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1. <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640</id><updated>2025-05-09T06:39:30.675+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Rockasteria</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Marios</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12203152597932074783</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0IQOhYMUXzeb3usap2ql-wF_AIyv6HCoPcBP1dsYkgkFsaFPpHkmV2MpgIJl4QBKEsbo2QAyXBf8jdO9jboSPHNf8adTe9zNL8AwR8JfVPg8uGAziNdlkzYH8kYbq4-lk93AfxVJRCQQym-R1cx9PWTIMTdID4Y607f5urJqW0b5pw/s220/Diogenes.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2287</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-8230555408394928562</id><published>2025-05-05T03:21:00.045+03:00</published><updated>2025-05-05T03:21:00.242+03:00</updated><title type='text'>McGuinness Flint - C&#39;est La Vie (1974 uk, nice bluesy country rock, 2020 korean remaster)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglForza4qNbwjHVZai-afjk5T_EqrLHVr5YuupxlY15OEf1RcmP3mOCxlu0hEzgiuVkyzJXdhUgS7OW5fk9GowkKlhBRNY_1fP06NJ9gGSEu_joA6F9JN2Dhe9nIhbEp38vSUIUV49ET09-nRjGsoFkDsJ-rImfi9gc2j_1orIjgAPOii5QNrp7G0gncv5/s1003/Front%20Cover%20OBI%20copy.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1003&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglForza4qNbwjHVZai-afjk5T_EqrLHVr5YuupxlY15OEf1RcmP3mOCxlu0hEzgiuVkyzJXdhUgS7OW5fk9GowkKlhBRNY_1fP06NJ9gGSEu_joA6F9JN2Dhe9nIhbEp38vSUIUV49ET09-nRjGsoFkDsJ-rImfi9gc2j_1orIjgAPOii5QNrp7G0gncv5/s320/Front%20Cover%20OBI%20copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;319&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&#39;allowfullscreen&#39; webkitallowfullscreen=&#39;webkitallowfullscreen&#39; mozallowfullscreen=&#39;mozallowfullscreen&#39; width=&#39;460&#39; height=&#39;320&#39; src=&#39;https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy4uqjfJifItspivYO7iKCuW0yIM5CDNDR8ZNR4w32zJEmoSAdw3RZrkTaZX1adJCftXyFTNAqFDKMCzLT45A&#39; class=&#39;b-hbp-video b-uploaded&#39; frameborder=&#39;0&#39;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Dropped by Capitol, the band were enticed back by Gerry Bron who had managed the Manfreds in the years before their demise. They recorded two albums for Bron&#39;s label, Bronze, &#39;C&#39;est La Vie&#39; and &#39;Rainbow&#39; and in spite of recapturing their former sound (with new members Jim Evans on guitar and Lou Stonebridge, ex Palladin, on keyboards and vocals) they finally called it a day in 1975 after Hughie Flint suffered a collapsed lung and it was clear he would be convalescing for some time.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB3i3HCgZWH5z3JT9gBKM98NkxOOF-DaOB0gHixNqm9h7E6VbXJQaNK-QWQUr0Y7pRn8O7_qrCT2eWmuUQtpJZ1O4KzTRRDwOITGFde4Rls237ENRExeArD9TqluSnqw9L6SKZD9J6ji0ViiWLyb1QgnpiSp4tCzOOZwVMDC352pQGf_qH7n-ZxZ078zmH/s1002/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1002&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB3i3HCgZWH5z3JT9gBKM98NkxOOF-DaOB0gHixNqm9h7E6VbXJQaNK-QWQUr0Y7pRn8O7_qrCT2eWmuUQtpJZ1O4KzTRRDwOITGFde4Rls237ENRExeArD9TqluSnqw9L6SKZD9J6ji0ViiWLyb1QgnpiSp4tCzOOZwVMDC352pQGf_qH7n-ZxZ078zmH/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; width=&quot;319&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tracks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Catfish (&lt;i&gt;Tom McGuinness&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:32&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. C&#39;est La Vie (&lt;i&gt;Tom McGuinness&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:07&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Ride That Horse (&lt;i&gt;Tom McGuinness&lt;/i&gt;) - 5:05&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. (I Don&#39;t Like Your) Country Music (&lt;i&gt;Dixie Dean, Mike McGann&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:46&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Please Give Me (&lt;i&gt;Dixie Dean&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:39&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. Fast Eddie (&lt;i&gt;Tom McGuinness&lt;/i&gt;) - 4:28&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. Siren Sadie (&lt;i&gt;Dixie Dean&lt;/i&gt;) - 5:12&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. Union Hall (&lt;i&gt;Lou Stonebridge&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:03&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. Rabbitt Isle (&lt;i&gt;Lou Stonebridge&lt;/i&gt;) - 7:24&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;McGuinness Flint&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Dixie Dean - Vocals, Bass Guitar, Guitar, Horns, Harmonica&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Tom McGuinness - Vocals, Guitar, Resonator Guitar, Mandolin&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Hughie Flint - Drums, Percussion&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Lou Stonebridge - Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Harmonica, Accordion&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Jim Evans - Vocals, Guitar, Steel Guitar, Fiddle&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;With&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Keith Nelson - Banjo&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Big Jim - Mandolin&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*John Weider - Violin&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2019/04/mcguinness-flint-mcguinness-flint-1970.html&quot;&gt;1970&amp;nbsp; McGuinness Flint - McGuinness Flint (2016 japan SHM bonus tracks remaster)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2019/04/mcguinness-flint-happy-birthday-ruthy.html&quot;&gt;1971&amp;nbsp; McGuinness Flint - Happy Birthday Ruthy Baby (2016 japan SHM)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/03/coulson-dean-mcguinness-flint-lo-and.html&quot;&gt;1972&amp;nbsp; Coulson • Dean • McGuinness • Flint - Lo And Behold (2007 remaster and expanded)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #2b00fe;&quot;&gt;Related Acts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2016/07/casey-jones-and-governors-dont-ha-ha.html&quot;&gt;1963-66&amp;nbsp; Casey Jones And The Governors - Don&#39;t Ha Ha&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2020/03/john-mayall-thru-years-1964-71-uk.html&quot;&gt;1964-71&amp;nbsp; John Mayall - Thru The Years&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2020/05/john-mayall-john-mayall-plays-john.html&quot;&gt;1965&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;John Mayall - John Mayall Plays John Mayal (2008 japan SHM)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://therockasteria.blogspot.gr/2013/03/john-mayall-bluesbreakers-with-eric.html&quot;&gt;1966 &amp;nbsp;John Mayall Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton (Japan SHM double disc set)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://therockasteria.blogspot.gr/2015/04/john-mayall-and-bluesbreakers-hard-road.html&quot;&gt;1967 &amp;nbsp;John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers - A Hard Road (Double Disc Set)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://justpaste.it/McGuFlCeVi&quot;&gt;Just Paste&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://controlc.com/e098efdd&quot;&gt;Free Text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://yourtext.host/2025/05/Mc-Gu-Fl-Ce-Vi&quot;&gt;Text Host&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/feeds/8230555408394928562/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/05/mcguinness-flint-cest-la-vie-1974-uk.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/8230555408394928562'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/8230555408394928562'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/05/mcguinness-flint-cest-la-vie-1974-uk.html' title='McGuinness Flint - C&#39;est La Vie (1974 uk, nice bluesy country rock, 2020 korean remaster)'/><author><name>Marios</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12203152597932074783</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0IQOhYMUXzeb3usap2ql-wF_AIyv6HCoPcBP1dsYkgkFsaFPpHkmV2MpgIJl4QBKEsbo2QAyXBf8jdO9jboSPHNf8adTe9zNL8AwR8JfVPg8uGAziNdlkzYH8kYbq4-lk93AfxVJRCQQym-R1cx9PWTIMTdID4Y607f5urJqW0b5pw/s220/Diogenes.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglForza4qNbwjHVZai-afjk5T_EqrLHVr5YuupxlY15OEf1RcmP3mOCxlu0hEzgiuVkyzJXdhUgS7OW5fk9GowkKlhBRNY_1fP06NJ9gGSEu_joA6F9JN2Dhe9nIhbEp38vSUIUV49ET09-nRjGsoFkDsJ-rImfi9gc2j_1orIjgAPOii5QNrp7G0gncv5/s72-c/Front%20Cover%20OBI%20copy.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-4622577775502681372</id><published>2025-05-01T03:57:00.030+03:00</published><updated>2025-05-01T03:57:00.120+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Unicorn - Shed No Tear The Early Late Unicorn (1967-78 uk, splendid country soft rock, 2024 remaster)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZhYGW3DZL2rX15eGX6l6zefIDyfrPEpHNISfYwXm2zlzI3a6GDpuq2cVs2h3WSwIQbl0SI2iGbSyneHuopKP48zCf5Kr-oHPvBJOV4mkh90TzSWw2f5c69LySg4eFLZuZUTX-_-XeAhzpAp727PgMKIYglBw8g3lI80Tn69GcucWT-EtRFNJPobFGSb2/s1000/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;888&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;284&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZhYGW3DZL2rX15eGX6l6zefIDyfrPEpHNISfYwXm2zlzI3a6GDpuq2cVs2h3WSwIQbl0SI2iGbSyneHuopKP48zCf5Kr-oHPvBJOV4mkh90TzSWw2f5c69LySg4eFLZuZUTX-_-XeAhzpAp727PgMKIYglBw8g3lI80Tn69GcucWT-EtRFNJPobFGSb2/s320/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; 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Picture this: a garden shed transformed into a recording studio, where musical magic happened even as punk was busy pogoing all over the charts. It&#39;s like the band said, &quot;If we&#39;re going out, we&#39;re going out in style... and in a shed.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Ken Baker, Unicorn&#39;s songwriting wizard, proves he could pen a catchy tune faster than you can say &quot;missed opportunity.&quot; From the heartstring-tugging &quot;Open Books&quot; to the reggae-tinged &quot;Can&#39;t Stop Thinking About You,&quot; it&#39;s a masterclass in what-could-have-been pop perfection.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;But wait! Just when you think it&#39;s all over, we hit the rewind button. 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It&#39;s the perfect bridge between their early days and shed-bound swan song.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&quot;The Early Late Unicorn&quot; is both a perfect introduction for newcomers and a treasure trove for long-time fans, proving that Unicorn&#39;s magic never fades – it just gets better in reverse.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #2b00fe;&quot;&gt;TLAK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarGPQ5ShvnNg-5rx5risobmIQTN-eU01vJ7s-9itMn3mne1WNCRIZGFTjJBlV1oPAfAh0_Bu0RMDndVBaa_SopbjDLteHEBnoZCmPeVruX2J6l9u0FKl8PV-DNwiU9FISTun1wWXCalSqGNzFefLxJcCxZ25bdNIW0wJ16bqCWaTZXVfFiIcsjGToXBzp/s1000/Disc%20Copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1000&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarGPQ5ShvnNg-5rx5risobmIQTN-eU01vJ7s-9itMn3mne1WNCRIZGFTjJBlV1oPAfAh0_Bu0RMDndVBaa_SopbjDLteHEBnoZCmPeVruX2J6l9u0FKl8PV-DNwiU9FISTun1wWXCalSqGNzFefLxJcCxZ25bdNIW0wJ16bqCWaTZXVfFiIcsjGToXBzp/s320/Disc%20Copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tracks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Open Sea - 3:08&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Don&#39;t Want To Go Home Alone - 3:19&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Canada&#39;s A Long Way - 3:37&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. Singing You Praise - 4:39&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Social Shirker - 3:44&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. You Can Have A Dream - 3:45&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. Get It Back - 3:56&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. Rainy Season - 4:50&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. Open Books - 3:32&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10.Restless - 3:10&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;11.Is That A Shame? - 5:10&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;12.Stay Out Of My Dreams - 3:19&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;13.Can&#39;t Stop Thinking About You - 4:07&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;14.You Tell Too Many Lies - 4:49&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;15.Family Tree - 2:32&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;16.Train Coming My Way - 2:48&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;17.Queen Of Hearts - 2:37&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;18.Working Man - 3:36&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;19.Doris - 2:09&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;20.Going Back Home - 3:18&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;21.Faint Is The Song - 3:17&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;22.Weekend - 3:12&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All songs by &lt;i&gt;Ken Baker&lt;/i&gt; except track #15 by &lt;i&gt;Pat Martin&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 1-14 from the 1977-78 Shed No Tear Sessions&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 15-21 as The Late recorded 1967-69&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Track 22 recorded Live 1975&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Unicorn&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Peter Perrier - Drums, Congas, Percussion, Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Pat Martin - Bass Guitar, Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Ken Baker - Electric Guitar, Acoustic 6, 12 String Guitar, Organ, Piano, Harmonium, Electric Piano, Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Kevin Smith - Lead guitar, Slide Guitar (Tracks 1-14, 22)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Trevor Mee - Guitars, Vocals (Tracks 15-21)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Robert Jacob - Guitar (Track 13)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2015/03/unicorn-uphill-all-way-1971-73-uk.html&quot;&gt;1971-73&amp;nbsp; 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style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxusVzzMqUh6RzPCBDVeleJxKzokg24wXDK-FsW7vwRuFn3h08zd1zBCnEkvyTwNZRV-o6xNi8rlOlb_3iiOwCIB2e4CbT7wNYVw65LxyUbTeXL-GPYBa9hXPuVnMNjExaH28ztFnRCfRLPop_c0E-FZEToXWnHE7IHd3SCFyLUq2rsUtBnMoPkjWzFBT/s1000/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1000&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxusVzzMqUh6RzPCBDVeleJxKzokg24wXDK-FsW7vwRuFn3h08zd1zBCnEkvyTwNZRV-o6xNi8rlOlb_3iiOwCIB2e4CbT7wNYVw65LxyUbTeXL-GPYBa9hXPuVnMNjExaH28ztFnRCfRLPop_c0E-FZEToXWnHE7IHd3SCFyLUq2rsUtBnMoPkjWzFBT/s320/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;BLOG_video_class&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/UikPQOaJpfU&quot; width=&quot;460&quot; youtube-src-id=&quot;UikPQOaJpfU&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;There’s an old video floating around online of John Martyn performing in Germany that neatly encapsulates the brilliance of his 1973 album with only a rendition of its title track. In it, he swigs a beer, boisterously breaks a string and riffs with the crowd: “Couldn’t ask for something nice and simple, could ya?” A couple of minutes and a few jokes at B.B. King’s expense go by, and the quips suddenly stop. He slips effortlessly into ‘Solid Air’, and it’s devastating. His voice is gruff but pleading: “I know you, I love you. I will be your friend.” Written as an ode to his friend Nick Drake, who committed suicide just 18 months after the project’s release, it’s haunting and resigned to the inevitable.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;That video specifically speaks to the emotional whiplash of Solid Air. You can bounce between pure folk, flashes of rock and blues, and be bathed in Echoplex tape delay effect only a few songs in. The husk of Martyn’s voice and his unrestrained approach to writing about love and loss *“You know I love you like I should / You hold no blade to stab me in my back / You know that there’s some of them that would” *make it one of the most profound offerings of British folk.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;But it always seemed like Martyn couldn’t bear the seriousness of it all. When pressed on its themes, he only said: “It has got a very simple message, but you’ll have to work that one out for yourself.” There was synth and sax and moments of silence, but never simplicity. Every song on Solid Air is textured and laced with Martyn’s evocative writing, barring a rogue Skip James cover. Martyn took ‘Devil Got My Woman’ and injected it with warped delay until it arrived as as the spaced out ‘I’d Rather Be the Devil’.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Recorded live, the album sessions wrapped up in only eight days. Tony Coe, who provided saxophone on ‘Dreams by the Sea’ and ‘Solid Air’ once admitted in an interview he didn’t even remember being there. Although it was the defining project of Martyn’s career, you get the sense he probably felt the same. If his warning that fans needed to figure out its core message were anything to go by, he wanted to excise his worries about Drake and leave them in the studio in one blacked-out haze.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;The album also featured Martyn’s longtime collaborator, Danny Thompson, whose double bass waves in and out of focus as an unmistakable presence. In the liner notes to the Solid Air CD, it’s noted that Thompson and Martyn used to call the heavy title track ‘Sausages’, in yet another example of Martyn’s compulsive need to find light relief on what was a viscerally gutting work.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Thompson so casually moulded his bass around the timbre of Martyn’s voice; those same liner notes have to reiterate how seismic his contribution actually was. Every musician that appeared on the album, from John ‘Rabbit’ Bundrick to Sue Draheim, played with such clarity and focus that it sounded like second nature to all of them, and it’s almost easy to overlook quite how miraculous their collective sound is.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;While Solid Air and its dedication to Drake later became a prelude to tragedy, it could be as uplifting as it was emotionally ruinous. “I don’t want to know ’bout evil,” he sings on ‘Don’t Want to Know’. “Only want to know ’bout love”. In essence, the entire album is a love letter. While it’s often deeply introspective, you feel the depth of his love for his folk roots, Drake, distortion, and dreams, which are translated with the same emotive force. You couldn’t place it to a specific year or genre if you tried. It is a totally timeless record, and as the years go on, hitting timely annual anniversaries of Drake and Martyn’s deaths, you realise just how ahead of his time Martyn was.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;by &lt;b&gt;Poppy Burton,&lt;/b&gt; Mon 12 February 2024&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil-P8ByMHI9ywujDmUSCoFAQCapt2ESZt7OS3Cq9lhCaYwajopc3YDoKi8Jadpk__tVRuRFZ_dnQO0KNAHFUuJxEWHLhcwlJe0bHICbY9o3gEtT4DE4lRa2ouXwwr1EPgQERwzjvjrJK3ApWcSV63LnYS1H3sgiylcZBxqp-trEj5y5wZ1x5FfJUVgpewQ/s1002/Disc%20copy%20Purple001.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1002&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil-P8ByMHI9ywujDmUSCoFAQCapt2ESZt7OS3Cq9lhCaYwajopc3YDoKi8Jadpk__tVRuRFZ_dnQO0KNAHFUuJxEWHLhcwlJe0bHICbY9o3gEtT4DE4lRa2ouXwwr1EPgQERwzjvjrJK3ApWcSV63LnYS1H3sgiylcZBxqp-trEj5y5wZ1x5FfJUVgpewQ/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple001.jpg&quot; width=&quot;319&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tracks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Disc 1&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Solid Air - 5:45&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Over The Hill - 2:54&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Don&#39;t Want To Know - 3:02&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. I&#39;d Rather Be The Devil - 6:19&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Go Down Easy - 3:36&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. Dreams By The Sea - 3:17&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. May You Never - 3:41&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. The Man In The Station - 2:53&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. The Easy Blues / Gentle Blues - 3:20&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Lyrics and Music by &lt;i&gt;John Martyn&lt;/i&gt; except track #4 written by &lt;i&gt;Skip James&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrZUyk1OqFu843b6wOpRa1RxC4-E1sNH2gbyRIVK0h13fBsOTq7gKjTv30iQpolGL_3bSFvpFaBane4OKQgECD2OGe_UkbrvT8ZQbGpkMIh4Hp9Uh5nBQrRK0NL6B7jKKMD6SeoZBeVDwR3bzI4nBCCvKLXXpTQBsHNdwIZrWzPMASZK6dHFDxk4p4E-l/s1002/Disc%20copy%20Purple002.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1002&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrZUyk1OqFu843b6wOpRa1RxC4-E1sNH2gbyRIVK0h13fBsOTq7gKjTv30iQpolGL_3bSFvpFaBane4OKQgECD2OGe_UkbrvT8ZQbGpkMIh4Hp9Uh5nBQrRK0NL6B7jKKMD6SeoZBeVDwR3bzI4nBCCvKLXXpTQBsHNdwIZrWzPMASZK6dHFDxk4p4E-l/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple002.jpg&quot; width=&quot;319&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Disc 2&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Solid Air - 5:49&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Over The Hill - 3:30&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Don&#39;t Want To Know - 3:28&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. I&#39;d Rather Be The Devil - 7:41&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Go Down Easy - 4:57&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. Dreams By The Sea - 3:24&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. May You Never - 3:35&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. The Man In The Station - 5:34&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. The Easy Blues / Gentle Blues - 4:51&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10.Keep On - 4:59&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;11.Never Say Never - 8:39&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;12.In The Evening - 4:06&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;13.May You Never - 2:45&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;14.The Easy Blues - 4:23&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;15.May You Never - 4:07&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;16.I&#39;d Rather Be The Devil - 8:33&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Words and Music by &lt;i&gt;John Martyn &lt;/i&gt;except tracks 4 &amp;amp; 16 written by&lt;i&gt; Skip James&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7e86HUF-N8SamvWQ-69HKtnowTyXoDAuL9cLBsapabiO3FVN_WZmReCOgg80_5qOhStaUPKf4YBLoqDMyiMwKDAzkk3789y_WLgU72MJQCRF1cCzqErX8aeZgq-b3IeZIGuI79ve0g0VhjCzOn-2KskL3DkErLLBHVKnUrq7L95s-R0NXAs5GV9W8OzS/s1002/Disc%20copy%20Purple003.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1002&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7e86HUF-N8SamvWQ-69HKtnowTyXoDAuL9cLBsapabiO3FVN_WZmReCOgg80_5qOhStaUPKf4YBLoqDMyiMwKDAzkk3789y_WLgU72MJQCRF1cCzqErX8aeZgq-b3IeZIGuI79ve0g0VhjCzOn-2KskL3DkErLLBHVKnUrq7L95s-R0NXAs5GV9W8OzS/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple003.jpg&quot; width=&quot;319&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;2000 Island Remaster&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Solid Air - 5:46&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Over The Hill - 2:55&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Don&#39;t Want To Know - 3:04&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. I&#39;d Rather Be The Devil - 6:20&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Go Down Easy - 3:37&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. Dreams By The Sea - 3:19&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. May You Never - 3:43&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. The Man In The Station - 2:54&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. The Easy Blues (Jelly Roll Blues/Gentle Blues) - 3:24&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10.I&#39;d Rather Be The Devil - Live - 6:11&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All compositions by&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;John Martyn&lt;/i&gt; except track 4 &amp;amp; 10 by &lt;i&gt;Skip James&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Personnel&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*John Martyn - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Dave Pegg - Bass&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Speedy (Neemoi Acquaye) - Congas&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Danny Thompson - Double Bass&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Dave Mattacks - Drums&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Rabbit (John Bundrick) - Piano, Electric Piano, Organ, Clavinet&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Tony Coe - Saxophone&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Tristan Fry - Vibraphone Vibes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Simon Nicol - Autoharp&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Richard Thompson - Mandolin&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Sue Draheim - Violin&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #2b00fe;&quot;&gt;Related Act&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2012/12/john-and-beverley-martyn-stormbringer.html&quot;&gt;1970&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;John And Beverley Martyn - Stormbringer! (2005 remaster expanded edition)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://therockasteria.blogspot.gr/2012/12/john-and-beverley-martyn-road-to-ruin.html&quot;&gt;1970&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2012/12/john-and-beverley-martyn-stormbringer.html&quot;&gt;John And Beverley Martyn -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://therockasteria.blogspot.gr/2012/12/john-and-beverley-martyn-road-to-ruin.html&quot;&gt;The Road To Ruin (2005 bonus track remaster)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://justpaste.it/JoMaSoAi&quot;&gt;Just Paste&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://controlc.com/364274a6&quot;&gt;Free Text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://yourtext.host/2025/04/Jo-Ma-So-Ai&quot;&gt;Text Host&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/feeds/8431509644946399029/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/04/john-martyn-solid-air-1973-uk-magnum.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/8431509644946399029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/8431509644946399029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/04/john-martyn-solid-air-1973-uk-magnum.html' title='John Martyn - Solid Air (1973 uk, a magnum opus, true balance of dark and light, 2009 double disc remaster and 2000 remasters)'/><author><name>Marios</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12203152597932074783</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0IQOhYMUXzeb3usap2ql-wF_AIyv6HCoPcBP1dsYkgkFsaFPpHkmV2MpgIJl4QBKEsbo2QAyXBf8jdO9jboSPHNf8adTe9zNL8AwR8JfVPg8uGAziNdlkzYH8kYbq4-lk93AfxVJRCQQym-R1cx9PWTIMTdID4Y607f5urJqW0b5pw/s220/Diogenes.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxusVzzMqUh6RzPCBDVeleJxKzokg24wXDK-FsW7vwRuFn3h08zd1zBCnEkvyTwNZRV-o6xNi8rlOlb_3iiOwCIB2e4CbT7wNYVw65LxyUbTeXL-GPYBa9hXPuVnMNjExaH28ztFnRCfRLPop_c0E-FZEToXWnHE7IHd3SCFyLUq2rsUtBnMoPkjWzFBT/s72-c/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-7387238525777160743</id><published>2025-04-22T11:10:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2025-04-22T11:10:08.791+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Nick Jameson - Already Free (1977 strong funky blues classic rock, from Foghat fame, 2022 korean remaster)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdrYRi9akkvQd4E0xqxhRFrRGfXfvzXn0KVaBsbOpwCwukw8Bym-RyvlxMtbLosLvs91psUOh-bbXUUxt3T7N7ceAqPFGanc2-FpeVT-rC-tKrJnIVIfAUHTsE4G6wn_pSqaExymYv7yDNn82YGRCagjvhox85QblywlU3_Sh1aY-xSkak_Q-qrK5-inL/s1000/Front%20Cover%20OBI%20copy.