What's Playing Now

[Fritz The Cat]

Supergroup or sloppy side project of 3 outstanding musicians out of engagements?
Peter Green, Vincent Crane (->Atomic Rooster), Ray Dorset (->Mungo Jerry).
Interesting combination anyhow.

[Fritz The Cat]

These German black label 80ies RCA pressings are superb.
Deadwax inscription "TimTom".

[Fritz The Cat]

Good French original pressing.
Listen to B1 "Born to move". Compare it with Rolling Stones'
"You gotta move". Superb organ playing by the chief.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Johnny Cash - Hello, My Name Is Johnny Cash
(1970, Columbia) -1D/-1E

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[SpeakerLabFan]

Dire Straits - Making Movies
(1980, Warner Bros) COLUMBIA NY

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[Fritz The Cat]

Listener's delight.

[Fritz The Cat]

The Bubba's Sessions with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & "Sweets" Harry Edison. Recorded live Nov 11, 1981. Sonny Stitt died about half a year later. Digital master. Fine dynamics. Good pressing.
Listen to "Sonny's Blues" A1.

[Fritz The Cat]

German premium quality Jazz-Krautrock. Peter Wolbrandt, guitars/vocals. Helmut Hattler, bass/vocals.
Deutsche Spiegelei-Produktionen ->Guten Appetit!

[Fritz The Cat]

Dire Straits - Making Movies
(1980, Warner Bros) COLUMBIA NY

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No movies. Making Sonntagsbraten. Yessss

[SpeakerLabFan]

Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum
(1968, Phillips) -M3/-M2
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the full Owsley quote on the back cover...

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[Fritz The Cat]

The Italian Genesis. Original Italian issue. Not convenient with aesthetic demands of USA.

[SpeakerLabFan]

David Bowie - Space Oddity
(1969, Mercury) '72 RCA reissue

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it's been ~20 months, still hard to believe he's gone

[Fritz The Cat]

Great Britain!
Paul:" No homework on this project. I really wanted this to be fresh. Like it was at the Cavern."
Big fun at Abbey Road with David Gilmour and Mick Green together with Pete Wingfield and Ian Paice!
Elvis McCartney. Simply pure fun.

[Fritz The Cat]

16 fine songs. Once again, again and again. Is this possible, that one man has so many melodies in his brain? No one ever in the whole history of music was able to do so!
Rusty Anderson, guitar.

[Fritz The Cat]

Back in USSR. Russian 2nd pressing of 300'000 LPs including 2 more tracks not included in 1st issue: "I'm gonna be a wheel someday" A7 and "Summertime" B2. Mick Green, guitar.
This one became barter for Russian sailors for European goods because it was issued in Europe 3 years later.

[Fritz The Cat]

So many beautiful melodies. All winners. Since 50 years....

[SpeakerLabFan]

Johnny Cash - The Junkie and The Juicehead Minus Me
(1974, Columbia) -1A/-1A

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[SpeakerLabFan]

Leon Russell & New Grass Revival - The Live Album
(1981, Paradise/WB)

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includes a cool cover of I've Just Seen A Face with banjo, fiddle and mando.

[MikeBrewster77]

Not a fan of colored vinyl, but you take what's you can get.
79259
79260
79261

[Fritz The Cat]

Not a fan of colored vinyl, but you take what's you can get.
79259
79260
79261


The condition of colored vinyl is difficult to be controlled optically in store. Black vinyl can't bluff you.

[Fritz The Cat]

Great Scottish voice. Weak songs. Supply of convenient song material is the main job of a producer. Weak job done by Jack Douglas! What about the cover art?
Hey, you have a Ferrari, run out of fuel.....

[Fritz The Cat]

Great Scottish voice. Fine songs. So it's a good production job by Chris Thomas. Listen to Miller/Trower song B3 "This love of mine"! Powerful backing by the Memphis Horns.
It's the singer AND the song......

[Fritz The Cat]

This is the best one of Frankie Miller IMHO. Because here we have the powerful drumming by Simon Kirke (Free, Bad Company). Listen to the dynamics of the drum intro on A1 "I'd lie to you for your love". And thereafter the guitar solo played by Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy) is still unforgettable. One for the island?

[Fritz The Cat]

Guitars by Reggie Young. Recorded at Soundstage Studios, Nashville.
Mediocre dynamics.

[Fritz The Cat]

Guitars: Henry McCullough (->Wings).
Keyboards: Mick Weaver (-> Grease Band, Keef Hartley, Joe Cocker, Taj Mahal).
Memphis Horns: powerful!
Mediocre dynamics on this English pressing.

[Fritz The Cat]

Produced by Barry Beckett. Recorded at Muscle Shoals.
Chris Spedding/Wayne Perkins/Pete Carr, guitars. Roger Hawkins, drums.
Silly cover art. Weak dynamics.

[Fritz The Cat]

Superb dynamics. Mishandled cover. But the vinyl is in good condition, because nobody knew the guitar player......
So let's listen to "Fascinating Rhythm" A4.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Sam Cooke - Ain't That Good News
(1964, RCA)

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[Fritz The Cat]

Fine guitar work by Martin Barre. Recorded just round the corner.
Listen to the beautiful "Budapest" B1. Epic song full of music history...

[Fritz The Cat]

Listen to B1 "Something on the move": "Oh, sunshine- take me away from here. I'm a needle on a spiral in a groove. And the turntable spins as the last waltz begins...."

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Robert Cray Band - Bad Influence
(1983, Hightone) Monarch

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[SpeakerLabFan]

Wilson Pickett - Greatest Hits
(1973, Atlantic) Monarch

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listening to sides 3/4

[Fritz The Cat]

The Robert Cray Band - Bad Influence
(1983, Hightone) Monarch

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Looking stereo?

