More stuff from Tor Erik

This guy sounds like Daryl Hall. I'm ashamed to admit, I've never heard his stuff before but I have now and I'm glad I have. Not bad at all if you like post 80's Hall & Oates. Zappacosta's Quick...Don't Ask Any Questions.













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After Ian Hunter and Mick Ralphs left "the Hoople" Mott continued on with 2 more albums of decent hard rock. Nobody seemed to care but these are definetly worth a listen. The albums Drive On from '75 and Shouting and Pointing from '76.











Shouting and Pointing
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5U6T08JE


Drive On--
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Here's the cover for Drive On.





















I believe I have these ladies to thank for my first adolescent fantasies. The ultimate bad girls, the Runaways. This is their first from 1976. Most everyone knows this already but Joan Jett and Lita Ford both started out in this band. Not everyone knows that Vicki Blue, a later member of the band shot a great documentary about the band called "Edgeplay" that has been released on video and is a must see if you are even remotely interested in these lovely ladies.




Here's the cover featuring Cherie Currie, an early point of contention in the band as the other members were none too happy about being left out. I think it's a great cover myself.












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And for the southern rock fans, this is a very underated band that should have been huge. Raging Slab were around for around 10 years, first with an indie punk label (Buy Our Records), then they moved to RCA where they released this self titled LP in 1990, then moved to Rick Rubin's Def American label where they scored a minor hit with "Take A Hold" from their first Def American LP, and recorded at least two others before riding off into that sunset we call oblivion. Where are these guys (and girl) now? If you like hard southern boogie, you can't do much better than this one! Check out "Joyride". Excellent song, and that pretty little filly on the cover is responsible for that rippin' slide guitar heard throughout this raging slab of an album.



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And here's a band that started out more in a progressive vein but as the 70's wore on found AOR to be more to their liking. America didn't seem to care at all until they released a little dittie called My Girl in 1981 that was a brilliant slice of classic power pop. After that they disappeared here in the states, but remained big in Canada. This is the best of their stuff according to the cover, but there were some glaring omissions although "My Girl" and several other good power pop/AOR goodies can be found on this one.





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Here's a few more that don't have covers (but there are more with covers to come later):


Desmond Child & Rouge - 1st. 1978.

I have a big problem with this guy. He ruined many great bands with his sappy cliched songs, Aerosmith for one, but this album was an early attempt at stardom on his own. It shows a lot of the reasons he failed, but also brings back memories as he made early videos for some of these songs that were shown on Midnight Special and Don Kirshner's Rock Concert and those songs are like visits to time long gone that I wish would return. Some folks say he is an AOR god. I beg to differ.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7AHMXQI8


Toronto - Girls Night Out
Toronto and Holly Woods - Assault and Flattery

Canadian hard rock with a pop bend to it. Had a very minor rock radio hit with "Your Dady Don't Know" in the early 80's. If you like Spider (the South African transplanted to US band, not the UK NWOBHM band) or Pat Benetar's harder stuff, try this. If Lee Aaron's more your cup--check the Live and Otherwise blog later.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SJO9A8NR Assault & Flattery

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6UBC6SHV Girls Night Out


Pandora's Box - The Original Sin (Jim Steinman).

Great early AOR from the Meat Loaf / Bonnie Tyler (oh God!!!!!) collaborator.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZUC9RQKX


King's X - Acoustic Groove - Live Westwood One 1991

A highly underated band, and one that has never released a bad album, but has never gotten much recognition for all of the good ones. The one that did attract a bit of attention for the band, Faith Hope and Love (1990) was the least satisfying of all as they briefly adapted a Lenny Kravitz style and all but forgot their smoking hard rock/metal and boogie-funk fests. They retified that on the albums that followed and were rewarded with an undeserved return to obscurity to all but those of us who knew. The guitarist, Ty Tabor has released several good solo LPs and Doug Pinnick, bassist and vocalist, has guested with several groups in the studio and on tours. Those in the know about these guys rave on endlessly (like myself!!). Here's a short set from the acoustic groove radio show released during their brief stint of radio popularity in early '91.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P6C8QVGQ


More to come including damn near the whole Micael Des Barres catalog, including Silverhead, Detective; Several Blackfoot albums; every album released by the Babys and much more.

And I will begin working on all those requests as early as tomorrow (but probably Sunday).

A 'megaupload" from a new Viking friend!!!

I got an email from a very nice person asking if I would like to post some files he had uploaded. I said of course, I always welcome contributions to the blog and to my surprise he responded with a ton of great stuff!!! Some of It will be posted both here and some at live and otherwise as there is a lot of NWOBHM and other metal, along with some great obscure AOR and stuff from his homeland that I am unfamiliar with (but soon will be!!). There are some I have posted before but since mine have all probably disaapeared due to being on rapidshare.de I am reposting them. Here is the first batch of goodies and there will be more added later tonight both here and over at the other blog. Thanks Tor-Erik for a great bunch of music!!

