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Saturday, 1 May 2021

Il Contemporaneo Di Modena "Zeitgenossen" 1971

Am 1. Mai, dem traditionellen Tag der Arbeit, an dem passenderweise meine Frau ihren 1. Tag als Pensionärin begeht!

On May 1st, which is traditionally Labor Day!
Le 1er mai, la traditionnelle fête du travail!
1 maggio, la tradizionale festa del lavoro!
¡1 de mayo, el tradicional Día del Trabajo!
1 мая, традиционный День труда!
1. maj, den traditionelle Labor Day!
5月1日，传统的劳动节
1. toukokuuta, perinteinen vapaapäivä!
1η Μαΐου, η παραδοσιακή Εργατική Ημέρα!
1. svibnja, tradicionalni Praznik rada!
1ê Gulanê, Roja Karkeran a kevneşopî!
1. maijs, tradicionālā Darba svētki!
Gegužės 1-oji, tradicinė darbo diena!
1 ta 'Mejju, il-Jum tax-Xogħol tradizzjonali!
1 mei, de traditionele Dag van de Arbeid!
1. mai, den tradisjonelle arbeidsdagen!
1 maja, tradycyjne Święto Pracy!
1º de maio, o tradicional Dia do Trabalho!
1 mai, tradiționala Ziua Muncii!
Den 1 maj, den traditionella arbetsdagen!
1. мај, традиционални Празник рада!
1. mája, tradičný Sviatok práce!
1. maj, tradicionalni praznik dela!
1. května, tradiční svátek práce!
1 Mayıs, geleneksel İşçi Bayramı!
1 травня, традиційне свято праці!
Május 1., a hagyományos munka ünnepe!
Ngày 1 tháng 5, Ngày Lao động truyền thống!
Mai 1af, y Diwrnod Llafur traddodiadol!
1 мая, традыцыйнае свята працы!

trax:
01 Bella Ciao 02 Comandante "Che Guevara" 03 Sortiris Petrula 04 Io Non Sono 05 Dove Vola L'Avvoltoio 06 Se Il Cielo Fosse Bianco Di Carta 07 Drink Americano 08 Dormi Dormi 09 So Stato A Lavora A Montesicuro 10 Per Santa Caterina Dei Pastai 11 Uguaglianza 12 Signor Studente 13 Valle Giulia 14 Questo E Il Nostro Vietnam 15 Contessa

"Music To Spy By 4" Crime Jazz Vol. 5

The last (for now) offering from Licorice Pizza, I'll let him explain…

..."I would call this a throw away if it was not such a good MiX. I came up with Vol 2 and Vol 3 after putting this together and then just threw this one aside because it seemed as though I needed to make seperate MiXes seperating the genres of Library and Jazz and I did. This one is the initial MiX Vol 2 but instead became Vol 4. About 60% of the songs on this MiX are on either V2 or V3. 40% of the songs here are not on either of them. I just listened to this recently and really like the blend of the Jazz and Library styles. Take it or leave it. The choice is yours. It is definately worth a listen."

trax:
1. Secret Code - Lalo Schifrin 2. The UntouchablesNelson Riddle 3. Boogie Stop Shuffle - Quincy Jones 4. Guys, Guns, Dolls and Danger - Reg Guest Syndicate 5. Three Crimes - Harold Winkler 6. Journey Into Sound Number 7 - Keith Papworth 7. The Saint - Roland Shaw 8. Ice Pick Mike - Lalo Schifrin 9. The Boss - Joseph Gershenson 10. Chase That Car - Laurie Johnson 11. Borrow A Knife - Billy May 12. M Squad - Count Basie 13. Minor Riff - Pete Rugulo 14. The Killer - Lalo Schifrin 15. Shadow - I Gres 16. Big O - Elmer Bernstein 17. Matt Helm's Blues - Elmer Bernstein 18. Big Town - Laurindo Almeida 19. Caper At The Coffee House - Warren Barker Orchestra 20. The Return Of The Saint - The Saint Orchestra 21. Slower With Pronounced Rhythm - Frank Rothman 22. East Side West Side - Kenyon Hopkins 23. Die Gentlemen Bitten Zur Kasse - Heinz Funk Orchester 24. Sweet And Sour - Johnny Hawksworth 25. Walkin' Bass - Shelly Manne 26. Danger - Lalo Schifrin 27. Blue Night On The Strip - Warren Baker Orchestra 28. Sei Ottavi in Blues - Piero Umiliani 29. Tung Tze - Elmer Bernstein 30. Assignment London - Jack Trombey 31. Johnnys Dive - Robert Farnon 32. Beat Style - Big Band - Frank Rothman 33. The Riviera Affair - Neil Richardson 34. Danger Girl - Johnny Hawksworth 35. Depression - Malcolm Lockyer 36. Top Secret - Roger Webb
ALBUM COMPILED BY LICORICE PIZZA / ARTWORK BY THXJAY

Zed "This little Empire" 2003

Zed's first two singles (which they self-produced) went Top 20 and the band were nominated for the most promising group award at the New Zealand Music Awards in 1998 . In July, 1999, Zed formalized their record company relationship and signed to Universal Music in New Zealand. In May 2000, the band migrated north again to Auckland's Revolver Studios to lay down the tracks for their debut album...

…They had added guitarist Andy Lynch to the lineup for live work. Lynch had helped the band record and mix both of their earlier singles. Once recording sessions for what became the Silencer album began, the band liked the direction the London-born Lynch was taking their music with his different influences and made him an official member. "Silence," with re-recorded versions of their first three singles, debuted at number one on release and went on to sell double platinum in New Zealand - Artist Biography by Ed Nimmervoll

trax:
01. Downtown 02. Hard To Find Her 03. Don't Worry Baby 04. Better On Your Own 05. Starlight 06. Bleeding On The Radio 07. Baby's Got Me Up 08. Firefly 09. Postcard 10. She Glows 11. Think It Over 12. Did Nobody Tell You 13. Holding Out 14. I'm Cold (Bonus)
…served by Gaius…

"Do The 45!" Vol. 594 (2021)

Super fun collection of soul, blues, R&B, instro, and rock 'n' roll from the original 45's. (From my record collection.)

It's just me having fun with my 45's and whatever random record I pull out of the boxes. I will try to give both sides of the 45 unless one side is dull, unbearable or unplayable. I hope you enjoy. (Gyro1966)

trax:
1. Mo Jo Hannah (Atlantic) - Little Esther Phillips 2. No Headstone on My Grave (Atlantic) - Little Esther Phillips 3. Think About the Good Times (Atco) - Goldie & the Gingerbreads 4. Please, Please (Atco) - Goldie & the Gingerbreads 5. The Monkey Cha Cha (Ru-Jac) - The Jolly Jax 6. Meadow of Love (Ru-Jac) - The Jolly Jax 7. Your Mama Put the Hurt on Me (King) - The Impacs 8. Cape Kennedy, Fla. (King) - The Impacs 9. So Get Out (Decca) - The Surfaris 10. Hey Joe Where Are You Going (Decca) - The Surfaris 11. Boss Beat (United Artists) - Len Wade 12. Which Way Do I Go (United Artists) - Len Wade 13. My Babe (Hi) - Willie Mitchell 14. Teenie's Dream (Hi) - Willie Mitchell 15. Mama, Let the Phone Bell Ring (Cameo) - Little Cheryl 16. Can't We Just Be Friends (Cameo) - Little Cheryl 17. Holy Mack'rel (Challenge) - Prentice Moreland 18. Teacher Drives Me Crazy (Challenge) - Prentice Moreland 19. Her Loving Way (M-G-M) - Gaylan Ladd 20. Think About Me (M-G-M) - Gaylan Ladd 21. I'm Minnie (Peanut Country) - Samantha Lee 22. You Told Me That You Love Me (Peanut Country) - Samantha Lee 23. Blue Plate Special (Swan) - Freddy Cannon 24. For Me and My Gal (Swan) - Freddy Cannon 25. I Wanna Be Loved (Imperial) - Ricky Nelson 26. Mighty Good (Imperial) - Ricky Nelson 27. Feel Aw Right - Part 1 (Downey) - The Bel Canto's 28. Feel Aw Right - Part 2 (Downey) - The Bel Canto's 29. Help, Murder, Police (International Artists) - Thursday's Children 30. You Can Forget About That (International Artists) - Thursday's Children 31. Go, Bobby Soxer (Chess) - Chuck Berry 32. Little Marie (Chess) - Chuck Berry 33. Omar Khayyam (Sansu) - The Rubaiyats
…compiled and served by Gyro1966...

ps.: for all late arrivals we have in the comments 3 reups of this series.

