Merryweather - Word Of Mouth (1969/1993) One Way Records - S21 56847

 

MP3/320/172MB

Blues Rock, Heavy Rock, Psychedelic Rock

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Robert Neilson Lillie (Neil Merryweather) Canadian singer, bassist and songwriter. Born on 27 December 1945 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Died on March 29, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, after a short illness.

Merryweather's second album, Word Of Mouth (released in September 1969), was a double album recorded in Los Angeles featuring the band with Steve Miller, Barry Goldberg, Charlie Musselwhite, Dave Mason, Howard Roberts and Bobby Notkoff. The group fragmented, with Merryweather quitting after a dispute... They did a follow-up album for RCA, Ivar Avenue Reunion from 1970...

Tracks:

1. I Found Love 3:09

2. Teach You How To Fly 3:22

3. Just A Little Bit 3:46

4. Where I Am 3:45

5. Hello Little Girl 2:59

6. Mrs. Robert’s Son 8:55

7. Licked The Spoon 3:05

8. Sun Down Lady 5:59

9. The Hard Times 4:52

10. News 3:09

11. We Can Make It 4:31

12. Rough Dried Woman 3:40

13. Dr. Mason 4:41

14. Hooker Blues 3:28

Personnel:

Neil Merryweather - lead vocals, bass

Coffi Hall - drums

Steve Miller - vocals, guitar (3,11)

Dave Mason - rhythm guitar (5), 2nd fuzz guitar (8), bass (12), lead guitar (13), vocals (8,13)

Howard Roberts - lead guitar (2,6)

Charlie Musselwhite - harp (5), blues harp (12), vocals (5,12)

Barry Goldberg - organ (3,11)

Bobby Notkoff - violin (4,9)

Dave Burt - vocals (1,2,7,11), guitar (1-5,7,9,10,12-14), 2nd lead guitar (6), lead guitar (8)

Ed Roth - vocals (1,2,7,11), fiddle (7), piano (2-5,7), organ (1,2,6-10,12-14), rocksichord (11)

The Moody Blues - The Singles + (2000/2CD) BR Music - BS 8123-2

 

MP3/320/378MB

Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Classic Rock

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The Moody Blues were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in May 1964. The group initially consisted of Graeme Edge (drums), Denny Laine (guitar, vocals), Mike Pinder (keyboards, vocals), Ray Thomas (multi-instrumentalist, vocals) and Clint Warwick (bass, vocals). Originally part of the British beat and R&B scene of the early to mid 1960s, they came to prominence with the UK No. 1 and US Top 10 single "Go Now!" in late 1964 early 1965. Laine and Warwick both left the band in 1966, with Edge, Pinder and Thomas recruiting new members Justin Hayward (guitar, vocals) and John Lodge (bass, vocals). They embraced the psychedelic rock movement of the late 1960s....

