Pickettywitch was a British pop group. Fronted by singer Polly Brown (also billed as Polly Browne), the group became best known for its hit single, "That Same Old Feeling", which was written by Tony Macaulay and John Macleod. It reached number five in the UK Singles Chart in 1970. The original members were Polly Brown (vocals), Chris Warren (vocals), Bob Brittain (organ), Martin Bridges (guitar), Mike Tomich (bass guitar) and Keith Hall (drums). Bridges and Tomich were replaced later in 1970 by Peter Hawkins (guitar) and Brian Stuart (bass), who would later be replaced by Paul Risi (guitar) and Paul Riordan (bass). The name Pickettywitch is often said to have been taken from a Cornish village through which their eventual lead singer, Polly Brown, had passed with her sister; in fact, there is no such village, though there is a pub of that name at Yeovil in Somerset. 01 - Please Bring Her Back Home 02 - (It's Like A) Sad Old Kinda Movie 03 - That Same Old Feeling 04 - Baby I Won't Let You Down 05 - Sound Of Silence 06 - I'll Say Bye Bye 07 - Days I Remember 08 - Two Hearts Are Better Than One 09 - There He Goes 10 - Maybe We've Been Loving Too Long LINK
Gilbert O'Sullivan is an Irish singer-songwriter, best known for his early 1970s hits "Alone Again (Naturally)", "Clair" and "Get Down". The music magazine, Record Mirror, voted him the No. 1 UK male singer of 1972. Worldwide he has charted no fewer than sixteen top forty discs; including six number one songs, the first of which was 1970's "Nothing Rhymed". At the end of 1970, O'Sullivan achieved his first UK Top 10 hit with "Nothing Rhymed", which also reached No. 1 in the Netherlands. Subsequent hits including "Underneath The Blanket Go" which also reached No. 1 in the Netherlands, "We Will" and "No Matter How I Try" followed, and in 1971 O'Sullivan issued his debut album, Himself. 01 - Intro 02 - January Git 03 - Bye 04 - Permissive Twit 05 - Matrimony 06 - Independent Air 07 - Nothing Rhymed 08 - Too Much Attention 09 - Susan Van Heusen 10 - If I Don't Get (Back Again) 11 - Thunder And Lightning 12 - Houdini Said 13 - Doing The Best I Can 14 - Outro 15 - We Will 16 - Underneath The Blanced Go 17 - No Matter How I Try LINK
Baby was a southern rock band from Texas. The band was signed to Lone Starr Records in the mid 1970s. They got the attention of the executives at Mercury Records based on their regional album sales in Texas. The album was remixed and re-released in mid 1975 on Mercury. Baby had a legion of fans in the Midwest and South in 1975-76 and headlined venues like the famed Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa while generating regional radio airplay on the band's first single, "(It's Another) Saturday Night". The band made just two albums; the self-titled album and the follow-up album called Where Did All The Money Go? released on Chelsea Records in 1976. The second album's title, Where Did All The Money Go?, summed up the feelings for the band that seemed poised for success similar to what other southern rock artists like Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Marshall Tucker Band were having in the mid-70s, but the success never came for them. Johnny Lee Schell: Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Organ, Harmonica & Vocals, John Mark Camp: Rhythm Guitars, Acoustic Guitars & Vocals, Stephen G. Crane: Bass Guitar and Vocals and Woodie Putman: Drums and Percussion 01 - (It's Another) Saturday Night 02 - Long Legged Woman 03 - Somewhere 04 - Don't Let Nobody 05 - Born & Raised On Rock & Roll 06 - Life's What You Make It 07 - A #2 08 - Starchild 09 - Hard Road 10 - So Long My Friend LINK
Badger was a British rock band from the early 1970s. By 1974, the band had been reduced to Kaye and Dyke. They recruited bassist, Kim Gardner, who had worked with Dyke in Ashton, Gardner & Dyke. Paul Pilnick, formerly of Stealers Wheel, joined on guitar, as did singer Jackie Lomax. Lomax proceeded to turn them into the type of R&B/soul band he had used on his solo albums. The band became a vehicle for Lomax's songs and singing. During this period, they released one LP, White Lady, on Epic Records, produced by Allen Toussaint. All ten songs were written or co-written by Lomax. Guests on the album included Jeff Beck (contributing a guitar solo to the title track). Before the album's release, the band had split into two factions, with Lomax and Gardner leading a short-lived band called White Lady, before Lomax returned to a solo career. "White Lady" b/w "Don't Pull the Trigger" was released as a single in May 1974. 01 - A Dream Of You 02 - Everybody... Nobody 03 - Listen To Me 04 - Don't Pull The Trigger 05 - Just The Way It Goes 06 - White Lady 07 - Be With You 08 - Lord Who Give Me Life 09 - One More Dream To Hold 10 - The Hole Thing LINK
Seatrain was an American roots fusion band based initially in Marin County, California, and later in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Seatrain was formed after the breakup of the Blues Project in 1969. The group, which recorded four albums, disbanded in 1973. Andy Kulberg - bass/flute, Richard Greene - violin, Don Kretmar - sax/bass, Jim Roberts - vocals, Teddy Irwin - guitar, Red Shepherd - vocals and Bobby Moses - drums. Sea Train is a debut album by the band, recorded in 1969. 01 - Sea Train 02 - Let The Dutchess No 03 - Pudding Street 04 - Portrait Of The Lady As A Young Artist 05 - As I Lay Losing 06 - Rondo 07 - Sweet Creek's Suiteoutwear The Hills LINK
This band, along with Sir Lord Baltimore, Yesterday's Children et al were among the East Coast's premier heavy blasters of the post-psychedelic era. Check out I Just Don't Know and Evolmia from their amazing first album on Atlantic. The second album has longer, less structured cuts with seemingly endless guitar soloing... nevertheless, both are recommended. The first album was produced by Warren Schatz and Stephen Schlaks. Peter Alongi (guitar, vocals), Michael Marine (bass, vocals), Jose Miguel De Jesus (guitar, vocals), Victor Digilie (drums) and Johnny Pacheco (perc). 01 - The Night Is Calling 02 - Train Of Life 03 - As Me Thinks 04 - Follow A Dream 05 - Beautifully Day 06 - Evolmia 07 - I Just Don't Know 08 - Hands Of A Clock 09 - Tom's Island LINK
