BABY WHALE _ THE DOWNHILL CLIMB

Reminiscent of Curved Air on an acid folk trip, Baby Whale is a hard-hitting folk document from the ever-prolific scene evolving in and around Cambridge in the 70s. They put themselves at the forefront of the English folk-rock movement combining beautiful and eccentric songs, with often bizarre instrumentation.

Trackllisting :

1 The Old Man and the Sea
2 The Downhill Climb + The Cuckoo's Nest
3 Cornfields + The Cuckoo
4 This Time
5 Circles and Circuses
6 Dependable Spokes
7 Things Are Not Free
8 Evening Song
9 This Ain't My Life
10 Cabin Town
11 Easy Feeling
12 The Strangler

Band Members :
Anne Baker – vocals, guitars
Steve Brooks – vocals, electric guitar
Nick Barraclough – vocals, bass, harmonium
Adrian Kendon – vocals, fiddle
Brian Wren - fiddle
Lindsey Scott – fiddle

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HEAVEN - BRASS ROCK 1

Heaven, a jazz rock group from Portsmouth, burst forth onto the British rock scene in 1970 when they appeared at the legendary Isle of Wight festival sharing a bill with The Who, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix et al. Making a stunning debut, the band (now managed by festival organiser Rikki Farr), soon secured a recording deal with CBS Records who signed the band for a large advance. The resulting double album "Brass Rock 1" appeared in 1971, adorned in a lavish fold-out sleeve. Well received critically, the album failed to achieve the expected success and Heaven soon disbanded, leaving behind a fine example of classic jazz rock. Officially released on CD for the first time, this Esoteric Recordings reissue is digitally re-mastered from the original m
aster tapes and restores the artwork of the album in full.

1	Things I Should've Been
2	This Time Tomorrow
3	Never Say Die
4	Come Back
5	Song for Chaos
6	Morning Coffee
7	Number One
8	Number Two
9	Dawning
10	Got to Get Away

+ 2 Bonus

11 Hangin' on
12 Funny Lines

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MARY BUTTERWORTH S/T 1969

"A fine progressive rock album which maintains a good standard throughout and features lots of good keyboards and drums. Phase II and Its a Hard Road are perhaps the pick of the bunch, but really every track's a winner. Recommended. Two of its finer moments, Phase II and Week in 8 Days (a bluesy number), can also be heard in Valley of the Son of the Gathering of the Tribe."

In the Spring of 1968 the Mary Butterworth band was formed. They enjoyed playing a variety of engagements around the Southern California area and in 1969, the recorded the one and only album entitled Mary Butterworth. This original, vinyl album was pre-sold to fans and friends only-- it was never available to the general public. Shortly thereafter, the group split up and never performed together again.

Years passed and rumors spread that Mary Butterworth had made it big. However, that was not the case. What did happen was that one of those original vinyl albums made it into the hands of "bootleggers" in another country. They thought enough of the music to reissued the album, and they began a sales campaign of their own. It didn't stop there. The Butterworth album has been bootlegged at least three other times in two different countries.

The bootlegging has created a Mary Butterworth following and pushed the price of the original vinyl album to over $1,000.00 per vinyl album. The Psychedelic Rock Music of the '60's is still regarded, even today, as some of the greatest live music ever created -- and Mary Butterworth will be a lasting part of that history. This CD also includes many photos of the group. The CD, like the original vinyl album, is bound to be a collector's item. Now you can find out why.

