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Electric Light Orchestra - Joyride, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(1977, United Artists)



This is probably a pretty bad 70s youth-hit-the-road film but it features a 19 year old Melanie Griffith, ELO soundtrack, and Twin Peaks style film locations in the Seattle area as a stand-in for Alaska. Includes Jeff Lynne's "Can't Get It Out Of My Head". A $1 thrift find last week.

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Johnny Van Zant Band - No More Dirty Deals
(1980, Polydor)



debut record from younger brother of the Lynyrd Skynyrd founder Ronnie Van Zant. Produced by Al Kooper, who plays keyboards, and Paul Barrere plays some slide guitar.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Paul Revere And The Raiders - Revolution!
(1967, Columbia)



This was probably one of their records on the shelves when they made an appearance on the Ed Sullivan show in 1967.

[JeffW]

Levon Helm - self titled
(1978, ABC) MASTERED BY CAPITOL in the deadwax

Levon Helm also played Jack Ridley (Chuck Yeager's sidekick) in The Right Stuff

recorded in part at Muscle Shoals Sound in AL. New Orleans funk and country-soul. produced by Donald "Duck" Dunn of Booker T. & the MGs. Steve Cropper, another Booker T. alum, on guitar.

Dunn and Cropper also played in The Blues Brothers

[SEAWOLF97]

Paul Revere And The Raiders - Revolution!
(1967, Columbia)
This was probably one of their records on the shelves when they made an appearance on the Ed Sullivan show in 1967.

yup , many wanted in on that British invasion craze....even the swamp rockers

Hey SLF...we never hear abt the disks that you didn't like after a demo , or do you just like them all ??
(warn out that new stylus yet ?? )

[SpeakerLabFan]

Jimi Hendrix - Hendrix In The West
(1971, Reprise) STERLING RL in the deadwax; mastered by Robert Ludwig, Sterling Sound



I purchased this one back in the day, and the LP has held up well. great stuff!

Levon Helm also played Jack Ridley (Chuck Yeager's sidekick) in The Right Stuff

The guy that handed Chuck the stick of Beamans gum before every flight? I didn't know that!

yup , many wanted in on that British invasion craze....even the swamp rockers

Hey SLF...we never hear abt the disks that you didn't like after a demo , or do you just like them all ??
(warn out that new stylus yet ?? )

great picture

Well I'm mostly familiar with the stuff I choose to play, for instance the Van Zant record was a first listen but I expected Free Bird Skynyrd guitar solos, and that expectation was delivered in full. There is just too little time and too much great music from the 60s onward to waste time with the dreck.

wait a minute, are you implying that I should be critical of Paul Revere...???

[SpeakerLabFan]

Leonard Cohen - Various Positions
(1985, Passport)



Polaroid shot on cover by Cohen. w/ Jennifer Warnes, background vocals.

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Jeff Beck Group - Rough And Ready
(1971, Epic)



next record after Beck-Ola with the new lineup including Cozy Powell on drums, Bob Tench on vocals instead of Rod Stewart.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Jeff Beck - Truth/Beck-Ola
(1975, Epic)





A 1975 2 LP reissue of the first couple of records from the Jeff Beck Group, originally released in 1968 and 69. I'm listening to sides 3/4 the Beck-Ola disk. A $1 thrift or gsale find in the past couple of years with a well worn cover but the LP is in great shape. A gatefold cover with a couple of pictures of Jeff Beck in performance.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Cold Blood - First Taste Of Sin
(1972, Reprise) Artisan symbol in the deadwax



a Bay Area R&B band from the late 60s with a strong female vocalist, a great guitarist, and a powerful horn section. If you put Tower of Power together with Janis Joplin, you'd have Cold Blood. This record was produced by Donny Hathaway who plays piano and organ; Paul Beaver is credited with Moog playing. Steve Cropper played with CB in later years but is not credited here.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Rickie Lee Jones - Flying Cowboys
(1989, Geffen) mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Precision Lacquer, L.A.



produced by Walter Becker of Steely Dan. Wonderful studio production, playing, and lots of great songs from RLJ, plus a great cover of Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying, the Gerry and Pacemakers merseybeat song from 1964.

[SpeakerLabFan]

David Newman - The Weapon
(1972, Atlantic) Promo/NFS



David Fathead Newman with Dr. John on piano, Cornell Dupree on guitar, Chuck Rainey on bass. Jazz and R&B mixed together. includes covers of the Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want," and the Pointer Sisters' "Yes We Can Can."

[SpeakerLabFan]

Pete Townshend - The Iron Man: The Musical
(1989, Atlantic) ATLANTIC STUDIOS D.K. in the deadwax; mastered by Dennis King at Atlantic Studios




Pete Townshend compositions here in an adaptation of "The Iron Man," a children's fable written by the British poet Ted Hughes. w/ Roger Daltrey, Deborah Conway, John Lee Hooker, and Nina Simone. The surviving member of The Who play together on a couple of tracks.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Bob Dylan - self titled
(1962, Columbia) 1966 Mono pressing



produced by John Hammond. This copy is in excellent shape, and sounds great, very warm. I picked up this copy in a collection a couple of years ago.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Eric Burdon and the Animals - The Greatest Hits Of
(1969, MGM) MASTERDISK in the deadwax; 1980s Polydor reissue



interesting selections for greatest hits including "Year Of The Guru" and a 7:20 version of "River Deep, Mountain High". I like it.