Dick Wagner - Full Meltdown (Repost)

Dick Wagner - Full Meltdown - 2009

Full Meltdown features 15 lost and newly discovered songs recorded by Wagner between 1979 and 1995 - a journey of pure Rock and Roll songs and dazzling guitar virtuosity. Wagner’s songs detail the essence of life; his guitar work continues to inspire guitarists world wide, and his productions recall the era of great songs with great melodies and universally accessible lyrics.

01. Still Hungry
Recorded at Trax Studio, Los Angeles, CA, 1991
Dick Wagner - Vocals, Guitars
Jack White - Drums
Matt Bissonnette - Bass
Fred Mandel - B3, Keyboards

02. Blue Collar Babies
Recorded at Long View Farm, North Brookfield, MA, 1979
Dick Wagner - Vocal, Lead Guitar
Greg Schroeder - Drums
Jay Henshall - Bass
Norman Jolly - Piano
Mark Williamson - Keyboards
Chuck McKenna, Jeff Morley -  Rhythm Guitar

03. Insatiable Girl
Recorded at Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, CA, 1991
Dick Wagner - Guitars, Vocals
Jack White - Drums
Ian Gardiner - Bass
Fred Mandel - Keyboards

04. I’d Take the Bullet
Recorded at Soundside, Lawrence, MA, 1991
Dick Wagner - Vocal, Guitars
John Sands - Drums
Dave Branch - Keyboards
Brad Hallen - Bass

05. Another Twist of the Knife
Recorded at Music Grinder, Los Angeles, CA, 1991
Dick Wagner - Guitars, Vocal
Gregg Bissonette - Drums
Matt Bissonette - Bass
Fred Mandel - Keyboards

06. Stagger Lee
Recorded at Long View Farm, 1979
Dick Wagner - Vocal,  Lead Guitar, Bass
Greg Schroeder - Drums
Norman Jolly - Piano
Mark Williamson - Keyboards
Jeff Morley, Chuck McKenna - Rhythm Guitar

07. Ecstasy
Recorded at Music Grinder, Los Angeles, CA, 1991
Dick Wagner - Guitars, Vocal
Gregg Bissonette - Drums
Matt Bissonette - Bass
Fred Mandel - Keyboards

08. She Said
Recorded at Platinum Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 1988
Dick Wagner - Vocals and All Instruments

09. These Days
Recorded at Long View Farm, 1979
Dick Wagner - Vocal and Piano

10. Modern Times
Recorded at Long View Farm, North Brookfield, MA, 1979
Dick Wagner - Vocal, Lead Guitar
Greg Schroeder - Drums
Jay Henshall - Bass
Norman Jolly - Piano
Mark Williamson - Keyboards
Chuck McKenna, Jeff Morley -  Rhythm Guitar

11. I Might As Well Be on Mars
Recorded Fenton Woods Studio, Fenton, MI and Disc, Ltd., Eastpointe, MI, 1995
Dick Wagner - Vocals and All Instruments

12. Steal the Thunder
Recorded at Music Grinder, 1991
Dick Wagner - Vocal, Guitars
Gregg Bissonette - Drums
Matt Bissonette - Bass
Fred Mandel - Keyboards

13. Darkest Hour
Recorded at Fenton Woods Studio, 1995
Dick Wagner - Vocals and All Instruments

14. Motor City Showdown
Recorded at Long View Farm, North Brookfield, MA, 1979
Dick Wagner - Vocal, Lead Guitar
Greg Schroeder - Drums
Jay Henshall - Bass
Norman Jolly - Piano
Mark Williamson - Keyboards
Chuck McKenna, Jeff Morley -  Rhythm Guitar

15. Feel It All Over
Recorded at Long View Farm, North Brookfield, MA, 1979
Dick Wagner - Vocal, Lead Guitar
Greg Schroeder - Drums
Jay Henshall - Bass
Norman Jolly - Piano
Mark Williamson - Keyboards
Chuck McKenna, Jeff Morley -  Rhythm Guitar

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Bernard Fowler - The Bura (Re-Post)

Bernard Fowler - The Bura - 2015

The Bura is the second solo project from singer, songwriter, producer, and percussionist Bernard Fowler. Fowler s dynamic vocals have appeared on hundreds of albums for bands as diverse as The Rolling Stones, Herbie Hancock, John Mayer, Rod Stewart, Duran Duran, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Michael Hutchence, Michael Buble, Philip Glass, Yoko Ono, Alice Cooper and many more.

