The Merseybeats - The Merseybeats A's B's & EP(1963 - 1965)

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by Bruce Eder & Richie Unterberger
The Merseybeats were one of the better quartets to come out of the British Invasion without ever making a dent on the charts in the United States — along with the Roulettes, the Chants, and the Undertakers, they represent an undeservedly lost chapter in early-'60s British rock & roll. Although they enjoyed a little less than a year of serious chart success, the Merseybeats were unable to pull together the various facets of their sound into a cohesive, coherent whole in the manner of the Beatles or the Hollies, and into something lasting, in part because of a lack of original songwriting ability in their ranks. The group's roots go back to the early '60s in Liverpool, and a band originally known as "the Mavericks," comprised ... Read More...
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CD: The Merseybeats - The Merseybeats A's B's & EP's

01- It's Love That Really Counts (Aug 1963)(Ep)
01. It's Love That Really Counts [0:02:05.53]
02. Fortune Teller [0:02:07.13]

02- I Think Of You (Dec 1963)(Ep)
03. I Think Of You [0:02:31.62]
04. Mister Moonlight [0:02:07.31]

03- Really Mystified (Apr 1964)(Ep)
05. Don't Turn Around [0:02:19.20]
06. Really Mystified [0:02:05.08]

04- Milkman (Jun 1964)(Ep)
07. Wishin' And Hopin' [0:02:36.17]
08. Milkman [0:01:58.45]

05- On Stage (Jul 1964)(Ep)
09. Long Tall Sally [0:02:08.14]
10. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry [0:02:12.30]
11. Shame [0:02:28.15]
12. You Can't Gudge A Book By Its Cover [0:01:58.65]

06- The Merseybeats (Jul 1964)
13. Hello, Young Lovers [0:02:07.60]
14. He Will Break Your Heart [0:03:05.59]
15. Funny Face [0:02:27.33]
16. Girl That I Marry [0:02:04.11]
17. Fools Like Me [0:02:55.04]
18. My Heart And I [0:01:54.16]
19. Bring It On Home To Me [0:02:28.31]
20. Lavender Blue [0:02:06.70]
21. Jumpin' Jonah [0:02:14.62]

07- Nur Du Allein (1964)(Ep)
22. Nur Unsere Liebe Zahit [0:02:00.13]
23. Nur Du Allein [0:02:28.05]

08- Last Night (Oct 1964)(Ep)
24. Last Night [0:02:11.50]
25. Send Me Back [0:02:08.36]

09- Long Long Time (May 1965)(Ep)
26. Don't Let It Happen To Us [0:02:09.71]
27. It Would Take A Long Long Time [0:02:05.10]

10- Good Good Lovin' (Sep 1965)
28. I Love You Yes I Do [0:02:28.50]
29. Good Good Lovin' [0:02:15.69]11- All My Life (Dec 1965)(Ep)
30. I Stand Accused [0:02:49.43]
31. All My Life [0:02:27.20]
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The Untamed youth - Some kinda fun

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Surf, Garage Rock, Rock & Roll

Untamed Youth :

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Doug Walker: organ (1987)

Chris Fletcher: organ (1987-1988)

Joel "Jet" Trueblood: drums (1987, 1990, 1995-2003)

Randy Ayeling: drums (1987)

Steve Rager: organ (1988-1990)

F. Clarke Martty: drums (1988-1989)

Ron Silva: drums (1990)

Bobby Lloyd Hicks: drums (1990)

Bobby Tremble: drums (1991)

Dave Stuckey: drums (1991-1993)

Gregg Hunt: organ (1991-1992)

Danny McGough: organ (1992)

Trent Ruane: organ (1992-1992)

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Long before Derek (nee Deke) Dickerson became a virtuosic twangy roots music figure (in such outfits as the Dave & Deke Combo and on various roots and rockabilly country solo records), he was the musical force behind the unabashed frat rock revivalist quartet the Untamed Youth. Some Kinda Fun, the Untamed Youth's debut LP, is a note-perfect time-travel machine to the days between the reign of surf and psychedelia (which makes sort of revisionist history sense when you consider that the Untamed Youth came from Missouri). Drenched in reverb and riding along on a tide of Farfisa organ and Pabst Blue Ribbon, the Untamed Youth reveled in the simple pleasures of girls 'n' hot rods (granted, not the most inventive ground) with a fidelity to the spirit and letter of the source material some 25 years down the line that, even if you can't get next to the retro factor, is admirable. Of course, NYC's Norton Records label specializes in just this kind of atavistic pleasure and the Untamed Youth were the prize young 'uns among Norton's stable of wild and wacky, thankfully not forgotten recording artists such as Hasil Adkins, King Usneiwicz, and the Flat Duo Jets. With Some Kinda Fun you get the whole package — from liner notes by "Bugger Waller" of "K-ROD Radio" to photos of the boys hanging out, Nuggets-style, in repose next to a hearse next to a barn in Middle America. But all this clever packaging would just be pretentious if the music wasn't so darned hot. Dickerson rides the reverb, expertly picking his twangy way around the aforementioned Farfisa, both of which ride over Steve Mace's bouncing, boundlessly energetic basslines and F. Clarke Marty's fill-happy surf and stomp beat parade. Better still — and unlike many retro-obsessed groups of beer-loving young men parading around the garage rock circuit — you believe Dickerson when he says "I wanna girl and a hot rod" or when he extols the virtues of his "antique '32 Studebaker hearse." From surf to turf, the Untamed Youth take a trip down a musical memory lane by refusing to believe that the past is gone and things aren't so simple. And for 31 minutes and 43 seconds you believe 'em.

http://www.grunnenrocks.nl/bands/u/untamedy.htm

http://www.littlecrackedegg.com/issue01/youth/youth.html

http://www.discogs.com/release/1176554

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The Untamed youth-Some kinda fun (1989) !!!

Surf, Garage Rock, Rock & Roll

Tracklisting:
A1 Some Kinda Fun (1:53)

A2 You've Got To Understand (2:21)

A3 Laughin' Linda (2:01)

A4 Pabst Blue Ribbon (2:32)

A5 Beer Bust Blues (3:13)

A6 Girl And A Hot Rod (2:06)

A7 She's So Satisfying (2:56)

B1 Antique '32 Studebaker Dictator Coupe (1:45)

B2 Surfin' Hearse (1:53)

B3 One Pine Box (1:43)

B4 California Bound (2:00)

B5 I'm Going Away (2:24)

B6 Haulin' Honda (2:15)

B7 Go Go Ferrari (2:31)

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The Standells - (Riot On Sunset Strip-Rarities)

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The Standells -Riot on Sunset Strip/RaritiesReleased: 2004

Tracks:
1. Riot On Sunset2. Sunset Sally - The Mugumps3. The Sunset Theme - The Sidewalk Sounds4. Old Country - Debra Travis5. Don't Need Your Lovin' - The Chocolate Watchband6. Children Of The Night - The Mom's Boys7. Make The Music Pretty - The Sidewalk Sounds8. Get Away From Here9. Like My Baby - Drew10. Sitting There Standing - The Chocolate Watchband11. Love Me12. Batman13. Our Candidate14. The Boy Who Is Lost15. It's All In Your Mind16. School Girl17. I Hate To Leave You18. Looking At Tomorrow19. Dont, Say Nothing At All20. Try It21. Rari
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The Standells – In Person at PJ's (1964)

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The Standells – Recorded live at PJ's San Francisco USA 1964 !!!!!!

