August 23, 2011
TRACY NELSON - MOTHER EARTH
''Tracy Nelson/Mother Earth''
1972
1 The Same Old Thing/Lee 5:20
2 I'm That Way/Charles 3:09
3 Mother Earth (Provides for Me)/Kaz 2:20
4 Tennessee Blues/Charles 3:51
5 I Want to Lay Down Beside You/Drummond 5:18
6 Someday My Love May Grow/Kaz 4:23
7 (Staying Home and Singing) Homemade Songs/Charles 4:41
8 Thinking of You/Hiatt 4:07
9 The Memory of Your Smile/Rakes 3:27
10 I Don't Do That Kind of Thing Anymore/McMahon, Nelson 3:23
John Cameron Andrews/Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
Karl Himmel/Percussion
Jack Lee/Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Backing Vocals
Andrew McMahon/Organ, Piano, Vocals (Background)
Steve Mendel/Bass
Tracy Nelson/Keyboards, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Travis Rivers/Producer
Review by Richie Unterberger
The very title of this LP indicated a vagueness as to whether Mother Earth were still a group, or a vehicle for Tracy Nelson's solo career. It's a solid, if laid-back set of rock with strong country and soul flavorings, and a bit of gospel now and then. It sounds a little like Janis Joplin's final solo recordings, but more subdued, both vocally and instrumentally. The songs include three compositions by Louisiana swamp rock legend Bobby Charles, and an early effort by John Hiatt, "Thinking of You."
Biography by Greg Prato
The late-'60s/early-'70s blues-rock outfit Mother Earth was led by singer Tracy Nelson and issued several somewhat underappreciated releases during their time span. Nelson was originally from Madison, WI, and it was while attending the University of Wisconsin that the singer was discovered by producer Sam Charters and was eventually signed to a recording contract with the Prestige label. 1965 saw the release of Nelson's solo debut, the folk-based Deep Are the Roots, and when it didn't exactly burn up the charts, Nelson decided to relocate to San Francisco, with the hopes of forming a more conventional rock outfit. Shortly after arriving on the West Coast, Mother Earth was formed, which led to performances at the famed Fillmore West, opening for the likes of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Burdon. After an appearance on the soundtrack to the 1968 motion picture Revolution (which also featured the Quicksilver Messenger Service and the Steve Miller Band), Mother Earth signed with Mercury Records and issued a steady stream of releases until the early '70s.
These albums included 1968's Living with the Animals 1969's Tracy Nelson Country and Make a Joyful Noise, 1970's Satisfied, 1971's Bring Me Home, 1972's Tracy Nelson/Mother Earth, and 1973's Poor Man's Paradise, before Nelson pursued a solo career. Subsequently, Nelson earned a Grammy nomination in 1974 for the track "After the Fire Is Gone" (a duet with Willie Nelson) and continued to issue solo albums until the early '80s, when she became disillusioned with the direction that popular music was going in (although she did sing backup for Neil Young for a spell in the mid-'80s, including appearing with Young at the mammoth Live Aid concert in 1985). Nelson returned to music in the '90s, beginning with 1993's In the Here and Now, continuing to issue solo recordings (and in 1998, earned another Grammy nomination for the release Sing It!, a collaboration with Marcia Ball and Irma Thomas).
