DAVID BYRNE - Rei Momo 1989

DAVID BYRNE \ REI MOMO 1989.

Link:REIMOMO

BRIAN ENO - DAVID BYRNE - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

BRIAN ENO - DAVID BYRNE \ MY LIFE IN THE BUSH OF GHOSTS 1981.
The KILLER DUO ,Brian Eno (Roxy Music) David Byrne (Talking Heads ),in an album that is regarded from Highly acclaimed musical publications as being one of the top 100 rock influencing albums of all time.
Take it!

Tracks :
1. America is Waiting (3:36) - 2. Mea Culpa (3.35) -3. Regiment (3:56) - 4. Help Me Somebody (4:18) -5. The Jezebel Spirt (4:55) - 6. Very, Very Hungry (3:20) - 7. Moonlight in Glory (4:19) -8. The Carrier (3:30) -9. A Secret Life (2:30) - 10. Come With Us (2:38) - 11. Mountain of Needles (2:35) .
Total Time: 39:41
Line-up/Musicians :
Brian Eno & David Byrne / guitars, basses, synthesizers, drums, percussion.
Guest musicians:
- John Cooksey / drums (4) - Chris Frantz / drums, additional arranging (3) - Robert Fripp / additional arranging (3) - Busta Jones / bass, additional writing and arranging (3) - Dennis Keeley / Bodhran (2) - Bill Laswell / bass and additional arranging (1) - Mingo Lewis / Bata, sticks (5, 8) - Prairie Prince / can, bass drum (5, 8) - Jose Rossy / congas, agong-gong (7) - Steve Scales / congas, metals (4) - David van Tieghem / drums, percussion (1, 3), additional arranging (1) - Tim Wright / click bass (1)

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GEORGE THOROGOOD - Ride 'Til I Die 2003

GEORGE THOROGOOD \ RIDE 'TIL I DIE 2003.

Buzzing slide guitar and solid American blues rock are still the order of the day. The album is the usual mix of covers (Thorogood adds only one original, the forgettable "Sweet Little Lady") played with a barroom friendly wink and smile. Songs like Eddie Shaw's "Greedy Man, " J.J. Cale's "Devil in Disguise, " Nick Lowe's "That's It, I Quit" and Chuck Berry's "Move It" are perfect for . Best of all is his cover of Eddie Cochran's strutting "My Way" which Thorogood delivers with a punch. The last track, a cover of John Lee Hooker's "Ride Till I Die," is a nice addition to the record. Recorded at a soundcheck before a show in Texas in early 2002, it shows that while Thorogood's strength will always be good time blooze 'n' boogie, he can do a credible job on acoustic blues too.
Very good album.
Link:RTID

GEORGE THOROGOOD - Rockin' My Life Away 1997

GEORGE THOROGOOD \ ROCKIN' MY LIFE AWAY 1997.

As the title says, George Thorogood has been rockin' his life away, churning out a series of heavy blues-rock records, all of them stylistically identical to each other.
Rockin' My Life Away is no exception to the rule ,it's bloozy boogie and it's for longtime fans of GT. Enjoy it.
Link : RMLA

THE STRAWBS - Hero And Heroine 1974

THE STRAWBS \ HERO AND HEROINE 1974.
Excellent follow up to Bursting at the Seams but also it's obvious that they are stepping away from their folk influences and moving further into the Progressive Rock territory,with all the costs.

Line up :
- Dave Cousins / vocals, acoustic & electric guitars
- Dave Lambert / vocals, acoustic & electric guitars
- John Hawken / piano, electric piano, organ, Mellotron, Synthesizer
- Chas Cronk / bass Synthesizer, vocals
- Rod Coombes / drums, Percussion, Vocals.
Link : HAH

THE STRAWBS - Bursting At The Seams 1973

THE STRAWBS , a few words.

One of the better British progressive groups, The STRAWBS were a 60's folk and medieval band turned prog-rock with the help of Dave COUSINS (the heart and soul of this group) and Rick WAKEMAN "master of the keyboards". WAKEMAN is featured on the albums "Strawbs", "Dragonfly", "Just A Collection of...", and "From The Witchwood" before he joined YES. The line-up for the group changed markedly over the years. Their sound has been in a state of constant evolution combining English folk and progressive sounds to form their unique style. Critics seem to have a preference for the STRAWBS in the early Seventies when the group consisted of Tony & John HOOPER, John FORD, Richard HUDSON and keyboard virtuoso Rick WAKEMAN. The group ceased to exist at the end of the 1970s, and COUSINS embarked on some solo projects. STRAWBS would appeal to fans of bands like FAIRPORT CONVENTION, STEELEYE SPAN, PENTANGLE, etc.

