Sinners and Angels all in one tiny post!

First the angels, by request: Glass Harp Live! At Carnegie Hall. Recorded in 1971, these guys were an underrated power trio. The only comparison I can think of would be the James Gang due to the fact both bands would go from quiet to loud and from ballads to hard rock in the blink of an eye and both bands have (had) a guitar genius in their ranks (both were from Ohio too). But the comparisons end there and Glass Harp are christian based rock with psych leanings. They liked to jam also and the last track (Can You See Me) clocks in at nearly 30 minutes. Jethro Tull fans can rejoice at the flute solo and guitar affiecianodos like my self can groove the teenaged Phil Keaggy who shows off his ample licks within these 6 great tunes. The other two members were Dan Pecchio (bass, bg vox and that aforementioned flute) and John Sferra, Keaggy's friend since childhood and the skinsman of the group. Although Keaggy has pretty much remained a solo act since he left the group in 1972, the band still reunites and tours from time to time. There is even a rumor that they will get together again very soon with not only a tour but some new music as well. This album was released in 1997 on Phil's label.

http://rapidshare.de/files/18702976/GH_-_LACH.rar (no passwords tonight)


For more Phil Keaggy/Glass Harp info go here:


http://www.pkfans.com/glassharp/disc.html




Next up, the Sinners. Les Sinners to be exact. This is their 1968 LP Vox Populi and it's a fun and often strange album from this French speaking Canadian band. Great cover too. The title track runs through the whole album between tracks and although I can't understand a word, I listen to this quite a bit. It's folky in spots, but with a definite psych vibe running through it. These guys made several albums but this is the only one I've ever found. They have a song called Marie Jeanne and when I hit the translater to try to get info on these guys (every site in French) it translated to marijuana. Could it be? Hell if I know. Just give this a listen, it makes me feel high. The album isn't tagged so song titles are listed below. Every other track is a snipet (5 to 20 seconds long) of the title track and they are listed as VP.

1.Vox Populi 2.FouDu Roi 3.VP 4.Tard, Il Se Fait Tard 5. VP 6. Avjourd Hui Et Demian 7.VP
8.Kid Sentiment 9.VP 10.Devoir Partir 11.VP (side Two begins here) 12. VP 13. Je Ne Sais Pas 14. VP 15.Depuis Longtemps Deja 16.VP 17.Monsieur Ding Ding 18.VP 19.Marie Jeanne 20.VP 21.Pourquoi Croire/Qublier Le Temps 22. VP


http://rapidshare.de/files/18705025/LS_-_Vp.rar












Haymarket Square - Magic Lantern. 1969 Chaperrel album. Do I really need to say anything about this album? West coast style psychedelia at it's finest and long a holy grail to collectors of the genre. 6 long tracks of groovy music for your next trip (anywhere you wanna go). I ain't wastin' keystrokes here, if you love psych and haven't heard this, get it!!!!! As Frank Zappa would've said---You'll love it!!!



http://rapidshare.de/files/18703632/HS_-_ML_Pt.1.rar

http://rapidshare.de/files/18704286/HS_-_ML_Pt.2.rar

Friday On my Mind

John Fred & His Playboy Band - Agnes English. This is an album I've loved for a few years now. Most people call these guys bubblegum based on their lone hit which is here on their 3rd LP originally titled Agnes English, but they are more than that. Blue eyed soul, garage rock, blues, ballads, its all here. The album title was changed to to the name of the hit and a different cover supplied. Contrary to most people I prefer the first cover but I have upped the reissue for you to check out. But look to the left, see the skinny guy sitting? That's John. Listen to voice, does it sound like it belongs to him? I don't think so, but I will his voice is great!! Blue-eyed soulish but able to adapt to several genres--from garage to bubblegum. There are even very lite touches of psych here and there. My favorite song is the final track AcHenall Riots. I think its a brilliant song. John Fred passed away 1 year and six days ago due to kidney failure.
























http://rapidshare.de/files/18540439/JF_and_HPB_-_AE.rar

pw=timetraveller


Van Ronk was a folk singer. For this April, 1968 album he hooked up with a band called the Hudson Dusters. The Dusters keyboard player was called Pot. Pot is the freaked out looking guy on the far left on the cover. Not essential info, but fun info!!!
The music transcends folk quite a bit, but the best track (of course in my opinion) is a cover of Clouds (From Both Sides Now) the song made famous by Judy Collins. A real tear jerker, it's basically Dave and his guitar and probably the only song that could be called trad folk here. The other songs try to be hip philosophically and socially aware and often sound forced and dated, but many are fun, like Keep Off the Grass . But it's best to stay away from his cover of Alley Oop.

Dave is also gone now, he passed 2/10/2002.



http://rapidshare.de/files/18622305/DvR_and_THDs.rar

pw=timetraveller



By request, here is Hawkwind's 1984 LP Chronicle of the Black Sword. I hear the beginnings of the direction they would take later in the decade, but this still rocks. I guess I will always love the 1972-1977 versions of this band the best. Front cover is in the rar file.



http://rapidshare.de/files/18621183/HWKWD_84_-_CotBS.rar

pw=timetraveller



Finally for tonight, also by request, we have Friar Tuck and His Psychedelic Guitar. Another exploito psych LP, but this one has a few twists that endear it to people more than the usual LPs from this genre. One, it was produced by Curt Boettcher, and two it features the guitars of Mike Deasy and Ben Benay. This is really some tripped out stuff here, but it doesn't start out that way. The first track is a cover of Tommy Roe's Sweet Pea and it is played pretty much straight except for the vocals, which are either horrible or hilarious depending on how they strike you, and a weird out of tune guitar plunks out of tune notes at all the wrong times. Next, a by the numbers cover of Louie Louie and then the weirdness begins, and it soon devolves into absolute madness, with background vocals that sound like they are from the Bob Crewe Generation begin chanting over tape loops, Deasy and Benay start playing Hendrixesque (in his primitive state)solos over mind numbing repetitive easy listening backgrounds. Voices appear and disappear, sounds clang and crash, blips fly through the speakers and it just all goes crazy. It's something you'll either love or hate, and if you liked the Unfolding album I posted awhile back, you'll like this.

