Rhinoceros was a rock band established in 1967 by Elektra Records as that label's intended supergroup. The band, while well-respected in many circles, did not live up to the record label's expectations. As one reviewer commented, "Despite the fact that the band could not live up to the expectations that were raised by Elektra Records' publicity machine, Rhinoceros' contributions to rock still deserve more credit than subsequent rock histories give it. Rhinoceros was conceived in August 1967 by Elektra Records producers Frazier Mohawk (Barry Friedman) and Paul Rothchild as a means to create a 'Supergroup' similar to Mohawk's earlier co-creation, Buffalo Springfield, with Stephen Stills. The duo had a short list of potential enlistees including guitarist Doug Hastings (ex-Buffalo Springfield/Daily Flash). In September 1967 the first formal meeting of 12 potential players took place at Mohawk's Laurel Canyon home. Hastings was present as was his former Daily Flash associate and drummer John Keliehor, bassist Kerry Magness (ex-Kingsmen), pianist/singer/songwriter Alan Gerber, and guitarist Danny Kortchmar. However, neither Rothchild nor Mohawk were content with this line-up and continued their search. In November 1967 Mohawk and Rothchild held a second meeting with nearly 20 players in attendance at a Los Angeles motel and from this meeting decide to run with Gerber and Hastings plus guitarist Danny Weis (ex-Iron Butterfly) and singer John Finley (ex-Jon And Lee And The Checkmates). As the fall progresses Weis recommends his former Iron Butterfly bandmate Jerry 'The Bear' Penrod as bassist, while Finley calls on his old keyboardist from Jon & Lee Michael Fonfara to round out the line-up. Better Times Are Coming, their third and last album, appeared in 1970. 01 - Better Times 02 - Old Age 03 - Sweet, Nice 'n' High 04 - Just Me 05 - Happiness 06 - Somewhere 07 - It's A Groovy World 08 - Insanity 09 - Lady Of Fortune 10 - Let's Party 11 - Rain Child LINK
Kaleidoscope’s fourth and final album (as a band), Bernice, featured more electric guitar work than the earlier albums, and more country influence. There were further personnel changes, adding singer-guitarist Jeff Kaplan, and bassist Ron Johnston who replaced Brotman during the making of the album. Feldthouse also left the group. At the end of 1969, Kaleidoscope contributed two new songs ("Brother Mary" and "Mickey's Tune") to Michelangelo Antonioni's Zabriskie Point, and supported Cream on their American farewell tour. The band split up soon afterwards. 01 - Chocolate Whale 02 - Another Lover 03 - Sneakin' Thru The Ghetto 04 - To Know Is Not To Be 05 - Lulu Arfin Nanny 06 - Lie & Hide 07 - Ballad Of Tommy Udo 08 - Bernie 09 - Soft & Easy 10 - New Blue Ooze LINK
Ellison was an English Canadian Band from Montreal Quebec. The band was originally formed in 1967 as "Jimmy Peace", around the talents of vocalist / guitarist Vincent Marandola and bass player Richard Arcand. In 1969, drummer Robert Cager and guitarist Christian Tremblay joined and the name was changed to Ellison. In 1971 the band released an excellent hard rock styled album on the independent and highly collectable Trans-World label. Mainly selling in the province of Quebec and Ontario, the album had only a limited release and quickly disappeared as did the band itself. The self titled album featured seven original songs that have been described as brash, loud, hard rock with straight from the heart vocal work. Great fuzzed-out guitars, echoey vocals, hard-driving drums, and fine bass guitar make this a must for early 70's pscyh rock!! (PRB). 01 - Unchanged World 02 - Seal A Beam Bow 03 - Satanic 04 - Winter Slutch 05 - Strawberry Pain 06 - Untruth Story 07 - Freedom LINK
Pretty neat stuff for a bunch of guys from Dallas. Very psychedelic with a little Canterbury thrown in! And some Beatle-ish sounding horns, musically likened to Buffalo Springfield. Released by ATCO in 1969 01 - To Be 02 - Where Have I Been 03 - Sunrise #7 04 - Just Try 05 - Sparkle 06 - Green 07 - Footprints In The Snow 08 - At The Time 09 - Rcmpb 10 - Don't 11 - Have You Ever LINK
