Neil Merryweather & Lynn Carey - Vacuum Cleaner (1971/2008) Retro Disc International - RDI 33043

 

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Rock, Soul

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Lynn Carey and Neil Merryweather were a vocal duo who recorded the 1971 album Vacuum Cleaner for RCA Victor. Their collaboration began after Merryweather’s band added Carey. 

The album featured two distinct backing lineups: one with the Ivar Avenue Reunion crew and another with former Merryweather bandmates Edward Roth and Coffi Hall, plus guitarist Kal David. Following this release, the pair formed the soul-rock band Mama Lion, which released two albums in 1972 and 1973.

Tracklist:

1. Livin' In The U.S. (3:13)

2. Let It Shine (4:43)

3. So Fine (2:54)

4. Few & Far Between (2:06)

5. No Worries (3:37)

6. If I Were You (2:40)

7. Introduction By Kim Fowley (0:35)

8. Shop Around (3:36)

9. Sugar Man (3:49)

10. Can I Get A Witness (3:09)

11. Five Days On The Trail (4:05)

12. Captain Terrific (3:54)

13. Get Straight With Your Brother (3:37)

Personnel:

Lynn Carey - female vocals (1-6,8-13), percussion (13)

Neil Merryweather - vocals (1-4,6,8,10-13), bass (1,3-6,8-13), guitar (4), harmonica (5), whistle (6), percussion (13)

John Richardson - guitar (1,4,8,11-13), percussion (13)

J.J. Velker - organ (1,4,8,11,12)

Robin Boers - drums (1,2,4,8,11-13), percussion (8)

Huey Sullivan - piano (2), electric piano (13)

Kal David - guitar (2,3,5,6,9,10), vocals (3)

Edward Roth - organ (2,3,5,9,10), piano (3,6), clavinet (5,10), flute (9), triangle (13)

Coffi Hall - drums (3,5,6,9,10), percussion (6), congas (13)

Sidney George - horns (13)

C.K.Strong (1969/2010) World In Sound - WIS-1043

 

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Classic Rock, Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock

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American rock band. The CK in the band's name refers to the two founding members, viz. Lynn Carey & Jeff Kewley. The band began in the summer of 1969 when second guitarist Westen joined. Carey left the group shortly before the production of the second album started, to join Mama Lion. Kewley later joined the Alice Cooper Band and toured also with Jerry Garcia. Together with Geoff Westen both performed with Mac Davis. Westen also performed with the underground psychedelic band The Other Half but soon became owner of Oz Studios in Los Angeles, USA.

Tracklist:

1. Stormbird (3:05)

2. Baby Let Me Out (7:15)

3. Affairs (2:54)

4. Trilogy (9:14)

a - "John The Baptist" 

b - "Rain" 

c - "Lazy Down Blues" 

5. Been So Long (3:45)

6. Mean Hearted Man (8:11)

7. Rolling Down The Highway (4:00)

8. Daddy (4:41)

Personnel:

Lynn Carey - lead vocals

Jeff Kewley - guitar, vocals

Geoff Westen - guitar, vocals

Chris Brooks - bass, vocals

Ron Grinel - drums

The Troggs The Singles (2003) + EP Collection (1996)

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Garage Rock, Pop Rock, Freakbeat

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The Troggs are an English rock band formed in Andover, Hampshire, in May 1964. Their most famous songs "Wild Thing", "With a Girl Like You" and "Love Is All Around". "Wild Thing" is also on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and was an influence on garage rock and punk rock... The band went through several other names in their previous incarnations, with different band members joining and leaving... The band was still active as of 2024.

The Singles (2003) Not On Label (Russia)

Tracks:

1. Lost Girl

2. Wild Thing

3. From Home

4. With A Girl Like You

5. I Want You

6. I Can't Control Myself

7. Anyway That You Want Me

8. Give It To Me

9. Night Of The Long Grass

10. Hi Hi Hazel

11. Love Is All Around

12. Little Girl

13. Surprise, Surprise (I Need You)

14. You Can Cry If You Want To

15. Hip Hip Hooray

16. Evil Woman

17. Easy Livin' (Easy Lovin')

18. Lover

19. The Raver

20. Lazy Weekend

21. Everything's Funny

22. Listen To The Man

23. Strange Movies

24. Good Vibrations

25. Summertime

26. Satisfaction

Notes

Here is The Troggs singles discography (UK/US peak positions)

 

The EP Collection (1996) See For Miles Records - SEECD 453

All tracks from french Fontana EP's and singles.

