This album is the high point of the long and distinguished career of the Swan Silvertones. It is also perhaps the best single album of gospel quartet music.
Group leader Claude Jeter was the master of falsetto. In the early Fifties he switched to Specialty Records and reluctantly recruited some hard leads (Solomon Womack, Dewey Young, Robert Crenshaw) to augment his sweet-sounding quartet. At the same time the group moved away from pure a capella singing, adding some unobtrusive instrumentation.
The result is the best of both worlds - beautiful harmonies combined with fierce shouting (Young, Womack) and the screamiest lead singing (Crenshaw) I have ever heard. Apparently Crenshaw was sacked from the group for getting happy too quickly in concert. But in a two-minute recording he is perfect.
The arrangements by Paul Owens are superb; Jeter is at his best throughout. The great Art Rupe produced. Music to fall out to. (By Mr. David J. Wichmann, The Hard Gospel Quarterly)
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01 Trouble in My Way 02 How I Got Over 03 After Awhile 04 Prayer in My Mouth 05 Glory to His Name 06 I'm A-Rollin' 07 Let's Go 08 Jesus Changed This Heart of Mine 09 I'm Coming Home 10 Love Lifted Me 11 Heavenly Light Shine on Me 12 The Day Will Surely Come 13 My Rock 14 Since Jesus Came Into My Heart 15 I Cried 16 What Do You Know About Jesus? 17 Milky White Way 18 He Won't Deny Me 19 Jesus Is a Friend 20 Motherless Child 21 Man in Jerusalem 22 Keep My Heart 23 Oh, How I Love Jesus 24 This Little Light of Mine
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The Swan Silvertones "My Rock / Love Lifted Me"
...Many Thanks To Jillem For The Gospel Share! Share! served by Gyro1966...
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http://www26.zippyshare.com/v/swBbFeAH/file.html
THE FLIES / NEON PEARL / PLEASE / THE GUN / BULLDOG BREED / T2
(links are highlighted by asterisks: *****)
This post connects the dots left behind Peter Dunton & and his sidekick Bernie Jinks as they hopscotched their way across the late 60’s UK psych rock landscape. They joined existing bands and formed new ones, together and separately, for years before launching a truly winning combination with T2 – but unfortunately, they couldn’t hold that one together either and it dissolved in the middle of recording their second album. The bands they ran along the way were all very good, but things always seemed to run afoul rather quickly with “internal strife” as the constant final culprit. The web of bands that Dunton & Jinks weave gets rather convoluted, but it could get much more intricate if we included Please and The Gun bandmate Adrian Gurvitz: he would later form bands with Ginger Baker, Buddy Miles, and Graeme Edge, feature prominently in many studio sessions, and start a solo career by the end of the 70’s. Gurvitz is probably the best-known musician involved here, and most people are probably already pretty familiar with his work.
As for Dunton & Jinks, they stayed fairly true to the realm of psychedelia throughout these years, moving from pop to blues rock to early prog over time, and gathering great skills as both musicians and songwriters. Most of their bands were One-Album or No-Album Wonders, which makes it even more interesting to piece to together such a jigsaw puzzle of collaborations, one-off projects, reoccurring reincarnations, non-viable experiments, and other assorted steps in the life of a musician. And keep in mind that the bulk of all this busy-ness took place in just four years or so, which seems to make the volume of recorded output even more impressive.
Dunton & Jinks first teamed up in Germany as a resident club band called Neon Pearl, a dreamy fuzz-psych outfit who managed to record a whole album without ever finding a record company to back it. The original 1967 tapes sat idle until they were finally mastered and released in 2001.
Neon Pearl “1967 Recordings” (2001) 320
http://www100.zippyshare.com/v/XAwlGCxD/file.html
*****
Returning home to Britain to get their own band started, they formed Please –original members included Adrian Gurvitz and Neon Pearl bandmate Jorge Ermisch, but this line-up never entered a recording studio. Please split in spring 1968, and Dunton joined The Flies (which had grown out of garage beat phenoms The In-Sect) while Gurvitz went on to start The Gun.
The Flies “Complete Collection 1965-1968” (2000) 320
http://www100.zippyshare.com/v/nWFGvLW3/file.html
*****
The Flies didn’t last long after Dunton arrived, fizzling out about six months later. Dunton grabbed Jinks to reform Please with Flies vocalist Robin Hunt and Neon Pearl guitarist Nick Spenser. This is the version of Please we know today, recording the bulk of their known material.