…and now for something completely different! 1306 - 2021

We have a first entry each day that is a picture or a video, and only in that entry you can place your music links and requests (NO ALBUMS RELEASED IN 2019 AND AFTER, AND A DAILY LIMIT OF 3 ALBUMS)! Please keep your language polite and respectful. All the rest official posts will only allow comments related to the official posts and such. That way it will keep things much more organized and tidy. Enjoy! RYP and Gyro1966

Friday, 30 April 2021

The Golden Dawn "Power Plant" 1968

American psychedelic rock band formed in Austin, TX in 1966.

They released one album before breaking up soon after the album's release in 1968.
The 1967 release of the album was withheld by International Artists, until after the 13th Floor Elevators' album Easter Everywhere was released, even though Power Plant was recorded earlier. As a result, the Power Plant's reviews tagged it as a copycat record, unworthy of positive consideration. - discogs

trax:
1. Evolution 2. This Way Please 3. Starvation 4. I'll Be Around 5. Seeing Is Believing 6. My Time 7. A Nice Surprise 8. Every Day 9. Tell Me Why 10. Reaching Out To You
…served by Jean-Jacques Mura…

"More Delicious Spaghetti Western" 2000

Sequels to popular instrumental compilations often fall prey to the law of diminishing returns, but More Delicious Spaghetti Western proves an exception to that rule…

...In fact, this compilation of cues from spaghetti western soundtracks manages to improve on its predecessor because it offers a wider selection of composers and film scores. Although its track listing ignores crucial Sergio Leone classics like A Fistful of Dollars and Once Upon a Time in the West, More Delicious Spaghetti Western still manages to present a pretty comprehensive selection of important composers who contributed to this genre. Most importantly, this album includes four tracks by Ennio Morricone, the king of the spaghetti western film score. The best of these tracks are "Il Mio Nome E Nessuno," a flute-led instrumental that blends gentle acoustic guitar accompaniment with a sprightly, playful choral arrangement, and "Vamos A Matar Companeros," a rousing and fast-paced track that is built around Spanish choral vocals but throws in a humorous, head-spinning instrumental break that trots out every spaghetti western soundtrack device in the book (reverbed electric guitar, wailing voices, martial horn blasts, etc.). More Delicious Spaghetti Western also illustrates how musically diverse this style of music could be within its stylistic constraints: "Una Ragione Per Vivere E Una Per Morire" applies militaristic elements that would be at home in a war movie (drum corps-like percussion, reveille-style horns) into its western style, and "Sartana" grafts spaghetti western guitar work onto an organ-driven melody that owes more to 1960s lounge pop than it does to traditional western movie music. All in all, More Delicious Spaghetti Western is a strong and catchy collection music that will appeal to soundtrack lovers and lounge music fanatics alike. (Allmusic)

trax:
1. Sugar Colt - Louis Bacalov 2. Il Mio Nome E Nessuno - Ennio Morricone 3. L'Oro Dei Bravados - Louis Bacalov 4. Professionisti Per Un Massacro - Carlo Pes 5. Tepepa - Ennio Morricone 6. Io Non Perdono Uccido - Piero Piccioni 7. Una Ragione Per Vivere E Una Per Morire - Riz Ortolani 8. Texas Addio - Anton García Abril 9. The Man Called Noon - Louis Bacalov 10. Ya Me Voy - Louis Bacalov 11. Killer Adios - Claudio Tallino 12. Sartana - Piero Piccioni 13. Django - Louis Bacalov 14. Vamos A Matar Companeros - Ennio Morricone 15. Seven Men - A. Nohra (Audrey Nohra Stainton) 16. I Lunghi Giorni Della Vendetta - Armando Trovajoli 17. Il Grande Duello - Louis Bacalov 18. I Crudeli - Ennio Morricone
…originally served by Gyro1966...

Zed "Silencer" 2000

New Zealand's top rock band of 2000, Zed was formed in 1996 while Nathan King, Ben Campbell, and Adrian Palmer were still attending Christchurch's Cashmere High School. Influenced by their parents' old Beatles records and adding their generation's Crowded House, Supergrass, Blur, and Radiohead, they started getting together in each other's bedrooms to practice the kind of hook-laden pop music they were listening to...

…Campbell's father liked what he heard and decided to send demos to a family friend, kiwi rock music icon, Ray Columbus. Also impressed by those bedroom sessions, Columbus signed on as Zed's manager, encouraged them to start writing original material, and secured them a publishing deal. The band also started playing in public and, still with an average age of 16, drove to Auckland for their first recording session… to be continued - Artist Biography by Ed Nimmervoll

trax:
01. Renegade Fighter 02. Driver's Side 03. Come On Down 04. He's Sad 05. Glorafilia 06. Unseen 07. Oh! Daisy 08. Don't You Wish 09. In My Mind 10. S.P.S 11. I'm Cold 12. Good Man 13. Calling Again 14. Renegade Fighter (Alternative Version) 15. I'm Cold (Alternative Version) 16. Glorafilia (Alternative Version)
…served by Gaius…

"Got Blues If You Want It" - CD2

To celebrate the imminent release of The Stones blues covers album Blue & Lonesome , Not Now are releasing an album of original blues classics that have been covered by The Stones over the years, including original versions of tracks featured on the new Stones album. You may know the artists on this comprehensive package of blues greats and you will certainly know the songs. They are the songs Mick, Keith and Brian Jones grew up listening to. All the blues giants are commemorated in this 2CD set, including Muddy Waters, Little Walter and Howlin Wolf.

trax:
1. I'm A Man - Bo Diddley 2. Confessin' The Blues - Wynonie Harris 3. I Ain't Superstitious - Howlin' Wolf 4. Look What You've Done - Muddy Waters 5. Little Rain - Jimmy Reed 6. I'm A King Bee - Slim Harpo 7. I Got To Go - Little Walter 8. Who Do You Love - Bo Diddley 9. I Want To Be Loved - Muddy Waters 10. Love In Vain - Robert Johnson 11. Keys To The Highway - Big Bill, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee 12. Just Like I Treat You - Howlin' Wolf 13. Just Your Fool - Little Walter 14. Ride Em On Down - Eddie Taylor 15. Still A Fool - Muddy Waters 16. Confessin' The Blues - Jay McShann 17. (Money) I Need Some Money - John Lee Hooker 18. Don't You Lie To Me - Chuck Berry
…served by Gyro1966...

…and now for something completely different! 1305 - 2021

Thursday, 29 April 2021

The Blues Magoos "Kaleidescopic Compendium" The Best Of The Blues Magoos 1992

The Blues Magoos were one of the most underrated U.S. bands of the late '60s, known almost exclusively for their one irresistible hit "(We Ain't Got) Nothing Yet," which charted at number five in July 1967. Kaleidescopic Compendium: The Best of the Blues Magoos confirms the group's depth. The disc compiles a generous 23 tracks from their first three albums and a brace of single sides. The group's psychedelia holds up better than most from the period. Andy Sandoval's four-page history of the group is concise, complete, and entertaining. - by Roch Parisien

Back in the late 60s I just about wore out my copy of "Psychadelic Lollypop" playing it over and over, and playing along with it. I drove my parents crazy playing both drums *and* guitar along with great tunes like "We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet", "Love Seems Doomed" and thier version of "Tobacco Road"- in fact, I learned "Tobacco Road" from that album.
This album contains all those songs from that album and more- and at the price it's a steal. The Blues Magoos were a wonderfully raw and powerful group who could craft some great, catchy tunes- yet still played with a tremendous amount of raw punk energy. And any group that can brag (as they did on the liner notes of "Lollypop") that they were thrown out of their gig at the Whiskey for "playing too loud"- well, that just cements their proto-punk credentials in my book. If you haven't heard them and you're a fan of grungy 60s pop, get this album. - By Michael J. Edelman

Personnel:
Ronnie Gilbert - bass / Geoff Daking - drums / Mike Esposito / Ralph Scala - vocals, keyboards / Alan Gordon - drums, timpani, background vocals / Dennis Lapore - guitar / Emil "Peppy" Theilhelm / John Finnegan

trax:
01 So I'm Wrong And You Are Right 02 Tobacco Road 03 Sometimes I Think About 04 (We Ain't Got) Nothing Yet 05 Love Seems Doomed 06 Gotta Get Away 07 Queen Of My Night 08 She's Coming Home 09 Pipe Dream 10 There's A Chance We Can Make It 11 Life IS Just Cher O' Bowlies 12 Albert Common Is Dead 13 Summer Is The Man 14 Baby I Want You 15 Rush Hour 16 One By One 17 I Wanna Be There 18 There She Goes 19 Sybil Green (Of The In Between) 20 I Can Hear The Grass Grow 21 Yellow Rose 22 I Can Move A Mountain 23 Chicken Wire Lad

