Devotion is a hard driving, spaced-out, distorted
hard-jazz-rock album featuring organist Larry Young, drummer Buddy
Miles, and the little known bassist Billy Rich. This album was recorded
close to the period when McLaughlin had been jamming with Jimi Hendrix,
Young, Miles and Dave Holland. Terrible bootlegs exist of some of their
jams, but bad sound quality and McLaughlin's guitar on the fritz make
the bootlegs a ripoff. Devotion was also sort of a
ripoff. To this day, McLaughlin is angry about the way former Hendrix
producer Alan Douglas mixed this record. Apparently, Douglas spliced
bits of music together here and there that were not supposed to be
connected. Despite this obvious problem, and the fact Douglas paid
McLaughlin only $2,000 to record both Devotion and My Goal’s Beyond , this album is chock full of wonderfully ominous riffs and sounds. Devotion is an overlooked landmark album. ~Walter Kolosky - All About Jazz
Track List:
1. Marbles (4:05) 2. Siren (5:55) 3. Don't Let the Dragon Eat Your Mother (5:18) 4. Purpose of When (4:42) 5. Dragon Song (4:13) 6. Devotion (11:25)
Here is a Reboot of Jobe's September 27, 2016 post with upgraded 320 link
Flac version...new link added.
Hey is it me, or where did everybody go? I'm talking about my fellow brothers here. I realize everyone has a million other things they could be doing, instead of posting music for you to enjoy with little or no thanks at all. Maybe it's just a lull but why am I bored right out of my skull (name that lyric).
No back cover
Songs
1. I Found That Essence Rare 2. Return The Gift 3. 5.45 4. At Home He's A Tourist 5. Natural's Not In 6. Not Great Men 7. Ether 8. Guns Before Butter 9. Paralyzed 10. History's Bunk 11. To Hell With Poverty
I'm not a big metal fan but there are some bands and music that I do like. This is one of those recordings that I like and is worth having just for their cover of the Beatles "I Want You".
Track List: 1. Devine Step (Conspectu Mortis) 2. Son of Lilith 3. Semtex Revolution 4. Sirens 5. Metamorphosis 6. Pale Sister 7. About Life 8. I Want You (She's So Heavy)
1. Baby Don't Work - Robert Ealey 2. Tell Me The Reason Why - Robert Ealey 3. Part Time Love - Robert Ealey 4. I Want Your Love - Robert Ealey 5. Mambo Jambo - Robert Ealey 6. Love My Baby - Robert Ealey 7. Everday I Have The Blues - Curly 'Barefoot' Miller 8. Outskirts Of Town - Curly 'Barefoot' Miller 9. Mardi Gras - Curly 'Barefoot' Miller 10. Bartender - Curly 'Barefoot' Miller 11. Night Time Is The Right Time - Curly 'Barefoot' Miller 12. Wine Spodee-O-Dee - Curly 'Barefoot' Miller 13. Mojo Backfired - Joe Jonas 14. The Hustler - Joe Jonas 15. Blue Monday - Joe Jonas 16. Chitlin Circuit - Joe Jonas 17. Special Bonus Track: Butterbeans - Curly 'Barefoot' Miller
Special Guests:
Johnny Reno
Mike Morgan
Jim Suhler
Sumter Bruton
Hash Brown
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Originally posted November 6, 2015
Big Black - The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape
Studio recordings @ VBR
{Out of Print}
The Rich
Man's Eight Track Tape is an album by post-hardcore noise rock band Big
Black. It was released in 1987 by Touch and Go Records. The album is a
CD compilation of Big Black's Atomizer album, "Heartbeat" single and
Headache EP. The track "Strange Things" from the original Atomizer LP
was not included on this release.
The title of the album, and the
liner notes by Steve Albini, show the band's low regard for compact
discs (the 8-track tape was state of the art in the 1970s).
Big Black founder/recording studio
owner/all-around curmudgeon Steve Albini has hated the CD format since
the beginning. He considers it inferior in sound quality and overpriced
to boot. Thus, "The Rich Man's Eight-Track Tape," originally released
in the late 80's, is both a compromise to the market and a deliberate
provocation. Albini's own words on the subject:
"This compact
disc, compiled to exploit those of you gullible enough to own the
bastardly first generation digital home music system, contains all
analog masters. Compact discs are quite durable, this being their only
advantage over real music media. You should take every opportunity to
scratch them, fingerprint them and eat egg and bacon sandwiches off
them. Don't worry about their longevity, as Philips will pronounce them
obsolete when the next phase of the market-squeezing technology bonanza
begins."