1. Help Yourself2. So Fine3. You Can't Do That4. What Have I Got of My Own5. Money (That's What I Want)6. I'll Go Crazy7. Bony Moronie8. Ooh Poo Pah Doo9. Linda Lu10. Louie, Louie
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The Standells 'Hot Hits & Hot Ones'

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Biography:
Formed: 1962 in Los AngelesDisbanded: 1983Genre: RockActive: '60s, '90sMajor Members: Tony Valentino, Larry Tamblyn, Dick Dodd, Gary Lane

The Standells made number 11 in 1966 with "Dirty Water," an archetypal garage rock hit with its Stonesish riff, lecherous vocal, and combination of raunchy guitar and organ. While they never again reached the Top Forty, they cut a number of strong, similar tunes in the 1966-67 era that have belated been recognized as '60s punk classics. "Garage rock" may not have been a really accurate term for them in the first place, as the production on their best material was full and polished, with some imaginative touches of period psychedelia and pop. The Los Angeles band were actually hardly typical of the young suburban outfits across America who took their raw garage sound onto obscure singles recorded in small studios. They'd been playing L.A. ... Read More...

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1 Dirty Water Cobb 2:47 2 Rari Cobb 3:22 3 Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White Cobb 2:46 4 Medication Alton, DeTosti 2:27 5 There Is a Storm Comin' Cobb 2:44 6 19th Nervous Breakdown Jagger, Richards 3:57 7 Why Did You Hurt Me? Dodd, Valentino 2:29 8 Why Pick on Me Cobb 3:06 9 Paint It Black Jagger, Richards 3:14 10 Black Hearted Woman Houle 2:46 11 Mainline Chellis, Huntress 2:09 12 Mr. Nobody Tamblyn 2:39 13 Wild Thing Taylor 4:05 14 Riot on Sunset Strip Fleck, Valentino 2:25 15 Try It Levine 2:53 16 Barracuda Cobb 3:09 17 Poor Shell of a Man Dodd 2:49 18 Can't Help but Love You Bennett, McElroy 2:53 19 Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do) Cropper, Floyd, Pickett 4:09 20 Animal Girl Moore 3:08 21 Soul Drippin'

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Review by John Bush

No one's confusing it with Hot Rocks, but this Big Beat collection is the biggest, best yet available on the Standells, beginning with the A-side of their 1965 breakout "Dirty Water" and ending 20 songs later with the B-side of their final original single. Along with a copious band biography in the liner notes, Hot Hits & Hot Ones also boasts a few better tracks than any other CD-era compilation, including additions like a faithful cover of "19th Nervous Breakdown," "There Is a Storm Comin'," and the surprisingly soulful "Animal Girl" (the A-side of their parting shot). Of course, a Standells compilation just wouldn't be right without sullen classics like "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White," "Riot on Sunset Strip," "Why Did You Hurt Me?," and "Mainline."

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Original The Standells- Hot Ones (1966)

The Four Pennies- Best Of

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The Four Pennies started out as the Lionel Morton Four, taking their name from their singer, who had served as a choir boy in a cathedral in his hometown of Blackburn, Lancashire, England, during his youth. The band — not to be confused with the stateside recording artists of the same name — also included Stoke-on-Trent native Mike Wilsh on piano, Oldham's Fritz Fryer on lead guitar, and Alan Buck of Brierfield on drums. Morton, in addition to singing, played the rhythm guitar. Buck, before coming to the group, had belonged to groups led by Joe Brown and Johnny Kidd. The band found their greatest success with ballads like "Juliet," which knocked the Searchers... Read More...
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Line-up:
Lionel Morton (lead vocals, rhythm guitar),
Fritz Fryer (vocals, guitar),
Mike Wilsh (vocals, bass) and Alan Buck (drums).

After the group disbanded, Lionel Morton maintained a public profile of sorts (at least for a while) by marrying actress Julia Foster, by presenting the BBC children's TV show Playschool and by performing in local productions of musicals such as Hair, Owl and the Pussycat, Jesus Christ Superstar and West Side Story. Despite all this, I don't think the name Lionel Morton would register with many people these days.People think of the Four Pennies as a one-hit wonder. With six hits, four of which made the UK top twenty, they were more than that, so if you are a committed fan of sixties music, give them a listen. But if you only want Juliet, that song appears regularly on British various artist compilations of sixties music.
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01 - Juliet.02 - Tell Me Girl.03 - Miss Bad Daddy.04 - Love's Journey.05 - If You Love Me.06 - Do You Want Me To Go.07 - The Way Of Love.08 - Trouble Is My Middle Name.09 - Maracabamba.10 - All My Sorrows.11 - Someday Soon.12 - Wild Goose.13 - Let It Be Me.14 - Da Doo Ron Ron.15 - Claudette.16 - You Went Away.17 - Pony Time.18 - Come To Me.19 - Why Do You Cry.20 - San Francisco Bay.21 - She Didn't Say Yes.22 - Iko Iko.23 - Way Out Love.24 - Square Peg.25 - I Found Out The Hard Way.26 - It Is No Secret.27 - Sweeter Than You.
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V.A.-100 Hits Dancing Party Of The 60's

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РМГ Рекордз

RMG Records

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100 brilliant hits dance evening party 60-х years.

Performs :

Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Bee Gees, Tom Jones, Little Richard, Stevie Wonder, Cliff Richard, Chubby Checker, Wanda Jackson, The Everly Brothers, The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Beach Boys, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Johnny Kid & The Pirates, Little Eva, Moody Blues, Kenny Chandler, The Mystics, Eddie Hodges, Joey Dee & The Starliters, Randy & The Rainbows, Beryl Marsden Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Bee Gees, Tom Jones, Little Richard, Stevie Wonder, Cliff Richard, Chubby Checker, Wanda Jackson, The Everly Brothers, The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Beach Boys, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Johnny Kid & The Pirates, Little Eva, Moody Blues, Kenny Chandler, The Mystics, Eddie Hodges, Joey Dee & The Starliters, Randy & The Rainbows, Beryl Marsden and others.

