Time Traveller

Monday, December 18, 2006

Even have one of theose days....

...when nothing goes right. Yesterday was one, my internet connection kept shutting down and most of these files have been uploaded at least 2 times. Add deposit files less than enticing upload speeds and it spells a recipe for a whole new kind of frustration. Anyways, finally, here are some cool tunes to hum along too, just imagine it's Sunday and it will be alright.

First up, the second highest vote getter in my little unofficial poll. It's the 1969 Uni album from Smoke (the U.S. band not the U.K. psych band that did My Friend Jack), who look like a bike gang that formed a band, and sound like one to. Nothing against biker gangs (I'm not suicidal). But this is greasy, oiley music to get yer hands dirty too. Bluesy hard rock, often kinda sloppy and quite a cool album to boot. The 18 minute plus M.C. Boogie says it all. Although a CD is pictured next to my witticisms there, I don't think this is in print on CD right now and I know this rip is from vinyl. But it rocks and that's all that matters.

http://depositfiles.com/files/457447

And for Bigfoot Kit who has been quite the patient soul waiting for me to get this right, this slice of heaven went through hell getting here. Ripped not once but twice, uploaded not once but three times (I had my doubts if it wanted to be here!!) but finally here is the first solo album from ex-Kansas and sometime Proto Kaw man, Kerry Livgren called Seeds of Change. Livgren wanted to get away from the mystical to concentrate more on his spiritual side, his Christianity. Which on this album presents me with a conundrum (but no complaint). The second song, my favorite, has a guest singer, Ronnie James Dio, and Dio means Satan (Spanish slang term, I know now it also means God in Latin thanks to an email so maybe my theolgical theory is poot), as well as quite a few lyrics which are questionable from a Christian point of view. The title is Mask of the Deceiver so I wonder if Kerry got Dio to sing the song portraying Satan or what. I am far from theologian so I just though I'd put the thought in your mind for you to play around with. The rest of the album could pass for a good pre-Steve Morse period Kansas LP and if you like them you will surely like this. Originally released on Kirshner in 1980, the CD was released on Renaissance Records in 1996 and as far as I know is now out of print.

http://depositfiles.com/files/458443

What a shocker!! I had never even heard of this before and I guy I trade with sent it too me with a bunch of rare stuff Thursday. Aveek from India requests it on Saturday and I haven't even listened to it yet. So it sparked my interest so I kicked back for a bit and listened. Absolutely amazing stuff!!!!! (I Can't put enough exclaimations behind it!!) This gets listed as hard prog but I think it's just stunningly good hard rock that blew my fuckin' doors off. Just killer from start to finish and not a bad track in the bunch. The first song is actually kinda folky but even it has a killer hook and after that the band kicks into riffin' and never looks back. Only downside, ripped at 160 from a less than perfect source, but this deserves a listen sooooooo much I had to put it up here. I give this one of my highest recommendations and if ANYONE has a better copy of this please please PLEASE send it my way. And thanks Aveek for calling my attention to it. It's now in heavy rotation in the Time Traveller jukebox.

http://depositfiles.com/files/457336

And here's proof you can surprise a jaded old fart like me. The top vote getter in my little improptu survey. If you'd have ask me to bet on any one of the albums I listed as choices this would have been the longshot by a longshot (yeah, that's right!). But damn this is a fine record from the first post- Michael Schenker line up (the first of many). The band was in utter turmoil, Pete Way was about to leave (if he wasn't really already gone), Phil Moog said he sometimes couldn't keep track of daily happenings, and out of this choas came this twisted album of genius. The Writer kicks off the album in rockin' style and
form not seen since the Lights Out daze. Coulda done without the horns (or the synths that sound like 'em) and after this album, keyboards took over a bit too much for my liking. Nothing wrong with that in some bands but these guys were supposed to be metal for God's sake. But this one is great except for Terri which sounds like a bad Myles Goodwin/April Wine outtake and the kinda lame cover of Eddie Cochran's Somethin' Else. Everytime I hear that drum intro to Doing It All For You I think Rock Candy is about to start for a second. Sorry bout the low bitrate on this one.

