Brand X (Phil Collins) - Moroccan Roll [Japanese Ed. SHM-CD] (1977)

Year: April 1977 (CD July 30, 2014)
Label: Universal Music (Japan), UICY-76413
Style: Jazz Rock, Instrumental, Progressive Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 49:29
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 318 Mb

Moroccan Roll is the second studio album by British jazz fusion group Brand X. The title is a pun referring to this being their second album: "more rock and roll", however, Moroccan Roll is not a step toward the rock and roll side of the fusion equation, but rather an experiment with Eastern sounds and softer textures. The album is mostly instrumental. "Sun in the Night" contains vocals sung by Brand X drummer Phil Collins in Sanskrit. "Disco Suicide" and "Maybe I'll Lend You Mine After All" also contain vocals, although they are wordless.
Brand X were a British jazz rock band formed in London in 1974. They were initially active until 1980, followed by reformations between 1992–1999 and 2016–2021.
Despite sometimes being considered to be a Phil Collins side project (due to Collins' participation as drummer between 1975 and 1977 in between his commitments to Genesis), the band was in fact centred on a core composing/playing trio of John Goodsall (guitar), Percy Jones (bass) and Robin Lumley (keyboards).
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_X)

01. Sun In The Night (04:25)
02. Why Should I Lend You Mine (When You've Broken Yours Off Already) (11:20)
03. ...Maybe I'll Lend You Mine After All (02:04)
04. Hate Zone (04:41)
05. Collapsar (01:34)
06. Disco Suicide (07:54)
07. Orbits (01:37)
08. Malaga Virgen (08:27)
09. Macrocosm (07:23)

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Babe Ruth - Que Pasa (2009)

Year: 2009 (CD 2009)
Label: Revolver Records (UK), REV XD 265
Style: Progressive Rock, Hard Rock
Country: Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
Time: 61:34
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 444 Mb

Without getting into all the dirt and rehashing old wounds, I think it's safe to say that when British band Babe Ruth decided to pack up shop in 1976, they didn't actually go out on a high note. A mere three years after releasing their stellar debut album First Base things slowly began to go south due to a serious of unforeseen circumstances and personnel changes. The band hit rock bottom when founding member Alan Shacklock decided that he had had enough in 1975. Fast forward approximately thirty years and Babe Ruth have seemingly done the impossible; they've reunited with the classic era lineup of Shacklock (guitars), vocalist Janita Haan, keyboardist Dave Punshon, bassist Dave Hewitt and drummer Ed Spevock. As if this wasn't surprising enough, their brand new album entitled Que Pasa remarkably finds them in many ways picking up right where First Base left off, and yet they've also brought their sound right up to date in the process.
While not exactly what you'd call progressive rock, Babe Ruth's sound was always a formidable blend of straight ahead classic rock, R&B, soul, Spanish influences, with classical orchestrations thrown into the mix as well. On Que Pasa another influence, hip hop, has been added to their diverse sounding musical gumbo. The reason for this is quite simple; it's their way of giving back to the whole B-boy culture that helped keep their music alive during their time out of the spotlight, as one of their most famous songs "The Mexican" off of First Base went on to become a hit with the breakers in the late 70's and early 80's, when DJ's like Kool Herc were spinning the record at house parties in the Bronx.
The familiar western themes are back in full force throughout opening track "4 Dear Life", a barnburner of a track that signals the much heralded return of our heroes. The title track, the first of six tracks to utilize the skills of turntablist DJ Kidsmeal, finds Haan purring her sultry tale as Shacklock's acoustic guitar and Punshon's electric piano creates pure magic as they intertwine effortlessly. Oh...but it's the third song "The Sun, Moon & Stars" where the band really kicks things into the stratosphere. Drummer Ed Spevock gets right into the pocket and lays down a solid groove while Shacklock and Punshon deliver something fans of the band haven't heard since that first album, which are those glorious dual harmony lines that were such a big part of Babe Ruth's sound. The same approach is employed to great effect on "Break For The Border", which is the lyrical follow up to "The Mexican". This song not only highlights some sizzling Spanish style guitar and a smoking solo from Shacklock, but also features plenty of additional percussive accents from Spevock.
In addition to not only writing some great music, principal writer Alan Shacklock has also some spun some masterful prose as well, and vocalist Janita Haan rises to the occasion as she belts out "Doncha Wanna Dance", "4 Letter Word" and "The Blues" (two songs with fabulous horn arrangements by the way) with her typical aplomb. While her vocal pyrotechnics are toned down a bit from the bands glory days, trust me this woman hasn't lost one ounce of her vocal power, and she sounds as potent as she ever has.
There's just so much to like about a record like that is as musically diverse as Que Pasa is. While some die hard fans might not appreciate the turntable scratching and hip hop styled beats on some tracks I think the average, open minded music fan will be able to appreciate what the band is trying to do here. By picking up a few new influences along the way and infusing them with the classic Babe Ruth sound that we've all come to know and love, they can at last say they've delivered a worthy successor to that classic debut album.
(seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=9253)

