The Moody Blues - The Magnificent Moodies (1964-66 uk, awesome beat rhythm and blues, 2014 anniversary deluxe double disc edition)

An album of scruffy gumption and R'n'B grit, The Magnificent Moodies doesn’t sound anything like the symphonic prog that hurtled the Moody Blues to fame. Instead, it reflected an up-and-coming five-piece still coming into their own, playing a selection of smart covers and not-quite-fully formed originals that reflected the Moody Blues’ stage show at the time.

Ray Thomas, John Lodge and Mike Pinder – the nucleus of the Moody Blues for years to come – were members of an earlier teen outfit called El Riot and the Rebels. That group disbanded when Lodge went to college. Pinder and Thomas then recruited future Wings star Denny Laine, Graeme Edge and the late bassist Clint Warwick to form the initial lineup of the Moody Blues, after a brief stint as the Krew Cats.

The Moody Blues appeared for the first time on stage in 1964, and released their debut, The Magnificent Moodies, in July 1965. Produced by ex-Decca A&R man Alex Wharton, the project was preceded by a scorching update of Bessie Banks’ 1964 single “Go Now,” which launched the Moody Blues to the top of the U.K. charts and a Top 10 Billboard finish.

Not that the band had those kind of lofty designs at first. “We were going through these singles, there were all sorts, and we came across ‘Go Now,'” Ray Thomas said in 2013, after an expanded reissue of Magnificent Moodies was announced. “It had Bessie Banks singing on it, which was a lot slower, a lot lighter, but we thought it was the right song. The Marquee [in London’s Soho district] was just starting to build their studio in the back of the club, and we said, ‘Can we go in and record it?’ and they said, ‘The studio is not finished, the control room is, but the builders are still in there.’ There were bags of plaster; there was ladders, spades, shovels, picks, scaffolding – you name it. So we said, ‘Oh, we’ll go in after the workmen are finished for the day.’ And so we went in at night and recorded it. If you saw us climbing out of the bloody building material to get to the microphone and all this – but you know, it worked out.”

In fact, “Go Now” remains the Moodies’ lone chart-topping smash, but it couldn’t hold the group together. The Magnificent Moodies, which was rounded out with covers of songs by James Brown, the Gershwin brothers and four new originals by the team of Laine and Pinder, didn’t perform very magnificently at all. While it reached No. 5 on the New Musical Express chart, the album was completely ignored in the U.S.

A string of similarly unsuccessful singles followed, as the U.K.’s R&B craze faded. Within the year, both Denny Laine and Clint Warwick had departed, leading to the arrival of Justin Hayward and a return by John Lodge. By 1967, they’d rebuilt their sound, too. The platinum-selling Days of Future Passed placed the Moody Blues at the leading edge of the looming progressive-rock movement. “Justin is a good ballad singer,” Thomas said. “I don’t think we would have had the success that we ended up having if we hadn’t changed.”

by Nick DeRiso

Tracks

Disc 1

1. I'll Go Crazy (James Brown) - 2:11

2. Something You Got (Chris Kenner) - 2:52

3. Go Now (Larry Banks, Milton Bennett) - 3:12

4. Can't Nobody Love You (Phillip Mitchell) - 4:02

5. I Don't Mind (James Brown) - 3:27

6. I've Got A Dream (Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry) - 2:52

7. Let Me Go - 3:13

8. Stop - 2:06

9. Thank You Baby - 2:29

10.It Ain't Necessarily So (DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:21