http://depositfiles.com/files/457501

Here's that Twisted Ace 45. NWOBHM on the UK Heavy Metal label (home of Witchfinder General & Split Beaver), A-side is boogie rocker with twin lead guitar and lotsa riffage, b-side is a heavier track that is more representative of the NWOBHM style. Not bad at all.

http://depositfiles.com/files/457282

And here's some stuff Kit sent to share and I forgot to post it. Twice. Yeah, I am a dumbass, but that's my world sometimes, I forget tracks, I forget posts, hell sometimes I even forget to finish

Strife's 1975 album, "Rush". Proggy hard rock from the uk. This is their 1st album. The main guy was Gordon Rowley who went on to form Nightwing who you might remember from the early '80's. Interesting album. Unusual.
Here's the link:
STRIFE - "Rush" (1975)

http://rapidshare.com/files/7508599/STRIFE_-_Rush__1975_.rar

Crack The Sky : Photoflamingo (1981)

http://rapidshare.com/files/7363288/CRACK_THE_SKY_-_Photoflamingo__1981_.rar

Crack The Sky : World In Motion 1 (1982)

http://rapidshare.com/files/7368503/CRACK_THE_SKY_-_World_In_Motion_1__1983_.rar

Until next time, see ya!

Saturday, December 16, 2006

As the year draws nearer to closing.....

......I've been kind of reflective lately, maybe it's the drugs I have to take, maybe it's the time of year, maybe it's my age (I'll be 40 very soon). I know that may sound young to some of you but I'm feeling very old lately. I've always sort of made it a personal policy not to let politics(although I do go on a rant now and again on things that I feel strongly about) or my personal life bleed into this blog, which is supposed to be fun. And yes, it still is a shitload of fun for me. It is actually theraputic for me to do this, it is a joy to hear that so many good people out there share some of the same favorites I do. I appreciate the fact that maybe I made someone happy just by sharing something that means a lot to me. Weather or not it is immoral for me to do so, I want to continue to do so. And I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for the support and encouragement to keep going. I've made several friends since starting this thing back in late February and even though it real time it's only a baby, in blog time it's outlived several of it's original inspirations and as long as you guys (and gals if you're out there) keep comin' back I'll keep throwin' this crap up for you to enjoy. But I want to try to keep it fresh and exciting, and am always open to new ideas and concepts. Feedback is always welcome, constructive criticism included, as long it's friendly. Thanks for reading and I will be shedding light upon why I write this as time goes on. Trust me it's not cryptic or anything. But for now, let me quote a band my kids love and I can actually tolerate, Smashmouth, and say "Fuck it let's rock!!!"

More ash, more ash, the folks sayeth in thine inbox and they have spoken. Several requests for this one and so, here it is
the almighty Ash with their 1977 headline. I like this album a lot but I still have that soft spot for the Turner brothers version of the band, no disrespect to Laurie who was a fine addition to the band. This is probably my favorite from this period. Period.

http://depositfiles.com/files/451228

Sorry 'bout this sorry cover pic, but then again, it ain't no Roger Dean cover we're dealing with by a long shot. But the enthusiastic response for the other album made me go ahead and rip this one for today. More of the same and just as good as the other, here is the strangely titled In Spite of Harry's Toenail. Glad they didn't put a picture of that on the cover. But it's a great album In Spite of Gnidrolog's Title.

http://depositfiles.com/files/451836

And yes, I've put this up before but it was inferior product dammit, and I love this pre-Alice Cooper 45 and this is the best sounding version I've heard of it. Wish they'd spruce the Nazz (Coop's not Rundgren's) 45 this way. Ah, if wishes were the lead singer of Lacuna Coil, I'd ride.........oops thinking in print again.

http://depositfiles.com/files/451448

An old friend sent two 45's to me and said, try these on for NWOBHM size and I decided to. Maybe Kit can shed some light onto these (and I haven't forgotten that SOC album, Kit, it's coming next!!!). The first is by a band called Slander Thread and the next (no sleeve to be found) is by a band called Prowler. Both rock so if you want some metal, give 'em a shot.

