Pete Brown & Piblokto! - Thousands On A Raft (1970/1994) Repertoire Records - REP 4408-WY

 

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Blues Rock, Art Rock, Experimental, Prog Rock

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British progressive rock band active 1969-1971, formed by Pete Brown, after he had been thrown out of Pete Brown And His Battered Ornaments... Brown also wrote film scripts and formed a film production company.

Tracklist:

1. Aeroplane Head Woman 6:39

2. Station Song Platform Two 3:37

3. Highland Song 17:00 

4. If They Could Only See Me Now - Parts One And Two 12:03

5. Got A Letter From A Computer 5:46

6. Thousands On A Raft 7:06

Bonus Tracks

7. Can't Get Off The Planet 6:02

8. Broken Magic 6:57

Notes

Originally released in 1970 as Harvest SHVL 782.

Track 7: Single A-Side 1970

Track 8: Single B-Side 1970

Personnel:

Vocals, Talking Drum, Congas – Pete Brown

Bass Guitar, Percussion – Steve Glover

Drums, Percussion – Rob Tait

Guitar, Percussion – Jim Mullen

Keyboards, Percussion, Soprano Saxophone – Dave Thompson

Mellotron – Dave Thompson (2)

Bass Guitar – Jim Mullen (2)

Linn County - Fever Shot (1969/2007) Foot Print Records - FPR 29012

 

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Brass Blues Rock

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Linn County was an American blues-based band based in Iowa. They moved to San Francisco. There recording their first album in 1968. Futher albums followed in 1969 and 1970. They split up in 1970. The solo album released by band member Stephen Miller in 1970 includes 4 tracks recorded by the final Linn County line-up...

Tracks:

1. Girl Can't Help It (B.Troup) 4:10

2. Elevator Woman (J.L.Williamson) 4:04

3. Too Far Gone (S.Miller, F.Walk) 2:40

4. Suspended (S.Miller, F.Walk) 8:18

5. Fever Shot (S.Miller, F.Walk) 6:15

6. Lonely Avenue (J.Frederick, L.Branch) 7:21

7. Ground Hog Blues (Sonny Boy Williamson) 4:38

Personnel:

Stephen Miller - organ, piano, vocals

Fred Walk - electric guitar, 12 string acoustic guitar

Dino Long - bass

Larry Easter - tenor sax, soprano sax

Jerry McAndrew - drums

Jay Magliori - baritone sax

Boones Farm (1972/LP Album) Columbia Records - KC 31408

 

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Country Rock

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Boones Farm were an early 1970s country rock band who were signed to the Columbia label. Releasing an album and two singles, they had some chart success with the song "If You Can't Be My Woman". Two of the group's members would later become the Dalton & Dubarri duo...

Tracks:

1. Good Old Feelin' (Sprague, Stovall) 3:00

2. She's So Good (Sprague, Stovall, Palmer) 3:20

3. Play Children Play (Sprague, Stovall) 4:40

4. Love has a Mind of Its Own (Sprague, Stovall) 3:56

5. Livin' Together (Sprague, Stovall, Palmer) 3:55

6. Mother-In-Law (Sprague, Stovall, Darling) 2:59

7. The Me Nobody Knows (Sprague, Stovall) 2:53

8. You Say You Love Me More (Sprague, Stovall, Palmer, Darling) 3:29

9. If You Can't Be My Woman (Sprague, Stovall) 3:12

10. So Much Wrong (Sprague, Stovall, Palmer) 3:35

11. Start Today (Sprague, Stovall) 4:19

Personnel:

Gary Stovall - vocals, acoustic and electric guitars

Brad Palmer - vocals, bass and acoustic guitar

Fred Darling - drums

Kent Sprague - vocals and percussion

Milt Holland - percussion

Jay Mitthauer - drums

Pete Brown And His Battered Ornaments - A Meal You Can Shake Hands With In The Dark (1969/1992) EMI - TOCP-7366

 

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Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock

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Peter Ronald Brown (25 December 1940 – 19 May 2023) was an English performance poet, lyricist and singer. Brown formed the bands Pete Brown & His Battered Ornaments and Pete Brown & Piblokto!

