The Eagles - The Best Of Eagles (1985)

Year: May 10, 1985 (CD 1985)
Label: Asylum Records (Europe), 960 342-2
Style: Pop, Country
Country: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Time: 59:25
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 334 Mb

Charts: AUS #7, GER #56, NZ #1, UK #8. Japan: Gold, UK: 4x Platinum, Australia: 5x Platinum.

 

01. Take It Easy (03:30)
02. Peaceful, Easy Feeling (04:16)
03. Desperado (03:33)
04. Tequila Sunrise (02:53)
05. Best Of My Love (04:34)
06. Lyin' Eyes (06:23)
07. Take It To The Limit (04:50)
08. One Of These Nights (04:53)
09. Hotel California (06:31)
10. New Kid In Town (05:04)
11. Life In The Fast Lane (04:47)
12. Heartache Tonight (04:25)
13. The Long Run (03:40)

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John Entwistle (The Who) - Too Late The Hero (1981)

Year: 1981 (CD 1997)
Label: Repertoire Records (Germany), REP 4634-WY
Style: Hard-Rock, Rock
Country: Chiswick, London, England
Time: 42:22
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 290 Mb

Too Late the Hero was his only solo studio album of the 1980s and his last album to chart. The album peaked at No. 71 on the US Billboard 200, making it his best-selling album and his only album to reach the Top 100.
"Talk Dirty" was the first single released from the album and it received some airplay in the US on album-oriented rock radio, peaking at No. 41 on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. "Too Late the Hero" was the second single to be released from the album and it would be his only single to chart on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 76. It also peaked at No. 101 on the US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, making it his best-selling single all round. "Too Late the Hero" was the only single from the album that had a music video filmed for it.
The album was recorded as a core trio of musicians that were Entwistle on bass guitar with Joe Walsh of the Eagles providing all guitar work and Walsh's former Barnstorm bandmate Joe Vitale on drums. Billy Nicholls also sang backing vocals on most of the tracks.
The album cover is an assemblage of photographs taken by Gered Mankowitz. It depicts Entwistle with an Alembic Explorer bass guitar over grainy photos of him dressed as various heroes. The red suit and ankle boots worn by Entwistle were later sold at auction for $4,687.50.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Late_the_Hero_(album))

01. Try Me (03:54)
02. Talk Dirty (04:05)
03. Loverbird (04:47)
04. Sleeping Man (03:56)
05. I'm Coming Back (04:03)
06. Dancing Master (04:23)
07. Fallen Angel (04:41)
08. Love Is A Heart Attack (05:09)
09. Too Late The Hero (07:19)

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Pink Floyd & Frank Zappa - Interstellar Zappadrive [Bootleg 2CD] (1969)

Year: October 25, 1969 (CD 2006)
Label: Not On Label (Pink Floyd), HRVCDR031
Style: Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Psychedelia
Country: London, England / Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Time: 77:46, 25:15
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 266, 134 Mb

This is Pink Floyd without Syd Barrett still carrying on his legacy. Beware -- this is crazy, psychotic, violent music that will excavate all kinds of crazy emotions, but you'll feel better for it. Frank Zappa adds some blazing guitar on Interstellar Overdrive.
(archive.org/details/PFZ_Amougies)
Recorded Live at Mont de L'Enclus, Amougies, Belgium - October 25, 1969. Personnel: David Gilmour :: Nick Mason :: Roger Waters :: Richard Wright. Special Guest: Frank Zappa.

 

01. Astronomy Domine (09:51)
02. Green Is The Colour (04:10)
03. Careful With That Axe Eugene (09:44)
04. Tuning Up With Zappa (02:29)
05. Interstellar Overdrive (20:33)
06. Tuning Up (00:51)
07. Set The Controls (12:07)
08. A Saucerful Of Secrets (17:58)

01. Green Is The Colour (SBD) (04:14)
02. Careful With That Axe Eugene (SBD) (09:44)
03. Set The Controls (SBD) (11:16)

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Rush - Exit... Stage Left [Live] (2LP on 1CD) [Japan] (1981)

Year: October 29, 1981 (CD ????)
Label: Epic/Sony Records (Japan), 23 8P-5080
Style: Progressive Rock, Hard Rock
Country: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Time: 73:19
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 437 Mb