"My Delicious Spaghetti Western" 1998

In the 1960s, Italian filmmakers reinvented the Western genre by adding a gritty starkness and the occasional bit of surrealism that resulted in the birth of a new genre dubbed the spaghetti Western. One of the most distinctive features of these movies were their soundtracks, which added rock & roll elements like bass and heavily-reverbed electric guitar to their orchestral sweep to create a sound that was grand and punchy all at once…

...This unique sound received a fitting and well-deserved tribute in 1998 with the release of the compilation My Delicious Spaghetti Western. It contains a generous selection of tracks that illustrate the stylistic hallmarks and hard-hitting effectiveness of the spaghetti Western genre. Good examples include "Gli Fumavano Le Colt...Lo Chiamavano Camposanto (Pt. 1)," which allows a whistler to take the lead over a restless backdrop of staccato strings and Gregorian-chanting voices, and "Fargo's Gang," which plays off a mournful, flamenco-style acoustic guitar lead against an atmospheric orchestral backdrop with a beat. However, My Delicious Spaghetti Western runs into some problems with its selection of tracks. The first problem is that its selection is drawn entirely from a handful of little-known obscurities like Buckaroo and Il Segno Del Coyote instead of internationally-known films like Django and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. The second and biggest problem with My Delicious Spaghetti Western is that it contains no tracks by the undisputed king of the spaghetti Western soundtrack, Ennio Morricone. Despite these selection problems, My Delicious Spaghetti Western works as a vivid portrait of the spaghetti Western's musical style and benefits from a track-to-track consistency that makes it easy to listen to all the way through. While it isn't a comprehensive compilation of the style of music, My Delicious Spaghetti Western is both a solid introduction to this kind of music and a guaranteed hit for spaghetti Western enthusiasts. (Allmusic)

trax:
1. C'é Sartana...Vendi la Pistola e Comprati la Bara - Francesco De Masi Orchestra 2. Buon Funerale Amigos...Paga Sartana (Part 6) - Bruno Nicolai Orchestra 3. Stranger - Francesco De Masi Orchestra 4. Buckaroo (Part 1) - Lallo Gori Orchestra 5. Buon Funerale Amigos...Paga Sartana (Part 1) - Bruno Nicolai Orchestra 6. Monetero's Plan - Francesco De Masi Orchestra 7. Vento e Whisky - Francesco De Masi Orchestra 8. Prega il Morto ed Ammazza il Vivo - Mario Migliardi 9. Gli Fumavano le Colt...lo Chiamavano Camposanto (Part 1) - Bruno Nicolai Orchestra 10. Gold - Francesco De Masi Orchestra 11. Cavalcando Verso Sonora - Francesco De Masi Orchestra 12. Il Segno del Coyote - Francesco De Masi Orchestra 13. Deadly Waiting - Francesco De Masi Orchestra 14. Buckaroo (Part 7) - Lallo Gori Orchestra 15. Fargo's Gang - Vasco Vassil Kojucharov Orchestra 16. Gli Fumavano le Colt...lo Chiamavano Camposanto (Part 4) - Bruno Nicolai Orchestra
…originally served by Gyro1966...

Hamish Kilgour "Finklestein" 2018

...The band split in 1982, but began a long history of going on hiatus and re-forming to release an album or go on tour. When not behind the drums for the Clean, Kilgour stayed active in various other bands and projects. Along with David, Hamish worked in wistful, jangly tones similar to the Clean with the Great Unwashed in the early '80s, and later in the decade played with Bailter Space…

…Blip In 1990, Hamish formed Monsterland, playing guitar alongside guitarist/bassist Lisa Siegel. The band formed in Auckland, New Zealand, but when they moved to New York City in 1991 they quickly changed their name to the Mad Scene upon discovering there was already a New York band using the Monsterland name. The group released a handful of EPs and three albums during the '90s. At the same time, Kilgour played with the Clean as required and appeared on albums by the Moles, Dean Wareham, Cakekitchen, and, in the 2000s, Samara Lubelski… to be continued - Artist Biography by Tim Sendra

trax:
01. Opening (Welcome to Finkelstein) 02. Strange Angel 03. No Money Train 04. Silver Dollars 05. Hayride to the City 06. Dream Sequence 07. Sidetracked 08. Mary Sunshine 09. Whistle Stop 10. Open - Close 11. Flip Top Suitcase 12. Brasilia 666 13. Gold 14. Under The Moon 15. Sweet Dreams Reprise
…served by Gaius…

"Got Blues If You Want It" - CD1

trax:
1. Little Baby - Howlin' Wolf 2. I Hate To See You Go - Little Walter 3. Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters 4. I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush 5. Honest I Do - Jimmy Reed 6. Confessin' The Blues - Chuck Berry 7. Hoo Doo Blues - Lightnin' Slim 8. I'm Movin' On - Ray Charles 9. I Just Want To Make Love To You - Muddy Waters 10. My Babe - Little Walter 11. Stop Breakin' Down Blues - Robert Johnson 12. The Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf 13. Tell Me Baby - Big Bill Broonzy 14. Suzie Q - Dale Hawkins 15. Down The Road A Piece - The Will Bradley-Johnny Guarnieri Band 16. This May Be The Last Time - The Staple Singers 17. I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters 18. Road Runner - Bo Diddley
…served by Gyro1966...

…and now for something completely different! 1304 - 2021

Wednesday, 28 April 2021

"61 Classics From The Cramps' Crazy Collection" Deeper Into The World Of Incredibly Strange Music - disc 1

A wildcat howl of 61 tunes as spun by Lux Interior on his radio shows or lurking within his and Poison Ivy's crazy collection…

...From cool instrumentals and rockabilly weirdness through to the wild, the incensed and the insensitive. New trance crazes, devil worship, all the usual stuff with screams and hollering as needed. For the esoteric-minded and the exotica-consumed, with added jungle noises, death-defying car chases, teen torment and a host of dazed and confused lunatics in tow. Rampant with scuzzy garage riffs, overflowing with deranged plans for the betterment of the mundane. Spoken in post War parlez, punctuated with irate ideas and parent-bashing conceptualism. Remastered from the original sound sources with sleevenotes by MOJO magazine's Dave Henderson. (Record Runner)

trax disc 1:
1. Cast Iron Man - Peanuts Wilson 2. Come On Little Mama - Ray Harris 3. That Crazy Little House On The Hill - Gene LaMarr 4. Blue Train - Betty McQuade 5. Tiger - Sparkle Moore 6. Tiger - Fabian 7. Pow Wow - Grace Tennessee 8. Fender Bender - The Original Starfires 9. Did You Mean Jellybean - Joe Clay 10. Pass The Biscuits Please# - Andre Williams 11. John And Marsha - Stan Freberg 12. Let The Jukebox Keep Playing - Carl Perkins 13. Chickie Run - Homer Denison Jr. 14. 99 Chicks - Ron Haydock 15. I Dig Rock 'n' Roll - Earl Wade 16. Froggy - Danny Dell & The Trends 17. Boss - The Dial-Tones 18. Slide Her Under The Door - Moses Longpiece 19. Whisper Your Love - The Phantom 20. Only Have Eyes For You - The Flamingos 21. Valarie - Jackie And The Starlites 22. Knee Socks - The Ideals 23. Ding Dong Baby - Marvin & Johnny 24. I Got The Bug - Kenny Owen 25. Taboo - Gene Summers 26. Lonesome Desert - Young Jessie (With The Flairs) 27. Midnight Stroll - The Revels 28. Eager Beaver Baby - Johnny Burnette Trio 29. Sweet Woman - Edwin Bruce 30. Let 'Er Roll - Sid King & The Five Strings 31. Jennie Lee - Billy Ward & The Dominoes
…Thanks to Dick for this CD! served by Gyro1966...

Jacques Tati "Les musiques originales et les dialogues" (1947-67) 1995

This entry generally is for Alain Romans and / or Franck Barcellini & Alain Romans, who composed the soundtracks to Jacques Tati's films of the 50s and 60s.
Alain Romans (1905, Poland – 1988) was a French jazz composer. He studied in Leipzig, Berlin, and Paris. His teachers included Vincent d'Indy. He later worked with Josephine Baker and Django Reinhardt.
Romans wrote music for 12 films. The most famous of them are the films of comedian Jacques Tati, including Les Vacances de M. Hulot (1953), with the theme song "Quel Temps Fait-Il A Paris?", and Mon Oncle (1959).

