tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22342086277395750292024-03-12T23:32:20.196-07:00MusicologyMadshoes Carloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909216069344667317noreply@blogger.comBlogger5010125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234208627739575029.post-65334965875409788122024-03-11T13:58:00.000-07:002024-03-11T13:58:48.570-07:00John Cale & Terry Riley - Church of Anthrax 1971<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBoe1Ui4msAkDkqFjOmgmBCwPQQRKb4iSk2ywAZoLmM8TiNnsRBdh1ZLOnjwkMfCckTJf16s9UnE19VDRdNonfbWq_AcjypPkXNJDotrt7rrUS18PyFkZxDibWjSKtf85G5kxtfU604zVuLeyFHH9Wh23V78EzxIN8zHAmGLiLaLk2qRAm8toVVzSvBQL6/s280/cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="280" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBoe1Ui4msAkDkqFjOmgmBCwPQQRKb4iSk2ywAZoLmM8TiNnsRBdh1ZLOnjwkMfCckTJf16s9UnE19VDRdNonfbWq_AcjypPkXNJDotrt7rrUS18PyFkZxDibWjSKtf85G5kxtfU604zVuLeyFHH9Wh23V78EzxIN8zHAmGLiLaLk2qRAm8toVVzSvBQL6/w332-h332/cover.jpg" width="332" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">A one-time-only collaboration between former </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/velvet-underground-mn0000840402" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Velvet Underground</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> co-founder John Cale and minimalist composer Terry Riley, 1971's Church of Anthrax doesn't sound too much like the solo work of either. Around this time, Riley's works were along the lines of "A Rainbow in Curved Air" or "Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band": pattern music with obsessive attention to repetition and tricks with an analog delay machine that gave his music a refractory, almost hallucinogenic quality. Though Cale was trained in a similar aesthetic (he played with </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/la-monte-young-mn0000779502" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">La Monte Young</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, surely the most minimal of all minimalist composers), he had largely left it behind by 1971, and so Church of Anthrax mixes Riley's drones and patterns with a more muscular and melodic bent versed in both free jazz and experimental rock. Not quite modern classical music, but not at all rock & roll either, Church of Anthrax sounds in retrospect like it was a huge influence on later post-minimalist composers like </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-poppy-mn0000491003" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Andrew Poppy</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/wim-mertens-mn0000502854" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Wim Mertens</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, and </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/michael-nyman-mn0000887513" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Michael Nyman</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, who mix similar doses of minimalism, rock, and jazz. On its own merits, the album is always interesting, and the centerpiece "The Hall of Mirrors in the Palace at Versailles" is probably the point where Riley and Cale approach each other on the most equal footing. The low point is Cale's solo writing credit, "The Soul of Patrick Lee," a slight vocal interlude by </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/adam-miller-mn0002941090" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Adam Miller</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> that feels out of place in these surroundings. AMG.</span></span><p></p>
<a href="https://www.imagenetz.de/ixbg8" style="color: #d6c2c2;" target="_blank">listen here</a>Madshoes Carloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909216069344667317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234208627739575029.post-37433022257685106272024-03-11T13:54:00.000-07:002024-03-11T13:54:36.756-07:00Lee Hazlewood - Cowboy in Sweden 1970<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8yPlhyphenhyphenDwmk5CiaCYPZlKr1-rre8h7TWxFRWTAJM67vYnrLfUSQ48_dveMbcn4iH3Z6zpxNCCQ9nt7D9zuriRhQdNTzbNQfFLUKEV5L9Pzea3YSogkVJSzT6nRKIiNFt8m-IMI_hr7oT3jXfvpArttWN0ESnO-Tg3-WUn-oUQqlEBaue5tBgiuTW0vR8Cc/s400/cover.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="397" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8yPlhyphenhyphenDwmk5CiaCYPZlKr1-rre8h7TWxFRWTAJM67vYnrLfUSQ48_dveMbcn4iH3Z6zpxNCCQ9nt7D9zuriRhQdNTzbNQfFLUKEV5L9Pzea3YSogkVJSzT6nRKIiNFt8m-IMI_hr7oT3jXfvpArttWN0ESnO-Tg3-WUn-oUQqlEBaue5tBgiuTW0vR8Cc/s320/cover.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e;">At the turn of the '60s, Lee Hazlewood decided to leave America for Sweden. He had already spent time in the country, appearing as an actor in two television productions. Hence, his decision wasn't completely out of the blue -- especially since he had become close with the Swedish artist/filmmaker Torbjörn Axelman. The year he arrived in Sweden, he starred in Axelman's television production Cowboy in Sweden and cut an album of the same name. Judging by the album alone, the film must have been exceedingly surreal, since the record exists in its own space and time. At its core, it's a collection of country and cowboy tunes, much like the work he did with </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/nancy-sinatra-mn0000366407" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Nancy Sinatra</a><span face="Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e;">, the production is cinematic and psychedelic, creating a druggy, discombobulated sound like no other. This is mind-altering music -- the combination of country song structures, Hazlewood's deep baritone, the sweet voices of </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/nina-lizell-mn0000414868" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Nina Lizell</a><span face="Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e;"> and </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/suzi-jane-hokom-mn0000040759" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Suzi Jane Hokom</a><span face="Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e;">, rolling acoustic guitars, ominous strings, harpsichords and flutes, eerie pianos, and endless echo is stranger than outright avant-garde music, since the familiar is undone by unexpected arrangements. Though the songs are all well-written, Cowboy in Sweden is ultimately about the sound and mood it evokes -- and it's quite singular. AMG.</span></span><p></p>
<a href="https://www.imagenetz.de/dV6v4" style="color: #d6c2c2;" target="_blank">listen here</a>Madshoes Carloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909216069344667317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234208627739575029.post-65111831326031437202024-03-11T13:50:00.000-07:002024-03-11T13:50:07.546-07:00Omega - Omega 1969<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjek6gSqer9X-0VynM18QUOQ5itmafWaX84kN0UspwOQ7UYVuC85Y87gjWpLokGLU9qfhr6DlvRYSArio7eD9RRWZU5QD8O5l96qHQCSVf2e6Q_dju-8lmyWnFM76qFDiK4nrN-dd-x82kZ1t4EOulTqjZSvOqZIJDf3orS6cYD8V1f9Pq1trtoWPwVb2o7/s600/front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjek6gSqer9X-0VynM18QUOQ5itmafWaX84kN0UspwOQ7UYVuC85Y87gjWpLokGLU9qfhr6DlvRYSArio7eD9RRWZU5QD8O5l96qHQCSVf2e6Q_dju-8lmyWnFM76qFDiK4nrN-dd-x82kZ1t4EOulTqjZSvOqZIJDf3orS6cYD8V1f9Pq1trtoWPwVb2o7/s320/front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Extremely rare Illinois private pressing legendary psych LP. Not much info about this album but it worth listen.</span><p></p>
