marabunta

WEEN / Chocolate and Cheese (1994)

2012-01-25T16:02:00.000+01:00

From Amazon: "Chocolate & Cheese" provides so much variety, that it is sure to hook you like a fish, no matter what your tastes may be. They have amazingly witty and unique songwriting. The vocals go from high falsetto notes, deep rumbling tones, Spanish vocal tones, country vocal tones, and an insane amount of vocal filters; all conveying that Ween is one of a kind from the get-go. Although Gene and Dean both play guitar, Dean tears it up on lead guitar, throwing in solos and stylish riffs throughout the album. All of these traits shows that Ween has true talent that is easily understood shortly after the album begins. Those of you that have heard albums like "The Pod" or "Pure Guava" can understand why a first time listener would dismiss Ween if they are scared off by songs like "Reggaejunkiejew". Another thing that makes "Chocolate and Cheese" more gettable at first listen is because it has a very classic rock feel to it. It is obvious that much of the guitar playing and vocals are influenced by bands such as Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Bob Seger, Queen, Talking Heads, Bruce Springsteen and Prince.

The reason that people love Ween so much is because you can't nail them down on a single genre or style. They may be labeled as Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Lo-Fi or Comedy Rock, but they are much more multi-faceted than that (they even made a country album). Their music varies so much from album to album, let alone song to song. There moods vary as follows: Giddy, Ironic, Quirky, Rollicking, Freewheeling, Humorous, Raucous, Messy, Rousing, Rowdy, Trippy, Fun, Wry, Campy, Witty, Silly, Irreverent, Sprawling, Meandering, Uncompromising, Indulgent, Enigmatic, Gleeful, Reckless, Druggy, Joyous and Playful.

Some standout tracks include "Take Me Away", which has a classic rock feel to it, the creepy, but funny "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)", the falsetto soul flavored "Freedom of '76", the crazed stomp of "I Can't Put My Finger on It", the psychedelic, but chill "A Tear for Eddie", "Baby Bitch" a wry and weird song about an ex-girlfriend, the very creepy "Mister Would You Please Help My Pony?", the pseudo-country style "Drifter in the Dark", "Voodoo Lady" the only song you probably heard in a movie before (Road Trip, Dude, Where's My Car), the epic story-telling "Buenas Tardes Amigo", the silly "The H.I.V. Song", and the British psych-inspired "What Deaner Was Talking About".

Track listing

01 Take Me Away

02 Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)

03 Freedom of '76

04 I Can't Put My Finger on It

05 A Tear for Eddie

06 Roses Are Free

07 Baby Bitch

08 Mister Would You Please Help My Pony

09 Drifter in the Dark

10 Voodoo Lady

11 Joppa Road

12 Candi

13 Buenas Tardes Amigo

14 The HIV Song

15 What Deaner Was Talkin' About

16 Don't Shit Where You Eat

The band

* Gene Ween - Vocals

* Dean Ween - Guitar, Vocals

* Mean Ween - Bass

* Claude Coleman - Drums

***GRACIAS A TIM***

Magic Words >>> BUENAS TARDES AMIGO

Escucha Take me away:

ADIOS NEGRITA

2012-01-21T23:06:00.000+01:00

Quedarse solo el fin de semana no es algo tan malo.
Te levantas tarde, pasas el día deambulando en zapatillas y arrastrando la manta. Comes lo que pillas a la hora que quieres, eliges la película que a ti te apetece...pones la cafetera para un solo café...Luego sales, das un garbeo...y vuelves a casa.
Dejas las llaves en el recibidor, miras al frente y no hay nadie, miras a la derecha y no hay nadie. La sensación de que nadie te espere está bien de vez en cuando.
Te enciendes un cigarrito y te acercas al equipo...hoy es nuestro día Jamesetta.
Un breve siseo y suena The love of my man. Está bien.
Miras a Dylan como con ganas de que fuera tu hombre y estuviera ahí...pero no, es tu gato, que no está mal en su defecto, especialmente porque cualquier disco le parece perfecto...
Y conforme se van sucediendo las pistas se llena un poco la casa.
Definitivamente su voz es emocionante, podría llenar cualquier cosa.
Te sientas en el sofá y piensas cuántas personas estarán escuchando sus discos estos días. También piensas un poco en la muerte y esas cosas...y cuando el nivel de pensamiento comienza a rozar la estupidez, el brazo del tocadiscos se levanta y se desliza de nuevo hacia su reposadero. Nada es para siempre...y eso tampoco está mal.
Ey negrita, donde estés...nunca dejes de llenar el silencio de nuestras casas.

ETTA JAMES / Tell Mama (1968)

Magic Words >>> SECURITY

ETTA JAMES / Etta is Betta Than Evvah (1976)

Magic Words >>> WOMAN

ETTA JAMES / Deep in The Night (1978)

Magic Words >>> BLIND GIRL

"Few R&B singers have endured tragic travails on the monumental level that Etta James has and remain on earth to talk about it. The lady's no shrinking violet; her autobiography, -Rage to Survive, describes her past (including numerous drug addictions) in sordid detail.

But her personal problems have seldom affected her singing. James has hung in there from the age of R&B and doo wop in the mid-'50s through soul's late-'60s heyday and right up into the '90s and 2000s (where her 1994 disc Mystery Lady paid loving jazz-based tribute to one of her idols, Billie Holiday). Etta James' voice has deepened over the years, coarsened more than a little, but still conveys remarkable passion and pain. Jamesetta Hawkins was a child gospel prodigy, singing in her Los Angeles Baptist church choir (and over the radio) when she was only five years old under the tutelage of Professor James Earle Hines. She moved to San Francisco in 1950, soon teaming with two other girls to form a singing group. When she was 14, bandleader Johnny Otis gave the trio an audition. He particularly dug their answer song to Hank Ballard & the Midnighters' "Work With Me Annie."Against her mother's wishes, the young singer embarked for L.A. to record "Roll With Me Henry" with the Otis band and vocalist Richard Berry in 1954 for Modern Records. Otis inverted her first name to devise her stage handle and dubbed her vocal group the Peaches (also Etta's nickname). "Roll With Me Henry," renamed "The Wallflower" when some radio programmers objected to the original title's connotations, topped the R&B charts in 1955.The Peaches dropped from the tree shortly thereafter, but Etta James kept on singing for Modern throughout much of the decade (often under the supervision of saxist Maxwell Davis). "Good Rockin' Daddy" also did quite well for her later in 1955, but deserving follow-ups such as "W-O-M-A-N" and "Tough Lover" (the latter a torrid rocker cut in New Orleans with Lee Allen on sax) failed to catch on.James landed at Chicago's Chess Records in 1960, signing with their Argo subsidiary. Immediately, her recording career kicked into high gear; not only did a pair of duets with her then-boyfriend (Moonglows lead singer Harvey Fuqua) chart, her own sides (beginning with the tortured ballad "All I Could Do Was Cry") chased each other up the R&B lists as well. Leonard Chess viewed James as a classy ballad singer with pop crossover potential, backing her with lush violin orchestrations for 1961's luscious "At Last" and "Trust in Me." But James' rougher side wasn't forsaken -- the gospel-charged "Something's Got a Hold on Me" in 1962, a kinetic 1963 live LP (Etta James Rocks the House) cut at Nashville's New Era Club, and a blues-soaked 1966 duet with childhood pal Sugar Pie De Santo, "In the Basement," ensured that.Although Chess hosted its own killer house band, James traveled to Rick Hall's Fame studios in Muscle Shoals in 1967 and emerged with one of her all-time classics. "Tell Mama" was a searing slice of upbeat Southern soul that contrasted markedly with another standout from the same sessions, the spine-chilling ballad "I'd Rather Go Blind." Despite the death of Leonard Chess, Etta James remained at the label into 1975, experimenting toward the end with a more rock-based approach.There were some mighty lean years, both personally and professionally, for Miss Peaches. But she got back on track recording-wise in 1988 with a set for Island, Seven Year Itch, that reaffirmed her Southern soul mastery. Her following albums have been a varied lot -- 1990's Sticking to My Guns was contemporary in the extreme; 1992's Jerry Wexler-produced The Right Time, for Elektra, was slickly soulful, and her most other '90s outings have explored jazz directions. In 1998, she also issued a holiday album, Etta James Christmas. She was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2001, and in 2003 received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. That year also saw the release of her Let's Roll album, followed in 2004 by a CD of new blues performances, Blues to the Bone, both on RCA Records. James then shifted gears and released an album of pop standards, All the Way, on RCA in 2006.In concert, Etta James is a sassy, no-holds-barred performer whose suggestive stage antics sometimes border on the obscene. She's paid her dues many times over as an R&B and soul pioneer; long may she continue to shock the uninitiated."

~ Bill Dahl, All Music Guide on http://www.legacyrecordings.com/

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Jamesetta Hawkins
January 25, 1938-January 20, 2012

D.E.P

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Dedicado a mi compinche Tim...

que también sabe disfrutar de la compañía de un gato y de un buen disco.

