More hard rockin' stuff

Japanese hard rock and psych from 1971. Amazing stuff and supposedly their rarest. This is Mops with Iijanajka.

Great stuff.

http://depositfiles.com/files/779679

This one really isn't hard rock stuff, but it is the band that led to one of the seventies biggest hard rock bands Queen. Some folks called them hard prog, but although it might apply to the first few albums, they seemed to go more in the hard rock direction (and unfortunetly disco toward the end of the decade). As the pic at the left denotes, this was Brian May & Roger Taylor's pre Queen band, and contains some pretty interesting psych and rock. And you can definetly tell it Brian May behind the six string being played here. Some quite tasty licks too, from time to time. From 1969.

http://depositfiles.com/files/779651

This one smokes, folks. A band called Zarpa from Spain that I have become a huge fan of. This is from '78, and is called Los 4 Jinetes Del Apocalypsis. Lotsa fuzzed out space rock here, and was a surprising hidden gem. This one is from 1978.

http://depositfiles.com/files/779681

And sent from a friend of the blog--here's the Nuge at his transition period. At this time with the Motor City being infiltrated by the likes of the Stooges and the MC5, Ted's music began to turn from the psych of the 60's to the sludgey hard rock of the aforementioned bands. Although he would soon refine this sound and tone it down a bit for two underappreciated LPs for Frank Zappa's DiscReet label and then refine it even further for a major label (Epic), this is raw, abrasive, primal scream performed live on a big Gibson ES-335. My favorite track on here, the title track, is probably one of the wildest songs the Nuge can claim responsibility for. Sounds like it was gonna be the live version of "Journey to the Center of the Mind" and Ted got a bit sidetracked. Thanks to PE_35 for this one, Ted Nugent & the Amboy Dukes - Survival of the Fittest : Live.

http://www.badongo.com/file/2786428

A motley bunch of music

Can't really think of a theme here, a few are requests, but mostly this is just stuff I've been listening to. Some I've just recently gotten (and will therefore only comment briefly) and it's all pretty interesting. Some of it I had never even heard of before, some I have but had never heard the music before, such as this hard rock from 1975. A US band, and I know nothing about them other than what I need to know. And that is they rock. Fairly heavy for '75, but some of it does sound a bit dated hearing it for the first time some 32 years later. But finding stuff like this is what I live for--if you are the same, give this a shot. Hard rock with a bit of southern influence, especially those twin leads.

http://depositfiles.com/files/768428





Another one I've had for years, and got a request for. This is the band Wings (obviously not the McCartney bunch) with their folk inflenced lone LP from 1969. Crazy Mama & Papas vibe on this one. If fact, if you played it for someone who had never heard Cass & crew, they would be hard pressed to tell them apart at points. They even do one old timey 30's sounding tune like the aforementioned band seemed to enjoy doing from time to time. So my caveat for this one is: if you dig Mamas and Papas, you'll dig, if you don't, you won't.


http://depositfiles.com/files/768427





Way back in this blogs early daze, I did huge post of the Amon Duul stuff with the help of Microdot (you still out there bro?) and I got a cool letter from a fan of the band who asked if I could repost this one because it was one of the few he didn't have. Since it is one of my faves , here it is. This is probably the most diverse album the band had released, it still has the psychy leanings of the earlier stuff at points, but they have gotten a tinge heavier and there is no denying the band as composers and musicians had grown immeasurably by this time. Here is Wolf City from Amon Duul 2.



http://depositfiles.com/files/768420


This is another new one to me. But it is great stuff!! As the Thunderhead above, this one was a great find. 1977 LP, as far as I can tell the sole output from these guys. No info on the net that I could find. But this one is definetly worth checking out. I hear some BTO inflences and it's just good ol 70s hard rock, I can say no more. Try it, you know you wanna!! And BigFootKit has added more to the story of this one in the comments section.