Recorded from an old scratchy LP this isn't the best file I've ever posted, but I doubt this one is getting on a CD anytime soon.


Here is a list of the guilty parties:


Mike Deasy (g) with:
Ben Benay (g), Jim Healms (g), Butch Parker (p), Mike Henderson (org), Toxie French (vib), Jerry Shelff (b), Jim Troxel (ds),
Curt Boettcher (vo), Jim Bell (vo), Michelle O'Malley (vo), Sandy Salisbury (vo), Dottie Holmberg (vo), Sharon Oison (vo), Dyann King (vo), Alicia Vigil (vo), Bob Turner (vo).



http://rapidshare.de/files/18623144/FT_and_HPG.rar

pw=timetraveller

Just dropped in to drop a couple.........

Just a couple requests to post tonight. I will be back tomorrow or Saturday with a nice bunch of stuff for everyone. I am also starting to password my files, for reasons I won't go into. The password will always be timetraveller (unless otherwise noted). I hate to have to do it, because it's a pain in the ass, but it's the way it's gotta be. I will try to remember to always note it but everyone who visits here has gotta know by now I am absent minded as hell.

I found a nice link for everyone to check out whileI was searching to make sure what I am posting isn't already somewhere else (it's gettin' tough to be original folks!!!). This one has the Blackwater Park LP that was requested (the links are working still on all the stuff I checked, but I make no promises, cuz it's from about 5 months ago, might wanna get there fast).



http://empeethreeindex.blogspot.com/2005/12/mp3aqueductbuck-65david-sylvianlady.html


Go down the list a bit and you'll find not only the above album (which is great BTW) by cool stuff by Beggar's Opera and Nektar and others.


For my posts today, the first one is questionable, but I couldn't find it anywhere so I reupped it. It is the 2nd album by the Hook, called the Hook Will Grab You. I believe it was either ChrisGoesRock or Chocoreve where I got this, but I couldn't find it at either blog so here it is.





http://rapidshare.de/files/18538428/th_-_wgu.rar


pw=timetraveller



This is the first LP by Atlantis from 1972 with the incredible vocals of Inga Rumpf (I think I spelled it right). A fun rockier effort from the German band that I ripped a few years ago from vinyl. Sorry for the pops & cracks. Again I found some covers for this and they are in the rar file.


http://rapidshare.de/files/18539569/at_-_at_7_2.rar


pw=timetraveller



And finally for this lovely Thursday evening is a great jazz rock band. Reminiscent of Zappa at times but still a nice cross between progressive and jazz rock. It's the wonderfully named Dr. Dopo Jam and their wonderfully titled 1974 LP Fat Dogs and Danishmen.




















http://rapidshare.de/files/18539126/ddj_-_fdad.rar

pw=timetraveller



See you in a day or two. Enjoy!

Diversity is the spice of life.........

These were requests for people over at groovy fab. I decided to put them over here too. Kathy & Carol was a rare barely released LP on Elektra records back in '65 until the good folks at Collector's Choice released it. It bombed too, but I found a copy at my library (they come up with this but try to find Joe Walsh or Bob Dylan there) and ripped a copy. It's just Kathy, Carol and an acoustic guitar on most tracks (on the others its Kathy and Carol without guitar). I detect a bit of celtic influence here but what do I know. I am no expert on folk. I will say these girls sing much better than Dave Van Ronk.........


http://rapidshare.de/files/18373929/K_and_C_-_same.rar


From 1973 here is Cleveland Ohio's own Granicus. This is their only LP and it's Led Zepish hard rock. In fact the singer sounds quite a bit like Bob Plant from time to time (also sounds a bit like Dave King from Fastway too, but Dave was probably going for Plant too). But this is hard for '73, bluesy and soulful too. This was recorded from vinyl by a friend a long time ago and is a single file.

Songs: You're in America/Bad Talk/TwilightPrayer/Cleveland, Ohio/Nightmare/When You're Movin'/Paradise.






http://rapidshare.de/files/18372792/Gran_-_same.rar


I also uploaded the Ram Jam albums too, but they ended up over at Zinhof's so if you want it, go to get it there.

I don't have a clue what to put up here next, anyone up for the Grease 2 soundtrack? How about Engelbert Humperdinck? Heino? Mrs. Miller? anyone? anyone? hello?

The Grandaddies of Krautrock

They invented the term (or the term was invented for them). Starting as a mix of art rock and 60's progressive, mixed with the trippiest elements of psychedelia the Amon Duul collective basically started a new genre. In my previous post I included the 1st Amon Duul LP, which features members that split into two separate camps, the band using the original name stuck with more experiemental styles than the splinter group, the imaginatively named Amon Duul 2, taking on a more mainstream (at least compared to the original band) progressive rock direction. There were 3 albums by the original Duul, but all 3 were recorded at the same time and sound similar. This is the 1st LP by AD2, from 1970 Phallus Dei

http://rapidshare.de/files/18333219/AmDu2_-_PhDe.rar



Next up, Collapsing (AKA: Singvögel Rückwärts & Co.) the first Amon Duul LP released after the collective split. Note: this album was taken from an old LP and is not the greatest sound quality, but the album wasn't recorded very well to begin with.


http://rapidshare.de/files/18317828/AmDu_-_Co.rar







Next up is the other LP released by 1 in 1970
Para Dieswärts Düül . Link was supplied by Microdot, who is an all around great guy, and he also supplied a few others here.
Make sure you drop him a big thanks for them.