AGAINST SOPA, PIPA Y SU PUTA MADRE

2012-01-21T16:19:00.001+01:00

Merry Christmas and... ♥ Happy HOLIDAYS / VACACIONES / FÉRIAS / FEIERTAGE / SEMESTER / διακοπές / ОДМОР / ホリデイ/ VACANCES / 휴일 / VAKANTIE / عطلة / TATIL / PUSHIME / החג / BAKASYON / ฮอลิเดย์ / ПРАЗДНИКИ / LIBURAN / ♥

2011-12-23T15:24:00.001+01:00

BRÖSELMASCHINE / Live [2008]

2011-12-20T18:41:00.001+01:00

CD I

01. I Feel Fine 6:37

02. Once I Had A Sweetheart 5:04

03. La Rotta 4:42

04. Schiermonnikoog 4:05

05. Hello, Hello 7:07

06. Bei uns zuhaus 6:13

07. Erinnerungen 4:25

08. Windy And Warm 3:02

09. Roadrunner 7:21

10. Elegy 4:27

11. I Was Angry

CD II

01. Gedanken (Burg Herzberg-Festival) 12:40

02. Gedanken (WDR Rockpalast) 10:24

03. Erinnerungen (WDR Rockpalast) 4:39

04. Roadrunner (WDR Rockpalast)

Personnel /

Anja Lerch : vocals

Peter Bursch : guitar, sitar, vocals (¨1969)

Willi Kissmer : guitar, vocals (¨1969)

Michael Dommers : guitar, vocals (¨1983)

Detlef Wiederhˆft : bass (¨1974)

Manni Von Bohr : drums

Nippi Noya : percussion

Tom Plˆtzer : keyboard

Helge Schneider : keyboard (¨1974)

Klaus Dapper : saxophone, flute (¨1974)

01.- I Feel Fine (Lennon/McCartney) : del album I Feel Fine, canción de los Beatles, en la que se intensifica el sonido del saxofón y de la guitarra. Willi realiza un solo al estilo "Westcoast".
02.- Once I Had A Sweetheart (Bursch/Dapper) : Balada que recuerda a los Pentangle, en la que Karl realiza un solo de flauta al estilo de Jethro Tull.
03.- La Rotta (Bursch/Dapper) : Canción inspirada en una danza Italiana de la Edad Media, en la que se destaca el sonido de la flauta travesera, la guitarra y redobles del tambor.
04.- Schiermonnikoog (Bursch/Dapper) : Schiermonnikoog, es una isla Holandesa, , composición poética breve.
05.- Hello Hello (Caravan) : Versión de la canción de Caravan, no publicada anteriormenmte, destacando los solos de Tom y Michael
06.- Bei Uns Zu Haus (Bursch) : se preguntan como les ven y como están todos los que van a sus conciertos, preguntan si están como en casa.
07.- Erinnerungen (Bursch/Dommers) : recordando imágenes de vacaciones, hermosas playas, chicas con las faldas hula-hula por la cabeza.
08.- Windy And Warm (J.Loudermilk) : versión de Peter y Willi de la legendaria canción de Doc Watson.
09.- Roadrunner (Bursch) : no publicada anteriormente, creada a partir de una Blues-Session de Helge.
10.- Elegy (Bursch) : Canción sobre un poema de Thomas Grey, poeta inglés de 1760
11.- I Was Angry (Bursch) : No publicada anteriormente. Un gran riff de guitarra acompañado de un increible solo de batería.
12.- Gedanken (Bursch/Kissmer/Hellbach/Sch¸cker) : Un jam de la banda, en la que cada uno de ellos toca un solo, culminando con el acompañamiento del público entregado a esta experiencia memorable.

13, 14, y 15, son las canciones 12, 07, y 09 sacadas del concierto WDR Rockpalast, realizado en el Harmonie de Bonn.

Bröselmaschine - (I Once Loved) Lassie + Bei Uns Zuhaus + Gedanken (1971-88-05)

***GRACIAS A TIM***

MAGIC WORDS >>> GEDANKEN

THE ADVENTURES OF ROBERT SAVAGE / Volume I [1971]

2011-11-30T14:51:00.001+01:00

TIM: "Vamos a dar un empujoncito a Mar, mientras siga deshojando la margarita, "sigo", "no sigo", "sigo"...
Reseña corta, porque no necesita mucho más. Escuchar y luego decidir que hacemos; aquí no vale usar la margarita, "te lo quedas" o "te lo quedas".

Estas Aventuras de Robert Savage, es el primer y unico disco de este trio, aunque por su calidad se denota la intención de poder grabar otros, algo que no ocurrió, y la verdad es que no sé el motivo de que no siguieran grabando. Sé pocas cosas de ellos, aparte de que este disco está registrado en California, por lo que supongo que son americanos. La portada puede llevarnos a engaño, ya que parece indicar que es un disco de Rock Medieval, en ella se ve un dibujo muy logrado de un "caballero" luchando con un dragón en la cima de un acantilado. Aunque The Adventures Of Robert Savage es una banda Heavy Fuzz Psych Rock Hard-Blues de los años 70' que procedían de California.
La guitarra Heavy Fuzz, riffs y excelentes solos, de la escuela Jimi Hendrix, un trio con mucha calidad."_By Tim Moony

Tracklist/

01. Beaver Baby (3.10)

02. Milk Run (3.13)

03. Don't Run And Hide (4.06)

04. A Hard One (3.22)

05. 7 Days Drunk (4.32)

06. Save Us From The Cyclops (5.51)

07. Amy (3.53)

08. Lonely World (3.12)

09. Road Apples (4.29)

Band/

Don Parish / Vocals, Bass

Robert Savage / Vocals, Guitar
Tommy Richards / Drums

Magic Words>>>BEAVER BABY

***GRACIAS A TIM***

EDDIE TURNER / Live At Rockpalast {2006} (DVD)

2011-07-28T12:17:00.000+02:00

Y para hoy este DVD que adjunta Tim con el envío de su disco Rise.

+INFO EDDIE TURNER /

Web Oficial

MySpace

YouTube

***GRACIAS A TIM***

Magic Words >>> DEVILDVD

EDDIE "Devil Boy" TURNER / RIse {2005}

2011-07-27T15:39:00.000+02:00

"If anybody ever went down to the Crossroads and let the Devil tune his guitar it was probably Eddie Turner. Man, you get chills every time the guystrikes a note! And the expressions he makes while he's talking out each lick leave one convinced he's channelling other-worldly ancestral demi-gods."

"Eddie "Devil Boy" Turner is a blues guitarist born in Cuba and raised in Chicago. A former member of the Otis Taylor band, he is currently signed to Toronto's NorthernBlues Music.

Turner began to play the guitar when he was twelve. He attended the University of Colorado in the early 70's, and while there played in the region's first punk/R&B band The Immortal Nightflames, which included Grammy Award nominee Tracy Nelson from Mother Earth. Subsequently, Turner joined the group Zephyr as a guitarist, but after the death of Candy Givens he abandoned music to work in real-estate in Denver.

10 years later,Turner agreed to join the Ron Miles electric band. In 1995, he joined Otis Taylor, and recording 5 albums.

In 2006 he was listed among the 'Best New Artist Debut' by the Blues Foundation.

Turner now performs solo, as a singer/songwriter. He was the winner of the 6th annual Independent Music Awards Vox Pop vote for best Blues Album The Turner Diaries. His song "Mr. Blues" was nominated for the 8th annual Independent Music Awards for Blues Song of the Year. In January 2011, his song "Miracles and Demons" was nominated for The 10th Annual Independent Music Awards." / (Wikipedia)

***GRACIAS A TIM***

Magic Words >>> DEVIL BOY

THE TURTLES / Present the Battle of the Bands {1968}

2011-07-13T14:05:00.000+02:00

TIM: "Era muy joven cuando salió un disco de ellos, el Happy Together. Estaba enfermo y como regalo, seguramente por mi cumpleaños, un hermano de mi madre me preguntó qué es lo que quería. Ya era muy aficionado a la música y se me ocurrió pedirle un disco que sólo conocía de la radio, y del que tenía muy pocos datos...que repetía mucho lo de Happy together y que el nombre del grupo era el de un animal. Mi sorpresa fue ver que al poco tiempo venía a casa con el disco bajo el brazo. Él era una persona completamente analfabeta en cuestiones musicales, o eso creía yo, de ahí mi sorpresa. No se como se las arregló, pero pudo conseguir el disco. Para la gente que tiene conocimientos musicales es fácil reconocer al grupo, y de entre ellos a Eddie (Howard Kaylan) y a Flo (Mark Volman).

Originalmente era una banda de surf rock llamada The Crossfires from the Planet Mars, fue fundada en 1965 en Westchester (un vecindario de Los Angeles), por Howard Kaylan y Mark Volman. También sabréis· de sus discos como Flo & Eddie, y de sus intervenciones en grupos como Mothers Of Invention de Frank Zappa, o T.Rex, John Lennon, Stephen Stills...y un largo etcetera.

Este disco de los Turtles es su tercera grabación en el año 1968, destacan sobre todo dos canciones, "Elenore" y "Buzzsaw". Pop Rock Psicodélico, Folk Rock, Bubblegum Pop...vosotros mismos decidiréis cuando lo escuchéis si es un disco que os interesa."_Reseña por TIM / + INFO >>> HERE

***GRACIAS A TIM***

Magic Words >>> BATTLE OF TURTLES

ROLAND VAN CAMPENHOUT / Never Enough {2008}

2011-07-10T15:00:00.000+02:00

Hoy es el cumpleaños de Tim, mi amigo y una de las patas de marabunta...Lo celebraremos con algo que nos envía, porque al tio no se le escapa un detalle. FELICIDADES TIM!

Ojo al belga Roland Van Campenhout!!

"A Flanders born blues musician, Roland Van Campenhout was more well known in Belgium as Roland, one of the masters of the genre, as well as a versatile performer who was able to explore other styles such as folk, country and such with amazing ease for more than thirty five years. Originally part of the skiffle group The William & Roland Skiffle Group in the early Sixties, Van Campenhout shifted over to folk, backing up the duo of Miek & Roel before going off on his own in 1969. Signed to CBS, Roland issued his first full length album, A Tune For You, in 1971. While three more albums would follow that decade -- One Step At A Time in 1972, 1974's Live, and Movin' On in 1975 -- it would be his stint as member of Rory Gallagher's band that would take him all over the world, in addition to offering a platform for the bluesman to hone his skills. He returned to his own career in 1981, releasing the album Snowblind, and in 1985 had his first real commercial hit with the album 76 Centimeters Per Second. He explored rock music in the collaboration with Arno, called Charles et Les Lulus, in the early Nineties. 1994 saw the release of an anthology, Day By Day, Blow By Blow, and in 1998 Van Campenhout was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at that year's ZAMU Awards Ceremony. In addition to working with the aforementioned bands and musicians, Van Campenhout also worked on collaborations with artists such as Marie-Laure Beraud, Pieter-Jan De Smet, and the tribute act, Spelers & Drinkers. In 2008, Van Campenhout released album number twenty, Never Enough, and continued to play shows to highly receptive audiences." ~ Chris True, All Music Guide

Nina Babet Vocals : background vocals
Pieter-Jan de Smet : electric guitar, background Vocals
Cesar Janssens : african drums, drums, percussion, tambourine
Polle "LP" Van Bruystegen : electric guitar, bass, electric saz
Tom Van Laere, vocals : electric guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica
Roland Van Campenhout : composer, dulcimer, guitar, guitar (12 string acoustic), guitar (acoustic), Omnichord, slide guitar, solina, soloist, tambourine, vocals