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MOTHER EARTH - ''Make A Joyful Noise'' 1969
Mother Earth
''Make A Joyful Noise''
1969
Wounded Bird Records
1 Stop the Train/Andrews, Arthur, Castille 3:23
2 What Are You Trying to Do/Neville 3:56
3 I Need Your Love So Bad/John 5:25
4 Soul of the Man/Sain 3:07
5 Blues for the Road/Andrews, Stallings 3:36
6 You Win Again/Williams 4:16
7 Come on and See/Arthur 3:12
8 Then I'll Be Moving On/St. John 3:22
9 The Fly/St. John 3:36
10 I Wanna Be Your Mama Again/Sahm 3:31
11 Wait, Wait, Wait/Neville 2:43
John Cameron Andrews/Guitar
Joe Arnold/Horn Section, Sax (Tenor), Saxophone
Bob Arthur/Bass, Vocals
Robert Arthur/Bass
Larry Butler/Piano
Sadie Cantrell/Vocals
Lonnie Castille/Drums
James "Curly" Cooke/Guitar (Rhythm)
Lady Corder/Vocals
Clay Cotton/Organ, Piano
Jack Drake/Bass (Acoustic)
Pete Drake/Guitar (Steel)
Ronnie Eades/Baritone, Horn Section
D.J. Fontana/Drums
Johnny Gimble/Fiddle, Violin
Ben Keith/Dobro, Guitar
Shorty Lavender/Fiddle, Violin
Gene "Bowlegs" Miller/Horn Section, Trumpet
Tracy Nelson/Keyboards, Piano, Vocals
Gerald Richardson/Horn Section, Trombone
Hargus "Pig" Robbins/Keyboards
Irma Routen/Vocals
Powell St. John/Harmonica, Vocals
Shalimar Samuelson/Musician
Boz Scaggs/Guitar (Rhythm)
Dale Sellars/Guitar (Rhythm)
Rev. Ron Stallings/Vocals
Aaron Varnell/Horn Section, Sax (Tenor)
Review by J.P. Ollio & Thom Jurek
Make a Joyful Noise is the follow-up to 1968's Living With the Animals. This time out, Mother Earth neatly divided their joint appreciations for rural and urban American music: à la the thematic "City Side" and "Country Side." The City Side is an R&B workout, powered by a robust horn section and the vocals of Rev. Ron Stallings on burning soul cuts such as "Stop That Train," Tracy Nelson's killer performance on Naomi Neville's cooker "What Are You Trying to Do," and sultry read of Little Willie John's babymaker "Need Your Love So Bad." The Country Side is more subdued, adorned by steel guitars and Powell St. John's quavering vocals on "I'll Be Moving On" and the strange "The Fly." Nelson's version of Doug Sahm's "I Wanna Be Your Mama Again" is her blues-country gospel version of Hank Williams' honky tonk nugget "You Win Again" (with a fine fiddle solo by Johnny Gimble). Some of the guest stars on this set include Boz Scaggs, Hargus Robins, Ben Keith, D.J. Fontana, and Pete Drake. Make a Joyful Noise remains an overlooked classic from the Warner Brothers catalog that finally saw CD issue in 2004 by Wounded Bird.
Biography by Greg Prato
The late-'60s/early-'70s blues-rock outfit Mother Earth was led by singer Tracy Nelson and issued several somewhat underappreciated releases during their time span. Nelson was originally from Madison, WI, and it was while attending the University of Wisconsin that the singer was discovered by producer Sam Charters and was eventually signed to a recording contract with the Prestige label. 1965 saw the release of Nelson's solo debut, the folk-based Deep Are the Roots, and when it didn't exactly burn up the charts, Nelson decided to relocate to San Francisco, with the hopes of forming a more conventional rock outfit. Shortly after arriving on the West Coast, Mother Earth was formed, which led to performances at the famed Fillmore West, opening for the likes of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Burdon. After an appearance on the soundtrack to the 1968 motion picture Revolution (which also featured the Quicksilver Messenger Service and the Steve Miller Band), Mother Earth signed with Mercury Records and issued a steady stream of releases until the early '70s.
These albums included 1968's Living with the Animals 1969's Tracy Nelson Country and Make a Joyful Noise, 1970's Satisfied, 1971's Bring Me Home, 1972's Tracy Nelson/Mother Earth, and 1973's Poor Man's Paradise, before Nelson pursued a solo career. Subsequently, Nelson earned a Grammy nomination in 1974 for the track "After the Fire Is Gone" (a duet with Willie Nelson) and continued to issue solo albums until the early '80s, when she became disillusioned with the direction that popular music was going in (although she did sing backup for Neil Young for a spell in the mid-'80s, including appearing with Young at the mammoth Live Aid concert in 1985). Nelson returned to music in the '90s, beginning with 1993's In the Here and Now, continuing to issue solo recordings (and in 1998, earned another Grammy nomination for the release Sing It!, a collaboration with Marcia Ball and Irma Thomas).