Slander Thread - I See the Light EP

http://depositfiles.com/files/452697

Prowler - Alcatraz/So Lonely

http://depositfiles.com/files/452651

I already have a couple albums on the "fer sure" list for my next update, but I would like some help, so which of these would you like to see posted next? And don't just one or two of give me answers, tell me what you want!!!

Brownsville Station - Yeah!
UFO - Mechanix
Finch - Beyond Expression (not the Aussie Finch, but a prog band)
Budgie - In For the Kill
Hunger - Strictly From Hunger
Smoke - Carry On Your Idea (not the UK psych, but a US band on Uni from '69)
Terry Knight & the Pack - same (pre-Grand Funk)
XIT - Silent Warrior

or none of these and pick a write in.

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

More requests and more other stuff

Wow, the old visitor counter is past 400,000!!! Either a lot of folks have stopped by or a few of you have stopped by way too many times. Either way, thanks for checking out my little corner of blogdom. Today is all requests (at least from me, there is another Urchin sent from Desultory at the end).

A late one for this style of music (1971) this one sounds like kind of Doorsy (early Doors) but more backwoods style psych and the album goes for megabucks. Pretty good stuff if you dig the rural psych genre.

http://depositfiles.com/files/445814

And here's some covers I forgot to put in the rar

http://depositfiles.com/files/445934

If you like Gentle Giant you'll like these guys. Lotsa Ian Anderson style flute tooting over some GGish melodies. One I find myself digging out quite a bit because it's a really strong album!

http://depositfiles.com/files/446072

This is the first Hawkwind album I ever bought myself when i was about 12 years old. My favorite song on here is Kings of Speed and now that I know what a speedfreak Lemmy confessed to being the song takes on a whole new meaning. But there is not a bad track on this album from 1975 which features a bonus track, the original version of Motorhead, the song that foretold Lemmy wasn't going to stand still in space rock land much longer.

http://depositfiles.com/files/445379

And again covers, sorry......

http://depositfiles.com/files/445207

And from Desultory here is another batch o tunes from Urchin. This was sent to me by Bigfoot Kit with Desultory's permission and thanks to both.

Urchin - The Friday Rock Show Session with Tommy Vance on BBC Radio 1 Recorded late 1977
(i'm not sure if the date is 100% accurate, i don't think the show started 'til late '78/early '79)
Also, bands only usually did 3 or 4 songs per session, so this may actually be two seperate sessions.
Whatever, it rocks mightily and is rare as hens teeth, what more can you ask for?
01. See Right Through You
02. Walkin' Out Over You
03. Someday
04. Walked Another Way
05. Call Me Out
06. Show Me

http://rapidshare.com/files/6786234/Urchin_-_Friday_Rock_Show_1977_by_desultory.zip.html

no pw

And also added two new sites to the links, one a Krautrock site and the other a Live365 radio station. Check 'em out if you have time

Monday, December 11, 2006

Apparently I just need to slow down and pay attention

And of course I couldn't just make a post with another track I forgot so here are a couple new things and Bigfoot Kit sent some albums that have been on my wish list for awhile to replace my beat to death originals.

First up here is missing track 6 from the Group Therapy album. Sorry again!

http://depositfiles.com/files/439763

Here is an old 45 I was absolutely blown away by. If you like the hard Strawberry Alarm Clock stuff give this a try, these guys kinda sound like 'em but have some moves of their own. This pic over here is just something I found, it probably has nothing to do with this band. If you search around on the net there isn't a whole lot about them (they do have a page or two), but this single is circa 1967-8 and is great heavy psych and rarity in the fact that both sides are excellent.

http://depositfiles.com/files/439798

And the other day when I was babbling on about songs I listened to as a kid and didn't really know what they were about, I casually mentioned these guys and I got an email asking if I had the album, which I do. So here in all of it's cannibalistic glory is Timothy plus all the other stuff they recorded (it's the Collectables CD). I read a great essay about how the song came to be by it's creator Rupert Holmes (yeah the Pina Colada song guy). The original goal was basically to get a song past the censors. And Timothy turned out to be the result. I still love it but since I know the story it's a bit creepy. Maybe it's even more intriguing because of it.

http://depositfiles.com/files/439934

And from Kit, here's the aforementioned Crack the Sky LPs. I love these guys!!!