***GRACIAS A TIM***

Magic Words >>> ALMOST HOME

JIM CAPALDI / Fierce Heart {1983}

2011-07-06T22:38:00.001+02:00

"Fierce Heart reunited Jim Capaldi with Steve Winwood and the results are warm to the heart as well as pleasing to the ears. With help from Van Morrison as well, Capaldi put out an album that showed renewed faith in rock after having been living in Brazil absorbing various influences there and raising a family. Winwood's recent smash hits influenced Capaldi to write more upbeat as well as personal songs, highlighted by "That's Love" and "Tonight You're Mine." But whereas Winwood got into the Top Ten with his songs, Capaldi barely made into the Top 200. That was a shame, for there are a lot of comparisons here that should have been explored. For Winwood fans, this album was like an extra helping. For Capaldi fans, it was the main course." Source /Allmusic

JIM CAPALDI -- vocals, drums, percussion, acoustic guitar, Linn drum programming, piano, glockenspiel

STEVE WINWOOD -- electric guitars, synthesizers, guitars, guitar solo, vocals, organ, piano, Linn drum programming, incidental marimba, arrangements, engineer

Ray Otu Allen -- congas, percussion

Simon Bell -- burning man (7)

Pete Bonas -- guitar, bass, acoustic guitar, Ovation guitar

Mel Collins -- saxophone, saxophone solo

Geoff Driscoll -- saxophone (8)

Martin Drover -- trumpet (8)

Brent Forbes -- bass

Bryson Graham -- drums

Stevie Lange -- burning woman (7)

Jim Leverton -- bass (9)

John Mizarolli -- acoustic guitar lead (5)

Van Morrison -- acoustic guitar (1)

Chris Parren -- keyboards, synthesizers

Nicole Winwood -- vocals (6)

***GRACIAS A TIM***

Magic Words >>> BAD BREAKS

TEN WHEEL DRIVE with GENYA RAVAN / Construction n#1 {1969}

2011-06-09T14:09:00.001+02:00

"Genya Ravan is an important rock & roll personality and influential vocalist and record producer, born Genya Zelkowitz on April 19, 1945, in Lodz, Poland. Her mom later changed her name to Goldie Zelkowitz, Ravan taking her birth name back when she formed the band Ten Wheel Drive. She is the former lead singer of The Escorts, Goldie & the Gingerbreads, and Ten Wheel Drive. She arrived in the USA in 1949, accompanied by her parents and one sister. She had two brothers, who died. These were the only family members who had survived the Nazi Holocaust in Europe." >> More info about GENYA RAVAN at ALLMUSIC.

"In 1968, after the final break-up of the all-female rock band Goldie & The Gingerbreads, Genya Ravan was looking for a new band, as were two New Jersey musicians and songwriters, Michael Zager and Aram Schefrin. Acquainted by their managers, the three musicians would become the nucleus of the new band. Their origins and artistic backgrounds were very different and at first the music was not to Ravan’s liking.

More musicians had to be found for the rhythm and brass sections. With the exception of Ravan, only people who were able to read sheet music were hired. In 1969 the band started to perform regularly and attract positive reviews, and comparisons were drawn between Ravan and Janis Joplin. At the same time, Polydor Records was forming an American division. Its new President, Jerry Schoenbaum, closed a deal with Ten Wheel Drive, and together with producer Walter Raim the band released its first album, Construction #1. Ten Wheel Drive's first big concert appearance was in 1969 at the Fillmore East in New York City. Apart from the band's intense musical presence, Ravan caused some excitement when she took off her transparent vest and continued the performance half-naked with painted breasts and shoulders. In the summer of the same year, Ten Wheel Drive appeared at the Atlanta Pop Festival. On this occasion Ravan and Janis Joplin, who had previously often been compared, met in person for the second time, having first met at Steve Paul's club The Scene when Joplin sat in with the band.
In 1970, Ten Wheel Drive released their second album, Brief Replies, with producer Guy Draper. By then many of the brass musicians had also been replaced. 1971 saw Ten Wheel Drive performing at Carnegie Hall. The project consisted of a rock opera based on the Battle of the Little Big Horn and the history of the Native North American peoples. The American Symphony Orchestra and a choir participated in the project. Polydor finally decided against the recording of the event and was later criticized for its bad judgment.
Also in 1971, the band's third album Peculiar Friends appeared, for the first time produced by Schefrin and Zager. Ravan’s decision to leave the band and start her solo career at this time was presumably influenced by the record company’s attitude towards the Carnegie Hall concert. She was replaced by Annie Sutton of The Rascals. Schefrin and Zager later contributed to Ravan’s first solo album. Ten Wheel Drive left Polydor and their fourth and final album, Ten Wheel Drive (1974), was released by Capitol Records. The album includes one song which had earlier been composed by Ravan with Schefrin and Zager, "Why Am I So Easy to Leave". With this record the already loose cooperation between the band's musicians ended." - Wikipedia

Magic Words >>> AIN´T GONNA HAPPEN

ABRAXAS POOL / Abraxas Pool [1997]

2011-06-02T10:22:00.000+02:00

"This record SHOULD have been huge, but alas that was not to be. With four members of 1969 Santana Band: Greg Rolie, Michael Shrieve, Jose "Chepito" Areas and Michael Carabello, Joined together with Santana's most famous 'Second' Guitarist and founding member (With Greg Rolie) of Journey, Neal Schon and later-day Santana bassist Alphonso Johnson. All the elements are here, with the powerful percussion force of Shrieve/Areas & Carabello and those smooth vocals and keyboards of Greg, the stellar guitar of Neal Schon, This CD is something special. The fact that only a few of us would hear this amazing music is quite a shame.
That said "Abraxas Pool" is a CD that BELONGS in any music collection. With the BIG drum sound of the opening number "Boom Ba Ya Ya" it is clear to all that this train has not lost any steam, to Describe the sound of these musicians is like describing being charged by a runaway elephant in some steamy jungle. The second tune: "A Million Miles Away" would have sounded real good on the radio. Also of note are the great tunes: "Going Home" and "Don't Give Up" that are as good as anything from The 1969 -1971 period that these musicians remember with great fondness. Mr. Neal Schon get's a showcase number on the wonderful: "Szabo" that has the pure emotion of the best of The Santana Band. But "Abraxas Pool" is not locked in the past, this music is new & fresh and the production is top-notch. Just one listen to the new version of "Jingo" will prove that to your ears.
Except for a short tour of the west coast and this stunning CD, Abraxas Pool is no more. Pick this up whilst it is still available." Review by Philip S Wolf.

TRACKS

01- Boom Ba Ya Ya (Carabello, Rolie, Schon)

02- A Million Miles Away (Rolie, Schon, Shrieve)

03- Baila Mi Cha-Cha (Areas)

04- Waiting for You (Rolie, Shrieve)

05- Going Home (Rolie)

06- Szabo (Schon, Shrieve)

07- Guajirona (Areas)

08- Cruzin' (Rolie)

09- Don't Give Up (Rolie, Schon, Shrieve)

10- Ya Llego (Areas, Carabello)

11- Jingo (Olatunji)

LINE UP

Gregg Rolie - Keyboards - Lead Vocals

Neal Schon - Guitar

Mike Shrieve - Drums

José "Chepito" Areas - Timbales

Alphonso Johnson - Bass

Mike Carabello - Congas

***GRACIAS A EASEAS***

Magic Words >>> BOOM BA YA YA

★ SPANISH REVOLUTION ★

2011-05-27T20:18:00.004+02:00

BOB DYLAN / Bringing It All Back Home {1965}

2011-05-24T13:49:00.001+02:00

70 años cumple hoy el señor Robert Allen Zimmerman, considerado por muchos uno de los más prolíficos músicos del S.XX, igual...para algunos otros, algo más transcendente.

La dimensión Dylan, alberga tantas caras que supongo no es fácil determinar los limites, puede que se trate quizás de una dimensión infinita.

Discos, literatura, cine...pocos soportes han escapado de sucumbir al genio de Duluth durante toda su trayectoria. Una historia llena de luces y sombras la de este afamado cantautor, del que pueden contarse y pensarse infinidad de cosas, pero principalmente y resumiendo; que es simplemente un hombre más, con sus virtudes, peculiaridades y contradicciones. Un habitante del mundo que utilizó y utiliza sus herramientas para alzar la voz algo más fuerte...un ilusionado...(que no un iluso) y un protestante, en el sentido menos religioso de la palabra. Un tipo que hace ya años podría haberse despreocupado del mundo...(pero no), que reconoce que sus giras no son apoyo de sus discos, sino todo lo contrario...y que dijo una vez que no hace falta ser el hombre del tiempo para saber hacia dónde sopla el viento. Qué otro tipo de cosas podrían definir a Dylan si no?.

Felicidades maestro.

Magic Words >>> GATES OF EDEN

EARTH & FIRE / Atlantis {1973}

2011-05-20T13:41:00.001+02:00

Earth and Fire were a progressive rock group formed in the Netherlands by brothers Chris and Gerard Koerts. Most popular in the 1970s, Earth and Fire came to produce many chart topping hits in the Dutch pop scene. Though they experienced success in the Netherlands, their music never quite made it to England or the Americas.