THE STRAWBS \ BURSTING AT THE SEAMS 1973.
Bursting at the Seams represents the Strawbs at the peak of their powers both artistic and commercial. This album is the remastered edition of 1998 and regarded as one of their best works.

Line-up :

- Dave Cousins / vocals, guitars, banjo
- Richard Hudson / drums, vocals
- John Ford / bass, vocals
- Blue Weaver / keyboards
- Dave Lambert / guitars

Link : BATS

POINT BLANK - Airplay 1979

POINT BLANK \ AIRPLAY 1979.
Tracks :
1. Free Man
2. Moving
3. Wandering
4. Bad Bees
5. That's The Law
6. Lone Star Fool
7. Distance
8. In This World

Line up:

Rusty Burns - Guitars
Kim Davis Guitars - Vocals
Peter Gruen - Drums
John O'Daniel - Vocals
Phillip Petty - Bass

Link :AIR

POINT BLANK - The Hard Way 1980

THE HARD WAY - 1980

Tracks:
1. Turning Back 3:14
2. The Hard Way 3:24
3. On the Run 5:42
4. Highway Star live 6:23 Cover: Deep Purple
5. Rock 'N' Roll Soldier 3:26
6. Guessing Game 4:55
7. Wrong to Cry live 3:54
8. Thank You Mama live 6:45

Link: THW

POINT BLANK - Second Season 1977

SECOND SEASON - 1977

Tracks :
1. Part Time Lover
2. Back In The Alley
3. Rock & Roll Hideaway
4. Stars And Scars
5. Beautiful Loser
6. Uncle Ned
7. Tattooed Lady
8. Nasty Notions
9. Waiting For A Change

Line up:
Rusty Burns - Guitars
Kim Davis Guitar - Vocals
Peter Gruen - Drums
John O'Daniel - Vocals
Phillip Petty - Bass

Link :SS1977

POINT BLANK - "Point Blank" 1976

POINT BLANK
BIOGRAPHY
Although musically easily in the same league as Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet and other great U.S. acts, Point Blank didn’t seem to enjoy the same acclaim asthese other bands. They were formed in the mid seventies by guitarists Rusty Burns and Kim Davis, vocalist John O’Daniel, drummer Buzzy Gruen and bassist Phillip Petty.
Between 1976 and 1981 they released a total of six albums. Point Blank was a band that toured constantly averaging more than 250 one nighters annually and lived by the adage “When the Going gets tough – the tough gotouring.”
After musical differences, management difficulties and other conflicts the band decided to shut it down.
“POINT BLANK IS THE GREAT UNSUNG SOUTHERN ROCK BAND,AND THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN DENIED THE SPOTLIGHT FOR TWO REASONS –ONE, THEY WERE FROM A LITTLE LEFT OF THE DIAL, FROM TEXAS, AND TWO, THEY ROCKED TOO HARD AND ORNERY FOR RADIO TASTES.
WHILE THE OTHER BANDS – ALMOST TO A SHAMEFUL MAN – TONED DOWN THE RHETORIC AND THE RAUNCH TO CHASE THE DOLLAR,POINT BLANK CONTINUED TO MAKE HAND-CRAFTED ROOTS ROCK WITH INTEGRITY AND HEART FOR MILES.”

MARTIN POPOFF, AUTHOR – SOUTHERN ROCK REVIEW
courtesy taken from:
www.pointblanksouthernrock.com
POINT BLANK - 1976
Tracks :
1. Free Man
2. Moving
3. Wandering
4. Bad Bees
5. That's The Law
6. Lone Star Fool
7. Distance
8. In This World

Line up :
Rusty Burns - Guitars
Kim Davis Guitars - Vocals
Peter Gruen - Drums
John O'Daniel - Vocals
Phillip Petty - Bass
Link : PB

BILLY COBHAM & THE GLASS MENAGERIE - Stratus 1986

BILLY COBHAM & THE GLASS MENAGERIE \ STRATUS 1986.
New album New line up. B.C and his new quartet “The Glass Menagerie” with DEAN BROWN on guitar, MICHAL URBANIAK on violin and sax, TIM LANDERS on bass and GIL GOLDSTEIN on piano

Line-up

- Billy Cobham / drums
- Mike Stern / guitar
- Gil Goldstein / keyboards, Stenway-Flügel
- Tim Landers / electric bass
- Michal Urbaniak / electric violin, BILLY COBHAM site . http://www.billycobham.com

