Time Traveller

Saturday, September 30, 2006

Finally!!!

Some new stuff. Sorry about some of the pics here, couldn't find a whole lot for some of these. And if I've posted any of these before, I apologize. My memory of what I've posted is getting hazy, but mainly, they don't always show up in the search. I have most of the requests in a pile and am going to work on them tonight and tomorrow and get them posted late tomorrow or Monday.

This Wishbone Ash LP, while not my favorite due to the eighties new wavish sound, but those guitars shine through, especially on the 2 part instrumental track (Hole in My Heart)that closes the album.

http://rapidshare.com/files/402983/WA-HtoH.rar

The Underground All Stars - Extremely Heavy. Released in late 1969 on Dot records. Heavy is a relative term here, and this is basically another in a long line of Kim Fowley projects. He is listed as producer and probably is the uncredited vocalist on at least some if not all of the tracks here. The lone song he wrote (Happy Meadow Trail Dance)is the strongest track here. Yet another version
of Louie Louie is present also.

http://rapidshare.com/files/406288/UAS-EH.rar

The followup to Beacon Street Union, Eagle's lone album was called Come Under Nancy's Tent. Predating Grand Funk's joke (T.N.U.C.)about the female hot spot by small margin (check the initials of the title). This is kind of thinly recorded hard rock produced by Wes Farrell (who later produced the Partridge Family if memory serves). Nice stoner rock vibe throughout.http://rapidshare.com/files/409394/E-E-E.rar

Notes From the Underground - same. Released on Vanguard in late '69 or early '70. Not bad hippie rock but a tad on the mellow side. Some folky rock and skiffle type tracks too.

http://rapidshare.com/files/412707/NFTU.rar

This is only one file. It's kinda cool bluesy hard rock. The first track (Tricky Says) is a humorous song (as are many others)and lots of fun. The album as a whole is not bad. Released in 1970 on RCA records.

Tracks: Tricky Says We're Helpless/the Clothes You Wear/Pass the Salt Mother/the Peasants Are Revolting/Just A Note/Stoned In Saigon/For You/Desdemona/Fresh Today/Horrible Breathe

http://rapidshare.com/files/415553/F-FT.rar

And more from Cor:

If you in a soft rock mood, here is basically every album by Seals & Croft.

http://rapidshare.de/files/34539696/Seals___Crofts_-_Sudan_Village.zip

http://rapidshare.de/files/34549783/Seals___Crofts_-_The_Longest_Road.zip

http://rapidshare.de/files/34556515/Seals___Crofts_-_Unborn_Child.zip

http://rapidshare.de/files/34562781/Seals___Crofts_-_Takin__It_Easy_1978..zip

http://rapidshare.de/files/34801589/Seals___Crofts_-Diamond_Girl__320kbps_.zip

http://rapidshare.de/files/34886175/Seals___Crofts_-_Summer_Breeze__320kbps_.zip

http://rapidshare.de/files/34891235/Seals___Crofts_-_I_ll_Play_For_You.zip

http://rapidshare.de/files/34896546/Seals___Crofts_-_First_Album_1969.zip

http://rapidshare.de/files/34904450/Seals___Crofts_-_Down_Home.zip

http://rapidshare.de/files/34913762/Seals___Crofts_-_Greatest_Hits__320kbps_.zip

http://rapidshare.de/files/34920296/Seals___Crofts_-_Year_Of_Sunday.zip

http://rapidshare.de/files/34950509/Seals___Crofts_-_Get_Closer.zip

http://rapidshare.de/files/34952319/Seals___Crofts_-_One_On_One.zip

Friday, September 15, 2006

Someone else came through.........

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

I think I am more of a John Entwistle fan than I am a Who fan. I respect the Who but when you look back at their catalog, they really didn't put a whole lot out. And among that output, several are live, outtake and greatest hits. Essential? Nahhh!!! But the Ox solo, now those were some interesting albums. He always got great session players, his material was always interesting at the very least, and he had a sense of humor that for the most part didn't fit in with Townshend's coming of age tales and serio-tragic operas. I guess I dig John more because he (and of course Keith Moon) were the relief from the heavy subject matter of Pete & Roger. This is John's LP Rigor Mortis Sets In. It was a commercial flop but in my opinion a success in terms of an early 70's rock elpee!! Mine has the smaller cover, but when doing a search I found this larger too. So here they both are.

http://rapidshare.com/files/204726/ox_-_RMSI.rar

And the ever-popular Barclay James Harvest. This album took a few listens to sink in. The first time I played it, I was really disappointed. It sounded like some crappy 80's synth pop. I thought someone put the wrong music on the disc by accident. But with further investigation, I discovered an album with some deceptive complexities lying underneath the seemingly simplistic song structures. It's nowhere near perfect, definetly no Short Stories or Baby James Harvest, but an ultimately satisfying album that somehow fits into the BJH catalog.

http://rapidshare.com/files/439757/BJH_-_CITLPart_1.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/440677/BJH-CITL_Part2.rar

Audience - Friends, Friends, Friend. Great prog album worth checking out.

http://rapidshare.com/files/442164/Aud-FFF.rar

I am still working on the vinyl rips (should be up here tomorrow) but here are couple more goodies.

