Hard Rock band Orange Wedge's first album, was originally released in 1972 in Baltimore, Maryland as a private pressing of 500 copies. Recorded between march and september 1972 at Flite Tree Recordings. Gregg Coulson (vocals),Joe Farace (guitars), Don Cowger (bass), Tom Rizzo (drums), Dave Burgess (keiboards) and Mark O' Connor (keyboards). 01 - Love Me 02 - Death Comes Slowly 03 - Comfort Of You 04 - Keep On Livin' 05 - One Night Lover 06 - Meathouse Shuffle 07 - Revenge LINK
Berkeley, CA, psychedelic outfit Notes from the Underground formed in 1965, originally comprised of singer multi instrumentalist Fred Sokolow, guitarist Mark Mandell, bassist Mike O'Connor, keyboardist John Miller, and drummer Joe Luke. One of the first Bay Area rock bands of any real distinction, the group played at the first Longshore's Hall concert presented by the now legendary Family Dog collective. They also regularly headlined the local club the Jabberwock when the house band, their chief rivals Country Joe & the Fish, were taking a night off.(STP) 01 - Follow Me Down 02 - I Wish I Was A Punk 03 - Mainliner 04 - Down In The Basement 05 - What Am I Doing Here 06 - Where I'm At 07 - Cantalope Island 08 - Why Did You Put Me On 09 - Tristesse 10 - Who Needs Me LINK
Nicholas Rodney "Nick" Drake (1948 – 1974) was an English folk singer-songwriter and musician. Best known for the sombre pieces composed on his primary instrument, the guitar, Drake was also proficient at piano, clarinet and saxophone. Although he failed to find a wide audience during his lifetime, Drake's work has gradually achieved wider notice and recognition; he now ranks among the most influential English singer-songwriters of the last 50 years. Nick Drake was an American only LP compilation release by Nick Drake. It was released in 1971, shortly after Island Records had started selling their own records in the U.S. At the time, they were distributed by Capitol records. 01 - Cello Song 02 - Poor Boy 03 - At The Chime Of A City Clock 04 - Northern Sky 05 - River Man 06 - Three Hours 07 - One Of These Things First 08 - Fly LINK
Stay with the Hollies is the first album by The Hollies. It's essentially an album of covers, "Little Lover" being the lone original composition and the shortest track on the original album. In Canada, Stay with the Hollies was released on its Capitol 6000 label with a completely different track listing from this LP and the US LP, Here I Go Again on Imperial. 01 - I´m Talking About You 02 - Mr Moonlight 03 - You Better Move On 04 - Lucille 05 - Baby Don´t Cry 06 - Memphis 07 - Stay 08 - Rockin´ Robin 09 - Watcha Gonna Do ´bout It 10 - Do You Love Me 11 - It´s Only Make Believe 12 - What Kind Of Girl Are You 13 - Little Lover 14 - Candy Man LINK
In The Hollies Style is The Hollies' second LP for Parlophone. Originally available in mono only, it was reissued in true stereo under the title The Vintage Hollies in 1967. In 1997, British EMI put both mono and stereo versions of this album onto a single CD. Upon being released, The Hollies' second album drew little success. While their debut and third album both reached the top five in the UK album charts, In The Hollies Style did not make the top twenty. However, it managed to retain the energy and excitement of their debut and demonstrated the development of The Hollies' songwriting. The debut album featured one original song; nearly half of the songs on In The Hollies Style (credited to "Ransford") are original. "To You My Love" was Graham Nash's first solo performance on a Hollies album according to the liner notes, which were written by producer Ron Richards. For reasons unknown, none of the tracks on this album have been issued in the United States. 01 - Nitty Gritty Something's Got A Hold On Me 02 - Don't You Know 03 - To You My Love 04 - It's In Her Kiss 05 - Time For Love 06 - What Kind Of Boy 07 - Too Much Monkey Business 08 - I Thought Of You Last Night 09 - Please Don't Feel Too Bad 10 - Come On Home 11 - You'll Be Mine 12 - Set Me Free LINK
Hollies is The Hollies' third LP for Parlophone. This is also referred to as Hollies '65 to differentiate it from the similarly-titled 1974 album. It went to #8 in the UK album charts. Originally available in mono only, it was reissued in stereo under the title Reflection in 1969. In 1997, British EMI put both mono and stereo versions of this album onto a single CD. Of the twelve tracks on this album, only "So Lonely" was issued on 45 in Great Britain; even then, it was the B-side to the 1965 hit "Look Through Any Window", a song recorded concurrent with the rest of this album. On the original album, only four of the twelve songs are band originals with the rest being covers. In Scandinavia "Very Last Day" and "Too Many People" were issued on 45, with the former becoming a major hit in Sweden. 01 - Very Last Day 02 - You Must Believe Me 03 - Put Yourself In My Place 04 - Down The Line 05 - That's My Desire 06 - Too Many People 07 - Lawdy Miss Clawdy 08 - When I Come Home To You 09 - Fortune Teller 10 - So Lonely 11 - I've Been Wrong 12 - Mickey's Monkey LINK