http://depositfiles.com/files/768426









From the 1968 album Tanyet, here's some great psych from the Ceyleib People. Amazing stuff and sounds way ahead of it's time. 3 long songs, that go anywhere from hard rock to classical in the blink of an eye, all the while maintaining that druggy 60's vibe throughout. This one contains a 4th track which is actually the 2nd track supposedly "reprocessed" but it sounds the same to me. But I stuck it in here anyways.







http://depositfiles.com/files/768421







And another request for my grande finale today. I think this came from the old Chrisgoesrock sight from about a year or so ago (so thanks to him, or if not him--whoever it was!!) . Great Dutch (standing corrected from my earlier pronouncment it was Krautrock) prog from 1972 ( I think--there is a text file in the rar) and has a bit of US inflence and a rock vibe going on.


Sorry bout this crappy pic.






http://depositfiles.com/files/768423

Holy shit!!! Two days in a row!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

You know every once in awhile I just get in one those postin' moods. And I think I have some goodies for ya today. Mostly bands with a "A" but I threw a "C" in there to bumfuddle that whole thing.

Here's the last album to carry the Argent name (except for those Hits LPs and comps and the like). This one is 1975's Counterpoints, and while not their best, it certainly deserves a spin or two. Hindsight being twenty twenty you can kinda hear the end being near on this one. And you know Russ Ballard was the visionary of the group because all the really great songs around this time were on his solo albums. Jim Rodford shines on this album (he soon migrated to arguably the 2nd best lineup of the Kinks after this) with some nice groovin' basslines. Fave of mine is the closer "Road Back Home".

http://depositfiles.com/files/756574





Here's another good 'un from the Rooster. This is 1973's Nice 'N' Greasy. "Ear in the Snow" and "Take One Toke" standout, but a fine platter of heavy keyboard ladden tuneage abounds.




http://depositfiles.com/files/756581













Now for a bit of popsike to groove into Easter Sunday with. The Comfortable Chair, discovered by this cat named Jim Morrison that a few of you knowledgeable readers may have heard of once or twice and produced by his bandmate Robby Kreiger, this is some interesting stuff to be sure. The sole platter executed by these guys and gal, some West Coast sunshine for those cold East coast days.




http://depositfiles.com/files/756578











Here's something you don't see on my blog too often. Latin influenced jazz rock. This was basically an offshoot of the early Santana band and featured Coke Escovado and Neal Schon who we all know left this for a journey that started out promising and then turned into some pretty insipid pop pap thanks to a guy named Steve. But this stuff is some fairly potent latino groovin' by a 14 piece band that made a self titled debut and then this their 2nd and final. Coke went a more jazz-pop direction for the Mercury label after this.



http://depositfiles.com/files/756576





Happy Easter!!

Good Friday to one and all...........

It's Friday and I'm having a revelation (as well as actually getting quite a bit of stuff together to post finally)!!! I'm sitting here watching this Sex & the City show for the first time(too lazy to get up and change the channel--the remote batteries are dead)and it's all clear to me now...This is a show of hope! If you can't find the person of your dreams---move to New York City---because if these 3 skanks can get laid as consistantly as they do, anyone has a shot. I say 3 because there is one lady on there who is quite the babe (I believe her name is Kristen Davis, and of course her character is married to the only goofy looking guy on the show, the 3 skanks all have Greek gods hanging all over them, in fact, in the show I'm watching, the ugliest of the 3 ugly ones has two guys foaming at the mouth over her). So it's either the aforementioned show of hope, or someone's fantasy, I can't figure out which. And this Kim Katrall character....she thinks she is the absolute shit, and I can't for the life of me figure out what it is that guys would go ga-ga over. Maybe 20 years ago, when she was a z-movie actress in that Mannequin movie, but now? She looks like somebody's mom to me (and I'm 40 years old for chissakes). All I know is this show must be written by chicks. They should rename the show 3 Skanks and a City Full of Hard Up Men since the only cute one is no longer "on the prowl". On a scale of one to ten this pooper gets a two as a fantasy, a minus five as anything else. Thank God Scrubs is up next! I need comic relief after this bufoonery.
Well anyways, enough of my sorry ass television show reviews.