[Fritz The Cat]

40 years of floydian animal farm. Swedish pressing for Germany.
This is the guitar album of Floyd.

[Fritz The Cat]

Something special: dominating keyboards plus drums.
Funky soul and a powerful voice.
Listen to "Do you know what i mean" B1 with hammond and harpsichord rhythm, a big hit for Lee Michaels in 1971.
Catching...

[Fritz The Cat]

From San Francisco with love with good vibrations.
Heavy psychedelic soulbluesrock with Boz Scaggs.
US reissue with good dynamics.
No dull moment....

[Fritz The Cat]

Listen to bass player Paul Ramon on "My dark hour" B4.
Hey, it's Paul McCartney!
IMHO this album is massively overrated. Any thrilling song here? Mediocre French pressing.
Dynamics? Forget it! If Glyn Johns would know...

[Fritz The Cat]

This is the original cover art that fits perfectly to this psychedelic fantasy gem.
US reissue.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Booker T. & The MG's - Doin' Our Thing
(1968, Stax)

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[SpeakerLabFan]

Looking stereo?

...too buzzed to notice that I didn't post the cover shot!

[SpeakerLabFan]

Loudon Wainwright III - Fame And Wealth
(1982, Rounder) STERLING

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[Fritz The Cat]

Wah Wah pedal dominated space rock boogie jams. Listen to driving "Boogie" A2 and the beautiful hymn "Melinda" A5.
Back cover liner notes by Derek Abrahams: "They were young, probably not long out of school, and still experimenting with sound......., Mick Bolton 20, lead guitar....".
Phil Mogg and Andy Parker still are recording and issueing LP's as "Ufo" these days! Still young and experimenting with sound.

[Fritz The Cat]

One hour space rock.
One of the greatest psychedelic long players ever released.
One hour of music in 2 little grooves on one piece of black vinyl in very good pressing quality and dynamics. The rule is: 40 minutes are the maximum for acceptable sound quality. But here we have the exception of the rule...

[Fritz The Cat]

Recorded live in Japan. Ufo was much apreciated in Germany and Japan in the early 70ies. England wasn't interested. A prophet is without honour in his own country...
The last album to feature Mick Bolton.
Listen to Paul Butterfield's "Loving cup" A3 with the space rock guitar solo.

[Fritz The Cat]

The green Chrysalis label with the red butterfly was a sure sign of innovation in rock music of the 70ies. Cover design by famous Hipgnosis.
Produced by Ten Years After's Leo Lyons. Recorded at Morgan Studios, London.
This was Michael Schenker's great debut. "Doctor Doctor" A3: German rock guitar firework.
Goodbye space rock, hello melodious hard rock.

[Fritz The Cat]

Silly cover art by Hipgnosis. Why did they?
Produced by Leo Lyons at Morgan Studios, London.
New member keyboarder Danny Peyronel (->Heavy Metal Kids) adds new melodious facets to the hymns: "Martian landscape" B4 closes the album in an almost eerie, dreamy state.
Wonderful.

[Fritz The Cat]

Paul Raymond, keyboards/guitar (-> Chicken Shack, Savoy Brown).
Produced by Ron Nevison at Air Studios, London. Mixed at Pye Studios, London.
Another silly cover art by Hipgnosis. Who recognizes the strange kind of humor of Storm Thorgerson?
Listen to Love's "Alone again or" B2: The Moody Blues for hardrock-fans?
The beautiful hymn on this one:"Love to love" B4.
Schenker/Mogg: the most prolific composer team of melodious hard rock.
40 years since this one. Still their masterwork.

[Fritz The Cat]

Another Ufo masterwork produced by Ron Nevison.
What great work by guitar wizard Michael Schenker.
Once again silly artwork by Hipgnosis. The green Chrysalis label has changed to blue.
The recommended hymn on this one is "Born to loose" B6.

[Fritz The Cat]

Big challenge for the producer. George Martin. First record after the demission of Michael Schenker and Ron Nevison.
Paul Chapman (->Skid Row/Lone Star) once again. Recorded at Air Studios Montserrat and London.
Engineered by Geoff Emerick.
The result?

[Fritz The Cat]

Brutal music business. The next one has to be delivered. No Michael Schenker, no Ron Nevison, no George Martin.
No, No, No. At least one little hymn B4 "Profession of violence": Chapman in Schenker style...

[Fritz The Cat]

Catchy song "Let it rain" B2.
Brutal music business No. XXXX
And the hymn is "Terri" B3.

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Horace Silver Quintet - Serenade To A Soul Sister
(1968, Blue Note) VAN GELDER in the deadwax

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one of a couple dozen jazz LPs picked up at a garage sale in Sept. 2012.

[Fritz The Cat]

The Horace Silver Quintet - Serenade To A Soul Sister
(1968, Blue Note) VAN GELDER in the deadwax

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one of a couple dozen jazz LPs picked up at a garage sale in Sept. 2012.

What a gem. Nein, ein Goldstück! Schöne Weihnachtszeit wünscht Dir Fritz

[SpeakerLabFan]

What a gem. Nein, ein Goldstück! Schöne Weihnachtszeit wünscht Dir Fritz



:cheers:

[SpeakerLabFan]

Rory Gallagher - Calling Card
(1976, Chrysalis)

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[Fritz The Cat]

Listen to the majestic Ragovoy/Weiss song "Stay with me" B2. Montrose was a very versatile guitar player. Aynsley Dunbar, drums.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Lou Donaldson - Everything I Play Is Funky
(1970, Blue Note) VAN GELDER in the deadwax

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with Lonnie Smith, Blue Mitchell, Melvin Sparks. recorded at Van Gelder studios 8/69 & 1/70

[SpeakerLabFan]

McCoy Tyner - Sama Layuca
(1974, Milestone)

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[SpeakerLabFan]