Tracklist:

001-Chubby Checker - Dancin' Party002-Lesley Gore - It's My Party003-Bee Gees - Three Kisses Of Love004-Elvis Presley - Dirty Dirty Feeling005-Dickie Pride - Betty Betty (Go Steady With Me)006-Bob Marley - Thank You Lord007-The Chordettes - Pink Shoe Laces008-Brian Hyland - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka...009-The Chiffons - He's So Fine010-Neil Sedaka - Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen011-Chuck Berry - You Never Can Tell (C'est La Vie)012-Art Neville - Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie...013-Bernadette Carroll - Party Girl014-The Beatles - Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby015-Wanda Jackson - (Let's Have A) Party016-Johnny Kid & The Pirates - Magic Of Love017-Dion - Lovers Who Wander018-Tom Jones - Bama Lama, Bama Loo (Live)019-Little Eva - The Loco-Motion020-Stevie Wonder - I Call It Pretty Music, But The Old P...021-The Chiffons - One Fine Day022-The Mystics - A Sunday Kind Of Love023-Eddie Hodges - Bandit Of My Dreams024-Elvis Presley - Ain't That Loving You Baby025-Gerry & The Pacemakers - Maybelline026-The Everly Brothers - When Will I Be Loved027-The Pirates - My Babe028-The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand029-Little Richard - Bama Lama, Bama Loo030-Rosie & The Originals - Angel Baby031-The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe032-The Kingsmen - Louie, Louie069-Joey Dee & The Starliters - What Kind Of Love Is This033-Moody Blues - Time Is On My Side034-Randy & The Rainbows - Denise035-Showaddywaddy - Come On Let's Go036-Stevie Wonder (duet voice Levi Stubbs) - Teach Me Ton...037-The Beatles - Long Tall Sally038-The Hollies - (Ain't That) Just Like Me039-The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie040-Dion - Lonely Teenager041-Johnny Kid & The Pirates - Whole Lotta Woman042-Moody Blues - And My Baby's Gone043-Kenny Chandler - Heart044-The Hollies - Hey What's Wrong With Me045-Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely (Know How I Feel)046-Johnny Tillotson - I Got A Feeling047-The Swinging Blue Jeans - Tutti Frutti048-The Beatles - Twist And Shout049-Trini Lopez - La Bamba050-Dion - Little Star051-Elvis Presley - I Gotta Know052-Johnny Kid & The Pirates - More Of The Same053-Stevie Wonder - Music Talk054-B.Bumble & The Stingers - Nutrocker055-Diana Ross - Where Did Our Love Go056-Cliff Richard - I Could Easily Fall (In Love With You)057-Tawny Reed - I Got A Feeling058-Stevie Wonder - Contract On Love059-The Fourmost - Girls, Girls, Girls060-The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There061-Elvis Presley - Stuck On You062-Cliff Richard - Do You Wanna Dance063-Johnny Tillotson - Poetry In Motion064-Tom Jones - Chills And Fever065-Beryl Marsden - Break-A-Way066-Chubby Chacker - (Let's To) The Twist067-Dean & Jean - Please Don't Tell Me Now068-Elvis Presley - Slowly But Surely070-Showaddywaddy - Under The Moon Of Love071-The Beach Boys - Do You Wanna Dance072-The Hollies - Stay073-Jan & Dean - Surfin' USA074-Dion - The Wanderer075-Johnny Kid & The Pirates - Let's Talk About Us076-Tom Jones - Little By Little077-Elvis Presley - Night Life078-Dean & Jean - Tra La La La Suzy079-Gerry & The Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone080-The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari081-The Hollies - We're Through082-The Beatles - Rock And Roll Music083-Elvis Presley - The Girl Of My Best Friend084-Harley Quinne - New Orleans085-Tom Jones - Shake086-Paul Anka - Diana087-Dion - Run Around Sue088-Del Shannon - Hey Baby089-The Chiffons - My Boyfriend's Back090-Showaddywaddy - When091-Elvis Presley - Carny Town092-The Chiffons - Will You Love Me Tomorrow093-Stevie Wonder - High Heel Sneakers (Live)094-Tom Jones - Lucille (Live)095-Young Jessie - Mary Lou096-The Four Pennies - My Block097-Stevie Wonder - Hey Harmonica Man098-The Beatles - Love Me Do099-Tom Jones - What A Party100-Rolling Stones - Let's Spend The Night Together

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Randy & The Radiants - Memphis Beat (1964-66)

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Randy and the Radiants - official site and many photos

Thanks , Randy Haspel !!!

Randy Haspel was a 16-year-old kid whose band the Radiants played dances and frat parties in Memphis, TN when one day, a fan at a show offered to introduce the band to his father. The fan was Knox Phillips, and his father, Sam Phillips, happened to run Sun Records, the legendary independent label that gave the world Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and many other trailblazing acts. Randy & the Radiants recorded for Sun during the label's waning days in the mid-'60s, with Sam Phillips producing most of their sessions, and Memphis Beat, which collects two dozen of the band's Sun sides, documents a curious time and place where the influences of the British Invasion and the garage rock explosion were being felt at the house that rockabilly built. On record, Randy & the Radiants sounded significantly tighter and more professional than the average teenage band of the era, and they had an outstanding songwriter in guitarist Bob Simon, though Phillips occasionally prodded them to cover the likes of "Boppin' the Blues" and "Blue Suede Shoes," and they also tackled a few blues numbers and British Invasion hits. Haspel and his bandmates had a strong knack for harmonies, and there are moments on Memphis Beat where the Radiants sound like the lost middle ground between blue-eyed soul and the Hollies, but oddly enough Phillips' production, for which the band is best remembered today, doesn't often suit the band especially well, making them sound looser and less disciplined than they really were and sometimes making the group vocals sound mushy. Still, as a document of Memphis' Anglophile underground in its infancy, this is fascinating stuff, and the best tunes — the local hits "My Way of Thinking" and "Truth from My Eyes" — suggest they could have matured into one of the great bands of the garage era if college and the draft hadn't stalled their progress in 1966.

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1 My Way of Thinking Weiss 2:37 2 Nobody Walks out on Me [Version 2] Simon 2:18 3 Be Good While I'm Gone Simon 1:37 4 Truth from My Eyes Simon 2:24 5 You Are the One Unobsky, Weiss 2:23 6 Peek-A-Boo Simon 2:08 7 Boppin' the Blues Griffin, Perkins 2:03 8 To Seek and Then Find Simon 2:26 9 Grow Up Little Girl Monasco 2:20 10 Lucille Collins, Penniman 2:57 11 I Won't Ask Why [Version 1] Simon 2:29 12 True and Sweet Simon 2:27 13 Glad All Over Clark, Smith 2:39 14 Hope We Meet Next Summer Weiss 2:23 15 Money (That's What I Want) Bradford, Gordy 3:24 16 Blue Suede Shoes Perkins 2:04 17 The Mountain's High StJohn 2:38 18 You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover Dixon 2:38 19 Dedicated to the One I Love Bass, Pauling 3:25 20 Walk Softly Simon 1:37 21 Nobody Walks out on Me [Version 1] Simon 2:06 22 I Won't Ask Why [Version 2] Simon 2:11 23 A Love of the Past Simon 2:21 24 Turn on Your Lovelight Malone, Scott 3:07