Of course, it's now been a couple of generations, in
tech terms, since the CD was introduced, and the format is still with
us, though many (like the business executives who make money off them)
believe they're in sharp decline. Rival formats (SACD, DVDA, etc.) have
tried to muscle in, and then there's the swift encroachment of the
lowly mp3. Since none of Albini's bands are available for legal
download, it's pretty easy to imagine his opinion of the format. Big
Black were and are a brilliant band, and anyone who thinks they know
something about "extreme" rock music has to have their music. My
advice: buy two copies of each of their releases on CD, and convert them
to mp3's. That'll be sure to annoy the hell out of him, and an annoyed
Albini is a creative Albini. Then again, take a listen to the CD
versions of the music and the LP versions. Guess which one will sound
better? This is, of course, on purpose. ~Scott Bresinger
Track List: 1. Jordan Minnesota 2. Passing Complexion 3. Big Money 4. Kerosene 5. Bad House 6. Fists Of Love 7. Stinking Drunk 8. Bazooka Joe 9. Cables (Live) 10. Heartbeat 11. Things To Do Today 12. I Can't Believe 13. My Disco 14. Grinder 15. Ready Men 16. Pete, King Of The Detectives
Rebooted... Originally posted November 18, 2011, Last posted July 27, 2019 Something you may not know existed... Third time around for this one!
Tempest - self titled -1973
Allan Holdsworth
Studio Recordings @320
Out Of Print
Tempest was a British progressive rock band with core members Jon Hiseman (Colosseum) on drums and Mark Clarke (Colosseum, Uriah Heep) on bass. For the band's first album, the line up was completed by Allan Holdsworth (Soft Machine, Gong, U.K.) on guitar, and Paul Williams on vocals and keyboards (Juicy Lucy and others). Later in Tempest's brief history, Ollie Halsall (Timebox, The Rutles) replaced Holdsworth on guitar and Williams on vocals. The group are referred to as a "minor supergroup" in liner notes. The band released two albums, Tempest (1973) [originally released as Jon Hiseman's Tempest], and Living In Fear (1974).
*My Comment*Living In Fear which only has Jon Hiseman from the original line up, pretty much sucks dog balls.
U.S. drummer Tony Williams discovered Holdsworth around this time, which led to an invite for the up-and-coming guitarist to replace John McLaughlin in Williams' Lifetime project in 1975, as Holdsworth appeared on the Williams recordings Believe It and Million Dollar Legs. But Holdsworth's union with Williams was a brief one, as the guitarist joined up with French-English prog-rockers Gong (for such albums as 1976's Expresso and Gazeuse, plus 1978's Expresso II), in addition to guesting on recordings by Jean-Luc Ponty, Bill Bruford, Gordon Beck, Jack Bruce, UK, and Soft Machine. Also in the late '70s, Holdsworth launched a solo career, which over the years has seen the release of 17 albums (a few standouts include 1983's Road Games, 1985's Metal Fatigue, 1994's Hard Hat Area, and 2000's The Sixteen Men of Tain), as the guitarist has been joined by such acclaimed musicians as Paul Williams (a former bandmate of Holdsworth's in Tempest), Gary Husband, Chad Wackerman, Gary Husband, Jimmy Johnson, Steve Hunt, and Alan Pasqua, among others. In the mid-'80s, Holdsworth was one of the first musicians to use a Synthaxe, a guitar that contained a breath controller that proved to be a cross between a synthesizer, guitar, and saxophone (Holdsworth was awarded Best Guitar Synthesist from 1989 through 1994 in (Guitar Player Magazine's Readers' Poll). In the '90s, Holdsworth created his own signature guitar model with the Carvin company.
~Greg Prato, All Music Guide.
Track listing:
1. "Gorgon" – 5:44
2. "Foyers Of Fun" – 3:39
3. "Dark House" – 5:02
4. "Brothers" – 3:36
5. "Up And On" – 4:20
6. "Grey And Black" – 2:28
7. "Strangeher" – 4:08
8. "Upon Tomorrow" – 6:42
This record used to be hard to find. Want a over pricedcd copy?
There is no reliable information about the history of this band.
Apparently this album was recorded in Wakefield between 1970-1971,
England, engineered and produced by Mike Levon. It collects Their
Contributions to Astral Navigations, Gagalactyca, Loose Routes I and II.
"David J. Smith (formerly of David John and the Mood) co-produced and
sang on some tracks of an" ad hoc "group (ie They Were the studio
creation) called Thundermother During 1969. This one band shared with LP Light years Away called "Astral Navigations" (Holyground 1971).
Thundermother's Contribution was recorded over one weekend. Acid
guitars, Hard Acid rock, heavy Acid Psych, Heavy Acid Prog, Acid Blues
!! Progressive/hard rock featuring a lot of fuzzed guitar!!
