Thursday, 23 October 2025

Ron Wood & Ronnie Lane - Mahoney's Last Stand (1976)

Year: September 1976 (CD 1998)
Label: New Millennium Communications (UK), PILOT 29
Style: Rock, Pop Rock
Country: Hillingdon, Middlesex, England (1 June 1947)
Time: 55:07
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 326 Mb

Mahoney's Last Stand is an album by Faces bandmates Ronnie Wood and Ronnie Lane, recorded in 1972 (with sessions overlapping with the early rehearsals for the Faces' final studio album Ooh La La). It is the music soundtrack album of the low-budget 1972 Canadian film Mahoney's Last Stand (original US title: Mahoney's Estate)[1] starring Alexis Kanner (who also produced the film), Sam Waterston and Maud Adams. The film itself, little seen at the time of its release and even less so since, charts the progress of city-dweller Mahoney (Kanner) who abandons his urban existence to become a homesteader, and the drama that ensues. Pete Townshend, who guests on guitar on some tracks on the album, also receives a credit in the film for providing 'special electronic effects', alongside Wood and Lane's musical score.
For various reasons the film's release was delayed until 1976, and consequently the soundtrack album suffered the same fate (and to further confuse matters the film has since also been re-released under the title Downtown Farmer). However, due to the relative fame of Wood (and to a lesser extent, Lane), the soundtrack album has remained far more readily available than the film itself.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahoney%27s_Last_Stand)

01. Car Radio (04:49)
02. Tonight's Number (03:12)
03. From the Late to the Early (03:42)
04. Chicken Wire (01:58)
05. Chicken Wired (03:43)
06. I'll Fly Away (00:32)
07. Title One (03:32)
08. Just for a Moment (Instrumental) (02:52)
09. 'Mona' the Blues (04:27)
10. Hay Tumble (02:54)
11. Woody's Thing (01:46)
12. Rooster Funeral (03:48)
13. Just for a Moment (02:52)
14. Insurance (04:04)
15. Safety Pin Queen (03:30)
16. Anymore for Anymore (02:03)
17. C&W Number (02:02)
18. My Fault (03:12)

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Bill Wyman (The Rolling Stones) - Bill Wyman (1982)

Year: 26 March 1982 (CD 1996)
Label: Sequel Records (UK), NEM CD 848
Style: Pop Rock, Rock, New Wave, Synth-Pop[
Country: Lewisham, London, England (24 October 1936)
Time: 40:10
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 254 Mb

After a pair of solo efforts that veered from eccentric yet inspired (Monkey Grip) to eccentric and uninspired (Stone Alone), Bill Wyman perfected his blend of rock & roll and oddball humor into one solid album on 1981's Bill Wyman. Instead of utilizing the all-star group of backup musicians that dominated his previous solo outings, Bill Wyman found the veteran rocker handling much of the instrumentation himself, with only a rhythm section and a few guest stars pitching in. The result is a crisp, consistent sound that mixes the electronic edge of new wave with good, old-fashioned rock & roll production values. Bill Wyman also benefits from catchy, well-written songs that provide a hook-laden backdrop for Wyman's humorous musings: "A New Fashion" is a witheringly acidic send-up of trend-chasing pop stars that layers a memorably melodic chorus over an effectively sparse electronic backdrop, and "Come Back Suzanne" is a one-of-a-kind rock/disco/new wave hybrid that blends power chords with ethereal synth flourishes as Wyman delivers a tongue-in-cheek tale of lost love. Other highlights include "Jump Up," a catchy combination of ska and funk with amusing party-hearty lyrics, and "Girls," a snarling rocker with campy, macho lyrics that could be read as a parody of the Rolling Stones' long line of carnal rock songs. However, the album's masterpiece is "Si, Si, Je Suis Un Rock Star," a deliriously strange but quite funny song that features Wyman delivering a lusty travelogue in a deadpan voice over a backing track that mixes Spanish guitars with burbling synth disco. Ultimately, one's level of interest in Bill Wyman will depend on their love of eccentric humor, but no one can deny that it effectively combines solid songwriting and a sleek, consistent production style. As a result, Bill Wyman is worthwhile listen for classic rock fans who don't mind a little idiosyncratic humor mixed in with their rock & roll.
(allmusic.com/album/bill-wyman-mw0000081271)