The Singles Index

CD1

1. The Moody Blues – Steel Your Heart Away (2:13)

2. The Moody Blues – Go Now! (3:10)

3. The Moody Blues – I Don't Want To Go On Without You (2:43)

4. The Moody Blues – From The Bottom Of My Heart (I Love You) (3:24)

5. The Moody Blues – Everyday (1:47)

6. The Moody Blues – Stop! (2:04)

7. The Moody Blues – Bye Bye Bird (2:48)

8. The Moody Blues – Boulevard De La Madeleine (2:54)

9. The Moody Blues – This Is My House (But Nobody Calls) (2:34)

10. The Moody Blues – Life's Not Life (2:32)

11. The Moody Blues – Fly Me High (2:50)

12. The Moody Blues – Love And Beauty (2:22)

13. The Moody Blues – Nights In White Satin (4:22)

14. The Moody Blues – Cities (2:21)

15. The Moody Blues – Tuesday Afternoon (4:48)

16. The Moody Blues – Voices In The Sky (3:26)

17. The Moody Blues – Ride My See-Saw (3:43)

18. The Moody Blues – Lovely To See You (2:36)

19. The Moody Blues – Dear Diary (3:47)

20. The Moody Blues – Never Comes The Day (4:42)

21. The Moody Blues – Eyes Of A Child (2:34)

22. The Moody Blues – Watching And Waiting (4:17)

23. The Moody Blues – Question (4:55)

24. The Moody Blues – Candle Of Life (3:13)

CD2

1. The Moody Blues – Melancholy Man (4:51)

2. The Moody Blues – The Story In Your Eyes (3:10)

3. The Moody Blues – Isn't Life Strange (6:08)

4. The Moody Blues – I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock 'N Roll Band) (4:14)

5. The Moody Blues – For My Lady (3:59)

6. Justin Hayward & John Lodge – Remember Me (My Friend) (3:21)

7. Justin Hayward & John Lodge – Blue Guitar (3:37)

8. Justin Hayward – Forever Autumn (4:07)

9. The Moody Blues – Had To Fall In Love (3:38)

10. The Moody Blues – Steppin' In A Slide Zone (3:28)

11. The Moody Blues – Driftwood (3:56)

12. The Moody Blues – Gemini Dream (3:46)

13. The Moody Blues – The Voice (4:08)

14. The Moody Blues – Talking Out Of Turn (4:12)

15. The Moody Blues – Sitting At The Wheel (3:30)

16. The Moody Blues – Blue World (3:38)

17. The Moody Blues – Your Wildest Dreams (3:50)

18. The Moody Blues – The Other Side Of Life (4:49)

19. The Moody Blues – I Know You're Out There Somewhere (4:15)

Notes

The compilers add a couple of  the duo of Hayward & Lodge and by Hayward solo.

The Brooklyn Bridge - Brooklyn Bridge (1968) Buddah Records – BDS 5034

 

MP3/320/75MB

Pop Rock, Doo Wop, R&B, Blue-Eyed Soul

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The Brooklyn Bridge (later The Bridge) is an American musical group, best known for their million selling rendition of Jimmy Webb’s "Worst That Could Happen". Brooklyn Bridge is the debut album from the band. It was released in 1968 by Buddah Records.

Tracks:

A1. Blessed Is The Rain

A2. Welcome Me Love

A3. Which Way To Nowhere

A4. Free As The Wind

A5. Glad She's A Woman

A6. Space Odyssey 2001 (Thus Spake Zarathustra)

B1. Requiem

B2. I've Been Lonely Too Long

B3. Worst That Could Happen

B4. Piece Of My Heart

B5. Your Kite, My Kite

Personnel:

Lead Vocals – Johnny Maestro

Vocals – Fred Ferrara, Les Cauchi, Mike Gregorio

Bass – Jimmy Rosica

Drums – Artie Cantanzarita

Guitar – Richie Macioce

Organ – Carolyn Wood

Piano, Trumpet – Shelly Davis

Saxophone – Joe Ruvio

The Souther-Hillman-Furay Band (1974/1991) Linea Records - LECD 9.01061 0

 

MP3/320/118MB

Country Rock, Southern Rock

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The Southe Hillman Furay Band (SHF) was a country rock supergroup. The band recorded two albums during the mid 1970s before breaking up due to disagreements and personality conflicts between the members.

Tracks:

1. Fallin’ In Love 3:31

2. Heavenly Fire 3:46

3. The Heartbreaker 2:57

4. Believe Me 5:03

5. Border Town 3:54

6. Safe At Home 2:54

7. Pretty Goodbyes 3:43

8. Rise And Fall 3:08

9. The Flight Of The Dove 4:08

10. Deep, Dark And Dreamless 5:37

Personnel:

Bass, Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals – Chris Hillman

Dobro – Al Perkins (8)

Drums, Percussion – Jim Gordon

Guitar, Vocals – J.D. Souther, Richie Furay

Keyboards – Paul Harris 

Percussion – Joe Lala (5,8)

Steel Guitar, Guitar, Bass – Al Perkins (2)

 

Ramatam (1972/2004) Wounded Bird Records - WOU 7236

 

MP3/320/97MB

Heavy Rock, Acid Folk Soft Rock

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Ramatam was an early 70s American rock band with lead guitarist April Lawton and singer and guitarist Mike Pinera (formerly of Iron Butterfly) on vocals and guitar. Mitch Mitchell of The Jimi Hendrix Experience played drums on their 1972 selftitled debut, produced by legendary Tom Dowd. Internal quarrel led to Mitchell and Pinera leaving before the recording the 2nd and final album, "In April Came The Dawning Of The Red Suns", recorded as a trio in 1973. In 1974 the band collapsed due to inner and outer pressure about the band's direction.

Carlos Michael Pinera (September 29, 1948 – November 20, 2024) was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer who started professionally in the late 1960s with the group Blues Image.  After the breakup of that group, he joined Iron Butterfly, and later formed the group Ramatam. Pinera was then the founding member of the band New Cactus, a later incarnation of the band Cactus. He was the lead guitarist for Alice Cooper from 1980 to 1982.