David Grisman - David Grisman's Acoustic Christmas
(1983, Rounder) Artisan symbol, GFulginiti in the deadwax, mastered by Greg Fulginiti

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w/ Bela Fleck. merry mando

[SpeakerLabFan]

Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk - Miles & Monk At Newport
(1963, Columbia) '63 Stereo pressing with "360 Sound" in black print on label

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[SpeakerLabFan]

The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now!
(1964, London) 1966 Mono boxed "London" label; censored liner notes

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[Chevelle]

Another great cover from Hipgnosis and one of the best live albums I have heard: UFO Live double album. As a long time crew member of Scorpions I know Michael well. His guitar playing is best when he is playing live.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Ellington Indigos
(1958, Columbia) WLP, MONO

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[SpeakerLabFan]

Miles Davis - Porgy And Bess
(1959, Columbia)

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[bldozier]

chic - le freak

[SpeakerLabFan]

Chico Hamilton - The Further Adventures Of El Chico
(1966, Impulse!) VAN GELDER in the deadwax; Stereo pressing

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Chico Hamilton – drums; Clark Terry - trumpet; Gábor Szabó – guitar;
Ron Carter – bass

[SpeakerLabFan]

Larry Coryell, Emily Remler - Together
(1985, Concord)

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mastered by George Horn.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Ron Carter - Anything Goes
(1975, Kudu) VAN GELDER in the deadwax

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The instrumental jazz funk here is bordering on smooth like a lot of jazz in the 70s and 80s. Lots of CTI regulars including Eric Gale, Steve Gadd, Hubert Laws, Phil Woods, Mike Brecker, Randy Brecker. Ron Carter's bass playing shines above the smooth jazz arrangements and makes it worth the listen.

[SpeakerLabFan]

McCoy Tyner - Trident
(1975, Milestone) Mastering - David Turner at Fantasy Studios

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w/ Ron Carter, bass; Elvin Jones, drums

[SpeakerLabFan]

Wings - Wild Life
(1971, Apple)

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[SpeakerLabFan]

Various - Ravi Shankar's Music Festival From India
(1976, Dark Horse)

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produced by George Harrison.

[Fritz The Cat]

1990 English reissue.
Long black vinyl in a cool dress B1.

[Fritz The Cat]

Managed 1965-1967 by Brian Epstein: Roy Dyke dr, Colin Manley g, Phil Rodgers b, Tony Ashton kb.
Listen to Adderley's "Jive Samba" A5 and McDuff's "Rock Candy" B2. Listen loud. What great sound!

[Fritz The Cat]

After listening 3x to this English 80ies reissue: it's a cool muddy sound that works wonders.
Tony McPhee is a genius on the axe.
Engineered by Martin Birch at De Lane Lea Studios, London (-> Deep Purple, "Hard lovin' man" credits "for Martin Birch - catalyst"). Good dynamics.
So let's turn it and listen once again.

[Fritz The Cat]

Thanks to Bruno (Vinyl-Brocki Schaffhausen) for this one.
Swiss pressing of superb quality (i didn't know then about these fantastic dynamics).
40 years since this live recording from the Volkshaus, Zürich.
Swiss all stars go jazzy brassprogrock. Highlight of Swiss music!

[Fritz The Cat]

Progrock from Basel, Switzerland.
Recorded May 1977 at Sinus Studio, Bern, engineered by famous duo MacTaggart/Merz.
No dull moment at all: 23 minutes of "Movin' on". 4 enthusiastic musicians.

[Fritz The Cat]

Progrock without any keyboards nor dominating solo guitars. Impossible to do?
Perfectly mastered by Rico Sonderegger, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Take your time to listen....

[Fritz The Cat]

New colors added by the hammond of Stephan Ammann. No more dominating flute. Andreas Grieder has left the band. Recorded and mixed at Trident Studios, London.
Listen to "Manaslu" B2.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Richie Havens - Mixed Bag
(1966, Verve Forecast)

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[SpeakerLabFan]

The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
(1970, Reprise) -1B/-1B Artisan symbol in the deadwax

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recycled pictures from when I had a loaner RP8 table.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Richie Havens - Something Else Again
(1967, Verve) UK pressing

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far out, man.

[Fritz The Cat]

Hyghlyght yn the 80yes. Fyne dynamycs. Lovely kynd of Byrds.
Lysten to "A stich in time" A3.

[Fritz The Cat]

Produced by Will Birch (-> Kursaal Flyers). Recorded at Chipping Norton Studios, Oxfordshire, England.
So there are many influences by Punk/Beatles/Kinks/Who.

[Fritz The Cat]

Many Beatles influences. Great guitar band. Definitively a highlight of the 80ies.

[SEAWOLF97]

Drug home 3 Lp's yesterday. Early Beatles, JT & SD. The DAN mofi disk is one of the most dynamic and quiet that I've ever played. "Stand Up" is an old fave that still satisfies. :D

[Fritz The Cat]

Italian virgin vinyl 180gr pressing.
Alternate takes and rare acetates recorded at EMI Studios in Basel,
Switzerland, February 12 to 23, 1970.
Swiss guitar genius Vic Vergeat. Original singer Benj Jaeger.
Swiss cult band playing power blues.
P.S. these were the times of the thousand notes per minute played on guitar fret. Who was the fastest guitar player?

[Fritz The Cat]

Italian 180gr special colored virgin vinyl edition with 45rpm "Purple Haze/Making you feel alright".
Listen to driving clean rocknroll "Let's get hi" A3.

[Fritz The Cat]

Italian reissue on 180gr virgin vinyl. Inlet, Poster, 45rpm "Fly", 45rpm "I saw her standing there".
Recorded at De Lane Lea Studios London. Engineered by Martin Birch.
Swiss cult rock group with guitar wizard Vic Vergeat, but without debut-singer Benj Jaeger.