11.True Story - 1:45

12.Bye Bye Bird (Sonny Boy Williamson) - 2:53

13.Lose Your Money (But Don't Lose Your Mind) - 1:59

14.Steal Your Heart Away (Bobby Parker) - 2:14

15.Go Now! (First Version) (Larry Banks, Milton Bennett) - 3:49

16.It's Easy Child (Gene Redd, Milton Bennett, Sue Sandler) - 3:13

17.I Don't Want To Go On Without You (Bert Berns, Jerry Wexler) - 2:46

18.Time Is On My Side (Jerry Ragovoy) - 3:03

19.From The Bottom Of My Heart (I Love You) - 3:26

20.And My Baby's Gone - 2:22

21.Everyday - 1:49

22.You Don't (All The Time) - 2:22

23.Boulevard De Madelaine.2:55

24.This Is My House (But Nobody Calls) - 2:35

25.People Gotta Go - 2:35

26.Life's Not Life - 2:35

27.He Can Win - 2:24

All songs by Denny Laine,  Mike Pinder except where noted

Tracks 1-12 Original Album

Disc 2
1. Go Now! (Second Version) (Larry Banks, Milton Bennett) - 3:53
1. Lose Your Money  (But Don't Lose Your Mind)  (Early Version) - 2:04
3. Steal Your Heart Away (First Version) (Bobby Parker) - 2:20
4. I'll Go Crazy (First Version) (James Brown) - 2:11
5. You Better Move On (Arthur Alexander) - 3:59
6. Can't Nobody Love Me (First Version) (Phillip Mitchell) - 3:31
7. 23rd Psalm (Denny Laine,  Mike Pinder, Graeme Edge, Clint Warwick) - 2:33
8. Go Now (Larry Banks, Milton Bennett) - 2:33
9. I Don't Want To Go On Without You (Bert Berns, Jerry Wexler) - 2:44
10.I'll Go Crazy (James Brown) - 1:57
11.From The Bottom Of My Heart (I Love You) - 3:25
12.Jump Back (Rufus Thomas) - 2:42
13.I've Got A Dream (Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry) - 2:42
14.And My Baby's Gone - 2:16
15.It's Easy Child (Gene Redd, Milton Bennett, Sue Sandler) - 3:06
16.Stop - 1:57
17.Everyday - 1:40
18.Interview With Ray Thomas And Graeme Edge/ You Don't (all The Time) - 3:25
19.I Want You To Know - 1:52
20.Coca Cola Commercial 1965 (Denny Laine,  Mike Pinder, Graeme Edge, Clint Warwick) - 1:04
21.Sad Song - 2:20
22.This Is My House (But Nobody Calls) (First Version) - 2:46
23.How Can We Hang On To A Dream (First Version) (Tim Hardin) - 2:16
24.How Can We Hang On To A Dream (Remake) (Tim Hardin) - 2:21
25.Jago And Jilly - 2:44
26.We're Broken - 3:12
27.I Really Haven't Got The Time (September 1966 Version) (Mike Pinder) - 3:17
28.Red Wine - 2:59
29.This Is My House (But Nobody Calls) (Stereo Mix) - 2:25
All songs by Denny Laine,  Mike Pinder except where stated
Tracks 1-7 Previously Unreleased Sessions 1964-1966
Tracks 8-17 "Saturday Club" Sessions
Tracks 21-29 The 1966 Denny Cordell Sessions

The Moody Blues
*Denny Laine – Guitars, Harmonica, Vocals
*Mike Pinder – Piano, Vocals
*Clint Warwick – Bass, Vocals
*Ray Thomas – Maraccas, Flutes, Harmonica, Tambourine, Vocals
*Graeme Edge – Drums, Percussion, Vocals
*Rod Clark - Bass, Vocals (Disc 2, Tracks 24-28)

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Geoff Muldaur And Amos Garrett - Live In Japan (1979 us, essential blues folk rock)

Amos Garrett certainly is one of the most accomplished guitar player working today and yet Amos Garrett is legendary but not famous. Should be, like Ry Cooder or Mark Knopfler but isn’t. Ask Stevie Wonder, Chet Atkins, or any of ten dozen players (Richard Thompson, Robbie Robertson, Bobby Womack, BB King) who know that guitar invention is the mother of rock, soul & blues. Amos plays better one-handed on an off-night than most guitar players put together. His friends say it’s always been that way. Early in his career, Anne Murray hired him to play on the sessions that produced Snowbird. Even more importantly, Ian and Sylvia Tyson asked him to play with The Great Speckled Bird, which (along with The Byrds) was one of the very first country rock groups that changed the direction of pop music. From there, Amos went to Woodstock and recorded and toured with Maria Muldaur, Paul Butterfield’s Better Days, and the entire Bearsville Records stable.

A growing reputation as a studio player persuaded him to make the move to California, where he recorded with more than 150 other artists, from Jesse Winchester to Stevie Wonder, from Emmylou Harris to Bonnie Raitt, and Todd Rundgren to Martin Mull. His reputation as a guitar hero continued to spread, and in Canada he began to build a real following as an exciting and reliable club entertainer. Amos now makes his home in the foothills of Turner Valley, Alberta, Canada and is rarely seen without the company of his veteran band, which he named the Eh? Team. Kelly Jay Fordham (keyboards), Brian Pollock (bass), and Thom Moon (drums) know every twist and turn of his playing, and they give him incredibly heartfelt support. The new interest in Garrett’s work is also a result of his own recordings. His long-term relationship with Stony Plain Records, based in Edmonton, Alberta, has so far, created seven remarkably different albums. 