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RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS / GREATEST HITS – Road Trippin’ Through Time
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Road Trippin’ Through Time [Promo] (2011)
Warner Music released a promotional Album at the end of April 2011 which featured some of RHCP’s classic tracks. The album was sent to various Radio stations and media companies. The inside reads: “Enclosed are some of the biggest and most familiar songs from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It’s fair to say that in the world of radio, it doesn’t get bigger than the Peppers. The single ‘Dani California’ is one of 3 songs in the history of Billboard’s Alternative chart to debut at #1. They also hold the record for most #1 singles of all time (a total of 11!), and greatest number of weeks an artists has ever had at #1 (a combined 81 weeks!). At Active Rock, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have enjoyed great success as well, with 3 #1 songs and 7 top 10 singles at the format.
01 Give It Away 4:46
02 Under The Bridge 4:36
03 Suck My Kiss 3:37
04 Scar Tissue 3:38
05 Breaking The Girl 4:56
06 Around The World 4:00
07 Otherside 4:17
08 Aeroplane 4:12
09 Californication 5:22
10 By The Way 3:37
11 Snow (Hey Oh) 5:37
12 Soul To Squeeze 4:52
13 Tell Me Baby 4:10
14 Dani California 4:45
15 Can’t Stop 4:31
16 Parallel Universe 4:32
17 The Zephyr Song 3:54
18 Road Trippin’ 3:25
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RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - I'M WITH YOU
Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Album: I’m With You
Released: 2011
Style: Funk rock
Tracklist:
01 – Monarchy of Roses
02 – Factory Of Faith
03 – Brendan’s Death Song
04 – Ethiopia
05 – Annie Wants A Baby
06 – Look Around
07 – The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie
08 – Did I Let You Know
09 – Goodbye Hooray
10 – Happiness Loves Company
11 – Police Station
12 – Even You Brutus
13 – Meet Me At The Corner
14 – Dance, Dance, Dance
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August 22, 2011
ELLA FITZGERALD - Ella in Japan ‘S Wonderful
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
Album: Ella in Japan ‘S Wonderful
Released: 2011
Style: Jazz
CD1:
01 – Cheek to Cheek
02 – Deep Purple
03 – Too Close for Comfort
04 – I Love Being Here with You
05 – Fly Me to the Moon (In OtherWords)
06 – ‘S Wonderful
07 – I’ve Got You Under My Skin
08 – Hallelujah I Love Him So
09 – Misty
10 – Whatever Lola Wants
11 – Bill Bailey
12 – The Blues (Ella’s Blues)
13 – ‘Round Midnight
14 – I Can’t Get Started
15 – Undecided
16 – Jam Session
CD2:
01 – Cheek to Cheek
02 – Shiny Stockings
03 – Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man
04 – Bill Bailey
05 – Take the ‘A’ Train
06 – ClosingA-Tisket, A-Tasket
07 – Ain’t Misbehavin
08 – My Last Affair
09 – Perdido
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CANNED HEAT with John Lee Hooker - Carnegie Hall, New York City, NY 1971
Canned Heat with John Lee Hooker - Carnegie Hall, New York City, NY 1971
This is a very rare show that hasn't been traded much. It is one of the Hooker 'N Heat shows from the 1971 tour. Bob Hite dedicates "Framed" to Abbie Hoffman who is in the audience. It's an enthusiastic show with Vestine playing very well. Joel Scott addes some booming vocals to Back Door Man. This recording is a must for fans of Canned Heat, John Lee Hooker, and the blues.
