Good Rats - Cover Of Night [Japan Edition] (2000)

Year: 2000 (CD May 24, 2000)
Label: Now & Then (Japan), CRCL-4529
Style: Hard Rock, Arena Rock
Country: Long Island, New York, U.S.
Time: 47:56
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 361 Mb

1964 - a Rat is born
Formed in 1964, the original group consisted of 5 students from St. John's University...Ted Haenlein, Frank Stapleton, Eric Crane, Denny Ryan and Peppi Marchello. The group was originally called the U-Men and played most of their gigs in the Rockaways (Peyton Place & McNultys) & Long Island (The Attic, Tiger's Tail etc.).
In 1966, Frank Stapleton's brother, John, arranged for the group to play at a club in Queens, New York (The John Doe Room) where a record company executive heard them and eventually signed the band, but suggested a name change was in order. The band continued to play top 40 covers while working on their own original music. During the latter part of the sixties, the composition of the band changed...by 1968, Eric, Frank and Ted (drafted and went to Vietnam, but did rejoin the group from 1970-72) were gone, replaced by Peppi's brother, Mickey, and Crazy Artie (bass).
1969-'73 - the Good Rats
In 1969, the band released their first album, the self-titled The Good Rats. In 1972, the lineup changed, with guitarist John “The Cat” Gatto, bass player Lenny Kotke and drummer Joe Franco joining the Marchello brothers. The Good Rats continued to build a following, playing Long Island’s thriving club scene, along with other notable names such as Twisted Sister, Zebra, and Rat Race Choir.
1974 - this is Tasty
In 1974, the Good Rats released their best-known and most popular album, Tasty. It featured a blend of hard and progressive rock with subtle jazz influences, highlighted by Marchello’s powerful and raspy vocals. Various songs from this record, including “Injun Joe”, “Papa Poppa”, a rock ode about cults, the autobiographical numbers “Back to My Music” and “The Songwriter”, and the jazzy title track, received airplay around the country on FM radio.
During the following years, the Rats performed at venues such as Madison Square Garden, The Philadelphia Spectrum, The Nassau Coliseum, The Hammersmith Odeon in England, and New York’s Central Park, as well as showcase rooms such as The Bottom Line in Manhattan, My Father’s Place in Roslyn, NY, Whiskey a Go Go in Los Angeles and The Paradise Room in Boston. They headlined or opened for bands such as Rush, Journey, Kiss, Meat Loaf, Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne, The Grateful Dead, Bruce Springsteen, and Styx. Live shows were famous for the band’s stage antics, as Peppi would play air guitar on his baseball bat, throw rubber rats into the crowd, and beat the daylights out of a battered garbage can as he sang.
1976-'81 - From Rats to Riches to Rats again
On a nationally syndicated radio interview, a member of the band Journey called them "the greatest rock band in the world."
Between 1976 and 1980, The Good Rats released a series of albums, including Ratcity in Blue, From Rats to Riches, Birth Comes to Us All, and Live At Last, all of which were well received by the band’s fan base, and received some airplay on FM radio, without actually putting the band over the top.
In 1981, Gatto and Kotke left the band, and were replaced by future Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick and bass player Schuyler Deale, (who later played with Billy Joel and Michael Bolton), for the album Great American Music. Shortly thereafter, the band broke up.
the 80's - The marchello decade
Throughout the 1980s, Peppi Marchello continued to write and produce recordings with his son Gene. They toured locally for a while under the name "Popzarocca" until the song "First Love" became a minor hit for the band (now renamed "Marchello"), with the music video receiving minor airplay on MTV's "Headbanger's Ballroom". This band featured Gene on guitar and lead vocals and also included drummer John Miceli (Meatloaf, Rainbow, "We Will Rock You"). The band recorded two albums (only one which was released).
the 90's - Family matters
In the mid-1990s, Marchello and sons Gene Marchello and Stefan Marchello began playing out locally under “The Good Rats” name. They released three new studio CDs with this lineup, Tasty Seconds (1996), Let's Have Another Beer (2000), and Play Dum (2002). Marchello also released a live recording of a 1979 appearance on a Rochester radio show, Rats, The Way You Like ’Em.
In 1998, Marchello wrote "A Tale of Two Balls," the introduction to the book Conflicts of Disinterest (Aardwolf Publishing) by sometimes controversial author Clifford Meth.
2014- like father, like son
On April 5, 2014, Stefan and Gene Marchello stepped into the shoes of their father for one last emotional performance with "the boys". The "last reunion", which took place at the legendary BB Kings Blues Club in New York City, was one of the bands most memorable performances. Every fan, friend and family member was there to celebrate the life of Peppi and his music through the voices of his sons. You could feel his smile shining down as the band put their heart, soul and tears into his songs one last time.
The band now continues with Stefan Marchello. Stefan Played with Peppi for 23 years. 11 and a half years on drums and 11 and a half on bass. Peppi said Stefan is an invaluable advisor and project coordinator. You can hear Stefan perform acoustic shows and full band performances alongside other great musicians and special guests.  For upcoming show dates click here!
(goodrats.com/bio)

01. Cover of night (04:41)
02. Get it right (03:50)
03. Thunder rocks my soul (05:34)
04. Feelin' good again (04:13)
05. Love on the beach (03:15)
06. Evil little boy (03:54)
07. Major minor chord (03:10)
08. Grazy, wild and angry (04:39)
09. She's stayin' home tonight (03:23)
10. Hotline (03:36)
11. Snakebite (04:07)
12. Football madness (03:29)

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Joanna Stingray - May There Always Be Sunshine (2007)

Year: 2007 (CD 2007)
Label: Moroz Records (Russia), DMR 86007 CD
Style: Electronic, Rock, Folk Rock
Country: Los Angeles, California, U.S. (July 3, 1960)
Time: 38:26
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 261 Mb

