Paladin - Charge! (1972/2007) Cherry Red Records - ECLEC2006

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progressive rock

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Paladin was a British progressive rock band which released two albums on the Bronze Records label. They played in venues across the UK as they worked to develop their sound, performing a mix of rock, blues, soul, jazz, and Latin music.

Despite the poor performance of Paladin, the band was allowed to record a second album, Charge! produced by Philamore Lincoln, engineered by Geoff Emerick at Apple Studios and released in 1972. The album is notable for the cover art by Roger Dean which unfortunately did not help sales. The group finally disbanded near the end of 1972.

Tracks:

01. Give Me Your Hand 6:50

02. Well We Might 5:05

03. Get One Together 2:39

04. Any Way 4:20

05. Good Lord 6:48

06. Moonbeams 6:03

07. Watching The World Pass By 9:39

Bonuses:

08. Give My Love To You 2:32

09. Sweet Sweet Music 2:48

10. Any Way (Alternate Version) 4:19

11. Sweet Sweet Music (Alternate Version) 2:48

12. Well We Might (Alternate Version) 6:11

13. Fill Up Your Heart (Instrumental) 5:43

14. Bad Times (Instrumental) 7:14

Personnel:

Derek Foley - lead guitar, slide guitar, vocals

Lou Stonebridge - vocals, electric piano, harmonica

Peter Solley - organ, violin, piano

Peter Beckett - bass guitar, vocals

Keith Webb - drums, percussion

Chain - Toward The Blues (1971/2001) Infinity, Festival Mushroom Records - 333972

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blues, boogie

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Toward The Blues is first studio album by the Australian blues band Chain that reached No. 6 on the Kent Music Report albums chart. It is listed in the book 100 Best Australian Albums (2010).

Philip John Manning (born 1948) is an Australian blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. Manning has been a member of various groups including Chain and has had a solo career. As a member of Chain, Manning co-wrote their January 1971 single "Black and Blue" which became number one on the Melbourne charts and also "Judgement", which reached number two in Sydney. The related album, "Toward the Blues" followed in September and peaked in the top 10 albums chart.

Tracks:

01. Black And Blue (single version A-side 1971) (3:55)

02. Judgement (single version A-side 1971) (3:27)

03. Blow In D (single version B-side 1971) (5:56)

04. Thirty Two/Twenty Blues (4:12)

05. Snatch It Back And Hold It (adapted from the stage version) (5:05)

06. Boogie (10:46)

07. Booze Is Bad News Blues (7:47)

08. Albert Gooses Gonna Turn The Blues (7:07)

09. Black And Blue (Original Album version) (4:49)

Original edition (04-09) 1971, Infinity Records - SINL-934295

Personnel:

Bass – Barry Sullivan

Drums – Barry Harvey 

Guitar – Phil Manning 

Harmonica, Vocals – Matt Taylor 

Lynyrd Skynyrd _ In the beginning.

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Southern Rock

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Lynyrd Skynyrd, American rock band that rose to prominence during the Southern rock boom of the 1970s on the strength of its triple-guitar attack and gritty working-class attitude. In 1973 the band released its first album, Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd. Second Helping is the second studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd, released on April 15, 1974. ...etc

© Lynyrd Skynyrd - Skynyrd's First The Complete Muscle Shoals Album (1998) MCA 

Records - MCAD-11888

The albums contains early band recordings from 1971 and 1972. Many of the tracks are exclusive to these albums, being either otherwise unreleased, or original versions of songs later re-recorded for other studio albums. 

Tracks:

01. Free Bird - (Muscle Shoals demo) (Collins, Van Zant) - 7:26

02. One More Time - (Original Version) (Rossington, Van Zant) - 5:04

03. Gimme Three Steps - (Original Version) (Collins, Van Zant) - 4:09

04. Was I Right or Wrong? - (Rossington, Van Zant) - 5:25

05. Preacher's Daughter - (Medlocke, Van Zant) - 3:40

06. White Dove - (Medlocke) - 2:58

07. Down South Jukin' - (Rossington, Van Zant) - 2:14

08. Wino - (Original Version) (Collins, Medlocke, Van Zant) - 3:16

09. Simple Man - (Original Version) (Rossington, Van Zant) - 5:25

10. Trust - (Original Version) (Collins, Van Zant) - 4:14

11. Comin' Home - (Original Version) (Collins, Van Zant) - 5:30

12. The Seasons" (Medlocke) - 4:11

13. Lend a Helpin' Hand - (Collins, Rossington, Van Zant) - 4:22

14. Things Goin' On - (Original Version) (Rossington, Van Zant) - 5:12

15. I Ain't the One - (Original Version) (Rossington, Van Zant) - 3:37

16. You Run Around - (Medlocke) - 5:39

17. Ain't Too Proud to Pray - (Medlocke) - 5:26

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© Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) (1973/? Germany) MCA Records - MCD 01798

(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) is the debut studio album by American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, released on August 13, 1973, by MCA Records.