<a href="https://www.imagenetz.de/dE6AW" style="color: #d6c2c2;" target="_blank">listen here</a>Madshoes Carloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909216069344667317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234208627739575029.post-2138794119692083052024-03-11T13:26:00.000-07:002024-03-11T13:26:49.187-07:00Rainbird - Maiden Flight 1971<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2RKoNw2IwKUtSjFM4nBpkLAKIueDpHy5Hx57aWYSRQi19WWbaccqpkeyu_igQAfJGJHEAtA6uSciJF6oM8I5xpacE83AoUkhBr3QdR7i3FBo8WMtmX1CAds8RB4DFJA0aVF2nswUaszL3MAfwvGpF3FttqFM3ULDEnp0lDBfw5AuPs8nKqWGnVjzUBhA/s600/front.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2RKoNw2IwKUtSjFM4nBpkLAKIueDpHy5Hx57aWYSRQi19WWbaccqpkeyu_igQAfJGJHEAtA6uSciJF6oM8I5xpacE83AoUkhBr3QdR7i3FBo8WMtmX1CAds8RB4DFJA0aVF2nswUaszL3MAfwvGpF3FttqFM3ULDEnp0lDBfw5AuPs8nKqWGnVjzUBhA/s320/front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Monstrously obscure UK prog band from 1970, 200 lps were privately made but most were destroyed, and no copies have ever been openly sold. Complex and mysterious music with flutes and mystical lyrics, meandering melodies, like the most introverted moments from the Moody Blues classic Threshold of a Dream era, Rainbird is an LP some rate as a masterpiece. <p></p>
<a href="https://www.imagenetz.de/abNvM" style="color: #d6c2c2;" target="_blank">listen here</a>Madshoes Carloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909216069344667317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234208627739575029.post-74454218259073623962024-03-11T05:56:00.000-07:002024-03-11T05:56:55.764-07:00The Illusion - If It's So 1970<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPq3izkIUnmCVzz-koMi0T3eNjxGKgzTcHqwiIyRgbVNxhc_3kzM4cH6O7QKC0YG1_dMX5JeUBRc57dTdQe6AoJKx_ZTxt7JynQzLbGmvZR-3L_-Ijfm4nYXE9vpV96shFB2kkmLydom6WmdE2RvYrN_bqALvT7Jl2UtP0l6fEy_t-dbvc7zBfpCCMcOdH/s500/front.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="498" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPq3izkIUnmCVzz-koMi0T3eNjxGKgzTcHqwiIyRgbVNxhc_3kzM4cH6O7QKC0YG1_dMX5JeUBRc57dTdQe6AoJKx_ZTxt7JynQzLbGmvZR-3L_-Ijfm4nYXE9vpV96shFB2kkmLydom6WmdE2RvYrN_bqALvT7Jl2UtP0l6fEy_t-dbvc7zBfpCCMcOdH/s320/front.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e;">By some standards, the Illusion was one of the most successful unknown psychedelic bands of their generation -- unknown, yes, but with three LPs to their credit on the Steed label. Their personnel included </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/michael-ricciardella-mn0001192608" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Michael Ricciardella</a><span face="Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e;"> (drums), </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/richie-cerniglia-mn0001641547" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Richie Cerniglia</a><span face="Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e;"> (guitar), </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/chuck-alder-mn0001455886" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Chuck Alder</a><span face="Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e;"> (bass), </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mike-maniscalco-mn0001196418" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Mike Maniscalco</a><span face="Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e;"> (guitar, keyboards), and </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/john-vinci-mn0001491271" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">John Vinci</a><span face="Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e;"> (vocals). The Steed label released </span><a class="album-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/illusion-mw0000851170" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Illusion</a><span face="Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e;">, </span><a class="album-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/together-mw0001879554" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Together</a><span face="Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e;">, and </span><a class="album-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/if-its-so-mw0000851920" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">If It's So</a><span face="Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e;"> between 1969 and 1970. The illusion</span><span face="Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e;"> was interesting enough to observers to merit a release in England in 1969. By 1971, the Illusion's albums were being sought by kids who'd never heard the band play. One of their songs, "I Love You," has made it on to compact disc. AMG.</span></span><p></p>
<a href="https://www.imagenetz.de/hMZWg" style="color: #d6c2c2;" target="_blank">listen here</a>Madshoes Carloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909216069344667317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234208627739575029.post-80977247288179180032024-03-11T05:52:00.000-07:002024-03-11T05:52:22.131-07:00J.J. Jackson's Dilemma - J.J. Jackson's Dilemma 1970<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqWNbO-EAljP0l-FmVGHdVxEVRYRNFFpHge_le2VCCt0D3-Xv_u-myFepvbdhK2yW8Ye9iVGxAT5qJshvYjTPcVntdBWXOChMrhcUOSaqvhfWaue_x7oFEDE1yvUHU79qUaiS8HWmlh-F6FKLnNH8sIAoSO-H8nO-Rfd9kaOe8X-bDoukeA8dphVy2MXe1/s1400/folder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqWNbO-EAljP0l-FmVGHdVxEVRYRNFFpHge_le2VCCt0D3-Xv_u-myFepvbdhK2yW8Ye9iVGxAT5qJshvYjTPcVntdBWXOChMrhcUOSaqvhfWaue_x7oFEDE1yvUHU79qUaiS8HWmlh-F6FKLnNH8sIAoSO-H8nO-Rfd9kaOe8X-bDoukeA8dphVy2MXe1/s320/folder.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">One of the most interesting obscure figures of '60s soul, J.J. Jackson scored a mammoth R&B hit in 1966 with one of the most infectious dance smashes of the decade, "But It's Alright." The New Yorker had worked as an arranger for </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jack-mcduff-mn0000118853" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Jack McDuff</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> and </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jimmy-witherspoon-mn0000100854" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Jimmy Witherspoon</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> before his manager arranged for Jackson to come to England in 1966. Though "But It's Alright," with its classic stuttering guitar riff and sharp horn charts, sounded as authentic as any Stax/Volt single, it was actually recorded in the U.K. with British session musicians. Jackson -- a mammoth, nearly 300-pound man who also played organ -- was a grainy, good-natured belter in the mold of </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/otis-redding-mn0000414251" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Otis Redding</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">. A talented songwriter who penned much of his own material, he wrote the A-side of one of </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-pretty-things-mn0000489676" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">the Pretty Things</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">' best mid-'60s R&B/raunch singles ("Come See Me"). Jackson never matched the success of "But It's Alright," but cut some singles that are highly valued by English Northern soul connoisseurs. His hard-to-find 1969 and 1970 albums found him exploring, in the manner of most other soul stars of the time, increased social consciousness in his songwriting and increasingly sophisticated horn and string arrangements. AMG.</span></span><p></p>