GROUNDHOGS - BBC On Air 1970 - 1972

http://rapidshare.com/files/444219/G-BBC.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/444359/G-BBC-Pt.2.rar

CARAVAN - Canterbury Comes To London

http://rapidshare.com/files/289220/CAnt_Comes_To_London1.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/290902/Cant_Comes_To_London_2.rar

Monday, September 11, 2006

Better late than never.

Atomic Rooster's 1st with Carl Palmer. Great album.

http://rapidshare.com/files/445865/AtRo-1.rar

Gary Moore's Live at the Marquee. Yeah, it's live. But it got a sort of legitimate release so I put it here. Is Gary one of the most smokin' hard rock guitarists ever? This disc makes a good argument for him. I personally think he is extremely underrated.

http://rapidshare.com/files/447071/GM-LATM.rar

This is a weird import EP I got of Queensryche. I know it's not what I usually stick up here, but I'm just in a weird mood today so here it is if you want it. Some otherwise unavailable stuff here so, if you like Geoff Tate & co, it's worth the download.

http://rapidshare.com/files/182984/QS-SOTT_EP_.rar

Here's some stuff I'm posting tonight at the liveandotherwise blog:

Frank Zappa - Hollywood Bowl
Paul McCartney - Rockestra Sessions
Deep Purple - Unreleased Tracks
Rory Gallagher - Shepherd's Bush, London 03-02-76
Steve Hackett - Live Archive 3 (Rome 09-13-81)

And here's some stuff coming soon (hopefully tomorrow)

Coven - Witchcraft Destroys Minds (LP rip)
Zon - Astral Projection (LP rip)
Barclay James Harvest - Caught In the Light
Caravan - Cunning Stunts
Groundhogs - Black Diamond
Groundhogs - BBC on Air 1970 - 1972
John Entwhistle - Rigor Mortis Sets In
Zephyr - repost of album previously deleted by trolls

Friday, September 08, 2006

Just a "quickie"

When I did my update the other day I forgot to add the Budgie EP and I decided to throw one other nugget up with it. Here's the nugget first. The 2 Sides of Tony (T.S) McPhee by the Groundhogs leader.

http://rapidshare.com/files/448127/TSM-2SOTSM.rar

And here is the rare 1980 EP from Budgie. 4 songs, one file.

Tracks:

1.Wild Fire
2.High School Girls
3.Panzer Division Destroyed
4.Lies of Jim (the E Type Lover)

http://rapidshare.com/files/449090/B-ISDNIV.rar

I have finally been doing updates over at the live blog. There are several new "shows" over there. And you you like 'em gimme some clicks while you are there.
If you've never been "there" it's the first link in my list o links.

Back Saturday or Sunday with a real update!!!!

Sunday, September 03, 2006

Someone emailed and asked if I had any LeRoux. I have others but this was most handy, as it was already ripped and ready to upload. I have more of these guys if there's any interest. This is the Up LP from 1980. Not their best, but not bad hard rock with some southern overtones as well as a bit of pop thrown in for that all important commercial appeal (which it didn't get, unfortunetly).

http://rapidshare.com/files/269013/LER-U.rar
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I got some info from a co-worker of Inga Rumpf's named Moni Kellerman:

I would like you to know that Inga Rumpf is about to re-release 3 of her previously deleted solo albums as a double CD on her own label, 25th Hour Music. It will be called "London - New York - Berlin" and feature all tracks from the LPs "My Life Is A Boogie", "I Know Who I Am" and "Reality", plus 3 previously unreleased songs. Germans can buy the album here:

http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001G6PZW/ref=nosim/cagnlace/

And also have received a couple emails from Win Bent, the bassist for the band Raw Honey that I posted a long time ago and can be found by doing a blog search at the top of this page.