Joanna Stingray, born Joanna Fields, 1960) is an American singer, actress, music producer and socialite. She was a key figure in popularizing Soviet and Russian rock music and culture in the West in the 1980s.
Born Joanna Fields, Stingray is a native of Los Angeles, California. In 1983, Stingray released her U.S. 12-inch, 4-track debut, Beverly Hills Brat, under the name Joanna. In her early musical career, she performed at Studio 54.
In 1984, aged 23, Stingray traveled to Leningrad as a tourist with her sister, who was studying in London and had an opportunity to take a trip to visit the Soviet Union for one week. In Leningrad, she was introduced to Boris Grebenshchikov of the rock group Aquarium. Impressed by Grebenshchikov, and other artists' music, Stingray began smuggling the music of underground Soviet rock bands beyond the confines of the Soviet Union.
On July 27, 1986, Australian record company Big Time Records, released Red Wave: 4 Underground Bands from the Soviet Union, a double album consisting of songs collected and produced by Stingray. Each record side includes songs by one artist and the bands included are Aquarium, Kino, Alisa, and Strannye Igry (Strange Games). It was the first release of Russian rock music in the United States. The record caught the attention of popular western artists, among them David Bowie and Andy Warhol. The Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev also heard about it; surprised that this music was published by a foreign company, he instructed the Minister of Culture to ease the publication of music of young Soviet musicians inside the country.
Stingray spent most of the decade living in Russia, where she worked variously as a musician, actress and television presenter before returning to the United States in 1996. After leaving Russia, she lost contact with her Russian "family" and many of the friends she had met during that time.
It wasn't until 2018 that Stingray discovered Facebook and with the help of her daughter Madison, she was finally able to reconnect with many of her Russian friends, including Grebenshchikov. In 2019, Madison helped her mother to write a two-volume memoir that described her experiences in the Soviet rock scene, published in Russian. In September 2020, the English-language version of the memoir, Red Wave: An American in the Soviet Music Underground, was released.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Stingray)

01. May There Always Be Sunshine (04:50)
02. I Wish (04:48)
03. Gosti (04:12)
04. Shades Of Yellow (03:48)
05. Melancholy High (03:55)
06. In Leather (04:00)
07. Steel Wheels (03:30)
08. Turn Away (04:04)
09. Modern Age Rock In Roll (02:29)
10. May There Always Be Sunshine (02:08)
11. Twinkle Twinkle (00:36)

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Holger Czukay (ex Can) – On The Way To The Peak Of Normal (1981)

Year: 1981 (CD Jan 19, 1998)
Label: Spoon Records (Austria), Spoon CD 36
Style: Instrumental, Experimental, Electronical
Country: Free City of Danzig, Poland (24 March 1938 - 5 September 2017)
Time: 36:41
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 189 Mb

Czukay was born on 24 March 1938 in the Free City of Danzig (present-day Gdansk, Poland), from which his family was expelled after World War II. Due to the turmoil of the war, Czukay's primary education was limited. One pivotal early experience, however, was working, when still a teenager, at a radio repair-shop, where he became fond of the aural qualities of radio broadcasts (anticipating his use of shortwave radio broadcasts as musical elements) and became familiar with the rudiments of electrical repair and engineering.
Czukay studied music under Karlheinz Stockhausen from 1963 to 1966 and then worked for a while as a music teacher. Initially Czukay had little interest in rock music, but this changed when a student played him the Beatles' 1967 song "I Am the Walrus", a psychedelic rock single with an unusual musical structure and blasts of AM radio noise. This opened his ears to music by rock experimentalists such as The Velvet Underground and Frank Zappa.
Czukay co-founded Can in 1968. He played bass guitar and undertook most of the recording and engineering for the group. Rosko Gee, former bassist of the British band Traffic, joined the band in 1977, with Czukay handling only tapes and sound effects on the album Saw Delight, his final LP with the group before departing for a solo career. Czukay had been sidelined due to creative disputes and his failure to progress as a bassist, admitting his shortcomings on the instrument which he had taken up "almost by default" in the early days of Can.
After his departure from Can, Czukay recorded several albums. One of his trademarks was the use of shortwave radio sounds and his early pioneering of sampling, in those days involving the painstaking cutting and splicing of magnetic tapes. He would tape-record various sounds and snippets from shortwave and incorporate them into his compositions. He also used shortwave as a live, interactive musical instrument (such as on 1991's Radio Wave Surfer), a method of composition he termed "radio painting". Czukay also stated "If you want to make something new, you shouldn't think too far beyond one certain idea".
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holger_Czukay)

01. Ode To Perfume (13:57)
02. Fragrance (04:13)
03. On The Way To The Peak Of Normal (07:32)
04. Witches' Multiplication Table (04:48)
05. Two Bass Shuffle (02:18)
06. Hiss 'N' Listen (03:50)

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The United States Of America - The United States Of America (1968)

Year: 1968 (CD 2004)
Label: Sony Music A 59803, Sundazed Music SC 11124 (U.S.)
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Experimental, Rock
Country: Los Angeles, California, U.S. (1967-1968)
Time: 76:59
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 357 Mb

The United States of America was an American experimental rock band founded in Los Angeles in 1967 by composer Joseph Byrd and vocalist Dorothy Moskowitz, with electric violinist Gordon Marron, bassist Rand Forbes and drummer Craig Woodson. Their 1968 self-titled album, often cited as an early showcase for the use of electronic devices in rock music, was met with critical acclaim and minor chart success.[2] They disbanded shortly after its release.

The group’s sound was grounded in both psychedelia and the avant-garde. Unusually, the band had no guitar player; instead, they used strings, keyboards and electronics, including primitive synthesizers, and various audio processors, including the ring modulator. Many of the songs' lyrics reflected Byrd's leftist political views. AllMusic described them as "among the most revolutionary bands of the late '60s."

Composer Joseph Byrd, and lyricist and singer Dorothy Moskowitz, first met in New York City in early 1963 when Byrd was working on a recording of Civil War period music for Time-Life. A devotee of composer Charles Ives, Byrd had already become a respected and innovative composer, involved in experimental music as part of the Fluxus movement with John Cage, Morton Feldman, La Monte Young, David Tudor, Yoko Ono and others.[6][7] Moskowitz was studying music at Barnard College where she was taught by Otto Luening; she also sang in a vocal group with Art Garfunkel, and worked with David Rubinson on a musical theatre production, as well as on the Time-Life project. Byrd and Moskowitz began a relationship – he has referred to their "profound musical and personal relationship",[7] and she has described him as being her "aesthetic guru" [8] – and he helped her obtain a post with Capitol Records; when she left, she was replaced in turn by Rubinson.

Later in 1963, Byrd and Moskowitz moved together to Los Angeles, where Byrd started a doctorate in ethnomusicology at UCLA.[8] According to Moskowitz: "Joe brought with him a New York avant-garde cachet ... a background in electronic music ... and composing skills ... He attracted immediate attention. Exciting musicians, dancers and visual artists sought collaboration with him. The talent pool for what eventually became the USA was sourced from this group."[9] Byrd co-founded the New Music Workshop in Los Angeles with jazz trumpeter Don Ellis, and, after Ellis left, began to incorporate elements of performance art into his events. Moskowitz helped stage Byrd's performances, and performed in some of them.[10] Both Byrd and Moskowitz also contributed to an album of Indian raga music by Gayathri Rajapur and Harihar Rao, recorded in 1965[11] and released by Folkways Records in 1968.[12] On one occasion in 1965, as the concluding part of a series of concerts and events called "Steamed Spring Vegetable Pie" (a title taken at random from The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook), Byrd organized a blues band fronted by his friend Linda Ronstadt, to play during a "happening". Byrd said that "the realization that rock was an access to a larger public came out of that concert, and the idea of forming a band began taking shape."

