Monday, October 22, 2007

Emitt Rhodes - Farewell To Paradise



This is Emitt's fourth and final album. It is once again a one-man-band affair. However, it does differ from his earlier efforts. Emitt dropped the Paul McCartney and Harry Nilsson sounds and finds a style of is own. This album also finds Rhodes experimenting with other instruments. Although not as buoyant as his earlier efforts, Farewell to Paradise is still a very strong album from one of the forgotten great artists of the 70's.

1 Warm Self Sacrifice / 2 See No Evil / 3 Drawn to You / 4 Blue Horizon / 5 Shoot the Moon / 6 Only Lovers Decide / 7 Trust One More / 8 Nights Are Lonely / 9 Bad Man
10 In Desperate Need / 11 Those That Die / 12 Farewell to Paradise

The Merry Go Round (feat. Emitt Rhodes) You're a Very Lovely Woman/Live! (MONO MIX)



The debut of Emitt Rhodes as a force to reckon with, "You're a Very Lovely Woman/Live!" is, according to some sources, rather a thrown-together collection of singles and demoes than a real album. Well, it's nice either way. The Merry-Go-Round itself didn't last very long, giving way to Rhodes's much-celebrated solo career after a mere one album and a few singles.

"You're a Very Lovely Woman/Live!" only recently came back into print on CD via Rev-Ola's wonderful "Listen Listen: The Definitive Collection;" before that, it was only available on a very-hard-to-find Japanese A&M CD.

The jewels of this collection are "You're a Very Lovely Woman" and "Time Will Show the Wiser" which both differs markedly in its mono single mix.

Tracks:
1.Live / 2.Time Will Show the Wiser / 3.On Your Way Out / 4.Gonna Fight the War / 5.Had to Run Around / 6.We're in Love / 7.You're a Very Lovely Woman / 8.Where Have You Been All My Life / 9.Early in the Morning / 10 Low Down / 11 Clown's No Good / 12. Gonna Leave You Alone"

Sunday, October 21, 2007

The best of The Merry Go Round featuring Emitt Rhodes

©1985 Rhino records

The Merry Go Round are one of all-time best kept secrets. Revered by a loyal group of fans, the splendor of the group's music never reached the mass audience it deserved.

The band:
Emmit Rhodes (Lead Vocals)
Gary Kato (Guitar)
Bill Rinehart (Bass)
Joel Larson (Drums)

The foursome released several singles including "Live" and "She's A Very Lovely Woman" before releasing their only album in 1969. There were obvious similarities to the Beatles but the band was distinctly American.
The LP was released on Rhino Records in 1985 and long out of print.

Tracks:
1.Live / 2.Time Will Show the Wiser / 3.On Your Way Out / 4.Gonna Fight the War / 5.Had to Run Around / 6.We're in Love / 7.You're a Very Lovely Woman / 8.Where Have You Been All My Life / 9.Early in the Morning / 10 Low Down / 11 Clown's No Good "


Monday, September 03, 2007

RAW MATERIAL
Time Is


Raw Material was a progressive rock band whose both original albums (released in 1970 & 1971) are now very rare and sought-after. Even the re-releases on CD from 2001 are no longer available.

The second album of Raw Material was originally released by RCA/Neon in 1971. Good progressive pieces based on heavy guitars, sax riffs & keyboards with acoustic & melodic moments reminiscent of early Pink Floyd and The Van der Graaf Generator.

The LP was released on Neon Records in 1971. The CD was released by Repertoire Records in the UK in 2001.

Tracks:
1. Ice Queen / 2. Empty Houses / 3. Insolent Lady: Bye the Way/Small Thief/Insolent Lady / 4. Miracle Worker / 5. Religion / 6. Sun God (Awakening/Realization/Worship)"


RAW MATERIAL
Raw Material


Raw Material was a progressive rock band whose both original albums (released in 1970 & 1971) are now very rare and sought-after. Even the re-releases on CD from 2001 are no longer available.

Their first album includes a couple of strong, long tracks: "Time And Illusion", which has a long instrumental break and vibraphone on leading role; "I'd Be Delighted", which features strong vocals, good flute and sax work and "Fighting Cock", which builds in strength after a mellow beginning. The finale, "Destruction Of America", is a poetry recitation with melotron backing and with lyrics wich could have been written today, just listen, you'll understand...

The LP was released on Evolution Records in 1970. Presented here is the Russian re-release from 2001 wich included bonustracks 9-12.

Tracks:
1 "Time And Illusion" / 2 "I'd Be Delighted" / 4 "Fighting Cock" / 5 "Pear On An Apple Tree" / 6 "Future Recollections" / 7 "Traveller Man" / 8 "Destruction Of America" / 9 "Time And Illusion (single version)" / 10 "Hi There Hallelujah" / 11 "Bobo's Party" / 12 "Days Of The Fighting Cocks (single version)"


Monday, August 20, 2007

Harry Nilsson
Nilsson



At the end of 1964, Harry Nilsson signed a contract with Tower, a label recently formed by Capitol Records. Harry recorded a few singles for Tower. This album is a compilation of all four of the singles (and their respective B-Sides) that were released during his tenure on the Tower label (1964 - 1966), plus two previously unreleased tracks. and it was released as Spotlight On Nilsson in 1966. Emi/capitol re-released the album early 70's, probably to cash in on Harry's success. I don't know when it was released exactly because there's no mention of it on the label or on de cover..

Although the songs are available as "Spotlight On Nilsson" allmost nothing can be found about this Emidisc release wich has a beautiful sleeve by an unknown artist (mayby it's by Patrick who made some beautiful sleeves (like this one) for EMI). Let me be the first to show this albumart to the world.


Tracks:
1 "The Path That Leads to Trouble" / 2 "Good Times" / 4 "I'm Gonna Lose My Mind" / 5 "She's Yours" / 6 "Sixteen Tons" / 7 "Born In Grenada" / 8 "You Can't Take Your Love (Away From Me)" / 9 "Growin' Up" / 10 "Do You Believe"


Friday, August 17, 2007

ELVIS PRESLEY - 60 Alnbums box set

BOXSET

“ This 60 CD box set contains all 60 albums Elvis recorded with RCA records, from his first release Elvis Presley in 1956 to his final album Moody Blue in 1977. This terrific box set All the hits are there including his live performances in Memphis, Vegas & of course Hawaii.The set also features all the hits from the movies he made plus exclusive to this set are extra movie songs not previously featured on the soundtrack albums




Sunday, August 05, 2007

Louis Prima
The Capitol Collector's Series
A must have for all swing fans.

Louis Prima was an innovator without equal. Jump blues/jazz icons Louis Jordan and Slim Gaillard shared Prima's penchant for combining R&B with swing and good humor, but Prima's cross-section of influences is as singular at it is striking. When Prima made his major impact in the pre-rock & roll '50s, it was a downright bizarre experience to see/hear an Italian-American combining blues, swing, pop, R&B and Italian songs in a wild, unfettered style that foreshadowed the arrival of Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis. If you're a newcomer to Prima's work, you'd be hard pressed to find a better introduction than this 26-track compilation that includes his most popular material. With R&B saxman Sam Butera and singer (wife) Keely Smith as his foils, Prima was an arresting, original voice in American music, and this collection makes the reasons plain.
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Track Listing1. Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody / 2. Oh Marie / 3. Buona Sera / 4. Jump, Jive, An' Wail / 5. Basin Street Blues/When It's Sleepy Time Down South / 6. Lip, The (with Keely Smith) / 7. Whistle Stop / 8. 5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days / 9. Banana Split For My Baby / 10. There'll Be No Next Time (with Sam Butera) / 11. When You're Smiling/The Sheik Of Araby / 12. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home (with Keely Smith) / 13. I've Got The World On A String / 14. Pennies From Heaven / 15. Angelina/Zooma Zooma / 16. Beep! Beep! / 17. Embraceable You/I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good (with Keely Smith) / 18. Sing, Sing, Sing / 19. That Old Black Magic (with Keely Smith) / 20. Music Goes 'Round And Around, The (previously unreleased) / 21. Hey Boy! Hey, Girl! (with Keely Smith) / 22. Lazy River (previously unreleased, stereo, unedited) / 23. I've Got You Under My Skin (with Keely Smith) / 24. You're Just In Love / 25. Twist All Night / 26. St. Louis Blues

Playing Time: 76 min.