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;989&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;316&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdrYRi9akkvQd4E0xqxhRFrRGfXfvzXn0KVaBsbOpwCwukw8Bym-RyvlxMtbLosLvs91psUOh-bbXUUxt3T7N7ceAqPFGanc2-FpeVT-rC-tKrJnIVIfAUHTsE4G6wn_pSqaExymYv7yDNn82YGRCagjvhox85QblywlU3_Sh1aY-xSkak_Q-qrK5-inL/s320/Front%20Cover%20OBI%20copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&#39;allowfullscreen&#39; webkitallowfullscreen=&#39;webkitallowfullscreen&#39; mozallowfullscreen=&#39;mozallowfullscreen&#39; width=&#39;460&#39; height=&#39;320&#39; src=&#39;https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyaXx_3InVXJTzKdOD0v7IaVa7VwUYBRfP6uK4Hi63wF7NrH-2dXzTMXeI8fc4gyZSyPXbp7dc5W4RgKKVOag&#39; class=&#39;b-hbp-video b-uploaded&#39; frameborder=&#39;0&#39;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;When I got Nick Jameson&#39;s “Already Free” I was surprised to find that he plays all the instruments except Eric Parker&#39;s drums and the legendary Paul Butterfield&#39;s harmonica, which was the key to my decision to buy the vinyl. I put it on the turntable at home, and I was immediately hooked: country rock, folk, soft rock and 70&#39;s RnR twinned in a natural way, without stridency, with great melodies and harmonicas of extreme quality by Butterfield. The surprise comes when I start to investigate Jameson: fasten your seatbelts!!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;He debuts in 1970 with the band “The American Dream” (whose eponymous debut will be the first production of the legendary Todd Rundgren), in the middle of the decade he establishes himself as a solo artist (“A Crowd of One” from 1986 is his second and last work) and also produces a couple of records to Tim Moore, his colleague Paul Butterfield, and Foghat: the three most popular records of the band (“Rock and Roll Outlaws”, “Fool for the City” and “Live”) bear his signature !!!! But apart from his musical facet Jameson has developed a career as an actor, dubbing specialist (animation and video games) and stand-up comedian... !!!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;But possibly what fascinated me most of all the interactions, coincidences and twists was his participation in my favorite series of all time, “Lost”. Chance and fate played in my favor so that I could enjoy an album without great pretensions, but super entertaining, well thought out and well played. Lie down in your favorite armchair, listen to “I Ain&#39;t Searching” and enjoy. Everything happens for a reason...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;by &lt;b&gt;Albert Barrios&lt;/b&gt;, 29 April 2024&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRPKeyiqcGXLmuuk6ClcUi5-6YhO6JIOKC923-Yt9wj1CLtU6ReZXsp3BMXnz2AoGjIlWALmAymadMtQLjtUdC9NT9f0tcJdkz-h6GQB8PgvjJ0xbgFZNjvLYJKoXXTrBLChZvrumJtmS-ttpKxJkeIvzI2-Rrl61o4Ai0kCIIPTStI96nLmTv9HwHWe77/s1002/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1002&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRPKeyiqcGXLmuuk6ClcUi5-6YhO6JIOKC923-Yt9wj1CLtU6ReZXsp3BMXnz2AoGjIlWALmAymadMtQLjtUdC9NT9f0tcJdkz-h6GQB8PgvjJ0xbgFZNjvLYJKoXXTrBLChZvrumJtmS-ttpKxJkeIvzI2-Rrl61o4Ai0kCIIPTStI96nLmTv9HwHWe77/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; width=&quot;319&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tracks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Sweet Heat - 6:11&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Already Free - 4:44&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. In The Blue - 7:00&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. I Ain&#39;t Searching - 4:16&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. When The Blues Come Calling - 5:40&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. I Know What It Is - 5:26&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. The Long Way Round - 2:51&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All songs by &lt;i&gt;Nick Jameson&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Musicians&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Nick Jameson - Bass, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Eric Parker - Drums&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Paul Butterfield - Harmonica&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #2b00fe;&quot;&gt;with Foghat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://therockasteria.blogspot.gr/2013/09/foghat-fool-for-city-1975-uk-classic.html&quot;&gt;1975 &amp;nbsp;Fool For The City (MFSL Ultradisc)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2013/09/foghat-night-shift-1976-uk-tough-n-roll.html&quot;&gt;1976&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Foghat - Night Shift (Japan remaster)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://justpaste.it/NiJaAlFr&quot;&gt;Just Paste&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://controlc.com/de9c19ae&quot;&gt;Free Text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://yourtext.host/2025/04/Ni-Ja-Al-Fr&quot;&gt;Text Host&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/feeds/7387238525777160743/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/04/nick-jameson-already-free-1977-strong.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/7387238525777160743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/7387238525777160743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/04/nick-jameson-already-free-1977-strong.html' title='Nick Jameson - Already Free (1977 strong funky blues classic rock, from Foghat fame, 2022 korean remaster)'/><author><name>Marios</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12203152597932074783</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0IQOhYMUXzeb3usap2ql-wF_AIyv6HCoPcBP1dsYkgkFsaFPpHkmV2MpgIJl4QBKEsbo2QAyXBf8jdO9jboSPHNf8adTe9zNL8AwR8JfVPg8uGAziNdlkzYH8kYbq4-lk93AfxVJRCQQym-R1cx9PWTIMTdID4Y607f5urJqW0b5pw/s220/Diogenes.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdrYRi9akkvQd4E0xqxhRFrRGfXfvzXn0KVaBsbOpwCwukw8Bym-RyvlxMtbLosLvs91psUOh-bbXUUxt3T7N7ceAqPFGanc2-FpeVT-rC-tKrJnIVIfAUHTsE4G6wn_pSqaExymYv7yDNn82YGRCagjvhox85QblywlU3_Sh1aY-xSkak_Q-qrK5-inL/s72-c/Front%20Cover%20OBI%20copy.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-3914681325422614354</id><published>2025-04-16T12:37:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2025-04-16T12:40:30.915+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Raisin Kane - It&#39;s About Time (1978 us, spectacular southern rock with dual guitars and harmonies, 2015 remaster)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCL3hED5j5wAZAwsJfLtzYnt4d5vhxst6uv6tCx_xGaER3D7y4JettWXXoGQiZXHR_Lx7bEEEzmzV3eGZtizkcIrLqMwQD7e93gIDnEwmPypIjzT3_ylSdWv80o6fbCYO-j7YirIr9NC_-Ri0MncliOrC9HEMvX_u8p_MPrsqZN1rj9uuJ-Cfy5KfmXrb/s1003/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1003&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCL3hED5j5wAZAwsJfLtzYnt4d5vhxst6uv6tCx_xGaER3D7y4JettWXXoGQiZXHR_Lx7bEEEzmzV3eGZtizkcIrLqMwQD7e93gIDnEwmPypIjzT3_ylSdWv80o6fbCYO-j7YirIr9NC_-Ri0MncliOrC9HEMvX_u8p_MPrsqZN1rj9uuJ-Cfy5KfmXrb/s320/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;319&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&#39;allowfullscreen&#39; webkitallowfullscreen=&#39;webkitallowfullscreen&#39; mozallowfullscreen=&#39;mozallowfullscreen&#39; width=&#39;460&#39; height=&#39;320&#39; src=&#39;https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwV2py5YzOt6uBnc5WIOK39Rw3qiEm9Pqb_tq0USMR4tfzVHAjcJV7Yj_xHJtiUO77zwLfkx4qcTovUqNekug&#39; class=&#39;b-hbp-video b-uploaded&#39; frameborder=&#39;0&#39;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Raisin Kane was from Martin, Tennessee and recorded their LP &quot;It&#39;s About Time&quot; at Sound Farm Studios in Puryear, Tennessee, circa 1978.&amp;nbsp; An excellent mix of 70s Country Rock / Southern Rock with fantastic guitar sessions. Rare private press in the vein of The Outlaws, Allman Brothers and Marshall Tucker.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7Az2BmCKq1ZhS98DXvsZOSvGbqrc2g9Luj0e_Qd-_SA7y2ZZxlXe3bZMm9Iz2bMEOnzYJP63P4u4miVKvGdfeDYuefc0kGSPCWSEdLOpW_SNWw15LSyWIicjUTIn_oNE1rC-vqkiBLsPJD2pV7873Ij_G5gmNXuKBZO7C9c8KixgOLpmJpQ3Uja7527Q/s1002/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1002&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7Az2BmCKq1ZhS98DXvsZOSvGbqrc2g9Luj0e_Qd-_SA7y2ZZxlXe3bZMm9Iz2bMEOnzYJP63P4u4miVKvGdfeDYuefc0kGSPCWSEdLOpW_SNWw15LSyWIicjUTIn_oNE1rC-vqkiBLsPJD2pV7873Ij_G5gmNXuKBZO7C9c8KixgOLpmJpQ3Uja7527Q/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; width=&quot;319&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tracks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Raisin´ Kane (&lt;i&gt;Larry Bedwell, Russ Hall&lt;/i&gt;) - 2:31&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Tennessee Foxy Lady (&lt;i&gt;Gary Wadley, Larry Bedwell&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:26&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Autumn - 3:25&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. Rock &#39;n&#39; Roll Song - 3:08&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. We´ll Find A Way (&lt;i&gt;Riley, Larry Brewer&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:56&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. I Don´t Want To Take It (&lt;i&gt;Elmore, Larry Bedwell&lt;/i&gt;) - 2:31&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. You Don´t Listen To What I Say - 3:30&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. All I Can Do - 2:49&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. Neon Lights (Gary Wadley, Larry Bedwell, Larry Brewer) - 7:32&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10.I Want To Know - 1:01&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All songs by &lt;i&gt;Larry Brewer&lt;/i&gt; except where noted&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Raisin Kane&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Paul David Lindsey : Lead, Background Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Larry Brewer : Guitars, Lead, Background Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Larry Bedwell : Guitars, Background Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Gary Wadley : Drums&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Mike Jenkins : Bass&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;With&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Bert Dyer - Hammond, Arp Synthesizer&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://justpaste.it/RaKaAbTi&quot;&gt;Just Paste&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://controlc.com/d0a72094&quot;&gt;Free Text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://yourtext.host/2025/04/Ra-Ka-Ab-Ti&quot;&gt;Text Host&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/feeds/3914681325422614354/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/04/raisin-kane-its-about-time-1978-us.html#comment-form' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/3914681325422614354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/3914681325422614354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/04/raisin-kane-its-about-time-1978-us.html' title='Raisin Kane - It&#39;s About Time (1978 us, spectacular southern rock with dual guitars and harmonies, 2015 remaster)'/><author><name>Marios</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12203152597932074783</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0IQOhYMUXzeb3usap2ql-wF_AIyv6HCoPcBP1dsYkgkFsaFPpHkmV2MpgIJl4QBKEsbo2QAyXBf8jdO9jboSPHNf8adTe9zNL8AwR8JfVPg8uGAziNdlkzYH8kYbq4-lk93AfxVJRCQQym-R1cx9PWTIMTdID4Y607f5urJqW0b5pw/s220/Diogenes.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCL3hED5j5wAZAwsJfLtzYnt4d5vhxst6uv6tCx_xGaER3D7y4JettWXXoGQiZXHR_Lx7bEEEzmzV3eGZtizkcIrLqMwQD7e93gIDnEwmPypIjzT3_ylSdWv80o6fbCYO-j7YirIr9NC_-Ri0MncliOrC9HEMvX_u8p_MPrsqZN1rj9uuJ-Cfy5KfmXrb/s72-c/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-7804887624027253150</id><published>2025-04-09T20:36:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2025-04-09T20:36:17.556+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Procol Harum - A Salty Dog (1969 uk, exceptional baroque psych prog rock, 2009, 2012 japan and 2015 double disc remasters)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9Ylbf8Ddy2wCHPvhCZ_xilVPNRYC_QQrnnP9oI1kfSCRFBc27czH8Dx6kjwSUIJ-y812rStPfZ9bciIDiv60aCbQkbiLujNq76VNb0ddWR2eu-GcE0IkNtPRzLquLmnaVJBlqnsJEMzIvH4TMCXAeBrgAWYFUgCGm-B-t7XoGG5S1mGRl4IwLwMjb8gX/s1000/Front%20Cover%20OBI%20Sticker%20Copy.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;869&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;278&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9Ylbf8Ddy2wCHPvhCZ_xilVPNRYC_QQrnnP9oI1kfSCRFBc27czH8Dx6kjwSUIJ-y812rStPfZ9bciIDiv60aCbQkbiLujNq76VNb0ddWR2eu-GcE0IkNtPRzLquLmnaVJBlqnsJEMzIvH4TMCXAeBrgAWYFUgCGm-B-t7XoGG5S1mGRl4IwLwMjb8gX/s320/Front%20Cover%20OBI%20Sticker%20Copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;BLOG_video_class&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/0dXrWtSWblo&quot; width=&quot;460&quot; youtube-src-id=&quot;0dXrWtSWblo&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;The most exciting facet of this tremendous album is not so much that it contains the Procols&#39; best recorded works to date, but that their potential is still nowhere near being fully spent.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;If this is an example of what their experiments can lead them to, long may they continue to push out past the accepted frontiers of pop.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;It would be hard to pick a stand-out but the title-track, also their current single, must rank as their most potently commercial offering since Whiter Shade of Pale. The poetic quality of Keith Reid&#39;s lyrics delivered by Gary Brooker against music that rises and crashes like the waves adds up to a positively stunning track.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Brooker takes five other writing credits; Milk of Human Kindness is a personal favourite, mainly for its gorgeous razzy guitar. Too much Between Us, which he co-wrote with Robin Trower, is wispy and dreamy with shades of Incredible String Band in the harmonies. The Devil Came from Kansas has a distinct country feel with Barrie Wilson&#39;s powerful drumming behind a piano running rife. All This and More is nearer the old Procols.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Boredom, by Brooker and Matthew Fisher, has the latter featured strongly on marimba with a pretty calypso lilt making it one of the most appealing songs.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Fisher on his own has two entries, stand out being Wreck of the Hesperus with a complex arrangement for piano and strings that spins like whirlpools of water and has a charm and prettiness little found in today&#39;s pop.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;The album also marks the emergence of Trower as a writing force. His two songs include Juicy John Pink, a strident rock blues with shades of John Lee Hooker. Other titles: Crucifiction Lane, Pilgrim&#39;s Progress&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;by &lt;b&gt;Nick Logan&lt;/b&gt; in New Musical Express, 5 July 1969&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnnkgqI-mpVE7RoRaDDXYty3Gte32ZD3zr18J3vs4Ab18jOz2MmtepFjmXQ6nc97nDyPvakFQA3btq1046pOx9-C4QfyNOoLs7-qIUAyqq0sU4Yrr-xJ3MtF6ZWNQIhk-oUmjTttynmiXh0O5VrhQdiXN1MtkeA7BLZOx6O9dXyqveewRE-uD1tsywGXY/s1000/Disc%20Copy%20Purple001.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1000&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnnkgqI-mpVE7RoRaDDXYty3Gte32ZD3zr18J3vs4Ab18jOz2MmtepFjmXQ6nc97nDyPvakFQA3btq1046pOx9-C4QfyNOoLs7-qIUAyqq0sU4Yrr-xJ3MtF6ZWNQIhk-oUmjTttynmiXh0O5VrhQdiXN1MtkeA7BLZOx6O9dXyqveewRE-uD1tsywGXY/s320/Disc%20Copy%20Purple001.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tracks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. A Salty Dog - 4:39&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. The Milk Of Human Kindness - 3:44&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Too Much Between Us - 3:40&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. The Devil Came From Kansas - 4:33&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Boredom - 4:37&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. Juicy John Pink - 2:04&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. Wreck Of The Hesperus - 3:44&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. All This And More - 3:47&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. Crucifiction Lane - 4:56&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10.Pilgrim&#39;s Progress - 4:33&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;11.Long Gone Geek - 3:18&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;12.Goin&#39; Down Slow - 7:48&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;13.Juicy John Pink - 2:39&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;14.Crucification Lane - 4:35&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;15.Skip Softly My Moonbeams / Also Sprach Zarathustra - 5:29&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;16.The Milk Of Human Kindness - 3:47&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All Lyrics by &lt;i&gt;Keith Reid&lt;/i&gt; except track #12&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 1-5,8,11,15,16 Music by &lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 3,6,9,13,14 Music by &lt;i&gt;Robin Trower&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 5,7,10,11 Music by &lt;i&gt;Matthew Fisher&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Track 12 written by&lt;i&gt; James B. Oden&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 12-15 recorded in USA April 1969&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Track 16 Take 1 / Raw Backing Track&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDhzE8Y6zOft-cIH7gDIdb7eJKKgi89bMrR8mlBgAuLgR3NrJ7OO0zW3IqyE9JhgDKfXN0jBe0WEQdecykEsMrg4iP8ymiS3ZDc5I5VSD4N3vA29JA-gjxJHPYW2EKmDD7RSnPPYP99RtiM1OAY6p5u0Tzo9lrGw9cfwCkcf4plXpmyHNEdeu7F0cLLLC/s1000/Disc%20Copy%20Purple002.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1000&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDhzE8Y6zOft-cIH7gDIdb7eJKKgi89bMrR8mlBgAuLgR3NrJ7OO0zW3IqyE9JhgDKfXN0jBe0WEQdecykEsMrg4iP8ymiS3ZDc5I5VSD4N3vA29JA-gjxJHPYW2EKmDD7RSnPPYP99RtiM1OAY6p5u0Tzo9lrGw9cfwCkcf4plXpmyHNEdeu7F0cLLLC/s320/Disc%20Copy%20Purple002.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Same Tracklist as above&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAYRbH5tfzXGpXFD0KlbpkY_6mI9vhpiRcTHokhhE5-i51OWIp79vbJtYsqvt1mKxVZ8_WtLrZxYh363U6nrqsWgeIatVHcGGBGmreLvZcX-GoQDrmiRYEZPOdeP-5nh-IB6tyKrnlDXURb6tNh1OnRi3qlEBdB4P-9FPt6Y3AFIIF-PnfFw4O5zLPvp3d/s1000/Disc%20Copy%20Purple003.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1000&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAYRbH5tfzXGpXFD0KlbpkY_6mI9vhpiRcTHokhhE5-i51OWIp79vbJtYsqvt1mKxVZ8_WtLrZxYh363U6nrqsWgeIatVHcGGBGmreLvZcX-GoQDrmiRYEZPOdeP-5nh-IB6tyKrnlDXURb6tNh1OnRi3qlEBdB4P-9FPt6Y3AFIIF-PnfFw4O5zLPvp3d/s320/Disc%20Copy%20Purple003.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Disc 1&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. A Salty Dog - 4:39&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. The Milk Of Human Kindness - 3:45&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Too Much Between Us - 3:43&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. The Devil Came From Kansas - 4:36&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Boredom - 4:34&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. Juicy John Pink - 2:06&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. Wreck Of The Hesperus - 3:48&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. All This And More - 3:51&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. Crucifiction Lane - 5:00&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10.Pilgrims Progress - 4:31&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All Lyrics by Keith Reid&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 1-5,8,11 Music by&lt;i&gt; Gary Brooker&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 3,6,9 Music by &lt;i&gt;Robin Trower&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 5,7,10 Music by &lt;i&gt;Matthew Fisher&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbVV9n-XHiw9esOpOKJqyAHlDdGnmFKqrOuTCRVwgI_GE_n6IIcYM0yorzr7izUW0YUTMvXlX-9acdnzMgHnJACLtFc-uVtbNooLe7pIJ3XnXMYM9jL1PP5XeohuKj-zXP6IHi0JpwuBZQzNhGYvIRw2GGO5z1UlyyK1w1rbWG2uRU4wtSoQMAYKbF2WBT/s1000/Disc%20Copy%20Purple004.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1000&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbVV9n-XHiw9esOpOKJqyAHlDdGnmFKqrOuTCRVwgI_GE_n6IIcYM0yorzr7izUW0YUTMvXlX-9acdnzMgHnJACLtFc-uVtbNooLe7pIJ3XnXMYM9jL1PP5XeohuKj-zXP6IHi0JpwuBZQzNhGYvIRw2GGO5z1UlyyK1w1rbWG2uRU4wtSoQMAYKbF2WBT/s320/Disc%20Copy%20Purple004.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Disc 2&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Skip Softly (My Moonbeams) - 3:47&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Wish Me Well - 3:41&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Long Gone Geek - 2:42&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. Goin&#39; Down Slow - 7:48&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Juicy John Pink - 2:38&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. Crucifiction Lane - 4:46&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. Skip Softly My Moonbeams / Also Sprach Zarathustra - 5:25&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. The Milk Of Human Kindness - 3:39&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. Juicy John Pink - 2:15&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10.A Salty Dog - 4:36&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;11.Long Gone Geek - 3:10&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;12.The Milk Of Human Kindness - 3:57&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All Lyrics by &lt;i&gt;Keith Reid &lt;/i&gt;except track #4&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 1-3,8,10-12 Music by &lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 5,6,9 Music by&lt;i&gt; Robin Trower&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 3,11 Music by &lt;i&gt;Matthew Fisher&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Track 4 written by&lt;i&gt; James B. Oden&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 1,2,3,9 recorded at &#39;Top Gear&#39; BBC Radio One Session&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 4-7 recorded in USA April 1969&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Track 8 recorded at &#39;Symonds On Sunday&#39; BBC Radio One Session&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 10,11 Mono Single Mix&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Track 12 Take 1 / Raw Backing Track&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Procol Harum&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Gary Brooker - Vocals, Piano, Celeste, 3-Stringed Guitar, Bells, Harmonica, Recorder, Woods,&amp;nbsp; Orchestral Arrangements&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Keith Reid - Words&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Matthew Fisher - Organ, Vocals, Marimba, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Recorder, Rhythm Guitar,&amp;nbsp; Orchestral Arrangements&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*David Knights - Bass&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*B.J.Wilson - Drums, Conga Drums, Tabla&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Robin Trower - Lead Guitar, Vocal, Acoustic Guitar, Sleigh Tambourine&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*John Juian Kalinowski &quot;Kellogs&quot; - Bosun&#39;s Whistle&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2012/01/procol-harum-procol-harum-1967-uk-debut.html&quot;&gt;1967&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Procol Harum - Procol Harum (3 editions)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/03/procol-harum-shine-on-brightly-1968-uk.html&quot;&gt;1968&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Procol Harum - Shine On Brightly (3 editions)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;Related Acts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rockasteria.blogspot.gr/2011/09/robin-trower-tale-untold-chrysalis.html&quot;&gt;1973-76 &amp;nbsp;Robin Trower - Tale Untold, Chrysalis Years (3 disc box-set, 2010 remaster bonus tracks issue)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2022/03/matthew-fisher-journeys-end-ill-be.html&quot;&gt;1973-74&amp;nbsp; Matthew Fisher - Journey&#39;s End / I&#39;ll Be There (2000 remaster)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2022/01/matthew-fisher-matthew-fisher-strange.html&quot;&gt;1979/81&amp;nbsp; Matthew Fisher - Matthew Fisher / Strange Days&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://justpaste.it/PrHaSaDg&quot;&gt;Just Paste&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://controlc.com/5266bea3&quot;&gt;Free Text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://yourtext.host/2025/04/Pr-Ha-Sa-Dg&quot;&gt;Text Host&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/feeds/7804887624027253150/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/04/procol-harum-salty-dog-1969-uk.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/7804887624027253150'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/7804887624027253150'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/04/procol-harum-salty-dog-1969-uk.html' title='Procol Harum - A Salty Dog (1969 uk, exceptional baroque psych prog rock, 2009, 2012 japan and 2015 double disc remasters)'/><author><name>Marios</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12203152597932074783</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0IQOhYMUXzeb3usap2ql-wF_AIyv6HCoPcBP1dsYkgkFsaFPpHkmV2MpgIJl4QBKEsbo2QAyXBf8jdO9jboSPHNf8adTe9zNL8AwR8JfVPg8uGAziNdlkzYH8kYbq4-lk93AfxVJRCQQym-R1cx9PWTIMTdID4Y607f5urJqW0b5pw/s220/Diogenes.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9Ylbf8Ddy2wCHPvhCZ_xilVPNRYC_QQrnnP9oI1kfSCRFBc27czH8Dx6kjwSUIJ-y812rStPfZ9bciIDiv60aCbQkbiLujNq76VNb0ddWR2eu-GcE0IkNtPRzLquLmnaVJBlqnsJEMzIvH4TMCXAeBrgAWYFUgCGm-B-t7XoGG5S1mGRl4IwLwMjb8gX/s72-c/Front%20Cover%20OBI%20Sticker%20Copy.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-6626721828816082315</id><published>2025-04-04T03:51:00.062+03:00</published><updated>2025-04-04T03:51:00.115+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Grinderswitch - Right On Time (1980 us, great southern rock, 2009 edition)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNCEivk8HOXIOXz5Y9hyphenhyphenqhSrXxtDF1fzwURu5kL0Ez39d-FQHu_-WLc47RfUm1waOR3q7Cb7ScJU9K8zFRBFP99TCn-s2WvrhVhJJZzbrbm3BcmUtC0cM4Xz_dCB4U71VfQMYXD-w483tnfVQ61x_2Vg11H8-Jrx_pP5IxMRFrHqSuiBPw1Ik5DQ6zTKsb/s1000/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1000&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNCEivk8HOXIOXz5Y9hyphenhyphenqhSrXxtDF1fzwURu5kL0Ez39d-FQHu_-WLc47RfUm1waOR3q7Cb7ScJU9K8zFRBFP99TCn-s2WvrhVhJJZzbrbm3BcmUtC0cM4Xz_dCB4U71VfQMYXD-w483tnfVQ61x_2Vg11H8-Jrx_pP5IxMRFrHqSuiBPw1Ik5DQ6zTKsb/s320/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;BLOG_video_class&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/YyHWlcTLDJE&quot; width=&quot;460&quot; youtube-src-id=&quot;YyHWlcTLDJE&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Having issues with their label, as their commercial success was declining dramatically, and the changes in music with disco and punk taking the lion&#39;s share of the sales,&amp;nbsp; the times were difficult but they stayed together and in 1980 they recorded and released “Right On Time”, on Auric Records, a Florida based label. The bulk of the compositions of course goes to Dru Lombar, who signed half of the album&#39;s 10 songs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;There&#39;s another version of our favourite “Lady Luck”, of the three that have appeared on three different albums in total. Τhe music follows the familiar sound fields, with the guitars dominating, the vocals and the rest of the instruments all in high standards. A year later, “Have Band Will Travel” released on the independent Robox Records and soon after, -they realized that as a band they had hit a dead end- broke up.