Tracklist A1- Fire A2- Talkin' To You People A3- Find Your Garden A4- Appreciate A5- Pack And Electric Blues B1- Call It What B2- Gone Away B3- I Think Of You B4- The Answer
Credits Doug Thomas : Lead Vocals Frank Pellino : Guitar, Piano, Vocals on "Fire" Gary Boggess : Moog Synthesizer, Organ, Clavinet, Piano Tim Graziano : Bass Jose Ortiz : Drums, Vocals on "Gone Away" Paul McDonald : Sax, Oboe, Flute Peter Knapp : Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Vocals on "Packard Electric Blues" Frank Bonzie : Vocals on "I Think Of You" Link
This is an album with 7 single tracks and lot of fantastic live through years, it starts with the first single from March 1969 and ends up with on jam from the last tour recorded in Stockholm in December 1977, so here you got a double with lot of marvelous music, and on this album you got all the line-ups in a chronical order, so all you have to do is to enjoy these tracks, because is lot of goodies in this album, it has a nearly 14 minutes live version of the mavelous track Fairyport and 18 minutes of No New Games/Grass For Blades, because a great song always gonna be better if it's expanded a little, and you got the second and third single with Finnish vocal, and is a treasure to listen to these rare singles, but by now I bet that you know what Wigwan is all about. Tracklist Cd 01: 1969-1973 01. Must Be The Devil (Pembroke) 4:25 02. Greasy Kids' Stuff (Pembroke) 2:58 single LRS 1021 March 1969 03. Luulosairas (Gustavson) 4:07 single LRS 1028A October 1969 04. Pedagogi (Gustavson) 3:28 05. Häätö (Huldén) 4:08 single LRS 1047 March 1970 06. Chest Fever (Robertson) 5:52 07. Fresh Garbage (Ferguson) 5:36 live, Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki 27.2.1970 08. King Harvest (Has Surely Come) (Robertson) 2:57 09. Losing Hold (Pohjola, Gustavson - Pembroke) 6:36 10. Nothing Shows (Pembroke) 2:51 11. Captain Supernatural (Pembroke) 3:49 live, N-Club, Helsinki 11.2.1971 12. Imagine (Lennon) 3:42 13. Nipistys (Pohjola) 8:06 14. Marvelry Skimmer (Friend From The Fields) (Pembroke) 3:35 15. Fairyport (Gustavson) 13:46 live, Liisankadun studio, Helsinki 7.11.1973 Total length: 76:40 Cd 02: 1974-1977 01. Do The Pigworm (Pembroke) 9:30 02. Just My Situation / Sweet Marie (Pembroke) 9:17 live, N-Club, Helsinki 3.6.1974 03. A Better Hold (And A Little View) (Pembroke) 3:52 04. Never Turn You In (Rechardt - Pembroke) 6:46 05. No New Games (Pembroke) 6:39 live, Töölönrannan kesäteatteri, Helsinki 18.6.1975 06. Tramdriver (Pembroke) 3:48 07. Wardance (Rechardt - Pembroke) 3:42 single LRS 2100 November 1975 08. No New Games / Grass For Blades (Pembroke) 18:15 live, Ylioppilastalo, Tampere 23.11.1977 09. In And Out (Montgomery) 8:00 live, Ylioppilastalo, Tampere 24.11.1977 10. Looking For The Eddie And The Boys (Jam Session) (Rechardt) 7:54 live, Bullerbyn, Stockholm 14.12.1977 Total length: 78:03
Credits Mats Huldén bass (A1-A7) Vladimir Nikamo guitar (A1-A7) Jim Pembroke vocals, keyboards (A1, A2, A5-A15, B1-B10) Ronnie Österberg drums (A1-A15, B1-B10) Jukka Gustavson keyboards, vocals (A3-A15, B1, B2, B8, B9) Pekka Pohjola bass, violin (A4, A5, A8-A15, B1, B2) Otto Donner voice (A5) Pekka Rechardt guitar (B1-B7, B10) Måns Groundstroem bass (B3-B10) Heikki Hietanen keyboards (B3-B7) Esa Kotilainen keyboards (B8-B10) Heikki Silvennoinen guitar (B9) Re-mastered at Finnvox Studios, Helsinki (17.-21.08.2000) by Pauli Saastamoinen Compilation by Mikko Meriläinen, Suonna Kononen, Timo Vuorio Cover by Mats Huldén
DAMNATION's second offering, released in 1970 by United Artists. What strikes first is the amazing lead vocals. This guy rocks hard! Then the terrific groove and guitar sounds. Solid songs, catchy tunes all the way. Want pounding rhythm sections? Want ballads? Want innovative Hard Rock? Rush on DAMNATION (initially known as the DAMNATION OF ADAM BLESSING), the Cleveland's forgotten sons. The Damnation of Adam Blessing's second LP (sometimes attributed in discographies to Damnation) went in a harder rock direction than their 1969 self-titled debut. The result was a more stylistically consistent, yet overall less interesting effort that was closer to the standard of competent, but below-top-of-the-line early Midwestern hard rock bands, lacking some of the pop influences that were among the most interesting attributes of their prior album. It's not totally run-of-the-mill, though, since Adam Blessing was one of the best singers in the style, and since the group were more adept at background vocal harmonies than almost any other similar bands of the era. "Death of a Virgin" and (to a lesser extent) "Everyone," actually sound closer to the likes of Moby Grape and some of Quicksilver's more song-driven material than Midwestern hard rock; this and some other tracks are graced with some particularly exceptional bass playing by Ray Benich. Cuts like "Driver" and "Back to the River" are more typical of their approach, though, relying on pile-driving blues-rockish riffs and pummeling drums, boringly so on the overlong "In the Morning." (Many Thanks to Adamus67)
