David Byron - Baby Faced Killer (1978) Ken Hensley - Eager To Please (1975) [2LP on 1CD]

Year: 1978 / 1975 (CD 2000)
Label: CD-Maximum (Russia), CDM 198-61
Style: Hard Rock, Rock, Pop
Country: England
Time: 78:24
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 518 Mb

David Byron - Epping, Essex, England (29 January 1947 - 28 February 1985). Ken Hensley - Plumstead, London, England (24 August 1945 - 4 November 2020).
---After David Byron was fired from Uriah Heep in 1976 he formed Rough Diamond whose album the following year was as dire as it was predictable. The rest of his alcohol-fuelled decline was just a matter of time, apparently.
Not quite. In 1978 he teamed up with producer and songwriter Daniel Boone who tried to reinvent Byron as a singer beyond his heavy metal confines. The title track, Only You Can Do It and Heaven Or Hell are catchy pop songs with synthesizers and electronically treated vocals that reek of ELO. Rich Man’s Lady and Acetylene Jean are smooth rockabilly. Then there’s the electro-disco of African Breeze, complete with tribal rhythms.
In retrospect, Baby Faced Killer is a brave album that’s flawed because it tries to do too much too soon. If it had focused on developing just one of these styles it might have succeeded as Byron’s voice was certainly adaptable and the production was sleek and brimming with ideas.
(loudersound.com/reviews/david-byron-baby-faced-killer-album-review)
---At first it might seem like Eager To Please is a heavy metal album in the vein of Hensley's day-job group, Uriah Heep: "Eager To Please" boasts a barrage of dramatic power chords and "Stargazer" is built on a chugging electric guitar riff that is pure hard rock. However, this is illusion is dissipated by the rest of the album, which includes several songs in the moody and subtle style of Hensley's previous solo outing, Proud Words On A Dusty Shelf. Eager To Please is a more ambitious and studio-crafted affair than that album, even featuring full-blooded orchestral arrangements on some of its tracks, but it still relies on the same song-focused approach. Highlights this time out include "Through The Eyes Of A Child," a tale of lost innocence that highlights a heart-rending vocal from Hensley against a heart-tugging backdrop of strings, and "House On The Hill," a nostalgic acoustic tune with an intoxicatingly dreamy melody. "Take And Take" is another strong track, a mid-tempo rocker that effectively conveys the strong emotions in its lyrics through a potent combination of slide guitar and soaring background vocals. The only real problem with Eager To Please is that its combination of hard rock and soft rock lacks cohesion and makes this outing feel more like a collection of songs than a fully-coherent album. Despite this quibble, Eager To Please still offers a strong, thoughtfully-crafted batch of songs that show off the range of this oft-underrated songwriter. It is a necessity for Uriah Heep fans and is very likely to appeal to other fans of well-produced 1970's classic rock.
(allmusic.com/album/eager-to-please-mw0000849801)

David Byron - Baby Faced Killer (1978):
01. Baby Faced Killer (03:11)
02. Rich Man.s Lady (03:51)
03. Sleepless Nights (03:50)
04. African Breeze (04:13)
05. Everbody's Star (04:21)
06. Heaven Or Hell (04:44)
07. Only You Can Do It (04:05)
08. Don't Let Me Down (03:20)
09. Acetylene Man (03:20)
10. I Remember (04:11)

Ken Hensley - Eager To Please (1975):
11. Eager To Please (04:53)
12. Stargazer (03:49)
13. Secret (04:04)
14. Through The Eyes Of Child (02:18)
15. Part Three (03:48)
16. The House On The Hill (03:20)
17. Winter Or Summer (03:00)
18. Take And Take (03:44)
19. Longer Shadows (03:34)
20. In The Morning (02:36)
21. How Shall I Know (04:01)

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David Byron (Uriah Heep) - Take No Prisoners (1975)

Year: March 1975 (CD 2011)
Label: Lemon Recordings (UK), CDLEM 189
Style: Hard Rock, Rock
Country: Epping, Essex, England (29 January 1947 - 28 February 1985)
Time: 50:39
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 332 Mb