This is one I had posted a long time ago and is a great live show from the Godz. This is the late 70's Godz not the ESP avant garde psych band from the 60's. As I said with my upload, this has the majority of the self titled album (posted below) but the live feel of the songs is looser and in a way more satisfying than the studio versions.



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Here is Randy Jackson's China Rain's great Bed of Nails LP. Randy was the lead singer/guitarist of Zebra a great proggy hard rock band that I have posted at least one album from in the past. If you like Zebra, give this a shot, it's very similar and very good stuff!!










http://www.megaupload.com/?d=23C47ZAV



And another I had posted before, this is the great Too Wild To Tame from the Boyzz, my copy was a vinyl rip and this one is much better. Produced by Sandy Pearlman who produced Blue Oyster Cult and the Clash among others, this is great hard biker rock.








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Here as mentioned above is the self titled 1978 LP by the Godz, just good ol midwestern hard rock.








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Believe me this is just the beginning of a bunch of stuff. The tip of the iceberg so to speak. So check back often both here and the other blog and you will be pleasantly surprised at some of the great albums that will be popping up.

And click those ads over at live and otherwise dammit, I'm friggin' broke!!! I don't get paid for three more weeks---ouch!

Well it's about time huh??????

It's time for some Raw Material. These are the two studio albums released in 1970 and 1971 by request. Vintage prog and quite good. Time Is to my ears is the better of the two but both offer many delights to all ears who love great early progressive rock.

Found this gif to the left on a site, and decided to put it up here. The pic of the guy playing the flute is the cover I'm familiar with. There are other cover pics in the rars for both LPs.







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And here's a tiny cover for Time Is. The rar file has better ones.








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And more prog from Popul Vuh (or Popul Ace as the congregation called itself as an offshoot---there's a story to go with that, but I don't wanna go into it), this one is from '75 and is called Stolen From Time. It was stolen from P2P a long time ago. Interesting if sometimes new agey stuff, I call it good background music, but then isn't all music just a background for the soundtrack of life?







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And for some heavier fare, here is one of my favorite early Scorpions LP, with the stratocaster master Uli Jon Roth. He is a definite disciple of Hendrix and if you like 70s hard rock give this a shot, this is nothing like the Scorpions of the 80's. The slower songs even give off an air of progressive rock at times and the heavy ones, although they sound slightly dated now due to Roth's Hendrixisms (I'm filing for a copyright on that word) are truly original in execution. I figure Scorpions were kind of on their own plane at this time, not really having a lot of blueprints to follow. At first listen some of these songs may sound a bit out of tune but they really grow on you with repeated listening and they develop quite well.




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And yeah, I know I said I was going to start putting stuff like this over at the other blog, it just seemed to fit better here. This is most popular album from the Ozark Mountain Daredevils from 1974, It'll Shine When It Shines. It contains both their most well known song "Jackie Blue" which was a hit in early '75 and my personal favorite E.E. Lawson which upon first listen, seems like a novelty song due to the wannabe Jim Dandy style vocal delivery, but stands up to repeated lsitenings well. The album shows the two facets of the band well, their rocking soulful side which earned them most of their popularity, and their stone (or stoned)
country side which I felt was more honest, at least they sound more comfortable with it. Good stuff by request from long ago.



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Back with more soon. And if you have requests I still haven't gotten to yet, please either leave me a comment or email me again, my son accidentally deleted my list. And new ones are welcome too!

Happy birthday to me...........................

Well as the old clock hits midnight I turn the dreaded (for me) age of 40. And I also start a new job tomorrow. It's gonna be a real interesting day. I have to train for three days and I've got the rest of the week off to forget all I learn, so I will probably have time to do a little better post later this week. But on the upside I sit here doing what I like to do, working on my blog. That makes me happy. So away we go..........


First one for today was a problem. I got it from a guy I trade with and it was listed as the self titled LP by a band called Outside Looking In. I couldn't place it, but I couldn't find any info on a band called "Outside Looking In". I found a few close matches, but nothing. And with the help of some of the fine folks that come here I found out it was actually this one. What's really embarassing is I've had the damn album for years. See why I don't wanna be 40, if my memory is this bad now, what the hell is gonna happen in ten years? Twenty? Ahhhhhhhhhh!!! I don't even wanna think about it. But anyways here is the Tangerine Zoo's 1968 LP Outside Looking In. God help me!


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Here's the fairly obscure LP by White Witch's frontman, Ron Goedert called Breaking All the Rules. Pretty good stuff but a bit different that the stuff he did with the Witch. Of course the times had changed from the early 70's, production values had improved drastically so quite possibly this could be what an updated version of WW would sound like, who knows. But by all means if you liked the White Witch stuff this a least deserves a listen .