Crack The Sky - same (1st)

http://rapidshare.com/files/6923879/CRACK_THE_SKY_-_Same__1975_.rar

Crack The Sky - Animal Notes (1976)

http://rapidshare.com/files/6904837/Crack_The_Sky_-_Animal_Notes__1976_.rar

Crack The Sky - Safety In Numbers (1978)

http://rapidshare.com/files/6911773/Crack_The_Sky_-_Safety_In_Numbers__1978_.rar

Full cd artwork & txt files in each rar. Thanks Kit, I am havin' a ball listening to these!!!!

Saturday, December 09, 2006

More Music More Music More Music More Music

I've posted these cats b-4, and gotten a good response, so here is my personal fave, Shredder. Cool hard rockin' mixed with the usual introspective hippy type ballads and it makes for a first rate mish mash of good ol' rock and roll.

http://depositfiles.com/files/435623

Kinda psychy, kinda poppy and these guys do a few too many covers (not so much as on their first LP) but they do have a bit of originality and it shows as the covers aren't always your by the numbers ripoffs. I have the first but beat is a kind word to describe the condition so until the right one comes along enjoy this great period piece from Group Therapy. It's somewhere around 37 minutes long.

http://depositfiles.com/files/435417

I was ripping this little gem the other day and I'll be damned if someone didn't request something by these biker-rock types. Crude and rude and 50 different different kinds of fun. Boogie hard rock from Simon Stokes who is still kicking around (at least last time I checked anyway, I recently got a CD of the man dueting with none other than Timothy Leary and one of him solo, and he was only gotten cruder with age). If you like no frills hard biker rock from the mid 70's give it a shot.

http://depositfiles.com/files/435274

Here's the back, if it's readable your eyes are better than mine.

I'm not totallysure but I think I posted it before, but this is a much nicer rip at 256 and still my favorite Bloodrock LP. I remember listening to D.O.A. on my aunt's stereo back when that gruesome song was actually a hit and not realising what it was all about (did the same with Timothy by the Buoys). Hell, I was 5 folks. Cannabalism and plane crashes never even crossed my mind. All I ever thought was they were just cool songs and I still laugh when I think about asking what a mawhasue was when I first heard Bennie and the Jets. Ah, to be young again!

http://depositfiles.com/files/435856

Got a request for some Demon and some Tygers of Pan Tang so here is the '87 LP from Demon (yeah late in the game but it's still a fantastic LP).

http://depositfiles.com/files/435531

And here is the album nicknamed by many sell out from the those Tygers of Pan Tang. Great cover though. I personally like this album but it didn't happen overnight and when it came out I damn near threw it like a frizbee. I was already upset with Def Leppard for Pyromania after the brilliance that was High N Dry (Pete Willis was 20 times the guitarist Phil Collen ever was, but maybe , in hindsight, he did the right thing getting out when he did, Lep was cursed) and then TOPT comes out with what sounded at the time like a clone. But on further investigation and again, the years passing by, this one ain't so bad after all. Really the only clunker to my ears these days is that opening track that sounds like a record company ploy to make some moola. Just skip that one and you have a fairly rockin' affair here. Let's just say it's much better than Hysteria.

http://depositfiles.com/files/435706

And now more brillant stuff from Big Foot Kit, another Strapps and several more NWOBHM singles including another Urchin.

STRAPPS - Secret Damage (1977)

http://rapidshare.com/files/6658212/Strapps_-_Secret_Damage__1977_.rar

with txt files and full custom cd artwork.

