sexta-feira, 31 de dezembro de 2021

Pink Floyd - Amsterdamse Bos Free Concert 26 June 1971


















Pink Floyd - Amsterdamse Bos Free Concert 26 June 1971 - 2021

Legendary rock band Pink Floyd has quietly released a treasure trove of 12 live albums on streaming services. The band hasn’t publicly commented on the recordings, all of which document its early ‘70s golden age period.

On Dec. 10, a commenter on a Pink Floyd fan site first posted about the recordings being dropped. All of the albums boast a copyright of Pink Floyd Music Ltd. It’s possible the British band is taking a similar strategy from artists like the Beach Boys, Beatles, and Bob Dylan - all of whom have issued collections as a form of copyright protection, adhering to a 2011 change in European law.

A rep for Sony told Rolling Stone back in 2013, “The copyright law in Europe was recently extended from 50 to 70 years for everything recorded in 1963 and beyond. With everything before that, there's a new 'Use It or Lose It' provision. It basically said, 'If you haven't used the recordings in the first 50 years, you aren't going to get any more.’”

To give an example of the provision: in 2012, Bob Dylan released a collection of limited-edition outtakes from 1962. If he had waited to release the collection, his recordings would have become public domain. Therefore, Dylan's label pressed roughly 100 copies and distributed them to stores in France, Germany, Sweden, and the U.K.

Pink Floyd likely released the EP 1965: Their First Recordings in 2015 because of the "Use It or Lose It" provision as well. The recordings later resurfaced in the band’s Early Years box set.

All of the concerts from Pink Floyd's new live albums occurred between 1970 and 1972. During that period, the band released: Atom Heart Mother (1970), Meddle (1971), and Obscured by Clouds (1972). Since the band began playing songs from Dark Side of the Moon prior to its release, one recording - a March 1972 Tokyo gig - features a near-complete performance of that LP in sequence.

01. Careful with That Axe, Eugene
02. Cymbaline
03. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
04. A Saucerful of Secrets
05. Embryo

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quinta-feira, 30 de dezembro de 2021

Pink Floyd - Embryo, San Diego 17 Oct 1971


















Pink Floyd - Embryo, San Diego 17 Oct 1971 - 2021

Legendary rock band Pink Floyd has quietly released a treasure trove of 12 live albums on streaming services. The band hasn’t publicly commented on the recordings, all of which document its early ‘70s golden age period.

On Dec. 10, a commenter on a Pink Floyd fan site first posted about the recordings being dropped. All of the albums boast a copyright of Pink Floyd Music Ltd. It’s possible the British band is taking a similar strategy from artists like the Beach Boys, Beatles, and Bob Dylan - all of whom have issued collections as a form of copyright protection, adhering to a 2011 change in European law.

A rep for Sony told Rolling Stone back in 2013, “The copyright law in Europe was recently extended from 50 to 70 years for everything recorded in 1963 and beyond. With everything before that, there's a new 'Use It or Lose It' provision. It basically said, 'If you haven't used the recordings in the first 50 years, you aren't going to get any more.’”

To give an example of the provision: in 2012, Bob Dylan released a collection of limited-edition outtakes from 1962. If he had waited to release the collection, his recordings would have become public domain. Therefore, Dylan's label pressed roughly 100 copies and distributed them to stores in France, Germany, Sweden, and the U.K.

Pink Floyd likely released the EP 1965: Their First Recordings in 2015 because of the "Use It or Lose It" provision as well. The recordings later resurfaced in the band’s Early Years box set.

All of the concerts from Pink Floyd's new live albums occurred between 1970 and 1972. During that period, the band released: Atom Heart Mother (1970), Meddle (1971), and Obscured by Clouds (1972). Since the band began playing songs from Dark Side of the Moon prior to its release, one recording - a March 1972 Tokyo gig - features a near-complete performance of that LP in sequence.

01. Careful with That Axe, Eugene
02. Fat Old Sun
03. Atom Heart Mother
04. Embryo
05. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
06. Cymbaline 
07. Blues Jam

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quarta-feira, 29 de dezembro de 2021

Pink Floyd - KB Hallen, Copenhagen 23 Sept 1971 (vol 1&2)


Pink Floyd - KB Hallen, Copenhagen 23 Sept 1971 - 2021 (vol 1&2)

Legendary rock band Pink Floyd has quietly released a treasure trove of 12 live albums on streaming services. The band hasn’t publicly commented on the recordings, all of which document its early ‘70s golden age period.