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Though the Gurvitzes could mimic the cliches of early-'70s hard rock, their material was ordinary to the point of dullness, and their guitar soloing was stereotypical almost to the point of unwitting self-parody. Many British bands in the </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/led-zeppelin-mn0000139026" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Led Zeppelin</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">-</span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/deep-purple-mn0000192382" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Deep Purple</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> spectrum did this stuff better. There were occasional glimmers of something that went outside the genre's narrowest bounds -- a bit of pop harmonizing in "Three Man Army," acoustic guitar flavorings for "Agent Man" and "See What I Took," blues-soul organ improvisation in "Midnight," a strange lyrical grounding for "Butter Queen" ("if your name is Barbara, how come they call you butter queen?" they ask rhetorically). The two best tracks were the least typical -- "Together" is much more Beatlesque early-'70s rock with a hippie attitude (and a synthesizer) than it is hard rock, and "A Third of a Lifetime" is a genuinely pretty orchestrated instrumental ballad. AMG.</span></span><p></p>
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Born and raised in Seattle, Simmons first earned local notoriety as the singer/guitarist for </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/indian-puddin-pipe-mn0000103657" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Indian Puddin' & Pipe</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, a popular Pacific Northwest psychedelic band that in 1967 signed with producer </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/matthew-katz-mn0000328092" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Matthew Katz</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">'s San Francisco Sound label. </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/katz-mn0000328092" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Katz</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> -- the infamously unscrupulous manager of </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/moby-grape-mn0000569914" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Moby Grape</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/its-a-beautiful-day-mn0000109012" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">It's a Beautiful Day</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, and other luminaries of the San Francisco psych scene -- structured his contracts so that different lineups could appear under a given group's name anytime and anywhere he desired, and he ultimately bestowed the </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/indian-puddin-pipe-mn0000103657" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Indian Puddin' & Pipe</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> moniker on a rival Seattle act previously known as the West Coast Natural Gas. Left without legal recourse, Simmons and his bandmates (guitarist </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/peter-larson-mn0001902265" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Peter Larson</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, bassist </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/phil-kirby-mn0000472555" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Phil Kirby</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, and drummer </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/albert-malosky-mn0001949087" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Albert Malosky</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">) returned to Seattle and rechristened themselves </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/easy-chair-mn0001203617" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Easy Chair</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, issuing their one-sided, self-titled debut LP on the Vanco label in 1968. After another name change, this time to Ethiopia, the group opened for </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-mothers-of-invention-mn0000405522" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">the Mothers of Invention</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> in Seattle and later appeared alongside </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/wild-man-fischer-mn0000581744" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Wild Man Fischer</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/alice-cooper-mn0000005953" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Alice Cooper</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, and the GTOs at Bizarre Records' legendary "Gala Pre-Xmas Bash" at Santa Monica's Shrine Exhibition Hall in early December of 1968. </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/zappa-mn0000138699" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Zappa</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> soon after convinced Ethiopia to relocate to Los Angeles, pairing the group with producers </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jerry-yester-mn0000847890" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Jerry Yester</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> and Val Zanofsky. When nothing concrete emerged from the sessions, the group dissolved but </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/zappa-mn0000138699" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Zappa</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> quickly offered Simmons his own two-record deal with Straight. The first, a largely instrumental soundtrack to an obscure biker film titled Naked Angels, features a series of acid-fuzz guitar jams. It was immediately followed by </span><a class="album-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/lucille-has-messed-my-mind-up-mw0000793854" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, a more conventionally song-oriented psychedelic opus produced by </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/zappa-mn0000138699" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Zappa</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> under the alias </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lamarr-bruister-mn0001641906" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">LaMarr Bruister</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">. The album generated little attention outside of </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/zappa-mn0000138699" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Zappa</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> cultists, however, and Simmons was installed as bassist for </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-mothers-of-invention-mn0000405522" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">the