Earthquake - Earthquake & Why Don't You Try Me (1971-1972 west coast acid rock - 2003 Acadia edition - Wave)

Earth Quake was born out of the fertile Berkeley high school music scene (as were another of the band's eventual Beserkley labelmates, The Rubinoos). The band's lineup, as heard on both of these albums was John Doukas, Robbie Dunbar (older brother of the Rubinoos' Tommy Dunbar), Stan Miller and Steve Nelson. They honed their late '60s/early '70s rock at countless frat parties and free concerts in Provo Park (the latter being a pivotal venue that hosted numerous free Sunday shows), bridging the divide between late '60s jams, soul/R&B and tighter radio pop. They were equally adept at kicking out 9-minute guitar rockers as they were at catchy 3-minute pop and rock.

Hooking up with Matthew "King" Kaufman as their manager, they landed a deal with A&M and recorded a debut that had been practiced hundreds of times in endless gigs. The result is incredibly tight, both in the playing and singing, but with the sort of casualness born of familiarity. The album's nine tracks, all reproduced faithfully on this CD, show off both the band's chops, and the high quality of A&M's production team. The followup LP expanded slightly on the band's sound, with guests providing keyboards and horns that add a soulful edge (ala The Rascals) to a few cuts, but guitar-rock remained at the core.

The band's later albums on Beserkley are probably better known to most fans, but these two early issues are a great look at the band's original late '60s essence and the turn from the more elastic rock on the San Francisco scene into more concise forms. (By hyperbolium - Earth, USA) 

Tracklist

01. Tumbleweed

02. Distance Between

03. Summer Song

04. Things

05. Guarding You

06. Wind Keeps Blowing

07. Look Out Your Window

08. Blurry Eyes

09. Tickler

10. Bright Lights

11. Light Befre The Blindmans Eyes

12. I Get The Sweetest Feeling

13. Trainride

14. See What My Love Can Do

15. Why Dont You Try Me

16. Riding High On Love

17. Live And Let Live 

Credits

Robbie Dunbar - Guitar, Electric Piano & Vocals

John Doukas - Vocals

Stan Miller - Bass & Vocals

Steve Nelson - Drums & Vocals

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Journey - Charge Of The Light Brigade (Unreleased 1973 Studio Recordings - Flac)

The unfinished album by the original pre - Steve Perry Journey. 13 tracks from the fusion tinged rockers plus 3 live tracks from 
a pre-Journey Schon fusion band known as Birthday.
Includes the title song & more rare unreleased masterpieces.

Journey:
Neal Schon - Guitar
Ross Valory - Bass
Gregg Rolie - Vocals, Keyboards
George Tickner - Guitar
Prairie Prince - Drums

Tracklist:
01 - Mystery Mountain [Studio Mix - Unfinished]
02 - In the Morning Day [Studio Mix - No vocals]
03 - Charge of the Light Brigade?, - [Fusion w-Killer Neal Solos]
04 - unknown instrumental, a nice ballad, kind of in a Jeff Beck/Santana style
05 - To Make Some Music [Studio Mix - no vocals]
06 - In My Lonely Feeling/Conversations [Studio Mix - no vocals]
07 - unknown instrumental
08 - Can You Hear Me?
09 - Kohoutek [Studio Mix - Differs from Released Version]
10 - Unknown Agressive Fusion Track [Schon lights it up]
11 - To Make Some Music [no vocals, Alt Version to track #5]
12 - Unknown Fusion Track
13 - Charge of the Light Brigade? [Alt Version -Faster Tempo]
14 - Concert Cut 1/1/73 Your Little Girl (Neal Schon/Gregg Rollie - Birthday)
15 - Concert Cut 1/1/73 Voodoo Chile (Neal Schon/Gregg Rollie - Birthday)
16 - Concert Cut 1/1/73 Tonight (Neal Schon/Gregg Rollie - Birthday)

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Ray Kennedy - Raymond Louis Kennedy (1970 Us Rock & Soul Rock - Vinyl Rip - Wave)

In 1968 Ray moved from New York to Los Angeles, a year later Ray did a solo album on "United Artist". This album did well and launched his solo career. There were many well known musicians on the album, Bob Mosley on bass from Moby Grape, Jim McCarty guitarist from Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels & Buddy Miles Express, George Suranovich on drums from the group Love, and Duane Hitchings on piano from the Jeff Beck Group. There were many other well known musicians on this album.