[Fritz The Cat]

Italian 180gr virgin vinyl reissue. 45rpm "Stay/Animals World" & 20 Pages coloured booklet.
Recorded at De Lane Lea. Engineered by Martin Birch.
Notice in booklet: "In the first Toad Album, Vic Vergeat played a Zemaitis acoustic guitar gently donated by his friend Peter Green".

[Fritz The Cat]

Guitar wizard of Swiss cult-rockgroup Toad, Vic Vergeat. Recorded at Dieter Dierks Studios, Köln, Germany.

[Fritz The Cat]

Swiss guitar wizard Vic Vergeat with Beat Frei/Kelvin Bullen/Chris Weller. Recorded at Karo Studios, Münster, Germany. All songs composed and produced by Vic Vergeat.
Typical 80ies production. No more blues rock jams. Sadly. In the 70ies Hallelujah was a Swiss cult rock-music-label.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Mort Garson - Electronic Hair Pieces
(1969, A&M)

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nice sounding bleeps and bloops

[Fritz The Cat]

Very good dynamics/pressing. Label "Verve Folkways". Folk-rock 1966? Liner notes by Jerry Schoenbaum: "......possibly the most incandescent group in folk-rock today." From the view of today, we can't hear much of the typical folk music on this one as we would expect. Also Blues is a typical kind of folk music. Folk music has so many facets. B1"Violets of dawn" is pure folk-pop. Flower power. Tommy Flanders, vocals, departed after this album. Anybody knows about him today?

[SpeakerLabFan]

Dave Mason - It's Like You Never Left
(1973, Columbia) 2003 Sony Music reissue; KG&SH@ATM in the deadwax; mastered by Steve Hoffman

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[SpeakerLabFan]

Love - Forever Changes
(1967, Elektra) 2012 issue

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recycled pics. Chris Bellman mastered analog reissue.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Steppenwolf - Rest In Peace
(1972, ABC Dunhill)

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don't be such an ass, Sam

[SpeakerLabFan]

Leslie West - Mountain
(1969, Windfall) SS RL in the deadwax; mastered by Robert Ludwig at Sterling Sound

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[SpeakerLabFan]

Jose Feliciano - And The Feeling's Good
(1974, RCA)

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Gatefold cover, Arnie Acosta at the Mastering Lab.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Gabor Szabo - High Contrast
(1971, Blue Thumb)

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[SpeakerLabFan]

John Hartford - Earthwords & Music
(1967, RCA)

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Traffic - When The Eagle Flies
(1974, Island) STERLING

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Dr. John - I Been Hoodood
(1984, Edsel) UK; Porky Prime Cut - mastered by George Peckham

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produced by Allen Toussaint

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No tracks from their 1971 debut album (with contributions by Ry Cooder). Anybody who owns that 1971 debut in vinyl?
Cover painting by Neon Park: as time goes by.... hello 2018!

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Is there any sense in this cover art by Neon Park??? A piece of cake loosing it's shoe......

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Beautiful cover art by Neon Park concerning "Roll um easy" A3.
Listen to Allen Toussaint's slow song "On your way down" A4.

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Recorded at Blue Seas Recording Studio in Hunts Valley, Maryland using the ITI parametric 16 track board. (Cit: back cover liner notes by Lowell George).
Background vocals by Emmylou Harris and Bonnie Raitt. Marilyn Monroe and George Washington are the drivers. Hoy Hoy.
Neon Park once again.

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Liner notes by Lowell George:" Hollywood is a concept and as Neon Park (our cover artist) put it visually and Paul Barrere said it. Hollywood is a giant fruit salad with a twist of a cool whip like a mirage in your garage, so said Fred Martin......"

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Cover art by Neon Park depicts the church of Cattolica di Stilo but the background is the town of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and the statue in front of the Italian church is in Allende, Mexico. (cit: Wikipedia).
Time loves a conquistador?

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Tower Of Power Horns.
Fantastic live recordings from Rainbow Theatre, London with the Manor truck. Fantastic cover art by Neon Park, as usual.
Listen to Mick Taylor, slide guitar on "A Political Blues" D3. Beware of sailing shoes and rolling stones!

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The "Real last record album". Produced (after his death) by Lowell George - with a little help from his friends.
David Lindley, Robben Ford guitars.
Neon Park once again.

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John Coltrane - Giant Steps
(1959, Atlantic) '75 issue, AT/GP in the deadwax

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Hot Tuna - Yellow Fever
(1975, Grunt) KENDUN

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Live tracks and outtakes on 2 LPs. Funny booklet. Once, Frank Zappa asked: Does humor belong in music? Concerning Neon Park: Does humor belong in cover art? Yes, both is essential! Dog's funny bone.
Listen to Linda Ronstadt, lead vocals, on live track for the Lowell George tribute 1979 "All that you dream" D4.

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Neon Park lets roll the stones and sail the shoes.

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Michael Nesmith & The National Band - Magnetic South
(1970, RCA)

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Vince Guaraldi - The Latin Side Of Vince Guaraldi
(1964, Fantasy) MONO

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Vince Guaraldi - The Latin Side Of Vince Guaraldi
(1964, Fantasy) MONO

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Does humor belong in front cover art? Yesss!

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Fleetwood Mac - Penguin
(1973, Reprise) Canadian pressing

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gatefold photo from my US copy:
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The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
(2001, Sub Pop)

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Fleetwood Mac - Penguin
(1973, Reprise) Canadian pressing

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gatefold photo from my US copy:
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Produced by Martin Birch! Recorded on Rolling Stones Mobile Studio Truck.

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Produced by Dino Danelli & Gene Cornish (->Young Rascals). Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, NYC.
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Sterling.
Listen to "No" A2.

