The last record by Rockets in 1983 . A great live album hard to find .... Vinyl rip & scans by myself ... Enjoy !!!
Jim McCarty - Guitar, Background Vocals John "Bee" Badanjek - Drums, Background Vocals David Gilbert - Lead Vocals Donnie Backus - Keyboards, Synthesizer, Background Vocals Bobby Neil Harrelson - Bass Chuck Perraut - Sax Shaun Murphy - Background Vocals Suzi Jennings - Background Vocals Mary Kay Lalla - Background Vocals
Recorded at the Royal Oak Music Theatre near Detroit
01- Rollin' By The Record Machine 02- Desire 03- Can't Sleep 04- Sally Can't Dance 05- Takin' It Back 06- Open The Door To Your Heart 07- Oh Well 08- Turn Up The Radio 09- Born In Detroit
Top Drawer is without a doubt one of those bands that has been long forgotten about. If it wasn’t for this wonderful compilation record, I don’t know if I ever would have stumbled upon these guys. This obscure band hailed from the rural center of the United States, coming right out of Kentucky. There aren’t many facts to be said about the band, considering they were around back in 1969-1970 and they only have one album that I am aware of. Their one and only album, titled “Solid Oak”, was recorded back in 1969 at Fultz Recording Studio over in Kentucky, and if you have one of these original records in mint condition, it could sell for well over a hundred dollars. The album is constantly being sought out due to it’s rarity. According to the record sleeve of the compilation I mentioned above, the album was only repressed one time back in 1980 on Akarma Records from Italy, and has never been pressed since. On top of that, none of the band’s original members have ever surfaced to talk about the music, and it’s not looking like they’re about to show up anytime soon. This song was included on the compilation in hopes that the band members would take notice of the praise that their almost-perfect record “Solid Oak” has continually received over the years. Then perhaps the band members can give us their side of the story on what it was like to be twenty-something years old in the middle of America and release a psychedelic masterpiece, and then vanish back into normal life without a trace. Listen to the first track of their forgotten masterpiece right here on YouTube. This track is the main reason the album is so sought out, with its monumental guitar soloing and the constant loop of the keyboard, this song undeniably flirts with perfection. That’s enough from me, now it’s time to find out for yourself. Check out the amazing “Solid Oak” with the link below…and…oh yeah…
Imagine a talented high quality psychedelic mix of Cream and Grateful Dead with great songs and near progressive structures that remain firmly in Psych land. Perhaps the best privately released Heavy psych album around. Amazing album. Top Drawer was a organ/guitar driven Hard psych/late 60's style psych band that released this great album in 1969. It is late 60's underground hardrock/psych, but the lead guitar and organ is way psychedelic and wasted with a vibe similar to Bolder Damns way out there psychedelic leadguitar style (I hope ya know what I mean). Both albums have a great underground vibe and talent and songwriting skills you'd expect from the best out there. Both albums are keepers. Enjoy them and share your views!
Tracklist 01 Song Of A Sinner - 8:42 02 What Happened Before They Took The People Away - 5:19 03 Middle Class America - 4:55 04 Time Passes Much Too Quickly - 3:30 05 Messed Up - 3:46 06 Baker's Boogie - 3:39 07 What's In Store - 4:26 08 Sweet Memories - 4:56 09 Lies - 5:10
Credits Alan Berry - Bass Guitar John Baker - Guitar, Vocals Ron Linn - Organ, Harpsichord, Rhythm Guitar Ray Herr - Percussion, Vocals Steve Geary - Trumpet, Vocals
Sam Apple Pie recorded their second album East 17 in 1973, with Sam Sampson and Bob Rennie from the first album supported by Andy Johnson and Denny "Pancho" Barnes on guitars, and Lee Baxter Hayes on drums. East 17 is a bit more polished and diverse than their first album but probably lacked a real killer track to get them wider publicity and recognition. Flying is my favourite track reminding me of Wishbone Ash in dual guitar mode. All tracks are worth a listen - exciting and memorable live band who deserved more success than they achieved.
