Road is the first solo album by ex- Savoy Brown vocalist Chris Youlden.
Nowhere Road is the first solo album by ex-Savoy Brown vocalist Chris Youlden, released in 1973. The album featured a number of well-known session musicians including Chris Spedding, Ray Fenwick, Roy Babbington and ex-Fleetwood Mac guitarist Danny Kirwan.
A single was released in March 1973 to accompany the album: "Nowhere Road" / "Standing on the Corner".
01. "Nowhere Road"– 4:51
02. "One October Day"– 2:25
03. "Chink of Sanity"– 4:01
04. "Crying in the Road"– 3:38
05. "Mamma Don't You Talk So Loud"– 3:13
06. "Standing on the Corner"– 3:29
07. "In the Wood"– 4:14
08. "Wake Up Neighbour"– 2:39
09. "Street Sounds"– 4:31
10. "Time Will Tell"– 2:43
11. "Pick Up My Dogs"– 2:40
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