The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, The Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962. The band's early music gained popularity across the United States for its close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a Southern California youth culture of surfing, cars, and romance. Surfer Girl is the third studio album by The Beach Boys and their second longplayer in 1963. This was the first album by The Beach Boys for which Brian Wilson was given full production credit, a position Wilson would maintain until the end of the Smile sessions in 1967. Surfer Girl is also a 1973 repackaging of early 1960s The Beach Boys tracks by US budget label Pickwick Records. Surfer Girl hit #7 in the US during a chart stay of 56 weeks. In the UK, the album was re-released in spring 1967 and reached #13. 01 - Surfer Girl 02 - Catch A Wave 03 - Surfer Moon 04 - South Bay Surfer 05 - Rocking Surfer 06 - Little Deuce Coupe 07 - In My Room 08 - Hawaii 09 - Surfers Rule 10 - Our Car Club 11 - Your Summer Dream 12 - Boogie Woogie LINK
Rare and only release of this US jazz/rock fussion band, with musical reference points in Captain Beefheart, Blood Sweat & Tears, Grateful Dead, and Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Dick Martin: sax, percussion, Jere Whitting: vocals, harmonica, Larry Luddecke: keyboards, Sean Hutchinson: bass, David Perry: guitar, vocals, Victor Mcgill: drums, percussion and Paul Lenart: guitar. 01 - Shapes 02 - Midnight Juice 03 - Dream 04 - Hellhound 05 - Earthlight 06 - Sweet Little Angel 07 - Listen To The Walls LINK
The Ivy League were an English trio, created in 1964, who enjoyed two Top 10 hit singles in the UK Singles Chart in 1965. The group's sound was characterised by rich, three-part vocal harmonies. The Ivy League was formed by three session singers with an extensive vocal range, John Carter, Ken Lewis (both previous members of Carter-Lewis and the Southerners) plus Perry Ford. They were first heard doing background vocals for The Who on their hit single "I Can't Explain" in November 1964 but after that the Who's producers entrusted John Entwistle and Pete Townshend with the backing vocals. Their debut single, "What More Do You Want" generated little interest but the second release, "Funny How Love Can Be" made the UK chart's Top 10. Further hits followed, including "That's Why I'm Crying" and UK chart #3 "Tossing and Turning". The original trio released just one album, 1965's This is the Ivy League – panned in the music press as disappointing, with its excessively wide spread of musical styles and material before both Carter and Lewis left the group. Carter departed in January 1966, with Lewis leaving about one year later. The duo then set up a production company called Sunny Records. 01 - What More Do You Want 02 - Wait A Minute 03 - Funny How Love Can Be 04 - Lonely Room 05 - That's What I'm Cryin' 06 - A Girl Like You 07 - Tossing And Turning 08 - Graduation Day 09 - Our Love Is Slipping Away 10 - I Could Make You Fall In Love 11 - Running Round In Circles 12 - Rain Rain Go Away 13 - Willow Tree 14 - One Day 15 - My World Fell Down 16 - Four And Twenty Hours 17 - Suddenly Things 18 - Tomorrow Is Another Day 19 - Thank You For Loving Me 20 - In The Not Too Distant Future 21 - Almost Grown 22 - We're Having A Party 23 - Don't Worry Baby 24 - Don't Think Twice It's All Right 25 - Lonely City 26 - Friday 27 - Busy Doing Nothing LINK
The Lords founded in 1959, were the most long-living and successful beat band of West Germany. The band's main headquarter was Düsseldorf/North Rhine-Westphalia. No other German band was so active during more than 40 years. In 1965, the classic line-up of The Lords consisted of Ulli Günther (vocals), Bernd Zamulo (bass), Leo Lietz (guitar), Rainer Petry (guitar) and Max Donath (drums). This classic line-up existed until 1971, which marks the end of the classic and most successful period of the band. In the period from 1965 until 1969 they had 11 hits in West German pop charts. Their first hit single from 1964 was Shakin' All Over (originally recorded by Johnny Kidd & The Pirates in 1960). Shakin All Over, from 1966, is the second release of the band. 01 - Shakin' All Over 02 - Que Sera 03 - Way Down Yonder In New Orleans 04 - Shot Of Rhythm And Blues 05 - I'm A Hog For Your Baby 06 - Boom Boom 07 - Poor Boy 08 - Dr. Feelgood 09 - Everybody Loves A Lover 10 - I'm Going Home 11 - I Can Tell 12 - Betty Betty Betty 13 - Poison Ivy 14 - Poor Boy - Live LINK
Three Man Army was a British hard rock band active in the first half of the 1970s. The group was formed by Adrian Gurvitz and Paul Gurvitz, formerly of The Gun. Following the band's dissolution, Adrian played with Buddy Miles and Paul played with Parrish & Gurvitz, then reunited as Three Man Army. Their debut album, A Third of a Lifetime, featured several drummers, including Miles, Carmine Appice (of Vanilla Fudge) and Mike Kellie (from Spooky Tooth). Tony Newman, who had previously played with Sounds Incorporated and Rod Stewart, joined for the group's next two albums, and a fourth album was planned but never recorded. Newman then left to play with David Bowie, and the Gurvitzes united with Ginger Baker as the Baker Gurvitz Army. 01 - Butter Queen 02 - Daze 03 - Another Way 04 - A Third Of A Lifetime 05 - Nice One 06 - Three Man Army 07 - Agent Man 08 - See What I Took 09 - Midnight 10 - Together 11 - What's Your Name [Single Version] 12 - Travelin' 13 - What's Your Name [Previously Unreleased Version] LINK Three Man Army - 1974 - Two
Two, from 1974, is the third and last release of the band. Mahesha issued in the US as Three Man Army, from 1973, is the second and Three Man Army 3 was released 30 years later in 2005 01 - Polecat Woman 02 - Today 03 - Flying 04 - Space Is The Place 05 - Irving 06 - I Can't Make The Blind See 07 - Burning Angel 08 - In My Eyes LINK