URCHIN - Black Leather Fantasy (1977)

http://rapidshare.com/files/6538013/URCHIN_-_Black_Leather_Fantasy_7____1978_.rar

more Iron Maiden related tomfoolery.

PARALEX - White Lightning EP (1980)

http://rapidshare.com/files/6662375/PARALEX_-_White_Lightning_EP__1980_.rar

A rifftastic classic.

DEALER - Better Things To Do (1983)

http://rapidshare.com/files/6665078/DEALER_-_Better_Things_To_Do_7____1983_.rar

As always thanks Kit!!!

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Tuesday, December 05, 2006

What? Me, Screw Up? + Strapps to make up for it

Yeah, it ain't the first time and it won't be the last time, that much I'm sure of. The good folks here brought it to my attention that I fucked up again. This time I accidentally inserted a wrong song in the rar. The song on the Potliquor LP labeled "Cheers" is actually "New Orleans Ladies" by Lousiana LeRoux, a song I ripped for Skypilot as a request. So you can either download the correct song from deposit files here at 192k or in the comments to the last post a nice person upped it on rapidshare at 256k. So take your pick. Just don't pick on me please!!! I'm not right in the head around Christmas time! Another note, these both are the single edit of Cheers not the album version, I didn't know a difference existed until it was pointed out in the previous post.

http://depositfiles.com/files/423869

And the email came last night after I had already made the post, so here is the first Strapps LP + some more NWOBHM from Bigfoot Kit. Thanks Kit.

STRAPPS - S/T (1976)

http://rapidshare.com/files/6083043/Strapps_-_Strapps__1976_.rar

Here's Adrian Smith's pre-Iron Maiden band Urchin.
This is their 1978 single "She's A Roller". This particular single also has Dave Murray from Maiden guesting on lead guitar!!
Rare as hen's teeth, this one changes hands for about £150!!
And no, unfortunately i don't have an original.
URCHIN - She's A Roller 7'' (1978)

http://rapidshare.com/files/6071696/URCHIN_-_She_s_A_Roller_7____1978_.rar

From 1980, here's Black Axe's "Highway Rider" 7", a classic.
BLACK AXE - Highway Rider 7" (1980)

http://rapidshare.com/files/6073463/Black_Axe_-_Highway_Rider_7____1980_.rar

And finally, a late entry from '84 by Behemoth, about whom i know nothing, but this one kicks ass.
BEHEMOTH - Death Wings 7" (1984)

http://rapidshare.com/files/6075099/Behemoth_-_Death_Wings_7____1984_.rar

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More tomorrow folks and again folks, please accept my apologies for the screw up.

TT-

Monday, December 04, 2006

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By request the '79 LP from Canada's City Boy- the Day the Earth Caught Fire. I always liked their earlier material better but this is fairly good AOR.

http://depositfiles.com/files/420769

All music says it's southern rock. I'd call it blues-rock with a touch of southern influence and a huge injection of hard rock on several songs. Pot Liquor's first LP from 1970 called Levee Blues. To me it's kind of like Trapeze's album You Are the Music as the ballads are soft and mellow but the rockin' songs are total pounders. Good stuff.

http://depositfiles.com/files/420960

And more NWOBHM, this time an EP from Badger called Over the Wall.

http://depositfiles.com/files/420694

And from Cor we get Neil's Boxset Rock N Roll Cowboy. Thanks Cor!

4 CD Box Set Rock & Roll Cowboy from Neil Young in
320kbps.

http://rapidshare.com/users/H826PZ

Password: R&R_Cowboy

And more from Dirt!

DETROIT with MITCH RYDER:

http://depositfiles.com/files/397087

Vinyl rip...the CD re-issue adds a non-LP b-side
(good) but has a different track order.

THE ERIC BURDON BAND - "Stop"

http://rapidshare.com/files/4749846/ebb_stop.zip.html

Thanks Dirt!!!!

Friday, December 01, 2006

Let the countdown begin!