Jacques Tati (October 9 1907–November 5 1982) was a noted French comedic filmmaker. He was born Jacques Tatischeff, the son of Russian father Georges-Emmanuel Tatischeff and Dutch mother Marcelle Claire Van Hoof, in Le Pecq, Yvelines, and died in Paris.
The Tatischeffs (also spelled Tatishchev) are a Russian noble family of Rurikid descent; Tati's paternal grandfather was Russia's ambassador to France. After a career as a professional rugby player, Tati found success as a mime in French music halls. In the late 1930s Tati recorded some of his early supporting cameos on film with some success and thus began his career as a filmmaker. One of his short films, L'École Des Facteurs (The School for Postmen) provided material for his first feature, Jour de fête. His films have little audible dialogue, but instead are built around elaborate, tightly-choreographed visual gags and carefully integrated sound effects. In all but his very last film, Tati plays the lead character, who - with the exception of his first and last films - is the gauche and socially inept Monsieur Hulot. With his trademark raincoat, umbrella and pipe, Hulot is among the most memorable comic characters in cinema. There exist several recurrent themes in Tati's comedic work, most notably in Mon Oncle, Playtime and Trafic: they include Western society's obsession with material goods, particularly American-style consumerism, the pressure-cooker environment of modern society, the superficiality of relationships among France's various social classes, and the cold and often impractical nature of space-age technology and design.
Tati's first major feature, Jour de fête (The Big Day), tells the story of an inept rural village postman who interrupts his duties to inspect the traveling fair that has come to town. Influenced by too much wine and a documentary on the rapidity of the American postal service, he goes to hilarious lengths to speed his mail deliveries aboard his bicycle. Tati filmed it in 1947 in the village where he found refuge from Nazi recruiters during the German occupation. Released in 1949, the film was intended to be the first French feature film shot in color; Tati simultaneously shot the film in black-and-white as an insurance policy. The newly developed Thomson color system proved impractical, as it could not deliver color prints; Jour de fête was therefore released only in black-and-white. Unlike his later films, it has many scenes with dialogue and offers a droll, affectionate view of life in rural France. The color version was restored by his daughter, Sophia Tatischeff, and released in 1995. The film won a prize at the Venice Film Festival...trax:
Jour De Fête (1947)
01 Jours de Fete (Generique musique) - Jean Yatove 02 Ballade du Facteur (musique) - Jean Yatove 03 Installation Fete au Village - Jean Yatove 04 Hulot à Vélo / Guêpe, Poteau (Musique) - Jean Yatove 05 Ambiances Fete 06 Generique fin musique - Jean Yatove
Mon Oncle (1956-1958)
07 Mon Oncle (Generique) - Franck Barcellini & Alain Romans 08 Theme Jazz - Franck Barcellini & Alain Romans 09 Theme Principale - Franck Barcellini & Alain Romans 10 Divers Dialogues - Franck Barcellini & Alain Romans 11 Generique Fin Musique - Franck Barcellini & Alain Romans
Les Vacances De Monsieur Hulot (1953)
12 Les Vancances de Monsieur Hulo (Générique Début Musique) - Alain Romans 13 Depart Vancances Gare - Alain Romans 14 Theme Musical - Alain Romans 15 Ambiance Restaurant et Musique - Alain Romans 16 Tennis - Theme Piano - Alain Romans 17 Ambiances Retour Vancances (Music) - Alain Romans
Playtime (1967)
18 Playtime (Generique Musique) - Francis Lemarque 19 Ambiance Aeroport - Francis Lemarque 20 Sequence Jazz et Cabaret - Francis Lemarque 21 Generique Fin - Francis Lemarque

Tiny Ruins & Hamish Kilgour "Hurtling Though" 2015

...The Mad Scene released another album in 2012, Blip, and Kilgour began working on his first solo album. With the help of Gary Olson and indie pop utility player Miggy Littleton, All of It and Nothing was finished and released by Ba Da Bing in 2014. That same year he also issued a solo single, "Crazy Radiance"/"Window Washers."..

…Hurtling Through Despite finally emerging as a solo performer, Kilgour's collaborative spirit was still strong, and in 2015 he teamed with Tiny Ruins to record the Hurtling Through EP, and in 2017 he played drums with the indie rock band Roya on their self-titled album. That same year he spent time working with Olson on an album based on a bedtime story he told his son. The dreamlike and subtly psychedelic Finklestein album was issued in 2018, once again by Ba Da Bing. - Artist Biography by Tim Sendra

trax:
01. Tread Softly 02. Hurtling Through 03. Turn Around 04. Little Did I Know 05. Wandering Aengus 06. Public Menace 07. King's County
…served by Gaius…

"Do The 45!" Vol. 593 (2021)

Super fun collection of soul, blues, R&B, instro, and rock 'n' roll from the original 45's. (From my record collection.)

trax:
1. I Hung My Head and Cried (Shad) - Leslie Harris 2. Come on Little Sarah (Shad) - Leslie Harris 3. Ain't No Need (Atlantic) - Merle Spears 4. It's Just a Matter of Time (Atlantic) - Merle Spears 5. Sting-Ray (Solar) - Mack Johnson 6. The Australian Crawl (Solar) - Mack Johnson 7. I'm a Man (Smash) - Sterling Harrison 8. Funny Life (Smash) - Sterling Harrison 9. Just a Little Bit of True Love (Enjoy) - Betty Boothe 10. I'm the One Who Needs You (Enjoy) - Betty Boothe 11. Jailhouse Rock (Roulette) - Frankie Lymon 12. Silhouettes (Roulette) - Frankie Lymon 13. When You See Me Hurt (Brent) - Carl Lester & The Showstoppers 14. Don't You Know That I Believe (Brent) - Carl Lester & The Showstoppers 15. Don't Knock It (Serock) - Sinner Strong 16. Nobody but Me (Serock) - Sinner Strong 17. Little Mary (Imperial) - Fats Domino 18. Prisoner's Song (Imperial) - Fats Domino 19. It's How You Make It Good (Chess) - Laura Lee 20. Hang It Up (Chess) - Laura Lee 21. Sweet Jelly Roll (Minit) - Jessie Hill 22. It's My Fault (Minit) - Jessie Hill 23. Here Comes the Judge (Alere) - Pete Rodriguez Y Su Conjunto 24. People Want to Know (Alere) - Pete Rodriguez Y Su Conjunto 25. Evil Ways (Verve) - Willie Bobo 26. Up-Up & Away (Verve) - Willie Bobo 27. The Girl Can't Help It (Charger) - The British Walkers 28. Road Runner (Todd) - Johnny Winter 29. The Guy You Left Behind (Todd) - Johnny Winter 30. Hurtin' Kind (Tema) - The Tulu Babies 31. Mine Forever (Tema) - The Tulu Babies 32. On Your Way Down the Drain (Rca Victor) - The King Bees
…compiled and served by Gyro1966...

ps.: for all late arrivals we have in the comments 3 reups of this series.

…and now for something completely different! 1303 - 2021

Tuesday, 27 April 2021

Chris Spedding "Motor Bikin'" - The Best Of Chris Spedding 1991

Chris Spedding (born Christopher John Spedding. 17 June 1944, Staveley, Derbyshire) is an English rock and roll and jazz guitarist, best known for his session work.

"Spedding is one of the UK's most versatile session guitarists, and has had a long career on two continents that saw him tackle nearly every style of rock and roll, as well as sporadically attempting a solo career. The fact that he never quite broken through to stardom, except in his native England and parts of Europe, and in professional music circles, is more a result of bad timing and worse luck than any lack of talent or commitment on his part." - Allmusic

trax:
01 Motor Bikin' 02 New Girl In The Neighbourhood 03 Nervous 04 Jump In My Car 05 Running Around 06 Pogo Dancing 07 The Pose 08 Wild In The Street 09 Silver Bullet 10 Roadrunner 11 Get Outa My Pagoda 12 Hurt By Love 13 Bored Bores 14 Hey Miss Betty 15 Walking 16 Breakout 17 Gunfight 18 Evil 19 I'm Not Like Everybody Else 20 Box Number 21 The Crying Game 22 I Got A Feeling 23 A Shot Of Rhythm 'n' Blues 24 Guitar Jamboree

"Extrait Des Bandes Originales Des Films De Jacques Tati!" 1967

This is a wonderful CD that will easily put you in a great mood with its charm and energy.