Tracklist 01. "No Way" 3:18 02. "Death Of A Virgin" 3:41 03. "Driver" 3:56 04. "Everyone" 4:13 05. "Back To The River" 5:19 06. "Money Tree" 4:50 07. "Ba-Dup" 3:22 08. "New York City Woman" 6:01 09. "In The Morning" 6:16 10. "Smile" 1:06 Bonus Live at the Grande Ballroom, Cleveland Ohio 1972. 11. "Sunny Days" 4:36 12. "Running Away" 5:52 13. "Find Out Lover" 4:55 14. "Get Up" 3:59 15. "Dawn" 5:25 Credits Ray Benich - Bass Adam Blessing - Vocals Robert Kalamasz - Guitar, Vocals Jim Quinn - Guitar, Vocals, Percussion Bill Schwark - Drums
Cleveland acid rock combo the Damnation of Adam Blessing was formed in 1968 from the ashes of a pair of local garage bands, the Society and Dust; led by frontman Adam Blessing (Bill Constable), the group also included guitarists Jim Quinn and Bob Kalamasz, bassist Ray Benich, and drummer Bill Schwark. After months of relentless local gigging -- often as the opener for hometown heroes the James Gang -- the Damnation of Adam Blessing signed to United Artists and issued their self-titled debut LP in 1969, followed by a tour in support of the Faces. Second Damnation followed a year later, generating the minor hit "Back to the River"; with their third album, 1971's Which Is Justice, Which Is the Thief, Schwark was replaced by Blessing's drummer brother Ken Constable. In 1973, the group renamed itself Glory, releasing a self-titled LP on the UA subsidiary Avalanche before disbanding. The Italian reissue imprint Akarma re-released all of the Damnation of Adam Blessing's albums in the early to mid-2000s as either straight-up re-releases or with additional bonus tracks. The label even released a reissue of the obscure Glory album and offered deluxe vinyl pressings of most of the CDs as well. Glory is Damnation's final album, recorded in 1973. The Damnation Of Adam Blessing - Glory released their final album in 1973, but not under the same name. There were some changes in the group’s direction prior to the release of this album. After being dropped by United Artist, the group broke up and then resurfaced as Glory. Ironically the label Avalanche released the album - they were a subsidiary of UA. Adam Blessing reverted back to his given name Bill Constable, and brother Ken also joined the group on vocals and guitar. Ken had a higher voice than Bill, so this made for a splendid give and take between the two brothers, and some soaring sweet harmonies were the product of that sibling vocal tandem.(Jason Ankeny) Tracklist: 01 - Sunny Days 02 - Find Out Lover 03 - I Got A Feeling 04 - Mrs. Walker 05 - You Can Believe 06 - Hot Momma 07 - Get Up 08 - Nightmare 09 - Dan
Credits Bill Constable (Adam Blessing) - Lead Vocals Ken Constable - Lead Vocals, Guitar Bob Kalamasz - Lead Guitar, Vocals Jim Quinn - Guitar, Vocals, Percussions Ray Benick - Bass Bill Schwark - Drums Phil Giallombardo - Keyboards Link
Tracklist First set: 01 ---q&a--- 02. little latin lupe lu 03. when you were mine 04. b.i.g.t.i.m.e. 05. jenny take a ride... 06. it ain't easy 07. rock and roll 08. bow wow wow wow 09. where's the next one coming from 10. devil with the blue dress... 11. heart of stone 12. not fade away Second set: 01. walkin' the dog 02. take me to the river 03. i got you (i feel good) 04. bring it on home (duet w/ Willy) 05. the thrill of it all 06. war 07. soul kitchen 08. liberty
Credits: Mitch Ryder - vocals, tambourine, cowbell Robert Gillespie - guitar, vocals Joe Gutc - guitar, vocals Billy Csernits - keys, vocals Mark Gougeon - bass, vocals Wilson Owens - drums Willy DeVille - slide guitar, vocals (2nd set)
Even with the huge success of their second single ‘Evil Woman’ (it sold upwards of 600,000 copies in it’s first year, and was covered on the first “Black Sabbath” LP), Crow made fateful choices that killed their career in record time. “Atlantic almost signed us,” said Dave Wagner. “We had Atlantic on one line and Amaret on the other. Amaret was decided upon because (managers) Traut and Golden felt we’d get buried with the Atlantic. In a matter of months, it turned out to be the biggest mistake we ever made.” Between late 1969 and early 1971, Crow either opened for or headlined with Jefferson Airplane, Three Dog Night, Steve Miller Band, Steppenwolf, Eric Burdon & War, Janis Joplin (three separate times) and Iron Butterfly. The group was working more than ever, but seemed to be enjoying it less. “We were becoming more and more disillusioned with Amaret by the day,” said Wagner. “We fought with them over our artistic direction. We had some really good material for what was to be our fourth album all ready. But they turned it all down saying it wasn’t commercial enough, or it wasn’t this or that.” Elektra Records were very interested in the group, but Amaret wouldn’t let them out of their contract, unless they wouldn’t use the name Crow. And Elektra didn’t want Crow without their name. In the closing months of 1971, Dave Wagner, feeling there was absolutely no way out of the band’s financial and managerial mess, left the group. In 1972, Amaret released a “Best Of Crow” (Amaret AST 5012) as a sort of epitaph to a this unique band. That same year, Amaret was sold to MGM records. A deal was worked out with MGM for Dave Wagner to release a solo album. “They sent me a list of material to choose from, about twenty songs,” Wagner said. “One of the songs they insisted I re-record was a Micky Newbury tune we had done as Crow called ‘Mobile Blues.’ I worked with some top-notch musicians. Basically, MGM was fulfilling its obligatory contract to get the album (“Dave Wagner, d/b/a Crow”) out. They had no interest in really backing the project.” And so, the album and Crow’s career, came to a quiet end. Tracklist 01. Mobile Blue (3:33) 02. Cado Queen (3:48) 03. Everything Has Got To Be Free (2:52) 04. She Makes Me Warm (3:40) 05. If It Feels Good, Do It (3:07) 06. Before My Time (3:32) 07. The Time That I Love You The Most (3:38) 08. Load The Boat Up, Captain (3:30) 09. I Don’t Want My Love Refused (3:03) 10. Victims Of The Darkness (3:07) Credits David Wagner: Lead Vocals, Guitar Jim Gordon, Johnny Guerin, Larry Brown, Bobby Hally Porter, Joe Osborn, Mike Deasy, Don Peake, Dean Parks, Michael Omartian, Jackie Kelso, Bud Brisbois, Buddy Childers, Ollie Mitchell, Ron Hicklin, Stan Farber, Gene Morford … Link
Minnesota's Crow were one of those bands who made an impressive dent in the charts early on, only to be victimized by a ruthless business and left in disarray before they could truly capitalize on their success. Led by Dave Wagner, this quintet flourished in the midwest for several years under the guise of 'South 40', before changing their name in 1969. That year, Crow bypassed an offer from Atlantic Records and signed with the smaller Amaret instead. This decision marked the beginning of what would eventually cause the band to implode. Their debut, "Crow Music" was issued that year and quickly their first single began its run up the Billboard charts. "Evil Woman" (which was later covered by Black Sabbath) went on to be the band's highest charting single. Despite the grand entrance the band had made, Amaret was unable to market the band properly due to their financial limitations and soon the band's momentum began to wane. Crow hurried into the studio and released "Crow By Crow" in 1970, which did not measure up to the success of their debut. A few singles made low chart entries and the album quickly vanished from distribution. This album, "Mosaic" was released the following year and features some of the band's most memorable material. With Wagner's gritty vocals falling somewhere between Jim Dandy Mangrum and Janis Joplin, the material here is fiery and driving. Bearing a strong bluesy hard rock feel, each of the nine cuts smolder with a passion that borders on spiritual. Despite the quality of the songwriting, this album sank without a trace and the band fizzled by late 1972. It's sad because alot of the band's early material had been saddled with horn sections, which was forced upon the group by Amaret Records. The band were never happy with the change of direction and it is this album where the band finally return to their true sound. Unfortunately, it was a case of too little too late. Adding insult to injury, the band's three albums have never seen reissue. Luckily, this clean vinyl rip will provide listeners a chance to hear the band at its most distilled and clear. Try this out....you'll dig it. Tracklist 01. (Don't Try To Lay No Boogie Woogie On The) King Of Rock & Roll (2:22) 02. Easy Street (4:48) 03. Yellow Dawg (2:54) 04. Sky Is Crying (5:41) 05. I Need Love (4:08) 06. Keeps Me Runnin' (2:48) 07. Watching Can Waste Up The Time (3:53) 08. Satisfied (4:56) 09. Watch That Cat (5:11) 10. Let's Not Say Goodbye (4:52) 11. Something In Your Blood (Bonus Track) (2:37) 12. Mobile Blues (Bonus Track) (3:22) 13. I Want Sunshine (as South 40) (Bonus Track) (3:10) Credits David Wagner – Lead Vocals Dick Wiegand – Guitar Larry Wiegand – Bass & Vocals Dave "Kink" Middlemist – Keyboards & Vocals Denny Caswell – Drums, Percussion & Vocals Link
CROW had a truly unique sound which included aggressive musical interpretations combined with a distinctive blues rock sound. “Evil Woman Don’t Play Your Games With Me” charted nationally and hit the top ten of the national Billboard 500 during the winter of 1969. So diversely influential in the music world this release from the band was that Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath covered the hit on their very first release in 1970, an album which was not at the time released in the United States, but has since been released in the United States on the 2004 Black Sabbath Greatest Hits compilation CD. Also, Ike and Tina Turner covered “Evil Woman Don’t Play Your Games With Me” on their album “Come Together.”
During its original hay day of the 1960’s and 1970’s, CROW toured nationally and shared the bill with the likes of Janis Joplin, Iron Butterfly, Jefferson Starship, The Steve Miller Band, Eric Burdon and the Animals, and numerous others. Top honors for a top band. A total of four albums were released including “Crow Music”, “Crow By Crow”, “Mosaic”, and “The Best of Crow”.
1st and 2nd Lps of Crow in one cd .