Sly and the Family Stone were an American rock, funk, and soul band from San Francisco, California. Active from 1966 to 1983, the band was pivotal in the development of soul, funk, and psychedelic music. Headed by singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone, and containing several of his family members and friends, the band was the first major American rock band to have an "integrated, multi-gender" lineup. Fillmore East (New York, NY) Oct 5, 1968 two shows. These performances were recorded weeks after the release of Sly and the Family Stone's second album, Life, but just before the "Everyday People" single would vault the band to international recognition and incredible commercial success. The influence Sly and the Family Stone would soon have on the American music scene cannot be underestimated. It's safe to say they were a major force in the development of 1960s era funk and soul, but they would have equal influence on the likes of other musicians, including jazz great Miles Davis and rock guitar giant, Jimi Hendrix. The multicultural personnel of the band, as well as the inclusion of both men and women in the group, were virtually unheard of in the 1960s. The fact that these multicultural elements would blend so perfectly had far-reaching effects on both audiences and the music industry itself.(WV) Disc 1 01 - Life 02 - Color Me True 03 - It Won't Be Long 04 - Are You Ready 05 - Dance To The Music 06 - M'lady Disc 2 01 - M'lady 02 - Color Me True 03 - Are You Ready 04 - It Won't Be Long 05 - Color Me True 06 - Dance To The Music 07 - Love City 08 - Turn Me Loose 09 - Outro LINK
If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You is a 1970 release by Canterbury scene rock band Caravan. According to Allmusic, "If I Could Do It All Over Again contains significant progressions over the first album." It was the second album by the band, the predecessor to their best-known album In the Land of Grey and Pink. The album is known as the epitome of Canterbury rock, featuring representative organ solos and melodic vocals typical of the band's style. The album was released on Decca Records, as was the title track as a single release. This record began to define what became the best-known Caravan sound that was heard on most releases through 1975. "For Richard" (the 14:21 medley) became a staple of Caravan shows and was typically heard as the closer. A fully orchestrated, live version can be heard on the 1974 release Caravan and the New Symphonia.The album title and title of the title track is a quote attributed to Spike Milligan. 01 - If I Could Do It All Over Again I'd Do It All Over You 02 - And I Wish I Were Stoned - Don't Worry 03 - As I Feel I Die 04 - With An Ear To The Ground You Can Make It - Martinian - Only Cox (Reprise) 05 - Hello Hello 06 - Asforteri 07 - Can't Be Long Now - Francoise - For Richard - Warlock 08 - Limits 09 - A Day In The Life Of Maurice Haylett 10 - Why (And I Wish I Were Stoned) (demo version) 11 - Clipping The 8th (Hello Hello) (demo version) 12 - As I Feel I Die (demo version) 13 - If I Could Do It All Over Again I'd Do It All Over You (remix) LINK
Darryl Way is a British rock and classical musician who, together with Francis Monkman, was a founding member of Curved Air. He is best known as a violinist although he also played keyboards with his band Wolf. He began his musical training at Dartington College of Arts, and later studied at the Royal College of Music, where he met Monkman. They originally formed the band Sisyphus, which evolved into Curved Air. After three albums with Curved Air he left in 1972 and formed the band Wolf (which became known as Darryl Way's Wolf), which also recorded three albums before splitting when he rejoined Curved Air in late 1974. Darryl Way - violin, keyboards, John Etheridge - guitar, Dek Messecar - bass, Ian Mosley - drums and John Hodkinson - vocals. 01 - The Envoy 02 - Black September 03 - Flat 2-55 04 - Anteros 05 - We're Watching You 06 - Steal The World 07 - Comrade Of The Nine LINK
Strictly Personal is the second album by Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band. It was originally released in October 1968, almost a year after the band had initially taken to the studio to record the follow-up to 1967's Safe as Milk. The finished album has been the subject of controversy owing to producer Bob Krasnow's addition of phasing to many of the tracks, which Beefheart subsequently claimed was done without his knowledge or approval. The original intention was to record an album for Buddah Records entitled It Comes to You in a Plain Brown Wrapper. (Strictly Personal's sleeve design is a relic of this initial concept.) A considerable amount of material was recorded for the project during the period of October – November 1967 with Bob Krasnow producing. Owing to reservations on the part of Buddah, however, the album was not released. Instead, Strictly Personal was issued on Krasnow's own Blue Thumb label the following year. It features re-recorded versions of songs from the 1967 sessions, with psychedelic effects added by Krasnow. Beefheart has always hated the effects, claiming they had been added without his knowledge; the album's fate probably had a strong effect on his insistence on a dry, unaffected sound on later recordings. 01 - Ah Feel Like Ahcid 02 - Safe As Milk 03 - Trust Us 04 - Son Of Mirror Man - Mere Man 05 - On Tomorrow 06 - Beatle Bones 'n' Smokin' Stones 07 - Gimme Dat Harp Boy 08 - Kandy Korn LINK