Please “1989/69” (1998) 320
http://www100.zippyshare.com/v/0SjmqYg9/file.html
*****
Please “Seeing Stars” 1969 Studio Demos (2000) 320
http://www100.zippyshare.com/v/QDJmBsBu/file.html
*****
(Dunton & Jinks, Part 2)
Within about five or six months of reforming, Please were broken up again and Dunton went on to join his pal Gurvitz in The Gun (even though they had already cut both of their albums by then and passed their highpoint as a band).
The Gun “Gun” (1968) 320
http://www100.zippyshare.com/v/hGuumz2s/file.html
*****
The Gun “Gun Sight” (1969) 320
http://www100.zippyshare.com/v/V2JYr74z/file.html
*****
While Dunton was trying to make something happen with The Gun, Bernie Jinx and remaining Please members Hunt and Spenser formed Bulldog Breed: this band was conceived, officially recorded, marketed, and disbanded all in the span of about one year. They used various members of their growing circle to fill in the gaps, and the result is astounding when you consider the cobbled-together nature of this one-off project.
BULLDOG BREED
Bulldog Breed “Made In England” (1969) 320
http://www20.zippyshare.com/v/YrgjMZK3/file.html
*****
As a cog that wouldn’t mesh, Dunton left The Gun in late ’69 and reunited with his former bandmates to reform Please one final time. They started with some good inertia but by early 1970 they’d morphed into T2 with Dunton, Jinks, Hunt, and Bulldog Breed guitartist/keyboardist Keith Cross. T2 cut only one album, regarded both then & now as a stunning set of proto-prog blues psych, destined to launch a fruitful career. However, once again, it wasn’t long before they couldn’t stand each other and the final spilt came within two years of the band emerging. They were working on their follow-up album when they fell apart, the demos of which were finally released in ’97.
T2 “It’ll All Work Out In Boomland” (1970/2008 Expanded) 320
http://www20.zippyshare.com/v/8XccVONA/file.html
*****
T2 “Fantasy” 1972 Acetate Demos (1997) 320
http://www100.zippyshare.com/v/TNM7sfwV/file.html
*****
T2’s single cultishly-renowned album had always been a coveted grail for collectors, so when it was finally reissued in 1990 it sparked a small fervor – editions were released in additional countries and Dunton & Jinks reformed the band without Robin Hunt or Keith Cross, hoping to capitalize on their rejuvenated popularity. They produced three full albums of brand new material but couldn’t grab listeners the same way that their classic recordings did. Jinks left the band for good after the first reunion disc and Dunton carried on for two more largely uninspired and self-indulgent releases.
T2 “Second Bite” (1992) 224
http://www100.zippyshare.com/v/LhUdQKWM/file.html
*****
T2 “Waiting For The Band” half live, half studio (1993) 320
http://www100.zippyshare.com/v/wOvomTZ8/file.html
*****
T2 “On The Frontline” (1994) 224
http://www100.zippyshare.com/v/iRxN2OYH/file.html
*****
(Dunton & Jinks, Footnote)
There’s one more tangent I wanted to share just because I dig this album so much: The Knack (not the ‘My Sharona’ band) played garage beat R&B rock’n’roll, moving into radio-friendly popsike, and had a handful of 45s that fetch good money today. It featured Adrian Gurvitz and his brother Paul (aka Paul Curtis) and became the springboard for creating The Gun when two members left for other bands. Drummer Louis Farrell followed on to The Gun as well, and was also part of the excellent Bulldog Breed project. This is The Knack’s complete discography, with all official sides plus a pile of unreleased demos.
The Knack “Time Time Time: The Complete UK Singles & More, 1965-67” (2007) 320
http://www100.zippyshare.com/v/hDa2mWsd/file.html
*****
Pretty extensive bio on these bands, LoFi Larry. Being from the left side of the pond I'm not familiar with Dunton et al so I'm going to give these a listen. I've said before that I appreciate your sharing obscure 60s stuff, my favorite. Until I listen to some soul. Or some jive. Or old time Country & Western. Or Frank Sinatra. Well, you get the picture.
In case these were missed the first time around:
George Jones – Still The Same Ole Me (1981) Vinyl @320
http://www.discogs.com/George-Jones-Still-The-Same-Ole-Me/release/2969030
George Jones – Jones Country (1983) Vinyl @320
http://www.discogs.com/George-Jones-Jones-Country/release/4264933
Both in one zip file
http://www4.zippyshare.com/v/mO0KZJgN/file.html
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers – Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers (1976) Vinyl @320
http://www4.zippyshare.com/v/BIjFAyFk/file.htm
http://www.discogs.com/Jonathan-Richman-The-Modern-Lovers-Jonathan-Richman-The-Modern-Lovers/release/1908127
Squeeze – Argybargy (1980) Vinyl @320
http://www74.zippyshare.com/v/xBszMMUp/file.html
http://www.discogs.com/Squeeze-Argybargy/release/488582
Mind-blowing stuff, Lofi. Much appreciated!