Credits David Wagner – Lead Vocals Dick Wiegand – Guitar Larry Wiegand – Bass & Vocals Dave "Kink" Middlemist – Keyboards & Vocals Denny Caswell – Drums, Percussion & Vocals
Sole and rare 1972 release from this German band given the high quality Second Battle Treatment. The cover is a great Salvador Dali pastiche, whilst the music inside is powerful heavy rock with some excellent lead guitar riffs and classic hard rock vocals. The CD contains outtakes and a whole bunch of pre - Dschinn tracks. The Dschinn record had a very convincing Dali plagiate painting on its sleeve, courtesy of one Klaus Holitzka. I can reveal that the music isn't as surrealistic as the sleeve would imply, it's a quite conventional type of hard rock. This is not meant as a criticism, though - it is a great album! The lack of originality is nonchalantly replaced by sheer power, both in the music and the vocals. They wrote all nine tracks together, except for the cover version of "For Your Love". It was recorded at Tonstudio Mitte, Bremen and produced by Rolf Jenzen, a character unknown to me. Sadly this one album is their sole legacy, apart from a track on the 1973 sampler Mama Rock & The Sons Of Rock'n'Roll (Bacillus BLS 5526; 2nd edition BAC 2025), named "Rock'n'Roll Dschinny". Not even a single was lifted from their eponymous album and the group disappeared without trace.(From Chris Goes Rock) Tracklist 01 - Freedom - 4.47 02 - Fortune - 4.56 03 - I'm In Love - 4.45 04 - Train - 4.55 05 - Let's Go Together - 3.10 06 - Smile Of The Devil - 4.23 07 - I Wanna Know - 3.34 08 - Are You Ready - 4.02 09 - For Your Love - 4.12 10 - Rock'N'Roll Dschinny - 3.09 11 - Hear What I Say (The Dischas) - 2.53 12 - Come On Come Back (The Dischas) - 2.31 13 - Let's Go Together (The Dischas) - 2.18 14 - Never, Never (The Dischas) - 2.52 15 - Take Me Back (The Dischas) - 3.27 16 - Hurry Up (The Dischas) - 3.39 17 - Woman (The Dischas) - 2.26 18 - (The Dischas) - 2.20 19 - Can't You See (Outtake) - 3.10 20 - Give Me A Little Love (Outtake) - 2.58 21 - Day After Day (Outtake) - 2.43
Credits Bernd Capito (Capo) : Lead Guitar, Vocals Peter Lorenz (Eddy) : Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar Silvio Verfurth : Bass Guitar, Vocals Athanasios Paltoglou (Jacky) : Drums & Percussion Uli Mund : Drums & Percussion Link
When Landslide cut their album Two Sided Fantasy on Capitol Records, the band and the label probably had no clue that everything would end so fast. The album became a rare collector’s item because of their lack of success. I am sure the album disappeared from LP racks in stores very quickly giving it the “hard to find” tag that turned it into a valued and sought after piece. This was a good rock band that had a sound comparable to Cream and at times early Santana. They did not do anything special or out of the ordinary, at least not anything that was unique at the time that would separate them from all the other bands doing the same thing. Possibly, with more time to develop as a group and a campaign to spread the word about their music, it may have changed the outcome of their fate. We have evidence of their efforts and one that has survived many years on this reissue. The fact that this LP resurfaced is a nod to their legacy. It does not matter how short their stay in the music world was or the importance to the history of music, they were a part of the early ‘70’s rock that would become the classic rock that you now hear on top rock radio stations to this day. I read a review that considered their labors as inconsequential, I do not agree. If in fact what they recorded did not matter, this album would not have become a collector’s item nor would music fans have the opportunity to hear it again today. Indeed this is not a great memorable album that ranks amongst the all-time classics; it is however, a solid and enjoyable listen.(Keith "Muzikman" Hannaleck) Tracklist: 01. Doin' What I Want (05:08) 02. Creep Feelin' (04:01) 03. Everybody Knows [Slippin'] (07:18) 04. Dream Traveler (04:37) 05. Susan (05:54) 06. Sad And Lonely (03:01) 07. Little Bird (04:58) 08. Happy (05:51) Credits: Tommy Caglioti - Percussion, Drums, Sitar Joseph Caruate - Guitar Ed Cass - Percussion, Drums, Vocals Bobby Sallustio - Bass Billy Savoca - Guitar, Vocals, Slide Guitar Link
This band was originally from Israel and they were known as the "Churchills". They moved to England in 1968 and released an album under the name of the "Churchills". They later re-named the band to "Jericho Jones" and released an excellent album in 1971 named "Junkies, Monkies and Donkies". For some reason they changed their name again, this time only dropping the "Jones" and going as "Jericho". This album was released in 1972 and received some FM airplay. It was very well received by the critics. "Ethiopa" - This song got some airplay from self-respecting radio stations that were allowed to play their own setlists. This is a fast tempo, hard rocker right out of the early RUSH soundbook. The first two and a half minutes are a hardrocking instrumental that sets the tempo and melody. There is some great bass playing and guitar soloing. Rob Huxley's throaty vocals then scream in. The tempo is fast and heavy with plenty of guitar fills (a mixture of King Crimson and Led Zeppelin). A fantastic hard rock song. Rating - ***** "Don't You Let Me Down" - Acoustic guitar opens this tune, but doesn't stay long. Electric guitar, drums and vocals soon take over. Heavy bass lines and drum beat with vocals that sound like Badfinger on steroids. The tune has a strong, surging rhythm with fantastic bass work and guitar playing. A very hard rocking song. Rating - **** "Featherbed" - The sound is reminiscent of early Alice Cooper, "Killer" era. There is some nice vocal harmonizing with a strong '60's vibe going on. The song has a few tempo changes ranging from hard