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[Fritz The Cat]

Cult Band. But it's not the american Led Zeppelin by far. Jim McCarty guitar. Listen to his fine acoustic guitar work on track A2 "My lady from south of Detroit". Why didn't Tim Bogert do the vocals instead of Rusty Day? Too bad!

[Fritz The Cat]

Swiss made....The recording sessions took place in the night of March 1st to 2nd, 1981 at Powerplay Studios Horgen, Switzerland. The event also happened to be Jaws' 60th birthday and a good time was had by all as you can clearly hear by giving the music on this one some of your attention. The four musicians had played the proceeding week at the club "Limmatquai 82" in Zürich. And by the time they made this record, they managed to play together very well. (Cit. as noted on back cover by J. Simmen). Very interesting informations about every track on back cover! Gustav Csik piano. Jimmy Woode bass. Alvin Queen drums. Fine dynamics. Superb Swiss pressing. Listen to the beautiful piano intro and the Ben Webster resemblance of Jaws' sax playing on track A3 "Moonlight in Vermont".

[Fritz The Cat]

Ten Years After - s/t
(1967, Deram) Bell Sound sf in the deadwax




Debut LP full of blues rock goodness.


Back from a week in Hawaii with family - my daughter finally got an extended break from her hospital nursing job after a year of 2 days on / 2 days off. Love the place, flights are short and cheap from the west coast, & the tacky touristy stuff is about 5%, the rest is all natural wonder and aloha.

Swiss people first eat a sausage called "Servelat" after one or two weeks holidays with strange foreign food. Vinyl music fans first put TYA on their turntable........Why do they? How were the musical experiences in Hawaii?

[Fritz The Cat]

First look at the funny label sign..... Great sound on this Swedish pressing! Moog playing is acceptable. Guitar work is outstanding but not pushing. Underrated guitar player? Oh, by the way: who are the overrated guitar players?

[Fritz The Cat]

Interesting because all 4 tracks on B side are live recordings of July 23, 1978 at Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland. Forget the title track B1: too much synthesizer. But the rest is superb live fusion-progrock playing with country music touch. Outstanding guitar work by Steve Morse and furious violin contributions by Allen Sloan. Good german pressing. Can anybody explain the meaning of the term "Dixie Dregs"? Are they some kind of creatures of the night?

[SEAWOLF97]

I drug home an LP that seems to stump the web. It (or the band) show up NOWHERE on google or Discogs.

seems to be a German Punk band , singing in English (not very punky) , and somewhat mellow. Looks un-played.

[Fritz The Cat]

A curious one because of the unusual instrumentation with autoharp but no guitars. Psychedelic folk. Female singer Wendy Penney (Becket) plays a superb bass. Lets remember the other great female bass player Carole Kaye. Who are your favorite female bass players? Listen to the beautiful track A3 "Dream on". It's the Aerosmith debut album power ballad written by Steven Taylor.

[Fritz The Cat]

Third album by the three great jazz stars who won all three major popularity polls (Downbeat, Metronome-Music USA, Playboy) three consecutive years. Barney solos - a study in intense concentration, with his right hand in rapid-fire action. Ray's the best bass player in the world. And Shelly can do everything. (Cit.: backcover notes). This is a very good 1992(?) german reissue pressing. Detailed interesting backcover informations to every track by Barney Kessel. Listen to the brilliant bass playing in Billy Strayhorn's composition on track B2 "Raincheck".

[Fritz The Cat]

First solo album by David Coverdale. In fact it's a Micky Moody album. After exiting Juicy Lucy, Moody played with SNAFU before joining Whitesnake in 1978. His guitar work and the saxophone contributions are the highlights of this one. Listen to the soulful track B2 "Peace lovin' man" with saxophone playing by Back Door member Ron Aspery. German pressing with poor dynamics.

[SpeakerLabFan]

earlier...
Bert Jansch - Jack Orion
(1970, Vanguard) -1B/-1B



original release in '66 on the Transatlantic label. w/ John Renbourn. Killer recording/material.
now...

Aerosmith - Rocks
(1976, Columbia) -1A / -1A STERLING in the deadwax




textured cover with original inner sleeve. smokin'

[SpeakerLabFan]

Swiss people first eat a sausage called "Servelat" after one or two weeks holidays with strange foreign food. Vinyl music fans first put TYA on their turntable........Why do they? How were the musical experiences in Hawaii?

Yes, grilling sausages is popular in Switzerland, the best wurst ever. :| For me a lot Hawaiian food is familiar and comfortable - loco moco plates at the Rainbow drive in on Kapahulu street, grilled shrimp on rice and pasta - sooo good.

We heard about an interesting guitar player who is like Leo Kottke on the slack key - the band is Hapa. I found out too late that they played at a spot in Honolulu on Sat night, we could have caught them :/.



Seattle has a college radio station which hosts a local Hawaiian community music program on Saturday mornings. I listened this morning and it helped in my transition back to winter here. but I'm not happy about frosty weather, and am already plotting a trip back to the islands, maybe in January.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Pierre Moerlen's Gong - Time Is The Key
(1979, Arista) STERLING in the deadwax




w/ Allan Holdsworth, Daryl Way.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Jimi Hendrix - West Coast Seattle Boy
(2011, Experience Hendrix) STERLING RJ; mastered by Ray Janos




listening to record 3 from this terrific box set .

[Fritz The Cat]

Yes, grilling sausages is popular in Switzerland, the best wurst ever. :| For me a lot Hawaiian food is familiar and comfortable - loco moco plates at the Rainbow drive in on Kapahulu street, grilled shrimp on rice and pasta - sooo good.

We heard about an interesting guitar player who is like Leo Kottke on the slack key - the band is Hapa. I found out too late that they played at a spot in Honolulu on Sat night, we could have caught them :/.



Seattle has a college radio station which hosts a local Hawaiian community music program on Saturday mornings. I listened this morning and it helped in my transition back to winter here. but I'm not happy about frosty weather, and am already plotting a trip back to the islands, maybe in January.

Today we have the first snowflakes of this winter. I am not happy about it too, but it's normal. Time keeps passing away a little bit less fast in winter. Usually, the time of our short lifes seems to pass extremely fast. And hey, what a beautiful summer and fall we had! Now it's the time to wash, file on excel and store away the gathered records of this year. Looking forward to the next grilling possibility........maybe at New Year as we did last time!

[Fritz The Cat]

Sometimes it's interesting what info the record store stickers on the LP covers tell us. This Holland pressing of MSB was sold at "be-bop" Records in Bern, Switzerland. This record shop is liquidated since many years (1991). Those were not the times to get rich while selling vinyl. Today we have a revival of vinyl cult in Switzerland and Germany. But the adorable curious little record shops have nearly all been gone forever(?).....