In 1965 Imperial Records released Hollies with a different track listing as Hear! Here!. Imperial removed "Fortune Teller" and "Mickey's Monkey", added the singles "I'm Alive" and "Look Through Any Window" (the Hollies first American Top 40 hit) and re-arranged the track listing. Strangely, the cover used the photo from the UK In The Hollies Style LP, which was never released in the USA. "Mickeys Monkey" later appeared in 1966 on Imperial's "Bus Stop" album. In 2010, the mono version of this LP was reissued on 180 gram vinyl in the USA by Sundazed Records. 01 - He Hollies I'm Alive 02 - The Very Last Day 03 - You Must Believe Me 04 - Put Yourself In My Place 05 - Down The Line 06 - That's My Desire 07 - Look Through Any Window 08 - Lawdy Miss Clawdy 09 - When I Come Home To You 10 - So Lonely 11 - I've Been Wrong 12 - Too Many People LINK
This was The Hollies' third U.S. album; it was released under the title Beat Group! (Imperial LP-9312 (Mono)/LP-12312 (Rechanneled stereo)) one month before Would You Believe? in the U.K.. Several tracks from Would You Believe? that weren't used for this album were carried over to the next U.S. album Bus Stop, released in mid-1966, which compiled these, the title track and other stray songs from previous U.K. albums and singles dating as far back as 1964. The version of "A Taste of Honey" was exclusive to this album and wasn't released in the UK at the time. It differs from the version released on the box set The Long Road Home which was recorded in 1968. 01 - I Can't Let Go 02 - That's How Strong My Love Is 03 - Running Through The Night 04 - Oriental Sadness 05 - A Taste Of Honey 06 - Mr Moonlight 07 - Don't You Even Care 08 - Hard Hard Year 09 - Take Your Time 10 - Fifi The Flea 11 - I Take What I Want LINK
For Certain Because is the fifth UK album by The Hollies and their second released in 1966. This was also the first Hollies album in which all the songs were written by members Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, and Tony Hicks. Retitled Stop! Stop! Stop! for the US and Canadian markets, this was the first Hollies album in which the track listing on both US and UK versions remained the same. In addition, other markets used the title Stop! Stop! Stop! when reissuing this album. In 1983, Liberty Records reissued this album as Pay You Back With Interest without the tracks "Stop! Stop! Stop!" and "High Classed". Stop! Stop! Stop! was also the Hollies' last new album for Imperial Records in the US and Capitol Records in Canada. Their next album, Evolution, would be released in the US and Canada on Epic Records while remaining on Parlophone/EMI in the UK. Stop! Stop! Stop! tells the story of a young man watching an exotic dancer who completely captivates him, so much so that he jumps up on stage to dance with her and promptly gets thrown out of the nightclub (presumably by a bouncer). All current CD issues of this album retain the original album title and artwork. 01 - What´s Wrong With The Way I Live 02 - Pay You Back With Interest 03 - Tell Me To My Face 04 - Clown 05 - Suspicious Look In Your Eyes 06 - It´s You 07 - High Classed 08 - Peculiar Situation 09 - What Went Wrong 10 - Crusader 11 - Don´t Even Think About Changing 12 - Stop Stop Stop LINK
Strange Days is the second album released by The Doors. The album was a commercial success, earning a gold record and reaching No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Despite this, the album's producer, Paul Rothchild, considered it a commercial failure, even if it was an artistic triumph: "We all thought it was the best album. Significantly, it was also the one with the weakest sales. We were confident it was going to be bigger than anything The Beatles had done. But, there was no single. The record died on us." Nonetheless, the album managed two Top 30 hits, a Top 3 placing on the US charts, and a platinum certification. Furthermore, the album certainly did nothing to derail the overall success of the Doors, as demonstrated the next year by their chart-topping follow-up Waiting for the Sun.