and fast with blazing guitar solos, to slow and mesmerizing like Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida". Extended guitar solo with psychedelic echoing and distortion. The guitars are given ample room to shine. The song then returns to its main theme and ends with Who-esque drum crashing and power chording. Another fine piece. Rating - **** "Justin And Nova" - Synthesizer effects of a spaceship landing opens this song. Acoustic guitar and piano with some group humming, followed by drums and bass. A very psychedelic, spacey feeling envelopes this song. Orchestral strings in the background helps the mood reach the stars. There again is great bass playing and nice guitar fills throughout. The lyrics are space flight oriented (chemical or mechanical determined by the listener)! The piano and strings get alot of attention. The tempo changes throughout but the ethereal feeling remains. High pitched "AHHHHS" along with Keith Moon-like drumming and repeating guitar melody lands you back to Earth. A beautiful piece. Rating - **** "Kill Me With Your Love" - The sound of water accompanied by acoustic guitar, clears the way for the electric guitar with echo effects. Flute playing then joins adding color and ambiance. Thunder-like effects gives one the feeling of listenig to a storm while laying in bed. The tempo and mood then makes a 180 degree turn, as the drum and bass kick in. The tempo turns fast; the drums are hard, bass heavy and guitar chugging. "Move it up and down. That's what she told me. Spin it round and round. That's what she told me." Hey! She told me the same thing! Oh, well. The lyrics are funny but the musicianship is excellent. This a very heavy, hard rocking song that KILLS! Great work. Rating - **** This was the last album the band did, as the group split up shortly after this release and returned to Israel. Even though the band no longer exists, thankfully this music still does. This is a lost gem from the progressive/hardock era that highlights the awesome musicianship from that bygone time. The playing is topnotch and the album is as well. (By doggiedogma "doggiedogma") Tracklist 01. Ethiopia (4:34) 02. Don't You Let Me Down (3:40) 03. Featherbed (9:41) 04. Justin And Nova (8:30) 05. Kill Me With Your Love (11:17)
Credits Robb Huxley – Guitar Ami Triebich – Drums Haim Romano – Lead Guitar Michael Gabriellov – Bass Danny Shoshan – Lead Singer
This one doesn't show up too often, but from time to time you'll see it as a big dollar item on psych lists. That's kind of a misnomer since Joseph Longeria's album is actually more blues-rock oriented than traditional psych. Maybe we're just being too anal here ... Regardless, he's a helluva guitar player and the album's well worth the asking price. We'll be real honest and admit we can't tell you much about this guy. Different reference works show him as being from Texas, or Tennessee. What little we do know is lifted from the liner notes accompanying his sole album, so take the information with a grain of salt. A&R man/producer Steve Tyrell apparently discovered Longeria playing in a Houston, Texas battle of the blues bands competition. Signing him to a contract with Scepter Records (a surprising choice given the label's fondness for MOR acts such as Dionne Warwick), Joseph's 1970 debut "Stoned Age Man" was recorded in Memphis' famed American Studios. Produced by Chips Moman, Mark James and Glen Spreen, the latter two were also credited with co-writing the majority of the nine tracks. So what's the album like? As we said earlier, the bulk of the album has a bluesy feel to it. Longeria doesn't have much of a voice, but his ragged growl and blazing guitar compliment one another, giving tracks such as "Trick Bag", his adaptation of "The House of the Rising Sun" and the title track considerable kick. The collection's also pretty cool in that Longeria writes some of the strangest lyrics we've ever heard - check out the bizarre "I Ain't Fattenin' No More Frogs for Snakes" and the sitar-propelled "Cold Biscuits and Fish Heads". As far as we can tell, this is Longeria's only foray into recording. Anyone know what happened to him? (By RDTEN1) This album is an amazing mixture of hard-blues, primitive hard-rock with obvious psychedelic influences. The husky voice of Joseph is powerful and wild. The tracks are excellent. There is a cover of "House of the Rising Son". It is said that Joseph "Long" Longeria, a gifted guitarist and singer, has been discovered by Steve Tyrell during one of those guitar duels ("Battle of the Blues Guitars") which were very popular and attracted the crowds in the Blues clubs. Joseph was not afraid of challenging T. Bone Walker and B.B. King. This band, due to a lack of success and promotion disbanded after their only one album. Glen Spreen, the keyboard player, is later mentioned playing for Elvis Presley, Dan Fogelberg and Ian Matthews while Joseph disappeared of the scene. This forgetten gem deserves to be discovered, especially for the wild blues freak with good guitar playing and husky voice.(By PC_Music) Tracklist 01- Trick Bag (Joseph Longeria - Mark Jones - Glen Spreen) - 02- I Ain't Fattenin' No More Frogs for Snakes (Joseph Longeria - Mark Jones - Glen Spreen - Steve Tyrell) - 03- Cold Biscuits and Fish Heads (Joseph Longeria - Mark Jones - Glen Spreen) - 04- Stone Age Man (Joseph Longeria - Mark Jones - Glen Spreen) - 05- I'm Gonna Build a Mountain (Joseph Longeria - Mark Jones - Glen Spreen) - 06- Mojo Gumbo (Joseph Longeria - Mark Jones - Glen Spreen) - 07- The House of the Rising Sun (adapted by Joseph Longeria - Mark Jones - Glen Spreen) - 08- Gotta Get Away (G. Allman - J. Hurley - R. Witkins) - 09- Come the Sun Tomorrow (S. Walton - D. Collins) - Credits Vocals, Guitar - Joseph "Long" Longeria* Keyboards - Glen Spreen Recorded at American Sound Studios, Memphis, Tennessee.
