Spanky And Our Gang - The Complete Mercury Singles (2014) Real Gone Music - RGM-0270

 

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Folk Rock, Sunshine Pop

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Spanky and Our Gang was an American 1960s folk-rock band led by Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane. The group was known for its vocal harmonies and had major hits in the US and Canada in 1967–1968 with "Sunday Will Never Be the Same", "Lazy Day", "Sunday Mornin'" and "Like to Get to Know You"...

Tracks:

1. And Your Bird Can Sing (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) 1:48

2. Sealed With a Kiss (Gary Geld, Peter Udell) 2:03

3. Sunday Will Never Be the Same (Eugene Pistilli, Terry Cashman) 2:56

4. Distance (Joe Renzetti, Ray Gilmore) 2:232

5. Making Every Minute Count (John Morier) 2:38

6. If You Could Only Be Me (Carl D'Errico, Roger Atkins) 2:03

7. Lazy Day (George Fischoff, Tony Powers) 3:05

8. (It Ain't Necessarily) Byrd Avenue (Michael Peter Smith) 2:35

9. Sunday Morning (Margo Guryan) 3:00

10. Everybody's Talkin' (Echoes) (Fred Neil) 3:10

11. Like to Get to Know You (Stuart Scharf) 2:15

12. Three Ways from Tomorrow (Lefty Baker) 3:25

13. Give A Damn (Bob Dorough, Stuart Scharf) 2:35

14. The Swinging Gate (Geoffrey Meyers, John Ferrell) 2:14

15. Yesterday's Rain (Lefty Baker) 3:20

16. Without Rhyme or Reason (Bob Dorough, Fran Landesman) 2:29

17. Anything You Chose (Stuart Scharf) 2:46

18. Mecca Flat Blues (Little Brother Montgomery, Elaine McFarlane) 3:21

19. And She's Mine (Kenny Hodges) 2:34

20. Leopard Skin Phones (Eustace Baker, Kenny Hodges) 2:56

21. Echoes (Everybody's Talkin') (Fred Neil) 3:10

Notes

All songs presented in their original mono single mixes, A and B-sides, for Mercury

between 1966-1969. 

Personnel:

Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane – vocals

Nigel Pickering – rhythm guitar, vocals

Paul "Oz" Bach – bass guitar, vocals (1966-67)

Malcolm Hale – lead guitar, trombone, vocals

John "The Chief" Seiter – drums, vocals (1967-69)

Geoffrey Myers - bass, vocals (1967)

Kenny Hodges – bass, vocals (1967-69)

Lefty Baker – lead guitar, banjo, vocals (1967-69)

With additional personnel...

Eugene Carnan (1972/2011) Shadoks Music - SHADOKS 139

 

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Heavy Hard Rock, Blues Rock

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An unknown UK rock trio from The Rhondda Valley, in South Wales. A rare album is a 1972 UK heavy/hard rock LP released on the label Emidisc UK. The rarity factor is the low number of pressings. 

This release has been pressed only 4 times ever. In September 1971 Eugene Carnan entered a UK-wide competition for “Best New Band” run by the famous Melody Maker magazine, they recorded the album in 1972 and took it to London to Eden Studios for a demo pressing and cut 4.

Tracks:

1. Confusion (4:33)

2. I Found Out (3:27)

3. People In The City (5:12)

4. Black As Night (3:22)

5. Blues Thing (4:07)

6. On Your Mind (4:16)

7. Mountain (5:05)

Notes

Recorded at Kenwil Studios, Rsca, Mon. on 20th + 31st March 1972.

Cut at Eden Studios, London on July 28th 1972.

Personnel:

Bass Guitar – Mike Williams

Drums – Mike Evans

Lead Guitar, Vocals – Adrian Llewellyn

Free With PYG - Pyg Live Album In Colosseum (1971/1994) Polydor - POCH-1353/4

 

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Blues Rock, Hard Rock

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Pyg (stylized as PYG) was a Japanese rock supergroup. Formed in 1971, was a seven piece ensemble. Fronted by two lead singers, Kenji Sawada and Kenichi Hagiwara, the musical director of Pyg was guitarist Takayuki Inoue. Katsuo Ohno joined on keyboards, Hiroshi Oguchi provided drums and Osami "Sally" Kishibe bassist. Yuji Harada, was also added to the line-up as second drummer.

The band released one studio album, Pyg! (1971) the live album Free with Pyg (1971) and five singles before dissolving.

