Slade are an English rock band. The British Hit Singles & Albums stated that they were the top UK group of the 1970s. They were the first act to have three singles enter at #1, and all six of the Wolverhampton band's chart-toppers were penned by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea. Total UK sales were 6,520,171, and their best selling single, "Merry Xmas Everybody", sold more than 1 million copies worldwide.The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music commented that with Holder's powerful vocals and guitarist Dave Hill's equally arresting dress sense, Slade were one of the most successful British chart bands of the 1970s, scoring seventeen consecutive Top 20 hits. They are well known for the deliberate misspelling of their song titles, and for the song "Merry Xmas Everybody" (first released in December 1973), now one of the most iconic Christmas pop songs in the United Kingdom.
01 - The Raven 02 - See You Here See Us There 03 - Do You Want Me 04 - Gospell According To Rasputin 05 - Dirty Joker 06 - Man Who Speaks Evil 07 - Get Down And Get It With It 08 - In Like A Shot From My Gun 09 - Done Me Wrong Alright 10 - My Like Is Natural 11 - Take Me Back Home 12 - Look What You Dun 13 - Darling Be Home Soon 14 - Keep On Rockin' 15 - Move Over Baby 16 - Mama Weer All Crazee Now 17 - Nights In White Satin 18 - Getting Better 19 - Omana 20 - Wild Winds Are Blowin' 21 - Sweet Box 22 - Coming Home 23 - Shapes Of Things To Come
Orpheus is a Worcester, Massachusetts-based rock band that enjoyed popularity in the 1960s and early 1970s. In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in the avant guard band. Original members included guitarist/vocalists Bruce Arnold and Jack McKennes, bass guitarist Eric "The Snake" Gulliksen, and drummer Harry Sandler but many others have since been a part of the group. Orpheus recorded three albums and four singles for MGM Records produced by musical legend Alan Lorber, including their best known hit, Can’t Find The Time, though it was later work that came to actually define the band.This debut album and a single "Can’t Find The Time" were released in January 1968, and the group played a few small clubs in Chicago, Detroit, and Philadelphia, before making their official debut in late February of that year at the Bitter End in Greenwich Village. Shortly after, the group opened for Cream at a concert at Brandeis University. The group followed the success of their first album with the release of Ascending in 1968 and Joyful in the early spring of 1969. 01 - I've Never Seen Love Like This 02 - Lesley's World 03 - Congress Alley 04 - Music Machine 05 - Door Knob 06 - I'll Stay With You 07 - I Can't Find The Time To Tell You 08 - Never In My Life 09 - The Dream LINK
Bakerloo (previously The Bakerloo Blues Line) was an English heavy blues-rock trio, established by Staffordshire guitarist David "Clem" Clempson, Terry Poole and others in the late 1960s, at the high point of the influence of The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Cream. Although the group was prominent only for around a year (1968-9) and released only one album it played an important part in the history of the genre, especially in view of its members' subsequent involvement with Colosseum, Humble Pie, May Blitz, Graham Bond, Vinegar Joe, Judas Priest and Uriah Heep. The album Bakerloo was further promoted by the inclusion of the long, heavy slow blues "This Worried Feeling" on the Harvest double sampler album Picnic - A Breath of Fresh Air and by BBC recordings for radio. The album was produced by Gus Dudgeon. Last Blues was a heavy rocker, Son of Moonshine a driving metal blues. Other tracks contained "progressive" classical and jazz elements. 01 - Big Bear Ffolly 02 - Bring It On Home 03 - Drivin Bachwards 04 - Last Blues 05 - Gang Bang 06 - This Worried Feeling 07 - Son Of Moonshine 08 - Once Upon A Time 09 - This Worried Feeling Ii LINK