Geoff Muldaur is one of the great voices and musical forces to emerge from the folk, blues and folk-rock scenes centered in Cambridge, MA and Woodstock, NY. During the 1960's and '70's, Geoff made a series of highly influential recordings as a founding member of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band and the Paul Butterfield's Better Days group, as well as collaborations with then-wife Maria and other notables (Bonnie Raitt, Eric Von Schmidt, Jerry Garcia, etc.). He left the stage and recording world in the mid-1980's for a working sabbatical but continued, however, to hone his craft, albeit 'flying beneath radar'. He composed scores for film and television, and produced off-beat albums for the likes of Lenny Pickett and the Borneo Horns and the Richard Greene String Quartet. Geoff's his definitive recording of "Brazil" provided the seed for - and was featured in - Terry Gilliam's film of the same title.

With his magical voice and singular approach to American music in tact, Geoff is once again touring the world. He performs in concert halls, performance spaces, clubs and festivals througout the US, Canada, Japan and Europe. Geoff may be heard from time to time as a guest on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion and has been featured on a variety of National Public Radio shows, including Weekend Edition, All Things Considered, Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and The World with Lisa Mullins.

1979 found Geoff Muldaur and Amos Garrett touring Japan, a live set  at Shinjuku Loft, Tokyo, was recorded and released as an album, simply called "Live in Japan" they were backed up by two local musicians Yoshifumi Okajima on Bass and Hiroshi Sato on Keyboards. They played a mixture of fingerstyle blues, jazz, and jugband tunes. 

Tracks
1. Sloppy Drunk (Trad. Arr. by Geoff Muldaur) - 4:51
2. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) - 3:27
3. Fishin' Blues (Henry Thomas) - 3:27
4. Hong Kong Blues (Hoagy Carmichael) - 3:42
5. Small Town Talk (Bobby Charles, Rick Danko) - 6:29
6. Why Should I Love You (Geoff Muldaur) - 5:39
7. Minglewood Blues (Gus Cannon) - 3:43
8. Lazy Bones (Hoagy Carmichael) - 8:07
9. Honeysuckle Rose (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) - 4:22
10.C.C.Rider (Geoff Muldaur) - 5:21

Personnel
*Geoff Muldaur - Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin, Piano
*Amos Garrett - Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin
*Yoshifumi Okajima - Bass
*Hiroshi Sato - Keyboards

Related Acts
1970  Great Speckled Bird - Great Speckled Bird (2007 Japan bonus track remaster)
1971  Pearls Before Swine - Beautiful Lies You Could Live In
1971  Happy And Artie Traum - Double Back (Korean remaster)
1973  Paul Butterfield's Better Days - It All Comes Back (Japan extra track edition)
1973  Paul Butterfield's Better Days - Live At Winterland Ballroom (2014 issue)

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Galt MacDermot - Shapes Of Rhythm / Woman Is Sweeter (1966-69 canada, magical jazz funky psych vibes)

In a career packed with varying types of compositions, Galt MacDermot is still best-known for the music he wrote in the late-'60s Aquarian musical Hair. Born and raised in Montreal, MacDermot was the son of a Canadian diplomat. He studied at Bishop's University, then at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, before moving to New York in 1964. Three years later, MacDermot's music for Hair, combined with lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni, made the show first an off-Broadway success, then a Broadway smash, and later a major motion picture. Of the several pop standards are "Let the Sunshine In," "Aquarius," "What a Piece of Work Is Man," "Good Morning Starshine," and the title song. In addition to the musicals, Two Gentlemen of Verona and The Human Comedy, MacDermot composed ballet and film scores, chamber music, band repertory, and drama accompaniments. Also, he formed the New Pulse Jazz Band in 1979. 

by John Bush

This CD brings together two of MacDermot's original LPs, both of them released in the '60s -- one pre- and one post-Hair, one a session album and one a soundtrack, and both greasy in the future funk with cats like Idris Muhammad and Bernard Purdie laying down the beats behind the band. MacDermot is a driven pianist and organ grinder who sought one thing on these records: funky grooves. And he got them. Here's what's scary though: "Coffee Cold" (from Shapes of Rhythm) was recorded in 1966 -- prefiguring the rhythmic changes of James Brown's "Cold Sweat" in sequence and in key a full two years before Brown laid down his track. 