Brown formed Pete Brown and His Battered Ornaments in 1968, and in 1969 the band recorded two albums: A Meal You Can Shake Hands With in the Dark and Mantlepiece, with a line-up including Pete Bailey (percussion), Charlie Hart (keyboards), Dick Heckstall-Smith (sax), George Kahn (sax), Roger Potter (bass), Chris Spedding (guitar) and Rob Tait (drums). 

Tracklist:

1. Dark Lady 5:21

2. The Old Man 5:26

3. Station Song 3:24

4. The Politician 11:49

5. Rainy Taxi Girl 4:46

6. Morning Call 2:49

7. Sandcastle 9:23

8. Travelling Blues (Or The New Used Jew's Dues Blues) 12:05

Personnel:

Alto Saxophone – Nisar Ahmed Khan (1-4,6)

Banjo – Butch Potter (2)

Bass – Butch Potter

Congas, Percussion [African] – Pete Bailey

Drums – Rob Tait

Flute – Nisar Ahmed Khan (5,7)

Guitar [Portuguese Chittarra] – Chris Spedding (3)

Lead Guitar – Chris Spedding (1,3,6,8)

Organ – Charlie Hart (1-3,5,8)

Organ [Mouth] – Charlie Hart (6)

Piano [Prepared] – Chris Spedding (5)

Slide Guitar – Chris Spedding (2,4,7)

Talking Drum – Pete Brown (7)

Tenor Saxophone – Dick Heckstall-Smith (1,6)

Trumpet – Pete Brown (1-4)

Vocals – Pete Brown

Barefoot Jerry - Southern Delight & Barefoot Jerry (1997) See For Miles Records Ltd. - SEECD 485

 

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Progressive Country Rock, Southern Rock

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Barefoot Jerry is an American rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. They have been described as progressive country rock and as a seminal southern rock band. Founded by Wayne Moss, guitar/keyboards/vocals, Mac Gayden, guitar/keyboards/vocals and Kenny Buttrey, drums. The band was most active from 1971 to 1977...

Bradley Wayne Moss American country-rock bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, singer, songwriter, engineer and producer. Born: February 09, 1938 in Charleston, West Virginia. Played in groups Area Code 615 and Barefoot Jerry and as a sessionman. 

Tracks:

1. Hospitality Song 4:48

2. I'm Proud To Be A redneck 2:33

3. Smokies 2:16

4. Quit While You're A Head 3:12

5. Blood Is Not The Answer 5:30

6. Come To Me Tonight 4:44

7. Finishing Touches 4:15

8. The Minstrel Is Free At Last 5:13

9. Nobody Knows 1:21

10. That's OK, He'll Be Your Brother Someday 4:42

11. Castle Rock 4:39

12. One Woman 2:48

13. In God We Trust 5:27

14. Message 3:11

15. Friends 4:22

16. Snuff Queen 0:55

17. Little Maggie 3:12

18. Warm 3:32

19. Fish 'N' Tits 2:00

20. Ain't It Nice In Here 4:30

21. Ebenezer 3:59

Notes

First two albums on one CD.

Tracks: 1-10 (1971) Southern Delight (Capitol Records)

Tracks: 11-21 (1972) Barefoot Jerry (Warner Bros. Records)

Personnel:

Drums, Vocals - Kenny Buttrey

Guitar, Bass, Vocals - Mac Gayden

Keyboards - John Harris

Harp - Charlie McCoy (1)

Steel Guitar (2), Bass, Organ, Vocals - Wayne Moss 

Steel Guitar, Vocals - Russ Hicks (11-21)

Drums, Percussion, Vibraphone [Vibes] - Kenny Malone (11-21)

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Fiddle - Buddy Spicher (11-21)

Drums - Dulin Lancaster (11-21)