01. Ride On Baby (03:55)
02. A New Fashion (04:10)
03. Nuclear Reactions (03:39)
04. Visions (04:14)
05. Jump Up (03:59)
06. Come Back Suzanne (03:25)
07. Rio De Janeiro (04:16)
08. Girls (02:46)
09. Seventeen (03:44)
10. (Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star (05:57)

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Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) - Vintage Vinos [Compilation] (2010)

Year: Nov 2, 2010 (CD Nov 2, 2010)
Label: Mindless Records (US)
Style: Blues Rock, Classic Rock, Pop Rock
Country: Dartford, Kent, England (18 December 1943)
Time: 63:54
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 444 Mb

Vintage Vinos is a compilation album by Keith Richards, released on 2 November 2010. The album features remastered solo and X-Pensive Winos tracks from Talk is Cheap, Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988, Main Offender, and "Hurricane", a special bonus song. Previously available only to fans who donated to Hurricane Katrina relief, the song was recorded during The Rolling Stones sessions for Forty Licks in 2002. Vintage Vinos peaked at No. 40 on the Billboard Top Independent Albums chart. It has sold 21,000 copies in the US as of August 2015.
The release of the disc highlights the release of Richard's book Life.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vintage_Vinos)

01. Take It So Hard (03:16)
02. Big Enough (03:18)
03. You Don't Move Me (04:50)
04. Struggle (04:12)
05. Make No Mistake (04:55)
06. Too Rude (Live) (07:46)
07. Time Is On My Side (Live) (04:26)
08. Happy (Live) (07:08)
09. Connection (Live) (02:32)
10. Wicked As It Seems (04:45)
11. Eileen (04:29)
12. Hate It When You Leave (04:58)
13. Locked Away (05:46)
14. Hurricaine (01:29)

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Chicken Shack - 100 Ton Chicken [Japanese Ed.] (1969)

Year: October 1969 (CD Nov 21, 1994)
Label: Epic Records (Japan), ESCA 7567
Style: Rock, Blues Rock
Country: UK
Time: 35:39
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 210 Mb

Lethargic blues, sounding like an opening act recorded at the blues bar down the street. This record literally screams for a competent singer, as Stan Webb's lazy, mumbling vocals are almost laughable (did he intend it that way?). Sorry, but this chicken laid a 20-ton rotten egg.
(allmusic.com/album/100-ton-chicken-mw0000343023) Review by Peter Kurtz
100 Ton Chicken is the third album by the UK Brit Blues band Chicken Shack. Originally released in 1969, the follow-up album of their first two albums 40 Blue Fingers Freshly Packed And Ready To Serve [MOVLP104] and OK Ken? [MOVLP1039] was Paul Raymond's first album as a member of Chicken Shack. Raymond replaced Christine Perfect, who left the band when she married John McVie of Fleetwood Mac.
Terence Ibbott was in charge of the album artwork for 100 Ton Chicken, which was bizarre as always. The recordings sounded quite different and gave The Shack what they were looking for - a "heavier" sound. On the album Chicken Shack covered Clarence Carter tunes ("The Road Of Love" and "Weekend Love"), a great Freddie King tune "Look Ma, I'm Cryin'", Lowell Fulson's "Reconsider Baby" and Clarence Gatemouth Brown's "Midnight Hour".
(bear-family.com/chicken-shack-100-ton-chicken.html?srsltid=AfmBOoqNsQZMQtTUWCMyylSSdtquSEFeFpAMSi1Wb6bbu7dBgjpzqlqh)