Duane Schumacher started Raw Honey in Yellow Springs, Ohio, in the early 1970s. At some point, my sister Janet joined as a vocalist, and she and Duane fell in love. Their bass player moved on to other projects, and Janet told Duane about her little brother who, at a mere 16 years of age, was already a pretty good bass player. Or perhaps a "good enough" bassist. At any rate, Duane and Janet and guitarist Jeff Parker brought me into the group, and as far as I can remember we instantly started planning the "Ragweed" album (or plans were already underway). The album was recorded at Antioch College, in their main performance auditorium, during Spring Break in 1974 - in other words, we had a strict deadline for finishing, before the students returned! Duane had a TEAC 4-track, probably a model A-3340S, which allowed us to do some basic overdubs. We all sang, and played multiple instruments: - Duane: Autoharp, Acoustic Piano - Jeff: Acoustic and Electric Guitars - Win: Acoustic and Electric Basses - Carl (Duane's brother): Organ, Electric Piano - Janet: Vocals, Whistling, and Misc. Percussion Duane had the 4-track masters mixed down in nearby Dayton (I don't know where), and when the records arrived, we all gathered 'round to glue the black-and-white sheets onto the plain-white covers. I don't know the exact number, but I'd guess that there were perhaps 200 or 300 records pressed. The entire endeavor was financed by Duane - I believe he had a few lenders/donors, but I don't know. We sold the albums locally, at local stores and at our infrequent performances - plans to tour locally were never realized. Janet and Duane married in, um, 1980 or so (I'm supposed to know, since I was there, but...) and spent many blissful years in Olympia, WA, until Duane succumbed to cystic fibrosis, a disease which he'd managed and overcome for many years. Janet still lives in that area of Washington, Jeff has been in San Francisco for many years, I believe Carl bounces periodically between Yellow Springs and Los Angeles, and I've gravitated to Austin, TX. I'm not sure about Jeff, but the rest of us are still active musicians. I cannot overstate this: Duane was one of my mentors, whether he knew it or not. He brought me into his group, and treated me like a peer. The experience I got from playing with Raw Honey lead to over 30 years of playing and loving music. Not surprisingly, I'd be willing to respond to any questions or comments you may have. Thanks for giving me the chance to reminisce! - Win

Saturday, August 26, 2006

Well I got three up today..better than nuthin' I guess

I will be adding albums as I am able, so more fun is in store!!!!

Here's a great proggy-rock album from Skin Alley called 2 Quid Deal. And seeing as they were on the Stax label in 1973 that's probably the deal they got too. Stax, primarily a soul label based in Memphis Tennesee, was way out of their element in releasing this one, and I've seen more white label promos of this LP than standard stock copies. Also it didn't help that the label was on it's last legs by this time, the top artists were either dead or out of vogue with the record buying public in the early to mid 70's. So with 2 strikes against the band (a third being progressive rock in general had no real U.S. following unless they had the names Yes or Emerson Lake & Palmer). They released this fantastic album that basically didn't get heard.
The album I have ripped (a U.S. promo copy of course) is a bit worse for wear but still very listenable. I have dug this LP ever since I first took a chance on it (who could refuse that cover?) for a couple bucks at a used store in the mid nineties. Not a bad track in the bunch and standouts (to my eardrums) are Graveyard Shuffle and the Demoagouge. Brillinat stuff!!!!

http://rapidshare.de/files/30824859/SKAL-2QUDE.rar

LIQUID SMOKE - same (Avco Embassy)

Kinda of a bummer on this one. The first track, a cover of I Who Have Nothing, luckily for me the weakest track among the bunch, had a skipping problem I just could not fix. If you want it, this is for sale right now on ebay for the budget price of 60 damn dollars. I got mine for .50 at a flea market a few years back and I'll take the 59.50 discount for the skips on track one. It could be fixed, because the all the parts are there (listen to figure that one out). I wonder if the Black Crowes heard the version of Hard to Handle on here because their version sounds awful close. But on this album it's the originals that are the best, with some nice fuzzy rippin' guitar and cool organ runs. Give it a shot.

Which came first? The album came out in 1971.

http://rapidshare.de/files/30890710/LS-LS.rar

A band called Nutz. Hmmmm.......... An album called Hard Nutz. Double hmmmm. But actually this is some pretty cool hard rock with interesting production. The guitars sound like they are put through every effects box known to man all at the same time. Seems like the band is going for a heavy Queen vibe at times, especially with the background vocals but, at other times it's a more straightforward hard rock vibe. Only one downside to this was the bass heavy production, which is a bit strange considering the painstaking state of art sound they got otherwise. Well, just decrease the bottom end and you'll have a cool hard LP (for '77 anyways).

http://rapidshare.de/files/30897497/Nutz_-_Hard_Nutz.rar

Enjoy, back with more tomorrow and will finally get the liveandotherwise blog updated too.