01. 4 Dear life (06:45)
02. Que pasa (05:02)
03. The sun, moon and stars (05:18)
04. Mother tongue (part 1) (02:18)
05. Apache (01:47)
06. Mother tongue (part 2) (04:35)
07. Doncha wanna dance (05:28)
08. Break for the border (05:33)
09. Killer smile (05:47)
10. 4 Letter word (05:32)
11. The blues (07:34)
12. The Mexican Millenium (part 1) (03:04)
13. Santa Ana (02:10)
14. The Mexican Millenium (part 2) (00:36)

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Birth Control - Rebith (1973)

Year: 1973 (CD 2001)
Label: Repertoire Records (Germany), REP 4943
Style: Progressive Rock, Art Rock
Country: West Berlin, West Germany
Time: 38:15
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 275 Mb

Birth Control formed in 1966 in West Berlin from two other bands, the Earls and the Gents. The band was founded with a lineup consisting of Bernd Koschmidder (bass), Reinhold Sobotta (organ), Rolf Gurra (saxophone, vocals), Fritz Groger (vocals), Reiner Borchert (guitar), Hugo Egon Balder (drums), and Klaus Orso (guitar). Within five years of the band's formation all seven of the original members had departed, but the band continued under the leadership of long-standing members drummer (and later lead vocalist) Bernd Noske (who replaced Balder in late 1968) and guitarist Bruno Frenzel (who replaced Borchert in 1969).
Following the death of Frenzel in 1983, the group disbanded, but reunited in 1993 with only Noske remaining from the previous lineup. Other members of the reformed band included returning bassist/vocalist Horst Stachelhaus, as well as guitarist Rocco Zodiak and keyboardist Xaver Fischer.
Despite the death of mainstay Stachelhaus in 1999, the band continued under Noske's guidance, touring Germany and release new albums periodically following the turn of the century. In later years, former members Peter Foller (bass, vocals) and Zeus B. Held (keyboards) both returned to the fold as guest musicians at occasional concerts. The band came to an end on February 18, 2014 with the death of Noske. The final lineup of the band consisted of Noske, bassist Hannes Vesper, keyboardist Sascha Kuhn, and guitarist Martin Ettrich.
In 2016 the band regrouped and started performing again. The new lineup consisted of several members who at some point were part of the band's history: Peter Foller (vocals), Martin Ettrich (guitar, talkbox), Sascha Kuhn (keyboards), Hannes Vesper (bass) and Manni von Bohr (drums). In the same year they released a new studio album ("Here and Now") for the first time in 13 years.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_Control_(band))

01. She's Got Nothing On You (05:08)
02. Mister Hero (06:45)
03. Grandjeanville (01:03)
04. No Shade Is Real (04:41)
05. M.P.C. (01:56)
06. Together Alone Tonight (10:30)
07. Back From Hell (08:09)

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Carl Orff - Carmina Burana [Hybrid SACD] (1936)

Year: 1935-1936 (CD 2001)
Label: Telarc (US), SACD-60575
Style: Pop Classical, Classical
Country: US / Scotland
Time: 59:40
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 280 Mb

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. Conductor Donald Runnicles (born November 16, 1954 in Edinburgh, Scotland).
Carmina Burana is a cantata composed in 1935 and 1936 by Carl Orff, based on 24 poems from the medieval collection Carmina Burana. Its full Latin title is Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae cantoribus et choris cantandae comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis ("Songs of Beuern: Secular songs for singers and choruses to be sung together with instruments and magical images"). It was first performed by the Oper Frankfurt on 8 June 1937. It is part of Trionfi, a musical triptych that also includes Catulli Carmina and Trionfo di Afrodite. The first and last sections of the piece are called "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi" ("Fortune, Empress of the World") and start with "O Fortuna".
The autograph manuscript of the work is preserved in the Bavarian State Library, and was issued in a facsimile edition by Schott Music.
Orff's style demonstrates a desire for directness of speech and of access. Carmina Burana contains little or no development in the classical sense, and polyphony is also conspicuously absent. Carmina Burana avoids overt harmonic complexities, a fact which many musicians and critics have pointed out, such as Ann Powers of The New York Times.
Orff was influenced melodically by late Renaissance and early Baroque models including William Byrd and Claudio Monteverdi. It is a common misconception that Orff based the melodies of Carmina Burana on neumeatic melodies; while many of the lyrics in the Burana Codex are enhanced with neumes, almost none of these melodies had been deciphered at the time of Orff's composition, and none of them had served Orff as a melodic model. His shimmering orchestration shows a deference to Stravinsky. In particular, Orff's music is very reminiscent of Stravinsky's earlier work Les noces (The Wedding).
Rhythm, for Orff as it was for Stravinsky, is often the primary musical element. Overall, Carmina Burana sounds rhythmically straightforward and simple, but the metre changes freely from one measure to the next. While the rhythmic arc in a section is taken as a whole, a measure of five may be followed by one of seven, to one of four, and so on, often with caesura marked between them.
Some of the solo arias pose bold challenges for singers: the only solo tenor aria, Olim lacus colueram, is often sung almost completely in falsetto to demonstrate the suffering of the character (in this case, a roasting swan). The baritone arias often demand high notes not commonly found in baritone repertoire, and parts of the baritone aria Dies nox et omnia are often sung in falsetto, a rare example in baritone repertoire. Also noted is the solo soprano aria Dulcissime, which demands extremely high notes. Orff intended this aria for a lyric soprano, not a coloratura, so that the musical tensions would be more obvious.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmina_Burana_(Orff))