On Dec. 10, a commenter on a Pink Floyd fan site first posted about the recordings being dropped. All of the albums boast a copyright of Pink Floyd Music Ltd. It’s possible the British band is taking a similar strategy from artists like the Beach Boys, Beatles, and Bob Dylan - all of whom have issued collections as a form of copyright protection, adhering to a 2011 change in European law.

A rep for Sony told Rolling Stone back in 2013, “The copyright law in Europe was recently extended from 50 to 70 years for everything recorded in 1963 and beyond. With everything before that, there's a new 'Use It or Lose It' provision. It basically said, 'If you haven't used the recordings in the first 50 years, you aren't going to get any more.’”

To give an example of the provision: in 2012, Bob Dylan released a collection of limited-edition outtakes from 1962. If he had waited to release the collection, his recordings would have become public domain. Therefore, Dylan's label pressed roughly 100 copies and distributed them to stores in France, Germany, Sweden, and the U.K.

Pink Floyd likely released the EP 1965: Their First Recordings in 2015 because of the "Use It or Lose It" provision as well. The recordings later resurfaced in the band’s Early Years box set.

All of the concerts from Pink Floyd's new live albums occurred between 1970 and 1972. During that period, the band released: Atom Heart Mother (1970), Meddle (1971), and Obscured by Clouds (1972). Since the band began playing songs from Dark Side of the Moon prior to its release, one recording - a March 1972 Tokyo gig - features a near-complete performance of that LP in sequence.

VOLUME 1
01. Careful with That Axe
02. Fat Old Sun
03. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
04. Cymbaline
05. Cymbaline 2















VOLUME 2
01. Echoes
02. A Saucerful Of Secrets
03. A Saucerful Of Secrets Pt. 2
04. Pink Blues (KB Hallen, Copenhagen, Volume II, Live, 23 Sept 1

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terça-feira, 28 de dezembro de 2021

Pink Floyd - The Screaming Abdabs Quebec City, live 10 Nov 1971


















Pink Floyd - The Screaming Abdabs Quebec City, live 10 Nov 1971 - 2021

Legendary rock band Pink Floyd has quietly released a treasure trove of 12 live albums on streaming services. The band hasn’t publicly commented on the recordings, all of which document its early ‘70s golden age period.

On Dec. 10, a commenter on a Pink Floyd fan site first posted about the recordings being dropped. All of the albums boast a copyright of Pink Floyd Music Ltd. It’s possible the British band is taking a similar strategy from artists like the Beach Boys, Beatles, and Bob Dylan - all of whom have issued collections as a form of copyright protection, adhering to a 2011 change in European law.

A rep for Sony told Rolling Stone back in 2013, “The copyright law in Europe was recently extended from 50 to 70 years for everything recorded in 1963 and beyond. With everything before that, there's a new 'Use It or Lose It' provision. It basically said, 'If you haven't used the recordings in the first 50 years, you aren't going to get any more.’”

To give an example of the provision: in 2012, Bob Dylan released a collection of limited-edition outtakes from 1962. If he had waited to release the collection, his recordings would have become public domain. Therefore, Dylan's label pressed roughly 100 copies and distributed them to stores in France, Germany, Sweden, and the U.K.

Pink Floyd likely released the EP 1965: Their First Recordings in 2015 because of the "Use It or Lose It" provision as well. The recordings later resurfaced in the band’s Early Years box set.

All of the concerts from Pink Floyd's new live albums occurred between 1970 and 1972. During that period, the band released: Atom Heart Mother (1970), Meddle (1971), and Obscured by Clouds (1972). Since the band began playing songs from Dark Side of the Moon prior to its release, one recording - a March 1972 Tokyo gig - features a near-complete performance of that LP in sequence.