Tracks:

01. I Ain't The One (Gary Rossington/Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:51

02. Tuesday's Gone (Gary Rossington/Allen Collins / Ronnie Van Zant) – 7:27

03. Gimme Three Steps (Allen Collins/Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:25

04. Simple Man (Gary Rossington/Ronnie Van Zant) – 5:53

05. Things Goin' On (Gary Rossington/Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:57

06. Mississippi Kid (Al Kooper/Ronnie Van Zant/Bob Burns) – 3:53

07. Poison Whiskey (Ed King/Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:11

08. Free Bird (Allen Collins/Ronnie Van Zant) – 9:04

Personnel:

- Ronnie Van Zant - lead vocals, lyrics

- Gary Rossington - lead guitar on "Tuesday's Gone", "Gimme Three Steps", "Things Goin' On", "Poison Whiskey", "Simple Man", rhythm guitar on the others

- Allen Collins - lead guitar on "I Ain't The One" & "Free Bird", rhythm guitar on the others

- Ed King - lead guitar on "Mississippi Kid", bass on all tracks except "Mississippi Kid" and "Tuesday's Gone"

- Billy Powell - keyboards

- Bob Burns - drums except on "Tuesday's Gone"

- Leon Wilkeson - (bass guitar before the album was to cut; rejoined shortly thereafter, so band's photo on the album sleeve includes 7 musicians)

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- Roosevelt Gook (Al Kooper) - bass, Mellotron & back-up harmony on "Tuesday's Gone", mandolin & bass drum on "Mississippi Kid", organ on "Simple Man", "Poison Whiskey" & "Free Bird", Mellotron on "Free Bird"

- Robert Nix - drums on "Tuesday's Gone"

- Bobbi Hall - percussion on "Gimme Three Steps" & "Things Goin' On"

- Steve Katz - harmonica on "Mississippi Kid"

© Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974/? Germany) MCA Records - MCD 01746

Second Helping is the second studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd, released on April 15, 1974, by MCA Records.

Tracks:

01. Sweet Home Alabama (Ed King/Gary Rossington/Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:43

02. I Need You (Ed King/Gary Rossington/Ronnie Van Zant) – 6:51

03. Don't Ask Me No Questions (Gary Rossington/Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:24

04. Workin' For MCA (Ed King/Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:47

05. The Ballad Of Curtis Loew (Allen Collins/Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:51

06. Swamp Music (Ed King/Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:30

07. The Needle And The Spoon (Allen Collins/Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:53

08. Call Me The Breeze (J.J.Cale) – 5:08

Personnel:

- Ronnie Van Zant - lead & backing vocals, J&B

- Gary Rossington - guitar, rhythm & acoustic guitar on "Sweet Home Alabama"

- Allen Collins - guitar

- Ed King - guitar, slide guitar, rhythm & bass on "I Need You"

- Billy Powell - keyboards, piano on "Sweet Home Alabama"

- Leon Wilkeson - bass

- Bob Burns - drums except "I Need You"

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- Mike Porter - drums on "I Need You"

- Clydie King - backing vocals on "Sweet Home Alabama"

- Merry Clayton & Friends - backing vocals on "Sweet Home Alabama"

- Bobby Keys, Trewor Lawrence & Steve Madiao - horns on "Don't Ask Me No Questions " & "Call Me The Breeze"

- Al Kooper - backing vocals, piano on "Don't Ask Me No Questions" & "The Ballad Of Curtis Loew", producer

ZZ Top's First Album (1971/2023) Warner Bros. Records - 7599-27379-2

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Hard Blues Rock

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ZZ Top's First Album is the debut studio album by American rock band ZZ Top, produced by Bill Ham and released in January 1971 by London Records. Establishing ZZ Top's attitude and humor, the album incorporates styles such as blues, boogie, hard rock, and Southern rock influences. "(Somebody Else Been) Shakin' Your Tree" was the only single released from the album.

Tracks:

01. (Somebody Else Been) Shaking Your Tree (Billy Gibbons) – 2:27

02. Brown Sugar (Billy Gibbons) – 5:19

03. Squank (Billy Gibbons, Bill Ham, Dusty Hill) – 2:45

04. Goin' Down To Mexico (Billy Gibbons, Bill Ham, Dusty Hill) – 3:20

05. Old Man (Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard) – 3:29

06. Neighbor, Neighbor (Billy Gibbons) – 2:17

07. Certified Blues (Billy Gibbons, Bill Ham, Frank Beard) – 3:25

08. Bedroom Thang (Billy Gibbons) – 3:51

09. Just Got Back From Baby's (Billy Gibbons, Bill Ham) – 4:06

10. Backdoor Love Affair (Billy Gibbons, Bill Ham) – 2:41

Personnel:

- Billy Gibbons - guitar, vocals

- Dusty Hill - bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals (04), co-lead vocals (03)

- Frank Beard - drums, percussion

Beck Bogert Appice (1973/?US) Epic - EK 32140

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Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Classic Rock

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Beck, Bogert Appice was a rock supergroup and power trio formed by English guitarist Jeff Beck, evolving from the Jeff Beck Group. It included bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Carmine Appice, Americans who had played together in Vanilla Fudge and Cactus.

Beck Bogert Appice is the only studio album by the band, released on March 26, 1973.

Tracks:

01. Black Cat Moan (Don Nix) - 3:46

02. Lady (Jeff Beck, Tim Bogert, Carmine Appice, Duane Hitchings, Pete French) - 5:31

03. Oh To Love You (Jeff Beck, Tim Bogert, Carmine Appice) - 4:01

04. Superstition (Stevie Wonder) - 4:16

05. Sweet Sweet Surrender (Don Nix) - 3:57

06. Why Should I Care (Ray Louis Kennedy) - 3:31

07. Lose Myself With You (Jeff Beck, Tim Bogert, Carmine Appice, Pete French) - 3:17

08. Livin' Alone (Jeff Beck, Tim Bogert, Carmine Appice) - 4:12

09. I'm So Proud (Curtis Mayfield) - 4:10

Personnel:

- Jeff Beck - guitar, vocals

- Tim Bogert (John Voorhis "Tim" Bogert) - bass, vocals

- Carmine Appice - drums, vocals

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- Duane Hitchings - piano (03), mellotron (03)

- Danny Hutton - backing vocals (05)

- Jim Greenspoon - piano (05)