Mothers of Invention</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">'s late 1970 LP </span><a class="album-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/chungas-revenge-mw0000203862" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Chunga's Revenge</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">. He left the group during production on </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/zappa-mn0000138699" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Zappa</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">'s feature film project 200 Motels, but later returned to the fold for albums including </span><a class="album-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/waka-jawaka-mw0000201257" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Waka/Jawaka</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> and </span><a class="album-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/roxy-elsewhere-mw0000277786" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Roxy & Elsewhere</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">. By the 1980s Simmons returned to Seattle, fronting a series of local acts including the Backtrackers and Cocktails for Ladies. He also wrote an unpublished memoir, I Joined the Mothers of Invention...for the FBI, and in 2005 released </span><a class="album-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/blue-universe-mw0001896032" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Blue Universe</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, his first new solo material in 35 years. AMG.</span></span><br /> <p></p>
<a href="https://www.imagenetz.de/dET3w" style="color: #d6c2c2;" target="_blank">listen here</a>Madshoes Carloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909216069344667317noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234208627739575029.post-58770292022295784522024-02-25T04:05:00.000-08:002024-02-25T04:05:48.955-08:00Formerly Fat Harry - Formerly Fat Harry 1971<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEdjdLXo85-GhD54g3K4vsYAMA0j3WUH551H1cj7EdX8Kc5R-i637OXAABGQwNAgv9WNiJk1tfOQAZmZmWthI3WzcYrXV6u_vgpzpftYMBHmmdvu65Y_wDa5kRgD1vFIoIIRAsBKmOqla-Mxwex4G_78pKkcCPgtfOC97V6WfJRBBGwTVxQ_cMJjuxRY0/s1592/front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1574" data-original-width="1592" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEdjdLXo85-GhD54g3K4vsYAMA0j3WUH551H1cj7EdX8Kc5R-i637OXAABGQwNAgv9WNiJk1tfOQAZmZmWthI3WzcYrXV6u_vgpzpftYMBHmmdvu65Y_wDa5kRgD1vFIoIIRAsBKmOqla-Mxwex4G_78pKkcCPgtfOC97V6WfJRBBGwTVxQ_cMJjuxRY0/s320/front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Formerly Fat Harry's only album is one the forgotten greats of late '60s British rock. U.K.-based but formed by Country Joe & the Fish bassist Bruce Barthol, Formerly Fat Harry meshed basic folk rock with elements of funk, jazz, and psychedelic rock; experimented with odd tempos; and quietly created some original, surprisingly intense music in the early 1970s. Fat Harry was soon signed up by the original Pink Floyd management company.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Playing a highly idiosyncratic brand of Americana that frequently experimented with jazz time signatures, the band played at two of the now legendary free concerts in Hyde Park, the 1970 Bath Festival, Phun City, and many of the clubs of the era such as The Marquee in London.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">A quartet of 'musician's musicians', admired by everyone from Ralph McTell to Edgar Broughton and Michael Chapman, the group made only one LP for Harvest Records before disbanding in 1972. Though reflecting their musical and songwriting abilities, that record failed to capture their true flavor. </span><a href="https://www.allmusic.com/profile/chrisgoesrock" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="ChrisGoes Rock's Profile">ChrisGoesRocAMG</a><p></p>
<a href="https://www.imagenetz.de/j4jXF" style="color: #d6c2c2;" target="_blank">listen here</a>Madshoes Carloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909216069344667317noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234208627739575029.post-16861417111410220392024-02-25T03:57:00.000-08:002024-02-25T03:57:06.340-08:00Tim Maia - Tim Maia 1971<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0M-wEewKzKeZCDNvp9Gm6pDevC7jFFtjY-x_fxDa7f5d1T5ZvDWQ4ssIxLQzC5XAZs2qDY2viTdzMVselrmOqhTx1qqq27t7zJ8JWIpohl3AhzwHc8H7Pb6wblDHOKEmc0_YssvsiYd_V0adeGOgZGPvTv89ydCo1YCL4mcBQM6I83enOvRTZJMKnSgU/s1530/folder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="1526" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0M-wEewKzKeZCDNvp9Gm6pDevC7jFFtjY-x_fxDa7f5d1T5ZvDWQ4ssIxLQzC5XAZs2qDY2viTdzMVselrmOqhTx1qqq27t7zJ8JWIpohl3AhzwHc8H7Pb6wblDHOKEmc0_YssvsiYd_V0adeGOgZGPvTv89ydCo1YCL4mcBQM6I83enOvRTZJMKnSgU/w361-h362/folder.jpg" width="361" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Another fine album. A second foray into mostly the same ideas expressed in one prior, following classic soul/funk instrumentation, gorgeous chord changes, and showcasing a very fine voice indeed. Sometimes getting a little more of what we've heard is nothing to be ashamed of enjoying. AMG.</span><br /> </span><p></p>
<a href="https://www.imagenetz.de/ienAU" style="color: #d6c2c2;" target="_blank">listen here</a>Madshoes Carloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909216069344667317noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234208627739575029.post-44704767179990286742024-02-25T03:54:00.000-08:002024-02-25T03:54:23.394-08:00Pan - Pan 1973<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglCYbNy1u-iBbSEOzYAGdC7oezcPeiU4idigR8WOcUlIPX7oueGGv2MYVUgYpqrSZWqbKjEmpgamDhtZW_Kmh7swvhOcOng2fx38_gyw7DhlEM6T9Kpmn4suEWAJoHaqYZO4PsuKXAfX1PEYAMLi6gZ9A_ZHPT7GDcsMXK5O1kBDNybwL21rQhpRsCCMsH/s533/front.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="524" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglCYbNy1u-iBbSEOzYAGdC7oezcPeiU4idigR8WOcUlIPX7oueGGv2MYVUgYpqrSZWqbKjEmpgamDhtZW_Kmh7swvhOcOng2fx38_gyw7DhlEM6T9Kpmn4suEWAJoHaqYZO4PsuKXAfX1PEYAMLi6gZ9A_ZHPT7GDcsMXK5O1kBDNybwL21rQhpRsCCMsH/s320/front.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><p></p><p>Released three years after his post-Beau Brummels solo album "Candlemaker", 1973's "Pan" found Ron Elliott returning to the recording environment with the band Pan. Showcasing the talents of singer Keith Barbour, drummer Don Francisco, bassist Sherman Hayes, and lead guitarist Arthur Richards, the high-powered line-up quickly scored a contract with Columbia Records. With Elliott responsible for all of the material, musically the album was quite diverse. Tracks such as 'Long Way Home', 'Garbage Man', and 'More Than My Guitar' made it clear Elliott had been listening to more than his share of early-'70s country-rock bands - echoes of The Flying Burrito Brothers, Michael Nesmith, and Poco abounded throughout the collection. That wasn't to say Elliott had totally lost his fascination with more commercial genres. 'Love Glow (Calamity Jane)' was near-perfect top-40 pop, while 'Lady Honey' and 'Dancing To The Band' both included buoyant CS&Y-styled harmonies. Mind you, the album wasn't perfect. 'Delinga de Mattei' was a throwaway old-timey ballad, while Barbour's performance on 'The Puppet' came precariously close to the MOR material that made him a mid-'60s solo star (though there was no denying he had a killer voice). Speaking of voices, as much as I enjoyed this album, to my ears one of the set's most interesting dynamics lay in how different Barbour and Elliott were. Exemplified by tracks like ' Love Glow (Calamity Jane)', Elliott had a light, commercially-friendly voice. In contrast, Barbour had a deep, gruff, soulful voice. Hearing them sharing lead vocals on the same song ('Long Way Home'), was interesting, if somewhat jarring.</p><p>Columbia doesn't seem to have done much to promote the LP. No singles seem to have been released and you seldom run across a copy of the album. Anyhow, anyone expecting to hear Beau Brummels-styled top-40 pop was probably going to be disappointed by the set, which would be unfortunate since the album was quite enjoyable.</p>