Before I jump into the tuneage for today, I would like to pass along a great email from Chas from the band Liquid Smoke, whose album I posted in a Time Travel long ago:

Hi Guys,

Chas again from LIQUID SMOKE. I now have a Music Page on MySpace for Liquid Smoke. There's lots of info and clickables there and some songs from the album to listen to feel free to check it out:

http://www.myspace.com/liquidsmoketheband


And now to what you all come here for:




Someone awhile back requested some Randy Pie and as I was going through some stuff yesterday I found their '75 platter Kitsch. So here it is, for whoever requested it and anyone who wants it. Cool UK seventies rock from the other Pie.
And before some of the fine folks who visit here go apeshit--the deposit files link just gives you the real link.

http://depositfiles.com/files/754106







To continue in my posting of Neil Merryweather and things related, here is the 1971 (or 72 depending on where you get your info) LP by Neil with his girlfriend Lynn Carey (Beyond the Valley of the Dolls) as Mama Lion. The cover is pretty cool in that when you slide out the inner sleeve Lynn and a baby lion are doing something very interesting. And that photo is in the rar, but I decided to save that for your download. As far as the music goes it's early seventies hard rock/soul and Lynn is quite a belter in the Merry Clayton/Jenny Haan style. If that's your bag, then grab this one, cuz you'll dig it.


http://depositfiles.com/files/754214







Nextly (I love that word, just made it up), we have a great Finnish prog band's LP from 1970. This one is finding quite a bit of airtime at Casa de Time Traveller right now. The tracks vary from hard bluesy rock to lite and airy flute ladden soft prog and I am getting blown away by the hard side of these guys. I know nothing much about them and don't care. When they wanna rock they rip it to shreds.


http://depositfiles.com/files/754201









Had a request for the Martha Velez LP Fiends and Angels I posted awhile back--does anyone who grabbed that one care to repost it?--and while I am really down on the repost scene right now, I decided to go one better (at least for those who already have it). Here is the follow up LP Hypnotized from 1972. Just as good as the other, I promise.

http://depositfiles.com/files/753944








For those of you who enjoyed the Lollipop Shoppe LP that was posted awhile back here is a small file with the pre-Lollipop Shoppe 45 by the band (then called the Weeds). Garage punk at it's finest--and it includes two extra versions of the B side "Little Girl" (not the Syndicate of Sound song, but an original).

http://depositfiles.com/files/752782




And for a friend who has graciously volunteered to help out around here with some reposts and stuff here are a couple Russ Ballard albums that he missed out on when Tor sent me the links before. Grab em quick me squabbs cuz somebody doesn't like Russ on blogs. Even though nearly all the original albums are out of print. Here's 1977's At the Third Stoke and '79's Russ Ballard and the Barnett Dogs. Both are great.

http://depositfiles.com/files/753996 Third

http://depositfiles.com/files/754272 Dogs




And finally from that aforementioned friend (SV) here is a repost of the Thundermug Strikes LP by several requests:


http://sharebee.com/9f122e5a


And over at the New & Improved Live and Otherwise blog you can find some more stuff from me--a few NWOBHM singles and yet another Zappa boot by request.

See ya soon!

Well....at least it's somethin'

Here's another by request. It's the best of the Five Man Electrical Band. Hippie rock at it's best. And the link below that is for the 2 missing tracks from the Baroques set I posted.





http://depositfiles.com/files/733305


The Baroques missing trax:


http://depositfiles.com/files/733145


More later.

Long Weekend. Okay that's a lie.

Yeah I admit it, I didn't pay my cable bill. So they shut me off. I would love to see some competition for those money grubbing sons-a-bitches come to my town, they rip me off and suck me dry. But I paid their sorry asses and I'm back, and this weekend I will do my best to make up for the neglect. Here's a little bit now and I'll have some more later.