The feel of "Coffee Cold" is a bit whiter and smoother, but the jam is still an anthem, even with its cheese factor. MacDermot was a prophet of the groove that would overtake the late '60s and early '70s, and, were he a proud man, could have argued that more young musicians heard and took to heart the grooves he laid down in Hair than heard Allen Toussaint and Red Allen or Eddie Bo. The true feel of Shapes of Rhythm is like Vince Guaraldi's Schroeder laying out the piano funk, seeking the groove inside the rhythm section and laying it out there. It's tough if ornate and it shimmers with real heat. The other disc, a soundtrack for Martine Barrat's movie Woman Is Sweeter, is a much dirtier, rawer affair altogether, and would have been worth the price of the CD alone. 

Here guitars chunk up in the cut with the bass, and the piano floats in the accents as drums and bass reign supreme. This was recorded immediately after Hair, and MacDermot wasn't in the mood to simply lay out some incidental music to a hippie flick. He took it down to its essence: rhythm, polyrhythm, drums, bass, and filthy nasty funk at insanely fast -- for the time -- tempos that were in fact symbolic of the orgiastic nature of his compositions. This wasn't just sex music, this was group sex symphonic music made with only a handful of instruments. These two albums comprise 26 tracks of pure groove-driven genius, with a bonus vocal version of "Coffee Cold" that the producers go hog-wild over in their notes, but it pretty much sucks compared to the rest of this -- thank the gods they left it until the end. Yeah, you need this if you care about the influence of '60s groove at all. After all, Busta Rhymes did -- check out the sample of MacDermot's "Space" on the rapper's "Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check." 

by Thom Jurek

Tracks
Shapes Of Rhythm 1966
1. Lady, You Look Good To Me - 3:03
2. Farmland - 2:57
3. Coffee Cold - 3:25
4. Marsh Gas - 2:26
5. If Our Love Is Real - 3:02
6. Mouse Roared - 2:25
7. Tender Meeting - 2:43
8. M'Babam - 1:59
9. Field Of Sorrow - 3:55
10.Alive In Dar-Es-Salaam - 2:19
11.Spanish Nights - 2:26
12.I'm Through With You - 2:36

Woman Is Sweeter 1969
13.Tango - 4:02
14.Fragments 1A - 1:51
15.Fragments 1B - 2:58
16.Fragments II - 1:35
17.Bass - 2:12
18.Cathedral - 2:14
19.Woman Is Sweeter - 2:29
20.Moving Clothes - 2:23
21.Bathtub - 2:45
22.Radio Rock - 3:50
23.Princess Gika - 2:10
24.Merry-Go-Round - 2:54
25.Space - 1:54
26.Perfume Bottles - 2:08
27.Coffee Cold - 1:27
All compositions by Galt MacDermot

Musicians
Galt MacDermot and his Mid-Manhattan Rhythm Section Tracks 1-12
*Galt MacDermot - Piano
*Bernard Purdie - Drums
*Jimmy Lewis - Bass
*Napolean "Snag" Allen - Guitar
Tracks 13-26
*Galt MacDermot - Piano, Rockischord
*Bernard Purdie - Drums (Tracks 13-19)
*Idris Muhammad - Drums (Tracks 20-26)
*Jimmy Lewis - Bass
*Charlie Brown - Guitar, Violin
*Fergus MacRoy - Vocals
Unknown violin on "Princess Gika"

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Steve Tilston - An Acoustic Confusion (1971 uk, excellent acoustic folk rock, 2013 extra tracks edition)

"Lovingly remastered" is a phrase in danger of becoming a clich,, but in the case this re-release of Steve Tilston's first album, made in 1971, it is particularly apposite. Scenesof are based in Maine, USA, but they obviously share the unconditional admiration of these songs that Ian A. Anderson's Village Thing label displayed in pressing the original vinyl. And make no mistake, the ten songs of "Acoustic Confusion" (plus a couple of by-now obligatory "Previously Unreleased" studio demos from 1978) add up to what was probably described at the time as an extremely enjoyable listening experience. Still is!

Ranging from voice and guitar solos to all-systems-go harmonica, string bass, violin and extra guitar 'n' vocal pieces, "An Acoustic Confusion" shows surprising maturity in all three departments of our hero's chosen profession. The songs contain true poetic insight, the singing is assured and the guitar-playing, even then, is a source of wonder. As he hints at in the typically self deprecating insert-notes (worth the price of the album alone), time has not been kind to a couple of songs. "Peel Street" and "Rock and Roll Star" contain the kind of over-indulgence that twenty-nothings the world over are famous for, but there is compensation in spades. "Simplicity" could stand comfortably with his current work, while "Normandy Day" manages to absorb influences from Bob Dylan through to Nick Drake, distil them all and produce pure essence of Tilston.