Well, it's 23 more days till Christmas and I haven't done a thing yet, so the posts may slow down a bit (or not, let's see how things go) for a couple weeks. And if blogger doesn't quit acting so fucking irratic with my posts I'm gonna go ballistic. The stability has been shitty lately. But enough about that, here's my next entry in my fave albums posts. This is the same Poobah everyone goes ga-ga over but it's their 1998 recordings that were self released and are now getting hard to find. Monster records is or was going to re-release this but I have found no info. This is a low bitrate (160k) as I got it from a friend I trade with a while back, but it sounds excellent. Just sterling production and Jim's guitar sounds as if he plugged it into 1974 and the sounds came swirling out. Absolutely astounding sounds from thisYoungstown Ohio band.

http://depositfiles.com/files/413474

And here's another great one that I really like a lot.
This is Thundermug's Strikes LP from 1972. There were at least 2 and possibly 3 versions of this album and this is the original Canaidian Axe records version (there was a re-release in Canada as well as a Columbia records version here in the USA and those may or may not differ) but there were a few different tracks from the Axe and Columbia releases. I really like the sound these guys have, it really doesn't sound like any other band I've heard and other than the cover of the Kinks "You Really Got Me" (when will people stop covering this song? The original cannot be topped.) there isn't a bad track here. Some worldly rhythms mixed with nice riffage and you've got what some people call entertainment.

http://depositfiles.com/files/413346

Not much on the net about this early Krautrock entry. The guitarist went on to Epsilon and that's really about it. This stuff sounds like what you'd get if you crossed Mick Abraham's period Tull with Steppenwolf or Atomic Rooster keyboards and threw in a happy pinch of Amon Duul II or Xhol Caravan for good measure. Good bluesy hard rock with flute and sax (and that in yer face hammond). This is the band's sole album from 1970.

http://depositfiles.com/files/412845

And here's even more NWOBHM from Bigfoot Kit. I haven't had a chance to check 'em out myself yet, but with Kit's excellent taste you can't go wrong and I will be doing so shortly!

Hollow Ground - Warlord EP 1980

http://rapidshare.com/files/5637826/HOLLOW_GROUND_-_Warlord_EP__1980_.rar

WOLF - See Them Running 7" (1981)

http://rapidshare.com/files/5635145/WOLF_-_See_Them_Running_7____1981_.rar

LEGEND - Hideaway 7" (1981)

http://rapidshare.com/files/5636057/LEGEND_-_Hideaway_7____1981_.rar

Thanks BFK!!!

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Getting in the festive spirit........

As the holiday season is now upon us (it comes earlier each year it seems), I have decided to share a few of my all time favorite albums (within my loosely structured guidelines of obscurity) and for my first selection I have chosen my favorite Jo Jo Gunne LP, and one I have been looking for since my treasured Rhino handmade CD was permanently borrowed by someone. This was the second album, released in '73 and not a bad song in the bunch. The great thing about the Gunne was they really didin't put out a bad record but this one just has that little something extra all around. The song 60 Minutes To Go is the best song about being in a rock band I've ever heard (even tops the Ballad of Mott, sorry Ian). Ready Freddy is an excellent hard rocker, and Broken Down Man and Take Me Down Easy are excellent boogie rockers. Also another fave is the synthesiser laden Roll Over Me. I wore a vinyl copy of this, at least the "A" side back in the 80's when I first discovered this gem!

http://depositfiles.com/files/405406

I get tons of requests for the mighty Ash, and here is another installment in the series. 1976's Locked In.

http://depositfiles.com/files/405264

And another request before some more excellent NWOBHM sent by Kit and an early Christmas present sent by Skypilot. Here is Frost's 1969 Detroit styled hard rock featuring Dick Wagner (his steriodic sideburns & muscular guitar featured later in Lou Reed's band on Rock N Roll Animal and even later than that on some unfortunate mid to late 70's Alice Cooper which he can't be blamed like Goes To Hell). This one is pretty damn good.

http://depositfiles.com/files/406466

Friday, November 24, 2006

Another grab bag o' goodies.