Tracklisting :

Phaze II
Optional Blues
It's a hard road
Make you want me
Feeling I get
Week in 8 days

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BEAVER & KRAUSE - IN A WILD SANCTUARY / GANDHARVA

Composers and synth players Paul Beaver and Bernie Krause were among the most high-profile electronic music acts of the late '60s, recording a series of LPs distinguished not only by their groundbreaking studio advances but also by the presence of notables including Gerry Mulligan and Mike Bloomfield. Krause -- a onetime member of the legendary folk group the Weavers -- was working as a staff producer at Elektra Records when he met Beaver, a former jazz musician; under the name Beaver & Krause, they began assembling electronic pieces employing spoken-word passages, acoustic instruments, tape loops and improvisational techniques, debuting in 1968 with The Nonesuch Guide to Electronic Music. After 1969's Ragnarok Electric Funk, the duo issued In a Wild Sanctuary a year later; 1971's Gandharva -- recorded live in San Francisco's Grace Cathedral and featuring cameos from Mulligan and Bloomfield as well as Bud Shank and Ronnie Montrose -- was the most popular of their releases. After 1972's All Good Men, Beaver recorded the solo LP Perchance to Dream; sadly, it was his final work -- he suffered a fatal heart attack on January 16, 1975 at the age of 49. Krause later resurfaced as a noted expert in environmental sound recording. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

Tracklisting:

1		Another Part Of Time (5:00)
2		And There Was Morning (2:35)
3		Spaced (3:51)
4		So Long As The Waters Flow (5:35)
5		Aurora Hominis (1:19)
6		Salute To The Vanishing Bald Eagle (2:48)
7		People's Park (2:33)
8		Walking Green Algae Blues (7:07)
9		Sanctuary (1:43)
10		Soft / White (0:52)
11		Saga Of The Blue Beaver (4:19)
12		Nine Moons In Alaska (3:04)
13		Walkin' (2:42)
14		Walkin' By The River (2:39)
15		Grandharva (1:12)
16		By Your Grace (5:13)
17		Good Places (3:37)
18		Short Film For David (5:23)
19		Bright Shadows (4:53)

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SHIRLEY COLLINS & DOLLY COLLINS - ANTHEMS IN EDEN

Anthems in Eden

Shirley Collins, Dolly Collins, The early Music Consort of London - David Munrow, dir. & al.
EMI EMS 1477 - 0777 7 81473 2 9 [CD]
BGO Records BGOCD 442 [CD]

A Song-Story (Medley)

Shirley Collins / Dolly Collins

1. A. A Beginning
   Trad. Collins / arr. Collins
   B. A Meeting: Searching for Lamas
   C. A Courtship: The Wedding Song
   D. A Denying: The Blacksmith
   E. A Forsaking: Our Captain Cried
   F. A Dream: Lowlands
   G. A Leavetaking: Pleasant and Delightful
   Copper Family / Collins / Marshall / arr. Collins
   H. An Awakening: Whitsun Dance
   Shirley Collins / Dolly Collins
   I. A New Beginning: The Staines Morris

Trad., arr. Shirley Collins / Dolly Collins

2. Rambleaway

Trad., Burns, arr. Shirley Collins / Dolly Collins

3. Ca' The Yowes

Williamson

4. God Dog

Trad., arr. Shirley Collins / Dolly Collins

5. Bonny Cuckoo
6. Nellie the Milkmaid
7. Gathering Rushes in the Month of May
8. The Gower Wassail
9. Fare Tee Well My Dearest Dear

Anon., Trouvères, 12/13th c., arr. Southcott

10. C'est La Fin/Pour Mon Cuer

Trad., arr. Collins

11. Bonny Kate

Trad., arr. Collins / Rodd

12. Adieu To All Judges and Juries

Anon., England, 13th c., arr. Collins / Southcott

13. Edi Beo Thu Hevene Quene

Trad., arr. Collins

14. Black Joker / Black, White, Yellow & Green

Playing time: 69' 55"

