понедельник, 29 ноября 2021 г.

Spring Wheel - Spring Wheel

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1973
Time: 33:04 
Size: 76,4 MB 
Label: Greene Bottle Records, Inc.
Styles: Country Rock/Southern Rock
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Always In All Ways - 3:15
 2. Wooden Horses - 3:52
 3. In Another Time - 3:30
 4. Sing A Life Of Music - 2:38
 5. Hey Ray - 3:19
 6. Only A Fool - 2:27
 7. Dusty Road - 3:10
 8. Try Harder - 3:53
 9. Marble Lady - 3:33
10. You Ain't Got Nothin' - 3:23

From the super-obscure label that also gave us Candle, this is a surprisingly good country-rock aggregation with ringing guitars and close harmonies. Imagine Stephen Stills fronting the early Poco, and you have a good idea of the overall sound. A fine cover of Steely Dan's "Only A Fool Would Say That" is a highlight.

пятница, 19 ноября 2021 г.

Dirty York - Waiting On St. George

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2009/2019
Time: 58:27 
Size: 134,1 MB 
Label: Green Media Distribution
Styles: Rock/Southern Rock
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. No Apologies - 3:45
 2. Roll With It - 3:33
 3. All My Friends Look Like Jesus - 4:58
 4. Grapefarm Diamond From Mexico - 5:10
 5. Crazy Little Thing - 6:12
 6. Easier Said Than Done - 4:25
 7. One In Every Crowd - 5:27
 8. Spareroom Hero - 3:19
 9. Blue Eyes - 6:37
10. What’s It All About? - 5:00
11. Thank You Mama - 3:27
12. Revolution - 6:29

The first acquaintance with Dirty York was during a TV broadcast of Rockpalast and very impressed by it, in anticipation of the album 'Feed the fiction' to be released in 2013, but for a moment an oldie from 2009 from Australia came over. The effort was not in vain and only fuels the hunger for the new disc. The band immediately jumps in with the rocker songs 'No apologies' and 'Roll with it', songs that seem influenced by a mix of AC/DC, Rolling Stones, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Aerosmith but always retain their own identity. Then follow the southern rock songs, 'All my friends look like Jesus', something that three of the five gentlemen also succeed in doing, and 'Grapefarm diamond from Mexico', two songs where they rival the greats of the 'southern rock earth', really sublime. Then it is time to slow down with 'Crazy little thing' and which literally and figuratively touches the sensitive nerve, the goosebumps are not caused by the weather here but really with soul-cutting music and vocals, this also applies to the JJ Gray feeling evoking 'Blue eyes' and 'One in every crowd'. In between, of course, that solid rocking, but oh so wonderful sound, to end with 'Revolution' another emotional song. Conclusion: a band that plays so nice and solid and also plays such beautiful sensitive music and still makes it fit together, then there is only one word for it: SUPER

Dirty Mercy - Live At The Whitehouse Lawn

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2006
Time: 62:22 
Size: 143,0 MB 
Label: Self Released
Styles: Classic Rock
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Three Bombs of all the Loving in You -  3:36
 2. Hyde Park -  5:00
 3. Mental Undressing of an Urban Scene -  3:46
 4. Drown Your Radio -  5:03
 5. Tiger Balm -  2:08
 6. The Sultan -  6:06
 7. Merry Go Round -  4:56
 8. Volcanoes -  8:53
 9. Battle Suite -  3:29
10. Country Fight -  1:19
11. Bluesfight -  5:38
12. Morning Calls - 12:22

Exciting debut album from North Hollywood based rock band, dirty mercy. This straight ahead, "no nonsense" band draws it's influences from such 70's .Palpable agitation circulates among the relatively few people who come into contact with Dirty Mercy...The feeling that this quartet, located in North Hollywood, California, USA, is designed to restore the glory of rock and roll. Taking inspiration from great rock classics like Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Pink Floyd and The Rolling Stones, Dirty Mercy turns current music scripts with the same sound of hot idols, consisting of shamelessly bed songs, you're alive and constant solos. Awesome cd. if you like real rock music, then this cd is for you...the guitar solos are amazing....all i know is these guys are talented.