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Rhythm section: Anthony Jackson & Steve Gadd.
Guitars: Jeff Mironov & Hugh McCracken & David Spinozza
Studio cracks and baseball idols for beer o'clock.
Listen to Garlands magical version of "No woman no cry" B2

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A highlight of the 90ies. A lighthouse. A lightning.
All winners on this album.

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With Fred Maher and Robert Quine of Lou Reed's backing band.
Great sound!

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Listen to Sean Penn (Mr. Madonna) blues B2.

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Growing from the seeds sown by Lou Reed. Beautiful flowers.

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Ear candy. No drum computers, no synthies. One of the best LPs in the 80ies, wasn't it?
Listen to "Perfect skin" A1.

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Otis Redding - The Immortal Otis Redding
(1968, Atlantic) Monarch

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produced by Steve Cropper

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19 years old daughter of Carole King and Gerry Goffin. The voice is very similar to her mother's. Produced by Danny Kortchmar.
Meeting of the guitar studio cracks: Waddy Wachtel, Steve Lukather, Danny Kortchmar, Michael Landau.
Listen to dramatic version of "Remember (walking in the sand)" A5.

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Opulent live work: album packaging of 4 LPs in a box with a deluxe book. Design by Storm Thorgerson.
The Division Bell tour 1994: Gilmour, Mason & Wright with Tim Renwick g, Garry Wallis perc, Guy Pratt b, Jon Carin kb, Dick Parry sax.
Background vocals by Sam Brown, Claudia Fontaine and Durga McBroom.
Massive spectacle with monster lightshow. The definitive live album of PF.
Listen to "Astronomy Domine" A2.

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Great Scottish voice (ex-Doll by Doll) and wonderful poetry. One for the island. Fantastic dynamics.
Listen to "Lammermuir Hills" D2.
Hymns from the Scottish highlands in Cinemascope!

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Everything you expect from any kind of music: you have it on this one! Listen to the synthesis of Jackie Leven's song "Fear of woman" with "Unchained melody" B2. Listen to every song! Ear cinema.

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.
now playing are; (see pics) . PG sounds great. Ma is an acquired taste. Up next, John Wesley Harding.

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Jimmy Buffett - Living And Dying In 3/4 Time
(1974, ABC)

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John Renbourn - Faro Annie
(1972, Reprise)

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w/ Danny Thompson, Terry Cox.

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John Renbourn - Faro Annie
(1972, Reprise)

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w/ Danny Thompson, Terry Cox.


Look at my post of 10-24-2015

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Larry Coryell - The Essential Larry Coryell
(1975, Vanguard)

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2 LP compilation of late 60s early 70s material. smoking jazz fusion guitar.

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Look at my post of 10-24-2015


:cheers: it's a great spin, Fritz

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Jefferson Airplane - Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
(1966, RCA Victor)

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Killer debut, these guys might go places. I wish Surrealistic Pillow's SQ was as nice and reverb-free.

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Paul Kantner, Grace Slick & David Freiberg - Baron Von Tollbooth & The Chrome Nun
(1973, RCA) TLC in the deadwax; recording engineer: Betty Cantor; mastered at The Lacquer Channel, Sausalito

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w/ Jerry Garcia, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, David Crosby, Mickey Hart, The Pointer Sisters.

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John Kay - Forgotten Songs & Unsung Heroes
(1972, ABC Dunhill)

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John Kay - Forgotten Songs & Unsung Heroes
(1972, ABC Dunhill)

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Look at my post of 10-04-2015

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Cooking Vinyl cooks also CDs. Difficult to get them in vinyl. Buy every album of Jackie Leven. There are no flops.

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Patti Smith - Horses
(1975, Arista) Mom + Dad, side 1; STERLING RL, both sides deadwax; mastered by Bob Ludwig at Sterling Sound

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Some great guitar playing. A big bunch of fusion jazz strawflowers. Partly too much of that generic funky rhythm disco-style. Typical for those mid-7Oies. Too many saturday night fevers....

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Brian Auger, organ.
Listen to magical dramatic version of "You're lost little girl" B4: the tiniest instrumental rock opera ever.

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Sex sells wonderful music. Magnificient production by T. Bone Burnett.
The eyecatcher is Diana Krall. The earcatcher is Marc Ribot, guitars. Marc Seliger, photographer.
Listen to "There ain't no sweet man that's worth the salt of my tears" A2.

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Aretha Franklin - Aretha's Gold
(1969, Atlantic) Atlantic Studios DK, Dennis King

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tracks with Duane Allman, Roger Hawkins, Spooner Oldham

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Nina Simone - Sings Billie Holiday
(1972, Stroud)

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Gene Clark - White Light
(1971, A&M) Monarch

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w/ Chris Etheridge, bass; Ben Sidran, piano; Jessie Ed Davis, guitar

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Renaissance - s/t
(1969, Elektra) RL SS in the deadwax, mastered by Robert Ludwig

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Small Faces - First Step
(1970, Warner Bros) -1G/-1B

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Airto - Identity
(1975, Arista) -1G/-1A, CTH

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produced by Herbie Hancock

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50 years old vinyl, a little bit mishandled, but it still sounds superb.
Psychedelic rock from Washington D.C. Fantastic cover art by Bill Clark & Lanny Tupper (-> Grin "Gone Crazy").
Elvis and Marilyn Manson on front cover!??!
Listen to Jack Bryant's "I'll drive you from my mind" B6.
A rare one in Europe.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Ornette Coleman - Change Of The Century
(1960, Atlantic) MONO

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Charlie Haden, bass

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Love - s/t
(1966, Elektra)

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T. Rex - s/t
(1970, Reprise) -1B/-1B

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Bloomfield Kooper Stills - Super Session
(1968, Columbia)

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notes from several years ago:

May 1968 when Bloomfield was in the process of leaving the Electric Flag, and Stills was in the process of leaving Buffalo Springfield and a few weeks away from joining up with David Crosby and Graham Nash. with Harvey Brooks from Electric Flag on bass. I can hear the twangy Stills' Buffalo Springfield guitar chords on the Dylan tune; he also stretches out with some Hendrix-like amped up licks on the "You Don't Love Me" jam. love this record.

