Mike Gibbins - In The Meantime (Re-Post)

Mike Gibbins - In The Meantime - 2003

Michael George Gibbins (12 March 1949 – 4 October 2005) was born in Swansea, Wales. He began playing drum when he was fourteen. He played in local Swansea bands The Planet, The Club Four, and The Misfits before joining The Iveys in 1965 at the age of 16. A year later, The Iveys had moved to London and were touring the U.K. with David Garrick. Garrick had just had a hit with his cover of the Rolling Stones’ “Lady Jane” and needed a touring band and The Iveys got the gig. Another year later and The Iveys were the first artist signed to The Beatles Apple Records. By the end of the decade, The Iveys had become Badfinger.

Mike would quit Badfinger twice due to personalty conflicts with Tommy Evans. Badfinger had to replace Mike with Rob Stawinsky from the band Sky for one U.S. tour. Mike returned to Wales and recorded some solo demos in 1972 before being coaxed back to Badfinger.

After Pete Ham’s suicide in 1974, Mike returned to Wales and the Swansea music scene. In 1976, he joined Martin Ace’s band The Flying Aces and toured the U.K. In 1977, Mike would play drums for Bonnie Tyler’s hit song and album “It’s a Heartache”. Tyler and her band, including Mike, would tour the U.K. and Europe. Other sessions would follow for acts such as Digby Richards and David Tipton until Joey Molland and Tommy Evans called and asked him if he wanted to fly out to California and take over the drum responsibilities for the reformed Badfinger. As soon as Mike arrived he was thrown into the studio. The band was already behind in studio time due to delays with the previous drummer. Mike immediately butted heads with producer David Malloy and after a couple of days he was dismissed.

In the early 1980s, Mike would relocate to Michigan. He took part in a couple of Badfinger tours with Tommy Evans, including a disastrous episode where the band was stranded in Milwaukee for two months. In 1984, he did a Badfinger tour with Joey Molland. In 1986, Mike and Joey put together a new Badfinger band. Mike would tour off and on with this Badfinger band until 1990 when he would retire from touring.

In the mid 1980s, Mike would move to Florida; longing for warmth and sunshine. Mike was fairly inactive musically in the early ’90s. By the mid ’90s, Mike had a home studio built and had became acquainted with Rick Warsing, a guitarist who used to be a member of the touring version of The Archies. Mike and Rick would record Mike’s fist solo album, A Place In Time, which was released on Forbidden Records in 1997. Mike would follow up that album with several independently released discs; More Annoying Songs in 2000, Archeology in 2002, and In The Meantime in 2003.

On October 4 2005, Mike passed away in his sleep from a brain aneurysm. He was survived by wife Ellie and their sons Adam and David and son Owen from his first wife Gaynor.

01. In The Meantime
02. Band of Hope
03. Guillotine
04. Lean On Me
05. Tonite
06. Toadstool (Drum Solo)
07. Grace Under Fire
08. Heaven Knows
09. Come And Get It
10. Beat You On The Draw



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David Garfield & Alex Ligertwood - Outside The Box

David Garfield & Alex Ligertwood - Outside The Box - 2019

David Garfield

David Garfield’s mission statement is “I make music.”  And “make music” he does, as a world-renowned keyboard artist, producer, and composer. Be it jazz, rock, funk, or world beat – he is the creative force behind the production of many internationally acclaimed recordings.

David started his career with jazz greats such as Willie Bobo, Freddie Hubbard, and Tom Scott in the 70’s. After being on the L.A. scene for several years, he moved into the vast studio world and earned a reputation for fine craftsmanship and versatility. This work led to composing opportunities for television, film, and commercials (NBC / Disney / Nippon Television /

RTL Germany).

His first international release on Creatchy Records, “Tribute to Jeff,” featured 78 musicians and artists including Don Henley, Eddie Van Halen, Michael McDonald, and Richard Marx, a virtual who’s who in the music industry.

Garfield continues to have ongoing music relationships with George Benson (he is frequently Benson’s Musical Director), Boz Scaggs, and Natalie Cole. Over the years, he has recorded with Cher, Spinal Tap, The Rippingtons, Ratt, Larry Carlton, and Smokey Robinson and has performed live with Michael Bolton, The Blue Brothers, Brenda Russell, and Rick Braun to name a few.

Alex Ligertwood

There’s something deep in the soul of Scotland that produces great blues and R&B singers. Some of wold’s top vocalists over the years, from Rod Stewart to Maggie Bell to Santana’s lead vocalist Alex Ligertwood, have come out of that musically fertile land.