01. Embryo
02. Fat Old Sun
03. One of These Days
04. Echoes


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segunda-feira, 27 de dezembro de 2021

Pink Floyd - Grosser Saal, Musikhalle, Hamburg, West Germany, 25 Feb 1971


















Pink Floyd - Grosser Saal, Musikhalle, Hamburg, West Germany, 25 Feb 1971 - 2021

Legendary rock band Pink Floyd has quietly released a treasure trove of 12 live albums on streaming services. The band hasn’t publicly commented on the recordings, all of which document its early ‘70s golden age period.

On Dec. 10, a commenter on a Pink Floyd fan site first posted about the recordings being dropped. All of the albums boast a copyright of Pink Floyd Music Ltd. It’s possible the British band is taking a similar strategy from artists like the Beach Boys, Beatles, and Bob Dylan - all of whom have issued collections as a form of copyright protection, adhering to a 2011 change in European law.

A rep for Sony told Rolling Stone back in 2013, “The copyright law in Europe was recently extended from 50 to 70 years for everything recorded in 1963 and beyond. With everything before that, there's a new 'Use It or Lose It' provision. It basically said, 'If you haven't used the recordings in the first 50 years, you aren't going to get any more.’”

To give an example of the provision: in 2012, Bob Dylan released a collection of limited-edition outtakes from 1962. If he had waited to release the collection, his recordings would have become public domain. Therefore, Dylan's label pressed roughly 100 copies and distributed them to stores in France, Germany, Sweden, and the U.K.

Pink Floyd likely released the EP 1965: Their First Recordings in 2015 because of the "Use It or Lose It" provision as well. The recordings later resurfaced in the band’s Early Years box set.

All of the concerts from Pink Floyd's new live albums occurred between 1970 and 1972. During that period, the band released: Atom Heart Mother (1970), Meddle (1971), and Obscured by Clouds (1972). Since the band began playing songs from Dark Side of the Moon prior to its release, one recording - a March 1972 Tokyo gig - features a near-complete performance of that LP in sequence.

01. Green Is The Colour 
02. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 
03. Cymbaline 
04. Embryo 
05. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
06. A Saucerful Of Secrets 
07. Atom Heart Mother 
08. Introduction by Roger Waters 
09. Atom Heart Mother (Recording 2) 


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quinta-feira, 23 de dezembro de 2021

James Gang - Stoned Moses (Live Ohio)

















James Gang - Stoned Moses (Live Ohio) - 2021

From Wikipedia
James Gang was an American rock band formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1966.[2] The band went through a variety of line-up changes until they recorded their first album as a power trio consisting of Joe Walsh (guitars, lead vocals), Tom Kriss (bass) and Jim Fox (drums). Dale Peters replaced Kriss on bass for the band's second and third albums. Two of the band's songs, "Funk #49" and "Walk Away", continue to be popular on classic rock and AOR stations. In late 1971, Walsh left to pursue a solo career and would later join the Eagles. The band carried on with a number of other guitarists and lead singers to replace Walsh, but failed to produce a hit song over the course of six more studio albums, and broke up in 1977. Several incarnations have reformed for reunions since then.


01. Hollywood Dream 
02. When I Was A Sailor 
03. I Need Love 
04. Feelin’ Alright 
05. Peasant Song 
06. Tend My Garden 
07. Asshtonpark Silent Night 
08. Standing In The Rain 
09. Walk Away 
10. Funk #49 
11. Band Introductions 
12. Rock My Plimsoul 



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sábado, 18 de dezembro de 2021

Earl Slick - Fist Full of Devils


















Earl Slick - Fist Full of Devils - 2021

Earl Slick’s niche in rock history is assured after a career involving epochal work with David Bowie and playing with artists ranging from John Lennon to the New York Dolls. His first solo album for 18 years is an instrumental set that eschews starry guests and lets his fingers do the talking. 

Happily in thrall to the blues, with nods to Link Wray and Buddy Guy, it’s unapologetically retro, mainly sticking to those 12-bars like they’re the only ones in town. (Lost and Emerald see him shift briefly to acoustic introspection.)

Approach this as a Thin White Duke fan and you’ll be frustrated by its disinterest in drama and its rigid roots-hugging. That said, a sleazy, sinister undertow drives Black, while Vanishing Point extends elegantly into the distance. 

