Right from the opening notes of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" through to "T For Texas" this album gets your feet tapping, and just doesn't let go. Containing tracks by such Bluegrass legends as Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs, The Osborne and The Stanley brothers - this is good old fashioned down home Bluegrass. Most of the tracks are from the 1950's and 60's, and many of them i haven't heard for a long time. A real pleasure to listen to, over and over again. (Record Runner)
trax disc 1:
1. Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Flatt & Scruggs 2. Blue Moon Of Kentucky - Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys 3. I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow - The Stanley Brothers 4. Last Train To San Fernando - Johnny Duncan & His Bluegrass Boys 5. I'm Gone,Long Gone - Reno & Smiley 6. Poor Ellen Smith - Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks 7. She's Just A Cute Thing - Jimmy Martin & The Osborne Brothers 8. Are You Walking And Atalking For The Lord - Wilma Lee And Stoney Cooper With The Clinch Mountain Clan 9. Going Like Wildfire - Mac Wiseman 10. Pain In My Heart - The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers 11. I Cried Again - Jim Earnes and the Shenandoah Valley Boys 12. Tennesse Boy - Frank Hunter & His Black Mountain Boys 13. I'm Gonna Leave You - Sonny Osborne 14. Y'all Come - Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys 15. Get In Line Brother - Flatt & Scruggs 16. Beautiful Brown Eyes - The Bailey Brothers/The Happy Valley Boys 17. Too Late To Cry - The Stanley Brothers 18. He Will Set Yor Fields On Fire - Carl Story&His Rambling Mountaineers 19. Higher In My Prayer - Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks 20. Something Got Hold Of Me - The Bailes Brothers 21. Tennessee Cut Up Breakdown - Reno & Smiley 22. Garden In The Sky - The Blue Sky Boys 23. Dreaming Of A Little Cabin - Mac Wiseman 24. Are You Missing Me - Jim & Jesse & The Virginia Boys 25. Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Brown's Ferry Four
trax disc 2:
1. Orangs Blossom Special - Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys 2. Cotton-Eyed Joe - The Stanley Brothers 3. Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms - Flatt & Scruggs 4. When I Safely Reach The Other Shore - Tommy Magness and His Tennessee Buddies ft. Reno and Smiley 5. Sunny Side Of The Mountain - Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper 6. Tomorrow May Be Different - Jim Eanes & The Shenandoah Valley Boys 7. Lonesome Pine Breakdown - The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers 8. Radio Boogie - L.C.Smith, Ralph Mayo & The Southern Mountain Boys 9. Crazy Finger Blues - Reno & Smiley 10. The Tramp On The Street - Molly O'Day With The Cumberland Mountain Folks 11. Don't Get Above Your Raisin' - Flatt & Scruggs 12. The Fields Have Turned Brown - The Stanley Brothers 13. Molly & Tenbrooks (The Race Horse Song) - Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys 14. Going Back To Old Kentucky - Hobo Jack Adkins 15. Twenty One Years - The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers 16. 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered - Mac Wiseman 17. Florida Blues - Jim Eanes & The Shenandoah Valley Boys 18. Little Birdie - Wade Mainer And His Trio 19. I Like The Old Way - Shannon Grayson & His Golden Valley Boys 20. Doin' My Time - Flatt & Scruggs 21. This Little Glass Of Wine - The Stanley Brothers 22. Happy Valley Special - The Bailey Brothers 23. Lonesome, Sad And Blue - The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers 24. Long Time, No See - Frank Hunter & His Black Mountain Boys 25. Blue Yodel No.1 ('t For Texas) - Jim Eanes And His Shenandoah Valley Boys
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"Essential Bluegrass Anthology"
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CD1
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CD2
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thanks for the Country items from time to time!
countryhank
The Skeletons – "Live" at the Amador 1979 (CD) @320
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1 Who Shot Sam
2 Mainline
3 Baggy Pants
4 Down In The Boondocks
5 That's It, I Quit
6 Bread And Butter
7 Teenage Boogie
8 Rock Old Sputnick
9 Crazy Country Hop
10 Off And Running
11 Slaughter On The 10Th Ave.
12 Teenaga Bill Of Rights
13 Lady
14 Theme "Summer Place"
15 Gas Money
16 Nervous Breakdown
17 The Monkey's Uncle
18 Driving Guitars
19 Amazing Grace/V.L.D.
20 Then She Kissed Me
21 Little Girl
22 Tell Me
23 Let Her Dance
24 Telstar
25 Psychotic Reaction
26 Nytol
27 (Crowd Noise)
28 California Sun
29 Surfin' Bird
30 (Bonus Cut) T.W.S.