<a href="https://www.imagenetz.de/atBQU" style="color: #d6c2c2;" target="_blank">listen here</a>Madshoes Carloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909216069344667317noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234208627739575029.post-86900826537624109982024-02-25T03:46:00.000-08:002024-02-25T03:46:42.685-08:00The Damnation of Adam Blessing - Glory 1973<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVWRjW8C1FKz5erahxBtwmiikEtU9LZGv9ByFepBBsr_DFqZEK_nXsjWa-8KjyAWlVdx-emPKToRfzK_4h4i4YqCReO8G5Y2iL5wzb1pYMWMcCsskvxLQq4TqGc1yYcsWV-nl-A9GYLw3g6wMXeWg5qVfVmupZw-BlJeIYz0-BqwAGrsPbV-sGOTnfELdx/s1535/Front.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="1535" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVWRjW8C1FKz5erahxBtwmiikEtU9LZGv9ByFepBBsr_DFqZEK_nXsjWa-8KjyAWlVdx-emPKToRfzK_4h4i4YqCReO8G5Y2iL5wzb1pYMWMcCsskvxLQq4TqGc1yYcsWV-nl-A9GYLw3g6wMXeWg5qVfVmupZw-BlJeIYz0-BqwAGrsPbV-sGOTnfELdx/s320/Front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e;">Previously known as </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-damnation-of-adam-blessing-mn0000666315" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">the Damnation of Adam Blessing</a><span face="Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e;">, Glory hailed from Cleveland and recorded one album for the Avalanche label in 1973. Essentially the fourth </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/damnation-of-adam-blessing-mn0000666315" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Damnation of Adam Blessing</a><span face="Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e;"> album, </span><a class="album-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/glory-mw0001661820" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Glory</a><span face="Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e;"> came about as a result of differences with the band's record label (United Artists) over the musical content and direction of the band. The album was in the process of recording but United Artists would not release it so </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-damnation-of-adam-blessing-mn0000666315" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">the Damnation of Adam Blessing</a><span face="Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e;"> disbanded only to resurface as Glory. For Glory, two of the band members dropped their stage names, reverting back to their original names, and they toughened up the sound with more hard rock guitar and returned to the simple style of the early </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/damnation-mn0000666315" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Damnation</a><span face="Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e;"> recordings. </span><a class="album-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/glory-mw0001661820" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Glory</a><span face="Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e;"> features nine hard rock songs that are guitar-dominated, with good vocal interaction between the lead singers. After the release of </span><a class="album-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/glory-mw0001661820" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Glory</a><span face="Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e;">, the band broke up. Ironically, Avalanche Records was a subsidiary of United Artists that only lasted for two album releases. AMG.</span></span><p></p>
<a href="https://www.imagenetz.de/j2Hyu" style="color: #d6c2c2;" target="_blank">listen here</a>Madshoes Carloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909216069344667317noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234208627739575029.post-89858858952729885962024-02-16T04:23:00.000-08:002024-02-16T04:23:16.499-08:00The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation - The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation 1968<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWc0f-X4FqXcw-WG0qHQkSP6W3n4n_Q2_k2aBpqkC3YhcabJRM9xD2l1ImeFvDXfMMKZSUe0JpLbVQL7BpLC5mXE5Yawiwn6udSeTtlOfQ4ZhcyDtoLYb1iGTVMEwSYmZ01bVIh79hksuYyx_OLV-6L0LVQXfdgG0HBrQ87X3plutBA1aWTOXrbgEK6x3/s720/Folder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWc0f-X4FqXcw-WG0qHQkSP6W3n4n_Q2_k2aBpqkC3YhcabJRM9xD2l1ImeFvDXfMMKZSUe0JpLbVQL7BpLC5mXE5Yawiwn6udSeTtlOfQ4ZhcyDtoLYb1iGTVMEwSYmZ01bVIh79hksuYyx_OLV-6L0LVQXfdgG0HBrQ87X3plutBA1aWTOXrbgEK6x3/s320/Folder.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">On their self-titled debut album, the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation flashed a British blues-rock approach that was rather similar to that of </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/john-mayall-the-bluesbreakers-mn0000238506" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> circa 1967. That was unsurprising considering that leader and drummer Dunbar had played on </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-bluesbreakers-mn0000238506" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">the Bluesbreakers</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">' 1967 </span><a class="album-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-hard-road-mw0000193554" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">A Hard Road</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> album, and that bassist </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/alex-dmochowski-mn0001527524" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Alex Dmochowski</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> would later play with </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mayall-mn0000238495" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Mayall</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> himself. Although everyone in the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation was a skilled player, the record ultimately comes off as rather second-division late-'60s British blues, though in a little heavier and darker a style than </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mayall-mn0000238495" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Mayall</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">'s. That's not to say it's mediocre, but the material (mostly original) is only average, and not quite up to the level of the musicians' instrumental proficiency. Too, </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/victor-brox-mn0000104484" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Victor