Arthur Lee & LOVE "Coming Through to You" The Live Rec. 4CD ed. 2015 - CD3

...This four-CD collection fills that gap...

...Featuring liner notes by Rolling Stone's David Fricke, the Doors' Robby Krieger, and guitarist Mike Randle, whose band Lemonade backed Arthur Lee in his later years, the 61-track package includes: Disc 1 for the 1970s (including shows at the Fillmore East and West), Disc 2 for the 1990s, Disc 3 for the 2000s, and Disc 4 (entitled "A Fan's View") rounding up performances between 1977 and 1994. Occasionally (especially on portions of that fourth disc), the sound quality disappoints; but for the most part, it's excellent.

Disc 3: The 2000s
1. Your Mind and We Belong Together 2. Alone Again Or 3. Maybe the People Would Be the Times Or Between Clark and Hilldale 4. The Red Telephone 5. Andmoreagain 6. The Daily Planet 7. Old Man 8. Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This 9. Live and Let Live 10. Message to Pretty 11. Stephanie Knows Who 12. My Flash On You 13. All I Want Is You 14. You Set the Scene 15. Everybodys Gotta Live ñ Instant Karma
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"Acid Drops, Spacedust & Flying Saucers" 2001 - CD 3 "Mushroom Soup"

The Mojo Box Set Presents the Cream of Late 60's UK Psychedelia featuring 72 Tracks Over Four CD'S. There Are Dozens of Rare and Collectable Gems Within this Beautifully Packaged Box. Bands Featured Include the Kinks, the Small Faces and the Who. The 16-page Booklet Includes an In-depth Essay by Jon Savage, Band Biographies and Scores of Rare Photos. Each of the 72 Tracks Has Been Hand Picked by the Team Behind the World's Finest Music Magazine. (The Guardian)

Just when you thought the mine of obscure 60's British psychedlia had been stripped, MOJO magazine's merry music geeks have gleefully assembled one of the best collections of the genre. (No, I don't work for them!) Amazingly, only a relative handful of selections cross over with Rhino's recent and similar "Nuggets II" box--so if you're a hardcore collector, it won't be too over-spendy to scoop up both. Fascinating liner notes in the companion booklet are a nice bonus (you'll be surprised at how many of these no-hit wonders, with hilarious names like Mandrake Paddle Steamer, actually represent the fledgling appearances of later-to-be-famous rock stars.) There are very few "duds" here (I could have done without some of the more silly "novelty" tunes, but that's a subjective quibble, as some might call the whole collection a "novelty"!) Sound quality is as good as you can expect, keeping in mind that 1) you are dealing with 1960's studio technology, and 2) many of these songs are so obscure that the only existing copies are probably on vinyl sources! Wisely, MOJO does mix in some Who, Kinks, Animals, Yardbirds, etc., giving the collection a nice historical balance and context for the more casual music fan. A winner! (Shindig)
Although perhaps a little too similar to volume two of the highly regarded Nuggets series, Acid Drops, Spacedust, & Flying Saucers, compiled by the fine folks at Britain's (in fact, the world's) finest music magazine, Mojo, is the perfect introduction to the rise and fall of British psychedelia. Rather than chart the influence of British music on its surroundings and colonies (as done by Nuggets) Acid Drops takes an easier route. The Nuggets collection focused on all manner and strains of the old empire's R&B, freakbeat, mod, and psychedelic scenes, whilst Acid Drops dissects and inspects the solely British mutation from beat/pop (signified by the Kinks' quasi-raga "See My Friends") into full-blown psychedelia (from the most commercial to most underground of guises). For the hardened collector and avid fanatic, Space Dust will bring few surprises. There's a hefty weight of British hits and a delve through the type of major-label material that missed the mark at the time but has since become legendary through contributor Phil Smee's '80s psychedelic compilation series, Rubbles, that anyone bitten by the bug will be familiar with. What will make purchase of this -- it must be said, rather cheaply packaged box -- essential is the superior sound quality (all tracks have been remastered at Abbey Road) and the interesting liner booklet, which if not a little skimpy, features a superb essay in which Jon Savage chronicles the evolution and devolution of British music's most quirky, imaginative, and brief of genres.
Alongside the short running time (why the hell have EMI held back to only 18 tracks per CD, whilst Rhino made the effort to fill their Nuggets set to spilling point?) and minor quips, like the edited beginning of the Smoke's tremolo-infused classic "My Friend Jack" and the inclusion of the pretty much non-psychedelic "Granny Takes a Trip" by jug band the Purple Gang, this is still a very decent set which takes into account the different sides of U.K. psych. And as said, although rather preliminary for those seeking new thrills, this holds the very essence of the cause and effect the genre had on the changing face of the British music scene from 1965-1969. Practically none of this music has aged badly, and for some reason, however pompous and ridiculous a lot is, it still sounds as invigorating as the day it was recorded. Timeless. (Jon "Mojo" Mills, Allmusic)
INFO: http://www.amazon.com/Mojo-Presents-Psychedelic-Confectionery-Underground/dp/B00005NHHF

trax disc 3:
1. Granny Takes A Trip - Purple Gang 2. My Friend Jack - Smoke 3. Impostors Of Life's Magazine - Idle Race 4. Talkin' About The Good Times - Pretty Things 5. Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan 6. Time Seller - The Spencer Davis Group 7. Say You Don't Mind - Denny Laine 8. I Can Hear The Grass Grow - The Move 9. See My Friends - The Kinks 10. The L. S. Bumble Bee - Peter Cook & Dudley Moore 11. Happenings Ten Years Time Ago - The Yardbirds 12. Green Circles - The Small Faces 13. King Midas In Reverse - The Hollies 14. The Days Of Pearly Spencer - David McWilliams 15. From The Underworld - The Herd 16. Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon & The Animals 17. Paper Sun - Traffic 18. Kites - Simon Dupree & The Big Sound
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Midge Marsden "Travellin' on" 1993

...On several occasions following USA trips, Marsden returned home with the likes of Big Moose Walker, Bobby Mack, Julieann Banks, Willie Foster and Ronnie Taylor. Taylor was so enamoured of New Zealand he became a resident.
Between 1992 and 1999, Marsden tutored “bluesology” at the Waikato Institute of Technology, and in 1996 he returned to campus life himself, graduating with a diploma in the "History of Southern Culture" at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. “I was 50 years old,” he recalls, “and I was living in a fucking dormitory!”...

...For someone to whom school held no attraction, the irony of a late academic career isn’t lost on Midge. “And I couldn’t hold onto my first job,” he says. “The Blue Diamonds were the backing band for Johnny Cooper’s show and we had to rehearse with Dinah Lee so I took a sickie off work – I was a lowly clerk at NZI – and the local paper took a photo of Dinah at the rehearsals. Unfortunately, I was visible in the background and my boss saw it and … I got sacked!”
In 2006 Keith "Midge" Marsden was awarded the NZ Order of Merit for Services to NZ Music. A few weeks later he received a honorary Bachelor Of Arts from the Waikato Institute of Technology. “Yeah, 2006 was a pretty special year,” he says. “Getting the Entertainer Of The Year (1990) and the gold record (for Burning Rain) was great, but …” Midge Marsden laughs – he does a lot of that, it’s part of his appeal – “His Midgesty!”
December 2017 was a month of celebration and loss for Midge. He marked his half-century as a working musician with the release of The Midge Marsden Collection, a two-CD compilation of his recordings, from the mid-1960s on. The occasion was marred, however, with the theft of his harmonica case after a gig at a bar at Auckland's Viaduct. The case contained over 30 harmonicas in different keys, some of them diatonic. Any information would be gratefully received. - audioculture

trax:

01 Travellin on 02 Don't Wait Up 03 Promised Me Love 04 Pretzel Logic 05 Need Your Love So Bad 06 Wait Until Tomorrow 07 All I Want Is You 08 Love Junkie 09 The Kids Are Alright 10 For All It's Worth 11 Southern Moonlight

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"The Texas Box" - 1950s & 1960s Oddball Labels - CD 4 of 10

10-CD + 208 page hardcover book - A box of essential Texas singles - rockabilly, garage rockers and instrumentals from local and independent labels. Including a massive book with rare pictures and track-by-track notes. 330 tracks.

