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[Fritz The Cat]

Good taste. Simple and pure. German reissue of the 70ies. Produced by Tony Colton (Head Hands & Feet, Shirley Bassey, Yes, Georgie Fame etc.).

[Fritz The Cat]

Here are the songs that i was missing on "Top Priority". 21 years old Rory Gallagher with the famous "much used" 1961 Fender Stratocaster. All through his career he played the same guitar! It didn't happen before, it wouldn't happen again: listen to RG's fine saxophone playing on the swinging track A3. Produced by Tony Colton. German reissue pressing with superb dynamics.

[Fritz The Cat]

Live at Montreux Casino Switzerland 1970. That Casino burnt down soon after with much "Smoke on the water". Gallagher and Taste in full bloom. Feel so good! Good England pressing.

[Fritz The Cat]

Live at Isle of Wight 1970. WEM and Orange amplification. Good England pressing. 1A live power rock.

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Nice Taste records~! Tasty!

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Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
(1969, Reprise) -1J/-1K




I've always assumed the cover photo was taken on Neil's Broken Arrow Ranch, anybody know? bonus picture of Buffalo Springfield in '67 outside Neil's Laurel Canyon cabin, photo by Dennis Hopper:

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Carly Simon - No Secrets
(1972, Elektra) WLP




w/ Klaus Voorman - playing that rumbling bass at the start of You're So Vain. I think the only time we hear James Taylor on the record is during one of the final chorus of Waited So Long, when Carly sings "Daddy, I'm No Virgin" - we hear Taylor chime in - "She's No Virgin" :laugh: ahem Happy Valentines Day.

[Fritz The Cat]

Blues? Chicago? British jazz influenced blues rock in the style of "Colosseum". More jazz and progrock than blues. Still a superb mixture! Produced in June 1969 by Chris Thomas at AIR Studios in London. Very much (ab)used english pressing vinyl with many scratches. You nearly don't hear the scratches because of the quality old English vinyl. Listen to every track. No fillers. All killers. Arthur Wood: piano and keyboards are great! This vinyl sounds so fresh as new.....Is anybody interested in further works of Climax Blues Band?

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Albert Collins/Robert Cray/Johnny Copeland - Showdown!
(1985, Alligator) F/W HUB in the deadwax, Frankford Wayne Mastering Labs, NYC




smokin'

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Giles, Giles & Fripp - The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles, Giles & Fripp
(1968, Deram) 1976 Japanese pressing




all over the place with folksy, classical, pop, spoken word and at times incendiary guitar from Fripp.

[Fritz The Cat]

Carly Simon - No Secrets
(1972, Elektra) WLP




w/ Klaus Voorman - playing that rumbling bass at the start of You're So Vain. I think the only time we hear James Taylor on the record is during one of the final chorus of Waited So Long, when Carly sings "Daddy, I'm No Virgin" - we hear Taylor chime in - "She's No Virgin" :laugh: ahem Happy Valentines Day.

Virgin or not virgin. This not the question. No. Clouds in my coffee tell me: James Taylor sings the intro verse of his own credited song track B4 "Night owl." Good german pressing.

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Pat Metheny - Works
(1984, ECM) German pressing




a nice release from a series of compilations of ECM artists - celebrating ECMs then 15th anniversary.

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McKendree Spring - McKendree Spring 3
(1972, Decca) STERLING in the deadwax




interesting progressive folk with electric violin, viola, theremin. gatefold cover and a cool looking cloud label which I see is also on their '73 release Spring Suite.

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McKendree Spring - Spring Suite
(1973, MCA) STERLING in the deadwax




Gatefold cover art work by Roger Dean. More interesting electric violin/viola, arp and moog sounds from Dr. Michael Dreyfuss.

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Peter Townshend - Who Came First
(1972, Track/MCA)




w/ Ronnie Lane on one track, everything else is Pete solo in "one gynormouse ego trip". This copy is a gatefold cover and has the poster: