Saturday, August 30, 2025

Javier Batiz - Coming Home (1969/2010) Star Records - LSD 100001

 

MP3/320Kbs/96MB
Psychedelic Blues Rock

Javier Bátiz's album "Coming Home" is a rare 1969 Mexican blues psych record that was released on the Star label with the catalog number LSD 100001. The album is described as a great electric blues rock record and is considered to be a significant piece of Mexican music history. It is also noted that the album is hard to find in good shape, with some sources indicating that most copies are in poor condition.
Javier Isaac Medina Núñez. (born June 3. 1944 - died december 14th 2024). Mexican guitarist, singer and composer, a precursor of Mexican blues rock. Specially prolific adapting, arranging and translating American rock/blues/funk/R&B songs to Spanish.

Tracklist:
1. Try It One Time (2:27)
2. Let Me Give My love To You (5:08)
3. Christine (3:15)
4. It's Done And Gone (2:59)
5. Why Do You Do Me (5:54)
6. Getting Through (4:06)
7. I Won't Ever (3:05)
8. Down Broken Hearted (2:32)
9. I'm Not The One (3:57)
10. Coming Home (4:57)

Personnel:
Guitar, Piano (4,9), Electric piano (8) – Javier Bátiz
Acoustic Guitar – Ricardo "Cancer" Delgado (7)
Bass – Esteban Garcia 
Bass – Ramon Rodriguez (7,8)
Bass – Jorge Alarcon (5)
Drums – Juan Santos 
Drums (5), Acoustic Bass (9) – Mickey Salas
Drums – Angel "Cartucho" Miranda (7,8)
Organ – Guillermo Briseño (2,7,8)
Piano – Sergio Guerrero (2,4,6)
Tenor Saxophone – Carlo Novi (2,8)
Tenor Saxophone – Rene Vidal (6,7)
Alto Saxophone – Pedro Encinas (2,6,7,8)
Baritone Saxophone – Arturo Labastida (2,6,7,8)
Percussion [Tumbas] – Leonardo "Tobi" Lopez (5)
Chorus – Esteban, Guillermo, Javier, Ramon, Ricardo, Sergio (7)
Chorus – Guillermo Briseño, Norma Valdez, Valery Jodorowsky (10)
Handclaps [Applause] – Ara, German Perez Salas, Guillermo Briseño, Javier, Miguel, Norma Valdez, Valery Jodorowsky (10)






Thursday, August 28, 2025

Excalibur - The First Album (1971/2007) Retro Disc Internacional - RDI 33010

 

MP3/320Kbs/111MB
Krautrock, Hard Rock

Excalibur's The First Album is a German hard rock record released in 1971 on the Reprise label. The album is described as a mix of organ-driven hard rock and some krautrock elements, with a style that is considered somewhat generic but generally entertaining. The First Album was released as a vinyl LP and has been reissued in remastered form on CD in 2007.

Tracks:
1. Light In The Dark 6:09
2. Get Me, If You Want 2:55
3. Zamuno (Hartmut Schölgens, Werner Odenkirchen) 2:59
4. Run Through The Past 4:03
5. Sure You Win 4:28
6. Hollywood Dreams 3:30
7. Questions (Hartmut Schölgens, Werner Odenkirchen) 4:08
8. Don't Look Backwards 5:02
9. Feelin's 6:36

Personnel:
Werner Odenkirchen - lead guitar, vocals
Hartmut Schölgens - Hammond organ, bass-manual
Manfred "Charlie" Terstappen - drums
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Gorilla (Achim Reichel) - bass
Lemmi (Christian M. Lembrecht) - percussion
Hans Lampe (Flipper) - percussion



Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Crowbar - Bad Manors (1971/2008) Unidisc - AGEK-2165

 

MP3/320Kbs/89MB
Rock & Roll, Blues Rock, Country Boogie

Crowbar was a Canadian rock band based in Hamilton, Ontario, best known for their 1971 hit "Oh, What a Feeling". Crowbar's album Bad Manors was released in 1971 on Daffodil Records. The album is categorized under the genres of Rock & Roll, Blues Rock, Roots Rock, and Boogie Woogie. The band Crowbar, known for their unique blend of blues and rock, had a significant presence in the Canadian music scene during the early 1970s. The album was re-released in 2008 as a remastered version.

