Curtis Knight & The Squires - You Can't Use My Name: The RSVP/PPX Sessions (2015) Experience Hendrix/Legacy - 88875077992

 

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Soul, Blues, Rhythm & Blues

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You Can't Use My Name: The RSVP/PPX Sessions is a posthumous compilation album by Curtis Knight and the Squires. Except for "Gloomy Monday" (recorded in 1967), the album compiles recordings made by Knight in 1965 and 1966, with Jimi Hendrix providing backup guitar before he moved to England to start the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Knight wrote and sang all of the songs, except for four instrumentals, which are credited to Hendrix... 

Curtis Knight (May 9, 1929 – November 29, 1999), born Mont Curtis McNear, was an American musician who is known for his association with Jimi Hendrix. Ed Chalpin (January 16, 1935 – October 1, 2019 ) was a record executive and producer. He is most remembered for his association with Curtis Knight & the Squires which caused problems for Jimi Hendrix throughout his career. Chalpin is responsible for the recordings from that period, some of which appear on You Can't Use My Name: The RSVP/PPX Sessions...

After years of litigation, Experience Hendrix, a family company that has managed Hendrix's recording legacy since 1995, acquired the sole rights to the Knight/Ed Chalpin/PPX material. According to producer/engineer Eddie Kramer, You Can't Use My Name presents the best available original recordings without the subsequent doctoring.

Tracklist:

1. How Would You Feel 3:52

2. Gotta Have A New Dress 3:10

3. Don't Accuse Me 3:57

4. Fool For You Baby 2:17

5. No Such Animal 4:52

6. Welcome Home 3:49

7. Knock Yourself Out (Flying On Instruments) 6:55

8. Simon Says 3:49

9. Station Break 5:56

10. Strange Things 2:58

11. Hornet's Nest 5:11

12. You Don't Want Me 2:23

13. You Can't Use My Name 0:57

14. Gloomy Monday 3:32

Personnel:

Vocals - Curtis Knight

Bass - Ed "Bugs" Gregory, Napoleon "Hank" Anderson

Drums - Marion Booker, Ray Lucas

Guitar, Backing Vocals - Jimi Hendrix

Keyboards - Nathaniel Edmonds

Blind Ravage (1972/2007) Gear Fab Records - GF-228

 

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Classic Rock, Blues Rock

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Canadian band formed in September 1969 in Laval, Québec... The album was released in 1972 and the single "Loser" and "My Life" was taken from that album. The band played various concerts in Quebec, Ontario and in the northeastern states such as New York, Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire before dismantling in 1973.

Tracks:

1. Susie-Q (2:45)

2. Tousaw (3:43)

3. Friday Fish (4:13)

4. Prodigal (3:42)

5. My Life (3:53)

6. Strange Power (6:13)

7. Cement Jungle (3:44)

8. Ruins (4:02)

9. Disaster (2:28)

10. Loser (2:40)

Personnel:

Jean Charbonneau - Guitar, Piano

Andre Deguire - Drums

Serge Fleury - Organ

Robert Dufour - Bass

Orang-Utan (1971/1998) Lizard Records - LR 0703-2

 

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Hard/Heavy Psychedelic Rock

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Quintessentially British hard-rock, transforming the blues in a way American bands rarely did, vocal intensity. Orang-Utan were in fact a London based band called Hunter. They recorded their sole album in 1971 at DeLane Lea studios. In a bizarre twist of events, their producer and manager ran with the tapes to the US, where they placed the album on Bell Records under a new band name Orang-Utan.

Tracks:

1. I Can See Inside Your Head 3:25

2. Slipping Away 6:12

3. Love Queen 4:29

4. Chocolate Piano 6:31

5. If You Leave 5:22

6. Fly Me High 4:49

7. Country Hike 4:06

8. Magic Playground 3:22

 

Personnel:

Terry "Nobby" Clark (Clarke) - vocals

Mick Clarke - guitar

Sid Fairman - guitar

Paul Roberts - bass guitar

Jeff Seopardie - drums

Grass Roots: The Best Of The New Grass Revival (2CD/2005) Capitol Records Nashville - 72438-63425-2-2

 

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Progressive Bluegrass

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Grass Roots: The Best of New Grass Revival is a compilation album by the progressive bluegrass band New Grass Revival, released in 2005.