A tremendous accomplishment to create this box set and get all 330 songs together. These are quite rare and would cost a fortune to buy individually. The package is excellent and the accompanying book is full of pictures and info about the songs, artists and labels. 330 songs in excellent sound quality. The music is guitar driven, rockin stuff some with a country perspective and even a few instrumentals (not many). If you are familiar with the regional Texas 50's rock scene and enjoy the music, this is an essential purchase. If you enjoy rockin 50's sounds and want something you probably haven't heard, this is recommended! A labor of love for sure.(Crawdaddy)

trax:

1. Elvis Stole My Girl - Huey Long 2. Why Don't You Get On The Woo Wagon With Me? - Leroy Jenkins 3. Oh! Moon - The Ferrell Brothers With Terry & Ann 4. Country Style Twist - Dale Lay 5. I'm Gonna Tell On You - George Fleming 6. The Shake - George Fleming 7. Cape Canaveral - Monte Mead 8. Rhythm Feet - Carroll (Wild Red) Pegues 9. Don't Monkey With Somebody Else's Monkey - Carroll (Wild Red) Pegues 10. Back To School - Randell Karber 11. The Jump - Richie Richardson With Charlie Cuevas & The Jaguars 12. Silly Sally - Sammy Lara & The Skytones 13. Let's Dance - The Excels 14. Walking The Dog - The Excels 15. Rock Me - David Dunn 16. Sugar Baby - Swinging Mike "Keys" Martinez 17. That Is Why - Harold Casner 18. Vampire Daddy - Jerry Bryan And Houndogs 19. Walking Out - Jerry Bryan And Houndogs 20. Carla Blues - Tommie Tolleson 21. The Gulf Coast Twist - Tommie Tolleson 22. Black Lights - Tommie Tolleson 23. Travelin' - Jim Francis & The Moderns 24. Mary, Mary, Mary Jane - Skeeter Williams & Bob Halton's Swing Kings 25. Mad Twistin' Fever - The Tune Masters 26. Don't Be Shy - Gary Middleton & The Excellos 27. Made In The Shade - Gene Dunlap & The Jokers 28. While You're Young - Rick Harrington With Gene Dunlap & The Jokers 29. Please Don't Doubt My Love - Jimmy Dart With Gene Dunlap & The Jokers 30. If I Had Me A Woman - Blacky Vale 31. Goshamody Whatabody - Glen Goza & The Damangos 32. Sharpest Little Girl - The Benders 33. Come On - Gerald Wells & The Torquays
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…and now for something completely different! 1519 - 2021

We have a first entry each day that is a picture or a video, and only in that entry you can place your music links and requests (NO ALBUMS RELEASED IN 2019 AND AFTER, AND A DAILY LIMIT OF 3 ALBUMS)! Here you can say what you like, unless it's offensive, racist or discriminatory! Please keep your language polite and respectful. All the rest official posts will only allow comments related to the official posts and such. That way it will keep things much more organized and tidy. Enjoy! RYP and Gyro1966

Arthur Lee & LOVE "Coming Through to You" The Live Rec. 4CD ed. 2015 - CD2

...Until now, live Love has been in short supply. In 2003, only three years before Lee died of leukemia at age 61, he did assemble a new Love lineup that performed the entire Forever Changes album and more in a remarkable concert that is available on both CD and DVD...

...There are also a few live tracks on old Love albums, and there have been some poorly recorded relatively recent concert releases. What has been missing is a comprehensive and high-quality live set... to be continued...

Disc 2: The 1990s
1. Five String Serenade 2. Ninety Miles Away 3. Passing By Hoochie Coochie Man 4. Alone Again Or 5. Hey Joe 6. Somebodys Watching You 7. LA Calocoa 8. Thats The Way It Goes 9. Signed DC 10. A House Is Not a Motel 11. She Comes in Colors 12. Cant Explain 13. Everybodys Gotta Live ñ Instant Karma 14. Signed DC 15. Orange Skies 16. 7 & 7 Is
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"Acid Drops, Spacedust & Flying Saucers" 2001 - CD 2 "Gandalf's Garden"

The Mojo Box Set Presents the Cream of Late 60's UK Psychedelia featuring 72 Tracks Over Four CD'S. There Are Dozens of Rare and Collectable Gems Within this Beautifully Packaged Box. Bands Featured Include the Kinks, the Small Faces and the Who. The 16-page Booklet Includes an In-depth Essay by Jon Savage, Band Biographies and Scores of Rare Photos. Each of the 72 Tracks Has Been Hand Picked by the Team Behind the World's Finest Music Magazine. (The Guardian)

Just when you thought the mine of obscure 60's British psychedlia had been stripped, MOJO magazine's merry music geeks have gleefully assembled one of the best collections of the genre. (No, I don't work for them!) Amazingly, only a relative handful of selections cross over with Rhino's recent and similar "Nuggets II" box--so if you're a hardcore collector, it won't be too over-spendy to scoop up both. Fascinating liner notes in the companion booklet are a nice bonus (you'll be surprised at how many of these no-hit wonders, with hilarious names like Mandrake Paddle Steamer, actually represent the fledgling appearances of later-to-be-famous rock stars.) There are very few "duds" here (I could have done without some of the more silly "novelty" tunes, but that's a subjective quibble, as some might call the whole collection a "novelty"!) Sound quality is as good as you can expect, keeping in mind that 1) you are dealing with 1960's studio technology, and 2) many of these songs are so obscure that the only existing copies are probably on vinyl sources! Wisely, MOJO does mix in some Who, Kinks, Animals, Yardbirds, etc., giving the collection a nice historical balance and context for the more casual music fan. A winner! (Shindig)
Although perhaps a little too similar to volume two of the highly regarded Nuggets series, Acid Drops, Spacedust, & Flying Saucers, compiled by the fine folks at Britain's (in fact, the world's) finest music magazine, Mojo, is the perfect introduction to the rise and fall of British psychedelia. Rather than chart the influence of British music on its surroundings and colonies (as done by Nuggets) Acid Drops takes an easier route. The Nuggets collection focused on all manner and strains of the old empire's R&B, freakbeat, mod, and psychedelic scenes, whilst Acid Drops dissects and inspects the solely British mutation from beat/pop (signified by the Kinks' quasi-raga "See My Friends") into full-blown psychedelia (from the most commercial to most underground of guises). For the hardened collector and avid fanatic, Space Dust will bring few surprises. There's a hefty weight of British hits and a delve through the type of major-label material that missed the mark at the time but has since become legendary through contributor Phil Smee's '80s psychedelic compilation series, Rubbles, that anyone bitten by the bug will be familiar with. What will make purchase of this -- it must be said, rather cheaply packaged box -- essential is the superior sound quality (all tracks have been remastered at Abbey Road) and the interesting liner booklet, which if not a little skimpy, features a superb essay in which Jon Savage chronicles the evolution and devolution of British music's most quirky, imaginative, and brief of genres.
Alongside the short running time (why the hell have EMI held back to only 18 tracks per CD, whilst Rhino made the effort to fill their Nuggets set to spilling point?) and minor quips, like the edited beginning of the Smoke's tremolo-infused classic "My Friend Jack" and the inclusion of the pretty much non-psychedelic "Granny Takes a Trip" by jug band the Purple Gang, this is still a very decent set which takes into account the different sides of U.K. psych. And as said, although rather preliminary for those seeking new thrills, this holds the very essence of the cause and effect the genre had on the changing face of the British music scene from 1965-1969. Practically none of this music has aged badly, and for some reason, however pompous and ridiculous a lot is, it still sounds as invigorating as the day it was recorded. Timeless. (Jon "Mojo" Mills, Allmusic)
INFO: http://www.amazon.com/Mojo-Presents-Psychedelic-Confectionery-Underground/dp/B00005NHHF

