Tuesday, July 8, 2025

6680 Lexington (1971/Vinyl) MGM Records - SE-4783

 

MP3/320Kbs/87MB
Blues Rock, Folk Rock, Southern Rock, Classic Rock

6680 Lexington was a studio project that released an album in 1971 on MGM Records, catalog number SE 4783. The band consisted of various musicians, including Art Munson, who was involved in producing and playing guitar, and Mike Patterson, who contributed vocals and piano. The album featured a mix of original songs and covers, with some tracks like "Can't You See" and "Gonna Love You Right" standing out. The project was reportedly financed by Mike Curb and brought together talented musicians, some of whom were previously part of the band Big Foot. The album is categorized under genres such as Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock, Southern Rock, and Classic Rock.

Tracklist:
1. Can't You See 3:03
2. Sara Lee 3:38
3. Be My Woman 4:10
4. Fire And Rain 3:48
5. Drink My Water 3:03
6. Gonna Love You Right 6:29
7. Feeling Alright 4:25
8. Slippin' And Slidin' 2:56
9. Damn Good Friend Of Mine 4:05

Personnel:
Bass – Joe Lamanno
Drums – Ernie Earnshaw
Guitar – Virgil Beckham
Harmonica, Engineer – Tony McCashen
Violin – George Poole
Vocals – Bonnie Bowden, Chris Morgan, Darlene Love, Edna, Tony McCashen (9)
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar – Art Munson
Vocals, Organ, Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone, Percussion – Dave Garland
Vocals, Piano – Mike Patterson


Monday, July 7, 2025

Osibisa + Woyaya (1971/2008) Repertoire Records

 

MP3/320Kbs/196MB
Afrobeat, Funk, Jazz Rock

Osibisa is a Ghanaian-Caribbean Afro rock band founded in London in the late 1960s by four expatriate West African and three London-based Caribbean musicians.

Osibisa (1971/2008) Repertoire Records

Osibisa is the self-titled debut album by Afro-rock band Osibisa, released in 1971 by MCA.

Tracks:
01. The Dawn (Teddy Osei, Sol Amarfio) 7:02
02. Music For Gong Gong (Teddy Osei, Mac Tontoh) 5:28
03. Ayiko Bia (Teddy Osei) 7:51
04. Akwaaba (Teddy Osei, Mac Tontoh) 4:19
05. Oranges (Teddy Osei) 4:40
06. Phallus C (Roy Bedeau) 7:13
07. Think About The People (Osibisa) 4:18

Personnel:
Teddy Osei - African drums, flute, tenor saxophone, vocals
Loughty Lasisi Amao - congas, baritone & tenor saxophone
Sol Amarfio - drums
Robert Bailey - keyboards, timbales
Roy Bedeau - bass
Wendel Richardson - lead guitar, vocals
Spartacus A (Roy Bedeau) - bass, percussion
Mac Tontoh - flugelhorn, kabosy, trumpet

Osibisa - Woyaya (1971/2008) Repertoire Records

Woyaya is the second album by Afro-rock band Osibisa, released in 1971 by MCA.

Tracks:
01. Beautiful Seven (Teddy Osei, Mac Tontoh) 6:42
02. Y Sharp (Osibisa) 6:18
03. Spirits Up Above (Roland Kirk) 7:15
04. Survival (Mac Tontoh, Teddy Osei) 6:15
05. Move On (Wendell Richardson) 4:33
06. Rabiatu (Loughty Amao) 5:06
07. Woyaya (Sol Amarfio) 4:26

Personnel:
Teddy Osei - tenor saxophone, flute, african drums, vocals
Sol Amarfio - bongos, drums, cowbells, fontonfrom
Mac Tontoh - trumpet, flugelhorn, Cowhorn, habasa
Spartacus A (Roy Bedeau) - bass, prenprensua, percussion
Wendel Richardson - lead guitar, vocals
Robert Bailey - organ, piano, timbales
Loughty Lasisi Amao - tenor & baritone saxophone, flute, congas, fontonfrom
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Osibisa Choir - chorus


Sunday, July 6, 2025

The Pretty Things - The Electric Banana Sessions (1967-1969) 2011 Enigmatic Records - ENICD 08

 

MP3/320Kbs/256MB
Rhythm & Blues, Beat, Psychedelic Rock, Score

This unique sessions will appeal to fans of The Pretty Things, 1960’s psychedelic rock. 
The Pretty Things, a British rock band, adopted the alias "The Electric Banana" for a series of recordings made during the mid-1960s. These sessions were primarily created as incidental music for film soundtracks and were released under the DeWolfe Sound Library label. The band's story began in 1967, when a down-on-their-luck Pretty Things took a job working for the music library firm De Wolfe tracking songs for potential use as incidental music in swinging '60s films, working with the Reg Tilsley orchestra...
Reg Tilsley Orchestra refers to the musical ensemble led by British composer and conductor Reginald Longueville Tilsley (16 August 1926 – 15 October 1987), known for its contributions to library music, which has been featured in various films and television programs.