Tracklist 
01 - Down On The Farm
02 - She's A Lady
03 - Try Acting Like A Woman
04 - Inside Of Me (There's A Dream)
05 - Something In My Head
06 - Miss Goody Two Shoes
07 - (You Gotta) Know Where You're Going
08 - I Feel A Lot
09 - Bring Back The Old Memories
10 - Sittin' On A Hill

Credits
Ray Kennedy : Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
David Cohen, Jim McCarty, Art Del Judico, Harvey Mandel : Guitar
Bob West, Max Bennett, Bob Mosley : Bass
Dwayne Hitchings, Bill Cuomo : Keyboards
Paul Humphrey, Johnny Raines, George Suranovitch : Drums   

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Pacific Gas And Electric - Starring Charlie Allen (1973 us soul & funk rock - vinyl rip - wave)

The last album of PG&E in 1973, it's more a solo album by Charlie Allen which is in fact the only original member of the group, and is accompanied by many studio musicians. The album moves away from the rock to sound more funk & soul, an area where Charlie Allen's voice is perfect ...

Credits
Charlie Allen : Lead Vocals
Jerry Friedman - Cornell Dupree - Bob Mann - Robert Mann : Guitar
Charlie Brown : Dobro, Guitar
Gordon Edwards - Wilton Felder : Bass
Ernie Hayes : Keyboards, Piano, Piano (Electric)
John Hill : Clavinet, Drums (Steel), Guitar, Handclapping, Keyboards
Jon Stroll : Clavinet, Piano
Allan Schwartzberg : Drums
Phil Bodner - Michael Brecker - Joe Grimm - Arthur Kaplan - Seldon Powell - George Young : Saxophone
Burt Collins - Al DeRisi - Mickey Gravine - Lew Soloff : Brass, Horn
Jim Maden : Tambourine, Vocals
Jimmy Maeulen : Bells, Congas, Shakuhachi, Tabla
Joshie Armstead - J.R. Bailey - Gloria Barley - Shirley Brewer - John Brown - Lou Courtney - Bill Foster - Charlotte Gilbert - Lani Groves - Carl Hall - Delores Harvin - Melvin Kent - Troy Keyes - Sherman Lewis - Jon Lucas - Ron Marshall - Barbara Massey - Ray Pollard - Albertine Robinson - Ray Rollard - Jim Ryan - Manny Seymour - Tasha Thomas - Sammy Turner - Ken Williams : Vocals

Tracklist:
01. Gumbo Jones (Allen, Hill, Michlin) 4:43
02. Roll Georgia (Allen, Hill, Michlin) 5:16
03. Somebody You Love (Dino, Sembello) 2:49
04. Hold On (Allen, Hill, Michlin) 2:59
05. Dancin' in the Fire (Allen, Hill, Michlin) 4:49
06. Good Gospel Music (Allen, Hill, Michlin) 5:44
07. Hear the Trumpets Calling (Allen, Hill) 2:46
08. Some Kind of Feelin' (Allen, Hill, Michlin) 4:43
09. I Got a Thing About You, Baby (White) 2:37
10. Sunshine Embrace (Allen) 2:53
11. Niggers in the Woods (Allen, Hill, Michlin) 2:03

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Amish - Amish (1972 Canadian Hard Rock Prog - 2007 Reissue - Wave)

Formed in 1970, Galt, Ontario Formed in 1970 from the remnants of the R & B cover band FJ And The Impressions which included bassist Mike Gingrich and organ player Ron Baumtrog. 
Amish started out playing cover versions of McKenna-Mendelson Mainline, The Modern Rock Quartet, The Doors and James Gang songs.