Tracks:

1. Black Night (3:27)

2. Walking My Shadow (3:42)

3. Every Mother's Son (5:36)

4. Country Confort (4:15)

5. Bitch (3:25)

6. Speed King (3:04)

7. Cowboy (3:39)

8. Love In Pain (5:15)

9. To Love Somebody (4:39)

10. Travelin' In The Dark (3:51)

11. The Day I Knew a Love (3:21)

12. A Road Named No Return (3:07)

13. Nothing Free (5:15)

14. Sympathy For The Devil (7:26)

15. I Put A Spell On You (4:33)

16. Now The Time For Love (4:46)

17. I Want To Take You Higher (4:58)

18. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (6:17)

19. To Pray (5:27)

Notes

Recorded live at Denen Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan on 16 Aug 1971. 2xCD, Album, Reissue 1994. (Some track is a cover song. Successful covers often reinterpret the original by changing instrumentation, tempo, genre, or chord progressions to make the song unique.)

Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') & Over-nite Sensation (1986) Rykodisc RCD 40025

 

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Fusion, Avantgarde, Prog Rock, Jazz-Rock

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Apostrophe (') is the fifth solo album and eighteenth in total by Frank Zappa, released in March 1974. Over-Nite Sensation is the twelfth album by The Mothers of Invention (credited as The Mothers), and the seventeenth album overall by Frank Zappa, released in September 1973. The recording sessions which produced Over-Nite Sensation also produced Zappa's followup, Apostrophe (') (1974) released as a solo album rather than a Mothers of Invention release.

Tracks:

1. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow (2:07)

2. Nanook Rubs It (4:38)

3. St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast (1:51)

4. Father O'Blivion (2:18)

5. Cosmik Debris (4:14)

6. Excentrifugal Forz (1:33)

7. Apostrophe (5:51)

8. Uncle Remus (2:44)

9. Stink-Foot (6:33)

10. Camarillo Brillo (3:59)

11. I'm The Slime (3:35)

12. Dirty Love (2:59)

13. Fifty-Fifty (6:13)

14. Zomby Woof (5:10)

15. Dinah-Moe Humm (6:04)

16. Montana (6:36)

Notes

Tracks: 1-9 Apostrophe' was originally released in March 1974.

Studios: Electric Lady, N.Y.C.; Bolic, Hollywood; Paramount, Hollywood; UMRK.

Credits:

Backing Vocals – Debbie, Kerry McNabb, Lynn, Ray Collins, Robert "Frog" Camarena, Ruben Ladron De Guevara, Susie Glover

Bass – Erroneous, Jack Bruce, Tom Fowler

Bass, Guitar, Lead Vocals – Frank Zappa

Drums – Aynsley Dunbar, Jim Gordon, Johnny Guerin, Ralph Humphrey

Keyboards, Backing Vocals – George Duke

Percussion – Ruth Underwood

Saxophone – Ian Underwood

Saxophone, Backing Vocals – Napoleon Murphy Brock

Trombone – Bruce Fowler 

Trumpet – Sal Marquez

Violin – Sugar Cane Harris, Jean-Luc Ponty

Tracks: 10-16 Over-nite Sensation was originally released in September 1973.

Studios: Boltic Sound, Whitney, Paramount, UMRK.

Credits:

Alto Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Ian Underwood

Bass – Tom Fowler

Drums – Ralph Humphrey

Guitar, Vocals – Frank Zappa

Keyboards, Synthesizer – George Duke

Marimba, Vibraphone, Percussion – Ruth Underwood

Trombone – Bruce Fowler 

Trumpet, Vocals – Sal Marquez

Violin, Violin [Baritone] – Jean-Luc Ponty

Jukka Tolonen - Tolonen! (1971/2004) Love Records - LRCD 47

 

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Jazz-Rock, Fusion

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Jukka Jorma Tolonen (born 16 April 1952) is a Finnish guitarist. Tolonen became famous as guitarist for the progressive rock band Tasavallan Presidentti (which means "president of the republic"). His first solo album, Tolonen!, recorded and released in 1971 while he was nineteen years old, displayed his prowess on both guitar (electric and acoustic) and piano and instrumental songwriting which comfortably segues between classical, jazz, folk, blues and rock. Tolonen also recorded two albums with the Finnish prog band Wigwam in 1970 and 1971.

Tracks:

1. Elements: Earth Fire Water Air 8:04

2. Ramblin’ 9:00

3. Mountains 6:36

4. Wanderland 5:04

5. Last Night (Live) 3:25

Notes

Recorded at the Finnvox Studios Helsinki Finland Oct. 1971 except track 5, which was recorded live at Tavastia Club.