&amp;nbsp; We love Grinderswitch, we love Southern Rock, we don&#39;t expect innovations, we are not disappointed by this album.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCF4-0W5LE2dReDx2CNirN7Nv6vLfWu3FtlgVLWhPlpp17bECGAuki-XCYAfZ7HDYTy3NCCs0E5HkQ8Ar4dglIn2ER1FU0rgnkA5JBz2obNc5aRTLfrzY1gaLArqJ07uDmiH0Wl5ApzSF-awxUA27QAIofweZySXzd2h_GuL47-zfagaolF3FDbtwmUZH/s1002/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1002&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCF4-0W5LE2dReDx2CNirN7Nv6vLfWu3FtlgVLWhPlpp17bECGAuki-XCYAfZ7HDYTy3NCCs0E5HkQ8Ar4dglIn2ER1FU0rgnkA5JBz2obNc5aRTLfrzY1gaLArqJ07uDmiH0Wl5ApzSF-awxUA27QAIofweZySXzd2h_GuL47-zfagaolF3FDbtwmUZH/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; width=&quot;319&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tracks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Movin&#39; On Back To You (&lt;i&gt;Dru Lombar, Stephen Miller, Joe Dan Petty, Rick Burnett&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:42&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Lady Luck (&lt;i&gt;Dru Lombar&lt;/i&gt;) - 4:56&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Confusion (&lt;i&gt;Dru Lombar&lt;/i&gt;) - 6:57&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. 80 Miles To Memphis (&lt;i&gt;Joe Dan Petty&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:08&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Slow Movin&#39; Dancer (&lt;i&gt;Joe Dan Petty, Larry Howard&lt;/i&gt;) - 4:17&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. Brand New Feeling (&lt;i&gt;Dru Lombar&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:56&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. When The Rain Comes Down (&lt;i&gt;Dru Lombar, Chris Anderson&lt;/i&gt;) - 6:38&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. How Come It Is (&lt;i&gt;Stephen Miller&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:41&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Grinderswitch&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Dru Lombar - Vocals, Guitar, Slide Guitar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Chris Anderson - Guitar, Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Stephen Miller - Keyboards, Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Joe Dan Petty - Bass&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Rick Burnett - Drums&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://therockasteria.blogspot.gr/2017/07/grinderswitch-honest-to-goodness-1974.html&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;1974 &amp;nbsp;Grinderswitch - Honest To Goodness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rockasteria.blogspot.gr/2017/09/grinderswitch-macon-tracks-1975-us.html&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;1975&amp;nbsp; Grinderswitch - Macon Tracks (2009 edition)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2017/10/grinderswitch-pullin-together-1976-us.html&quot;&gt;1976&amp;nbsp; Grinderswitch - Pullin&#39; Together (2010 issue)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://therockasteria.blogspot.gr/2014/09/grinderswitch-redwing-1977-us-awesome.html&quot;&gt;1977 &amp;nbsp;Grinderswitch - Redwing (2010 edition)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2023/11/grinderswitch-unfinished-business-1977.html&quot;&gt;1977&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Grinderswitch - Unfinished Business (2012 release)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2023/11/grinderswitch-have-band-will-travel.html&quot;&gt;1981&amp;nbsp; Grinderswitch - Have Band Will Travel (2010 reissue)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;Related Acts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rockasteria.blogspot.gr/2012/12/linn-county-proud-flesh-soothseer-1968.html&quot;&gt;1968 Linn County - Proud Flesh Soothseer&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rockasteria.blogspot.gr/2013/01/linn-county-fever-shot-1969-us-splendid.html&quot;&gt;1969 Linn County - Fever Shot&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rockasteria.blogspot.gr/2013/01/linn-county-till-break-of-dawn-1970-us.html&quot;&gt;1970&amp;nbsp; Linn County - &#39;Till The Break Of Dawn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rockasteria.blogspot.gr/2013/11/elvin-bishop-party-till-cows-come-home.html&quot;&gt;1969-70/72&amp;nbsp; Elvin Bishop - Party Till The Cows Come Home&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://justpaste.it/GrSwRiTi&quot;&gt;Just Paste&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://controlc.com/cd42d5d9&quot;&gt;Free Text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://yourtext.host/2025/04/Gr-Sw-Ri-Ti&quot;&gt;Text Host&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/feeds/6626721828816082315/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/04/grinderswitch-right-on-time-1980-us.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/6626721828816082315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/6626721828816082315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/04/grinderswitch-right-on-time-1980-us.html' title='Grinderswitch - Right On Time (1980 us, great southern rock, 2009 edition)'/><author><name>Marios</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12203152597932074783</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0IQOhYMUXzeb3usap2ql-wF_AIyv6HCoPcBP1dsYkgkFsaFPpHkmV2MpgIJl4QBKEsbo2QAyXBf8jdO9jboSPHNf8adTe9zNL8AwR8JfVPg8uGAziNdlkzYH8kYbq4-lk93AfxVJRCQQym-R1cx9PWTIMTdID4Y607f5urJqW0b5pw/s220/Diogenes.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNCEivk8HOXIOXz5Y9hyphenhyphenqhSrXxtDF1fzwURu5kL0Ez39d-FQHu_-WLc47RfUm1waOR3q7Cb7ScJU9K8zFRBFP99TCn-s2WvrhVhJJZzbrbm3BcmUtC0cM4Xz_dCB4U71VfQMYXD-w483tnfVQ61x_2Vg11H8-Jrx_pP5IxMRFrHqSuiBPw1Ik5DQ6zTKsb/s72-c/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-3226580271376064236</id><published>2025-03-30T17:29:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2025-03-30T18:39:02.678+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Atlantis - Ooh Baby / Top Of The Bill (1974/76 germany, awesome groovy funky blues rock, 2012 remaster)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRfiSfI0CQX_OfKXnU8B6wExpGduegYBS408GOQKKxXdFCF37motVlhUWcppc4D5M63xIBqvu4fvW-jkkCuLUcSPBBvJGJqhk_dUWTFSxxT86YfV3jpPiislUe9Yqurkf2FBS4hl-vvLTEwV1mlARhkNs3NxOJgDDvlCgyKbdFLmzN6MwEzjaRyvcXf54q/s1000/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;908&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;291&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRfiSfI0CQX_OfKXnU8B6wExpGduegYBS408GOQKKxXdFCF37motVlhUWcppc4D5M63xIBqvu4fvW-jkkCuLUcSPBBvJGJqhk_dUWTFSxxT86YfV3jpPiislUe9Yqurkf2FBS4hl-vvLTEwV1mlARhkNs3NxOJgDDvlCgyKbdFLmzN6MwEzjaRyvcXf54q/s320/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&#39;allowfullscreen&#39; webkitallowfullscreen=&#39;webkitallowfullscreen&#39; mozallowfullscreen=&#39;mozallowfullscreen&#39; width=&#39;460&#39; height=&#39;320&#39; src=&#39;https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzMDe1fv_ZuDUORyEuzolGXTElEgo8tJID5YC7X-OwHdENYNcHhYDmsE3aQKVxiz6HiS-0b-SvzPvy_70R9bA&#39; class=&#39;b-hbp-video b-uploaded&#39; frameborder=&#39;0&#39;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Despite further changes, album number 3 from Atlantis was not long in coming. “Ooh, Baby” was recorded in the summer of 1974 and produced by Dieter Dierks . One drastic change was certainly the departure of old comrade Jean-Jacques Kravetz , who only appears as a guest on piano. Adrian Askew has now taken over the keyboards and the guitar position has also been reassigned, this time with Alex Conti . The songs are short and concise and are a mix of rock, blues, soul, funk and gospel. The following year they achieved one major goal: an extensive tour of the USA. They opened for acts such as Lynyrd Skynyrd and Muddy Waters . But they also experienced the downside in the form of their American record company, who offered absolutely no support.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;After the aforementioned US tour, Conti left the band again, and with returning guitarist Diez and newcomer Rainer Marz, they had two guitarists on board, producing &quot;Get on Board&quot; in 1975, their last album on Vertigo. Here, too, they start right away with the title track, a catchy number with good vocal arrangements, with all the musicians contributing background vocals. Overall, this album is a bit more rock-oriented, with the guitars clearly dominating.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Eventually, the band&#39;s spirits ran out, and in early 1976, the band&#39;s end was announced. An album called &quot;Top of the Bill&quot; was supposed to be released, but it contained material from &#39;76, on which Inga Rumpf was not present (!), as well as songs from the &#39;75 lineup. The live album recorded in 1975 will also be re-released soon.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;by &lt;b&gt;Juergen Meurer&lt;/b&gt;, January 26, 2025&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzg4BOQ1LCBm3Eazse_yStBHg-C93XDNiCjC6Vs-NL_tzTBFvXXj8M4NqwzNYCi_FL4k1X_iInuKTB7N13y_cObrspRFd8dm6E3XOwI-toVgyfNLBXtv94X2r9Gyvde0ft8gYuVe4CIT6TvFpKGzGs4I2gQuUxJKAPGwN1kIVYQkFGJCZ0vTD9Zk6vgJu4/s1000/Disc%20Copy%20Purple+.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1000&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzg4BOQ1LCBm3Eazse_yStBHg-C93XDNiCjC6Vs-NL_tzTBFvXXj8M4NqwzNYCi_FL4k1X_iInuKTB7N13y_cObrspRFd8dm6E3XOwI-toVgyfNLBXtv94X2r9Gyvde0ft8gYuVe4CIT6TvFpKGzGs4I2gQuUxJKAPGwN1kIVYQkFGJCZ0vTD9Zk6vgJu4/s320/Disc%20Copy%20Purple+.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tracks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Brother - 3:09&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Son Of A Bitch&#39;s Son - 3:51&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Waiting And Longing - 3:15&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. Mr. Bigshot - 5:31&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. The Way I Choose - 3:52&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. Ooh, Baby - 2:53&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. Smiling People (&lt;i&gt;Inga Rumpf, Jean-Jacques Kravetz&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:31&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. New York City - 4:38&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. Godfather - 3:43&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10.Leave It To The Devil - 3:12&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;11.Good Friends - 3:34&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;12.Mainline Florida (&lt;i&gt;George Terry&lt;/i&gt;) - 2:55&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;13.He&#39;s Got A Gun In His Hand (&lt;i&gt;Frank Diez&lt;/i&gt;) - 4:14&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;14.Hot Rocks (&lt;i&gt;Mary S. Applegate, Rainer Marz, Robert A. Smith-Diesel&lt;/i&gt;) - 2:54&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;15.Out Of Tune - 3:23&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;16.Don&#39;t Put The Lady Down (&lt;i&gt;Frank Diez, Richard Palmer-James&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:19&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;17.Northern Bounty (&lt;i&gt;Mary S. Applegate, Rainer Marz, Robert A. Smith-Diesel&lt;/i&gt;) - 4:00&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;18.Haven&#39;t You Heard - 5:30&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;19.Just Blues (&lt;i&gt;Adrian Askew, Inga Rumpf, Karl-Heinz Schott, Ringo Funk, Rainer Marz, Frank Diez&lt;/i&gt;) - 11:28&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 1,3,6,11,15,18 written by &lt;i&gt;Inga Rumpf&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 2,4,5,8,9,10 written by &lt;i&gt;Adrian Askew&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 1-10 are taken from the LP &quot;Ooh Baby&quot;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Track 11 is taken from the single &quot;Good Friends&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Track 12 is taken from the single &quot;Mainline Florida&quot;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 13-19 are taken from the LP &#39;Top of the Bill&#39;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Atlantis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Inga Rumpf - Vocals, Guitar, Percussion&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Adrian Askew - Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Karl Heinz Schott - Bass, Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Ringo Funk - Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Alex Conti - Guitar, Backing Vocals (Tracks 1-11)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Jean-Jacques Kravetz - Grand Piano (Tracks 1-11)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Frank Diez - Guitar (Tacks 12-19)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;With&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Linda Fields - Backing Vocals (Tracks 1-11)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Jasper van&#39;t Hoff - Soloist, Piano (Track 7)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Gerald Hartwig - Bass (Track 13)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Ingo Bischof - Keyboards (Tracks 13,14,17)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rockasteria.blogspot.gr/2015/06/atlantis-atlantis-1972-germany.html&quot;&gt;1972&amp;nbsp; Atlantis - Atlantis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2022/09/atlantis-get-on-board-1975-germany-uk.html&quot;&gt;1975&amp;nbsp; Atlantis - Get On Board&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2015/06/atlantis-live-in-fabrik-1975-germany.html&quot;&gt;1975&amp;nbsp; Atlantis - Live In The Fabrik (2008 remaster)&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;Related Acts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://therockasteria.blogspot.gr/2015/05/frumpy-all-will-be-changed-1970-germany.html&quot;&gt;1970 &amp;nbsp;Frumpy - All Will Be Changed (2008 remaster with extra tracks)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://therockasteria.blogspot.gr/2015/05/frumpy-frumpy-ii-1971-germany.html&quot;&gt;1971 &amp;nbsp;Frumpy - Frumpy II&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://therockasteria.blogspot.gr/2014/05/frumpy-by-way-1972-germany-excellent.html&quot;&gt;1972 &amp;nbsp;Frumpy - By The Way&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-hamburg-scene-8-days-in-april-1972.html&quot;&gt;1972&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The Hamburg Scene - 8 Days In April&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://justpaste.it/AtOhBaTpBi&quot;&gt;Just Paste&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://controlc.com/a3aa85d8&quot;&gt;Free Text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://yourtext.host/2025/03/At-Oh-Ba-Tp-Bi&quot;&gt;Text Host&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/feeds/3226580271376064236/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/03/atlantis-ooh-baby-top-of-bill-197476.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/3226580271376064236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/3226580271376064236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/03/atlantis-ooh-baby-top-of-bill-197476.html' title='Atlantis - Ooh Baby / Top Of The Bill (1974/76 germany, awesome groovy funky blues rock, 2012 remaster)'/><author><name>Marios</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12203152597932074783</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0IQOhYMUXzeb3usap2ql-wF_AIyv6HCoPcBP1dsYkgkFsaFPpHkmV2MpgIJl4QBKEsbo2QAyXBf8jdO9jboSPHNf8adTe9zNL8AwR8JfVPg8uGAziNdlkzYH8kYbq4-lk93AfxVJRCQQym-R1cx9PWTIMTdID4Y607f5urJqW0b5pw/s220/Diogenes.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRfiSfI0CQX_OfKXnU8B6wExpGduegYBS408GOQKKxXdFCF37motVlhUWcppc4D5M63xIBqvu4fvW-jkkCuLUcSPBBvJGJqhk_dUWTFSxxT86YfV3jpPiislUe9Yqurkf2FBS4hl-vvLTEwV1mlARhkNs3NxOJgDDvlCgyKbdFLmzN6MwEzjaRyvcXf54q/s72-c/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-6432035821044213908</id><published>2025-03-24T03:47:00.092+02:00</published><updated>2025-03-24T03:47:00.125+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Procol Harum - Shine On Brightly (1968 uk, fantastic pych prog rock, three different versions, 2009, 2012 japan and 2015 three disc box set remasters)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKK6-6fLp5xPxy_4mGA1_DcQDYy4vmSg1_cGk1ynfxczltVaGsJTOWq-YfMdsOzMW7a7TPjdEg8RmLg1rZ3RDRlnTvyW8z5lzB2TYqvoQEbByEHp62Oq6zG-Q3r8NJbs28-OIl35I0v0NVA0O-lY8F4qdpCxYugim623uLeI8eQaQxAcf2eXZc7VZWpffz/s1000/Front%20Cover%20OBI%20copy.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;808&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;259&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKK6-6fLp5xPxy_4mGA1_DcQDYy4vmSg1_cGk1ynfxczltVaGsJTOWq-YfMdsOzMW7a7TPjdEg8RmLg1rZ3RDRlnTvyW8z5lzB2TYqvoQEbByEHp62Oq6zG-Q3r8NJbs28-OIl35I0v0NVA0O-lY8F4qdpCxYugim623uLeI8eQaQxAcf2eXZc7VZWpffz/s320/Front%20Cover%20OBI%20copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;BLOG_video_class&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/RWVcj7WefIY&quot; width=&quot;460&quot; youtube-src-id=&quot;RWVcj7WefIY&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Shine On Brightly, released in 1968, was Procol Harum’s second studio album. It followed on from their iconic single, A Whiter Shade of Pale, which reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, and their 1967 debut studio album, Procol Harum.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Shine On Brightly highlights the progressive path the band were trailblazing in 1968, with a unique mix of rock, blues, classical, and psychedelic influences. Quite Rightly So, the opening track, showcases all these elements. Matthew Fisher’s Hammond organ mixes classical and psychedelic influences, over which Gary Brooker’s expressive voice, and urgent piano playing, give flight to Keith Reid’s figurative lyrics. Robin Trower part way through the song adds a trademark squall of bluesy guitar. The very capable rhythm section of Dave Knights on bass and B. J. Wilson on drums, propel the song forward with some very funky playing. A really striking opening to the album.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Shine On Brightly, the title track, features B. J. Wilson’s imaginative drumming built on subtle fills and splashing cymbals, and Robin Trower’s atmospheric and wailing guitar phrases. Gary Brooker’s vocal has a lament quality, as he gives an eloquent reading of Keith Reid’s lyrics which convey bewilderment and questioning. The opening couplet is quite intriguing&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Matthew Fisher’s organ solo at the midpoint in the song is quite exquisite, and the song is undoubtedly one of the album highlights.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Skip Softly (My Moonbeams) is possibly the most psychedelic track on the album. It has a playful musical feel, with what sounds like a tuba in the mix. The song then evolves and offers up an impressionistic instrumental section, that begins softly with just organ and piano, before Dave Knights’s bass brings back in the drums and guitar, with a marvellous solo from Robin Trower, full of ringing reverb. Wish Me Well, offers another side of the band, and has an expansive blues base, where Gary Brooker’s rolling piano chords and soaring voice prove irresistible. Complementing this is Robin Trower’s sublime sustain laden guitar fills and solo.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Rambling On has a classic progressive rock flavour, with its slow build, anthemic middle section, and slight return coda. Magdalene (My Regal Zonophone), in contrast, is a slow paced ballad, that shines the spotlight back on Gary Brooker’s very fine voice. Both these tracks set the scene nicely, for the lengthy five section suite that follows, In Held Twas in I. It is a hugely ambitious piece with varying musical colours and lyrical concepts, and evidences the innovative and creative drive that was at the heart of the band.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Part One, Glimpses Of Nirvana, has two mystical spoken word passages, that appear to muse on philosophical questions about being. A central musical theme is played, which at different points involves piano, organ, guitar, sitar, and choral voices. Part Two, Twas Tea Time At The Circus, begins with tubular bells, and has a freewheeling and jaunty mood, which somewhat contrasts with the lyrical content which asks the listener to look below the surface of what we think we see. Part Three, In The Autumn Of My Madness, mixes a lilting organ harmony, and syncopated rhythm, with random sounds that fly in and out of the mix, including an old-fashioned car horn and sirens. Part Four, Look To Your Soul, has an initial instrumental section, with some wondrous hard rock guitar effects and an organ motif, that are complemented by some precision ensemble playing. When the vocal enters, Gary Brooker’s voice weaves around the tumbling drums and then soars over the music. The very best vocal performance on the album and a perfect complement to the words that pose the process of learning and seeking as the key to being.&amp;nbsp; Part five, Grand Finale, is a majestic instrumental piece that has the choral vocals returning and provides the setting for Robin Trower’s stand out guitar solo, full of melodic runs. It just has to be heard&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;by &lt;b&gt;Gareth Allen&lt;/b&gt; on 23rd May 2024&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfDJXszYpKuEWf6R7wRIZNByGbwpdflITQ3yA3kYYaBGkYlVUEJXhWkVoe5QHy6rVFgx2u1EbD4e7SjjN6DxCkHnj0yDxYm_GO0tcX9E37A2ZxpCwcWLyjXqUamCjyV4Kzh4vAqdDus9RQB-uqsPXVj1u5msKOV2e676afLM2JDN_k4FxdfxRS_qPIg0iu/s1002/Disc%20copy%20Purple001.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1002&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfDJXszYpKuEWf6R7wRIZNByGbwpdflITQ3yA3kYYaBGkYlVUEJXhWkVoe5QHy6rVFgx2u1EbD4e7SjjN6DxCkHnj0yDxYm_GO0tcX9E37A2ZxpCwcWLyjXqUamCjyV4Kzh4vAqdDus9RQB-uqsPXVj1u5msKOV2e676afLM2JDN_k4FxdfxRS_qPIg0iu/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple001.jpg&quot; width=&quot;319&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tracks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Quite Rightly So (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:38&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Shine On Brightly - 3:30&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Skip Softly (My Moonbeams) - 3:43&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. Wish Me Well - 3:20&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Rambling On - 4:28&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. Magdalene - 2:47&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. Glimpses Of Nirvana (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher&lt;/i&gt;) - 4:20&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. Twas Teatime At The Circus (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher&lt;/i&gt;) - 1:15&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. In The Autumn Of My Madness (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:02&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10.Look To Your Soul (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher&lt;/i&gt;) - 4:49&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;11.Grande Finale (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:39&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;12.Quite Rightly So (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:42&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;13.In The Wee Small Hours Of Sixpence - 3:02&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;14.Monsieur Armand - 2:39&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;15.Seem To Have The Blues - 2:48&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;16.McGreggor - 2:47&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;17.The Gospel According To... - 3:28&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;18.Shine On Brightly - 3:23&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;19.Magdalene - 2:25&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;20.A Robe Of Silk (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker&lt;/i&gt;) - 1:59&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;21.Monsieur Armand (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker&lt;/i&gt;) - 2:42&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;22.In The Wee Small Hours Of Sixpence (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:00&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All Music by &lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker&lt;/i&gt;, Lyrics by&lt;i&gt; Keith Reid&lt;/i&gt; except where indicated&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Bonus Tracks 12-22&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPYDC0cG9lYU79C7HW3oGmDVwEz1ZUeHwKjYHNSuy-oqq6XOoPSbXOY0PDEQLCvK_SIiTdN2cscFILx77Z1uJVsy7DzRMP_475uOA1N6DUXWcPhBpNvNl3NikO7IaEewIEJAEzxCWuu6OdFvHKQ3l8qg3EAyoT0kJIrEZPOyZiEpXQ07gOMp5gqqY8UzQ5/s1002/Disc%20copy%20Purple002.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1002&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPYDC0cG9lYU79C7HW3oGmDVwEz1ZUeHwKjYHNSuy-oqq6XOoPSbXOY0PDEQLCvK_SIiTdN2cscFILx77Z1uJVsy7DzRMP_475uOA1N6DUXWcPhBpNvNl3NikO7IaEewIEJAEzxCWuu6OdFvHKQ3l8qg3EAyoT0kJIrEZPOyZiEpXQ07gOMp5gqqY8UzQ5/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple002.jpg&quot; width=&quot;319&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Same tracklist as above&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdcEBkIQO9SeFXoNz7pXr79wzb5cPDfvuUwPTl_LQJ6u3EowG6Ir5daLV1fB6x2RsjxQBnoH3taU5zwDzG-tlEogCVNToffPAZPfMSyCxHL4UfNg-EeFhfFV5IRdNT3gYgUca0riJMYUW8Gw-yNyYs-jZyvQd95T1U_iCWvvhhUXGZj4O23ASHtbRxbct4/s1002/Disc%20copy%20Purple003.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1002&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdcEBkIQO9SeFXoNz7pXr79wzb5cPDfvuUwPTl_LQJ6u3EowG6Ir5daLV1fB6x2RsjxQBnoH3taU5zwDzG-tlEogCVNToffPAZPfMSyCxHL4UfNg-EeFhfFV5IRdNT3gYgUca0riJMYUW8Gw-yNyYs-jZyvQd95T1U_iCWvvhhUXGZj4O23ASHtbRxbct4/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple003.jpg&quot; width=&quot;319&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Disc 1&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Quite Rightly So (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:40&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Shine On Brightly - 3:31&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Skip Softly (My Moonbeams) - 3:45&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. Wish Me Well - 3:18&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Rambling On - 4:29&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. Magdalene (My Regal Zonophone) - 2:48&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&quot;In Held &#39;Twas In I&quot;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space: pre;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. Glimpses Of Nirvana (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher&lt;/i&gt;) - 4:29&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. Twas Tea Time At The Circus (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher&lt;/i&gt;) - 1:19&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. In The Autumn Of My Madness (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:08&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10.Look To Your Soul (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher&lt;/i&gt;) - 4:58&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;11.Grand Finale (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:36&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;12.Il Tuo Diamante - 3:27&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;13.Quite Rightly So - 3:41&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;14 In The Wee Small Hours Of Sixpence (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:00&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All Music by &lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker&lt;/i&gt;, Lyrics by &lt;i&gt;Keith Reid&lt;/i&gt; except where noted&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 1-11 Stereo Mix Released as Regal Zonophone SLRZ 1004 in December 1968&lt;span style=&quot;white-space: pre;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Bonus Tracks 12-14&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQCde-DYmSNICKHWBqNOJfz4IWFFqs8KgTADRqB9fMcyXFZY99P9gu7IfFrVWhR-CYEVYsNSc7YEoCmNdwl0Eco8FaTEmMzz-v23_CdpvJ-gDU3AjA50c74Xns5PZ128bX0TyPzeRYEupfJx3KeuFNpUGLP29IqU6OekY0UkS3olMMMsIwXc4Hnl7zB0zO/s1002/Disc%20copy%20Purple004.