Tracks:
1. Alexander (03:06)
2. Alexander (instrumental) (03:06)
3. It'll Never Be Me (03:01)
4. It'll Never Be Me (Instrumental) (03:01)
5. Eagle's Son (03:12)
6. Eagle's Son (Instrumental) (03:13)
7. Blow Your Mind (03:35)
8. Blow Your Mind (Instrumental) (03:33)
9. What's Good For The Goose (01:56)
10. Rave Up (01:58)
11. I See You (03:43)
12. I See You (Instrumental) (03:44)
13. Street Girl (02:42)
14. Street Girl (Instrumental) (02:42)
15. Gray Skies (02:31)
16. Gray Skies (Instrumental) (02:41)
17. I Love You (02:16)
18. I Love You (Instrumental) (02:16)
19. Love, Dance And Sing (02:44)
20. Love, Dance And Sing (Instrumental) (02:45)
21. A Thousand Ages From The Sun (02:25)
22. A Thousand Ages From The Sun (Instrumental) (02:26)
23. Walking Down The Street (02:48)
24. Walking Down The Street (Instrumental) (02:47)
25. If I Needed Somebody (03:03)
26. If I Needed Somebody (Instrumental) (03:03)
27. Danger Signs (02:36)
28. Danger Signs [With Extra End] (Instrumental) (02:43)

1-10: The Album “Even More Electric Banana”, De Wolfe DW/LP 3123 (1969) 
11-22: The Album “More Electric Banana”, De Wolfe DW/LP 3069 (1968)
23-28: The Album “The Electric Banana”, De Wolfe DW/10" LP 3040 (1967)

Personnel:
Bass Guitar, Piano, Vocals – Wally Waller
Drums – Skip Alan (11-28), Twink (1-10)
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Dick Taylor 
Keyboards – John Povey
Lead Vocals – Phil May




Saturday, July 5, 2025

Chris Farlowe Out Of Time - The Immediate Anthology (2CD/1999) Immediate - NEECD 310

 

MP3/320Kbs/331MB
Blue-Eyed Soul, Rhythm & Blues, Mod, Beat

Chris Farlowe (born Islington, London, England, 13.Oct.1940) is one of the great underrated British soul & blues influenced singers...

CD1
1. The Fool (Naomi Ford, Lee Hazlewood) 3:02 
2. Treat Her Good (Deighton) 1:58 
3. In the Midnight Hour (Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett) 2:19 
4. Mr. Pitiful (Steve Cropper, Otis Redding) 2:33 
5. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) 2:28 
6. Who Can I Turn To? (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) 2:31 
7. Think (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) 3:37 
8. Don't Just Look at Me (Andrew Loog Oldham) 2:44 
9. My Colouring Book (Fred Ebb, John Kander) 3:01 
10. Lipstick Traces (Naomi Neville) 3:18 
11. Summertime (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) 4:37 
12. That's No Big Thing (Dixon, Emerson) 3:29 
13. Don't Play That Song (Ahmet Ertegun, Betty Nelson) 3:30 
14. Looking for You (Doctor Ragavoy, Jerry Ragovoy) 2:24 
15. It's All over Now, Baby Blue (Bob Dylan) 3:39 
16. I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself (B. Bacharach, H. David) 2:32 
17. Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu (H. "Piano" Smith, J. Vincent) 2:30 
18. Why Don't You Change Your Ways (Lutcher) 3:28 
19. My Girl Josephine (Fats Domino) 2:13 
20. Yesterday (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) 2:30 
21. Out of Time (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) 3:14 
22. Baby Make It Soon (Andrew Loog Oldham, Eric Woolfson) 2:17 
23. Ride on Baby (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) 2:55 
24. Headlines (Greenslade, Andrew Loog Oldham) 3:25 
25. What Becomes of the Broken Hearted (James Dean, Paul Riser, William Weatherspoon) 2:40