(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_United_States_of_America_(band))

01. The American Metaphysical Circus (04:57)
02. Hard Coming Love (04:41)
03. Cloud Song (03:21)
04. The Garden Of Earthly Delights (02:39)
05. I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife For You, Sugar (03:56)
06. Where Is Yesterday (03:08)
07. Coming Down (02:37)
08. Love Song For The Dead Che (03:28)
09. Stranded In Time (01:49)
10. The American Way Of Love (Part I-III) (06:41)
    Bonus Tracks:
11. Osamu's Birthday (03:00)
12. No Love To Give (02:38)
13. I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife For You, Sugar (Alternate Version) (03:47)
14. You Can Never Come Down (02:33)
15. Perry Pier (02:38)
16. Tailor Man (03:08)
17. Do You Follow Me (02:36)
18. The American Metaphysical Circus (04:03)
19. Mouse (The Garden Of Earthly Delights) (02:40)
20. Heresy (Coming Down) (02:32)

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Roxette - Rox Archives (Box Set 7xCD) (2009)

Year:  1986-2001 (CD 2009)
Label: EMI Music (Sweden), 50999 687115 2 8
Style: Pop, Rock
Country: Halmstad, Sweden
Time: 57:02, 66:17, 71:20, 79:24, 73:44, 67:48, 54:57
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 416, 506, 532, 555, 524, 501, 397 Mb

Roxette, Sweden's first pop export of the 90's with the striking image and catchy blend of pop and rock, consist of Marie Fredriksson (born 30 May 1958 Sweden) and Per Gessle (born 12 January 1959, Halmstad, Sweden). Gessle became a solo star in the early 80s having previously played in the new wave band Gyllene Tider. He was 'discovered' by former Abba manager Thomas Johannson who was looking for songs for a Frida album. Meanwhile Fredriksson was playing on the singer/songwriter circuit. Johansson teamed them up in 1985 and they became Roxette. Recording at Gessle's studio in Halmstad they soon conquered Sweden and broke through in the USA thanks to the inclusion of the ballad, 'It Must Have Been Love', which was used on the soundtrack of the film Pretty Woman .
Roxette's history started from a song: "Svarta Glas", written by Per. He asked a Swedish singer to record it, but she refused. Then Per made an English version for it, "Neverending Love", and Rolf Nygren, from EMI, suggested Per to perform it himself together with Marie (they had already met many times before, since 1977, and Marie sang with Per for the first time in 1981, for Gyllene Tider). And she accepted! "Neverending Love" single was a hit in Sweden.
Roxette got its name from a 70's song by Dr. Feelgood, one of Per's favorite bands.
In 1986, Roxette released their first album in Sweden: "Pearls Of Passion", and in 1987 they started a tour (The Rock Runt Riket Tour) around the country. Roxette, with Ratata and Eva Dahlgren (Swedish artists) performed live for more than 110,000 people.
In 1988, the album "Look Sharp!" was released in Sweden. In that year something very strange happened: an exchange student from the United States enjoyed their music and took a copy of the album with him to America. Then he took it to the biggest radio station in Minneapolis, KWB, and told the program director Brian Phillips , 'You have to listen to this album because it's great'. Soon "The Look" went up to #1 before the album was officially released worldwide (what happened in 1989).
In late 1989 Roxette reached #1 again with "Listen To Your Heart" and began their first European tour. "Look Sharp!" sold 8 million copies around the world.
In 1987 Per had written a song called "It Must Have Been Love (Christmas For The Broken Hearted)", and in 1990, after a few changes "It Must Have Been Love" got into a movie called "Pretty Woman", with Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, which was a great success and the song was #1 in many countries. "Pretty Woman" sound track album sold 9 million copies worldwide.
Roxette's third album "Joyride" was released in 1991, named after a comment made by Paul McCartney (he said that writing songs with John Lennon was a long joyride). The album sold 10 million units and the hit "Joyride" reached #1 in many countries. Other successful songs in the album are "Spending My Time" and "Fading Like A Flower (Every Time You Leave)".
So they started a world tour. During the "Join The Joyride" tour (108 concerts around the world in more than 87 countries, including even Russia and China) they made an album, "Tourism - Songs from studios, stages, hotel rooms & other strange places", recorded in many countries, like Sweden, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, Chile, Switzerland and USA. Released in 1992, "Tourism" sold about 7 million albums.
In 1993, Per wrote a song, "Almost Unreal" for a Bette Midler movie, but it ended up in the "Super Mario Bros." sound track, which also had another Roxette song, "2 Cinnamon Street" (a kind of ‘female version’ of "Cinnamon Street", from the "Tourism" album). "Almost Unreal" is a very beautiful song, although the movie is not so good...
In 1994 Roxette released a new album "Crash! Boom! Bang!", which has sold around 5 million copies, and started another world tour. But in this tour they didn’t go to USA because the local EMI thought it wouldn’t be successful. EMI USA released the album "Favorites From Crash! Boom! Bang!", sold only in the McDonald’s fast food restaurants, which sold about 1 million copies.
In 1995 EMI released "Rarities" in some few countries with some demos and some MTV Unplugged versions. "Rarities" is now out of print. In October Roxette released "Don’t Bore Us - Get To The Chorus! Roxette’s Greatest Hits" which contained 14 greatest hits and 4 new ones.
In early 1996 Roxette released "Baladas En Espanol" with some of their best ballads recorded in Spanish.
In 1997 Per and Marie signed their contract with EMI for the next 10 years. Still in 1997, EMI re-released "Pearls Of Passion", which was released only in Sweden in 1986. It contains the original 12 tracks and 8 extra tracks.
In early 1998, after four years out of studio, Roxette went to Spain to record some songs for the new album, "Have A Nice Day, which was released in early 1999.
And Per said they are already preparing a new one. It will be released on the January of 2001…
In 2001 A Surpise single was released called "The Centre of the Heart". Most people had no idea Roxette was still around so only the fans knew about it. June of 2001 the album "Room Service" was released. "The Centre of the Heart" was the second song on the album. Next came the single "Real Sugar" in which the video is a muppet-like parody of the tonight show. Next came the super ballad "Milk & Toast & Honey" which did absolutely nothing in the West but becuase Europeans have a better taste in music "M&T&H" went to #1 in various countries including Spain. That was it for Room Service.
The end of 2001 Roxette made personal history by releasing "All the videos and more" on DVD Everywhere but North America (No I'm not bitter)
In Early 2002 it was announced that Marie had a brain tumor which would have to be removed immediately. She quickly went through the surgery. Apparently she even wanted to go on tour right out of the hospital but Per and Mikke wouldn't let her! :-)
In Late 2002 "The Ballad Hits" was released. The limited edition two disc set included one new single (A Thing About You), four previously unreleased songs (Breathe, The Weight of the World, It Hurts & Every Day)the B-side to the "Salvation" single - "See Me" and the 13 ballads that have defined Roxette's career.
(bettyloumusic.com/roxettebiography.htm)