Tracklist
01.Good Time Music 02.Louise 03.Out On The Road 04.Route 66 05.She's The Queen 06. Old Tom 07.Flying 08.Call Me Boss 09.Another Orpheus
Credits: Sam "Tomcat" Sampson - Harmonica, Vocals Bob "Dog" Rennie - Bass Andy Johnson - Guitar Denny "Pancho" Barnes - Guitar Lee Baxter Hayes - Drums
Steel guitarist, Glenn Fernando Campbell, was the star behind this band. He'd joined them from The Misunderstood. Their vinyl zenith is usually considered to be their first album which contained a number of tight, well constructed songs, including a fine cover of Bo Diddley's Who Do You Love?, which also took them into the 45 Charts. It came on the now highly collectable spiral Vertigo label in an attractive gatefold sleeve. Sadly it was downhill thereafter, their fortunes were hardly helped by several personnel changes. Paul Williams, ex-Zoot Money, came in on vocals, replacing Roy Owen on the second album, but the result was a disappointment. None of the original line-up survived for their fourth and final effort, Pieces. The line-up for this included Andy Pyle, whilst he took a brief break from Savoy Brown. The final verdict must be that they failed to achieve their early promise.
Saucy blues-rockers Juicy Lucy formed in 1969 from the ashes of cult-favorite garage band the Misunderstood, reuniting vocalist Ray Owen, steel guitarist Glenn "Ross" Campbell and keyboardist Chris Mercer; with the additions of guitarist Neil Hubbard, bassist Keith Ellis and drummer Pete Dobson, the group immediately notched a UK Top 20 hit with their reading of the Bo Diddley perennial "Who Do You Love," with their self-titled debut LP falling just shy of the Top 40. Ex-Zoot Money singer Paul Williams, guitarist Mick Moody and drummer Rod Coombes replaced Owen (who exited for a solo career), Hubbard and Dobson for 1970's Lie Back and Enjoy It, with bassist Jim Leverton assuming Ellis' duties for the follow-up, 1971's Get a Whiff a This. The constant turnover clearly took its toll on the group both creatively and commercially, with co-founders Campbell and Mercer both exiting prior to the fourth Juicy Lucy album, 1972's Pieces, which was recorded by a makeshift lineup of Williams, Moody, keyboardist Jean Roussel and the former Blodwyn Pig rhythm section of bassist Andy Pyle and drummer Ron Berg. Juicy Lucy finally disbanded shortly thereafter.
Following his sojourn with Savoy Brown, Stan Webb's next recorded output was with Broken Glass. This featured Robbie Blunt on guitar, and also Miller Anderson. This was recorded in 22 days in November 1975 and released the following month.
Track listing: Standing on the Border It's Alright Keep Your Love Can't Keep You Satisfied Jersey Lightning It's Evil Ain't No Magic Crying Smiling Take the Water Broken Glass
Line-up: Stan Webb (lead & rhythm guitars, acoustic guitars, vocals) Robbie Blunt (rhythm guitars, background vocals) Tony Ashton (piano, organ) Rob Rawlinson (bass) Mac Poole (drums) Miller Anderson (electric & acoustic guitars, dobro, additional vocals)
Disc One
01. Nature's Way
02. Same Old Naturally (Radio Man)
03. Chairman Mao (China Doll)
04. Victim Of Society
05. Miami Blues
06. Reeling In The Night
07. Like A Rolling Stone
08. Animal Zoo
09. 1984
10.Miami Jam
11.Prelude/ Nothing To Hide
12.Midnight Train
13.It's All The Same
14.I Got A Line On You
Disc Two
01. Miss This Train
02. All Along The Watchtower
03. Nature's Way
04. Make It Up To You (Hollywood Dream)
05. Hey Joe
Randy California
Ed Cassidy
John Turlep
Another great concert by Spirit in 1976 ... Enjoy !!!
Named after the 19th Century mariner and novelist, this Glaswegian band made just one privately-pressed LP. Its back cover announces that ‘Captain Marryat is a Scottish band, and have been playing together for just under a year. They already have a sizeable following in the pubs n’ clubs circuit and this, their first LP, is a sample of the music that brought them success’. The line-up was Tommy Hendry (vocals, acoustic guitar), Ian McEleny (lead guitar, acoustic guitar), Allan Bryce (organ, vocals), Hugh Finnegan (bass, vocals) and Jimmy Rorrison (sic) (drums, vocals). They were originally intending to record a single, but the engineer at the Glasgow studio they’d booked told them that there was time enough to make a whole album. They therefore taped five tracks they’d already written (‘Blindness’, ‘It Happened To Me’, ‘A Friend’, ‘Songwriter’s Lament’ and ‘Changes’) and finished the LP with an improvised jam (‘Dance Of Thor’). The result came in a drab flipback sleeve, and according to one dealer is ‘a progressive rock rarity with psych flourishes – doom-laden organ plus acid guitar riffs and strong male vocals’. The 250 copies pressed were sold at gigs, and two that surfaced on eBay in late 2008 went for around £3000 each. (Galacticramble.com)
Fantastic concert by Little Joe with special guests John Cipollina & Paul Butterfield .Enjoy !!! This show is well known as the Butter jam, but actually are Little Joe with John and Paul guesting. This is also the complete show, since a partial version of it is often circulated.
