SAILOR - CHECKPOINT LP 77

 Even though the title is short for Checkpoint Charlie back then, it does serve as a good 'checkpoint' for the DU blog in presenting cool releases like this and I guess I will say..PASS as a great concept and music variety.  Per Discogs:  British pop/rock group formed in 1973 by Georg Kajanus, Phil Pickett, Henry Marsh and Grant Serpell. This lineup released four albums in the period 1974 to 1977 that contained hit singles "A Glass of Champagne", "Girls, Girls, Girls" and "One Drink Too Many" all penned by Kajanus, before breaking up in 1978. Reformed by Pickett and Marsh in 1980 with Gavin David and Virginia David to release a single album before breaking up again. In 1989 the original lineup reformed and released two more albums before Kajanus left for good in 1995. Since then the band has continued with various changes in the lineup.             https://bestfile.io/MimSGaOswX13JeP/file

VA - MUSICAL ENGLAND LP 73

 This one took me back to the days of my dad having Masterpiece Theatre on PBS (Public Broadcasting System) out of St. Paul as his favorite TV show as it has some of those classic English tunes.  Features:  E. Power Biggs, The Norman Luboff Choir, John Williams, Wilfred Brown, Igor Kipnis, Alan Baker, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Rene Bartoli, Ronald Soodalter, New England Brass Ensemble, The Holt Chamber Singers, Eugene Ormandy with The Philadelphia Harmonic and Joel Grey.

https://bestfile.io/KnHLac3b6ouPI3X/file

VA - Hotels, Motels And Road Shows LP 78 w Alive Down South CD 97

 As promised from last week's Dickey Betts post, here is the double live album compilation from Capricorn records with a live tune by Dickey (r.i.p.).  I added it to the other file once again from Skydog Elysium old Southern USA blog.  Featured artists:  Stillwater (Mindbender live with voice box!!!), Dixie Dreggs,, Elvin Bishop (live Stealin' Watermelons!!), Wet Willie, Sea Level, Allman Brothers Band, The Marshall Tucker Band, Bonnie Bramlett, Grinder Switch and Gregg Allman.

https://bestfile.io/TtRre4k228udy25/file

BOHDAN LAZUKA - BOHDAN, TRZYMAJ SIE! LP 65 w DANUTA RINN, BOHDAN CZYZEWSKI - CALUJMY SIE! [LET'S KISS!] LP 68

 Branching out from Polish Polka, the first solo is in a live environment with banter between he has some incredible tunes from Cha Cha to show tunes songs and the second one with female singing added are more show tunes.  Pretty good stuff!

https://bestfile.io/en/Vyq7MCvHe9WIRT3/file

BARBARA PENNINGTON & TEMPEST - Second Thoughts LP 81 82 w The Barbara Pennington Band - st 7 81 w Beowulf - 7

 REPOST and NEW BETTER RIP:  Finally got the Tempest album she did in much better condition than the original post from not long ago.  A big thanks to Kostzilla for suggesting this old favorite performer for her as she has quite good taste in music.  The live song at the end of side one called, 'Lonely Man' is a top live tune for me with her shouted loud vocals that deserve to be turned up!!!!

https://bestfile.io/ksTMv72ISUqpSta/file

BUZZCOCKS & MAGAZINE - PEEL SESSIONS add

 PLEASE SEARCH ABOVE FOR MORE and ADD ON:  Well, Johann was nice enough to send in the peel sessions for MAGAZINE which was missing entirely from my recent post and I remembered that the BUZZCOCKS recent post has the peel session but at 128 kb/sec and so was motivated to buy a cheap CD missing  cover to upgrade.  Actually had wanted the vinyl as I used to have a few Peel sessions vinyl and remembered how great the sound was but had already paid for the cheap CD before realizing so oh well.  I will add to their mega posts later in the week.

https://bestfile.io/AJ4IMNu2am49NUy/file

The Alan Bown Set - THE ALAN BOWN! (with Jess Roden Vocals) LP 69

 PLEASE SEARCH ABOVE FOR MORE and ADD ON:  Just had to get the Jess Roden version of this album with his lead vocals before being scrubbed on later releases for Robert Palmer.  Thanks to Jon for pointing it out in time for me to get last copy on Discogs.  I will add to Alan Bown! other version in post later this week.                   https://bestfile.io/6BIrhtxZjLVfwvs/file

The Kiddie Playhouse & Orch. - An Hour Of Fairy Tales Of Hans Christian Andersen LP 57

 I think this is why my mom loved Danny Kaye so much is from the movie he did about Hans Christian Andersen and this album has great voices doing six of his best:  Red Shoes, The Ugly Duckling, The Emperor's New Clothes, Snow Queen, The Tinder Box and Little Tiny.  A little blurb about Hans:

Real Name: Hans Christian Andersen

Profile: Danish author and poet, born 2 April 1805 in Odense, died 4 August 1875 in Copenhagen. Mostly known as H.C. Andersen in his native Denmark. Best remembered for his fairy tales, which have inspired ballets, films and plays.

https://bestfile.io/Tzmbnkj4NLmIg7T/file 

Farmyard Fun LP

 This kid's album has some classic old tunes you will enjoy as adults too!