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US 2004 reissue with fold cover. Reproduction of front cover art is poor.

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Guitars by Rick Derringer. Walter Becker, bass on 2 tracks. Donald Fagen, background vocals on 2 tracks.

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Barney Kessel - Music To Listen To Barney Kessel By
(1956, Contemporary) MONO

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w/ Red Mitchell, Shelley Manne. Tasty jazz guitar

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Guitars by Rick Derringer. Walter Becker, bass on 2 tracks. Donald Fagen, background vocals on 2 tracks.

nice. I think he worked with Gene Clark, produced a couple of his records.

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Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
(1975, Atlantic/Swan Song)

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Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
(1975, Atlantic/Swan Song)

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From Barney Kessel to Jimmy Page: 2 totally different worlds.This is the magic of the music of the 20th century. Magical history tour!

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Listen to "Free as a bird" A1 on Anthology 1.
A simple beauty.

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Raging Slab - s/t
(1989, RCA) STERLING in the deadwax, mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, NYC

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Produced by Daniel Rey (who also produced Iggy Pop, The Ramones). A 1989 Guitar World review of Raging Slab described the group's sound as "Lynyrd Skynyrd meets Metallica". I can hear the influences. This record cooks, especially like a track called "Bent For Silver".

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Sir Douglas Quintet ‎– The Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet
(1966, Tribe) MONO; 70's issue on Crazy Cajun

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Raging Slab - s/t
(1989, RCA) STERLING in the deadwax, mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, NYC

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Produced by Daniel Rey (who also produced Iggy Pop, The Ramones). A 1989 Guitar World review of Raging Slab described the group's sound as "Lynyrd Skynyrd meets Metallica". I can hear the influences. This record cooks, especially like a track called "Bent For Silver".


Yes, this is a highlight of the 80ies. No synthies. No pale faces. No fancy hairdo.
This is the German issue. These late 80ies black label pressings of RCA were superb.
So let the Gibson guitars talk....

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I'm a fan of "Rare Earth", but realize that besides presentation their strength
was in program selection. The material that they wrote did NOT fare well, but
the tunes that they took from "The Temptations" are what propelled them.

As an extension from that I started to research the T's. Their presentation was
at times even better than RE's.

So, was happy recently to find this German CD with a fine track selection and
exemplary sonics. Can already see that it will be in the rotation cycle. :D

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The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
(1967, MGM) 1984 Verve reissue, mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound

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Fairport Convention - s/t
(1968, Polydor) UK pressing, '75 reissue Polydor #2384 047

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part of a series of UK Polydor reissues in the mid 70s

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Stephen Stills - Still Stills / The Best Of Stephen Stills
(1976, Atlantic) Monarch

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Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds Of Silence
(1966, Columbia) Mono CL 2469

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the mono cover is on the right in the first photo

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Old-fashioned swing, western swing, country ballads, Cajun, and good old rocknroll.
Mediocre dynamics on this English pressing.

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Bob Dylan - Knocked Out Loaded
(1986, Columbia) -1A/-1B, Artisan

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w/ Al Kooper, Ron Wood, T. Bone Burnett, Tom Petty, Benmont Tench, Clem Burke

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The Box Tops - The Letter/Neon Rainbow
(1967, Bell) Monarch

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Great company. Very fine dynamics on this US pressing with this strange label by Columbia Special Products. 2 tracks not appearing on sleeve credits: A6/B6
I like this one, because Janis Joplin is not dominating the band. Listen to fine guitar tunes on right channel.
Bye Bye Baby! B1.

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Janis Joplin * 19. January 1943.
Robert Crumb still lives in France.

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Fine US reissue of ca.1995. Superb dynamics. Recorded Live at Fillmore. Iconic cover art by Robert Crumb.This album took a little piece of my heart.
Waiting for "Summertime" A3.

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Cactus - s/t
(1970, Atco) Monarch

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The Band - Cahoots
(1971, Capitol)

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w/ Van the Man/the Belfast Cowboy on 4% Pantomine.

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EmmyLou Harris - Pieces Of The Sky
(1975, Reprise) -1A/-1A

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Roy Eldridge - s/t
(1965, Metro)

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Bob Dylan - Knocked Out Loaded
(1986, Columbia) -1A/-1B, Artisan

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w/ Al Kooper, Ron Wood, T. Bone Burnett, Tom Petty, Benmont Tench, Clem Burke


This is the European issue from Holland.
Listen without prejudice. Powerful background voices. Beautiful: the children's choir plus Bob's voice on Kristofferson's "They killed him" A2.
Underrated album?

[Fritz The Cat]

"Town and country" and "As safe as yesterday is" are the 2 (lost) Immedate Records of 1968/69. Immediate Records had gone bankrupt. Vintage acoustic and electric Humble Pie, lost and found, available at last.
Listen to John Kay's majestic "Desperation" A1.

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Judy Collins - Judy
(1969, Elektra) -1A/-1A, Santa Maria

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early compilation

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1975 Germany Bellaphon pressing. Very good dynamics. Bellaphon made superb vinyl!!
Almost entirely acoustic sounds. A humble pie.

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Immediate Records went bankrupt. So listen to "See you later liquidator" B2.

