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February 25, 2012
PHISH - Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, CA - 03/24/1993
Phish 1993-03-24 Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, CA
Set 1
Llama, Foam, Fee > Poor Heart, Maze, I Didn't Know, Sample in a Jar, All Things Reconsidered, Runaway Jim, Amazing Grace, Cavern
Set 2
The Landlady > Split Open and Melt, Sparkle > Tweezer > Mound, Big Ball Jam > Fast Enough for You, You Enjoy Myself, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Hold Your Head Up > The Prison Joke > Hold Your Head Up > Terrapin > Hold Your Head Up, Good Times Bad Times
Encore: Carolina, The Squirming Coil
Notes: I Didn't Know featured Fishman on trombone and The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Amazing Grace and Carolina were performed without microphones. The Prison Joke was told by an audience member named “Sam” after Fishman refused to tell it.
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AL GREEN - The Supreme Al Green: The Greatest Hits [1992]
Al Green - The Supreme Al Green: The Greatest Hits [1992]
Released by the British division of Hi, The Supreme Al Green: The Greatest Hits is a terrific 18-track collection that contains almost all of Green's hits, including "Tired of Being Alone," "Call Me," "I'm Still in Love With You," "Let's Stay Together," "I Can't Get Next to You," "Love and Happiness," "Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)," "Take Me to the River," and "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart." Although it inexplicably overlooks "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" and contains a bit too much latter-day material for some tastes, it's still one of the best single-disc collections yet assembled on Green, rivaling the revamped Greatest Hits the Right Stuff released in the mid-'90s.
Tired of Being Alone /Green 2:52
I Can't Get Next to You /Strong, Whitfield 3:46
Let's Stay Together /Green, Jackson, Mitchell 3:19
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? /Gibb, Gibb, Gibb 6:24
Love and Happiness /Green, Hodges 5:00
I'm Still in Love With You /Green, Jackson, Mitchell, Walker 3:13
Simply Beautiful /Duncan, Green 4:12
What a Wonderful Thing Love Is /Green 3:32
Call Me (Come Back Home) /Green, Jackson, Mitchell 3:02
My God Is Real /Morris 2:46
Let's Get Married /Green 5:36
Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy) /Green 2:59
Take Me to the River /Green, Hodges 3:44
Love Ritual [Original Version] /Green 4:19
L-O-V-E (Love) /Green, Hodges, Mitchell 3:04
I Didn't Know /Green 7:46
Full of Fire /Green, Hodges, Mitchell 5:12
Belle Fairfax, /Green, Jordan 4:49
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February 24, 2012
SADE - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION (2011)
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Album: The Ultimate Collection
Released: 2011
Style: Soul
CD1:
01 – Your Love Is King
02 – Smooth Operator
03 – Hang On To Your Love
04 – The Sweetest Taboo
05 – Is It A Crime
06 – Never As Good As The First Time
07 – Jezebel
08 – Love Is Stronger Than Pride
09 – Paradise
10 – Nothing Can Come Between Us
11 – No Ordinary Love
12 – Kiss Of Life
13 – Feel No Pain
14 – Bullet Proof Soul
CD2:
01 – Cherish The Day
02 – Pearls
03 – By Your Side
04 – Immigrant
05 – Flow
06 – King Of Sorrow
07 – The Sweetest Gift
08 – Soldier Of Love
09 – The Moon And The Sky
10 – Babyfather
11 – Still In Love With You
12 – Love Is Found
13 – I Would Have Never Guessed
14 – The Moon And The Sky (Remix) Ft. Jay-Z
15 – By Your Side (Neptunes Remix) http://fp.io/4f3d7382/
BELA FLECK - DRIVE
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Béla Fleck - Drive [1987]
Drive is an album by American banjoist Béla Fleck. The album was produced toward the end of Fleck's New Grass Revival career and before the Flecktones were formed and included an all-star list of bluegrass performers.