https://bestfile.io/IxHKEbPbniPCRO8/file

Walt Disney Presents Peter The Wolf & The Sorcerer's Apprentice (from Fantasia) - Sterling Holloway storyteller & Leopold Stokowski conductor LP 58

 A classic in the genre and I have more Disney to convert soon.

https://bestfile.io/ZOfsOAylllHiMi3/file

Hot Snakes - Automatic Midnight CD 00 w Peel Sessions CDEP 00 w Suicide Invoice CD 02

 Well, I guess I got one more for the CA mini-theme below from San Diego.  I was craving to hear my old CD's from 2000 for this band so I added the new rip to another blog post of the second album.

https://bestfile.io/HDLRdwLhuxz0ajb/file

The Muskrats - SOUL FRANCISCO LP 87

 A big thanks to Jonder over at Jonderblog for clueing me into this band when he used one of the cover songs they do in a compilation so I got this.  Decided to start a short mini-theme of California bands below.  They cover the classic tune by Bad Company 'Shooting Star' right around the time our local supergroup Golden Smog did their little cover with Dave Pirner from Soul Asylum doing the vocals.'

https://bestfile.io/qonP5NmX1pHR8Rt/file

The Cannonball Adderley Quintet feat. Nat Adderley - IN SAN FRANCISCO LP 60

 This one in our little CA theme turned out to be quite noteable:  The groundbreaking album launched "soul jazz", according to NPR, bridging "the gap between bebop and funk". Originally released by Riverside Records, the album has been reissued on CD several times since 1991 by Riverside and OJC. Remastered versions of the album include extended cuts of several of the songs on the original, including the retitled "(A Few Words by Cannonball...And) This Here".

Per Discogs:  Real Name: Julian Edwin Adderley             Profile:

Julian "Cannonball" Adderley was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, bandleader, producer. Brother of jazz cornet/trumpet player Nat Adderley, uncle of jazz keyboardist Nat Adderley Jr.

Born: 15 September 1928 in Tampa, Florida, USA.

Died: 8 August 1975 in Gary, Indiana, USA (aged 46).

Adderley was known for his rambunctious attitude to life, yet as a musician he was prolific, featuring on hundreds of releases during his lifetime. He worked both in many jazz groups, and recorded his own works under many groupings.

https://bestfile.io/5uWou186Y6Ozqpg/file

CA Quintet - Trip Thru Hell CD 69 - cc

 COLLECTOR'S CHOICE:  Per Discogs:  Garage rock / psychedelic rock band, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, active in between the mid 1960s to the early 1970s.  Reunited again in the 1990s. Released a "Holy Grail" album of psych rock music in 1969 with Trip Thru Hell.   

https://bestfile.io/en/YiE9BMOsKCInDAQ/file

VA - San Francisco Sound - Fifth Pipe Dream - Vol. 1 CD 68 - cc

 COLLECTOR'S CHOICE:  Part of the mini-theme of CA bands this week.  Includes some favorites here at DU Blog:  It's A Beautiful Day, Tripsichord Music Box (see below), West Coast Natural Gas and Black Swan.  Enjoy!            https://bestfile.io/zAzlRE9MrVkcnKk/file         

Tripsichord Music Box - Tripsichord CD 71 - cc

COLLECTOR'S CHOICE: This is to go with the California mini-theme this week and since they are part of the VA - San Francisco Sound - Fifth Pipe Dream - Vol. 1 CD 68 above.

https://bestfile.io/en/ig4ODx00oWDo7b7/file

The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Volume 1 CD 66 w Volume 2 CD 67 w Part One CD 67 w Volume 3 - A Child's Guide To Good & Evil CD 68 w Where's My Daddy CD 69 w Markley, A Group CD 69

 Time to nip this thing in the bud with this L.A. group volume 1 part one blah blah so I got it al from Mario at Rockasteria and others then put the songs in order.  Per Discogs:  American psychedelic rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1965. Published their last album as Markley, then disbanded in 1969.  Some members were previously in The Rogues.

The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band was a bizarre combination of three well-heeled teenagers (brothers Dan and Shaun Harris and their school mate Michael Lloyd), and an even wealthier, thirty-something attorney called Bob Markley. Markley secured the group a recording deal with Reprise Records, where they made a series of strange records. While they scored no hits for the label, the band's most famous composition was 'Smell Of Incense', which was covered to great effect by Southwest F.O.B., among others. The song was composed by Markley with a later addition to the band, guitarist Ron Morgan (who later played with The Electric Prunes and a very early edition of Three Dog Night).

https://bestfile.io/B4UrZo3xSAdRfFd/file

THE MAIN INGREDIENT - st LP 69 w Tasteful Soul LP 70 w Black Seeds LP 71 w Bitter Sweet LP 72 w Rolling Down A Mountainside LP 75 w Shame On The World LP 75 w Greatest Hits LP 73 w Afrodisiac LP 73 w Euphrates River LP 74 w Music Maximus LP 76 77 w Super Hits LP 76

 REPOST Request:  Still dig the driving tune 'Euphrates'!  A spiritual band that was quite big.  Cuba Gooding, Jr's dad!            https://bestfile.io/en/xeg6oUvFzqAHW0E/file