Here's a fascinating portrait of one of the original roots-rock bands. Recorded in 1979 in Springfield, Missouri, just a few months after the Skeletons formed (and shortly before they hit the road with Steve Forbert), the 30-song set features all covers, spanning most of their influences and obsessions (though the only country number is George Jones' "Who Shot Sam"). The lineup featured the familiar Lou Whitney, Donnie Thompson and Bobby Lloyd Hicks, but also Nick Sibley (who left the band by the time they recorded their first album in 1987) on keyboards, harmonica and some especially sweet harmony vocals.
The Skeletons ethos is well in place: They choogle, yelp, bop and stomp through primitive rock 'n' roll archania including Jan & Dean's "Baggy Pants", the New Beats' "Bread And Butter", Nelson Young's "Rock Old Sputnick" (complete with handclaps and faux rocket noises), the Sherman Brothers' "Monkey's Uncle" (with Beach Boys woo-ahhs), Joe Meek's "Telstar", Syndicate Of Sound's "Little Girl", and a bizzaro throat-singalong of "Amazing Grace" leading into a freakout version of Peter, Paul & Mary's "Very Last Day".
Producer Tom Traber does what he can with the mono soundboard source -- you can barely tell there's a soul in the room -- though there's more than a little tape flutter and Sibley's keyboards could have used some juice. But this was one hell of a pajama party (the Skeletons played in PJs, as they were "putting the band to bed"), and any fan is duty-bound to track down this delightful document.- from No Depression
http://www.discogs.com/Skeletons-Live-At-The-Amador-1979/release/5270541
in case these were missed the first time around:
The Skeletons – In The Flesh (1991) CD @320
http://www52.zippyshare.com/v/lYdWEs1Z/file.html
http://www.discogs.com/Skeletons-In-The-Flesh/release/3264767
The Skeletons – Waiting (1992) CD @320
http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/5ZOG6KMj/file.html
http://www.discogs.com/Skeletons-Waiting/release/2942731
The Morells – Shake And Push (1982) Vinyl @320
http://www52.zippyshare.com/v/Ckfzmzd1/file.html
http://www.discogs.com/Morells-Shake-And-Push/release/1856531
The Morells – The Morells (2001) CD @320
http://www71.zippyshare.com/v/KLhomqs2/file.html
http://www.discogs.com/Morells-The-Morells/release/5246999
Happy hump day and hoping y'all enjoy the music.
BONUS 1 OF 6 @320 (Pt. 1)
Allen Toussaint - The Complete 'Tousan' Sessions 1958-1959
From the German-based Bear Family Records reissue label comes over two-dozen selections by a young Allen Toussaint (piano) during his earliest outings as a solo artist -- albeit under the slightly truncated nom de plume of "A. Tousan" or simply "Tousan." Although he'd been gigging and sitting in on a variety of Crescent City R&B sessions, it was RCA Records' Danny Kessler who took the initiative to book studio time for Toussaint. That very first endeavor -- held on January 29, 1958 -- featured Toussaint supported by other Nola locals Alvin "Red" Taylor (baritone sax), Nat Perrilliat (tenor sax), or Lee Allen (tenor sax), either Justin Adams (guitar) or Roy Montrell (guitar), Frank Fields (bass), and Charles "Hungry" Williams (drums). While the exact lineup may not be certain, what is undeniable is the masterful energy of these seminal sides. Toussaint revealed to a reviewer that he "had no involvement in the titles of the songs. When I played them, I referred to them as 'Song Number One,' 'Song Number Two' and so on. It wasn't until the record came out that I was informed Kessler had chosen to name each piece after a different racehorse." Once "Whirlaway" b/w the raucous sacred-inspired "Happy Times" scored favorable results, Kessler hit Toussaint up for enough material to compile what would become the full-length Wild Sound of New Orleans (1958) LP. Arguably the best-known of the instrumental lot is the perky "Java" -- which Al Hirt (trumpet) was able to take to the top of the pop singles survey, not to mention carve out a nice career for himself in the process. Other entries worthy of multiple spins include the mile-a-minute "Tim Tam," "Bono," and