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1002&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQCde-DYmSNICKHWBqNOJfz4IWFFqs8KgTADRqB9fMcyXFZY99P9gu7IfFrVWhR-CYEVYsNSc7YEoCmNdwl0Eco8FaTEmMzz-v23_CdpvJ-gDU3AjA50c74Xns5PZ128bX0TyPzeRYEupfJx3KeuFNpUGLP29IqU6OekY0UkS3olMMMsIwXc4Hnl7zB0zO/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple004.jpg&quot; width=&quot;319&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Disc 2&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Quite Rightly So (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:34&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Shine On Brightly - 3:27&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Skip Softly (My Moonbeams) - 3:41&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. Wish Me Well - 3:12&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Rambling On - 4:25&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. Magdalene (My Regal Zonophone) - 2:46&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&#39;In Held &#39;Twas In I&#39;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space: pre;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. Glimpses Of Nirvana (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher&lt;/i&gt;) - 4:25&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. Twas Tea Time At The Circus (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher&lt;/i&gt;) - 1:18&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. In The Autumn Of My Madness (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:05&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10.Look To You Soul (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher&lt;/i&gt;) - 4:53&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;11.Grand Finale (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:33&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All Music by &lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker,&lt;/i&gt; Lyrics by &lt;i&gt;Keith Reid&lt;/i&gt; except where stated&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mono Mix Released As Regal Zonophone LRZ 1004 in December 1968&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space: pre;&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgltBKrLqbeNEP01l0USPY9nj1r5Rl11klYj9AIreuwRZ1s_qBdJe6SOah86S5EZlsnzqwRYYWhdvHXAL0beclshOGH7GuAC4rt3A6BkwB6cq9j2waTeJPy5CLYG7z39fMxXwAmqIJ2f2D8ZvHETbw0IGhN7tHoYJSt0-54ZurkdIF96og0mAY_1DNSwfXd/s1002/Disc%20copy%20Purple005.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1002&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgltBKrLqbeNEP01l0USPY9nj1r5Rl11klYj9AIreuwRZ1s_qBdJe6SOah86S5EZlsnzqwRYYWhdvHXAL0beclshOGH7GuAC4rt3A6BkwB6cq9j2waTeJPy5CLYG7z39fMxXwAmqIJ2f2D8ZvHETbw0IGhN7tHoYJSt0-54ZurkdIF96og0mAY_1DNSwfXd/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple005.jpg&quot; width=&quot;319&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Disc 3&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space: pre;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Monsieur Armand (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker&lt;/i&gt;) - 2:29&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Seem To Have The Blues (Most All The Time) - 2:46&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Magdalene (My Regal Zonophone) - 2:24&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. Shine On Brightly - 3:19&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. In The Wee Small Hours Of Sixpence (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:02&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. Monsieur Armand - 2:45&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. A Robe Of Silk (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker&lt;/i&gt;) - 1:56&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. McGreggor - 2:45&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. The Gospel According To... (Wish Me Well) - 3:32&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10.Skip Softly (My Moonbeams) - 3:28&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;11.Quite Rightly So (&lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:38&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;12.Ramblin&#39; On - 4:12&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;13.Shine On Brightly - 3:41&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;14.Skip Softly (My Moonbeams) - 3:27&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;15.Wish Me Well - 2:31&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;16.Long Gone Geek - 2:32&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;17.In Held &#39;Twas In I (Look To Your Soul / Grand Finale) - 3:59&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All Music by &lt;i&gt;Gary Brooker,&lt;/i&gt; Lyrics by &lt;i&gt;Keith Reid &lt;/i&gt;unless as else written&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 1-9 from &quot;Top Gear&quot; BBC Radio One Session - 14 February 1968&lt;span style=&quot;white-space: pre;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 10-13 from&amp;nbsp; &quot;Top Gear&quot; BBC Radio One Session - 19 August 1968&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 14-16 from &quot;Top Gear&quot; BBC Radio One Session - 6 October 1968&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Procol Harum&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Matthew Fisher - Organ, Vocals, Piano&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Dave Knights - Bass Guitar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*B.J. Wilson - Drums&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Robin Trower - Guitar, Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Gary Brooker - Piano, Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Keith Reid - Lyrics&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2012/01/procol-harum-procol-harum-1967-uk-debut.html&quot;&gt;1967&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Procol Harum - Procol Harum (3 editions)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;Related Acts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rockasteria.blogspot.gr/2011/09/robin-trower-tale-untold-chrysalis.html&quot;&gt;1973-76 &amp;nbsp;Robin Trower - Tale Untold, Chrysalis Years (3 disc box-set, 2010 remaster bonus tracks issue)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2022/03/matthew-fisher-journeys-end-ill-be.html&quot;&gt;1973-74&amp;nbsp; Matthew Fisher - Journey&#39;s End / I&#39;ll Be There (2000 remaster)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2022/01/matthew-fisher-matthew-fisher-strange.html&quot;&gt;1979/81&amp;nbsp; 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In (1980 us, rough boogie hard rock with southern feel and psych touches, 2024 reissue)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxoYd13LPE_Zrqvj3eoR2BB6XbRHybhh3iKdyY5y9wcVQxnOVWptuTLNOtGlf6S3Du2tULS2u57WX9IIL1R0T991NF4AYavh-In9Jx_tLd-tkRm9_9Le-0VnZUrv1AmmZlc3jxyz_z51bZt82WG8O6v43X0h_LmsmO0_3Xc8wxPBgkSpv_rH6T9e_qSd6/s1000/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;981&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;314&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxoYd13LPE_Zrqvj3eoR2BB6XbRHybhh3iKdyY5y9wcVQxnOVWptuTLNOtGlf6S3Du2tULS2u57WX9IIL1R0T991NF4AYavh-In9Jx_tLd-tkRm9_9Le-0VnZUrv1AmmZlc3jxyz_z51bZt82WG8O6v43X0h_LmsmO0_3Xc8wxPBgkSpv_rH6T9e_qSd6/s320/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;BLOG_video_class&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/BzbTSMdbZrk&quot; width=&quot;460&quot; youtube-src-id=&quot;BzbTSMdbZrk&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Originally released in 1980 on private press vinyl, &quot;Diggin&#39; in&#39; is the only album by the US trio Claw. Probably hailed from Illinois, the recordings took place, round 1978&amp;nbsp; at the GDS studio in Morton. Seven songs are original penned by the band, in the vein of hard boogie southern rock, and three covers one Beatles song, and the other two from the blues legends Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimIfrKhyphenhyphenmIk8obrEAN-Tgqn1ivm_j-Mk21HjpiYYTJ1Q7eK4gCnbRb62E674ff0q7mnGwqhNw8IlWq8gWy24kEhRdkLLCTGIMqA7hyphenhyphenl7ZXKYBf4Vzav9Ujx9RHPkC2_aTbvNgz2lP7XHWyH4rvbDfrvPLD5z-8SbUmGSLB-HfESfGH8tQKyTMHiKmPwRXZ/s1002/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1002&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimIfrKhyphenhyphenmIk8obrEAN-Tgqn1ivm_j-Mk21HjpiYYTJ1Q7eK4gCnbRb62E674ff0q7mnGwqhNw8IlWq8gWy24kEhRdkLLCTGIMqA7hyphenhyphenl7ZXKYBf4Vzav9Ujx9RHPkC2_aTbvNgz2lP7XHWyH4rvbDfrvPLD5z-8SbUmGSLB-HfESfGH8tQKyTMHiKmPwRXZ/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; width=&quot;319&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tracks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Diggin&#39; In - 2:14&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Mannish Boy (&lt;i&gt;Muddy Waters, Mel London, Bo Diddley&lt;/i&gt;)&amp;nbsp; - 2:55&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Cathouse Stomp&amp;nbsp; - 4:25&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. Eleanor Rigby (&lt;i&gt;John Lennon, Paul McCartney&lt;/i&gt;) - 4:47&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Bred To Rock And Roll&amp;nbsp; - 3:58&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. Captain Feelgood&amp;nbsp; - 4:31&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. Love Pit&amp;nbsp; - 2:18&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. Coke Call Rock&amp;nbsp; - 6:17&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. Voltage Man&amp;nbsp; - 2:47&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10.Spoonful&amp;nbsp; - An Abstract Jam (&lt;i&gt;Willie Dixon&lt;/i&gt;) - 8:07&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All songs by&lt;i&gt; Danny Meyers, Jack Reginald, Moe Baker &lt;/i&gt;except where indicated&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Claw&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Danny Meyers - Bass&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Moe Baker - Drums, Percussion, Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Jack Reginald - Guitar, Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://justpaste.it/ClAwdIgIn&quot;&gt;Just Paste&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://controlc.com/087dedc0&quot;&gt;Free Text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://yourtext.host/2025/03/Cl-Awd-Ig-In&quot;&gt;Text Host&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/feeds/2838201815124242200/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/03/claw-diggin-in-1980-us-rough-boogie.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/2838201815124242200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/2838201815124242200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/03/claw-diggin-in-1980-us-rough-boogie.html' title='Claw - Diggin&#39; In (1980 us, rough boogie hard rock with southern feel and psych touches, 2024 reissue)'/><author><name>Marios</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12203152597932074783</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0IQOhYMUXzeb3usap2ql-wF_AIyv6HCoPcBP1dsYkgkFsaFPpHkmV2MpgIJl4QBKEsbo2QAyXBf8jdO9jboSPHNf8adTe9zNL8AwR8JfVPg8uGAziNdlkzYH8kYbq4-lk93AfxVJRCQQym-R1cx9PWTIMTdID4Y607f5urJqW0b5pw/s220/Diogenes.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxoYd13LPE_Zrqvj3eoR2BB6XbRHybhh3iKdyY5y9wcVQxnOVWptuTLNOtGlf6S3Du2tULS2u57WX9IIL1R0T991NF4AYavh-In9Jx_tLd-tkRm9_9Le-0VnZUrv1AmmZlc3jxyz_z51bZt82WG8O6v43X0h_LmsmO0_3Xc8wxPBgkSpv_rH6T9e_qSd6/s72-c/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-3089530039563071394</id><published>2025-03-13T13:09:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2025-03-13T18:36:43.847+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Steve Miller Band - Recall The Beginning...A Journey From Eden (1972 us, exceptional bluesy classic roots rock, 2018 digi sleeve remaster) </title><content type='html'>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqnwYgWZ4cYBl44gV__LLkweODy1-uz7Ilb-XobpRVuXiRbGAuiRK6K1I-mhgRxo89YL4P0yuRqO3A4Y4GnYpkzy-BqQZYlxptEuc-i5wc4sHcukwwzC5hhjUiokAoom4eP0qJOLGsEsDlP5UE3E8lGucWNc7UPk9q0sQcAp5m0nxxjIy22FVIhizlYqk/s1027/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1027&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqnwYgWZ4cYBl44gV__LLkweODy1-uz7Ilb-XobpRVuXiRbGAuiRK6K1I-mhgRxo89YL4P0yuRqO3A4Y4GnYpkzy-BqQZYlxptEuc-i5wc4sHcukwwzC5hhjUiokAoom4eP0qJOLGsEsDlP5UE3E8lGucWNc7UPk9q0sQcAp5m0nxxjIy22FVIhizlYqk/s320/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;312&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&#39;allowfullscreen&#39; webkitallowfullscreen=&#39;webkitallowfullscreen&#39; mozallowfullscreen=&#39;mozallowfullscreen&#39; width=&#39;460&#39; height=&#39;320&#39; src=&#39;https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwXnVhTPo4oXOVkuzRf-tl9TS2v9IYKtoYbY6YJjRBwMp2gAMt61VhVUgs2mdNDLVQki0vIm2PdiXeefJU-UA&#39; class=&#39;b-hbp-video b-uploaded&#39; frameborder=&#39;0&#39;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Steve Miller had a real ace up his sleeve and delivered it to an unsuspecting public in 1972. Miller retreated to the studio with a brace of crack studio vets and issued “Recall The Beginning…A Jounery From Eden” to critical raves.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;The record begins with a soul/funk instrumental called “Welcome” which slides effortlessly into a groovy 50’s Doo-Wop number called “Enter Maurice” this one is greasy as hell and a whole lot of fun. “High On You Mama” is a seductive down-home blues piece that features some pretty slide guitar and underwater bass guitar runs. “Heal Your Heart” goes back to the soul strut of early Miller albums such as “Sailor” and “Your Saving Grace.” The next track “The Sun Is Going Down” is a bit of fluff but nothing that offensive. Side one ends with a real winner called “Somebody Somewhere Help Me” this one re-visits the record’s opening theme then turns into a classic dose of blue-eyed soul (this would have been a bitchin’ 45 but Capitol wasn’t having it, what a bunch of squares man!!!)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;In truth side one is fine uptempo groovin’ stuff but it simply does not prepare you for the brilliance of side 2, in my opinion this is one of the greatest album sides in pop history and probably the pinnacle of Miller’s career. It’s like Miller was magically transported back to the glory days of 1967–68. Side 2 begins with a gorgeous acoustic piece called “Love’s Riddle” which features dreamy strings and Miller’s eerie whispered vocals, then it’s right into another mellow down easy number called “Fandango” which explodes into technicolor during the song’s mid-section.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;“Nothing Lasts” is just plain incredible, it opens with a dramatic wash of strings and Miller’s elegant acoustic fingerpicking. The piece then takes flight in exhilirating fashion with Steve singing a majestic duet with himself, this number could be the greatest thing Miller ever recorded. But wait it gets even better, the closing track “Journey From Eden” (aka “Blackbird”) is a mind-numbing psychedelic trip ballad straight off the grooves of the group’s debut 1968 “Children Of The Future.” Wow! what a finish to a briiliant side of music. You might think I’m mad but the stuff on the second side of this record is right up there with Big Star #3, Forever Changes by Love and Starsailor by Tim Buckley and other heavies.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;by &lt;b&gt;Dave Furgess&lt;/b&gt;, Apr 2002&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoeBs7PrN0r9cL98wilwcmlNtGmAyu2ExM31xHtMfVkkTsU6MIq1YqWqgKVR5W9nDq4Qlvu20efOucvYgGyrT6NUmNWvjLfJuSVdxTMPK-d7FmpOydJOOy4OsWaRVUoXUtJKhE-ib-XgfnTnhNc3ULAjvMCIxA88L8V8wjQxjGpQ2vGULK6of0Cv_tQYqH/s1002/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1002&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoeBs7PrN0r9cL98wilwcmlNtGmAyu2ExM31xHtMfVkkTsU6MIq1YqWqgKVR5W9nDq4Qlvu20efOucvYgGyrT6NUmNWvjLfJuSVdxTMPK-d7FmpOydJOOy4OsWaRVUoXUtJKhE-ib-XgfnTnhNc3ULAjvMCIxA88L8V8wjQxjGpQ2vGULK6of0Cv_tQYqH/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; width=&quot;319&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tracks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Welcome - 1:17&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Enter Maurice - 3:56&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. High On You Mama - 3:41&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. Heal Your Heart - 3:22&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. The Sun Is Going Down - 1:39&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. Somebody Somewhere Help Me - 2:36&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. Love&#39;s Riddle - 3:26&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. Fandango - 3:59&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. Nothing Lasts - 4:06&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10.Journey From Eden - 6:41&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All songs by &lt;i&gt;Steve Miller&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Steve Miller Band&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;*Steve Miller - Guitar, Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Gerald Johnson - Bass Guitar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Ben Sidran - Keyboards&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Dick Thompson - Keyboards&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Jim Keltner - Drums&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Roger Allen Clark - Drums&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Gary Mallaber - Drums&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Jack King - Drums&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;With&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Jesse Ed Davis - Guitar&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Nick Decaro - Strings, Horns&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rockasteria.blogspot.gr/2013/08/steve-miller-children-of-future-1968-us.html&quot;&gt;1968 &amp;nbsp;Children Of The Future (2012 digipak remaster)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rockasteria.blogspot.gr/2013/08/steve-miller-band-sailor-1968-us.html&quot;&gt;1968 &amp;nbsp;Sailor (2012 digipak remaster)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rockasteria.blogspot.gr/2013/08/the-steve-miller-band-brave-new-world.html&quot;&gt;1969 &amp;nbsp;Brave New World (2012 digipak remaster)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rockasteria.blogspot.gr/2013/09/the-steve-miller-band-your-saving-grace.html&quot;&gt;1969 &amp;nbsp;Your Saving Grace (2012 digipak remaster)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2013/11/steve-miller-band-number-5-1970-us.html&quot;&gt;1970&amp;nbsp; 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style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI71v9C47sX6YpfOHTrfAO5AYM09nENKrPHvTT9y-6ox-cdUVSmHwzNDMurhYmYUK51cpeMD1kif_E5ZTZB8oU6C6M3yUji_OldM49qX7GERfb52_o2_DXgwamiPCOM5oM2zFZFdCplr5QXBB2fqDLEJKT1cnMAY1QngsZZ1GOj4ay7DPRzX30QILPOmgu/s1000/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;891&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;285&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI71v9C47sX6YpfOHTrfAO5AYM09nENKrPHvTT9y-6ox-cdUVSmHwzNDMurhYmYUK51cpeMD1kif_E5ZTZB8oU6C6M3yUji_OldM49qX7GERfb52_o2_DXgwamiPCOM5oM2zFZFdCplr5QXBB2fqDLEJKT1cnMAY1QngsZZ1GOj4ay7DPRzX30QILPOmgu/s320/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;BLOG_video_class&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/lIUK5Vl7YXk&quot; width=&quot;460&quot; youtube-src-id=&quot;lIUK5Vl7YXk&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Released in a 3-sided digi-sleeve from Seely Court in the UK. Limited pressing of 320 copies. Jean Turk is an American singer-songwriter (SSW) from Norfolk, Virginia, and is said to be the daughter of a Native American Iroquois/Cherokee chief. In 1976, while searching for a musical career in Europe, she met the UK band Mad Dogs at the US military camp circuit in Germany, and was invited to go to England and start her activities based in Liverpool. This work is an unreleased studio recording from 1976, and has been made into a CD from the master tape kept by Steve Giles (ex. Dark, etc.), who was the studio engineer at the time. The members are centered around vocalist Gene, with the aforementioned Mad Dogs (Andrew Kightly, Steve Musgrove, Chris Bunny, etc.) providing backing for tracks 1-5, and Axe (Tony Burford, Mick Knight, Martin Winning, etc.) providing backing for tracks 6-11. Both Mad Dogs and Axe are thought to be bands related to the Northampton-based band Windroad. Tracks 1-5 are fairly simple and straightforward blues rock, with Gene&#39;s amber singing and free-style ensemble converging into a muffled atmosphere, giving a sense of nostalgia that will make you want to drink more. Tracks 6-11 have a slightly soul-like taste, giving them a somewhat sophisticated impression, but they still have that underground feel that can&#39;t be brought out.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5iWIv9fZ-K25VwBUJA7N36clD6oWDs9DycTc4d7IYe27QwQXBDFgZQPAeLljd9Cu0y04-Uw0PD2umjS9RiQ9EdA-WrryonvSF1w0c09saLjzKW6MIHKhGC_RZKHFudl6dRLzD6d49WG7Wgw3o_yrm7q9cVL-feubVYgg6ibgZDsDqJjoSdxLhlkwXskQz/s1002/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1002&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5iWIv9fZ-K25VwBUJA7N36clD6oWDs9DycTc4d7IYe27QwQXBDFgZQPAeLljd9Cu0y04-Uw0PD2umjS9RiQ9EdA-WrryonvSF1w0c09saLjzKW6MIHKhGC_RZKHFudl6dRLzD6d49WG7Wgw3o_yrm7q9cVL-feubVYgg6ibgZDsDqJjoSdxLhlkwXskQz/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; width=&quot;319&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tracks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Blue On Blue - 4:17&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Blues Reflection - 4:18&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. I Don&#39;t Know You - 3:08&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. It&#39;s My Turn To Cry - 4:13&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Sister Sadie - 3:33&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. Blue On Blue - 4:31&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. Crazy Kinda Lady - 4:12&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. One Of The Boys - 1:57&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. Rainbow Welcome / Hey Lover Man - 5:36&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10.Sister Sadie - 2:53&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;11.Swan Out Of Water - 2:04&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All compositions by &lt;i&gt;Jean Turk&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 1-5 with The Mad Dogs&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 6-11 with The Axe&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Musicians&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Jean Turk - Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Mad Dogs / Windlords&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Steve Harvey - Drums&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Andy Keightley - Guitar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Steve Musgrove - Guitar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Chris Bunny - ?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Martin Winning - Saxophone&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Axe&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Tony Barford - Guitar&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Mick Knight - Keyboards&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Pete Watkins - Bass&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Alan Savage - Drums&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #2b00fe;&quot;&gt;Related Acts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2012/11/crystalline-axe-music-1970-uk-heavy.html&quot;&gt;1970&amp;nbsp; Crystalline - Axe Music (2012 Guerssen release)&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://therockasteria.blogspot.gr/2013/07/dark-teenage-angst-early-sessions-1969.html&quot;&gt;1969-71&amp;nbsp; Dark - Teenage Angst The Early Sessions&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2013/12/dark-round-edges-1972-uk-fantastic.html&quot;&gt;1972&amp;nbsp; Dark - Round The Edges (2013 digi pak)&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rockasteria.blogspot.gr/2013/07/dark-anonymous-days-1974-95-uk-cool.html&quot;&gt;1974-95&amp;nbsp; Dark - Anonymous Days&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://justpaste.it/JeTuBlUe&quot;&gt;Just Paste&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://controlc.com/887b5310&quot;&gt;Free Text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://yourtext.host/2025/03/Je-Tu-Bl-Ue&quot;&gt;Text Host&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/feeds/7051761446530140195/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/03/jean-turk-blue-on-blue-1976-us-uk.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/7051761446530140195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/7051761446530140195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/03/jean-turk-blue-on-blue-1976-us-uk.html' title='Jean Turk - Blue On Blue (1976 us / uk,  fascinating raw heavy blues rock with killer lead guitar, 2024 limited 320 copies remaster)'/><author><name>Marios</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12203152597932074783</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0IQOhYMUXzeb3usap2ql-wF_AIyv6HCoPcBP1dsYkgkFsaFPpHkmV2MpgIJl4QBKEsbo2QAyXBf8jdO9jboSPHNf8adTe9zNL8AwR8JfVPg8uGAziNdlkzYH8kYbq4-lk93AfxVJRCQQym-R1cx9PWTIMTdID4Y607f5urJqW0b5pw/s220/Diogenes.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI71v9C47sX6YpfOHTrfAO5AYM09nENKrPHvTT9y-6ox-cdUVSmHwzNDMurhYmYUK51cpeMD1kif_E5ZTZB8oU6C6M3yUji_OldM49qX7GERfb52_o2_DXgwamiPCOM5oM2zFZFdCplr5QXBB2fqDLEJKT1cnMAY1QngsZZ1GOj4ay7DPRzX30QILPOmgu/s72-c/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-6620460081446695176</id><published>2025-03-02T17:30:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2025-03-02T17:30:08.267+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Brevity - Home Is Where Your Dog Is (1970 us, fantastic mosaic of baroque power pop folk psych rock, 2024 remaster)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; 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style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&#39;allowfullscreen&#39; webkitallowfullscreen=&#39;webkitallowfullscreen&#39; mozallowfullscreen=&#39;mozallowfullscreen&#39; width=&#39;460&#39; height=&#39;320&#39; src=&#39;https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyyT3ez2m-DYFciGHg8rm1kLHk6zHHXmHxmmxp7QZ33GaA95AKM4kcpZryjnE-hHpibRPKNyegXjM1S8V2E-A&#39; class=&#39;b-hbp-video b-uploaded&#39; frameborder=&#39;0&#39;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Meet Brevity, the &#39;70s Chicago band that took their name seriously. Rick
2. Vittenson and Mark Breyer mashed up their surnames faster than you can
3. say "power pop pioneers."  Imagine the Byrds and Everly Brothers had a
4. love child raised by the British Invasion – that's Brevity's sound in a
5. nutshell. They were so good, they drew comparisons to Badfinger and
6. Harry Nilsson. Not too shabby for a band you've probably never heard
7. of... until now!  Island Records and Frank Zappa's Bizarre/Straight
8. label were sniffing around, but Brevity's tunes remained locked in a
9. vault. Talk about a tease!  Fast forward to now, and Think Like A Key is
10. playing musical archaeologist, unearthing Home Is Where Your Dog Is.