Thanks, clash. The kids today who say they are country music fans could learn a lesson from George Jones. The world certainly misses him.
Really appreciate everyone's hard work here! Especially Lo-Fi - thanks so much!
Gyro, Jillem & RYP, thank you for sharing,The Swan Silvertones.
Glad y'all are enjoying this twisted tale, just a long trail of One-Album and Non-Album Wonders falling away from the same couple of guys. I'm not sure if they were listless roamers without a star to guide them or just crummy bastards who were too hard to work with, but they sure had a hard time keeping the ball rolling!
Thank you LoFi Larry. I'm amazed that any bands manage to stay together given the insanity they have to deal with constanyly.
Vulgar Boatmen
A while back, someone told me Nov. 2, ouch, I promised to share this show. I completely forgot. Than one of my HD's crashed and I forgot even more. Until I saw the post and the reminder I promised. So, with apologizes, here's the only Vulgar Boatmen show I have, it's 128kps, sorry I have not a better copy but I have a show! Enjoy!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vulgar_Boatmen
Chicago, Elbow Room 17-11-1990
http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/9zLn6fRe/file.html
In case you missed these shares earlier ...
You And Your Sister
http://www26.zippyshare.com/v/GM3eHI88/file.html
Opposite Sex
http://www70.zippyshare.com/v/dp0r459q/file.html
Please Panic
http://www26.zippyshare.com/v/QJHOwEda/file.html
As for Jonathan Richman, the first Modern Lovers as shared above is a genuine classic. There is an extended version with some older versions of the songs available:
(Expanded)
http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/leE2vDL3/file.html
This expanded edition contains the following bonus tracks (and worth having!)
2003 reissue bonus tracks
"Dignified & Old"
"I'm Straight"
"Government Center"
"I Wanna Sleep in Your Arms"
"Dance With Me"
"Someone I Care About" (alternate version)
"Modern World" (alternate version)
"Roadrunner" (alternate version)
George!!! Thanx
Some files that may expire very soon, grab them if you miss them the first time...
The Motions
Singles A's & B's
Disc 1 http://www24.zippyshare.com/v/5K8ZG7VL/file.html
Disc 2 http://www24.zippyshare.com/v/WjipIolN/file.html
Slade
Besides
Disc 1 http://www65.zippyshare.com/v/CiSCGcVn/file.html
Disc 2 http://www65.zippyshare.com/v/iP4lR0hm/file.html
Live In New York (Felt Forum) (6 cd's, 4 shows)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_in_New_York_%28The_Doors_live_album%29
17-01-1970 1st show
http://www87.zippyshare.com/v/vSHKIzUw/file.html
17-01-1970 2nd show
p.1 http://www87.zippyshare.com/v/UV1RDi9K/file.html
p.2 http://www87.zippyshare.com/v/1bcN7Wdg/file.html
18-01-1970 1st show
http://www87.zippyshare.com/v/q1GUc2Mx/file.html
18-01-1970 2nd show
p.1 http://www87.zippyshare.com/v/DaATYpAT/file.html
p.2 http://www87.zippyshare.com/v/rRlhJJQI/file.html
Cuby & The Blizzards
Camping Stania State, Unkerke 1971
http://www18.zippyshare.com/v/ygzZwZPj/file.html
The Verlaines
Corporate Moronic
http://www13.zippyshare.com/v/8UoeYZuB/file.html
Ready To Fly
http://www38.zippyshare.com/v/eWTO3o8E/file.html
The See See
http://www20.zippyshare.com/v/pKuSN1JC/file.html
John Lee Hooker
A must have, the complete works (well.... if you can say that about John Lee Hooker), it ommited for example the Jack O'Diamonds disc. This however is as complete as you can get it.
The Complete 1948-1954
Volume 1 Disc 1 http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/goqDhUMJ/file.html
Volume 1 Disc 2 http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/qLB7NgIb/file.html
Volume 2 Disc 1 http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/123bynDD/file.html
Volume 2 Disc 2 http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/mTZVk8p3/file.html
Volume 3 Disc 1 http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/BjpuzsT8/file.html
Volume 3 Disc 2 http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/aNafgNq9/file.html
Volume 4 Disc 1 http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/gh47I0dQ/file.html
Volume 4 Disc 2 http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/d7VL02DT/file.html
Volume 5 Disc 1 http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/pB2t1uxd/file.html
Volume 5 Disc 2 http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/lEggFdnu/file.html
Volume 6 Disc 1 http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/4ss78K6X/file.html
Volume 6 Disc 2 http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/xYKNk6ko/file.html
Big tanx to LFL -- what an amazing collection of music you share!!
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