Domestic Problems - Play

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1997
Time: 56:15 
Size: 129,0 MB 
Label: Triple Rock Records
Styles: Jam Bands
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Play - 3:14
 2. Ernie's Tragic Love Triangle - 4:11
 3. Bowling - 5:05
 4. Summer In The Sandbox - 4:29
 5. I Think It's funny - 4:13
 6. Just Let Go - 4:57
 7. Hob Nob - 5:10
 8. James Francis - 3:56
 9. Bastard Machine - 4:18
10. Marry - 6:06
11. Simple Guy - 6:09
12. My Only Love - 4:21

Domestic Problems are a six piece Rock / Pop band based out of Grand Rapids, MI. Having been playing for over two decades, they have built a national fanbase and have shared the stage with Barenaked Ladies, Neil Young, Rusted Root, Pat Benatar, Joe Walsh and Blues Traveller.

Solution - The Best of Solution Live

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1983
Time: 57:03 
Size: 131,1 MB 
Label: Progressive Rock
Styles: Telstar
Art: Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. It's Only Just Begun - 5:54
 2. Divergence - 4:14
 3. Bad Breaks - 6:00
 4. Captain Willie - 5:38
 5. Runaway - 3:59
 6. 100 Words - 3:28
 7. Move On - 4:13
 8. Downhearted - 4:13
 9. Black Pearl - 5:45
10. Song For You - 3:43
11. Give Some More - 5:02
12. Last Detail - 4:49

Musicians:
Tom Barlage - saxes, additional keyboards, backing vocals
Willem Ennes - keyboards, backing vocals
Harry Hardholt - guitar, backing vocals
Hans Waterman - drums
Guus Willemse - bass guitar, lead vocals

Solution were a Dutch progressive rock band that existed from 1970 to 1983, during which time they released six studio albums and one live album. They incorporated jazz, rock, pop and soul influences, becoming more commercial on their fifth and sixth albums.
Their first eponymous LP comprised mainly instrumental pieces, complex yet repetitive in structure, with bassist Peter van der Sande singing on one track. He was succeeded by Guus Willemse around the time of its release, and immediately the band began recording more vocal songs; three of the tracks on second album Divergence featured lyrics. The third album Cordon Bleu (1975) was released on Elton John's own label named The Rocket Record Company, as was its follow-up Fully Interlocking (1977). Both albums were produced by John's producer Gus Dudgeon, and featured a crisper sound and more concise songwriting.Despite some criticism for a more commercial direction, the next two albums, It's Only Just Begun (1980) and Runaway (1982) continued this trend. The two title tracks from these albums became hit singles in Europe. Solution split in 1983, playing a final concert at Paradiso in Amsterdam and releasing a double live album. They regrouped in March 2006 for two concerts at Panama, Amsterdam (released as a DVD in July 2007), while a triple CD compilation (The Ultimate Collection, comprising almost every track they released) was issued in 2005. Also, a 1976 pairing of Solution and Divergence (simply titled Solution) was reissued by EMI in February 2007, featuring "Fever" (left off the original CD edition) and "Divergence", the studio version of which was omitted from The Ultimate Collection in favour of the 1983 live recording.
This Cd was released during the last tour in Holland. It gives a good impression of the quality of the musicians playing LIVE. From the commercial "Runaway" to the sencitive "100words" it is still a pitty today that a great band as Solution has split.

четверг, 18 ноября 2021 г.

Wakefield - The Lost Warthog Tapes'70-71

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2002
Time: 77:36 
Size: 177,7 MB 
Label: Gear Fab Records GF193
Styles: Progressive Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Bring It On -  4:22
 2. Something Is Coming -  4:12
 3. How Does It Feel -  3:56
 4. I Will Always Come Back -  4:34
 5. Old Man - 11:08
 6. I Know -  3:12
 7. Water -  8:20
 8. Snowchild -  9:47
 9. In My Mind -  8:05
10. Landgrabber -  4:42
11. You And I -  6:09
12. Let's Get Loaded -  3:29
13. You'll Find Your Man -  4:58
14. Rollin' Down The Highway -  0:33

