USA is a live album by King Crimson, recorded in 1974 and released in 1975. Tracks 1-6 and 8-9 recorded at the Casino, Asbury Park, June 28, 1974, Track 7 recorded at the Palace Theatre, Providence, June 30, 1974, Tracks 2, 3 and 7 feature overdubs performed by Eddie Jobson, Track 1 is a brief excerpt from (No Pussyfooting). While it was not listed as a separate track on the original album, it is audible to the careful listener, Tracks 8 and 9 were not featured on the original release of the album, but were added for a subsequent release. Eddie Jobson recorded violin overdubs for this album. 01 - Walk On ... No Pussyfooting 02 - Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part II 03 - Lament 04 - Exiles 05 - Asbury Park 06 - Easy Money 07 - 21St Century Schizoid Man 08 - Fracture 09 - Starless LINK
Of all the zillions of CSNY-inspired westcoast hippie rock LPs from the early 1970s, this is one of the very best. Another feather in the cap for the great Columbia Canada office, with an excellent production bringing out the max from these talented longhairs. Clearly out of a "Deja Vu" corner (minus the sugary Nash crap, naturally), the songwriting here is very good, grabbing your attention without being overly commercial, while the band lays down a groove that is both relaxed and tight. You can hear early AOR moves creeping into the hippie stylings, and much like on Homer this is not a disadvantage but helps broaden the album's impact. Female vocalist Franki Hart of Freedom North handles a few tracks, but is given solid competition by the male vocalists who sing just as well. Soaring, lyrical guitar leads recur throughout the LP, and there are some vague prog moves with flute on one track. Clocking in at 42 minutes, this could have omitted 1-2 tracks, and it's a testament to Riverson's strength that the playtime seems warranted. Recommended to anyone with an ear for top-level, upscale 70s westcoast sounds. [PL] 01 - Clear Night 02 - Winter Garden 03 - Eleanor Rigby 04 - I'll Be There 05 - Empty Sky 06 - Take Me 07 - Stoney Day 08 - Can't Live Without You 09 - Medallion Castle 10 - Hermit Glen LINK
Lazarus was a 1970s American soft-rock band. The members of Lazarus were Billie Hughes, Gary Dye, and Carl Kessee. Billie Hughes was the leader of the band, as the lead singer and songwriter. In association with Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary,"Lazarus" moved to Woodstock, N.Y., signing with the newly formed Bearsville Records (Warner Bros.) label, under the direction of Albert Grossman. A Fool's Paradise and another album were recorded and released on Bearsville, produced by Peter Yarrow and Phil Ramone. In the next four years, "Lazarus" performed extensively throughout the United States and Canada. In 1976 "Lazarus" won the Clio Award for "Lifesavers" Best Commercial of the Year which ran nine years nationwide. The band's first album, "Lazarus", was released in 1971, and "Warmth of Your Eyes" was released as a single in 1972. Their second and final album, Fool's Paradise, followed in 1973, from which Ladyfriends I (Sing a Song to Your Lady) was tagged as a single. Hughes went on to a solo career after they disbanded. 01 - Ladyfriends II 02 - Ladyfriends I 03 - When Will The Home Of Me Begin 04 - A Fool's Paradise 05 - Baby, Baby 06 - Thoughts Of You 07 - Take Me High 08 - Oklahoma Boy 09 - This Is A Song 10 - Poets And Lovers LINK
Larry Coryell is an American jazz fusion guitarist. Coryell was born in Galveston, Texas. After graduating from Richland High School in eastern Washington, he moved to Seattle to attend the University of Washington. In 1965, Coryell moved to New York City where he became part of Chico Hamilton's quintet, replacing Gabor Szabo. In 1967 and 1968, he recorded with Gary Burton. Also during the mid-1960s he played with The Free Spirits. His music during the late-1960s and early-1970s combined the influences of rock, jazz and eastern music. Recorded live at the Village Gate, New York City, January 21, 22, 23 1971. Larry Coryell - Guitar and Vocals, Marvin Bronson - Bass, Harry Wilkinson - Drums and Julie Coryell - Vocal on Chilling Winds. 01 - The Opening 02 - After Later 03 - Entardecendo En Saudade 04 - Can You Follow 05 - Chilling Winds LINK