Charts: CAN #7, NLD #19, NOR #28, UK #6, US #10. UK: Siver, Canada: Platinum, US: Platinum.
Exit... Stage Left is the second live album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released as a double album in October 1981 by Anthem Records. After touring in support of their eighth studio album Moving Pictures (1981), the band gathered recordings made over the previous two years and constructed a live release from them with producer Terry Brown. The album features recordings from June 1980 on their Permanent Waves (1980) tour, and from March 1981 on their Moving Pictures tour.
The album received a mostly positive reception from music critics and reached number 6 in the United Kingdom, 7 in Canada, and 10 in the United States. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling one million copies in the latter country. A same-titled home video was released in 1982 that documents the band on the Moving Pictures tour. Exit... Stage Left was voted the ninth best live album of all time by Classic Rock magazine in 2004.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit..._Stage_Left)

01. The Spirit Of Radio (05:13)
02. Red Barchetta (06:49)
03. Yyz (07:45)
04. Closer To The Heart (03:08)
05. Beneath, Between And Behind (02:38)
06. Jacob's Ladder (08:48)
07. Broon's Bane (01:36)
08. The Trees (04:49)
09. Xanadu (12:11)
10. Freewill (05:33)
11. Tom Sawyer (05:03)
12. La Villa Strangiato (09:39)

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John Entwistle (The Who) - The Rock (1996)

Year: 1985-1986 (CD Jun 1998)
Label: Repertoire Records (Europe), REP 4696-WY
Style: Rock
Country: London, England (9 October 1944 - 27 June 2002)
Time: 42:22
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 324 Mb

The Rock is the only studio album by English rock band The Rock, credited to founding bassist John Entwistle of the Who, issued by Griffin Music.
The album was recorded by the band over a period of eighteen months between 1985 and 1986 at Entwistle's Hammerhead Studios in Gloucestershire. It was originally planned for release by WEA in 1986 but it was not officially released until ten years later, by which point Entwistle was given credit for the project. The album has been released in four different editions between 1996 and 2005, each time with different artwork.
The Rock was Entwistle's only album in which he did not sing the lead vocals on any tracks, a role performed instead by American-born Canadian Henry Small, formerly of the band Prism.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rock_(John_Entwistle_album))

01. Stranger In A Strange Land (04:29)
02. Love Doesn't Last (03:38)
03. Suzie (04:28)
04. Bridges Under The Water (04:03)
05. Heartache (05:05)
06. Billy (03:45)
07. Life After Love (04:19)
08. Hurricane (04:23)
09. Too Much Too Soon (03:30)
10. Last Song (03:54)
11. Country Hurricane (00:43)

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Eagles - Greatest Hits Volume 2 (1982)

Year: November 13, 1982 (CD )
Label: Asylum Records (US), 9 60205-2
Style: Pop, Country
Country: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Time: 46:35
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 255 Mb

Charts: US #52, AUS #5, CAN #63, JPN #44, NZ #2. New Zealand: Platinum, Australia: 3x Platinum, US 11x Platinum.
Eagles Greatest Hits Volume 2 is the second compilation album by the Eagles. It features many of their biggest hits not on Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975), including "Hotel California", their signature song. The album was released in 1982, after the band's breakup. That same year, Don Henley and Glenn Frey both released their debut solo albums.
The compilation features eight combined tracks from Hotel California and The Long Run. Also included is "After the Thrill Is Gone", an album track from One of These Nights. (That song, with its title that summed up the state of the band at the time, was strategically placed as the last track on Eagles Greatest Hits Volume 2.) "Seven Bridges Road", the single from 1980's Eagles Live, rounds out the album, which has sold over 11 million copies in the U.S. since its release.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagles_Greatest_Hits_Volume_2)

01. Hotel California (06:29)
02. Heartache Tonight (04:23)
03. Seven Bridges Road (02:57)
04. Victim of Love (04:09)
05. The Sad Cafe (05:31)
06. Life in the Fast Lane (04:44)
07. I Can't Tell You Why (04:53)
08. New Kid in Town (05:03)
09. The Long Run (03:41)
10. After the Thrill Is Gone (04:40)

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Spandau Ballet - Musclebound [Compilation] (1996)

Year: 1996 (CD 1996)
Label: Disky Records (Europe), DC 864592
Style: New Wave, Synth Pop
Country: London, England
Time: 70:36
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 400 Mb