01. O Fortuna (02:26)
02. Fortune plango vulnera (02:33)
03. Veris leta facies (04:05)
04. Omnia sol temperat (02:20)
05. Ecce gratum (02:35)
06. Tanz (03:21)
07. Floret silva nobilis (01:39)
08. Chramer, gip die varwe mir (03:45)
09. Reie (Orchestra) and Songs (05:15)
10. Were diu werit alle min (00:56)
11. Estuans interius (02:10)
12. Olim lacus colueram (03:28)
13. Ego sum abbas (01:22)
14. In taberna quando sumus (03:04)
15. Amor volat undique (03:09)
16. Dies, nox et omnia (02:17)
17. Stetit puella (01:47)
18. Circa mea pectora (01:51)
19. Si puer cum puellula (00:51)
20. Veni, veni, venias (00:57)
21. In trutina (01:57)
22. Tempus est iocundum (02:19)
23. Dulcissime (00:48)
24. Ave formosissima (01:57)
25. O Fortuna (02:36)

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Soft Machine - Switzerland 1974 [Live] (1974)

Year: 4 July 1974 (CD Feb 6, 2015)
Label: Cuneiform Records (US), Rune 395/396
Style: Jazz Rock, Progressive Rock, Canterbury Scene
Country: Canterbury, England
Time: 59:49
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 366 Mb

You have to be an extremely confident unit-and one mother of a band-to turn up at a prestigious mega-gig like the Montreux Jazz Festival and drop a set of new material on the audience like the newly rejiggered Soft Machine did in July 1974. Turns out that material would go on to comprise 1975’s Bundles, a fusion juggernaut, but hey, props where props are due. And there should be no shortage of them with this set, as newly acquired guitarist Allan Holdsworth works himself in the Machine fold with the most well stocked of sonic quivers.
His riffs come from all directions, and opener “Hazard Profile” is a veritable Encyclopedia Britannica of fusion technique. Hammer-ons marry up with staccato fuzz, which eddies out into needle-like lines of extreme dexterity and delicacy. Enviable stuff in and of itself, but integrated into the band’s churning rhythmic approach-like they’re trying to outpace Bitches Brew-we have one mighty, thudding beast to contend with. A lot of that beast’s ferocity, as it were, comes courtesy of John Marshall’s kit work, as on the clattering “Land of the Bag Snake,” the titular creature being made to sound like it is thumping its way down electric stairs.
“The Man Who Waved at Trains” shows just how well the group could turn ferocity into finesse, with Mike Ratledge’s keyboard work trading in funky blues and Chick Corea-type shimmerings, and Holdsworth’s guitar taking on the aspect of a plucked violin. “Riff II” is the great growler here, some chunky bombast that explodes into a climatic rave-up punctuated by an impossibly long drum roll. There’s a touch of Floyd, too, in “The Floating World,” which has the same kind of cosmic whimsy, and the reprise of “The Man Who Waved at Trains” even features implied sound effects: a guitar mimicking springs snapping and hammers hitting on the gears of clocks.
This is wild, oft-loud, preternatural Pied Piper-type music, with Karl Jenkins’ soprano sax on the concluding “Penny Hitch” all but taking your hand and pulling you down into the record. Holdsworth’s solo is pure gossamer atop the groove, with the clean inflections of Smokin’ at the Half Note-era Wes Montgomery. The crowd clearly gets that something beyond even standard top-gig fare has gone down, and everyone, at the end, loses it. Quite the banner achievement for this group-cum-collective Piper, and for this resulting beckoner of a live package.
(jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/soft-machine-switzerland-1974)