Pearls Of Passion (1986)

01. Soul Deep (03:38)
02. Secrets That She Keeps (03:42)
03. Goodbye To You (04:01)
04. I Call Your Name (03:36)
05. Surrender (04:19)
06. Voices (04:42)
07. Neverending Love (03:27)
08. Call Of A Wild (04:29)
09. Joy Of A Toy (03:03)
10. From One Heart To Another (04:07)
11. Like Lovers Do (03:22)
12. So Far Away (05:16)
13. Pearls Of Passion (03:35)
14. Neverending Love (Demo) (02:45)
15. Secrets That She Keeps (Demo) (02:54)

Look Sharp! (1988)

01. The Look (03:57)
02. Dressed for Succes (04:09)
03. Sleeping Single (04:37)
04. Paint (03:30)
05. Dance Away (03:24)
06. Cry (05:19)
07. Chances (04:57)
08. Dangerous (03:48)
09. Half a Woman, Half a Shadow (03:35)
10. View From a Hill (03:40)
11. (I Could Never) Give You Up (03:57)
12. Shadow of a Doubt (04:14)
13. Listen to Your Heart (05:30)
14. The Voice (04:15)
15. One Is Such a Lonely Number (Demo September 1987) (03:34)
16. Don't Believe in Accidents (Demo Spring 1988) (03:42)

Joyride (1991)

01. Joyride (04:24)
02. Hotblooded (03:18)
03. Fading Like A Flower (Every Time You Leave) (03:52)
04. Knockin' On Every Door (03:56)
05. Spending My Time (04:36)
06. I Remember You (03:54)
07. Watercolours In The Rain (03:40)
08. The Big L. (04:26)
09. Soul Deep (03:34)
10. (Do You Get) Excited? (04:16)
11. Church Of Your Heart (03:16)
12. Small Talk (03:53)
13. Physical Fascination (03:27)
14. Things Will Never Be The Same (04:26)
15. Perfect Day (04:05)
16. The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye (04:46)
17. Love Spins (Demo) (03:29)
18. Seduce Me (Demo) (03:54)

Tourism (1992)

01. How Do You Do! (Studio) (03:09)
02. Fingertips (Studio) (03:33)
03. The Look (Live) (05:32)
04. The Heart Shaped Sea (Studio) (04:32)
05. The Rain (Studio) (04:49)
06. Keep Me Waiting (Studio) (03:15)
07. It Must Have Been Love (Live/Studio) (07:05)
08. Cinnamon Street (Studio) (05:00)
09. Never Is a Long Time (Nightclub) (03:46)
10. Silver Blue (Studio) (04:06)
11. Here Comes the Weekend (Hotelroom) (04:10)
12. So Far Away (Hotelroom) (04:02)
13. Come Back (Before You Leave) (Studio) (04:40)
14. Things Will Never Be the Same (Live) (03:12)
15. Joyride (Live) (04:48)
16. Queen of Rain (Studio) (04:50)
17. Fingertips '93 (Single A-Side) (03:41)
18. 2. Cinnamon Street ('Super Mario' Soundtrack Europe) (05:06)

Crash! Boom! Bang! (1994)

01. Harleys And Indians (Riders In The Sky) (03:44)
02. Crash! Boom! Bang! (05:01)
03. Fireworks (03:57)
04. Run To You (03:39)
05. Sleeping In My Car (03:46)
06. Vulnerable (05:00)
07. The First Girl On The Moon (03:01)
08. Place Your Love (03:07)
09. I Love The Sound Of Crashing Guitars (04:47)
10. What's She Like? (04:14)
11. Do You Wanna Go The Whole Way? (04:09)
12. Lies (03:34)
13. I'm Sorry (03:13)
14. Love Is All (Shine Your Light On Me) (06:44)
15. Go To Sleep (03:59)
16. Almost Unreal (03:57)
17. Crazy About You (03:59)
18. See Me (03:44)

Have A Nice Day (1999)

01. Crush On You (03:35)
02. Wish I Could Fly (04:40)
03. You Can't Put Your Arms Around What's Already Gone (03:30)
04. Waiting For The Rain (03:37)
05. Anyone (04:31)
06. It Will Take A Long Long Time (04:03)
07. 7Twenty7 (03:53)
08. I Was So Lucky (04:17)
09. Stars (03:56)
10. Salvation (04:38)
11. Pay The Price (03:48)
12. Cooper (04:17)
13. Staring At The Ground (02:58)
14. Beautiful Things (03:49)
15. It Hurts (03:52)
16. Myth (Demo) (04:25)
17. Makin' Love To You (03:50)

Room Service (2001)

01. Real Sugar (03:17)
02. The Centre of the Heart (03:22)
03. Milk and Toast and Honey (04:04)
04. Jefferson (03:51)
05. Little Girl (03:36)
06. Looking for Jane (03:19)
07. Bringing Me Down to My Knees (03:48)
08. Make My Head Go Pop (03:22)
09. Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) (03:13)
10. Fool (03:52)
11. It Takes You No Time to Get Here (03:35)
12. My World, My Love, My Life (04:04)
13. Entering Your Heart (B-Side 'The Centre of the Heart' Single) (04:00)
14. The Weight of the World (From 'The Ballad Hits' Bonus EP) (02:51)
15. Bla Bla Bla Bla Bla (You Broke My Heart) (From 'The Pop Hits' Bonus EP) (04:36)

CD1: Pearls Of Passion (1986)          TurboBit                FikPer

CD2: Look Sharp! (1988)                   TurboBit                FikPer

CD3: Joyride (1991)                           TurboBit                FikPer

CD4: Tourism (1992)                          TurboBit                FikPer

CD5: Crash! Boom! Bang! (1994)       TurboBit                FikPer

CD6: Have A Nice Day (1999)           TurboBit                FikPer

CD7: Room Service (2001)                TurboBit                FikPer

Good Rats - Birth Comes To Us All (1979)