"1973's Atlantis was the third album by Earth & Fire, and without a doubt their most Mellotron heavy album ever. Again the band explores another concept: the rise and destruction of Atlantis, all told on the first half of the album. The side-length title track sounds more or less like a collection of separate songs as often there are silent gaps between them. Whatever the case, it's the theme that ties together this piece. Guitar and Mellotron starts off the whole thing, then the music mellows out with acoustic guitar and Jerney Kaagman's voice. The Mellotron is often quite present throughout this side-length piece, and the album. There are a couple of passages which are much more aggressive, especially "Destruction (Rumbling from Inside the Earth)", which obviously makes sense, given its about Atlantis' final destruction. You will hear themes recur, like the end part called "Epilog (Don't Know)" which was a reprise of "Prologue (Don't Know)". The second half consists of mostly unrelated stuff, but the material is excellent. First off is the pop-oriented "Maybe Tomorrow, Maybe Tonight", which was released as a single and became a hit in Holland. It's a great piece full of more great Mellotron work. "Interlude" is an instrumental piece, very much dominated by Gerard Koerts' Mellotron, although Chris Koerts (his twin brother) gives some nice guitar work with the wah-wah effect. Then comes the epic "Fanfare". The lyrics are about the instruments in a brass band, but Gerard Koerts really lays it on thick with Mellotron, especially those brass sounds. Earth & Fire was one of the rare bands to use the M300 model of Mellotron (the Moody Blues, Barclay James Harvest and Gentle Giant all used one, and apparently Rick van der Linden when he was with Ekseption, although one gets the suspicion that the M300 he used was the same one Earth & Fire used, and was likely Phonogram Studio's Mellotron, Phonogram being the Hilversum studio that both Earth & Fire and Ekseption had recorded in). "Theme From Atlantis" is obviously a theme from the title track, this time revisted on the second half of the album. "Love, Please Close the Door" is the closing acoustic piece, a nice piece to close the album. Atlantis is often thought of as the companion piece to Song of the Marching Children (1971), their previous album, and for a good reason, they go together well, have similar themes, heavy use of Mellotron, and obviously Earth & Fire at the top of their game. Atlantis features some really stunning artwork, and if you get the original LP (with gatefold), you get treated with even more stunning artwork, with no print to interfere with it (aside from the Polydor logo, which was the label the band recorded for, the original LP came with an insert that had song listings, lyrics, and members of the band and what they played). There is no doubt about it, both Song of the Marching Children and Atlantis are the two albums you should get from Earth & Fire." / Review by Ben Miler on http://www.hippy.com/

TRACKS

1. Atlantis (16:21)

...a) Prelude - 0:53

...b) Prologue (don't know) - 3:19

...c) The rise and fall (under a cloudy sky) - 2:41

...d) Theme of Atlantis - 3:40

...e) The threat (suddenly) - 2:10

...f) Destruction (rumbling from inside the Earth) - 2:57

...g) Epilogue (don't know) - 0:41

2. Maybe tomorrow, maybe tonight (5:46)

3. Interlude (1:48)

4. Fanfare (3:33)

5. Theme from Atlantis (1:51)

6. Love, please close the door (4:12)

LINE UP

- Jerney Kaagman / lead vocals

- Ton van de Kleij / drums, percussion

- Chris Koerts / acoustic & electric guitars, backing vocals

- Gerard Koerts / organ, piano, flute, Mellotron, synthesizers, virginal, backing vocals

- Hans Ziech / bass

Magic Words >>> FANFARE & FIRE

MANFRED MANN's EARTH BAND / Solar Fire {1973}

2011-05-11T15:28:00.003+02:00

"As MANFRED MANN (the 60's R & B group) was dwindling down, their leader moved on with drummer Mike Hugg to form Chapter 3 for two albums released on Vertigo label produced by Hiseman of Colosseum fame. The lack of success forced the two to fold and try another formula. The new group will be named EARTH BAND and will at first do average RnR but with each new album, the progressive elements will gain in importance that by SOLAR FIRE they had become an Art-rock band.

But MMEB will always be remembered for their arrangements of SPRINGSTEEN and DYLAN covers than for their own good material. In particular with SPRINGTEEN's first album, MMEB will do three mega-selling cover: "Spirits In The Night", "Blinded By The Light" and "For You". They managed to survive the late 70's by adapting their sound and in the 80's will make strong political statement against Apartheid in Manfred's country of origin, South Africa, where he could not come back." / Review by : : : Hugues Chantraine, BELGIUM : : :

Line-up

- Manfred Mann / organ, synthesizers, vocals

- Colin Pattenden / bass

- Mick Rogers / lead vocals, guitar

- Chris Slade / drums

- Doreen Chanter / backing vocals

- Irene Chanter / backing vocals

- The Grove Singers / backing vocals

- Peter Miles / percussion (2)

- Paul Rutherford / trombone

"Still considered by many followers to be one of the best Earth Band albums, this was the first to be issued on the Bronze label. Following on from the hit single "Joybringer", based on "Jupiter" from Holst's "Planet Suite", the album continued the theme, although without the freedom to use any more of Holst's work. Although altogether a fine and atmospheric album there is one outstanding track, a ten minute working of Dylan's "Father Of Day Father Of Night"." - http://www.manfredmann.co.uk

Magic Words >>> MANFRED FIRE
***GRACIAS A EASEAS***

RHINOCEROS / Better times are coming (1970)

2011-04-29T19:11:00.005+02:00

"Rhinoceros was a rock band established in 1967 by Elektra Records as that label's intended supergroup. The band, while well respected in many circles, did not live up to the record label's expectations. As one reviewer commented, "Despite the fact that the band could not live up to the expectations that were raised by Elektra Records' publicity machine, Rhinoceros' contributions to rock still deserve more credit than subsequent rock histories give it.
Frazier Mohawk had been instrumental in forming Buffalo Springfield through coordinating band membership, though the establishment of Rhinoceros involved a more formal third party role.
Producers Paul Rothchild and Frazier Mohawk initially invited twelve musicians to audition in September, 1967, at Frazier Mohawk's house in Laurel Canyon. Included in this initial group were Douglas Hastings and Alan Gerber. A second audition was held at a Los Angeles motel in November, 1967, where approximately twenty musicians were reviewed. After this meeting, John Finley (vocals) and Danny Weis (guitar) were chosen to work with Doug Hastings (guitar) and Alan Gerber (keyboards and vocals). Peter Hodgson, who attended the second audition, was not initially selected. Finley and Hodgson were all former Checkmates, which had broken up in September, 1967. Throughout its existence, the core membership of Rhinoceros, despite numerous changes in personnel, were ex-members of the Checkmates. Rothchild had expressed an interest in signing Jon and Lee & The Checkmates as early as 1965.
Weis was an original member of Iron Butterfly, with whom he recorded their first album, prior to being replaced by Eric Braun. Hastings had been a member of Seattle's renowned Daily Flash, prior to spending a period of time as Neil Young's replacement in Buffalo Springfield, during one of Young's departures from the group.
Weis then suggested former Iron Butterfly bandmate Jerry Penrod as the bass player for Rhinoceros; his suggestion was accepted. Former Checkmate keyboard player Michael Fonfara was then invited to join the initial lineup. Fonfara had joined The Electric Flag in mid-November, 1967, for sessions and a brief tour of the US northeast and California. During mid-December, he ran into Finley and Hodgson at the Tropicana Motel in Los Angeles, and was encouraged by Finley to sign on to the Rhinoceros project. Based on Finley's recommendation, Fonfara was brought into Rhinoceros, following the completion of his obligations to The Electric Flag. The final member chosen, in early 1968, was Billy Mundi, former drummer for The Mothers of Invention." [Wikipedia]

1. BETTER TIMES (Edwards/Fonfara/Finley)
2. OLD AGE (Leishman/Edwards)
3. SWEET, NICE ‘N’ HIGH (Leishman/Edwards)
4. JUST ME (Draper)
5. HAPPINESS (Draper)
6. SOMEWHERE (Weis/Finlay)
7. IT’S A GROOVY WORLD (Draper)
8. INSANITY (Draper)
9. LADY OF FORTUNE (Edwards/Leishman)
10 LET’S PARTY (Draper)
11.RAIN CHILD (Leishman/Edwards)
Produced By GUY DRAPER

JOHN FINLEY lead vocal
MICHAEL FONFARA organ
DANNY WEIS lead and rhythm guitars
DUKE EDWARDS drums and vocal
LARRY LEISHMAN rhythm and lead guitars
PETER HODGSON bass

+INFO

Magic Words >>> GROOVY WORLD

PHILIP SAYCE / Peace Machine {2010}

2011-04-25T12:19:00.000+02:00

"Philip Sayce is a Welsh born guitarist, singer and songwriter from Canada. Sayce quickly gained notoriety as a teenage axe-slinger through his regular gigs at Toronto clubs, and he gradually developed a solid fan base.

Looking to further expand his musical horizons, Sayce moved to Los Angeles. He soon landed a gig with Uncle Kracker and toured with him for eighteen months. With Uncle Kracker, Philip appeared on New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, Regis and Kelly, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and The CBS Early Show. Sayce also starred in and wrote the music for the 2002 short film, Cockroach Blue, produced and directed by award-winning Robert Crossman. The film was shown at the 2003 Woodstock Film Festival and received popular acclaim. In the fall of 2003, Sayce unexpectedly met John Shanks at an impromptu jam session in the amp department at Westwood Music in Los Angeles. Coincidentally, just a week before, two-time Grammy award winner Melissa Etheridge had mentioned to Shanks that she was looking for a guitar player and was thinking of trying somebody different. Shanks referred Sayce to her and in December 2003, Sayce joined Etheridge and her band for The Lucky Tour. Sayce also appears on Etheridge's Lucky CD and the Lucky Live DVD, released in September, 2004, "Melissa Etheridge Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled" released in 2005, "The Awakening" released in 2007, and "A New Thought For Christmas" released in September 2008. He also performed on Etheridge's Oscar winning song "I Need To Wake Up" from the Al Gore 2006 documentary film "An Inconvenient Truth". Sayce appeared with Etheridge at the 2007 Academy Awards, Live Earth in 2007, The 2005 Grammy Awards as part of a tribute to Janis Joplin (along with Joss Stone), and at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Sayce released his album Peace Machine, on Provogue Records in 2009. He released a new solo album Innerevolution in Europe on Provogue records, May 2010. In July 2010, Philip Sayce supported the legendary ZZ Top in Europe. In December will he be supporting Deep Purple on their french dates."_Wikipedia +INFO

Magic Words >>> ALCHEMY

HAPPY MINI-HOLIDAYS

2011-04-21T12:26:00.001+02:00

‎30 años sin "El Oso" / Recordando a Bob Hite (1943 – 5 Abril 1981)

2011-04-05T21:00:00.005+02:00

Bob Hite, más conocido como Bob The Bear, era y seguirá siendo el carismático gordito barbudo de los Canned Heat...Un muchacho americano sin sangre negra que echó los dientes entre discos de John Lee Hooker, Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson o Willie Dixon...Y más tarde un tipo que sin tener una voz portentosa, bien podría haberse pavoneado de haber formado con tan solo 22 años, junto a Alan Wilson, una de las mejores bandas hard blues del panorama californiano de finales de los 60.
Vaya que si...este grandullón fue una tecla bien importante en la encarnación de los primeros Canned Heat. Prueba aun hoy viva de este legado son sus actuaciones en el Monterey Pop Festival del 67 y Woodstock´69.
Hoy repasando sus vídeos pensaba en cosas simples como...la gracia que tenían sus movimientos de cabeza, sus saltillos emulando los ritmos machacones de la banda...o en la actitud tan auténtica que proyectaba a pesar de no tener aspecto de frontman. Después de tanto tiempo, esos conciertos siguen resultando la hostia de buenos, envejecen como la buena madera, sin carcomas, y siguen desprendiendo una fuerza tal, que cuesta creer que tantos de aquellos protagonistas lleven años bajo tierra.