This 1975 album was the first solo outing for David Byron, the lead singer for Uriah Heep. It isn't a big surprise that a good portion of the album sounds a lot like the group that gave him his day job: sturdy organ-driven hard-rockers like "Silver White Man" and "Hit Me With a White One" would not be out of place on a typical Uriah Heep album from this period. The fact that every then-current member of Uriah Heep makes at least one appearance on this record further aids this deja vu feeling. What is surprising about Take No Prisoners is how solid and consistent it is for a between-albums solo venture. The album begins powerfully with "Man Full of Yesterdays," a mid-tempo rocker with a moody, dramatic arrangement that blends an emotional Mellotron-driven sound with autobiographical lyrics. From there, Byron deftly blends his Heep-styled rockers with a variety of roots rock and soul experiments that blend in well with the other, more traditional material: "Steamin' Along" tackles funk with surprising deftness while "Saturday Night" adds a likable country-rock element to its amped-up rock & roll attack. "Love Song" proves that Byron could do a straight ballad with surprising sensitivity and further benefits from a lovely arrangement built on a gentle harpsichord sound. Plenty of sharp rockers are interspersed between these experimental tracks, the best being "Midnight Flyer," a cleverly arranged rocker that alternates spooky, mid-tempo verses with a scorching chorus to create an exciting burst of hard rock. Overall, Take No Prisoners lacks a breakout single or the kind of genre-expanding elements that will win over the casual listener, but it is a well-crafted album that will definitely find favor with Uriah Heep fans.
(allmusic.com/album/take-no-prisoners-mw0000599761)

01. Man Full Of Yesterdays (05:38)
02. Sweet Rock 'N' Roll (02:50)
03. Steamin' Along (05:11)
04. Silver White Man (03:30)
05. Love Song (02:58)
06. Midnight Flyer (05:56)
07. Saturday Night (02:17)
08. Roller Coaster (04:00)
09. Stop (Think What You're Doing) (04:16)
10. Hit Me With A White One (03:56)
11. Steamin' Along (Single Edit) (03:22)
12. What's Going On (Outtake) (03:09)
13. Silver White Man (Alternative Version) (03:28)

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The Youngbloods - The Youngbloods [Japanese Ed. BSCD2] (1967)

Year: January 1967 (CD Jul 23, 2014)
Label: RCA Records (Japan), SICP 30554
Style: Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Country: Greenwich Village, New York City, U.S.
Time: 74:36
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 410 Mb

The Youngbloods is the debut self-titled studio album by the American rock band the Youngbloods, released in 1967. It was also reissued in 1971 under the title Get Together after the popular single from the album. The album peaked at number 131 on the Billboard 200 although two years later the single "Get Together" reached number five and sold more than a million copies.
"Get Together" was written by Chet Powers (aka Dino Valenti of Quicksilver Messenger Service) and had already appeared in 1963 on the album 12 String Guitar! Vol. 2 by the Folkswingers and in 1966 as a track on the first album by the Jefferson Airplane. Upon first release as a single by The Youngbloods in 1967, it only went to No. 62 in the pop charts. Two years later, after being featured in radio and television commercials, the track was re-released and climbed to number 5 in charts, selling more than a million records.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Youngbloods_(album))

BSCD2: When a standard CD is mastered, an Infared beam is used to make the digital notches on the master disc (mother matrix). With the Blu-spec master, a blue laser is used which is a finer etching process. With this technology, the notches are therefore more precise which reduce playback errors. The notches on a Blu-spec CD have a width of 125 nm compared to the 500 nm width on a standard CD.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-spec)