Performers:
[1]-[8] Shirley Collins (folk singer) & Dolly Collins (folk singer)
The Early Music Consort of London [Adam Skeaping (bass viol, violone), Roderick Skeaping (rebec, treble viol, bass viol), Oliver Brooks (bass viol), Michael Laird (cornett), Richard Lee (descant recorder, treble recorder), Alan Lumsden (sackbut), Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord), Dolly Collins, (organ), Gillian Reid (bells), David Munrow (soprano, crumhorn. alto crumhornsm, bass rackett, tenor sordun, treble recorder)] - David Munrow, dir.
Chorus "The Home Brew" [Michael Clifton, Ray Worman, John Fordham]
Royston Wood, Steve Ashley, John Morgan
[9] John Rodd (anglo-concertina), Chris Hogwood (virginals), Simon Nicol (acoustic guitar), Pat Donaldson (electric bass guitar, Dave Mattacks (drum), Roger Brenner (alto sackbut), Colin Sheen (tenor sackbut), Paul Beer (tenor sakbut), Martin Nicholls (tenor sackbut)
[10] John Sothcott (vièle)
[11] John Kirkpatrick (melodeon), Terry Potter (mouth organ), john Reid (anglo-concertina), Ashley Hutchings (acoustic bass guitar), Dave Mattacks (drum)
[12] John Rodd (anglo-concertina), Simon Nichol (electric guitar), Pat Donaldson (electric bass guitar),Martin Nicholls (bass sackbut), Dave Mattacks (regal, drums)
[13] John Sothcott (vièle, recorder)
[14] John Watcham (anglo-concertina), John Kirkpatrick (button accordion), John Rodd (anglo-concertina), Terry Potter (mouth organ), Simon Nicol (electric guitar), Ashley Hutchings (electric bass guitar), Dave Mattacks (drum), David Busby (dancing, vocals), Mike Clifton (dancing, vocals), Dots Daultrey (dancing, vocals), Stuart Hollyer (dancing, vocals), Rogerr Rigden (dancing, vocals), Ada Turnham (dancing, vocals)
The Albion Morris Men (in Black Joker)

Recording site and date:
[1]-[8] Unknown [06/1969]
[9]-[14] Sound Techniques Studio, Cambridge [1975 / 1976]
Rel.: 1993 (for EMI), 1999 (for BGO)

Excerpts:
[1]-[8] Harvest 754 [LP] Anthems in Eden
[9]-[14] Harvest ??? [LP] Amaranth

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DECAMERON - THIRD LIGHT 1975

Formed in Cheltenham, England 1968. Decameron played contemporary folk-rock music, much of which was written by key members Dave Bell and Johnny Coppin. The group recorded for a variety of British labels during the early seventies and later on also performed some American doo wop tracks under the name The Magnificent Mercury Brothers.

The band fused together rock and folk in their own individual and distinguishable style.

LP Transatlantic1975 304

Tracklisting:

1. Rock and Roll Away
2. All The Best Wishes
3. The Strawman
4. Saturday
5. Wide As The Years
6. Journey's End
7. Road To The Sea
8. Trapeze
9. The Ungodly
10. Morning Glory

Band members:

Artist Credit
John Coppin Guitar / Keyboards
Decameron Main Performer
Dave Bell Guitar / Bass
Dik Cadbury Bass / Vocals / Guitar
Al Fenn Harmonica / Bass / Guitar
John Halsey Drums
Geoff March Keyboards / Saxophone / Vocals
John Mealing Keyboards
Michael WinfieldHorn


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MOLOCH S/T 1972

Excellent US Blues Rock, LP-Enterprise, ENS-1002.

Tracklisting:

1 Helping Hand
2 Maverick Woman Blues
3 Outta Hand
4 Same Old Blues
5 Going Down
6 She Looks Like an Angel
7 Gone Too Long
8 Dance Chaney Dance
9 Mona
10 People Keep Talking
11 I Can Think the Same of You
12 Night at the Possum

Band Members :

Lee Baker Guitar / Vocals
Phillip Durham Drums / Vocals
Fred NicholsonOrgan
Steve Spear Bass
Gene Wilkins Vocals

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THE ROBERT CRAY BAND - BAD INFLUENCE

Category Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Blues, Contemporary Blues, Enhanced CD
Orig Year 1983
Discs 1
Release Date Oct 25, 1990
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Bruce Bromberg; Dennis Walker
Engineer Bill Dashiell
Personnel Philip Walker, David Ii