An hard rock group formed by Mark Stein after Vanilla Fudge. If you like "Rock Music" you WILL love Boomerang's self titled one and only album. Forget the fact that this was recorded 31 years ago, like any great music this is timeless! You might recognize Mark Stein's name from the Vanilla Fudge. Gone are the complex arrangements and psychedelic effects that were a trade mark of the Fudge. But Stein's distinctive vocals and his awesome Hammond B3 organ sounds are still here. Guitarist Richard Rameriz was amazingly only 16 years old when this album was recorded. However he plays like a veteran of many years and studio sessions. "Juke It", "Hard Times", "Mockingbird", "Cynthia Fever" and "The Peddler" are solid rockers that will stick with you. "Fisherman" is a lesson on greed. The ballad "Brother's Comin' Home" is a tribute to returning war veterans, something that was rare in that time of our history. The only drawback to this album is there is not enough of it! Only 7 tunes...but what tunes they are. This album is a classic in the progressive rock history.(By Ray Hollingsworth) Tracklist 01. Juke It 02. Fisherman 03. Hard Times 04. Mockingbird 05. Cynthia Fever 06. Brothers Comin Home 07. The Peddler Credits Mark Stein - Organ, Piano & Vocals James Galluzi - Drums & Percussion Richard Rameriz - Electric & Acoustic Guitars Joe Casmir - Bass Guitar & Vocals Link
This is one of the many harder-edged and organ dominated progressive bands that emerged in the early Seventies. Unfortunately very little is known about FUZZY DUCK's history. The musicians were Paul Francis (drums, percussion), Mick (Doc) Hawksworth (bass, vocals, acoustic 12-string, electric cello), Roy (Daze) Sharland (organ, electric piano) and Grahame White (guitar, vocals, acoustic guitar). The eponymous album from 1971 was released on CD by both the German Repertoire Records and the UK Aftermath Records. It has obvious hints from mainly Atomic Rooter but also Vanilla Fudge.(ProgArchives) Though the brief career of Fuzzy Duck may only have consisted of one album and two singles the musical history of its various members reads like a "Who's who of rock and roll". Formed in 1970 and based in North London the original line up consisted of guitarist/vocalist Grahame White, ex-Andromeda, bassist Mick Hawksworth, organist Roy Sharland and ex-Tucky Buzzard drummer Paul Francis. Managed by Gordon Mills, who also managed Tom Jones and Gilbert O'Sullivan, Fuzzy Duck signed to MAM Records, a subsidiary of Decca, and recorded their self-titled debut LP (MAM LP 1005). However just before the album was released White left (later turning up in Capability Brown, Krazy Kat and Jackie Lynton Band) and was replaced by Garth Watt Roy. His first recordings with the band came via the "Double Time Woman"/"Just Look Around You" single (MAM 37) released in August 1971. A second single "Big Brass Band"/"One More Hour"(MAM 51) was released in November 1971 but by the end of the year they decided to go their separate ways. Garth Watt Roy teamed up with his bassist brother Norman to form the Greatest Show On Earth who released two albums, "Horizons" and "The Going's Easy", for EMI's progressive Harvest label. Since then he's recorded with the likes of East Of Eden, Limey, Marmalade, Steamhammer, Bonnie Tyler, Barbara Dickson, The Barron Knights and was also a founder member of The Q Tips. Mick Hawksworth went on to work with Matthew Fisher before teaming up with Alvin Lee for The Ten Years After LPs "Rocket Fuel" and "Ride On". Drummer Paul Francis went on to work with Tranquillity, Maggie Bell, Mick Ronson, and Chris Spedding and has recently been touring with Steve Harley.(Mark Brennan) Tracklist 01- Time Will Be Your Doctor (5:06) 02- Mrs. Prout (6:45) 03- Just Look Around You (4:20) 04- Afternoon Out (5:20) 05- More Than I Am (5:30) 06- Country Boy (6:00) 07- In Our Time (6:49) 08- A Word From Big D (1:51) Bonus Tracks 09- Double Time Woman (2:58) 10- Big Brass Band (2:56) 11- One More Hour (3:58) 12- No Name Face Credits Mick Hawksworth - bass, vocals (lead Vocals 3-5-7), 12-string acoustic guitar and electric cello on "In Our Time" Roy Sharland - organ, vocal on "A Word From Big D", electric piano on "Just Look Around You" Paul Francis – drums, percussion Grahame White (album tracks) – electric guitar, vocals (lead Vocals 1-2-4-6), acoustic guitar on "Mrs. Prout" Garth Watt Roy (bonus tracks) - electric guitar, vocals (lead Vocals 9-10-11-12) Link
The Band Called "O" final studio LP contains stunning versions of Spirit's "Look To The Left Look To The Right" and Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Almost Saturday Night" as well as nice quality self composed songs. Through never achieving the commercial success they merited there's no doubting that the O-Band were one of the UK's finest Rock bands of the 70's. However, this album is excellent, and can be regarded as a swan song succeeded ... Musically, their style had already evolved from progressive rock to soft-rock, but it then moved towards a pop style. They changed their name to "The O Band" and released a 12" EP Look to the Left, Look to the Right in 1977. before recording their final album The Knife, from which the single "Almost Saturday Night"/"Love Ain't A Keeper" was taken, also in 1977. Shortly before a planned change of management, Pix Pickford decided to leave for a solo career. The O Band later disbanded at the end of 1977. Tracklist 01. Look To The Left Look To The Right 02. Almost Saturday Night 03. Im Gonna Leave You 04. Strange Lovin 05. Back Alley Lightning 06. Time Seems To Fly 07. The Knife 08. Got To Run 09. Venus Avenue 10. A Smile Is Diamond ( Maxi Version) 11. Fine White Wine