30 años se cumplen justamente hoy de la desaparición de "El oso", quien 11 años después que su amigo "Buho Ciego", moría a causa de un fallo cardíaco por mal uso y abuso de ciertas sustancias.

Aqui unas palabras del tio Joe Rocker recordando una anécdota con el mísmo:

"Con el master Robert "the bear" Hite pude intercambiar algunas palabras en un toquín que ofreció Canned Heat en 1976 en el Lienzo Charro de la ciudad de San Miguel Allende (cuna de ex-hippies), en el Estado de Guanajuato-México. No lo entretuve mucho y me concreté nomás en un par de preguntas sobre su ex-guitarrista Henry Vestine. El Oso muy cortés me comentó que por cuestiones de desarrollo musical, el Vestine los había abandonado y en sustitución para esa Gira del '76 por algunas ciudades de México se había jalado al tremendo Harvey Mandel a la lira principal. No quise incomodarlo más, ya que lo abordé antes del toquín en las gradas de cemento de la tribuna principal, y él estaba quitado de la pena atizando bien chido un petardo de marihuana "golden" de esa potente de Acapulco paraíso. El oso también estaba en compañía -quizá- de una groupie, la cual lo besaba constantemente en la cara, pero lo poco que charlamos se ponía en paz la chica y nos miraba con mucha atención. Debo decir además que tocaron de puta madre y cuando empezaron a tocar "Refried Boogie", yo, reloj en muñeca, le empecé a tomar el tiempo a la rola que cuando la finalizaron, ni más ni menos contabilicé 51 minutes!!. Esta duración era record, al menos para mi...ya que la demás banda y fans se la pasaron bailoteando, saltando y gritando en el ruedo tipo _slam_ nada común en ese tiempo.

Yo a la vez chupaba como cosaco una botella de vino tinto para que no se enfriara (había poca vigilancia en ese lugar y se podían pasar cositas benignas para la salud, je!). Resultó un conciertazo aquella ocasión y todos salimos contentazos del evento. Algunos todavía fuimos a buscar a chicas de ronda nocturna de la ciudad y había más gringas que connacionales en el talón...qué chido!." / by Joe Rocker.

Recordando a nuestro adorado Bob "The Bear"...

DON´T FORGET TO BOOGIE!!

BRETT DETAR / Bird in the Tangle {2010}

2011-03-23T12:34:00.000+01:00

Puede que a algun@s ya les suene este nombre. Brett Detar es un joven músico y compositor procedente de Pennsylvania que remanece de una banda de rock independiente formada a finales de los 90 llamada The Juliana Theory, y que el año pasado se auto-produjo un disco más que decente en su propio estudio de grabación en Manhattan.

Su debut como solista encierra sonidos country roots cercanos al rock y en ocasiones también al folk y al blues, canciones sencillas llenas de realidad, además de una agradable y cálida escucha.

Algo a destacar también es que estamos ante otro de esos artistas que utilizan internet como máxima para su promoción; tanto es así que puedes descargar gratis su disco completo desde su página web, a 320Kbps y con el artwork incluido...Todo un detalle con los tiempos que corren, y mal que les pese a algunos peces gordos de la industria, parece que funciona. Yo lo descargué sobre Diciembre del año pasado y hoy que he vuelto a tropezarme con él, no he podido evitar pedir su preciosa edición en vinilo. Además he comprobado que en su web sigue ofreciendo la descarga del álbum después de casi cinco meses de su lanzamiento.

En fin...que sea esta una oportunidad más para descubrir a un creador de canciones, que si bien no es del otro mundo, si que es en fin y al cabo, un moderno rindiendo tributo a los sonidos clásicos...y desde luego (al menos para mi) una muestra de honestidad. Cosas para las que siempre hay un hueco en esta casa.

Si estas interesad@ en adquirir su original puedes ir a su página web pinchando en el titulo de esta entrada. Y si prefieres descargarlo desde aquí, solo mira las palabras mágicas al final de la entrada y ve a laborabunta.

Magic Words >>> ROAD TO RUIN

BLUE MITCHELL SESSIONS / The Complete Blue Note [1963-1967] Box 4CD´s

2011-03-22T18:31:00.003+01:00

"Box de 4 discos que comprenden la época en que Blue Mitchell grabó para Blue Note entre los años 1963 a 1967, en esta caja están incluidos esos seis discos completos, reducidos a cuatro y que numero en este comentario, con el añadido de dos tomas diferentes de las canciones "Togetherness" y "Good Humor Man"."/ By TIM

ALBUM CREDITS

Jimmy Heath Arranger................................(06)

Melba Liston Arranger...............................(06)

Duke Pearson Arranger...............................(05-06)

Don Pickett Arranger................................(06)

Gene Taylor Bass....................................(01-02-03-04-05-06)

Roy Brooks Drums....................................(01)

Mickey Roker Drums..................................(05)

Billy Higgins Drums.................................(04-

Al Foster Drums.....................................(02-03-06)

Chick Corea Piano...................................(02-03-05)

Harold Mabern Piano.................................(04)

Herbie Hancock Piano................................(01)

Cedar Walton Piano..................................(05)

McCoy Tyner Piano...................................(06)

Blue Mitchell Trumpet...............................(01-02-03-04-05-06)

Junior Cook Sax (Tenor).............................(02-03-04-05-06)

Joe Henderson Sax (Tenor)...........................(01)

Leo Wright Sax (Alto)...............................(01)

Jerry Dodgion Sax (Alto) Flute......................(05-06)

Pepper Adams Sax (Baritone).........................(05-06)

Julian Priester Trombone............................(06)

*Los números que salen al lado de los músicos corresponden a los discos que salieron en estos años por separado, en los que ellos tocaban, siendo: 01.-Step Lightly (1963/64) 02.- The Thing To Do (1964) 03.- Down With It (1965) 04.- Bring It Home To Me (1966) 05.- Boss Horn (1966) 06.- Heads Up (1967)

"Owner of a direct, lightly swinging, somewhat plain-wrapped tone that fit right in with the Blue Note label's hard bop ethos of the 1960s, Blue Mitchell tends to be overlooked today perhaps because he never really stood out vividly from the crowd, despite his undeniable talent. After learning the trumpet in high school -- where he got his nickname -- he started touring in the early '50s with the R&B bands of Paul Williams, Earl Bostic, and Chuck Willisbefore returning to Miami and jazz. There, he attracted the attention of Cannonball Adderley, with whom he recorded for Riverside in 1958. That year, he joined the Horace Silver Quintet, with whom he played and recorded until the band's breakup in March 1964, polishing his hard bop skills. During his Silver days, Mitchell worked with tenor Junior Cook, bassist Gene Taylor, drummer Roy Brooks, and various pianists as a separate unit and continued recording as a leader for Riverside. When Silver disbanded, Mitchell's spinoff quintet carried on with Al Foster replacing Brooks and a young future star named Chick Corea in the piano chair. This group, with several personnel changes, continued until 1969, recording a string of albums for Blue Note. Probably aware that opportunities for playing straight-ahead jazz were dwindling, Mitchell became a prolific pop and soul session man in the late '60s, and he toured with Ray Charles from 1969 to 1971 and blues/rock guitarist John Mayall in 1971-1973. Having settled in Los Angeles, he also played big-band dates with Louie Bellson, Bill Holman, and Bill Berry; made a number of funk and pop/jazz LPs in the late '70s; served as principal soloist for Tony Bennett and Lena Horne; and kept his hand in hard bop by playing with Harold Land in a quintet. He continued to freelance in this multifaceted fashion until his premature death from cancer at age 49." / Review by Richard S. Ginell on ALLMUSIC.COM

TRACK LISTING

01 (CD 1) Mamacita (5:49)
02 (CD 1) Sweet and Lovely (7:46)
03 (CD 1) Andrea (5:16)
04 (CD 1) Step Lightly (8:32)
05 (CD 1) Cry Me a River (6:48)
06 (CD 1) Bluesville (4:10)
07 (CD 1) Fungii Mama (7:48)
08 (CD 1) Mona's Mood (5:17)
09 (CD 1) Thing to Do (7:02)

10 (CD 2) Step Lightly (10:25)
11 (CD 2) Chick's Tune (9:37)
12 (CD 2) Hi Heel Sneakers (8:24)
13 (CD 2) Perception (5:41)
14 (CD 2) Alone, Alone and Alone (7:45)
15 (CD 2) March on Selma (6:15)
16 (CD 2) One Shirt (7:30)
17 (CD 2) Samba de Stacy (5:58)

18 (CD 3) Bring It Home to Me (7:58)
19 (CD 3) Blues 3 for 1 (6:04)
20 (CD 3) Port Rico Rock (6:34)
21 (CD 3) Gingerbread Boy (6:36)
22 (CD 3) Portrait of Jenny (5:39)
23 (CD 3) Blue's Theme (5:23)
24 (CD 3) Millie (6:21)
25 (CD 3) O Mama Enit (5:35)
26 (CD 3) I Should Care (7:32)
27 (CD 3) Rigor Mortez (6:21)

28 (CD 4) Tones for Joan's Bones (6:38)
29 (CD 4) Straight up and Down (6:39)
30 (CD 4) Heads Up! Feet Down! (5:59)
31 (CD 4) Togetherness (6:49)
32 (CD 4) Folks Who Live on the Hill (5:33)
33 (CD 4) Good Humour Man (5:40)
34 (CD 4) Len Sirrah (7:20)
35 (CD 4) People in Nassau (5:40)
36 (CD 4) Togetherness (Alternate Take)(#) (6:38)
37 (CD 4) Good Humour Man (Alternate Take)(#) (5:12)

***GRACIAS A TIM***

Magic Words >>> BLUENOTE

BANDERA INMORTAL VOL.39 / Spanish heavy obscurities compilation by The Day After The Sabbath

2011-03-21T10:35:00.000+01:00

To download click on the cover art.