http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HTEQ7B24








And also from 1970 (busy years for all these cats!!) is the classic Amon Duul 2 LP Yeti.




http://rapidshare.de/files/18336785/AmDu_2_-_Ye.rar







We return now to AD1 and their 1971 LP Disaster. They begin to get more tuneful and to have a bit more in common with 2, but avant garde is not a title that completely eludes their music.





http://rapidshare.de/files/18319757/AmDu_-_Di.rar




From 1972, AD2's Carnival In Babylon, a classic of the krautrock genre and one of my personal favorites. Again, thanks to Microdot for the link!!




http://rapidshare.de/files/17888644/AD2cib72.rar.html






1973's Wolf City. Another brilliant LP from AD2. Again, one from the mighty Microdot!!




http://rapidshare.de/files/17916818/ADwc73.rar.html





Oops blogger screwed the pictures again, but there is even more Amon Duul, more I tell ya, more!!!!!!

Here is AD2's 1974 LP Hijack (Microdot link)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MUBWB5IV

Also from '74, here 2's Live in London

http://rapidshare.de/files/18321954/AmDu2_-_LiL.rar


And finally from 1975 here is the 2 LP version of AD2's Made in Germany.

http://rapidshare.de/files/18327558/AmDu2_-_MiG_1.rar


http://rapidshare.de/files/18328514/AmDu2_-_MiG_2.rar


And for even more go to the following:

http://hurricanefighterplane.blogspot.com/ (for Tanz Der Lemmings)

and

http://8daysinapril.blogspot.com/ (for the '96 reunion show)



That's all for today folks!!!

Today is a new day........

El Shalom - Frost. Date of release varies from site to site on this one, but I think '75 turns up the most often so....let's go with that. But this one sounds more like 1969 and that's one of favorite things about it. Really cool psych/prog. Give it a try and see whatcha think.


http://rapidshare.de/files/18160072/El_Sha_-_Fro.rar




Next up is one I promised a bit ago and almost forgot about (sorry) but I did add a little bonus (and I'll get Granicus up next). This is hard biker rock from the midwest (Columbus, Ohio USA to be specific) and although the production leaves a bit to be desired (they were on Neil Bogart's short lived Millenium label, which basically released the non-disco stuff from his stable) there are a few tasty nuggets to be found, especially the final track, Candy's Going Bad.


http://rapidshare.de/files/18253987/gz_-_ist.rar





And here is the bonus, a 1995 reunion show that was released on the High Chief label (#1002) in the Ohio area. Very short lived in print and extremely hard to find these days, and the sound quality is excellent, in my opinion better than the above album, and has damn near everything in livelier versions.


http://rapidshare.de/files/18251012/gz_-_ghl_pt.1.rar

http://rapidshare.de/files/18247819/gz_-_ghl_pt.2.rar



Amon Duul (sorry no umlauts on my keys) began life as a communal group that released art-rock albums before splitting into 2 camps (hence Amon Duul II) and both going in a more prog direction. This is where it began for the original group with 1969's Psychedelic Underground, a fun and classy romp through the sounds that were a part of the German underground at this time. Over time I hope to add more of the obscure releases from both camps, figuring most fans have the more well known stuff from II, such as Wolf City and Tanz Der Lemmings but I figured that this was a good place to start with the Duul. Any requests?


http://rapidshare.de/files/18195092/AD_-_PsyU.rar


I absolutely love this album. From the
first official reissue of this legendary Westcoast acid psych masterpiece. It was recorded 1969 in Hollywood and originally released on Chartmaker. Goldenrod is not just the backing band of Darius -- it is Ben Benay, Jerry Scheff and Toxey French who all were involved into several major projects, playing with Elvis Presley, 5th Dimension, supporting The Doors, Ventures to name a few. On this album they let it all go-- just caring about their own passion with a magical sound in 4 long cuts: Descent of the cyclopeans/ Karmic Dream Sequence/ The Gator Society/ Standing Ovaluation -- those satisfy by its intense and emotional sound with ultimate guitarwork by Ben Benay. Ben was also one of the main culprits in one of many exploito psych LPs called Friar Tuck & His Psychedelic Guitar and did a couple solo albums for Capitol in the mid 60's including a blues harmonica album.


http://rapidshare.de/files/18164390/GR_-_GR.rar



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And from Bruce here are a few choice nuggets :

Iron Butterfly - Live 5-3-88 (128k) Reunion show from Boston @ Summerville Theater.

http://rapidshare.de/files/18035372/iron_butterfly_5388.zip.html

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Crystal Circus - same (Strawberry Alarm Clock releated)

http://rapidshare.de/files/18033852/crystal_circus.zip.html


The personnel above are as credited on the Akarma LP but all may not be as it seems.... Supposedly a reissue of an untitled 1968 album, allocated a catalog # of All-American AA-5733-LPD (it sez), that only made it to the test-pressing stage. One copy surfaced in 2000 with a price-tag of $1500.
This group/project was in Bill Holmes' All-American stable of inter-twined groups from in and around the Santa Barbara, California area. Greg Munford had been with Thee Sixpence up to the point that they recorded the Incense And Pepermints (sic) 45 and became The Strawberry Alarm Clock. Crystal Circus would appear to have been his next venture. He was involved in other projects and a 45 released in '67 by The Shapes Of Sound - Lost Weekend / Twisted Conversation (All-American 343) - is a likely candidate, given that Twisted Conversation turns up on the Crystal Circus LP.

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Fuzzy Duck - Fuzzy Duck


http://rapidshare.de/files/18036624/fuzzy_duck.zip


This outfit included Mick Hawksworth who'd previously played with Andromeda and Five Day Week Straw People. Their organist Roy Sharland had previously been with Spice and Arthur Brown. Original copies of the album are expensive. Only 500 copies were originally pressed and they came with a free poster. The cover depicted an Afro-wearing duck. Musically it's in the heavy progressive genre. It does contain some pretty good organ-dominated instrumental passages and is worth investigation.




Thanks Bruce!!!!!!

Happy Easter!!!!!

Spent the day with family and watched "I Walk the Line". I must say it's a really good movie. A bit one-sided but very entertaining. I have a few new shares uploaded and ready to go but I am so tired I will get them up tomorrow (besides blogger's photo uploader isn't cooperating so I can't post pics anyway). So for tonight here is my semi-weekly update of albums I posted other places (if I already posted some of these here, sorry!!).


Argent - 1st LP from 1970.

http://rapidshare.de/files/16911075/A_-_FLP.rar


Spirit - Tent of Miracles (1990)

http://rapidshare.de/files/17070310/Spt_-_ToM_1.rar

http://rapidshare.de/files/17071410/Spt_-_ToM_2.rar


Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - What's Next

http://rapidshare.de/files/17137635/FM___MR_-_What_Next.rar


Steppenwolf - 1st

http://rapidshare.de/files/17151442/Stol_-f.rar


Bachman Turner Overdrive - II

http://rapidshare.de/files/17153690/Bto_-_two.rar

the Great Society - Collector's Item (Grace Slick's pre Jeff. Airplane band)

http://rapidshare.de/files/17148805/GS___GS_-_CI.rar

http://rapidshare.de/files/17156385/GS_-_GS_-_the_rest_of_the_story.rar


Jo Jo Gunne - the Asylum Years Part 2 (So Where's the Show/Jummpin' the Gunne)

http://rapidshare.de/files/17297498/JJ_G_-_Jumpin.rar

http://rapidshare.de/files/17299110/JJ_G_-_SWTS__bonus_trax_.rar


Captain Beefheart - Doc At the Radar Station

http://rapidshare.de/files/17950835/Heart_Beef_-__Datrs.rar

ZZ Top - Duguello

http://rapidshare.de/files/17951518/ZZ_Top_-_1979_Degueello.rar


New York Dolls - in:Too Much Too Soon

http://rapidshare.de/files/17956154/NYD_-_TMTS.rar

Iron Butterfly - Galaxy Club 1967 (boot)

http://rapidshare.de/files/18020669/IB_-_Gal_Club__67.rar

the Cryan' Shames - A Scratch In the Sky (1967)

http://rapidshare.de/files/18031076/Cryan_Shames_-_A_Scratch_in_the_Sky.rar


Ambrosia - Road Island (1982)

http://rapidshare.de/files/18157269/Amb_-_RoIs.rar

covers to Road Island

http://rapidshare.de/files/18162163/Amb_-_cvrs.rar


That's all I've got for tonight. Up next---El Shalom, Amon Duul and Goldenrod.

Guitar--lifelong friend and torturous enemy

Ever since I was a very young boy I have loved the sound of guitar, actually everything about it, how if feels in the hands, the variety of noises that can be coaxed from it, and the passion it can convey. I began my love-hate affair with this instrument at the age of eight, getting my first cheap electric for 49 dollars with an amp that if turned all the way up could be heard clearly in the next room if the tv wasn't on. I tried and tried over the next several years to learn to master this instrument and learned a cruel fact of life, I just didn't have the talent to be another god of this instrument. Oh I could mimic Tony Iommi and Johnny Ramone, and play along to some extent with about any song I heard on the radio but I couldn't come up with new originals or do those amazing solos I heard Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen and many others doing. So while it was frustrating, I also learned to appreciate and respect a good guitarist, no matter what the style, from Chet Atkins to Carlos Montoya, Al DiMeola to Joe Satriani, Jeff Beck to Django Reinhardt, Leo Kottke to Mattais E. Eklundh. Who is MEE you may ask (or you might not, but too bad, I'm answering this question anyway)? Well, he is a guitar hero of mine and today's post, as I mentioned yesterday, is a self satisfying romp through a few of my contemporary faves to try to turn more people on to some underappreciated but very talented individuals (and groups too) who I feel deserve it. I may not be much of a guitarist, but I think I know a good one when I hear one. Feel free to agree or disagree, but please at least give them an open minded listen if you are a fan of the guitar, and if you love (or even like) any of it, please rush out and snag up any stuff you can find by the artist, because I want them to continue making the hair on the back of my neck stand on end and my eyes bug out in amazement for years to come.
If true talent was the factor success was measured by, all of the following would be household names.

This is a band I sort of found by accident,Locomotive Breath. The name intrigued me so I decided to give it a shot. Needless to say, I was amazed beyond belief. This band is progressive metal with positive messages and the guitar playing of Janne Stark is nothing short of astounding. He does double-tracked solos and sounds a bit like Ritchie Blackmore, and has a bit of Hendrix influence especially in his rhythm playing. Life's Eternal Play is a fave from this one, but to hear Janne at his best listen to the track 29 Strings. There are several guests on this track including Norde Andersson (from Roxette!?!?!) and CarlJoan Grimmark and a guitarist that amazed me even more (who guests on 5 tracks here) Mattias IA Eklundh. On the song 29 Strings his is the final solo that sounds otherworldly (more about him in a few). Janne Stark was in the 80's Swedish metal band Overdrive and also wrote the Swedish Encyclopedia of Hard & Heavy Metal. This out of print CD from 1997 has been reissued with 5 bonus tracks. It's original title was Train of Events, but the new CD is titled Train of New Events. They do an amazing version of the Jethro Tull namesake song too. Highly recommended to all!!!

http://rapidshare.de/files/18028106/LB_-_ToE.rar




Another great band that calls themselves symphonic progressive metal Symphony X. The guitar-keyboard interplay is amazing and Michael (1 of 3 Michael's in the band) Romeo is confident enough in his guitar playing that he doesn't have to do endless showboating to prove himself. In fact the solos aren't the most impressive part of the music, it's the arrangements and the interplay.


http://rapidshare.de/files/18029998/SX_-_V.rar






The next the pics refuse to load for some reason. They loaded once, disappeared and now refuse to reload. Anyways, here are two more favorite guitarists. First up is John Pettrucci axeman for Dream Theater. I have chosen to post an eight minute guitar solo from a great boot I have. Everytime I listen to this I'm in awe of this man. He is truly one of the greats.

http://rapidshare.com/files/317639/John_Solo.rar


And finally here is one of my favorite non-metal guitarists Leo Kottke. A bottle neck player who plays acoustic and blows minds!!! This album 6 & 12 String Guitar is my favorite. Check out track 6, Vaseline Machine Gun and get goosebumps!!!

If those words aren't enticing enough consider these:
"...any hardships you must endure to obtain a copy are well worth the pure enjoyment this album provides..." Rolling Stone 6-70
"Masterpiece. Period...." Down Beat 11/96 (given 5 stars)

http://rapidshare.de/files/18022638/Leo_-_6_and_12.rar

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And finally, I did not forget the fans of psych today as here are two of my favorite hard acid rock albums with psych overtones.


Here is the Bead Game with thier 1968 LP Welcome!!
Hard rocking yet melodic psychedelic album from Boston with great interplay between Hendrix style fuzz guitar and heavy keyboards. "Welcome" was produced by Gary Katz, best known for his production work for Steely Dan. Due to Katz Bead Game's drummer Jim Hodder eventually became a founding member of Steely Dan and played on their first three albums. He drowned in his swimming pool in 1990.




http://rapidshare.de/files/18041297/BeGa.rar












Lightning is (ex-Litter) Zippy Caplan's band. Hard rock with bluesy and psych overtones. It's great!!! Get more info at:

http://www.thelitter-lightning.com/


http://rapidshare.de/files/18042537/Lightning.rar

God, it feels like forever!!!!!

Well after hitting one snag after another for a little over a week, I have travelled back to send more groovy tuneage to you all. The Happy the Man part two is here and a few more. A got a couple requests done and still trying to find my Rhinocerus rip (does anyone have this they'd be willing to share?) and for today I am sticking with the program of (mostly) progressive and psych. Tomorrow, I am going to be a bit self indulgent. I am going to do a post of some of my personal favorites, some old, some new, some borrowed and maybe a bit of blue, but probably not too much. I try to refrain from talking much about myself but I am a frustrated guitarist (meaning I can't play worth a shit but continue making feeble attempts from time to time). So I will be turning you on to some of my favorite guitarists you've probably never heard (or heard of). Most of this stuff is in a more hard rock/metal vein so that's either an invitation or a warning depending on your outlook on such things.

Enough of my psychoblabble, on to da tunes!!!!!!!


First up a request from Space Chief for the Caravan LP In the Land of the Grey and Pink. I think this album was a bit poppier at least until the last tune, but I still love it and listen to it quite a bit. By the way the covers for this are in a small file with a couple others as I forgot (as usual).


http://rapidshare.de/files/17952412/Carys_Van_-_In_Land_P_and_G.rar



Here finally is the 2nd part of the Happy the Man I posted days ago. This to the left (pictured yesterday) is the only one I could find. (Apologies to Kwyet Daze blog for stealing the joke).



http://rapidshare.de/files/17945760/Happy_the_Man_-_Live_Pt.2.rar





Freyli over at groovyfab forum has been kind enough to give me permission to post this Eloy LP from 1980 with the artwork included. Another great LP from these guys!!!!




http://rapidshare.de/files/17305369/EloyCo.rar.html



For Microdot, here is the 2nd and last Cressida LP Asylum. Released in 1971 on Vertigo 6360025.
Let Them Come When They Will has one of the most brilliant keyboard breaks I've had the pleasure of hearing. It is also my favorite (and longest) song on this album. While the album as a whole is not as great as the 1st Lp (at least in my opinion) this album has plenty to like and sadly the band called it quits after it's release. Another of those Vertigo albums that sold nil at the time of release and is now quite scare today. This is from the CD reissue a few years back. The artwork for this is also in the download posted below.

http://rapidshare.de/files/17948529/Cres_-_Asy.rar



This album turned up while I was hunting for other stuff, and it's such a great album I just had to plop it up here.
Ad Gloriam - the 1969 album by Le Orme is psyched out with hints of the prog to come soon! From the great cover to the Beatle inspired tunes within, it is a great trippy LP. Sung in Italian, but with the sweet melodies contained, you won't care as this is some beautiful music from Le Orme!!!



http://rapidshare.de/files/17949323/LO_-_AG.rar






Here's another great one.
Cosmic Dealer - Crystallization
LP Negram NQ 20015 (1971)