01. Hazard Profile (16:46)
02. Floating World (05:15)
03. Ealing Comedy (04:14)
04. Bundles (03:09)
05. Land of the Bag Snake (04:27)
06. Joint (02:20)
07. The Man Who Waved At Trains (03:01)
08. Peff (04:28)
09. The Man Who Waved At Trains (reprise) (00:21)
10. Lbo (04:45)
11. Riff II (03:08)
12. Lefty (collective improvisation) (02:07)
13. Penny Hitch (coda) (05:42)

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Chris de Burgh - Into The Light (1986)

Year: 27 May 1986 (CD 1986)
Label: A&M Records (West Germany), 395 121-2
Style: Pop, Soft Rock
Country: U.S. / U.K. / Santa Fe Province, Argentina (15 October 1948)
Time: 50:32
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 310 Mb

Charts: UK #2, AUS #14, AUT #19, CAN #10, GER #2, IRE #1, NL #9, NOR #1, SWI #2, US #25. US: Gold; UK, GER & CAN: 2x Platinum.
Following the success of its lead single "The Lady in Red", which topped the UK Singles Chart and reached number three in the United States, the album peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart, becoming de Burgh's first studio album to enter the top ten. "Fatal Hesitation" was a UK number 44 hit, spending four weeks on the chart.
"Say Goodbye to It All" was a continuation of the song "Borderline" from 1982's The Getaway. Both songs frequently appear in de Burgh's concerts and compilation albums. The song "For Rosanna" is dedicated to de Burgh's then two-year-old daughter Rosanna.
Dennis Hunt of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "There's really nothing else as schmaltzy as 'The Lady in Red' on his album. Into the Light includes some gutsy, fairly absorbing pop-rock — some not what you'd expect from 'the Irish Barry Manilow.'"
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Light_(Chris_de_Burgh_album))

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. Last Night (06:08)
02. Fire on the Water (04:31)
03. The Ballroom of Romance (04:27)
04. The Lady in Red (04:16)
05. Say Goodbye to It All (05:24)
06. The Spirit of Man (04:41)
07. Fatal Hesitation (04:17)
08. One Word (Straight to the Heart) (04:33)
09. For Rosanna (03:39)
10. The Leader (02:16)
11. The Vision (03:13)
12. What About Me? (03:03)

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Steve Marriott's Packet Of Three (ex Small Faces, Humble Pie) - Live From London (1985)

Year: 1985 (CD 2015)
Label: Vivid Sound (Taiwan), VSCD-4327
Style: Rhythm and Blues, Hard Rock
Country: Plashet, Essex, England (30 January 1947 - 20 April 1991)
Time: 45:51
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 309 Mb

Stephen Peter Marriott (30 January 1947 – 20 April 1991) was an English musician, guitarist, singer, songwriter, and actor. He was a student at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London and appeared in the West End, before taking a role in music. He co-founded and played in the rock bands Small Faces and Humble Pie, in a career spanning over 20 years. Marriott was inducted posthumously into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 as a member of Small Faces.
This show functions as a defacto greatest hits, with Small Faces (“Whatcha Gonna Do About It,” All or Nothing”) and Humble Pie (“I Don’t Need No Doctor”) material played brilliantly by Marriott (who was an astonishingly gifted guitar player along with his formidable vocal skills). He was joined by bassist Jim Everton and drummer Fallon Williams (thereby this power trio was cheekingly coined the Packet of Three). They also performed choice cover songs such as Jimmy Reed’s “Shame, Shame, Shame” (sung by Leverton) and Rufus Thomas’ oft-covered “Walkin’ the Dog.”
If you’re a fan of any of Marriott’s previous groups or just a fan of raw, hard, primal blues rock played for loyal fans in a pub setting, this release is an absolute must-have.
(undertheradarmag.com/reviews/packet_of_three_expanded_edition_remastered_steve_marriott)

01. What Ya Gonna Do About It (03:43)
02. Fool For A Pretty Face (05:05)
03. Shame, Shame, Shame (04:16)
04. All Or Nothing (04:12)
05. Five Long Years (07:04)
06. 30 Days In The Hole (06:19)
07. I Don't Need No Doctor (08:07)
08. Waking The Dog (03:49)
09. Tin Soldier (03:11)

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Ginger Baker (ex Cream) - Falling Off The Roof (1996)

Year: 1996 (CD 1996)
Label: Atlantic Records (Germany), 7567-82900-2
Style: Instrumental, Jazz, Jazz Rock
Country: Lewisham, South London, England (19 August 1939 - 6 October 2019)
Time: 57:55
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 370 Mb