Le pedi a mi amigo Rich de The Day After the Sabbath que cuando tuviera lista su entrega de clásicos oscuros de la españa setentosa fuera tan amable de dejarme publicarlos en Marabunta. Y aquí está, un fabuloso recopilatorio que saca del baúl bandas tan memorables como en muchos casos olvidadas. Una compilación hecha con muy buen gusto y sobre todo dedicación. Espero que lo disfrutéis.

"TDATS 39 is a collection of music from Spain. After the Spanish Civil War, during the fifty-year dictatorship of Franco, everything pertaining to regional culture was banned. Languages, literature, and music were burned and berated. Musicians before 1975 suffered many difficulties as a result. The kind of material I generally look for was especially rare in the early 70's, just at the time when most of the world was enjoying it's peaks.

Firstly I must thank Mara at http://mar-abunta.blogspot.com for some excellent recommendations that have really helped this volume.

It starts with Tapiman who, along with The Storm, Lone Star and Leño, were among the more professional sounding bands to draw influence from big, brash hard rock names like Zeppelin and Purple. Lone Star's track is taken from a period TV appearance so apologies for the inferior sound but the enthusiastic performance makes up for it. Agamenon and Cerebrum offer great slabs of growling psych while Union Pacific, Tarántula, Lisker and Ñu offer driving hard prog. Ciclón and…Época are both rare examples of unfortunately short-lived bands that count Sabbath as influences and only had a few single releases. Evolution were a band established in the 60's who cottoned on to the progressions at the turn of the decade and began recording some reverential covers like this King Crimson track. Eduardo Bort offers an unusual mix of spacey folk with bouts Hendrix-style guitar and is only now gathering respect as one of Spain's most unique acts. The comp ends on a departure from the heaviness with Triana, renowned as the country's premiere exponent of the 'flamenco prog' sound."_Rich.

TRACK LISTING

01. Tapiman - No Control (1971)

02. Agamenon - Todos Rien De Mi (1975)

03. Union Pacific - A Tu Marcha (1978)

04. Época - No Estoy Bien (1971)

05. Tarántula - Es Demasiado (1978)

06. The Storm - Experiencia sin Organo (1974)

07. Cerebrum - Time's Door (1970)

08. Eduardo Bort - Thoughts 'Pensamientos' [2 Parte] (1974)

09. Lisker - Kalean Festa (1979)

10. Ñu - Que Nadie Escape de la Evolución (1976)

11. Lone Star - Adelante [TV performance] (1974)

12. Evolution - 21st Century Schizoid Man [King Crimson cover] (1970)

13. Leño - Sodoma y Chabola (1979)

14. Ciclón - Mr. Mague (1978

15. Triana - En El Lago (1975)

This is a compilation made for http://aftersabbath.blogspot.com by Rich.

Click on the cover art to download or go to:

THE DAY AFTER THE SABBATH.

***THANKS TO RICH Aka r0b0c0p***

ACE / Five-A-Side {1974}

2011-03-18T14:08:00.000+01:00

"Ace were a British rock music band, who enjoyed moderate success in the 1970s. They are notable for their part in the early career of Paul Carrack, who later became famous as a solo artist, and as a member of several other groups. Ace are best known for their hit single, "How Long?" which was a UK top-20 single in 1974 and a US top-5 in 1975." / Wikipedia

"Ace's debut album, is notable for introducing the world to the soulful singing talent of Paul Carrack, especially on the hit "How Long", which went to #1 on some charts in 1975. The band has a low-key style, frequently dominated by Carrack's piano and organ work, that is sometimes suggestive of Traffic and of the Tulsa country-rock sound of J.J. Cale, Delaney & Bonnie, and Leon Russell, although they never work up quite as much of a sweat as the last two. Already road-weary when they made this album, Ace, especially in Carrack's lyrics, comments extensively on the travails of being in a struggling rock & roll band. Even "How Long," which sounds like the lament of a lover betrayed, is really about somebody quitting the group. All of which makes the irony of the song's being their sole hit all the more acute." / William Ruhlmann, The All-Music Guide to Rock, (1995).

***GRACIAS A EASEAS***

Magic Words >>> HOWLONG

KGB / KGB {1976}

2011-03-13T20:20:00.003+01:00

LINE UP

**********

Mike Bloomfield - guitar / Carmine Appice - drums / Rick Grech - bass / Barry Goldberg - keyboads / Ray Kennedy - sax,vocal

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"What Can Be Said About this 1975 Debut Album which Has Been Deleted Since 1978?!! in Simple Terms, this Album features Several Legendary Rock Musicians - Formed by Mike Bloomfield (The Late Lead Guitarist of the Butterfield Blues Band, Bob Dylan's Original Guitar Player and One Time Member of Electric Flag) the Line-up also Included Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart and Black Sabbath), and Rick Grech (Bassist of Both Blind Faith and Ginger Bakers Airforce). It Has also Been Rumoured that Steve Winwood was Along, Although He is Uncredited."-Review by www.amazon.com

***GRACIAS A EASEAS***

Magic Words >>> KGBEAS

RECORDANDO A HARRISON

2011-02-25T19:06:00.001+01:00

[25 de febrero 1943 – 29 de noviembre 2001]

STONE THE CROWS / Stone the Crows {1970} / Repost

2011-02-23T10:30:00.000+01:00

Original line-up_

Maggie Bell, vocals (born Margaret Bell, 12 January 1945, in Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland. Les Harvey, guitar (born Leslie Harvey, in 1945, in the Gorbals, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland died 2 May 1972).

Colin Allen, drums (born December 1940, in Bournemouth, Dorset) (ex-Zoot Money's Big Roll Band and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers). James Dewar, bass (born James Dewer, 12 October 1942, in Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland). (Later with Robin Trower). John McGinnis, keyboards.

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A petición del amigo CJ. en la entrada original, vuelvo a reponer esta reedición de AKARMA que ripeé en APE en su momento. Un album homónimo con un comienzo de atisbos gospelianos, muy a lo Solomon Burke con The touch of your lovin´hand, y con la rápida intromisión de la voz de una de las reinas del rock, soul y del blues como es Maggie Bell. Aquí temas ásperos como Raining in your heart encajan a la perfección con un cálido blues como es Blind man, o con una versión tan impecable de Paul McCartney como es Fool on the hill. Un trabajo recubierto de la espiritualidad de la música de raices negras pero con la dósis diaria recomendada de hard rock 70´s. Contrastes realmente emotívos para una banda archiconocida que ya es un clásico entre clásicos.

"Stone the Crows were a blues band formed in Glasgow in late 1969. The band were formed after Maggie Bell was introduced to Les Harvey by his elder brother, Alex Harvey. After playing together in the Kinning Park Ramblers, they rejoined in a band Power, later renamed Stone the Crows (after a British/Australian English exclamation of surprise or shock) by Led Zeppelin's manager, Peter Grant. McGinnis and Dewar left in 1971, to be replaced by Ronnie Leahy and Steve Thompson. Dewar went on to have a successful career with Robin Trower as both bassist and lead singer. The death of Harvey (electrocuted by a live microphone on stage at Swansea's Top Rank Suite in May 1972) almost led to the break up of the band. The band brought in ex-Thunderclap Newman prodigy Jimmy McCulloch as lead guitarist. Stone the Crows broke up in June 1973. Bell recorded two albums in the early 1970s, Queen of the Night and Suicide Sal and joined Rod Stewart on Every Picture Tells a Story. Meanwhile, McCulloch joined Paul McCartney's group, Wings, the following year in Nashville, Tennessee." - Wikipedia

Magic Words >>> STONE THE BELL

VA / I´m In Love with Music {60/70´s} / A compilation for music lovers

2011-02-14T12:42:00.001+01:00

1-CHRIS SQUIRE - Fish out of water

2-ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - Bluebird Is Dead

3-CREATION & FELIX PAPPALARDI - Green Rocky Road

4-TEN YEARS AFTER - If you should love me

5-BUDDY MILES - I Still Love You, Anyway

6-AUNT MARY - What A Lovely Day

7-BEAD GAME - Country Girls

8-STAINED GLASS WINDOW - Unfinished Songs

9-JANE - I Need You

10-LOVE - Andmoreagain

11-PAUL BUTTERFIELD - Please send me someone to love

12-RARE EARTH - New rochelle

13-CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND - I'm Glad

14-PACIFIC, GAS & ELECTRIC - When A Man Loves A Woman

I´VE STILL GOT THE BLUES FOR YOU

2011-02-06T21:37:00.002+01:00

Puede que tuviese yo unos 16 cuando salí corriendo a buscar el Victims of the future, tan solo porque un dia escuchando Empty rooms en la radio, y sin venir a cuento, se me escapó una lagrimilla.

Siempre me acuerdo también, de que el primer disco que me regaló mi Diego (hace solo 9 años), fue After the war...y durante un tiempo lo escuchábamos constantemente.

Como con muchos otros...el Moore ha estado conmigo en buenos y no tan buenos momentos de mi vida.

Los melómanos, los mitómanos y demás insectos de nuestra calaña...a veces solemos fantasear de forma inconsciente con la idea de que nuestros ídolos son inmortales...que son como dioses o algo así...

Quizás por eso a uno...una tarde de Domingo cualquiera, le cuesta creerse que Gary Moore se haya ido para siempre.

Acabo de sacar algunos de sus discos...y creo que me voy a ir un rato a estar con él.

GARY MOORE

Domingo 6 Febrero 2011 / D.E.P

THE BUNCH / Rock on {1972}

2011-01-27T09:33:00.001+01:00

"Organized by Trevor Lucas and Sandy Denny following the breakup of Fotheringay, the Bunch features an all-star cast from the British folk-rock scene paying homage to their roots before they began their musical trek down the traditional path of Francis James Childs and Cecil Sharp. Recorded in January of 1972, the Bunch was just that, a one-off by a bunch of friends getting together to play the music of some of their early idols, including Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Hank Williams and Chuck Berry. Lucas, Denny, Richard Thompson,Linda (Thompson) Peters, Ashley Hutchings, and various other members of the extended Fairport Convention family treat the music with a certain reverence while at the same time injecting it with a playfulness and ragged British charm. Sandy Denny, who is touted in the liner notes as "Britain's first lady of song," delivers two of her finest performances on record, a lovely duet with Peters on the Everly Brothers' "When Will I Be Loved" (which predated Linda Ronstadt's cover by two years), as well as her tender reading of the Buddy Holly obscurity "Learning the Game." Other highlights include Richard Thompson's spirited working of Dion's "My Girl the Month of May," Ashley Hutchings' deadpan "Nadine" and Peters' "Loco-Motion." The original U.K. release included a flexi-single of ex-Fotheringay drummer Gerry Conway performing "Let There Be Drums." [Originally released in 1972, Rock On was reissued on CD in the U.K. in 2003, and in Japan in 2004.]. By by Brett Hartenbach FOR ALLMUSIC.