01. Grizzly Bear / Album Mono (02:23)
02. All Over The World (La-La) / Album Mono (03:18)
03. Statesboro Blues / Album Mono (02:22)
04. Get Together / Album Mono (04:41)
05. One Note Man / Album Mono (02:27)
06. The Other Side Of This Life / Album Mono (02:31)
07. Tears Are Falling / Album Mono (02:29)
08. Four In The Morning / Album Mono (02:55)
09. Foolin' Around (The Waltz) / Album Mono (02:56)
10. Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby / Album Mono (02:47)
11. C.C. Rider / Album Mono (02:41)
12. Grizzly Bear / Album Stereo (02:23)
13. All Over The World (La-La) / Album Stereo (03:16)
14. Statesboro Blues / Album Stereo (02:20)
15. Get Together / Album Stereo (04:39)
16. One Note Man / Album Stereo (02:26)
17. The Other Side Of This Life / Album Stereo (02:30)
18. Tears Are Falling / Album Stereo (02:28)
19. Four In The Morning / Album Stereo (02:53)
20. Foolin' Around (The Waltz) / Album Stereo (02:52)
21. Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby / Album Stereo (02:41)
22. C.C. Rider / Album Stereo (02:40)
23. Get Together (Promotional Single Version) / Bonus Track (03:27)
24. Merry-Go-Round / Bonus Track (02:13)
25. Se Qualcuno Mi Dira (Get Together Italian Version) / Bonus Track (03:47)
26. Qui Con Noi, Tra Di Noi (Grizzly Bear Italian Version) / Bonus Track (02:20)

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Supertramp - Crisis What Crisis (1975)

Year: 28 November 1975 (CD 1988)
Label: A&M Records (West Germany), 394 560-2
Style: Pop Rock, Soft Rock, Progressive Pop
Country: London, England
Time: 47:26
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 268 Mb

After eating so many flat and flavorless tramps (Paris, Indelibly Stamped, Famous Last Words), finally a bum I can sink my teeth into. Crisis? What Crisis? is Christmas come early: ten progressive pop songs patterned on the eccentric masters (10cc, The Kinks, Wings). It’s not progressive rock, never was, but it is ambitious and tuneful.
The first side feels like a concept, especially when “A Soapbox Opera” rolls around. That it follows the wonderful “Ain’t Nobody But Me,” which followed the fine “Sister Moonshine,” which followed the charming “Easy Does It,” makes for one of the most perfect sides of plastic in the Supertramp collection (I’d even give it the nod over the second side of Breakfast). I haven’t heard Crime*; maybe that’s much better (Quietest quite frankly baffled me). (*I’ve since hear Crime of the Century and it’s pretty awesome.)
Personally, Crisis came at a perfect time. I was beginning to think that Supertramp just had the one good album (Breakfast) and a few good songs (“Dreamer,” “Bloody Well Right,” “Give A Little Bit”). But this album is loaded with wonderful boobytraps the likes of which I hadn’t heard on a pop album since Sheet Music or Venus and Mars. That Crisis doesn’t contain any big hits actually worked to its advantage, since it made every song on here a new discovery for me.
If you arrived late for Breakfast, you need to go back to Crisis. It’ll help you form an appreciation for the band’s pop artistry, more so than an Indelibly Stamped anyway. And while I usually take pains to tell you that Supertramp isn’t a prog band, “The Meaning” reminds me a lot of Gong and, I will concede, qualifies as a prog song. If I find a few more like “The Meaning,” I may change my mind.
(progrography.com/supertramp/supertramp-crisis-crisis-1975/)

Album recorded and mixed in the analog domain - AAD. That is, a minimum of digital processing.
A=Analog. D=digital. The first letter stands for how the music was recorded. The second letter for how it was mixed. The third letter stands for the format (all CD's will have D as the last letter).

01. Easy Does It (02:16)
02. Sister Moonshine (05:15)
03. Ain't Nobody But Me (05:12)
04. A Soapbox Opera (04:57)
05. Another Man's Woman (06:16)
06. Lady (05:25)
07. Poor Boy (05:07)
08. Just A Normal Day (04:02)
09. The Meaning (05:24)
10. Two Of Us (03:26)

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Joe Soap - Keep It Clean (1973)

Year: 1973 (CD 2009)
Label: Big Pink Music (South Korea), BiG PINK 46
Style: Rock, Rhythm and Blues
Country: UK
Time: 38:00
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 271 Mb

Having released their debut album in 1972 (PT 8071CD), with backing from Stone The Crows and others, in 1973 John Tennent and David Morrison went in another direction, embracing gritty blues-rock. Keep It Clean sank without trace upon its first release at the end of that year, but has since gained a strong cult reputation, not least because of the superb contributions from Jimmy McCulloch (by then of Wings), Mik Kaminski (of ELO), and others.
(forcedexposure.com/Labels/PROG.TEMPLE.UK.html)
Joe Soap were a band comprising of John Tennent and David Morrison. They had previously released one album prior to using this name, "Tennent / Morrison" (Polydor 1972).
Their second album, (and only one as Joe Soap) "Keep It Clean" (Polydor 1973) enhanced this core lineup with contributions from Jerry Conway (Jethro Tull), Jimmy McCulloch (Stone The Crows), Mike Kaminski (ELO) and Jeff Pearce. Itwas produced by Sandy Robertson.
(last.fm/music/Joe+Soap/+wiki)

01. Talkin' 'Bout You (04:12)
02. Warning Sign (02:58)
03. Lay It On Me (07:05)
04. Whatever The Song Is Now (03:09)
05. Get Outfrom Under (03:00)
06. Feels Strange (03:24)
07. On The Wind (03:27)
08. Time (03:46)
09. All Out Now (03:22)
10. Birdman (03:33)

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Robert Wyatt (ex Soft Machine) - The End Of An Ear (1970)

Year: 4 December 1970 (CD 1999)
Label: Columbia Records (Austria), 493342 2
Style: Free Jazz, Avant-garde
Country: Lydden, Kent, England (28 January 1945)
Time: 47:01
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 258 Mb

In the glorious machine-powered future, we can look forward to AI-created music conceived “in the style of Robert Wyatt” and nod approvingly as a jumble of drums, horns and piano come tumbling from our computer speakers. In the drug-fueled past, of course, we had to make due with the electrical connections contained in our own craniums. Metal or soft machine is splitting hairs, you may say, and I (with none of my own to split) might argue otherwise, but we are the true author of neither. Music like this exists because it must, because the rules of chaos dictate that even clouds will occasionally take the perfect form of a cat, and that even whacked-out moles like Robert Wyatt will discover genius in chaos (or that chaos will discover the genius in Robert Wyatt).
The End of an Ear begins and ends with Wyatt’s bizarre interpretation of Gil Evans’ Las Vegas Tango. Wyatt largely replaces the horns with gibberish, creating a strange tapestry of sound that comes surprisingly close to the original while at the same time seeming nothing like it. The remaining “songs” feature the same instrumentation—drums, horns, keyboards, bass, voice—that take Wyatt’s dadaism to new heights (depths?). Frank Zappa made music like this, only he made it on purpose. Wyatt is less rigid, though perhaps no less intentional. Sometimes, The End of an Ear sounds like music. To Saintly Bridget is alien space jazz. To Carla Marsha and Caroline is simultaneously melodic and oddly disquieting. To Caravan and Brother Jim starts out relatively normal before becoming enveloped in cryptic cacophony. I’m not sure what Columbia thought they had signed on for with this album, but that they didn’t sign up for a sequel probably says a lot. Wyatt’s first solo album has all the earmarks of a contract breaker. More likely, he was letting off steam as Soft Machine devolved into a “normal” jazz fusion band (the quotes implying normal relative to the strange world of Soft Machine). If you’re into Zappa’s stranger experiments or just enjoy listening to a Dadaist drummer thumb his nose at the world for forty minutes, The End of an Ear could be the beginning of a beautiful relationship. It’s not for everyone, and possibly not for anyone (despite its dedications), but in a world where art can now be condensed into a set of algorithms, it’s refreshing to hear someone making music while breaking so many rules.
(progrography.com/robert-wyatt/review-robert-wyatt-the-end-of-an-ear-1971/)

01. Las Vegas Tango Part One (Repeat) (08:13)
02. To Mark Everywhere (02:26)
03. To Saintly Bridget (02:21)
04. To oz Alien Daevyd And Gilly (02:09)
05. To Nick Everyone (09:12)
06. To Caravan And Brother Jim (05:20)
07. To The Old World (Thank You For The Use of Your Body, Goodbye) (03:17)
08. To Carla, Marsha And Caroline (For Making Everything Beautifuller) (02:47)
09. Las Vegas Tango Part 1 (11:13)

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Nick Lowe (ex Brinsley Schwarz) - Jesus Of Cool [10 bonus tracks] (1978)

Year: March 1978 (CD Feb 18, 2008)
Label: Proper Records (Czech Republic), CHOSEN1
Style: New Wave, Power Pop
Country: Surrey, England (24 March 1949)
Time: 62:51
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 412 Mb