11. It's not just an album; it's a time capsule of proto-power pop goodness.
12.  But wait, there's more! Vittenson and Breyer (with drummer David
13. Winogrond) weren't done. They went on to shape the Chicago/LA scene with
14. Athanor and Skooshny. Because when you're this talented, one band just
15. isn't enough.  Brevity: They may have been short-lived, but their
16. impact? Anything but brief. Proof that sometimes, the best things in
17. music come in small packages!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #2b00fe;&quot;&gt;Rough-Trade&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8aHwVo3qit4rSKQHcAVZH68eo3llWKkwQ35B-XlosWjoCm8vuoGgeWJ_xudJ9vxdwoaswAbrIUesfRf6i8Xk-Y6X6YJmFAcFd0GptI4m0P1TEejNzasiiR7uhYK4O3unlNfoC5h_EFvYx6plonUUXHW3PjKn1wODXjp1rz_Q0iINhs9DcjzzNxOZnDXUG/s1002/Disc%20copy%20Purple%20NEW.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1002&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8aHwVo3qit4rSKQHcAVZH68eo3llWKkwQ35B-XlosWjoCm8vuoGgeWJ_xudJ9vxdwoaswAbrIUesfRf6i8Xk-Y6X6YJmFAcFd0GptI4m0P1TEejNzasiiR7uhYK4O3unlNfoC5h_EFvYx6plonUUXHW3PjKn1wODXjp1rz_Q0iINhs9DcjzzNxOZnDXUG/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple%20NEW.jpg&quot; width=&quot;319&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tracks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Oleoleo - 2:17&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Aslan And You - 2:51&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Very Truly Yours - 3:18&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. Snow Joke - 3:09&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Better Dead Than In The Red - 4:09&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. For Lack Of A Smile - 3:10&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. Come See Paris (In The Fall) - 4:33&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. Lullaby - On Vacant Eve - 3:12&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. Cakewalk - 3:07&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10.A Niche In Time - 4:05&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;11.Home Alone - 2:25&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;12.Everybody&#39;s Very Nice - 2:02&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;13.Friends Of Mine - 4:26&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;14.Little Fawn - 2:33&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;15.So And So Equals Zero - 2:36&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;16.Soaring So High - 2:52&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;17.Pets - 2:32&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;18.Pussycat, Pussycat - 3:01&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;19.Try To Forget - 3:58&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;20.Cakewalk (Secret Tape) - 1:37&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 1,3,5,7,9,11-13,15,20 written by &lt;i&gt;Mark Breyer&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 4,6,8,10,14,16-19 written by &lt;i&gt;Rick Vittenson&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brevity&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Jeff Peters - Bass&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Rick Vittenson - Guitar, Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*David Winogrond - Drums&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;With&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Mark Breyer - Vocals, Composer&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Jack Burchall - Bass&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Joan Burnstein - Guitar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Gary Gand - Keyboards, Mandolin&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #2b00fe;&quot;&gt;Related Act&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2013/07/athanor-flashback-1973-81-us-wonderful.html&quot;&gt;1973-81&amp;nbsp; Athanor - Flashback (2013 release)&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://justpaste.it/BrTyHoWhDg&quot;&gt;Just Paste&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://controlc.com/5862e997&quot;&gt;Free Text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://yourtext.host/2025/03/Br-Ty-Ho-Wh-Dg&quot;&gt;Text Host&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/feeds/6620460081446695176/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/03/brevity-home-is-where-your-dog-is-1970.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/6620460081446695176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/6620460081446695176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/03/brevity-home-is-where-your-dog-is-1970.html' title='Brevity - Home Is Where Your Dog Is (1970 us, fantastic mosaic of baroque power pop folk psych rock, 2024 remaster)'/><author><name>Marios</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12203152597932074783</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0IQOhYMUXzeb3usap2ql-wF_AIyv6HCoPcBP1dsYkgkFsaFPpHkmV2MpgIJl4QBKEsbo2QAyXBf8jdO9jboSPHNf8adTe9zNL8AwR8JfVPg8uGAziNdlkzYH8kYbq4-lk93AfxVJRCQQym-R1cx9PWTIMTdID4Y607f5urJqW0b5pw/s220/Diogenes.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePdwFUuCqMg8IjXn3gBKuKDY_aA_C0WP8KYYRv5YNAAuWq2-m3bka1wyQybudmjhhqV8xffFaOyBDJjpsvWZYFFs39lEW4HcYsUUi0NfQH_PvbbNip_XHx90prNBNcVG3BxMHh_jeUbW9w-xOm3HsU0Jfuj2WN8JgqFmF0_-zN03I7fcWGITZT84O9JJB/s72-c/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-6300744655924266873</id><published>2025-02-25T02:56:00.029+02:00</published><updated>2025-02-27T17:06:45.900+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Red Bud Thunder - American Rock &#39;n&#39; Roll (1979 us, tough southern biker rock, 2015 reissue)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3R0Y3IFQ-LEjPwSi5bzxpZA0hz5p5BE7mQz_yhOvCV8J3tQ7ACUNI3P2N82c5TNA2Zu5GxuC67s4CemmrwPYxWKw-V7ATE6ecygCI1dxdb3ccOsyeqj0u3J14ptbNJ4WLmjr2KzTjp_3RPXzirJBcrlyI5isbIbgyYIw_EfYOpWE0h61JswDwzeCuj6TW/s1000/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;994&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;318&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3R0Y3IFQ-LEjPwSi5bzxpZA0hz5p5BE7mQz_yhOvCV8J3tQ7ACUNI3P2N82c5TNA2Zu5GxuC67s4CemmrwPYxWKw-V7ATE6ecygCI1dxdb3ccOsyeqj0u3J14ptbNJ4WLmjr2KzTjp_3RPXzirJBcrlyI5isbIbgyYIw_EfYOpWE0h61JswDwzeCuj6TW/s320/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;BLOG_video_class&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/10_AIPdh5Cs&quot; width=&quot;460&quot; youtube-src-id=&quot;10_AIPdh5Cs&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;The only work by Red Bud Thunder, a hard southern bar band that toured pubs all over the Midwest, recorded in 1979 and privately pressed in 1980. The original is a rare, expensive copy. The cover has a B-grade feel that connoisseurs of southern rock love, and the combination of a super classic title that makes you ride against the wind.&amp;nbsp; The band is from Wisconsin, so their sound it&#39;s not strictly southern, but it has the fast-paced sound solid dual guitar parts and manly vocals are the classic style of biker rock. You&#39;ll fall in love with the sadness that this mischievous adult sometimes shows!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3IsqA1SBJforivmKlbg4gXa-YoCJNsrhafDFaLkYoxkfoxvGvWKGds3YAtWpiwuXmRbqqQistGx01jv5HNhSp3Me7bdBqK5gGM7fnOxoWvD93klqmwjOasceLDMrQSQn1vh13arg2l3811ADuIGAKtPFLrEYNefT3UgpC3EYCP683x8tg4atJmpDPLpu/s1002/Disc%20copy%20Purple%20NEW.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1002&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3IsqA1SBJforivmKlbg4gXa-YoCJNsrhafDFaLkYoxkfoxvGvWKGds3YAtWpiwuXmRbqqQistGx01jv5HNhSp3Me7bdBqK5gGM7fnOxoWvD93klqmwjOasceLDMrQSQn1vh13arg2l3811ADuIGAKtPFLrEYNefT3UgpC3EYCP683x8tg4atJmpDPLpu/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple%20NEW.jpg&quot; width=&quot;319&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tracks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Any Convenient Time (&lt;i&gt;Jeff Stenson&lt;/i&gt;) - 4:35&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. 1000 Dreams (&lt;i&gt;Jeff Stenson&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:51&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Road I&#39;m Riding (&lt;i&gt;Tony Walker&lt;/i&gt;) - 4:21&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. Buntline Special (&lt;i&gt;Jeff Stenson, Tony Walker&lt;/i&gt;) - 4:55&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Magnolia P. Thunderthighs (&lt;i&gt;Jeff Stenson&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:57&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. Mr. Abernathy (&lt;i&gt;Merlin Reynolds&lt;/i&gt;) - 4:31&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. Black Sheep (&lt;i&gt;Merlin Reynolds&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:03&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. Talking To Myself (&lt;i&gt;Tony Walker&lt;/i&gt;) - 2:37&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. Stone Jungle (&lt;i&gt;Jeff Stenson&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:46&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Red Bud Thunder&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Jeff Stenson - Guitars, Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Tony Walker - Guitars, Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Scotty Hannum - Drums&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Merlin Reynolds - Bass&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://justpaste.it/ReBuThAmRr&quot;&gt;Just Paste&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://controlc.com/d495564a&quot;&gt;Free Text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://yourtext.host/2025/02/Re-Bu-Th-Am-Rr&quot;&gt;Text Host&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/feeds/6300744655924266873/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/02/red-bud-thunder-amerivan-rock-n-roll.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/6300744655924266873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/6300744655924266873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/02/red-bud-thunder-amerivan-rock-n-roll.html' title='Red Bud Thunder - American Rock &#39;n&#39; Roll (1979 us, tough southern biker rock, 2015 reissue)'/><author><name>Marios</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12203152597932074783</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0IQOhYMUXzeb3usap2ql-wF_AIyv6HCoPcBP1dsYkgkFsaFPpHkmV2MpgIJl4QBKEsbo2QAyXBf8jdO9jboSPHNf8adTe9zNL8AwR8JfVPg8uGAziNdlkzYH8kYbq4-lk93AfxVJRCQQym-R1cx9PWTIMTdID4Y607f5urJqW0b5pw/s220/Diogenes.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3R0Y3IFQ-LEjPwSi5bzxpZA0hz5p5BE7mQz_yhOvCV8J3tQ7ACUNI3P2N82c5TNA2Zu5GxuC67s4CemmrwPYxWKw-V7ATE6ecygCI1dxdb3ccOsyeqj0u3J14ptbNJ4WLmjr2KzTjp_3RPXzirJBcrlyI5isbIbgyYIw_EfYOpWE0h61JswDwzeCuj6TW/s72-c/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-1756960395033494398</id><published>2025-02-21T13:17:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2025-02-21T13:17:01.951+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Various Artists - Love And Peace (1970 germany, solid krautrock compilation, blend of blues psych prog rock, 2005 remaster)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTgJiL1cmQZIWtUwxSw46XvTja3TrpwjHWrEVetuzPXfb7pxxyJ1TXBqJcJKZ3wsKlF2PBl7PfhULs5O7HXJuwaNnKHdCLgrfmiX788cqxbT33Z2pV9ojqRy1U3cPVcFUmYPvhDaTwpkSXkvE5uZuleSCjvoKU-qPCbJFZhDFhn8MGjTT2SMVuD76VeRpA/s1000/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;997&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;319&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTgJiL1cmQZIWtUwxSw46XvTja3TrpwjHWrEVetuzPXfb7pxxyJ1TXBqJcJKZ3wsKlF2PBl7PfhULs5O7HXJuwaNnKHdCLgrfmiX788cqxbT33Z2pV9ojqRy1U3cPVcFUmYPvhDaTwpkSXkvE5uZuleSCjvoKU-qPCbJFZhDFhn8MGjTT2SMVuD76VeRpA/s320/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&#39;allowfullscreen&#39; webkitallowfullscreen=&#39;webkitallowfullscreen&#39; mozallowfullscreen=&#39;mozallowfullscreen&#39; width=&#39;460&#39; height=&#39;320&#39; src=&#39;https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwAsxo_UyWGGBynrWEQQjz93RLhuvdyFgAsO_hPgzHKS-3r-zoPCPl_lWbAmlCTftPXWzbMkVM10ijpMSgvqA&#39; class=&#39;b-hbp-video b-uploaded&#39; frameborder=&#39;0&#39;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Love And Peace were a big outdoor festival in Germany (Fehmarn, last live performance of J. Hendrix) held in the summer of 1970. As was traditional for such events, an album was also released to document it. Though, actually, the album consisted of mock-live studio recordings from German bands that performed at the event, recorded under better conditions in the studio. All the music is original and features rare material from Thrice Mice, Tomorrow’s Gift, Dr. Roberts Blues Band, Sphinx Tush with latter Frumpy guitarist Rainer Baumann and Greenlight.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixfhajyP6mwYUG2zUEN0oiv48jMo-uWtQsuChyL7EOAELMxB52xN0le0mcXnIC9ka0Je_jctqMD-hC6R38MlIiWSVx2uPKWuqcZKZhNFEHZU0EVa1dqgisHmbugs1pplQw2z93keZRZqr6xrtNzKXYM_n3ovxrhRTMxG12KpAC_0ApAnbRalRfb_03hO9j/s1000/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1000&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixfhajyP6mwYUG2zUEN0oiv48jMo-uWtQsuChyL7EOAELMxB52xN0le0mcXnIC9ka0Je_jctqMD-hC6R38MlIiWSVx2uPKWuqcZKZhNFEHZU0EVa1dqgisHmbugs1pplQw2z93keZRZqr6xrtNzKXYM_n3ovxrhRTMxG12KpAC_0ApAnbRalRfb_03hO9j/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Artist - Title - Composer&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Thrice Mice - Drive Me (&lt;i&gt;Mick Abrahams&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:23&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Greenlight - Junior&#39;s Wailing (&lt;i&gt;Martin Pugh, Martin Quittenton&lt;/i&gt;) - 5:51&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Tomorrow&#39;s Gift - Begin Of A New Sound (&lt;i&gt;Bernd Kiefer&lt;/i&gt;) - 4:46&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. Greenlight - Why Didn&#39;t Rosemary (&lt;i&gt;Ian Paice, Jon Lord, Nick Simper, Richie Blackmore, Rod Evans&lt;/i&gt;) - 4:02&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Tomorrow&#39;s Gift - At The Earth / Indian Rope Man (&lt;i&gt;Bernd Kiefer / Richie Havens&lt;/i&gt;) - 20:20&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. Dr. Roberts Blues Band - Tribute To Johnny Winter (&lt;i&gt;Christian Becker&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:53&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. Greenlight - Red House (&lt;i&gt;Jimi Hendrix&lt;/i&gt;) - 4:16&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. Thrice Mice - Pig II (&lt;i&gt;Arno Bredehöft, Rainer von Gosen&lt;/i&gt;) - 10:45&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. Sphinx Tush - Crashville (&lt;i&gt;Rainer Bauman&lt;/i&gt;) - 5:09&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10.Greenlight - Summer In The City (&lt;i&gt;Mark Sebastian, Steve Boone, John Sebastian&lt;/i&gt;) - 12:51&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #2b00fe;&quot;&gt;Related Acts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2015/09/various-artists-pop-and-blues-festival.html&quot;&gt;1970&amp;nbsp; Various Artists - Pop And Blues Festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2021/02/thrice-mice-thrice-mice-1970-germany.html&quot;&gt;1970&amp;nbsp; Thrice Mice - Thrice Mice (2003 remaster)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2016/06/tomorrows-gift-tomorrows-gift-1970.html&quot;&gt;1970&amp;nbsp; Tomorrow&#39;s Gift - Tomorrow&#39;s Gift (2016 remaster)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://justpaste.it/LovEpeAce&quot;&gt;Just Paste&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://controlc.com/cc54a9b9&quot;&gt;Free Text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://yourtext.host/2025/02/Lov-Epe-Ace&quot;&gt;Text Host&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/feeds/1756960395033494398/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/02/various-artists-love-and-peace-1970.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/1756960395033494398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/1756960395033494398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/02/various-artists-love-and-peace-1970.html' title='Various Artists - Love And Peace (1970 germany, solid krautrock compilation, blend of blues psych prog rock, 2005 remaster)'/><author><name>Marios</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12203152597932074783</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0IQOhYMUXzeb3usap2ql-wF_AIyv6HCoPcBP1dsYkgkFsaFPpHkmV2MpgIJl4QBKEsbo2QAyXBf8jdO9jboSPHNf8adTe9zNL8AwR8JfVPg8uGAziNdlkzYH8kYbq4-lk93AfxVJRCQQym-R1cx9PWTIMTdID4Y607f5urJqW0b5pw/s220/Diogenes.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTgJiL1cmQZIWtUwxSw46XvTja3TrpwjHWrEVetuzPXfb7pxxyJ1TXBqJcJKZ3wsKlF2PBl7PfhULs5O7HXJuwaNnKHdCLgrfmiX788cqxbT33Z2pV9ojqRy1U3cPVcFUmYPvhDaTwpkSXkvE5uZuleSCjvoKU-qPCbJFZhDFhn8MGjTT2SMVuD76VeRpA/s72-c/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-4630143779656610212</id><published>2025-02-16T02:19:00.042+02:00</published><updated>2025-02-16T02:19:00.128+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Guggenheim - Anthology (1972 uk, tasty amalgam jazzy prog acid folk rock, 2022 release)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0H49dUJOxgIbm8u_CKudSUdwCz7KnYxnISFHkh4RE1Oqg1O0E6RudG-Tkrt67V6bHUsxzib6ZiFfMQBi4bJjjq_tG276PaxEVNXoEvn0xY1JKRaMUBgEn5CgjXFvrLnAVv2uP5EtKEeg4zDakQcyLdjBjdDGeTgDQVzdXvI_eGrLCs2D6DBNIL7ILBQjj/s1014/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1014&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0H49dUJOxgIbm8u_CKudSUdwCz7KnYxnISFHkh4RE1Oqg1O0E6RudG-Tkrt67V6bHUsxzib6ZiFfMQBi4bJjjq_tG276PaxEVNXoEvn0xY1JKRaMUBgEn5CgjXFvrLnAVv2uP5EtKEeg4zDakQcyLdjBjdDGeTgDQVzdXvI_eGrLCs2D6DBNIL7ILBQjj/s320/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;316&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&#39;allowfullscreen&#39; webkitallowfullscreen=&#39;webkitallowfullscreen&#39; mozallowfullscreen=&#39;mozallowfullscreen&#39; width=&#39;460&#39; height=&#39;320&#39; src=&#39;https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyhZ3rgNLqBfJhuPNDPtbU807JTwihXEz0p3TFXRLhVlyxupewypOhEvRBGiEm2Rf-b6_4_6X3PIc1OFrbvmw&#39; class=&#39;b-hbp-video b-uploaded&#39; frameborder=&#39;0&#39;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Guggenheim&#39;s bizarre self-titled LP was originally released in 1972 on the low key Indigo label but went largely unnoticed due in part to the ineffective distribution by Decca. The blending of styles also made the record difficult to categorise and thus promote. However, recent interest in the album has soared and now enthusiasts would be hard pushed to secure a copy in top condition for under £400.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Many collectors have mistakenly tagged the band as Irish but this error is due to the fact that the LP was pressed in Ireland, as were many of the label&#39;s other releases, although Indigo Sound Studios where the recording was made was based in Manchester, England. It was in 1971 when Chris Pye and Paul McDowell met up while working on a TV comedy show at Granada called &#39;Flat Earth&#39;. Earlier, Paul had been a painter at Chelsea Art College and then a writer on &#39;The Two Ronnies&#39; and &#39;Frost Report&#39;. But it was in the early 60s that he found fame as lead singer in the successful pastiche 1920s jazz band The Temperance Seven who had a huge hit in Britain with &#39;You&#39;re Driving Me Crazy&#39;. Known as &#39;Whispering&#39; Paul McDowell he also released a single on the Fontana label called &#39;Frankie&#39;/&#39;Be A Man&#39; Chris and Paul hung out during rehearsals and started to write songs together. Chris then introduced his friend Jules Burns to Paul and the three of them began writing and arranging songs that feature on the LP. At that time, another friend, Bob Auger, a sound engineer at Granada, was opening a new studio called Indigo with his colleague Dave Kent-Watson and the Guggenheim album was the first project of its kind to be undertaken at the studio. Tracks 1-12 that make up the original release were recorded in the Autumn of 1971.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;The following year some additional tracks were recorded at Granada Studios in Manchester that featured two sisters Zofia Williams and Laka Koc (later known as Laka D) whom Chris had met when they all sang together in a folk group in Lancaster in the 60s. In general the small Indigo label became of minor interest to record collectors mainly due to the Guggenheim LP sparking interest in other releases such as Therapy - &#39;One Night Stand&#39; and Sharon People - &#39;Inside Looking Out&#39;. The original catalogue number of the Guggenheim vinyl album is GOLP 7001 and it gains its first legitimate CD release right here in the form of an anthology encompassing the band&#39;s entire career.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;As one might expect the group drew much of its inspiration from main singer/song writer &#39;Whispering&#39; Paul with Chris and Jules providing effective back-up as they confidently handled the instrumentation side. Additional support came from saxophonist Alan Fawkes. The combined efforts resulted in an offbeat excursion straddling jazz-folk, pop-psych and vaudeville with occasional stoner elements most notably on the tripped-out &#39;Susie&#39;. The oddly thoughtful &#39;Doorway Lovers&#39; is another example of the collective&#39;s diversity of styles. Simultaneously endearing yet tricky to objectify as a whole; Guggenheim&#39;s identity remains sublimely baffling. At this point the three core members went their different ways for a while. Promotion of the LP by local distributors Selecta was virtually non-existent leaving the band disillusioned. Yet it wouldn&#39;t be the last throw of the dice for them, not yet. McDowell went on to an acting career starring as the sour-faced prison guard Mr Collinson in the hit TV series &#39;Porridge&#39; and lived in Northamptonshire until his death in 2016.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;While Chris continued as a TV producer at Granada, Jules went on to help form Witches Brew, who became regulars on the London pub-rock scene alongside bands like Slowbone and Ducks Deluxe. The band&#39;s line-up included keyboardist/vocalist Laka Koc, who had already helped co-write Guggenheim&#39;s &#39;Why Should We Care&#39; with Jules and co. Witches Brew recorded a good deal of material (a mighty fine track &#39;Brother&#39; can be found on our compilation Electrified Neptune Staircase&#39;) but most of their demos remained in the vault. However, they did manage to secure inclusion of a song called &#39;The Party&#39;s Over&#39; recorded at the Hope &amp;amp; Anchor pub in 1975 on a compilation LP called &#39;The Honky Tonk Demos&#39; and it features some excellent flute playing by Mick Strickland who, it is said, auditioned for Genesis during their &#39;Trick Of The Tail&#39; sessions. Despite having a fine voice the decision was made that Mick&#39;s style was &#39;unsuitable&#39;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Then in 1976 Jules joined Chris at Granada, working as a production manager and they began to play together again - this time without Paul. They also started to work with Richie Close, a producer and arranger who was part of 10CC&#39;s Strawberry Studios in Stockport and who composed music for TV animation and drama. Together they recorded eight or so new songs at Indigo Studios and later that year a few more demos were laid down at Strawberry Studios with Richie providing keyboards and producing and arranging the tracks. Drummer Jonathan Silver, another Granada colleague joined them.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;The final two songs on this anthology &#39;Long Gone&#39; and &#39;Searching Around&#39; represent the last ever Guggenheim recording session which took place in 1977 at Cargo Studios, Todmorden. After that, Guggenheim faded away. Paul carried on acting and taught Qigong and Tai Chi. Jules enjoyed dizzy heights at the Granada Group and then with All3media. Chris left Granada in 1980 and became a TV producer in Los Angeles. Returning to the UK in 1994 he was appointed Head of Entertainment at the BBC and, later, at ITV with Jules. Richie Close sadly passed away in 1978. Laka carried on working as a musician as well as arranging and conducting large scale choral projects. Her sister Zofia worked as an editor but continued to sing and play violin. Jonathan Silver (who at school had been a member of Genesis ) ran his family&#39;s catering business in North London.