LINE UP_Gerry Conway - drums and percussion / Tony Cox - piano / Sandy Denny - vocals / Pat Donaldson - bass / Ashley Hutchings - vocals / Trevor Lucas - vocals, 12-string guitar / Dave Mattacks - drums and percussion / Linda Thompson - vocals / Richard Thompson - vocals, guitars / Ian Whiteman - piano / The Dundee Horns - brass.

Magic Words >>> BUNCH

ANDERGRAUN VIBRATIONS! / Spanish Hard Psych & Beyond {1970/1978}

2011-01-19T09:04:00.001+01:00

"At last a CD issue containing the long out of print first volume and half of the second one of this highly regarded comp, originally released as very limited vinyl editions. Andergraun Vibrations! documents the unknown Spanish underground psychedelic & progressive scene from the early '70s. We've culled the private collections of some of the more rabid Spanish collectors and we are proud to present 16 tracks recorded between 1970 & 1978 and taken from super rare 45s, some of them originally released as private/tiny pressings with only a handful of copies actually known. But don't panic, this is not boring R&B, scratched acetates or lame garage-beat cover versions. Here you'll find wild garage psychedelia, proto-prog sounds and trashy hard-rock full of screaming Spanish & English vocals, swirling Hammond organs, loud drums, fuzz & wah guitars, proggy flutes and more psych mayhem. It comes in a jewel case housed in a beautiful outer carton slimcase and features a large 20-page color booklet with detailed & updated liner notes (written in English & Spanish), rare pictures & carefully remastered sound." _Review: http://www.forcedexposure.com/

***GRACIAS A DR. BELL OTUS***

Magic Words >>> HARD PSYCH & BEYOND

MORE ANDERGRAUN VIBRATIONS / Spanish Psychotronic Brain Damage {1967/1975}

2011-01-12T14:08:00.000+01:00

"Andergraun Vibrations is back! This third volume is choc full of ultra-rare tracks taken mostly from Spanish small and private labels. From wild garage-psych to primitive hard-rock and exploito psych, it's all here! You'll find the rarest Spanish groove-psych library record ever (two copies known!), "L.S.D" by Mario Sellés Orchestra, ripping Hendrix sounds by Jordi 'Toti' Soler from his unknown private pressing second solo 45, fuzz-wah madness ala Stooges by Piñonate, acid sixties-punk by Los Crich, trashy prog sounds by Colores, basement hard-rock insanity by Prou Matic (taken from their impossible to find flexi-disc), exploito fuzz by The Matches, raw garage fuzz by the The True, rural garage psych by Los Riscos, lo-fi underground proto-punk sounds by Vibración (only one copy known of their 45)...and more! It features an amazing 8-page magazine styled insert with detailed liner notes about each band in English/Spanish (including the story behind the legendary The True, told for the first time after tracking down the only surviving member) and lots of rare pictures, some of them taken from the archives of some of the musicians involved." Review on http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/

***GRACIAS A DR. BELL OTUS***

Magic Words >>> EXPLOITO PSYCH

NEMRUD >>> {Istanbul, TR} Rock / Progressive Rock / Psychedelic

2011-01-09T17:29:00.003+01:00

Nada que descargar, tan solo una recomendación hacemos por aquí de una banda amiga que merece la pena escuchar:

"Nemrud is Turkish rock band who achieving worldwide success with their psychedelic and progressive rock music. Their work is marking by the use of Shamanic lyrics, epic story, innovative album art, and spiritual ambiance live shows. Nemrud is of the most noteworthy debut of rock music in Turkey.Despite their nationality, the band is not generally considered Pop-rock because of their sound, which has much more in common with Progressive Rock groups such as Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Eloy, Camel..."

From: http://www.reverbnation.com/nemrud

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Género:Progressive Rock / Miembros: Mert Göçay, Aycan Sarı, Mert Topel, Mert Alkaya / Ciudad de origen: Turkey /Etiqueta de grabación: Musea Records / Ubicación Actual:Istanbul

Echa una oida a su playlist de Reverbnation:

Aquí su página de FACEBOOK, donde puedes seguir sus lanzamientos, noticias etc...

NEMRUD FACEBOOK SITE

VA / Rock en Avandaro, Valle de Bravo {1972} / "THE MEXICAN WOODSTOCK"

2011-01-04T02:01:00.003+01:00

RESEÑA DE JOE ROCKER (Un mexicano que no pudo ir a Avandaro en 1972)
"No me dejaron ir a Avándaro, pero lo escuché un rato por la Radio.
Si hubieran visto en mi cara la frustación que sentí cuando cortaron la transmisión...uf! fue a la vez de rabia y tristeza...bah!.

La radio enmudeció y hubo un silencio por unos momentos hasta que pusieron los comerciales. Yo me había ido para ese fin de semana a casa de mi queridísima abuela materna, en la colonia Narvarte, pues estaba molesto con mis jefes (padres) por no haberme permitido largarme a Avándaro con mis amigos de la escuela (de entre los cuales se encontraba el hermano menor del baterista Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra: Canned Heat).

De nada me valió decirle a los viejos que recién había cumplido mis dulces 15. Chale!... también me perdí a "La Encuerada de Avándaro":..."Tengo una Nena a toodo dar, le gusta mucho Rocanrolear, ella me dice que me quiere, y que no hay otro como yo...y ya me confesó que ella fue la Encuerada de Avándaro, de Avándaro"... .
!We Got The Power, We Got The Power, We Got The Power, We Got The Power, We Got The Power!.. ¡QUE CHINGUE A SU MADRE EL QUE NO CANTE !!! (en 3 ocasiones lo dijo) y esto fue lo último que se oyó en la radio cuando al cantante Felipe Maldonado de la banda PEACE & LOVE...se le ocurrió gritar a todo pulmón el peor insulto que existe en México...para motivar más a la chaviza reunida ahí a corear la rola: "Tenemos El Poder"... Al dìa siguiente: La Radio dijo que el Rock estaba Muerto!!!. Jajajajajajajajajajaja!, Prrrtt (sonora trompetilla). La frase más común del día jueves 10 de Septiembre de 1971 entre los chavos de mi tiempo y yo, (tanto de mi escuela como los de mi calle Illinois en la colonia Nápoles) era: ¡Maestro vámonos a Avándaro Valle de Bravo, al Festival!.

Por eso, decidí irme a casa de mi abuela para no ver a mis padres que me negaron el permiso.
También estuvieron: Sound Masters, y La Fachada de Piedra (Stone Facade). Los Grandes Ausentes: Javier Bátiz y sus Finks, La Revolución de Emiliano Zapata, La Tribu (de Monterrey), Love Army, y el 39.4...más alguno que se me escapa.¡AVÁNDARO!."_By Joe Rocker.

"Festival Rock y Ruedas de Avándaro / Festival Rock y Ruedas de Avándaro (also known as Festival de Avándaro) was a rock concert that took place on the night of Saturday, September 11, 1971 and became known as a milestone in the history of Mexican rock music. On that night, several major rock groups performed at an outdoor festival in front of an audience of over 200,000 people. The event was named Festival Rock y Ruedas de Avándaro (Festival of Rock and Wheels) because the event was originally supposed to be a sponsored car race with rock bands. Somebody advised the car racer Eduardo Lopez Negrete to include ambient music. The organizers decided to consult Armando Molina for further advice. Molina suggested including twelve bands and helped organize the event.The concert occurred in the Valle de Bravo, a lakeside resort in Avándaro, near the city of Toluca, Estado de Mexico, two-hours from Mexico City. The concert brought thousands of young people together in peace to share and enjoy the music. The Festival took place in the aftermath of the 1968 massacre of Tlatelolco, and was under the threat of government repression. At the end of what became known as the "Mexican Woodstock", the government helped evacuate stranded attendees en masse. As a result of the festival, rock music was suppressed in Mexico for several decades." _WIKIPEDIA

***GRACIAS A DR. BELL OTUS***

Magic Words >>> Mexiwoodstock

RICHARD MYHILL / 21 Days in Soho {1974} / Repost

2010-12-07T14:00:00.001+01:00

REVISADO POR YERMA: "21 Days in Soho, Richard Myhill, del sello zafiro. Un disco que enclavaría en un rock suave con toque beat.

Este hombre es autor de las letras, la música y toca el piano, órgano, guitarras y percusión, es decir casi todo. Le acompañan: Paul Keogh: guitarra acusica y eléctrica, Graham Pressket: bajo y arreglos de cuerda, Barry de Souza: percusión, Den Fordham: saxos, Kay Garner y Clare Torry: coros.

Nada más, os dejo que lo escuchéis. Esta en Ape y es por supuesto un vinilo que estaba bastante trillado pero creo que lo he conseguido restaurar."_YERMA

Este disco es un ripeo de vinilo enviado por Yerma en su momento. El enlace ha sido repuesto y la entrada original borrada. El archivo se encuentra en APE (lossless) con covers y sellos.

Magic words >>> SOHOMYHILL

***GRACIAS A YERMA***

ATLEE / Flying ahead {1970}

2010-11-22T13:40:00.001+01:00

No serian Lunes, los Lunes, si uno se levantara con ganas de comerse el mundo. Por suerte o por desgracia no hay más remedio que hacerlo, pero si no tienes fuerzas...róbaselas a un buen disco.

Hablamos de Atlee y su Flying Ahead, una buena dosis de hard rock boogie californiano potenciado con una voz como la de Yeager, al más puro estilo Marriott, que puede arrancarte de inmediato el cansancio, la pereza o lo que sea que lleves encima hoy. Un trabajo bastante movidito y básico...Absolutamente radiador de energía.

"Rip you up" a todo volumen y vamos echarle un par de huevos a la semana.