01. The Road of Love (03:34)
02. Look Ma, I'm Cryin' (03:26)
03. Evelyn (04:20)
04. Reconsider Baby (03:24)
05. Weekend Love (02:17)
06. Midnight Hour (02:56)
07. Tears in the Wind (02:45)
08. Horse and Cart (03:38)
09. The Way It Is (04:26)
10. Still Worried About My Woman (03:13)
11. Anji (01:36)

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Monday, 20 October 2025

Supertramp - Even In The Quietest Moments... (1977)

Year: 8 April 1977 (CD ????)
Label: Polygram Records (West Germany), 394 634-2
Style: Pop Rock, Soft Rock, Progressive Pop
Country: London, England
Time: 43:41
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 264 Mb

Even in the Quietest Moments... is the fifth album by the British rock band Supertramp, released in April 1977. It was recorded mainly at Caribou Ranch in Colorado with overdubs, vocals, and mixing completed at the Record Plant in Los Angeles. This was Supertramp's first album to use engineer Peter Henderson, who would work with the band for their next three albums as well.
Even in the Quietest Moments... reached number 16 on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart in 1977 and within a few months of release became Supertramp's first Gold (500,000 copies or more)–selling album in the US. In addition, "Give a Little Bit" became a US Top 20 single and reached number 29 on the UK Singles Chart. While "Give a Little Bit" was the big hit, both "Fool's Overture" and the title track also received a fair amount of FM album-rock play.
In 1978, Even in the Quietest Moments... was ranked 63rd in The World Critic Lists, which recognised the 200 greatest albums of all time as voted for by notable rock critics and DJs.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Even_in_the_Quietest_Moments...)

Album recorded and mixed in the analog domain - AAD. That is, a minimum of digital processing.
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01. Give A Little Bit (04:09)
02. Lover Boy (06:52)
03. Even In The Quietest Moments (06:29)
04. Downstream (04:04)
05. Babaji (04:51)
06. From Now On (06:22)
07. Fool's Overture (10:52)

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Sunday, 19 October 2025

Fleetwood Mac - I Do [maxi-single] (1995)

Year: 1995 (CD 1995)
Label: Warner Bros. Records (Europe), 9362 43616-2
Style: Soft Rock, Synth-Pop
Country: London, England
Time: 19:20
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 142 Mb

I liked the penguins. Penguins have very weakly developed sexual characteristics. Sometimes, they only find out they are of the same sex after mating.

 

 

01. I Do (edit) (03:49)
02. Talkin' To My Heart (album version) (04:56)
03. Little Lies (extended version) (06:15)
04. Little Lies (dub) (04:18)

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Gypsy - Gypsy [Japanese Ed.] (1971)

Year: 1971 (CD Apr 15, 2009)
Label: Air Mail Recordings (Japan), AIRAC-1529
Style: Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Country: Leicester, East Midlands, England
Time: 77:25
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 512 Mb

Gypsy is a progressive/hard rock band from Leicester, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, that was formed in 1965 under the name Legay. In 1968, the band changed its name to Gypsy. Not to be confused with Gypsy from the USA.
The band originated in 1965 as Legay, a Leicester R&B–beat combo that performed Tamla–Motown covers on the Midlands club circuit. They featured guitarist–singer Robin Pizer, bassist Dave McCarthy, and guitarists John Knapp and Rod Read. Their namesake, drummer Legay Rogers, left early for health reasons.
In 1967, Legay briefly employed Rob Townsend (en route to Family). The Townsend lineup recorded songs by Pizer (“You’re On My Mind”) and Read (“Impartial Judge”).
Legay hired drummer David “Moth” Smith in time for their February 1968 Fontana single “No-one,” an intense fuzztone psych rocker backed with “The Fantastic Story of the Stream-Driven Banana,” a jaunty harmony pop song.
A. “No-one”
B. “The Fantastic Story of the Steam Driven Banana”
Pizer wrote both songs and the vaulted “High Flying Around,” one of four tracks (along with Read’s “Minstrel Boy” and the two Townsend-era tracks) on a 2015 Legay archival EP on Circle Records.
Legay renamed itself Gypsy Moth (after Smith’s nickname). At the behest of manager Peter Swales, they shortened the name to Gypsy.
(jazzrocksoul.com/artists/gypsy/)