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The Yardbirds - Birdland (2003)

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When this came out in 2003, it marked the first studio release by the Yardbirds in 35 years. In that time, of course, the personnel had changed quite a bit. Even those inclined to get excited by reunions of great bands should know right off that it includes just two original members, drummer Jim McCarty and rhythm guitarist Chris Dreja (though Jeff Beck plays guest guitar on one number, "My Blind Life"). Rounded out by three "new" members (including bassist John Idan, whose lead singing sounds fairly close to original Yardbirds vocalist Keith Relf in style and tone), the record also features guest lead guitar cameos by Jeff Baxter, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, and Brian May, with Johnny Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls singing lead on "For Your Love." The instinct is to make cruel, sardonic jokes about how the absence of Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and (for the most part) Jeff Beck doesn't matter, as guitarists were always the weak links in the Yardbirds anyway. Yes, the non-presence of these fabled guitar heroes, as well as Relf (who died in 1976), does mean that this can't be compared in any way to the group's classic 1960s output, even if it's billed to the Yardbirds' name. For all that, however, this is a lot better than you'd expect, and certainly far more respectable than most reunion/comeback efforts by decimated lineups of classic outfits. The production is straight-ahead without the usual sellouts to modern technology, putting the sleek guitar work to the fore. Half the record has remakes of old Yardbirds staples like "For Your Love," "Shapes of Things," and "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago," but they're not done badly, though you feel as though you're listening to a really good Yardbirds tribute band rather than the real deal. The original material, though not as good as those old Yardbirds tunes, actually sounds — whether as a result of conscious or unconscious effort — in the Yardbirds style, with plenty of irregular tempos, minor-keyed melodies, metaphysically questing lyrics, and Gregorian vocals (as on the Relf tribute "An Original Man (A Song for Keith)"). ~ by Richie Unterberger

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Artistlist:
Jim McCarty - drums

Chris Dreja - rhythm guitar

Gypie Mayo - lead guitar

John Idan - vocal/bass

Man Glen - harmonica

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Jeff Baxter - Guest Appearance (track 3)

Jeff Beck - Mixing, Guest Appearance (9)

Steve Lukather - Guest Appearance (14)

Johnny Rzeznik - Guest Appearance (4)

Joe Satriani - Guest Appearance (6)

Steve Vai - Guest Appearance (8)

Brian May - Guest Appearance (11)

Slash - Guest Appearance (10)

Martin Ditchhum - plays percussion on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13, and 15

Simon McCarty - plays percussion on track 9

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Tracks:

01. I'm Not Talking (2:45)02. Crying Out For Love (4:37)03. The Nazz Are Blue (3:12)04. For Your Love (3:21)05. Please Don't Tell Me 'bout The News (3:59)06. Train Kept A Rollin' (3:38)07. Mr Sabotuer (4:55)08. Shapes Of Things (2:38)09. My Blind Life (3:33)10. Over Under Sideways Down (3:16)11. Mr You're A Better Man Than I (3:24)12. Mystery Of Being (4:07)13. Dream Within A Dream (4:44)14. Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (3:23)15. An Original Man (A Song For Keith) (5:20)

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Beat Merchants V.A. British Beat Groups

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Label : V.J.\Year Published :1976CD: Various - Beat Merchants V.A. British Beat Groups (Disc 1)01. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders / I'm A Roadrunner [0:02:21.64]02. The Zephyrs / I Can Tell [0:02:43.09]03. Pete MacClaine & The Clan / Yes I Do [0:01:55.45]04. Tony Rivers & The Castaways / Shake Shake Shake [0:01:54.12]05. The Escorts / All I Want Is You [0:01:48.19]06. Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers / You Really Got A Hold On Me [0:02:34.06]07. The Cresters / I Just Don't Understand [0:02:06.33]08. Gerry Levene & The Avengers / Dr Feelgood [0:02:17.45]09. The Paramounts / Poison Ivy [0:02:08.01]10. Dave Curtiss & The Tremors / Summertime Blues [0:02:08.73]11. The Big Three / What'd I Say [0:03:41.45]12. The Pirates / My Babe [0:02:43.71]13. The Soul Agents / Let's Make It Pretty Baby [0:02:08.06]14. Faron's Flamingos / See If She Cares [0:02:05.71]15. The Country Gentlemen / Baby Jean [0:01:40.16]16. Mike Sheridan & The Nightriders / No Other Guy [0:02:02.72]17. The Marauders / That's What I Want [0:02:18.07]18. The Sheffields / Got My Mojo Working [0:02:33.38]19. Pat Wayne & The Beachcombers / Roll Over Beethoven [0:02:56.21]20. Bern Elliot & The Fenmen / Money [0:02:26.46]21. The Beat Merchants / Pretty Face [0:01:53.05]22. The Searchers / Sick And Tired [0:02:48.60]CD: Various - Beat Merchants V.A. British Beat Groups (Disc 2)01. The Others / Oh Yeah [0:02:52.06]02. The Downliners Sect / Baby What's Wrong [0:02:59.74]03. The Farinas / I Like It Like That [0:01:57.24]04. Mickey Finn & The Blue Men / I Still Want You [0:02:20.08]05. Blues By Five / Boom Boom [0:02:19.02]06. Jimmy Powell & The Five Dimensions / I'm Lookin' For A Woman [0:02:19.00]07. The Four Just Men / Things Will Never Be The Same [0:01:47.47]08. Brian Howard & The Silhouettes / Back In The USA [0:02:15.36]
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Santa Barbara Machine Head - Singles (1967)

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Jon Lord

Art's brother

Ronnie Wood

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To look at the line-up of Santa Barbara Machine Head, one would think that it was a super-group, but for the fact that its members hadn't yet done the things that made them famous, much less "super." It's also no accident that Santa Barbara Machine Head incorporates a name that was to become important in the history of Deep Purple-apart from future Faces-Rolling Stone member Ron Wood, Twink (aka John Alder), who later joined Tomorrow and the Pretty Things, and the Creation's Kim Gardener, the band's line-up included Jon Lord, somewhere between the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and a brief touring stint with The Flowerpot Men, enroute to Roundabout, the group whence he would meet Ritchie Blackmore and company.
Santa Barbara Machine Head, organized in 1967, played electric blues rather than proto heavy-metal, and only ever recorded three tracks, "Porcupine Juice, " "Albert, " and "Rubber Monkey, " all under the auspices of Andrew "Loog" Oldham's newly-formed Immediate Records. They might've lasted longer but for the fact that each of them-but especially Jon Lord-had bigger fish to fry in other genres and musical settings. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

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Tracklist:1. Porcupine Juice (3.15)

2. Albert (3.21)

3. Rubber Monkey (2.39)

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The Old Man &The Sea - The Old Man & The Sea (1972) Danmark

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Benny Stanley (guitar)

Knud Lindhard (bass)

Tommy Hansen (organ)

Ole Wedel (vocals)