01. Shake It (B. Fowler, R. Davis)
Bernard Fowler - Vocals,  Background Vocals
Skip McDonald - Guitar
Brent Woods - Guitar, Background Vocals
Robert Davis - Guitar, Background Vocals
Phil X - Guitar
Sean Davis - Bass
Dave Goodstein - Drums
Lenny Castro - Percussion

02. See You Again (B. Fowler, R. Davis, Cox)
Bernard Fowler - Vocals
Robert Davis - Guitar
Waddy Wachtel - Guitar
Emilio Terranova - Bass
Will Calhoun - Drums
Lenny Castro - Percussion
Jeff Bova - Keyboards
L. Shankar - Violin, Vocals
Waddy Wachtel - Guitar

03. The Letter (W. C. Thompson)
Bernard Fowler - Vocals,  Background Vocals
Robert Davis - Guitar
Waddy Wachtel - Guitar
Brent Woods - Guitar
Doug Wimbish - Bass
Alvino Bennett - Drums
Ikey Owens - Keyboards
Maxwell Drummey - Keyboards
Lisa Fischer - Background Vocals

04. My Friend Sin (B. Fowler, R. Davis)
Bernard Fowler - Vocals,  Background Vocals, Percussion, Jaw Harp
Slash - Guitar
Robert Davis - Guitar
Sugar Blue - Harmonica
Lisa Fischer - Background Vocals

05. Second Place (B. Fowler, R. Davis)
Bernard Fowler - Vocals, Background Vocals
Robert Davis - Guitar
Brent Woods - Guitar
Sigve "Siggy" Sjursen - Bass
Alvino Bennett - Drums
Khris Kellow - Keyboards
Jeff Bova - Keyboards
Lisa Fischer - Background Vocals

06. Driving Home To You (B. Fowler, R. Davis)
Bernard Fowler - Vocals, Background Vocals,
Albert Lee - Guitar
Robert Davis - Guitar, Drums
Foday Musa Suso - Kora

07. Can't You Hear Me Knocking (M. Jagger, K. Richards)
Bernard Fowler - Vocals, Background Vocals
Chuck D - Rap Vocals
Skip McDonald - Guitar
Robert Davis - Guitar
Keith LeBlanc - Drums
Doug Wimbish - Bass

08. Dragon Attack (Queen)
Bernard Fowler - Vocals, Background Vocals
Slash - Guitar
Phil X - Guitar
Robert Davis - Guitar
Sean Davis - Bass
Dave Goodstein - Drums
Lenny Castro - Percussion
Roberta Freeman - Background Vocals
Leah Grant - Background Vocals
Jordice Unger - Background Vocals

09. Helter Skelter (J. Lennon, P. McCartney)
Bernard Fowler - Vocals, Background Vocals
Robert Davis - Guitar
Phil X - Guitar
Sean Davis - Bass
Dave Goodstein - Drums
Brent Woods - Background Vocals

10. Will You Miss Me (B. Fowler, R. Davis)
Bernard Fowler - Vocals, Background Vocals
Robert Davis - Guitar
Waddy Wachtel - Guitar
Darryl Jones - Bass
Philip "Fish" Fisher - Drums
Lisa Fischer - Background Vocals, Background Vocal Arrangement
Lucas Nelson - Vocals