the musical Mardi Gras that is "Nashua" -- which owes much to Professor Longhair and points the way for Toussaint's future musical aspirations. Similarly, "Wham Tousan" and "Pelican Parade" are evidence of Toussaint's already fully formed keyboard style. The second half of the Complete "Tousan" Sessions (1992) is dedicated to tracks destined for the Seville imprint and credited to "Al Tousan and His Piano." Of the 15 tunes documented during the December 7 and 8, 1959 session only a handful were ever released. Namely, the 45s "Chico" b/w "Sweetie Pie," "Naomi" b/w "Back Home Again in Indiana" -- a rare cover tune for Toussaint, "A Blue Mood" b/w "Moo Moo" (aka "Cow Cow Boogie"), and "Real Churchy" b/w "Twenty Years Later." Interestingly, the latter is nothing more than a recycled and abbreviated edit of the aforementioned "Sweetie Pie." The remainder make their debut and in true Bear Family style are thoroughly annotated in the 20-page liner notes booklet. (Lindsay Planer, Allmusic)
BONUS 1 OF 6 @320 (Pt. 2)
Allen Toussaint - The Complete 'Tousan' Sessions 1958-1959
Some of the earliest work ever recorded by New Orleans soul legend Allen Toussaint! The set brings together all of Toussaint's recordings for the RCA and Seville labels – making a set of 27 tracks in all, one that includes a few alternate versions, and a great set of notes! The tunes are mostly instrumental – with Toussaint on piano, stomping up a storm with lots of wild playing in that heavy-handed, triplet-heavy 1950s New Orleans mode. The tracks romp along in a nice crescent city groove – not funky, but with that roots of funk sound that always makes work from this period hold up nicely. Titles include "Chico", "Pelican Parade", "Po Boy Walk", "Wham Tousan", "Bono", "Java", "Up The Creek", "Happy Times", "Whirlaway", "Tim Tam", and "Al's Theme". © 1996-2015, Dusty Groove, Inc.
1
Whirlaway
2
Happy Times
3
Up The Creek
4
Tim Tam
5
Me And You
6
Bono
7
Java
8
Wham Tousan
9
Nowhere To Go
10
Nashua
11
Po Boy Walk
12
Pelican Parade
13
Chico
14
Back Home Again In Indiana
15
Second Liner
16
Cow Cow Blues
17
Moo Moo
18
Sweettie Pie (Twenty Years Later)
19
You Didn't Know, Did You
20
Up Right
21
A Blue Mood
22
A Lazy Day (Without Organ)
23
Naomi
24
Al's Theme
25
Real Churchy (Without Organ)
26
A Lazy Day (With Organ)
27
Real Churchy (With Organ)
http://www10.zippyshare.com/v/gE0CebKb/file.html
INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-complete-tousan-sessions-mw0000615775
https://www.dustygroove.com/item/749419
BONUS 2 OF 6 @320
The Beatles - 1 (2015)
The Beatles‘ bestselling best-of collection, The Beatles 1, is getting the deluxe reissue treatment this fall.
Due in stores Nov. 6, the newly expanded Beatles 1 makes a number of changes to the original release, chief among them the addition of dozens of promotional videos — all newly restored, many being made commercially available for the first time. According to a press release, “An 18-person team of film and video technicians and restoration artists was assembled by Apple Corps to undertake painstaking frame-by-frame cleaning, color-grading, digital enhancement and new edits that took months of dedicated, ’round-the-clock work to accomplish.”
On the audio front, fans can look forward to hearing new stereo mixes of the album, which collects 27 of the band’s biggest hits, as well as mixes in 5.1 Dolby Digital and DTS HD surround audio.
The reissue will be available in a variety of configurations, including single-disc CD, DVD, and Blu-ray versions, as well as CD/DVD and CD/Blu-ray combo packs and a two-LP vinyl edition. Die-hard fans will also have the chance to spring for The Beatles 1+, a deluxe package that adds a bonus DVD or Blu-ray featuring alternate versions of many videos as well as “an expanded 124-page illustrated hardcover book which includes ‘an appreciation’ of The Beatles’ groundbreaking films and videos by music journalist and author Mark Ellen and extensive, detailed track/video annotation by music historian and author Richard Havers.”
The new Beatles 1 and Beatles 1+ reissue is available for pre-order now.
