Sunday, August 23, 2026

rep>>> Steve Miller Band - Brave New World (1969 us excellent psych rock, 2012 digipak remaster)



By the time the prolific Miller set up shop to record 1969’s Brave New World, the line-up had been slimmed down.  Scaggs and Peterman had departed as 1968 came to a close, but Miller welcomed some very special guests to the new album: returning friend and Miller’s sometimes co-writer Ben Sidran (who had played on Children of the Future), Nicky Hopkins, and Paul Ramon, a.k.a. Paul McCartney!  

Though the songs are tighter and a bit more pop-oriented than on the first two LPs, Miller’s blazing guitar rocked harder than before, and the album’s songs were the group’s most consistent yet.  Produced by Glyn Johns in Hollywood in the midst of his work on The Beatles’ Get Back, Brave New World offered group harmonies on Miller’s optimistic, catchy title track (originally written for an abortive sci-fi concept album; also see the album’s “Space Cowboy”) and Miller and Sidran’s “Celebration Song,” with its “Sha-la-la” refrain.  Their “Seasons” is also one of Miller’s loveliest pieces of music.  

Tim Davis’ breakneck “Hey Baby, Can You Hear Your Daddy’s Heartbeat” is Hendrix-style blues-rock, while the band went back to basics on the bluesy riffs of “Got Love ‘Cause You Need It” and Lonnie Turner’s “LT’s Midnight Dream.”  Nicky Hopkins’ glistening piano chords added a new dimension to the group’s sound on “Kow Kow,” with a familiar-sounding Miller melody set to an absurdist lyric.  

McCartney played bass and drums and sang background vocals on the album closer, the rousing and raucous “My Dark Hour.” Synthesizing blues, rock, pop and psychedelic soul influences into one cohesive LP, Brave New World augured for the band’s more commercial future.
by Joe Marchese
Tracks
1. Brave New World (Steve Miller) - 3:27
2. Celebration Song (Steve Miller, Ben Sidran) - 2:33
3. Can't You Hear Your Daddy's Heartbeat (Tim Davis) - 2:30
4. Got Love 'Cause You Need It (Steve Miller, Ben Sidran) - 2:28
5. Kow Kow (Steve Miller) - 4:28
6. Seasons (Steve Miller, Ben Sidran) - 3:50
7. Space Cowboy (Steve Miller, Ben Sidran) - 4:55
8. Lt's Midnight Dream (Lonnie Turner) - 2:33
9. My Dark Hour (Steve Miller) - 3:07

Steve Miller Band
*Steve Miller - Guitar, Harmonica, Lead Vocals
*Glyn Johns - Guitar, Percussion, Vocals
*Lonnie Turner - Bass Guitar, Guitar, Vocals
*Ben Sidran - Keyboards
*Tim Davis - Drums, Vocals
With
*Nicky Hopkins - Piano
*Paul McCartney (as "Paul Ramon") - Drums, Bass, Vocals


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rep>>> The New York Rock Ensemble – Roll Over • Freedomburger (1971-72 us, excellent classic rock with funky psych traces, rare Collectors' Choise edition)



An apocryphal tale says Juilliard Music Conservatory-trained musicians Michael Kamen, Marty Fulterman, and Dorian Rudnytsky decided in the late '60s in New York that they could make bigger bucks as rock stars than as classical musicians. The results of this legendary experiment were inconclusive. Forming the New York Rock and Roll Ensemble, they broke with tradition on their first two albums -- 1968's self-titled debut and Faithful Friends the next year -- by using classical music instruments in rock songs and using rock instruments on classical pieces. 

This fusion, daring at the time, impressed legendary conductor Leonard Bernstein so much that he invited the group to appear at one of his Young People's Concerts with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. For their third Atco release, Reflections, they collaborated with Greek composer Manos Hadjidakis, best known for scoring music for the movie Never on Sunday. Rhythm guitarist Brian Corrigan departed after the third album, and pedal steel guitar player Hank Devito joined. 

The band then shortened its name to New York Rock Ensemble and switched to Columbia. Released in 1971, Roll Over was their most overtly rock album to date and their biggest seller, although they fell well short of Led Zeppelin on the Billboard charts. The band dispersed after Freedomburger, although Rudnytsky, Fulterman, and Corrigan had one final shot with Flattering Foe.... Devito surfaced years later as a stalwart player in the bands of Rodney Crowell and Rosanne Cash. Only Kamen fulfilled the original trio's objective of successfully melding classical and pop music to make big bucks. 