As you read this great review I found, you will soon be able to tell I didn't write it. I couldn't remember where I got it (I had used it as text on the back cover for my personal copy of this as I haven't been able to find the real one), but today the author contacted me and gave me the link. Stop by and check out the site with even more great info on these guys!!! site:

http://ftp.castel.nl/~wemmg01

Cosmic Dealer makes a psychedelic rock with a progressive edge and some west coast influences. This means some heavy distorted guitarwork, the flute (which is almost always present in Dutch progressive music) and vocal harmonies.
The albums opens with the simple rocker Daybreak. But al the distinctive elements are already present. The next is a slow west coast type of song, this song evolves into the next track which is one of the best of the album. It is a good, typical seventies hardrock song. The fourth reminds a lot of early Jethro Tull. A nice theme with a flute lead and a wah-wah drenched guitarsolo. Great track also. The track I had a friend sounds a lot like a Drama track. A nice melodic rock ballad. The title track is the most psychedelic track on the album. It starts slowly with a guitar, a flute, some spacey drumming and the band singing. After three and a half minutes the pace is changed and they start to play more heavy and faster. The next is again a heavy rocker with a heavy guitar solo that sounds a bit like an Akkerman solo in his Brainbox years. The fly is a nice little song. Then, as an intro, we hear a few seconds of an old Presley song, but soon they play another typical seventies hardrock song. Flying in the winter is a ballad in west coast style again. The next track is psychedelic rock again, including violins, flute and heavy guitar. The last track, Illusions, is a ballad for acoustic and electric guitar. A nice closing for the album.


http://rapidshare.de/files/17947511/CD_-_Cryst.rar




And finally for today, another request this time for Camel's 1974 opus magnific Mirage. Couldn't decide which cover to post here, but I went with this one, which may cause cancer, low fetal birth weight, or according to Bill Hicks, throat polyps.
Artwork is again in the post which follows and I can't for the life of me remember which cover I included in it either. But there is one for it in the link, I promise.


http://rapidshare.de/files/17949909/Ca_-_Mi.rar





Here's the three covers I didn't stick into the files (Caravan, Camel and Cressida).

http://rapidshare.com/files/205427/Covers_I_forgot__again_.rar

Ta ta!!!

I'm baaaaaacccckkkkk.......

Well kinda....I got my cable turned on and I was oh so happy, and then after getting some stuff ready to upload here, I find out my rapidshare account expired. Dammit, from one snag to another!!! The ol' bank account is bone dry until tomorrow at the earliest, so I wait some more. There is so much great stuff I want to download and a bunch I want to upload too. Oh well, guess I've got one more day to clear more off the harddrive.

But on the brightside, some friends have sent a few links for everyone here and some look to be quite interesting--


From Bruce we have a rare Human Beinz CD released only in Japan called Live in 1968. There are studio tracks on this also.

http://rapidshare.de/files/17460575/human.rar


And here's some more cool stuff from Beowulf:


Roxy Music - Roxy Music (1972) @vbr<320
01. Re-make/Re-model 02. Ladytron 03. If There Is Something 04. Virginia Plain 05. 2 H.B. 06. Bob (Medley), The 07. Chance Meeting 08. Would You Believe? 09. Sea Breezes 10. Bitter's End .Pyjamarama.

Password = beowulf.

http://rapidshare.de/files/17377361/roxymfirst.rar 64.96 MB .

Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure (1973) @320
01. Do The Strand02. Beauty Queen03. Strictly Confidential04. Editions Of You05. In Every Dream Home A Heartache06. Bogus Man07. Grey Lagoons08. For Your Pleasure.

Password = beowulf.

http://rapidshare.de/files/17380124/roxymsecond.rar 93.73 MB

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I have been saddened to see a number of really great blogs go down lately and none stung more than the passing of Hans' blog. Hans was not only an inspiration for myself and countless others to give this sharing thing a try, but also just one hell of a guy who bent over backwards to make a lot of people happy. His blog was more than a bunch of links, he had a passion for the music that was matched by few. He didn't want you to steal the music, he wanted you to feel the music. To share the joy it brings and enjoy it the way he does. I am fairly new to this whole blogging thing but I've really grown to love it and luckily haven't been a target yet to any degree, but I find it disheartening that anyone would would want to attack a person with so many great stories to tell and has enjoyed a lifetime of music and wanted nothing more than to share his love of music with us all. It's really sad that some people just love to ruin things for everyone else. What a miserable life they must lead.

I will say you may have killed his blog, but you can't kill his passion for the music.

The wind cries...my cable dies.......

We had a nasty wind storm in my neck of the woods a few days ago and the wonderful cable company can't fix my cable hookup (which includes my internet) until Tuesday sometime. I am typing this from the library, I didin't want anyone to think I fell off the face of the earth or anything. Here are some links I had ready to go when the storm happened, no pics or anything here on the site but toward the end there is a file with covers.

Camel - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night

http://rapidshare.de/files/17273276/C_-_FGWGPITN.rar


Caravan - Waterloo Lily

http://rapidshare.de/files/17279794/Car_-_Wat_Lil.rar


Barclay James Harvest -

http://rapidshare.de/files/17283167/BJH_-_THG.rar

Hawkwind - Quark Strangeness & Charm (remaster with bonus track)

http://rapidshare.de/files/17286404/HWK_-_QSAC__plus.rar

Steve Hillage - L

http://rapidshare.de/files/17292922/L.rar


Trapeze - World Tour 1992 (reunion with Hughes Galley and Holland)

http://rapidshare.de/files/17295807/Trap_-_RW.rar


Magma - Uda Wuda

http://rapidshare.de/files/17308752/Uda.rar

Van Der Graaf Generator - World (by request)

http://rapidshare.de/files/17362909/VDGG_-_WR.rar


Happy the Man - Live (1997) (by request, sorry this is all I had by them)

http://rapidshare.de/files/17367501/Happy_the_Man_-_Live_Pt.1.rar


Elephant's Memory - same ('72 Apple LP produced by John Lennon)

http://rapidshare.de/files/16831018/Ep_Mem__72.rar





If I accidentally double posted any links sorry, my time is ltd. here at the library.
These are all links I already had rared and loaded to rapidshare when my cable went out. When I get back in on Tuesday, I have a bunch of stuff rared and ready to upload to rapidshare so we'll have more fun then.

