THE ELECTRIC PRUNES \ 1968 MASS IN F MINOR

ELECTRIC PRUNES \ MASS IN F MINOR
For the fans of E.P this album in 1968 was a surprise, but for aficionados of failed and bizarre concept records of the late '60s, it's definitely worth investigating. The eight tracks on this religious-based rock opera (with lyrics sung in Latin!) were written, arranged, and conducted by classical composer David Axelrod and spurred on by then-Prunes manager Lenny Poncher and record producer Dave Hassinger. Evidently, all parties involved, including the band, agreed that this project would propel the Electric Prunes from minor-league garage rockers into a finely tuned psychedelic ensemble to be taken seriously as musicians and artists. Unfortunately, the Prunes were not prepared to tackle Axelrod's complex and involved arrangements without a major struggle. In order to keep the sessions from going into costly overtime, Hassinger brought in studio musicians to finish the project.
The results were completely unlike the group's previous two releases, with the majority of the tracks being performed by ad hoc Prunes. Shortly after the album's release, the original lineup faded into obscurity, taking Mass in F Minor with them. However, an eerie version of "Kyrie Eleison" received fleeting attention when it was featured in the film Easy Rider.
taken from All Music Guide, by Al Campbell.

Link :MIFM

THE SURF KINGS \ 2004 Coming Up For Air

THE SURF KINGS

"Powerful as a tsunami... gentle as an ocean breeze"

In the beginning was the "Crossfires" in 1963, then came the war in Vietnam and then back in California working and playing what he always knew "surf rock /fusion music".
It was the time that "Pulp Fiction" and Dick Dale's "Missirlou" led the way into the new 3rd wave of Surf music, Tom Stanton formed "THE SURF KINGS"
Enjoy it.
COMING UP FOR AIR 2004

Tracks :
1. Hammerhead - 2. Coming Up For Air - 3. Glass Bowls - 4. Casbah - 5. Catalyst - 6. Lobotomy - 7. Amp Head - 8. Oral Exciter - 9. Gods of Atlantis - 10. Spirit of Man - 11. Jaba Point - 12. Amanda.

Link:CUFA

DICK DALE \ Calling Up Spirits

DICK DALE / 1996 CALLING UP SPIRITS

Tracks:
01. Nitrus -
02. The Wedge Paradiso -
03. The Pit -
04. Fever -
05. Doom Box -
06. Catamount -
07. Window -
08. Calling Up Spirits -
09. Temple Of Gizeh -
10. Bandito -
11. Third Stone From The Sun -
12. Peppermint Man -
13. Gypsy Fire -

THE KING OF THE SURF GUITAR IS HERE!

Link :CUS

THE NEW YORK DOLLS - 1974 Too Much Too Soon

THE NEW YORK DOLLS \ 1974 TOO MUCH TOO SOON

The New York Dolls created punk rock before there was a term for it.
They created a new form of hard rock that presaged both punk rock and heavy metal. Their drug-fueled, shambolic performances influenced a generation of musicians in New York and London, who all went on to form punk bands. And although they self-destructed quickly, the band's two albums remain two of the most popular cult records in rock & roll history.

Tracks :
1. Babylon ......(3:31)
2.Stranded in the Jungle .... (3:49)
3.Who Are the Mystery Girls?.... 3:07)
4.(There's Gonna Be A) Showdown .....(3:37)
5.It's Too Late ..... (4:35)
6. Puss 'N' Boots.....(3:06)
7.Chatterbox...(2:26)
8.Bad Detective...(3:37)
9.Don't Start Me Talkin'....(3:12)
10.Human Being... (5:44)

Line up :
Johnny Thunders..Guitar,vocals..-
David Johansen ... Vocals,gong,arranger..-
Sylvain Sylvain ... Bass,guitar,piano..-
Peter Jordan..Bass,,-
Jerry Nolan .. Percussion,drums..-
Alex Spyropoulos ..Piano..-
Killer Kane (Bass)

Link : TMTS

RICK DERRINGER - 1994 Electra Blues

Rick Derringer give us a demonstration in what we call Heavy power blues.
If you don't have it here is your chance.

Rick Derringer - 1994 Electra Blues

Tracks :

1.: Something To Say
2.: Unsung Hero Of The Blues
3.: Electra Blues
4.: If It's The Blues
5.: Fire Brand Rebel
6.: Blue Boogie
7.: You Can't Be Everywhere At Once
8.: All I Want To Do Is Cry
9.: Deeper Into The Blues
10.: You Don't Miss What You Never Had

Link : EB

EMERSON LAKE & PALMER - 1973 Brain Salad Surgery

BRAIN SALAD SURGERY 1973

Along with the release of this record in 1973 a friend asked me to write a few words for this record which finally never happened.
Instead, in 2-3 lines today i present my opinion for this record .
What is this record?, what do you expect to hear from the 3 virtuoso band ?.
BSS is an aphorism to the spiritual human destruction from the machine.A contemporary music composition which unfortunately,is very close to today reality than to be considered as something out of real, or a childish gassing.
I can not think of anybody else that can express all this technological stress through his music, except the paranoid composition of Keith Emerson.
This Post is for all of us who want to remember from time to time groups like EMERSON LAKE & PALMER.
Link :BSS

BLACKFOOT - 1980 Tomcatti'n

BLACKFOOT / TOMCATTI'N 1980

Ok,forget the Southernrock they used to play, now it's a Hard rock outfit and they play really hard!
The album? - Killer.