The band took its name from Spandau Prison in Germany, where many executions by hanging were carried out before and during World War II. While dangling at the end of the rope, many victims would twitch and jump, which came to be called the "Spandau Ballet".
Between 1980 and 1989 they spent 159 weeks on the UK singles chart. Ten singles reached the top ten: "To cut a long story short" (number five), "Musclebound" (number ten), "Chant No.1 (I don't need this pressure on)" (number three), "Instinction" (number ten), "Lifeline" (number seven), "Gold" (number two), "Only when you leave" (number three), "I'll fly for you" (number nine) and "Through the barricades" (number six). "True" was their only number one, which topped the chart for four weeks in 1983 and reached number four in the United States.
(imdb.com/name/nm1277538/bio/)

01. Musclebound (03:58)
02. Reformation (04:53)
03. Mandolin (04:07)
04. Age Of Blows (04:10)
05. She Loved Like Diamond (02:55)
06. Coffee Club (05:33)
07. Pharaoh (06:36)
08. Innocence And Science (04:27)
09. Missionary (07:02)
10. Pleasure (03:32)
11. Code Of Love (05:11)
12. Heaven Is A Secret (04:26)
13. Foundation (04:07)
14. Nature Of The Beast (05:15)
15. Revenge For Love (04:15)

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Max Webster - Live Magnetic Air [Live] (1979)

Year: 22 October 1979 (CD 1994)
Label: Magada Heritage International (Canada), MAGHCD-17
Style: Rock, Hard Rock
Country: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Time: 45:29
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 296 Mb

Max Webster was a Canadian hard rock band formed in Toronto in 1972. The band's founder, Kim Mitchell, enjoyed a long and successful solo career in his native Canada.
Initially a trio for their first gigs in December 1972, the original members were guitarist and vocalist Kim Mitchell, bassist Mike Tilka, and drummer Phil Trudell. The band were briefly called Stinky, then Special Delivery. They settled on Max Webster by early 1973, a name concocted by Tilka while playing with Daryl Stuermer in a Milwaukee band called Family at Mac's (Stuermer had written a song inspired by Ben Webster called "Song for Webster").
The lineup was augmented to a quartet in early 1973 with Jim Bruton being added on keyboards. Paul Kersey replaced Trudell in April 1973, and Terry Watkinson replaced Bruton in February 1974. Max Webster were signed by SRO Management in 1975, and a year later their self-titled debut album, co-produced by Terry Brown, was released. The band quickly gained a reputation on the Toronto bar scene for their humour, stage antics, and repertoire including Jethro Tull and Frank Zappa covers as well as their compositions spanning a wide range of genres. The Mitchell/Tilka/Kersey/Watkinson lineup was the longest-lasting in the band's history, and by 1976 they had over 50 original songs in their catalog.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Webster)
Charts: Canada #17. Canada: Gold. Live Magnetic Air is a live album by Canadian rock band Max Webster. It was recorded on 13 September 1979 at the Lyric Theatre in Kitchener and 14 September 1979 at War Memorial Hall in Guelph, with two shows played at each venue each night.

01. America's Veins (04:09)
02. Paradise Skies (03:34)
03. In Context Of The Moon (05:20)
04. Night Flights (03:20)
05. Lip Service (04:14)
06. Sarniatown Reggae (The Party) (01:25)
07. Here Among The Cats (03:48)
08. Gravity (04:47)
09. Waterline (04:30)
10. Charmonium (04:37)
11. Hangover (05:41)

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Kim Simmonds (Savoy Brown) - Blues Like Midnight (2001)

Year: 2001 (CD 2001)
Label: Blue Wave (U.S.), CD #136
Style: Blues, Blues Rock, Rock
Country: Wales (5 December 1947 - 13 December 2022)
Time: 44:34
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 248 Mb

Savoy Brown's founding leader unplugs once again for his second solo outing. Considering that his band has released some lackluster, highly derivative, and plain plodding boogie material, especially in the '80s and '90s, this subtle set is remarkably affecting in its low-key, moody intensity. Simmonds doesn't have a great voice, but it works well in this stripped-down setting dominated by originals that sound like classic covers. A nearly eight-minute version of Jimmie Rodgers' title track is the album's centerpiece, yet the entire disc is an emotionally stirring showcase for a style of music seldom associated with the traditionally spotlight-stealing leads of Simmonds' electric blues band. Piedmont, folk, and Delta approaches are all evident, with an Indian feel heightened by simmering congas on the appropriately titled instrumental "Rag Ah." Drums and bass make an appearance on two tunes, one a cover of J.J. Cale's "Hold on Baby" that takes the already greasy song into the Mississippi swamps. The closing "Blues for Lonesome" instrumental (the entire CD is dedicated to his old bandmate and later Foghat founder Lonesome Dave Peverett) shows Simmonds' exceptional slide prowess and is a touching coda to an extraordinarily moving and introspective acoustic blues album. It proves that Kim Simmonds is talented enough to be in the top ranks of '60s British blues guitar legends, a category where he's often considered an also-ran.
(allmusic.com/album/blues-like-midnight-mw0000001300)