A California group managed and produced by Andy Di Martino, the man responsible for some of the later albums by Captain Beefheart and for discovering The Cascades. Their music was a very decent mix of West Coast sounds, white soul and country, with good male/female vocals and often brilliant guitar parts. Durham, Smotherman and Dub Campbell wrote most of their material. Dub Campbell, guitar, electric violin, vocals, Mark Durham, bass, Randy James guitar, Michael "Bucky Smotherman, lead vocals, keyboards, Debbie Campbell, lead vocals, Rick Gilbert, drums, Sonny Ray, drums and Dean Smith, guitar, vocals. 01 - I Can Hear You 02 - Take Extra Care 03 - Will The Circle Be Unbroken 04 - Sweet Marie 05 - Put Out The Light 06 - Doin' It My Own Way 07 - Time To Live 08 - Take It Easy LINK
Lisztomania is a 1975 film by Ken Russell, drawn from a biography of Franz Liszt. Depicting the flamboyant Liszt as the first classical pop star, Lisztomania features contemporary rock star Roger Daltrey (of The Who) as Franz Liszt. The film was released the same year as Tommy, which also starred Daltrey and was directed by Russell. Lisztomania is a 1975 progressive rock soundtrack album by Rick Wakeman to the movie of the same name. Some tracks with vocals of Roger Daltrey, Linda Lewis and Paul Nicholas. 01 - Rienzi-Chopsticks Fantasia 02 - Love's Dream 03 - Dante Period 04 - Orpheus Song 05 - Hell 06 - Hibernation 07 - Excelsior Song 08 - Master Race 09 - Rape, Pillage & Clap 10 - Funerailles 11 - Free Song 12 - Peace At Last LINK
Chicago V is the fourth studio album (fifth overall) by American rock band Chicago and was released in 1972. It is notable for being the group's first single full-length release, after having released three consecutive double albums and a box set of live material. Following the release of Chicago III in 1971, which almost left Chicago creatively spent, the band decided to curb their penchant for double albums and work on more concise numbers (in contrast to the suites that had typified their previous work) in order to fit all of their new material onto a single album. Chicago V is also notable for Robert Lamm's prolific songwriting; eight out of its ten tunes are composed solely by him. Recorded just before Chicago at Carnegie Hall was released in the fall of 1971, Chicago V was cut in just over a week and held over for release until the following summer. Preceded by "Saturday In The Park", which reached #3 - the band's biggest hit thus far, the critically-acclaimed Chicago V became the biggest hit album of 1972, not only becoming Chicago's first #1 album but spending nine weeks in the pole position in the US. In the UK, the release managed to reach #24. Follow-up single, "Dialogue (Part I & II)" (#24) also became a Top 30 hit. 01 - A Hit By Varese 02 - All Is Well 03 - Now That You've Gone 04 - Dialogue (Part I) 05 - Dialogue (Part II) 06 - While The City Sleeps 07 - Saturday In The Park 08 - State Of The Union 09 - Goodbye 10 - Alma Mater LINK
David Peel is a New York-based musician who first recorded in the late 1960s with Harold Black, Billy Joe White, Larry Adams and Dean White, performing as David Peel and the Lower East Side. Though his raw, acoustic "street rock" with lyrics about marijuana and "bad cops" appealed mostly to hippies at first, the sound and DIY ethic make him an important early performer of punk rock music. He has performed with artists ranging from B. B. King to Stevie Wonder to the Plastic Ono Band and GG Allin. David Peel and the Lower East Side Band was one of the first bands to regularly perform on cable TV in Manhattan on the public access channel of Manhattan Cable Television, as well as at the first Smoke-In concerts sponsored by the Yippies in New York City in Central Park. John Lennon devoted the first stanza of his "New York City" to David Peel. Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono subsequently produced Peel's third album, The Pope Smokes Dope. Concerned about major label censorship, Peel founded Orange Records to release his own recordings and also those of other independent artists such as: GG Allin & The Jabbers and Mozarts People. Peel is still actively recording and performing his music, planning the release of a CD-ROM-based book of photographs and enjoying a new audience through online services such as iTunes. The Japanese label, Captain Trip Records, has released an extensive boxed set of his music. David Peel recorded two successful albums on Elektra Records: Have a Marijuana and The American Revolution, establishing himself as one of the founders of what was to become the punk and new wave movements in England and America.