Amish is a Progressive / Hard Rock band, formed in Galt, Ontario, Canada, in 1970.
They released self-titled album in 1972. album originally released on the label (Sussex/Buddah) SXBS-7016 [1000 copies only press] produced by Mike Theodore & Dennis Coffey 
“Amish, a sect of people whose love for the natural life has kept them perennially old-fashioned, far from the destructive energies of progress and industry. A life without electricity or automobiles, in harmony with the land.
A community of Amish people has grown up in Galt. And when five young musicians were looking for a name that would reflect their admiration and respect for simplicity and a natural way of life they had to look no farther than their neighbours.
Amish … new music. Natural music.”
The band's manager, Bill Gefross, brought them to the attention of US label Sussex Records where Motown producer Dennis Coffey and Mike Theodore, both staff producers for Sussex, took the band into GM Studios in East Detroit to record. Guitarist Botts was a draft dodger from the Viet Nam War and couldn't return to the United States to record so session guitarist Joe Gutz performed on the album instead.
Their self-titled album was distributed through Buddah Records in 1972. The album contains a remake of Traffic's "Dear Mr. Fantasy". The original song "Down The Road" was intended as a 7" release with the non-LP track "Upon My Leavin'", but the label never issued it. 
After the album;s release, and a possible US tour, Amish merged with another Preston-Galt area band called Oasis and guitarist Bob Norris replaced Botts while drummer Kim Neil replaced Byrne. 
Following the recording of a second album, but not released, Baumtrog left and Gery Mertz was brought in on keyboards. The band carried on for a couple of years, even as a 4-piece after the departure of Mertz. 
Baumtrog is the Health & Safety Co-ordinator for Metokote Canada in Cambridge, Ontario; Mike Gingrich would play with Nightwinds in the late 1970s, Klaatu's touring bassist from November 1981 until August 1982, The Headpins in 1983 and Holly Woods And Toronto in 1984; Doug Stagg passed away in 1999. (By Adamus67 - Many Thanks)

Tracklist

1.Sad Girl

2.Black Lace Woman
3.Wise Man
4.Help Me
5.I Don
6.Dear Mr. Fantasy
7.The Sea
8.Down The Road

Credits
Ron Baumtrog - Keyboards
Jack Byrne - Drums
Mike Gingrich - Bass
Doug Stagg - Vocals
Joe Gutz - Guitar (Replace Jack Botts on the album)
Jack Botts - Guitar (Not playing on the album)

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Barry Melton - The Fish (1975 us rock with bonus tracks - vinyl rip - wave)

Solo album by Barry Melton recorded at Rockfield Studios in 1975 with Welsh musicians .

It's a vinyl rip with 10 bonus track from unreleased album of 1974. Enjoy !!!

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01- Long Way

02- Stranger

03- Jessie James

04- Could You Drive Forever ?

05- Mountains In Dreamland

06- Speed Racer

07- Babylon

08- Karma

09- Harbinger

10- Looking For A World

11- Marshmellow Road

12- Ice Cream Man

13- California Seacost

Bonus Tracks From Unreleased Album 1974

14- Jesse James

15- Mountains In Dreamland

16- Looking For A World

17- Babylon

18- Love Is A Mystery

19- Harbinger

20- Sunshine

21- Stranger

22- Karma

23- Could You Drive Forever

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David Charles - Drums

Tommy Eyre - Keyboards

Ray Martinez - Rhythm & Slide Guitar

Barry Melton - Lead Guitar & Vocals

Ken Whaley - Bass

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Agnes Strange - Theme For a Dream (1972-1974 uk hard rock and hard blues with 07 tracks unreleased before - Wave)

Sometimes, albums become far more interesting because of their back story. Case in point: Agnes Strange. This heavy trio from Southampton, England, led by singer-guitarist John Westwood, somehow didn't make a splash on the early '70s boogie circuit despite their obvious similarities to beloved acts like the Groundhogs, Budgie and the almighty Status Quo.
 Despite some heavy names in their corner, including management company DJM (led by Dick James, who had made a mint off the Beatles' publishing) and A&R folks at Pye Records, some bad luck and inexplicable business decisions led them off course.
 Foremost among these was a fundamental misunderstanding of the term "pub rock," which led Pye to release Strange Flavour on a one-off label called Birdsnest, which was affiliated with a chain of theme pubs of the same name, owned by the beer manufacturer Watney's.
 The existing heavy rock audience at the time reacted much as straight-edge punks would if McDonald's and Sony BMG joined forced to release a hardcore album available only at fast food restaurants, and Strange Flavour disappeared without trace, as did Agnes Strange.
 Funny thing, though: it turns out that Strange Flavour is actually pretty good.
 Produced by Dave Travis, whose remarkably cheesy country albums from the '60s are much beloved by Anglo-kitsch collectors, and engineered by Colin Thurston, who was about a half decade away from his heyday as a name post-punk and new romantic producer, this album is comfortably pitched between the old and the new, or at least the new iterations of the old.
 Agnes Strange an interesting listen for rock obscurantists and old boogie fans alike. This reissue features remastered sound and seven tracks never released before (Stewart Mason )