Tracks:

1. Whiskey Place 3:23

2. Heart Song 4:50

3. Ask Brother Ask 5:06

4. What I Dream I Am 3:59

5. Wayso 3:23

6. Changing Days 3:31

7. Strange Place 6:02

8. Wild Like Wine 3:50

9. Can’t Sit Still 6:03

Personnel:

Bass Guitar, Vocals – Russ Smith 

Drums – Mitch Mitchell

Guitar, Vocals – Mike Pinera

Keyboards, Reeds, Vocals – Tommy Sullivan

Lead Guitar – April Lawton

Borderline - Sweet Dreams And Quiet Desires & The Second Album (2013) Real Gone Music - RGM-0120

 

MP3/320/235MB

Country Rock

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Jon Gershen, David Gershen, and Jim Rooney were the nucleus of Borderline, a Woodstock, NY band who formed in the early 1970s. They released their first album in 1973, and recorded a second album that was projected for release in 1974 but was not released from the archives until much later...

Tracks:

1. Handsome Molly 3:35

2. Marble Eyes 3:18

3. Don’t Know Where I’m Going 3:41

4. Good Woman’s Love 2:30

5. Please Help Me Forget 3:25

6. The Distance 2:43

7. Dragonfly 4:04

8. Sweet Dreams 3:06

9. Clinch Mountain 3:12

10. Marilla 2:51

11. As Long As It’s You And Me 4:45

12. Sonny Boy 2:41

13. Sleepy Rider 2:10

14. No Uncertain Terms 4:29

15. Beginning Of The End 3:39

16. Ben’s Turn 2:40

17. Song To Father 2:42

18. Only The Best 3:43

19. In Some Old Book 3:39

20. Matter Of Trust 2:34

21. Heaven’s So Hard To Find 5:31

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Tracks: 1-11 first released in 1973 as Sweet Dreams And Quiet Desires

Tracks: 12-21 recorded in 1973, unreleased until 2001 as The Second Album.

This CD marks not only The Second Album's first appearance in the United States, but the first time the tracks of both albums have been mastered from the actual tapes and the original two-track album mixes have been issued on CD.

Personnel:

Bass – Will Lee (12-21)

Bass, Backing Vocals – Jim Colegrove (1-11)

Drums – Billy Mundi (1-11), Chris Parker (12-17,19-21)

Electric Guitar – Nick Jameson (11)

Electric Piano, Organ – Stan Free (14,19)

Fiddle – Kenny Kosek (1,4,5,9), Vassar Clements (1,4,5,9)

Lead Guitar – Amos Garrett (12-21)

Lead Vocals, Guitar – David Gershen, Jim Rooney

Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar – Jon Gershen

Organ – Campo Malaqua (7), Stan Free (17)

Pedal Steel Guitar, Dobro – Ben Keith (1-11,12,13,15,16,19-21)

Piano – Dick Handle (3,7,11), John Simon (5,8,10)

Tenor Saxophone – David Sanborn (7,11,12,14,16), Michael Brecker (12,17)

Trombone – Barry Rogers (12,17)

Trumpet – Randy Brecker (12,17)

John Kay - Forgotten Songs & Unsung Heroes (1972/2004) COE Records - COE102

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Blues Rock, Country Rock

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John Kay (born Joachim Fritz Krauledat, April 12, 1944) is an American rock singer, songwriter and guitarist. Forgotten Songs & Unsung Heroes is the first solo album from Kay. It was released on Dunhill Records in 1972.

Kay was well known as the lead singer of the band Steppenwolf. His first solo album contained a mixture of rock songs and country songs, including a number of covers.

Tracks:

1. Many A Mile 4:30

2. Walk Beside Me 5:13

3. You Win Again 4:02

4. To Be Alive 4:58

5. Bold Marauder 5:06

6. Two Of A Kind 6:00

7. Walkin’ Blues 2:46

8. Somebody 4:08

9. I’m Movin’ On  3:09

Notes

Cum'On Everybody Records is a Russian pirate label, also known COE Records.

Personnel:

John Kay - vocals, guitars, harp, 12-string guitar 

Kent Henry - lead guitar, acoustic lead guitar, steel guitar

Hugh O'Sullivan - organ, electric piano

George Biondo - bass

Pentti Glan - drums

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Mars Bonfire - lead guitar (9)

Richard Podolor - guitar, organ, mandolin, percussion

Alexandra Sliwin, Joan Sliwin, Marsha Temmer - vocals (8)

The Outsiders - Strange Things Are Happening - The Complete Singles 1965-1969 (2002) RPM Records - RPM BC 244

 

MP3/320/199MB

Garage Rock, Beat, Psychedelic Rock

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The Outsiders were a Dutch Nederbeat band from Amsterdam. Their period of greatest popularity in the Netherlands was from 1965-67, but they released records until 1969. In recent years their legacy has extended beyond the Netherlands, and the group is today recognized as a distinctive exemplar of the garage rock genre...