Tracks:
1. Frenchman’s Filler #1 1:13
2. Too True Mama 2:53
3. Let The Four Winds Blow 2:22
4. House Of Blue Lights 2:46
5. The Frenchman’s Cherokee Boogie Incident 0:27
6. Train Keep Rollin’ 2:50
7. Baby, Let’s Play House 3:03
8. Oh Never Be A Dodo 0:19
9. Oh What A Feeling 4:20
10. Frenchman’s Filler #2 0:32
11. Frenchman’s Filler #3 0:36
12. Murder In The First Degree 5:14
13. In The Dancing Hold 3:51
14. Mountain Fire 3:58
15. Prince Of Peace 4:10
16. Frenchman’s Filler #1 (Edited) 0:46

Personnel:
Rheal "Ray" Lanthier - lead guitar, vocals
John "Ghetto" Gibbard - lead & slide guitar, vocals
Roly Greenway - bass, percussion, vocals
Kelly Jay Fordham - piano, vocals, arrangements
Jozef Chirowski - piano, organ, vocals
Sonnie Bernardi - drums, percussion, vocals


Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Cliff Bennett's Rebellion (1971/2005) Repertoire - RES 2319

 

MP3/320Kbs/95MB
Blues Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul

Cliff Bennett's Rebellion is an album by Cliff Bennett, released in 1971. The album was recorded for CBS and features Bennett's powerful vocal style backed by a driving band. It includes original songs such as "Say You Don't Love Me" and "Better World," as well as a version of Eric Clapton's "Blues Power". The album was later reissued by Repertoire Records in 2005, which included the A- and B-sides of a single released after the album, "Amos Moses" and "Movin' And Travelin' On".
The album is categorized under the genres of Blues Rock and Classic Rock.

Tracks:
1. Say You Don't Love Me (Cliff Bennett) 3:10
2. Please Say You'll Come (John Gray, Marek Kluczynski) 4:52
3. L.A. (Cliff Bennett, John Gray, Marek Kluczynski) 5:04
4. Sandy Mary (Peter Green) 5:05
5. Blues Power (Eric Clapton, Leon Russell) 3:16
6. When I'm Singing Rock 'N' Roll (John Gray, Marek Kluczynski) 2:52
7. Searchin' For A Theme (John Gray, Marek Kluczynski) 3:45
8. Better World (Cliff Bennett) 6:06
Bonus:
9. Amos Moses (single A-side,1971) (Jerry Hubbard) 2:55
10. Movin' And Travelin' On (single B-side,1971) (Cliff Bennett) 3:21

Personnel:
Cliff Bennett - vocals
Robert Smith - guitar
Marek Kluczynski - harmonica, flute
John Gray - bass
Derek Wier - drums, percussion


Monday, August 25, 2025

Freight Train - Just The Beginning (1971) Fly By Nite Records - LPFBN 1001

 

MP3/320Kbs/82MB
Blues, Blues Rock

The band Freight Train was formed Rick Shaffer, in 1968. The line-up went through many personnel changes before arriving at the one that appears on the 1971 album, "Just The Beginning," on Fly By Nite records.

Tracks:
1. Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Walter Jacobs) 3:24
2. Papa Ain't Salty (T-Bone Walker) 2:40
3. So Many Roads (Marshall Paul) 7:06
4. Unseen Eye (Sony Boy Williamson) 2:40
5. Built For Comfort (Willie Dixon) 2:46
6. Same Old Blues (Magic Sam) 2:49
7. I Loved Another Woman (Peter Green) 2:55
8. Baby What You Want Me (Jimmy Reed) 3:32
9. Rollin Man (Peter Green) 2:20
 
Personnel:
Steve Martina - lead vocals, guitar
Rick Shaffer - lead guitar, backing vocals
Jim Peters - bass
Tom Geddes - drums