CD2
1. We're Doing Fine (Horace Ott) 2:38 
2. Life Is But Nothing (A. Rose, Donald Ross Skinner) 4:06 
3. Paint It Black (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) 3:00 
4. Cuttin' In (Johnny "Guitar" Watson) 2:59 
5. Open the Door to Your Heart (Darrell Banks) 2:34 
6. North South East West (Farlowe, Lee) 3:55 
7. You're So Good for Me (W. Bell, A. Loog Oldham, A. Rose) 2:15 
8. It Was Easier to Hurt Her (J. Ragovoy, C. Richard, B. Russell) 3:08 
9. I'm Free (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) 2:23 
10. I've Been Loving You Too Long (Jerry Butler, Otis Redding) 2:57 
11. Reach Out (I'll Be There) (Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland) 3:15 
12. My Way of Giving (Ronnie Lane, Steve Marriott) 2:34 
13. Yesterday's Papers (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) 2:38 
14. Moanin' (Jon Hendricks, Bobby Timmons) 2:33 
15. What Have I Been Doing (Vincent Crane) 3:53 
16. Handbags and Gladrags (Michael d'Abo) 3:58 
17. Everyone Makes a Mistake (Vincent Crane) 2:03 
18. The Last Goodbye (Michael d'Abo) 2:52 
19. Paperman Fly in the Sky (Vincent Crane) 2:47 
20. I Just Need Your Lovin' (Vincent Crane) 3:13 
21. Dawn (Hammond, Waddell) 3:49 
22. April Was the Month (Vincent Crane) 3:54 
23. Moanin' (Jon Hendricks, Bobby Timmons) 2:30 
24. Paint It Black (Slower Mono Single Version) (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) 3:35


Thursday, July 3, 2025

The Dusty Springfield Anthology (3CD/1997) Mercury Records - 314 553 501-2

 

MP3/320Kbs/315+254MB
Pop, Blue-Eyed Soul, French Chanson, Country, Jazz...

The Dusty Springfield Anthology, released in 1997, is a 3-disc set that compiles a comprehensive selection of Dusty Springfield's work. It was released by Mercury Records and includes 77 tracks. The anthology features a wide range of her songs, including hits and lesser-known tracks, providing a thorough overview of her career.
Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), better known by her stage name Dusty Springfield, was a British singer. With her distinctive mezzo-soprano voice, she was a popular singer of blue-eyed soul, pop and dramatic ballads, with French chanson, country, and jazz also in her repertoire.

CD1
1. The Springfields – Silver Threads And Golden Needles
2. The Springfields – Island Of Dreams
3. I Only Want To Be With You
4. Stay Awhile
5. Wishin’ And Hopin’
6. Anyone Who Had A Heart
7. Do-Re-Mi
8. I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself
9. All Cried Out
10. Guess Who
11. Live It Up
12. He’s Got Something
13. Losing You
14. Your Hurtin’ Kinda Love
15. Now That You’re My Baby
16. In The Middle Of Nowhere
17. Some Of Your Lovin’
18. Oh No, Not My Baby
19. It Was Easier To Hurt Him
20. I’ve Been Wrong Before
21. Needle In A Haystack
22. I Had A Talk With My Man
23. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
24. Little By Little
25. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
26. Goin’ Back
27. All I See Is You
28. I’ll Try Anything
29. The Corrupt Ones

CD2
1. The Look Of Love
2. Give Me Time
3. What’s It Gonna Be
4. Chained To A Memory
5. If You Go Away
6. Don’t Let Me Lose This Dream
7. I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten
8. Sweet Ride
9. Magic Garden
10. I Think It’s Gonna Rain Today
11. Son Of A Preacher Man
12. Just One Smile
13. Don’t Forget About Me
14. Breakfast In Bed
15. The Windmills Of Your Mind
16. Willie And Laura Mae Jones
17. Am I The Same Girl
18. In The Land Of Make Believe
19. A Brand New Me
20. Goodbye
21. Silly, Silly Fool
22. I Wanna Be A Free Girl
23. How Can I Be Sure
24. Spooky
25. What Good Is I Love You
26. Haunted
27. Yesterday When I Was Young

CD3
1. Who Gets Your Love
2. Tupelo Honey
3. Mama’s Little Girl
4. The Other Side Of Life
5. Let Me Love You Once Before You Go
6. You Set My Dreams To Music
7. Give Me The Night
8. Sandra
9. A Love Like Yours
10. I’d Rather Leave While I’m In Love
11. Living Without Your Love
12. You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me
13. It Goes Like It Goes
14. Bits And Pieces
15. Don’t Call It Love
16. Soft Core
17. Time And Time Again
18. What Have I Done To Deserve This (Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield)
19. Nothing Has Been Proved
20. In Private
21. Where Is A Woman To Go