The music of the films of Jacques Tati is always remarkable. Tati was a master of the sounds and in his films they are always very well done... including the music. Little known composers made these wonderful leit-motivs that we will never forgot. Now in this exceptional edition, all this delicious music is avaiable, with an extraordinary sound quality (in STEREO) and extracted from the soundtrack of the original films!! This item is an obligation for Tati's fans. A jewel. - By P. Manzano trax:

1. Chemisettes (du Film «Jour de Fête») - Yatove Jacques 2. Jour De Fête (du Film «Jour de Fête») - Yatove Jacques 3. Chanson Des Forains (du Film «Jour de Fête») - Yatove Jacques 4. Tournée Rapide (du Film «Jour de Fête») - Yatove Jacques 5. Quel Temps Fait-Il À Paris (du Film «Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot») - Romans Alain 6. Mon Oncle Adios Mario (du Film «Mon Oncle») - Barcellini Franck 7. Au Drugstore (du Film «Play Time») - Lemaque Francis 8. Manège (du Film «Play Time») - Lemaque Francis 9. Paris Autrefois (du Film «Play Time») - Lemaque Francis 10. Thème Africain (du Film «Play Time») - James Campbell 11. Musique Strand (du Film «Play Time») - Lemaque Francis 12. Super Market (du Film «Play Time») - Lemaque Francis 13. Paris Circus (du Film «Play Time») - Lemaque Francis 14. Play Time (du Film «Play Time») - Lemaque Francis

Hamish Kilgour "All of it and Nothing" 2014

As the drummer for New Zealand trio the Clean, Hamish Kilgour was one-third of a legendary band that helped invent indie rock and pop in the early '80s. That band continued to release albums and tour over the years, and Kilgour meanwhile played drums for other bands, formed the Mad Scene in the early '90s, and finally released his first solo album, All of It and Nothing, in 2014…

...That record and its follow-up, 2018's Finklestein, featured Kilgour teaming with Ladybug Transistor's Gary Olson to craft low-key, lo-fi indie pop with a touch of psych around the edges that wasn't too far from the sound of the Clean.
Hailing from Dunedin, New Zealand, drummer/vocalist/songwriter Hamish Kilgour formed the Clean in 1978 with his guitarist brother David and guitarist Peter Gutteridge, who was soon replaced by bassist Robert Scott (later of the Bats). They released their debut single in 1981 on the newly formed Flying Nun label, then followed it with a run of EPs and singles that cemented the trio's legendary status…to be continued - Artist Biography by Tim Sendra

trax:
01. Here It Comes 02. Going Out 03. Strength of an Eye 04. Crazy Radiance 05. HK Eleven Eight 06. Smile 07. Turn Around 08. Hullabaloo 09. Rave Up (For the Yellow Dogs) 10. Get On Up 11. Last Song
…served by Gaius…

"Feelin' Soulful" 40 Instrumental Soul Grooves 1960-1966 CD2

Although the best-known songs of the 60's soul music era featured sumptuous vocals, there was also a healthy instrumental soul scene that could equally hold the listener's attention without the need of a vocal melody. Enjoy the endless pleasure generated by the 40 instrumental soul grooves on this evocative 2 CD set including James Brown, The Mar-Keys, Earl King and Ray Charles.

trax:
1. One Mint Julep - Ray Charles 2. Twine Time - Alvin Cash 3. Suds - James Brown 4. Hold It - Bill Doggett 5. Walk That Twist - Clifford Scott 6. Get It - The Parkays 7. Switch-A-Roo - Henry Moore 8. Cool Turkey - James Booker 9. Any Way You Wanta - Harvey Fuqua 10. The Scratch - James Brown 11. Sack O Woe - The Mar-Keys 12. Texas Oil - Freddie King 13. Shimmy Shimmy Walk (Part 1) - The Megatons 14. Night Train - King Curtis 15. Tonk Game - Hank Marr 16. You Can't Sit Down (Part 2) - Philip Upchurch Combo 17. Cross Firing - James Brown 18. Jellybread - Booker T. & The MG's 19. The Wobble - The Wobblers 20. Willie's House Party - Willie Mitchell
…served by Gyro1966...

…and now for something completely different! 1302 - 2021

Monday, 26 April 2021

Angie Pepper "Res Ipsa Loquitor" 2003

Career Records has scheduled a September release date for a new album of alternately soulful, rocking and psychedelic songs from Australian born trans-Pacific songstress Angie Pepper...

..."Res Ipsa Loquitor" is the first full fledged Angie Pepper album to hit the racks and is on the new label Career Records, the imprint co-owned by Donovan's Brain leader Ron Sanchez and Deniz Tek. "Res Ipsa Loquitor" compiles tracks recorded by Angie in American sessions with Australian and US based members of the Deniz Tek Group, producer and David Weyer.
Four tracks were the upshot of a collaboration with Montana psychedelic collective Donovan's Brain.
There is also a cover of Sydney's infamous Lipstick Killers' "Hindu Gods of Love". The Deniz Tek produced original 45 rpm appeared on the Bomp/Voxx label in 1980.
The resulting album is a unique cross between "Pet Sounds"-era Beach Boys,60's girl pop like the Crystals and the Shangri-Las, and the contemporary pop-rock sounds of Garbage. The album sounds remarkably coherent, despite the variety of players. Most songs were penned by Deniz Tek and Angie Pepper. Highlights include the Brian Wilson-like "Cool Sea", the poppy "Baby Don't Go", the obscure Link Way cover, "Trying to Find Your Love" and a Diane Renay tune, "Kiss Me Sailor".
Angie Pepper first came to notice as vocalist for the post punk independent Sydney band the Passengers, who produced one single ("Face With No Name") on the Phantom label. She married Radio Birdman co-founder Deniz Tek, and they played together in the short lived Angie Pepper Band whose ranks included a future Hoodoo Guru in Clyde Bramley and a former Saints drummer in Ivor Hay.
Re-mixed demos recorded by the Passengers and studio tracks recorded with the Angie Pepper Band were released in 2001 on Sydney's Citadel Records as the retrospective compilation "It's Just That I Miss You".
Rough mixes of the Passengers material as well as studio tracks recorded by Angie and Deniz in Houston were briefly available through tiny French label Revenge.
"Res Ipsa Loquitor" will be Angie Pepper's first album of newly recorded material in years, and signals a powerful renaissance for this great singer, described by Aretha Franklin's producer Arif Mardin as having a "most special voice". - from: https://www.careerrecords.com

trax:
01. Baby Don't Go 02. Trying to Find Your Love 03. Rockslide 04. Cool Sea 05. Heart 06. Hindu Gods (Of Love) 07. Humid Air 08. Moon 09. Doesn't Seem Right 10. Kiss Me Sailor
…served by montysmusic...

"Guitar Mania" Vol. 30

Part 30 of a fantastic instrumental guitar / rock 'n roll / pop music album series with all different guitar groups and artists from Europe. Recommended to fans of good instrumental guitar music and 50's 60's rock 'n roll.

trax:
1. Spotty - Burt Blanca 2. Riot In Room Rock - Burt Blanca 3. Mathilda - Burt Blanca 4. Two Guitars - Rene and his Aligators 5. Eurovision Rock - Rene and his Aligators 6. Granada - Rene and his Aligators 7. Wenn die Rosen blühn auf der Heide - Desmounts 8. Wiggle Beat - Desmounts 9. Comanche - Desmounts 10. Sway - Ben Poetiray 11. Chicken Rag - Ben Poetiray 12. My Bizzy Fingers - The Jaguars 13. Rocking The Battle - The Jaguars 14. 1961 - Blue Stars 15. Skyline - Blue Stars 16. Blue Dream - Blue Stars 17. Sweet Georgia Brown - The Tickets 18. Mingu Paki - The Tickets 19. Rockin - The Boys 20. Moonlight - The Boys 21. Piccadilly - The Boys 22. Little Geisha - Eddy Christiani 23. Ragtime Baby - Eddy Christiani 24. Adieu - Eddy Christiani
…served by Hermann...