Jane is a German Progressive Rock band that was formed in October 1970 in Hanover, Germany. Their debut album 'Together' is considered to be one of the iconic Progressive Rock albums of all time. Live At Home are live performances from 1976 Niedersachsenhalle, Hannover and 1977 WDR, Cologne. Klaus Hess / lead guitar, vocals, Taurus bass pedals, Martin Hesse / bass, vocals, Peter Panka / drums, vocals and Manfred Wieczorke / keyboards, vocals. Disc 1 01 - All My Friends 02 - Lady 03 - Rest Of My Life 04 - Expectation 05 - River 06 - Out In The Rain 07 - Hangman 08 - Fire, Water, Earth & Air 09 - Another Way 10 - Daytime 11 - Hightime For Crusaders Disc 2 01 - Windows 02 - Lady (Bonus) 03 - Fire, Water, Earth & Air (Bonus) 04 - Another Way (Bonus) 05 - River (Bonus) 06 - Out In The Rain (Bonus) 07 - Hangman (Bonus) 08 - Windows (Bonus) LINK Part 1LINK Part 2
JJ Cale (also J.J. Cale), is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and musician. Cale is one of the originators of the Tulsa Sound, a loose genre drawing on blues, rockabilly, country, and jazz influences. Cale's personal style has often been described as "laid back". His only U.S. hit single, Crazy Mama, peaked at #22 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1972. During the 2006 documentary film To Tulsa and Back Cale recounts the story of being offered the opportunity to appear on Dick Clark's American Bandstand to promote the song, which would have moved the song higher on the charts. Cale declined when told he could not bring his band to the taping and would be required to lip-sync the words to the song. His songs have been performed by a number of other musicians including "After Midnight" and "Cocaine" by Eric Clapton, "Bringing It Back" by Kansas, "Call Me the Breeze" and "I Got the Same Old Blues" by Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Travelin' Light" and "Ride Me High" by Widespread Panic. Naturally is the debut album by J. J. Cale. First released in 1971, it includes his song "After Midnight" which was first recorded by Eric Clapton in 1970. Cale, who was languishing in obscurity at the time, had no knowledge of Clapton's recording of "After Midnight" until it became a radio hit in 1970. Cale's friend and producer, Audie Ashworth, encouraged Cale to record a full album in order to capitalize on the success of his song. Naturally was recorded independently, "on spec", the musicians being paid demo fees. Some songs, such as "Call Me the Breeze", were recorded with primitive drum machine accompaniment and sound almost like demos. 01 - Call Me The Breeze 02 - Call The Doctor 03 - Don't Go To Strangers 04 - Woman I Have 05 - Magnolia 06 - Clyde 07 - Crazy Mama 08 - Nowhere To Run 09 - After Midnight 10 - River Runs Deep 11 - Bring It Back 12 - Crying Eyes LINK
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was a multi-platinum double album produced by George Martin, featuring covers of songs by The Beatles and was released in July 1978, as the soundtrack to the film Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It starred the Bee Gees, Peter Frampton and Steve Martin. The project was managed by The Robert Stigwood Organisation. In 1975 the original plans for the album were suspended due to a dispute between Columbia and RSO. RSO invested $12 million into this soundtrack and the profit offset set against costs such as $1 million for promotion. Although the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band debuted at #5 in the U.S. Billboard album charts and stayed there for six weeks, becoming a multi-platinum album, there was reported resistance to the interpretation of The Beatles' songs, such as Martin's comedic take on "Maxwell's Silver Hammer". However Earth, Wind & Fire's version of "Got To Get You Into My Life" became a million selling single and Aerosmith's "Come Together" charted in the top 40 and later appeared on the soundtrack for Armageddon. Radio airplay trailed off when the film was released with poor reviews, only five weeks later. The album immediately dropped out of the top 100 and pre-sale shipments to USA failed to sell in the quantities predicted. Owing to low box office receipts the film failed to make back its production costs, but profits from the sound track album and the successful singles it spawned later covered those losses. Disc 1 01 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heats Club Band - With A Little Help From My Friends 02 - Here Comes The Sun 03 - Getting Better 04 - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 05 - I Want You She's So Heavy 06 - Good Morning, Good Morning 07 - She's Leaving Home 08 - You Never Give Me Your Money 09 - Oh! Darling 10 - Maxwell's Silver Hammer 11 - Polythene Pam - She Came In Through The Bathroom Window - Nowhere Man - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Reprise Disc 2 01 - Got To Get You Into My Life 02 - Strawberry Fields Forever 03 - When I'm Sixty - Four 04 - Mean Mr. Mustard 05 - Fixing A Hole 06 - Because 07 - Golden Slumbers - Carry The Weight 08 - Come Together 09 - Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite 10 - The Long And Winding Road 11 - Nowhere Man Medley 12 - Get Back 13 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Finale LINK
Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott was a Scottish-born Australian rock musician, best known for being the lead singer and lyricist of Australian hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980. He was born in Kirriemuir, Scotland, and moved to Melbourne, Australia with his family in 1952 at the age of six. Scott formed his first band, The Spektors, in 1964 and became the band's drummer and occasional lead vocalist. He performed in several other bands including The Valentines and Fraternity before replacing Dave Evans as the lead singer of AC/DC in 1974. 01 - The Valentines - To Know You Is To Love You 02 - The Valentines - She Said 03 - The Valentines - Every Day I Have To Cry 04 - The Valentines - I Can't Dance With You 05 - The Valentines - Peculiar Hole In The Sky 06 - The Valentines - Love Makes Sweet Music 07 - The Valentines - I Can Hear The Raindrops 08 - The Valentines - Why Me 09 - The Valentines - Sooky Sooky 10 - The Valentines - Getting Better 11 - The Valentines - Ebeneezer 12 - The Valentines - Hoochie Coochie Billy 13 - The Valentines - My Old Man's A Groovy Old Man 14 - The Valentines - Nick Nack Paddy Wack 15 - The Valentines - Julliette 16 - Fraternity - Annabelle 17 - Fraternity - Welfare Boogie 18 - Fraternity - Hemming's Farm 19 - Fraternity - Sommerville R.I.P. 20 - Fraternity - Getting Off 21 - Fraternity - If You Got It [Original] 22 - Fraternity - Seasons Of Change 23 - Bon Scott - Interview With David Day Of 5K LINK
This single was recorded by some of the same folks who created Crazy Elephant. It is a Kasenetz-Katz production with the help of Ritchie Cordell and the same session players who graced much of the Crazy Elephant LP. Side a is Captain Groovy And His Bubblegum Army, which was intended to be the theme song for an animated TV series which never happened. Side b is Dark Part Of My Mind (Part 1), part 2 of which was released on a Crazy Elephant single. Dark Part is in my opinion the most psychedelic music produced by The Super K folks, and it really is groovy.(AC) 01 - Captain Groovy & His Bubblegum Army 02 - Dark Part Of My Mind (Part 1) LINK
Greenslade is an English progressive rock band. It was originally formed in the autumn of 1972 (making its live debut at Frankfurt's Zoom Club in November) with the following line-up: Dave Greenslade - keyboards and vocals, Tony Reeves - bass guitar, Dave Lawson - keyboards and vocals and Andrew McCulloch - drums. Longtime musical associates, with a common background in jazz, Greenslade and Reeves had been original members of Colosseum. Lawson was previously a member of The Alan Bown Set, Web and Samurai, whilst McCulloch was briefly a member of King Crimson, playing drums on that band's third album, Lizard (1970), and Fields, the band formed by ex-Rare Bird keyboardist Graham Field. Spyglass Guest is the third studio album from Greenslade, released in 1974. 01 - Spirit Of The Dance 02 - Little Red Fry-Up 03 - Rainbow 04 - Siam Seesaw 05 - Joie De Vivre 06 - Red Light 07 - Melancholic Race 08 - Theme Of An Imaginary Western LINK
Damin Eih - guitars, lead vocals, synthesizer, piano, A.L.K. (A.L. Katzner) - percussion, piano, vocals, guitar, Brother Clark (Clark Dircz) - bass, guitar, piano, chinese chimes. Who are Damien Eih, A.l.k and Brother Clark you may ask yourself and so do I. Hardly anything is known about these lads, but their only LP, a private pressing from 1973 is something you should not miss.Mostly acoustic and gentle, but highly trippy and mystic this is the real collector's stuff. I really love this record and i am sure you will too...so download, "Take Off Your Eyes" and fly.More information welcome!