As Steve's work has progressed, it has revealed successive layers of creativity, inventiveness and integrity. There is nothing on "An Acoustic Confusion" to cause embarrassment, and a great deal to be proud of. Wouldn't it be great if Scenesof were working on the difficult second album right now?

by Alan Rose 

Steve Tilston released a very nice and acclaimed s/sw album back in 1971 called "An acoustic Confusion". I especially liked the most melancholic romantism involved. I was very curious for his newer releases. Hearing this release was far above all expectations. I never expected a musician to gain so much in magic he already had, for magic is something unique which is rarely repeated or ever regained. This album not only is very exceptional, it even sound better or at least slightly matured comparing his debut album. 

It has reminiscences to Nick Drake, but even more likely you can compare it (-this is : the production and the arrangements, and the colour of the voice-) with the acoustic period of John Martyn, with the additional development of a wider range of guitar styles. "Tse Tse Fly Shuffle" as a guitar instrumental, contains finger picking from the same level as Bert Jansch during his Jack Orion period or Leon Kottke during his debut album. The album ends with an essential bonus track of 22 minutes, "Rhapsody", an interesting, beautifully composed and arranged Celtic folk suite, making this album even more recommended and a must to dig out.

Psych-Folk 

A letter from John Lennon to Steve Tilston in 1971, who actually received it 34 years later, inspired Hollywood screenwriters for the Danny Collins movie with Al Pacino in the main role.

Tracks
1. I Really Wanted You - 3:54
2. Simplicity - 3:43
3. Time Has Shown Me Your Face - 3:44
4. It's Not My Place To Fail - 3:59
5. Train Time - 3:33
6. Sleepy Time On Peel Street - 3:44
7. Prospect Of Love - 2:24
8. Green Toothed Gardener - 3:22
9. Normandy Day - 3:06
10.Rock & Roll Star - 4:50
11.The Price Of Life - 4:10
12.Show A Little Kindness - 5:00
13.Time Is Your Gaoler - 4:04
14.Here You Go Again - 3:20 
15.When I See Your Face Again - 2:45
All Music and Lyrics by Steve Tilston
Bonus tracks 11-12 demo recordings from 1978
Extra tracks 13-15 Live TV Perfomances from 1979

Musicians
*Steve Tilston - Guitar, Vocals
*Keith Warmington - Harmonica, Vocals
*John Turner - String Bass
*Pete Finch - Violin
*Dave Evans - Guitar, Vocals

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Jerry Corbitt And Charlie Daniels - Corbitt And Daniels Live II (1971 us, incredible southern blues rock, 2011 korean remaster)

Although these two LIve recordings released by Tiger Lily in 1976/77, the sessions took place in early seventies.  

The original band was Charlie, Jerry Corbitt, Billy Cox from Band of Gypsys and Jeffrey Meyer and Taz DiGregorio. That band did not stay together but about six months then it just dissolved. Then it was  Charlie,  Jeffrey, Taz and a guy named Earl Grigsby. The original Charlie Daniels Band still can be heard in a bootleg called Corbitt and Daniels, Live at Carnegie Hall. 

They opened in 1970 for Delaney and Bonnie and it was a showcase and they brought Atlantic Records and all of these companies came and basically they wanted Taz and Charlie and did not want anyone else, but they decided to stay all together. 

The first album was supposed to be called Corbitt and Daniels, but what had happened in Carnegie Hall, Delaney and Bonnie’s sound man,  recorded their show also and after the show something happened with Corbitt and he quit the band. Charlie was really very upset and they were supposed to go in and do an album called Corbitt and Daniels, the contracts had been signed and the money had been put up and Corbitt quit. Taz took Corbitt’s place on the first album. He sang half and Taz sang half and from the point on the band just kept working at it until they finally hit on it.