Noiseworks "Love versus Money" 1991

Balbi and Stanley formed the psychedelic pop group Electric Hippies in 1993 and had top 30 success with the single, "Greedy People", and debut album, Electric Hippies both released in 1994. Electric Hippies were producers for different artists including, Vincent Stone, Jenny Morris and Nikka Costa (Stanley's wife). By 1997, Balbi had formed another band, Universe. Stanley and Costa returned to the US…

…Stuart Fraser was also guitarist on Jesus Christ Superstar 1992 Australian Cast Recording The Album and the concerts events. After in 1993 Fraser joined The John Farnham band and has remained as a touring and recording member Fraser has recorded on these Farnham albums Romeo's Heart in 1996, 33.1/3 in 2000, The Last Time in 2002, I Remember When I Was Young in 2005, Jack in 2010 and The Acoustic Chapel Sessions 2011 all albums and most tours was alongside John Farnham's longtime guitarist Brett Garsed who shared lead guitar duties with Fraser. On Sunday 1 December 2019, Fraser died after battling lung cancer since 2016.
Stevens returned to his solo career and released further albums; he appeared as the host of the reality TV show The Resort. In 1999, Fraser, Nicol and Stevens reformed Noiseworks (as Noiseworks II) with Chris Becker on bass guitar and Barbara Griffin on keyboards and toured Australia. In 2000 Stevens joined INXS, initially as a touring vocalist, but after being officially installed as a band member in October 2002 he left the band a year later. A single released by this version of the group, "I Get Up", was unsuccessful.[citation needed] At the Gimme Ted benefit concert on 10 March 2001, Noiseworks performed eight songs.
Noiseworks reformed in September 2007, with Scott Aplin on keyboards in place of Stanley, for a national tour with The Choirboys and Balbi's project Move Trees. In December, Stevens announced that Noiseworks planned to return to the studio in 2008 to record their first studio album together in sixteen years. Jon Stevens and the original Noiseworks band members featured on the Red Hot Summer Tour of NSW (in early May 2011) alongside Jimmy Barnes and Thirsty Merc.
It was confirmed on the Noiseworks Facebook page in June 2015 that a new album of material has been recorded and will be released in 2016, followed by a tour. However nothing has been released as yet, as of August 2018. - wiki

trax:
01. Jealousy (Is A Curse) 02. Hot Chilli Woman 03. Liberty Bell 04. R.I.P. (Millie) 05. Take You Higher 06. Day Will Come 07. Miles & Miles 08. Don't Lead Me On 09. Everyday People 10. Burning Cross 11. Love Versus Money 12. Freedom
…served by Gaius…

"Feelin' Soulful" 40 Instrumental Soul Grooves 1960-1966 CD1

trax:
1. Night Train - James Brown 2. Smokey Joe's La La - The Googie Rene Combo 3. Last Night - The Mar-Keys 4. Wiggle Wobble - Les Cooper & The Soul Rockers 5. Monkey Shine - Bill Black 6. You Can't Sit Down (Part 1) - Philip Upchurch Combo 7. San-Ho-Zay - Freddie King 8. The Jam (Part 1) - Bobby Gregg & His Friends 9. Gonzo - James Booker 10. Come On (Part 1) - Earl King 11. Hold It - James Brown 12. Free For All - King Curtis 13. Late Date - The Parkays 14. Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Part 2) - Jesse Hill 15. I Like It - Willie Mitchell 16. My Bucket's Got A Hole In It - Ramsey Lewis 17. Doin' Everything - Henry Moore 18. Night Flying - James Brown 19. Just A Little Bit Of Everything - Herb Hardesty 20. Green Onions - Booker T. & The MG's
…served by Gyro1966...

…and now for something completely different! 1301 - 2021

Sunday, 25 April 2021

Big Kahuna & The Copa Cat Pack "Hawaiian Swing" 1999

I first heard BIG KAHUNA and his COPA CAT PACK on the latest Rosemary Clooney album SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY. That album is a winner and it is easy to see why "the girl singer" loves working with this big band...

...HAWAIIAN SWING is an album to cheer you when you're down; it's an album to play when you are cleaning the house; it's an album to listen to with friends at a party; it's an album to make you listen to songs you know and have heard your whole life (i.e. Benny Goodman's "Stompin' At The Savoy' or Dizzie Gillespie's "Night in Tunisia," etc.)and hear them as if for the first time. It's a big band sound with a 21st Century, Hawaiian twist. The vocals are handled terrifically by The Big Kahuna and Linda Harmon. The entire band is comprised of saxes, trumpets, piano, trombones, bass and drums. It is a sound that will catch you off guard and make you smile...broadly. I have played this album, literally, dozens of times since buying it less than a month ago. The sound, as usual with Concord Jazz, is first rate.
It's hard to pick favorites on this dizzyingly fine CD, but I especially liked the gorgeous Johnny Mercer ballad, "I Remember You," Duke Ellington's "Love You Madly" and one of the wonderful original songs: Matt Catingub's (The Kahuna, himself)"After Hours." Catingub also plays alto sax, piano and arranges the various numbers! And wait til you hear their version of Rosie's classic "Come On-A-My House" sung by Catingub with David Wells on tenor sax. Wow: What a great album. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. - MOVIE MAVEN

trax:
01 Come On-A-My House 02 A-Tisket A-Tasket 03 Medley_ Don't Be That Way, Stompin' At The Savoy 04 The Hukilau Song 05 Pearly Shells 06 In The Copa Room 07 Every Day I Have The Blues 08 Night In Tunisia 09 After Hours 10 Blue Hawaii 11 Love You Madly 12 Them There Eyes 13 Medley_ Smiles, When You're Smilin' 14 Don Cha Go 'Way Mad 15 I'll Remember You 16 Come On-A-My House (Instrumental Reprise) 17 Hawaiian War Chant

This music is dedicated to the tradition of Johnny Diego's Rock 'n' Roll Free Sunday!

"Guitar Mania" Vol. 29 of 30

Part 29 of a fantastic instrumental guitar / rock 'n roll / pop music album series with all different guitar groups and artists from Europe. Recommended to fans of good instrumental guitar music and 50's 60's rock 'n roll.

trax:
1. Vilja Oh Vilja - Explosion Rockets 2. Trink, Bruederlein Trink - Violents 3. Les Pêcheurs De Perles - Pistoleros 4. 18th Century Rock - Eastern Aces 5. Tchaikovsky One - Fellows 6. Chanson Anonyme - Eddy Christiani 7. Gipsy Rock - Blue Moon Rockers 8. Barcarolle - Electric Johnny & The Skyrockets 9. Wolga Lied - The Blue Stars 10. Italian Love Song - Dynamic Rockers 11. Flight Of The Bumble Bee - The Starlights 12. In A Persian Market - Blue Explosion 13. 40th Mozart - Silhouets 14. Reilly’s Theme - Arrows 15. Sadko - Burt Blanca 16. Pizzicato Polka - Lowlanders 17. Adagio - Invaders 18. Rodrigo’s Guitar Concerto De Aranjuez - Reflections 19. Swan Lake - The Vickings 20. Greensleeves - Black Albinos 21. Sabre Dance - Rock Of Ages
…served by Hermann...

Noiseworks "Touch" 1988

Noiseworks was formed in Sydney with the line up of Steve Balbi on bass guitar and backing vocals; Stuart Fraser on guitar and backing vocals; Kevin Nicol on drums; Justin Stanley on keyboards, harmonica and backing vocals; and Jon Stevens on lead vocals. After quickly establishing a solid following on Sydney's pub rock circuit, Noiseworks was signed by CBS. Their first single, "No Lies", reached the Top 40 on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart. "Take Me Back" was more successful, making No. 7, and became one of the band's best known songs…

…In June 1987 they released their debut self-titled album, Noiseworks, which was produced by Mark Opitz (The Angels, Cold Chisel) and engineered by Alan Wright (INXS, Icehouse, Ratt). It peaked at No. 6 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart. "Love Somebody" and "Welcome to the World" were also lifted from the album, but neither made the Top 40. Noiseworks sold more than 210,000 copies (3× platinum) in Australia. "Burning Feeling" was released as the album's fifth single in early 1988, and missed the top 50.
On 11 November 1988, their second album Touch was released and debuted at No. 5 on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Albums Chart. The album was produced by Chris Kimsey (The Rolling Stones, Killing Joke, Marillion) and Noiseworks, and engineered by Al Wright (Hoodoo Gurus, Jimmy Barnes, Divinyls). The title track preceded it as the first single, peaking at No. 12 on the ARIA Singles Chart. Subsequent singles "Voice of Reason", "Simple Man" and "In My Youth" failed to make the Top 40. Nevertheless, Noiseworks was now one of Australia's most popular live rock acts.
The third album, Love Versus Money, had production started by Noiseworks but was initially rejected by their new label, Sony. Sony brought in Randy Jackson to assist in the album's production. Love Versus Money featured guest appearances by Michael Hutchence of INXS, Vika and Linda Bull and Penny Ford of the techno group Snap!. The first two singles, "Freedom" and "Miles & Miles" were moderate hits, but the third, the hard-rocking "Hot Chilli Woman", reached No. 7 and propelled the album to the top of the chart when it was released on 5 July 1991. Late in the year, a fourth single "R.I.P. (Millie)", a tribute to Stevens' mother who had recently died from cancer, was also released.
Stevens joined the cast of the Australian production of Jesus Christ Superstar in early 1992 in the role of Judas. Noiseworks disbanded following a final show in Sydney in March 1992. Later that year, the Greatest Hits compilation appeared, featuring a cover of The Beatles hit "Let It Be" which was released as a single. It had been recorded live at their last performance. The compilation climbed to No. 4 nationally. - wiki

trax:
01. Simple Man 02. Touch 03. Voice Of Reason 04. Chained 05. Home 06. I Can't Win 07. Letter 08. Tell It Like It Is 09. Keep Me Running 10. Live And Die 11. In My Youth
…served by Gaius…