Credits Mark Anders - Bass Guitar Pix Pickford - Lead Vocals, Guitar Greg Anders - Vocals, Guitar, Slide Guitar Jeff Bannister - Vocals, Keyboards Derek Ballard - Drums, Percussion
I saw this band three times on the UK college circuit (at UCW Aberystwyth in the mid-70s) and they sounded almost exactly as they do on this album: wonderfully melodic very tight musicianship led by Pix on lead guitar; West Coast US inspired, but nevertheless 'English sounding'. Pix is still playing with a band called Racket: he is better than Mark Knopfler, but having just as distinctive a signature sound. Pix was from the Channel Islands. A picture of him shows him playing a strat and still looking in good health. There is a telephone number given on which you can book gigs, by Racket, that is, but sadly not by The O Band. The band used to be obsessed about getting the sound-engineering just right on stage and would keep us waiting for 10 to 15 minutes, playing to an empty, locked auditorium while the engineer made fine adjustments on the desk. You could watch through the windows in the doors. The wait was always worth it. The band were fine vocalists as well as great players. When I saw them they were first called Oasis! I do not know why they changed name. I remember Pix played with a slightly distracted look of concentration and absorption by the music. He used to look above the heads of the audience, apparantly studying the wall behind us, but seeing nothing I guess. He took his picking really seriously. So to the album. Each track has a complimentary momentum and feel so that the overall effect is very coherent. The last track is a kind of gentle 'goodbye'. Smile is a Diamond seems to be the most highly regarded track, but I find them all equally good. If you want a benchmark, I would place Crosby Stills Nash and Young 'Deja Vu' and The Band 'Stagefright' slightly ahead of this album. In other words Within Reach by The O Band is World Class Country Rock and an essential album for any blissed-out soft rocker. I love it. Dear Pix: any chance of an O Band reunion gig? You'd find me in the front row and before that, trying to get in just to enjoy the sound check. Dig your style! How did you develop it and what set up did you use back then? Stay in good health: too many rockers die young!! (By Dr. S. L. Smith "Steve Smith" Tracklist 01. Smile Is Diamond 02. Feel Alright 03. Lucia Loser 04. Don't Cha Wanna 05. Money Talk 06. Still Burning 07. Paradise Blue 08. Long Long Way 09. Within Reach 10. A Smile Is Diamond (Single Version) 11. Coasting (Single B-Side) 12. Love Ain't a Keeper (Single B-Side) Credits Pix - Lead Vocals, Guitar Mark Anders - Bass Derek Ballard - Drums, Percussion Craig Anders - Vocals, Peddle Steel Guitar, Slide Guitar Jeff Bannister - Vocals, Piano, Electric Piano, Organ, Synthesizer Link
Tracklist 01. Amovin' (3:44) 02. Foolin' Round (4:31) 03. Sleeping (5:20) 04. Morrocan Roll (2:41) 05. Fine White Wine (3:46) 06. Take Your Time (3:12) 07. Bird Of Paradise (4:11) 08. Ice (2:12) 09. That's Up (3:17) 10. Some People (5:46) Credits Pix - Lead Vocals, Guitar Craig Anders - Lead Guitar, Slide Guitar Derek Ballard - Drums & Percussion Peter Filleul - Electric Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizer, Vocals Mark Anders - Bass Guitar In 1975, they released their second album, Oasis. They had one track "There Ain't Nothing I Wouldn't Do" on a single to promote their tour with Sassafras and Randy Pie as the "Hot On The Tracks" package. Musically it found the group teamed with producer Nicky Graham. Clearly interested in courting a larger audience, material like the funky 'Amovin'', 'Foolin' Round' and 'Fine White Wine' found the band working in a more commercial mid-1970s AOR genre. With all five members and producer Graham contributing to the writing chores, the set wasn't bad. Powered by some nice lead vocals from Pickford, the collection was tuneful and occasionally fun (check out 'Bird of Paradise'). Powered by some jumpy synthesizers the group composition 'Take Your Time' showcased a mild progressive feel. Similarly. complete with a pretty melody and weird reggae mid-section 'Sleeping' offered up a nod to their progressive roots and was probably the most atypical of the ten songs. Link