trax disc 2:
1. Flight from Ashiya - Kaleidoscope 2. The Way - July 3. Witches Hat - Incredible String Band 4. Celeste - Donovan 5. Mind's Eye - Rameses & Selket 6. Shades Of Orange - The End 7. Love - Virgin Sleep 8. Pools Of Blue - Barclay James Harvest 9. Monday Morning - Tales Of Justine 10. Girl From New York - Billy Nicholls 11. Red Sky At Night - The Accent 12. Am I The Red One - Mick Softley 13. Laura's Garden - Orange Bicycle 14. Baby Your Phrasing Is Bad - Caleb 15. Magician - Amazing Friendly Apple 16. We Are The Moles, Part 1 - The Moles 17. Michael Angelo - The 23rd Turnoff 18. Screams In The Ears - Bill Fay
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Midge Marsden "Travel 'n' Time" 2007

...As well as fronting his own bands in the 1980s, Marsden also featured in promoter Paul Walker’s “All-Stars Play The Blues”, an annual tour of blues stalwarts featuring Marsden, Sonny Day, Beaver and others on vocals, backed by a sterling cast of backing musicians. Special guests included Wilko Johnson and Renee Geyer...

...There have been occasional recordings – albums credited to the Kiwi Connection and the Midge Marsden Band, two albums with the Rodger Fox Big Band, and 1991’s Burning Rain provided a gold record. The title track, written by the late guitarist Mike Farrell, is one of the Midge Marsden evergreens, along with ‘Carry My Blues Away’, ‘Struck Down By The Blues’ and ‘Slow Walk, Jive Talk’. Arguably, though, Marsden’s most recognised recording was for a 1986 television commercial.
‘Travellin’ On’, featuring Murray Grindlay and Marsden, was written by Grindlay for Europa Oil. Marsden’s fee financed his first trip to the USA and it was while staying with friends in Dallas that he was introduced to one of Texas’ favourite sons – blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan. The pair struck up a friendship and when Vaughan toured New Zealand later in the year, he joined the All-Stars on stage at Auckland’s Mainstreet Cabaret. He was also enticed back to New Zealand in 1988 to join Marsden and Grindlay when they reprised ‘Travellin’ On’ for a second Europa commercial.
Marsden has visited the USA over a dozen times since his first visit, mostly sticking to those states most associated with the blues, sometimes just to hang out, check out those legendary blues locations, but sometimes with a band. He played the same stages as those of his heroes – Antone’s in Austin, the “Memphis In May Festival”, and has performed in New Orleans...to be continued... - audioculture

trax:
01 Waiting For Rain 02 Kokomo 03 Burning Rain 04 Midnight Special 05 Struck Down By The Blues 06 Trust My Baby 07 I Wanna Be With You 08 Carry My Blues Away 09 Little Ray 10 Sea Cruise 11 Slow Walk, Jive Talk 12 Move Up To The Country 13 Travellin' On 14 Burning Rain (Short Version) 15 Struck Down By The Blues Live) 16 Slow Walk, Jive Talk (Alternative Version)
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"The Texas Box" - 1950s & 1960s Oddball Labels - CD 3 of 10

10-CD + 208 page hardcover book - A box of essential Texas singles - rockabilly, garage rockers and instrumentals from local and independent labels. Including a massive book with rare pictures and track-by-track notes. 330 tracks.

A tremendous accomplishment to create this box set and get all 330 songs together. These are quite rare and would cost a fortune to buy individually. The package is excellent and the accompanying book is full of pictures and info about the songs, artists and labels. 330 songs in excellent sound quality. The music is guitar driven, rockin stuff some with a country perspective and even a few instrumentals (not many). If you are familiar with the regional Texas 50's rock scene and enjoy the music, this is an essential purchase. If you enjoy rockin 50's sounds and want something you probably haven't heard, this is recommended! A labor of love for sure.(Crawdaddy)

trax:
1. Whirlin' Twerlin' Rock - Bill Duncan 2. Run Baby Run - Claude King 3. Finding You - Dan Kubiak & The Sound Waves 4. Chicken Run - Alfredo Mendieta 5. Mean Woman - Freddy Fender 6. Judy - The Chanceller 7. Date On The Corner - Don Feger 8. Don't Be Mad - Don Feger 9. Look Out Baby - Don Feger, The Embers 10. She's Just That Kind - Buck Fowler 11. Uh-Uh - Guy Brown With Ray Campi & His Band 12. What Makes This Old World Go Round - Betty Smith With Johnny Maxwell & The Rhythmmasters 13. Yeah, Baby - Betty Smith With Johnny Maxwell & The Rhythmmasters 14. Dancin' Girl - Eddie Eay With Frankie & The Rockets 15. Rakin' And Scrapin' - Dean Beard with The Crew Cats 16. Lovin' Honey - Gene Morris & The Pages 17. You Talk Too Much - Orville Fox, The Harmony Masters 18. Rolly Polly - Duane Schurb 19. Drive-In Baby - Clyde Easley 20. Go Boy - Floyd Lee 21. Draggin' The Drive-Inns - Cookie Roberts 22. Suds - J. Gale & The Games 23. Little Jewel - “Wild” Bill Taylor & The Clefs 24. Hootchi Cootchi Man - Gaylon Christie & The Downbeats 25. Don't Be Funny Honey - Dickie "Bird" Newland 26. What Do We Do Now - Joe Morgan 27. Prissy Missy - Dale McBride With The Jimmy Heap Orchestra 28. Pearly Mae - Dickie »Bird« Newland With The Jimmy Heap Orchestra 29. Wombie Zombie - Billy Taylor & The Tear Drops 30. One Way Ticket - Bobby Crown, The Kapers 31. Countdown 1-2-3 - The Twisters 32. Speed Limit - The Twisters 33. Crazy Alligator - Irvin Russ 34. Bandstand Rocket - The Twisters
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…and now for something completely different! 1518 - 2021

We have a first entry each day that is a picture or a video, and only in that entry you can place your music links and requests (NO ALBUMS RELEASED IN 2019 AND AFTER, AND A DAILY LIMIT OF 3 ALBUMS)! Here you can say what you like, unless it's offensive, racist or discriminatory! Please keep your language polite and respectful. All the rest official posts will only allow comments related to the official posts and such. That way it will keep things much more organized and tidy. Enjoy! RYP and Gyro1966

Arthur Lee & LOVE "Coming Through to You" The Live Rec. 4CD ed. 2015 - CD1

Though the Los Angeles band Love never achieved wide acclaim during their late-sixties heyday or later, that probably had less to do with their music than with group leader Arthur Lee's personal demons and love/hate relationship with celebrity...

...Their albums, especially 1967's classic Forever Changes but also their self-titled debut as well as Da Capo and Four Sail, contain one wonderful performance after another and mark Lee as one of the greatest innovators of 1960s folk-rock. His fascinating albeit cryptic lyrics combine beautifully with music that incorporates orchestration, brass, psychedelia, and soul. Capable of both explosive guitar-based hard rockers and folky ballads as delicate as the Left Banke's "Walk Away Renee", he tapped influences ranging all the way from Jimi Hendrix to the Byrds to Mexican brass ensembles... to be continued...