Here's one that I've had several requests for a repost for and finally here it is. This is the Baroques only album from 1967. Released on Chess to little or no fanfare at the time due to Chess not giving it much promo. But it's top notch garage psych and this is the bootleg CD version which is really a nice vinyl rip (much better than the original I posted) plus 10 or so outtakes, single only sides and other stuff. This is not the compilation released a few years back that deletes a few of the original albums tracks. This one has all the original Lp tracks so I'm told.


http://depositfiles.com/files/712021


http://depositfiles.com/files/713719

Another request from a while ago. Lighthouse's 1970 LP One Fine Morning. Light psych and hippie folk rock done just right.

http://depositfiles.com/files/713969

And here is Bloodrock 3. What can I tell you about this guys that hasn't already been said? Nothin' so I am saying exactly that. Just download it, it probably won't be up for long.

http://depositfiles.com/files/711774

Try out this riddle: He wasn't old when he recorded this radio session for KQED in 1970, but in at least one way he is still young even though he had some old ways in the 80s.

http://depositfiles.com/files/711843

Back soon with more.

Just a couple til this weekend.

I have been working a bunch of hours so time has been really tight. Here are a couple requests I've had uploaded for awhile that I just thought I'd stick up until this weekend when I will get a serious post up that has been due for quite sometime now.

Here's another Buffalo, Average Rock N Roller, with one of my favorite seventies album covers. Did the hair metal bands of the 80s know about this one? It seems it would be the inspiration for many of their covers.

http://depositfiles.com/files/683267

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And this one I couldn't find a cover for. It's Japanese band Cosmo's Factory with their 1975 LP Black Hole. Really good heavy prog rock.

http://depositfiles.com/files/683388

Sorry for the delay in the all the stuff I've been promising everyone, I will try my best to get it all taken care of this weekend.

TT-

Comments and Question time again!

Well it looks like everyone's friend the deleter is back and operating in full-force. I have some stuff to put up here but I'm afriad it would be a waste of time as it will be deleted in a matter of hours. I am looking into alternative methods of getting stuff out there but I am enforcing some new rules on myself.

I will no longer post in-print items here even if they are imports that cost an arm & a leg.

Why the fuck is this italicised?

I will be posting items with deposit files again. For some reason they just last longer. If you cannot use deposit files for whatever reason, I may be able to help you out but email me, don't leave comments, my email address is in my profile. I will not post comments related to the file host I use and I cannot respond to them except on blogger and then everyone sees the secondary link which will then be deleted. If the files start disappearing on deposit files then it is time to find something else, like torrents or multiply. I am sorry, but I just got severly expanded hours at work, and I don't have as much time to spend on blogging as I used to. Re-ups are a redundant pain in the ass, and I detest doing it. It's just like doing laundry except laundry has to be done but a repost doesn't. I am going to take care of those I already promised but no more re-ups after those.

I will have a post up in a day or two.


And finally I have a question for someone who may be a techie as far as computers go. This will probably be long and drawn out but bear with me.

I got a DVD-Rom for my computer as a gift. I installed it and everything seems to work great. It records discs fine and plays them back fine. But my computer will not show which files are on the discs. If I shut the PC down and reboot it, it will sometimes show me the contents of the first disc I put in, but after that every disc I insert comes up with the same data as the previous disc I inserted. Does anyone know what is going on? It also does the same thing on Roxio (my burning software) and Win Amp. I have taken them to a friends and they show up fine on his PC but on mine it doesn't seem to work.

Please help if you know because I cannot play the discs (they all have MP3 data on them and when I try win-amp I get nothing but weird noise).

The Nordic Winds Blew More Great Tunes This Way

You know who to thank for these!!!



MOST OF THESE HAVE DELETED. THE UPLOADER SENT A NOTE AND SAID IT EITHER COULD HAVE HAPPENED HERE OR POSSIBLY ONE OTHER PLACE HE POSTS THEM. ALL WERE WORKING RIGHT BEFORE I POSTED THEM. I'M THINKING IT MAY BE SOMEBODY PISSED OFF BECAUSE I WON'T LET HIM POST HIS STUPID COMMENTS ABOUT HOW SHITTY MY RIPS ARE. IF THAT IS THE CASE, WELL TOUGH TITTIES, BECAUSE I HAVE THE STUFF DOWNLOADED BEFORE ANYONE HERE EVER SEES THEM. I WILL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO REPOST THEM LATER.