01. What Makes A Man A Man? (03:07)
02. Keep On Truing (04:35)
03. I Don't Care,Do You Mind? (03:13)
04. Turning Wheel (08:04)
05. Feel About The Country Fine (02:30)
06. Standing Alone,Feel So Bad (06:04)
07. I Want To Be Beside You (05:16)
08. Please Don't Stay (05:16)
09. Let Me Take You Home (04:50)
10. Pony Ride (04:59)
11. Changes Coming (03:40)
12. Don't Cry On Me (03:15)
13. Listen To The Music (03:29)
14. I Don't Wanna Lose You (03:12)
15. I Guess She'll Have To Know (03:35)
16. There's A Party (03:46)
17. It Don't Bother Me (03:30)
18. What A Day (04:56)

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Christine McVie - Christine McVie (1984)

Year: 27 January 1984 (CD 1984)
Label: Polygram Records (West Germany), 9 25059-2
Style: Pop Rock, Soft Rock
Country: Lancashire, England (12 July 1943 - 30 November 2022)
Time: 43:45
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 251 Mb

Musicians: Lindsey Buckingham, Eric Clapton, Ray Cooper, Mick Fleetwood, Steve Winwood.
Christine Anne McVie was an English musician. She was the keyboardist and one of the vocalists and songwriters of the rock band Fleetwood Mac.
McVie was a member of several bands, notably Chicken Shack, in the mid-1960s British blues scene. She initially began working with Fleetwood Mac as a session player in 1968, before officially joining the band two years later. Her first compositions with Fleetwood Mac appeared on their fifth album, Future Games. She remained with the band through many changes of line-up, writing songs and performing lead vocals before partially retiring in 1998.
McVie was described as "the prime mover behind some of Fleetwood Mac's biggest hits" and eight songs she wrote or co-wrote, including "Say You Love Me", "Don't Stop", "Everywhere" and "Little Lies", appeared on Fleetwood Mac's 1988 Greatest Hits album. She appeared as a session musician on the band's last studio album, Say You Will. McVie also released three solo studio albums and recorded a duet album with Lindsey Buckingham. McVie was noted for her soulful contralto voice.
As a member of Fleetwood Mac, McVie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 1998 received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. In the same year, after almost 30 years with Fleetwood Mac, she left the band and lived in semi-retirement, releasing a solo album in 2004. She appeared on stage with Fleetwood Mac at the O2 Arena in London in September 2013 and rejoined the band in 2014 prior to their On with the Show tour.
McVie died of a stroke in hospital on 30 November 2022, at the age of 79. She had also been suffering from metastatic cancer of unknown primary origin.
Following her death, Fleetwood Mac issued a statement saying that she was "the best musician anyone could have in their band and the best friend anyone could have in their life". Stevie Nicks said McVie had been her "best friend in the whole world".
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_McVie)

01. Love Will Show Us How (04:15)
02. The Challenge (04:41)
03. So Excited (04:05)
04. One In A Million (05:02)
05. Ask Anybody (05:28)
06. Got A Hold On Me (03:53)
07. Who's Dreaming This Dream (03:35)
08. I'm The One (04:05)
09. Keeping Secrets (03:34)
10. The Smile I Live For (05:04)

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Saturday, 18 October 2025

Chicken Shack - Forty Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed And Ready To Serve [Japanese Ed.] (1968)

Year: June 1968 (CD Nov 21, 1994)
Label: Epic Records (Japan), ESCA 7565
Style: Rock, Blues Rock
Country: UK
Time: 39:48
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 259 Mb

