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Dennie
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Hot Buttered Soul -- :text-bravo: :text-bravo:
Isaac Hayes
1969 STAX Records
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By 1969, black artists were following rock's lead and recording extended epics. At the forefront of such experimentation was big bad Isaac Hayes, coauthor of countless Stax classics and an artist in his own right. On this, his second album, Hayes takes two MOR-pop benchmarks, Burt Bacharach's "Walk On By" and Jimmy Webb's "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," and spins them out into slow-building sermons lasting 12 and 18.5 minutes apiece. Heavily romantic, they predate by two years Barry White's symphonic adventures in the same style, revolutionizing soul music in the process. Meanwhile, on the album's third epic, the 10-minute "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic," Hayes and his backing band the Bar-Kays wind up sounding, bizarrely, like a black Crazy Horse. --Barney Hoskyns
1. Walk on By
2. Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic
3. One Woman
4. By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Dennie
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Botch said:Whoa, didn't know this one existed! What do you think of it?Dennie said:I recently acquired this one.......
It's my first listen, but I am really enjoying it. The rhythm section adds a lot to the Trio. There is some "funk", some "Jamaican", some "Techno" and a lot of "Progressive" music here and makes for a nice collection!
Dennie
Thx, added to "the list"... :handgestures-thumbup:Dennie said:Botch said:Whoa, didn't know this one existed! What do you think of it?Dennie said:I recently acquired this one.......
It's my first listen, but I am really enjoying it. The rhythm section adds a lot to the Trio. There is some "funk", some "Jamaican", some "Techno" and a lot of "Progressive" music here and makes for a nice collection!
Dennie
Dennie
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Botch said:Whoa, didn't know this one existed! What do you think of it?Dennie said:I recently acquired this one.......
Oh and let me add......I always wondered what happened to the "Balls" if "Leo" dropped them......now I know!
They fall on California.............
....and maybe THAT is why His "Feet Are Smiling"!!!
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Dennie :happy-smileygiantred:
Dennie
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Chronicle :handgestures-thumbup: :handgestures-thumbup:
The Staple Singers
1979 STAX Records
01. Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom)
02. Love Is Plentiful
03. You've Got to Earn It
04. Respect Yourself
05. I'll Take You There
06. This World
07. Oh la de Da
08. Be What You Are
09. If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
10. Touch a Hand (Make a Friend)
11. City in the Sky
12. My Main Man
Dennie
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Oooh So Good 'N Blues -- :handgestures-thumbup: :handgestures-thumbup:
Taj Mahal
1973 Columbia Records
When he emerged in 1967 with his eponymous debut album, Taj had already become well-known on the mid-60s Los Angeles scene, playing with Ry Cooder in The Rising Sons before embarking on a mission of exploring pure musical styles which he continues today. Released in late 1973, Oooh So Good… saw him mainly back accompanying himself on his National guitar on a mixture of standards such as Dust My Broom and Railroad Bill, while his pastoral electric picking on Buck Dancer’s Choice uncannily recalls John Fahey. With occasional vocal assistance from The Pointer Sisters and atmospheric jazz excursion Teacup’s Jazzy Blues Tune, it’s a joy to hear the blues served up so loose and natural.
1. "Buck Dancer's Choice" (Traditional)
2. "Little Red Hen" (Mahal)
3. "Oh Mama Don't You Know" (Mahal)
4. "Frankie and Albert" (Mississippi John Hurt)
5. "Railroad Bill" (John Work)
6. "Dust My Broom" (Elmore James)
7. "Built For Comfort" (Willie Dixon)
8. "Teacup's Jazzy Blues Tune" (Mahal)
Dennie said:The more I listen to music, the more music I listen too! :eusa-clap:
...and I'm having a great time doing it! (If you can't tell! :dance
Dennie :text-thankyoublue:
We can tell. I think I speak for most of us when I say I wish I had quite as much time to listen to music as you do, and the number and diversity of albums! I've ordered a few more of the ones you've mentioned recently...
Dennie
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Ooooh, this is going to be good.............