TIME TRAVELLER---------

Axe - Axe

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H1TWMEYS

Axe - Living On The Edge

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BT6N60EY

Axe - Offering

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7A8WCOT7

Axe - Nemesis

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D98X6FM4

Axe - V

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7ERBZX48

Axe - The Crown

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SC1OWOGM

Axe - Best of Axe 20 Years From Home 1977 - 1997

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FK5KUFEU

Kim Mitchell - Greatest Hits

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JT0RWZCG

Point Blank - On A Roll

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R5WNMVJ2

Point Blank - The Hard Way

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9BU0BWSL

The Runaways - And Now...

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3Z8GB000

The Runaways - Born To Be Bad (The early demos)

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

Coheed And Cambria - Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV Volume One

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=24JWAAZJ

Coheed And Cambria - The Second Stage Turbine Blade

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NNUXEK82

Coheed And Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JJW8IRFP

Coheed And Cambria - 99X Live X Nov 19 2004

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6UQGYYD6

Coheed And Cambria - Delirium Trigger EP (Shabutie)

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

Coheed and Cambria - Live Acoustic Sep 17 2004

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TUTH6UWJ

Coheed And Cambria - Live at La Zona Rosa

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GFE7YS3T

Coheed And Cambria - Live at the Starland Ballroom

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D04MA9QH

Coheed And Cambria - Live March 6 2004 (Radio Feed)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O5VTLXO7

Coheed And Cambria - Penelope EP (Shabutie)

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

Hardware - Third Eye Open (Stevie Salas, Bootsy Collins, Buddy Miles)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2HHXFP1P

Phil Lynott - Live In Sweden 1983 (1st night)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VUB416DK

Phil Lynott - Live In Sweden 1983 (2nd night)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7XJMFK00

HSAS - No Animation (Hagar, Schon, Aaronson, Shrieve)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=F07NX3HM

It Bites - Thank You And Goodnight. Best Of.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A7HMI819

Head East - A Different Kind Of Crazy.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BTI0VK8Y

Head East - Gettin' Lucky. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TNCSXTC0

Head East - Head East http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0P0Q7P20

Head East - US No. 1. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5NMAGQAW

Head East - Flat As A Pancake. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WQI5XARF

Head East - Get Yourself Up. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N577UAO8

Phil Lynott - Live In Sweden 1983. Disc 1

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VUB416DK

Phil Lynott - Live In Sweden 1983. Disc 2

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7XJMFK00

April Wine - Animal Grace. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O8Q33SBI

April Wine - Power Play. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Y1DISWF3

April Wine - Walking Through Fire. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SOGXCC4X

Russ Ballard - 1st. 1974. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=72XFDI8S

Russ Ballard - Winning. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2PF9TLQ8

Russ Ballard - At The Third Stroke. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2PF9TLQ8

Russ Ballard - Barnet Dogs. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5O888EO5

Russ Ballard - Into The Fire. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A1E2UGTB

Russ Ballard - Russ Ballard. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BRICBNZ4

Russ Ballard - The Fire Still Burns. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JB1JVCX4

Russ Ballard - The Seer. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LJNDVWB0

Russ Ballard - Book Of Love. 2006. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GIIJ0W4O

Thanks very much for the great tunes!!!!!!

Back again

First up is an early hard rockin' Aussie band by request. I guest this was posted elsewhere awhile ago and there is plenty of info on these guys on the net. So I won't bother repeating it here. Great album from Buffalo, Only Want You For Your Body from 1974. Oh, and I'm back to megaupload and deposit files too. Too many deletions on rapidshare (as usual).




http://www.megaupload.com/?d=48I9ZAHV








And more Canuck stuff with the great Hammersmith's LP It's For You. And to whoever requested this one, it's for him too. This is one of many albums I have for sale. Maybe I will list them here if anyone is interested.






http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XAVLPYG6













Here is the 2nd Nutz album Nutz Too. Yet another request.





http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3NM6CEJC















And I finally got off my ass and hooked my turntable back up again, so tomorrow I should have some more shitty vinyl rips (according to my biggest fan Mr. Fuck You who still sends me lots of enjoyable comments that I won't bore everyone by posting because they are all the same). And to the person(s) that keep reminding I missed that track on the Simon Stokes album, that is first on my list!!