Tracks
1. Country Boy Blues (J. Corbitt) - 3:34
2. John Lee Walker (C. Daniels) - 4:33
3. Thirteenth Hour (C. Daniels) - 5:48
4. Stormy Monday (Part II) (Louis Armstrong) - 8:00
5. John Deere Tractor (Lawrence Hammond) - 3:50
6. The Pope And The Dope (C. Daniels) – 2:21
7. Pain (C. Daniels) - 3:53

Personnel
*Charlie Daniels – Fiddles, Lead Guitar, Vocals
*Jerry Corbitt - Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
*Joe Roman - Keyboards
*Jeffrey Meyer - Drums
*Earl Grimsby - Bass Guitar
*Taz DiGregorio - Keyboards

1970  Jerry Corbitt And Charlie Daniels – Corbitt And Daniels Live I (2011 korean issue)

1969  Jerry Corbitt - Corbitt (2015 korean remaster)

1970  Charlie Daniels - Charlie Daniels
1972  Charlie Daniels - Te John Grease And Wolfman (2008 issue)
1973 Charlie Daniels - Uneasy Rider "Honey In The Rock"
1975  The Charlie Daniels Band - Nightrider

1967/69  The Youngbloods / Earth Music / Elephant Mountain (2014 Japan Blu Spec Edition)
1969  Elephant Mountain (Sundazed expanded and 2014 Japan Blu Spec Edition)
1970  The Youngbloods - Rock Festival
1971  Beautiful! Live In San Francisco (Sundazed edition)
1972  High On A Ridge Top (Sundazed remaster)

Jesse Colin Young releases
1972  Together
1973  Song For Juli (2009 remaster)
1974  Light Shine
1976  On The Road (Japan remaster)

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Redwing - Take Me Home (1973 us, fantastic dusty country rock, vinyl edition)

A great record, with lots and lots of twang. They really upped the ante on their country bona fides: the album opens with the jaunty "Here I Go Again," an uptempo country-rock tune that's very reminiscent of the Gram Parsons-era Flying Burrito Brothers, followed by "Fast Locomotive," with some tight, funky chicken-picking guitar straight out of the Jerry Reed playbook, while the instrumental "Katy Warren Breakdown" showcases some awesome Joe Maphis-flavored flatpicking. Guitarists Andrew Samuels and Tom Phillips display a mastery of country picking that's head and shoulders above what most of the country-rockers were doing at the time, while guest fiddler Tiny Moore adds some sweet licks of his own, around Phillips' dazzling yet concise dobro and pedal steel. 

More conventional rock/pop riffs come into play on the boogie-funk of "Lost Highway" and the dreary slow-dance power ballad, "Our Day." As a viable regional band, Redwing might not have been able to set aside their hippie-pop and ballroom boogie roots, but even if those songs give the album an uneven feel, it's still packed with genuine gems. It's also worth noting that all the songs on here are originals, including the humorous, Doug Sahm-ish "Lowdown Samuel," co-written by fiddler-pianist Ed Bogas. If you're looking for a swell souvenir of the San Francisco country-rock scene at it's best, here it is. 

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I do not know what criteria the record labes use  to reissue albums on CD, but I think those Redwing releases deserve a better treatment ..

Tracks
1. Here I Go Again (Ron Floegel, Tom Phillips) - 2:47
2. Fast Locomotive (Ron Floegel) - 2:18
3. Our Day (Andrew Samuels) - 3:30
4. Katy Warren Breakdown (Kay Warren, Arr By Tom Phillips) - 2:32
5. Lost Highway (Ron Floegel) - 3:54
6. Take Me Home (Tom Phillips) - 4:46
7. Lowdown Samuel (Orkin, Edgar Noel Bogas) - 3:32
8. The Maker's Chain (Andrew Samuels) - 4:12
9. Fingerlickin' (Tom Phillips) - 2:43
10.Burning Love (Ron Floegel) - 2:53

The Redwing
*Ron Floegel - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
*Tom Phillips - Lead Guitar, Electric Piano, Mandolin, Organ, Pedal Steel Guitar, Dobro
*George Hullin - Drums, Percussion, Vocals
*Andrew Samuels - Bass, Lead Guitar, Vocals
Also
*John Myers - Bass
*Ed Bogas - Piano, Fiddle
*Dave Fraser - Piano
*Tiny Moore - Fiddle

1971  Redwing - Redwing
1972 Redwing - What This Country Needs (Vinyl edition) 

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Redwing - What This Country Needs (1972 us, crosscountry rockin roots 'n' blues, Vinyl edition)

A natural follow-up to the self-titled LP, this record is a bit bluesier than its predecessor, and not quite as gritty.  There are three cover songs on this album, all of which are based on basic 12-bar blues patterns.  Another strong album, although two Chuck Berry songs may be too much. 

While the band used songs they'd been playing for years on their debut, this LP finds the group with not as many up-to-snuff originals ready to roll--thus the number of cover songs. It's still a good LP, and the songs are well-done.