Babylon By Bus -- 2 LP "Novelty Cover"
Bob Marley & The Wailers
1978 Island Records-1298
Amazon.com essential recording
The second Marley live album came from 1978, and had to be pretty damned good to match the incandescence of 1975's Live. But with glorious performances on songs like "Punky Reggae Party," "Is This Love?" and "Jamming," they came close to equalling it. Maybe there wasn't quite the same amount of inspiration, but the Wailers had matured into a tight unit, with Marley as a charismatic performer, as this captured only too well. And with Marley still at the height of his writing powers, there definitely wasn't a dud song in the bunch. Not so much bus travel, as limousine listening. --Chris Nickson
This is the cover I have.....
Babylon By Bus is a live album released by Bob Marley & The Wailers in 1978. The album was recorded mostly at the Pavillon de Paris in June 1978, during the Kaya Tour. Like the 1973 album Catch A Fire, the first release had something of a novelty cover. The windows of the bus on the front cover were cut out, revealing part of the inner sleeve. As this was a double album, the listener had a choice of four different scenes to view through the windows.
Side one
1. "Positive Vibration" (Vincent Ford) - 5:48
2. "Punky Reggae Party" (Bob Marley, Lee Perry) - 5:52
3. "Exodus" - 7:38
Side two
1. "Stir It Up" (Recorded July 18, 1975 at The Lyceum, London, England[1]) - 5:20
2. "Rat Race" (Rita Marley) (Recorded 1976, Hammersmith Odeon, London, England[1]) - 3:37
3. "Concrete Jungle" - 5:38
4. "Kinky Reggae" - 4:50
Side three
1. "Lively Up Yourself" - 6:19
2. "Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock)" (Aston Barrett, Hugh Peart) - 5:22
3. "War / No More Trouble" (Alan Cole, Carlton Barrett, Bob Marley) - 5:30
Side four
1. "Is This Love" - 7:33
2. "Heathen" - 4:30
3. "Jamming" - 5:39
Babylon By Bus -- 2 LP "Novelty Cover"
Bob Marley & The Wailers
1978 Island Records-1298
Amazon.com essential recording
The second Marley live album came from 1978, and had to be pretty damned good to match the incandescence of 1975's Live. But with glorious performances on songs like "Punky Reggae Party," "Is This Love?" and "Jamming," they came close to equalling it. Maybe there wasn't quite the same amount of inspiration, but the Wailers had matured into a tight unit, with Marley as a charismatic performer, as this captured only too well. And with Marley still at the height of his writing powers, there definitely wasn't a dud song in the bunch. Not so much bus travel, as limousine listening. --Chris Nickson
This is the cover I have.....
Babylon By Bus is a live album released by Bob Marley & The Wailers in 1978. The album was recorded mostly at the Pavillon de Paris in June 1978, during the Kaya Tour. Like the 1973 album Catch A Fire, the first release had something of a novelty cover. The windows of the bus on the front cover were cut out, revealing part of the inner sleeve. As this was a double album, the listener had a choice of four different scenes to view through the windows.
Side one
1. "Positive Vibration" (Vincent Ford) - 5:48
2. "Punky Reggae Party" (Bob Marley, Lee Perry) - 5:52
3. "Exodus" - 7:38
Side two
1. "Stir It Up" (Recorded July 18, 1975 at The Lyceum, London, England[1]) - 5:20
2. "Rat Race" (Rita Marley) (Recorded 1976, Hammersmith Odeon, London, England[1]) - 3:37
3. "Concrete Jungle" - 5:38
4. "Kinky Reggae" - 4:50
Side three
1. "Lively Up Yourself" - 6:19
2. "Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock)" (Aston Barrett, Hugh Peart) - 5:22
3. "War / No More Trouble" (Alan Cole, Carlton Barrett, Bob Marley) - 5:30
Side four
1. "Is This Love" - 7:33
2. "Heathen" - 4:30
3. "Jamming" - 5:39
Dennie
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PaulyT said:Dennie said:The more I listen to music, the more music I listen too! :eusa-clap:
...and I'm having a great time doing it! (If you can't tell! :dance
Dennie :text-thankyoublue:
We can tell. I think I speak for most of us when I say I wish I had quite as much time to listen to music as you do, and the number and diversity of albums! I've ordered a few more of the ones you've mentioned recently...