Members:

Rick Medlocke - 12string guitar,acoustic,vocals. -
Charlie Hargrett - guitar
Greg T. Walker - bass
Jakson "Thunderfoot"Spires - drums -
Doug Bare - keyboards.vocals. -
Pat McCaffey - keyboards,sax -
Shorty Medlocke - harmonica,banjo. -


TOMCATTI'N 1980

Tracks:
1.Warped ... (4:12) -
2.On the Run ... (4:00) -
3.Dream On ... (5:16) -
4.Street Fighter ... (2:34) -
5.Gimme, Gimme, Gimme ... (4:06) -
6.Every Man Should Know (Queenie) ... (3:43) -
7.In the Night ... (3:52) -
8.Spendin' Cabbage ... (3:15) -
9.Fox Chase ... (4:23) -
10.Reckless Abandoner ... (5:13 -

Link :T

BLACKFOOT - 1990 Medicine Man

BEWARE OF THE MEDICINE MAN !!
Link : MM

DOC HOLLIDAY - 2003 Best Of The 90's

YES ! IT IS ..
Link: DHBO

DOC HOLLIDAY - 1981 Rides Again

RIDE ON GUYS .....
Link :DHRA

DOC HOLLIDAY - 1980 DOC HOLIDAY

DOC HOLLIDAY
During the 1970’s, the glorious Sunshine State of Georgia had been a fertile breeding ground for home grown Southern Rock, amongst others, the Allman Brothers Band, Grinderswitch and the Atlanta Rhythm Section. Doc Holliday, although not universally as well known as those big selling bands were an important and highly valued addition to that linage of respected and revered musicians.
Their first two records ,"1980 Selftitled" and" 1981 Doc Holliday rides again" seems to be their best.
Link : DH

PETER GREEN - A Case For The Blues - KATMANDU

VERY VERY GOOD ..
Link :AFTB

PETER GREEN SPLINTER GROUP - Soho Session

Peter Green with Splinter Group at his best.
Link : CD1
Link : CD2

PETER GREEN & NIGEL WATSON - Hot Foot Powder

"Hot Foot Powder" is Peter Green's second album made up entirely of covers of the music by the legendary Delta bluesman Robert Johnson. In fact, with this album and its predecessor," The Robert Johnson Songbook", Green has recorded every song that Robert Johnson is known to have composed and recorded.
Where Johnson often played and sang like a man whose life depended on it, Green plays and sings like a man whose next minute depends on it.
Peter Green's band , the Splinter Group, including Nigel Watson. Dr. John, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Hubert Sumlin, and Joe Louis Walker all make guest appearances on the album, along with Honey Boy Edwards, who knew and performed with Robert Johnson.

Peter Green & Nigel Watson - Hot Foot Powder
Tracks:
1 .I'm a Steady Rollin' Man .... Johnson 3:34 -
2.From Four Until Late ...... Johnson 3:02 -
3.Dead Shrimp Blues ...... Johnson 2:49 -
4.Little Queen of Spades ..... Johnson 3:01 -
5.They're Red Hot ..... Johnson 3:51 -
6.Preachin' Blues ..... Johnson 2:44 -
7.Hellhound on My Trail...... Johnson 3:31 -
8.Traveling Riverside Blues .. Johnson 4:08 -
9.Malted Milk ..... .. Johnson 3:12 -
10.Milkcow's Calf Blues .... Johnson 3:32 -
11. Drunken Hearted Man .... Johnson 3:22 -
12.Cross Road Blues ..... Johnson 2:56 -
13.Come on in My Kitchen .... Johnson 3:0 -
What can i say for this album RECOMMENDED ?

Link : HFP

PETER GREEN - 1979 In The Skies

Yes Peter,we all fly with you in the skies when we hear every record of you..

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Yes.with Snowy White on guitar!!!

Line up :

Pete Bardens Organ, Electric Piano -

Peter Green - Guitar, Vocals -

Kuma Harada - Bass -

Reg Isadore - Drums -

Godfrey McLean - Drums -

Snowy White - Guitar

IN THE SKIES

Tracks :

1.In The Skies - 2.Slabo Day - 3.A Fool No More - 4.Tribal Dance -5.Seven Stars -6.Funky Chunk - 7.Just For You -8.Proud Pinto -9.Apostle -

Link : ITS

PETER GREEN SPLINTER GROUP - 2001 Time Traders

Peter Green on his second version of Splinter Group comeback in 2001.

A very good record as all the Splinter's and for all Green's fans and not only..

For every collector.

TIME TRADERS
Tracks

1 . Until the well runs dry .... Colton 5:19 - 2. Real World ....Colton 6:16 - 3. Running After You ... Stroud 4:46 - 4. Shadow on My Door ... Watson 5:35 - 5. Lies .... Colton 4:43 - 6. (Down the Road of) Temptation ....Stroud 4:17 - 7. Downsize Blues (Repossess My Body) .... Watson 3:47 - 8. Feeling Good... Colton 4:17 -- 9. Time Keeps Slipping Away... Stroud 4:44 - 10. Wild Dogs ...Watson 5:08 - 11. Home ...Stroud 5:17 - 12. Underway ... Green 4:48 - 13. Uganda Woman ... Green 5:31 -

Band lineup :

Peter Green (vocals, lead guitar, slide guitar, harmonica)

Nigel Watson (vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar)

Roger Cotton (piano, Hammond C3, rhythm guitar) (1998–2004)

Larry Tolfree (drums, percussion) (November 1997-2004)

Pete Stroud (fretless and fretted bass guitars, double bass) (1998–2004)

Neil Murray - Bass Guitar (1997-98)

Link: TT