Tuesday, March 26, 2024

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


 Gotta say I love that Houston, TX scene that kind of got passed over except for all the 'Funky Nassau' funk scene great bands that stole the show back then.  So this was THEE band that Konstantin K was after with recent requests like last week's Snapshot featuring Julie Ivory that she added to this request with the great tune 'The Boy Is #1" to make sure I was 'buttered up' and ready to buy last copies which usually cost me slightly extra.  Ha Ha just kidding, that was a favorite of her dad's which makes sense.  Hey now about this album oh my gosh raw early heavy metal that kicks ass with impressive guitar parts and amazing singing from Barbara that sounds great on vinyl!  Could be a fave!

Ok folks update the Tempest I noticed had heat or pvc sleeves flat spots over grooves and hearing my rip on headphones it does get pretty bad so just got last copy on Discogs at a double VG+ since I dig it so stay tuned !


https://bestfile.io/en/n1LqhC921ZhJ4zW/file

JON KONTEAU - I'M WITH YOU LP 81


 A big thanks again to our anonymous Italian friend who brought us the Richard Kerr before he died, John Bucchino (more sent in to post) and now this classic!  Side one has that special expanding synth background sound that MF Doom was so key to sample when he lived and he can sing like Steely Dan to go with it.  Using this 'outdoor cover' shots to form a mini-theme below.  Get this!  Oh by the way we are still looking for the Michael Deacon Demo album from 1972 so if anybody knows that guy on youtube who only posted a few of the songs when I did the request for our Italian friend here.

https://bestfile.io/AsrPaY8fP3laTS4/file


RUST - st LP 83


 This was an old request that has been sitting around my domicile collecting 'rust' and all in Norwegian language.  I didn't know this as first so first song sounded like he was singing 'Dark Star' or 'God's Love' until I saw all the song titles.  It has some great smooth jazz type funky instrumental sounds and pretty good after all is said and done.  Love the cover and decided to make a mini-theme with above cover also showing 'outdoor scenes'.

https://bestfile.io/M0aDNV13jwN7UnI/file

KEN MEDEMA'S FINEST - LOOKING BACK LP 80


 For the 'outdoor cover' favorite shots I pulled out from the Goodwill stack.  This is really a wild Jesus Music release and he started back in 1972 with vinyl so I am curious now of the others.  Great cover to go with the mini-theme this week.

https://bestfile.io/pENlzPKmb1DyMNQ/file

LIVING STRINGS - BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX & OTHR CNTRY FAV. LP 68


 Part  of this mini-theme album grab from my Goodwill stash of 'outdoor covers' with the 'Looking Back' one above or maybe 'Rust' perhaps the best as it has been staring at me for months from the stacks.  Some great songs on this served up in a tame subtle way.

https://bestfile.io/zII3k2mm5lHMPbH/file

Tempest featuring Allan Holdsworth - st CD 73 74 94 w Living In Fear CD 74 - cc


 COLLECTOR'S CHOICE:  O.K. I pulled this out early so that there is no confusion with the main post of a band also called 'Tempest' which was my favorite video game at the bowling alley hang out in junior high...along with Robotron, Track and Field and Joust.  Per Discogs:  

June 1972 to June 1973:  Jon Hiseman: drums; Mark Clarke: bass; Paul Williams (10): vocals; Allan Holdsworth: guitar

June 1973 to June 1974:  Jon Hiseman: drums; Mark Clarke: bass; Ollie Halsall: guitar, keyboards, vocals  

https://bestfile.io/ew8uiXlwQpdbOwv/file

BIX BEIDERBECKE - THE B.B. LEGEND LP 61


 When an album claims 'Legend' I certainly don't take it lightly and here is well deserved!  Great songs that remind me of the best of the best of cartoon music with tight orchestra arrangements.  Per Discogs:  Real Name: Leon Bismark Beiderbecke    Profile: American jazz cornetist, pianist and composer (born March 10, 1903, Davenport, Iowa, USA - died August 6, 1931, Queens, New York, USA), regarded as one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920's together with Louis Armstrong.

https://bestfile.io/ZtHhkdS605U8Pbp/file

ELECTRIC EELS - First 7 75 w The Eyeball of Hell CD 01 w Bonus added


 Well, like the recent Motels post I did, told myself enough is enough and like before went to youtube and got the rare first punk ever 7 inch that they don't seem to get enough credit for and got every dang song I could find so we can all learn together.  At first I was thinking they sound like Wayne County mixed with the Urinals but these early songs stand out on their own and brewed a ferocious Cleveland punk scene that eventually delivered the Pagans to MN who I saw twice in one day.

