Thursday, September 18, 2025

Grin Featuring Nils Lofgren - Grin, 1+1 & All Out (2016/2CD) Driven By The Music - DBTMTVS01

 

MP3/320Kbs/282MB
Pop Rock, Country Rock, Ballad, Classic Rock

In 1968, Lofgren formed the band Grin with bassist George Daly and drummer Bob Berberich. Daly left the band early on to become a Columbia Records A&R executive and was replaced by bassist Bob Gordon. The band release of four critically acclaimed albums from 1971 to 1974.
Nils Hilmer Lofgren (born June 21, 1951) is an American rock musician, recording artist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist...

CD1
Grin (1971)
1. Like Rain (3:39)
2. See What Love Can Do (5:03)
3. Everybody's Missin' The Sun (2:45)
4. 18 Faced Lover (3:29)
5. Outlaw (4:03)
6. We All Sung Together (3:45)
7. If I Were A Song (3:11)
8. Take You To The Movies Tonight (1:48)
9. Direction (4:13)
10. Pioneer Mary (3:47)
11. Open Wide (3:03)
12. I Had Too Much (Miss Dazi) (3:24)
Bonus Tracks:
13. Nobody (2:59)
14. Sing For Happiness (3:15)

Personnel:
Nils Lofgren - guitar, keyboards, vocals
Bob Berberich - drums, vocals
Bob Gordon - bass, vocals
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Danny Whitten, Neil Young and Ralph Molina – harmony vocals
Jerry Williams – scat singing
Ben Keith – steel guitar

CD2
Nils Lofgren 1+1 (1972)
1. White Lies (3:27)
2. Please Don't Hide (4:00)
3. Slippery Fingers (4:09)
4. Moon Tears (2:17)
5. End Unkind (4:01)
6. Sometimes (2:27)
7. Lost a Number (3:09)
8. Hi, Hello Home (2:29)
9. Just a Poem (2:41)
10. Soft Fun (5:40)
All Out (1972)
11. Sad Letter (3:12)
12. Heavy Chevy (3:35)
13. Don't Be Long (2:20)
14. Love Again (4:06)
15. She Ain't Right (3:28)
16. Love or Else (3:42)
17. Ain't Love Nice (2:10)
18. Heart on Fire (4:59)
19. All Out (3:07)
20. Rusty Gun (2:20)

Personnel:
Nils Lofgren - Guitars, Keyboards, Lead Vocals
Bob Gordon - Bass, Background Vocals
Bob Berberich - Drums, Lead Vocals
Tom Lofgren - Guitars, Background Vocals (11-20)
Graham Nash - Vocals (8)
David Blumberg - Orchestrated (9,10)


Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Bill Withers - Just as I Am (1971/2012) Big Break Records - CDBBR 0143

 

MP3/320Kbs/82MB
Soul

Just As I Am is the debut studio album by American soul musician Bill Withers, released on May 1, 1971, by Sussex Records.
William Harrison Withers Jr. (July 4, 1938 – March 30, 2020) was an American singer and songwriter. He is known for having several hits over a career spanning 18 years, including "Ain't No Sunshine", "Grandma's Hands" ... Withers won three Grammy Awards out of nine total nominations.

Tracks:
1. Harlem (3:25)
2. Ain't No Sunshine (2:06)
3. Grandma's Hands (2:03)
4. Sweet Wanomi (2:35)
5. Everybody's Talkin' (3:28)
6. Do It Good (2:54)
7. Hope She'll Be Happier (3:51)
8. Let It Be (2:39)
9. I'm Her Daddy (3:20)
10. In My Heart (4:22)
11. Moanin' and Groanin' (3:00)
12. Better off Dead (2:15)

Personnel:
Bill Withers – vocals, guitar
Stephen Stills – guitar
Booker T. Jones – guitar, keyboards, arrangements
Donald "Duck" Dunn, Chris Ethridge – bass guitar
Al Jackson Jr., Jim Keltner – drums
Bobbye Hall – percussion


Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Levon Helm And The RCO All-Stars (1977/1989) MCA Records - 18P2-3104

 

MP3/320Kbs/110MB
Americana, Country, Folk, Roots Rock

Levon Helm and the RCO All-Stars is a 1977 album by the short-lived musical group of the same name. It was Levon Helm's first studio album independent of The Band.
Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm (May 26, 1940 - April 19, 2012) was an American musician who achieved fame as the drummer and one of the three lead vocalists for The Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

Tracks:
1. Washer Woman (03:16)
2. The Tie That Binds (04:36)
3. You Got Me (04:17)
4. Blues So Bad (04:16)
5. Sing, Sing, Sing (Let's Make A Better World) (03:50)
6. Milk Cow Boogie (03:12)
7. Rain Down Tears (0)
8. A Mood I Was In (05:21)
9. Havana Moon (04:28)
10. That's My Home (03:25)

Personnel:
Levon Helm – lead vocals, backing vocals, drums
The RCO All Stars:
Booker T. Jones – keyboards, percussion
Mac Rebennack – keyboards, backing vocals, guitar, percussion
Paul Butterfield – harmonica, backing vocals
Fred Carter Jr., Steve Cropper – guitar
Donald Dunn – bass guitar
Howard Johnson – baritone saxophone, tuba
Tom Malone – trombone
Lou Marini – saxophone
Alan Rubin – trumpet
Other musicians:
Emmaretta Marks – backing vocals
Jeannette Baker – backing vocals
John Flamingo – backing vocals
Charles Miller – baritone saxophone (5)
Jesse Ehrlich – strings (5)
Louis Kievman – strings (5)
Sid Sharp – strings (5)
William Kurasch – strings (5)
Robbie Robertson – guitar (5)
Garth Hudson – accordion (5)


Monday, September 15, 2025

The Secret Sessions featuring Laing with Hunter, Ronson, Pappalardi (1978/1999) Pet Rock Records - 960042

 

MP3/320Kbs/104MB
Rock

The Secret Sessions is a rock album featuring Corky Laing, Ian Hunter, Mick Ronson, and Felix Pappalardi, recorded in 1978 but released in 1999 on Pet Rock Records.

Tracks:
1. Easy Money 2:49
2. Silent Movie 3:19
3. I Ain’t No Angel 3:17
4. The Best Thing 3:27
5. I Hate Dancin’ 2:38
6. The Outsider 7:41
7. Just When I Needed You Most 3:05
8. Lowdown Freedom 4:10
Bonus:
9. On My Way To Georgia 3:41
10. Growing Old With Rock’n Roll 4:23

Bonus tracks from Corky Laing’s 1977 solo album "Makin’ It On The Street" 

Personnel:
Mick Ronson - guitar, vocals
Felix Pappalardi - bass, vocals
Ian Hunter - vocals, keyboards
Corky Laing - vocals, drums, producer
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John Sebastian - harp (2)
Leslie West - guitar (4,6,8)
Todd Rundgren - Hammond organ (4,6)


Sunday, September 14, 2025

This Is Reggae Music The Golden Era 1960–1975 (2004) Trojan - TJNBX254

 

MP3/320Kbs/713MB
Reggae, Rocksteady, Ska, Mento

This Is Reggae Music: The Golden Era 1960–1975 is a reggae retrospective anthology issued as a 4CD box set in 2004 by Trojan Records, compiling a chronological overview of Jamaican music from the 1960s to the mid-1970s.. The anthology, which was compiled by Colin Escott and Bas Hartong, is arranged in chronological order and features tracks by various artists, starting with mento and ska from the first half of the 1960s, then progressing to the slower rhythms of rocksteady and reggae, which both emerged later in the decade, continuing into the 1970s. Several of the acts featured are Derrick Morgan, Desmond Dekker & the Aces, Toots & the Maytals, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley and the Wailers.