01. Cry Before She Goes (01:58)
02. Morning Light (03:59)
03. Tell The World (02:21)
04. Move To A Country Town (03:18)
05. Hold on Baby (02:53)
06. My Woman Blues (02:59)
07. Rag Ah (02:38)
08. Sometimes You Gamble (04:18)
09. Long Ways From Heaven (03:06)
10. Blues Like Midnight (07:47)
11. Baby Says She's Leaving (03:48)
12. Crying The Blues All Night (02:38)
13. Blues For Lonesome (02:45)

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John Entwistle (The Who) - Rigor Mortis Sets In (1973)

Year: May (UK), June (US) 1973 (CD 1997)
Label: Repertoire Records (Germany), REP 4621-WY
Style: Rock
Country: London, England (9 October 1944 - 27 June 2002)
Time: 34:03
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 252 Mb

Rigor Mortis Sets In is the third solo studio album by the English rock musician John Entwistle, who was the bassist for the Who at that time.
Co-produced by Entwistle and John Alcock, it consists of two 1950s rock and roll covers, one 1960s cover, a new version of the Entwistle song "My Wife" from the Who's fifth studio album Who's Next (1971), and new tracks (only six of the ten songs were new). Rigor Mortis Sets In set in motion Entwistle assembling his own touring unit during the increasing periods of the Who's inactivity.
Rigor Mortis Sets In had a rough launch due to its title and cover art. BBC Radio refused to play the album and banned it, ironically in part due to the influence of disc jockey (DJ) Jimmy Savile who had just suffered a death in his family. The album's US debut was problematic for MCA Records (Track's new American distributor), who insisted on appending the artist's name to the title, out of concern that the album's sales would be weak without the Entwistle name in the title.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigor_Mortis_Sets_In)

01. Gimme That Rock'n Roll (02:59)
02. Mr. Bassman (02:47)
03. Do The Dangle (04:05)
04. Hound Dog (02:17)
05. Made In Japan (04:02)
06. My Wife (03:32)
07. Roller Skate Kate (03:42)
08. Pet Leg Peggy (04:10)
09. Lucille (02:53)
10. Big Black Cadillac (03:31)

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Michael Sembello - Without Walls [Japan] (1986)

Year: 1986 (CD May 25, 1986)
Label: A&M Records (Japan), 32XB-77
Style: Pop, Soft Rock
Country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. (April 17, 1954)
Time: 49:23
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 313 Mb

Michael Andrew Sembello (born April 17, 1954) is an American singer, guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, composer and producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Sembello was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for his 1983 song "Maniac", which he sang and co-wrote. The song reached number one in the United States and featured in the Flashdance film soundtrack.
He is the brother of the late songwriter and composer Danny Sembello (drowned age 52 in 2015) and the late singer songwriter John Sembello (died age 68 in 2013) of Dino & Sembello fame.
Sembello began his career in music as a session musician, working as a guitarist. By age 17, he was working professionally with Stevie Wonder on electric and acoustic guitar as a studio player on Wonder's Fulfillingness' First Finale. He continued the same year, chosen as one of the core artists who worked on Songs in the Key of Life, an ambitious double album that took two years to create. He was credited as lead and rhythm guitarist on most of the tracks-including the intricate jazz rock lead guitar part of the instrumental "Contusion"-and shares songwriting credit with Wonder on the song "Saturn", according to the album's liner notes.
Sembello wrote the song "Carousel", which Michael Jackson recorded for his 1982 album Thriller, but it was replaced on the track list by "Human Nature".
The song was included as a bonus track on Thriller 25, the 25th-anniversary edition reissue of the album; the full version was released on iTunes in 2013 as part of The Ultimate Fan Extras Collection.
Sembello released his first solo album Bossa Nova Hotel in 1983. The song "Maniac" from that album, which he co-wrote with his keyboardist Dennis Matkosky, was selected for inclusion in the film Flashdance. "Maniac" was the second-best-charting song from the soundtrack (after the title track) and the ninth-biggest single of 1983. That soundtrack won a Grammy Award in 1984 for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special. Sembello and Matkosky have claimed that the song was supposed to be about a vicious pet murderer after having seen a slasher flick, possibly Maniac or The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. In 2020, Sembello, along with Matkosky, appeared in Maniac Men, an interview included on the 4K UHD Blu-ray reissue of Maniac.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Sembello)