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And from the request line from a while back here's Q65's great psych LP from 1968 entitled Afghanistan. This is the reissue with bonus tracks. They call this Nederbeat I hear. In any case, good Dutch psych.








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And finally for tonight, Terry Reid's 1973 LP River. David Lindley (Kaliedoscope US, Jackson Browne & solo) adds some great instrumentation to this album on 5 of the 7 tracks, but my favorites on this one are the two more introspective cuts with Reid and his guitar that close the album.






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A repost and a favorite

Here is the Nutz album, from I believe 1977. I posted it before but it was a vinyl rip and if memory serves correct (a 50/50 proposition at best) it was just the sides of the albums without splits. Well here I did all the work and split the tracks and reuploaded it for your enjoyment and by request. Kit has posted some post-Nutz in this blog previously also.





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And as I have been slacking off on my personal favorites for a while, I was listening to this today and said, ah what the hell, I'll stick it up. This album is sort of a transitional one for Clinton & crew. He hasn't gone full on funk yet, there is still plenty of the psychy hard rock of old, and plenty of rockin' jams. Killer riffs abound from Eddie Hazel and the album is just loaded with killer hooks that drag you in. Every time I listen to Standing on the Verge of Getting It On, I walk around half the day singing and humming the songs, and the death threats for doing so don't even affect me. My personal favorite track is the pseudo-novelty song "Jimmy's Got a Little Bit of Bitch In Him" and in a way it's typical of what is so great about this album. The Eddie Hazel wah-wahed out riff, the humor, and the unstoppable groove that wavers betweeen what was and what was to come from this excellent band. Magnificent!!!


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Now walk, don't run over to www.liveandotherwise.blogspot.com and grab a great slab of MC5 demos and a Peel sessions from 1974 featuring Brian Eno and the Winkies.And give those ads a click or two.

Another request and the lowdown on the "other blog"

From 1974 here's Caravan's LP Caravan & the New Symphonia. I forget who requested this, but I know who sent it to me, and to the that person who wishes to remain anon, thank you!!

Good stuff from the 'van!!




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Covers and info in the rar too!

As is getting to be normal practice, I forgot the last track in the rar. Don't be mad at me, just grab it below.

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And now, before the last post of NWOBHM (keep reading) you'll ever see here, a tiny anouncement
as to some big changes over at the live and otherwise. My witty quip has been I knew I stuck that otherwise there for a reason, and it just took awaile to find the reason.

I have decided to use www.liveandotherwise.blogspot.com as a more varied blog to cover styles other than the prog and psych which I intend to keep serving up here. As a result any live psych and prog will now be found here and any other genres of live will still be at the live and otherwise blog, along with all metal, NWOBHM and otherwise and anything I feel like putting over there. And Bigfoot Kit has graciously accepted an invitation to become a co-admin over there and all future NWOBHM and everything else (including more live stuff as it gets ripped) will be there.

And now I give you "the final TIme Traveller NWOBHM post" from Bigfoot Kit.



ALVERNA GUNN Demo (1982) (3 Tracks) NWOBHM @ 224kbps

http://rapidshare.com/files/10812495/Alverna_Gunn_-_Demo_1982.rar

HANDSOME BEASTS - BBC Session (1981) (4 Tracks) NWOBHM @ 192kbps

http://rapidshare.com/files/10814883/handsome_beasts_-_BBC_Session__1981_.rar

WITCHFINDER GENERAL - MUSIC 7" (1983) NWOBHM @ 128kbps

http://rapidshare.com/files/10736923/Witchfinder_General_-_Music_7____1983_.rar

Various : Undressed - An Unmasked Tribute To KISS (2003) @ 192kbps

http://rapidshare.com/files/10811049/VA_-_Kiss_Tribute_-_Undressed__2003_.rar


From now on there will be plenty of these over at the Live and Otherwise blog so please check it out there!!

Some good prog and blues for your Monday cruise

For you lucky stiffs who get to rise up early and hit the road, here's some progressive gems and one blues wailer for those of you who wish you didn't have too. And for those who prefer theirs a bit stronger some more NWOBHM from Bigfoot Kit to blow out your speakers with! I'm trying a different style layout today to see if blogger will behave any better than it has been lately so for today at least, the tiny blurbs I compose will be showing up under the pics instead of beside them (or at least I think. Guess we'll all see when I hit that magic publish button.



The Illusion's third LP from 1970, If It's So. By request of course.


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And by coincidence, here is the 3rd If LP, also from 1970. Love that cover, music ain't bad either.