It is credited to his trio, which included Charlie Haden on bass and Bill Frisell on guitar. It peaked at No. 13 on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart.
The album was produced by Baker and Malcolm Cecil and included original songs from each member of the trio. Baker fell off the roof of his Parker, Colorado, home three days prior to the start of the Seattle recording sessions; he played while dealing with the effects of a concussion and a broken rib. The album was finished in Los Angeles, in a studio next to one that was being used by Guns N' Roses. Baker liked neither the studio nor the musical style of the drummers used by Guns N' Roses. Jerry Hahn played guitar on "Sunday at the Hillcrest". Bela Fleck played banjo on three of the tracks. "Bemsha Swing" is a version of the Thelonious Monk composition. "Vino Vecchio" is a reworking of Cream's "Sweet Wine". "Au Privave" was written by Charlie Parker.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling_Off_the_Roof)

01. Falling off the Roof (04:00)
02. Amarillo Barbados (04:41)
03. Bemsha Swing (04:21)
04. Sunday at the Hillcrest (05:54)
05. Au Privave (03:06)
06. Our Spanish Love Song (05:21)
07. Cbc Mimps (06:49)
08. Skeleton (05:57)
09. Vino Becchio (03:56)
10. The Day the Sun Come Out (08:23)
11. Taney County (05:23)

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Slade - Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply [US version of The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome] (1984)

Year: 2 April 1984 (CD 1984)
Label: CBS Records (US), CSR Japan Press, ZK 39336
Style: Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Classic Rock
Country: Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
Time: 39:21
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 260 Mb

Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply is a studio album by the British rock group Slade, released in America and Canada on 2 April 1984. It is a repackaged version of The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome which was released in the UK, Europe and across the rest of the world in December 1983. Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply reached No. 33 in the US and No. 26 in Canada, giving the band their breakthrough in the US. The album proved to be the most successful North American release of Slade's career. Both "Run Runaway" and "My Oh My" enjoyed Top 40 success as singles there. In August 1984, the album was certified Gold in Canada for 50,000 sales.
The 1983 success of Quiet Riot's version of Slade's 1973 UK chart topper "Cum On Feel the Noize" led to Slade signing with CBS for their first American record deal since the 1970s. The label soon repackaged the band's recently released album, The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome, into Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply. The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome, along with its singles "My Oh My" and "Run Runaway", had already achieved success in the UK and Europe. Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply featured a different track-order. It also replaced "Cocky Rock Boys (Rule O.K.)" and "Razzle Dazzle Man" with the 1983 "My Oh My" B-Sides "Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply" and "Can't Tame a Hurricane".
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_Your_Hands_Off_My_Power_Supply)

01. Run Runaway (05:01)
02. My Oh My (04:12)
03. High And Dry (03:13)
04. Slam The Hammer Down (03:24)
05. In The Doghouse (02:47)
06. Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply (03:33)
07. Cheap 'N' Nasty Luv (02:42)
08. Can't Tame A Hurricane (02:32)
09. (And Now - The Waltz) C'est La Vie (03:42)
10. Ready To Explode I The Warm Up  II The Grid  III The Race  IV The Dream (08:11)

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Gong - Camembert Electrique (1971)

Year: October 1971 (CD 1990)
Label: Decal Records (UK), CD LIK 64
Style: Canterbury Scene, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Country: Paris, France
Time: 39:47
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 255 Mb

Camembert Electrique (French: Electric Camembert) is the second studio album by the progressive rock band Gong, recorded and originally released in 1971 on the French BYG Actuel label. The album was recorded at Chateau d'Herouville near Paris, France, produced by Pierre Lattes and engineered by Gilles Salle. Jean Karakos (credited in Daevid Allen's liner notes as "Byg Jean Kastro Kornflakes") was executive producer.
The album was originally released in France in October 1971 on BYG Actuel (catalogue number 529.353), and reissued in the UK in 1974 by Virgin Records (catalogue number VC-502), where it sold for 59p, the price of a single, a marketing scheme Virgin had used the year before for the album The Faust Tapes by Faust, in the hope that greatly discounted albums would give more exposure to the artists and encourage sales of their regularly priced albums, although these discounted albums did not qualify for album chart listings. It was also issued twice on Virgin's Caroline Records budget label (catalogue number C-1505 also in 1974, and C-1520 around 1976), still at a discount price, but no longer priced as low as a single.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camembert_Electrique)

01. Radio Gnome (00:28)
02. You Can't Kill Me (06:20)
03. I've Bin Stone Before (02:36)
04. Mister Long Shanks - O Mother I Am Your Fantasy (05:57)
05. Dynamite - I Am Your Animal (04:32)
06. Wet Cheese Delirium (00:34)
07. Squeezing Sponges Over Policemen's Heads (00:13)
08. Fohat Digs Holes In Space (06:22)
09. Tried So Hard (04:38)
10. Selene (07:36)
11. Gnome The Second (00:26)