Featuring: Wally Tax (vocals), Ronnie Splinter (guitar), Appie Rammers (bass guitar), Tom Krabbendam (guitar), Leendert "Buzz" Busch (drums), and Frank Beek (bass guitar 1968-1969), the band exemplified Nederbeat, a Dutch take on beat music created in the wake of the British Invasion...

In the autumn of 1969, Ronnie Splinter quit music. The band disbanded, with Tax and Busch subsequently forming Tax Free.

Tracks:

1. You Mistreat Me

2. Sun's Going Down

3. Felt Like I Wanted To Cry

4. I Love Her Still, I Always Will

5. Lying All The Time

6. Thinking About Today

7. Keep On Trying

8. That's Your Problem

9. Touch

10. Ballad Of John B.

11. Monkey On Your Back

12. What's Wrong With You

13. Summer Is Here

14. Teach Me To Forget

15. I've Been Loving You So Long

16. I'm Only Trying To Prove To Myself That I'm Not Like Everybody Else

17. Don't You Worry About Me

18. Bird In A Cage

19. Cup Of Hot Coffee

20. Strange Things Are Happenning

21. I Don't Care

22. You Remind Me

23. Do You Feel Allright

24. Daddy Died On A Saturday

 

Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Doctor Hook (1972/2019) Columbia - CK 30898

 

MP3/320/93MB

Soft Rock, Country Rock

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Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show released their debut studio album, Doctor Hook (later retitled Sylvia's Mother), in 1972.  The album is a country rock and soft rock record featuring 11 tracks, all written by Shel Silverstein except where noted.

Dr. Hook (known as Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show until 1975) was an American rock band formed in Union City, New Jersey. Haffkine, having a knack for picking songs, quickly became Dr. Hook's number one A&R man and their producer and manager. Shel Silverstein wrote all the songs for their self-titled debut album, released in May 1972. Doctor Hook featured lead vocals, guitar, bass and harmonica by Locorriere, steel guitarist Cummings and singer Sawyer, plus drummer David and keyboard player Billy Francis.

Tracks:

1. Sylvia's Mother

2. Marie Lavaux

3. Sing Me A Rainbow

4. Hey, Lady Godiva

5. Four Years Older Than Me

6. Kiss It Away

7. Makin' It Natural

8. I Call That True Love

9. When She Cries

10. Judy

11. Mama, I'll Sing One Song For You

Personnel:

Bill Francis – Keyboards, Vocals

Ray Sawyer – Lead Vocals, Guitar

Dennis Locorriere – Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Bass

George Cummings – Steel Guitar, Lead Guitar

Jay David – Vocals, Drums

Arzachel (1969/2014) Prog Temple - PTCD8035

 

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Psychedelic Rock

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Arzachel released one album in 1969. This band was the reformation of Uriel who had changed its name to Egg in January 1969 after the departure of their guitarist Steve Hillage. Since the members of Egg had just signed an exclusive deal with Decca when they were offered to record a psychedelic album by another label, they reunited with Steve Hillage under the name Arzachel in June 1969. On the released LP the band members used pseudonyms. The A side has four songs, while the B side consists of only two mind-bending psychedelic tracks, the longer of which is a 17-minute jam entitled "Metempsychosis". It was issued on the short-lived Evolution label and quickly became a collector's item. A pirate version is thought to have circulated in the late 1970s, and it has been much bootlegged in more recent years.

Tracks:

1. Garden of Earthly Delights (4:26)

2. Azathoth (4:26)

3. Soul Thing (Queen Street Gang Theme) (4:32)

4. Leg (5:49)

5. Clean Innocent Fun (10:34)

6. Metempsychosis (16:58)

Notes

The LP Arzachel, recorded in Denmark Street, London, June 1969.

Duration of track 6 is incorrectly printed 10:23 on the artwork.

Prog Temple: unofficial reissue label.

Personnel (pseudonyms)

Simon Sasparella (Steve Hillage) - lead guitar and vocals

Njerogi Gategaka (Mont Campbell) - bass guitar and vocals

Basil Dowling (Clive Brooks) - drums

Sam Lee-Uff (Dave Stewart) - organ