Track listing

1. Phone Booth (3:32)
2. Bad Influence (2:56)
3. Grinder (4:09)
4. To Make A Comeback (5:52)
5. So Many Woman, So Little Time (4:01)
6. Where Do I Go From Here (4:03)
7. Waiting For The Tide To Turn (3:31)
8. March On (2:25)
9. Don't Touch Me (3:25)
10. No Big Deal (4:14)

Bonus Tracks

1. Got Loaded (3:37)
2. Share What You've Got, Keep What You Need (3:50)


Bad Influence is a 1983 blues album by the blues singer-songwriter and guitarist Robert Cray. Released with Hightone Records, this was the album thought to have put Cray on the map, prior to his explosion into the mainstream with Strong Persuader in 1986.

It was his second release, and contained two cover versions: Johnny Guitar Watson's "Don't Touch Me" and Eddie Floyd's "Got To Make A Comeback". The most well-known and memorable song off the album was probably the slow blues song, "Phone Booth". The album runs 41 minutes and 57 seconds.




Career

Cray started playing guitar in his early teens. At Denbigh High School in Newport News, Virginia, his love of blues and soul music flourished as he started collecting records. Originally, Robert Cray wanted to become an architect, but at about the same time he was going to study design in architecture he formed a local band "Steakface", described as "the best band from Lakewood you never heard of". Cray on guitar and vocals contributed greatly to Steakface's set list of songs by Jimi Hendrix, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Fleetwood Mac, The Grease Band, Blodwyn Pig, Jethro Tull, Spirit and The Faces.

By the time he was twenty, Cray had seen his heroes Albert Collins, Freddie King and Muddy Waters in concert, and decided to form his own band. His band started playing college towns on the West Coast. After several years of regional success, Cray was signed to Mercury Records in 1982. His third album release, Strong Persuader, received a Grammy Award, while the crossover single "Smokin' Gun" gave him wider appeal and name recognition. By now, Cray was an opening act for major stars, such as Eric Clapton (who remains a friend to this day), and sold out larger venues as a solo artist. By the early 1990s his name was immediately associated with his soothing, soulful voice, crisp, clean guitar work, and innovative modern blues sound.[citation needed] Cray has generally played Fender guitars (Telecasters and Stratocasters) and there are two signature model Robert Cray Stratocasters available from Fender. The Robert Cray Custom Shop Stratocaster is made in the U.S. in the Fender Custom Shop and is identical to the guitars that Cray currently plays, while the Robert Cray Standard Stratocaster is a less expensive version made in Fender's Ensenada, Mexico plant.

Cray also had the opportunity to play alongside John Lee Hooker, on his album Boom Boom. Cray plays the guitar solo in the song "Same Old Blues Again". He is also featured on the critically acclaimed album, The Healer, another recording from John Lee Hooker. Cray plays a guitar solo on the song "Baby Lee".

Cray was invited to play at the "Guitar Legends" concerts in Seville, Spain at the Expo in 1992, where amongst others, he played a signature track "Phone Booth", wowing the audience. Also on the bill on this blues night of the "Legends" gigs was Albert Collins

Cray continues to record and tour. He appeared at the Crossroads Guitar Festival, and supported 'Slowhand' on his 2006-2007 world tour.

He also appeared on a 2007 tour with Eric Clapton. In Fargo, North Dakota, he joined Clapton as backup guitar for the Cream song "Crossroads."

Also, in the film Animal House, Cray plays the uncredited bassist in Otis Day and the Knights.




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BLACK PEARL - S/T 1969

Black Pearl was a West Coast rock group of the late '60s and early '70s led by Bernie "B.B." Fieldings. They had two charting albums, Black Pearl (1969) and Black Pearl -- Live! (1970).