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Cheap Trick - We're All Alright! [Japanese Ed. SHM-CD] (2017)

Year: June 16, 2017 (CD Jun 16, 2017)
Label: Big Machine Records (Japan), POCS-24012
Style: Hard Rock
Country: Rockford, Illinois, U.S.
Time: 53:11
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 405 Mb

It's difficult for any band or artist to sound enthused after decades of making music. Automatic pilot and rock 'n' roll root rot can easily set in.
There are some exceptions: Paul McCartney has had some late-career gems; same goes for David Bowie and the Monkees. You can add Cheap Trick to that list. They sound positively vibrant and genuinely excited on We're All Alright! 
Unlike many of their contemporaries, Cheap Trick have never broken up, stopped touring or quit making new music. They have also never stopped putting everything they have into what they do either. Coming hot on the heels of last year's Bang Zoom Crazy Hello, We're All Alright!  follows in the footsteps of its predecessor while adding a couple of new twists to the mix.
Guitarist Rick Nielsen welds together riffs borrowed from the Kinks and the Who for the album's first single, "Long Time Coming," while "Nowhere" takes on a Ramones-like charge in its speed attack. Other songs follow a similar path, with no track clocking in at more than four minutes. This pace gives the album a whiplash flow that recalls some of their earliest records.
A few of the songs actually date back several years. "Radio Lover" was put on the shelf in the '90s, and it's rescued from oblivion here as an amphetamine-fueled hard rocker. "Lolita" slaps keyboard sequencers on top of glam-rock boogie. And "She's Alright" features some Bob Dylan-styled phrasing from singer Robin Zander
Cheap Trick also dip into the past by covering Roy Wood again. As they've done in the past with "California Man," "Brontosaurus" and "Rock and Roll Tonight," they take the Move's 1968 song "Blackberry Way" and spin it in their direction.
The band pushes itself on We're All Alright!, turning in enthusiastic and engaging performances throughout. They still sound like a bunch of guys half their age. "Who knows what forever is about?" Zander asks on "The Rest of My Life." He doesn't pretend to know the answer.
Cheap Trick sound like they still have something to prove, and perhaps they do. After a couple of trying and triumphant years -- there was a legal hassle involving former drummer Bun E. Carlos, and they were finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016 -- they sound ready for their next chapter.
(ultimateclassicrock.com/cheap-trick-were-all-alright-review/)

01. You Got It Going On (03:11)
02. Long Time Coming (03:12)
03. Nowhere (02:45)
04. Radio Lover (02:46)
05. Lolita (03:16)
06. Brand New Name On An Old Tattoo (03:32)
07. Floating Down (03:49)
08. She's Alright (03:39)
09. Listen To Me (03:13)
10. The Rest Of My Life (04:18)
11. Blackberry Way (03:13)
12. Like A Fly (03:22)
13. If You Still Want My Love (04:23)
14. When I Wake Up Tomorrow (Live) (Bonus track) (03:38)
15. The In Crowd (Live) (Bonus track) (04:46)

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Golden Earring - Moontan [Japanese Ed.] (1973)

Year: August 1973 (CD ????)
Label: Polydor Records (Japan), POCM-2485136
Style: Rock, Classic Rock
Country: The Hague, Netherlands
Time: 48:43
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 322 Mb

Moontan is the ninth studio album by Dutch rock band Golden Earring, first released in August 1973 through Polydor internationally, Track Records in the United Kingdom, and MCA Records in the United States. It contains the radio hit "Radar Love", and was voted ninth-best Dutch pop album ever by readers of music magazine Oor in 2008. In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, the album rated No. 32 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums". Moontan is the band's most successful album in the United States, being the only Golden Earring album to be certified Gold by the RIAA.
"Vanilla Queen" twice samples Marilyn Monroe's character in There's No Business Like Show Business: "Well, in simple English I'm..." from the "Lazy" performance and "What's your name, Honey?" from the "Heat Wave" performance.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moontan)

01. Candy's Going Bad (06:12)
02. Are You Receiving Me (09:32)
03. Suzy Lunacy (Mental Rock) (04:25)
04. Radar Love (06:26)
05. Just Like Vince Taylor (04:33)
06. The Vanilla Queen (09:17)
07. Big Tree Blue Sea (08:16)

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George Baker Selection - Paloma Blanca (1974)

Year: 1974 (CD 2003)
Label: EMI Records (Netherlands), 7243 5818482 2
Style: Folk Pop
Country: Assendelft, Netherlands
Time: 44:34
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 312 Mb