‘The Beatles 1′ Reissue Track Listing
Disc 1:
“Love Me Do”
“From Me to You”
“She Loves You”
“I Want to Hold Your Hand”
“Can’t Buy Me Love”
“A Hard Day’s Night”
“I Feel Fine”
“Eight Days a Week”
“Ticket to Ride”
“Help!”
“Yesterday”
“Day Tripper”
“We Can Work It Out”
“Paperback Writer”
“Yellow Submarine”
“Eleanor Rigby”
“Penny Lane”
“All You Need Is Love”
“Hello, Goodbye”
“Lady Madonna”
“Hey Jude”
“Get Back”
“The Ballad of John and Yoko”
“Something”
“Come Together”
“Let It Be”
“The Long and Winding Road”
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INFO
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/beatles-1-reissue/
BONUS 3 OF 6 @320
Turkish Freakout: Psych-Folk Singles 1969-1980
A full plate of funky freakout grooves from the Turkish scene – compiled one and all from 7-inch records made from the end of the 60s to the dawn of the 80s! It's a mix of psych folk, funk, more traditional buzzing strings and hypnotic melodies – pretty wonderful all the way! Turkey's been a fertile wonderland of psych era sounds for deep diggers the past few years, but the quality level varies. This is one of the great ones, both for the music and for thick booklet of notes with info on each track. A far reaching set stylistically, with western jazz influences played with Turkish instruments, dreamy folkish melodies, rawer garage style grooves, heavy rhythms and spacier gems! Titles include "Dokuz Sekiz" by Okay Temiz, "Cokertme" by Kardaslar, "Sevdigim" by Erkin Koray, "Hal Hal" by Baris Manco, "Iciyorum" by Ajda Pekkan, "Osman Whlivan" by Arif Sag, "Gunese Don Cicegim" by Ersen and more. © 1996-2015, Dusty Groove, Inc.
It's not unlike listening to a Turkish version of Os Mutantes, the Brazilian psych band from the late-60s/early 70s. Harmonically and melodically, it will remind you of lots of North African / Middle Eastern pop...lots of modal melodies layered over beats that are mostly lively and sometimes funky. Touches of fuzz guitar pop up regularly, lots of echo and atmosphere on the vocals, performances that feel very live rather than constructed piece by piece through overdubbing. The longest track is a concise 4:38, and most of the tracks are between 2:30-3:30 (they are singles, after all), so none of the grooves wears out its welcome. This would be a great party album, a great housecleaning album, a fun driving record...the compilers have done a good job with keeping the mood hopping, the flow from track to track varied enough, and selecting very catchy material. You'll almost smell the hash smoke wafting out of your speakers. (NPR)
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INFO
https://www.dustygroove.com/item/558419
http://www.amazon.com/Turkish-Freakout-Psych-Folk-Singles-1969-1980/dp/B003MWHUEW
BONUS 4 OF 6 @320
Buddy Ace - The Duke Recordings 1959-1969
Blues balladeer Buddy Ace was known as "The Silver Fox of the Blues" during a touring and recording career that spanned four decades. Born in Jasper, TX, on November 11, 1936, he grew up in nearby Houston, influenced by artists like Lou Rawls, Bobby "Blue" Bland, and Ivory Joe Hunter. Performing early on in gospel groups, including some with fellow singer Joe Tex, Ace shifted his focus from gospel to blues and R&B during the early '50s. During this time, he toured with the Bland and Junior Parker bands, eventually signing a record deal in 1955 with Duke/Peacock Records. In the mid-'60s, Ace scored several R&B hits, including "Nothing in the World Can Hurt Me (Except You)" and "Hold On (To This Fool)." Relocating to Los Angeles in 1970 and later to Oakland, he spent much of this period touring in and around the Bay Area. (All music)
http://www92.zippyshare.com/v/JrNobhiF/file.html
INFO
http://www.bluebeatmusic.com/product_info.php?products_id=10889
BONUS 5 OF 6 @320
Jimmy Lee Williams - Hoot Your Belly (1977-1982) ’03