01 - Strange days 02 - You´re lost little girl 03 - Love me two times 04 - Unhappy girl 05 - Horse latitudes 06 - Moonlight drive 07 - People are strange 08 - My eyes have seen you 09 - I can´t see your face in my mind 10 - When the music´s over
Waiting for the Sun is The Doors' third studio album. It was released in 1968 and became the band's first and only number one album and spawned their second US number one single, "Hello, I Love You". It also became the band's first hit album in the UK, where it peaked at #16 in the chart. With the exception of two songs, the material for this album was written after the band's initial songs from the formation of the group had been recorded for their debut album and second album, Strange Days. The highlight of this album was supposed to be the lengthy theatrical piece "Celebration of the Lizard", but in the end only the "Not to Touch the Earth" section was used. The song "Waiting for the Sun" would not appear on an album until Morrison Hotel. 01 - Hello, I Love You 02 - Love Street 03 - Not To Touch The Earth 04 - Summer's Almost Gone 05 - Wintertime Love 06 - The Unknown Soldier 07 - Spanish Caravan 08 - My Wild Love 09 - We Could Be So Good Together 10 - Yes, The River Knows 11 - Five To One 12 - Albinoni's Adagio In G Minor (Bonus) 13 - Not To Touch The Earth (Dialogue) (Bonus) 14 - Not To Touch The Earth (Take 1) (Bonus) 15 - Not To Touch The Earth (Take 2) (Bonus) 16 - Celebration Of The Lizard (An Experimentwork In Progress) (Bonus) LINK
The Soft Parade is the fourth studio album by The Doors, released in 1969. The album met with some controversy among fans and critics due to its inclusion of brass and string instrument arrangements, as opposed to the more stripped-down sound of their earlier recordings. Fans also complained that The Soft Parade followed the lyrical formulas of previous albums, and thus was not very innovative. In reviewing the 40th anniversary remix (for the August 2007 issue of Downbeat Magazine) correspondent Dan Ouellette thought otherwise, declaring it to be "the apex" of the band's creativity. Due to Jim Morrison's increasing alcoholism and interest in poetry, guitarist Robby Krieger has a stronger presence on The Soft Parade than on any other Doors album from the Morrison era, contributing around half the material, instead of merely a song or two as he had on previous efforts. 01 - Tell all the people 02 - Touch Me 03 - Shaman´s blues 04 - Do it 05 - Easy ride 06 - Wild child 07 - Runnin´ blue 08 - Wishful sinful 09 - The Soft Parade LINK
Recorded live In Detroit (Cobo Hall, 05/08/1970). Detroit's Cobo Hall on May 8, 1970, is the setting for Live in Detroit, the first complete concert performance on the Doors' own Bright Midnight label. This is the Doors the way they deserve to be remembered -- tight and overtly bluesy. However, that oversimplification unfairly discounts the multiple sonic detours made along the way. Strange but true, this is the very first complete concert recording by the Doors to be offered for mass consumption -- allowing for some poetic justice. Live in Detroit is an initial step in removing the rumor and innuendo regarding Jim Morrison's loss of ability to perform on stage -- with the threat of an impending legal trial. No, this isn't the same trippy, hippy, psychedelic band that raised eyebrows by singing "higher" on The Ed Sullivan Show. Similarly, the world had grown in the intervening years. While this set is chocked full of early favorites such as "Break on Through," "Light My Fire," and the rarely documented "The End," the Doors' souls are full of the blues. 