11. The Letter [acapella & dub] (W. C. Thompson)
Bernard Fowler - Vocals, Background Vocals



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Spirit - The Last Euro Tour (Repost)

Spirit - The Last Euro Tour - 2010

With the 2010 release of The Last Euro Tour, the ongoing series of posthumous releases by Spirit continues under the aegis of Floating World Records' Retroworld imprint, having moved from the Acadia label. But Spirit archivist Mick Skidmore is still in charge of preparing vintage tapes of the band for release, and the album chronicles what turned out to be the final European outing by the trio of singer/guitarist Randy California, drummer Ed Cassidy, and bassist/singer Mike Nile in November 1991. They played eight shows in England, Germany, and Austria, and came home with DAT soundboard tapes from which Skidmore has assembled an idealized, lengthy performance containing versions of all but one of the songs performed on the tour. (He deemed neither of the two takes of "Love Tonight" releasable.) Spirit was promoting its then-recently released Tent of Miracles album, and they played half-a-dozen tracks from it, including several written by Nile, who also took lead vocals on them, making him much more than a hired bassist accompanying principals California and Cassidy. Wisely, however, the group also presented an extensive "hits" repertoire, drawing ten songs from the four albums made by the original Spirit lineup, 1968-1970, including such favorites as "Nature's Way" and "I Got a Line on You." The rest consisted largely of blues covers by the likes of Mance Lipscomb and Jimmy Reed, plus the Jimi Hendrix arrangements of songs like "All Along the Watchtower" and "Hey Joe," reminding listeners of California's connection to Hendrix, with whom he played as a teenager. This is not the fully loaded Spirit of the early days, but it is a tight power trio led by California's psychedelic and bluesy guitar leads and Cassidy's powerful drumming, which means it is the version of Spirit that actually maintained the band's name for more than a quarter-century after the breakup of the original lineup, pleasing a lot of fans along the way, many of them in Europe.

 
CD 1
01. Love From Here
02. Uncle Jack
03. Fresh Garbage
04. Tent of Miracles
05. Nature's Way
06. Like a Rolling Stone
07. Ship of Fools
08. Animal Zoo
09. Darlin' If
10. Miss This Train
11. Hey Joe
12. Zandu
13. Deep In This Land
14. Kokomo

CD 2
01. Downer
02. Stone Lover
03. Mr. Skin
04. Turn to the Right
05. Dark Eyed Woman
06. Old Black Magic
07. Going Up, Going Down
08. All the Same/I Got a Line On You
09. Prelude: Nothing to Hide
10. All Along the Watchtower
11. Wild Things


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Vince Martell - Endless High (Repost)

Vince Martell - Endless High - 1995

from Wikipedia

Martell was born in the Bronx to parents who played the guitar and encouraged him to play as well. While in his teens, Martell joined the Navy, where he discovered his skills as a guitarist.

In 1963, Martell moved with his family to Florida and soon joined a band called Ricky T & The Satans Three that played in Miami blues clubs and shrimp bars in Key West. In 1966, he formed the band The Pidgeons with organist Mark Stein, bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Joe Brennan. After Brennan was replaced by Carmine Appice and a record deal forced the band to change its name, the band became Vanilla Fudge.

After the breakup of Vanilla Fudge in 1970, Martell continued to perform until Vanilla Fudge reunited for another album in 1984 called Mystery. In 2000, he released his first solo CD, Endless High, followed in 2001 by a self-titled CD, Vince Martell. In 2002, he recorded a third solo CD as a tribute to Jimi Hendrix, whom Martell had befriended when Vanilla Fudge and Hendrix toured together.

In 2005, Vanilla Fudge reformed with all the original members including Martell, Mark Stein, Tim Bogert and Carmine Appice, for a tour with The Doors and Steppenwolf. In July, 2006, Vanilla Fudge recorded a tribute to Led Zeppelin, working title Out Through the In Door, scheduled for release in early 2007. Martell continues to tour with Vanilla Fudge, and his own band, the Vince Martell Band with Peg Pearl (keyboards/vocals), Pete Bremy (Bass/vocals), and Russ T. Blades (drums).

