2026. február 4., szerda

Legend & Moonshine (2005) Repertoire Records

 

MP3/320Kbs/197MB
Pub-Rock, R&B, Southern Rock

Rock / blues band formed by Mickey Jupp in 1968. The "Legend" period and the fifth band Mickey played with 1969 - 1972. Michael Graham "Mickey" Jupp (born 6 March 1944, in Worthing, Sussex, England) is an English musician and songwriter, mainly associated with the Southend music scene.

Legend (Red Boot) (1971) 2005 Repertoire Records - REPUK 1064

Tracks:
1. Cross Country 3:24
2. Cheque Book 3:20
3. Lorraine Part. 1 2:55
4. Nothing Wrong With Me 2:04
5. Somebody In Love 2:39
6. Goin' To 2:33
7. Anything You Do 3:04
8. My Typewriter 2:54
9. Five Years 2:58
10. Hole In My Pocket 2:07
11. Lorraine Part. 2 3:31
12. I Feel Like Sleeping 3:12
Bonuses:
13. Life (single A-side,1970) 2:59
14. Late Last Night (single B-side,1970) 3:52
15. Don't You Never (single A-side,1971) 2:53
16. Someday (single B-side,1971) 2:15

Moonshine (1972) 2006 Repertoire Records - REP 5073

Tracks:
1. Moonshine (Mickey Jupp, Legend) 3:45
2. Another Guy 3:26
3. Mother Of My Child 3:22
4. Captain Cool (Mickey Jupp, Legend) 1:43
5. Ausfahrt (Mickey Jupp, Legend) 0:51
6. Eingang 0:39
7. Shine On My Shoes (Mickey Jupp, Legend) 2:47
8. The Writer Of Songs 4:57
9. Local Folk'ol 3:00
10. At The Shop 2:49
11. Just Because 3:49
Bonuses:
12. Don't You Never (single A-side,1971) 2:54
13. Someday (single B-side,1971) 2:15

Personnel:
Mickey Jupp (Michael Graham Jupp) - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, some lead guitar, piano
Mo Witham - lead guitar, some rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, Spanish guitar, backing vocals
John Bobin - bass, briefly lead guitar, briefly Spanish guitar, backing vocals
Bill Fifield (William Arthur Fifield) - drums
On the album Moonshine:
Bob Clouter - drums, percussion 
Arranged By (Strings) - Matthew Fisher (tracks: 2,3,8)


2026. február 3., kedd

Food Brain - Social Gathering (1971/2001) Black Rose Records - BR 156

 

MP3/320Kbs/92MB
Psychedelic Rock, Jazz Rock

The only album from this project. It was created by Ikuzo Orita, head of Polydor Japan, specifically for Shinki Chen, with the participation of other famous (then and especially later) Japanese musicians: keyboardist Hiro Yanagida (ex-April Fool), drummer Hiro Tsunoda and bassist Masayoshi Kabe. It's an instrumental psycho-jazz album with some avant-prog elements.

Tracks:
1. That Will Do 9:16
2. Naked Mountain 0:33
3. Waltz For M.P.B. 3:45
4. Liver Juice Vending Machine 3:18
5. The Conflict Of The Hippo And The Pig 0:31
6. Clock 5:26
7. One-Sided Love 0:48
8. The Hole In A Sausage 15:05
9. Dedicated To Bach 0:52

Personnel:
Shinki Chen - guitar
Hiro Yanagida - keyboards
Masayoshi Kabe - bass
Hiro Tsunoda - drums
Michihiro Kimura - bass clarinet (8)


2026. február 2., hétfő

Johnny Winter - The Progressive Blues Experiment (1968/2005) Capitol Records - 72438-66568-2-7

 

MP3/320Kbs/110MB
Blues Rock

The Progressive Blues Experiment is the unauthorized debut album by American blues rock musician Johnny Winter. He recorded it in August 1968 at the Vulcan Gas Company, an Austin music club, with his original trio of Tommy Shannon on bass guitar and John "Red" Turner on drums. The album features a mix of Winter originals and older blues songs, including the standards "Rollin' and Tumblin'", "Help Me" and "Forty-Four".