01 - Lower East Side 02 - Pledge Of Allegiance 03 - Legalize Marijuana 04 - Oink Oink 05 - I Want To Get High 06 - I Want To Kill You 07 - Girls Girls Girls 08 - Hey Mr. Draft Board 09 - God 10 - I'm A Runaway
Marty Wilde is an English singer and songwriter. He was among the first generation of British pop stars to emulate American rock and roll, and is the father of pop singers Ricky Wilde, Kim Wilde and Roxanne Wilde. Wilde was performing under the name Reg Patterson at London's Condor Club in 1957, when he was spotted by impresario Larry Parnes. Parnes gave his protégées stage names like Billy Fury, Duffy Power and Dickie Pride, hence the change to Wilde. The 'Marty' came from the commended 1955 film, Marty. Wilde was signed to the British recording arm of Philips Records, with US releases appearing on the Epic label via Philips' reciprocal licensing agreement with Columbia Records Stateside. From mid 1958 to the end of 1959, Wilde was one of the leading British rock and roll singers, along with Tommy Steele and Cliff Richard. Wilde's backing group were called the Wildcats. At various times they featured Big Jim Sullivan on lead guitar; Tony Belcher on Rhythm Guitar; Bobbie Clarke on drums; plus Brian Locking on bass guitar and Brian Bennett on drums who both later joined The Shadows. 01 - Wild Cat 02 - Honeycomb 03 - Love Bug Crawl 04 - Afraid To Love LINK
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country-folk-rock band that has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966. The group's membership has had at least a dozen changes over the years, including a period from 1976 to 1981 when the band performed and recorded as The Dirt Band. Constant members since the early times are singer-guitarist Jeff Hanna and drummer Jimmie Fadden. Multi-instrumentalist John McEuen was with the band from 1966 to 1986 and returned during 2001. Keyboardist Bob Carpenter joined the band in 1977. The band is often cited as instrumental to the progression of contemporary country and roots music. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is the first album by the band released in 1967. This album reached 161 on the US Charts. The single "Buy For Me The Rain" reached 45 on the US charts. 01 - Buy For Me The Rain 02 - Euphoria 03 - Melissa 04 - You Took The Happiness 05 - Hard Hearted Hannah 06 - Holding 07 - Song To Jutta 08 - Dismal Swamp 09 - I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My 10 - Crazy Words, Crazy Tune 11 - You're Gonna Get It In The End LINK
The Doors - 1968 - Singer Bowl A hot, humid night in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, New York. The date was Friday, August 2nd, 1968. The Singer Bowl built by the Singer Sewing Machine Company for the 1964 World's Fair was an oval-shaped arena with steep-sloped bleachers and a central rotating stage, powered by electric motors. A kind of rotating theater-in-the-round. This night would be the kick-off show for that summer's New York Rock Festival, which extended through the month of August. There were three bands booked to play. Absent from the handbill circulating throughout the city was a local act, Kangaroo. Next up was a British band still somewhat underground to American audiences, in spite of having already released several records they called themselves the Who. Headlining the show was a group whose favorite crowds were in the Big Apple, though they originated across the continent in Los Angeles. That, of course, was the Doors. 01 - Backdoor Man 02 - Five To One 03 - Break On Through 04 - When The Music's Over 05 - Vast Radiant Beach 06 - Wild Child 07 - Wake Up 08 - Light My Fire 09 - The End LINK The Doors - 1968 - Live L.A Forum There are only two known sources for this audience recording. 01 - Tell All The People 02 - Love Me Two Time 03 - Who Scared You 04 - Spanish Caravan 05 - The Crystal Ship 06 - Wild Child 07 - Touch Me LINK
Kinks debut album from 1964, released with three tracks missing as You Really Got Me in the United States. 01 - Beautiful Delilah 02 - So Mystifying 03 - Just Can't Go to Sleep 04 - Long Tall Shorty 05 - You Really Got Me 06 - Cadillac 07 - Bald Headed Woman 08 - Too Much Monkey Business 09 - I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain 10 - Stop Your Sobbing 11 - Got Love If You Want It LINK
Shut Down Volume 2 is the fifth studio album by The Beach Boys, and the first of four they would release in 1964. The album's "Volume 2" refers to it being a follow-up to the 1963 hot rod compilation Shut Down, released by the band's label, Capitol Records, which included "409" and "Shut Down" but was not a Beach Boys album. Shut Down Volume 2 hit #13 in the US charts during a chart stay of 38 weeks. 01 - Fun, Fun, Fun 02 - Don't Worry Baby 03 - In the Parkin' Lot 04 - 'Cassius' Love Vs. 'Sonny' Wilson 05 - The Warmth of the Sun 06 - This Car of Mine 07 - Why Do Fools Fall in Love 08 - Pom Pom Play Girl 09 - Keep an Eye on Summer 10 - Shut Down, Pt. 2 11 - Louie, Louie 12 - Denny's Drums 13 - Fun, Fun, Fun [Single Version] 14 - In My Room [German Version] 15 - I Do LINK
