trax:
1. Don't Laugh At Me - The Dubs 2. I Love Marie - The Floridians 3. Believe Me - Billy Champ 4. The Letter - The Larktones 5. If I Only Had Magic - The Dubs 6. Picture Of Love - The Laurels 7. Please Tell Me Why - Evelyn Dell & The Vibratones 8. For The First Time - The Dubs 9. This Empty Seat - The Passions 10. I Only Have Eyes For You - The Persians 11. Ain't That So - The Dubs 12. My Heart Has A Mind Of It's Own - Gloria Mann 13. My Brother - The Cool Breezes 14. Down, Down I Go - The Dubs 15. The Lucky Old Sun - The Floridians 16. Steady Love - Joey Nichol & The Rock-A-Fellows 17. Early In The Morning - The Dubs 18. Sincerely - Evelyn Dell & The Vibratones 19. Hand In Hand - The Laurels 20. Joogie Boogie - The Dubs 21. Rockin' Swingin' Man - The Larktones 22. You'll Never Belong To Me - The Dubs 23. The Bully - The Passions 24. No One - The Dubs 25. Broken Heart - Joan Shaw 26. You Know I Go For You - The Cool Breezes 27. Hushabye - Billy Champ 28. Lullabye - The Dubs
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"ABC-Paramount Doo-Wop" Vol. 2
...served by Gyro1966...
gitit! no pw
http://www49.zippyshare.com/v/4QLRtIJ0/file.html
ZEPHYR - SUNSET RIDE (Vinyl)
Warner Brothers Records 1972
http://www16.zippyshare.com/v/MlI5WQkd/file.html
Remembering Zephyr: http://denverlibrary.org/blog/lisa/candy-givens-and-zephyr
There are two kinds of Zephyr fans; those who think the band died when Tommy Bolin left, and
those who know it didn't. This second and final album for Warner featured Boulder, CO,
guitar slinger Jock Bartley in place of Tommy Bolin, the replacement of Bobby Berge and John
Faris, and one of the few known recorded appearances of Bobby Notkoff, other than his work
with Neil Young, for whom he created the heart-wrenching violin break on "Running Dry."
Without Bolin, the band took a decided turn toward jazz. This is a stunning album, featuring
unknown classics like "Moving Too Fast," "Chasing Clouds," and "Winter Always Finds Me."
Lead singer Candy Givens passed away some years ago, and this album is perhaps her most
passionate legacy. -- William Ashford (Allmusic)
I lived in Boulder, Colorado from August 1969 until I moved to Boston in December 1973 (a
move I regretted tremendously until I met my wife a couple of years later and then my two
kids.) In 1971 while living in a great house in Boulder my backyard neighbor was Michael
Wooten, the drummer for the Colorado band Zephyr. (His girlfriend, whose last name was
Cobb, claimed to be the granddaughter of the great Ty Cobb, a claim I never verified so she
could have been.) Michael and his girlfriend spent a lot of time at my house since they
lived in a small trailer. Through Michael I met 19 year old Jock Bartley, an amazing guitar
player, and then the rest of the band. At that time they were in the studio recording this
record. Previously Zephyr had been a Hard Rock band and on stage their guitarist, Tommy
Bolin, would pose and prove that he could play faster and harder at the top of his guitar
neck than anyone else. Lead singer Candy Givens had been a screamer. As Michael explained
it the band had tired of being Rock Stars and wanted to write and play a style of music that
was more in tune with the mountains in which they lived. They had changed personnel and had
changed the band's name to The Bees but they owed Warner Brothers one more album and the
name change was nixed.
Jock Bartley (who went on to co-found the band Firefall) taught me a lesson in guitar
playing when he said, "Taste is not what you play. It's what you don't play." I was
invited into the studio and was given a signed acetate of the finished record which I still
have to this day.