Track List: 01.Someday 13:41 02.Country Lines 1:05 03.Boogie Music 4:48 04.Woman 3:17 05.Lady (Lay By Me) 3:39 06.The People Show 3:55 07.Come on Home 4:53 08.Woman in My Life 4:17 09.Rock Me Babe 6:03 10.Boogie Music (Coke Version) 4:53 11.Duce Blues 1:14 12.Watch Your Step 3:30 13.You Know Me Babe 1:26 14.Come on Home (Space Version) 7:31
Thundermother: David John - lead vocals, percussion Dave "Ginner" Millen - lead vocals, lead guitar, bass Frank Newbould - guitar, bass, vocals Fred Kelly - drums, percussion Dave Wilkinson - piano Dave Smith "Daz" - bass Jerusalem Smith - Drums On "Woman"
Don't miss this most excellent late 60s early 70 type psychedelic rock Album it is a one of a kind.
Randy Jackson: Lead vocalist, songwriter, and lead guitarist
Felix Hanemann: Bass, keyboards, and backing vocals
Guy Gelso: Drums, percussion, and backing vocals.
These original members have been performing together since the band's formation in 1975
Hard rock band Zebra, known for their legendary live shows, released the album Live in 1990. The recordings are taken from two shows they performed at Sundance in Bayshore on Long Island on November 25 and 26, 1989. It features six songs from their debut album, two songs from No Tellin' Lies, three from 3.V, and a single Led Zeppelin cover.
This "official" bootleg was only available at the end of the show at the Manchester Apollo (UK) on October 15, 2006 or by pre-order on the Raconteurs website. Only 1000 copies were made.
Set List:
CD1 1.Level 2.Hands 3.Back to you 4.Together 5.Christian life 6.Bang bang
CD2 1.Store bought bones 2.Yellow sun 3.Blue veins intro jam 4.Blue veins 5.Intimate secretary 6.Steady as she goes 7.Broken boy soldier
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Originally posted June 1, 2013
The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation - self titled
Released 1969
Studio Recordings @256
Out of Print
Track List: 1. Watch 'N' Chain 2. My Whiskey Head Woman 3. Trouble No More 4. Double Lovin' 5. See See Baby 6. Roamin' And Ramblin' 7. Sage Of Sidney Street 8. Memory Of Pain 9. Mutiny
The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation
Doctor Dunbar's Prescription
Released 1969
Studio Recordings @320
Out of Print
Track List:
1. Change Your Low Down Ways 2. The Fugitive 3. 'Till Your Lovin' Makes Me Blue 4. Now That You've Lost Me 5. I Tried 6. Call My Woman 7. The Devil Drives 8. Low Gear Man 9. Tuesday's Blues 10. Mean Old World
Ansley Dunbar -drums & percussion Victor Brox -vocals, guitar Alex Dmochowski -bass John Moorshead -guitar
Aynsley Thomas Dunbar (Born 10 January 1946) is an English drummer. He has worked with some of the top names in rock, including Nils Lofgren, Eric Burdon, John Mayall, Frank Zappa, Ian Hunter, Lou Reed, Jefferson Starship, Jeff Beck, David Bowie, Whitesnake, Sammy Hagar, Michael Schenker, UFO and Journey.
With their lurching sea shanties, debauched murder ballads, messed-up
tangos and whiskey-soaked gypsy stomps, some reckon they're from the
same stable of stallions as Tom Waits and Nick Cave; others point out
the last gang in town swagger of The Clash and the hellbound blues that
John Lee Hooker first dragged out of the swamp. Featuring between 7 to
12 musicians playing - guitars, drums, fiddle, trumpet, banjo,
washboard, upright bass, gong, mandolin, accordion, harmonicas,
saxophone and even empty bottles & tie racks to build their unique
Bourbon Soaked Gypsy Blues Bop N Stroll.
Track List: 1 -Go East 2 -Cheers For The Tears 3 -S.O.S (Swim Or Sink) 4 -Rather You Shot Me Down 5 -High Jeopardy Thing 6 -Run For Your Money 7 -Lightning From A Blues Sky 8 -Off To Rehab 9 -Alone In The City 10 -Good For You 11 -Heroin (Put My Brothers In The Ground) 12 -Goodbye To Another Year
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1.A god in alcove 2.Telegram Sam 3.Double dare 4.A spy in the cab 5.In a flat field 6.St vitus dance 7.In fear of fear 8.Poison pen 9.Party of the first part 10.Departure 11.The three shadows part II 12.Silent hedges 13.Swing the heartache 14.Third uncle 15.Ziggy stardust 16.Terror couple kill colonel 17.Night time 18.She's in parties
Rebooted...Again Originally posted March 7, 2014 & March 18, 2020
Iggy Pop - Live Boston MA.
at The Channel
Boston, MA. - KBFH
July 19, 1988 Soundboard or FM Source @New flac link!