Brox</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> isn't the greatest singer, though he's okay, and while Jon Morshead plays guitar well, his style sometimes seems quite influenced by </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/peter-green-mn0000842611" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Peter Green</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> (listen especially to his work on the cover of </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/percy-mayfield-mn0000309328" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Percy Mayfield</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">'s "Memory of Pain"). Additionally, some of the original material wasn't all that original; the work song-style "Watch 'N' Chain" certainly bears similarities to the tune that </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/donovan-mn0000799053" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Donovan</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> popularized under the title "Hey Gyp" (itself similar to a song that </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lonnie-young-mn0000827420" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Lonnie Young</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ed-young-mn0001303953" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Ed Young</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, and </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lonnie-young-jr-mn0001828486" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Lonnie Young, Jr.</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> had recorded under the title "Chevrolet" on Atlantic's 1960 Roots of the Blues LP of </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/alan-lomax-mn0000607804" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Alan Lomax</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> field recordings [reissued in 1993 under the title </span><a class="album-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/sounds-of-the-south-mw0000619631" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Sounds of the South</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">]). It's not a bad record overall, however, with the players getting a chance to take extended solos on the instrumentals "Sage of Sidney Street" and "Mutiny." AMG.</span></span><p></p>
<a href="https://krakenfiles.com/view/xQLfwGxRYk/file.html" style="color: #d6c2c2;" target="_blank">listen here</a>Madshoes Carloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909216069344667317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234208627739575029.post-31118903437040319492024-02-16T04:20:00.000-08:002024-02-16T04:20:38.591-08:00Can - Tago Mago 1971<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHD7gtjtnBwb9qRwgdVqMBNX-Fb0KUmIteLYzc2Db3p_vq_lMXHHybxYrar2K2JM-thoASayO1HiCE0Kvqp0rdMFEQMV-l-cnSJaCMc0F6RjAHoLa-ZCEuWg5Wo4__zOtIwboxk7r3BULWlDDfu_JCbc2ds4lBBa7OYHyYwjj419M76A9JSSv6tCumFlBG/s839/front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="833" data-original-width="839" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHD7gtjtnBwb9qRwgdVqMBNX-Fb0KUmIteLYzc2Db3p_vq_lMXHHybxYrar2K2JM-thoASayO1HiCE0Kvqp0rdMFEQMV-l-cnSJaCMc0F6RjAHoLa-ZCEuWg5Wo4__zOtIwboxk7r3BULWlDDfu_JCbc2ds4lBBa7OYHyYwjj419M76A9JSSv6tCumFlBG/s320/front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">With the band in full artistic flower and </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/damo-suzuki-mn0000559923" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Damo Suzuki</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">'s sometimes moody, sometimes frenetic speak/sing/shrieking in full effect, Can released not merely one of the best Krautrock albums of all time, but one of the best albums ever, period. Tago Mago is that rarity of the early '70s, a double album without a wasted note, ranging from sweetly gentle float to full-on monster grooves. "Paperhouse" starts things brilliantly, beginning with a low-key chime and beat, before amping up into a rumbling roll in the midsection, then calming down again before one last blast. Both "Mushroom" and "Oh Yeah," the latter with </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/schmidt-mn0000098348" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Schmidt</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> filling out the quicker pace with nicely spooky keyboards, continue the fine vibe. After that, though, come the huge highlights -- three long examples of Can at its absolute best. "Halleluwah" -- featuring the </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/liebezeit-mn0000158827" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Liebezeit</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">/</span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/czukay-mn0000088122" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Czukay</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> rhythm section pounding out a monster trance/funk beat; </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/karoli-mn0000455247" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Karoli</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">'s and </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/schmidt-mn0000098348" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Schmidt</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">'s always impressive fills and leads; and </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/suzuki-mn0000559923" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Suzuki</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">'s slow-building ranting above everything -- is 19 minutes of pure genius. The near-rhythmless flow of "Aumgn" is equally mind-blowing, with swaths of sound from all the members floating from speaker to speaker in an ever-evolving wash, leading up to a final jam. "Peking O" continues that same sort of feeling, but with a touch more focus, throwing in everything from Chinese-inspired melodies and jazzy piano breaks to cheap organ rhythm boxes and near babbling from </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/suzuki-mn0000559923" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Suzuki</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> along the way. "Bring Me Coffee or Tea" wraps things up as a fine, fun little coda to a landmark record. AMG.</span></span><p></p>