Friday, August 25, 2006

Where have I been?

Yes, I know. Lax as hell, I am. I have a pretty good excuse. My friggin' back hurts. But here I am again to molest your ears with some groovy psychedelic ditties guaranteed to grow hair in places you just don't want it to.

We'll start slowly. Here is the American Revolution's sole LP from 1968. I had wanted to hear this puppy for years. I got ahold of a copy a year or so ago and let's just I was mildly disappointed. I had heard such good things. Never been told it was a monster or anything like that, but still I had my hopes up. So I will leave it at this: if you like bubble gum psych from the acid capital of the U.S.A. (yes, Wisconsin, just ask Hyde) you will be on cloud nine. If you like wild trippy fuzz fests then move on down the page, and I might be able to help you out.

http://rapidshare.de/files/30688487/thAm_Re_-_sa_68_.rar

Now we're getting closer to the type of stuff that makes my quest for all things psych worth the trouble. This here is the American Dream (rather have a Dream than a Revolution anyways). Produced by this cat named Todd (Rundgren), and released on Ampex in 1970, this has a sound kinda similar to Todd's band the Nazz (Todd sures loves that phase shifting) but I find I am reminded of a bit of Spirit here and there also. Good News, Big Brother and I Ain't Searchin' are faves, but what the hell is a Credemphels?!?!?!?

http://rapidshare.de/files/30692054/Am_Dr_-_sa_70_.rar

Now here is a platter done just the way I like it. You put this thing on whatever listening device you have handy, and the first track is this raga drum type thing, maybe. Okay pretty cool. Then the band does this sappy love shit and you say boo fuckity hoo, but before you can remove the pollution from your airspace, WHAM, here comes a freakout from the nether region of Xyplopagus (wherever the hell that is) and you start diggin' it again, then bam, more peace and love bs and you get disgusted and start for the device again, BOOM the drummer's acid kicked in and he goes off for a moment. That's the way this album goes, keeps you off balance in such a great way. Some of the songs segway into each other and you'll notice that I left some that way in my rip. Actual track list is below. I guess I needn't mention I luv this album, do I?

1-Birdsong
2-Witch Helen
3-Have You Seen Them Cry
4-Lake Of Sand
5-State of Confusion
6-Golden Lion
7-Pioneer Saint of Death
8-the Resurrection
9-Demian
10-So It Seems
11-Suite Classical #1

http://rapidshare.de/files/30698651/BloPe_-_sa_68_.rar

For Bigfoot Kit, who shared an album I was desperately searching for, is Good Rats From Rats to Riches. This has gotta be their hardest rocking album (all are worth hearing) and probably the one I dig out the most. I wore a cassette of this one out back in the eighties! Not my rip and I have no idea where I got it so thanks to you, o' sharer of great tunes.

http://rapidshare.de/files/30693721/GR-FRTR.rar

And with Kit's permission I give you the great Captain Beyond tribute, with a killer version of Dancing Madly Backwards by Pentagram, and supremely cool cuts by Flower Kings, Locomotive Breath and many others. It is the first album done track by track and then has a few bonus cuts at the end. Thanks to Bigfoot Kit for this and no thanks to the asshead that stole my CD of it!!

http://rapidshare.de/files/29543795/A_TRIBUTE_TO_CAPTAIN_BEYOND_-_A_Thousand_Days_Of_Yesterdays.rar

Back later tonight or tomorrow with Hard Nutz, Liquid Smoke, 2 quid Deal by Skin Alley and more. Gonna update that live blog of mine too!!! Yippeee!!!

Monday, August 14, 2006

Here's one I forgot to post from a long time ago

I was going through my rapidshare links I noticed this hadn't been downloaded in a long while, so I checked and I had never posted it here (at least I don't think I did).

So here is the first album from Ginger Baker's Airforce.

http://rapidshare.de/files/17953279/GBAF_-_1st_-_Pt.1.rar

http://rapidshare.de/files/17953911/GBAF_-_1st_-_Pt.2.rar

And also some wonderful folks out there in blogsville are adding my links to their rapidshare link folders (curse rapidshare for coming up with that horrid idea) and passing them around and links are being killed off. It's not that many (7 so far) so if you happen to click a dead link please let me know so I can remove the old link and I will get a new one added. Most of them seem to be fairly deep into the archive so basically unless you are new here, it's not a real big problem and nothing I'm going to fret about.