01. What You Really Want (04:28)
02. Last To Know (04:01)
03. Funkabilly Swing (04:30)
04. Is This The Way To Paradise (04:10)
05. Burn It Up (04:34)
06. Angelina (04:50)
07. Tear Down The Walls (03:40)
08. Gravity (Special Dance Mix) (06:12)
09. Wonder Where You Are (03:45)
10. Dangerous (03:54)
11. The Picture (05:14)

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Lou Reed (The Velvet Underground) - Transformer (1972)

Year: November 8, 1972 (CD 2002)
Label: RCA/BMG Haritage (Europe), 07863 65132 2
Style: Pop, Garage
Country: New York, U.S. (March 2, 1942 - October 27, 2013)
Time: 46:02
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 255 Mb

Producer: David Bowie, Mick Ronson. Charts: US #29, AUS #12, CAN #12, NLD #6, UK #13. Australia and France: Gold, Italy and UK: Platinum.
Transformer is the second solo studio album by American recording artist Lou Reed. Produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson, the album was released in November 1972 by RCA Records. It is considered an influential landmark of the glam rock genre, anchored by Reed's most successful single, "Walk on the Wild Side", which touched on controversial topics of sexual orientation, gender identity, prostitution and drug use. Although Reed's self-titled debut solo album had been unsuccessful, Bowie had been an early fan of Reed's former band The Velvet Underground and used his fame to promote Reed, who had not yet achieved mainstream success.
As with its predecessor Lou Reed, Transformer contains songs Reed composed while in the Velvet Underground (here, four out of eleven). "Andy's Chest" was first recorded by the band in 1969 and "Satellite of Love" demoed in 1970; these versions were released on VU and Peel Slowly and See, respectively. For Transformer, the original up-tempo pace of these songs was slowed down.
"New York Telephone Conversation" and "Goodnight Ladies" were played live during the band's summer 1970 residency at Max's Kansas City; the latter takes its title refrain from the last line of the second section ("A Game of Chess") of T. S. Eliot's modernist poem, The Waste Land: "Good night, ladies, good night, sweet ladies, good night, good night", which is itself a quote from Ophelia in Hamlet.
As in Reed's Velvet Underground days, the connection to artist Andy Warhol remained strong. According to Reed, Warhol told him he should write a song about someone vicious. When Reed asked what he meant by vicious, Warhol replied, "Oh, you know, like I hit you with a flower", resulting in the song "Vicious".
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformer_(Lou_Reed_album)#Release)

01. Vicious (02:58)
02. Andy's Chest (03:20)
03. Perfect Day (03:46)
04. Hangin' 'Round (03:35)
05. Walk On The Wild Side (04:15)
06. Make Up (03:00)
07. Satellite Of Love (03:42)
08. Wagon Wheel (03:19)
09. New York Telephone Conversation (01:33)
10. I'm So Free (03:09)
11. Goodnight Ladies (04:31)
12. Hangin' 'Round (Acoustic Demo) (03:57)
13. Perfect Day (Acoustic Demo) (04:50)

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Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien [Japan] (1987)

Year: October 15, 1987 (CD August 29, 2007)
Label: Sony Music (Japan), SICP 1488-9
Style: Instrumental Rock, Hard Rock
Country: New York, U.S. (July 15, 1956)
Time: 37:47
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 279 Mb

The album was recorded on a budget of $13,000. Satriani's equipment was limited by the budget, consisting of two Kramer Pacer guitars and an adapted Stratocaster guitar, for which he would change the pickups to get different sounds. His guitar effects included a Roland JC-120, a Marshall '68 half-stack, and a Rockman.
Due to the limited budget, Satriani had to use whatever studio time and rooms were available, and as a result printed his effects to tape while tracking. This proved fortuitous for "Surfing with the Alien", whose solo was recorded with a malfunctioning Eventide H949 as his allotted studio time nearly ended.
To save money, the album heavily used drum machines, programmed by Bongo Bob Smith, with Jeff Campitelli recording overdubs of hi-hats, cymbals, toms and snares. Satriani stated this gave the music an "awkward charm", and maintained the combination of loose guitar playing and machine-like drum programming.
"Satch Boogie" is the only song to fully feature live drums, played by Campitelli. The song was originally recorded to a drum machine pattern, and the quick fade-out disguised the sound of the drum machine being picked up by the amplifier at the end.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfing_with_the_Alien)