01 - Tuning 02 - Roadhouse Vamp 03 - Hello To The Cities 04 - Dead Cats Dead Rats 05 - Break On Through (To The Other Side) 06 - Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) 07 - Back Door Man 08 - Five To One 09 - Roadhouse Blues 10 - You Make Me Real 11 - Ship Of Fools 12 - When The Musics Over 13 - People Get Ready 14 - Mystery Train 15 - Away In India 16 - Crossroads 17 - Tuning 18 - Carol 19 - Light My Fire 20 - Been Down So Long 21 - Love Hides 22 - Mean Mustard Blues 23 - Carol (Reprise) 24 - Close To You 25 - Im A King Bee 26 - Rock Me Baby / Heartbreak Hotel 27 - The End LINK
This is the Miami concert from 1969. Dinner Key Auditorium, Miami, Florida, 1st March 1969, with Morrison very drunk. 01 - Medley Back Door Man, Five to One 02 - Fun Rap (Poem) 03 - Touch Me (Attempt) 04 - Love Me Two Times 05 - When the Music's Over 06 - Wake Up! 07 - Light My Fire 08 - Who Scared You 09 - Spanish Caravan 10 - Wild Child 11 - Touch Me 12 - The Unknown Soldier LINK
Recorded Live at Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden - September 20, 1968. 01 Five To One 02 Mack the Knife. Alabama Song 03 Back Door Man 04 You're Lost, Little Girl 05 Love Me Two Times 06 When The Music's Over 07 Wild Child 08 Money 09 Wake Up 10 Light My Fire 11 The End 12 Unknown Soldier LINK
Kinda Kinks is a studio album by The Kinks, released in 1965. It was recorded immediately after the return of the group from an Asian tour, and was completed and released within two weeks. Consequently, the production was rushed and, according to Ray Davies, the band was not completely satisfied with the final cuts. Due to record company pressure, however, no time was available to fix certain flaws present in the mix. Ray Davies has expressed his dissatisfaction towards the production not being up to par. Commenting on this, he said: "A bit more care should have been taken with it. I think (producer) Shel Talmy went too far in trying to keep in the rough edges. Some of the double tracking on that is appalling. It had better songs on it than the first album, but it wasn't executed in the right way. It was just far too rushed.” It was released in the United States with a different, rearranged, track listing and repackaged cover. Several tracks were removed as well, and the single "Set Me Free" was unique to the album's US release. 01 - Look For Me Baby 02 - Got My Feet on the Ground 03 - Nothin' in the World Can Stop Me From Worryin' 'Bout That Girl 04 - Naggin' Woman 05 - Wonder Where My Baby is Tonight 06 - Tired of Waiting For You 07 - Dancing in the Street 08 - Don't Ever Change 09 - Come on Now 10 - So Long 11 - You Shouldn't Be Sad 12 - Something Better Beginning 13 - Everybody's Gonna Be Happy (bonus track) 14 - Who'll Be the Next in Line (bonus track) 15 - Set Me Free (bonus track) 16 - I Need You (bonus track) 17 - See My Friends (bonus track) 18 - Never Met A Girl Like You Before (bonus track) 19 - Wait Till Summer Comes Along (bonus track) 20 - Such A Shame (bonus track) 21 - Well Respected Man (bonus track) 22 - Don't You Fret (bonus track) 23 - I Go to Sleep (bonus track, demo) LINK