Year: 1979 (CD 1995)
Label: Ratcity Records (U.S.), AFR 5304
Style: Rock, Glam Rock
Country: Long Island, New York, U.S.
Time: 32:47
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 203 Mb

1964 - a Rat is born
Formed in 1964, the original group consisted of 5 students from St. John's University...Ted Haenlein, Frank Stapleton, Eric Crane, Denny Ryan and Peppi Marchello. The group was originally called the U-Men and played most of their gigs in the Rockaways (Peyton Place & McNultys) & Long Island (The Attic, Tiger's Tail etc.).
In 1966, Frank Stapleton's brother, John, arranged for the group to play at a club in Queens, New York (The John Doe Room) where a record company executive heard them and eventually signed the band, but suggested a name change was in order. The band continued to play top 40 covers while working on their own original music. During the latter part of the sixties, the composition of the band changed...by 1968, Eric, Frank and Ted (drafted and went to Vietnam, but did rejoin the group from 1970-72) were gone, replaced by Peppi's brother, Mickey, and Crazy Artie (bass).
1969-'73 - the Good Rats
In 1969, the band released their first album, the self-titled The Good Rats. In 1972, the lineup changed, with guitarist John “The Cat” Gatto, bass player Lenny Kotke and drummer Joe Franco joining the Marchello brothers. The Good Rats continued to build a following, playing Long Island’s thriving club scene, along with other notable names such as Twisted Sister, Zebra, and Rat Race Choir.
1974 - this is Tasty
In 1974, the Good Rats released their best-known and most popular album, Tasty. It featured a blend of hard and progressive rock with subtle jazz influences, highlighted by Marchello’s powerful and raspy vocals. Various songs from this record, including “Injun Joe”, “Papa Poppa”, a rock ode about cults, the autobiographical numbers “Back to My Music” and “The Songwriter”, and the jazzy title track, received airplay around the country on FM radio.
During the following years, the Rats performed at venues such as Madison Square Garden, The Philadelphia Spectrum, The Nassau Coliseum, The Hammersmith Odeon in England, and New York’s Central Park, as well as showcase rooms such as The Bottom Line in Manhattan, My Father’s Place in Roslyn, NY, Whiskey a Go Go in Los Angeles and The Paradise Room in Boston. They headlined or opened for bands such as Rush, Journey, Kiss, Meat Loaf, Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne, The Grateful Dead, Bruce Springsteen, and Styx. Live shows were famous for the band’s stage antics, as Peppi would play air guitar on his baseball bat, throw rubber rats into the crowd, and beat the daylights out of a battered garbage can as he sang.
1976-'81 - From Rats to Riches to Rats again
On a nationally syndicated radio interview, a member of the band Journey called them "the greatest rock band in the world."
Between 1976 and 1980, The Good Rats released a series of albums, including Ratcity in Blue, From Rats to Riches, Birth Comes to Us All, and Live At Last, all of which were well received by the band’s fan base, and received some airplay on FM radio, without actually putting the band over the top.
In 1981, Gatto and Kotke left the band, and were replaced by future Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick and bass player Schuyler Deale, (who later played with Billy Joel and Michael Bolton), for the album Great American Music. Shortly thereafter, the band broke up.
the 80's - The marchello decade
Throughout the 1980s, Peppi Marchello continued to write and produce recordings with his son Gene. They toured locally for a while under the name "Popzarocca" until the song "First Love" became a minor hit for the band (now renamed "Marchello"), with the music video receiving minor airplay on MTV's "Headbanger's Ballroom". This band featured Gene on guitar and lead vocals and also included drummer John Miceli (Meatloaf, Rainbow, "We Will Rock You"). The band recorded two albums (only one which was released).
the 90's - Family matters
In the mid-1990s, Marchello and sons Gene Marchello and Stefan Marchello began playing out locally under “The Good Rats” name. They released three new studio CDs with this lineup, Tasty Seconds (1996), Let's Have Another Beer (2000), and Play Dum (2002). Marchello also released a live recording of a 1979 appearance on a Rochester radio show, Rats, The Way You Like ’Em.
In 1998, Marchello wrote "A Tale of Two Balls," the introduction to the book Conflicts of Disinterest (Aardwolf Publishing) by sometimes controversial author Clifford Meth.
2014- like father, like son
On April 5, 2014, Stefan and Gene Marchello stepped into the shoes of their father for one last emotional performance with "the boys". The "last reunion", which took place at the legendary BB Kings Blues Club in New York City, was one of the bands most memorable performances. Every fan, friend and family member was there to celebrate the life of Peppi and his music through the voices of his sons. You could feel his smile shining down as the band put their heart, soul and tears into his songs one last time.
The band now continues with Stefan Marchello. Stefan Played with Peppi for 23 years. 11 and a half years on drums and 11 and a half on bass. Peppi said Stefan is an invaluable advisor and project coordinator. You can hear Stefan perform acoustic shows and full band performances alongside other great musicians and special guests.  For upcoming show dates click here!
(goodrats.com/bio)

01. You're Still Doing It (03:44)
02. City Liners (03:29)
03. Cherry River (03:27)
04. Ordinary Man (02:41)
05. Man On A Fish (04:06)
06. School Days (03:41)
07. Juvenile Song (03:59)
08. Gino (02:27)
09. Bed And A Bottle (02:20)
10. Birth Comes To Us All (02:49)

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Family - It's Only A Movie (1973)

Year: September 1973 (CD 1989)
Label: Mainline Records (Germany), MLCD 9.00824 L
Style: Rock, Progressive Rock
Country: Leicester, England
Time: 42:08
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 234 Mb

The last Family album features very few fine moments. One of these is the 10CC oriented title track. It really sounds as if it were coming out of the head of Godley & Creme, or Goldman & Stewart if you prefer. It features lots of inventive background sounds and displays a very positive mood. A fine opener to be honest.
But there won't be many songs like this. The painful and country Leroy is probably one of their weakest ever. Chapman is also more discreet in his vocal parts; he sounds more as an unplugged goat (in comparison with the his nickname: the electric goat). Even if he is excellent again during Buffet For Two (but heavy orchestrations were not needed IMO).
Actually, he seemed to have been connected to a plug again during Boom Bang. A song with no beat during the verses and which only shines thanks to Roger.
The inspiration sounds completely out of steam for this album, inexistent during Boots 'n' Roots: some sort of a cabaret song. This album has not much to offer, I'm afraid. Little rock, little prog, little avant- garde. Nothing great is left in this case.
The Banger bluesy instrumental affair is hard to bear. But in these cases, you know what to do. The only problem is only that the next songs aren't worth either.
Family was an original band, which is maybe the reason they are featured on this site, but never truly progressive. This work should just be best forgotten. One star.
(progarchives.com/album.asp?id=10193) by ZowieZiggy