Saturday, August 12, 2006

Jim Dandy sez---let life be good to you

Hands down my favorite studio album from Dandy Jim and the boys. Only a couple weak tracks here and most are fairly original and energetic compared to some of their studio stuff. Back Door Man was the closest they ever came to a hit and Fancy Nancy, Cryan' Shame and Let Life Be Good To You should have been big.

http://rapidshare.de/files/28831925/BlOaAr-Alg.rar

From 1976 here's Focus' Ship of Memories. A fairly good one from these guys since by a friend.

http://rapidshare.de/files/28783771/FoShOMe.rar

Always dug Roy and this album is a pretty tasty platter of his guitar licks.

http://rapidshare.de/files/28788302/Loading_Zone.rar

Some early Genesis. From 1972 here's Foxtrot. This is the definitive remastered edition (or so says the cover of it). It's done in 320k.

http://rapidshare.de/files/28790864/g-fxtt_-dre.rar

http://rapidshare.de/files/28793019/g-fxtt-dre_p2.rar

Also from a friend here's Blue Cheer's first LP Vincebus Eruptum.

http://rapidshare.de/files/28803905/BC-VE.rar

And also from an anon source is Caravan's Songs For Oblivious Fisherman.

http://rapidshare.de/files/28780062/CarvSoObFi.rar

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And from Bruce here are some more cool albums plus a track that was left off of one from the other day.

Download-Link: http://rapidshare.de/files/28817626/love_out_here_pt_2.rar.html

http://rapidshare.de/files/28816863/love_out_here.rar.html

links for out here by LOVE. in my opinion this has the the best version of "Signed D.C." the version on the 1st lp is shorter.

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Here's the missing Gravy Train track.

http://rapidshare.de/files/29162672/Gravy_Train_-_1974_Staircase_to_the_Day_-_04_-

_Staircase_To_The_Day.rar.html

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And also from Bruce:

this is the band "ollie and the gogos' they were a band from penn. around 1966. they recorded one 45 and were a regional success. i am freinds with one of the band members and made him this cd. it has the single and all unrealesed. this cd has never seen the light of day other than a couple people. larry has had quite a long career in the music buisness with several hit songs and populare tv theme songs. freddy barnett played in a number of bands over the years. this is deffinity low fi. but it has that feel of a band trying to make way back when. the band did have a reunion last year playing several shows in the penn. area.

http://rapidshare.de/files/28832106/OLLIE.rar.html

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Saturday, August 05, 2006

Wow....more stuff.

Lots of fun stuff this evening. Here is a Canadian band I don't know a whole lot about except this LP was released in 1970, it was produced by Jack Richardson who produced a lot of rock back in the 70's, and it varies between sunshine pop songs and harder rock with some blazing fuzzed leads on other numbers. Guess which my favorites are? Although you can't see it here mine has a neat-o gweet-o silvery metallic cover like the Silver Apples 1st album (and Steppenwolf's 1st on some editions).

http://rapidshare.de/files/28346653/N-st_70.rar

And a 180 degree brings us to Zebra's first album from 1983. These guys were marketed as the next Zep back in the early hair metal daze. Randy Jackson was a member of a Zep tribute band before this group, and he does pull off more than a few Percyisms from time to time throughout the 35 or so minutes of this platter. Most people want this for the two huge FM staples "Who's Behind the Door?" and "Tell Me Want You Want" but really the first five songs are great proggy hard rock. The last 4 are not as good in my opinion but when my friends and I were wearing out my vinyl copy of this we never got past side one most of the time, so it may be a case of giving them "One More Chance". By request, but I can't remember who, sorry!

http://rapidshare.de/files/28353323/Z_83-1.rar

A great garage album in my opinion, in fact one of the few I can stomach listening to all the way through is this slab of tex-mex zaniness from the frat-rock days of 1966. These guys wrote more than the average amount of original material, which is why I think it scores more points with me. But the covers aren't bad either, Stormy Monday being a great blues raver that comes to mind. So here in all it's mono glory is Question Mark & the Mysterian's Cameo long player 96 Tears. WARNING: This one is recorded from vinyl and there are a few pops at the beginning's of a couple songs. The tracks are numbered 11-22, but 11 is actually 1 and so on.

http://rapidshare.de/files/28347714/QMM-NST.rar

These (or at least In the Garden) were posted on another blog that went kaput so I decided to upload them and post them on mine. These are the first 2 albums from the underrated band Gypsy (AKA: James Walsh Gypsy Band).
They are proggy, bouncing between hard and soft and are both all around solid LPs. Mine are the Bedrock CD reissues that came out in the mid to late 90's.

http://rapidshare.de/files/28350460/G-FAP1.rar

http://rapidshare.de/files/28351720/G-FAP2.rar

Here's In the Garden, (obviously) the 2nd album.