Twice as Much was composed of David Skinner and Andrew Rose and were harmony singers who also wrote much of their own material. They were signed to Immediate Records, which was run by The Rolling Stones manager, Andrew Loog Oldham. The pair recorded four singles ("Sittin' on a Fence" b/w "Baby I Want You"; "Step Out of Line" / "Simplified"; "True Story" / "You're So Good For Me"; "Crystal Ball" / "Why Can't They All Go And Leave Me Alone") and two albums, Own Up and That's All (featuring Vashti Bunyan) between 1966 and 1968 for Immediate. Most of these recordings were pop in the Peter and Gordon/Chad and Jeremy mold, with light orchestral pop/rock arrangements, that sometimes employed a touch of the baroque. Their only UK Top 40 success was a cover of the Mick Jagger and Keith Richards composition "Sittin' on a Fence" (1966). The Stones released it a year later. 01 - Sitting On A Fence 02 - Hey Girl 03 - Listen 04 - You're So Good To Me 05 - Green Circles 06 - Life Is But Nothing-Happy Times-Do You Wanna Dance 07 - True Story 08 - Simplified 09 - Step Out Of Line 10 - You'll Never Get To Heaven 11 - Crystal Ball 12 - Coldest Night Of The Year LINK
The story of Crystalaugur is a strange one: the obscure "Native American" band Crystalaugur recorded this album in Singapore between 1972 and 1973, orginally pressing a mere 200 copies for a private label (Warped Rec) and the ridiculously small pressing made the original album an unbelievable rarity. Now, the truth about Crystalagur. Circa 1975,in Singapore, a group of guys, SAS students, Kim Bengs, Bryan Hall, Greg Kemp, Howard Kukla and Guy Rittger, who were members of the band Crystalaugur were trying to figure out what they wanted to do for Interim Semester. To quote Howard Kukla in his interview, "So the band went to the administration with a proposal to make an album (you know, those big round vinyl things most of your parents have in the attic collecting dust). We would write our own music, record it, have it pressed to vinyl and distribute. The result was Terranaut. It is our own work. One of our classmates (Greg Kemp) recorded it on a TEAC or AKAI 4 track reel-to-reel with over-dub of vocals and other sound effects. The artwork was done by the bass player's step-mother. We had the recording pressed by BMI Ltd in Singapore. Only about 200 copies were pressed. We gave them away to friends and family. It was never meant to be a money making venture, just meant to get us through the 2 week semester break. Rumors circulated that the album was actually cut by a group of "Native American” Vietnam vets on R&R in Singapore. No, just a bunch of creative teenagers making music together, for a very memorable year.”
01 - Terranaut 02 - I'll Be Remembered 03 - Cosmic Journey 04 - You've Got To Rap 05 - Uppachit Creek 06 - Easy Term Pleasure 07 - Pams Song 08 - Number 4 09 - Goodbye
Faces (sometimes known as The Faces) are an English rock band formed in 1969 by members of the Small Faces after Steve Marriott left that group to form Humble Pie. The remaining Small Faces - Ronnie Lane (bass guitar), Ian McLagan (keyboards) and Kenney Jones (drums & percussion) - were joined by Ronnie Wood (guitar) and Rod Stewart (lead vocals), both from The Jeff Beck Group, and the new line-up was renamed Faces. Faces released four studio albums and toured regularly until the autumn of 1975, although Stewart simultaneously pursued a solo recording career, and during the band's final year Wood also toured with The Rolling Stones, whom he later joined. March 10, 1970 Camden Theatre London, England FM Broadcast 1. Flying 2. Three Button Hand Me Down 3. Wicked Messenger September 15, 1970 Maida Vale Studio #4 London, England FM Broadcast 1. Had Me A Real Good Time 2. Around The Plynth/Gasoline Alley 3. Country Comforts November 19, 1970 Paris Theatre London, England FM Broadcast 1. You're My Girl (I Don't Want To Discuss It) 2. Wicked Messenger 3. Devotion 4. It's All Over Now 5. I Feel So Good LINK