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And this isn't by request, but it's a favorite of mine, and probably could become a favorite of yours too if you give it a chance. It's Beyond Expression by the group Finch. This Finch is Dutch, I also know of a Finch from Aussieland and another from the UK. These gentlemen deliver some excellent instrumentals (not a word on this one!!) that will dazzle and amaze you. Twists and turns abound and just when you think you know where they are going, they hit you with a change up and go in a different direction. Side one of this 197g LP is taken up by one track, and it's 20 minutes long and still never ceases to amaze me. Especially the guitarist, Joop. He sounds kind of like an Akkerman discipile and he can absolutely tear it up when given a chance to strech out as he is in this song. Really when you think about not too many guys were playing mind baffling runs like these in year of '76. Not that the rest of the band are slouches on their respective instruments but he is a highlight for me. At times this is gonna remind you of that Yes/Gentle Giant style of prog, but they never settle into one mold for very long and constantly pull an original move out of it. Give this a shot, disappointment will not be a result.


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And here's that blues LP I mentioned above. I got 2 or 3 requests for these guys, two for this one specifically (I'll try to dig out more when time arises). This is about as real as the blues gets, no psych excusions like the Groundhogs or even the Mac, no boogie and hard rock stuff like Savoy Brown. These guys play it straight and play it well, and Rod Piazza wanted it that way. Recommended for the blues harp that would make both Paul Butterfield and Magic Dick, two fine players themselves take notice at one time or another, I think this is some of the blues harp playing available. If you got the blues, Grease this up and play it loud.


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And for those of you who prefer something a bit heavier to curtail those Monday morning doldrums. Here's another slew of brillaint obscure NWOBHM for you all from Kit. I turn it over to him.


Le Griff - Fast Bikes EP 1983

http://rapidshare.com/files/10536923/Le_Griffe_-_Fast_Bikes_EP__1983_.rar

If you like this , i've also got their "You're Killing Me" EP and "Breaking Strain" LP, if you're interested!

OXYM - Music Power 7" (1980)

http://rapidshare.com/files/10530216/Oxym_-_Music_Power_7____1980_.rar

Don't know much about Oxym, except that they were lumped in (rightly ot wrongly) with the occult flavoured NWOBHM bands like Witchfynde, Demon etc.

RAGE - Bootliggers 7" (1981)

http://rapidshare.com/files/10528668/Rage_-_Bootliggers_7____1981_.rar

Rage were comprised of former members of the band NUTZ, remember them? They were pretty good too. Love this song, it was featured on "Metal For Muthas" when they were still going by the NUTZ monicker, but this is a totally different version.

BLEAK HOUSE - Lions In Winter EP (1982)

http://rapidshare.com/files/10541506/Bleak_House_-_Lions_In_Winter_EP__1982_.rar

The 2nd and final ep from the mighty mighty Bleak House, you'll love this, great songs, great playing, the whole package, they should have been huge!

AGONY BAG - Rabies Is A Killer 7" (1979)

http://rapidshare.com/files/10543486/Agony_Bag_-_Rabies_is_a_Killer_7____1979_.rar

An odd one this, ex-Black Widow members form shock rock act just in time to get lumped in with the NWOBHM! Bizarre!!!

Thanks Kit and see you all soon. Or maybe I should say you'll all see me soon. If you dig any of this stuff and feel like it go over to other my blog and give a click on those ads at the top. Still could use it and and watch for an update of some sort really soon over there. It may surprise you.

TT-

The first post for 2007!!

Happy new year all!!! Things are looking up here at the old casa de travellero and I hope, no, I'm sure that this is the first of many posts in 2007.

I have been getting so many requests (and that's not a complaint, keep 'em coming) and so many good people have been sending me files I am losing track of it all. But I figure soon things will slow down and I'll get caught up. So today is all requests except for some real cool NWOBHM (I gotta come up with an abbrieviation for that abbrieviation!!) from Bigfoot Kit (and he assures me there is more to come!!). And some folks sent some cool downloads in the comments of last post, so if you haven't checked those out, you may want too!

Sometimes the requests are filled quick, as this one here. The Appletree Theatre's LP Playback. This is a fun trip (literally) that has a bit of the exploito quality, but the songs are a bit on the bubblegum side. But don't let that deter you because there is plenty fuzzed out guitar and far out weirdness to keep it from getting too Fruitgummy. This is a Verve/Forecast release not a Buddah. So you can be assured it rises above the sugar pop the latter was (in)famous for.

Cool poop and definetly worth a lobe knock as Lord Buckley might say.






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Here's a great Alex Harvey LP. I would say it's sensational but he wouldn't call his band that until a bit later. I believe this is from '69 and if I'm wrong correct me nicely!!!

