Chicken Shack - The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions (2005/3CD) Blue Horizon - 82876734942

 

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Blues Rock

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Chicken Shack are a British blues band, founded in the mid-1960s by Stan Webb (guitar and vocals), Andy Silvester (bass guitar), and Alan Morley (drums), who were later joined by Christine Perfect (later McVie) (vocals and keyboards) in 1967. Chicken Shack has performed with various line-ups, Stan Webb being the only constant member.

This three-disc set collects the band's entire output for the imprint from 1967-1969 and includes alternate takes, singles, and B-sides (56 tracks in all) from the Blue Horizon era.

TRACK LISTING 

Personnel:

Acoustic Guitar – Paul Raymond 

Bass Guitar – Andy Silvester

Drums – Dave Bidwell

Electric Guitar – Stan Webb 

Organ – Paul Raymond

Piano – Christine Perfect, Paul Raymond 

Vocals – Christine Perfect, Stan Webb

Rendering Pink Floyds By The Sixting Music (1974/2005) Skyf Zol - DP 10142

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Prog Rock

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A cover album of Pink Floyd (except "Red Phone"). Other than being a French group and being released in the 70's, the work is shrouded in mystery. The performance is almost faithful to the original song, but the mellow atmosphere that shines a spotlight on Pink Floyd's lyrical part is impressive.

If anyone has more information, please share it with us! 

Tracks:

1. Money (5:27)

2. One Of These Days (5:20)

3. Speak To Me / Breathe (7:22)

4. Apples And Oranges (3:15)

5. Red Phone (3:15)

6. Echoes (19:22)

7. If (4:26)

Isaac Hayes - Shaft (1971/1989) Stax Records CDSXD 021

 

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Soundtrack, Soul-Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Soul, Funk, Stage & Screen

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Shaft is a double album by Isaac Hayes, recorded for Stax Records' Enterprise label as the soundtrack LP for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 1971 blaxploitation film Shaft. The album mostly consists of instrumentals composed by Hayes as score for the film. Three vocal selections are included: "Soulsville", "Do Your Thing", and "Theme from Shaft". A commercial and critical success, Shaft is Hayes' best-known work and the best-selling LP ever released on a Stax label.

Tracks:

1. Theme From Shaft (4:39)

2. Bumpy's Lament (1:52)

3. Walk From Regio's (2:24)

4. Ellie's Love Theme (3:18)

5. Shaft's Cab Ride (1:08)

6. Cafe Regio's (6:10)

7. Early Sunday Morning (3:49)

8. Be Yourself (4:31)

9. A Friend's Place (3:20)

10. Soulsville (3:48)

11. No Name Bar (6:11)

12. Bumpy's Blues (4:04)

13. Shaft Strikes Again (3:04)

14. Do Your Thing (19:28)

15. The End Theme (1:58)

Personnel:

Lead vocals (1,10,14), Piano, Electric Piano, Vibraphone, Organ - Isaac Hayes

Rhythm, horn and string arrangements - Johnny Allen (1,2,4-15), J. J. Johnson (3), Isaac Hayes (All tracks)

Backing vocals - Pat Lewis, Rose Williams, Telma Hopkins (1,10,14)

Instrumentation - The Bar-Kays and The Isaac Hayes Movement

Electric piano - Lester Snell

Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar - Charles Pitts and Michael Toles

Bass Guitar - James Alexander

Drums, Tambourine - Willie Hall

Congas, Bongos and other percussion - Gary Jones

Lead Trumpet - Richard "Johnny" Davis

Flute - John Fonville

Bass – Ronald Hudson (5)

Piano – Sidney Kirk (5)

The Flowers & Flower Travellin' Band (Beginnings)

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Hard Rock, Heavy Psychedelic Rock

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Flower Travellin' Band was a Japanese rock band that was formed in 1967. They were connected to Japan's counterculture movement and noted for their mixture of early heavy metal with psychedelic and progressive rock. They received wide acclaim from critics but failed to achieve commercial success and separated in 1973 to pursue individual careers.