Disc 1: The 1970s
1. Nothing 2. Bummer in the Summer 3. August 4. My Little Red Book 5. Gather Round 6. Love Is More Than Words or Better Late Than Never 7. Product of the Times 8. Keep On Shining 9. Doggone 10. Good Times 11. Slick Dick 12. Stand Out 13. Find Somebody 14. Always See Your Face
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"Acid Drops, Spacedust & Flying Saucers" 2001 - CD 1 "Down To Middle Earth"

The Mojo Box Set Presents the Cream of Late 60's UK Psychedelia featuring 72 Tracks Over Four CD'S. There Are Dozens of Rare and Collectable Gems Within this Beautifully Packaged Box. Bands Featured Include the Kinks, the Small Faces and the Who. The 16-page Booklet Includes an In-depth Essay by Jon Savage, Band Biographies and Scores of Rare Photos. Each of the 72 Tracks Has Been Hand Picked by the Team Behind the World's Finest Music Magazine. (The Guardian)

Just when you thought the mine of obscure 60's British psychedlia had been stripped, MOJO magazine's merry music geeks have gleefully assembled one of the best collections of the genre. (No, I don't work for them!) Amazingly, only a relative handful of selections cross over with Rhino's recent and similar "Nuggets II" box--so if you're a hardcore collector, it won't be too over-spendy to scoop up both. Fascinating liner notes in the companion booklet are a nice bonus (you'll be surprised at how many of these no-hit wonders, with hilarious names like Mandrake Paddle Steamer, actually represent the fledgling appearances of later-to-be-famous rock stars.) There are very few "duds" here (I could have done without some of the more silly "novelty" tunes, but that's a subjective quibble, as some might call the whole collection a "novelty"!) Sound quality is as good as you can expect, keeping in mind that 1) you are dealing with 1960's studio technology, and 2) many of these songs are so obscure that the only existing copies are probably on vinyl sources! Wisely, MOJO does mix in some Who, Kinks, Animals, Yardbirds, etc., giving the collection a nice historical balance and context for the more casual music fan. A winner! (Shindig)
Although perhaps a little too similar to volume two of the highly regarded Nuggets series, Acid Drops, Spacedust, & Flying Saucers, compiled by the fine folks at Britain's (in fact, the world's) finest music magazine, Mojo, is the perfect introduction to the rise and fall of British psychedelia. Rather than chart the influence of British music on its surroundings and colonies (as done by Nuggets) Acid Drops takes an easier route. The Nuggets collection focused on all manner and strains of the old empire's R&B, freakbeat, mod, and psychedelic scenes, whilst Acid Drops dissects and inspects the solely British mutation from beat/pop (signified by the Kinks' quasi-raga "See My Friends") into full-blown psychedelia (from the most commercial to most underground of guises). For the hardened collector and avid fanatic, Space Dust will bring few surprises. There's a hefty weight of British hits and a delve through the type of major-label material that missed the mark at the time but has since become legendary through contributor Phil Smee's '80s psychedelic compilation series, Rubbles, that anyone bitten by the bug will be familiar with. What will make purchase of this -- it must be said, rather cheaply packaged box -- essential is the superior sound quality (all tracks have been remastered at Abbey Road) and the interesting liner booklet, which if not a little skimpy, features a superb essay in which Jon Savage chronicles the evolution and devolution of British music's most quirky, imaginative, and brief of genres.
Alongside the short running time (why the hell have EMI held back to only 18 tracks per CD, whilst Rhino made the effort to fill their Nuggets set to spilling point?) and minor quips, like the edited beginning of the Smoke's tremolo-infused classic "My Friend Jack" and the inclusion of the pretty much non-psychedelic "Granny Takes a Trip" by jug band the Purple Gang, this is still a very decent set which takes into account the different sides of U.K. psych. And as said, although rather preliminary for those seeking new thrills, this holds the very essence of the cause and effect the genre had on the changing face of the British music scene from 1965-1969. Practically none of this music has aged badly, and for some reason, however pompous and ridiculous a lot is, it still sounds as invigorating as the day it was recorded. Timeless. (Jon "Mojo" Mills, Allmusic)
INFO: http://www.amazon.com/Mojo-Presents-Psychedelic-Confectionery-Underground/dp/B00005NHHF

trax disc 1:

1. So Much In Love - McGough & McGear 2. 10,000 Words In A Cardboard Box - Aquarian Age 3. Flower Ring of Flies - The Nice 4. Dream On My Mind - Rupert's People 5. Reputation - Shy Limbs 6. Vacuum Cleaner - Tintern Abbey 7. Light Of Your Mind - The David 8. I Can Take You To The Sun - The Misunderstood 9. Dear Delilah - Grapefruit 10. Shine On Brightly - Procol Harum 11. The Fox Has Gone To Ground - Bamboo Shoot 12. Armenia City In The Sky - The Who 13. 10,000 Years Behind My Mind - Focus Three 14. Gone Is The Sad Man - Timebox 15. Peter's Birthday - World Of Oz 16. Subway (Smokey Pokey World) - The Tickle 17. Meditations Felius - Andromeda 18. Nite Is A-Comin' - Warm Sounds
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Midge Marsden "Burning Rain" 1990

...In January 1977 the Country Flyers teamed up with the Red Mole Troupe for a Sunday night residency at Carmen’s Balcony (a strip club during the week) and in September band and theatre group accepted a three-month season at Phil Warren’s Ace of Clubs in Auckland. The Flyers, now with Beaver sharing lead vocals, remained Auckland-based. But in mid-1978, Marsden was on the move again – this time to Sydney...

...Australian blues enthusiast Phil Manning was seeking a singer-guitarist and at NZ expatriate Barry Coburn’s suggestion, Marsden was offered the position. He remained with the Phil Manning Band for 18 months, almost continuously on the road, and the group recorded a live album in Christchurch for NZ-only release.
Marsden returned to New Zealand at the end of the decade to form the Kiwi Connection, which started his working relationship with Sonny Day, with whom he shared lead vocals. The band debuted at the first Sweetwaters festival in January 1980...to be continued.By now a genuine touring pub circuit had evolved in New Zealand, which Midge took full advantage of – in the 1980s few New Zealand performers travelled the country so exhaustively. There were too few recordings but Midge Marsden’s reputation has always been as a live performer. He established a routine – based in Raglan, Midge would put a band together, rehearse and hit the road for 8-10 weeks, return to Raglan, chill for a spell, put a band together, rehearse...to be continued... - audioculture

trax:

01 Burning Rain 02 Little Ray 03 Elle 04 Shufflin Sugar 05 Muscles 06 Struck Down By The Blues 07 I Wanna Be loved 08 Strangers Girl 09 Nadine 10 Daylight Robbery 11 Another Man Done Gone
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"I HEARD THE ANGELS SINGING" Electrifying Black Gospel from the Nashboro Label, 1951-1983 - CD 2

From the team that brought you the monumental 3CD sets Fire In My Bones : Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007 and This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel On 45 RPM, 1957-1982...