Tracklisting:

	Crazy chicken Thinkin' 'bout the good times
White devil Mr. Soul satisfaction Forget it Climbing up the walls Bent over Endless jorney Reach up Link : http://rapidshare.com/files/141016086/black_pearl_1969.rar Artwork included

LEB I SOL RUCNI RAD 1979

Ethno - Jazz - Fusion
















Biography:

In the first half of the seventies of the last century, the music scene in Skopje was rather small so the future members of the LEB I SOL often worked in same bands. The first more serious project Vlatko and Garo had, was with the jazz-rock band BREG which leader was Miki Petkovski. On 1st January 1976 Vlatko and Bodan founded LEB I SOL together with the keyboard player Kokan Dimushevski and the drum player Dimitrije Chochorovski. The first singles "Etida br.3", "Devetka" and "Pesna za nas" were recorded in the studio of Radio Skopje in only two hours. They had the first performance out of Macedonia in 1977 in Novi Sad. Based on that footage they were invited at the Youth Festival in Subotica. There they won a prize and were widely acknowledged for the fist time and they signed a contract with PGP-RTS. In August of the same year they performed as a foregroup of Bijelo Dugme at the legendary concert "Hajduchka Cheshma", as well as in Sarajevo, Novi Sad and Skopje. Garo is playing with them as well, after having joined them few weeks before. LEB I SOL recorded their debut album LEB I SOL 1 at the studio of RTV Novi Sad in September 1977. The jazz-rock themes with ethno influences dominate the album, and six themes out of nine are instrumental. All four of the members are composing, though Vlatko is the most productive one. The song "Nisam Tvoj" can be singled out as the hit of that record.

They soon climb the top of the Yugoslavian chart and for the second album LEB I SOL 2 are being provided with much better studio conditions. Following the style of the debut album, the second album, besides the highly rate "Aber dojde Donke", offers the excellent songs "Marija", "Akupunktura" and "Talasna Duzina". In 1978, according to the readers of the music magazine "Jukebox", the most influential in Yugoslavia at that time, they received the title "Group of the year". The third LP "Ruchni Rad" was recorded at Studio 5 of the Radio Belgrade. The four of them continued to be the authors of their work. The most ambitious themes of this album were the title song "Ruchni Rad", "Kumova Slama" and "Verni Pas". Following the release of that album, Kokan Dimushevski left the band. He was replaced by Miki Petkovsi who left LEB I SOL in 1980. After his departure they decided to work as a trio composing music for the theatre plays "Divo Meso", "Ubavata Vida", "Srekjna Nova 49" and lots of others. They went on a summer tour, had ten concerts and than in Skopje started preparing their new album "Beskonachno". They followed their style and the music was adjusted to the trio formation. The LP "Beskonachno" included the remake of the old folk song "Ajde sonce zajde", Vlatko's "Ziva rana", Garo's "Kasno popodne" and Bodan's "Skakavac". That summer Garo, who left the band was replaced by Dragoljub Gjurichic. The LP "Sledovanje" was recorded in the studio of Radio Skopje and for the first time they were producers of their own album. This album for the first time concentrates on vocal songs and "Nosim tvoj zig" received the epithet of a radio hit.