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;by &lt;b&gt;Pete Sarfas&lt;/b&gt;, April 2022, Special thanks to &lt;b&gt;Jules Burns&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;, &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Chris Pye&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;Bob Auger&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOIqxzSpTWgP8D7l0DEacASvKtTKdDlxisMH8PvPNbzntDQS6hzQrnjxefHMCR-GDjRAiyVASGvkbxfVtLEhZhUD-ezK9A6G95CNPgOw9pYdjGFhoJCtRXhTWuEkNXGr1Tm8rs165WJL63fK1ihBJaov1hl8b_sMr2frvxBKW-BFiuCWpiOiULUd2c0U9/s1000/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1000&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOIqxzSpTWgP8D7l0DEacASvKtTKdDlxisMH8PvPNbzntDQS6hzQrnjxefHMCR-GDjRAiyVASGvkbxfVtLEhZhUD-ezK9A6G95CNPgOw9pYdjGFhoJCtRXhTWuEkNXGr1Tm8rs165WJL63fK1ihBJaov1hl8b_sMr2frvxBKW-BFiuCWpiOiULUd2c0U9/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tracks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Glenville&amp;nbsp; (&lt;i&gt;Paul McDowell, Chris Pye&lt;/i&gt;) - 2:35&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. When The Snows Leave&amp;nbsp; (&lt;i&gt;Paul McDowell&lt;/i&gt;) - 2:59&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Why Should We Care&amp;nbsp; (&lt;i&gt;Paul McDowell, Chris Pye, Jules Burns, Laka Koc&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:18&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. Games&amp;nbsp; (&lt;i&gt;Paul McDowell&lt;/i&gt;) - 2:20&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Good-Bye Baby&amp;nbsp; (&lt;i&gt;Paul McDowell&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:02&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. Susie&amp;nbsp; (&lt;i&gt;Paul McDowell, Jules Burns&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:12&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. Songs For A Rainy Day&amp;nbsp; (&lt;i&gt;Paul McDowell, Chris Pye&lt;/i&gt;) - 2:13&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. Gonna Rain Forever&amp;nbsp; (&lt;i&gt;Paul McDowell&lt;/i&gt;) - 2:55&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. How You&#39;ve Changed&amp;nbsp; (&lt;i&gt;Paul McDowell&lt;/i&gt;) - 2:59&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10.Setting Out Again&amp;nbsp; (&lt;i&gt;Paul McDowell, Chris Pye&lt;/i&gt;) - 2:54&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;11.Doorway Lovers&amp;nbsp; (&lt;i&gt;Paul McDowell&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:14&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;12.Guggenheim&amp;nbsp; (&lt;i&gt;Paul McDowell, Chris Pye&lt;/i&gt;) - 2:52&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;13.Morning Light - 2:41&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;14.Confusion - 2:47&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;15.Sunday Sounds - 2:56&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;16.Move Myself Around - 3:01&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;17.California - 2:24&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;18.Get Rich - 3:05&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;19. he Late , Late Show - 3:10&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;20.Good Guys - 3:17&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;21.Country Boy - 3:03&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;22.I&#39;ve Been Away Too Long&amp;nbsp; (&lt;i&gt;Paul McDowell, Chris Pye, Jules Burns, Steve Hawes&lt;/i&gt;) - 2:53&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;23.Long Gone - 3:50&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;24.Searching Around - 2:44&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Songs wrritten by &lt;i&gt;Paul McDowell, Chris Pye, Jules Burns&lt;/i&gt; except where noted&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 1-12 recorded 1971 at Indigo Sound Studios, Manchester&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 19-21 recorded 1976 at Indigo Sound Studios, Manchester&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 13-18 recorded 1972 at Granada Studios, Manchester&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Track 22 recorded 1976 at Strawberry Studios, Stockport&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 23 and 24 recorded 1977 at Cargo Studios, Todmorden&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Guggenheim&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Paul McDowell - Lead, Backing Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Chris Pye - Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Bass, Percussion, Lead, Backing Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Jules Burns - Lead Electric, Acoustic Guitars, Bass&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;With&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Alan Fawkes - Saxophone&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Laka Koc - Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Zofia Williams - Vocals, Violin&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Richie Close - Keyboards&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Jonathan Silver - Drums&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://justpaste.it/GugHeiAnt&quot;&gt;Just Paste&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://controlc.com/969bd080&quot;&gt;Free Text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://yourtext.host/2025/02/Gug-Hei-Ant&quot;&gt;Text Host&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/feeds/4630143779656610212/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/02/guggenheim-anthology-1972-uk-tasty.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/4630143779656610212'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/4630143779656610212'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/02/guggenheim-anthology-1972-uk-tasty.html' title='Guggenheim - Anthology (1972 uk, tasty amalgam jazzy prog acid folk rock, 2022 release)'/><author><name>Marios</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12203152597932074783</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0IQOhYMUXzeb3usap2ql-wF_AIyv6HCoPcBP1dsYkgkFsaFPpHkmV2MpgIJl4QBKEsbo2QAyXBf8jdO9jboSPHNf8adTe9zNL8AwR8JfVPg8uGAziNdlkzYH8kYbq4-lk93AfxVJRCQQym-R1cx9PWTIMTdID4Y607f5urJqW0b5pw/s220/Diogenes.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0H49dUJOxgIbm8u_CKudSUdwCz7KnYxnISFHkh4RE1Oqg1O0E6RudG-Tkrt67V6bHUsxzib6ZiFfMQBi4bJjjq_tG276PaxEVNXoEvn0xY1JKRaMUBgEn5CgjXFvrLnAVv2uP5EtKEeg4zDakQcyLdjBjdDGeTgDQVzdXvI_eGrLCs2D6DBNIL7ILBQjj/s72-c/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-7844312566210604557</id><published>2025-02-12T04:26:00.043+02:00</published><updated>2025-02-13T15:51:12.439+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Home - Pause For A Hoarse Horse (1971 uk, remarkable country west coast influenced guitar rock, 2011 remaster)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrP68nEgHhS4qdXyJM1hgDAr4ZVs2fhgRrL382ZGr0Y6y0hXvAATl3ZX5xVhNBeuqQaFXZ8XOclKsnPo5UFOmzGCWXWlpVVhG3YK7LyV354kAKwkNzFl-eDqzsf6GCokVhmOSISaPQO2OT176a5KVtoYlvJCHRNNZOlRx3sH-byG_Nb-zGTR76FG6J0NA/s1000/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1000&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrP68nEgHhS4qdXyJM1hgDAr4ZVs2fhgRrL382ZGr0Y6y0hXvAATl3ZX5xVhNBeuqQaFXZ8XOclKsnPo5UFOmzGCWXWlpVVhG3YK7LyV354kAKwkNzFl-eDqzsf6GCokVhmOSISaPQO2OT176a5KVtoYlvJCHRNNZOlRx3sH-byG_Nb-zGTR76FG6J0NA/s320/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;BLOG_video_class&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ppu3uUPuQBw&quot; width=&quot;460&quot; youtube-src-id=&quot;Ppu3uUPuQBw&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Formed in London in 1970, Home were a band that never quite made it into the top division. Yet the three albums they released are highly prized today as examples of British Seventies rock that display all the energy and eclecticism the genre and era could offer. Two of their members also went on to carve reputations for themselves in larger bands - but Home remains a treasured memory for fans and musicians alike. It was Laurie Wisefield&#39;s fluent, inventive guitar work and vocals of Mick Stubbs, the main songwriter, which represented Home&#39;s musical calling card. Bassist Cliff Williams and drummer Mick &#39;Cookie&#39; Cook comprised a funky yet driving rhythm section. &#39;It was my first serious band,&#39; Wisefield explains, &#39;though I&#39;d been in a few. Cliff and I had been in one before Home called Sugar, based in London. Cliff and the drummer had come down from the north and we got a flat in Tooting where I met them through a Melody Maker audition; I was at school at the time. When Sugar broke up Cliff and I stayed together. I&#39;d worked with Mick Stubbs before and said, &quot;I know this singer&quot;; Mick knew Cookie and that was the band.&#39; Home, as they were simply christened, recorded their first album, &#39;Pause For A Hoarse Horse&#39;, in Decca Studios in Hampstead; it was supposed to have come out on the Decca label, who funded the sessions, but CBS saw their potential, bought the album and released it in August 1971.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Often erroneously credited as a full band member, Clive John from Welsh prog wizards Man made a guest appearance on keyboards and Mellotron. This would have been at Rockfield Studios in South Wales, but at four decades&#39; distance Laurie is unsure why the band was actually there! &#39;Maybe we mixed it down there, maybe we recorded a couple of extra tracks.&#39; He recalls Clive &#39;coming down and playing. He had a beard and long hair - looked like Jesus as I remember.&#39; Producer Mel Baister had just helmed Man&#39;s eponymous third album on which Clive John appeared, so he was the obvious connection. Another additional musician employed was John Weider on violin. &#39;Willie&#39;, as he was known, was at the tail end of a two-year stint with Family and had played with such legendary names as Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, Steve Marriott and Eric Burdon&#39;s New Animals. He and Cliff Williams would rub shoulders again in 1974 when Cliff auditioned for and briefly joined Moonrider, a group Weider had formed with Keith West that shared many of Home&#39;s influences. The sleeve of &#39;A Pause for a Hoarse Horse&#39; was an elaborate gatefold, evidence of CBS&#39;s faith in the band they had snatched from a rival label.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;The bold wraparound cowboy illustration on the outside was reminiscent of the Norman Rockwell covers boasted by the likes of the Pure Prairie League in the United States. A short note attributed to TW&#39; in the gatefold opined that &#39;Home&#39;s musical background, although worlds apart, has enabled them to arrive at a standpoint that is a weld of attitudes - the resultant sound is good, without being repetitive or pretentious. &quot;The band worked closely together for six months,&#39; it continued, &#39;to ensure that their musical direction was well defined before going into the studio. It is this attitude towards their music, coupled with the fact that their music is entirely original, that gives this, their first album, true distinction.&#39; All songs were credited to Mick Stubbs bar two: the brief &#39;Welwyn Garden City Blues&#39;, a Stubbs / Wisefield - credited hoedown reminiscent of Heads Hands and Feet&#39;s Albert Lee and named after the Hertfordshire new town just north of London, and the band- composed &#39;In My Time&#39;, in Wisefield&#39;s words &#39;a funky, country-influenced kinda thing&#39;, that ended side one of the vinyl release. Only Moses&#39; breached the five-minute mark in studio form, though certain stage favourites could be extended to nearly eight minutes&#39; length.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Two of these were &#39;Red E Lewis And The Red Caps&#39; and &#39;How Would It Feel&#39;. The former was inspired by one of Mick Stubbs&#39; older brothers who fronted a late-Fifties/early-Sixties band of that name through whose ranks Jimmy Page and future members of the Pirates Mick Green, Johnny Spence and Frank Farley passed. Live, Laurie Wisefield recalls, this &#39;big-time favourite of ours&#39; could explode with guitar pyrotechnics: &#39;After the moody build-up, anything used to happen - and often did, as I got to open up and let go at the end!&#39; &#39;How Would It Feel&#39; and &#39;Family&#39; in particular betrayed the influence of Bob Dylan&#39;s one-time backing outfit the Band. The riff Mick Stubbs came up with was one of Laurie Wisefield&#39;s favourites, and the song was routined at the Wisefields&#39; home where early rehearsals were, staged.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Home were great favourites on BBC Radio One, for whom they would play many sessions. An audition was always required before approval was given, and the quartet received a unanimous pass. Producer Malcolm Brown was unstinting in his praise: &#39;I get the impression,&#39; he reported, &#39;that when they settle down they will become quite a force in the business. The guitarist is only 17!&#39; Stuart Henry, John Peel, Bob Harris and Pete Drummond would all feature Home sessions on their shows before the year was out.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Home started touring to promote their album and hit an early highpoint in November 1971 when they supported Led Zeppelin at the second Electric Magic Show at Wembley Empire Pool (now Wembley Arena). It was rare for Led Zeppelin to engage support bands, so it is a measure of Home&#39;s reputation that they got the gig. From then on, they opened for a series of established groups including labelmates Argent and the Jeff Beck Group, as well as Rod Stewart&#39;s Faces.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Home went on to record two further studio LPs, the eponymous second released in the autumn of 1972 and concept album &quot;The Alchemist&#39; which appeared in June 1973. A fourth Home long-player was started but didn&#39;t reach fruition as a disillusioned Mick Stubbs left both the band and the music business. After backing Al Stewart on a 1974 US tour, the remaining trio went their separate ways. Laurie Wisefield was headhunted by Wishbone Ash&#39;s Andy Powell as replacement for Ted Turner, while Cliff Williams eventually joined AC/DC, where he remains to this day. Mick Cook played with a re-formed Groundhogs and then Latin-jazzers Gonzales but, while Mick Stubbs played briefly with a local band called Paradise, he did relatively little musically thereafter. Both Mick Cook and Mick Stubbs sadly succumbed to cancer within a couple of years of each other around the turn of the millennium.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;To describe &#39;Pause For A Hoarse Horse&#39; as simply &#39;US-influenced country-rock&#39; is to underrate an album that is comparable to the likes of Help Yourself, a band that also created some fantastic and underappreciated music around this time, or even the ever-eclectic Family. Other comparisons to have been thrown into the mix include Man, The Dog That Bit People and, unsurprisingly, early Wishbone Ash. At any rate, Home were far more inventive than they were imitative. Internet blogger SilverainTR hits the nail on the head by describing this debut album as &#39;a quiet gem, one that reflects and refracts subtle shades and colours in the setting sun rather than dazzling the listener with pyrotechnic displays&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;by &lt;b&gt;Michael Heatley&lt;/b&gt; with thanks to &lt;b&gt;Laurie Wisefield&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;Alan Kinsman&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgXKkIo0BxULnmvCSTX363MR0VCf7b88CtFaDBgiZHSVtjvll6R0aYxfWAQjQZnCRmjxOD0zC5Q_eopStKlK8qmYEhSHLUDV6Pm0or1psqap_wF_iE8ljmvCkJZxQ77-wA7_kmCAhPCjH_sZyvEcEUxAULQukX_aVN6ertpPpB5DNrya_09H1XpIRscH-D/s1000/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1000&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgXKkIo0BxULnmvCSTX363MR0VCf7b88CtFaDBgiZHSVtjvll6R0aYxfWAQjQZnCRmjxOD0zC5Q_eopStKlK8qmYEhSHLUDV6Pm0or1psqap_wF_iE8ljmvCkJZxQ77-wA7_kmCAhPCjH_sZyvEcEUxAULQukX_aVN6ertpPpB5DNrya_09H1XpIRscH-D/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tracks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Tramp - 3:13&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Family - 3:33&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Pause For A Hoarse Horse - 3:02&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. Red E Lewis And The Red Caps - 5:39&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. In My Time (&lt;i&gt;Cliff Williams, Laurie Wisefield, Mick Cook, Mick Stubbs&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:58&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. How Would It Feel - 3:26&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. Bad Days - 4:04&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. Mother - 3:03&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. Moses - 5:04&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10.Welwyn Garden City Blues - 1:19&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;11.You&#39;re No Good (&lt;i&gt;Laurie Wisefield, Mick Stubbs&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:03&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All songs by &lt;i&gt;Mick Stubbs&lt;/i&gt; except where indicated&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Home&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Mick Stubbs - Lead Vocals, Electric, 12-String Guitars&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Laurie Wisefield - Lead Guitar, Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Cliff Williams - Bass Guitar, Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Mick Cook - Drums, Percussion&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;With&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Clive John - Keyboards, Mellotron&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*John Weider - Violin&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/01/home-home-1972-uk-magnificent-variety.html&quot;&gt;1972&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Home - Home (2011 bonus track remaster)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2017/12/home-live-bbc-sessions-1972-73-uk.html&quot;&gt;1972-73&amp;nbsp; Home - Live BBC Sessions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/01/home-alchemist-1973-uk-excellent-prog.html&quot;&gt;1973&amp;nbsp; Home - The Alchemist (2010 bonus tracks remaster)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #2b00fe;&quot;&gt;Related Act&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2020/01/clive-john-you-always-know-where-you.html&quot;&gt;1975&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Clive John - You Always Know Where You Stand With A Buzzard (2004 remaster)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://justpaste.it/HoPaHoHs&quot;&gt;Just Paste&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://controlc.com/d8254039&quot;&gt;Free Text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://yourtext.host/2025/02/Ho-Pa-Ho-Hs&quot;&gt;Text Host&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/feeds/7844312566210604557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/02/home-pause-for-hoarse-horse-1971-uk.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/7844312566210604557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/7844312566210604557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/02/home-pause-for-hoarse-horse-1971-uk.html' title='Home - Pause For A Hoarse Horse (1971 uk, remarkable country west coast influenced guitar rock, 2011 remaster)'/><author><name>Marios</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12203152597932074783</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0IQOhYMUXzeb3usap2ql-wF_AIyv6HCoPcBP1dsYkgkFsaFPpHkmV2MpgIJl4QBKEsbo2QAyXBf8jdO9jboSPHNf8adTe9zNL8AwR8JfVPg8uGAziNdlkzYH8kYbq4-lk93AfxVJRCQQym-R1cx9PWTIMTdID4Y607f5urJqW0b5pw/s220/Diogenes.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrP68nEgHhS4qdXyJM1hgDAr4ZVs2fhgRrL382ZGr0Y6y0hXvAATl3ZX5xVhNBeuqQaFXZ8XOclKsnPo5UFOmzGCWXWlpVVhG3YK7LyV354kAKwkNzFl-eDqzsf6GCokVhmOSISaPQO2OT176a5KVtoYlvJCHRNNZOlRx3sH-byG_Nb-zGTR76FG6J0NA/s72-c/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-5328475695125830626</id><published>2025-02-07T10:54:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2025-02-07T12:54:15.850+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Mandrake - Mandrake (1978 us,,rough southern boogie rock, 2016 reissue)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2sdkombB-tumDSeYWESxSfirRjYidmSsuGFj6-zcVqPJQAtTUmKfm9LssZBqKDqLp3SyGiErGKhfjHCRzFuYAvuYQ9intbPD0Qp7A7rc9QD2a059U_u7jWj5i-AOVBAKJeKb_7HkONJvXWt_9lKv8k84d-NP61N4si3pGUykBGrl5dC5nPQEq_7Q6Z60/s1003/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1003&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2sdkombB-tumDSeYWESxSfirRjYidmSsuGFj6-zcVqPJQAtTUmKfm9LssZBqKDqLp3SyGiErGKhfjHCRzFuYAvuYQ9intbPD0Qp7A7rc9QD2a059U_u7jWj5i-AOVBAKJeKb_7HkONJvXWt_9lKv8k84d-NP61N4si3pGUykBGrl5dC5nPQEq_7Q6Z60/s320/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;319&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&#39;allowfullscreen&#39; webkitallowfullscreen=&#39;webkitallowfullscreen&#39; mozallowfullscreen=&#39;mozallowfullscreen&#39; width=&#39;460&#39; height=&#39;320&#39; src=&#39;https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyxWc_XO74WXVOgoP8Kwb3asgMUbHHn9sHjL0jluLZ-JgTTwksw8NDG5xXrPfMMhNK26IJJ9GeKd6gyg4VCxg&#39; class=&#39;b-hbp-video b-uploaded&#39; frameborder=&#39;0&#39;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Mandrake hailed from Houston TX and released just one album in 1978. Led by brothers Benny and Danny Valerio, the band operated as a power-trio during its brief existence, and found a home with a label called Crazy Cajun.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Mandrake offers a blend of hard rock, blues-rock and southern rock. The album contains three covers. “Money”, which opens the album, “That&#39;s All Right” and&amp;nbsp; “Let it Roll” the rest of the songs are self-penned by band members. They sound somewhere between hard rock and Southern rock, “Cold Hearted Woman” is a compo driven by razor-sharp guitars and an incandescent solo that feels like it&#39;s about to explode. The creeping mid-tempo “Living In The World Alone”, the mid-tempo “I Got Loaded”, “Realize” is a lighter, more melodic compo, with clearer guitars and a warm, bluesy flavour, the singer&#39;s voice accessible, more haunting and the finale more attention-grabbing. In conclusion it is a pleasant album, with good riffs and screaming solos.&amp;nbsp;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGARphnmwNJoawShb2PvkMHn5YGZ56TWnhzW98AsSKv8JOprqxPMoazJol3sFhTKDziCA_dMyHinqKWYzrBJDCXsPohKMTOKGLtAoHxZYALfNviL8qjn3jNZooRDuZotJzP4kRuNGc0XjKxhtNoI2X3UnkF_Z9DRVp3C_ej8s03aB_SRm_yve4WGxEWKyj/s1000/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1000&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGARphnmwNJoawShb2PvkMHn5YGZ56TWnhzW98AsSKv8JOprqxPMoazJol3sFhTKDziCA_dMyHinqKWYzrBJDCXsPohKMTOKGLtAoHxZYALfNviL8qjn3jNZooRDuZotJzP4kRuNGc0XjKxhtNoI2X3UnkF_Z9DRVp3C_ej8s03aB_SRm_yve4WGxEWKyj/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tracks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Money (&lt;i&gt;Berry Gordy, Jr., Janie Bradford&lt;/i&gt;) - 4:04&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Cold Hearted Woman - 3:36&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. All The Same - 5:15&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. That&#39;s All Right (&lt;i&gt;Jimmy Rogers&lt;/i&gt;) - 5:18&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Living In The World Alone - 3:28&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. I Got Loaded - 5:38&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. Realize - 6:14&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. Let It Roll (&lt;i&gt;Paul Winley&lt;/i&gt;) - 4:12&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. Honey - 3:06&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10.Mandrakes Wild Hair - 3:41&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Songs written by &lt;i&gt;Benny Valerio, Danny Valerio, Jimmy Arrechica&lt;/i&gt; unless as else noted&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mandrake&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Benny Valerio - Guitar&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Danny Valerio - Bass&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Jimmy Arrechica - Drums&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://justpaste.it/MaNdrAkeSe&quot;&gt;Just Paste&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://controlc.com/4b46764a&quot;&gt;Free Text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://yourtext.host/2025/02/Ma-Ndr-Ake&quot;&gt;Text Host&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
18. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/feeds/5328475695125830626/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/02/mandrake-mandrake-1978-usrough-southern.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/5328475695125830626'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/5328475695125830626'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/02/mandrake-mandrake-1978-usrough-southern.html' title='Mandrake - Mandrake (1978 us,,rough southern boogie rock, 2016 reissue)'/><author><name>Marios</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12203152597932074783</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0IQOhYMUXzeb3usap2ql-wF_AIyv6HCoPcBP1dsYkgkFsaFPpHkmV2MpgIJl4QBKEsbo2QAyXBf8jdO9jboSPHNf8adTe9zNL8AwR8JfVPg8uGAziNdlkzYH8kYbq4-lk93AfxVJRCQQym-R1cx9PWTIMTdID4Y607f5urJqW0b5pw/s220/Diogenes.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2sdkombB-tumDSeYWESxSfirRjYidmSsuGFj6-zcVqPJQAtTUmKfm9LssZBqKDqLp3SyGiErGKhfjHCRzFuYAvuYQ9intbPD0Qp7A7rc9QD2a059U_u7jWj5i-AOVBAKJeKb_7HkONJvXWt_9lKv8k84d-NP61N4si3pGUykBGrl5dC5nPQEq_7Q6Z60/s72-c/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-6577385396601225890</id><published>2025-02-02T19:04:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2025-02-02T19:04:12.392+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Dana Gillespie - Weren&#39;t Born A Man (1973 uk, outstanding glam bluesy soulful rock, 2021 japan remaster and expanded)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKO0A6_R5NnNjbicFfbtxh417Imm9LECrI2b2wFBxa6Qo0btvbFtrGF4lCoQr2lENEwOXO0OXfw9yRLQrRrlJnMm5VQf4LoybXPz6qdkHcGaaItMvwhcRBhCSVhepvlWieLo86jqMiCWFJ1aaBmMFjlV02vdDY8jACIWSOS-b-vPgk2Bv1_LLj4i3Qn-F/s1000/Front%20Cover%20OBI%20copy.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;888&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;284&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKO0A6_R5NnNjbicFfbtxh417Imm9LECrI2b2wFBxa6Qo0btvbFtrGF4lCoQr2lENEwOXO0OXfw9yRLQrRrlJnMm5VQf4LoybXPz6qdkHcGaaItMvwhcRBhCSVhepvlWieLo86jqMiCWFJ1aaBmMFjlV02vdDY8jACIWSOS-b-vPgk2Bv1_LLj4i3Qn-F/s320/Front%20Cover%20OBI%20copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;BLOG_video_class&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZoEptamF2LE&quot; width=&quot;460&quot; youtube-src-id=&quot;ZoEptamF2LE&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Weren’t Born A Man, released in 1973, is Dana Gillespie’s third album and contains her version of ‘Andy Warhol’, a song that David Bowie originally wrote for her. Bowie and Mick Ronson produced said track and Gillespie’s original ‘Mother, Don’t Be Frightened’, and Ronson and Spiders from Mars members Trevor Bolder and Mick Woodmansey played on both cuts. 43 years after its original release, Weren’t Born A Man stands as a must-have record for anyone with an interest in 70s music. 180g vinyl.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Hardcore David Bowie fans should have heard by now about the so-called Bowpromo album. It contains ‘rough mixes’ of original tracks that would later be included on the Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust albums, as well as an exclusive track and the early (and shorter) versions of some amazing songs that would later make their way into Dana Gillespie’s Weren’t Born A Man LP from 1973: ‘Mother, Don’t Be Frightened’ and ‘Andy Warhol’. In fact, these two tracks on Dana’s album were produced by Bowie and Mick Ronson, featuring the members of The Spiders from Mars as backing band. Weren’t Born A Man is Gillespie’s third album after some previous folk and pop recordings and a rather successful career as an actress. She played Mary Magdalene in the first London production of Jesus Christ Superstar in 1972.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;However, her involvement in music would soon be connected to some of the key players in the London scene, such as Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page and David Bowie. But there is much more to this album that just Bowie’s glam sound influence. ‘All Cut Up On You’, ‘All Gone’, ‘Eternal Showman’ or the title track ‘Weren’t Born A Man’ are all outstanding tracks on their own that show Dana Gillespie’s various moods, from mellow notes to sexually ambiguous statements. Sadly, record sales did not match RCA’s expectations and after one more album Dana was forced to take a long break on her recording activity that would eventually lead her to a very different approach to music. During the 80s Gillespie made a comeback becoming a member of the Mojo Blues Band and her career as a blues singer has not stopped since then, releasing over 25 albums to date. 43 years after its original release, Weren’t Born A Man stands as a must-have record for anyone with an interest in 70s music.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4OXJyR8aHwMl6jOUnmtzeNcKaGRa4EWnwKjvzOH5i5_Z8suZCHQ1v-8yrocSdwnUZbdYzYHR5IdTMpkWlyiknUEewwYXGlulf_VbroemGyd7WqgeeZJ21KXMWkQpMqkRTnPrfyhOhPPdNp7UzVxr5IY1cX6ou7FcS2vUGKxTvlOyETKmor0hKYrh-HUga/s1000/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1000&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4OXJyR8aHwMl6jOUnmtzeNcKaGRa4EWnwKjvzOH5i5_Z8suZCHQ1v-8yrocSdwnUZbdYzYHR5IdTMpkWlyiknUEewwYXGlulf_VbroemGyd7WqgeeZJ21KXMWkQpMqkRTnPrfyhOhPPdNp7UzVxr5IY1cX6ou7FcS2vUGKxTvlOyETKmor0hKYrh-HUga/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tracks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Stardom Road (Parts I&amp;amp;II) (&lt;i&gt;Jim Avery, Terry Stamp&lt;/i&gt;) - 7:22&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. What Memories We Make - 5:10&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Dizzy Heights - 3:36&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. Andy Warhol (&lt;i&gt;David Bowie&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:05&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Backed A Loser - 4:55&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. Weren&#39;t Born A Man - 4:10&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. Mother, Don&#39;t Be Frightened - 4:19&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. All Cut Up On You - 4:18&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. Eternal Showman - 3:27&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10.All Gone - 5:10&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;11.Mother, Don&#39;t Be Frightened - 4:12&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;12.Andy Warhol (&lt;i&gt;David Bowie&lt;/i&gt;) - 2:42&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;13.Never Knew - 3:28&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;14.All Cut Up On You - 3:21&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;15.Lavender Hill - 3:22&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;16.Lavender Hill - 3:32&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;17.Never Knew - 3:43&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;18.Hold On To Your Fire (&lt;i&gt;David Bentley, Mick Liber&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:10&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;19.Weren&#39;t Born A Man (&lt;i&gt;Dana Gillespie, Mick Liber&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:48&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All compositions by Dana Gillespie except where indicated&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tracks 18-19 by Libido&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Musicians&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Dana Gillespie - Guitar, Synthesizer, Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Barry DeSouza - Drums&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Bobby Keys - Saxophone&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Brian Odgers - Bass&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Chris Ray - Guitar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Dave Wintour - Bass&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Frank Ricotti - Percussion&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Jim Ryan - Guitar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Joanne Williams - Vocals&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*John &quot;Rabbit&quot; Bundrick - Keyboards&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Liza Strike - Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Mike Moran - Keyboards&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Pat Donaldson - Guitar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Paul Keogh - Guitar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Ray Cooper Percussion&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Ray Glynn - Guitar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Rick Wakeman - Keyboards&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Ronnie Leahy - Keyboards&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Rosetta Hightower - Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Terry Cox - Drums&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Del Newman - Synthesizer (Track 9), Strings Arrangement (Tracks: 1,5,10)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Mick Ronson - Strings Arrangement (Track 7)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2018/05/dana-gillespie-foolish-seasons-box-of.html&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;1968&amp;nbsp; Dana Gillespie - Foolish Seasons (2006 remaster)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2024/06/dana-gillespie-box-of-surprises-1969-uk.html&quot;&gt;1969&amp;nbsp; Dana Gillespie - Box Of Surprises (2008 remaster)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://justpaste.it/DaGilWeBoMn&quot;&gt;Just Paste&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://controlc.com/b6673f08&quot;&gt;Free Text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://yourtext.host/2025/02/Da-Gil-We-Bo-Mn&quot;&gt;Text Host&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/feeds/6577385396601225890/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/02/dana-gillespie-werent-born-man-1973-uk.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/6577385396601225890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/6577385396601225890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/02/dana-gillespie-werent-born-man-1973-uk.html' title='Dana Gillespie - Weren&#39;t Born A Man (1973 uk, outstanding glam bluesy soulful rock, 2021 japan remaster and expanded)'/><author><name>Marios</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12203152597932074783</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0IQOhYMUXzeb3usap2ql-wF_AIyv6HCoPcBP1dsYkgkFsaFPpHkmV2MpgIJl4QBKEsbo2QAyXBf8jdO9jboSPHNf8adTe9zNL8AwR8JfVPg8uGAziNdlkzYH8kYbq4-lk93AfxVJRCQQym-R1cx9PWTIMTdID4Y607f5urJqW0b5pw/s220/Diogenes.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKO0A6_R5NnNjbicFfbtxh417Imm9LECrI2b2wFBxa6Qo0btvbFtrGF4lCoQr2lENEwOXO0OXfw9yRLQrRrlJnMm5VQf4LoybXPz6qdkHcGaaItMvwhcRBhCSVhepvlWieLo86jqMiCWFJ1aaBmMFjlV02vdDY8jACIWSOS-b-vPgk2Bv1_LLj4i3Qn-F/s72-c/Front%20Cover%20OBI%20copy.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-2379536286705431119</id><published>2025-01-25T10:36:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2025-01-25T10:36:13.275+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Fairy Tale - Once Upon A Time (1969 holland, remarkable psych rock with prog tendencies, 2014 remaster)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEecQ4LdlP8TjpmZTV2TKqoKhBsgFsFUh8brivMthmCsRbAmXEI9WkNP3lb7HHgwf0gXkcXQistLAZDTEqrJFq3wqKIBNRKGkfZ2dHObx2GS32mq4VO5bb8UiKwIyonOqx7LpJ7riD_XAlx59QiVrjSijbu8hr71MKRv16eqm2vMebeFNpUKE0IujMjQ8N/s1011/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1011&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEecQ4LdlP8TjpmZTV2TKqoKhBsgFsFUh8brivMthmCsRbAmXEI9WkNP3lb7HHgwf0gXkcXQistLAZDTEqrJFq3wqKIBNRKGkfZ2dHObx2GS32mq4VO5bb8UiKwIyonOqx7LpJ7riD_XAlx59QiVrjSijbu8hr71MKRv16eqm2vMebeFNpUKE0IujMjQ8N/s320/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;317&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;BLOG_video_class&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZTFpJUuVmXc&quot; width=&quot;460&quot; youtube-src-id=&quot;ZTFpJUuVmXc&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;In 1970, four musicians from The Hague settled in the Frisian countryside. A farmhouse on the Skieding near Drachtstercompagnie became their home. The band members of Fairy Tale, formed from a combination of former members of The Nicols and Tee Set, failed to find a suitable living and rehearsal space in The Hague and were willing to move.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;The idea arose to buy a farmhouse in the north of the country with enough space for living, a permanent rehearsal space and their own recording studio. That became a reality. Drummer Harry Koetsier was enthusiastic about the new home. “The big advantage of our new house is that we are as free as a bird in the sky, since the nearest neighbor lives more than a kilometer away. The big barn is set up as a rehearsal room for the time being until our ideas and plans of having our own studio are finalized.”&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Band member Peter Seilberger put it as follows at the time: We come from The Hague and want to live and make music together. We&#39;ve been living here for a month and a half now and it&#39;s just lovely. Everywhere around you is green and you come into direct contact with nature. It&#39;s great to be able to live with each other in nature, to grow towards each other, and to realize that you love each other. Besides, it also makes the music better.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;With his brother Eddy (bassist and vocals), Harry Koetsier had made the switch from The Nicols to Fairy Tale. With the other musicians Ellen Zonruiter (vocals) and Peter Seilberger (organ and piano), the brothers formed a national professional band as well as a residential community, popularly called a “commune. Ellen Zonruiter had not previously sung or played in a group. Road manager Dero Clarisse also moved with her from The Hague.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Far from cradle The Hague, Fairy Tale (after a first album in 1969, Once Upon a Time) delivered two singles from Frisian soil. In 1970 the first single, A Reason to Stay/Oh Boy, was released and a single was announced, A Better Way of Living/Autumn, which tells the story of life in the Frisian countryside.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Another single, Story With No End/Streetnoise, was released in 1971. Although the singles scored well, a real breakthrough with Fairy Tale failed to materialize. The fairy tale life and experiment in the Frisian countryside did not last. Distance and the lack of a bustling Randstad announced an early departure of several band members and meant the end of Fairy Tale. Both Koetsier brothers remained behind on the farm in Friesland.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #2b00fe;&quot;&gt;Wald-Beat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, 21 August 2023&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvv-lCDJuOiSbzW3GNlX7Y8xArIMmVZcAROerKcVZYgYdZGS6J6ov7yReb9mxldLWYREb5keb3KPCWOvN4X_n1bhDAibd-KmdvEqbD4GDppxvNVkv5jOIT8dPIz2MRXIqd40lS5OCmisLVNp7oQtbdTsSdgXarZpiOexoPwhWOurYb1teZDvAABSv_L8B/s1000/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1000&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvv-lCDJuOiSbzW3GNlX7Y8xArIMmVZcAROerKcVZYgYdZGS6J6ov7yReb9mxldLWYREb5keb3KPCWOvN4X_n1bhDAibd-KmdvEqbD4GDppxvNVkv5jOIT8dPIz2MRXIqd40lS5OCmisLVNp7oQtbdTsSdgXarZpiOexoPwhWOurYb1teZDvAABSv_L8B/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tracks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Yesterday&#39;s Tears (&lt;i&gt;Peter Seilberger&lt;/i&gt;) - 6:01&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Will I Be Saved (&lt;i&gt;Cees Hoogerheide, Rob Grell&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:49&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Can I Take You By The Hand (&lt;i&gt;Peter Seilberger&lt;/i&gt;) - 4:15&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. Birds Of Passage (&lt;i&gt;Cees Hoogerheide, Eddy Koetsier&lt;/i&gt;) - 4:57&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Every Body&#39;s Goin&#39; Down To The Scene (&lt;i&gt;Cees Hoogerheide, Peter Seilberger&lt;/i&gt;) - 4:11&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. Lookin&#39; In A Mirrow (&lt;i&gt;A.H. Moto, Peter Seilberger&lt;/i&gt;) - 4:05&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. Doddering Wailings (&lt;i&gt;Eddy Koetsier&lt;/i&gt;) - 6:26&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. From Home (&lt;i&gt;Reg Presley&lt;/i&gt;) - 8:58&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. Tadadatatadoeweh - 0:52&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fairy Tale&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Eddy Koetsier - Bass, Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Harry Koetsier - Drums&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Herman Ansink - Lead Guitar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Peter Seilberger - Organ&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Cees Hoogerheide - Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://justpaste.it/FaTaOnUpTi&quot;&gt;Just Paste&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://controlc.com/85d981ed&quot;&gt;Free Text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://yourtext.host/2025/01/Fa-Ta-On-Up-Ti&quot;&gt;Text Host&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/feeds/2379536286705431119/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/01/fairy-tale-once-upon-time-1969-holland.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/2379536286705431119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/2379536286705431119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/01/fairy-tale-once-upon-time-1969-holland.html' title='Fairy Tale - Once Upon A Time (1969 holland, remarkable psych rock with prog tendencies, 2014 remaster)'/><author><name>Marios</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12203152597932074783</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0IQOhYMUXzeb3usap2ql-wF_AIyv6HCoPcBP1dsYkgkFsaFPpHkmV2MpgIJl4QBKEsbo2QAyXBf8jdO9jboSPHNf8adTe9zNL8AwR8JfVPg8uGAziNdlkzYH8kYbq4-lk93AfxVJRCQQym-R1cx9PWTIMTdID4Y607f5urJqW0b5pw/s220/Diogenes.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEecQ4LdlP8TjpmZTV2TKqoKhBsgFsFUh8brivMthmCsRbAmXEI9WkNP3lb7HHgwf0gXkcXQistLAZDTEqrJFq3wqKIBNRKGkfZ2dHObx2GS32mq4VO5bb8UiKwIyonOqx7LpJ7riD_XAlx59QiVrjSijbu8hr71MKRv16eqm2vMebeFNpUKE0IujMjQ8N/s72-c/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-7614765790905467334</id><published>2025-01-19T12:54:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2025-01-19T13:00:30.137+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The Spencer Davis Group - Living On A Back Street  (1974 uk, fine brit rock, bonus tracks edition)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQk_Gyob7zVcgtDIPCnZXtL_m6IQIQ4uOD2Lzv04SiXp0Hsj1k4pEcEqzL_PUhNY2pehgEuSxDi5G6YbCpIgyxuaqmhKRX5iXMtgIkzZ1rmsRGQkEkNIviCT5kjP9dotkM-peB-0iIXaGPRwpS_4uFuTvflMMebg2nidfBFjrGiTGfexFQqWNnx6b23LqX/s1000/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;992&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;317&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQk_Gyob7zVcgtDIPCnZXtL_m6IQIQ4uOD2Lzv04SiXp0Hsj1k4pEcEqzL_PUhNY2pehgEuSxDi5G6YbCpIgyxuaqmhKRX5iXMtgIkzZ1rmsRGQkEkNIviCT5kjP9dotkM-peB-0iIXaGPRwpS_4uFuTvflMMebg2nidfBFjrGiTGfexFQqWNnx6b23LqX/s320/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&#39;allowfullscreen&#39; webkitallowfullscreen=&#39;webkitallowfullscreen&#39; mozallowfullscreen=&#39;mozallowfullscreen&#39; width=&#39;460&#39; height=&#39;320&#39; src=&#39;https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz9FpuYMcM4WckhIMpJd4NZOaUzAsa8gj2LPvUhi00smC-w473ODFKCDIGIN7q-mb2hyrxSUfmp-JFEarBnDQ&#39; class=&#39;b-hbp-video b-uploaded&#39; frameborder=&#39;0&#39;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Released in 1974, one year after their previous album, &quot;Gluggo,&quot; this was the group&#39;s eighth and final album. The final session, performed by familiar members Eddie Hardin, Ray Fenwick, and Pete York, has a smoky silver sound reminiscent of the British rock tradition. An alternate mix version of one album&#39;s worth of songs&amp;nbsp; is included as a bonus track.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;After &quot;Living On A Back Street&quot; they split once again. Mr. Davis went on to release solo albums that emphasized acoustic blues and jazz. By the late ’70s he had transitioned into a job at Island Records. In 2006 he began regularly touring with various musicians under the Spencer Davis Group banner, often including his original drummer, Pete York.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8S9K9JwwOqBX_urrGo49oKAwy6sE-hTDKxYJUqudkaG6M6oOGU6EMqLSoWjY3ayM-qiXDZvV4-0VV-L5KTY61qBcupkF2XuCE83E3v4TF3f4Rw7LldcQt3xNT8gWWn977q0VQrv_kC24w00eXUFlWapZtFOVQBpDiLnhH3Ys17Ekb5adYVRG-gpJSeoNZ/s1000/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1000&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8S9K9JwwOqBX_urrGo49oKAwy6sE-hTDKxYJUqudkaG6M6oOGU6EMqLSoWjY3ayM-qiXDZvV4-0VV-L5KTY61qBcupkF2XuCE83E3v4TF3f4Rw7LldcQt3xNT8gWWn977q0VQrv_kC24w00eXUFlWapZtFOVQBpDiLnhH3Ys17Ekb5adYVRG-gpJSeoNZ/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tracks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Living In A Back Street - 3:30&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. One Night (&lt;i&gt;Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:18&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Hanging Around (&lt;i&gt;Eddie Hardin, Spencer Davis&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:39&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. No Reason (&lt;i&gt;Eddie Hardin, Peter Jamerson, Spencer Davis&lt;/i&gt;) - 2:33&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Fastest Thing On Four Wheels - 4:36&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. Back Street Boys - 3:24&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. Another Day - 3:12&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. Sure Need A Helping Hand - 4:06&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. We Can Give It A Try - 4:15&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10.Let&#39;s Have A Party (&lt;i&gt;Jessie Mae Robinson&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:38&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;11.We Can Give It A Try - 2:52&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;12.Living In A Back Street - 3:24&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;13.Fastest Thing On Four Wheels - 4:29&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;14.Sure Need A Helping Hand - 4:00&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;15.Hanging Around (&lt;i&gt;Eddie Hardin, Spencer Davis&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:31&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;16.One Night (&lt;i&gt;Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:18&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;17.Back Street Boys - 3:20&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;18.Another Day - 3:11&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;19.Let&#39;s Have A Party (&lt;i&gt;Jessie Mae Robinson&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:29&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;20.We Can Give It A Try - 4:13&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;21.No Reason (&lt;i&gt;Eddie Hardin, Peter Jamerson, Spencer Davis&lt;/i&gt;) - 2:33&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;22.I Can Only Stay A While - 3:46&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sond written by &lt;i&gt;Eddie Hardin, Ray Fenwick&lt;/i&gt; 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28. Roxy might be best known as the group from which a more widely known Elektra band emerged, as principal singer-songwriter Bob Segarini and Randy Bishop went on to found the Wackers, who issued three LPs for the label in the early 1970s. While the Wackers' albums (also reissued on CD by Collectors' Choice Music) often went in a Beatlesque pop direction, the earlier Roxy put a greater accent on rootsy if diverse rock of both the R&B- and country-influenced variety. Seeds of the Wackers, however, could be heard in Roxy's general back-to-basics approach at a time when much rock music was getting heavier, though Roxy never did get wide recognition before breaking up.</div>
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32. Segarini was already a young veteran of the California rock scene by the time Roxy came out in 1969. Growing up about 100 miles east of San Francisco in Stockton, by the mid-'60s he was in Us, who got as far as recording demos for the Beau Brummels' label, Autumn Records. Nothing came out on Autumn, however, and Bob moved on to the Ratz, who also included Gary Grubb; as Gary Duncan, he'd later play guitar in Quicksilver Messenger Service. Before Quicksilver got off the ground, however, Grubb/Duncan made an intermediate step with the Merced group the Brogues, with bassist Bill Whittington. Whittington and Segarini subsequently formed the Family Tree, whose early lineup included Mike Olsen -- the future Lee Michaels -- on keyboards.</div>
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36. The five-man lineup that recorded Roxy would also include fellow ex-Family Treer Jim De Cocq, as well as keyboardist James Morris and drummer John McDonald. The multi-talented Bishop contributed bass, guitar, keyboards, and vocals. Taking their name from the book From Vaude to Video, which had a big section on the Roxy theaters in the vaudeville circuit, they cut a demo, "Change My Mind"/"Bird." "Patty Faralla had gone over to work for [Elektra founder and president] Jac Holzman," explains Segarini, "so she told Jac about us. We went to L.A. and recorded these two songs at Elektra Studios with John Haeny, the engineer and producer, who also worked with the Doors [and] Jackson Browne. Jac heard it, called it some amazingly wonderful things, and signed us on the spot the day he heard the demos. That was late '68, early '69."</div>
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40. To prepare for the album, Haeny would come over to the band's house on Horseshoe Canyon Boulevard in Laurel Canyon, where they lived with their manager, John Frankenheimer. Of the ten songs on the LP, all but one were written by Segarini, the exception being Bishop's "I Got My Friends." </div>
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44. There is just one song on Roxy, in fact, that truly anticipates the Beatlesque pop directions that Segarini and Bishop would embrace shortly afterward in the Wackers. That's "Yesterdays Song" They managed to attract concert reviews in The Washington Post, which in April 1970 found Roxy's "sound not unlike that of the early Grateful Dead," and Billboard, who reviewed a show at New York's Bitter End the following month. While their debut gig at the Bitter End was soured by the theft of their truck and custom-made equipment, here they also showed they could play both hard and soft, with Segarini and Bishop opening the set as a duo with several numbers on acoustic guitars (including "Yesterdays Song") before being joined by the rest of the band.</div>
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48. The Roxy album, however, was not a big seller, despite a Rolling Stone review by the young Lester Bangs that hailed the band as "a ripsnortingly tight outfit from Los Angeles. Live they are enormously exciting, running through Fifties standards and their own originals with unflagging energy and with a sound that for all its fast rippling instrumental tradeoffs is always absolutely clear." Bangs saved special praise for the opening track, "a classic blast called 'Love Love Love,' a brilliant thundering anthem in the great L.A. tradition of the Byrds, Love, and Clear Light's 'Black Roses.' It's all over too soon at 1:59 and leaves us begging for more." "Love Love Love" was chosen as the first single off the album, and Segarini fondly recalls how it "was all over the radio in L.A. for at least eight weeks or so. That was exciting, driving down Sunset Boulevard hearing one of our tunes back to back with somebody really big." Another song from the LP, "Rock and Roll Circus," found some action in Las Vegas.</div>