Billy Fury, was an internationally successful English pop singer from the late 1950s to the early 1960s, and remained an active songwriter until the 1980s. Rheumatic fever, which he first contracted as a child, damaged his heart and ultimately contributed to his death. An early British rock and roll (and film) star, he equalled The Beatles' record of 24 hits in the 1960s, and spent 332 weeks on the UK charts, without a chart-topping single or album. Allmusic journalist, Bruce Eder, stated, "His mix of rough-hewn good looks and unassuming masculinity, coupled with an underlying vulnerability, all presented with a good voice and some serious musical talent, helped turn Fury into a major rock and roll star in short order". Others have suggested that it was Fury's "Elvis Presley-influenced, hip-swivelling, and at times highly suggestive stage act." The Sound Of Fury was the first album released by Billy Fury in 1960. Described as "the best rock & roll album to come out of England's original beat boom of the late 1950s", every one of the ten songs was written by Fury, whereas the debut albums of most artists contain covers of already-popular songs. The album was recorded in Decca Studio 3, West Hampstead, London, on 14 April 1960. It featured Joe Brown on guitar, Reg Guest on piano, and bassists Bill Stark or Alan Weighell. Andy White, known for his performance in The Beatles' first single "Love Me Do", is the drummer on the album. Providing backing vocals were the Four Jays. 01 - That's Love 02 - My Advice 03 - Phone Call 04 - You Don't Know 05 - Turn My Back On You 06 - Don't Say It's Over 07 - Since You've Been Gone 08 - It's You I Need 09 - Alright, Goodbye 10 - Don't Leave Me This Way LINK
Fever Tree is a former American psychedelic rock band of the 1960s, chiefly known for their anthemic 1968 hit, "San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native)" (#91 Pop Singles). The band hailed from Houston, Texas and started in 1966 as folk rock outfit, The Bostwick Vines. They changed their name to Fever Tree a year later after the addition of keyboard player Rob Landes. Their fifteen minutes of fame arrived when their song "San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native)" reached #91 in the U.S. charts, sometime in late 1968. Like most of the band's material, it was written by the couple of Scott and Vivian Holtzman, who also were their producers. This four-minute track captured all the band's trademarks: Dennis Keller's incantation-like vocals, the quick shifting between slow parts with an almost sacral feeling and faster, more rock-oriented parts, and especially the searing guitar work by Michael Knust. Fever Tree also released their self-titled debut album, Fever Tree, in 1968, which charted at #156. Dennis Keller - vocals, Michael Stephen Knust - guitar, Rob Landes - synthesizer, organ, piano, E.E. "Bud" Wolfe - bass guitar and John Tuttle - drums. 01 - Imitation Situation 1 (Toccata And Fugue) 02 - Where Do You Go 03 - San Franciscan Girls (Return Of The Native) 04 - Ninety-Nine And One-Half 05 - Man Who Paints The Pictures 06 - Filligree And Shadow 07 - The Sun Also Rises 08 - Day Tripperwe Can Work It Out 09 - Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing 10 - Unlock My Door 11 - Come With Me (Rainsong) LINK
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel are an English rock band from the early 1970s. Their music covers a range of styles from pop to progressive rock. Over the years they have had five albums in the UK Albums Chart and twelve singles in the UK Singles Chart. The Human Menagerie is the debut studio album by Cockney Rebel. Produced by Neil Harrison, it was released by EMI Records in November 1973. The album failed to appear on British or American charts. The album was recorded in June and July 1973 in Air Studios, London, produced by Neil Harrison. At that time the studios were located in Oxford Street above a department store. The 2004 re-release, contains the original single release of "Judy Teen" and the B side of the "Sebastian" single. Steve Harley ,vocals, Stuart Elliot ,percussion, Paul Jeffreys ,fender bass, Milton Reame-James ,keyboards ,Jean-Paul Crocker ,guitar, electric violin, mandolin. 01 - Hideaway 02 - What Ruthy Said 03 - Loretta's Tale 04 - Crazy Raver 05 - Sebastian 06 - Mirror Freak 07 - My Only Vice 08 - Muriel The Actor 09 - Chameleon 10 - Death Trip 11 - Judy Teen (Bonus) 12 - Rock And Roll Parade (Bonus) LINK