Credits:

Jukka Tolonen - guitars, piano, spinet, acoustic guitar, guitar Lesley

Pekka Pohjola - bass (1,4,5)

Pekka Pöyry - soprano saxophone (1,3), alto saxophone (2)

Heikki Virtanen - Fender bass (2)

Reino Laine - drums (1,2), cowbell (2)

Ronnie Österberg - drums (4,5)

Jukka Gustavson - organ (5)

Life - When It Comes To The Push (LP/1973) Studio R. Senn - SRS-30012

 

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Psychedelic Hard Rock

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An unknown Swiss instrumental rock trio. When It Comes To The Push is a 1973 Swiss psychedelic/hard rock LP released on the label Studio R. Senn. It's a live double-side recording made on 31 December 1972 at the Jugendhaus Piccadilly (Piccadilly Youth House) in Brugg, Switzerland, and remains a near-mythical "obscure Swiss grail" with almost no information about the trio behind it. Every piece performed is entirely original, devoid of any prior arrangement, and stems solely from the musicians' spontaneous inspiration, in short, it is pure improvisation!

Traks:

A1. Untitled 13:21

A2. Untitled 9:39

B1. Untitled 8:48

B2. Untitled 12:02

Recorded Live in the Jugendhaus Brugg, Switzerland on 31/12/1972.

Credits:

Drums - Toni Huber

Electric Bass - Werner Ammann

Electric Organ, Electric Guitar - Urs Frey

Moby Grape - Vintage • The Very Best Of Moby Grape (1993) Columbia/Legacy - C2K 53041

 

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Psychedelic Rock, Folk Music, Blues and Country

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Vintage The Very Best Of Moby Grape is a two-CD, 48-track retrospective by the San Francisco psychedelic rock group Moby Grape, released 1993 on Columbia/Legacy as part of the "Rock Artifacts" series. A complete chronicle of The Grape's Columbia recordings including unreleased songs, alternate versions, outrageous studio banter and much more!

CD1

1. Hey Grandma (2:45)

2. Mr. Blues (2:00)

3. Fall On You (2:50)

4. 8:05 (2:33)

5. Come In The Morning (2:18)

6. Omaha (2:45)

7. Naked, If I Want To (0:58)

8. Rounder (instrumental) (2:04)

9. Someday (3:32)

10. Ain't No Use (1:40)

11. Sitting By The Window (2:48)

12. Changes (3:24)

13. Lazy Me (1:48)

14. Indifference (4:16)

15. Looper (Audition version) (2:40)

16. Sweet Ride (3:12)

17. Bitter Wind (Alternate version) (2:40)

18. The Place And The Time (2:25)

19. Rounder (Live) (2:03)

20. Miller's Blues (Live) (6:07)

21. Changes (Live) (4:21)

22. Hey Grandma (mono single version) (2:33)

23. Omaha (mono single version) (2:23)

24. Big (4:44)

CD2

1. Skip's Song (demo) (3:25)

2. You Can Do Anything (demo) (2:51)

3. Murder In My Heart For The Judge (2:59)

4. Bitter Wind (3:08)

5. Can't Be So Bad (3:27)

6. Just Like Gene Autry; A Foxtrot (2:57)

7. He (3:38)

8. Motocycle Irene (2:26)

9. Funky-Tunk (2:13)

10. Rose Colored Eyes (4:20)

11. If You Can't Learn From Your Mistakes (Peter Solo Version) (1:26)

12. Ooh Mama Ooh (2:29)

13. Ain't That A Shame (2:31)

14. Trucking Man (2:03)

15. Captain Nemo (1:46)

16. What's To Choose (1:58)

17. Going Nowhere (2:04)

18. I Am Not Willing (3:01)

19. It's A Beautiful Day Today (3:08)

20. Right Before My Eyes (2:06)

21. Truly Fine Citizen (1:49)

22. Hoochie (4:25)

23. Soul Stew (2:20)

24. Seeing (8:07)

Notes

CD1: Tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14 taken from Columbia CS 9494 "Moby Grape" 1967.

Tracks 22,23 from mono single A and B-side 1967.

CD1: Tracks 8,15-21,24 previously unreleased.

CD2: Tracks 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 taken from Columbia CS 9613 "Wow" 1968.

Tracks 12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,22,24 taken from Columbia CS 9696 "Moby Grape '69" 1969.

Tracks 20,21 taken from Columbia CS 9912 "Truly Fine Citizen" 1969.

CD2: Tracks 1,2,11,23 previously unreleased.

Credits:

Guitar, Vocals - Alexander "Skip" Spence, Peter Charles Lewis

Piano, Bass, Guitar, Vocals - Jerry Miller

Bass, Vocals - J. Robert "Bob" Mosley

Bass - Bob Moore

Drums, Vocals - Don Stevenson

Ukulele, Banjo, Vocals - Arthur Godfrey

Arranged By [Orchestral] - David Rubinson, Joey Scott

The Elvin Bishop Group (1969/2002) Sundazed Music - SC 6189

 

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Blues Rock, Southern Rock

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Elvin Richard Bishop (born October 21, 1942) is an American blues and rock music singer, guitarist, bandleader and songwriter. Member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band from 1965 to 1968. In 1968, he went solo and formed the Elvin Bishop Group...