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52. It wasn't enough action, however, to stall Roxy's breakup later in 1970. (The much more famous Roxy Music, incidentally, had to ask for permission -- which was granted -- to use their name due to its similarity to Roxy.) Despite constant live work and some encouraging critical reception, Segarini and Bishop wanted to go in a new direction and explore more pop-oriented sounds. That's what they did as part of their next band, the Wackers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">by <b>Richie Unterberger </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zWwhjS_l33bpBdVSR8EyVXnT2NAV9Z4MQV0kEZrUREO5iTZBWaC5YCOxs4wwvupIA8pXoSm5T95hqfl00aJYVAPMOXY5WUImjH9d_bZxRd1sUl2sbBKwUTdysMe3kF7j-KhNI7N5aj1_qc9ZtqBWwk7E6IRjZic0mLLQDJwpjLQ0v2BfUBNYSaN8O9x7/s1000/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zWwhjS_l33bpBdVSR8EyVXnT2NAV9Z4MQV0kEZrUREO5iTZBWaC5YCOxs4wwvupIA8pXoSm5T95hqfl00aJYVAPMOXY5WUImjH9d_bZxRd1sUl2sbBKwUTdysMe3kF7j-KhNI7N5aj1_qc9ZtqBWwk7E6IRjZic0mLLQDJwpjLQ0v2BfUBNYSaN8O9x7/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>
53. <b>Tracks</b><br />
54. 1. Love, Love, Love - 1:59<br />
55. 2. Sing A Song - 4:03<br />
56. 3. New York City - 2:25<br />
57. 4. Somebody Told You - 3:21<br />
58. 5. Love For A Long Time - 2:26<br />
59. 6. Windy Day - 3:22<br />
60. 7. You Got A Lot Of Style - 3:25<br />
61. 8. I Got My Friends (<i>Randy Bishop</i>) - 2:27<br />
62. 9. Yesterday's Song - 3:29<br />
63. 10.Rock And Roll Circus - 4:26<br />
64. All songs by <i>Robert Joseph "Bob" Segarini</i> except where noted.<br />
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66. <b>Roxy</b><br />
67. *Bob Segarini - Lead Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Percussion<br />
68. *Jimmy De Cocq - Lead Guitar, Keyboards<br />
69. *Randy Bishop - Vocals, Bass, Keyboards<br />
70. *John McDonald - Drums, Percussion<br />
71. *James Morris - Keyboards<br />
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73. <a href="https://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-family-tree-miss-butters-1968.html">1968  The Family Tree - Miss Butters (2007 remaster)</a><br />
74. <a href="http://rockasteria.blogspot.gr/2013/02/the-wackers-wackering-heights-1971.html">1971  The Wackers - Wackering Heights (2005 reissue)</a><br />
75. <a href="https://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-wackers-hot-wacks-1972-canada-us.html">1972  The Wackers - Hot Wacks (2005 reissue)</a><br />
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Fisher (1972 canada, deep lavish prog with an artful blend of psych rock and hard organ, 2012 remaster)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRAga1cWR2WDZo-MuzG9p1IkaVWgIuVTAbWIB3p4GLMepj_5w6RdvCV9rDt5V0WvtCLtSjmwIkQg24HnblvenGeVgKyXCuV7XDNeW95uk9ArMQZyBmY_zSMpoRnP6N2pHt_5c-6yJRL7a0gk5u36IWyB-Aa4umr-MKdY8hDG-wZqaF6dI0051LPBr2ziBN/s1000/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;994&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;318&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRAga1cWR2WDZo-MuzG9p1IkaVWgIuVTAbWIB3p4GLMepj_5w6RdvCV9rDt5V0WvtCLtSjmwIkQg24HnblvenGeVgKyXCuV7XDNeW95uk9ArMQZyBmY_zSMpoRnP6N2pHt_5c-6yJRL7a0gk5u36IWyB-Aa4umr-MKdY8hDG-wZqaF6dI0051LPBr2ziBN/s320/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;BLOG_video_class&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/zNMQrE7z3Ag&quot; width=&quot;460&quot; youtube-src-id=&quot;zNMQrE7z3Ag&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;W.D. Fisher&#39;s roots date back to 1966 when the Savard brothers, Denis (bass) and Marc (technician), teamed up with Pierre Kirouac (vocals) and Marcel Périgny (rhythm guitar), and were joined a year later by Guy Desrochers (lead guitar) and Jean-Pierre Bernard (drums).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Together they played under the name South Gate 24. In 1968, the band based itself at Desrochers&#39; in the Quebec City area. Kirouac left the band in 1969, with various vocalists replacing him. In 1970, Serge Perrault joined with his Hammond B3 keyboard giving the band&#39;s music a richer sound, followed by Claude Lépine on guitar and flute. The combination of an expanded group with new influences from the progressive rock movement in England promoted the evolution of new ideas. The band thus began writing original compositions. It also adopted a new name, William D. Fisher, based on a fictitious military character from colonial times.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;In the summer of 1971, W.D. Fisher played at the inauguration of La Petite Bastille and the University of Laval during the St-Jean festivities in Quebec City, and at Man And His World in Montreal. Lépine departed thereafter. That fall, Pierre Gravel, a well-known promoter took charge of the band and the Savard brothers left along with Bernard, replaced by Gilles Laverdière on bass, René Laurendeau on drums and Bob Letourneau on vocals. In February 1972, the revamped W.D. Fisher recorded its only eponymous album (a rarity), followed by the band&#39;s break up, a fate that befell many other groups.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;W.D. Fisher&#39;s music has a distinctive late 1960&#39;s psych/pop feel to it in the sound of Desrochers&#39; clean sometimes jazzy guitar licks, venturing into the progressive realm with Perrault&#39;s organ playing. Several long suites heighten the progressive feel, including the over 12-minute &quot;William D. Fisher&#39;s Adventures&quot;. The music sounds a little like very early Yes. Most noticeable however is Letourneau&#39;s high pitched shrill vocals (sung in French-accented English), similar to Geddy Lee (bassist of future Canadian group Rush). Overall, an interesting and unique sounding album from the very early days of Quebec prog.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #2b00fe;&quot;&gt;http://www.progquebec.com/wdfisher.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIGi2HbiLpaRVlD0egwe4jbBjgmxad5pEKe_YqlLgvU-hoGqtgyULifXUxFeLRkiRoem3Tx82bhtk3j1uruMwUU5lxBdIsYaDz5-o4Ggl8tdNbFVEzcLipHcJrLxSYz9vHDncA03Al0S8NwukXfzM7EKax4tCa6H5xnFRSyxIlv33vV0xvIi79OKNxNwoQ/s1000/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1000&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIGi2HbiLpaRVlD0egwe4jbBjgmxad5pEKe_YqlLgvU-hoGqtgyULifXUxFeLRkiRoem3Tx82bhtk3j1uruMwUU5lxBdIsYaDz5-o4Ggl8tdNbFVEzcLipHcJrLxSYz9vHDncA03Al0S8NwukXfzM7EKax4tCa6H5xnFRSyxIlv33vV0xvIi79OKNxNwoQ/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tracks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Beggar - 4:42&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. I Do Love You - 5:47&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Eden&#39;s Dream - 8:05&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. You - 5:00&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. William D.Fisher&#39;s Adventure - 13:20&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All compositions by &lt;i&gt;Gilles Laverdière, René Laurendeau, Guy Desrochers, Serge Perreault, Bob Létourneau&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;W. D. Fisher&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Gilles Laverdière - Bass Guitar, Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*René Laurendeau - Drums&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Guy Desrochers - Guitar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Serge Perreault - Organ, Piano, Clavinet, Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Bob Létourneau - Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://justpaste.it/WiDiFis&quot;&gt;Just Paste&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://controlc.com/ab031c84&quot;&gt;Free Text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://yourtext.host/2025/01/Wi-Di-Fis&quot;&gt;Text Host&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/feeds/487545312611152635/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/01/w-d-fisher-w-d-fisher-1972-canada-deep.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/487545312611152635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/487545312611152635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/01/w-d-fisher-w-d-fisher-1972-canada-deep.html' title='W. 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Fisher (1972 canada, deep lavish prog with an artful blend of psych rock and hard organ, 2012 remaster)'/><author><name>Marios</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12203152597932074783</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0IQOhYMUXzeb3usap2ql-wF_AIyv6HCoPcBP1dsYkgkFsaFPpHkmV2MpgIJl4QBKEsbo2QAyXBf8jdO9jboSPHNf8adTe9zNL8AwR8JfVPg8uGAziNdlkzYH8kYbq4-lk93AfxVJRCQQym-R1cx9PWTIMTdID4Y607f5urJqW0b5pw/s220/Diogenes.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRAga1cWR2WDZo-MuzG9p1IkaVWgIuVTAbWIB3p4GLMepj_5w6RdvCV9rDt5V0WvtCLtSjmwIkQg24HnblvenGeVgKyXCuV7XDNeW95uk9ArMQZyBmY_zSMpoRnP6N2pHt_5c-6yJRL7a0gk5u36IWyB-Aa4umr-MKdY8hDG-wZqaF6dI0051LPBr2ziBN/s72-c/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-7436163635317847528</id><published>2025-01-07T04:29:00.023+02:00</published><updated>2025-01-07T04:29:00.113+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Companion - On The Line (1977 us, very good rural psych rock, 2011 reissue)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSb0ewn6WDrQ7PZjCuTIryfB9fO5d-AQTzR0klqYEHwhcYLGfbfNWx8VMjkTB-cJLuFiSB_p8QWudm34ch-1xO00KAmHiPPIE4FNXnTGqHTdIEgedQgAA-i3GhLAeYk8M87guclWPV-zrjKHTJ-LQw0BamQF-DmKVUw6DT0KH0giitLTtKgVB17tJu1_zL/s1000/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;880&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;282&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSb0ewn6WDrQ7PZjCuTIryfB9fO5d-AQTzR0klqYEHwhcYLGfbfNWx8VMjkTB-cJLuFiSB_p8QWudm34ch-1xO00KAmHiPPIE4FNXnTGqHTdIEgedQgAA-i3GhLAeYk8M87guclWPV-zrjKHTJ-LQw0BamQF-DmKVUw6DT0KH0giitLTtKgVB17tJu1_zL/s320/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;BLOG_video_class&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/bUc8fddYH1U&quot; width=&quot;460&quot; youtube-src-id=&quot;bUc8fddYH1U&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Californian band, formed by brothers Jim and Patrick Maguire. Their debut &quot;On The Line&quot; released as private pressing in 1977. This rural-psych bar-band quartet consists of (except for the two brothers) bass player Doug Kelly, and drummer Ronnie Miller. Nice harmonie vocals, with melancholic mood, excellent guitar parts by Jim Maguire and keyboards by Patrick Maguire. Overall a satisfying, enjoyable album.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj42q_LN88eCyZWkrRYg-H1dd24tCa-sWEGrSciFnvLpbOzmKq4dahlO88ctE4tGFxbJ34t3yj9eVAuqi_rKfwVyHIvZNuiSm_HpHV_W8GlOCa9CFKaJeYrU4k7wvMKPNGVjGHQJGC5eX6RCxVS0nlZIZBAUNVKO7XMPA-VRHCZhMEuDdFWD-phNrT0SdeX/s1000/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1000&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj42q_LN88eCyZWkrRYg-H1dd24tCa-sWEGrSciFnvLpbOzmKq4dahlO88ctE4tGFxbJ34t3yj9eVAuqi_rKfwVyHIvZNuiSm_HpHV_W8GlOCa9CFKaJeYrU4k7wvMKPNGVjGHQJGC5eX6RCxVS0nlZIZBAUNVKO7XMPA-VRHCZhMEuDdFWD-phNrT0SdeX/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tracks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Mama Won&#39;t You Lay Me Down (&lt;i&gt;Doug Kelly, Jim Maguire, Patrick Maguire, Ronnie Miller&lt;/i&gt;) - 4:33&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Color Me Blue - 3:45&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Such A Child - 2:49&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. On The Line - 5:04&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Light In Someone&#39;s Window - 2:23&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. As I Was Walking - 5:02&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. Never Just A Good Boy - 3:00&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. Tennessee Queen (&lt;i&gt;Jim Maguire, Patrick Maguire&lt;/i&gt;) - 3:29&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. Diamonds From The Hearts - 3:43&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All songs by &lt;i&gt;Jim Maguire&lt;/i&gt; except whete noted&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Companion&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Doug Kelly - Bass Guitar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Jim Maguire - Guitar, Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Patrick Maguire - Keyboards, Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Ronnie Miller - Drums&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;With&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Ray Bevitori - Vocals (Track 7)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://justpaste.it/CoMpaOnLi&quot;&gt;Just Paste&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://controlc.com/eb685aa9&quot;&gt;Free Text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://yourtext.host/2025/01/Co-Mpa-On-Li&quot;&gt;Text Host&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/feeds/7436163635317847528/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/01/companion-on-line-1977-us-very-good.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/7436163635317847528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/7436163635317847528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/01/companion-on-line-1977-us-very-good.html' title='Companion - On The Line (1977 us, very good rural psych rock, 2011 reissue)'/><author><name>Marios</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12203152597932074783</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0IQOhYMUXzeb3usap2ql-wF_AIyv6HCoPcBP1dsYkgkFsaFPpHkmV2MpgIJl4QBKEsbo2QAyXBf8jdO9jboSPHNf8adTe9zNL8AwR8JfVPg8uGAziNdlkzYH8kYbq4-lk93AfxVJRCQQym-R1cx9PWTIMTdID4Y607f5urJqW0b5pw/s220/Diogenes.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSb0ewn6WDrQ7PZjCuTIryfB9fO5d-AQTzR0klqYEHwhcYLGfbfNWx8VMjkTB-cJLuFiSB_p8QWudm34ch-1xO00KAmHiPPIE4FNXnTGqHTdIEgedQgAA-i3GhLAeYk8M87guclWPV-zrjKHTJ-LQw0BamQF-DmKVUw6DT0KH0giitLTtKgVB17tJu1_zL/s72-c/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-9129325824491198206</id><published>2025-01-01T05:16:00.023+02:00</published><updated>2025-01-01T05:16:00.115+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Southern Steel - Get On Through (1974 us, standout southern country rock with west coast aura, 2023 remaster)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVMZkNj59qXZD9gRTHfRkQwFZqyp9Ahb0nWYvPNpNrGhIxnIlrKHMhQN3rS2H7-j4baGqF3eRPXYtI73EFJ25t36MIf6dnEhZIIuDd4GPTlFFz_rUVtjDYU6x0gXLoEGkgSszt5gCs6sAjvFQa1l7ldcxpqaoQ0k_qloyqt4rN-ilW5paIU2B_RzSd26BV/s1000/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;988&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;316&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVMZkNj59qXZD9gRTHfRkQwFZqyp9Ahb0nWYvPNpNrGhIxnIlrKHMhQN3rS2H7-j4baGqF3eRPXYtI73EFJ25t36MIf6dnEhZIIuDd4GPTlFFz_rUVtjDYU6x0gXLoEGkgSszt5gCs6sAjvFQa1l7ldcxpqaoQ0k_qloyqt4rN-ilW5paIU2B_RzSd26BV/s320/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&#39;allowfullscreen&#39; webkitallowfullscreen=&#39;webkitallowfullscreen&#39; mozallowfullscreen=&#39;mozallowfullscreen&#39; width=&#39;460&#39; height=&#39;320&#39; src=&#39;https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwe8Cc_i44qKj-ceOQThEandV2C_E5lYe-uM33ocCvFFx2Sf_FRN91JgZHLR7pURTtydCmk_zRlEphHkjT-Gg&#39; class=&#39;b-hbp-video b-uploaded&#39; frameborder=&#39;0&#39;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Southern Steel &quot;Get On Through&quot; out of Miami, Florida in 1974 firmly resides in the upper realms of rare early &#39;70s southern rock LPs and the brilliant guitar interplay, vibrant vocals and finely crafted songs will seriously grab late &#39;60s westcoast rock ears as well. It&#39;s really accessible stuff, heartfelt country inflected vocals with appealing vivid guitar textures and rhythms that fly. Echoes of Buffalo Springfield, Flying Burrito Brothers, Byrds, more on the rock than the country side but genuine about both. It&#39;s southern but it&#39;s also eastcoast-westcoast. In fact the opening track titled &quot;San Francisco Man&quot; is loaded with searing guitar licks and propulsive rhythmic action hitting pleasure points similar to the first Moby Grape LP. &quot;Get On Through&quot; contains thoughtful song oriented outdoors rock with little in the way of &quot;south&#39;s gonna rise again&quot; attitude, bluesy grit, bad women, whiskey, or hard livin&#39; roadhouse action. These guys genuinely sound turned on to life, everyday regular dude seeker post &#39;60s style and it is contagious. You can really feel it when the sweet southern fried dual guitar leads cascade out at just the right moment.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Southern Steel&#39;s primary songwriter, vocalist, electric 12 string, and bassist was Jim Goodman. The other members all did time in previous local bands with names like Heat Machine, Willy Bogg, The Force, and Dakota. Spike Warner on lead / slide guitar and vocals , Ed Ocean Olszewski on lead guitar, bass and vocals, and Greg Orsini on percussion all play tight together with an assured energetic vibe that only comes from experience. Recorded quickly in two days at Criteria Studios with producer Craig Leon ((produced the Ramones and Blondie&#39;s first records) at the helm, this LP exists because two rich Floridian lawyers Bill Blanton and Bill Barragan saw Don Kirshner&#39;s In Concert rock series on TV, decided to get into the music biz, formed a label named Earth Records, put an ad in the paper and found Southern Steel, ready to rake in massive rock and roll dollars. That didn&#39;t happen but fortunately nearly 50 years later we do have this uplifting slice of life. Hard to imagine a band this pure and sincere could exist nowadays with no taint of irony and no corny posing. Real people. In other words… this is a vintage blast of humanity with mesmerizing guitar magic you can really fly high with. Every track has hooks and staying power, the sort of album that feels fresher each time you spin it but somehow also seemed familiar the first time you heard it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;After this LP was issued the band got serious interest from major labels, they certainly had the terrific songs and sonic mojo needed to go up the charts… but it all fizzled out over the next year. If you are into early &#39;70s southern rock with country flavor and leftover &#39;60s westcoast flashes, more turned on than traditional in approach you should give this album a chance get stuck in your mind. I can&#39;t get it out of mine!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&quot;San Francisco Man&quot; opens it up with ringing power chords and ripping lead guitar, delicious westcoast vocal stylings riding above hypnotically surging bass and drum patterns. Gnarly leads spit steel as the rhythm guitar alternates between open airy chords and jagged tough accents, making this a real mover. When the weaving southern fried dual guitar riffs kick near the end you want the jam to go on forever.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&quot;24 Hours A Day&quot; shifts gears into a tapestry of dreamy dangling melodic guitars floating over forward bass motion topped with vocals reminiscent of Richie Furay and Gram Parsons. Proto country rock equidistant to a Byrdsyfolkrock ambience, simple and poignant, swirling around with an infectious exquisite ease. It&#39;s about being in a band on the road and how it&#39;s not the singer&#39;s fault he can&#39;t be with his girl 24 hours a day. The melody is quite inventive in how it unfolds over the chord changes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&quot;Me And You&quot; opens with an ascending dual guitar hook above a free flowing gentle rhythm guitar bed with Wrecking Crew level perfect bass and drums. The singer has quite an affected nasal intensity in his voice, emotionally perfect for the lyrics about appreciating an aimless no agenda day, just grooving around with his girl, savoring a rare fleeting moment when everything seems effortlessly eternal, totally in sync… the sort of day that inspires him to sing &quot;Gee I never knew that I could get so high just passing the time away&quot;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&quot;Where&#39;s The Country Gone&quot; is a jangle fest of shimmering guitars riding a stately groove evoking sad resignation over vanishing green fields that turn into cold stone and six-lane highways. Terrific melodic leads and tasteful rhythm guitar blend as if George Harrison and Neil Young were behind the curtain together pulling the strings. The sincerity in the vocal is heartfelt to a devastating degree, the sense of loss is eerily comforting. If it seems too earnestly vulnerable that&#39;s on you, not the band. This song is simply gorgeous without being fancy. They really mean it, man.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&quot;One Up For Listening&quot; ends side one in style, morphing hard rock and country seamlessly into an instant classic with slide guitar moves to die for and a smoking snaky killer of a guitar break. Like all of the tracks on this album the arrangements are uncluttered, right on the money with interlocking structural precision yet performed with the vibrant energy of a live band.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&quot;There&#39;s Just You&quot; has a nostalgic early rock and roll undercurrent appropriate to the close harmony Everly Brothers flashback in the vocals. The extended guitar break soars nicely but this is the only track on the LP that messes around much with more ordinary familiar roots influences.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&quot;Days End&quot; has a moody feel but is an optimistic song suggesting that if you and I start a new kind of living maybe somebody else might follow along… we can change the world naive hippie idealism but sung with so much feeling you wanna believe it&#39;s possible. Superb luscious and elegant guitar leads with a fabulous tone over a classic chord pattern with descending bass line create just the right reflective atmosphere.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&quot;The Feeling&quot; &quot;play it cool it&#39;s against the rules but you know you gotta try it… just don&#39;t get caught&quot; Ha! The phrasing when they lay down that piece of advice is genius. This is the hardest rocker on the LP with sublimely powerful chord changes and I can even imagine a Grand Funk Railroad version in my mind. I bet they jammed out on this one at live gigs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&quot;Don&#39;t Deny&quot; is the extended epic closer, entering with rich acoustic guitar textures, weaving in airy leads and earnest vocals reminiscent of Roger McGuinn. It builds across seven minutes to a high energy climax over the classic chord pattern used by Traffic for &quot;Dear Mr. Fantasy&quot; and by the Beatles for the last four minutes of &quot;Hey Jude&quot;. Once again the lyrics have more of a post-psychedelic outdoors hippie wanderer vibe about life, fate and destiny than the rawer subject matter associated with most southern rock. No matter what you are into you will really dig the guitar moves!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;by &lt;b&gt;Paul Major&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNZtwAbQDc9nq5fu8m-JEc8GgIUvH1M5H56W3Bgea-g-ordXCPC2ixMRZ1W0EYT2lF-QAgAlp1MSFq9GGFVoGtM4i8pEbl-L06L7MFRV7BIWA6d5BEoXT5qSeBxWEEQdyzAf7vF7RtL_J4RR_GezSY4BLfqvgBXUDqrP7nqm4y8NdQF86oQ9FFJm5N4VC/s1000/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1000&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1000&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNZtwAbQDc9nq5fu8m-JEc8GgIUvH1M5H56W3Bgea-g-ordXCPC2ixMRZ1W0EYT2lF-QAgAlp1MSFq9GGFVoGtM4i8pEbl-L06L7MFRV7BIWA6d5BEoXT5qSeBxWEEQdyzAf7vF7RtL_J4RR_GezSY4BLfqvgBXUDqrP7nqm4y8NdQF86oQ9FFJm5N4VC/s320/Disc%20copy%20Purple.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tracks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. San Francisco Man - 3:57&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. 24 Hours A Day - 2:59&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Me And You - 2:44&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. Where&#39;s The Country Gone - 4:09&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. One Up For Listening - 3:55&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. There&#39;s Just You - 3:37&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. Days End - 4:21&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. The Feeling - 4:44&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. Don&#39;t Deny It - 7:20&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Southern Steel&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*James Goodman - Lead Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Mandolin, Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Phil Warner - Guitar, Slide Guitar, Vocals&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Ed Ocean - Guitar, Bass, Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Greg Orsini - Drums, Percussion&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://justpaste.it/SoSteGeThr&quot;&gt;Just Paste&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://controlc.com/a4dbd589&quot;&gt;Free Text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://yourtext.host/2024/12/So-Ste-Ge-Thr&quot;&gt;Text Host&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/feeds/9129325824491198206/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/01/southern-steel-get-on-through-1974-us.html#comment-form' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/9129325824491198206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7379959197726431640/posts/default/9129325824491198206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2025/01/southern-steel-get-on-through-1974-us.html' title='Southern Steel - Get On Through (1974 us, standout southern country rock with west coast aura, 2023 remaster)'/><author><name>Marios</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12203152597932074783</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0IQOhYMUXzeb3usap2ql-wF_AIyv6HCoPcBP1dsYkgkFsaFPpHkmV2MpgIJl4QBKEsbo2QAyXBf8jdO9jboSPHNf8adTe9zNL8AwR8JfVPg8uGAziNdlkzYH8kYbq4-lk93AfxVJRCQQym-R1cx9PWTIMTdID4Y607f5urJqW0b5pw/s220/Diogenes.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVMZkNj59qXZD9gRTHfRkQwFZqyp9Ahb0nWYvPNpNrGhIxnIlrKHMhQN3rS2H7-j4baGqF3eRPXYtI73EFJ25t36MIf6dnEhZIIuDd4GPTlFFz_rUVtjDYU6x0gXLoEGkgSszt5gCs6sAjvFQa1l7ldcxpqaoQ0k_qloyqt4rN-ilW5paIU2B_RzSd26BV/s72-c/Front%20Cover%20copy.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry></feed>

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