Charts: NLD #1, AUT #4, GER #1, SWE #3.
George Baker Selection was a pop-rock band from Assendelft, the Netherlands. The band is best-known for the 1969 song "Little Green Bag", the 1975 world-wide hit "Paloma Blanca" (one of the most played songs in history), and the 1985 Pan European hit "Santa Lucia by Night".
In 1968, Hans Bouwens from Wormerveer joined the band Soul Invention, a soul band that had been founded the previous year by Henk Kramer in Assendelft and played covers of songs by Otis Redding and Sam and Dave. The band consisted of Job Netten (guitar), Henk Kramer and Eric Bardoen (saxophone), Jacques Greuter (keyboard and flute), Theo Vermast and later Jan Visser (bass), and Ton Vredenburg (drums). Visser and Bouwens wrote the song "Little Greenback" [sic] in the summer of 1969. The band recorded their first album in September 1969, after which, considering this was not soul music, they changed their name to The George Baker Selection, Bouwens naming himself for a character from a detective novel. This first album, Little Green Bag (1970), produced an immediate worldwide hit: their debut single, "Little Green Bag," reached No. 16 on the Cash Box magazine chart and No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. The success came as a surprise for Baker, who remembers hearing it on the radio while he was working in a lemonade factory. The single sold over one million copies globally and received a gold disc. A string of singles and albums followed; the second single, "Dear Ann," was such a success that Baker resigned from his job in the lemonade factory and became a full-time musician. Not all band members followed suit and, besides Bouwens, the Selection from mid-1970 was formed by Jan Visser, Jan Hop (drums), Jacques Greuter and George The [nl] (voice, guitar, bass). In March 1971 Jan Visser left the band to be replaced by Cor Veerman. Besides scoring hits with his own Selection, Baker wrote songs for others, including BZN, The Shoes, Andy Star, and Next One. In 1974, singer Lida Bond [nl] joined the Selection, and combining her voice with Baker's proved highly successful.
Their fifth album, Paloma Blanca, was released in 1975, and the single "Paloma Blanca" reached No. 1 on charts in several countries. It sold more than seven million copies worldwide, making it one of the most successful Dutch singles ever.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Baker_Selection)

01. Dreamboat (04:36)
02. Rose Marie (03:04)
03. I've Been Away Too Long (04:38)
04. Sing A Song Of Love (03:28)
05. Don't Break This Heart (Of Mine) (02:48)
06. Jane (03:51)
07. Darling (04:07)
08. Love Me Like I Love You (03:54)
09. Alone (03:30)
10. Padre (03:13)
11. Paloma Blanca (03:53)
12. Some Words (03:26)

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Shocking Blue - Inkpot (1972) Attila (1972) [2LP on 1CD]

Year: 1972 (CD 1997)
Label: Repertoire Records (Germany), REP 4610-WP
Style: Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Country: The Hague, Netherlands
Time: 76:32
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 532 Mb

Shocking Blue was a Dutch rock band formed in The Hague in 1967. They were part of the Nederbeat movement in the Netherlands. The band had a string of hit songs during the counterculture movement of the 1960s and early 1970s, including "Send Me a Postcard" and "Venus", which became their biggest hit and reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and many other countries during 1969 and 1970. The band sold 13 million records by 1973 but disbanded in 1974. Together with Golden Earring and the George Baker Selection, they are considered the most successful Nederbeat band, because their best hits charted abroad and especially in the United States.
Drummer Cor van der Beek died on 2 April 1998 at age 49 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Mariska Veres died of gallbladder cancer on 2 December 2006 at age 59 in The Hague, Netherlands. Bassist Klaasje van der Wal died on 12 February 2018 at age 69.
Bananarama covered "Venus" in 1986, hitting number 1 in the United States, Canada, and Australia, and reaching number 8 in the UK.
Nirvana covered "Love Buzz" as their debut single in 1988 and later included it on their first album Bleach in 1989.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shocking_Blue)

01. I Ain't Never (02:16)
02. Navajo Tears (02:39)
03. Shadows (02:29)
04. Blue Jean (02:35)
05. Jambalaya (02:27)
06. Inkpot (02:38)
07. Tobacco Road (02:32)
08. Hey (02:29)
09. Who Save My Soul (01:56)
10. Red Leaves I plus II (02:36)
11. The Queen (02:04)
12. I Melt Like Butter (02:12)
13. Rattler (02:47)
14. Never Release The One You Love (02:58)
15. A Waste Of Time (02:40)
16. Wait (02:01)
17. The Devil And The Angel (02:26)
18. Rock In The Sea (02:57)
19. I've Spent My Money (01:58)
20. Will The Circle Be Unbroken (02:39)
21. Early In The Morning (02:16)
22. I Built My World Around (01:56)
23. Don't Let Your Right Know (02:07)
24. Broken Heart (02:23)
25. Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind (02:45)
26. I Like You (02:10)
27. Give My Love To The Sunrise (02:25)
28. Eve And The Apple (02:40)
29. When I Was A Girl (02:24)
30. Everything That's Mine (03:30)
31. I Saw You In June (02:22)