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01. Cause I Love You
02. The Old Man In The Sky
03. Just a Little
04. All In Love Is Fair
05. Ladder of Life
06. Baby, I'm Blue
07. In The Court of The Crimson King
08. Yolanda
09. Thoughts

Vince Martell - Guitars, Vocals, Background Vocals
Chuck Alder - Bass
Tony Pinisi - Organ
Neil Capolongo - Drums
Peg Pearl - Background Vocals

Additional:
Tim Bogert
Ian McDonald
Chuck Alder, John Vinci and Richie Cerniglia (of Illusion)
John Garner (of Sir Lord Baltimore)
Phil Weiss and Scott Treibitz (of Star People)

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Gordon Haskell - Hambledon Hill

Gordon Haskell - Hambledon Hill - 1990

Gordon Haskell is an English musician and songwriter. A pop, rock and blues vocalist, guitarist, and bassist, he was a school friend of King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp, the two first working together in Fripp's mid-1960s teenage group The League of Gentlemen (not to be confused with Fripp's later new wave beat band). Haskell first gained recognition as bass player for the British band Les Fleur de Lys, and subsequently spent a short period in King Crimson, singing one of the songs on their second album and both singing and playing bass on their third album. After departing from King Crimson, he continued his musical career as a solo musician, finally gaining international recognition in 2001 with his hit song How Wonderful You Are.

01. Hambledon Hill
02. Walkin' In A Wilderness
03. Almost Certainly
04. The Right Time
05. The Other Side
06. Mumbo Jumbo
07. Pelican Pie
08. Mystical Allusion
09. What Do Broken Hearted People Do
10. Breathing In
11. Soul Mates

Gordon Haskell - Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboars
Alan Bariffi - Electric Guitar (on 4 & 6)
Steve Cowen - Electric Guitar (on 2 & 5)
Tommy Banister - Pedal Steel Guitar
Tony Arnold - Slide Guitar
Paul Beavis - Drums, Percussion
Steve Darrel-Smith - Keyboards
Chris Winter - Keyboards, Brass, Woodwind, Mandolin
Mickey Fudge - Backing Vocals

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Selwyn Birchwood - Living In a Burning House

Selwyn Birchwood - Living In a Burning House - 2021

FROM Bluesrockreview

Singer/guitarist Selwyn Birchwood has an old-fashioned, raspy blues voice. One that makes him sound like he might be in his late 70s, existing on a diet of cigarettes, bourbon, and disappointment. He’s actually much younger and healthier-looking (at 6’3″, he resembles a college point guard), but on Living in a Burning House, he uses the sheer bluesiness of his voice to craft songs that may wander from the genre, but always return to the blues.

One of the fun things about the album is the push and pull into and out of the blues. On the one hand, you have Birchwood’s bluesy voice, and also his guitar and lap steel playing, which veer from the traditional to Jimi Hendrix, always tethered to a blues rock sound. But then you have his band, which features saxophone courtesy of Regi Oliver. The versatile Oliver delivers different sax styles, providing sonic depth, giving tunes an uptown blues feel, and even laying down some leads, sometimes like Junior Walker, and sometimes with a poppier and/or jazzier flavor. Birchwood and his band have a lot going on, but every track is thoughtfully constructed.

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01. I'd Climb Mountains

02. I Got Drunk, Laid And Stoned

03. Living In ABurning House

04. You Can't Steal My Shine

05. Revelation

06. Through A Microphone

07. Searching For My Tribe

08. She's A Dime

09. One More Time

10. Mama Knows Best

11. Frekas Come Out At Night

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The 5th Dimension - The Complete Soul City/Bell Singles 1966-1975

The 5th Dimension - The Complete Soul City/Bell Singles 1966-1975 - 2016

The 5th Dimension is an American popular music vocal group, whose repertoire includes pop, R&B, soul, jazz, light opera and Broadway – a melange referred to as "champagne soul".