Carnegie Hall,
New York City, NY
1971-04-15
Bob Hite - Vocals
Henry Vestine - lead guitar
Fito de la Parra - drums
Joel Scott Hill - vocals, guitar
Antonio de la Barreda - bass
John Lee Hooker - vocals
01. Framed
02. Let's Work Together
03. Introduction of John Lee Hooker
04. Hey Babe
05. Boogie Chillen no.2
06. Drum solo
07. Boogie Chillen no.2 ending
08. Introduction to Back Door Man
09. Back Door Man
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MOTHER EARTH - Living With The Animals - 1968
Mother Earth - Living With The Animals - 1968 - Mercury
Though Mother Earth is often remembered as a vehicle for Tracy Nelson, Living With the Animals is a true group effort, combining
memorable vocal performances with tight R&B-derived playing with excellent guitar work from Michael Bloomfield. Side one is a
showcase for Nelson's blues belting and piano, particularly on "Down So Low" and "Mother Earth." Not to be overlooked is the blues
shuffle "I Did My Part" and R.P. St. John's sardonic "Living With the Animals" and "Marvel Set," which features him on lead vocals.
Side two doesn't hold up quite as well, though there are stellar moments here as well, including "Cry On" and "Goodnight Nelda
Grebe," with fine horn section work and excellent Nelson vocals. Written and fronted by St. John, "The Kingdom of Heaven Is Within
You" is a brilliant closer; it's nocturnal, moody, and spacy and showcases beautiful muted trumpets and reeds with a gorgeous flute
Great late sixties Texas blues/R&B. There are some great musicians here. Mark Naftalin was the keyboardist for the Butterfield
Blues Band, and Powell St.John wrote for the great 13th Floor Elevators band.Tracy Nelson's powerful and clear vocals are a strong
point of this album. The last track, "Kingdom of Heaven" by Powell St.John is a great psychedelic flavoured song, and is a highlight of
the album. However, the entire album is great and HR by A.O.O.F.C. Listen to Mother Earth's 1972 s/t album, and Tracy Nelson's great
album, "Deep Are the Roots." Mother Earth's "Satisfied" album is @ MOTHERE/SFD
TRACKS / COMPOSERS
SIDE ONE
Marvel Group (St. John)
Mother Earth (Memphis Slim)
I Did My Part (Neville)
Living with the Animals (St. John)
Down So Low (Nelson)
SIDE TWO
Cry On (Toussaint)
It Won't Be Long (McFarland)
My Love Will Never Die (Dixon)
Goodnight Nelda Grebe The Telephone Company Has Cut Us Off (Caldwell/Nelson)
The Kingdom of Heaven (Is Within You) (St. John)
MUSICIANS
Makal Blumfeld (aka Mike Bloomfield), John Andrews - guitar
Bob Arthur - bass
Tracy Nelson - piano, vocals
Mark Naftalin - piano, organ
Barry Goldberg - organ
Jose Emilio Rodriquez III, George Rains - drums
Martin Fierro - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute
Frank Morin - tenor saxophone
Link Davis Jr. - alto saxophone
Bob Salisbury, Ron Taormina - baritone saxophone
Louis Gasca - trumpet
Spencer Perskin - violin
R. Powell St John Jr - harmonica, vocals
Shalimar Samuelson, Sylvia Caldwell, Losella Funque - backing vocals (members of The Earthettes)
SHORT BIO
The late-'60s/early-'70s blues-rock outfit Mother Earth was led by singer Tracy Nelson and issued several somewhat
underappreciated releases during their time span. Nelson was originally from Madison, WI, and it was while attending the University
of Wisconsin that the singer was discovered by producer Sam Charters and was eventually signed to a recording contract with the
Prestige label. 1965 saw the release of Nelson's solo debut, the folk-based Deep Are the Roots, and when it didn't exactly burn up
the charts, Nelson decided to relocate to San Francisco, with the hopes of forming a more conventional rock outfit. Shortly after
arriving on the West Coast, Mother Earth was formed, which led to performances at the famed Fillmore West, opening for the likes
of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Burdon. After an appearance on the soundtrack to the 1968 motion picture Revolution (which
also featured the Quicksilver Messenger Service and the Steve Miller Band), Mother Earth signed with Mercury Records and issued