Elvis Presley - Loving You

1957 LOVING YOU

Loving You is the third album by Elvis Presley, issued on RCA Records, LPM 1515, in July 1957, recorded at Radio Recorders and at the Paramount Recording Stage in Hollywood. It contains a combination of songs recorded for the film and previously released items, and spent ten weeks at #1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart. It preceded the film release by eight days.

The soundtrack includes five songs composed expressly for the movie, from the writers providing stock for the Colonel's publishing company, Hill and Range. Mostly functional as per the requirements of any musical, in this case they give Presley numbers to perform during the film. A sixth, "Don't Leave Me Now," was included on the album, intended for but not appearing in the movie.

Elvis Presley - vocals, guitar / Scotty Moore - guitar / Tiny Timbrell - guitar / Dudley Brooks - piano / Gordon Stoker - piano / Hoyt Hawkins - piano, organ / Bill Black - bass / D.J. Fontana - drums / The Jordanaires - backing vocals / George Fields - harmonica

01 Mean Woman Blues / 02 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / 03 Loving You / 04 Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do / 05 Lonesome Cowboy / 06 Hot Dog / 07 Party / 08 Blueberry Hill / 09 True Love / 10 Don't Leave Me Now / 11 Have I Told You Lately That I Love You / 12 I Need You So


Elvis Presley - Elvis

1956 Elvis Presley

Elvis is the second album by Elvis Presley, released on RCA Records, catalogue number LPM 1382, in October 1956. Recorded at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, with a single session in January at RCA Studios in New York, it spent four weeks at #1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart that year.

Elvis Presley – vocal, guitar, piano / Scotty Moore – guitar / Shorty Long – piano / Gordon Stoker - piano / Bill Black – bass / D.J. Fontana – drums / The Jordanaires - backing vocals

01 Rip it Up / 02 Love Me / 03 When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again / 04 Long Tall Sally / 05 First in Line / 06 Paralyzed / 07 So Glad You're Mine / 08 Old Shep / 09 Ready Teddy / 10 Anyplace is Paradise / 11 How's the World Treating You / 12 How Do You Think I Feel


Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley

1956 Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley is the self-titled debut album by Elvis Presley on RCA Records, catalogue number LPM 1254, released in March 1956, recorded at Sun Studio in Memphis, two mid-January sessions at RCA Studios in Nashville, and two in late January at RCA Studios in New York. It spent ten weeks at #1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart that year.

Elvis Presley – vocal, guitar, piano / Scotty Moore – guitar / Chet Atkins – guitar / Floyd Cramer – piano / Shorty Long – piano / Marvin Hughes - piano / Bill Black – bass / D. J. Fontana – drums / Johnny Bernero – drums on "Trying to Get to You" / Gordon Stoker - backing vocals / Ben Speer - backing vocals / Brock Speer - backing vocals

01 Blue Suede Shoes / 02 I'm Counting On You / 03 I Got A Woman / 04 One Sided Love Affair / 05 I love You Because / 06 Just Because / 07 Tutti Frutti / 08 Tryin' To Get To You / 09 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry / 10 I'll Never Let You Go / 11 Blue Moon / 12 Money Honey

Saturday, July 14, 2007

ENIGMA
MCMXC A.D (15 years later)

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In 1990, the birth of Enigma signalled a major change in Pop Culture. Michael Cretu didn't follow trends, he set them. Equivalent to a musical Noah's Ark, mastermind Michael Cretu sailing on his sound ship Enigma unites the most diverse cultures of all the continents from the most varied of epochs. Enigma was, and is, continuing to invent continuum. Whether one wants to dance or dream, suffer, love or meditate, Enigma sends everyone a different signal.The first single from Enigma, Sadeness Pt. 1 was a border and generation spanning best seller. The single enjoyed the top chart position in 24 countries and its corresponding album, MCMXC a.D. was in the American Billboard charts for 5 years!!The 5 Enigma studio records- MCMXC a.D." (1990), "The Cross Of Changes" (1993), "Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!" (1996), "The Screen Behind The Mirror" (2000) and "Voyageur" (2003)- have sold over 30 million copies world wide. Enjoying #1 status in over 50 countries and receiving over 90 Platinum records world wide, Enigma is by far Germany's most successful musical artist.The American trade Bible, Billboard, praised Enigma as "music for a new millennium" and The New York Times also attested that "the refined Studio-Pop music of Enigma is an international phenomenon"


Click cover to download


1990

Sadeness, Part I

1991

Mea Culpa, Part II

1991

Principles Of Lust

1991

The Rivers Of Belief

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1993

Return To Innocence

1994

The Cross Of Changes

1996

Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!

1999

MCMXC AD

(Bonus Disc)

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1999

MCMXC AD

(The Limited Edition)

Part 2

2000

The Screen Behind The Mirror

2001

LSD - Love, Sensuality And Devotion

The Greatest Hits

Part 2

2001

LSD - Love, Sensuality And Devotion

The Remix Collection

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2003

Voyageur

2006

A Posteriori

2006

Hello And Welcome

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Monday, July 09, 2007

DREAM THEATER
Dark Side Of The Moon (Limited Version)
Disc 1 contains live performance of Dark Side Of The Moon in its entirety
Disc 2 called "A Saucerful of Floyd" contains 7 other Pink Floyd songs covered live in concerts from 1995-2004
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CD1: 1. Speak To Me/Breathe (3:55) / 2. On The Run (2:26) / 3. Time (7:02) / 4. The Great Gig in the Sky (4:35) / 5. Money (6:35) / 6. Us And Them (8:02) / 7. Any Colour You Like (5:05) / 8. Brain Damage (3:49) / 9. Eclipse (2:48)
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CD2: 1. Echoes Pt. 1 (12:00) / 2. One of These Days (6:24) / 3. Sheep (9:42) / 4. In the Flesh? (2:56) / 5. Run Like Hell (1:58) / 6. Hey You (4:49) / 7. Comfortably Numb (7:22)
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CD1
CD2

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Cat Stevens - Blue Monday


©2007 AppleCore

Previous released on the bootleg "Beatles - Sink In The Can". A very strange compilation of tracks. There's even a bootleg of this bootleg with the original Lee Dorsey song "working in the coalmine"credited to the Beatles.
Everything what should not be on that album is omitted to create a fine Cat Steven Album.
The sessions of Cat Stevens with Ringo have now been compiled in the correct order.
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Blue Monday (3:08). / If I Have to work for you (3:03). / Tuning (0:58). / Blue Monday Eins Zwei (2:07). / Blue Monday One Two (2:06). / Tuning (0:44). / I just Want To Make Love To You (4:31). / Working In The Coal Mine (4:36). / Baby I Have Some Love For You (1:18). / Looking For The Sailor (8:16)
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Sunday, June 17, 2007

Harry Nilsson
Pussycats


When the Walkmen did a note for note rerecording of this, it reminded me to pop it off the shelf and give it a listen. If you can get past the mid-70's production sheen, especially the way the horns sound (shudder), it's a damn fun spin.


1. Many Rivers To Cross Listen / 2. Subterranean Homesick Blues Listen / 3. Don't Forget Me Listen / 4. All My Life Listen / 5. Old Forgotten Soldier Listen / 6. Save The Last Dance For Me Listen / 7. Mucho Mungo-Mt. Elga Listen / 8. Loop De Loop Listen / 9. Black Sails Listen / 10. Rock Around The Clock Listen
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