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Ian Gillan & Tony Iommi - Who Cares [2CD] (2012)

Year: 13 July 2012 (CD Jul 13, 2012)
Label: Ear Music (Europe), 0207592ERE
Style: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Country: England
Time: 47:04, 48:29
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 367, 356 Mb

CD1:
01. Out of My Mind (WhoCares) – This originally appeared on the 2 track “single” CD from last year.  It’s unchanged as far as I know.  It’s a great new track from Tony & Ian.   The band on the track is stellar.  Tony Iommi, Ian Gillan, Jason Newsted, Nicko McBran, Jon Lord, & Linde Linstrom.  Makes me wish this band recorded more than just this one song.
02. Zero the Hero (Black Sabbath) – A lift from the 1983 Black Sabbath album Born Again.  A great old track.  Although if I had my choice of track to lift from the Born Again album to include, I would have picked “Hot Line”.  Oh well, still cool to see something from Born Again here.
03. Trashed (Ian Gillan) – Back in 2006, Ian Gillan put out an album called “Gillan’s Inn”, which existed to celebrate his (then) 40th anniversary in the music biz.  He re-recorded a bunch of tracks from his past.  To represent his time in Black Sabbath, he chose Trashed, and re-recorded it – with Tony Iommi on guitar.  Also on the track are Roger Glover & Ian Paice.
04. Get Away (Ian Gillan w/Michalis Rakintzis) – Originally recorded by Ian Gillan in 1993.  Even though the liner notes say who this is, I don’t know who it is!   Definitely one of the slower, more eclectic songs from the overall track listing here for sure.  Definitely not “metal” sounding at all.  Has a very catchy sounding vocal chorus, which makes the song work very well for me.
05. Slip Away (Tony Iommi w/Glenn Hughes) – This is one of the “extra” tracks from Tony’s 2005 solo album, Fused.  This one in particular was the one that was the hardest to get, as it was only available back in 2005 from the then online music retailer, real.com.  It was never available on CD anywhere – until now.   If you liked the Fused album, you should check this out for sure.
06. Don’t Hold Me Back (Gillan) – A song Ian wrote back in 1992 inbetween Deep Purple stints.  The liner notes say this was written for his wife Bron, who at the time was going to have major heart surgery.  He calls it “one of the most intimate moments of his life, expressed in song”.   Has a 90’s version of his old “shriek”, which I thought was last heard on the Born again album.  :)
07. She Thinks It’s a Crime (Ian Gillan) – This track comes from Ian’s 2009 solo album, “One Eye to Morocco”.  This track in particular was originally released on the 7 inch vinyl version ONLY.  First time on a CD anywhere.  The track doesn’t jump out at me at all musically.  Pretty bland track –  not one of my favorites on this collection.
08. Easy Come, Easy Go (Repo Depo) – This track comes from the project Ian was working on right before he rejoined Deep Purple for the “Battle Rages On” album.  Repo Depo was the name of the band.  It has never been released anywhere before in any format.  According to the liner notes, the only known copy was on a monitor cassette tape Ian had – it was brought forward and remixed in 2012 for this collection.  Nice track.  The guitar sound reminds me a bit of Tony Iommi in places.
09. Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple) – This version comes from the live Deep Purple album, “Live at the Royal Albert Hall”, and Ian shares lead vocal duties on this version with Ronnie James Dio.   Interesting hearing these two former Black Sabbath vocalists sing together on the Deep Purple Chestnut.

CD2: black-sabbath.com/2012/09/whocares-full-album-info-review/

01. Out of My Mind (05:18)
02. Zero the Hero (07:36)
03. Trashed (04:04)
04. Get Away (04:44)
05. Slip Away (05:25)
06. Don’t Hold Me Back (04:38)
07. She Thinks It’s a Crime (03:55)
08. Easy Come, Easy Go (04:39)
09. Smoke on the Water (live) (06:41)

01. Holy Water (07:01)
02. Anno Mundi (06:14)
03. Let It Down Easy (04:32)
04. Hole in My Vest (03:39)
05. Can’t Believe You Wanna Leave Me (03:11)
06. Can I Get a Witness (03:04)
07. No Laughing in Heaven (06:06)
08. When a Blind Man Cries (live) (04:35)
09. Dick Pimple (10:04)

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