What's Playing Now

[SEAWOLF97]

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finally I get a good copy of "Feelings" & David Soul


Disc one. Play that funky music / (Wild Cherry) -- My Maria / (B.W. Stevenson) -- One toke over the line / (Brewer & Shipley) -- Afternoon delight / (Starland Vocal Band) -- Life is a rock (but the rock rolled me) / (Reunion) -- I can help / (Billy Swan) -- Magnet and steel / (Walter Egan) -- The rapper / (The Jaggerz) -- Beach baby / (First Class) -- O-o-h child / (The Five Stairsteps) -- Precious and few / (Climax) -- Brother Louie / (Stories) -- Playground in my mind / (Clint Holmes) -- Put your hand in the hand / (Ocean) -- Please come to Boston / (Dave Loggins)

Disc two. Turn the beat around / (Vicki Sue Robinson) -- Ring my bell / (Anita Ward) -- Don't give up on us / (David Soul) -- In the summertime / (Mungo Jerry) -- Seasons in the sun / (Terry Jacks) -- The night Chicago died / (Paper Lace) -- Knock on wood / (Amii Stewart) -- Sometimes when we touch / (Dan Hill) -- Rose garden / (Lynn Anderson) -- Kung fu fighting / (Carl Douglas) -- Love grows (where my Rosemary goes) / (Edison Lighthouse) -- Sweet Mary / (Wadsworth Mansion) -- The night the lights went out in Georgia / (Vicki Lawrence) -- TSOP / MFSB) -- Feelings / (Morris Albert)

Thirty chart-toppers, including twelve #1 hits. Released between 1970-1979.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Gold
(1972, Fantasy) German pressing



a chooglin' compilation album. Doug Clifford - drums, Stu Cook - bass, John Fogerty - lead guitar, harmonica, lead vocals, Tom Fogerty - rhythm guitar, backing vocals

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Mountain - Live (the road goes ever on)
(1972, Windfall)



Just four songs from the hard rock band on this record, which shows how they could really extend a song in live performance with Leslie West's jamming, smoking blues guitar. The first two from the 1969 Woodstock festival, Tracks 3-4 recorded January-February 1972 with track 4, Nantucket Sleighride, clocking in at 17:38 and taking all of side 2. another HPB find this week.

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Mountain - The Best Of Mountain
(1973, Columbia/Windfall) STERLING LH in the deadwax; mastered by Lee Hulko at Sterling Sound



Leslie West was inspired by Clapton and Cream. AllMusic calls Mountain a "somewhat twisted but effective American version of the legendary power trio that inspired them." This is the first compilation by Mountain. It rocks.

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Flora Purim - Nothing Will Be As It Was ... Tomorrow
(1977, Warner Bros) KENDUN in the deadwax; mastered by John Golden at Kendun Recorders



Jazz fusion solo record from the Brazilian jazz singer whose beautiful vocals I first heard on the self-titled Return To Forever album in 1972. With husband /Airto Moreira on percussion here. another 50 cent grab at HPB this week.

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Susan Reed - self titled
(1957, Elektra) Mono pressing



Traditional folk songs. with a lyric booklet included. another one from the folk record finds this week.

[SEAWOLF97]

tossed back some SpeakerLab 1's & a HK 4xx receiver ...but they dumped out the records and there seems to be 2 keepers...I missed the copy of Pentangle, but snagged "The Seeds" ...pushin' too hard.

Also always enjoy Rodrigo and The Planets are a favorite too..

[BMWCCA]

Caught a brief mention of this over on AK and liked the concept. The quality of the playing and recording is really impressive on most of the cuts. I'd say if you enjoy the Clapton "Crossroads Guitar Festival" kind of mix 'em up sets, you'll find something to like here.

I'm pretty sure they didn't master it on JBL 4345s though because I have to turn down the low-end output of the bi-amp crossover due to over-saturation of the bass sometimes. With several different bass players, that problem is variable. Tal is okay (sometimes loud) and Nathan East is, as always, superb. Found some new guitar players I wasn't familiar with and will have to investigate. That's always the fun part of a new album.



It's also available in a Monster Music HD Surround Sound 2-disc set at some BB stores.

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Beacon Street Union - The Clown Died in Marvin Gardens
(1968, MGM)



2nd record from this Boston area psychedelic rock band. I have been hoping to run across this after hearing their Boston contemporaries, Orpheus. It's a mixed bag for me, the title track is scorching and they do what seems like a ten minute version of "Baby, Please Don't Go", but there are also some plodding tracks with string arrangements. I found this one with no inner sleeve and in dusty but otherwise decent condition for a 50 center at a flea market this afternoon. Plays well after a pre-rinse in the sink, then clean and rinse cycle on the VPI 16.5 RCM.

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Captain Beyond - self titled
(1972, Capricorn)



first album from this progressive rock band formed in L.A. in 1971 with former members of Iron Butterfly, Deep Purple, Johnny Winter, and Rick Derringer. The first pressing album cover for the U.S. release included 3-D artwork (using lenticular printing), this one with a normal cover is a later pressing from 1972, according to the Goldmine guide. rock, heavy metal, and jazz influences, and great playing. A $1 pickup earlier this week.

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Captain Beyond - Sufficiently Breathless
(1973, Capricorn)




2nd record from the progressive hard rock band, with a nice gatefold cover. includes "this album is dedicated to the memory of Barry Oakley" ; their self titled debut from the previous year included a dedication to Duane Allman.

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Mahavishnu Orchestra/John McLaughlin - Inner Worlds
(1976, Columbia)



Smoking hot playing from McLaughlin and the Orchestra. Recorded at La Chateau Herouville, France. A $1 pickup this week.

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Steppenwolf - 16 Greatest Hits
(1981, MCA)



Sookie, Sookie and goddamn the Pusherman. goddamn there's some good music here!
originally released in 1973 on ABC Dunhill, then reissued in 1979, this is a 1981 release - part of the MCA "Super Savers" series.

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Uriah Heep - Salisbury
(1971, Mercury)



2nd record from the British progressive heavy rock band. The title track clocks in at 16+ minutes. The UK front cover artwork includes a British tank.

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Uriah Heep - Fallen Angel
(1978, Bronze) MADE IN GERMANY in the deadwax; German pressing



with the original pressing vertical gatefold sleeve.