Tomorrow will also feature a ton of great albums from the Nordic twilight. Lots of Head East, Russ Ballard, April Wine and some surprises!

Tuneage Incorporated

Well, it's been a week. I promise as I get more used to my job I will get back to at least two updates a week, but I am a slow creature when it comes to adapting, and I am going to try my best to plop another batch of tunes up in the next day or so. But for now here's a cool LP from the prog-rock force known as Lake. First caught these guys on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert and thought they had a kind of Supertramp vibe. But it turned out that was only a small part of what the band has to offer.
There is also an album or two of theirs posted over at walknthebass' site and hopefully they are still available because they are actually as good or better than this, their 1980 LP called Ouch!.




http://rapidshare.com/files/16996124/Owww_.rar





Next, a great heavy progger with an early stoner vibe (these guys played and hung out with Sabbath so.....what more proof could you ask for). I swear I saw this posted elsewhere but my requester assures me it's nowhere to be found so here it be. Covers and stuff in the rar on this one.



http://rapidshare.com/files/16976501/Neck_Crow_Man_Dos.rar



And another by request, the first Nutz LP. I think I may have posted it before,or seen it somewhere, but if not, cool. If it's somewhere else, let me know and I'll take it down. There is so much great stuff posted these days it's getting very hard to be original.














http://rapidshare.com/files/16993285/n-n74.rar




And for the final post for the evening. Requested in the last batch o'comments and yet another I didn't think I had but shasta-kazzamm* there is was on my list.

http://rapidshare.com/files/16966813/Spo-Key-2th.rar

I had to copy all of these by hand from rapidshare who can't I can't seem to figure out how to get the links from anymore. So if a link doesn't work email me and I'll fix it.

*Holy Fuck!!!

Some news and some tunes

Sorry for the delay in posting. Been a trying week for me. Before I get into to this weeks tunes, I would like to address a few items. I am completely fed up with the stupid "fuck you" comments and people posting their "get rich quick scheme " and "buy our snake oil" links in the comments section. This is a music blog. If I wanted to get rich quick I'd rob a fucking bank, if I want to feel good I'd take some fucking drugs, okay? So comment moderation has been enabled. If your post relates to music, good or bad, I will post it. If it's to tell me my rips suck (I know they do) or the aforementioned bullshit I have a spam filter.

Secondly, I got so fed up with the nag screens I took the plunge and upgraded to the new blogger. It seems to work about 50 times better than the old one, so yippee for that.

Thirdly and lastly (more new words), I got tired of the emails to upload my stuff to rapidshare, so the last guy that emailed, I emailed back if you want rapidshare so goddamn bad, buy me an account. Well lo-and-behold, the person sent me 10 bucks to buy the damn thing so now I guess I'm back to rapidshare for awhile. If anyone asks me not to post to rapidshare and I'm going to lose whats left of my mind and start shooting.

Oh, and no, I still haven't uploaded that missing Simon Stokes track yet. I will soon, promise!

Sorry if I sound like Oscar the Grouch, but my fuse is very short and after that bunch of silliness that occured in the comments of the last post (take a look if you haven't seen it, but I delted most of the carnage), I have had enough. This is supposed to fun for christsakes. I've bitched enough now--sorry to the majority of you who don't deserve this shit.

Now on with the show------------


The last of the red hot Hookfoot LPs. This one is Communications from 1973. Very consistant band--if you liked the others I posted, you'll like this one. This one is on megaupload cuz it is ripped at 320k and was a bit too big for RS.



http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DZZMPQ4Q











Had a request for this a long time ago and I told the guy I didn't have it. Well while scouring my MP3's looking for something else--there it was. I gotta get my shit cataloged.