Two verses of the song "So It Goes" were featured in the 1979 film Rock 'n' Roll High School.
Jesus of Cool has a number of tracks attacking the commercialism and greed of the music industry and the shallow content of pop music: "Music for Money," the fraternal twin songs "Shake and Pop" and "They Called It Rock," and "Rollers Show," the last being a parody of the teen audience of the Bay City Rollers. Although musically sophisticated in conventional genres, the album shares the energy, cynicism and rebelliousness of the contemporary new wave movement.
The original vinyl album cover features six pictures of Nick Lowe. The UK, US and Scandinavian versions featuring a slightly different selection of photos. On both covers, the phrase "PURE POP FOR NOW PEOPLE" is spelled out in small letters across the photos. "PURE" was small yellow print in the top left photo, "POP" was small red print in the top middle, "FOR" was small blue print in the top right, "NOW" was small blue print bottom left, "PEO" was small yellow print in the bottom middle and "PLE" was small red print in the bottom right.
The UK version had a photo of three kitsch glass swan ornaments on the back sleeve. The US version replaced this with a picture of Lowe dressed up in a green Riddler suit made by Antoinette Laumer Sales. The design of the inner sleeve also differs between the UK and US versions. The UK, US and Scandinavian sleeves were designed by Barney Bubbles.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_of_Cool)

01. Music For Money (02:07)
02. I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass (03:14)
03. Little Hitler (03:00)
04. Shake And Pop (03:23)
05. Tonight (04:00)
06. So It Goes (02:34)
07. No Reason (03:34)
08. 36 Inches High (02:59)
09. Marie Provost (02:51)
10. Nutted By Reality (02:51)
11. Heart Of The City (Live) (04:09)
12. Shake That Rat (02:13)
13. I Love My Label (03:01)
14. They Called It Rock (03:13)
15. Born A Woman (02:29)
16. Endless Sleep (04:08)
17. Halfway To Paradise (02:27)
18. Rollers Show (03:33)
19. Cruel To Be Kind (Original Version) (02:52)
20. Heart Of The City (02:07)
21. I Don't Want The Night To End (01:57)

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Monument (ex Zior) - The First Monument (1971)

Year: 1971 (CD 1995)
Label: Audio Archives (UK), AACD010
Style: Hard Rock, Progressive Rock
Country: Southend-on-Sea, East of England, England
Time: 34:18
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 208 Mb

Monument is psychedelic/hard rock band from Southend-on-Sea, East of England, England, United Kingdom, that was formed in 1970 under the name Zior. The band released an album under the name Monument because of contractual reasons.
(discogs.com/artist/1105693-Monument-5)
Zior. Now there's a band that time threw a big, wet blanket on ages ago. They made two half decent albums in the wee hours of the 70's, shrouded in some kind of occult fog. Yes, there was quite the thing back then, dabbling in the occult. Black Widow and Black Sabbath are probably, correct or no, associated with that thing. Black Widow was famous for their mock sacrifices and what not. There were several witches covens and magical societies and even more interest in summoning demons of the nether world. In that crowd music played a vital part. Anyway. Zior became Monument and from what can be gathered the album was a product of one nights drunken jamming. As such not much can be expected and the result is a meager one.
(progarchives.com/album.asp?id=16981)

01. Dog Man (03:19)
02. Stale Flesh (03:50)
03. Don't Run Me Down (02:27)
04. Give Me Life (03:52)
05. The Metamorphis Tango (03:55)
06. Boneyard Bumne (04:27)
07. First Taste Of Love (03:24)
08. And She Goes (02:35)
09. Overture For Limp Piano In C (03:31)
10. I'm Coming Back (02:51)

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Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) - Main Offender (1992)

Year: 19 October 1992 (CD 1992)
Label: Virgin Records (Europe), VJCP-28130
Style: Rhythm and Blues, Rock
Country: Dartford, Kent, England (18 December 1943)
Time: 53:14
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 375 Mb