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Sometimes the requests take a little longer to fill as this from way back in fall of last year, but I had a hell of a time finding it, in fact, it was by accident that I found it at all. It was unlisted on an old disc of programs I had, as I was trying to reload some printer drivers and it happened to be there. I did check this one but I suspect it was downloaded from P2P so if there are any errors I missed (I listened while running around the house doing other stuff) I apologise. But I don't think I did miss anything. So without any further mouthus-runamuckus, here is a fantastic piece of psychedelia called the Human Zoo.

http://depositfiles.com/files/497765

And here are some more great metal EPs from Kit, the Starfighters probably being the most well-known. If you like Bon Scott era AC/DC (because one of the lesser known Young relatives is in this band) it is highly recommended. I am going to dig out the full 1st LP asap and get it posted but I believe this has non-LP stuff so grab it too. The other two are of the obscure variety. As always, thanks Kit!!

SOLDIER - Sheralee 7'' (1982)

http://rapidshare.com/files/10065051/SOLDIER_-_Sheralee_7____1982_.rar

STARFIGHTERS - Alley Cat Blues EP (1981)

http://rapidshare.com/files/10063444/Starfighters_-_Alley_Cat_Blues_EP__1981_.rar

ZORRO - 'arrods Don't Sell 'em EP (1979)

http://rapidshare.com/files/10062479/Zorro_-__Arrods_Don_t_Sell__em_EP__1979_.rar

See ya soon!!!

The last post for this year!!!

Wow, This year has just flown by. I started this blog in February and since then, so many things have happened, so many things have changed, and I've met so many very cool people it's been amazing. Well for today I have put together what I hope will have a bit of something for everybody who visits here. Plus I have decided to indulge my own whims and firstly post my resolutions for the new year, secondly my top ten list of most wanted music (at this moment--could change at any time) and also to again thank each and everyone of the fine people who have made doing this blog a bunch of fun. I hope we're all still here next year at this time and I'm spewing off at the mouth again just like now!!

On the personal front, things may soon take a turn for the better, I may have a job in the works. Nothing to great, but let's just say my blogger name may change to Zoot Allures, because I may "Wind Up Working In A Gas Station" for about half of what I made before. But it's better than being broke. Still any denations and/or clicks on those ads are a big help, and I won't know for sure until mid-January unless something else pops up before then.
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So without anymore delay--my new years resolutions for 2007.

1. To stop trying to "culture" my friends by playing obscure Finnish prog in the middle of parties.
2. To stop mailing back postage paid Business Reply Mail envelopes empty just to piss the senders off.
3. To stop sending nasty letters to rap artists anonymously telling them how little talent they have.
4. To start sending nasty letters to new punk bands anonymously telling them how little talent they have and that they deserve to get a swift rectum jolt from Paul Simeon's jackboot.
5. To not run outside at 3 am in various states of (un)dress to see if when I yell "Belsen was a gasser" at the top of my lungs it will echo like it does on the album.
6. To stop eating pop tarts without toasting them. They are so much better warm.
7. To stop using curse words so fucking much.
8. To stop blaming global corporations for all the ailments of the world and to find who the hell is responsible for the other .005 percent.
9. To stop saying "How can it get any worse?" because everytime I do I get shown.
10. To try to become a better person than I can ever be, set goals that are unattainable and then beat myself up over the fact I can't do anything I set out to do.
11. To reach out and touch somebody's hand and make this world a better place, if I can (although I doubt touching a hand is gonna do a goddamn thing).
12. To try and actually listen to all of this great music I've been downloading.

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And now my Top Ten Most Wanted For 2007 so far in alphabetical order:

1.the Blades of Grass - Blades of Grass are Not For Smoking (1967 Jubilee)
2.Fish Eyed Lens - same (90 Rockedelic)
3.Foul Dogs - No. 1 (66 Rhythm Sound)
4.Left End - same (10" private pressed 4 song EP, not Spoiled Rotten)
5.Joint Effort - Cannabis (72 Amphion Seashorse)
6.Milkwood - How's the Weather? (pre Cars Ben Orr and Ric Ocasek) (73 Paramount)
7.Nazca Line - Outer Space Connection
8.Peace & Quiet - same (70 Kinetic)
9.Porcelain Bearmeat - Free Love Free Sex Free Music (71 Dill Pickle)
10.1619 Bad Ass Band - same (2 different Lps with this name, both may be the same)

If anyone can help with these PLEASE, get in touch!!!
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And now for the music, first a bunch of stuff from me, then a bunch of Kiss tribute albums from Bigfoot Kit.


First up, McKenna Mendelson Mainline's 1969 LP Stink. Go to the comments section to read a cool mini-bio on this, my new years partying (consisting of watching a Seinfeld marathon on TBS) got in the way of my writing anything useful or correct about this.