Tracks:

1. Oh No 2:06

2. You're Lying 2:30

3. The Yella In Me 2:42

4. From Home 2:20

5. With A Girl Like You 2:10

6. I Want You 2:17

7. Jingle Jangle 2:29

8. Our Love Will Still Be There 3:10

9. I Can't Control Myself 3:05

10. Gonna Make You 2:48

11. Anyway That You Want Me 2:57

12. 66-5-4-3-2-1 2:35

13. Give It To Me 2:15

14. I Can Only Give You Everything 3:26

15. You Can't Beat It 2:22

16. Night Of The Long Grass 3:06

17. Girl In Black 2:02

18. Love Is All Around 2:59

19. Hi Hi Hazel 2:46

20. Little Girl 2:59

21. Cousin Jane 2:25

22. Wild Thing 2:35

 

Red Snakes – Trying To Be Someone (LP1970) Equipe – EQUIPE EQC 870

 

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Psychedelic Rock, Blues Rock, Garage Rock, Beat

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Brazilian rock band that started at the home of brothers Ronaldo and Renato Bakker on Gurupi Street, located in the Grajaú neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro.

Red Snakes recorded the LP that would come to be called "Trying To Be Someone". For the first time, the band recorded their own composition. There were five of them, and all in English. Among the cover songs were the classics "Slow Down" (by Larry Williams) and "Bye Bye Love" (by the Everly Brothers), the beautiful and little-known "Onie" the heavy blues track "Born Under A Bad Sign" as well as "Chester Fever" and "Welcome My Love". 

Tracks:

1. Trying To Be Someone (Open Up Your Eyes) 2:09

2. Please, Come On And Hold Me 2:37

3. Onie 3:34

4. You Make Me A Fool 2:26

5. Born Under A Bad Sign 3:03

6. Welcome Me Love 2:16

7. Slow Down 2:39

8. I’ve Been Just A Little Boy 3:11

9. Chest Fever 4:10

10. Perhaps Someday 3:15

11. Bye, Bye, Love 3:01

Personnel:

Bass Guitar – Dirceu Seabra

Drums – Renato Bakker

Keyboards – Márcio Attias Da Silva

Lead Guitar – Ronaldo Bakker

Rhythm Guitar – Alvaro Rodrigues

Pugsley Munion - Just Like You (1970/2000) Gear Fab Records - GF-143

 

MP3/320/158MB

Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Blues Rock

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American rock and blues band, formed in 1969 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA. The band released one album and a single.

Tracklist:

1. What's Right For Me 6:57

2. Second Time For Me 3:37

3. Take My Soul 6:46

4. Just Like You 6:59

5. Slumberland Blues 2:12

6. No Time Tomorrow 6:08

7. Trouble 5:13

8. Collage Thought 4:21

9. I Don't Know Who to Blame 5:21

Bonus Tracks:

10. What's Right For Me 6:15

11. Second Time For Me 4:29

12. What's Right For Me 7:53

Notes

Tracks 1-9 recorded at Bell Sound Studios, New York City, in 1970.

Tracks 10 & 11 alternate demo versions from 1970.

Track 12 recorded live in 1971.

Personnel:

Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Edward Kelly

Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Tomas "Ducky" Belliveau

Electric Organ (Hammond B-3), Piano, Bass Guitar (Fender Bass), Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals – John Schuller 

Orchestrated By – Johnny Schuller

Flamengo - Kuře V Hodinkách (1972/2012) Supraphon - SU 6069-2

 

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Jazz Rock, Progressive Rock

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Czech rock group. Formed in August 1966, disbanded in 1972 after being banned by the communist authorities... In 1971, the group recorded only one album Kuře V Hodinkách. Released in 1972, the album was banned by the Communist regime under Normalization, and the band broke up shortly after... In 2013, the band was inducted into the Beatová síň slávy (Beat Hall Of Fame).

Tracks:

1. Kuře V Hodinkách (Introdukce) 2:29

2. Rám Příštích Obrazů 4:01

3. Jenom Láska Ví Kam 2:57

4. Já A Dým 4:47

5. Chvíle Chvil 4:25

6. Pár Století 6:34

7. Doky, Vlaky, Hlad A Boty 4:35

8. Stále Dál 3:18

9. Kuře V Hodinkách 5:37

Bonus tracks:

10. Každou Chvíli 3:59

11. Týden V Elektrickém Městě 4:08

12. Kuře V Hodinkách (Single Version) 3:33

Personnel:

Bass Guitar, Vocals – Vladimír Guma Kulhánek

Congas, Acoustic Guitar – Vladimír Mišík

Drums, Percussion – Jaroslav Erno Šedivý

Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Pavel Fořt

Organ – Ivan Khunt

Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone [Electric], Backing Vocals – Jan Kubík

Vocals – Ivan Khunt (8), Vladimír Mišík (1-7,9-12)

Guests:

Acoustic Guitar – Ilja Bartošek (4)

Baritone Saxophone – Vladimír Hruška (1-3)

Tenor Saxophone – Petr Král (1-3)

Vibraphone – Karel Velebný (6)

Strings – Smyčcový Orchestr Václav Hybš (2,6)

Delta Blues Band (1969/2010) Flawed Gems Records - GEM 18

 

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Blues Rock

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Delta Blues Band is a Danish rock/blues band that have existed on and off since the 1960s. The original line-up at the time of the 1969 released one album. Shortly after their debut, the Puggaard-Müller brothers left to form PAN. They were replaced by Preben Feddersen and Peter Høiler. This line-up released a single in 1971, the traditional Will The Circle Be Unbroken. Later the group reformed, and began recording more albums...