Link :STRATUS

BILLY COBHAM - Crosswinds 1974

BILLY COBHAM \ CROSSWINDS 1974.
B.C is regarded a key figure in the development of Jazz-Rock/Fusion, as well as being one of the very best drummers ever. Following the hugely successful debut album, it was only logical BC would go on with his solo career. The obvious thing one would do is duplicate the winning formula, but not make a carbon copy.
B.C had the guts not to use the musicians that had appeared on Spectrum, but instead relied ona few big names: the Brecker bros, ex-Zappa man George Duke and guitarist Abercrombie as well a few other lesser known.
With a superb sky shot, Crosswinds had everything going for itself, including a 17-mins+ four-parts sidelong suite called Spanish Moss.
RECOMMENDED

Line up :
-Billy Cobham/ drums, percussion.
- John Williams/ guitar (acoustic), bass, bass (acoustic), bass (electric).
- Randy Brecker/ trumpet.
- Garnett Brown/ trombone.
- John Abercrombie/ guitars.
- George Duke/ keyboards, vocals.
- Lee Pastora / percussions
Link :CROSS

PASSPORT - Hand Made 1973

PASSPORT \ HAND MADE 1973.
The man is a Master (KLAUS DOLDINGER) and the 3rd album of his group is another gem of this early PASSPORT period.
Enjoy it.

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PASSPORT - Second 1972

PASSPORT \ SECOND 1972.

Tracks :
1. Mandragora (3:46) -
2. Nexus (5:23) -
3. Fairy tale (7:32) -
4. Get yourself a second passport (4:03) -
5. Registration O (9:24) -
6. Horizon beyond (6:46) -
7. The cat from Katmandu (4:38) -

Total Time: 41:32 -
Line-up
- Klaus Doldinger / soprano & tenor saxes, electric piano, synthesizer
- John Mealing / elelectric piano, organ
- Wolfgang Schmid / bass guitar
- Bryan Spring / drums
Link : SECOND

PASSPORT - First 1971

Passport

Passport was actually the name of a Klaus Doldinger group album, issued in 1971, that proved so popular that in reality Passport became the name of the band and Doldinger the album title! Klaus had tried numerous different types of music before this, but his most successful in progressive realms was Motherhood. Actually Motherhood had a good name, as they gave birth to two bands: Hallelujah (Forsey and Vincent) and Passport (the rest of the band, with Amon Düül II cohorts Kübler and Jackson).

MPS Records Joachim Ernst Berendt was fascinated at how Passport "combined the best rock talents on the German scene" as a jazz fusion band. It's easy to see why it proved so popular at the time, as the Munich music scene was booming with weird musics, and the Passport approach with its strong melodic context and powerful arrangements, added up to a more widely accessible music.

Extremely early for featuring synthesizer, with Jimmy Jackson's haunting keyboards, and excellent use of winds, it's one heck of a powerful fusion. Klaus had come up with, a winning combination, yet by the time of SECOND Klaus' accomplices were a different band, notably so English musicians John Mealing and Bryan Spring who never stayed around long. Then, on HAND MADE came Frank Roberts before joining Isotope. This era saw a move to music reminiscent of Soft Machine and Nucleus, with a new Passport style growing out of it gradually, as a stable quartet of all-German musicians was established on LOOKING THRU.

Defined by powerful rhythmic structures, Doldinger's unique sax style, a wealth of keyboards and synthesizers, and Curt Cress' superb drumming, Passport continued to progress and develop for the next three years, with two more excellent studio albums, and also two very varied concert documents with Passport augmented by famous jazz friends. IGUACU, recorded in Brazil, was the last album by this incarnation, but didn't really work as a Passport album being diluted by too many Latino and ethnic touches. Obviously the band thought so too, and all left to work on other projects. Again, a new Passport was born, starting with the highly synthesized ATARAXIA, but thereafter something went radically wrong, the rot set in, as soul and pop songs ate into the music. In all fairness, Klaus should have called it a day with IGUACU, and established a band under a different name. But, like most bands, a marketable name meant a string of mediocre albums throughout the 80's. A shame when one considers how creative the era of 1971 to 1976 was.

The band :

Klaus Doldinger (tenor/alto saxes, Moog, electric piano), Olaf Kübler (tenor sax, flute), Jimmy Jackson (organ), Udo Lindenberg (drums), Lothar Meid (bass)

Link : FIRST

WEATHER REPORT - Italian Weather 1976

WEATHER REPORT \ ITALIAN WEATHER 1976.
Link : IW

WEATHER REPORT - Heavy Weather 1977

WEATHER REPORT \ HEAVY WEATHER 1977.
If not the best album of Zawinul and his friends one of the 3, together with Mysterious Traveller and Black Market. I don't know if it is Jazz, Jazz\Rock, Fusion,the only thing i know is that it's Weather Report Music!!.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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CAN - Unlimited Edition 1976

CAN \ UNLIMITED EDITION 1976.
This expanded version of "Limited Edition" is pretty interesting collection of odds and ends between 1969-75.
Of particular interest are early 1969 tracks recorded with Malcolm Mooney as vocalist - presumably leftovers from the "Monster Movie" sessions.