Formed as the Versatiles in late 1965, the group changed its name to "the 5th Dimension" by 1966. Between 1967 and 1973 they charted with 19 Top 40 hits on Billboard's Hot 100, two of which – "Up – Up and Away" (No. 7, 1967) and the 1969 number one "Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)" — won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year. Other big hits include "Stoned Soul Picnic" (No. 3), "Wedding Bell Blues" (No. 1), "One Less Bell to Answer" (No. 2), a cover of "Never My Love" (pop No. 12/Easy Listening No. 1), "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All" (No. 8) and "If I Could Reach You" (pop No. 10/Easy Listening No. 1). Three of their records reached the Top Ten of Billboard's Rhythm & Blues/Soul chart. Five of their 19 Top 20 hits on the Easy Listening chart reached number one.

The five original members were Billy Davis Jr., Florence La Rue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamonte McLemore, and Ronald Townson. They have recorded for several labels over their careers. Their first work appeared on the Soul City label, which was started by Imperial Records/United Artists Records recording artist Johnny Rivers. The group later recorded for Bell/Arista Records, ABC Records, and Motown Records.

Some of the songwriters popularized by the 5th Dimension went on to careers of their own, especially Ashford & Simpson, who wrote "California Soul". The group is also notable for having more success with the songs of Laura Nyro than Nyro did herself, particularly with "Stoned Soul Picnic", "Sweet Blindness", "Wedding Bell Blues", "Blowin' Away" and "Save the Country". The group also recorded songs by well-known songwriters such as "One Less Bell to Answer", written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, and the songs and music of Jimmy Webb, who wrote their hit "Up – Up and Away". The group's 1967 LP The Magic Garden features all but one song composed by Webb.

The Complete Soul City/Bell Singles 1966-1975

The 5th Dimension is an American popular music vocal group, whose repertoire includes pop, R&B, soul, jazz, light opera and Broadway – a melange referred to as "champagne soul".

Formed as the Versatiles in late 1965, the group changed its name to "the 5th Dimension" by 1966. Between 1967 and 1973 they charted with 19 Top 40 hits on Billboard's Hot 100, two of which – "Up – Up and Away" (No. 7, 1967) and the 1969 number one "Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)" — won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year. Other big hits include "Stoned Soul Picnic" (No. 3), "Wedding Bell Blues" (No. 1), "One Less Bell to Answer" (No. 2), a cover of "Never My Love" (pop No. 12/Easy Listening No. 1), "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All" (No. 8) and "If I Could Reach You" (pop No. 10/Easy Listening No. 1). Three of their records reached the Top Ten of Billboard's Rhythm & Blues/Soul chart. Five of their 19 Top 20 hits on the Easy Listening chart reached number one.

The five original members were Billy Davis Jr., Florence La Rue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamonte McLemore, and Ronald Townson. They have recorded for several labels over their careers. Their first work appeared on the Soul City label, which was started by Imperial Records/United Artists Records recording artist Johnny Rivers. The group later recorded for Bell/Arista Records, ABC Records, and Motown Records.

Some of the songwriters popularized by the 5th Dimension went on to careers of their own, especially Ashford & Simpson, who wrote "California Soul". The group is also notable for having more success with the songs of Laura Nyro than Nyro did herself, particularly with "Stoned Soul Picnic", "Sweet Blindness", "Wedding Bell Blues", "Blowin' Away" and "Save the Country". The group also recorded songs by well-known songwriters such as "One Less Bell to Answer", written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, and the songs and music of Jimmy Webb, who wrote their hit "Up – Up and Away". The group's 1967 LP The Magic Garden features all but one song composed by Webb.