Béla Fleck - banjo
Tony Rice - guitar
Sam Bush - mandolin
Stuart Duncan - fiddle
Mark O'Connor - fiddle
Jerry Douglas - Dobro
Pete Rowan - vocals (7)
All tracks written by Béla Fleck
"Whitewater"
"Slipstream"
"Up and Around the Bend"
"Natchez Trace"
"See Rock City"
"The Legend"
"The Lights of Home"
"Down in the Swamp"
"Sanctuary"
"The Open Road"
"Crucial Country Breakdown"
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7 WALKERS / Jam Cruise 10
7 Walkers, Jam Cruise 10, mp3
Track 1
Mr. Charlie
King Cotton Blues
(For The Love Of) Mr. Okra
Smokestack Lightning
Early In The Morning
New Speedway Boogie
7 Walkers
I Know You Rider
Wharf Rat
Eyes Of The World
Big Railroad Blues
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THE MASKED MARAUDERS - THE COMPLETE DEITY RECORDINGS
A joke review ran in Rolling Stone about an album that didn't exist by a group called the Masked Marauders, supposedly consisting of John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, & Bob Dylan, produced by Al Kooper. Some months later, an album by the Masked Marauders appeared, causing a good deal of controversy. It wasn't recorded by the above named superstars, the last song on the album being a disclaimer stating that fact. Tracks from the album have surfaced on bootlegs, disguised as Beatles, Stones, or Dylan 'outtakes'. Rhino Handmade.
Limited to 1000 numbered copies.
Includes liner notes by Greil Marcus. http://fp.io/2f3e7bcd/
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Oxford American 13th Annual Music Issue: Mississippi Music
VA – Oxford American 13th Annual Music Issue: Mississippi Music (2011)
blues, compilation, funk, rockabilly, soul
Inspired by the diversity and depth of the state’s musical heritage, the editors of The Oxford American have scoured the Magnolia State and unearthed 27 brilliant Mississippi songs to shake up the thinking (and booties) of its audience.
In fact, the new Music Issue may surprise people who believe that Mississippi boasts only blues music. Though rightly regarded for its fantastically rich blues heritage, Mississippi can also claim the birthplace of rock & roll (Tupelo, Miss., where Elvis Presley was born) and country (Meridian, Miss., where Jimmie Rodgers, “The Father of Country Music,” was born).
But, of course, even those genres don’t cover it all.
Want funky housewife disco? We’ve got it. Soul music from an underrated genius? Seventeen-piece all-babe big band? Lonesome Sun Records–approved hillbilly? This year’s OA CD includes those sounds, plus: jazz, gospel, New Wave, garage rock, 1950s pop—and much more.
1. – Uncle Jonah’s Place – Harold Dorman (1961) [01:38]
2. – What Can You Bring Me – Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (1971)[02:47]
3. – I’m Lonesome – Ernie Chaffin (1957) [02:44]
4. – Heart-O-Matic Love – Bo Diddley (1955) [02:46]
5. – Tallahatchie River Blues – Mattie Delaney (1930) [02:46]
6. – I’m Ready for Your Love – Fern Kinney (1982) [04:29]
7. – Love-A-Rama – Leon Bass & the Keystones (ca. 1956) [01:51]
8. – Snap Your Fingers – Joe Henderson (1962) [02:59]
9. – Blues, Blues, Blues – Hayden Thompson (1956) [02:22]
10. – Jump Children – The International Sweethearts of Rhythm (1946)[02:47]
11. – Howlin’ for My Darling – Howlin’ Wolf (1959) [02:31]
12. – (My Baby Loves) Chili Dogs – Dusty Brooks (1951) [02:35]
13. – Tit for Tat – Ruby Andrews (1969) [02:27]
14. – Sidewalk – The Hilltops (1991) [02:59]
15. – Old Joe Bone – Carter Brothers & Son (1928) [03:02]
16. – I’ve Got the Real Thing – Syl Johnson (1968) [02:41]
17. – Guitar Slim – Guitar Slim (1954) [02:33]
18. – Radio, Jukebox and T.V. – Jimmy Donley (1958) [02:35]
19. – Gospel Train – The Golden Nugget (1973) [02:46]
20. – Rock & Roll Blues – Travis Wammack (1958) [02:08]
21. – Storm Thru Mississippi – Henry Green (1951) [02:29]
22. – Uprising [radio edit] – Wadada Leo Smith and Ed Blackwell (1986) [03:29]
23. – Old Dog Blue – Jim Jackson (1928) [02:55]
24. – Bad Girl – The Riviaires (ca. 1965) [02:19]
25. – Love Sick – The Germans (1981) [03:03]
26. – Post-Partitions – Milton Babbitt (played by Robert Miller) (1977) [03:30]
27. – Biloxi – Ted Hawkins (1994) [04:40]
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ESQUIRE - ESQUIRE
Esquire - Esquire (1987)
(Review from amazon)
Esquire are a British symphonic rock group founded in 1982 by singer Nikki Squire, wife of bass player Chris Squire of Yes fame, and ex-New Cross bass player Nigel McLaren. Making up the numbers in this trio is unsung hero Charles Olins on keyboards. One would be entirely correct in assuming that Esquire play a style of music akin to Yes.