Main Offender is the second studio album by Keith Richards, released in 1992 between the Rolling Stones' Steel Wheels and Voodoo Lounge projects.
Richards teamed with Talk Is Cheap collaborator Steve Jordan and added Waddy Wachtel to the mix both in composing and producing Main Offender. Sessions with Richards' group of musician friends known as "The X-Pensive Winos" took place in California and New York City from March to September 1992, with touring in Argentina and Europe in late 1992 and North America in early 1993.
Main Offender was released in October 1992 to generally positive reviews. However, it failed to match the commercial success of Talk Is Cheap, reaching No. 45 in the UK and No. 99 in the US. After the Main Offender tour, Richards returned to recording exclusively with the Rolling Stones and did not release another solo album until Crosseyed Heart in 2015.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Offender)

01. 999 (05:51)
02. Wicked As It Seems (04:45)
03. Eileen (04:29)
04. Words Of Wonder (06:35)
05. Yap Yap (04:42)
06. Bodytalks (05:20)
07. Hate It When You Leave (04:59)
08. Runnin' Too Deep (03:19)
09. Will But You Won't (05:05)
10. Demon (04:45)
11. Key To The Highway (03:21)

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Bill Wyman (The Rolling Stones) - Stone Alone (1976)

Year: 27 February 1976 (CD 1996)
Label: Sequel Records (UK), NEM CD 847
Style: Rock, Pop Rock
Country: Lewisham, London, England (24 October 1936)
Time: 39:54
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 254 Mb

Stone Alone is the second solo studio album by the Rolling Stones' bass guitarist Bill Wyman. It was released in 1976 by Rolling Stones Records. The album reached number 166 on the Billboard 200.
Van Morrison plays the saxophone in "A Quarter to Three". Joe Walsh, Dr. John, Ron Wood, Al Kooper, Nicky Hopkins, and Jim Keltner played on the album.
Bill Wyman is also the author of a book called Stone Alone: The Story of a Rock 'n' Roll Band, not to be confused with this album.
In a review, AllMusic rated the album one and a half stars out of five. They noted "Apache Woman" and "Quarter to Three" but cautioned that "highlights like these are few and far between and this problem reduces Stone Alone to a curio that should only be sought out by Bill Wyman fans and Rolling Stones completists." They criticized the album for lacking "the focus and solid songs of the previous album and ends up feeling like the typical rock star's ego-trip side project. Stone Alone can't be faulted for ambition, though: nearly every song tries out a different musical style ('50s-style rock, disco, and reggae) and Wyman enlists a veritable who's who of guest musicians (everyone from Dr. John to Al Kooper to Joe Walsh) to bring the songs to life."
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Alone)

01. A Quarter To Three (02:53)
02. Gimme Just One Chance (02:48)
03. Soul Satisfying (02:40)
04. Apache Woman (03:33)
05. Every Sixty Seconds (04:11)
06. Get It On (03:36)
07. Feet (04:00)
08. Peanut Butter Time (03:52)
09. Wine And Wimmen (03:23)
10. If You Wanna Be Happy (02:48)
11. What's The Point (02:32)
12. No More Foolin' (03:31)

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Ronnie Wood (The Rolling Stones) - Now Look [Japanese Ed.] (1975)

Year: July 1975 (CD 2012)
Label: Warner Bros. Records (Japan), WPCR-14781
Style: Rock, Pop Rock
Country: Hillingdon, Middlesex, England (1 June 1947)
Time: 47:09
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 321 Mb

Ronald David Wood (born 1 June 1947) is an English rock musician, best known as a member of the Rolling Stones since 1975, and a member of Faces and the Jeff Beck Group.
Wood began his career in 1964, playing lead guitar with several British rhythm and blues bands in short succession, including the Birds and the Creation. He joined the Jeff Beck Group in 1967 as a guitarist and bassist, playing on the albums Truth and Beck-Ola. The group split in 1969, and Wood departed along with lead vocalist Rod Stewart to join former Small Faces members Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones in a new group named Faces with Wood now primarily on lead guitar. The group found great success in the UK and mainland Europe from the early days on, but only reached major fame in the US during their last year of existence, 1975, with a major tour of the US. Wood sang and co-wrote the title track from their final LP, Ooh La La, released in 1973. He also worked extensively on Stewart's first few solo albums.
As Faces began to split, he started several solo projects, eventually recording his first solo LP, I've Got My Own Album to Do, in 1974. The album featured bandmate McLagan as well as former Beatle George Harrison and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, a longtime friend of Wood. Soon after Mick Taylor left the Rolling Stones, Richards invited Wood to join them; he did so in 1975, initially temporarily, but became an official member in 1976.
Besides I've Got My Own Album to Do, Wood has recorded several other solo efforts. Now Look was released in 1975 and peaked at No. 118 on Billboard; he also collaborated with Ronnie Lane for the soundtrack album Mahoney's Last Stand. Wood also released Gimme Some Neck in 1979, which hit No. 45 in the US; 1234 was released in 1981, peaking at No. 164. He released Slide on This in 1992, Not for Beginners in 2002, and I Feel Like Playing in 2010. As a member of the Rolling Stones, Wood was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 and was inducted a second time, as a member of Faces, in 2012.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Wood)