Tracklist:

1. The Things That I Used To Do 4:00

2. Tulsa Shuffle 5:16

3. Sweet Potato 5:34

4. How Much More 3:02

5. Dad Gum Ya Hide, Boy 2:49

6. Honey Bee 3:23

7. Prisoner Of Love 5:18

8. So Fine (Live) 3:57

9. Party Till The Cows Come Home (Live) 3:04

Notes

Bonus tracks: 8,9 - Live recorded at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, California from 1971.

"Fillmore: The Last Days documents the final run of concerts from June 29 to July 4, 1971 at the Fillmore West, it contains performances by 14 different bands which closed after these shows." 

Performers:

Bass – Art Stavro

Drums – John Chambers

Guitar, Vocals – Elvin Bishop

Harp – Applejack (Jack Walroth)

Organ – Steve Miller (Stephen Alan Miller)

Piano – Alberto Gianquinto

Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (2CD) Original and Remixed version

 

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Fusion, Jazz-Rock, Avantgarde

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Hot Rats is the second solo album and eighth overall album by Frank Zappa, released in October 1969. It was Zappa's first recording project after the dissolution of the original lineup of the Mothers of Invention. Five of the six songs are instrumental, while "Willie the Pimp" features vocals by Captain Beefheart. In his original sleeve notes, Zappa described the album as "a movie for your ears".

"The LP was released on the blue Bizarre label in the United States in 1969. 

In 1987 Zappa remixed Hot Rats for re-issue on CD by Rykodisc. On this edition many of the gatefold photos were removed, and the few that were included were printed in black and white. "Willie the Pimp" is edited differently during the introduction and guitar solo. "The Gumbo Variations" is four minutes longer; it includes an introduction and guitar and saxophone solo sections which were left out of the LP version. On "Little Umbrellas", the piano and flute are more prominent than on the LP. Other differences include significant changes to the overall ambiance and dynamic range. A 2008 remaster of the original mix was used for a 2009 limited edition audiophile LP by Classic Records and for the 2012 Universal Music CD reissue." 

The lady on the cover of Frank Zappa's 1969 album Hot Rats is Christine Frka, also known as Miss Christine. 

Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (2008) Zappa Records - ZAPPA 0238412

Tracklist:

1. Peaches En Regalia 3:38

2. Willie The Pimp 9:21

3. Son of Mr. Green Genes 8:58

4. Little Umbrellas 3:06

5. The Gumbo Variations 12:53

6. It Must Be A Camel 5:15

Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (1987) Rykodisc - RCD 10066

Tracklist:

1. Peaches En Regalia 3:38

2. Willie The Pimp 9:16

3. Son Of Mr. Green Genes 8:58

4. Little Umbrellas 3:04

5. The Gumbo Variations 16:55

6. It Must Be A Camel 5:15

Credits:

Frank Zappa – guitar, octave bass, percussion

Ian Underwood – piano, organus maximus, flute, all clarinets, all saxes

Captain Beefheart – vocals on "Willie the Pimp"

Max Bennett – bass on all tracks except "Peaches en Regalia"

Shuggie Otis – bass on "Peaches en Regalia"

John Guerin – drums on "Willie the Pimp", "Little Umbrellas" and "It Must Be a Camel"

Paul Humphrey – drums on "Son of Mr. Green Genes" and "The Gumbo Variations"

Ron Selico – drums on "Peaches en Regalia"

Don "Sugarcane" Harris – violin on "Willie the Pimp" and "The Gumbo Variations"

Jean-Luc Ponty – violin on "It Must Be a Camel"

Lowell George – rhythm guitar (uncredited)

Seanor & Koss (1972/2005) Muskrat Records - RATCD-4252

 

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Classic Rock, Country Rock

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John Seanor and Ron Koss (Ex-Savage Grace) released this only album with the help of King Errisson (congas-percussion), Kenny Altman (bass), John Seiter (drums) and John Sebastian (harmonica). 

Not often that one hears a classic rock album that isn't already well known, this definitely fits the classic rock mold. Great album!

Tracks:

1. Mystery Train (4:36)

2. She Keeps It Hidden (3:58)

3. Iceland Annie (Bara, You're Pretty as Your Name) (4:19)

4. Babylon (5:15)

5. Homegrown (4:28)

6. Matchstick (4:31)

7. Feelin' in the Day (3:57)

8. One Day Longer (3:53)

Personnel:

Bass - Kenny Altman

Drums - John Seiter

Keyboards - John Seanor

Lead Vocals, Guitar - Ron Koss

Guest:

Congas - King Errison

Harmonica - John Sebastian