Hideki Ishima Japanese rock guitarist. Born March 21, 1944 in Sapporo. He moved to Tokyo in the mid-sixties, and played with the Group Sounds band The Outlaws from 1966 to 1969. Following that he joined The Flowers, who later became Flower Travellin' Band. 

Yuya Uchida real name (Uchida Yūya) Japanese singer, record producer, and actor, born 17 November 1939, Nishinomiya - died 17 March 2019, Tokyo. Masterminded the career of The Flowers and Flower Travellin' Band.

Yuya Uchida & The Flowers - Challenge! (1969/1991) Columbia - COCA-7252

Tracks:

1. Combination Of The Two (Sam Andrew) 5:58

2. Intruder (Janis Joplin) 3:53

3. Summertime (George Gershwin/DuBose Heyward) 3:53

4. I'm So Glad (Skip James) 4:20

5. Greasy Heart (Grace Slick) 4:11

6. Hey Joe (Billy Roberts) 4:10

7. White Room (Pete Brown/Jack Bruce) 4:03

8. Hidariashi No Otoko (Katsuhiko Kobayashi) 4:36

9. Piece Of My Heart (Bert Burns/Jerry Ragovoy) 4:00

10. Stone Free (Jimi Hendrix) 3:52

Personnel:

- Remi Aso (Kyoko Wright) - female vocals

- Hiroshi Chiba - male vocals

- Hideki Ishima - guitar, sitarla

- Katsuhiko Kobayashi - lap steel guitar

- Takeshi Hashimoto - bass

- Joji "George" Wada - drums

- Yuya Uchida - tambourine, voice, producer

Flower Travellin' Band - Anywhere (1970/2007) Universal UPCY-6343

Tracks:

1. Anywhere - Intro 0:51

2. Louisiana Blues 15:47 (Muddy Waters cover)

3. Black Sabbath 8:53 (Black Sabbath cover)

4. House Of The Rising Sun 7:41 (a traditional American folk song)

5. Twenty-First Century Schizoid Man 13:25 (King Crimson cover)

6. Anywhere - Outro 0:57

Personnel:

- Akira "Joe" Yamanaka - vocals, harmonica

- Hideki Ishima - guitar

- Jun Kosuki - bass

- Joji "George" Wada - drums

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- Yuya Uchida - producer

 

Ardo Dombec (1971/2002) Garden Of Delights - CD 066

 

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Heavy Bluesy and Slightly Jazzy Rock

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Ardo Dombec was a German progressive rock band that released their self-titled album in 1971. The band was known for their heavy, bluesy, and slightly jazzy rock sound, which set them apart from other artists on the Pilz label. Their music combined blues, soul, and jazz styles into a song-based rock format, with notable arrangements for a four-piece band. The album featured a mix of instrumental and vocal tracks, with some songs showing influences from American bands like Chicago Transit Authority or Blood Sweat & Tears. The 1971 release included eight original tracks, and later reissues added four bonus cuts.

The band members included Harald Gleu on guitar and vocals, Michael Ufer on bass, Helmut Hachmann on sax and flute, and Wolfgang Spillner on drums and vocals.

Tracks:

1. Spectaculum (4:02)

2. Supper Time (3:19)

3. A Bit Near the Knuckle (4:32)

4. Clean-Up Sunday (6:50)

5. Downtown Paradise Lost (5:52)

6. Oh, Sorry (0:08)

7. 108 (4:36)

8. Unchangable Things?! (5:58)

Bonus tracks:

9. Heavenly Rose (3:54)

10. Open the Door, Open Your Mind (2:11)

11. Young and Strong (3:15)

12. Riverside (4:15)

Personnel:

Helmut Hachmann - saxophone, flute

Harald Gleu - guitar, vocals

Wolfgang Spillner - drums, vocals

Michael Ufer - bass