Tracklist 01 Red Light Mama Red Hot (6:20) 02 Angelica (3:41) 03 Helping Hand (3:38) 04 Lady Beatrice (3:55) 05 Ride, Ride, Ride (3:12) 06 Rock Roll Clown (3:38) 07 All I Need (2:02) 08 Get Funky (3:30) 09 Captain Cellophane / Sidewalk Ship (12:00) Credits Pix - Vocals, Guitar Derek Ballard - Drums Peter Filleul - Electric Piano, Vocals Mark Anders - Bass Guitar Craig Anders - Guitar, Slide Guitar A Band Called O were a band from Jersey, Channel Islands. Originally known as "The Parlour Band", playing progressive rock, they renamed to "A Band Called O" for two albums on CBS/Epic and later to "The O Band" for a further albums with UA. Despite issuing five albums, on three major labels, and being championed by John Peel, for whom they recorded four Peel Sessions, they had no chart success; but were a popular live act, who toured Britain and Europe. Formed in Jersey, Channel Islands, circa 1970, as "The Parlour Band", the early line up comprised brothers Mark Anders (bass and vocals) and Craig Anders (lead guitar and vocals) with Peter Filleul (keyboards and vocals) formerly of the Climax Blues Band , John “Pix” Pickford (guitar and vocals) and Jerry Robbins (drums). Released in 1972, The Parlour Band's only album Is a Friend?, was produced by Nick Tauber in a melodic progressive rock style, sounding like a "more mainstream, less art-rock-inclined Yes" with strong keyboard and guitar parts.The Parlour Band toured supporting Caravan and Steve Hillage’s Khan. A Band Called O They relocated from Jersey to Leicester, changed their name to "A Band Called O", and their drummer to Derek Ballard. This line-up released their first album on the Epic label, produced by Ben Sidran of the Steve Miller Band, and Chris White of the Zombies. A Band Called O (1974) and, despite being an album orientated band, a single "Rock and Roll Clown"/"Red Light Mama Red Hot" was released in Germany while they recorded the first of four Peel Sessions on 24 September 1974. They recorded their second Peel Session on 18 March 1975, before touring with Man and John Cipollina. Later that year, they released their second album, Oasis. They had one track "There Ain't Nothing I Wouldn't Do" on a single to promote their tour with Sassafras and Randy Pie as the "Hot On The Tracks" package. Filleul left and was replaced by Ian Lynne, after about 6 months he was also replaced by Jeff Bannister, formerly with the John Barry Seven, The Alan Bown Set and Jess Roden’s Bronco.[8] The band changed label from CBS/Epic to United Artists, played their third Peel Session on 23 March 1976 and released their third album Within Reach later that year.[9] A promotional single "Excerpts from Within Reach" was issued in the UK whilst two singles were taken from the album: "A Smile Is Diamond" / "Coasting" was issued in Germany, and "Don't cha Wanna" /"Coasting" in the UK. They played their fourth and final Peel Session on 22 February 1977. The O Band Musically, their style had already evolved from progressive rock to soft-rock, but it then moved towards a pop style. They changed their name to "The O Band" and released a 12" EP Look to the Left, Look to the Right in 1977. before recording their final album The Knife, from which the single "Almost Saturday Night"/"Love Ain't A Keeper" was taken, also in 1977. Shortly before a planned change of management, Pix Pickford decided to leave for a solo career. The O Band later disbanded at the end of 1977. Link
Tracklist 01. Forgotten Dreams (2:41) 02. Pretty Haired Girl (2:52) 03. Springs' Sweet Comfort (5:09) 04. Early Morning Eyes (3:52) 05. Follow Me (4:56) 06. Evening (4:58) 07. Don't Be Sad (3:21) 08. Little Goldie (3:20) 09. To Happiness (3:04) 10. Home (7:37)
Credits Peter Filleul - lead vocals, keyboards, rhythm acoustic Pix - vocals, lead vocals (6), wah wah Gibson Craig Anders - vocals, electric & acoustic & slide guitar Mark Ashley Anders - vocals, bass Jerry Robins - percussion "Parlour Band's only LP is progressive rock-tinged mainstream early-'70s British album-oriented rock, competent but no more than that. Both keyboard and guitar parts take a strong role, and there's a bit of the multiple tempo changes and classical-tinged organ burble of bands like Yes in songs like 'Forgotten Dreams.' Some other songs steer well clear of art rock, though, 'Pretty Haired Girl' coming across like prototypical early-'70s mellow California harmony rock. Even when it doesn't sound as Californian, though, the album's a pretty laid-back affair and, though it's agreeable, it's lacking in both power and first-rate songs. 'Little Goldie' sounds a good deal like the early-'70s work of Todd Rundgren in its bouncy pop optimism and relatively sophisticated keyboard-based arrangement, though it's not typical of the record. A bit, though no more than a crumb, of art rock pretension creeps into the final cut, the three-part, seven-minute mini-opus 'Home.'"
Disc 1 (First Set) 01. Ready For You4:38 02. Monterey Pen6:35 03. Intros0:27 04. Saint James Infirmary10:04 05. Problem Child6:29 06. Caress Me Baby7:59 07. Night Time6:06 (Second Set) 08. /Hartford Blues 6:45 09. Tuning1:00 10. Mustang Sally8:02 11. Oh Carol5:26 12. Got My Mojo Working5:12 13. Love In My Soul/ 9:17 Disc 2 14. Teeny Weeny Bit6:19 15. Intro, Tuning1:31 16. Walking The Dog *4:33 17. Unknown *6:51 18. Key To The Highway3:44 19. The Thrill Is Gone7:42 20. Hall Street Jive5:51 (Encore) 21. Rock And Roll Me Again4:34 John Cipollina- Guitar, Vocals Marc Benno- Guitar, Vocals Pete Sears- Keyboards Rolly Sally- Bass Scott Lovontia- Drums Guest * Teresa- Vocals Third song "Southern Women" is missing. Tape is unusable due to tape speed problem caused by an accident in the sound booth.