...In this first licensed reissue of Nashboro material in decades, this highly influential music, a vital part of the fabric of American music, can finally be heard. Begun by Ernie Young in Nashville, TN, at the height of gospel's "golden age,"Nashboro was arguably the greatest, most prolific and longest-living gospel record label. Initial recordings were made on site, overseen by Young himself. Those early Nashboro sides have all the excitement, energy and drive of far better-known indies from the 1950s such as Chess and Sun (indeed, Nashboro was parent to the infamous, blues-busting Excello label).
This exceptional set, with detailed liner notes by Opal Louis Nations, mirrors the evolution of the music itself—from hard-shouting quartets and riveting solo artists through to organ-driven groups and heavy gospel soul. Among the many highlights are tracks by The Consolers, Swanee Quintet, The Angelic Gospel Singers, The Radio Four, The Supreme Angels, Pilgrim Jubilees, Fairfield Four, Edna Gallmon Cooke, Hightower Brothers, Brooklyn All Stars, Bro. Joe May, Gospel Keynotes, The CBS Trumpeteers, Holmes Sisters, Five Singing Stars, The Jewel Gospel Trio and The Gospel Harmonettes.
A 4-CD Set housed in a deluxe gatefold LP sleeve, with large format 16 page booklet.

trax disc 2:
1. I Can't See Them Now - Edna Gallmon Cooke 2. I'm Battling - Sensational Propheteers 3. Lord Shine On Me - The Chosen Gospel Singers 4. Too Late - The Jewel Gospel Trio 5. I'm Getting Nearer, Pt. 1 - The Angelic Gospel Singers 6. Take The Lord With You - Kindly Shepherds 7. Milky White Way - CBS Trumpeteers 8. Ashamed Of Jesus - Spiritual Keynotes 9. I Prayed And He Healed Me - Professor Harold Boggs And The Boggettes 10. Let The Church Roll On - Sister Lucille Barbee 11. I Need The Lord To Guide Me - The Trumpets Of Joy 12. Lord You Can Depend On Me - The Canaanites 13. Love Deep Down In Your Heart - Gospel Five Singers 14. Lord I'll Be Satisfied - Rock Island Singers 15. Since I've Been Born - Son Of Faith 16. Thinking Of His Goodness - Gospel Clouds Of Joy 17. Seat In The Kingdom - Hightower Brothers 18. Let Your Life Speak Out - The Chosen Gospel Singers 19. Son Of Man - Holmes Sisters 20. Working Below - Golden Trumpets 21. Farther Down The Road - Traveling Kings 22. Ride In The Chariot - Gospel Solotones 23. It's Glory Glory - Hightower Brothers 24. When They Ring Them Golden Bells - The Gospel Song Birds

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Arthur Lee "Arthur Lee" 1981, rem. 2009

Arthur Taylor Lee (born Arthur Porter Taylor; March 7, 1945 – August 3, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter who rose to fame as the leader of the Los Angeles rock band Love. Love's 1967 album Forever Changes was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and it is part of the National Recording Registry.

A new Lee solo album, called just Arthur Lee, appeared on Rhino Records in 1981, featuring covers of The Bobbettes' "Mr. Lee" and Jimmy Cliff's "Many Rivers to Cross" and musicians Sterling (guitar), George Suranovich (drums), and Kim Kesterson (bass), as well as some of the members from "Reel to Real".
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, there were various attempts to reunite the original Love lineup. At the suggestion of guitarist John Sterling who first joined Arthur for Reel To Real, one such show from the Whisky in October 1978 was recorded by Sterling on cassette. It featuring Lee and Bryan MacLean with Sterling (guitar), George Suranovich (drums), and Kim Kesterson (bass), and was released on Rhino as a live album picture disc entitled Love Live (1980) on Rhino Records. In 1982, MCA released Studio/Live, which was a collection of tracks from the early 1970s incarnation of Love coordinated by rock lawyer/journalist Stann Findelle, including never before heard tracks recorded from Bill Graham's Fillmore East. - wiki

trax:
01 One 02 I Do Wonder 03 Just Us 04 Happy Me 05 Do You Know the Secret 06 One on One 07 7 & 7 Is 08 Mr. Lee 09 Bend Down 10 Down Street 11 Stay Away from Evil 12 Many Rivers to Cross
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"A Journey To Tyme" 1982

One of the earlier garage/psych comp series. This particular volume is significant because the compilors decided to use only "double-siders", meaning singles on which both sides are really great...

...What they did was put all of the A-sides on side 1, and the B-sides, in the same order, on side 2. There are balck and white label scans on the back cover, but that's about all you get as far as information goes. Came in a numbered pressing of 500 copies. Grades - 4 A-'s, 5 B+'s, 4 B's, and 3 B-'s. - tymeshifter

trax:
1. Story of my life - The Unrelated Segments 2. No correspondence - Beckett Quintett 3. She allready has somebody - The Enfields 4. Need me - The Moving Sidewalks 5. Anxious colour - The Painted Faces 6. That's just a thought - The Ugly Ducklings 7. Run and hide - The Chayns 8. If I were a carpenter - American Blues 9. It's unfair - The Unrelated Segments 10. (It's all over now) Baby Blue - Beckett Quintett 11. I'm for things you do - The Enfields 12. Every night a new surprise - The Moving Sidewalks 13. Things we see - The Painted Faces 14. Just in case you wonder - The Ugly Ducklings 15. Why did you hurt me - The Chayns 16. All I saw was you - American Blues

Midge Marsden "Back to the Well" 2014

...An appearance on the Let’s Go television show led to a contract with HMV for a handful of singles and two albums. Interestingly, the band’s lead vocalist was neither Gordon nor Marsden but drummer Bryan Beauchamp. Touring incessantly, The Breakaways (as they were later known, Bari having departed mid-way through recording the first album) went through several line-up changes before disbanding in 1967. Marsden himself was absent from the band for three months while he completed his compulsory national service...

...Following The Breakaways’ demise, Marsden joined the NZBC’s radio programming department in Wellington. In 1969 he began fronting his own weekly radio show, Blues Is News, giving a strong indication of his musical preferences. Blues was to become his passion and remained so throughout his career. With his radio profile and his growing knowledge of the blues, he also conducted night classes on the subject for the Workers’ Education Association.
“My introduction to the blues was through the Stones, John Mayall, Paul Butterfield, which is what I played on my radio show. One day Bill Lake and Rick Bryant (blues purists and members of the Windy City Strugglers) came to see me to put me right and they introduced me to the real deal, blues from Chicago and the Mississippi Delta.”
Actual performances were few during this period, just a short stint with a group called KBA (Keep Blues Alive) and occasional appearances with the Strugglers and the Capel Hopkins Blues Dredge.
In 1974 Marsden joined guitarist Peter Caulton’s country rock band, the Country Flyers. With a Thursday night residency at the capital’s Royal Tiger Tavern, the Country Flyers gained a solid following.
Marsden kept the band name after Caulton’s departure, but out went the country rock and in came the R&B. No longer employed by the NZBC, Marsden took the Country Flyers out into the provinces. Musicians to pass through the ranks included guitarists Martin Hope, Martin Winch and Richard Kennedy, drummers Bud Hooper and Jim Lawrie, and longtime bassist Neil Hannan...to be continued... - audioculture

trax:
1. Love Is An Ocean 2. Maxtown, Mo And Bloxie 3. I'll Drown In My Own Tears 4. Struggling Man 5. Down To The Bone 6. That's What I Love 7. Payback To The Pipelin 8. Back To The Well 9. Big Medicine 10. Growing Out Of The Blues 11. One Bad Hammer 12. That's No Way (to Get Along) 13. Tiger Town 14. Time Is On My Side
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"I HEARD THE ANGELS SINGING" Electrifying Black Gospel from the Nashboro Label, 1951-1983 - CD 1

From the team that brought you the monumental 3CD sets Fire In My Bones : Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007 and This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel On 45 RPM, 1957-1982...