Elementary pianos jab as Slick unleashes his tricks, displaying the beautiful scars of a lifetime mastering his own Lucilles. Still ‘bending sound’.

01. Bad Brew
02. Black
03. Far Away
04. J.W.L
05. Vanishing Point
06. Lost
07. Fist Full of Devils
08. One Arm Straight Jacket
09. Emerald
10. The Lantern
11. Dr. Winston O'Boogie


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domingo, 12 de dezembro de 2021

Mountain - Live in The 70s


















Mountain - Live in The 70s  - 2021

Ah, Mountain! Too often forgotten, apart from perhaps their much-covered Mississippi Queen and Nantucket Sleighride – the track which became known to almost everyone in the UK (even if they didn’t know what it was) as the dynamic theme tune to the long-running current affairs TV show Weekend World. In actual fact, there was much more to Mountain’s output than those ‘hits’, largely due to the inspired contrasting of guitarist Leslie West, with his wounded-bear bellow of a voice, with the much more smoothly melodic vocals of bassist Felix Pappalardi. They tended to sing their own compositions in the main, and the contrast both of singing and writing styles gave them similarities to the Lennon – McCartney dynamic, and as a precurser to Hodgson and Davies in Supertramp. It was this juxtaposition of the two which made Mountain’s all too brief early ’70s peak (you knew I would make that pun, I got it out of the way early) so exciting. Reformations in the ’80s and beyond without Pappalardi (who was shot dead by his wife Gail in 1983) were still good, but lacked the magic of the golden formula. During the band’s existence they put out two live albums – the brilliant if criminally short The Road Goes Ever On in 1972 (35 minutes only) and the later double Twin Peaks, an almost quintessential release, although sadly without drummer Corky Laing and original keyboardist Steve Knight. Those albums show a tantalisingly brilliant band in the live environment, capable of lengthy Cream-esque jamming (Nantucket Sleighride on Twin Peaks runs to 32 minutes and occupies two entire sides of vinyl!), so any appearance of live recordings from the era are extremely welcome.


This particular release contains two shows over three discs, the first two from a show on New Years’s Eve 1971 (venue unspecified) with the third coming from a Capitol Theatre show in 1974. By the time of the latter recording the band were without Knight (he had been replaced by rhythm guitarist David Perry), and had recorded the final studio recording with Pappalardi, the patchy and poorly received Avalanche. It is of no surprise therefore that the real gold here lies in these first two discs, as the show captured herein is something of a lost treasure, well recorded and often sublimely performed. The first opens with five West tracks, coming out of the traps with heavy, hard rocking intent, and the renditions of Don’t Look Around (from the second album Nantucket Sleighride) and Mississippi Queen are absolutely exceptional. Pappalardi’s lengthy, and more subtle, Silver Paper (also captured on Twin Peaks memorably) brings the disc to its end, apart from a West guitar showcase to close.

The second disc contains more Pappalardi genius with a superb and unusually concise Nantucket Sleighride and a stellar version of Travelling In The Dark, while there is also a welcome appearance of the track The Animal Trainer And The Toad, penned wittily around a rather harsh nickname bestowed upon the pair by a journalist (the slim, moustachioed Pappalardi was the animal trainer, and the sizeable bulk of West made him the toad). There is also another very welcome addition not present on either of the aforementioned live albums, in the shape of Pappalardi’s beautifully textured Woodstock-inspired piece For Yasgur’s Farm, though it must be pointed out that a bizarre error in the packaging lists this track as Theme For An Imaginary Western (*) , a regular stage favourite which unusually is not present anywhere on this collection. This is something which really should be corrected, certainly if there is a second pressing, as Theme… is such a popular track that buyers could be left rather unhappy, despite the excellence of Yasgur’s Farm. Leaving that aside, however, we steam to the end with a pulverising Blood Of The Sun and a 23-minute Dreams Of Milk And Honey, which does admittedly try the patience a little, especially climaxing as it does in a six-minute drum solo, though also contains some superb ensemble improvisation. Being New Year’s Eve, a short Auld Lang Syne from West on guitar closes things. The sound is extremely good throughout the recording, making this one essential for the fan.