In the summer of 1982 together with the KPGT theatre they had a two month tour in America. They performed in clubs and played together with the band Big Country. With the release of the double album "Akusticna trauma" they left PGP-RTS and joined Jugoton. In 1983 for Jugoton they released the LP "Kalabalak". The guests of the album were Bobi Micev playing the keyboard and Petar Kargov playing the saxophone. The album "Tangenta" was created at the Belgrade studio Aquarius in 1984 having Kevin Heyers as a producer. He was the one who gave the title of this record because in his opinion the music created by the members of the LEB I SOL is grazing different styles. The guests of this record are Laza Ristovski playing keyboards and Nenad Jelic playing percussion. The radio hit from this album was "Kontakt je skup". The ten year anniversary was celebrated towards the middle of 1986 with the release of the record "Zvuchni Zid" which contained the theatre, film and television music, as well as the themes of the TV show "Bushava Azbuka", the theatre plays "Osloboduvanje na Skopje", "Srekjna Nova 49", "Koshtana" and the films "Shmeker" and "Za sreka se potrebni trojca". The authors were Vlatko and Bodan. Garo, who in the meantime came back in the band, was also involved in the recording. Soon after, the LEB I SOL were accompanied by the saxophone player Goce Micanov and the keyboard player Kiril Dzajkovski and together they recorded the album "Kao kakao" in 1987. They decide on a significant style transformation of this record and release ten vocal songs. The album is produced by Bodan and Vlatko together with Braco Zafirovski, with the guest stars Bebi Dol, Ana Kostovska and Roni Vaten on Irish bagpipes. The lyrics were written by Vlatko and Goran Stefanovski. There were series of hits released from this record, such as "Skopje", "Kao Kakao", "Mamurni Ljudi" and "Chuvam noc od budnih". The same band formation recorded the following album "Putujemo". Again they produced it together with Braco Zafirovski and again all the songs were vocal. By having Kaliopi as a back vocal, Zoran Jovanovic as a saxophone player and Kire Kostov playing the horn, LEB I SOL offered the audience the basic theme of the record connected to the physical and emotional journeys. For some time, the keyboard player in the band was Valentino Skenderovski, but soon after Kokan Dimushevski came back and participated in the recording of "Putujemo". The biggest hit of this album is the legendary "Chukni vo drvo".

One year later in 1990, Bodan and Vlatko released the CD "Zodijak" with music composed for the ballet performance "Zodijak" of the Mcedonian National Theatre. In 1990 Garo again left the band. In May 1991 LEB I SOL went on a tour in USA and Canada. The band is now consisted of Vlatko, Bodan, Kokan and Dragoljub. The concert held at the prestige CBGB in New York is documented on the CD "Live in New York". This album includes also the recordings of the rehearsals at the studio American, a record of the song "Blagoslov" of the Macedonian Orthodox church in Toronto, the theme "Going back to Skopje" recorded at the mobile studio in Toronto and the remake of the folk song "Uchi me majko, karaj me" recorded in Skopje in October 1991. During their career, apart from the Yugoslavian tours, the LEB I SOL had tours in other countries: - Cypress in 1982 - Russia in 1983 and 1988 - Italy and Spain in 1987 - Ireland, Sweden and Denmark in 1990 In the spring 1992, they sold out the Sava Centar in Belgrade four times in a row and they played at the prestigious club Paradiso in Amsterdam. In December 1995 they had two sold out concerts in the hall "Vatroslav Lisinski" in Zagreb, as well as concerts in Pula and Rijeka. That same year they released the double album "Anthology" with orderly overview of their career. The last concert before the breakdown was at the legendary club Milos in Thessalonica in December 1995. Four years after the breakdown "Croatia Records" republished the album "Kao kakao" on a CD and received the prominent award "Porin" for best re-edition. In April 2006, right after the rejoining, LEB I SOL started work again. Vlatko, Bodan, Garo and Kokan had their rehearsals for the big tour at the legendary studio M2 of the MRTV. Track Listings 1. Lenja pesma (4:32) 2. Rebus (5:12) 3. Hogar (4:21) 4. Rucni rad (5:07) 5. Kumova slama (5:20) 6. Put u vedro (5:20) 7. Verni pas (6:09) Total Time: 36:01 Line-up/Musicians - Vlatko Stefanovski / guitars, vocals - Garo Tavitijan / drums - Bodan Arsovski / bass - Koki Dimusevski / keyboards With: - Milivoj Markovic / saxophones Releases information LP PGP RTB (1979); CD special edition "2LPon1CD" paired with "(Infinity)" T.Pics/PGP RTS CD 2046 (2000) Link: http://rapidshare.com/files/140920108/1979_-_Ruchni_Rad.rar Cover art included ( handmade back cover)