After I bought the La Scalas, I cut the satellite cable and it became about the music. So, the only TV I watch is the "News" and "I get all the NEWS I need on the weather report". (<---name the song that lyric is from?)
I've picked up a few large record collections and a number of smaller ones. I indulge myself on occasion at the record stores, but I mostly buy used. Before I knew it I had thousands of records from all genres and have learned to enjoy the music.
I could never answer the question "What is your favorite album of all time", as it is usually the one I am listening to at the moment. Although "Ella and Louis" is a stand out among all I have heard, so far.
I feel truly Blessed to have the time that I do to listen to the Music! It is absolutely my hobby and I get a lot out of it. Being a disabled veteran, it is a very low impact sport! :handgestures-thumbup:
Dennie
Dennie,
I've got that album on CD. Great album. I also have the bootleg version of it that I got from my concert trading days. It's the same show but has more tracks on it than the release (I think it's a two disc set).
I'll have to check out some of these albums you're posting as some of them aren't on CD. Might have to knock the dust off the ole turntable and get back to burning some discs (I know, I know).
Dennie
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Yesfan70 said:
Dennie,
I've got that album on CD. Great album. I also have the bootleg version of it that I got from my concert trading days. It's the same show but has more tracks on it than the release (I think it's a two disc set).
I'll have to check out some of these albums you're posting as some of them aren't on CD. Might have to knock the dust off the ole turntable and get back to burning some discs (I know, I know).
Yes, it is nice to have a "Portable" version of most albums and I have quite a few, but I would go bankrupt if I bought a CD of every record I own. And, I've heard that "Burning" lp's to CD's is a PITA! You have to go in and put the song breaks in, or the CD software thinks it is one long track, add the song titles, etc.....! :angry-tappingfoot:
"Babylon By Bus" is a fun Album.
Heck Yeah! Knock the dust off of your TT, it is/can be a whole lot of fun!
Dennie
Dennie
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Here's a fun one.......
"Live" on Tour in Europe
The Billy Cobham - George Duke Band - Featuring: John Scofield, Alfonso Johnson
1976 Atlantic Records
In 1976, Billy Cobham (previously drummer for Miles Davis, Mahavishnu Orchestra and others) and George Duke (previously keyboard player for Cannonball Adderly, Frank Zappa and others) joined forces with bassist Alfonso Johnson (ex of Weather Report) and Cobham’s new discovery, guitarist John Scofield (who went on to play with Miles Davis) for a tour of the U.S. and Europe.
Tracks:
Hip Pockets / Ivory Tattoo / Space Lady / Almustafa The Beloved / Do What Cha Wanna / Frankenstein Goes To The Disco / Sweet Wine / Juicy
"Live" on Tour in Europe
The Billy Cobham - George Duke Band - Featuring: John Scofield, Alfonso Johnson
1976 Atlantic Records
In 1976, Billy Cobham (previously drummer for Miles Davis, Mahavishnu Orchestra and others) and George Duke (previously keyboard player for Cannonball Adderly, Frank Zappa and others) joined forces with bassist Alfonso Johnson (ex of Weather Report) and Cobham’s new discovery, guitarist John Scofield (who went on to play with Miles Davis) for a tour of the U.S. and Europe.
