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[Fritz The Cat]

A beat that just will not quit...
Listen to guitar solo by Shuggie and the vocals of Johnny Otis in "Don't deceive me": transmitts cool grandeur.
"Back in early 1950ies, there were a handful of musicians, singers , writers and arrangers who mixed swing jazz riffs, blues shouting, gospel harmonies and R&B drumming and came up with a new sound called "rock'n'roll". In Los Angeles, Johnny Otis was THE man.
The Johnny Otis Show, whether live on stage, on records, on radio or television, has meant good-time rockin' R&B music, great musicians, new songs, and a beat that just will not quit." (Cit.: liner notes on back cover)

[Fritz The Cat]

My idea was this- to form a personal dream group of musicians with not only experience and technical ability, but also the imagination, enthusiasm and mutual respect necessary to create something really worth listening to. (Cit.: Rod Argent on back cover)
Really worth listening after 50 years: i totally agree! So listen to the beautiful organ driven "The feeling inside" B2 and the jazzy "Freefall" B3.

[Kay Pirinha]

Wasn't Rod Argent previously organist with The Zombies, who have had big success with Time Of The Season? This song contains an Hammond organ solo which could be considered as iconic.

Best regards!

[Fritz The Cat]

Strawberry fields forever.

[Fritz The Cat]

Hammond-driven psychedelic underground beat and jazzy space pop from Regensburg, Germany. Listen to the wonderful "No destination" A3. What superb recording dynamics!

[Fritz The Cat]

I made an exception last week: i bought this one though somebody had mishandled the cover sleeve. It has been stained with tea, Coca Cola, or other undefinable dirty things. I wasn't able to resist that special mood of the songs of Ian Hunter. I took it! Great album with (what big surprise!) vinyl in nearly perfect condition. Earl Slick guitars! IMHO he is one of the greatest guitar players today. Honest, modest and shaped by The Blues. Listen to the majestic tribute to "Broadway" A4.

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Grateful Dead - Aoxomoxoa
(1969, Warner Bros) Artisan

[SEAWOLF97]

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Fantastic album , fine remaster ...this is the 2013 edition, looking for the 2018 one now.

Then Play On was Fleetwood Mac s 1969 debut on Reprise. This expanded and remastered edition features the original U.K running order and track segues, with "One Sunny Day" and "Without You" making their first appearance on a CD issue of the album, as well as new liner notes by veteran rock journalist David Fricke and four bonus tracks, including the revered single "Oh Well Pt. 1," which boasts one of the great guitar riffs in rock history and has been covered by likes of Billy F Gibbons, Jimmy Page, and Tom Petty.

Fleetwood Mac was already a popular blues band in 1969 when they released Then Play On, the group s stellar third studio album. It was the first with guitarist-songwriter Danny Kirwan and ultimately its last with founding member Peter Green. The album s powerful mix of blues and rock includes standout tracks like "Rattlesnake Shake," "Searching For Madge" and "Coming Your Way." Rhino s re-mastered and expanded edition includes four bonus tracks originally released as singles: parts one and two of "Oh Well," "The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown)" and "World In Harmony," which is available on CD for the first time.

[bedrock602]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjQyoD3kGwA

Tchaikovsky couldn't roll over in his grave if he wanted to...

[Fritz The Cat]

Alors, Michel, quel chagrin: tu as choisi les musiciens plus superbes, mais: qu'est-ce que tu as fait ici, quel resultat! Crap or not crap? Look at those studio cracks he employed on this album: Lee Ritenour, Steve Cropper, Andrew Gold, David Hentschel, Lee Sklar, Jim Keltner, Leah Kunkel, Jennifer Warnes and and...
In the mid 60ies Michel Polnareff made those wonderful French-English cooperations with Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Big Jim Sullivan. Fancy cover art by Peter Palombi.
After this one, no wonder that Punk (music?) soon after had to harass the music scene...

[Fritz The Cat]

Richard Davis bowed bass, Chick Corea piano, Sam Brown guitar, Bill Lee bass, Sonny Brown dr, Frankie Dunlop perc.
Listen to the Bill Lee composition "Baby Sweets" B2 with a lively piano accompaniment. Good dynamics.

[Fritz The Cat]

Richard Davis bass, Eddie Henderson trp, Joe Henderson ts, Stanley Cowell Fender Rhodes electric piano with wah-wah pedal, Billy Cobham drums.
Listen to Stevie Wonder's "Don't worry 'bout a thing" B5.

[Fritz The Cat]

J.J. Goldman voc, Tai bass, Khanh guitars, Gardet keyboards, Caussarieu dr. Progrock from France. Weak point from the view of the listener of today: the vocals and the French tinted English pronunciation are questionable. B2 "Out of the night" is 11' 25" of fine European Mellotron progrock. Fancy cover art by Lang.

[Fritz The Cat]

Who was the fastet guitar player in the 80ies? Marino was a guitar hero then.

[SEAWOLF97]

J.J. Goldman voc, Tai bass, Khanh guitars, Gardet keyboards, Caussarieu dr. Progrock from France. Weak point from the view of the listener of today: the vocals and the French tinted English pronunciation are questionable.

this is probably why ...

Taï Phong is a bit of an oddity, as it is a French band founded by Vietnamese brothers Kahn and Taï Ho Tong. The sound is comparable to Camel, and Novalis, but the most telling description is 'France's answer to Barclay James Havest.'

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=1384

OBTW Fritz , your font size is so big

that I have to scroll through abt 3 pages to read some of your posts. Can you plse adjust smaller type . ??