This is kinda jazzy funky rock from 1974 and has a cool band history inside the rar file as well as front and back covers. Interesting cover too!





http://rapidshare.com/files/16072690/i-i-i-i-i-74.rar








Ta-Daa! It's an album from Thundermug. Nice sized cover over at the left too. Sorry it was all I could scrounge up odd the web.




http://rapidshare.com/files/16103334/tdmg-td75.rar





This was a request over at the other blog, but since Kit just posted a great set of cool shit, I decided to put it here. These guys were always highly touted 'round my town as a great seventies hard rock band. I was slightly disappointed at first listen, but I decided my expectations were set too high by hype and after judging them on their own merits have grown to really like these guys. If you like this one I have another so let me know. Good AOR-hard rock.





http://rapidshare.com/files/16045168/Dr-77-dd.rar







Another cool seventies hard rock album from Moxy. While I digging for a cover I found this concert ad floating on the net. Would this show have been cool or what?
Unbelievable line up there, bet the folks showing up for that show got their eardrums rattled.





http://rapidshare.com/files/16097642/M2.rar

And last but not least, trying to get back to basics of what this blog is all about, a great psych LP from the Third Power called Believe. Released late in the genre (1970) but still a sparkling example of it. Stunning stuff. And that wraps my post for today.

http://rapidshare.com/files/16106274/tp-b70.rar

Link is fixed!!

A few more links sent from the land of Vikings

I got two emails with some more great stuff so I give them to you without pics or anything--just the links.

I will get that missing Simon Stokes track ripped as soon as possible.


Nantucket - Still Alive After All These Years.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O6IW3UGG

Touch - The Complete Works. (this is the 70's hard rock band)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LBZ4MBQ1

Wrabit - Wrough and Wready.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=J1WFJLSI

Wrabit - Tracks.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JZB6948H

Wrabit - West Side Kid.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1F5GVSTA

Francis Dunnery - Welcome To The Wild Country. Remastered.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A2PK2222

Nantucket - Nantucket. 1978. (NOT good vinyl rip. Not my own rip)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=88391SUK

The Godz - Nothing Is Sacred
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UBJA9TPS

The Godz - Mongolians
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RWW5PXTP

And there will be a few more over at the other blog tomorrow.

Requestamundo Part One

Alright kiddies, these are the ones you've been askin' for, the picks that click , all the happenin' hits right here at casa TT. First up, for Bigfoot Kit, my partner in crime over at Live and otherwise, who has patiently waited for my lazy ass to get my turntable up and runnin again, here is Simon Stokes & the Nighthawks 1970 LP. If you liked the Blackwhip Thrill band stuff I posted some time back, this isn't quite as rude or rowdy, but the bike gangs still loved it. And I bet Mick Farren has a copy. Kiss demos at the LOA tomorrow Kit!!


Front and back covers to left the left somewhere.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CV3JRGPF (got tired of everybody cussin' me out over deposit files but I'm still usin' them for small files)
























Goddo's first for somebody who wondered why with all the Canadian stuff posted they weren't included. Well now they is. This is the 1977 original ish in mint condish, but sorry for the low bitrate, but it still sounds great. Is my dj patter beginning to get old yet?



http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JDQLOE5V




Well times three. It's been awhile since I've posted a good old dyed in the wool moldy oldie, and here, again, by request is Fire with the Magic Shoemaker. If I could find a pair of shoes that didn't tear up after 6 months of carryin' my ass around, those would be magic, by God. This one is from 1970.





http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P9QA8Q34






A triad of Blue Cheer to blow out your eardrums to! First up is the 1969 album Outside Inside, then the reunion album
from '83 which is basically Vincebus Eruptum updated for the 80s with "new improved" sound from the band. The original cover is here, only the reissue covers are in the rar. And finally sans picture I have chosen a live potpouri from a boot called interestingly enough 68-74 Live. Decent sound, good song choices , best boot I own by these goons of megawattage.