...In this first licensed reissue of Nashboro material in decades, this highly influential music, a vital part of the fabric of American music, can finally be heard. Begun by Ernie Young in Nashville, TN, at the height of gospel's "golden age,"Nashboro was arguably the greatest, most prolific and longest-living gospel record label. Initial recordings were made on site, overseen by Young himself. Those early Nashboro sides have all the excitement, energy and drive of far better-known indies from the 1950s such as Chess and Sun (indeed, Nashboro was parent to the infamous, blues-busting Excello label).
This exceptional set, with detailed liner notes by Opal Louis Nations, mirrors the evolution of the music itself—from hard-shouting quartets and riveting solo artists through to organ-driven groups and heavy gospel soul. Among the many highlights are tracks by The Consolers, Swanee Quintet, The Angelic Gospel Singers, The Radio Four, The Supreme Angels, Pilgrim Jubilees, Fairfield Four, Edna Gallmon Cooke, Hightower Brothers, Brooklyn All Stars, Bro. Joe May, Gospel Keynotes, The CBS Trumpeteers, Holmes Sisters, Five Singing Stars, The Jewel Gospel Trio and The Gospel Harmonettes.
A 4-CD Set housed in a deluxe gatefold LP sleeve, with large format 16 page booklet.

trax disc 1:
1. Since Jesus Came Into My Heart - Silvertone Jubilee Singers 2. There Must Be A City - Skylarks 3. Sing Til The Power Of The Lord Comes Down - Cross-Road Singers 4. In My Savior's Care - Sons Of The South 5. Jezebel - Flying Cloud Quintet 6. Get Your Soul Right - Fireside Gospel Singers 7. Baptism Of Jesus - Skylarks 8. It's Hard To Get Along - Swanee Quintet 9. I've Got Heaven On My Mind - Blair Gospel Singers 10. How Much I Owe You - The Radio Four 11. I've Been Born Again - The Spiritual Five 12. Give Me My Flowers - Sullivan Pugh 13. Trouble Of This World's Condition - The Chosen Gospel Singers 14. Looking For A Better Place To Live - Travelin' Echoes 15. If You Ever Needed The Lord - Singing' Sons 16. You Got To Be Born Again - Christland Singers 17. Run To The Rock - The Supreme Angels 18. Be Ready When He Comes - Southern Echoes 19. Wonder How Long - Reverend Morgan Babb 20. This May Be The Last Time - Consolers 21. I Want To Know - CBS Trumpeteers
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Arthur Lee "Vindicator" 1972

Black and the electric rock guitar don't mix, in the marketplace except for Hendrix, but Arthur Lee exorcised that one on:

Vindicator: Ostensibly a solo album but more potentially a guitar album, Vindicator has unique presence, a kind of black rock -- not soul, not blues but Black Rock owing little to Chuck Berry. It is an explosive guitar album, as though its energy had been allowed to accumulate through all his previous work.
Lyrically it overshoots the language (copies should be mailed to faint hearts everywhere) but its blackness is in its vicious vocals and blistering electrics. It is as though Lee were trying to harness the power of the essentially white rock guitar formula for the purposes of his emerging black political themes; as a menas, perhaps, of resolving Sly's problem -- "am I going to be jet black or black as in minstrel?"
With Vindicator the Black Poet emerges and the images that hold it all together are the title and the sleeve art which portrays the duality - slave (shaven headed janitor, ace of spades) or freak show (blond wigged, one shoed, Marine athlete carrying perspex guitar)? If the ghost of Hendrix percolates through Vindicator then the ghost of Otis Redding percolates through:
Reel To Real: A soul album, fully qualified and complete with horns, black raps, Otis vocals, three chick chorus, Arp synthesised Shaftism, a version of William DeVaughn's 'Be Thankful For What You Got' gotta gotta's ... the last brush off for the ageing hippies. The self confessed new Arthur Lee comerciality is a black one.
This. And then there was the band that Arthur was going to have with Hendrix, Kabaka and Winwood?
That. A fuller story, that space herein cannot permit is to be found throughout Lee's intensely autobiographical lyrics. They are always worth listening to again.
The Other. It is interesting that the English word "black" comes from the Saxon "blac" which means "shining, white, pale Forever Changes.
Script by : Idris Walters
I've read more than once that this is better than most of the late-era "Love" records. Unfortunately, it's out of print in the US and I've never seen it for sale. (JA)

musicans:
Frank Fayad: Bass (Tracks 4,10,11) / David Hull: Bass (Tracks 1,3,5-9,12) / Charlie Karp: Guitar (Tracks 1,3,5-9,12) / Arthur Lee: Vocals, Guitar, Piano (Track 8) / Clarence McDonald: Keyboards (Track 4) / Don Poncher: Drums / Craig Tarwater: Guitar (Tracks 4,10,11)

traxfromwax:
01. Sad Song 02. You Can Save up to 50% But You're Still a Long Ways from Home 03. Love Jumped Through My Window 04. Find Somebody 05. He Said She Said 06. Every Time I Look up I'm Down or White Dog (I Don't Know What That Mean) 07. Everybody's Gotta Live 08. You Want Change for Your Re-Run 09. He Knows a Lot of Good Women (Scotty's Song) 10. Hamburger Breath Stinkfinger 11. Ol' Morgue Mouth 12. Busted Feet 13. Everybody's Gotta Live (Unreleased Version) 14. He Knows a Lot of Good Women (Unreleased Version) 15. Pencil in Hand (Early Version of “He Said She Said”) 16. E-Z Rider 17. Looking Glass Looking at Me (Early Version of “You Want Change for Your Re-Run”)
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"A History Of UK Blues And R&B" 1955-2001 - disc 4

What a magnificent boxset! As a youngster, I never truly appreciated the UK Blues scene. I always loved the blues from the Isles. The Brits Blues was the true invasion here in the States. This 4 CD set encompasses alot of what was great. I still enjoy listening to this music. My only regret is no Rory Gallagher or early Zep. This in no way detracts from the sheer elegance of this wonderful compilation. Great job, Indigo! Plunk your money down. This is a keeper! - Musesman

UK compilation shows proof that white men really can play the blues. The flagship release in the relaunch of the Indigo label. 97 tracks, across four CDs, spanning the years 1955-2001. Bookset/digipak format, with lavishly illustrated 48-page booklet, featuring rare photo's/memorabilia/etc.. Artists include Lonnie Donegan, Yardbirds, Animals, Kinks, Spencer Davis Group, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Eric Clapton with Jimmy Page, All-Stars feat. Jeff Beck & many more. 2002.

trax disc 4:
1. John Mayall - One Life to Live. 2. The Moody Marsden Band - Baby What You Want (LIVE) 3. The Blues Band - Rolling and Tumbling 4. The Blues Band - Let the Good Times Roll 5. Connie Lush - Three Hundred Pounds of Joy (LIVE) 6. Paul Jones - Not Me (LIVE) 7. Brian Knight and Toni Vines - Meet Me in the Bottom (LIVE) 8. Chris Farlowe - I Don't Wanna Sing the Blues No More (LIVE) 9. Bernie Marsden - Watch Out 10. Mick Abrahams - Bad Feeling 11. Tony T.S. McPhee - If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day 12. Nine Below Zero - Don't Gimme No Lip Child 13. Groundhogs - Mannish Boy 14. Dave Peabody and Brendan Power - Broke Down Engine 15. Bob Hall - Death Ray Boogie 16. Paul Lamb & The King Snakes - Take Your Time 17. Chris Jagger - The Libido Blues 18. Stan Webb - Strange Situations .19. Big Town Playboys - Come Home 20. Gary Moore - Enough of the Blues

The Rodger Fox Band & Midge Marsden "Let the good Times roll" 1985

When he was awarded the NZ Order of Merit in 2006, the late Ritchie Pickett, wag that he was, dubbed Midge Marsden "His Midgesty". Oh, how we laughed. "Sir" Midge Marsden, New Zealand’s ambassador of the blues ...
Keith Douglas Marsden was born September 17, 1945 in New Plymouth, the eldest of five boys to Open Brethren parents whose beliefs had little influence on the undersized chap nicknamed Midge. His childhood piano lessons were a chore to be avoided but once he got the rock and roll vibe, a cherry red Fender Stratocaster guided his musical aspirations...