01. I Got Lost When I Found You (04:26)
02. Big Bayou (02:42)
03. Breathe On Me (06:33)
04. If You Don't Want My Love (04:17)
05. I Can Say She's Allright (06:22)
06. Carribean Boogie (02:23)
07. Now Look (03:52)
08. Sweet Baby Mine (03:28)
09. I Can't Stand The Rain (03:12)
10. It's Unholy (06:28)
11. I Got A Feeling (03:22)

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Sir Lord Baltimore – Kingdom Come (1970)

Year: December 1970 (CD 2015)
Label: Lumpy Gravy Records (France), LGR 101
Style: Hard Rock, Garage Rock, Heavy Metal
Country: New York City, U.S.
Time: 38:03
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 256 Mb

Sir Lord Baltimore was an American rock and early heavy metal band from Brooklyn, New York City, that was formed in 1968 and consisted of lead vocalist and drummer John Garner, guitarist Louis Dambra, and bassist Gary Justin. In a 1971 review of their debut record, Kingdom Come, Creem magazine as containing the first documented use of the term "heavy metal" to refer to a style of music. AllMusic described them as "arguably America's first bona fide heavy metal band". Sir Lord Baltimore featured a drumming lead singer, traditionally a rarity in rock and metal music.
In 2006, Garner and Dambra reunited as Sir Lord Baltimore and released a new album, Sir Lord Baltimore III Raw. The reformed band featured an overt Christian focus and lyrics, an emphasis not found in their earlier work. Justin, no longer an active musician, did not participate. Garner died on December 5, 2015, of liver failure, ending the band.
"Kingdom Come" was one of the earliest heavy metal albums and is considered an important influence on the genre. All of the songs on Kingdom Come were co-written and arranged by Mike Appel, who would later become Bruce Springsteen's manager. Co-produced by Appel and Jim Cretecos, the album was recorded at Vantone Studios in New Jersey before being mixed by Eddie Kramer and Kim King at Electric Lady Studios in New York. Kramer is well known for his work with Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Kiss, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie and Curtis Mayfield.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Lord_Baltimore)

01. Master Heartache (04:37)
02. Hard Rain Fallin' (02:56)
03. Lady Of Fire (02:53)
04. Lake Isle Of Innersfree (04:03)
05. Pumped Up (04:07)
06. Kingdom Come (06:35)
07. I Got A Woman (03:02)
08. Hell Hound (03:21)
09. Helium Head (I Got A Love) (04:02)
10. Ain't Got Hung On You (02:21)

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The Youngbloods - Earth Music [Japanese Ed. BSCD2] (1967)

Year: May 1967 (CD Jul 23, 2014)
Label: RCA Records (Japan), SICP 30555
Style: Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Country: Greenwich Village, New York City, U.S.
Time: 72:31
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 398 Mb