By request, here's the last Paul Revere and the Raiders LP to have any hint of garage rock to it. After this they sort of lost direction until they came back as the Raiders with the huge hit from '71 Indian Reservation. But the story on this album's title is that FM radio didn't want to know these guys toward the end of the 60's and in order to score some airplay they sent out the Let Me single under an alias. And that alias was Pink Puzz. Don't know if it helped their cause but it does paint an interesting picture of rock radio. This one is the Sundazed reissue with a few interesting bonus cuts.

http://depositfiles.com/files/397066

And here's the final album from Linn County. After the brillance of the 1st and the decent follow-up this is a bit of a disappointment. It's a change of direction and a bit on the country rock side, but it's interesting to give a listen to.

http://depositfiles.com/files/397010

Back in my metalhead days this was the first Gillan LP I ever bought. I got it used for a buck and at the time I thought I had it figured out why it was so cheap. Let's just say it saw very little airtime in my bedroom where Metallica and Slayer were the platters of choice. About 6 or 7 years ago I found the CD of this album and bought it to see if my teenage assessment and dismissal were in need of reprisal and to my surprise it became a favorite in my 30-something listening room and as I grabbed more and more Gillan goodies, decided this was my favorite. It's by no means a desert island disc or anything, but it's a very good hard rockin' LP!!

http://depositfiles.com/files/397200

AND NOW TO THE NWOBHM PORTION OF THE SHOW:

My entry for today is a kind of bastard child to most of the stuff that has been posted, but it still qualifies. The charmingly named Split Beaver released their one and only album on the UK Heavy Metal label (also home to Witchfinder General) to little or no fanfare, and all the major metal rags at the time gave it horrid ratings at best. It has more in common with bands like Tygers of Pan Tang or even late 70's Status Quo than with the Venoms, Leppards, and Diamond Heads usually associated with NWOBHM. But still, time has been good to this one and it gets much better reviews these days and is a worthy addition to any collection.

http://depositfiles.com/files/397338

And from Dirt, who has been MIA for awhile--here's one of the NWOBHM's best Savage with 1983's Loose N Lethal. This one smokes!!!
Thanks Dirt!!!

http://depositfiles.com/files/395735

And Bigfoot Kit sent me two. One being Quartz - Stand Up and Fight LP which was a personal request from myself (another smoking ass LP)
and Rex's 2nd LP, the prophetically titled Where Do We Go From Here (which Kit informed me was into the toliet as a third album they recorded was refused by their label for being too heavy and then dropped the band--good ol Columbia records!!). Not really metal but since I posted the 1st one here many moons ago, I thought the second should be here too. And it's very good, but not as wild as the first one.

QUARTZ - Stand Up & Fight (1980)
1. Stand Up & Fight
2. Can’t Say No To You
3. Stoking Up The Fires Of Hell
4. Questions
5. Charlie Snow
6. Revenge
7. Rock N’ Roll Child
8. Wildfire
9. Circles (Bonus Track)

http://rapidshare.com/files/4665543/Quartz_-_Stand_Up_And_Fight__1980_.rar

REX - WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? (1977)
Columbia 82186
1. Where Do We Go From Here?
2. Do Me
3. Burn Your Bridges
4. 7 Come 11
5. You're Never Too Old To Rock n' Roll
6. Chains On My Heart
7. Don't Want Love
8. Stealing The Night Away
9. Running Wild

http://rapidshare.com/files/4542335/Rex_-_Where_Do_We_Go_From_Here__1977_.rar

no pw

Thursday, November 23, 2006

Happy Thanksgiving........

to those who celebrate it!!! And to those who don't, well, happy Thursday to you!! Here is a potpouri of groovy tunes to either bang your head too, or to sit and listen and get your mind in a festive mood regardless of what day it is. Here is a smokingly rare LP from a Southern Michigan band called the Fredric. This one has some bonus tracks and is fantastic psych. It was originally released in 1968 to little or no fanfare and now goes for insane sums of greenbacks.