Tracks:

1. The Return Of The Pink D.F.

2. Clouds Covering The Sun

3. We've Got Hard Times

4. Shit On My Shoes

5. Simple Sound

6. You Don't Know My Mind

7. Highway 51

8. Lock Me Up In Jail

9. The King Of Denmark

10. Where The Water Tastes Like Wine

11. Opus 1

Bonus:

12. Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Single A-Side 1971)

Personnel:

Bass, Vocals – Søren Engel

Drums – Michael Puggaard-Müller

Guitar – Thomas Puggaard-Müller

Guitar, Organ, Vocals – Troels Jensen

Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Bent Hesselmann (6)

Trombone – Kjeld Ipsen (6)

Trumpet – Jens Jørgen Gjedsted (6)

Bones (1972/2018) Big Pink - BIG PINK 579

 

MP3/320/95MB

Power Pop, Classic Rock, Folk Rock, Rock and Roll

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Bones was a four piece rock band on the L.A. scene in the years 1969-1973. An exciting live act as well as a remarkable recording outfit, Bones crafted a sound which combined great melodies, sophisticated vocals, rockin’ instrumental tracks, and (always) a danceable beat. The band's self-titled album, Bones, was released in the spring of 1972.

Tracks:

1. Good Luck 2:42

2. Oh Darlin' 3:26

3. The Bust Song 3:35

4. Door To Door Love 3:52

5. Prisoner Of Love 3:27

6. L.A. Isabella 2:57

7. He Said 3:19

8. Roberta 3:59

9. Have Your Fun 2:37

10. Bustin' My Heart 2:25

11. Take A Little Bit 3:15

Personnel:

Bass, Vocals – Jimmy Faragher

Drums – Casey Cunningham

Guitar, Vocals – Greg Tornquist

Keyboards, Vocals – Danny Faragher

The Spencer Davis Group - The Singles (2003) BR Music - BX 550-2

 

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British Invasion, Blue-Eyed Soul, Pop/Rock, R&B

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The Spencer Davis Group were a British rock band formed in Birmingham in 1963 by Spencer Davis (guitar), brothers Steve Winwood (vocals, keyboards, and guitar) and Muff Winwood (bass guitar) and Pete York (drums). 

"The Spencer Davis Group is fondly remembered for their late-1960s singles that featured the deep soul vocals of Steve Winwood, then only a teenager. Singles like "Somebody Help Me", "Keep on Running", "Gimme Some Lovin'", and "I'm a Man" were solid R&B rockers, making The Spencer Davis Group one of the most explosive bands in the so-called British Invasion era. This collection has all their hits, but also includes several early Traffic tracks. The final track is a bizarre, bombastic, near-mento song called "Incense," released by a group named the Anglos in 1969, supposedly featuring Winwood." (Steve Leggett)

Tracks:

1. Dimples

2. Sittin' And Thinking

3. I Can't Stand It

4. Every Little Bit Hurts

5. Strong Love

6. Keep On Running

7. High Time Baby

8. Somebody Help Me

9. When A Man Loves A Woman

10. When I Come Home

11. Georgia On My Mind

12. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

13. Gimme Some Lovin'

14. I'm A Man

15. Time Seller

16. Don't Want You No More

17. Mr. Second Class

18. After Tea

Bonus:

19. Paper Sun

20. Hole In My Shoe

21. Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush

22. No Face, No Name, No Number

23. Feelin' Alright

24. Medicated Goo

25. Incense

Notes

Tracks: 19-24 / from Traffic

Track: 25 / from The Anglos

Blue Effect 1969–1989 (9CD Box Set) (2009) Supraphon - SU 5990-2

 

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Jazz-Rock, Art Rock, Prog Rock, Blues Rock

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Blue Effect was a Czech rock band, also operating under the names M. Efekt, Modrý Efekt, or the Special Blue Effect, since their formation in 1968. The band's main and only permanent member, from its founding until his death in 2016, was guitarist Radim Hladík, formerly of the Matadors. Blue Effect changed their musical style several times, ranging from blues rock, jazz fusion to art rock.

More information.

Box Set

CD1: Meditace (1970)

CD2: Coniunctio (1970)

CD3: Nová Syntéza (1971)

CD4: Nová Syntéza 2 (1974)

CD5: Modrý Efekt & Radim Hladík (1974)

CD6: Svitanie (1977)

CD7: Svět Hledačů (1979)

CD8: 33 (1981)

CD9: Singly & Bonusy (2009)