Chicken Shack's first single “It's Okay With Me Baby / When My Left Eye Jumps” (BH 57-3135), was released in 1968 shortly before their first LP release 40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve was released later that year. Christine Perfect composed and sang the song on side A of the first single and Stan Webb composed and sang the song on the flip side. Neither side of the first single was included on the first LP release. The first non-album single and the debut LP attracted a lot of attention. 40 Blue Fingers... ended up having considerable chart success (No. 12 on the British Album Charts). Stan Webb and Christine Perfect both wrote two songs for the album and the rest of the songs were blues covers. Webb sang lead vocals on all of his compositions as well as all of the covers. Perfect sang lead only on her compositions.
Chicken Shack are a British blues and rock band, founded in the mid-1960s by Stan Webb (guitar and vocals), Andy Silvester (bass guitar), and Alan Morley (drums), who were later joined by Christine Perfect (later McVie) (vocals and keyboards) in 1967. Chicken Shack has performed with various line-ups, Stan Webb being the only constant member.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Shack)

01. The Letter (04:31)
02. Lonesome Whistle Blues (03:06)
03. When The Train Comes Back (03:36)
04. San-Ho-Zay (03:08)
05. King Of The World (05:05)
06. See See Baby (02:28)
07. First Time I Met The Blues (06:30)
08. Webbed Feet (02:57)
09. You Ain't No Good (03:40)
10. What You Did Last Night (04:41)

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The Flock - Truth - The Columbia Recordings 1969-1970 [2CD] (2017)

Year: 1969-1970 (CD 2017)
Label: Esoteric Recordings (Europe), ECLEC 22606
Style: Jazz Rock, Progressive Rock
Country: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Time: 65:30, 65:19
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 410, 436 Mb

The Flock was an American, Chicago-based jazz rock band, that released two albums on Columbia Records in 1969 (The Flock) and 1970 (Dinosaur Swamps). The Flock did not achieve the commercial success of other Columbia jazz-rock groups of the era such as Chicago and Blood Sweat & Tears, but were recognized for featuring a violin prominently in their music. The violinist, Jerry Goodman, went on to become a member of Mahavishnu Orchestra and a solo artist. They also received some exposure with their release of a cover of The Kinks' "Tired Of Waiting For You" as a single in April 1970.
The Flock had three early singles on Destination Records and one on USA Records, local Chicago labels, recorded between 1966 and 1968. Goodman was not in this line-up but worked as a roadie with the band. All four singles, "Can't You See (That I Really Love Her)", "Are You The Kind", "Take Me Back" and "What Would You Do If The Sun Died?" are available on CD.
The promising first album was further into jazz fusion than either Chicago or Blood Sweat & Tears, influenced by Miles Davis' Bitches Brew album, in which Webb participated, but whose performance was not recorded. The first album was produced by Grammy Award winning producer of jazz and classical albums for Columbia Records John McClure. with liner notes written from the audience at Whisky a Go Go by John Mayall, on July 9, 1969. The band went back into the studio and recorded a second album entitled Dinosaur Swamps, (with Jon Gerber replacing Tom Webb) featuring the hit, "Big Bird." They began work on a third studio album, provisionally titled Flock Rock, but rumours at the time had Columbia Records' Clive Davis raiding The Flock and recruiting Goodman for the Mahavishnu Orchestra project. Glickstein's remembrance of the event was, according to the sleevenotes with The Flock compilation CD Truth, slightly more matter-of-fact: "In reality the band members started going in different musical directions. You know. That old song."
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flock_(band))

01. Introduction (04:53)
02. Clown (07:45)
03. I Am the Tall Tree (05:34)
04. Tired of Waiting (04:39)
05. Store Bought - Store Thought (07:00)
06. Truth (15:24)
07. What Would You Do If the Sun Died? (02:48)
08. Lollipops And Rainbows (04:05)
09. Tired of Waiting (Single Version) (02:42)
10. Store Bought - Store Thought (Single Version) (02:44)
11. Clown (Part One) (03:12)
12. Clown (Part Two) (04:38)