...In 1964 singer/entrepreneur Johnny Cooper invited Taranaki musician Bari Gordon to form a backing band for Cooper’s touring talent quest show, Give It A Go. Playing rhythm guitar, The Blue Diamonds was Marsden’s first band. By his own admission, he could barely play. But that cherry red Strat got him the gig.
To pull in larger crowds, Cooper added guest vocalists to the bill – Dinah Lee, Jim McNaught, Lew Pryme and Tommy Adderley. It was at Adderley’s suggestion that the Blue Diamonds changed their name (to Bari & The Breakaways) and shifted to Wellington, where they were soon managed by booking agent Tom McDonald...to be continued... - audioculture

trax:
1. Caldonia 2. Jumpin' With Symphony Sid 3. Tuxedo Junction 4. Texas Blues 5. Let The Good Times Roll 6. Flip, Flop And Fly 7. Every Day (I Have The Blues) 8. Mama Gets High 9. Love Disease 10. Fannie Mae 11. Another Man
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"The Texas Box" - 1950s & 1960s Oddball Labels - CD 2 of 10

10-CD + 208 page hardcover book - A box of essential Texas singles - rockabilly, garage rockers and instrumentals from local and independent labels. Including a massive book with rare pictures and track-by-track notes. 330 tracks.

A tremendous accomplishment to create this box set and get all 330 songs together. These are quite rare and would cost a fortune to buy individually. The package is excellent and the accompanying book is full of pictures and info about the songs, artists and labels. 330 songs in excellent sound quality. The music is guitar driven, rockin stuff some with a country perspective and even a few instrumentals (not many). If you are familiar with the regional Texas 50's rock scene and enjoy the music, this is an essential purchase. If you enjoy rockin 50's sounds and want something you probably haven't heard, this is recommended! A labor of love for sure.(Crawdaddy)

trax:
1. My Baby's Gone - Roland Faulk 2. Milk Shake Mademoiselle - Don Phillips With Bill Dorton 3. Baby You're Mine - Ronnie Martin 4. Forty Days - Wes Reynolds 5. Dixie Doodle Dandy - Bobby Gray 6. Gertrude - Meredith Neal 7. Just A Mean Mean Mamma - Hank Mills 8. When I Was A Little Boy - Jerry Hanson 9. Pistol Packin' Mama - The Knightsmen Feat. Sue Black 10. Koolit - Tommy Blake & The Rhythm Rebels 11. You Can't Stop Her - Lucky Boggs & The Tune Toppers 12. Big Foot Annie - Don Boots & The Western Swing Band 13. Midnight Train - Jim Hadley & Drifter's Rangers 14. Midnight Train (Version) - Jim Hadley & Drifter's Rangers 15. Across The Bay - Joe Richie 16. Bubble Gum Boogie - Curley Rash & His South Texas Playboys 17. Stop At The Hop - Don Eee 18. Little Rome - Max Alexander & The Hi-Fi Combo 19. Honky Tonkin' Baby - Bob Smith & His Bobcats 20. Goodbye Johnny - Stoney Kilroy & La-Sabers 21. Moo Mama - Ben Hall & The Country Drifters 22. Twi-Light Zone - Johnny Wilson 23. Hollywood Rock - Al Turnage & The Turnpikes 24. I've Got The Downhearted Blues - Lee Rose 25. I'm Going Hollywood - Gene Ray With Dusty Miller & His Colorado Wranglers 26. Too Old To Rock And Roll - Chucklin' Chuck Sloan With The Dukes Of Greenville 27. You Gotta Show Me - Ralph Lane & The Whitey Four 28. Rock And Roll Fever - Gene Ray 29. Thermostat Baby - Harry Peppel & His Shenandoah Valley Rangers 30. B.O. Rock - Perry La Pointe & The Orange Playboys 31. Party Date - Carl Canida & His Canadians 32. Married Man Blues - Earl Wright & The Texas Oldtimers
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LOVE "False Start" 1970

It needs to be stressed at the outset that this album is NOT in any way a sequel To 'Forever Changes'. With its minimalist titles and lyrics, it is the very antithesis of the much loved existential masterpiece...

...And yet 'False Start' does have a charm of its own. The Jimi Hendrix contribution to the opening track ('The Everlasting First') is well known and leaves the listener gasping for breath. But Hendrix was not the only lead guitarist on the record. In 1972 Jay Donnellan (Love's brilliant guitarist on 'Four Sail' and 'Out Here') was interviewed about his own dismissal from the band. He told how he had turned up as usual at the studio one day only to receive the following greeting from Arthur Lee: "Hullo - another cat's playing your licks today." The "cat" in question was Gary Rowles- whose pyrotechnical guitar work helps to give such a gloriously raw and ragged feel to this album. Add to this Arthur's fine 'Seven and Seven Is' style vocals and the soulful harmonies from half member Noony Ricket and you have a piece of work that is unique in the Love canon. When I first bought this album in 1971, I was appalled. Now I wouldn't be without it - not least because it serves as a document of Love's historic 1970 visit to the UK - their first outside the States. The BGO CD issue is fine - but the harder to find MCA version is more faithful to the colouring of the original Blue Thumb and EMI Harvest releases. - Mr. J. L. Ward

trax:
1 The Everlasting First 2 Flying 3 Gimi A Little Break 4 Stand Out 5 Keep On Shining 6 Anytime 7 Slick Dick 8 Love Is Coming 9 Feel Daddy Feel Good 10 Ride That Vibration
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"A History Of UK Blues And R&B" 1955-2001 - disc 3

What a magnificent boxset! As a youngster, I never truly appreciated the UK Blues scene. I always loved the blues from the Isles. The Brits Blues was the true invasion here in the States. This 4 CD set encompasses alot of what was great. I still enjoy listening to this music. My only regret is no Rory Gallagher or early Zep. This in no way detracts from the sheer elegance of this wonderful compilation. Great job, Indigo! Plunk your money down. This is a keeper! - Musesman

UK compilation shows proof that white men really can play the blues. The flagship release in the relaunch of the Indigo label. 97 tracks, across four CDs, spanning the years 1955-2001. Bookset/digipak format, with lavishly illustrated 48-page booklet, featuring rare photo's/memorabilia/etc.. Artists include Lonnie Donegan, Yardbirds, Animals, Kinks, Spencer Davis Group, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Eric Clapton with Jimmy Page, All-Stars feat. Jeff Beck & many more. 2002.

trax disc 3:
1. Fleetwood Mac - Like It This Way 2. The Brunning Sunflower Blues Band - Ride with Your Daddy Tonight 3. The John Dummer Blues Band - I Can't Be Satisfied 4. Top Topham - Ridin' the Blinds 5. Peter Green - Do You Give a Damn for Me 6. Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated - Operator 7. Simon & Steve - Down and Dirty 8. Albert Lee and Paul Williams - Water on My Fire 3.9. Fleetwood Mac - Jumpin' at Shadows (LIVE) 3.10. Jo Ann Kelly - Key to the Highway 3.11. Keef Hartley Band - Me and My Woman (LIVE) 12. Juicy Lucy - That Woman's Got Something 13. The Brunning Sunflower Blues Band - Feel So Bad 14. Alexis Korner - Hellhound on My Trail 15. Chicken Shack - Revelation 16. Chilli Willi & The Red Hot Peppers - Just Like the Devils 17. Duster Bennett - I've Got to Be with You Tonight 18. Jo Ann Kelly - Black Rat Swing 19. Foghat - Sweet Home Chicago 20. The Pirates - Drinkin Wine Spo Dee O Dee (LIVE) 21. Mick Farren - I Want a Drink 22. Downliners Sect - Frustration 23. Jo Ann Kelly - Come See About Me

Mantis "Turn onto Music" 1973

Already well-respected musicians before they arrived in Wellington in the early 1970s, Fijian band Mantis left behind some memorable shows and one brilliant, much sought after Pacific psych-rock-funk album...