CD 1

01. The Versatiles – You're Good Enough For Me

02. The Versatiles – Bye Bye Baby

03. The Versatiles – I'll Be Lovin' You Forever

04. The Versatiles – Train Keep Me Movin'

05. Go Where You Wanna Go

06. Too Poor To Die

07. Another Day, Another Heartache

08. Rosecrans Blvd.

09. Up-Up & Away

10. Which Way To Nowhere

11. Paper Cup

12. Poor Side Of Town

13. Carpet Man

14. The Magic Garden

15. Stoned Soul Picnic

16. The Sailboat Song

17. Sweet Blindness

18. Bobbie's Blues (Who Do You Think Of?)

19. California Soul

20. It'll Never Be The Same Again

CD 2

01. Medley: Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)

02. Don'tcha Hear Me Callin' To Ya

03. Workin' On A Groovy Thing

04. Broken Wing Bird

05. Wedding Bell Blues

06. Lovin' Stew

07. Blowing Away

08. Skinny Man

09. The Declaration

10. Medley: A Change Is Gonna Come/People Gotta Be Free

11. The Girls' Song

12. Puppet Man

13. A Love Like Ours

14. Save The Country

15. Dimension 5ive

16. On The Beach (In The Summertime)

17. This Is Your Life

18. One Less Bell To Answer

19. Feelin' Alright?

20. Love's Lines, Angles & Rhymes

21. The Singer

CD 3

01. Light Sings

02. Viva Tirado

03. Never My Love

04. Together Let's Find Love

05. I Just Wanna Be Your Friend

06. (Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All

07. The River Witch

08. If I Could Reach You

09. Tomorrow Belongs To The Children

10. Living Together, Growing Together

11. What Do I Need To Be Me

12. Everything's Been Changed

13. There Never Was A Day

14. Ashes To Ashes

15. Flashback

16. Diggin' For A Livin'

17. Harlem

18. My Song

19. No Love In The Room

20. I Don't Know How To Look For Love

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Navel (Wim Oudijk) - SOB and Other Stories

Navel - SOB and Other Stories - 1980

Wim Oudijk, a musician, producer, arranger and songwriter from The Hague, Netherlands. In 1976 he started the Navel Orange Choir which performed until 1980 with a string of TV appearances and a record deal with Polydor. Oudijk's first solo release was the famous ‘Beachcombing’ CD of 1998 and this was followed in 1999 with equally well received ‘Underbrush’. Oudijk now settled in to a remarkably prolific and relentlessly creative musical output, racking up the albums ‘Xing The Equ8or’ followed by ‘Strrung’ in 2002, ‘Paroles’ in 2003, ‘VistaVision’ (2004), Waitress in a Sushi-Bar (2005), ‘Hero Swan & Doll’ (2006). The infamous classic: ‘The Leprechaun’ emerged in 2007.In 2008 Wim created the startlingly imaginative ‘The *Love*’ album within which was included the highly acclaimed musical epic ‘Wonders’. In the past, he had done production work, arranging and mastering for Drs P, Chabliz, Hilda Wartena, Atilla the Stockbroker, Jacuzi, Tracey Roberts, Will Matla and Venus Flytrap. During his sabbatical he wrote and produced 2 W. I. M. albums and did arranging and producing work with Nicky Johns,Tenlons Fort, Snippet, The Big I Am, Pete McCabe, Peter Burns, Jude Cowan, Todd Dillingham etc etc.

01. Daybreak Headache Aspirin

02. Miss Jekyll

03. Natural Man

04. Your Hands

05. Luck Is Down

06. Sucker For A Sob Story

07. Quick Quick Slow

08. Tee Vee Me

09. (I Don´t Like) Reggae

10. Razorblade Romance

11. All´s Well That Ends Well

Wim Oudijik - Keyboards, Vocals

Bea Willemstein - Vocals

Joris Kila - Guitar, Vocals

Guus Van Leeuwen - Vocals, Bass

Louis Debij - Drums, Percussion

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