From Pueblo, Colorado this psychedelic rock band formed in 1969 and continued to play all over the Pacific Northwest until their break up in 1974. The band recorded a concept album for Warthog Studios in Denver between 1971 and 72 that had been stored away for some 30 years until now! Superb wah wah fuzz guitar, dreamy Moody Blues harmonies and a cool use of woodwinds make this a real lost classic! Almost 80 minutes long. A really excellent album! (FREAKEMPORIUM)


Loadstone - Loadstone

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1969
Time: 33:59 
Size: 78,4 MB 
Label: CBS
Styles: Progressive Rock/Jazz-Rock Fusion/Psychedelic Rock
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. See The Light -  3:24
 2. Keep On Burning -  2:49
 3. Dayshine -  5:18
 4. Time -  3:45
 5. It Couldn't Be Bad -  3:17
 6. Flower Pot - 15:23

Brassy edged US prog outfit, with rock 'n' soul touches, and even some country flavour, very much in the vein of Blood Sweat And Tears or early Chicago.

Hindu Love Gods - Hindu Love Gods

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1990
Time: 37:12 
Size: 85,4 MB 
Label: Giant/Reprise/Warner Bros. Records
Styles: Rock/Blues Rock/Alternative Rock
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Walkin' Blues - 4:13
 2. Travelin' Riverside Blues - 4:02
 3. Raspberry Beret - 3:54
 4. Crosscut Saw - 3:06
 5. Junko Pardner - 2:41
 6. Mannish Boy - 6:58
 7. Wang Dang Doodle - 3:51
 8. Battleship Chains - 3:08
 9. I'm A One Woman Man - 2:18
10. Vigilante Man - 2:56

Musicians:
Warren Zevon – vocals, guitar;
Peter Buck – guitar;
Mike Mills – bass guitar;
Bill Berry – drums.

The Hindu Love Gods were essentially R.E.M. with Warren Zevon replacing Michael Stipe as front man. Always somewhat of a joke, the quartet did manage to release a self-titled album of cover songs that they had recorded in 1987 with leftover studio time. Loose and spirited, the group tackles a range of off-the-cuff covers that could be throwaways but for the sheer talent and charm of the players. Indeed, their spirited rendition of Prince’s “Rasberry Beret” even made the charts in 1990. A pair of Robert Johnson-penned blues classics and Muddy Waters’s “Mannish Boy” are attempted with similar aplomb. HINDU LOVE GODS is a rare kind of supergroup album: good-natured, unpretentious, irreverent, inebriated, and ultimately essential/
Hindu Love Gods is the only album by American band Hindu Love Gods, which was released in 1990. The album was recorded around the same time as Warren Zevon's album Sentimental Hygiene, for which Zevon had enlisted Bill Berry, Peter Buck and Mike Mills of R.E.M. as players. The musicians also recorded this set of cover versions, reputedly during a late-night drunken recording session. The recordings were not originally intended for release.

Dr. Louis Sullivan - Genealogy

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2008
Time: 58:29 
Size: 134,0 MB 
Label: Self Released
Styles: Jam Band
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Breckenridge -  6:02
 2. Ladders -  7:28
 3. Crystal Ball -  4:17
 4. Underground Fix -  9:02
 5. Franklin -  6:43
 6. B-Side Bebop -  5:34
 7. Chasm -  7:07
 8. Loaded Dice - 12:13

Dr. Louis Sullivan is an experimental rock band that is constantly evolving and developing their songs and live performances. The group's music has been called many things, but no one can catalog it. His style is multigenic and runs through various areas of jazz, trance and electronics.
The sound has funky grooves alongside guitar riffs. His live performance is always energetic. The fans and band seem to be beside themselves all night and the intensity only seems to increase. Each performance is accompanied by a light show pleasing to the retina, making the performance a spectacle worth seeing. The band is from Albany, Georgia, USA. Its members have grown and developed together and this is evident in their cohesive jams. The band has toured Georgia and neighboring states over the past four years and has captured a very passionate legion of fans, which continues to grow each time the group plays. Dr. Louis Sullivan is very committed to keeping her admirers and making every show new and exciting.