http://rapidshare.de/files/28349253/G-ITG.rar

Okay, this is the cover of the original LP, but what I have for your enjoyment is MUCH better. I couldn't find the cover anywhere but it is a compilation with the same title from Edsel records UK back in '87. It removes many of the so-so tracks from the album pictured at left (like the lackluster Who covers) and replaces them with some really great single sides and turns a two star album into a five star album, so to speak. This comp has the hit of course, but also has the very psychedelic "Merry Go Round" and "Contrast" (a single that followed the album) both of which are favorites of mine. Yes they stole that middle section of "Psychotic Reaction" straight from the Yardbirds, but these guys had a few original moves too. Check 'em out. (p.s._the orig. is posted at another blog, I think Green Fuz).

http://rapidshare.de/files/28345254/C5-PR.rar

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And Bruce sent some more cool stuff to share.

Bill Mummy's Paradora's Box (this album came out before the previous one Bruce sent)

http://rapidshare.de/files/28212505/mumy.rar.html

http://rapidshare.de/files/28211956/Pandora_s_Box.rar.html

Big Brother - How Hard It Is

http://rapidshare.de/files/28098135/bib_brother.rar.html

Gravy Train - Staircase to the Day

http://rapidshare.de/files/28209800/staircase_to_the_day.rar.html

As always, thanks very much Bruce!!!

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

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The first of several requests I'm working on. This one was real easy (I have the CD) and it's not the kind of music I usually post here, but I like it, and maybe some others will too! The original album came out sometime around 1980 on the Elektra label and these guys were marketed as another "Cars". The Bob Ezrin production of the the album was quite similar to Roy Thomas Baker's handling of that other somewhat similar group. They had a modest hit with "Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide" and were deemed new wave. The skinny tie set took to them, but only briefly as their second album Amazon Beach stiffed and the U.S. heard nothing further from the Kings. But apparently the band did do some other stuff, 5 examples are included on this expanded CD which came out in Canada in 1999.

http://rapidshare.de/files/27976753/kaham.rar

And a friend of the blog, Maris sent me some great Max Webster-Kim Mitchell stuff along with permission to share with everyone here. I especially recommend Kim Mitchell's Akimbo Alogo, but all are worthy of a listen as Kim and Max Webster are definetly a great underrated hard rock band.

Max Webster - A Million Vacations

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q64OAFT3

Kim Mitchell - Akimbo Alogo

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

Kim Mitchell - Itch

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H714WY7O

Kim Mitchell - S/T Ep

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PSNUM5OD

Kim Mitchell - Shakin' Like a Human Being

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NEJBTI1T

And finally over at the liveandotherwise blog which I have been neglecting lately:
Genesis from 1978, the Doors from 1970, and a great Van Halen demo set and 8 disc Marc Bolan/T.Rex set sent from another friend.

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Back to business......

Hello again everyone. Let's get back to what started this stinkin' blog in the first place. Music. I am going to hold off on starting a forum for right now, as 3 have popped up in the last couple days and oversaturation is a thing we don't need. Let's see how these other ones progress. Thanks to everyone who offered to lend a hand and trust I will keep you in mind if things pan out to where starting a forum would be a benefit.

Thanks also to those who responded favorable to my Friday post. I couldn't respond to everyone and the emails were real nice too, I will get back to all who emailed (that I haven't already) in short order.

For now here are a couple nuggets for your downloading pleasure. My usual ripper, that I love dearly has disappeared from my computer (did some bios updates and reg edits, and I think I accidentally removed it) and I am using a freeware one til I can dig out my software to relaod it so this is an appetite whetter of what will be a smokin' update (maybe later today, tomorrow at the latest) with some requests and some surprises.

More Groundhogs, from 1970 here is Thank Christ For the Bomb. Still has some of the psych leanings like split but edging away from it slowly. Still an excellent album from Tony and the boys.

http://rapidshare.de/files/27754397/g-tcftb_70.rar

From 1972 here is Who Will Save the World--The Mighty Groundhogs. Love that cover!!! And the music ain't bad either. Starting to move into their mid-period hard rockin' sound on this one.

http://rapidshare.de/files/27756408/g-wwstwtmg_72.rar

Great later period Rory, Fresh Evidence is from 1990 and was self produced. My version is the original IRS release and this is the cover for that one. It was reissued with a close up head shot after Rory's death.

http://rapidshare.de/files/27759095/RG-FE.rar

Found this at a CD shop over the weekend and just decided to throw it up. This according to the very shabby liners is a live document, venues and dates unlisted of early Hawkwind. Not great sound quality, but far from horrendous, and decent versions of some early stuff here.

http://rapidshare.de/files/27752389/HW-ITB.rar

For right now that's all from me, but Bruce has sent some great stuff to share with everyone and I'll reprint what he sent along with the files. I did find one cover that wasn't included and have posted it here.