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And here's one I've had a bunch people ask for and I finally got ahold of it. From 1974 it's Hustler's High Street LP. Nice hard rock. I have the 2nd LP posted here but I don't know if it's still a working link. If not and somebody needs it, let me know and I'll dig it up and repost it.









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More prog, this time from 1973 with Badger's One Live Badger.






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By request this is Stretch's Elastique. From 1975 this is hard rock with a bit of funkiness, but not too much as to overpower what is good ol' mid seventies rock n roll. Good obscure stuff.







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Also by request, Tysondog's Beware of the Dog from 1984. More cool NWOBHM and as an added bonus the second link is their Shoot To Kill 4 Song EP.






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the EP:

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And yet another request this is the '77 EP Roy Loney, one of the founding members of Flamin' Groovies. If you like them, chances are you'll like this!




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Sorry for this picture, I got it off of Lynn Carey's website, and it's about the only picture I could find of her & Neil Merryweather's 1971 LP Vacuum Cleaner. This is really great stuff, and if you wanna see more interesting stuff from Neil and Lynn, check out the cover of their next project, Mama Lion, which has Lynn doing something with a lion cub on the controversial front cover. But musically this is sooo much better than that.



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Well hope you liked my part of the last update of the year. And now for Bigfoot Kit's . He has uploaded several Kiss tributes for all to enjoy. Thanks BFk.


KAOL (Kiss Army OnLine): A WORLD WITHOUT HEROES - Various Artists (2000)
http://rapidshare.com/files/9397128/VA-KISS_TRIBUTE-A_WORLD_WITHOUT_HEROES-2000-192.rar

COVERED WITH KISSES - An Evansville Tribute To Kiss (2004)

http://rapidshare.com/files/9331433/VA-KISS_TRIBUTE-COVERED_WITH_KISSES-2004-192.rar

HARD TO BELIEVE (USA version) - A KISS COVERS COMPILATION (1993)

http://rapidshare.com/files/9202419/VA_-_Kiss_Tribute_-_Hard_To_Believe__A_Kiss_Covers_Compilation_.rar

KISS DEUTSCHLAND - A Tribute To Kiss (1999)

http://rapidshare.com/files/9348033/VA-KISS_TRIBUTE-DEUTSCHLAND-1999-160.rar

KISS COVERED IN SCANDINAVIA (1997)

http://rapidshare.com/files/8950277/VA-KISS_TRIBUTE-COVERED_IN_SCANDINAVIA-1997-182.rar

Gods of Thunder - A Norweigian Tribute To Kiss

pt1 http://rapidshare.com/files/9457252/VA_-_Gods_of_Thunder_-2005-_A_Norwegian_Tribute_to_KISS_Pt1.rar

pt2 http://rapidshare.com/files/9466848/VA_-_Gods_of_Thunder_-2005-_A_Norwegian_Tribute_to_KISS_Pt2.rar

GRITALO FUERTE - An Argentinian Tribute To KISS

http://rapidshare.com/files/9650080/Gr_talo_Fuerte-Argentinian_KISS_Tribute__1997_.rar

THE STRING QUARTET Tribute To KISS

http://rapidshare.com/files/9653966/THE_STRING_QUARTET_TRIBUTE_TO_KISS.rar

Art included where i could & txt files in all.



Thanks Kit, thanks everyone else, happy new year to all and almost forgot, there is an update over at the liveandtoherwise too. I'm on fire ba-beee.

Click on over and check it out, there is a new contributor helping out and he sent some nice stuff!!!

It's over, it's over it's oooooovvvvveeeerrrrr!!!!!

Christmas is over thanks be the power of time. I wanna you thank you 2 kind donators for your generous gifts at a tough time to be giving. Especially to me, some some shmuck who runs a little blog. The family and I appreciate it. And thanks to those who took the time to go click an ad or two over at my other neglected blog (I should have a bit more time to get some cool stuff over there at the beginning of the new year. Rippin' that stuff takes forever. And it's tedious at best. Much more fun to rip tunes from albums and relive old (and new) favorites. I got few emails lately with some pretty obscure requests (tryin' to stump me or what?) so some of these I lifted a few quotes from lysergia and other sites to better describe what you are getting yourself into by downloading a couple of these. I will get some more familiar stuff up next time but if you are in a post Christmas sense of adventure here's the shit. And away we go.......


Algarnas Tradgard's 1972 LP. The simply titled Framtiden Ar Ett Svavande Skepp - Forankrat I Fortiden.