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<a href="https://krakenfiles.com/view/8DvINLQHcb/file.html" style="color: #d6c2c2;" target="_blank">listen here</a>Madshoes Carloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909216069344667317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234208627739575029.post-87540945578201342612024-02-16T04:13:00.000-08:002024-02-16T04:13:50.637-08:00Kris Kristofferson - The Silver Tongued Devil and I 1971<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHdq64NIcRw1izs0NDBFUmgv6E6K1kJpm1COtVaRXAFRmmGNcp6v6w7vR_FKPzpmkCChPKffpG0POrTPmjeStg3sGEMbSSmOnW6cxII2csQaOa2vo_OKd1zUx3GdlsW29zVGf6VnORSmb6tho1Mzyt797ZcdNIdarHqsQF6PkpEbWwN-y6kP06nItY5n-/s300/cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHdq64NIcRw1izs0NDBFUmgv6E6K1kJpm1COtVaRXAFRmmGNcp6v6w7vR_FKPzpmkCChPKffpG0POrTPmjeStg3sGEMbSSmOnW6cxII2csQaOa2vo_OKd1zUx3GdlsW29zVGf6VnORSmb6tho1Mzyt797ZcdNIdarHqsQF6PkpEbWwN-y6kP06nItY5n-/s1600/cover.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">By the time Monument came to release Kristofferson's second album, The Silver Tongued Devil and I, in July 1971, he was the author of four songs that had topped the country or pop charts for others. Kristofferson himself had not yet reached the charts with a recording of his own, but his spectacular success as a songwriter made The Silver Tongued Devil and I a much-anticipated record. One consequence of this was that Monument was willing to spend more money; three of the album's songs boasted strings and another a horn section. But the key, of course, was still the songwriting, and though there were several excellent songs, the album could not live up to its predecessor, which was the culmination of years of writing. Typically for a second album, Kristofferson reached back into his catalog, presenting his own treatments of "Jody and the Kid" and "The Taker," which had been hits for </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/roy-drusky-mn0000346451" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Roy Drusky</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> and </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/waylon-jennings-mn0000200791" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Waylon Jennings</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, respectively. In his newly written material, Kristofferson continued to examine the lives of society's outcasts, but the antiestablishment tone of some of </span><a class="album-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/kristofferson-mw0000115858" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Kristofferson</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> was gone along with much of the wry humor, and in their place were touches of morbidity and sentimentality. Kristofferson retained his gift for intimate love songs, and the album's most memorable selections turned out to be "Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" (which became a semi-standard) and "When I Loved Her." And even if his observations seemed less acute, his talent for wordplay often rescued the songs from banality. On its way to becoming a gold record, The Silver Tongued Devil and I reached the pop Top 20, Kristofferson's career high on that chart, and the country Top Five; thus, Kristofferson made the transition from being a successful songwriter to a successful recording artist. AMG.</span></span><p></p>
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<a href="https://krakenfiles.com/view/CxXMwjysV1/file.html" style="color: #d6c2c2;" target="_blank">listen here</a>Madshoes Carloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909216069344667317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2234208627739575029.post-9915693763344095672024-02-16T04:06:00.000-08:002024-02-16T04:06:15.899-08:00Paul Korda - Passing Stranger 1971<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhkcqAFedNLNGkMrRLhIvdoJQ53obWd2znCEun8n7xX5MDImZrKjhcXmnfGSPCQY5IlCt5eQttX-0urO6zCDFKRq15cEkK2E05pDwWAuXr4d1ycNuvYPcYHDf9LijyWlYXoGFgzauUk6vRRPc7-m7qFp2OScQB2yLWjtV2XpPIn1dTZwWFCFb5r9Lppjy/s1883/front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1883" data-original-width="1861" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhkcqAFedNLNGkMrRLhIvdoJQ53obWd2znCEun8n7xX5MDImZrKjhcXmnfGSPCQY5IlCt5eQttX-0urO6zCDFKRq15cEkK2E05pDwWAuXr4d1ycNuvYPcYHDf9LijyWlYXoGFgzauUk6vRRPc7-m7qFp2OScQB2yLWjtV2XpPIn1dTZwWFCFb5r9Lppjy/s320/front.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Paul Korda had worked within the orbit of Immediate Records for some years before recording his debut album for a division of Warner Bros. -- a fact that greatly complicated his situation when the album was pulled over Immediate's claim that he was still under contract to them. It's a pity that the record more or less died on the vine back when, because Korda made a powerful debut, working in the mode of a soulful singer/songwriter, well able to rock out on "To Love a Woman," amid a brace of softer ballads surrounding it. With </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/chris-spedding-mn0000118261" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Chris Spedding</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andy-roberts-mn0000038442" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Andy Roberts</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, and </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ray-russell-mn0000586961" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Ray Russell</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> handling the electric guitar chores, while </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/doris-troy-mn0000801573" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Doris Troy</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/nanette-newman-mn0000570296" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Nanette Newman</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, and </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/madeline-bell-mn0000194940" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Madeline Bell</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> sang backup, this was more a full-blown rock affair than some introspective songwriter's confessional, in any case. Between Korda's impassioned vocals and the fully realized rock production, the record should have done better than it was allowed to -- luckily, it's been reissued on CD in Japan, which at least gets the music out there to be heard by those interested enough to look for it. AMG.</span></span><p></p>
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This third release in the series comes chronologically in between its predecessors, having been recorded in September 1969. At that time, Jefferson Airplane was in the midst of preparations for its studio album </span><a class="album-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/volunteers-mw0000201928" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Volunteers</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, which would be released in November, and five of the songs to be featured on that LP were previewed at this show ("Good Shepherd," "We Can Be Together," "The Farm," "Wooden Ships," and "Volunteers"). In addition, the band was looking forward to the more fragmented state in which it would exist in coming years, with spin-off entities working simultaneously with the main band. Toward the end of the 15-minute opening version of "The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil," singer/guitarist </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/paul-kantner-mn0000022305" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Paul Kantner</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> begins introducing material that would turn up later on his 1970 solo album </span><a class="album-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/blows-against-the-empire-mw0000024441" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Blows Against the Empire</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, and "Come Back Baby," a showcase for lead guitarist/singer </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jorma-kaukonen-mn0000265440" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Jorma Kaukonen</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, heralds