01 - Rip You Up

02 - Swamp Rythm

03 - Painted Ladies

04 - Jesus People

05 - Let's Make Love

06 - Will Get Together

07 - Dirty Old Man

08 - Ain't That The Way

09 - Dirty Sheets

LINE UP >>> Atlee Yeager (vocals, bass), Michael Stevens (guitar, vocals), Bruce Schaffer (keyboards, vocals), Don Francisco (drums, vocals)

MAGIC WORDS >>> FLYING YEAGER

JOURNEY / Evolution {1979}

2010-11-08T12:10:00.000+01:00

"Evolution is the name of Journey's fifth studio album. It was released in April 1979 on the Columbia Records label. The album was their highest charting album to date, selling three million copies in the United States. They retained Roy Thomas Baker as producer but drummer Aynsley Dunbar was replaced with Steve Smith, formerly with Ronnie Montrose's band.

Evolution features their first top 20 hit, "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'", which shared the melody, and some of the lyrics, of Sam Cooke's "Nothing Can Change This Love". "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" reached #16 in the United States. "Just the Same Way" featured original lead vocalist Gregg Rolie along with Steve Perry. "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" appears as part of "The Big Medley" on Dream Theater's EP, A Change of Seasons. The original recording of "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" appeared in the pilot episode of Glee and was used and recorded by the cast of Glee for a mash-up with "Any Way You Want It" for the first season finale."_INFO: Wikipedia

Personnel / Neal Schon - guitar (acoustic and electric), vocals, producer, Steve Perry - lead vocals, Gregg Rolie - keyboards, vocals, producer, Steve Smith - drums and percussion, producer, Ross Valory - bass, vocals, producer.

Magic Words >>> JOURNEY TO EVOLUTION

JUKKA TOLONEN / Tolonen! {1971}

2010-11-01T23:14:00.002+01:00

Una vez, hace algún tiempo pregunté a alguien por un guitarrista finlandés de jazz fusión llamado Jukka Tolonen y me respondieron algo así como que simplemente era uno más.

Poco después me tropecé con este album…y lo escuché. Así que dejé de preguntar por nombres, por discos y por leches a cualquiera. Ahora cuando quiero saber cómo suena algo, me encargo personalmente de comprobarlo.

Jukka Tolonen será, “un guitarrista más”, tal y como me dijeron. Y yo no digo nada, lo será…si tienes en cuenta la cantidad de cientos de éstos que han pasado como fantasmas por los caprichosos túneles de lo experimental, sobre todo en los 70. Para mi, dejó de ser del montón en el precíso instante en que me senté frente a mi equipo y me sopló Mountains en toda la cara.

De la misma manera pasaría con muchos otros si hiciéramos la prueba…Mi experiencia es que la falta de tiempo, paciencia…o en ocasiones, una cruel reseña de un ser sin entrañas, puede hacernos pasar por alto una buena cosa.

Hablando de jazz, como de “hacer música”, más bien entiendo poco, así que mucho me temo que no voy a hacer una disección de ninguna partitura. Mejor os invito a que entorneis la compuerta de los sentidos e invoqueis amablemente a vuestra percepción.

Puede que la música no esté hecha para los animales sino para los hombres, pero da la casualidad de que cada día pienso más firmemente que para disfrutar de esta, no es necesario tanto uso de la razón.

Para que no haya dudas, hablar de Jukka Tolonen, es hablar de técnica instrumental sagaz e impecable.

Así que relájate, abre tus puertas, deja entrar a Jukka, probablemente comenzarás a sentirte ligeramente abducido por su torrente rítmico. Prepárate. Cuando menos lo esperes vas a descender de forma violenta por los rápidos de la angustia, de la pasión, de la furia…pero no desesperes, finalmente vas a encontrar la paz.

Después de este viaje te sentirás aturdido…Tolonen no es uno más, ya te lo he dicho.

Y ahora, olvida lo que acabas de leer…no sirve para nada.

"Jukka Tolonen is not only Finland's national guitar hero but also one of the world's most respected guitarists. For the past 4 decades, he has captivated audiences through Scandinavia and Europe with his powerful and passionate works. He remains of the the most diverse guitarists of today, being equally proficient in a blues, rock, or fusion jazz environment. Born in Helsinki in 1952, Tolonen first came to center stage in 1969 when a group of young Finnish musicians merged their collective talents to form the widely popular rock/jazz fusion band Tasavallan Presidentti, who were to record four critically acclaimed albums. During this time, Tolonen also recorded two albums with another well know band Wigwam. These recordings would establish Tolonen as a powerfully explosive and technically spectacular guitarist. However, it would be his soon coming solo recordings that would really turn the music world upon its collective ear. His self titled debut recording, followed by "Summer Games", "The Hook", and "Hysterica" would set new standards for jazz fusion recordings and remain popular world wide even unto today. Throughout the years, Jukka Tolonen has added his unique wizardry to recordings by Bill's Boogie Band, Piirpauke, and most recently a live recording from Tasavallan Presidentti. He has also recorded jazz fusion albums as the Jukka Tolonen Band and a couple of outstanding fusion flavored rock albums as the Jukka Tolonen Trio. These recordings, though varying in style, consistently demonstrate Jukka Tolonen as one of the premier guitarists of this or any other generation.

_INFO / http://www.jukkatolonen.com/

Magic Words >>> JUKKAMOUNTAINS

DADA / Dada {1970}

2010-10-28T14:50:00.001+02:00

LINE UP /

Producers: Pete Gage and Paul Clay

Recorded at: Olympic and Morgan Studios, London

Elkie Brooks: Vocals

Paul Korda: Vocals

Jimmy Chambers: Vocals and Percussion

Pete Gage: Guitar and Bass

Don Shinn: Keyboards, Organ Bass and Vibes

Martyn Harryman: Drums and Percussion

Barry Duggan: Alto and Baritone Saxes and Flutes

Malcolm Capewell: Tenor Sax and Flute

Ernie Luchlan: Trumpet and Fluegelhorn

Arrangements: Pete Gage and Dada

Y sin más rodeos acaba esta oleada de discos enviados por Doc., con DADA, una banda liderada por Elkie Brooks y Paul Korda acompañados de una excelente sección musical. Puede que ahora DADA no suene nada especial, pero en su momento esto debió ser una arriesgada y revolucionaria fusión de sonidos rock, jazz, gospel...que no dejan lugar a la indiferencia. La antesala de VINEGAR JOE.

A disfrutar se ha dicho.

El audio de THE LAST TIME, version del tema de Rolling Stones incluida en este album.

***GRACIAS A DR. BELL OTUS***

Magic Words >>> ELKIEDADA

RADIO MOSCOW / Brain Cycles {2009}

2010-10-25T22:59:00.003+02:00

"Radio Moscow came about a few years back in a Story City basement. The First version of Radio Moscow Began as a solo project by Parker called Garbage Composal. At this time the sound was very raunchy mid-sixties-ish garage rock heavily influenced by the hidden gems and bands on the nuggets comps, yet still sounding very much its own. Parker recorded one albums worth of the Garbage Composal Demos under the new name Radio Moscow. (you can hear those songs here!: www.myspace.com/radiomoscowtheearlydays Along with the new name came new bass player Serana Andersen. This line-up lasted for a few years without any drummer. Around this time the band started evolving and a whole new sound was created. Still garage-y but now channeled through the blues with experimental breakdowns, unpredictable tempo changes, crazy rave-ups and fuzzed out psychedelic guitar work. For shows parker would pre-record the drums on a 4-track and then blasts it through amplification. Serana and Parker moved to Colorado in the quest for a drummer and a new scene. Things started out very promising when Dan from The Black Keys called Parker up said he dug the demo that he gave him at a concert and was going to try to push it for us to get it on ALIVE/BOMP records. Parker returned by himself to Iowa to try to get the band up and going. Luke McDuff from Ames filled the vacant bass spot. Together they recorded the debut album for ALIVE/BOMP records with producer Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys. The Album was released Feb 27 2007. Luke had to go back to school so he continued looking for a solid line-up. After one tryout Zach Anderson jumped on as new bassist. With the help of a few drummer friends (keith rich, todd stevens, paul marrone, cory berry) Radio Moscow has been touring ever since. The trio plans to be hitting the road extra hard this year to promote the second Radio Moscow studio album "Brain Cycles". "

/ FUENTE / http://www.myspace.com/radiomoscow

Grandes, muy grandes...

Y TÚ TAMBIEN BELL OTUS,
MUCHAS GRACIAS POR TODO EL MATERIAL!!

***GRACIAS A DR. BELL OTUS***

Magic Words >>> Moscow brain

RADIO MOSCOW / Radio Moscow {2007}

2010-10-17T14:07:00.000+02:00

En 2007 llegan Radio Moscow con el lanzamiento de esta pieza de artillería que rezuma insolencia al más puro estílo Psych 70´s. Sonidos inspirados en Hendrix, Blue Cheer o Cream...entre otros, pero, ¿exíste la receta perfecta para el cóctel Radio Moscow?. Puede que si pones un bombo cabalgante y rotundo, lineas de guitarra frenética, limón, un poco de cultura clásica y sobre todo mucho talento...el trago sepa de lo más rabioso. A esta ronda vuelve a invitar el Dr. Bell, que se ha propuesto emborracharnos de buena música, yo solo dejo la coctelera y unos vasos sobre la barra, el que quiera que se sirva...y el que no, que se tome un zumito de melocotón, pero en otro bar, que aquí no hay.

"Radio Moscow is an American psychedelic rock band, that formed in Story City, Iowa in 2003. Currently comprising singer-songwriter and guitarist Parker Griggs (who also plays drums on the band's studio releases), bassist Zach Anderson and live drummer Cory Berry, the band has released two albums: Radio Moscow in 2007 and Brain Cycles in 2009. The band's song "Luckydutch" was featured on the soundtrack for the 2009 movie The Goods. Another one of their songs, "Broke Down" was featured in a recent RadioShack commercial."_Wikipedia

Aquí su web oficial / RADIO MOSCOW OFFICIAL

Aquí su Myspace / RADIO MOSCOW Myspace

Y el archívo en nuestro laboratorio clandestino, a disfrutar se ha dicho.

Magic Words >>> FRUSTRATING SOUND

***GRACIAS A DR. BELL OTUS***