Line-up/Musicians

- Irmin Schmidt / synthesizer, keyboards, vocals
- Holger Czukay / bass, engineering
- Michael Karoli / guitar, violin, Shehnai
- Jaki Leibezeit / percussion, drums, Wind
- Malcolm Mooney / vocals
- Damo Suzuki / vocals

Link :UE

CAN - Future Days 1973

CAN \ FUTURE DAYS 1973.
The final CAN album featuring Damo Suzuki as vocalist is probably the most accomplished one. It is very different from their earlier works and it introduces the band offering highly atmospheric, almost ambient music.
There are no ups and downs; listening adventure is mostly linear but that doesn't mean it is monotonous. On the contrary - it is a wonderful music of atmosphere.
Production is superb for the time being and most of the engineering and editing credits go to Holger Czukay and Irmin Schmidt who successfully experiment with various keyboards, synths, sound effects and "soundscapes", sometimes reminiscent of Brian Eno's later works.

Line-up/Musicians
- Holger Czukay / bass
- Michael Karoli / guitar
- Jaki Liebezei / drums
- Irmin Schmidt / keyboards
- Damo Suzuki / vocals

Link : FD

CAN - Tago Mago 1971

TAGO MAGO \ 1971.

Everybody should have this album, incredible stuff, and without a doubt, CAN at their finest!

Line-up/Musicians
- Holger Czukay / bass
- Michael Karoli / guitar
- Jaki Liebezeit / drums
- Irmin Schmidt / keyboards
- Damo Suzuki / vocals

Link:TM

CAN - Ege Bamyasi 1972

CAN \ EGE BAMYASI 1972.

The fourth CAN album is another excellent addition to a collection of progressive rock.On this album, there's a slight Middle Eastern influence, no doubt for the fact they named their album after a can of Okra they found in a Turkish restaraunt in Germany. "Ege Bamyasi" has everything the neophyte listener needs to understand why CAN was such a musical force. It’s all here: the rhythmically busy, near paranormal jamming; the quieter, more hypnotic ballads.

Line-up/Musicians
- Holger Czukay / bass
- Michael Karoli / guitar
- Jaki Liebezeit / drums
- Irmin Schmidt / keyboards
- Damo Suzuki / vocals
Link:EGGE

CAN - Monster Movie 1969

CAN \ MONSTER MOVIE 1969.

CAN has nothing to prove with this album, except that they can sound like nobody else before or since....

Line-up/Musicians

- Holger Czukay / bass
- Michael Karoli / guitar
- Jaki Liebezeit / drums
- Irmin Schmidt / keyboards
- Malcolm Mooney / vocals.

Link :MM

CAN - Delay 1968

A few words.
CAN is one of a few internationally known "Krautrock" groups; they are famous for their repetitive and hallucinatory sound. CAN was founded in 1968 by LIEBEZEIT, Irmin SCHMIDT and Holger CZUKAY, and in their early days they also included American singer Malcolm MOONEY or Japanese vocalist Damo SUZUKI.
They transformed progressive-rock into a science. By bridging classical music, jazz music and rock music of their times, CAN accomplished the first organic study on rhythm and texture. Their hypnotic and glacial instrumental jams straddled the line between free-jazz, acid-rock and chamber music.
CAN's music can be difficult to appreciate, yet their albums offer some of the best experimental rock ever recorded. Then there are always the myths, the legends and the fascination.
CAN will be remembered as one of the great 20th century bands. I've listened to their music over and over again. These 7 albums i posted regarded as their best,from Delay to Monster Movie,from Tago Mago to Future Days,from Egge Bamyasi to their famous"Soon Over Babaluma".

Enjoy the golden era of KrautRock!!

CAN \ DELAY 1968

This album originally came out in the early 1980s but covers roughly the same period (late 1968 and much of 1969) as their debut album, "Monster Movie" and likewise features their original singer, Malcolm Mooney.

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EAST OF EDEN - East Of Eden 1971

EAST OF EDEN \ EAST OF EDEN 1971.

Tracks 1. Wonderful Feeling (6:11) 2. Goodbye (5:48) 3. Crazy Daisy (6:54) 4. Here Comes The Day (4:33) 5. Take What You Need (5:03) 6. No Time (6:03) 7. To Mrs. V (5:18)

Line-up/Musicians
-Jeff Allen / drums, percussion - Dave Arbus / violin, saxophone, flute - David Jack / vocals, bass, guitar - Jim Roche / guitar
Link: EOE