http://depositfiles.com/files/392994

By request, Ian Gillan's 1979 lp Mr. Universe, and again this is the CD version with bonus tracks. In my opinion they could have left those off, but there is a cool version of Smoke on the WaWa that's alright. This album is much better than Child In Time or Clear Air Turbulance, which to my ears were misguided attempts at progressive music that just weren't that good. But when Gillan decided to start rockin' hard again (this album and the brilliant follow-up Glory Road which I will get posted eventually) all the pieces fell back into place. But the real glory road was a few years in the distance when he would rejoin Deep Purple for Perfect Strangers.

http://depositfiles.com/files/392112

For those folks diggin' on the southern rock of Hookfoot, here's another great band that did have a hit of sorts with Jackie Blue in the 70's (not on this album). This is kinda mellow, but still has a few rockin' tunes.

http://depositfiles.com/files/391957

Yes, more NWOBHM (more from Bigfoot Kit below too!!) to satisy your headbanging duties. This is Quartz with their Satan's Serenades EP from 1980.
This is one of my absolute favorites!!

http://depositfiles.com/files/391983

And this, I will try not to gush over too much. But it is one of my ten favorite metal albums of all time, and I can't really put into words why. Most metal reviewers like Martin Popoff also gush over this one. It's just an absolute classic. And it's the type of album that doesn't hit you right away. In fact the first time I heard it I thought it was a bit generic sounding. But over time it grew and grew to be a monster and I'd find myself humming Jesse James' or Carol. But the killer track I will love till my dying day is Handing You Over. Give this a shot and tell me what you think!!!!

http://depositfiles.com/files/393300

And before I hand it over to Bigfoot Kit for more NWOBHM goodies I'd just like to beg and plead for you to grab what you can from the rapidshare stuff. It's got about 1 or 2 more days tops unless I get 10,000 downloads and I'd like to at least keep it around another month to have time to transfer the more popular links over. And also if you could find it in your heart, please hit my other site www.liveandotherwise.blogspot.com and give those ads a click or two. I should have an update there either today or tomorrow at the latest.

Thanks everyone!!!!!

SCARAB - ROCK NIGHT 7" (1980) NWOBHM
Inferno Records HEADBANGER 1
01. Rock night
02. Wicked women

http://rapidshare.com/files/4199243/SCARAB_-_Rock_Night_7____1980_.rar

SALEM - COLD AS STEEL 7"(1982) NWOBHM
Hilton Records FMR 056
01. Cold As Steel
02. Reach To Eternity

http://rapidshare.com/files/4198121/SALEM_-_Cold_As_Steel_7____1982_.rar

SAM THUNDER - DON'T TAKE FOREVER EP (1984) NWOBHM
Bullet Records BOLT 8
01. Don't Take Forever
02. Piece Of The Night
03. You Set My Heart On Fire

http://rapidshare.com/files/4200441/SAM_THUNDER_-_Don_t_Take_Forever_EP__1984_.rar

As usual, txt & artwork samples are included in the rar files.

Don't forget to say thank Bigfoot Kit for these!!!!

Monday, November 20, 2006

Finally got it for those who want it.........

By mega-request....here it is, Coven's 1971 self titled MGM LP with their only hit "One Tin Soldier".

http://depositfiles.com/files/387796

And here's the repost of their 1st LP Withccraft Destroys Minds.....

http://depositfiles.com/files/386364

And here's yet more stuff (these are items I posted on forums etc.)

Off Broadway's 1979 LP On with the minor hit "Stay in Time". Cool power pop stuff.

http://depositfiles.com/files/384993

Dr. Feelgood's live album Stupidity from 1976. UK pub rock.

http://depositfiles.com/files/386799

Neil Young's Elektra records demos from 1965.

http://depositfiles.com/files/386411

More comin' soon. Don't forget to grab what you need from the old stuff and if you are getting in the holiday mood run over to my live blog and give those ads a couple clicks. Would really appreciate it.

www.liveandotherwise.blogspot.com

Thanks!