Lars "Bekse" Thygesen (drums)

This group hailed from Jutland. They started in the end of 60-ties as Den Gamle Mand og Havet (Danish name of “The Old Man And The Sea”) playing cover versions of songs of The Nice, Procol Harum, The Cream etc. Later they changed the name for its English equivalent. In 1972 recorded one of the best albums in Denmark – symphonic progressive rock with strong organ and heavy rock tendencies. This album became soon a cult record. Unfortunately, the band, as many others, couldn’t get the breakthrough and disbanded.This band just made one sole hard-prog-rock album back in the era where Denmark had a lively prog scene (bands like Burnin'Red Ivanhoe, Coronaria Dans, Secret Oyster, ACHE and many more). They took their name from the Old Tale (seems to be quite popular one around the Baltic Sea) and made their album based on that. All of the songs on the album has been awarded an icon image of this tale on the booklet of the CD. The songs are definitely hard rock with a predominent guitar but KB are also quite present . We are also gratified of a few flute interventions. The vocals are in English and quite apt. The Monk Song is the highlight and cut into two section with the first part showing all of the possibilities of the band. All in all , with this album, we are hovering around Zeppelin, Purple , Heep, Rooster and a few more bands of the genre but this album is far from derivative of those cited here.

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1. Living Dead (7:51)2. Princess (6:02)3. Jingoism (6:54)4. Prelude (1:12)5. The Monk Song 1 (5:54)6. The Monk Song 2 (3:36)7. Going Blind (10:31)

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Werwolf - Creation (1982)

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Rare Earth - The Very Best Of

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Biographyby Gary Hill
Rare Earth began as an R&B band called the Sunliners in Detroit in 1961. Of the musicians who would be part of the band dubbed Rare Earth, only sax player Gil Bridges and drummer Pete Rivera were present. John Parrish joined on bass in 1962. Rod Richards became a guitarist with the group in 1966. Keyboardist Kenny James came into the fold the same year. After years of doing the club circuit, the group changed their name to Rare Earth and released Dreams/Answers on Verve. The album received little reaction and the group was picked up by Motown Records as the first act on their yet-to-be-named new label. Rare Earth suggested to Motown that the label name their new subsidiary after ... Read More...

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1. Get Ready - Rare Earth, Robinson, Smokey2. (I Know) I'm Losing You - Rare Earth, Whitfield, Norman3. Born to Wander - Rare Earth, Baird, Tom4. I Just Want to Celebrate - Rare Earth, Zesses, Nick5. Hey Big Brother - Rare Earth, Zesses, Nick6. What'd I Say - Rare Earth, Charles, Ray [1]7. Good Time Sally - Rare Earth, Baird, Tom8. Every Now and Then We Get to Go on Down to Miami - Rare Earth, Zesses, Nick9. Ma - Rare Earth, Whitfield, Norman10. Hum Along and Dance - Rare Earth, Whitfield, Norman11. Big John Is My Name - Rare Earth, Whitfield, Norman12. Chained - Rare Earth, Wilson, Frank [5]13. Warm Ride - Rare Earth, Gibb, Barry14. Tobacco Road - Rare Earth, Loudermilk, John D.

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Before the rise of the Average White Band in the mid-1970s, the most successful blue-eyed soul unit was Rare Earth (although the Spencer Davis Group was also quite popular). Influenced by Sly & The Family Stone and the artists of Motown as well as 1960s rockers like the Kinks, Rare Earth had a distinctive sound and offered some of the most exciting music of 1969-73. The Detroit outfit didn't fare as well among Black audiences as AWB; Earth recordings that soared to the top of the pop charts only went to #20 or #30 on the R&B charts (probably because Earth was much more rock-influenced than AWB). At any rate, this gem-filled CD illustrates just how Earth could be. Spanning 1969-1978, The Very Best of Rare Earth boasts such essential hits as "I Just Want to Celebrate," "Get Ready" and "I Know (I'm Losing You)." If much of the material reminds you of Norman Whitfield's work with the Temptations and Edwin Starr, it's no coincidence; Earth often worked with the great Motown producer/songwriter. In fact, "Hum Along and Dance," "Big John" and "Ma" are among the most rock-influenced recordings that Whitfield ever produced. But at the same time, Earth was much too funky for some rock programmers. "Warm Ride" (1978) finds the band being produced by the Bee Gees and taking a stab at disco; the results are decent, though not nearly as strong as its earlier work. Most of the material, however, isn't simply decent -- it's excellent.

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Rare Bird. - Sympathy (1970)

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Rare Bird came together in October 1969 when organist Graham Field, keyboardist Dave Kaffinetti, drummer Mark Ashton, and vocalist Steve Gould envisioned a two-keyboard rock sound without guitars. They released their debut before the end of the year, featuring the minor radio hit "Sympathy." The next year they released As Your Mind Flies By, a dark and heavier album that put further emphasis on Gould's melodramatic singing style. Field and Ashton left the group before Epic Forest, which saw new drummer Fred Kelly bring in guitarist Andy Curtis to revamp their sound into a more folk-oriented direction. Gould also picked up the guitar at this point, and the music became much more about their guitar interplay than anything else. By 1973's Somebody's Watching, interest had waned in their efforts, leaving the group with a dwindling fan base. Still, they managed to release one more album, 1974's Born Again, which featured an entirely different sound than the progressive rock of their first two albums. The band's demise was followed by a collection, Sympathy, which took its material from the first two albums only.

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Mark Ashton / drums, vocals

Kevin Lamb / organ, vocals

Graham Field / organ, keyboards

Steve Gould / bass, guitar, guitar (bass), saxophone, vocals

Dave Kaffinetti / synthesizer, keyboards, piano (electric)

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Rare Bird's unpolished but sturdy brand of early progressive rock was built on their heavy keyboard implementations, as they were one of the few bands to produce music without the employment of an electric guitar. Using only a couple of keyboards, a bass guitar, and drums, Rare Bird represented the simplest form of synthesizer prog, but their music ranged anywhere from busy and rambunctious to light and delicate sounding. Sympathy is a compilation that takes five songs from their 1969 self-titled debut album and four tracks from 1970s As Your Mind Flies By and unites them conveniently on one disc. Starting off with the modest, elementary organ runs in "Sympathy," the album moves on to more layered pieces like "Bird on a Wing" and "What You Want to Know," highlighting the sometimes strained vocals of Steve Gould. Hippie-esque grooves and portions of '60s psychedelia surface time and again throughout the music, but are soon drenched with the electronic surge of Graham Field's organ. Without the complexity or the multi-layered intricacies that other progressive bands were fusing into their music, Rare Bird stuck to a format that singled out the workings of each instrument so that overlapping very rarely occurred. As a result, their inherent musical methods were easy to appreciate as this type of raw prog began to deteriorate among a busier-sounding group of bands like Emerson, Lake & Palmer and King Crimson, as well as the advent of German progressive music and Krautrock. Sympathy is a fine example of this band's unembellished style of progressive rock.