01. It's Only A Movie (05:10)
02. Leroy (05:41)
03. Buffet Tea For Two (05:19)
04. Boom Bang (03:01)
05. Boots N Roots (05:01)
06. Banger (instrumental) (03:06)
07. Sweet Desiree (03:44)
08. Suspicion (03:23)
09. Check Out (04:30)
10. Hometown (bonus track) (03:09)

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Poor Boys - Ain't Nothin' In Our Pocket But Love (1970)

Year: 1970 (CD 2016)
Label: Big Pink (South Korea), 426
Style: Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Country: U.S.
Time: 36:19
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 271 Mb

American trio the Poor Boys--Robert Fazio (lead vocals), Thomas Corio (organ, piano, vocals), and Edwin Corliss (percussion, vocals) released their only album on the Motown-owned Rare Earth label in 1970) - released their only album on the Motown-affiliated Rare Earth label in 1970. Produced by Michael Valvano, who had worked with Stoney and Meat Loaf on Rare Earth and Frijid Pink. This album has all the delicious elements of bubblegum pop, including catchy tunes, cheap organs, fuzz guitar, happy and simple lyrics, falsetto background vocals, etc. It is a pleasant highly complete album.

 

01. Beg Me (03:27)
02. Do What You Wanna Do (02:48)
03. Can't Get Back In (03:19)
04. Wooden Horse (03:21)
05. A Place Called Love (03:08)
06. Little Boy Blue (03:00)
07. Mary Mary (02:37)
08. Rhyme Or Reason (02:53)
09. You Made Your Bed (Now You Lie In It) (03:03)
10. I Won't Take No For An Answer (02:55)
11. Let's Do More About Love (03:18)
12. Just Like A Clock (02:23)

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Taste - Live Taste [Japan Edition] (1971)

Year: February 1971 (CD 2009)

Label: Polydor Records (Japan), UICY-93974

Style: Blues Rock

Country: Cork, Ireland

Time: 38:33

Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz

Size: 255 Mb

Charts: GER #38, UK #14, AUS #35.

Before becoming a solo star, Rory Gallagher fronted the blues-rock trio Taste, which experienced reasonable success in the U.K. in the late '60s and early '70s. Taste was molded very much on the model of Cream, adding some folk, pop, and jazz elements to a blues-rock base, and featuring a virtuosic guitarist. They weren't in the same league as Cream, particularly in the songwriting department, and were (like Cream) prone to occasional blues-rock bombast. But they weren't a bad band in their own right, exhibiting a lighter touch than most British blues boom outfits.

The focus of Taste was always upon Gallagher. In addition to playing accomplished and versatile lead guitar, he sang in a gentle but convincing fashion, and wrote the band's original material. Much of Taste's repertoire was more restrained and balanced than the territory Gallagher would explore on his '70s outings, which placed more emphasis upon him as guitar hero. Gallagher also played occasional saxophone and harmonica with the group.

Gallagher formed the first version of Taste in his native Ireland in 1966, with bassist Eric Kittringham and drummer Norman Damery. In May of 1968, he relocated to London and, still months shy of his 20th birthday, formed a new version of Taste with bassist Charlie McCracken (who had played bass with Spencer Davis, though not at the peak of Davis' hit-making days) and drummer John Wilson (who had been a drummer with Them, likewise not during one of their well-known incarnations). Two studio albums followed in 1969 and 1970, the second of which made the British Top 20. Taste was still virtually unknown in the States when they broke up shortly afterwards, although a couple of live albums were released in the early '70s to keep some product on the shelves.

(allmusic.com/artist/taste-mn0000014959/biography)

01. Sugar Mama (08:10)

02. Gamblin' Blues (06:18)

03. I Feel So Good (Part 1) (03:38)

04. I Feel So Good (Part 2) (04:00)

05. Catfish (10:42)

06. Same Old Story (05:43)

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Steve Hillage (ex Gong) - Open (1979)

Year: 1979 (CD 2007)
Label: Virgin Records (Europe), CDVR2135 00946 373459 24
Style: Space Rock, Pop Rock, New Wave
Country: Chingford, London, England (2 August 1951)
Time: 79:43
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 522 Mb

Open had to contend with Green as a previous comparison and whilst totally different in terms of direction it does ROCK in places. ' Day after Day' is one helluva rocker to start your day with. Hillage then shows what punk rock or new wave is all about with ' Getting in tune'. I think he was basically sticking his tongue out at the whole new genre hitting the world at the time. Afterall he had been playing stuff like that years before. The title track is also a great song bringing you back to a sense of reality. There are a couple of weaker moments like ' Don't dither do it' and another punklike effort in ' Definte activity' but Open steps up a gear with the wonderful ' The fire inside' and ' Earthrise'. Maybe Green was his peak but Open was not far off it either.
(http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=4069#reviews) by Chris S

I suppose at this point, in 1979, most prog musicians were having a difficult time releasing good prog albums. What with the press ignoring the genre, except to occasionally put it down, most prog bands were going commercial (with a dismal effect), and even Robert Fripp was calling prog band "dinosaurs", it's no surprise that Hillage waters his sound down here.
I have the CD version, with all those extra songs, but I don't feel any richer for it. Sure, Hillage can still play some great guitar solos, but except for a couple of good tracks, the music is a mix of electronica (mostly sounds that Tangerine Dream had already worn out), new wave, white funk, and even disco. For the most part, the songwriting is bland and tired.
The only real prog points are Earthrise (the only song that sounds like it would fit on one of Hillage's early albums), and The fire inside and fusiony song, that has some nice synth work by Miquette Giraudy. Two good songs don't make up for the rest of the drivel here.
(http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=4069#reviews) by Evolver

01. Talking To The Sun (06:00)
02. 1988 Aktivator (02:28)
03. New Age Synthesis (Unzipping The Zype) (08:52)
04. Healing Feeling (06:07)
05. Earthrise (08:35)
06. Open (05:17)
07. Definite Activity (04:43)
08. Getting Better (02:59)
09. Day After Day (06:19)
10. Getting In Tune (03:15)
11. Don't Dither Do It (05:05)
12. The Fire Inside (06:18)
13. Don't Dither Do It (1974 'Power Trio' Backing Track) (04:46)
14. Four Ever Rainbow (Part 3 Alternative Mix) (08:55)

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Irmin Schmidt (ex Can) & Kumo - Axolotl Eyes (2008)