Brainbox was a Dutch rock group from the late 1960s/early 1970s. It was founded in Amsterdam by guitarist Jan Akkerman, drummer Pierre van der Linden and singer Kazimir Lux (Kaz). Their debut single was "Down Man", which established their progressive blues sound. They had several hit singles in the Netherlands, including "Between Alpha and Omega", "Doomsday Train", Reason to Believe and "Smile". Soon after they released their first album, Akkerman and van der Linden left the group to join Focus. After van der linden and Akkerman left, Brainbox bass player Cyril Havermans also followed to join Focus, replacing the original Focus bass player. They were replaced by guitarists Herman Meyer and Rudie de Quelijoe and drummer Frans Smit. Meyer was later replaced by John Schuursma. After Kaz Lux left the group in 1971, their popularity waned and they split up in 1972. 01 - Dark Rose 02 - Reason To Believe 03 - Baby, What You Want Me To Do 04 - Scarborough Fair 05 - Summertime 06 - Sinner's Prayer 07 - Sea Of Delight 08 - Down Man 09 - Woman's Gone 10 - Sea Of Delight [Try Out] (Bonus) 11 - Sea Of Delight [Take 1] (Bouns) 12 - Amsterdam, The First Days (Bonus) LINK
Blonde on Blonde was a guitar-led psychedelic rock group from South Wales. The band was originally formed in Newport in 1967 by vocalist/guitarist Ralph Patel, drummer Les Hicks, bassist/organist Richard Hopkins and guitarist/sitar player Gareth Johnson. The band was named after Bob Dylan's 1966 album of the same name. They disbanded in early 1972. Even though they enjoyed strong reviews from music critics and achieved massive exposure playing before gigantic crowds at the 1969 Isle of Wight festival (coincidently headlined by Dylan), they never managed to generate much in the way of sales. In 1968 the quartet left Wales for London. Playing clubs such as London's Middle Earth generated publicity for the band, and Pye Records eventually signed the band. Contrasts, released in 1969 and produced by Barry Murray, has been described as progressive. The album included the Robin Williamson covers "No Sleep Blues" and "I Need My Friend". A personal favorite was Patel's hysterical "Conversationally Making The Grade". Also included was a cover of The Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby". 01 - Ride With Captain Max 02 - Spinning Wheel 03 - No Sleep Blues 04 - Goodbye 05 - I Need My Freind 06 - Mother Earth 07 - Eleanor Rigby 08 - Conversationally Making The Grade 09 - Regencey 10 - Island On An Island 11 - Don't Be Too Long 12 - Jeanette Isabelle 13 - Country Life 14 - All Day, All Night LINK
Straight Up is the third album by Badfinger, released on December 13, 1971. It is widely regarded as Badfinger's best album, spawning two Top 20 singles in the U.S. and being commercially successful in its own right. However, because the album was released on the then faltering Apple Records label, it has been unavailable for most of the period since its initial release. Recordings for Straight Up began in early 1971 under the direction of producer Geoff Emerick, who produced the bulk of Badfinger's preceding album No Dice. Although these early recordings were completed and both the album and a single, "Name of the Game", were ready to be released, Apple Records co-president George Harrison decided the album could be improved under his personal direction, which led the single to be canceled. Harrison recorded a couple of new tracks with the band in the summer of 1971, as well as re-recording a couple of the original tracks. He can be heard playing a slide-guitar duet with Pete Ham on the song "Day After Day", with Leon Russell featured on piano. 01 - Take It All 02 - Baby Blue 03 - Money 04 - Flying 05 - I'd Die Babe 06 - Name Of The Game 07 - Suitcase 08 - Sweet Tuesday Morning 09 - Day After Day 10 - Sometimes 11 - Perfection 12 - It's Over 13 - Money (Bonus Track) (Previously Unreleased) 14 - Flying (Bonus Track) (Previously Unreleased) 15 - Name Of The Game (Original Version) 16 - Suitcase (Bonus Track) (Previously Unreleased) 17 - Perfection (Bonus Track) (Previously Unreleased) 18 - Baby Blue (Bonus Track) LINK