Hunger - same

http://rapidshare.de/files/27442467/hunger.rar.html

about the band
According to members of the band, Strawberry Alarm Clock guitarist Ed King volunteered to re-arrange some of the material and contribute his lead guitar in the preparation of a new master. The results were truly stunning, and the remastered Hunger! album was immediately put into production and scheduled for release... but halted after only a handful of vinyl test pressings were made. This is the album reissued on the Void label, licensed from the band, that is highly recommended.
King's influence is most obvious on the opening track, Colors - transformed from a bouncy pop song (2'00") on the Strictly From Hunger album to a wicked hard rocker ala Steppenwolf with amazing dual lead guitar parts (now stretching to 3'35"). Portland '69 follows, this time radically remixed (i.e., it's the same recording, but hardly recognisable!) and what is a rather laboured instrumental on the Strictly From Hunger album is now a brutal tour-de-force that builds to an incredible intensity. The remaining tracks are remade and/or remodeled as well, rendering the released vesion obsolete. Really, this is the Hunger! album to have, and had it been issued at the time, the band may well have survived into the seventies.
Bill Daffern left the band in 1969, which may be the reason the remastered album wasn't released - his distinctive lead vocals (heard on She Let Him Continue and No Shame) were part of the Hunger! sound from day one. He was replaced on drums by Gene Gunnels of the Strawberry Alarm Clock, and this final line-up played a few gigs before the band split for good.

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Love - A Product of Our Times (live bootleg)

a great live recording of love with art work. this is a nice boot i picked up last summer on the cape

http://rapidshare.de/files/27601709/love_live.rar.html

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next is kind of a oddity its billy mumy " will from lost in space" i just picked this up. he plays all instruments. i have heard his barns and barns but never any serious music by him. i was impressed king of a rural rocky sound. thought it was worth passing along i have never seen any of his stuff posted.

http://rapidshare.de/files/27443004/mumy_lis.rar.html

Friday, July 28, 2006

Some amazing facts........

I promise not to go off this time. I just saw on TV that BP and Exxon are both making profits of over a thousand dollars a SECOND each on the news this morning. Can you imagine that kind of money? I Can't. Can't even dream about it.

The RIAA affiliates stand to make over 4 billion dollars profit this year, barring another castatrophy like a slump in the economy. Again, that's profit. Nowhere near the BP and Exxon profits, but not too damn shabby. And that's not including the millions they are making by suing their own customers. Nice coin RIAA, make sure Lars gets that second yacht he so desperately needs.

Well, why the fuck are we getting so uptight over free shit? Why are nice friendly folks just trying to pass on their knowledge of obscure bands you probably would have never heard unless they let you running for cover? Because it's not good enough, right? It has to be perfect so, God forbid we don't have to (warning, dirty word to follow) BUY this stuff right? Couldn't we tape damn near perfect copies off our favorite radio stations? Oops, I forgot. Clear channel with the tightest playlists in the world control most of what you hear on the airwaves. If it ain't P Diddy (or whatever he's calling himself this hour), Madonna, that grey haired goof from American Idol or the latest boy band forget it, you don't need to hear it. So that's not the whole answer is it?

And here we have netterrorists who think they are helping the RIAA to get rid of bad people. Actually all they are doing is closing the gap once again, to the way it was before the internet. Hey, if you didn't hear it on WWTF then you didn't know it existed right? Unless you knew a cool record store guy or had a cool college station that played whatever they wanted too (lots of times they played albums all the way through SHOCK!!!! HORROR!!!!) .

Yes, there are blogs out there that love to pop the latest albums up before you can get them anywhere else. But if a person likes the album, chances are they are gonna go buy the "real thing" as soon as it comes out. If the person doesn't, what has the artist lost? Nothing because the sale wasn't going to be made anyway.

Oh, but they have listening posts at Wal-Mart to let you hear it before you buy it. But no one can make a good informed choice by that. I think the biggest scam is NOT to let you hear it a few times before you buy it. Would you buy a car without a test drive. Bad comparison, I know, but I'm pissed right now so let it go. Know what I think? The powers that be are afraid to let you hear there crappy product. Ford probably cringed when folks test drove their Pinto's too.