Year: 2008 (CD 2008)
Label: Spoon Records (Europe), 9391-2
Style: Experimental, Krautrock
Country: Berlin, Germany (29 May 1937)
Time: 47:07
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 283 Mb

Irmin Schmidt (born 29 May 1937) is a German keyboardist and composer, best known as a founding member of the band Can.
Schmidt was born in Berlin, Germany, began his studies in music at the conservatorium in Dortmund, at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, and he studied composition in Karlheinz Stockhausen's Cologne Courses for New Music at the Rheinische Musikschule, Cologne.
He started work mainly as a conductor and performed in concerts with the Bochum Symphony; the Vienna Symphony; and the Dortmund Ensemble for New Music, which he founded in 1962. During this time, he received several conducting awards. Schmidt also worked as Kapellmeister at the Theater Aachen, as docent for musical theatre and chanson at the Schauspielschule Bochum (drama school), and as concert pianist.
In 1968, Schmidt founded the experimental krautrock band Can with Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, and Jaki Liebezeit. Schmidt served as Can's keyboardist until the group's disbandment in 1979. He participated in both reunions of Can, in 1986 and 1991.
Schmidt has scored more than 40 films and television programs, including Knife in the Head (1978) and Palermo Shooting (2008). He has recorded a few solo albums and written an opera, Gormenghast, based on Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast Trilogy. Gormenghast premiered at the Opernhaus Wuppertal in 1998. Excerpts from the work were released on Spoon Records in 1999. His wife Hildegard Schmidt has been responsible for Can's management and record label, Spoon Records, since the 1970s.
As of 2008, Schmidt lives in Southern France. His interests outside music include cooking. In 2015, he received the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Chevalier).
In 2018, Schmidt and British writer and editor Rob Young published a book on Can entitled All Gates Open: The Story of Can.

01. Kick of the Floods (07:42)
02. Drifting Days, Crime Pays (03:26)
03. Umbilicus Clear (07:41)
04. Raketenstadt (07:03)
05. Axolotl Eyes (08:06)
06. Meteor Infected (05:54)
07. Etrurian Waltz (07:12)

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Roger Chapman & Friends, The Riffburglars - SWAG (1983)

Year: 1983 (CD ????)
Label: COE Records (UK), COE144
Style: Blues Rock, Classic Rock
Country: Leicester, England (8 April 1942)
Time: 48:47
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 305 Mb

Roger Maxwell Chapman (born 8 April 1942 in Leicester), also known as Chappo, is an English rock vocalist. He is best known as a member of the progressive rock band Family, which he joined along with Charlie Whitney, in 1966 and also the rock, R&B band Streetwalkers formed in 1974. His idiosyncratic brand of showmanship when performing and vocal vibrato led him to become a cult figure on the British rock scene. Chapman is claimed to have said that he was trying to sing like both Little Richard and his idol Ray Charles. Since the early 1980s he has spent much of his time in Germany and has made occasional appearances there and elsewhere.
In Germany, he was awarded an Artist of the Year award during the 1980s, followed by a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004.
Chapman was originally the vocalist for Farinas, who released the single "You'd Better Stop" b/w "I Like It Like That" in August 1964. (However, lead vocals on that single were performed by Jim King.) He moved on to join The Roaring Sixties who were renamed Family in 1966. In 1967 the first single was released, "Scene Through The Eye of a Lens", something of a psychedelic classic. Chapman wrote most of Family's songs with Charlie Whitney and their debut album Music in a Doll's House was released in 1968. Their bluesy, experimental rock music gained them a reputation as a progressive underground band.
The release of Family Entertainment (1969), A Song for Me (1970) and Anyway (1970) established Family as a fast and loud rock band also capable of producing the most intense acoustic music, in the British underground music scene, at that time. Their single "The Weaver's Answer" from the Family Entertainment album was a hit in 1969. On 28 August 1970 they appeared at the third Isle of Wight Festival. Although the band was popular in UK and Europe, success in the US eluded them and in 1973 they broke up.
Chapman formed Chapman-Whitney with Whitney, late in 1973. They signed to the Vertigo label and recorded an album Chapman Whitney Streetwalkers (1974), with a line-up including other members of Family and King Crimson, as well as Nicko McBrain, now with Iron Maiden. Chapman and Whitney morphed their band into Streetwalkers, who were a polished album-oriented rock band who used more white soul than Family had. They released Downtown Flyers (1975), moving on to record the groove heavy album Red Card (1976) which was released in the UK in 1976 and remains a much respected album by music fans and the music press. Two more albums followed before the band broke up in 1977, ending eleven years of the Whitney-Chapman musical partnership.
In 1979 Chapman began a solo career and recorded his first solo album Chappo. His backing band became known as The Shortlist at this time and he toured Europe extensively. Mike Oldfield's song "Shadow on the Wall" from the album Crises (1983) featured Chapman on vocals and became a hit. He appeared as a guest artist on the second Box of Frogs album Strange Land (1986) singing lead vocals on two songs. Chapman went on to record Walking the Cat (1989) and Hybrid and Low Down (1990).
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Chapman)

01. The Shadow Knows (03:27)
02. Who Do You Love (01:52)
03. Peter Gunn (02:11)
04. Harlem Shuffle (03:16)
05. Mama Told Me Not To Come (03:22)
06. Treat Her Right (02:16)
07. Heard It Through The Grapevine (05:30)
08. Don't You Just Know It (02:20)
09. Loberta (03:01)
10. Chain Of Fools (02:39)
11. See Saw (03:16)
12. Love The Life I Live (02:03)
13. Sea Of Heartbreak (04:06)
14. Born Under A Bad Sign (03:16)
15. High Heal Sneakers (03:02)
16. Watch Your Step (03:03)

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Steve Hillage - L (1976)

Year: 24 September 1976 (CD 2007)
Label: Virgin Records (Europe), 00946 373419 2 6
Style: Pop Rock, Space Rock
Country: Chingford, London, England (2 August 1951)
Time: 56:46
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 315 Mb