It's hard to believe this is the only Amen Corner CD in print, given the fact that they scored a remarkable six British hit singles in a short period during the '60s, and that frontman Andy Fairweather-Low, apart from having a solo career with singles, went on to work with talents like Eric Clapton. But this was where it all started, in songs like "Gin House," soaked in blues and soul, very raw and emotional. It was, perhaps, a better indicator of the heart of the band than its other hits, such as the cover of American Breed's "Bend Me, Shape Me." Fairweather-Low's distinctive, occasionally strangled-sounding voice was the band's hallmark, but its musical abilities shouldn't be forgotten. In retrospect, it was a powerful soul band who adapted its sound, but never lost the essence of what it was, even on something like "(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice." Most people will be coming here for the hits, and they're all here. But there's also something more than nostalgia. There's a very good band, too. (Chris Nickson, AMG)
01 - ( If Paradise Is ) Half As Nice 02 - Hello Susie 03 - High In The Sky (Live) 04 - Gin House (Live) 05 - Bend Me Shape Me 06 - Get Back 07 - Proud Mary 08 - Lady Riga 09 - Scream And Scream Again 10 - The Weight 11 - Welcome To The Club 12 - Thing's Ain't What They Used To Be 13 - Shake A Tail Feather (Live) 14 - So Fine (Live) 15 - (Our Love) Is In The Pocket (Live) 16 - Penny Lane (Live) 17 - When We Make Love 18 - Sanitation 19 - Mr. Nonchalant 20 - Recess
Sam the Sham is the stage name of the American rock and roll singer Domingo "Sam” Samudio. Sam the Sham was known for his camp robe and turban (inspiring Norton Records' 1994 Turban Renewal) and hauling his equipment in a 1952 Packard hearse with maroon velvet curtains. Samudio, who is of Mexican American descent, made his singing debut in second grade, representing his school in a radio broadcast. Later, he took up guitar and formed a group with friends, one of whom was Trini Lopez. After graduating from high school, Samudio joined the navy, where he was known as "Big Sam." He lived in Panama for six years, until his discharge. In Dallas in 1961, Sam formed 'The Pharaohs', the name inspired from the costumes in Yul Brynner's portrayal as pharaoh in the 1956 film "The Ten Commandments". The other members were Carl Medke, Russell Fowler, Omar "Big Man” Lopez and Vincent Lopez. In 1962 the group made a record that did not sell. The Pharaohs disbanded in 1962. In May 1963, Vincent Lopez was playing for 'Andy and The Nightriders' in Louisiana. When their organist quit, Sam joined. 'Andy and The Nightriders' was Andy Anderson, David A. Martin, Vincent Lopez and Sam. 'The Nightriders' became house band at The Congo Club. It was here that Sam became "The Sham” in a dual reference to the fact that the band’s name was 'Andy and The Nightriders' and Andy Anderson was leader but everyone came to hear Sam sing and the fact that Sam could only play chords.In June 1963, "The Nightriders” headed for Memphis, Tennessee and became house band at The Diplomat. In late summer 1963, Andy Anderson and Vincent Lopez left to return to Texas. Sam and David A. Martin replaced them with Jerry Patterson and Ray Stinnett and changed the name to "Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs”. Shortly thereafter, the band added saxophonist Butch Gibson. After paying to record and press records to sell at gigs, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs wound up with the Pen label in Memphis. There, they recorded their first and biggest hit, "Wooly Bully", selling 3 million copies and reaching No. 2 on the Billboard charts on June 5, 1965 at a time when American pop music charts were dominated by the British Invasion. It was awarded a gold disc. Disc 1 01 - Wooly Bully 02 - The Memphis Beat 03 - I Found Love 04 - Go-Go Girls 05 - Every Woman I Know (Crazy 'bout An Auto) 06 - Haunted House 07 - Juimonos (Let's Went) 08 - Shotgun 09 - Sorry 'bout That 10 - Gangster Of Love 11 - Mary Lee 12 - Long Tall Sally 13 - Ju Ju Hand 14 - Magic Touch 15 - 'cause I Love You 16 - Medicine Man 17 - That Old Black Magic 18 - I've Got