The Kink Kontroversy is a rock album by The Kinks, released in 1965. It is a transitional work, with elements of both the earlier Kinks' styles (heavily blues-influenced songs such as "Milk Cow Blues", and variations on the band's hits from 1964-65 such as "Till the End of the Day") and early indications of the future direction of Ray Davies songwriting styles ("The World Keeps Going Round" and "I'm On an Island"). The album's title is a mocking reference to the notorious reputation the band had developed over the previous year, including onstage fights and concert riots in Europe, which led to a ban on the group's concerts in the United States. 01 - Milk Cow Blues 02 - Ring The Bell 03 - Gotta Get The First Plane Home 04 - When I See That Girl Of Mine 05 - I Am Free 06 - Till The End Of The Day 07 - The World Keeps Going Around 08 - I'm On An Island 09 - Where Have All The Good Times Gone 10 - It's Too Late 11 - What's In Store For Me 12 - You Can't Win 13 - Dedicated Follower Of Fashion [bonus] 14 - Sittin' On My Sofa [bonus] 15 - When I See That Girl Of Mine [bonus] [demo] 16 - Dedicated Follower Of Fashion [bonus] [alt] LINK
Face to Face, released in 1966 on Pye Records in the United Kingdom and on Reprise Records in the United States, is the fourth UK studio album by The Kinks. A major artistic breakthrough for Kinks' songwriter Ray Davies, the LP represents the first full flowering of Davies' use of narrative, observation, and wry social commentary in his songs. It heralded The Kinks' move away from the hard-driving rock and roll style of 1964-65, which had catapulted the group to international stardom. It was the first Kinks album consisting entirely of Ray Davies compositions, and was their first album recorded over several months, rather than in one concentrated session. 01 - Party Line 02 - Rosey Won't You Please Come Home 03 - Dandy 04 - Too Much On My Mind 05 - Session Man 06 - Rainy Day In June 07 - House In The Country 08 - Holiday In Waikiki 09 - Most Exclusive Residence For Sale 10 - Fancy 11 - Little Miss Queen Of Darkness 12 - You're Lookin' Fine 13 - Sunny Afternoon 14 - I'll Remember LINK
Something Else by The Kinks, often referred to as just Something Else, is the fifth UK studio album by The Kinks, released in September 1967. The album marks the final involvement of American producer Shel Talmy in The Kinks' 1960s studio recordings; henceforth Ray Davies would assume recording production. Many of the recordings feature the keyboard work of session player Nicky Hopkins, and the backing vocals of Ray Davies' wife, Rasa. 01 - David Watts 02 - Death Of A Clown 03 - Two Sisters 04 - No Return 05 - Harry Rag 06 - Tin Soldier Man 07 - Situation Vacant 08 - Love Me Till The Sun Shines 09 - Lazy Old Sun 10 - Afternoon Tea 11 - Funny Face 12 - End Of The Season 13 - Waterloo Sunset LINK
The Mynah Birds were a Canadian R&B band based in Toronto, Ontario in the 1960s. Although the band never released an album, it is famous as one of the earliest efforts of a number of musicians who went on to be successful. The Mynah Birds grew out of a 1964 group called the Sailorboys, fronted by Jimmy Livingstone and also including guitarist Ian Goble, drummer Rick Cameron, organist Goldy McJohn and bass player Nick St. Nicholas, soon joined by Rick James. Over its short lifespan, the group featured a large number of artists in its many different configurations. Its most memorable lineup included future funk star Rick James, Rickman Mason, John Taylor and future folk rock music stars Neil Young and Bruce Palmer, both of whom went on to form Buffalo Springfield. McJohn and St. Nicholas would later become members of the rock band Steppenwolf. Also, a late-running 1967 version of The Mynah Birds featured heavy rocker Neil Merryweather. The songs were recorded at Goldstar Studio, Detroit, January or February 1966, and a bootleg titled The Lost Recordings was released. 01 - It's My Time 02 - I'll Wait Forever 03 - Masquerade 04 - Masquerade 05 - Fantasy 06 - I've Got You In My Soul 07 - Go On And Cry LINK