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Tracks
1. Reaching Out (Andrew Samuels, Tom Phillips, Ron Floegel) - 2:47
2. Baby C'mon (Tom Phillips, Ron Floegel) - 3:41
3. Waitin' In Jail (Andrew Samuels, Tom Phillips, Ron Floegel) - 3:29
4. Walking The Dog (Rufus Thomas) - 3:51
5. Soul Theft (Andrew Samuels, Tom Phillips, Ron Floegel) - 3:51
6. Hometown Boy (Andrew Samuels, Ron Floegel) - 3:39
7. Bye Bye Johnny (Chuck Berry) - 3:09
8. Every Man Needs A Woman (Andrew Samuels, Tom Phillips, Ron Floegel) - 3:23
9. One Of America's Ten Most Wanted Men (George Hullin) - 3:33
10.Oh Carol (Chuck Berry) - 3:09

The Redwing
*Andrew Samuels - Lead Guitar, Bass, Vocals
*Ron Floegel - Rhthm Guitar, Vocals
*Tom Phillips - Guitar, Slide Guitar, Piano
*George Hullin - Drums, Vocals
With
*Tim Schmit - Bass
*Dave Lyberger - Bass
*Dave Fraser - Piano
*Skip Mesquite - Saxophone

1971  Redwing - Redwing

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Wooden Horse - Wooden Horse (1972 uk, charming harmony prog folk)

Issued in the UK in 1972 by York Records,which was a subsidiary of Decca Records,this is the debut album from Wooden Horse. 

Progressive Folk with a somewhat commercial edge in places making it a very accessible album overall. Beautifully constructed songs played out with feel and warmth. This group featured the engaging voice of Susan Traynor who went on to mid 70s Fox fame.

Tracks
1. Crazy Thoughts - 3:00
2. Wake Me In The Morning - 3:08
3. Trees (Malcolm Harrison, Dave Mateer) - 3:28
4. Nothern Beaches - 5:05
5. This Is A Song - 3:28
6. Broken Bottles - 3:46
7. Earthbound Train - 2:49
8. Gentle Mind - 3:02
9. Come Around - 3:31
10.Feel - 4:03
11.Letter - 3:31
13.Loving Man (Malcolm Harrison) - 3:16
All songs by Dave Mateer except where stated

The Wooden Horse
*Susan Traynor - Vocals
*Dave Mateer - Guitar, Vocals
*Malcolm Harrison - Guitar, Vocals
*Steve Marwood - Guitar
*Neil Brockbank - Bass
*Dave Young - Flute, Sax
*Bob Irwin - Drums

1973  Wooden Horse - Wooden Horse II

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Jerry Corbitt And Charlie Daniels – Corbitt And Daniels Live I (1970 us, amazing country southern rock with west coast aura and blues traces, 2011 korean issue)

Jerry has toured and performed concert venues world-wide and has appeared with such artists as Kenny Rogers, Waylon Jennings, Neil Diamond, James Brown, Chuck Berry, Charlie Daniels, Bonnie Raitt, Judy Collins, America, Jesse Colin Young, and many others. His performances have included many network television venues and specials.

Jerry has achieved chart and air-play success as a writer, artist, and independent producer. Among his most successful works are “Grizzly Bear” (written by Jerry) and “Get Together” with the Youngbloods, “Castles in the Air” b/w “Vincent” (Starry-Starry Night) with Don McLean, “Great Big Bunches of Love” with Charlie Daniels, and “Country Boy Blues” and “Snow Job” as a solo artist. 

His credits over the 30 years of his career involve works that have sold over 20 million records, tapes and CD’s. His recording and other projects include albums with Pete Seeger, Norton Buffalo, Charlie Daniels, Cypress Hill, Buffie St. Marie, Rooftop Singers, David Wiffen, Doug Kershaw, Charlie McCoy, Jesse Colin Young, Ramblin'Jack Elliot, The Greenbriar Boys, Joy of Cooking, Brad Bailey, Jennie Muldar, Peter Rowen, Sonny Terry and Brownie MaGee, Billy Cox, Bobby Scott, Bob Johnston, Harrison Calaway,  and projects with Michael James Jackson, Felix Pappalardi, and Robert Cullen, and many others.

