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[Fritz The Cat]

Found today at my favorite local record shop BRO Records St. Gallen. Something very special. Supergroup with Mick Rogers guitar (Manfred Mann's Earthband), Jack Lancaster sax, keyboards etc.(Blodwyn Pig), Clive Bunker drums (Jethro Tull, Blodwyn Pig, Steve Hillage) and John G. Perry bass (Caravan).
First class progressive rock with superb vocals. No fillers all winners. In fact it was not the right time for this one in 1979.
English Harvest pressing with superb dynamics.
A lost gem, thanx to Alex!

[SpeakerLabFan]

Jerry Jeff Walker - s/t
(1972, Decca) '75 issue on MCA,* STERLING LH in the deadwax, mastered by Lee Hulko

[Fritz The Cat]

Concerning my last post "Aviator":
Let's take a trip to mars with Jack Lancaster (Blodwyn Pig, Mick Abrahams Band), Robin Lumley (Brand X, Rod Argent, Anthony Phillips).
Powerful drumming by Phil Collins. Fine guitar work by John Goodsall (Brand X, Atomic Rooster).
An epic work. A forgotten progrock gem.
Listen to track A6 "Olympus Mons" with notice on back cover: "One of the largest volcanoes on mars "Olympus Mons" is 25 kilometers high.....

[Fritz The Cat]

Great animalistic fun at Trident Studios, London.
Stephane Grappelli, violin, is the cat (tracks A7, A10, B3).
This LP shows once again what great drummer Phil Collins was....
United here are all these superb guitar players: Garry (sic!) Moore, John Goodsall, Chris Spedding, Alvin Lee.
Funny progrock gem, based on Russian composer Serge Prokofiev's work.
Listen to Gary Moore on track B8 playing crybabywahwah-pedal-guitar in Prokofiev tune "Duck Escape".
With such a beautiful booklet as it was usual for seventies' LPs!

[Fritz The Cat]

Interesting discovery: Alvin Lee duelling with Stephane Grappelli.
Everything was possible in the 70ies, at least musically.
On 1975 album "Peter and the wolf" by Jack Lancaster & Robin Lumley: track A7, Serge Prokofiev's tune "Cat Dance", shows Alvin Lee playing a funny furious duet with Stephane Grappelli.
Nearly unbelievable.

[Fritz The Cat]

Interesting collection: "The story of folk into rock".
4 Lps and a beautiful booklet with comprehensive infos in a box.
The booklet introduces with the following quotation: "Music is the electric soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents"-Ludwig Van Beethoven.
He was right?
Listen to Lp 2 track A3 Mingus' "Better git it in your soul" by Davey Graham 1965.
Music history!

[rusty jefferson]

Was hoping to have this in honor of page 600, but it just came today. The cd that started this thread. Lily was here. Is the OP MikeM still with us?

[Fritz The Cat]

Joe Bonamassa is the man, who is able to collect and to play all these fancy guitars. Guitar models history!
Perfect fun with the songs of the 3 Blues Kings Freddie, Albert and BB.
Fantastic production, pressing on 180gr LPs and dynamics.
One for the desert island.

[Fritz The Cat]

Will there exist current and hifi equipment on desert island?

[Fritz The Cat]

Listen to track B3, Charles Mingus' "Better git it in your soul" as the handclapping break in the middle of the track lifts off like a rocket.
It's simple handclapping!
But it sounds great.

[Fritz The Cat]

Big fun down in the jungle room. Recorded February 2-8 1976/October 29-30 1976 by RCA Mobile Unit at Graceland.
Fine guitars by James Burton et al. and a great warm ripe and........... unique voice.
Superb mastering of newly mixed outtakes.
Superb dynamics on these two 140gr vinyl pressings.
40 years have passed since these recordings.
Exile on lonely street.......

[SpeakerLabFan]

XTC - Black Sea
(1980, Geffen)

[SpeakerLabFan]

David Bromberg - Wanted Dead Or Alive
(1973, Columbia) -1A/-1A; Canadian pressing







with Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Tracy Nelson, Bill Kreutzmann, and George Harrison on The Holdup

[Fritz The Cat]

Track B5 "Nobody's fault but mine": Compare this track with the version Led Zeppelin made: which one do you like better?
This album has a strong horn section produced by Jim Price.

[Fritz The Cat]

Big fat orchestra (Burt Rhodes) for a fantastic great voice.
This diamond is forever.