A Voodoo Doll 19 - Got My Mojo Working 20 - The Gypsy 21 - Witchcraft 22 - Love Potion #9 23 - Magic Man 24 - Hoochie Coochie Man 25 - Ain't Gonna Move 26 - Monkey See Monkey Do 27 - Betty And Dupree 28 - Man Child 29 - How Does A Cheating Woman Feel 30 - The Signifying Monkey Disc 2 01 - Red Hot 02 - Big Blue Diamonds 03 - Over You 04 - Big City Lights 05 - Like You Used To 06 - Please Accept My Love 07 - Ring Dang Doo 08 - Save The Last Dance For Me 09 - Let's Talk It Over 10 - Mystery Train 11 - Can't Make Enough 12 - Uncle Willie 13 - Li'l Red Riding Hood 14 - Hanky Panky 15 - Deputy Dog 16 - Green'ich Grendel 17 - Mary Is My Little Lamb 18 - Sweet Talk 19 - El Toro De Goro (The Peace Loving Bull) 20 - The Phantom 21 - Little Miss Muffet 22 - Pharaoh-A-Go-Go 23 - Ring Them Bells 24 - Grasshopper 25 - The Hair On My Chinny Chin Chin 26 - (I'm In With) The Out Crowd 27 - Standing Ovation 28 - Ready Or Not 29 - Don't Try It 30 - A Long, Long Way 31 - How Do You Catch A Girl 32 - The Love You Left Behind 33 - Wooly Bully '67 Disc 3 01 - Black Sheep 02 - Struttin' 03 - I'm Not A Lover Anymore 04 - Leave My Kitten Alone 05 - Wanted Dead Or Alive 06 - You Can't Turn Me Off 07 - My Day's Gonna Come 08 - The Cockfight 09 - Let It Eat 10 - Love Me Like Before 11 - Groovin' 12 - Old Macdonald Had A Boogaloo Farm 13 - Stand By Me 14 - The Down Home Strut 15 - I Passed It By 16 - It's So Strange 17 - Stagger Lee 18 - Despair 19 - If You Try To Take My Baby 20 - Yakety Yak 21 - Poison Ivy 22 - A Little Bitty Thing Called Love 23 - I Wish It Were Me (Sam The Sham) 24 - Oh That's Good, No That's Bad (Sam The Sham) 25 - Take What You Can Get (Sam The Sham) 26 - Banned In Boston (Sam The Sham) 27 - Money's My Problem (Sam The Sham) 28 - Let Our Love Light Shine (Sam The Sham) 29 - I Never Had No One (Sam The Sham) 30 - I Couldn't Spell !!@! (Sam The Sham) LINK Part 1LINK Part 2
The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey (vocals), Pete Townshend (guitar), John Entwistle (bass) and Keith Moon (drums). They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction. The Who have sold about 100 million records and have charted 27 top forty singles in the United Kingdom and United States with 17 top ten albums, including 18 Gold, 12 Platinum and 5 Multi-Platinum album awards in the United States alone. This release, are live radio and TV performances, BBC, US TV, German TV, Beat Club Marquee and Scene Club, London. Material not available on the Polydor BBC compilation 01 - Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere 02 - Shout & Shimmy 03 - I Can't Explain 04 - My Generation 05 - Baby, Don't You Do It 06 - So Sad About Us 07 - Happy Jack 08 - So Sad About Us 09 - My Generation 10 - I Can See For Miles 11 - I Can't Reach You 12 - Our Love Was 13 - Summertime Blues 14 - Interview - 1969 15 - Pinball Wizard 16 - I'm Free 17 - See Me, Feel Me 18 - I Don't Even Know Myself 19 - Heaven & Hell 20 - The Seeker 21 - Shepherds Bush Entertainment 22 - Dance 23 - You Really Got Me 24 - Young Man Blues 25 - Here 'tis LINK
Live performances in England during the 1966 World Tour. Manchester Free Trade Hall, Birmingham Odeon, Liverpool Odeon, Sheffield Gaumont
01 - Tell Me Mama 02 - I Don't Believe You 03 - Baby Let Me Follow You Down 04 - Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 05 - Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat 06 - One Too Many Mornings 07 - Ballad Of A Thin Man 08 - Tell Me Mama 09 - I Don't Believe You 10 - Baby Let Me Follow You Down 11 - Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat 12 - One Too Many Mornings 13 - Ballad Of A Thin Man 14 - Like A Rolling Stone