Originally posted at Nargo The Bort's Deviant Subculture 2007
Set List: Instinct Kill City 1969 Penetration Power and Freedom High on You Five Foot One Johanna Easy Rider Tuff Baby I Feel Alright (1970) Winners and Losers/Scene of the Crime Search and Destroy Cold Metal Squarehead No Fun I Wanna Be Your Dog
Bass – Alvin Gibbs
Drums – Paul Garristo*
Guitar [Lead] – Andy McCoy
Keyboards – Seamus Beaghen
Vocals, Guitar – Iggy Pop
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Originally posted December 20. 2018
Mason Casey - Reefer Smokin' Man
Studio recordings @256
Out of Print
With Mason Casey, there are no Harmonica Blues cliches, just straight, sharp, heavy modern blues.
"I grew up in upstate New York. Worked in tree care business and then as a stone mason for twenty years. All the while practicing and learning the blues harmonica. Got first harmonica as 18th birthday present. A friend gave me the Muddy Waters record " Hard Again " and I got hooked on that funky electric harmonica sound. I saw J.Geils band in concert and said that’s the kind of rockin’ blues I want to play. I was practicing all the time.
I decided at 35 years old to get out of my home town and try to make it as a full time musician. It was very hard my first year and I was homeless for 4 months. I was sleeping in my car and at friend’s houses : it was crazy ! I got a place after a while and started getting some gigs in NYC, at Dan Lynch, Finnian’s Rainbow and Manny’s Car Wash.
Met Popa Chubby at Manny’s. He saw me playing at Finnian’s and he liked my harmonica style and my act. He let me sit in with him sometimes and I asked him if he would produce a demo CD. He did and took it to Philippe Langlois at Dixiefrog and he said "let’s make a CD" and we made "Reefer Smokin’ Man" in 2000.
I live in Holland now and play music all around Europe, and do session work when called, (the latest CD of soul legend Wilson Pickett " It’s Harder Now " and also on Don Covay’s latest CD ~ MasonCasey
Track List: 1. Smellin' Like Whiskey. 4:44 2. Baby Come Back Home. 3:32 3. Two Trains Comin'. 3:53 4. Slow Down. 3:32 5. Out For The Takin'. 3:53 6. Goin' Back To Amsterdam (Reefer Smokin' Man). 4:46 7. I'm Ready. 4:47 8. Spaced Out. 2:19 9. Startin' Up From The Bottom. 4:21 10. She Changed The Lock. 3:46 11. Livin' In A Dream. 4:11 12. You Say You Don't Love Me. 3:26 13. Stone Cold Alone. 3:38
Mason Casey - harmonica & vocals Zach Zunis - guitar Kris Jefferson - bass Steve Holley – drums
20/20 - 20/20 & Look Out! Studio soundboard recordings Out of Print @320
Some nostalgic L.A. Power Pop for You!!
Update...As pointed out by Anon in comments, the original post only contains the self titled recording 20/20 and various singles. The album Look Out is NOW included in this post. Sorry for the confusion. I have found the record Look Out and have added a new link!
Rebooted...Again
Originally posted June 14, 2016 & August 6, 2022
Ginger Baker/No Material
Live Munich 1987
Theaterfabrik, Unterföhring, Munich, Germany March 25, 1987 Soundboard @320
Out of Print
No Material consisted of Ginger Baker (drums), Nicky Skopelitis and Sonny Sharrock (guitars), Peter Brötzmann (sax), and Jan Kazda (bass). The band existed for less than a week in 1987. In the liner notes for the 1989 release of Ginger Baker's No Material album, Steve Lake closes by saying "I'm glad that No Material came together to nail down their non-repertoire in March 1987 and glad that their efforts are now preserved for posterity to puzzle over. May the archivists now go and look for the Munich gig." Well, 20-plus years later, here is the Munich gig: the first show ever performed by this semi-legendary band. As expected, the performance is absolutely fantastic. Unfortunately, the recording is not. The biggest issue is the sound. While it's generally clear, the sound is thin and the high end (especially any cymbal work) sounds terrible. It sounds as if the CD was mastered from a compressed MP3 file. Then there's the way it's programmed. The brief interview excerpts follow the first two tracks, totally derailing the momentum of the show. The Sharrock bit is nice, if a bit out of place, but the Skopelitis excerpt adds absolutely nothing. Time must have been a factor because "Piece 3" fades out and back in somewhat clumsily. "Piece 5" is basically solo Sharrock, riffing on his own "Blind Willie" before fading out just shy of the two-minute mark. It's a confusing way to end the album since there was clearly more music. Fans will want to hear this for sure, but they're likely to be somewhat disappointed. ~Sean Westergaard - Allmusic.com
Not as bad as reviewed but definitely for those with a taste for the 'avante garde".