https://bestfile.io/en/0XvAHSgaOmqw42y/file

VA - BAR WARS LP 81


 REPOST Request:  This one for old blog commenter Camarillo Brillo--hope the Zinhoff Shoutbox feed is serving you well as it DID bring you back to my Lamont Cranston post which you say is still up.  What I wrote before:  Found out about this cool compilation from my Minnesota Music History meta group after posting the Lamont Cranston megapost a couple of weeks ago.  Great bluesy bar music is timeless in my book and features:  Lamont Cranston Band, Doug Maynard Band, Willie & The Bees and Bees Knees.

https://bestfile.io/eWStMWT6Lo06MAn/file

LUSH - Split CD 94


 REPOST Request:  Hadn't heard this band before finding this at Goodwill since the old Edge radio days.  Per Discogs:  Shoegaze band from London, UK. Formed in 1987 and led by guitarists Miki Berenyi and Emma Anderson. Drummer Chris Acland committed suicide in October 1996, bringing the band to an end.

Lush reformed in September of 2015, with the addition of Elastica drummer Justin Welch.

https://bestfile.io/WlE1VciaL7kccYF/file

Damon - Song Of A Gypsy 2CD 68 13 - cc


 TOP 100 RARE LIST:  Not a whole lot of info on David Del Conte but you can always search the title for more details.  Great album.

https://bestfile.io/pS9DVs40Tbe5Juz/file


MADLEEN KANE - Rough Diamond LP 78 w Cover Girl LP 85


 REPOST Request:  No, not the actress with similar name.  Per Discogs:  Real Name: Madeleine Flerkell         Profile: Swedish disco singer and model, born 4 March 1958 in Malmö.

She debuted as a photo model for Ford Models in New York. In 1978 she got a record deal with producer Jean-Claude Friederich and released the debut single Rough diamond, which became a world hit. In 1980, Cherchez pas became number 18 on the Swedish top list. In 1981 she collaborated with Giorgio Moroder, resulting in hits such as You can and Playing for time. She had five singles on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. Her 1994 compilation album, 12 Inches and More, was a huge hit in the US.

Madleen has released a biography of her life. The book is based on her childhood to the jet set life she lived during her time as an artist and model. Madleen describes in great detail about her marriage, alcoholism, sexual abuse and family. The title is named after her debut album; Rough Diamond.

https://bestfile.io/D69RopGmbwtjU6u/file

Lothar And The Hand People - Presenting (Reissue) LP 68


 REPOST Request:  They use the theremin instrument and per Discogs:  Profile:

Late-1960s psychedelic rock band from Denver, Colorado, USA.

The quintet became fixtures of New York’s underground circuit, where they relocated in 1966.

John Emelin - Vocals

Paul Conly - Keyboards

Rusty Ford - Bass

Tom Flye - Drums

Kim King - Guitar (not in the original line-up)

https://bestfile.io/rgEJ30jvvpOWjZm/file

DROOGS - kingdom day LP 87 w Stone Cold World LP 88 w WANT SOMETHING LP 90


 REPOST Request:  What I wrote before:  The last song sounds like an outtake off an old favorite: T.S.O.L. - Beneath the Shadows LP which is a good thing as I have adored that album for a long time whereas some didn't back then.       https://bestfile.io/j2Rb7oxBdi9TlWS/file

Ellen Shipley - st LP 79 w Breaking Through The Ice Age LP 80 w Call Of The Wild LP 83


 REPOST Request:  What I wrote before:  She was quite well connected with lots of guest musicians like Good Rats drummer, Rick Derringer guitar, backing vocalists like Desmond Child with partner Rouge on a different album, Hall and Oates, Rose Stone, Chic female vocalist, etc. etc.

https://bestfile.io/en/H0sNRpY9EhFLsd7/file

PETER, PAUL AND MARY - st LP 62 w In The Wind LP 63 w (Moving) LP 63 w In Concert 2LP 64 w See What Tomorrow Brings LP 65 w A Song Will Rise LP 65 w Album LP 66 w Album 1700 LP 67 w Peter, Paul and Mommy LP 69 w 10 Years Together CD 70


 REPOST Request:  Note to self that I need to get from blogs or youtube Mary's solo albums as I 've been staring at her laying on the grass on the back cover in a freebie empty cover from Goodwill for quite some time now.  What I wrote before:  Someone in my old neighborhood had the first album I figured out after ripping it as it has our old childhood song, "It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring, got out of bed and bumped his head and couldn't get up in the morning".  Must have sung it a thousand times over the years as we all thought it so funny as kids.  Of course the other big hit in our hood was 'Poof the Magic Dragon' and yeah, now I do live by the sea.  This was cool to go through all these songs and see how they did covers to really make them the top of the folk scene after Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan.

