Smile - Ghost Of A Smile (1997) Pseudonym Records - CDP 1049 DD

 

FLAC/186MB

Pop Rock, Beat, Mod

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Smile were an English rock band formed in London in 1968 and was the predecessor of the band Queen. The band was formed by Tim Staffell and Brian May, who later went on to form Queen. They were later joined by drummer Roger Taylor, who also went on to form Queen. They recorded six songs and disbanded in 1970. These songs were titled "April Lady", "Step on Me", "Polar Bear", "Earth", "Blag", and "Doin' Alright" (later re-recorded by Queen for their self-titled debut album in 1973). These songs exist on the CD Ghost of a Smile.

Tracks:

1. Earth (T. Staffell) (4:00)

2. Step On Me (T. Staffell/B. May) (3:10)

3. Doin' Alright (Stereo) (T. Staffell/B. May) (3:48)

4. April Lady (S. Lucas) (2:43)

5. Blag (R. Taylor) (3:12)

6. Polar Bear (B. May) (3:56)

Bonus tracks: performed by Eddie Howell (featuring Brian May and Freddie Mercury. Recorded at the Sarm East Studios, London, England August 1975)

7. The Man From Manhattan (E. Howell) (original) (Stereo) (3:20)

8. The Man From Manhattan (E.Howell) (back again) (Stereo) (4:56)

Tracks 1-3 recorded in July 1969 at the Trident Studios, Soho, England.

Tracks 4-6 recorded in September 1969 at the De Lane Lea Studios, Holborn, London, England

Personnel:

Acoustic Guitar – Eddie Howell (tracks: 7,8)

Backing Vocals – Brian May (tracks: 7,8), Freddie Mercury (tracks: 7,8), Roger Taylor (tracks: 1 to 6)

Bass – Jerome Rimson (tracks: 7,8), Tim Staffell (tracks: 1 to 6)

Drums – Barry De Sousa* (tracks: 7,8), Roger Taylor (tracks: 1 to 6)

Guitar – Brian May (tracks: 1 to 6)

Lead Guitar – Brian May (tracks: 7,8)

Lead Vocals – Eddie Howell (tracks: 7,8)

Piano – Brian May (tracks: 2), Freddie Mercury (tracks: 7,8)

Vocals – Brian May (tracks: 1 to 6), Tim Staffell (tracks: 1 to 6)

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

 

MP3/320Kbs/87MB

Blues Rock, Folk Rock, Southern Rock, Classic Rock

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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

Osibisa + Woyaya (1971/2008) Repertoire Records

 

MP3/320Kbs/196MB

Afrobeat, Funk, Jazz Rock

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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

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

 

MP3/320Kbs/256MB

Rhythm & Blues, Beat, Psychedelic Rock, Score

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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

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

 

MP3/320Kbs/331MB

Blue-Eyed Soul, Rhythm & Blues, Mod, Beat

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

Career

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