ÄLGARNAS TRÄDGÅRD are a seminal, 6-piece Swedish combo who made one album in 1972, a cult classic and masterpiece of psychedelia that could have come straight out of the 'Kraut' school of Space Rock. After the release of their album, they kept on playing live for a while, even recording a full album's worth of new material in 1973-74. But it wasn't until 2001 that this material was mixed and released, on a cd entitled "Delayed".
(Note from me--very avant garde, mixes several genres, and spacerock is a small part, world music, harder psych, Saucerfull Floydian era would be the spacerock element I think, also some folk sounding stuff and a bit of almost new age atmospheres. Very mixed bag)

Wanna know more? Check out the following link:

http://www.canopus22.demon.co.uk/music/mentors/algarnas.html#framtiden

Wanna hear it? Check the follwing link:


http://depositfiles.com/files/480165




Closest thing to normal I'm posting today. By request, it's the OST to Wild in the Streets. Score was composed by Les Baxter, the exotica king but I think somebody dosed him, cuz this is pretty far out shit. Also includes the great garage anthem Shape of Things To Come by the non-existant Max Frost and the Troopers. Anyways, movie is about a young hip guy named Max Frost who gets elected president, has all the people over 40 shipped off to quasi-concentration camps and then loses his mind and comes to his senses all in less than a hour and a half. Richard Pryor played a role as a black militant based (I guess) on Malcolm X. One of those American International pictures B movies released after the beach fad wore thin and the biker revolution was just beginning.



http://depositfiles.com/files/479935

Next on the agenda, the weird, freaked out Crash Coffin. Probably the weirdest guy in Ohio at the time of this release (1970 or 1973 depending on who you believe. Anyways, the blurb I downloaded from popsike will fill you in better.

Here's the self titled album by Crash Coffin, on the Columbus, Ohio Mus-I-Col label, CC69A, from, I think, 1973. This is a wild record…mixing straight ahead rock, folky psych tunes, one absolute monster heavy psych tune ("Alone Together") and a few goofy novelty tunes. Coffin is one far out guy! Very rare LP. Last copy I saw on eBay went for over $250. for those who don’t know the story, the "real" covers for the album were destroyed in an accident, so the LP was put in a plain white jacket with a "Mus-I-Col" logo. Coffin himself decorated most of the covers, but after a while got tired of it and the last batch were sent out like this one, with the plain white cover. I don’t know which version is rarer.

http://depositfiles.com/files/480028

Here's the bee side.

Cool garage stuff from the Savages, again, I will post a blurb from another source to describe this one. No I won't because it's gone and I ain't lookin' it up again. Here's what I remember. Bermuda band that recorded this one off LP and disappeared into the haze. Mainly raw covers of the days biggies but a few originals that really show some promise. Cool stuff if you dig obscenely rare garage rock. The file has some covers that are bigger but in worse condition than these to the left (or whereever blogger decides they will be be when I click save).

http://depositfiles.com/files/480255

And not to forget all the NWOBHM fans here's Tysondog's 1986 opus loudus Crimes of Insanity. Another one a bit late in the game, but I dig and you will too. And Bigfoot Kit sent some more that are posted below.

http://depositfiles.com/files/479839

DAWNWATCHER - SPELLBOUND 7" (1980) NWOBHM

Dawnwatcher Records
DWS 001

http://www.nwobhm.com/dawnw1.jpg

http://rapidshare.com/files/8708433/DAWNWATCHER_-_Spellbound_7____1980_.rar

SEDUCER - CALL YOUR NAME 7" (1983) NWOBHM
Sticky Records
SRR 0017

http://www.nwobhm.com/images/seducer1.jpg

http://rapidshare.com/files/8709086/SEDUCER_-_Call_Your_Name_7____1983_.rar

VIRTUE - WE STAND TO FIGHT 7" (1985) NWOBHM
Other Records
OTH 1

http://www.nwobhm.com/virtue.jpg

http://rapidshare.com/files/8710170/Virtue_-_We_Stand_To_Fight_7____1985_.rar

Thanks Kit!!

Well here it is and only 3 days before Christmas

I truly agonized over doing this, but after a drawn out meeting at work today, I was basically pink slipped. I cannot perform the duties of my job and they had to let me go. Really I'm surprised they put up with all the days off, and working from home as long as they did. But my doctors keep dicking me around and because it didn't happen at work and because I am basically an independant contractor hired at will and because of this that and a whole bunch of other things.....I have stooped to where I said I would never go and stuck a damn donation button up here (actually it's down there...by the links). Now, first off, nobody who comes to this site owes me a damn thing. I do this because I love doing it as I said the other day, and I have no intention of stopping (if fact looks like I'm gonna have a bunch more free time, yippee, too bad over half is spent in pain). I put it here because if you have an extra dime or quarter at the end of the week, maybe you could drop it in my (hypothetical) change jar. I know times are tough, if these were salad days it wouldn't hurt so much to ask and I probably wouldn't be in this situation in the first place. So I hope know one considers me a whore for doing this. I spoke to several friends who come here often about it and I got proverbial thumbs up from them, but of course they know my situation in more concrete terms then most people. I just don't want anyone to think I am trying to finace a new summer home by doing this. Just trying anything to keep the one I'm renting now. And if you feel I'm asking too much, I sympathise and realise that some of you may be in the same position as myself. (maybe some of you could go click my ads on my other blog, that always helps too). But I do promise as soon as this ordeal is over with (and it better be soon dammit) I will remove that thing and if any of you ever in the same dire straits I'm in at this time, I will return the favor.