Tracklisting:
Unreleased Masters (1974):
01.Theme for a Dream - 2:23
02.Messin' Around - 4:58
03.Graveyard - 5:19
04.Rockin' in 'e' - 4:39
05.Dust in the Sunlight - 3:50
06.The Day Dreamer - 3:49
07.Book With No Cover - 5:54

Original Demos (1972):
08.Failure - 5:51
09.Motorway Rebel - 3:46
10.Children of the Absurd - 7:17
11.Clever Fool - 3:31
12.Strange Flavour - 4:15
13.Odd Man Out - 3:45
14.Highway Blues - 9:41

Agnes Strange:
John Westwood: lead guitar & vocals
Alan Green: bass & vocals
Dave Rodwell: drums & vocals

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Legends From The Bay - Vol 1 - Featuring John Cipollina, Barry Melton, Jerry Garcia, Terry Dolan & Many Others....(Wave)

A collection of rarities with John Cipollina in almost all tracks (Vinyl rip)

Enjoy !!!

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Ten Years After - Fillmore Auditorium San Francisco - June 28Th 1968 - SB (Flac)

IN MEMORY OF ALVIN LEE  

Here's another of my all-time fave TYA shows, and hopefully - and most likely - a major upgrade to what most fans have; I got my source tape in a trade sometime in the late 90's from my low generation god Larry Clark - thanx again for this, Larry!
TYA arrived on June 13, 1968 in America to begin a seven week US tour, their first of not less than reputedly 28 until their farewell tour in 1975.
They had recorded their May 14, 1968 Klook's Kleek Railway Hotel show and released parts of it in August as their second album "Undead" in order to have a fresh product to promote during their tour - even nowaydays promoters usually demand a new album for touring.
This show here is one of their very first dates, and their first at Bill Graham's Fillmore Auditorium. As it turned out, this was the last weekend of the original Fillmore before  Bill moved his venue to the much larger Carousel Ballroom the next weekend (on which TYA also played!), now renamed Fillmore West; since Bill had opened his Fillmore East in March 1968 in NYC, the renaming had become necessary.
TYA's two sets differ nicely from the original UNDEAD set: you get the  - AFASIK - only known recorded live rendition of "I WANT TO KNOW" from their first album plus the almost equally rarely played traditional version of "I WOKE UP THIS MORNING" (i.e. not the "Sssssh!", variation). Exactly these two numbers were left off the floating-around bootleg CD that was made from a higher gen. copy of this tape. Funnily BTW, Wolfgang's Vault used that CD for their upload although one would imagine they had access to better and more complete versions in their ...well, vaults. 
Like on the boot CD, my source tape started off with HELP Me which is nonsense and I put at the end of the second set where it belongs. This had been their closing number until they developed I'M GOING HOME as their anthem and show stopper; at that point in their career, ROCK YOUR MAMA was the standard opener and proposed next single (which was shelved). It seems someone early in the copy line placed it at the start to make the two shows fit on the two sides of a C 90 cassette. It is safe to assume TYA also did I'M GOING HOME to end their 2nd set but it is missing from both my tape and the boot CD. 
It's real nice to hear TYA doing such a variety of still fresh numbers many of which would disappear from their set for good soon after.
Enjoy early, raunchy, jazzy, bluesy, rocking, jamming TYA! (Th:-)mas)

CD 1
First set:
01- Rock Your Mama
02- Spoonful
03- I May Be Wrong, But I Won't Be Wrong Always
04- No Title
05- Summertime - Drum Solo
06- I Woke Up This Morning

CD 2
Second set:
01- I Want To Know
02- Spider In My Web
03- Crossroads
04- Woodchoppers Ball
05- Help Me

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