One of the first to spot Ligertwood’s big soulful voice was Jeff Beck. He promptly made Ligertwood lead vocalist for the Jeff Beck band in the early seventies. Next up was a stint with another legendary British band, Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express. Alex recorded four albums with Auguer’s jazz-rock unit, delivering scorching vocals, playing rhythm guitar, as well as co-writing the albums with Brian Auger.  During the same period, Ligertwood performed and recorded with fellow Scottish soul-mates, the Average White Band. His lead vocals are featured on three Average White Band recordings.

In the late seventies, Ligertwood served as vocalist/guitarist and co-writer with Narda Michael Walden Band before joining Santana in 1979. It has proven to be an ideal match. Ligertwood brings a vocal intensity that feeds the volcanic playing of Carlos Santana. He has recorded and co-wrote eight albums for Santana.

His vocal talents have also been featured with Spyro Gyra, Ben E. King, Didier Lockwood, Carly Simon, The Dixie Dreggs, Michelle Colombier, Pat Simmons of the Dobbie Brotheres, Jeff Lorber, and many others.

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01. Winning

02. Let's Stay Together

03. Keep the Faith

04. Waiting as Fast as I Can

05. I Put a Spell on You

06. Gotta Make a Change

07. Strawberry Fields Forever

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Brian Howe - Diversity

Brian Howe - Diversity - 2006

Brian Anthony Howe (22 July 1953 – 6 May 2020) was an English rock singer and songwriter, best known for replacing Paul Rodgers as the lead vocalist of Bad Company. Howe's career was jump-started in 1983 when Ted Nugent recruited him to handle lead vocals for his Penetrator album and front its subsequent world tour.

Howe joined Bad Company in the 1980s, replacing original member Paul Rodgers on lead vocals. In October 1986, Howe and original members Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke released "Fame and Fortune." 

01. How Are You ?

02. Steppin' Out

03. Piano At The Dump

04. Longshot

05. Dancer

06. The Kill

07. Ogeedankee

08. New Math

09. The Constitution

10. Come To Me

11. Balls To The Wall

12. Sanibel

13. Jazz

14. It's Never Over

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Humble Pie - Official Bootleg Box Set - Volume 2

Humble Pie - Official Bootleg Box Set - Volume 2 - 2018

Originally emerging from the remnants of The Small Faces, Humble Pie formed in 1969 when guitarist and vocalist Steve Marriott joined forces with Peter Frampton, drummer Jerry Shirley and bassist Greg Ridley, and began their ascent to conquering the theatres and then arenas of North America, culminating in 1972’s double live Performance: Rockin’ The Filmore. Frampton left in 1971 for a highly successful solo career, replaced by Colosseum’s Clem Clempson, and it was this line-up that was captured in New York in 1971 at one of Clem’s first shows with the Pie. The extemporisations of Performance: Rockin’ The Filmore became the basis for much of Humble Pie’s live repertoire for the remainder of the ’70s, but this 1971 New York show does include their unique take of Eddie Cochran’s ‘C’mon Everybody’ and ‘I Wonder’ from the soon to be released Smokin’ LP.

Their March 1972 set from Boston also includes ‘The Fixer’ and ‘(I’m A) Road Runner’ (also from their Smokin’ opus, as well as ‘Four Day Creep’, and Ray Charles’ classics ‘Hallelujah (I Love Her So)’ and ‘I Don’t Need No Doctor’ from their Fillmore set.

Humble Pie would split in 1975 following their Street Rats record, but not before their Philadelphia show on March 15, 1975, captured on Disc 3. Disc 3 is completed by three tracks featuringBlackberries, including ‘Oh La-De-Da’ from Thunderbox.

The Pie would reform for 1980’s On To Victory comeback, this time with a line-up featuring Bobby Tench from the Jeff Beck Group on guitar and vocals and bassist Anthony “Sooty” Jones. Disc 4 from Privates Club, N.Y.C., March 25, 1981 features ‘Infatuation’ and ‘Fool For A Pretty Face’ from the latest On To Victory, plus their take on Elvis’s classic ‘All Shook Up’ and their reworking of Small Faces’ classic ‘Tin Soldier’ from their soon to be released Go For The Throat.

Recorded a month later, their show from the Country Club, Reseda, Los Angeles on May 17, 1981, completes this collection on Disc 5 with a mixture of Pie classics as well as new numbers from On To Victory and Go For The Throat.