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Jody Grind-Far Canal(1970)

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British progressive rock band Jody Grind issued two obscure albums combining hard rock, jazz, blues, and classical influences with lineups emphasizing Hammond organ, guitar, and drums. Prone to long instrumental riffing and rather ponderous, stern original material, they were similar to other very early organ-oriented U.K. progressive rock acts. But they did not possess the originality, or songwriting or vocal talent, to match well-known exponents of the style such as the various groups in which organists Keith Emerson, Vincent Crane, and Brian Auger played.The mainstay of Jody Grind was Hammond organist Tim Hinkley, who'd played in the Bo Street Runners (who for a time also included drummer Mick Fleetwood) and the Chicago Line Blues Band. Hinkley then formed a band to back British singer Elkie Brooks, but though they never ended up backing the vocalist, he and the two other musicians, guitarist Ivan Zagni and drummer Martin Harriman, decided to form a group of their own at the end of 1968. Initially called Nova, they changed their name to Jody Grind (after a song by jazzman Horace Silver). By the time they signed to Transatlantic in April 1969, Barry Wilson had replaced Harriman on drums. Renaissance bassist Louis Cennamo (previously in the Chicago Line Blues Band and later in Armageddon) was not a member, but helped out on their 1969 debut album, One Step On, which also included brass arrangements.Shortly after its release, the band's personnel overturned with the departure of Zagni and Wilson. Hinkley kept the band going with new guitarist/singer Bernie Holland and drummer Pete Gavin, opting for a somewhat more eclectic and hard rock-oriented (and less jazz-influenced) approach on 1970's Far Canal. Neither album made a commercial impact, however, and they broke up around the time Far Canal was released. Hinkley later played in Vinegar Joe (who also included Elkie Brooks and Robert Palmer) before becoming a session musician.

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1 We've Had It 2 Bath Sister 3 Jump Bed Jed 4 O Paradiso 5 Plastic Shit 6 Vegetable Oblivion 7 Red Worms & Lice 8 Ballad for Bridget 9 Paint It Black [Single Version] 10 Rock'n' Roll Man [Single Version]

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Jody Grind's personnel changed substantially between the recording of their first album, 1969's One Step On, and their second and final one, 1970s Far Canal. Tim Hinkley was still on keyboards, but there was a new guitarist, Bernie Holland (who also did some singing), as well as a new drummer to complete the trio, Pete Gavin. As expected, the sound of the group, while still in the early British serious progressive rock bag, changed as well — sometimes for the good, sometimes for the worse. The jazzy inclinations of the debut were mostly gone, save the atypically tasteful instrumental "Ballad for Bridget." On "We've Had It" and parts of "Vegetable Oblivion," there was a classical melodic influence that was more accessible than anything on the first album, as well as somewhat more in line with what groups such as Yes were doing, though Jody Grind were far less cheerful. "Bath Sister," however, could have been the work of an entirely different band, sounding as if they were trying to imitate Cream with an organ-guitar-drums lineup — and not doing so very well. And so it went for the rest of this very erratic record, where the quite accomplished chops of the players were totally overwhelmed by the mediocrity of the material, as well as their willingness to spin off into overlong instrumental sections with tedious riffs. They really didn't have enough in the way of songs to justify an LP, but that didn't keep them from filling up space with heavy, somber organ-guitar interplay. And while the presence of three consecutive tracks titled "Plastic Shit," "Vegetable Oblivion," and "Red Worms and Lice" might lead you to expect something Frank Zappaesque, in fact these in the main are pretty boring, insubstantial period progressive hard rock pieces, "Plastic Shit" descending into some shameless (deliberately ironic, one can only hope?) sub-Robert Plant vocalizing.

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JENGHIZ KHAN - WELL CUT - (1971) BELGIUM

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http://www.patfraca.com/spip.php?article188

http://www.memoire60-70.be/RockBelge/Jenghiz_Khan.htm

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Line-up/Musicians:

- Tim Brean / keyboards, vocals, composer

- Big Frisma / guitars, vocals, 2nd composer

- Chris Tick / drums, vocals

- Pierre Rapsat / bass, lead vocals, lyrics

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One of those real rare hard rock group often considered as heavy progressive, Jenghiz Khan produced one sole album that is now a highly-priced collectible item. With an amazing cartoon-like gatefold cover of the Great Conqueror having cut the group member's heads, this obscure quartet is also the start of bassist Rapsat's lengthy career (he had recorded with another "prog" group Laurelie the same year) as a French-speaking rock singer/songwriter, who passed away two years ago. The album is the usual hard rock that one can expect from the era with an amateur trait, but also some undeniable progressive tendencies.
The album has received a Cd issue sometime ago and is now most likely scarce also.

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1. Pain 7:462. CampusA 1:183. The Moderate 4:124. CampusB 1:325. The Lighter 5:166. Hard Working Man 4:417. Mad Lover 3:108. Trip To Paradise 10:12

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East Of Eden - East Of Eden (1971)

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Dave Arbus - violin/flute/sax

Ron Caines - vocal/sax

Geoff Nicholson - vocal/guitar

Steve York - bass

Dave Dufort - drums

East of Eden is a perfect illustration of the futility that Decca Records in England faced in cultivating progressive rock (apart from the Moody Blues). A critically acclaimed jazz-fusion band with a strong Eastern music influence, they were a natural for stardom during the late '60s; indeed, they might've taken the wind out of the sails of the Mahavishnu Orchestra very fast, but they never became more than a cult act in England, with a strong local following in London, especially on the underground scene, even as they attracted serious audiences in continental Europe. The band was formed in Bristol, during 1967, by Dave Arbus (flute, sax, trumpet), Ron Caines (alto sax), and Geoff Nicholson (guitar, vocals). Caines and Nicholson had previously played together in an r&b-based band, and the Caines and Arbus had been playing together for a couple of years. Future Wings member Geoff Britton was their original drummer, although the group's rhythm section was never an essential focus of their work, and went through quite a few musicians. Arbus had been trained in the violin, but it wasn't until he saw Jean Luc-Ponty playing on stage in Paris that he realized the possibilities that the amplified instrument offered. He add the electric violin to his repertory, greatly broadening the band's range and sound, and the following year they moved to London. The group was signed to Decca's progressive rock imprint Deram label in 1968, and cut two LPs, Mercator Projected and Snafu, of which the latter made it into the British top 30, while a single, "Ramadhan," got to number two in France. Their one big hit in England, "Jig-a-Jig," made the Top Ten there and became something of a stylistic albatross around the band's neck, since it didn't resemble their usual sound or anything else they normally played. Caines and Nicholson left the band as the '70s began, and Arbus kept it together. They jumped to the Harvest label, but their work there never caught on, coinciding as it did with a change in style and a veering away from Eastern music to a country-ish sound. Arbus left in the early '70s and was replaced by future Rory Gallagher collaborator Joe O'Donnell. The band carried on thru the mid 1970's as almost exclusively a European act, recording and releasing albums in Europe only. The three original core members reunited in 1999 for the recording and release of the album Kalipse.