Disc three, from 1974, is however very much the poor relation in such illustrious company. Far from being a full recording, the only Mountain staples are Never In My Life, Mississippi Queen and an eleven minute Nantucket Sleighride, which does suffer from the lack of keyboards in the band at this point. Elsewhere we get a version of a song also covered by Iron Butterfly, Get Out Of My Life Woman, short instrumental It’s For You and a perfunctory closing run through Roll Over Beethoven and Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On. Oh, and a short West solo showcase, which features him playing Jungle Bells, in case you had ever yearned for such a thing. There are some very good parts scattered throughout these tracks, but the sound quality is not as good as the earlier show, and the extra guitar with no keyboards lends a heavier but less textured sound overall. Most bizarrely, after the aforementioned rock and roll numbers closing the show, there is an extra ten minute track from the Fillmore East in 1970 tacked on. Great, you may think. Wrong, you will soon say, on discovering that it is in fact a ten minute drum solo. Nothing else, just a ten minute unaccompanied drum solo and ‘Ladies And Gentlemen, Corky Laing’. Why on earth this was chosen when such regularly played classics as …Imaginary Western or Crossroader are absent is baffling in the extreme!

Overall this is certainly a recording which any Mountain aficionado (or even casual fan to be honest) should own. The first two discs see to that. The way I would advise looking at it is as a double live recording with a ‘bonus disc’. That certainly makes the content entirely satisfactory. Now that West and Pappalardi are both departed (along with Steve Knight also), there will be no more Mountain manifestations in the future, but while this evidence of their quality exists, you can remember them this way.

CD 1
01. Intro/ Never in My Life
02. Don't Look Around
03. Mississippi Queen
04. Baby I'm Down
05. Long Red
06. Silver Paper
07. Guitar Solo

CD 2
08. The Animal Trainer and the Toad
09. Nantucket Sleighride
10. * (Yasgur’s Farm)
11. Travelling in the Dark
12. Blood of the Sun
13. Dreams of Milk and Honey
14. Auld Lang Syne

CD 3
15. Never in My Life
16. Jingle Bells
17. Get Out of My Life Woman
18. Mississippi Queen
19. It's for You
20. Nantucket Sleighride
21. Roll Over Beethoven
22. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' on
23. Drum Solo



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terça-feira, 7 de dezembro de 2021

Leigh Stephens - Red Weather


















Leigh Stephens - Red Weather - 1969

Red Weather was the first solo project from the lead guitarist of Blue Cheer. Originally released on the Phillips/Mercury label in 1969, the album immediately became a favorite on the underground music scene and established Stevens as a solo act. 

The music on Red Weather was dramatically different than that of Blue Cheer, with a well structured psychedelic sound like Quicksilver or the Grateful Dead rather than the sledgehammer hard rock sound of his former band. 




Recorded in England at the Trident Studios with the help of Nicky Hopkins on keyboards, drummer Mick Waller from the Jeff Beck Group, and Kevin Westlake from Blossom Toes, the album was hailed as a masterpiece by many British rock fans but was equally dismissed by Blue Cheer fans. The album contained eight songs that highlighted Stevens songwriting ability rather than his guitar prowess






01. Another Dose of Life
02. Drifting
03. Indians
04. I Grow Higher
05. Red Weather
06. If You Choose Too
07. Joannie Mann
08. Chicken Pot Pie


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sexta-feira, 3 de dezembro de 2021

Greg 'Stackhouse' Prevost - Songs For These Times


















Greg 'Stackhouse' Prevost - Songs For These Times - 2020

'Songs for These Times' is Greg 'Stackhouse' Prevost's third solo album. A live-in-the-studio, acoustic guitar in hand experience, with the sole backing of "brother" Alex Patrick on counterpart slide or acoustic lead. Along with selected favorites he always wanted to record acoustically, Prevost has also included some of his own newly written compositions as well, which perfectly fit in a tracklisting of tunes written over half a century ago.

01. Free As The Wind
02. Everybody Knows
03. Tell Me Baby
04. Distant Thunder Calls
05. Wade In The Water
06. Death Don't Have No Mercy
07. Colours
08. One To Seven
09. Snowblind Friend
10. I Hear Ya Knockin
11. A Message To Pretty
12. Ain't It Hard
13. Splash 1
14. Acid Rain Falling




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