Tracks:
1. Rollin' and Tumblin' (3:13)
2. Tribute to Muddy (6:22)
3. I Got Love If You Want It (3:54)
4. Bad Luck and Trouble (3:43)
5. Help Me (3:49)
6. Mean Town Blues (4:29)
7. Broke Down Engine (2:50)
8. Black Cat Bone (3:48)
9. It's My Own Fault (7:19)
10. Forty-Four (3:30)

Personnel:
Johnny Winter – vocals, electric guitar, National steel guitar, mandolin, harmonica
Tommy Shannon – bass guitar
John "Red" Turner – drums


2026. január 31., szombat

Sam Samudio - Sam, Hard And Heavy (1971/2013) Real Gone Music - RGM-0116

 

MP3/320Kbs/105MB
Psychedelic Blues Country Rock

Sam Samudio, (born Domingo Samudio on February 28, 1937, in Dallas, Texas), is a retired American rock and roll singer best known by his stage name Sam the Sham.  He was the lead vocalist and bandleader of the 1960s band Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs. He was inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2016.

Tracks:
1. Homework (Otis Rush, Al Perkins, Dave Clark) 2:17
2. Relativity (Domingo Samudio) 3:13
3. Lonely Avenue (Doc Pomus) 2:47
4. I Know It's Too Late (traditional, arr.by Domingo Samudio) / Starchild (Domingo Samudio) 6:20
5. Let's Burn Down The Cornfield (Randy Newman) 2:43
6. Sweet Release (Boz Scaggs, Barry Beckett) 4:47
7. Key To The Highway (Charles Segar, Willie Broonzy) 2:08
8. Don't Put Me On (Domingo Samudio) 2:29
9. 15° ASC (Domingo Samudio) 4:37
10. Goin' Upstairs (John Lee Hooker) 5:06
Bonus:
11. Me And Bobby McGee (single,1971) (Fred Foster, Kris Kristofferson) 3:30

Personnel:
Sam Samudio - vocals, guitar, mouth harp
Freddy Hester - acoustic bass
Duane Allman - guitar & dobro (2,10), dobro (11)
The Dixie Flyers:
Jim Dickinson - piano, guitar
Mike Utley - organ
Charlie Freeman - guitar
Tommy McClure - bass
Sammy Creason - drums
The Memphis Horns:
Wayne Jackson - trumpet, flugelhorn
Andrew Love - tenor saxophone, flute
Ed Logan - tenor saxophone
James Mitchell - baritone saxophone
Roger Hopps - trumpet
Jack Hale - trombone
The Sweet Inspirations - backing vocals
Tom Dowd - producer (1-11)
Jerry Wexler - producer (11)


Chubby Checker - Chequered! (1971/2012) Sunbeam Records - SBRCD5091

 

MP3/320Kbs/108MB
Psychedelic Rock, Blues Rock, Funk, Soul

Chubby Checker (real name: Ernest Evans, born October 3, 1941) American rock’n’roll singer, best known for popularizing the "Twist" dance craze with his 1960.
Chequered! is a studio album released by American singer Chubby Checker. Released by London Records in 1971, it is notable for being a stylistically different approach for Checker, opting for the more psychedelic sound that was popular at the time. Therefore the album did not sell well in its initial release.
Notes: Originally recorded and released in 1971 in Europe as “Chequered!”.
Reissued several times under various titles or eponymously, with slightly altering track sequence.

Tracks:
1. How Does It Feel? (7:46)
2. Stoned In The Bathroom (2:41)
3. No Need To Get So Heavy (3:07)
4. Let's Go Down (3:33)
5. My Mind (4:24)
6. Goodbye Victoria (5:53)
7. Love Tunnel (5:15)
8. Slow Lovin' (4:11)
9. He Died (3:35)
10. If The Sun Stopped Shining (3:51)
11. Gypsy (Bonus) (4:57)