01. Green Slice (02:03)
02. Big Bird (05:50)
03. Hornschmeyer's Island (07:25)
04. Lighthouse (05:18)
05. Crabfoot (08:14)
06. Mermaid (04:53)
07. Uranian Sircus (07:13)
08. Chanja (02:38)
09. Atlantians Truckin’ Home (04:50)
10. Afrika (04:34)
11. Just Do It (06:35)
12. Mermaid (Single Version) (02:49)
13. Crabfoot (Single Version) (02:49)

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Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) - Pictures At Eleven [Japanese Ed.] (1982)

Year: 25 June 1982 (CD Feb 25, 1986)
Label: Warner-Pioneer (Japan), 32XD-392
Style: Rock, Arena Rock
Country: West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England (20 August 1948)
Time: 42:13
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 285 Mb

Pictures at Eleven is the debut solo studio album by the former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant. Genesis drummer Phil Collins played drums for five of the album's eight songs. Ex-Rainbow drummer Cozy Powell handled drums on "Slow Dancer" and "Like I've Never Been Gone." On the song "Fat Lip", guitarist Robbie Blunt played a Roland TR-808 drum machine. The title was an often-heard phrase in US television news that would follow a brief announcement of a story of interest to be shown later during a station's 11 PM news program. Pictures at Eleven is the only one of Plant's solo albums to appear on Led Zeppelin's record label Swan Song. By the time of Plant's next release, 1983's The Principle of Moments, Swan Song had ceased to function, and Plant had started his own label named Es Paranza.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictures_at_Eleven)

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. Burning Down One Side (03:57)
02. Moonlight in Samosa (04:01)
03. Pledge Pin (04:03)
04. Slow Dancer (07:46)
05. Worse Than Detroit (05:59)
06. Fat Lip (05:08)
07. Like I've Never Been Gone (05:59)
08. Mystery Title (05:18)

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Friday, 17 October 2025

Robert Plant [Led Zeppelin] – Saving Grace (2025)

Year: 26 September 2025 (CD Sep 26, 2025)
Label: Nonesuch Records (US), 075597895384
Style: Rock, Folk Rock
Country: West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England (20 August 1948)
Time: 41:52
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 257 Mb

Saving Grace is the twelfth studio album by English singer Robert Plant, credited to Robert Plant with Suzi Dian, released on 26 September 2025 through Nonesuch Records. It features the band Plant has been touring with since 2019 and contains ten cover versions of songs by a variety of artists.
Saving Grace was named after the band Plant had been performing with for over six years, which includes singer Suzi Dian, drummer Oli Jefferson, guitarist Tony Kelsey, banjo and string player Matt Worley, and cellist Barney Morse-Brown. In a statement, Plant spoke of the joyful dynamic he shared with the band, highlighting "the sweetness of the whole thing" and noting that they would "laugh" together frequently. The album was recorded between April 2019 and January 2025 in studios across the Cotswolds and the Welsh Borders. Plant began working with the Saving Grace collective during the COVID-19 pandemic, creating a roots-oriented sound inspired by folk and traditional blues. To promote the album, Plant and Saving Grace will tour North America in Autumn 2025.
Saving Grace features ten tracks, primarily reinterpretations of material by artists such as Memphis Minnie, Moby Grape, Blind Willie Johnson, The Low Anthem, Martha Scanlan, Sarah Siskind, and Low. Its lead single, a cover of Low's "Everybody's Song", was released on 16 July 2025, the second single "Gospel Plough" on 14 August.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_Grace_(Robert_Plant_album))

01. Chevrolet (02:38)
02. As I Roved Out (06:10)
03. It's A Beautiful Day Today (03:41)
04. Soul Of A Man (04:43)
05. Ticket Taker (03:40)
06. I Never Will Marry (03:34)
07. Higher Rock (03:42)
08. Too Far From You (04:57)
09. Everybody's Song (04:16)
10. Gospel Plough (04:27)