Oh, here are some covers I forgot to put into posts, I can't remember which one's they are, best I can do is tell you if you d/l an album and there are no covers, download this and they may be there, it's a very small file!!!

http://rapidshare.com/files/205464/cvrs_I_forgot.rar

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Beowulf left links to the two Robert Calvert LPs in the comments, I wanted to move them up here, but since I'm limited on what I can do, find them there!!!! He has also emailed more links which I will get up Tuesday!! Thanks Beowulf!!!



Thats it for now---see ya Tuesday!!!!!

I'm too damn young to feel this damn old.......

Jesus, I'm only 39, why is my body acting like a 70 year old. Oh well, 12 years old in the mind and 112 in the body. My years of living life like a rock star (without the paycheck) are beginning to catch up to me.

I told some of you folks there would be a big post here tonight , but rapidshare is going too slow and my body is saying night night. So forgive for this meager posting of a couple things that you might enjoy until I can get crackin' tomorrow. Great things coming I promise.


So for now here are a few boots I dug out of my crates and spun into rars.
No pics no covers (except the first one, but they are in a file I'll be posting tomorrow because in my usual fashion I rarer the albums and forget to drop the covers in.)

So first up is Patti Smith Live at WSAI studios in 1975. Nice quality and during her punkier phase. Great version of Gloria here!!

http://rapidshare.de/files/17309673/WSAI.rar


And another great show from my vast collection of one of my favorite geetar slingers, Mr. Rory Gallagher. This one is a 4-20-79 at London's Venue Club. Nice sound and Rory's in top form (as usual).

http://rapidshare.de/files/17271430/RG_-_L_V_9-20-79.rar


And finally for tonight, here is a snippet (11 minutes 45 seconds to be exact) of Moby Grape at the Monterey Pop Festival 6-17-67. I don't know about nowadays but back when this was given to me, it was all there was available of their performance. I watched the new DVD box set that's out and don't recall seeing them (I was too busy watching Janis do Ball & Chain over & over) so maybe it still stands. Maybe somebodyt out there knows, I sure don't

http://rapidshare.de/files/17307967/MG_-_MPFest.rar



ANd lastly I posted this as a request and I thought I'd move the link here in case someone might want it. It's Elephant Memory's self titled LP (on Apple records) from 1972. John Lennon produced! It's a nice one!

http://rapidshare.de/files/16831018/Ep_Mem__72.rar



That's it for now, I have one leg in the bed!! G'night!!!

Hawkwind (and a few posted at other places)

Hawkwind's Ist LP begins right away showing the characteristics that would only get stranger as time wore on. Not my favorite but not the worst (my dislikes being the weird turn into ambient and trance like stuff in the 90's). Still a band getting on it's legs and without Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister's fuzzed bass and Robert Calvert's fuzzed mind, they hadn't yet hit that charming weirdness, except for Dik Mik's strange noodling on his devices. Ex - Pretty Things' guitarist Dick Taylor handles the productionAt this point(1969) they were still a hard blues rock band (but a warped one). Be Yourself and Seeing It As You Really Are (their first 10 minute plus jam are highlights.


http://rapidshare.de/files/17231408/HWKD_-_First.rar




This and the album that followed (Warrior On the Edge of Time - not posted yet) are my 2 favorite Hawkwind LPs. This one is Hall of the Mountain Grill from 1974. Rob Calvert was already gone (in more ways than one) doing his totally deranged Captain Lockheed and Lucky Leif albums (I have Lucky Leif if interested) and Lemmy was probably already plotting Motorhead. He would leave fairly soon after this. But whenever someone asks about Hawkwind this is the one to direct them to. Not a bad track among them (my favorite is Lost Johnny--the rocking guitars and Lemmy vocals do it for me) but the whole album is more of a rocker with the guitars blasting and a very cohesive band fires on all cylinders.

http://rapidshare.de/files/17230550/HWKD_-_Hotmg.rar


Covers for the above two albums, Caravan from yesterday and Kiss Alive 2 from below.


http://rapidshare.com/files/205441/Cvrs_from_posts.rar

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Check the comments for Space Ritual, beowulf just sent the links for it, it's one I don't have so get it while it's there!!!! Thanks beowulf!!!


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Now here are some downloads I posted other places

Adrian Belew & the Bears 2002 show from Newport Kentucky

http://rapidshare.de/files/16836142/Belew-Bears-Newport.rar

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Psychodots - self titled from 1993 (Adrian Belew's Bears w/o Belew--great stuff!!!


http://rapidshare.de/files/16916875/Psychodots.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/315206/Psychodots_2.rar

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Kiss - Alive II (128k)

http://rapidshare.de/files/17155136/KISS_-_Alive_II.rar

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Black Oak Arkansas - Raunch & Roll Live (128k)

http://rapidshare.de/files/17154173/Awwwwriiighhhttt__.rar

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Tygers of Pan Tang - Best of (cool southern influenced NWOBHM band)

http://rapidshare.de/files/17084952/ToPT_-_Best.rar

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Capt. Beefheart - Spotlight Kid

http://rapidshare.de/files/17153044/Captain_Walmart_-_Footlight_Boy.rar

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the Crazy World of Arthur Brown - same ('68 LP from really clean vinyl @256)

http://rapidshare.de/files/17157310/CWOAB_-_same.rar

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That's all folks!!!!!!