I am getting way off the topic that I wanted to discuss here. Blogs are being torn down over silliness right now and either it has to stop or blogowners are gonna say the hell with it and give up. Wanna see what I'm talking about, look in my comments two posts before this one. I don't give a shit and I know it's part of the game, but it's getting worse than that. Innocent people who just want to turn you on to some real good music are packing it in and saying "Fuck it, I don't need this bullshit". Quit biting the hand that shares with you before it's too late.

There have been some heavy casualties in this war, R.I.P. Chris Goes Rock, Mondo Daddykin, Groovy Fab blog and Forum, Spychedelic, and others. Who's next?

We need to get together as a team and fight this bullshit. Hey then maybe as a team we can take on Exxon and BP and the RIAA and Clear Channel and every other fucking multi-national conglomerate that is fucking up this piss-poor excuse for a world right now.

Hope this means something.........................

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Frijid Pink's first 2 plus a couple more

A few more albums for you all. I'm really tired tonight so I won't bore you with my usual blather about them. Suffice it to say, I think they are good or I wouldn't have ripped them. I have more coming either tomorrow or Friday.

Frijid Pink - same (1st LP) 1970. This is the Repertoire CD reissue with 2 bonus tracks.

http://rapidshare.de/files/27165142/fp1.rar

Frijid Pink - Defrosted. The 2nd LP. CD reissue as above with 4 bonus tracks.

http://rapidshare.de/files/27166973/fp-2.rar

By request, here is the Grass Roots Greatest Hits Vol.1. I bought this CD for a buck because I love the song Temptation Eyes and it turned out I liked several others too.

http://rapidshare.de/files/27168033/gr-ro-gr-hs-v-001.rar

I actually had this ripped and uploaded for the last update, but I forgot to put it up here. Great album by the Electric Prunes called Underground. It is not the Collector's Choice version. That was the best looking cover I could find.

http://rapidshare.de/files/26666233/EP-U.rar

Saturday, July 22, 2006

Here's some more stuff for ya!

Was kind of bored today so I decided to upload a bunch stuff and stick it up here for everyone's listening pleasure. Enjoy. All but Alrune Rod and Atomic Rooster are ripped from vinyl, but most are taken from extremely clean albums and sound great. All ripped at 256 except Circus Maximus ripped at 320.

Fever Tree - Another Time Another Place. Californian hard rock/psych released on the Uni label. Some great somes here, Fever, Death Is The Dancer and I've Never Seen Evergreen spring to mind as favorites.

http://rapidshare.de/files/26663803/FT_ATAP.rar

Sweet first album from Jerry Jeff Walker and his 60's psych band Circus Maximus. Nice stinging fuzz guitar on some cuts and others are more laid back and introspective. Good stuff on both ends of the spectrum, but my fave cut is the closer, Wind, a mellow cut, but yet has lots going on in the grooves. Nice vocal dynamics on the track People's Games. Released in '67 on the Vanguard label, which released a lot of great psych between '67 and '70.

http://rapidshare.de/files/26677625/CMPt1.rar

http://rapidshare.de/files/26678091/CMP-Pt2.rar

Found this in a thrift store a year or so ago and was pleasantly surprised. Released in 1970 on the Liberty label, it is a trippy LP, folky at times, and hard at times, with a 16 year old vocalist named Lydia Miller who is almost a dead ringer for Janis Joplin in the song Understand (which she also wrote). She does other styles here too. Some songs on this album also features male-female counterpont vocals along with long instrumental passages. Stoned Cowboy is a great song also. Whatever happened to these guys? Highly talented band that disappeared after this one slab o' wax.

http://rapidshare.de/files/26671729/Fant-sa.rar

Great prog from these guys who need no introduction to anyone who is a fan of hard prog. This is ripped from the out of print One Way CD, and is their 1972 LP Made in England. Fantastic album. Not really a bad track in the bunch from this great band led by keyboard wiz Vincent Crane.

http://rapidshare.de/files/26617493/ATo-RooMIE.rar

I saw a live album from 1974 by Alrune Rod on another blog and decided to stick the debut LP from 1969 up here for those who liked it. Interesting stuff from these Norweigan proggers. I had mistakenly called them Italian progressive and a reader pointed out my error.

http://rapidshare.de/files/26615076/AR-1.000.rar

Couldn't find a picture of this one, but it's some decent sunshine pop/psych from Procession. Released in 1969 on the Smash label. A spotty LP but worth it for the opener You-Me, Take Time and Mind Magician, but some of the tracks get uncomfortably close to lounge on this often too laid back album. Nice one for a lazy Sunday afternoon, I guess.

http://rapidshare.de/files/26669429/Pro-sa.rar