New Grass Revival was an American progressive bluegrass band founded in 1971 and composed of Sam Bush, Courtney Johnson, Ebo Walker, Curtis Burch, Butch Robins, John Cowan, Béla Fleck, and Pat Flynn. They were active between 1971 and 1989 releasing more than twenty albums as well as six singles.

CD1

New Grass Revival (1972)

1. Great Balls of Fire (Blackwell, Hammer) 2:07

2. Prince of Peace (Dempsey, Russell) 5:27

Previously Unreleased (1974)

3. Casey Jones (Traditional) 4:21

4. The Dancer (Brines, Bush) 3:42

5. Doin' My Time (Skinner) 6:40

Fly Through The Country (1975)

6. All Night Train (Brines, Bush) 3:12

When The Storm Is Over (1977)

7. Vamp in the Middle (Hartford) 3:44

Barren County (1979)

8. Spring Peepers (Lucas) 3:27

9. Lee Highway Blues (Traditional) 5:49

10. Souvenir Bottles (Brines, Bush,Cowan) 5:49

Commonwealth (1981)

11. Sapporo (Bush) 8:11

12. Steam Powered Aero Plane (Hartford) 4:30

Austin City Limits (Live) (1983)

13. When the Storm Is Over (Lucas) 2:37

14. You Don't Knock (Staples, Westbrook) 2:42

Live (Toulouse Blue Grass Festival) (1984)

15. White Freight Liner Blues [live] (VanZandt) 3:05

16. Good Woman's Love [live] (Coban) 4:27

17. Reach [live] (Hall) 4:54

CD2

On The Boulevard (1984)

1. One More Love Song (Russell) 3:22

2. On the Boulevard (Flynn) 4:13

3. One Love/People Get Ready (Marley, Mayfield) 3:54

New Grass Revival (1986)

4. Seven by Seven (Fleck) 3:17

5. In the Middle of the Night (Flynn) 4:29

6. Sweet Release (Flynn) 4:23

Hold To A Dream (1987)

7. Metric Lips (Fleck) 4:36

8. Unconditional Love (Cook, Nicholson) 3:22

9. Looking Past You (Flynn) 2:57

Austin City Limits (Live) (1987)

10. Revival [live] (Rowan) 4:03

11. Ain't That Peculiar [live] (Moore, Robinson Jr., Rogers) 3:02

Friday Night In America (1989)

12. Callin' Baton Rouge (Linde) 2:41

13. I'm Down (Lennon, McCartney) 2:12

14. Angel Eyes (Hiatt, Koller) 4:29

Will The Circle Be Unbroken II "Nitty Gritty Dirt Band" (1989)

15. Don't You Hear Jerusalem Moan (Traditional) 3:57

New Year's Eve (1989) (Live At The Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA) (Previously Unreleased)

16. Do What You Gotta Do (Flynn) 3:33

17. Singing the Blues (McCreary) 11:12

18. Can't Stop Now (Nicholson, Waldman) 4:28

Personnel:

Sam Bush – guitar, mandolin, fiddle, vocals

Pat Flynn – guitar, vocals

Curtis Burch – guitar, dobro, vocals

Béla Fleck – banjo, vocals

Courtney Johnson – banjo, vocals

John Cowan – vocals, bass

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Eddie Bayers – drums

Bob Mater – drums

Tom Roady – percussion

The Elders - Looking For The Answer (1971/2010) Gear Fab Records - GF-244

 

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Psychedelic Rock, Soul

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American rock band from Dayton, Ohio formed around 1966 and disbanded between 1973 and 1975. Originally known as The Others.

Tracks:

1. Looking For The Answer (Ron Skinner, L.Bari) 4:58

2. Too Late To Change (Pat Smith, Gordon Neal) 4:09

3. Sissy Strut / Romp (Zigaboo Modeliste, Art Neville, Leo Nocentell) 3:58

4. Fort Lauderdale (Pat Smith) 0:58

5. 25 Miles (Edwin Starr, Johnny W. Bristol, Harvey Fuqua, Bert Berns) 3:32

6. By The Size Of My Shoes (Larry Weiss, Jimmy Williams) 3:14

7. Everybody Say Yeah (To The Call, Freedom For All) (Rod Budeliney) 3:20

8. Hip Hug Her (Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones, Al Jackson Jr.) 3:24

9. Your Mother Chews Tobacco (Pat Smith) 1:04

Personnel:

Pat Smith - Keyboards

Rod Budeliney - Guitar

Jerry Behring - Bass

Ron Skinner - Drums