(Note: the tracks on the LP go into one another, so the parted tracks often don't have a clearly defined beginning or end. This effect will disappear if you hear it as a whole) One of those elaborate Midwestern headtrips that will send you into aural space you didn't even know exitsted, like CA Quintet of side 1 of Yezda Urfa. The longer suites are particularly impressive, while the shorter tunes less so. A unique mix of multi-layered acoustic guitars, treated vocals and extensive use of cymbals creates a piercing yet enjoyable high frequency soundscape that demands your attention, while soom moog and fuzz bass round out the bottom. Someone spent a lot of money on this one and I would deem it largely successful, with parts that are truly spellbinding, even though the 'message' remains obscure. Pretentious and rather Euro-proggish in its sensibility, yet playful and exotic enough to appeal to more adventerous psych fans. The bands ridiculously unwieldy moniker and the lack of a high profile reissue keeps this one buried.'(Acid Archives) One of a kind album from a truly warped, unique sensibility. It's a tough to describe mix of acoustic guitars, pop melodies, folk, prog, and just plain weirdness. Often brilliant (i.e. the truly classic "Thundermice") but just as often impenetrable. Those who "get it" seem to instantly place this in their personal all-time top tens. I can't say I'm one of those privileged ones, but on every listen I do discover something new and enjoy bits and pieces of it. The album is constructed to feel like one continuous whole rather than a collection of songs, which actually makes it harder to enjoy-other than "Thundermice" the individual songs don't really distinguish themselves. It reminds me of the better Gong albums, where you wade through a couple of minutes of forgettable jamming, and hit a great 20 seconds or so, thinking "wow... if they just developed that into a complete song rather than noodling around so much this would be an amazing record." The problem, though, is that they really don't have enough focus or fully-formed ideas to do so even if they wanted to, and my instinct is that Eih (whoever he really is) has the same problem. The good moments make you want to forgive the dull spots, thinking they're over your head, but I suspect they're just Eih rambling rather than Eih in the midst of inspiration. Of course, those chosen few who "get it" would certainly say I'm wrong about this. [AM]
01 - Tourniquet 02 - Sing A Different Song 03 - Take Off Your Eyes 04 - Soft Margins 05 - Thundermice 06 - Monday Morning Prayer 07 - Gone 08 - Marching Together 09 - Kathryn At Night 10 - Party Hats & Olive Spats 11 - Return Naked
Based in Houston, Texas and originally known as The Bloontz All Star Blues Band, the group featured the talents of drummer Tony Braunagel, singer Andy Chapman, lead guitarist David Kealey, keyboardist Mike Montgomery, and former Blackwell bassist Terry Wilson. They relocated to New York in 1972 and shortened their name to Bloontz, scoring a contract with the Evolution label. Produced by Ron Johnsen, 1973's cleverly-titled "Bloontz" wasn't half bad. Mind you, none of the nine tracks was going to win an award for originality, but in the AOR genre the songs (with three of the five members contributing material), were quite varied and the performances were virtually all enjoyable. As lead singer Chapman had a voice that was near perfect for album oriented rockers - tough, rugged, but quite commercial. Imagine Paul Rodgers had he been born and raised in Texas. The rest of the band were also quite good with guitarist Kealey deserving special notice for his tasteful solos. (RDTEN) Zenobia (choir), Tony Braunagel (drums), Andy Chapman (vocals), Jimmy Don (guitar), Margaret Dorn (choir), Mike Montgomery (keyboards), Terry Wilson (bass), Sharon Redd (choir), David L. Kealey (guitar), Steve Radney (guitar) and Lynda Lawley (choir) 01 - The Joke's On You 02 - Jason Blue 03 - You Ain't Your Body 04 - Arena 05 - Long Way Down 06 - Prodigal 07 - Sunshine Masquarade 08 - Ramon 09 - Light Up The World LINK
Bobby Goldsboro is an American country and pop singer-songwriter. He had a string of Pop and Country hits during the 1960s and 1970s, including his signature #1 classic, "Honey" which sold well over one million copies in the United States. It also became his first country hit, and marked a career transition, as his songs became more successful on the country chart than on the pop side. Goldsboro's last Top 40 hit on the Hot 100 came in late 1973, but he remained a fixture in the country top 40 into the early 1980s. 01 - Come Back Home 02 - And I Love You So 03 - Saturdays Only 04 - Throwback 05 - A Poem For My Little Lady 06 - The Gentle Of A Man 07 - It's Up To Us 08 - Gold Hill Hotel 09 - Danny Is A Mirror To Me 10 - Your Song 11 - The Next Girl That I Marry 12 - I`ll Remember You LINK