a steady stream of releases until the early '70s. These albums included 1968's Living with the Animals 1969's Tracy Nelson Country
and Make a Joyful Noise, 1970's Satisfied, 1971's Bring Me Home, 1972's Tracy Nelson/Mother Earth, and 1973's Poor Man's Paradise,
before Nelson pursued a solo career. Subsequently, Nelson earned a Grammy nomination in 1974 for the track "After the Fire Is
Gone" (a duet with Willie Nelson) and continued to issue solo albums until the early '80s, when she became disillusioned with the
direction that popular music was going in (although she did sing backup for Neil Young for a spell in the mid-'80s, including
appearing with Young at the mammoth Live Aid concert in 1985). Nelson returned to music in the '90s, beginning with 1993's In the
Here and Now, continuing to issue solo recordings (and in 1998, earned another Grammy nomination for the release Sing It!, a
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TRACY NELSON & MOTHER EARTH - THE BEST OF..
Janis Joplin may have gotten all of the fame and glory, but she was far from the only white female blues shouter to emerge from the San Francisco music scene of the mid-'60s; "The Best of Tracy Nelson & Mother Earth" is proof positive of that, providing an excellent introduction to one of the more sadly overlooked talents of her time and place. Despite any number of passing similarities to Joplin, Nelson sings with greater finesse; her style is more adaptable as well, capable of fitting comfortably into R&B, psychedelia, and pop ballads, all the while remaining grounded in classic roots music traditions. Highlighted by her perennial "Down So Low" - subsequently recorded by everyone from Linda Ronstadt to Etta James - this 17-track compilation also spotlights performances spanning from a wrenching cover of Little Willie John's "Need Your Love So Bad" to contemporary material like Steve Young's "Seven Bridges Road" and John Hiatt's "Thinking of You," offering a comprehensive overview of her earliest and most enduring work.
01. Down So Low
02. Cry On
03. Goodnight Nelda Greb (The Telephone Company Has Cut Us Off)
04. Mother Earth
05. Won't Be Long
06. Need Your Love So Bad
07. Soul of a Man
08. Satisfied
09. Ruler of My Heart
10. Temptation Took Control of Me (And I Fell)
11. Soul of Sadness
12. Tonight the Sky's About to Cry
13. I'll Be Long Gone
14. Seven Bridges Road
15. Tennessee Blues
16. Thinking of You
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TRACY NELSON & MOTHER EARTH - POOR MAN'S PARADISE
With their roots in blues, country and gospel, Mother Earth came out of Texas in the late 1960s but established themselves in San Francisco with Tracy Nelson's voice as their prime strength. Poor Man's Paradise was the seventh and last Mother Earth LP, jointly credited to Tracy Nelson and Mother Earth.
01. Poor Man's Paradise
02. Cruel Wind
03. When I Need You Most Of All
04. I Hate To Say Goodbye
05. You And Me
06. Jack's Waltz
07. I Can't Seem To Care
08. Going Back To Tennessee
09. Whatever I Am, You Made Me http://www.fileserve.com/file/wsdWHcy
TRACY NELSON - HOMEMADE SONGS & COME SEE ABOUT ME
Tracy Nelson really came into her own as a solo artist with these two LP's (now combined on one CD) in the late seventies and early eighties. Previous efforts on Atlantic and MCA were fine in their way but a bit strained. Here she sounds comfortable and strong. Apparently Flying Fish gave her the leeway that the bigger labels did not. What I didn't realize at the time was that after these efforts and a subsequent Direct-to-Disc release (Doin' It My Way -- words that Tracy lives by from what I know about her)she would virtually disappear for over a decade. That made these releases all the more valuable to me. The albums reflect her blues, country and folk influences. But most of all they present Tracy Nelson at her vocal best--strong, clear, emotionally rich singing that will make people who have never heard her wonder why she's not a superstar. It's hard to recommend any one TN release, but this one is a certainly a good intro.