The live one: (54.88 MB)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IOQRXLZJ

The Beast is Back: (67.93 MB)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9NKYDWKO

Outside Inside (48.05 MB)http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S1GMV2BF



And to finish today's post on a quieter note, probably the mellowest album from the 'Van. Probably the least favored by fans of the 'Van (at least according to various websites). It's not my favorite either but it's really not bad for what it is, a 1976 lite-prog rock album. It was a bad year for the genre with that noisey punk music rearing it's ugly head in the UK and Boston and Peter Frampton ruling the airwaves in teh states. This album didn't stand a chance. But by request from at least a couple people here's Blind Dog at St. Dunstans. Hell they even mellowed out on the title. Remember Cunning Stunts (that Metallica shamelessly stole without giving credit) and For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night, or maybe If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You?

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



Back soon with more groovy requests and some new links sent from Viking land!

All the rest are at the other place.......

All the rest of Tor-Erik's links are now posted over at the www.liveandotherwise.blogspot.com

There is plenty to keep you busy over there, but as promised and delayed twice now, I will get to work on the requests.

It may be tomorrow or Wednesday until I get them up, downloading all this cool stuff has taken some time. But todays stuff include most if not all of the Babys LPs, most if not all of the Santers LPs, lotsa NWOBHM, and more more more.

I am also trying to figure out a way to post some items I need to sale, but I haven't come up with a way yet. I just want to sell them cheap because I am going to be moving soon (next month or two) and due to my back problems I no longer want to lug all this stuff around, and also I don't want to deal with ebay, gemm or musicstack. Does anyone have any ideas on what I could do? If you do by all means email me or leave a comment. I will need to use the paypal payment system (God help me) to do it (it's my mother's account--same one the donations are going to) so any help would be most appreciated.

I have to work the next 4 days so although I will be checking in and getting the requests done. My posts will be thin until the weekend.

And although I did so over at the other blog and several times in emails, I again thank Tor-Erik for going above and beyond with the amazing array of tuneage he has sent my (and your) way.

TT-

Ready for more?

How fun it is to have a dilema such as this. Which blog to post what on, with somewhere around 75 albums to go roughly. Well, here is a small selection for here, with a ton going over at live and otherwise tonight too. These are more of the Tor-Erik collection and some really amazing stuff to boot as well as surprises.

But first, if you have time do a friend of the blog a favor, and go to the Rockdoctor's blog
http://travellingunderground.blogspot.com/
and see if you can't tell us what the name of this song is. It's been driving a friend crazy for years. It sounds really familiar but no one so far can place it.

And away we go (and STILL more to come!!):

Here's Trigger's lone LP from 1978. Good album oriented rock with some proggy touches.

















http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RWXCMY0W


And here is a really good one, Trevor Rabin's Wolf LP from the early 80's. He was a member of Yes for a while and is a brilliant guitarist.














http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZAHJ9GZ4




And here's another great AOR record. This is the self titled LP from Treasure.








http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LPN7FKRZ




The first of two LPs from Balance. Great stuff . Proggy rock that is worth checking out. Members included Peppy Castro from the Blues Magoos and Bob Kulick from any number of bands mainly Kiss briefly (as was his brother Bruce for a number of years) and Alice Cooper's band.











http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Y0J0L6YE

And two from Widowmaker (UK). Highly recommended stuff from these guys.














Widowmaker (UK) - Widowmaker

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R7YPRV9R





Too Late To Cry

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NBIF958j

And last for now, but not least, two very good albums from late 70's band Trillion. Their self titled debut and the 2nd and I think final LP Clear Approach. I've had both of these in the past and can say they are both excellent. The 2nd is my fave of the two. Sorry could not find covers for these!


Trillion - 1st.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6DZFERYS

Trillion - Clear Approach

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

And I want to thank everyone for clicking those ads over at the other blog. As always the family and I appreciate it very much. And within the next half hour or so you will find a bunch of April Wine, Dan Reed and much much more there. And up next (tomorrow) even more from Tor-Erik, and I will attempt to get those requests taken care of as much as is possible.