Tracks:
Hip Pockets / Ivory Tattoo / Space Lady / Almustafa The Beloved / Do What Cha Wanna / Frankenstein Goes To The Disco / Sweet Wine / Juicy
Dennie
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Gaelic Storm -- CD :handgestures-thumbup: :handgestures-thumbup:
Gaelic Storm
1998 Higher Octave Records
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Remember the music that was playing during the steerage party in Titanic? That was Gaelic Storm, who on their self-titled debut present an engaging mix of traditional music, dance music, and songs, all performed with energy and enthusiasm. The album opens with "Hills of Connemara," a fast-paced tune with a long instrumental section before the vocals begin, thus giving you a taste of the considerable musical talent present in this group. "Bonnie Ship the Diamond/Tamlinn" is a fast, almost breathless piece with plenty of dramatic phrasing, while "The Farmer's Frolic" has a swinging shuffle feel. Particularly engaging are the strongly rhythmic "Rocky Road to Dublin/Kid on the Mountain" and the energetic closer "The Road to Liskeard," but it's all strong material that reminds one at times of early Chieftains recordings. --Genevieve Williams
1. Hills Of Connemara
2. Bonnie Ship The Diamond/Tamlinn
3. The Farmer's Frolic
4. Johnny Jump Up/Morrison's Jig
5. The Storm
6. Tell Me Ma
7. Rock Road To Dublin/Kid On The Mountain
8. Sight Of Land
9. The Leaving Of Liverpool
10. Sammy's Fancy
11. McCloud's Reel/Whup Jamboree
12. The Road To Liskeard
Dennie
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Time Loves A Hero -- CD :handgestures-thumbup:
Little Feat
1977/1990 Warner Bros. Records
A great sample of LF, with one gem, September 9, 2001
By
Erica "Erica" (Washington State) - See all my reviews
Maybe I'm crazy, but for me what what stood out on this recording (way back when I was all of 15) was not the fun, light tunes but the magnificent and underrated "Day at the Dog Races". It's what kept this recording in my collection long after I would have consigned it to the yard-sale pile. It's an experiment, true, in the jazz fusion that was insinuating itself into a lot of bands at the time ("look, see? We're serious musicians!") but it stands head and shoulders above other efforts (including those on the rest of this CD) because of it's incredible energy and wicked force. It winds around in so hummable a way, with a frenetic latin beat, and has at least two musical swells of incredible power. Twenty years later, it's still the highlight of this album, and still just as good today.
1. "Hi Roller" (Paul Barrère) – 3:35
2. "Time Loves a Hero" (Barrère, Kenny Gradney, Bill Payne) – 3:47
3. "Rocket in My Pocket" (Lowell George) – 3:25
4. "Day at the Dog Races" (Barrère, Sam Clayton, Gradney, Richie Hayward, Payne) – 6:27
5. "Old Folks Boogie" (Barrère) – 3:31
6. "Red Streamliner" (Payne, Fran Tate) – 4:44
7. "New Delhi Freight Train" (Terry Allen) – 3:42
8. "Keepin' up With the Joneses" (Barrère, George) – 3:51
9. "Missin' You" (Barrère) – 2:21
Dennie
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Fruitcakes -- CD :handgestures-thumbup:
Jimmy Buffett
1994 MCA Nashville
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Fruitcakes is Jimmy Buffett's best recording in some time, for he has a better handle on the Caribbean flavors in his Gulf Coast beach-bum music than ever before. The Grateful Dead's "Uncle John's Band," for example, is completely recast as an easygoing calypso tune, thanks to Robert Greenidge's steel drums and Angel Quinones' congas. Even more radical is the tranformation of "Sunny Afternoon," the Kinks' satire of upper-class luxury which Buffett restates as a celebration of his own lifestyle. On the other hand, Buffett can be pretty insufferable when he waxes sentimental about his beach house, his childhood library and his daughter on the ballads "Lone Palm," "Love in the Library" and "Delaney Talks to Statues." --Geoffrey Himes
1. "Everybody's Got a Cousin in Miami" (Jimmy Buffett, Michael Tschudin) – 7:19
2. "Fruitcakes" (Jimmy Buffett, Amy Lee) – 7:40
3. "Lone Palm" (Jimmy Buffett) – 4:28
4. "Six String Music" (Jimmy Buffett, G.E. Smith) – 3:25
5. "Uncle John's Band" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 4:30
6. "Love in the Library" (Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally) – 4:40
7. "Quietly Making Noise" (Jimmy Buffett, Michael Tschudin) – 5:51
8. "Frenchman for the Night" (Jimmy Buffett, Roger Guth) – 4:30
9. "Sunny Afternoon" (Ray Davies) – 4:12
10. "Vampires, Mummies and the Holy Ghost" (Jimmy Buffett, Roger Guth, Peter Mayer, Jim Mayer) – 4:53
11. "She's Got You" (Hank Cochran) – 2:46
12. "Delaney Talks to Statues" (Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally, Amy Lee) – 3:41
13. "Apocalypso" (Matt Betton) – 3:56