CD 1 - Academy Of Music N.Y.C.: December 3, 1971

01. Four Day Creep
02. C' Mon Everybody
03. The Fixer
04. I Wonder
05. Sweet Peace And Time
06. Hallelujah (I Love Her So)
07. Rollin' Stone
08. I Don't Need No Doctor

CD 2 -     Boston Music Hall: March 16, 1972

01. Intro / Four Day Creep
02. C' Mon Everybody
03. The Fixer
04. Clem's Solo Intro / I Wonder
05. Hallelujah (I Love Her So)
06. Sweet Peace And Time
07. Rollin' Stone
08. I Don't Need No Doctor
09. (I'm A) Road Runner    

CD 3 - Philadelphia: March 15, 1975

01. Four Day Creep
02. Stone Cold Fever
03. C' Mon Everybody
04. I Don't Need No Doctor

CD 3 - Midnight Special, London, Biba With The Blackberries: November 30, 1973

05. Oh La-De-Da
06. I Don't Need No Doctor
07. 30 Days In The Hole

CD 4 - Privates Club, N.Y.C.: March 25, 1981

01. Intro / I Don't Need No Doctor
02. Infatuation
03. All Shook Up
04. Drum Solo
05. 30 Days In The Hole / I Walk On Gilded Splinters
06. Tin Soldier
07. Fool For A Pretty Face
08. Route 66 / Tulsa Time / Be-Bop-A-Lula

CD 5 - Country Club, Reseda, La: May 17, 1981

01. I Don't Need No Doctor
02. Infatuation
03. 30 Days In The Hole
04. Tin Soldier
05. Fool For A Pretty Face
06. Route 66
07. Be-Bop-A-Lula
08. Tulsa Time

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Arthur Brown & Vicente Crane - Faster Than The Speed of Light

Arthur Brown & Vicente Crane - Faster Than The Speed of Light - 1980

from AMG

Faster Than the Speed of Light got in just under the deadline of the new decade, a spectacle of grand progressive rock excess in a style that just wouldn't be possible in the '80s. The instrumentation on this album consists of Arthur Brown on vocals, Atomic Rooster's Vincent Crane (who had co-written Brown's signature track, "Fire," in 1968) on organ and piano, and drummer Clifford Venner, plus the entirety of the Frankfurt Symphony Orchestra. The resulting prog rock symphonics mesh somewhat uneasily with Crane's forward-looking synth rock experiments on songs like "Nothing We Can Do," but as a whole, this apocalyptic concept album makes a virtue of its own overblown pomposity. Arthur Brown always had a knack for deflating his occasionally pretentious lyrics with a refreshing modicum of dry wit, which holds him in good stead on the opening "Storm Clouds." On the centerpiece track, "Storm," Brown sings in an unexpected falsetto over a synth-dominated backing track reminiscent of some of Frank Zappa's mid-'70s work. Of course, all the various elements come together on the climactic title track, featuring some of Brown's most enjoyably overwrought vocals, a keyboard solo that Keith Emerson himself might find excessive, and some of the biggest orchestral swells to be found in the entire symphonic rock genre. It's all a bit over the top, naturally, but somehow it doesn't seem pretentious or annoying.

01. Storm Clouds
02. Nothing We Can Do
03. No
04. Bright Getaway
05. Timeship
06. Come and Join the Fun
07. Stormwind
08. Storm
09. This Is It
10. Tightrope
11. Balance
12. Faster Than the Speed of Light




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The Good Rats - Making Rock and Roll Great Again (Re-Post)

The Good Rats - Making Rock and Roll Great Again - 2016

On July 10th, 2013, the rock & roll world lost one of its great unsung heroes--the founder, leader and frontman of THE GOOD RATS, the group Rolling Stone Magazine called "the world's greatest unknown band." Peppi Marchello may not have received the international notoriety that fans, critics and fellow musicians believed he'd achieve, but his legion of dedicated fans regard him as one of the finest vocalists, performers, and songwriters of his generation.

On April 5, 2014, Stefan and Gene Marchello stepped into the shoes of their father for one last emotional performance with "the boys". The "last reunion", which took place at the legendary BB Kings Blues Club in New York City, was one of the bands most memorable performances. Every fan, friend and family member was there to celebrate the life of Peppi and his music through the voices of his sons. You could feel his smile shining down as the band put their heart, soul and tears into his songs one last time.

The band now continues with Stefan Marchello. Stefan Played with Peppi for 23 years. 11 and a half years on drums and 11 and a half on bass.