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1.Wonderful Feeling2.Goodbye3.Crazy Daisy4.Here Comes The Day5.Take What You Need6.No Time7.To Mrs. V

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BABE RUTH – KID’S STAFF (1976)

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Progressive rock unit Babe Ruth was formed in Hertfordshire, England in 1971 by singer Janita "Jenny" Haan, guitarist Alan Shacklock (whose surname lent the group their original moniker), and bassist Dave Hewitt. Pianist Dave Punshon and drummer Dick Powell joined the lineup prior to the 1971 release of Babe Ruth's debut single, "Elusive"; the 1972 LP, First Base — which credited the explosive Haan with "vocal power" — generated the group's best-known song, the Shacklock-penned "Wells Fargo," and despite limited interest at home, the album earned a following on North American shores, going gold in Canada. Drummer Ed Spevock replaced Powell for the follow-up, 1973's Amar Caballero, while ex-Wild Turkey keyboardist Steve Gurl assumed Punshon's duties for Babe Ruth's self-titled third effort; the most pivotal blow, however, was the subsequent exit of Shacklock, with another Wild Turkey alum, guitarist Bernie Marsden, signing on for 1975's Stealin' Home. Though the album seemed poised to finally push the group into the British mainstream, Haan and Hewitt both resigned; singer Ellie Hope and bassist Ray Knott were tapped for 1976's Kid's Stuff, but without a single founding member remaining in the lineup, Babe Ruth disbanded months later. Marsden eventually resurfaced in Whitesnake.

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1 Oh! Dear What a Shame 4:34 2 Welcome to the Show 5:12 3 Since You Went Away 3:37 4 Standing in the Rain 4:37 5 Sweet, Sweet Surrender 3:57 6 Oh! Doctor 3:46 7 Nickelodeon 2:43 8 Keep Your Distance 4:26 9 Living a Lie 6:05

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Clear Blue Sky - Clear Blue Sky (1970)

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1. Sweet Leaf2. The Rocket Ride3. I'm Coming Home4. You Mystify5. Tool of my Trade6. My Heaven7. Birdcatcher

Review by Dave Thompson: Clear Blue Sky were still in their teens when they were discovered by Nirvana's Patrick Campbell-Lyons, and their youth shows. Clear Blue Sky, the trio's one and only album, is a mishmash of hard rock leanings, prog rock fascinations, and occasionally jazzy delivery that is best regarded today by collectors of classic Vertigo albums and early Roger Dean artwork. John Simms' vocals are extraordinarily uncertain, and the record itself sometimes sounds more a youth club rehearsal than a major-label release. Campbell-Lyons' production doesn't help much either, remaining strictly in the sonic background. That said, it is certainly an ambitious effort — a freshman term paper for aspiring young metalheads. Side one is devoured wholly by "Journey to the Inside of the Sun," a three-part thunderclap that not only provided labelmates Black Sabbath with the title "Sweet Leaf," it also rode rock's current fascination with the classics by hijacking an element of Gustav Holst's The Planets suite for an occasional quirky interlude. Other diversions crop up on side two, as "Tool of My Trade" and the almost acoustic "My Heaven" at least kick off with something less than the full frontal riffery of the other numbers, while the closing "Birdcatcher" (the band's best-known number, courtesy of its inclusion on the fabled Heads Together, First Round Vertigo label sampler) sounds extraordinarily close to period Budgie and, "Sweet Leaf" aside, is the best-developed track on the album.

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Gracious! - Gracious! (1970)

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**Robert Lipson. Renamed as Gracious (or Gracious!), the band toured Germany in 1968 and then recorded a concept album about the seasons of the year, although this went unreleased. Still, their ambitions were unabated. After playing on a double bill with the newly formed King Crimson, an awestruck Kitcat immediately adopted the mellotron as a lead instrument for the band. Kitcat and Davis were the band's composers, and Kitcat in particular lent the group its distinctive sound. He played the mellotron as a lead instrument, much like a blues organ — that is, with percussive single notes, rather than the grandiose chords favored by bands that used it as a faux-orchestral backdrop. Their first released album appeared in 1970; with its rich harmonies, heavy prog feel, and religious themes that hearkened back to the band's Catholic school roots, it was a worthy contemporary to such progressive bands as King Crimson and the Zombies. But when this album failed to chart, the band found itself scraping for money. Tensions flared up, precipitating Lipson's and then Kitcat's departures in 1971. The rest staggered on to tour in Germany, but they had clearly reached the end of the road. Gracious had recorded a second album, but the poor sales of the 1st album caused it be shelved by their label until a halfhearted posthumous release two years later. Cowderoy and Kitcat had already both moved into music industry jobs at a variety of major labels, largely forsaking their instruments, while the rest of the band drifted into family businesses, session work and studio jobs; Davis even turned up on "Jesus Christ Superstar." Meanwhile, their hard-to-find LPs acquired a certain cachet among collectors. Deprived fans got some relief at last in 1995, when Beat Goes On Records rereleased their two albums on CD. That same year, Wheatley and Lipson reunited under the Gracious name to put out the album "Echo" on the Centa label.

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1 Introduction Davis, Kitcat 5:53 2 Heaven Davis, Kitcat 8:09 3 Hell Davis, Kitcat 8:33 4 Fugue in 'D' Minor Davis, Kitcat 5:05 5 The Dream Davis, Kitcat 16:58

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Hard on the heels of King Crimson, the debut of Gracious! begins with the blandly but accurately titled "Introduction." One of the album's strongest tracks, it's a Nice-like combination of menacing Moog breaks and shimmering harpsichords, and it foreshadows the band's use of both heavy prog music and ghostly lyrics tinged with Catholic dread. "Heaven" is a gorgeous minor-key ballad of stately Mellotron and chiming guitar tones, with harmonies reminiscent of late-model Zombies. "Hell," not surprisingly, is another thing altogether: a descent into drunken declamations, clinking bottles, rowdy bar sounds, loopy piano riffs, and creepy phasing effects. From here, the album settles down a bit: "Fugue in D Minor" is a straightforward chamber orchestra piece, and the "Dream" ends the album with meandering jamming and overblown monologues. Still, it's a fine debut, and it presaged the superb second effort that was to follow.

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Gandalf - Gandalf 2 (1967-69)

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A modest but intermittently enjoyable late-'60s group, Gandalf sounded something like a more psychedelic/progressive Left Banke. Their sole album has nice baroque-speckled melodies, an accomplished keyboard base with influences from classical music, and attractive harmonies. Their material wasn't on the level of the Left Banke, though; in fact most of it wasn't original, as they covered items such as "Nature Boy" and three Tim Hardin songs.