...Passports and visas to New Zealand were quickly organised because they were due to fly to Wellington a week later.
Now called Mantis, the band quickly secured gigs at a range of Wellington clubs, including Ali Baba’s on cuba street and Ziggy’s on jervois quay.
Amazingly, the album, turn onto music, was recorded and mixed within a couple of weeks.
All continued to play music and most were involved in other groups that performed for many years in Fiji. - audioculture

trax:
1. Day & Night 2. In The Midnight Hour 3. You Don't Love Me 4. Mississippi Queen 5. Shake That Fat 6. Turn Onto Music 7. Island Suite / Firewalker / Back At The Village / Hurricane Bebe 8. Time Is Tight (Bonus)
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"The Texas Box" - 1950s & 1960s Oddball Labels - CD 1 of 10

10-CD + 208 page hardcover book - A box of essential Texas singles - rockabilly, garage rockers and instrumentals from local and independent labels. Including a massive book with rare pictures and track-by-track notes. 330 tracks.

A tremendous accomplishment to create this box set and get all 330 songs together. These are quite rare and would cost a fortune to buy individually. The package is excellent and the accompanying book is full of pictures and info about the songs, artists and labels. 330 songs in excellent sound quality. The music is guitar driven, rockin stuff some with a country perspective and even a few instrumentals (not many). If you are familiar with the regional Texas 50's rock scene and enjoy the music, this is an essential purchase. If you enjoy rockin 50's sounds and want something you probably haven't heard, this is recommended! A labor of love for sure.(Crawdaddy)

trax:
1. Wild Girl - Orville Crouch 2. Rice And Gravy - Link Davis 3. Johnny Be Good - Link Davis 4. Rockin' And Rollin' My Country Songs Away - Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers 5. Bull Moose - Jackie Dallas & The Tiaras 6. Rock Moon Rock - Daniel James 7. Come To The Party - Johnny Watson 8. My Only One - Red Mansel 9. Rock Cinderellas - Rocky Williams 10. Just For Tonight - Tommy Trent 11. A Mile To The Mailbox - Tommy Trent 12. Reckless Romance - Hank Walke 13. It's A Reamer - Mike Pettit & The Stags 14. Take This Message, Darling - Dick Barton's Rebels 15. Yes Baby, I'm Scared - Dick Barton's Rebels 16. I Get The Blues - Dick Barton's Rebels 17. Down The Line - The Tune Masters 18. You Gotta Quit Cheatin' - Coye Wilcox 19. Have A Ball - Country Dudes 20. Shake-Kum-Down - Dave Atkins & His Offbeats 21. Speechless - The Catalinas 22. Hot Seat - Bobby Doyle 23. Ring A Ding Dong Dandy - Jo Ann Reynolds 24. Baby, Baby, Baby - Blackwell Twins & Charles Blackwell Combo 25. That's My Baby - Blackwell Twins & Charles Blackwell Combo 26. Shockwave - Danny Roland 27. Orbit With Me - Sonny Sheather & The Stardusters 28. Get Away - Burt Landon & The Rhythm Masters 29. Six Mile Climb - Burt Landon & The Rhythm Masters 30. Running Man - Burt Landon & The Rhythm Masters 31. Walking - Burt Landon & The Rhythm Masters 32. Shame - Johnny Brown & The Plainsmen
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LOVE “Out Here" 1969

Out Here is the fifth album by the American rock band Love, released in December 1969 on Blue Thumb Records in the United States, and Harvest in the United Kingdom...

...Recording three LPs worth of material with a new line-up, Lee gave ten songs to Elektra Records in order to fulfill the contract that had been in place for nearly four years. Four Sail was released in August 1969. Arranging the two remaining LPs into a double album, Lee signed a new contract with Blue Thumb Records and oversaw the release of the seventeen-track Out Here in December 1969, four months after Elektra released Four Sail. It was released on the EMI-HARVEST label in the UK (SHDW 3/4) May, 1970. The Out Here title came from the name of the cover painting, created by Burt Shonberg in 1965. In May 2007, the album was released as the first disc of The Blue Thumb Recordings by Universal's Hip-O Select division. Its only appearance on compact disc before this was a 1990 reissue distributed through MCA. (The British label Ace put together an official compilation called Out There, featuring most of the songs from Out Here but filled the rest of the disc with songs not associated with the album.) In 1982, eight songs from Out Here were used to fill out the first side of an album titled Studio/Live, released on MCA Records. Three of the songs were edited specifically for this release: "Doggone" (from 12:00 to 3:14); "Love Is More Than Words or Better Late Than Never" (from 11:20 to 2:25); and "Gather Round" (from 4:50 to 3:41). Studio/Live was issued on CD by One Way Records in 1991. The live side was recorded at Bill Graham's Fillmore East. - wiki

trax:
1 I'll Pray For You 2 Abalony 3 Signed D.C. 4 Listen To My Song 5 I'm Down 6 Stand Out 7 Discharged 8 Doggone 9 I Still Wonder 10 Love Is More Than Words Or Better Late Than Never 11 Nice To Be 12 Car Lights On In The Day Time Blues 13 Run To The Top 14 Willow Willow 15 Instra-Mental 16 You Are Something 17 Gather Round
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"A History Of UK Blues And R&B" 1955-2001 - disc 2

What a magnificent boxset! As a youngster, I never truly appreciated the UK Blues scene. I always loved the blues from the Isles. The Brits Blues was the true invasion here in the States. This 4 CD set encompasses alot of what was great. I still enjoy listening to this music. My only regret is no Rory Gallagher or early Zep. This in no way detracts from the sheer elegance of this wonderful compilation. Great job, Indigo! Plunk your money down. This is a keeper! - Musesman

UK compilation shows proof that white men really can play the blues. The flagship release in the relaunch of the Indigo label. 97 tracks, across four CDs, spanning the years 1955-2001. Bookset/digipak format, with lavishly illustrated 48-page booklet, featuring rare photo's/memorabilia/etc.. Artists include Lonnie Donegan, Yardbirds, Animals, Kinks, Spencer Davis Group, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Eric Clapton with Jimmy Page, All-Stars feat. Jeff Beck & many more. 2002.

trax disc 2:
1. Yardbirds - New York City Blues 2. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers - I'm Your Witchdoctor 3. The Kinks - Milk Cow Blues 4. Savoy Brown - I Tried 5. All Stars Featuring Jeff Beck - Steelin' 6. Tony T.S. McPhee - Someone to Love Me 7. Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page - Choker 8. Duffy Power - Mary Open the Door 9. Cryin' Shames - What's News Pussycat 10. Chris Farlowe - Cuttin' in 11. Jo Ann Kelly - Keep Your Hands Out of My Pockets 12. All Stars Featuring Nicky Hopkins - Piano Shuffle 13. Alan Price Set - Goin' Down Slow 14. Eric Clapton - Tribute to Elmore 15. Duffy Power - Ain't Coming Round No More 16. The John Dummer Blues Band - Big Feeling Blues 17. Eric Clapton - Freight Loader 18. Jeremy Spencer - Who's Knocking 19. Rod Stewart - So Much to Say 20. Stuff Smith - Howlin' for My Darlin' 21. Fleetwood Mac - Love That Burns 22. Chicken Shack - Mean Old World. 23 Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page - Draggin' My Tail 24. Dharma Blues Band - Roll 'Em Pete 25. Duster Bennett - I've Learned to Love (Since I've Been with You) 26. Dave Kelly - All Night Long 27. Fleetwood Mac - Talk to Me Baby