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members have avoided categorising themselves as any one genre. The band also incorporated classical music, blues-rock, pop and progressive rock elements. They were once listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's loudest band, and have sold over 100 million albums worldwide. Deep Purple were ranked #22 on VH1's Greatest Artists of Hard Rock programme. This is the audio track of vol. 3 disc 1 in a series of DVD archive releases aimed to provide Deep Purple fans with DVDs rounding up as much rare footage from the 1968-1976 era as possible. The vol. 3 Archive DVDs contains a large collection of individual performances from TV around Europe, as well as rounding up some of the longer video segments known to exist plus an introduction to the band's history. 01 - Help 02 - Hush 03 - Wring That Neck 04 - Hallelujah 05 - Mandrake Root 06 - Speed King 07 - Black Night 08 - Child In Time 09 - Lazy 10 - Strange Kind Of Woman 11 - Fireball Writing Session 12 - Fireball 13 - Demons Eye 14 - No No No 15 - Into The Fire 16 - Never Before 17 - Highway Star 18 - Smoke On The Water 19 - Burn 20 - Mistreated 21 - Love Child 22 - You Keep On Moving LINK
One of the most overlooked bands of the British Invasion, the Sorrows offered a tough brand of R&B-infused rock that recalled the Pretty Things (though not as R&B-oriented) and the Kinks (though not as pop-oriented). Their biggest British hit, "Take a Heart," stopped just outside the U.K. Top 20; several other fine mid-'60s singles met with either slim or a total lack of success. With the rich, gritty vocals of Don Fardon, taut raunchy guitars, and good material (both self-penned and from outside writers), they rank as one of the better British bands of their era, and certainly among the very best never to achieve success of any kind in the U.S. After their sole LP (also titled Take a Heart), they issued a couple of singles with psychedelic and Dylanesque overtones, and had somehow relocated to Italy in the late '60s, where they played out their string with material in a much more progressive (and less distinctive) vein. Don Fardon had a Top 20 hit in America with a pre-Raiders version of "Indian Reservation" in 1968.
01 - Baby 02 - No, No, No 03 - Take A Heart 04 - She's Got The Action 05 - How Love Used To Be 06 - Teenage Letter 07 - I Don't Wanna Be Free 08 - Don't Sing No Sad Song For Me 09 - Cara-Lin 10 - We Should Get Along Fine 11 - Come With Me 12 - Let Me In 13 - You've Got What I Want 14 - Let The Live Live 15 - Pink Purple Yellow And Red 16 - My Gal 17 - Nimm Mein Herz 18 - Sei Mein Girl 19 - Mi Ci Spezza Il Cuore 20 - Vivi
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. The original members 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. This is a German release from 1980 with 14 bonus tracks.
01 - Almost Grown 02 - That's Why I'm Cryin' 03 - Floral Dance 04 - What More Do You Want 05 - Lulu's Back In Town 06 - We're Having A Party 07 - Don't Worry Baby 08 - Make Love 09 - Don't Think Twice It's Alright 10 - Funny How Love Can Be 11 - My Old Dutch 12 - Dance To The Locomotion
Bonus tracks
13 - Tossing And Turning 14 - A Girl Like You 15 - Tomorrow Is Another Day 16 - One Day 17 - Rain Rain Go Away 18 - Arrividerci Baby 19 - Wait A Minute 20 - I Could Make You Fall In Love 21 - In The Not Too Distant Future 22 - When You're Young 23 - The Holly And The Ivy League 24 - Once In Royal David's City 25 - Good King Wenceslas 26 - Silent Night
The psychedelic group Ill Wind released just one album, and even though it was for a fairly big label (ABC), it was indeed ill-distributed and heard by few at the time. Like a number of late-'60s bands from Boston, Ill Wind suffered from the lack of a consistent musical direction and uneven material and production that didn't make the most of the bandmembers' assets, though there was some instrumental and vocal talent in the group. Their album, Flashes, was a tense, brooding stew of folk-rock and freaky psychedelia that didn't quite coalesce, with the stirring, assertive vocals of Conny Devaney the best ingredient. Although it was produced by one of the best producers in 1960s rock, Tom Wilson (who had worked with Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, the Mothers of Invention, and others), it didn't do much, and the Ill Wind disbanded at the end of 1968, though the group re-formed for a few months in 1970.