"Oh Carolina!" The Jamaican Chart Hits Of 1961 - CD2

The Jamaican pop music industry has always been prolific, ever-shifting, and built independently from the ground up for the most part, and per capita, no place on earth produces more records, remixes, dubs, do-overs, and left-field releases than Jamaica. This two-disc set collects some of the big island hits from 1961 and includes tracks by early Jamaican pop stars like Laurel Aitken, Derrick Morgan, Eric Morris, the Folkes Brothers, Clancy Eccles, Don Drummond, and Byron Lee & the Dragonaires, among many others.(Steve Leggett, Allmusic)

trax:
1. Search The World - Eric Morris 2. Slop 'n' Mash [With The Caribs] - Jiving Juniors 3. Little Willie - Clue J & The Blues Blasters 4. Oh Ma, Oh Pa - The Melody Enchanters 5. Sha Ba Da - Higgs And Wilson 6. Buster's Shack - Buster's All Stars 7. Another Moses [With Count Ossie's Warricka's] - The Mellow Cats 8. Thinkin' Of You - The Downbeats 9. Don Cosmic - Don Drummond 10. Verona - Jimmy Sinclair & Trenton Spence & His Orchestra 11. Ba Ba Black Sheep - Cecil Byrd, Sir Dee's Group 12. In And Out The Window [With Drumbago's Orchestra] - Monty & Roy 13. A Thousand Teardrops - The Rhythm Aces 14. Girls Rush - Lloyd Clarke 15. I Love You No More - Wilfred Edwards 16. (Jamaican) Referendum Calypso - Lord Laro 17. Feel So Fine [With Drumbago's Band] - Derrick & Patsy 18. Last Night - Byron Lee & The Dragonaires 19. Rock A Man Soul [With Count Ossie & The Warrickas] - The Mellow Cats 20. Let The Good Times Roll [With Drumbago & His Harmonisers] - Derrick & Patsy 21. Humpty Dumpty - Eric 'Humpty Dumpty' Morris & The Drumbago All Stars 22. Freedom [With Aubrey Adams & His Dew Droppers] - Clancy Eccles 23. There's Always Sunshine [With Hersang & His City Slickers] - The Blues Busters 24. Oh My Darling - The Rhythm Aces 25. Chubby [With Buster's Group] - Bunny & Skitter 26. Your Love - The Blues Busters 27. How Can I Be Sure - Higgs And Wilson 28. What Have I Done - Keith & Enid
…served by Gyro1966...

…and now for something completely different! 1300 - 2021

Saturday, 24 April 2021

The Morells "Shake And Push" 1982

"Here is one studio album of The Morells. The remaining related band, The Skeletons, have two other albums: Waiting - 1992, and Nothing To Lose - 1997. That will tie up all the Skeletons/Morells cool rockin’ sound." - Gyro1966

How's this for an intriguing assortment of musicians: a middle-aged couple (he, once of Arthur "Sweet Soul Music" Conley's band, on bass and guitar; she on keyboards; both sing), a phenomenal guitarist who'd be stiff competition for Dave Edmunds and Brian Setzer if he were based in a city larger than Springfield, Missouri and - on occasional sax - a fellow whose main occupation is producing unconventional country star Boxcar Willie. Guitarist D. Clinton Thompson (who also served in the Ozark Mountain Daredevils) and bassist Lou Whitney (producer of the first Del-Lords LP) have been together in a variety of lineups; the former's superb "Driving Guitars" 45 rescued a swell Ventures tune from obscurity. In the Skeletons and Original Symptoms, they have mined the vaults of rock, R&B and country arcana for some ought-to-have-been classics and the inspiration to pen their own instant winners.
The Morells can easily slay most revivalist bands, and Shake and Push proves it with a casualness that's all the more ingratiating. A dozen bars into the second track, if you ain't slobbering on the LP jacket wondering where you're gonna find a dee-luxe greaseburger place like "Red's," then you just ain't American. (The CD adds two outtakes from the original album sessions and in-depth liner notes by Dave Fricke.) - Jim Green/Ira Robbins, Trouser Press

trax:
1. Gettin' In Shape 2. Red's 3. Bad Boy 4. Ker Kind Of Guy 5. You're The One That Done It 6. Ugly And Slouchy 7. Growin' A Beard 8. Bumble Boogie 9. That Mellow Saxophone 10. King Of Love 11. Eager Boy 12. Go Ahead 13. The Man Who Has Everything 14. Beatnik 15. Push, Kick, Shout 16. Big Guitar
...originally served by Gyro1966...

"Guitar Mania" Vol. 28 of 30

Part 28 of a fantastic instrumental guitar / rock 'n roll / pop music album series with all different guitar groups and artists from Europe. Recommended to fans of good instrumental guitar music and 50's 60's rock 'n roll.

trax:
1. Alpens Ros - Rock Of Ages 2. Walking Back To Alabama - Rock Of Ages 3. My Happy Home - Rock Of Ages 4. Coral - Rock Of Ages 5. Där Näckrosen Blommar - The Spectacles 6. Lonely Guitar - The Spectacles 7. Humoresque - The Spectacles 8. Rendezvous ‘62 - The Classics 9. Good Times, Bad Times - The Classics
10. The Green Leaves Of Summer - Jumping Jewels 11. Outlaw - Jumping Jewels 12. Africa - Jumping Jewels 13. Black Eyes - Rene Nodelijk & The Black Albinos 14. Shish Kebab - Rene Nodelijk & The Black Albinos 15. Mama El Baion - Tony Light and the Bell Boys 16. Greenfields - Tony Light and the Bell Boys 17. San Antonio Rose - Tony Light and the Bell Boys 18. Before Dark - Danny & The Electro Strings 19. Sweet Barbara Hanna - Danny & The Electro Strings 20. Sittin On Top Of The Worl - The Mustangs 21. White Acacias - The Mustangs 22. Desert Flower - Willy And His Giants 23. Back To The Sixties - Willy And His Giants 24. Ajoen, Ajoen - Willy And His Giants
…served by Hermann...

Noiseworks "Noiseworks" 1987

Jon Stevens (born 8 October 1961, Upper Hutt, New Zealand) is a New Zealand-born Australian singer of Māori descent. He moved to Australia in the early 1980s and found considerable success later that decade as lead vocalist for the band Noiseworks. He was the lead singer of INXS between 2000 and 2003.