After being music director for David Bowie's Diamond Dogs tour, he went on to a thriving career scoring films. After his score for Brazil gained him wide exposure, he hit the mother lode composing music for the Die Hard and Lethal Weapon series. In 1991, Kamen earned an Academy Award nomination for "(Everything I Do) I Do it for You," the Bryan Adams monster international pop smash hit from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Kamen has also worked with Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd, Liona Boyd, Sting, Rod Stewart, Metallica, Kate Bush, Belinda Carlisle, the Chieftains, the Cranberries, Roger Daltrey, Eurythmics, John Mellencamp, Jim Croce, and many others.
by Mark Allan

Martin Fulterman, changed his name to Mark Snow and relocated to Los Angeles in 1974. Mark's musical soundtrack composition career began in 1975 with the TV series, Starsky and Hutch and has taken off since then. However he is best known for his work on The X-Files and Millennium, he has made music for many other programs. He took piano lessons at age ten and by the time he was twenty he played both oboe and percussion.
Tracks
1. Running Down the Highway (Clifton Nivison) - 3:27
2. Gravedigger (Martin Fulterman, Michael Kamen)  - 4:51
3. Law and Order (Martin Fulterman) - 3:35
4. Fields of Joy (Hal Fredricks, Michael Kamen)  - 3:46
5. The King Is Dead (Clifton Nivison) - 4:09
6. Don't Wait Too Long (Michael Kamen)  - 3:04
7. Anaconda (Hal Fredericks, Michael Kamen)  - 3:22
8. Beside You (Martin Fulterman, Michael Kamen)  - 3:47
9. Traditional Order (Dorian Rudnytsky) - 6:07
10.Ride, Ride My Lady (Dorian Rudnytsky) - 2:44
11.More Like the Master (Michael Kamen)  - 3:23
12.Magic Lady (Clifton Nivison) - 2:44
13.I'm Sending a Friend to You (Martin Fulterman, Michael Kamen, John McClure) - 2:34
14.Kiss Your Future (Andrian Barber, Michael Kamen, Clifton Nivison) - 2:40
15.A Whiter Shade of Pale (Gary Brooker, Keith Reid) - 3:36
16.Willow Tree (Michael Kamen)  - 2:30
17.Shuffle (Clifton Nivison) - 1:57
18.Barrell Full of Wine (Dorian Rudnytsky) - 2:35
19.Carry Me Up (Michael Kamen)  - 3:41
20.Roll Over (Clifton Nivison) - 3:09
21.Raise Your Barriers (Martin Fulterman, Michael Kamen, Clifton Nivison) - 2:54
22.Goodnight Irene (Huddie William Ledbetter, John A. Lomax) - 2:52
Songs 1-10 from "Roll Over", LP 1971
Songs 11-22 from "Freedomburger" LP 1972

The New York Rock Ensemble
*Michael Kamen - Keyboards, Oboe, Arp, Synthesizer, Vocals
*Μartin Fulterman (Mark Snow) - Drums, Oboe
*Clifton Νivison - Lead Guitar, Percussion, Vocals
*Dorian Rudnytsky - Bass Guitar, Cello, Piano, Trumpet, French Horn
*Hank DeVito – Pedal Steel Guitar (only on “Roll Over”)

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rep>>> Morly Grey - The Only Truth (1972 us, exciting psychedelic guitar rock, 2010 bonus tracks edition)



Since its rediscovery in the early '80s, Morly  Grey's “The Only Truth” album has become known  mostly as the quintessential hard rock/psychedelic collectable, skyrocketing in value and inspiring countless bootleg versions. For brothers Mark and Tim Roller, everything had been building up to Morly Grey since the Alliance, Ohio, natives both got into rock 'n' roll as preteens in the 1950s.

First came guitar-playing, then came the Beatles for initial inspiration and then came a series of late '60s bands: the Chads, Popcorn Treaty and Rust, As the brothers' first group to play professional gigs, Rust was a turning point for the Rollers (then in high school)—gigging regionally at clubs in Cleveland, Akron, Salem and their hometown as the quintet played an assortment of Cream, Hendrix, the Doors and similar covers.

It was a start, but the Roller brothers were getting bored. "We were just doing cover music iike everybody was doing, but we wanted to do something different that we weren't copying anybody, we were doing all our own writing/' Mark recalled. Consequently, when attrition reduced Rust to a core trio of Mark, Tim and drummer Paul Cassidy in late 1969, the three knew exactly what they wanted to do: original music. Adding ex-Coming Generation guitarist Randy Byron, the band was renamed Morly Grey.
Tracks
1. Peace Office (Tim Roller, Paul Cassidy) 5:30
2. You Came To Me (Mark Roller) 4:12
3. Who Can I Say You Are (Mark Roller) 3:40
4. I'm Afraid (Paul Cassidy) 4:32
5. Our Time (Tim Roller) 6:29
6. After Me Again (Mark Roller) 3:07
7. A Feeling For You (Mark Roller) 2:33
8. The Only Truth (Mark Roller) 17:02
... "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (Traditional, arranged by Morly Grey)
9. None Are For Me (Tim Roller) 10:21
10.Come Down (Paul Cassidy) 8:59
11.Love Me (Tim Roller, Mark Roller, Paul Cassidy) 3:39
12.I'll Space You (Mark Roller) 3:47
13.Be Your King (Mark Roller, Paul Cassidy) 2:33
Bonus Tracks 9 - 13 previously unissued  

Morley Grey 
*Tim Roller - Guitar, Vocals
*Mark Roller - Bass, Lead Vocals
*Paul Cassidy - Drums, Vocals
*Bob Lanave - Drums, Percussion, Vocals

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