JOHN CIPOLLINA
GREG ELMORE GREG DOUGLASS BOBBY VEGA with special guest PAUL BUTTERFIELD
DISC ONE : 1. HIDEWAY 2. MONA 3. ALL WORTH THE PRICE YOU PAY 4. WHY DO YOU ACT LIKE THAT ? 5. MYSTERY TRAIN 6. MANNISH BOY DISC TWO : 1. DRUMS AND BASS 2. STEPPIN OUT 3. DRUMS 4. DOWN IN THE BOTTOM 5. RIDE IN YOUR AUTOMOBILE 6. DRIFTIN BLUES 7. HE GOT ALL THE MONEY
Terry & the Pirates were led by guitarist/singer Terry Dolan, a Connecticut native who relocated to San Francisco during the area's notorious Summer of Love in 1967. Dolan played out locally during this time, performing at coffeehouses, clubs, and festivals alongside such renowned national acts as Elvin Bishop, B.B. King, Taj Mahal, and Blue Cheer, among others. (Dolan's merging of both folk and rock tended to confuse some at the time as Dolan refused to be pigeonholed solely to either of the styles.) He befriended another local outfit, Country Weather, from which he would often borrow members for his own recordings and performances throughout the years (while their guitarist, Greg Douglass, would eventually leave the group to permanently focus on working with Dolan). Country Weather backed Dolan for demos he laid down in the summer of 1970, which were aired on local radio stations KSAN and KMPX. Two years later, the aforementioned demos led to a recording contract with Warner Bros., which included an all-star supporting cast that included John Cipollina, Douglass, David Weber, Spencer Dryden, Lonnie Turner, Neal Schon, Prairie Prince, Kathi McDonald, Mic Gillette, and the Pointer Sisters, plus featured a side produced by longtime Rolling Stones associate Nicky Hopkins. But for reasons unknown, the album was shelved. Although understandably disappointed, Dolan carried on, forming Terry & the Pirates in the summer of 1973. The group saw Dolan joined by various other musicians who would come and go throughout the years, although both Cipollina and Douglass remained alongside Dolan through it all. The group issued several recordings from the late '70s through the early '80s, including such titles as Too Close for Comfort (1979), The Doubtful Handshake (1980), Wind Dancer (1981), and Rising of the Moon (1982). Terry & the Pirates remained together until 1989, until the death of Cipollina spelled the end of the group for a while. But a few years later, in 1994, Dolan resurrected Terry & the Pirates with a whole new lineup, resulting in the 1998 release Still a Pirate. 2001 saw the release of Comanche Boots (a self-described "vaults compilation"), as well as a reissue of Too Close for Comfort with an expanded track listing. In 2007, a reissue of Return to Silverado, plus a bonus disc of rare, live, and previously unreleased material, came out.
Fantastic concert with the keyboards sorcerer Mr Stu Blank and guitars on fire by John Cipollina & Barry Melton , it's one of my favourite concert with JC ...
The title of Chicken Bones' album Hardrock In Concert (1976) says it all! There are six "very hard rocking tracks" included therein, performed in the good old tradition of the early seventies heavy progressive scene. Most of the album is instrumental, and offers Rainer Geuecke plenty of opportunities to reveal his musical skills. The two longest tracks are the highlights: "Water" with the whisper of the sea and some beautiful acoustic guitar and "Factory Girl" which was in a more typical hard rock vein. This album has an excellent and well-balanced sound for a private release. The recordings were done in only one week live in the studio - or more probably a barn! These were an obscure heavy progressive, who almost certainly had their roots in the late-1960's, and were definitely inspired by Jimi Hendrix and early British bands, like Back Sabbath, Tractor, et al., but were notably much more free and improvised. Despite the title of their album, Chicken Bones were not at all mundane hard rock, but were highly creative and often moved very close to May Blitz, early UFO or Cargo, but with lots of nice moves and flowery guitar work-outs. Basic, and gutsy admittedly, Chicken Bones were a lot better than the reputation that preceded them, and their album became quite a sought after obscurity. Chicken Bones existed in various forms for around a decade, afterwards ending up as the vastly inferior more metal oriented Revanche, then eventually disbanding in the 1980's.