[Fritz The Cat]

2 LPs. Mediocre dynamics. Beautiful booklet inside of FC. A4 "That's how strong my love is". Bon appetit!

[Fritz The Cat]

Smokin' indeed.
Listen to the fantastic guitar solo in Cecil Grant/Raymond Leveen's slow-blues-soul thing "I wonder" B3.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Ed Thigpen - Out Of The Storm
(1966, Verve) RVG

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[SpeakerLabFan]

Lou Reed - New York
(1989, Sire) MASTERDISK in the deadwax, mastered by Robert Ludwig at Masterdisk

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[SpeakerLabFan]

Joe Walsh - Barnstorm
(1972, ABC) "If They Only Knew How Hard We Work - JW '72" in the deadwax, side 2

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[SpeakerLabFan]

Argent - s/t
(1969, CBS) UK

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[Fritz The Cat]

The best Beatles live recordings ever. Mono. They had big fun in the BBC studios. Listen to "And i love her" D5: George plays twangy "Rickenbacker" instead of the nylon string guitar.

[Fritz The Cat]

One of the best live recordings of rock music, engineered by Eddie Kramer at Electric Lady Studios. Listen to Ray Charles' "Halleluja (I love her so)" D1.
Great guitar playing by Peter Frampton. One for desert island.

[SpeakerLabFan]

David Axelrod - The Auction
(1972, Decca)

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Axelrod was a staff producer for Capitol in the 60s, working with Cannonball Adderly, Lou Rawls, The Electric Prunes. He released a series of interesting solo LPs including this one.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Peter Tosh - Equal Rights
(1977, CBS) CHET, Chet Bennett, Columbia Recording Studio, NYC

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[Fritz The Cat]

Recorded at Wally Heider, Hollywood. Louie Shelton and Larry Carlton, guitars.
Photograpy on cover by Norman Seeff is a little bit questionable. Listen to "Sweet Emily" B4 and compare with Weill/Mann's "I just can't help believin'" (Elvis).
These were the days when Playboy ruled the world. Centerfolds....

[Fritz The Cat]

Wanderers between worlds: Chris Darrow and David Lindley, multiinstrumentalists.
Listen to "Pulsating dream" B1: Byrds play Beatles, Beatles play Byrds.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Oscar Peterson - My Favorite Instrument
(1980, PA USA)

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[SpeakerLabFan]

Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson - Bridges
(1977, Arista) KENDUN IV

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promo stamped back-cover.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Ry Cooder - Into The Purple Valley
(1972, Reprise)

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[SpeakerLabFan]

Love - s/t
(1966, Elektra)

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[SpeakerLabFan]

Lonnie Brooks - Hot Shot
(1983, Alligator) MASTERED BY FRANKFORD/WAYNE

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[Fritz The Cat]

Lead guitar by Jimmy Page. Notice on backcover:"Jimmy understands my stuff better than anyone i've ever played with".
Listen to "Bank of the dead" A4.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Jimmy Smith - The Boss
(1969, Verve)

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w/ George Benson, guitar. recorded at Paschal's La Carousel, Atlanta, Ga.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds
(1972, Harvest)

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[Fritz The Cat]

Dedicated to: Bonzo, Jimmy, John Paul and Robert. (Note on backcover)
Listen to "Male chauvinist pig blues" with Jimmy Page and Keith Moon.

[Fritz The Cat]

Dave Gilmour played guitar on most tracks and co-wrote five of the album's ten songs.
Listen to Gilmours guitar and Kate Bush on beautiful duet "You" A4.

[Fritz The Cat]

Listen to "Franklin's Tower" C3. Very important live recordings! Live at Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, Sept. 25-Oct. 14, 1980.
Music history.

[Fritz The Cat]

Very interesting live guitar playing by Jimmy Page on "Short and sweet" B1,
"Referendum" B2 and "Highway blues" B3.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Barclay James Harvest - s/t
(1970, Harvest) WLP

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[SpeakerLabFan]

Nanci Griffith - Little Love Affairs
(1988, MCA) Masterfonics

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w/ Sam Bush, Bela Fleck, Mark O'Connor, John Stewart, Rick Marotta.

[Fritz The Cat]

Additional guitars by Andy Roberts (Plainsong, Ian Matthews) and Henry Mc Culloch (Grease Band, Wings) with many friends: Admiral John Halsey plays drums on A1 and also sings backing vocals with his wife Linda.
Listen to the 20 minutes folkprog-poem about England's history "One of these days in England" B1.

[Fritz The Cat]

Nanci Griffith - Little Love Affairs
(1988, MCA) Masterfonics

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w/ Sam Bush, Bela Fleck, Mark O'Connor, John Stewart, Rick Marotta.


Look at the LPs shown on the window sill on front cover foto: John Stewart and Everly Brothers.

[Fritz The Cat]

Chris Spedding and Dave Gilmour, guitars. Bill Bruford, drums. John Paul Jones, bass.
Listen to "The game" A1.

[Fritz The Cat]

Here we have all the best acoustic songs together.
Listen to "When an old cricketer leaves the crease" B6.
Liner notes on back cover by Allan Jones, Melody Maker:"It's Harper's masterpiece".

[SpeakerLabFan]

Bob Dylan - Down In The Groove
(1988, Columbia)

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[SpeakerLabFan]

The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons
(1967, Decca) German pressing

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[SEAWOLF97]

.
I bought this album today, had wrong records, but the cover was interesting. I can find NOTHING
about it on the web. It's Telefunken, obviously German, but besides that I'm in the dark.

Do you have any info ?? year ?? I'm pretty sure that it was marches :dont-know:

[SpeakerLabFan]

Fever Tree - Creation
(1969, Uni)

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[Fritz The Cat]

Fun.

[Fritz The Cat]

.
I bought this album today, had wrong records, but the cover was interesting. I can find NOTHING
about it on the web. It's Telefunken, obviously German, but besides that I'm in the dark.