Jock was very proud back then of his tasteful guitar playing. Especially his duet with
himself playing backwards guitar on "Chasing Clouds." With each listening this record still
has the feel of Colorado back in the early 70s when there were still Hippies and all the
children were beautiful. And all the women were bra-less. I simply love this record. --
JohnnyDiego
1. I Am Not Surprised
2. Someone To Chew
3. High Flying Bird
4. Time Lonesome
5. Moving Too Fast
6. Sold My Heart
7. Sierra Cowgirl
8. Chasing Clouds
9. Sunset Ride
10. Winter Always Finds Me
Candy Givens - Vocals, Harmonica, Piano
David Givens - Bass, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic)
Jock Bartley - Guitar, Vocals
Micheal Wooten - Drums, Percussion
Bobby Notkof - Violin
Dan Smyth - Keyboards, Organ, Piano
Hi Gyro,
Per your request, Vols 3&4 of ABC-Paramount at 320, with scans.
Vol 3
VAABC-PD-WV3.rar
136.60MB
http://www64.zippyshare.com/v/wnzgDlTn/file.html
01. Forgive Me, My Love - Vibraharps
02. Never Love Again - Little Tommy & Elgins
03. I Like Girls - Scott Stevens & Cavaliers
04. Confession Of Love - Dell Vikings
05. My Heart - V-Eights
06. String Band Hop - Corvets
07. Uptown-Downtown - Ronnie & Hi-Lites
08. Bring Back Your Heart - Dell Vikings
09. Don't Restrain Me, Joe - Corvets
10. Traveler Of Love - Ronnie Haig
11. You'll Break Two Hearts - Elites
12. High School Romance - Ronnie & Hi-Lites
13. Face The Music - Dell Vikings
14. Pretty Girl - Dusters
15. I Walk On - Little Tommy & Elgins
16. I Found A Girl - Scott Stevens & Cavaliers
17. Ashamed - Joey Nichol & Rock-A-Fellows
18. You Give Me No Chance - Bobby Wilding
19. Pennies From Heaven - Hal Hedges & Dreamers
20. The Fishing Chant - Dell Vikings
21. Too Young - Ronnie & HI-Lites
22. Regretting - Vibratones
23. Tree Of Love - Elites
24. Papa's Yellow Tie - V-Eights
25. Too Many Miles - Dell Vikings
26. Next Year - Glen Pace & Gliders
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Vol 4
VAABC-PD-WV4.rar
137.29MB
http://www68.zippyshare.com/v/nGq7Yg2v/file.html
01. I Won't Have You Breaking My Heart - Marvels
02. Alladin's Lamp - Flares
03. Gee But I'd Give The World - Anthony & The Sophomores
04. Eddie My Love - Jo-Ann Campbell
05. Don't You Hear Me Calling - Ronnie Haig
06. Tell Me - Glen Pace & Gliders
07. No Baby - Montclaires
08. She Loves To Rock - Flairs
09. Get Back To You - Anthony & The Sophomores
10. Summer Is All Year Round - Frank Nolan
11. You Know - Del Mars
12. Togerther - Steve Gibson
13. Still I Care - Frankie Nolan
14. I Believe In Your Love - Montclaires
15. Heart Of A Clown - Todd Richards
16. I'll Go Through Life Loving You - Anthony & The Sophomores
17. Wild For Her - Anthony & The Sophomores
18. In Self Defence - Flairs
19. Oh My Darling - Allen Greer
20. It Depends On You - Anthony & The Sophomores
21. It Wasn't Right - JoAnn Campbell
22. Jump Rock And Roll - Marvells
23. Steppin' Out - Flares
24. Heartbreak - Anthony & The Sophomores
25. Tell Me Teenage Tears - Todd Richards
26. I Went To Your Wedding - Steve Gibson
Chi-Town
For some more doo-wop and vocal groups, you might want to visit http://vocal-group-harmony.blogspot.com/
Jake.
Thank you, Chi-Town!
Wow! Thank you, Chi-Town.
Johnny: Did you stay in big B long enough to see Jock get chosen to be the replacement picker for Gram & Emmylou? Saw them at the converted bowling alley by the denver hiway!
may have been '73...
Thanks so much Chi-Town. I had a strong feeling that this request would be filled by you, this is right up your alley!
Thank you Chi-Town for 3&4.
Thank you Gyro1966 for ABC 2.