Originally known as Mustard. Their first vocalist Andy Mulvey had previously been with The Poets. However, he was soon replaced by David Batchelor and around the same time Gilson Lavis (their original drummer, who later played with Squeeze) was replaced by Richard Monro from Ritchie Blackmore's Mandrake Root. This line-up recorded Piggy Go Getter, which made little impact. In 1970 Hugh McKenna took over Batchelor's vocal role and Ted McKenna (ex-Dream Police) relieved Monro on drums. They recorded a second album and tried to establish themselves on the underground scene but were going nowhere with their brand of tired boogie heavy rock, until they teamed up with Alex Harvey in August 1972 to become The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. This 1st album is a real MUST for those who like UK hardrock from the early 70s.
Tracks List : 01. That's What's Real
02. Love Story
03. Lay It On Me
04. Woman For Sale
05. I'm Glad
06. Where Is My Answer
07. Jailhouse Rock-All Shook Up
08. The First Time
09. The Temptation Of St. Anthony (Live)
Credits Davey Batchelor - Vocals, Guitar Zal Cleminson - Lead Guitar Chris Glen - Bass Eddie McKenna - Drums Ted McKenna - Drums on Temptation Hugh McKenna - Keyboards on Temptation Alex Harvey - Vocals on Temptation
Fantastic concert by Steve Miller Blues Band with a lot of psychedelic guitars' it was in 1967 !!! Many thanks to Fabio-38f the original seeder on Dime.... Sound quality is really various from really good to just ok...it sounds to me like a mixture of audience and soundboard source. 1st set is recorded better than second set. On the other side the performance is so good that it worths to be heard......I leave it like it was, so in case you can make your personal sound's manipulations......
Disc One, Set One :
1. Song For My Ancestors (instrumental)(jump in at the very beginning)
2. Mercury Blues
3. Superbird
4. Juke Joy > Your Old Lady (1 drop between the 2 songs and 1 glitch in YOL)
Disc Two, Set Two :
1. Stepping Stone
2. Mercury Blues pt. 1 (3 seconds silence between the 2 parts)
3. Mercury Blues pt. 2
4. Intro > Paul Butterfield Introduction > Blues With A Feeling *
5. Instrumental *
6. Song For My Ancestors (instrumental) *
7. Instrumental Jam (jump in)
8. Your Old Lady (jump in, some sound problems & cut at the very end)
Roky (pronounce rock-eeh) Erickson was founding member and lead singer of psychedelic band, Texas’ infamous Thirteenth Floor Elevators. Erickson explored the far reaches of musical and personal extremes. Young musicians like Jerry Garcia, Grace Slick, and Janis Joplin jammed with the influential group. Following a nightmarish '70s mental-hospital stint that had a devastating long-term effect on his mental health, Erickson's subsequent solo work with his group The Aliens revealed a singularly brilliant songwriter and performer whose talent was no less impressive for the fact that he was singing about zombies, vampires and aliens. The demons that abound in Roky's songs are all-too-real reflections of his own troubled psyche, and the combination of the artist's oddly poetic lyrical constructions and his bracing banshee wail makes it clear, as it wasn't always, that he's not kidding! Don’t Slander Me and Gremlins Have Pictures, recorded 1975 -1982, document Roky’s genius.
A truly incredible record!.. powerful lyrics that present as genuine and painfully honest.. A true poet. Roky has an amazing pop sensibility reflected on this release. Almost as if he were channeling Buddy Holly while on a drug induced bender. A dark and powerful pop album.. Roky pulls no punches with these tracks. His unfortunate history of mental illness seems to eliminate any pretense from these recordings.. great vocals,catchy hooks,fantastic musician!.. The creator of psychedelic rock.. a true original and pioneer.(By Junk Rocker)
Rare and good audience show of this ephemeral band ,with fantastic psychedelic guitars' jam, like
the 15 minutes of naughty lady, for another great Blue Cheer offshot. The group was opening for Quicksilver Messenger Service.
Many thanks to davies51 and 38f for sharing this Great show !!!
01. Naughty Lady 15:42 02. Ballad Of A Well Known Guy 4:37 03. Country Comforts 4:27 04. Compromising Situation 8:08 05. Jumping Jack Flash 5:53 06. Need Your Love So Bad 6:57 07. Sixty Years On 8:53 Album Outtakes: 08. train kept a rollin' 3:07 09. just give me some more time 3:47
Jack Reynolds (vocals) Leigh Stephens (guitar) Pete Sears (bass, organ, vocals) Micky Waller (drums)
The last record by Rockets in 1983 . A great live album hard to find ....