01. Suicide Ride
02. Take the Lovin and Run
03. See Me Through This (Down)
04. I Remember Loving You
05. G-Spot Robot
06. Sally Anne
07. In My Room
08. Thank You Babe
09. Every Man Wants to Be Rich
10. Uncle Henry's Wife
11. Love on the Beach (2016)
12. City Liners (Demo)
13. Major Minor Chords (Demo)

Stefan Marchello - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Dan Smiraglia - Keyboards
Mike White - Bass
Joey DiBiase - Drums






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John James - Descriptive Guitar Instumentals

John James - Descriptive Guitar Instumentals - 1976

John James (born 1947, Lampeter, Wales) is a Welsh virtuoso fingerstyle guitarist and songwriter. He is best known for his original instrumental compositions for the guitar as well as interpretations of blues, folk, ragtime, jazz and classical tunes.

James learned the rudiments of music at the piano, switching to the guitar at the age of 12. Initially he learnt his craft playing in local Pop and R&B bands but later focused on solo acoustic guitar work. He first made a name for himself in the folk clubs of the UK around 1968, playing arrangements of old blues, jazz and ragtime tunes (by composers such as Scott Joplin, and Reverend Gary Davis); Critics dubbed him the "Welsh Ragtime Wizard".

A leading Figure of the Acoustic Music Scene of the 1970s....a period known affectionately as 'The Transatlantic Years' after the record label of the same name. His contemporaries within the label included Pentangle, Gerry Rafferty, Ralph McTell, Gordon Giltrap, Paul Brady and Steve Tilston. He recorded several albums for Transatlantic in the early 70s including a groundbreaking album of duets with fellow guitarist Pete Berryman called Sky in My Pie. He also became the first guitarist in the UK to arrange and record the music of Scott Joplin. In the mid 1970s he was signed up by Kicking Mule records and in 1976 released an album of original fingerpicking guitar solos and duets called Descriptive Guitar Instrumentals. This also featured fellow guitarists John Renbourn and Duck Baker. According to Stefan Grossman, James's compositions were written out in musical form without the aid of the guitar - this enabled him to develop original ideas without being limited by his existing guitar technique.

With a Career spanning over four decades, James has recorded over 15 albums and toured extensively, playing with artists as diverse as Jools Holland, Ralph McTell, John Renbourn, John Martyn (Who was the best man at his wedding!) Led Zeppelin (he played support at their debut gig at London's Round House in the 60s!), Happy Traum, Eddie Walker and Dick Heckstall-Smith famed for playing in Jazz-Rock Band Colosseum, John Mayall and Jack Bruce, as a footnote, he was also a guest artist on the last ever Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry UK Tour of 1976. He has performed at many prestigious venues including the Royal Albert Hall (London), the Paris Olympia, Edinburgh and Cambridge Folk Festivals etc.

01. Trio
02. New Nothynge
03. Rumble
04. First Meeting
05. Hanna's Skipping Song
06. From The Bridge
07. Of Days Gone By
08. Guitar Jump
09. Feet On The Ground
10. Bumpass Stomp
11. Gazing High
12. You And I Across The Water
13. When I Was Young And Easy


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Jimmie Spheeris - Spheeris

Jimmie Spheeris - Spheeris - 1984

The poetic singer/songwriter Jimmie Spheeris was born November 5, 1949. His debut LP, Isle of View, was issued on Columbia in 1971 and made him the subject of a rabid cult following, a fan base boosted with the 1973 release of The Original Tap-Dancing Kid. In tandem with producer Henry Lewy, Spheeris resurfaced in 1975 with The Dragon Is Dancing, but after The Ports of the Heart appeared a year later, he found himself without a recording contract, and excepting a 1980 single, "Hold Tight," he released no new music for close to a decade. Finally, in 1984, Spheeris returned to the studio to begin work on his comeback LP; tragically, he was killed by a drunk driver on the morning of July 4, 1984, just hours after the record's completion. The album, simply titled Spheeris, was privately issued later that same year

01. Adam
02. Jungle Sweep
03. Tuesday Afternoon
04. Eyes
05. You Will Be Coming Back
06. You Got
07. You Must Be Laughing Somewhere
08. Decatur Street
09. Three In Venice
10. Hear It

Jimmie Spheeris - Guitar, Vocals, Piano
Doug Lunn - Bass
Rick Parnell - Drums
Richard Burmer - Sampler
Paul Delph - Synthesizer, Vocals
Charlotte Crossley, Peter Udo, Vida Vierra, Fred Rehfield, Terry Powers, Lavell Gibson, Michael Stewart, Arnold McUlla - Backing Vocals



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