Noiseworks are an Australian hard rock band formed in Sydney in 1986 with bass guitarist Steve Balbi, guitarist Stuart Fraser, drummer Kevin Nicol, keyboardist Justin Stanley and lead vocalist Jon Stevens. They had four Australian Top 10 albums, Noiseworks (No. 6, 1987), Touch (No. 5, 1988), Love Versus Money (No. 1, 1991) and Greatest Hits (No. 4, 1992). They produced three Top 10 singles, "Take Me Back", "Touch" and "Hot Chilli Woman" before disbanding in 1992. Reunion tours occurred in 1999, 2004, 2007–2008 and 2011.
New Zealand-born pop singer Jon Stevens had released a solo album and several hit singles (including a duet with Sharon O'Neill) before relocating to Sydney in 1981. Stevens recorded a self-titled album for the Big Time label, two singles were issued but neither were successful. In 1983, Stevens formed The Change with guitarist Stuart Fraser, who had played in 1970s hard rock act Blackfeather (later called Feather) and then with fellow member Swanee. Bass player Steve Balbi, who was a member of Kevin Borich Express and played with The Change on their 1984 single "Forever Young". The following year, Stevens and Fraser hired Balbi and drummer Kevin Nicol (ex-Dial X). United States-born Justin Stanley was Balbi's song writing partner and joined the group in 1986, the band was renamed as Noiseworks. - wiki

trax:
01. Burning Feeling 02. Love Somebody 03. Take Me Back 04. No Lies 05. River Of Tears 06. Welcome To The World 07. Edge Of Darkness 08. Little Bit More 09 Only Loving You 10. It's Time
…served by Gaius…

"Oh Carolina!" The Jamaican Chart Hits Of 1961 - CD1

trax:
1. Mary Lee - Laurel Aitken & The Blue Beats 2. Lover's Jive - Neville Esson & The Blues Blasters With Clue J. 3. Till The End Of Time - Chuck & Dobby & His Group With Duke Reid 4. Judgment Day - Laurel Aitken & His Harmonisers With Ken Richards 5. Lover Boy - Derrick Morgan & His Group With Duke Reid 6. Little Lady - Theophilus Beckford With Clue J & His City Slickers 7. More Whiskey - Laurel Aitken With Duke Reid & His Group 8. Sad Over You - Chuck & Dobby 9. Pretty Little Baby - Teddy Brown & The Starline Troubadors 10. It's Only A Pity - Keith & Enid With The Craibs 11. Wherever There's Moonlight - Wilfred Edwards & The Caribs 12. Lovey Dovey - Chuck & Dobby 13. Over The River - The Jiving Juniors 14. Heaven Just Knows - Wilfred Edwards 15. Cool School - Chuck & Dobby & His Group With Duke Reid 16. Leave Earth - Derrick Morgan & His Blues Blasters With Clue J 17. No More Wedding - The Mellow Larks & His Blues Blasters With Clue J 18. S-U-C-K-I-N' - Kes Chin & The Souvenirs 19. Now We Know - Derrick Morgan & Eric Morris With The Trenton Spence Orchestra 20. Oh Carolina - The Folkes Brothers & Count Ossie Afro-Combo 21. River Jordan - Clancy Eccles with Hersan & His City Slickers 22. Times Are Going - Ma

…and now for something completely different! 1299 - 2021

Friday, 23 April 2021

"The Chiswick Story" 1975-1982 - disc 2

The story of Ace's parent label makes a welcome return to catalogue after a period of absence. Updated with fabulous 2013-style packaging a four-panel digipak with slipcase the double CD set has two 24-page booklets telling the detailed story of one of the first of the new wave of indy labels in the mid 70s…

...As pointed out in the recent BBC TV documentary Punk Britannia, Chiswick Records was the bridge between the Pub Rock of the early 70s and the Punk Rock of the end of the decade. It was the label that launched a thousand (well several) careers. Joe Strummer made his recording debut for the label; the late and much lamented Kirsty MacColl made her pseudonymous debut singing background vocals with the Drug Addix as Mandy Doubt; Billy Bragg with his group Riff Raff fired his opening salvo for the label. Johnny and the Self Abusers in part mutated into Simple Minds. Motörhead s debut album threatened the nation on Chiswick. The Damned s finest hour well around 40 minutes anyway launched them into the charts for three (of a handful) of chart hits on the label. Rama Lama Ding Dong, the first hit for Rocky Sharpe and the Replays, has been a recent You Tube sensation. Chiswick Records was Rock'n'Roll, Punk Rock, Quirky Pop, Art Rock and a whole lot of good music. As the slogan said Better than a smack in the ear with a flying beer can and you can confirm that by listening to this double comp of the label's finest 2 hours 26 minutes and 25 seconds of recorded dynamite...

trax disc 2:
1. Rama Lama Ding Dong - Rocky Sharpe & The Replays 2. Driver's Seat - Sniff 'N' The Tears 3. Hey Baby - Disguise 4. I Couldn't Help But Cry - Dan Kelleher 5. The Real Me - Radio Star 6. Imagination - Rocky Sharpe & The Replays 7. Automobile - The Stick Shifts 8. Love Song - The Damned 9. Smash It Up - The Damned 10. Gabrielle - The Nips 11. Heaven Knows - Whirlwind 12. That Driving Beat - Red Beans & Rice 13. I Can't Fight It - The Textones 14. The Dancing Years - The Radiators 15. Albania (Are You All Mine) - Albania 16. Tomahawk Cruise - T.V. Smith's Explorers 17. Tennessee Stud - Terry Woods 18. Radioactive Kid - The Meteors 19. Go Go Go - Albania 20. Insufficient Data - Two Two 21. Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) - Rocky Sharpe & The Replays 22. Kwagayo - Two Two 23. Heart - Rocky Sharpe & The Replays 24. Desire - Roddy Radiation & The Tearjerkers 25. Grab What You Can (Biez Co Mozesz) - Jakko
…originally served by Gyro1966...

"Guitar Mania" Vol. 27 of 30

Part 27 of a fantastic instrumental guitar / rock 'n roll / pop music album series with all different guitar groups and artists from Europe. Recommended to fans of good instrumental guitar music and 50's 60's rock 'n roll.

trax:
1. In a Little Spanish Town - The Entertainers 2. Lady of Spain - Adventure 3. Yellow Bird - Ben Poetiray 4. Perfidia - Dixie Aces 5. Tabou - The Jokers 6. Peanuts Vendor - Les Apaches 7. Besame Mucho - The Fellows 8. Las Galanques de Pina - Blue Explosion 9. Cha Cha Medley - Twilight 10. Maria Elena - Vickings 11. Guitar Samba - The Astronauts 12. Quiereme Mucho - Jumping Jewels 13. Little Breeze - Explosion Rockets 14. Spanish Gipsy Dance - Black Albinos 15. La Cucaracha - Micky Y Los Tonys 16. Manha de Carnival - The Torero's 17. El Mundo - The Arrows 18. Desafinado - The Blue Stars 19. Spanish Eyes - The Boys 20. Don't Cry for Me Argentina - Atlantis 21. Mexico - The Jaguars 22. La Comparsa - Playing Rockets 23. El Cumbanchero - The Nightdrivers 24. La golondrina - Electric Johnny and his Skyrockets
…served by Hermann...

Peter Nelson & The Castaways "Down in the Mine" 1965-67, Compilation ed. 2017

Peter Nelson and the Castaways originated in Christchurch, where Peter Nelson had previously been in another Christchurch group called The Diamonds. The Diamonds consisted of (in order from left in the image below) - Ray Messervy on bass, Don Clarkson on guitar, Doug Petrie on drums, David Henderson on guitar, with Kaye Bassett and Peter Nelson handling the vocals…

...They released one single in 1963 which was "Ventures In Paradise"/"Lucille", both sides were instrumentals. When The Diamonds split up, Peter Nelson and The Castaways with Kaye Bassett was formed, and the new line-up consisted of Peter Nelson and Kaye Bassett (Vocalists), Len Ormsby (Lead Guitar), Don Clarkson (Bass), Doug Henderson (Rhythm Guitar) and Doug Petrie (Drums). On moving to Wellington in 1965 (at which time Kaye Bassett left), they became known exclusively as Peter Nelson and The Castaways. Peter Gillette on the VOX continental organ (who had been playing in The Opposition at The Plainsman when the Castaways left Christchurch), was recruited into the band, and he then also moved to Wellington.
Once established in Wellington, Peter Nelson and the Castaways played locally and appeared on the local TV show Teen Scene. They recorded two singles, "Down the Road A Piece"/"I'll Go Crazy" and "Baby Can I Take You Home"/"I'll Never Be Blue". By this time the band had substantiated the following line-up: Peter Nelson (Lead Vocalist), Len Ormsby (Lead Guitar), Don Clarkson (Bass), Doug Henderson (Rhythm Guitar), Doug Petrie (Drums), Peter Gillette (Keyboards). Peter Nelson and the Castaways made a strong reputation for themselves with their quirky choice of their own originals mixed with rhythm and blues. Their biggest hit was "Down In The Mine" written by Peter Hindmarsh. Another single was released, "Goin' Out Of My Mind"/"Skye Boat Song", then the group took the plunge and left for Australia in 1966. Peter Nelson left them soon after to find fame as a solo artist and was replaced by new vocalist Frankie Stevens, after which the band changed its name to The Castaways.

trax:
01. Baby Can I Take You Home 02. I'll Never Be Blue 03. Down The Road Apiece 04. I'll Go Crazy 05. Down In The Mine 06. So Don't Go 07. Goin' Out Of My Mind 08. Skye Boat Song 09. Knock On Wood 10. Old Man Mose 11. At A Time Like This 12. A Little Lovin' Somethin'
…served by Gaius…