01. Surfing With the Alien (04:26)
02. Ice 9 (04:00)
03. Crushing Day (05:15)
04. Always With Me, Always With You (03:22)
05. Satch Boogie (03:14)
06. Hill of the Skull (01:48)
07. Circles (03:29)
08. Lords of Karma (04:48)
09. Midnight (01:42)
10. Echo (05:40)

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John Entwistle (The Who) - Whistle Rymes (1972)

Year: 1972 (CD 2005)
Label: Sanctuary Records (USA), 06076-86396-2
Style: Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 54:36
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 392 Mb

Whistle Rymes is the second solo studio album by English rock musician John Entwistle. Entwistle co-produced the album with John Alcock, his first work with a producer after self-producing his debut studio album, Smash Your Head Against the Wall (1971), and it was recorded at Island Studios in West London's Notting Hill district. The album features guitar contributions from both Peter Frampton and Jimmy McCulloch (who would later join Paul McCartney and Wings).
The album sold around 175,000 copies, and peaked at No. 138 on the US Billboard 200 but like his debut studio album it failed to chart in his home country.
The album was initially remastered and re-issued in 1996 by Repertoire Records, featuring no bonus content. The album was later remastered and re-issued again in 2005 by Sanctuary Records but this time featuring rare bonus content; the bonus content consists of two unreleased demos of songs that didn't make it onto the album (one of which is "Back on the Road" which would later be recorded by the John Entwistle Band for their sole studio album, Music from Van-Pires, which would also be the last studio album released during Entwistle's lifetime). This version of the album also has two demos of songs featured on the original album. However, all versions of the album remain out of print, and CD copies are especially hard to find.
The album's title pokes fun at a common misspelling of Entwistle's surname. Several of the tracks give a humorous look on domestic life, following the birth of Entwistle's son, Christopher, earlier that year.
"Ten Little Friends" was written on piano at Entwistle's Ealing home studio at the time and sprang from a bout of writer's block. The title comes from a set of troll figures given to him by the Who's drummer Keith Moon. The track features a guitar solo from Peter Frampton, who also played on other songs on the album. As well as his usual bass guitar, Entwistle also plays bass synthesizer.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistle_Rymes)

01. Ten Little Friends (04:03)
02. Apron Strings (03:47)
03. I Feel Better (04:46)
04. Thinkin' It Over (03:12)
05. Who Cares? (04:28)
06. I Wonder (02:58)
07. I Was Just Being Friendly (03:33)
08. The Window Shopper (03:28)
09. I Found Out (03:51)
10. Nightmare (Please Wake Me Up) (06:16)
11. I Wonder (demo) (02:52)
12. All Dressed Up (02:53)
13. Back On the Road (03:53)
14. Countryside Boogie (04:28)

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Iommi with Glenn Hughes - The 1996 Dep Sessions [Japan] (2004)

Year: 28 September 2004 (CD Jan 21, 2005)
Label: Victor Records (Japan), VICP-62961
Style: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Country: England (19 February 1948), England (21 August 1951)
Time: 37:44
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 297 Mb

The 1996 DEP Sessions is a collaborative studio album by British musicians Tony Iommi and Glenn Hughes, released through Sanctuary and Mayan Records in 2004.
Material for The 1996 DEP Sessions was originally recorded in 1996, and was circulated among fans as a bootleg recording dubbed Eighth Star: on this recording, two of the final tracks were missing, while a cover of Jethro Tull's To Cry You A Song (mistitled "Shaking My Wings") was included (which did not feature Tony Iommi). The album title reflects the fact that the tracks were recorded in the DEP International Studios in Digbeth, Birmingham.
The album's drum tracks were originally performed by Dave Holland, formerly of Judas Priest and one-time bandmate of Glenn Hughes in Trapeze. After Holland was convicted of attempted rape in 2003, Iommi had the drum tracks re-recorded by Jimmy Copley prior to release to prevent the album from having any association with a sex offender.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_1996_DEP_Sessions)

01. Gone (04:29)
02. From Another World (05:55)
03. Don't You Tell Me (04:14)
04. Don't Drag The River (04:33)
05. Fine (05:05)
06. Time Is The Healer (04:16)
07. I'm Not The Same Man (04:21)
08. It Falls Through Me (04:47)

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