It's fair to say that Jimmy Lee Williams isn't a polished bluesman. He'll never be B.B. King. But that's fine. On these tracks recorded between 1977 and 1982 at his home in Porlan, GA, he serves up a mess of raw blues with just his voice and guitar. While not a great player, he uses the instrument effectively to back himself, behind a slightly gravelly voice. And what you get is the blues as you'd hear it in the country, at the house parties and dances that still go on. While the songs are all supposedly traditional (some well known, like "Step It Up and Go," for example), several have very individual touches, while a few others are cobbled together with verses taken from the deep general well of the blues. But this isn't so much about the material as the performances. There's a warm spontaneity about Williams, as if these were all first takes, pieces he'd just remembered and dusted off for these recordings. And that's what makes this record special; you feel like you're eavesdropping on something private, almost intimate, rather than a big recording session. It holds the same appeal as the best of the Alan Lomax field recordings. So what if Williams isn't the very best blues musician you've ever heard, not another Robert Johnson or Muddy Waters. He's himself, with his own things to say, and he says them very well indeed. (Allmusic)
Fresh from the the folks at Fat Possum Records, Hoot Your Belly is the fifth release of the George Mitchell music archive. The Record is a compilation of two recording sessions in 1977 and 1982 respectively, featuring 13 traditional tunes thoughtfully re-arranged by Williams. Jimmy Lee is a farmer by trade, raising soybeans, peanuts and watermelon in Georgia. He bought his first electric guitar for $75 form a co-worker, "Boy, I played that," he says, "We had to run people away form the house!" Preferring the simple life to anything else, his decisions are reflected in honest lyrics that speak of better days and good times. The album is charged with his whining howl; nasal and primal it fills in the cracks and crevasses of "Hoot Your Belly" in the same fashion as Little Richard's trademark scream filled in between vocals and licks on his piano. This album is the framed portrait of a farmer who has sought nothing more than to work hard to keep a few pennies in his pockets and play the guitar to lift his spirits. (Blues World)
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INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/hoot-your-belly-mw0000696053
http://www.amazon.com/Hoot-Your-Belly-JIMMY-WILLIAMS/dp/B00019PCUS
BONUS 6 OF 6 @320
Ray Materick - Sidestreets 1972
Ray Materick is a Canadian singer-songwriter, particularly popular in the 1970s, who continues to perform and create music.
Ray Materick is the son of an evangelical preacher, who had previously played saxophone, trumpet and clarinet in his own dance band, during the 1940s and 1950s.
Originally from Brantford, Ontario, Ray Materick came from a musical household, where his father played in a dance band prior to becoming an ordained preacher in the early '60s. But although the trumpet was pushed on him as a child, he found his brother's love of Elvis, Buddy, and Chuck Berry, more appealing. As a teen he turned to the guitar (which he'd tried around age 8, but found it 'too difficult.') and became interested in the songwriters, like Gordon Lightfoot, Kris Kristofferson, and Bob Dylan.
His first group was while still a teen, in The Chevron Sextet, which only lasted doing high school dances until he moved to Toronto in 1970. Two years later, after gaining some experience on-stage on coffee house circuit, he signed a deal with Kanata Records (argued as one of Canada's first truly indie labels).
London picked up the distribution, and working with producer David Bird, he released his debut solo album, SIDESTREETS later that year. Roots-based folk with a fresh approach, it produced a pair of singles that both made the Canadian top 40 - "Season Of Plenty" b/w "Goodbye," and "Hard Life Alone." Hailed by the critics.
Ray Materick's first album was released on Kanata Records, the first indepdent label of Canada in 1972. Sidestreets received appraisal by many critics and regarded as a masterpiece. With his gritty, gravelly voiced and brilliant lyrics, it is truly deserved so. Includes 4 bonus tracks. (No Depression)
http://www76.zippyshare.com/v/vr0Vo6HR/file.html
INFO
http://www.amazon.com/sidestreets-LP-RAY-MATERICK/dp/B00SSSV7Y4
Many thanks for the great bluegrass collection.
Nice, thanks!
A great upload.More country please.Many Thanks.
Allan.
Thanks to G for the fine bluegrass, and thanks to Clash for the fantastic collection of Skeletons and Morells music (same guys, different names). Also, out there on the youtube is a fine live performance by the gang in Chicago that's barely dated. Best "middle America garage band music" I've ever heard.
Iggyshakeandpush
Thanks
Thanks for The Skeletons Live, I didn't know it was out there! I saw them a few times, it was always a great show.
Gyro1966, thanks for the bluegrass & The Beatles.
Tanx for Allen T. and Buddy A.
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