Prog day - Canterbury and other

Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Again I'd Do It All Over You. Their 2nd LP and the first of many cheekily named LPs for the Canterbury prog geniuses. A bit of British humour and songs that go from light to heavy in an instant (but mostly stay on the light side). Many prog fans favorite band and it's hard to argue while listening to this this brillant album from 1970. (192k)


http://rapidshare.de/files/17145319/Cary_s_Van_-_IICDIAOAIDIAOY.rar

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Another album that rate highly on many prog sites is Eloy's Planets LP. This version here is from the 1982 Heavy Metal records UK release. If you wanna reads tons about this album google it. There is more info on this than I cared to rummage through. I'll just say, another great LP and leave the rest up to you. (192k)






http://rapidshare.de/files/17146807/Yole_-_Stenalp.rar

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Camel - Music Inspired By the Snow Goose. Another personal fave and since my eyes are growing weary I'm gonna lilt myself to sleep while listening to it. (192k). Back with more in a day or so. Thanks for stopping in.



http://rapidshare.de/files/17141564/Cam_-_Sno_Goo.rar

Blasting off with some new old music................

A few requests going up tonight as well as another semi-legit release I've been trying to get up here for a few days.

The is Octopus' Restless Night LP from 1970 with one of the coolest covers ever. This was the best photo I could find, most of the one's I found have that damn Japan obi strip because that seems to be the only place this one is still in print. The music is above average UK (thanx for the correction Paul) hard prog with a few psych moves thrown in to keep it interesting. The LP was originally released on the Penny Farthing label (#508) in the UK June of 1970.



http://rapidshare.com/files/207599/Oct_-_ResN.rar
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Dschinn was posted at 8 Days in April but the link is now dead ( I've been told) so here is the 1st album . I really don't know much about this album and if I wasn't such a lazy ass I probably could have dug up a few facts or even good lies about it, but I didn't so just take my word for it--it's a damn good LP full of hard rock and worth having if you don't already. This rip is from vinyl but it wasn't my rip and the guy I got it from did a superb clean up job on it. You may hear a tiny pop if your ears are better than mine but it was pretty crystal sounding to me.

http://rapidshare.de/files/17075352/DS_-_DS.rar
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This tiny cover represents the album my rip came from of the Flamin' Groovies Buckett Full of Brains which is the original Voxx release (my cover sez '83 but the Voxx-Bomp site sez 8/85 and who am I to argue with the dude who released it). The sound is average bootleg quality and is presented exactly the way it is on the album, coming in somewhere in the middle of Can't Explain and ending after Walking the Dog. I have also included a set of cool covers from the Norton release of the same tapes which includes 2 songs further than the Voxx LP ( I know nothing about improvements or lack of improvements on the sound but the Beatles 2nd Album parody was just too cool not to include here! If you are extremely picky about sound, this may not be for you, but if you can get into the bands energy (and the Groovies had buckets full of that too) this is definetly worth diggin' into. It's one of my faves. Garage rock at it's finest from the Fillmore West on June 30, 1971.

http://rapidshare.de/files/17077861/FG__-_BFoB.rar

Another Saturday night(and I ain't got nobody).........

Here's a few interesting nuggets to enhance your Saturday night party (or your Sunday morning hangover, or both).
This is from a tape a friend sent me way back in the pre-CD burner ages and I decided to rip it while my turntable is seeking out a new stylus.

It's from an old cassette and there is a bit a hiss and a few glitches here and there. Below is a description I downloaded off the internet to add to my jewel case (thanks to whomever I got it from!!).



First the good news. Given the primitive conditions under which this album was recorded, the sound is surprisingly good. According to Ken Ervin's liner notes, 'This recording was made simply by laying down two microphones on the floor in front of the group. They just happened to be in the best location for the circumstances.' Now the bad news. Capturing the band at what was to be their final performance at Lake Pepin High School, "C.A. Quintet Live 1971" sounds like a band drawing its last creative gasps which was pretty much the situation. Original singer/bassist Jim Ervin had quit the band leaving brother Jim to switch over to bass. Drummer Rick Patton was also gone, leaving Donnie Chapin to step in.

Tracks here (this is the complete boot): Intro/Bayou Jam/Country Boy/Fresh Garbage Jam

http://rapidshare.de/files/16991269/CA_Q___71.rar

Before the Eagles, there was Longbranch Pennywhistle. This is Glenn Frey and J.D. Souther's band that recorded this fairly rare slab of country rock for the Amos label back in 1969. Lots of cool guests including Ry Cooder, Jim Gordon , Larry Knechtal, James Burton and Buddy Emmons. Laid back stoner country is the best description I can give it.

This was taped from an old album back before the days of CD burners and it is one file. Tracks are :
JUBILEE ANNE /RUN BOY RUN/ REBECCA /LUCKY LOVE/ KITE WOMAN /BRING BACK FUNKY /WOMAN/ STAR SPANGLED BUS/ MISTER MISTER/ DON'T TALK NOW /NEVER HAVE ENOUGH



http://rapidshare.de/files/16949037/LBPW.rar



Filling a request for dtfloyd, I hope this isn't too scratchy for you! It's the Flock's 1st album released on Columbia in 1969 (CS-9911). It was taken from an album I bought for .50 cents at a garage sale. It looked okay, but......... Anyways once the music starts it's really not that bad (gotta get a newer computer so I can use the clean-up software I bought!!)


Side 1
Introduction
Clown
I Am The Tall Tree
Tired Of Waiting
Side 2:
Store Bought - Store Thought
Truth

Linkypoos:



http://rapidshare.de/files/16945938/F_-_Part_One.rar

http://rapidshare.de/files/16947001/F-_Part_Two.rar




Dark - Round the Edges . Released in 1972 on the private SIS label (#0102) and reissued on the Akarma label (which is where my copy comes from) with bonus tracks. This is great prog rock from the UK. FIle one is the original album, file 2 is made up of the bonus tracks from the Akarma CD reissue. It's three outtakes and different version of Maypole.


http://rapidshare.de/files/16942639/D_-_RtE.rar

http://rapidshare.de/files/16943923/D_-_RteBonus.rar


Tomorrow I will get those requests up. The Bedlam is posted over at ChrisGoesRock blog under March 17th so grab those over there.

Enjoy!!!