His feature film credits include such memorable works as “Radio Flyer”, “Forrest Gump”, “Target”, Ernest Thompson’s “1969, “Pontiac Moon”, “Zabriskie Point”, “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”, “Jack the Bear”, “Bullworth”, “Millennium”, “The Dish”,  and the soundtrack albums for these films. His other works include many TV sound tracks, including “The Simpsons”, “Tour of Duty”,  “China Beach”, “In Living Color” and “Beverly Hills 90210”, as well as many documentary films, and numerous national television and radio commercials, including spots for General Motors, Levi Strauss, Pepsi, The Gap, Shell and Chevron. Jerry is currently providing music for the new Fox series "Lucky". 

Jerry was an A & R representative for Vanguard Records for 2+ years , and was later courted by Warner Bros. for an A & R position. He turned them down since he was in the process of going independent in his production. He did not want to tie himself to one label since, as an independent producer, he was able to do work for a number of different labels, and was contracted at the time to produce albums of such artists as Charlie Daniels and Don McLean and Janis Ian. Jerry has produced albums for most of the major record labels.

Jerry Corbitt died of lung cancer on March 8, 2014. He was 71...

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Tracks
1. Great Big Bunches Of Love (C. Daniels) - 3:44
2. Sweet, Gentle Lovin' (J. Corbltt) - 3:40
3. Till You Come Back Home Again (Jessie Collin-Young) - 3:30
4. Thirteenth Hour (C. Daniels) - 5:28
5. Caldonia (C. Daniels) - 4:39
6. Stormy Monday (Part 1) (Louis Armstrong) - 10:06
7. Orange Blossom Special (Ervint Rouse) - 3:12
8. Thirty-Nine Miles From Mobile (C. Daniels) - 4:55

Musicians
*Charlie Daniels – Fiddles, Lead Guitar
*Jerry Corbitt - Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
*Joe Roman - Keyboards
*Jeffrey Meyer - Drums
*Earl Grimsby - Bass Guitar
"And Friends"

1969  Jerry Corbitt - Corbitt (2015 korean remaster)

1970  Charlie Daniels - Charlie Daniels
1972  Charlie Daniels - Te John Grease And Wolfman (2008 issue)
1973 Charlie Daniels - Uneasy Rider "Honey In The Rock"
1975  The Charlie Daniels Band - Nightrider

1967/69  The Youngbloods / Earth Music / Elephant Mountain (2014 Japan Blu Spec Edition)
1969  Elephant Mountain (Sundazed expanded and 2014 Japan Blu Spec Edition)
1970  The Youngbloods - Rock Festival
1971  Beautiful! Live In San Francisco (Sundazed edition)
1972  High On A Ridge Top (Sundazed remaster)

Jesse Colin Young releases
1972  Together
1973  Song For Juli (2009 remaster)
1974  Light Shine
1976  On The Road (Japan remaster)

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Kaleidoscope - Kaleidoscope (1969 puerto rico / dominican republic, rough garage psych)

The Puerto Rican band Kaleidoscope, who recorded their album in the Dominican Republic and saw it issued in a promotional run of two-hundred copies on Mexico’s Orfeon label. It’s gone on to become one of the sought after artifacts of the late 60s world-rock scene, with clean copies – when the surface – selling for upwards of $8,000.

Like many American '67-'68 psych-garage obscurities in its morose, frequently minor-keyed blend of ominous organ and fuzz guitars. Yet mucho eccentricity and spontaneity make it more interesting than many such relics. That organ really vibrates with a menace, sometimes like a distant cousin to the Doors, but with a more adolescent, untutored sensibility. Although the vocals (all in English) are often lovelorn laments, they drip with snarling attitude veering from don't-give-a-damn bluesiness to abject self-pity, mixing in a psychedelic sense of disorientation that sets the songs aside from the more conventional romantic lyrics of earlier mid-'60s garage bands.

by Richie Unterberger

Cover artwork was created by Bob Molidor an Austrian/German hippy who lived in Mexico that time and also released an album the same year titled "Hits Internacionales"  

Tracks
1. Hang Out - 2:15
2. Ps Come Back - 2:05
3. A Hole In My Life - 2:29
4. Let Me Try - 3:31
5. I Think It's All Right - 2:55
6. Colours - 2:30
7. Once Upon A Time There Was A World - 8:10
8. A New Man - 2:35
9. I'm Crazy - 3:30
10.I'm Here, He's Gone, She's Cryin' - 2:28
All songs by Kaleidoscope.

The Kaleidoscope
Rafael Cruz - Drums
Julio Arturo Fernández - Organ
Pedrín García - Guitar
Frank Tirado - Bass, Vocals
Orly Várzquez - Bass, Guitar, Vocals

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