BONUS 6 OF 8
BIG STAR - #1 Record (1972, Remastered 2014) @320
Big Star's influential first two albums, 1972's #1 Record and 1974's Radio City, which have been bundled together as a #1 Record/Radio City two-for-one album for years, will once again be available to purchase as separate albums on September 2nd. Stax Records, which distributed the LPs via audio engineer John Fry's Ardent Records label, has remastered both albums from their original analog tapes and will also be offering the records digitally in Mastered for iTunes and high-resolution audio formats. Former R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills, who is an outspoken fan of the power-pop group, has also contributed new liner notes to the releases.
Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/two-remastered-big-star-records-will-be-back-in-print-this-fall-20140729#ixzz3QyGYHhyI
The problem with coming in late on an artwork lauded as "influential" is that you've probably encountered the work it influenced first, so its truly innovative qualities are lost. Thus, if you are hearing Big Star's debut album for the first time decades after its release (as, inevitably, most people must), you may be reminded of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers or R.E.M., who came after -- that is, if you don't think of the Byrds and the Beatles circa 1965. What was remarkable about #1 Record in 1972 was that nobody except Big Star (and maybe Badfinger and the Raspberries) wanted to sound like this -- simple, light pop with sweet harmonies and jangly guitars. Since then, dozens of bands have rediscovered those pleasures. But in a way, that's an advantage because, whatever freshness is lost across the years, Big Star's craft is only confirmed. These are sturdy songs, feelingly performed, and once you get beyond the style to the content, you'll still be impressed. (William Ruhlmann, Allmusic)
http://www74.zippyshare.com/v/3eNBHI7z/file.html
INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/1-record-mw0000459534
BONUS 7 OF 8
BIG STAR - Radio City (1974, Remastered 2014) @320
Big Star's influential first two albums, 1972's #1 Record and 1974's Radio City, which have been bundled together as a #1 Record/Radio City two-for-one album for years, will once again be available to purchase as separate albums on September 2nd. Stax Records, which distributed the LPs via audio engineer John Fry's Ardent Records label, has remastered both albums from their original analog tapes and will also be offering the records digitally in Mastered for iTunes and high-resolution audio formats. Former R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills, who is an outspoken fan of the power-pop group, has also contributed new liner notes to the releases.
Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/two-remastered-big-star-records-will-be-back-in-print-this-fall-20140729#ixzz3QyGYHhyI
Largely lacking co-leader Chris Bell, Big Star's second album also lacked something of the pop sweetness (especially the harmonies) of #1 Record. What it possessed was Alex Chilton's urgency (sometimes desperation) on songs that made his case as a genuine rock & roll eccentric. If #1 Record had a certain pop perfection that brought everything together, Radio City was the sound of everything falling apart, which proved at least as compelling. (William Ruhlmann, Allmusic)
http://www74.zippyshare.com/v/Xl7itP2f/file.html
BONUS 8 OF 8
CANNED HEAT - One More River to Cross '73 @320
One More River To Cross is the tenth studio album by Canned Heat, released in 1973. The band negotiated out of their contract with Liberty Records and debuted with Atlantic Records. This album featured horn arrangements played by the Muscle Shoal Horns along with Barry Beckett and Roger Hawkins. The album cover was designed by Ernie Cefalu.
1. "One More River to Cross" (Daniel Moore) - 3:10
2. "L.A. Town" (Canned Heat) - 3:28
3. "I Need Someone" (Bob Hite) - 4:54
4. "Bagful of Boogie" (Canned Heat) - 3:34
5. "I'm a Hog for You Baby" (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller) - 2:40
6. "You Am What You Am" (James Shane) - 4:31
7. "Shake, Rattle and Roll" (Charles E. Calhoun, Joel Scott Hill) - 2:31
8. "Bright Times Are Comin'" (Canned Heat) - 3:11
9. "Highway 401" (Canned Heat) - 3:53
10. "We Remember Fats" (Fats Domino Medley) (Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino, Al Lewis) - 5:07
Canned Heat
• Bob Hite – vocals
• Henry Vestine– lead guitar
• Richard Hite – bass
• Adolfo de la Parra – drums
• James Shane – guitar
• Ed Beyer - piano
Additional Personnel
• Muscle Shoal Horns - horns
• Roger Hawkins - drums
• Barry Beckett - keyboards
Production
• Barry Beckett - Producer
• Roger Hawkins - Producer
• Jerry Masters - Engineer
• Steve Melton - Engineer
http://www54.zippyshare.com/v/SRWa6vMI/file.html
INFO
http://www.amazon.com/More-River-Cross-Canned-Heat/dp/B0007514GW
http://www.discogs.com/Canned-Heat-One-More-River-To-Cross/release/2101276
What a joy with this volume 2 I'm interested .With my warmest remerciments. respect.