In 1996, Flying Fish released Homemade Songs/Come See About Me, which contained two complete albums -- Homemade Songs (1978 and Come See About Me (1980), both originally released on Flying Fish -- by Tracy Nelson on one compact disc.
HOMEMADE SONGS:
01. God's Song
02. I've Been There Before
03. Ice Man
04. Summer of the Silver Comet, The
05. Tightrope
06. You Don't Need to Move a Mountain
07. She's Taking My Part
08. Friends of a Kind
09. Sounds of the City
10. Suddenly
COME SEE ABOUT ME:
11. Come See About Me
12. Done Got Over
13. Holiday
14. It's Growing
15. Walk Away
16. Tears
17. Hold on I'm Coming
18. See Saw
19. River's Invitation
20. You're My World
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RONNIE JAMES DIO - MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD
Ronnie James Dio – Mightier Than The Sword (2011)
Artist: Ronnie James Dio
Album: Mightier Than The Sword
Released: 2011
Style: Heavy metal
Format: MP3 320Kbps
Size: 152+156 Mb
CD1:
01 – Carolina County Ball
02 – Love Is All
03 – The Temple Of The King
04 – Catch The Rainbow
05 – Stargazer
06 – Run With The Wolf
07 – Kill The King
08 – Long Live Rock’n'Roll
09 – Lady Of The Lake
10 – Gates Of Babylon
11 – Die Young
12 – Heaven And Hell
13 – Children Of The Sea
CD2:
01 – The Mob Rules
02 – Voodoo
03 – Country Girl
04 – Holy Diver
05 – Rainbow In The Dark
06 – We Rock
07 – Rock ‘n’ Roll Children
08 – All The Fools Sailed Away
09 – I
10 – Push
11 – One More For The Road
12 – Shadow Of The Wind
13 – Neon Knights (live)
14 – Bible Black
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BOYD TINSLEY - True Reflections, 2003
Boyd Tinsley - True Reflections, 2003
1 - It's Alright
2 - Show Me
3 - So Glad
4 - Listen
5 - Cause It's Time
6 - Long Time To Wait
7 - Perfect World
8 - Cinnamon Girl
9 - Run
10 - What A Time For Love
11 - True Reflections
RARE EARTH Earth Tones The Essential Rare Earth (1994)
Rare Earth is an American rock band affiliated with Motown's Rare Earth record label (which was named after the band) who were particularly famous in the late-1960s and 1970s. Clocking in at 75 minutes, this single-CD release is probably as much Rare Earth as most casual fans want (even though it only contains nine songs), and as a mid-priced item it's doubly attractive. Among the highlights included here are the nearly seven-minute long, promo-only version of "Warm Ride," and the nearly 11-minute version of "(I Know) I'm Losing You," the 12-minute version of "I Couldn't Believe What Happened Last Night," the killer 21-minute "Get Ready," plus the more modestly proportioned "Hey Big Brother," "Ma," "I Just Want to Celebrate," and "Satisfaction Guaranteed." Motown also has a double-CD anthology which features an additional hour of music and then some, but that's more than twice as expensive and only intended for the most serious fans. The sound is also a selling point, this collection have originated from Polygram's stewardship of the Motown library, all first-generation tapes processed through state-of-the-art digital technology.
01. Warm Ride
02. I Just Want To Celebrate
03. (I Know) I'm Losing You
04. Satisfaction Guaranteed
05. I Couldn't Believe What Happened Last Night
06. Ma
07. Hey Big Brother (Live)
08. Dreamer
09. Get Ready http://www.fileserve.com/file/5MmrJZY
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