his and bassist </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jack-casady-mn0000123340" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Jack Casady</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">'s nascent duo </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/hot-tuna-mn0000268871" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Hot Tuna</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> (which recorded its debut album the same month as this show). Jefferson Airplane cannot claim as much justification as the </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/grateful-dead-mn0000988440" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Grateful Dead</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> for putting out a series of live albums; the band had a more limited repertoire than </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-dead-mn0000988440" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">the Dead</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> and was not given to lengthy improvisations to the same extent as its San Francisco contemporary. But in addition to the foreshadowing inclusions already mentioned, this release proves an exception via the inclusion of an energetic 26-minute "Jam" that takes on </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dead-mn0000988440" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Dead</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">-like characteristics by including </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-dead-mn0000988440" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">the Dead</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">'s lead guitarist, </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jerry-garcia-mn0000328288" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Jerry Garcia</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, as a guest. That will make this album valuable not only to Airplane fanatics, but to </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dead-mn0000988440" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Dead</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> fans as well. AMG.</span></span><p></p>
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Because the album was both recorded and first issued in Canada, many assumed that </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/brett-wilson-mn0000935925" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Brett Wilson</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> (drums, percussion), </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/philip-white-mn0000331516" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Philip White</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> (bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals), </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/scott-fraser-mn0001479637" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Scott Fraser</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> (guitar, keyboards,vocals), and </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/david-bullock-mn0001310118" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">David Bullock</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> (guitar, flute, harmonica, vocals) hailed from the Great White North. However, Space Opera's synthesis of pop, rock, country, folk, jazz, and even classical builds on a uniquely American tradition. Although Space Opera was already headlining major music festivals by 1969, the combo took its time in crafting the ten selections for this long-player. Comparisons to </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-byrds-mn0000631774" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">the Byrds</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> or the earliest sides by </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-eagles-mn0000144847" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">the Eagles</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> are well founded. In fact, "Holy River" could easily be mistaken for a post-</span><a class="album-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/notorious-byrd-brothers-mw0000198554" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Notorious Byrd Brothers</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> cut -- especially the warm and reedy timbre of </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/fraser-mn0001479637" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Fraser</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">'s lead vocals. Conversely, they could let loose and unleash monster jams, such as the intricate and progressive "Guitar Suite" -- featuring no less than seven separate overdubs from </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/fraser-mn0001479637" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Fraser</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> and </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bullock-mn0001310118" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Bullock</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">. Rather than coming off like an aimless </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/grateful-dead-mn0000988440" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Grateful Dead</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> or </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/allman-brothers-mn0000745964" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Allman Brothers</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> noodle, their interplay has the precision of </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/steve-howe-mn0000036537" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Steve Howe</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, or </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/frank-zappa-mn0000138699" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Frank Zappa</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> at times. The aggressive electric numbers are contrasted by the lilting and organic "Riddle," showcasing </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/fraser-mn0001479637" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Fraser</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bullock-mn0001310118" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Bullock</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, and </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/white-mn0000331516" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">White</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">'s expressive three-part harmonies. "Over and Over" is another standout, with a folk-infused vibe that glides beneath the flowing and rhythmic waltz. </span><a class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bullock-mn0001310118" style="background-color: white; color: #0e76bc; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;">Bullock</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">'s electric 12-string guitar shimmers with exquisite yet penetrating beauty. In 2004, Collectors' Choice Music finally brought this masterpiece to CD, and hopefully also to new audiences.</span></span><p></p>
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