Pierre
Great link Anonymous, thanks
You are correct Gyro -- right up my alley. I much prefer doo-wop/vocal group harmony to any other type of music.
As Jake mentioned above, check out his http://vocal-group-harmony.blogspot.com/ site for doo-wop/vocal group harmony music. It is an excellent site.
Chi-Town
I still remember the first time I heard Zephyr, after a friend bought it by mail I liked it so much I ordered one, too, but I had to have a cassette copy of his while I waited. Ahhh, youth...
As I recall, Big Star's "13" is on the "#1 Record" album (I haven't unpacked this download yet). This song was on the soundtrack for a couple of different episodes of "That 70s Show," where it fit easily, and one time on "How I Met Your Mother," where it was kinda awkward, but it worked. This song so captures what every junior high school boy goes through with his first wannabee girlfriend that I can't help but think the song's writer (the late Alex Chilton, I think) didn't write this one a few years before it was recorded (he was only fifteen when he sang lead in The Boxtops' first hit, "The Letter").
Thanks
Thx for the Doo Wopp and for the link Jake.
dbtb
Johnny, thank you for Zephyr. I'm a bit younger than you and have great memories of the early to mid seventies hippie milieu.
Big Star. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will never have any credibility until Big Star is recognized and honored. Truly wonderful American classic albums. All three. Thanks for putting them up. Probably preaching to the choir, but if you don't know these now's your chance.
Yep Been lookin' for those Big Star Remasters. Glad to finally find them!
Johnny - I really enjoyed reading your memories of meeting some of the dudes in Zephyr and the hippie days of Boulder. Sadly, it's mostly a gentrified, upscale place today that mostly just cashes in on the symbolism of that bygone era (much like Haight Street does where I live in San Francisco).
Listening to a few of the tracks of this album conjured up images in my head of driving the Peak to Peak highway in the foothills outside of Boulder with my hippie brother as the setting sun cast a golden glow across the mountains. Thanks for the share!
RYP - I was anxiously awaiting the next installment to the ABC-Paramount series. A fine collection! Gracias.
Chi-Town - Thank you for the other 2 volumes of the ABC-Paramount Doo Wops. I love this music as well, and I have my father to thank for that (he was in the Dreamers, Meridians and a few others) as I was raised with these tunes constantly in the background. Now I will raise my child the same way.
Jake - Related, thanks for the link to the awesome Vocal Group Harmonies site.
"and once you get beyond the style to the content, you'll still be impressed. (William Ruhlmann, Allmusic)"
Wow, William Ruhlmann from Allmusic is on Planet Claire, huh? I never had to "get beyond the style" to get to the content with Big Star. If you love rock and roll, and can't get with "Ooh My Soul" or "Feel", immediately.....well...I'll just let you people (who obviously "get it" and don't need to "get beyond the style") fill in the rest of that sentence. Big Star failed because of distribution and record label troubles, not because of their "style".
Thanks for the 4 volumes of ABC-Paramount Doo-wops.
Jake it's very kind of you to give to us this link.
Sfdoomed that's a good idea to raise your child with doo-wop. For my girl she has grown with Elvis Presley (albums of the fifties only) for her two first years and now her choices in music are better than mine. One day I've tried to make her hearing my favorite album of Klaus Schulze ... I've never tried again!!
Thanks to Jake for the tip about Vocal Group Harmony site. Del Vikings, Danleers, The Checkers, Whirlin Disc, Flash Records, and Lee Andrews & The Hearts (fabulous!) are now in heavy rotation on my iPod.
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