Beginning in January 1965, the two began performing on the Canadian circuit as a duo, eventually adopting the name "The Youngbloods". The band's name was a reference to Young's second album. Young played bass, and Corbitt sang and played piano, harmonica and lead guitar.
Earth Music is the second studio album by the American rock band the Youngbloods, released in 1967.
Similar to their first album, the songs were a mix of originals and covers, ballads and rockers. Jesse Colin Young wrote three of the songs alone, the ballad "All My Dreams Blue", the hard rocking "Long and Tall", and the humorous "The Wine Song". Jerry Corbitt contributed the ballad "Don't Play Games" which features a string section, and co-wrote "Dreamer's Dream" with Banana. "Fool Me", written by Banana, is a bass-heavy song more similar to "garage rock" of the middle 1960s than the folkier material normally associated with the Youngbloods.
Cover songs on the album include "Euphoria", a song originally done by the Holy Modal Rounders and written by George "Robin" Remailly (who later became a member of the Rounders). Other covers included two fifties classics, Chuck Berry's "Too Much Monkey Business" and Chuck Willis's "I Can Tell". Tim Hardin's "Reason to Believe " was one of the earliest cover versions of the popular ballad. "Sugar Babe," erroneously credited to Young/ Lomax, is a folk song about gambling and drinking that had been printed in American Ballads and Folk Songs, by John A. Lomax and his son Alan Lomax, published in 1934. In a note below "Sugar Babe," the Lomaxes state: "words and melody reprinted from the second volume of English Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians, collected by Cecil Sharp, edited by Maud Karpeles." That book was published in 1932.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Music)

BSCD2: When a standard CD is mastered, an Infared beam is used to make the digital notches on the master disc (mother matrix). With the Blu-spec master, a blue laser is used which is a finer etching process. With this technology, the notches are therefore more precise which reduce playback errors. The notches on a Blu-spec CD have a width of 125 nm compared to the 500 nm width on a standard CD.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-spec)

01. Euphoria / Album Mono (02:17)
02. All My Dreams Blue / Album Mono (03:10)
03. Monkey Business / Album Mono (02:53)
04. Dreamer's Dream / Album Mono (03:35)
05. Sugar Babe / Album Mono (02:13)
06. Long And Tall / Album Mono (04:05)
07. I Can't Tell / Album Mono (04:28)
08. Don't Play Games / Album Mono (02:14)
09. The Wine Song / Album Mono (02:45)
10. Fool Me / Album Mono (03:01)
11. Reason To Believe / Album Mono (02:28)
12. Euphoria / Album Stereo (02:16)
13. All My Dreams Blue / Album Stereo (03:08)
14. Monkey Business / Album Stereo (02:52)
15. Dreamer's Dream / Album Stereo (03:35)
16. Sugar Babe / Album Stereo (02:13)
17. Long And Tall / Album Stereo (04:04)
18. I Can't Tell / Album Stereo (04:31)
19. Don't Play Games / Album Stereo (02:14)
20. The Wine Song / Album Stereo (02:44)
21. Fool Me / Album Stereo (02:59)
22. Reason To Believe / Album Stereo (02:27)
23. All My Dreams Blue (Alternate Mono Version) / Bonus Track (03:20)
24. Sham (Alternate Mono Version) / Bonus Track (02:49)

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Supertramp - It Was The Best Of Times [2CD Live] (1999)

Year: 12 April 1999 (CD 1999)
Label: EMI Records (UK), 7243 4 99390 2 8
Style: Pop Rock, Soft Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 69:06, 61:08
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 508, 406 Mb

The album title makes use of the opening line from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. It Was the Best of Times was recorded in September 1997 at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK during the "It's About Time" tour (set up in support of the Some Things Never Change studio album).
The band includes vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Mark Hart performing songs originally sung by Roger Hodgson.
Supertramp are also augmented by additional players added for this album and tour which later would also take part in the recording of Slow Motion, the follow-up studio album released in 2002.
The 2-CD version features the song "Don't You Lie to Me", a blues song that the band had performed on their 1988 tour and the only song not written by a current or former band member.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Was_the_Best_of_Times)

01. It's A Hard World (09:17)
02. You Win, I Lose (04:36)
03. Listen To Me Please (05:03)
04. Ain't Nobody But Me (06:14)
05. Sooner Or Later (07:35)
06. Free As A Bird (04:49)
07. Cannonball (07:52)
08. From Now On (08:05)
09. Breakfast In America (02:47)
10. Give Me A Chance (04:39)
11. Rudy (08:05)

01. Downstream (03:53)
02. Another Man's Woman (11:21)
03. Take The Long Way Home (05:10)
04. Bloody Well Right (06:58)
05. The Logical Song (04:04)
06. Goodbye Stranger (06:52)
07. School (06:27)
08. And The Light (05:03)
09. Don't You Lie To Me (03:31)
10. Crime Of The Century (07:46)

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