Also, lastly, I have decided to sell quite a few of my CDs tapes and records. If anyone would be interested drop me an email and I will send you a list of some cool stuff for cheap!

Thanks for reading and now on to the music (and there is a bunch today)!!!!





Didn't do much research on this one but it's good hard rock. Recorded circa '71 and released on Rockadelic in '94 (and that already sells for some bucks). Killer hard rock from Stone Garden by request.



http://depositfiles.com/files/469883
















Another cool hard rock LP from the Juan de la Cruz band.A heavy Filpino band this one is their second and according to their site the title translates to Our Music. This one was one of my favorites of theirs (all are worth a listen).





http://depositfiles.com/files/470278

And for Aveek and anyone else who had a problem with track 5 here it is:



http://depositfiles.com/files/474558
















Requested in the comments and I just happened to have it handy. This the the self titled LP from Hardwater, from 1968. In a layed back West Coast style and produced by this dude some of you may have heard of named David Axelrod the band featured ex-members of the Astronauts (the surf band!@!!) but sounds nothing like them. Nice psych from this midwestern band.










http://depositfiles.com/files/469451








And yet another request. Someone asked for some more Budgie(is this turning into a hard rock blog or what?!?!?). From 1974 here's the In For the Kill LP it has the original version of Crash Course in Brain Surgery (covered by that Metallica crew) and the title track smokes. Some lighter fare slows this one down bit (literally and figurativly) but still a good one and the rockin' stuff smokes.





http://depositfiles.com/files/470004










And another that got more than a couple votes on my impromptu poll the other day. Here's Cubby Coda and the Brownsville Station with Yeah! from I believe '73. This one is a mixed bag going from hard rockers to R&B flavored stompers (B.S> were never really mellow) Saw these guys way past their hitmaking days in a small bar playing for about 30 people and they put on a show like they were headlining Madison Square Garden for 30,000. Cub was rock N Roll. Cub lived it and loved it, wrote about it, ate it drank it and smoked it.
We need more guys like the Cubmaster.He's probably doing a solo on top of the pearly gates as I write this.


http://depositfiles.com/en/files/470095














Well, looks like we've got the back cover too.





















And by popular demand the NWOBHM continues. This one I leave to the jury (you guys). It's Thunderstick's debut EP Feel Like Rock N Roll from '83. Thunderstick was in the Bruce Bruce version of Samson as well as an early incarnation of Iron Maidenbut this is abit lighter fare than most NWOBHM. For one thing the singer is female (which if you've ever heard Holy Moses doesn't necessarily mean a thing) but this is more hard rock than outright metal. But the songs are well crafted, the guitars are cranked up and it really does rock. I had this when it first came out and who knows where it ended up, but I inquired with Kit to see if he may have it, he didn't (he did some send some great goodies though see below!!)but hooked me up with some info, which I used to check with some folks I trade with and one of them came through! Memories, like the pages of my mind........


http://depositfiles.com/files/463470


My cover disappeared but here is the Terry Knight and the Pack LP with Don & Mark from Grand Funk. Detroit soul rock from '66!!


http://depositfiles.com/files/469718





And now from Bigfoot Kit here are some more goodies including the Billion $ Babies set!!!


Billion Dollar Babies "Complete Battle Axe"

CD1 (Original Album) http://rapidshare.com/files/8559233/BDB-Battle_Axe__Disc_1_.rar

CD2 (Original Demos) http://rapidshare.com/files/8564253/BDB-Battle_Axe__Disc_2_.rar

CD3 (1stLive Show - Flint Michigan 1977) http://rapidshare.com/files/8571682/BDB-Battle_Axe__Disc_3_.rar


CRACK THE SKY - The End (1983)

http://rapidshare.com/files/8178235/CRACK_THE_SKY_-_The_End__1982_.rar

JOHN PALUMBO - Blowing Up Detroit (1984)

http://rapidshare.com/files/8184581/JOHN_PALUMBO_-_Blowing_Up_Detroit__1984_.rar


Thanks again Kit, I appreciate it!!!

And thanks to all who have been hangin' out and helpin' out over the course of the last 10 months (give or take a few days). Couldn't have done it without ya!! Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and all that stuff. I'll be back soon with many more goodies.