01 - Walkin' And Singin' 02 - Sleep 03 - Little Man 04 - Dark World 05 - L.A.P.D. 06 - High Flying Bird 07 - Hung Up Chick 08 - People Of The Night 09 - Full Cycle 10 - Illwind 11 - You're All I See Now 12 - It's Your Life 13 - People Of The Night 14 - R.U. Write 15 - Tomorrow You'll Come Back
A lost late 60s gem from Reprise Records, the only album ever recorded by this young band from the Greenwich Village scene!. There's a great post-folk feel to the set, warm harmonies and a bit of acoustic instrumentation to show the influence of the earlier generation, but a bit more focus on the tunes overall, and a subtle dose of soul that's really nice. Jon Lind is the lead vocalist, and he's totally great, with almost a Rascals-like approach to his music, especially when harmonizing with Peter Gallway, the other vocalist in the group. Instrumentation includes acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards, and even a bit of flute, and the tracks include the incredible "Eden Rock", a sweetly tripping number that easily rivals Kenny Rankin's best work! 01 - Fast Freight 02 - One Or The Other 03 - Good Lady Of Toronto 04 - Eden Rock 05 - County Time Rhymes 06 - Calamity Jane 07 - Nice Folks 08 - Cockeyed Shame 09 - Faithful Be Fair 10 - In Hollywood 11 - Angel LINK
Swift Rain were from El Paso, Texas and were formed by Mike Ciccarelli (Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Slide Guitar), Andre Bonaguidi (Vocals, Drums,Percussion), Frankie Sotelo (Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Keyboards) and Paul E. West (Vocals,Bass Guitar). This album was recorded in Memphis at Royal Studio. Coming Down generating favorable critical buzz and Swift Rain was subsequently hired to serve as the opening act for Mountain on an upcoming American tour. After the album was released on Hi Records, Swift Rain would only last another two-three months. The band did not re-sign with Hi Records and moved to Los Angeles where play the last days at the Sewers Of Paris nightclub right off Hollywood Boulevard. 01 - You're Gonna Come Down 02 - United 03 - Everybird 04 - Broken Love 05 - Nancy's Song 06 - Yo Soi Tuyo 07 - Everywhere (In My Town) 08 - If You Feel 09 - Silver Paper 10 - For La Hudala 11 - The Laplander LINK
Steamhammer was a blues-rock band from Worthing, England. The band was founded in 1968 by Martin Quittenton (guitar) and Kieran White (vocals, guitar, harmonica). The first stable lineup consisted of Quittenton, White, Martin Pugh (guitar), Steve Davy (bass), and Michael Rushton (drums). Mk II was the second album of Steamhammer. Not selling as many records as they had hoped, Steamhammer nevertheless became a top European open-air attraction, mainly due to their excellent live performance. For over two hours each night they would provide instrumental improvisations, exemplarised by the guitar work of Martin Pugh and the harmonica of Kieran White. In summer 1969, Martin Quittenton left the band, followed by drummer Michael Rushton. They were replaced by Steve Jolliffe (saxophone, flute) and Mick Bradley (drums). Jollife's feel for precise arrangements and jazz influences especially inspired the recording of this second Mk II album. Going beyond the boundaries of traditional blues forms, the band members applied their musical creativity and imagination without the need for technical trickery.
01 - Supposed To Be Free 02 - Johnny Carl Morton 03 - Sunset Chase 04 - Contemporary Chick Con Song 05 - Turn Around 06 - 6 8 For Amiran 07 - Passing Through 08 - Down Along The Grove 09 - Another Travelling Tune 10 - Fran And Dee Take A Ride 11 - Junior's Wailing (Single Version - Bonus Track) 12 - Windmill (Bonus Track) 13 - Autumn Song (Bonus Track) 14 - Blues For Passing People (Bonus Track)