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1. Bird in the Hand 2. Days Are Only Here and Gone 3. Smokey Topaz 4. Ladyfingers 5. No Earth Can Be Won 6. Bad Dream (demo) 7. I Won’t Cry No More 8. The Dance at St. Francis 9. Julie (The Song I Sing Is You) 10. Over This Table 11. Golden Earrings (demo) 12. Tears of Ages (Live) 13. Downbound Train* (live)

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This is not a true Gandalf release. This is more or less an outtakes compliation released about eight years ago. However, it outshines the insipid hippyness of the first and only Gandalf LP, which for some reason stills fetches over $200 on eBay. This is actually a good record, and while taken from acetates and demos shows a strong psychedelic band playing fairly pretentiousless music.

History in evolutions :

http://www.ugly-things.com/gandalf.html

http://neotomicaliviac.blogspot.com/2008/03/peter-sando-from-gandalf-interview.html

http://www.petersando.com/

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Collectors - The Collectors (1968) Canada

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Originally formed in 1964 as the Classics (adopting the name CFUN Classics when they gigged to promote local Vancouver, BC radio station CFUN-AM), the group were featured as the house band on Let's Go, a weekly TV show. In 1965, they released two singles as the Canadian Classics — "Til I Met You" (Jaguar 2002A) and "I Don't Know" (Valiant 723). The band reinvented themselves as the Collectors in 1966. With former horn player Howie Vickers handling lead vocals, they cut "Eyes" and "Don't Feel Bad" — both of which later appeared on the History of Vancouver Rock and Roll, Volume 4 (VRCA 004; 1991.) "Eyes" — a fine folk tune seasoned with tasty guitar and just a dash of psychedelia — is easily the better track. "Don't Feel Bad" has a vague "On Broadway" feel. More elaborately produced, it also seems a less genuine effort. By 1967, in addition to lead singer Howie Vickers, the Collectors included Claire Lawrence (tenor sax, organ, recorder, flute), Bill Henderson (lead guitar), Glenn Miller (bass) and Ross Turney (drums) — the band's "classic" line-up. Recordings from this period include the Vancouver smash hit "Lookin' at a Baby" (New Syndrome 16, 1967, subsequently reissued on the History of Vancouver Rock, Volume 3 VRCA 001, 1983) and two other 45s, "Fisherwoman" and "Fat Bird." "Lookin' at a Baby" is MOR flute-pop floating amidst heady clouds of psychedelia. Vickers' departure from the Collectors in 1969 necessitated Henderson's promotion to lead vocalist. Eventually, the band rechristened themselves Chilliwack.

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1 What Is Love (3:53) 2 She (Will-O-the-Wind) (3:53) 3 Howard Christman's Older (5:10) 4 Lyndia Purple (2:48) 5 One Act Play (3:43) 6 What Love (Suite) (19:05)

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Listening to this trippy psychedelic effort, one can't help but feel a certain sense of irony. Barclay James Harvest were known as a "poor man's Moody Blues," but the Collectors could just as easily have qualified for the label — their attempts at serious (or pretentious, in the case of "Howard Christman's Older") composition, the soaring choruses, the flute noodling in the background, will all recall the English group. What's more, the two bands have surprisingly similar backgrounds, having evolved (or devolved) from R&B inspiration to art rock and progressive rock. Howie Vickers isn't half the ballad singer that Justin Hayward is, but this band does play hard, especially Bill Henderson's lead guitar, which tries hard for some engaging pyrotechnics. That would matter more if some of the music here were a bit more original — "Lydia Purple" is such an "Eleanor Rigby"-influenced piece that you can practically predict the lyrics the first time around. The album's finale, "What Love (Suite)," is a rambling 19-minute piece marred by pseudo-Gregorian chant filler for several minutes of its opening, some vigorous playing (especially the guitar), and a cool tenor sax break about 14 minutes in that comes too late to save anything. It's all pompous and overblown enough to make "Legend of a Mind" sound like "Roll Over Beethoven," although these guys at least had the sense to play hard rather than pretty, which makes it a little more diverting than it might otherwise have been. Dave Hassinger produced, so it's not like the band didn't get every break making this record.

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Second hand - Reality (1969)

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The first album, from 1968, by this UK band is a much more psychedelic work than the rarer follow-up. A trippy mixture of hard guitar riffs, psyched-out mellotron excursions and weird lyrics. The classics "Fairy Tale"( In both full and single edit) and "The World Will End Yesterday" are here along with other mind benders. Complete with fully informative 8 page booklet and four bonus tracks.

... The band was formed by the already-mentioned Ken Elliot playing keys and singing, Kieran O’Connor on drums, Bobby Gibbons on lead guitar, Nick South playing bass and they invited Chris Williams to add flute, cello, violin and saxophone in their debut album “Reality”. This first release is clearly more oriented towards late Psychedelia but very advanced for the genre, anybody can feel the characteristic early-Prog sound, hidden somewhere. Despite being an excellent album, it never reached a great popularity in the charts, and stayed an undeservedly obscure and underrated gem from the late 60’s ...

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01 - A Fairy Tale 3:1902 - Rhubarb! 3:4703 - Denis James The Clown 2:2104 - Steam Tugs 3:1405 - Good Old '59 (We Are Slowly Gettin' Older) 2:1906 - The World Will End Yesterday 3:5007 - Denis James (Ode To D.J.) 3:1508 - Mainliner 6:1709 - Reality 8:3110 - The Bath Song 3:1111 - A Fairy Tale (Alternative Mix) 2:1312 - Steam Tugs (Alternative Mix) 5:3213 - James In The Basement (With Dennis Couldry) 2:4814 - I Am Nearly There (With Dennis Couldry) 3:17

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Mogul Thrash - Mogul Thrash (1971)

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James Litherland / guitars and vocals
- John Wetton / bass and vocals
- Bill Harrisson / drums
- Malcolm Duncan / Tenor saxophone
- Michael Rosen / trumpet, Mellophone and guitar
- Roger Ball / Alto, Baritone and soprano saxes
- Brian Auger / piano

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British jazz-rock band Mogul Thrash evolved from James Litherland's Brotherhood, which in addition to guitarist Litherland (an alumnus of Colosseum who formed the group in 1969) also featured guitarist/reedist Michael Rosen, drummer Bill Harrison and the so-called "Dundee Horns" — saxophonists Roger Ball and Malcolm Duncan. With the addition of ex-Splinter singer/bassist John Wetton, the group rechristened itself Mogul Thrash, debuting in 1970 with the single "Sleeping in the Kitchen"; their self-titled RCA album appeared the following year, going largely unnoticed at home but finding favor throughout much of Europe. However, faced with legal problems with their management, Mogul Thrash was forced to disband shortly after the record's release; while Wetton went on to join Family and later King Crimson, Duncan and Ball soon reunited in Average White Band.

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1 Something Sad 7:32 2 Elegy 9:37 3 Dreams of Glass and Sand 5:09 4 Going North, Going West 12:06 5 St. Peter 3:39 6 What's This I Hear 7:17 7 Sleeping in the Kitchen [*] 2:45

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