Do you have any info ?? year ?? I'm pretty sure that it was marches :dont-know:


This is definitively not my piece of cake: German "Blasmusik" was the basis of Nazi culture. Look here: Wikipedia/Carl Woitschach.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Fever Tree - For Sale
(1970, Ampex)

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w/ a cover of Love/Arthur Lee's She Comes In Colors, and side 2 is a nearly 13 minute version of Hey Joe.

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Rolling Stones - More Hot Rocks (big hits & fazed cookies)
(1972, London) STERLING LH in the deadwax; mastered by Lee Hulko at Sterling Sound

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looks like a mix of real & fake stereo tracks.

[SpeakerLabFan]

13th Floor Elevators - Easter Everywhere
(1967, International Artists) 1979 reissue with "Masterfonics" in the deadwax

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[Fritz The Cat]

.
I bought this album today, had wrong records, but the cover was interesting. I can find NOTHING
about it on the web. It's Telefunken, obviously German, but besides that I'm in the dark.

Do you have any info ?? year ?? I'm pretty sure that it was marches :dont-know:


Originally there were Schellacks in this cover. Forget it!

[SEAWOLF97]

This is definitively not my piece of cake: German "Blasmusik" was the basis of Nazi culture. Look here: Wikipedia/Carl Woitschach.


are you sure it's WW2 ? Looking up "iron cross" brings a lot of WW1 hits ?

The Iron Cross is a famous German military medal dating back to the 19th century. During the 1930s, the Nazi regime in Germany superimposed a swastika on the traditional medal, turning it into a Nazi symbol.

https://www.adl.org/education/references/hate-symbols/iron-cross

[Fritz The Cat]

Listen to 12 minutes of pure live magic: "Heat four/Radar love" D1.

[Fritz The Cat]

Produced and engineered at Olympic Studios, London, by Glyn Johns.
With Eric Clapton, Charlie Watts, Ian Stewart, John Entwhistle, Boz Burrell, Rabbit Bundrick and all those ex-mods. A rough mix of friendly tunes possessing an understated charm.
Listen to the beautiful folk-ballad "Annie" A4.
A forgotten pearl?

[Fritz The Cat]

45rpm maxi single.
Pete: "Street in the city"
Ronnie: "Annie"
Listen loud. Test your loudspeakers with "Street in the city". This a nice little sketch of everyday world. Pete looks out of the window and sings about what's happening on the street. Pete's Penny Lane?

[Fritz The Cat]

Yesterday from my favorite records store BRO Records, St. Gallen.
1973 was not the right time for Dick Morrissey's English Jazz-rock. But now we know. After 45 years we can see clearly now, what we have missed. German green Brain-Metronome label. Cult!
(P.S.: we didn't have the money in 1973 to buy every interesting record.)
Thanks to Alex and his wife. If she is is present in the store, there is great music coming out of the loudspeakers: one hour of Deep Purple's "Concerto for group and orchestra"!!!!

[SpeakerLabFan]

Bola Sete - The Incomparable Bola Sete
(1965, Fantasy) WLP

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[SpeakerLabFan]

Budgie - Bandolier
(1975, A&M) Monarch

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[SpeakerLabFan]

Gabor Szabo - Mizrab
(1973, CTI) VAN GELDER

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w/ Billy Cobham, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette

[SpeakerLabFan]

Art Lande And Rubisa Patrol - Desert Marauders
(1978, ECM)

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[SpeakerLabFan]

John Cage, Steve Reich - Three Dances & Four Organs
(1973, Angel/Capitol) MASTERED BY CAPITOL Jay in the deadwax; mastered by Jay Maynard at Capitol

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[SpeakerLabFan]

Terry Reid - s/t
(1969, Epic) -2A/-2A

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[Fritz The Cat]

Recorded live at Brixton Academy, England 1985. David Gilmour, guitars. Simon Phillips, drums. John "Rabbit" Bundrick, keyboards.
Listen to Gilmour's guitar solo on "I put a spell on you" B1.

[Fritz The Cat]

Notice on inner sleeve: "Finally thanks to Remy Martin Cognac for saving my life by making the bloody stuff so expensive". Produced by Glyn Johns.

[Fritz The Cat]

Produced by Chris Thomas. Listen to the unstoppable groove of "Face dances part two" B4.

[SpeakerLabFan]

America - s/t
(1971, Warner Bros) -1B/-1B

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later issue with A Horse With No Name included. If only more records were recorded as nicely as this one.

[Lee in Montreal]

I always liked that album from America. Then years later, in 1980, they came up with something that I never understood : "You could do magic".
Catchy for sure and obviously aimed at FM radios. But was that really the same group that I loved so much ? ;-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0AJ40eX2Vo&ab_channel=MrxTubeHD

Lee

[Fritz The Cat]

I always liked that album from America. Then years later, in 1980, they came up with something that I never understood : "You could do magic".
Catchy for sure and obviously aimed at FM radios. But was that really the same group that I loved so much ? ;-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0AJ40eX2Vo&ab_channel=MrxTubeHD

Lee

Indeed. Same Band. Another time. Another producer. Russ Ballard produced "You could do magic". He made the hits. But the song had something magical though.
They could have done magic with George Martin.

[Fritz The Cat]

Cover concept by Eric Burdon. Photographer Norman Seeff.
Listen to the crazy laughter by "Papa" Dee Allen in "Fidel's Fantasy" B3.
Wake up, Fidel, it's time for your fantasy!

[SpeakerLabFan]

Mott The Hoople - Wildlife
(1971, Atlantic) Monarch

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[SpeakerLabFan]

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping
(1974, Sounds Of The South/MCA) KENDUN in the deadwax

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produced by Al Kooper

[SpeakerLabFan]

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - You're Gonna Get It
(1978, Shelter) MASTERED BY CAPITOL

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[SpeakerLabFan]

Paul Revere & The Raiders - Alias Pink Puzz
(1969, Columbia) -1B/2A

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