This is second album, some kind of prog space rock. There are very exotic patterns here: you can notice Arab and foreign moods by hearing tablas, tamboura, bells, shenai and vibes. There is even trumpet!! Steve HILLAGE plays some keyboards and his electric guitar sound goes well with the space floating keyboards. There are good drums and bass. The last song reminds me the BEATLES style. This is not his best album. "Fish Rising", his first one is absolutely more elaborated.
(progarchives.com/album.asp?id=4064) by greenback
L is a good album there is no denying it but it definitely has the feel that he is not quite in control of the majority of the music composition as with his later albums. To me it was more of a metamorphosis for better things to come. Yes he was doing great things with Gong and Clearlight Symphony as well but it was on Motivation Radio, Green and Open where he really showed his true talent. A good album though, Lunar Musick Suite and Electrick Gypsies the better songs on offer.
(progarchives.com/album.asp?id=4064) by Chris S
Steve Hillage recorded some wonderful records in the 70's with "L" rising to the top for me. His space prog spin on Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man" is worth the price of the album alone ! Following in the footsteps of "Fish Rising" , Hillage built of the progressive prowess and created a more guitar driven space rock album that works on so many levels. Clearly an original through and through, Hillage collaborated with produceer Todd Rundgren and the members of Utopia to record this brilliant album. This is one of those albums that I find myself still playing over and over.
(progarchives.com/album.asp?id=4064) by loserboy

01. Hurdy Gurdy Man (06:33)
02. Hurdy Gurdy Glissando (08:58)
03. Electrick Gypsies (06:19)
04. Om Nama Shivaya (03:34)
05. Lunar Musick Suite (11:57)
06. It's All Too Much (06:29)
07. Eight Miles High [Backing Tr (04:27)
08. Maui [Early version of 'Palm (04:37)
09. Shimmer (03:48)

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Family - Fearless (1971)

Year: 29 October 1971 (CD 1989)
Label: Mainline Records (Germany), MLCD 9.00816 L
Style: Progressive Rock, Rock
Country: Leicester, England
Time: 46:32
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 242 Mb

After completing their second US tour in mid 1971, John Weider left the band and was replaced by John Wetton on bass and vocals. The band's direction was notably changed with Wetton bringing along his trademark propulsive performance style, as evidenced on the album opener "Between Blue and Me". After only a year and one more album, Wetton left to join the latest line-up of King Crimson and was replaced by Jim Cregan. Fearless was the first Family album to chart in the United States, reaching #177 on the Billboard 200 in March 1972, and staying on the charts for 7 weeks.
Writing in the US rock magazine Creem, reviewer Ed Ward, after admitting that he hadn't liked Family, called Fearless "a good, strong album, loaded with some of the most intense, high energy British rock and roll being made these days", but still rated it "not quite as good as Anyway" (which hadn't been released in the United States at that time, anyway). He dismissed tracks "Spanish Tide" and "Children" as "filler", but concluded that "what's left is fine indeed."
Jack Breschard, writing in Crawdaddy, went further and declared the album to be "nothing less than brilliant." He singled out Side One for particular praise, "being the catchiest album side I've heard in a very long time." He thought that much of the album's strength lay in "the multi-instrumentality of the band", adding that although the band's range was wide "no-one gets hung up in a bunch of musical pretensions."
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fearless_(Family_album))

01. Between Blue And Me (05:02)
02. Sat'D'Y Barfly (04:00)
03. Larf And Sing (02:45)
04. Spanish Tide (05:02)
05. Save Some For Thee (02:42)
06. Take Your Partners (06:27)
07. Children (02:19)
08. Chinkly Grin (01:06)
09. Blind (04:04)
10. Burning Bridges (04:46)
11. The Weavers Answer (bonus track) (05:00)
12. Strange Band (Studio)  (bonus track) (03:14)

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SRC - SRC (1968)

Year: November 1968 (CD 2010)
Label: MicroWerks Records (U.S.), MW 066
Style: Psychedelic Rock
Country: Ann Arbor, Detroit, U.S.
Time: 39:38
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 280 Mb

The SRC (short for the Scot Richard Case) was an American, Detroit-based psychedelic rock band, from the late 1960s. From 1966 to 1972, they were a staple at many Detroit rock venues, such as the Grande Ballroom.
The SRC was formed by Scott Richardson, the Chosen Few lead singer, with local band The Fugitives, which featured Glenn Quackenbush, Gary Quackenbush and E.G. Clawson, all of whom were based in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Robin Dale, bass guitar and vocals, the only British member of the group. Jeep Holland, manager of The Rationals, became their manager and suggested Richardson as lead singer. Bass player Al Wilmot joined later. With Wilmot on bass, SRC recorded Milestones and Travelers Tales. Richard Haddad was the bass player on their final album with Capitol Records and was the bass player on the Lost Masters album released in 1985.
Upon the addition of Richardson, the original line-up included: Scott Richardson (vocals), Steve Lyman (rhythm guitar and vocals), Gary Quackenbush (lead guitar), Glenn Quackenbush (organ), Robin Dale (bass and vocals) and E.G. Clawson stage name for Scott Williamson (drums). Richardson was influenced by the Pretty Things and based the SRC stage show on this. The band recorded its first single "Who's That Girl"/"I'm So Glad", the latter a cover of the Cream version of a Skip James song, and released it to moderate reviews. However, fan reaction was good enough for the band's members to choose to drop out of Eastern Michigan University to work on their music, a risk at the time as draft-eligible men were potentially subject to mandatory military duty in Vietnam. Robin Dale (stage name) was drafted into the Marine Corps. in October 1969.
Soon the band's sound became more psychedelic, influenced by the likes of Procol Harum, for whom the band would later open. Their self-titled debut album was released by Capitol Records, and the single "Black Sheep"/"Morning Mood" from this album drew fan and media praise. "Black Sheep", considered a psychedelic masterpiece, was released only in mono for the single, as an abridged version. The album version, featured a longer midsection with additional verses.
"Marionette", "Onesimpletask", and "Refugee" offer additional examples of the expanded guitar and keyboard style developed by the Quackenbush brothers Gary (guitar) and Glenn (Hammond organ), along with their musically adventurous bandmates.
With growing popularity, the band split from Holland and began to open in and around Detroit for several national and international artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Traffic, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin and The Mamas & the Papas among others. Soon after the success of their first record the band began to work on a second album. Milestones was released in March 1969. From this album they released the single "Up All Night" / "Turn Into Love" (Capitol) in 1969.
Robin Dale was replaced by Al Wilmot and Lyman would exit the band before Milestones was completed or released. Milestones was perhaps the band's best attempt at commercial and mainstream success and charted in the Billboard 200, but never reached any position to help SRC break out of the Detroit or Ann Arbor area on to more national success.
Before the start of Traveler's Tale Gary Quackenbush was, in his own words, in a "severe" motorcycle accident that had him hospitalized.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRC_(band))

01. Black Sheep (04:41)
02. Daystar (04:27)
03. Exile (04:21)
04. Marionette (03:58)
05. Onesimpletask (05:34)
06. Paragon Council (03:57)
07. Refugeve (03:36)
08. Interval (05:11)
09. Black Sheep (Live) (03:49)

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