https://bestfile.io/en/JFwGyDrxIt6nH7K/file

BOBBY BLAND - TWO STEPS FROM THE BLUES LP 73


 Part of the short 'outdoor covers' mini-theme this week but you know him from his later notoriety of singing in a gutteral bellows noises vocal style with some early hints on this great blues album.  Per Discogs: Real Name: Robert Calvin Brooks

Profile: Bobby Bland (born January 27, 1930, Rosemark, Tennessee, USA - died June 23, 2013, Germantown, Tennessee, USA) was an American blues and R&B singer. He was sometimes referred to as the "Lion of the Blues" and as the "Sinatra of the Blues".

In 1947, he moved to Memphis with his mother and started singing with local gospel groups there, including amongst others The Miniatures. Eager to expand his interests, he began frequenting the city's famous Beale Street where he became associated with an ad hoc circle of aspiring musicians including B.B. King, Rosco Gordon, Little Junior Parker and Johnny Ace, who collectively took the name of the "Beale Streeters". Between 1950 and 1952, he recorded unsuccessful singles for Modern Records and, at Ike Turner's suggestion, for Sun Record Company — who licensed their recordings to the Chess label — before signing for Duke Records. When Bland returned to Memphis in 1954 he found several of his former associates, including Johnny Ace, enjoying considerable success. He joined Ace's revue, and returned to Duke Records, which by that time had started to be run by Houston entrepreneur Don Robey. Bland released his first single for Duke in 1955. In 1956 he began touring on the "chitlin' circuit" with Junior Parker in a revue called Blues Consolidated, initially doubling as Parker's valet and driver, roles he also reportedly fulfilled for B.B. King and Rosco Gordon. He began recording for Duke with bandleader Bill Harvey and arranger Joseph Scott, asserting his characteristic vocal style and, with Harvey and Scott, beginning to craft the melodic big band blues singles for which he became famous, often accompanied by guitarist Wayne Bennett.

His first chart success came in 1957 with the R&B chart no. 1 hit "Farther Up the Road", which also reached no.43 on the Billboard Hot 100, and followed it up with a series of hits on the R&B chart including "Little Boy Blue" (1958). He also shared an album with Parker, Blues Consolidated, in 1958. Bland's craft was most clearly heard on a series of early 1960's releases including "Cry Cry Cry", "I Pity The Fool" — an R&B chart no.1 in 1961 — and "Turn On Your Love Light", which became a much covered standard. Despite credits to the contrary — often claimed by Robey— many such classic works were written by Joseph Scott. His final R&B no.1 came with "That's The Way Love Is" in 1963. However, he continued to enjoy a consistent run of R&B chart entries throughout the mid-1960's. Never truly breaking into the mainstream market, Bland's highest charting song on the pop chart, "Ain't Nothing You Can Do" peaked at #20 in 1964. He had 23 Top Ten hits on the Billboard R&B charts. Joel Whitburn ranked Bland the 13th all-time R&B charting artist in his 1996 book "Top R&B Singles 1942-1995". Financial pressures forced the singer to cut his touring band and in 1968 the group broke up. His record company Duke Records was sold by owner Don Robey to the larger ABC Records group. This resulted in several successful and critically acclaimed contemporary blues/soul albums including "His California Album" (1973) and "Dreamer" (1974). The first single released from "His California Album", "This Time I'm Gone For Good" took Bland back into the pop Top 50 for the first time since 1964 and made the R&B top 10 in late 1973. In 1985, Bland was signed by Malaco Records, specialists in traditional Southern black music for whom he made a series of albums while continuing to tour and appear at concerts with fellow blues singer B. B. King.

Inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1981, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. Bland continued performing until shortly before his death. He died on June 23, 2013 at his home in Germantown, Tennessee, a suburb of Memphis, after what family members described as "an ongoing illness".  

https://bestfile.io/OKdRduzK9bLaMpp/file

Little Milton - If Walls Could Talk LP 77


 REPOST:  I am regurgitating this old post myself since the new post above by Bobby Bland had the similar blues sound and was listed as a major influence on many musicians.  What I wrote before:  As this Chicago blues artist transitioned to soul this album was made.  It contains one of the few songs I had taped from the old 'Back In The Days Of Soul' radio show playlist called 'Blues Get Off My Shoulder'...in the same vein as artists like Screamin' Jay Hawkins, the song has almost a hugely dramatic Disney soundtrack feel to it that you must hear.

https://bestfile.io/NwbXQqqDllRjFXl/file

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