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Harvey Mandel - Feel The Sound (1974)

Year: 1974 (CD 1989)
Label: Line Records (West Germany), JACD 9.00799 O
Style: Blues Rock, Progressive Rock, Jazz-Rock
Country: Detroit, Michigan, U.S. (March 11, 1945)
Time: 29:28
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 173 Mb

This album reminds me very much of the Jeff Beck release "Rough and Ready". The reason is the vocalist sounds very much like Beck's vocalist Bobby Tench from that album. And that is a compliment to all parties involved. Love the Beck album and I love this one by Harvey. Mr. Mandel is criminally unknown. Easily makes my top ten favorite guitarist list. This is a classic 70's release. Harvey is tapping his ass off here and it's obvious Eddie Van Halen was listening. He used to watch Harvey live at the Whiskey in L.A. In the early 70's. Be nice if he would ever mention Harvey as a huge influence. What a douche. Anyway, if you love blues/rock guitar with jazz chops make a point to hunt this down. You will not be disappointed. Thank you Harvey.
(amazon.co.uk/Feel-Sound-Harvey-Mandel/dp/B01G93QDI4)

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01. Got To Be Bad (03:53)
02. Sore Throat (02:35)
03. Just Wanna Be There (04:28)
04. Candles By The Bedside (04:07)
05. Feel The Sound (06:02)
06. I Got Your Slot (02:53)
07. Rankachank Blues (02:50)
08. Forever And Forever (02:36)

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Aerosmith - Done With Mirrors [Japanese Ed. SHM-CD] (1985)

Year: November 4, 1985 (CD Feb 17, 2010)
Label: Universal Music (Japan), UICY-94441
Style: Hard Rock, Arena Rock
Country: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Time: 35:46
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 279 Mb

On November 4, 1985, Aerosmith attempted a comeback with the first album for Geffen Records (overall eighth studio album) but met with a mixed bag of rocks. The plus side the return of guitarists of Joe Perry and Brad Whitford who both respectively left in 1979 and 1981. Don’t get me wrong I really like the band but it’s tough as I must deliver a fair review – no favorites.
The lead off song “Let the Music Do the Talking” was originally from Joe Perry Project band’s first album; but was reworked for Aerosmith with changes to the lyrics and tone. I have heard both versions and it really depends on your taste which one is preferred. “The Reason a Dog” has been harshly judged over time, it is a playful dirty minded track, folks just need to stop with the thin skin attitudes. It does have teasing rock-blues melody that feels it should come from more of bar band than the eighth album of Aerosmith. “Shela” doesn’t do a thing for me it feels it belongs on someone’s else album, the tone is off-beat, hence and easy to skip it. Now, “Gypsy Boots” starts a bit slow, but quickly ratchets into gear it has that classic AC/DC feel, that pulls the listener back to the reason why I really like the band. At 2:20 it returns to slow pace of the opening riffs and does it a few more times though in between the songs rips well. Gotta say the early vinyl edition included the bluesy track called “She’s on Fire” and fast groove song that sounds a bit like The Rolling Stones influence for “The Hop”, with more blues layering. The CD version of then concluded with the song “Darkness”.
For the purest the original artwork was all backwards and only readable if held to a mirror, the remastered version reverses this experimental design which served as a suggestion of laying out lines of coke to sort off a mirror in the classic style of then.
(thehorrortimes.com/2025/08/09/aerosmith-done-with-mirrors-1985-by-vincent-mento/)

01. Let The Music Do The Talking (03:48)
02. My Fist Your Face (04:23)
03. Shame On You (03:22)
04. The Reason A dog (04:13)
05. Shela (04:25)
06. Gypsy Boots (04:16)
07. She's On Fire (03:47)
08. The Hop (03:45)
09. Darkness (03:43)

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Thursday, 16 October 2025

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

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

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

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

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

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