This 1987 album is a sublime work of art, that is about great songs rather than being a vehicle for displaying the artists' obvious musical craftsmanship and virtuosity. All tracks overflow with sterling melodies that ooze class and sophistication. Still this remains a hardhitting rock album. The band's unique, innovative sound is further typified by Nikki Squire's remarkable, somewhat masculine sounding vocals, which greatly resemble Jon Anderson's.
The hugely impressive highlight, "Blossomtime", which starts off with a delicate piano passage, but eventually turns into an overwhelmingly pompous affair with a chorus. The multilayered backing vox and harmonies are out of this world.
Unfortunately, the band lacked the promotional clout at Geffen records, and the following autumn Big Generator came out and stole the thunder from this album.
Line-up :
- Nikki Squire / vocals
- Nigel McLaren / bass, backing vocals
- Charles Olins / keyboards, backing vocals
with
- Chris Squire / backing vocals
- Alan White / drums
- Pat Thrall / guitar
- Steve Topping / guitar
- Eddie Golga / guitar
- Jamie Lane / drums
- Dinky / drums
- Carmen Squire / backing vocals
Track List :
01. To the Rescue
02. Sunshine
03. Knock Twice for Heaven
04. Up Down Turnaround
05. Blossomtime
06. Hourglass
07. Moving Together
08. Silent Future
09. Special Greetings
10. What You've Been Saying
11. Sunshine (Original Mix)
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GOV'T MULE - A Tail of Two Cities, 2004 and 2006
Gov't Mule, A Tail of Two Cities, 2004 and 2006
Disc One:
Recorded at The Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA on 10/15/04
Set I:
1. Bad Man Walking
2. About To Rage
3. Mr. Man
4. Banks Of The Deep End
5. Temporary Saint
6. Sco-Mule
7. Beautifully Broken
8. Slackjaw Jezebel
9. Blind Man In The Dark
Set II:
10. Thelonius Beck
11. Painted Silver Light
12. No Need To Suffer
13. Devil Likes It Slow >
14. Drums >
15. Burro Of Brighton Jam >16. My Separate Reality
17. Bad Little Doggie
18. Lola Leave Your Light On
Encore:
19. I'm A Ram
Disc Two:
Recorded at The Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL on 12/9/06
Set I:
1. Blind Man In The Dark
2. Bad Little Doggie (4:06)
3. Mr. High & Mighty (5:51)
4. About To Rage (11:04)
5. Unring The Bell (8:56)
6. Rocking Horse (9:13)
7. Larger Than Life (6:28)
8. Slackjaw Jezebel> (8:07)
9. Brand New Angel (7:03)
Set II:
10. So Weak, So Strong (6:40)
11. 32/20 Blues (8:25)
12. Time To Confess (9:19)
13. Brighter Days (6:50)
14. Like Flies> (5:04)
15. Drums> (9:04)
16. Mother Earth (9:38)
17. Gameface > Mountain Jam > Gameface > Power Outage > Gameface (12:54)
18. Thorazine Shuffle (11:29)
Encore:
19. Reggae Soulshine (8:04)
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NAZARETH - HAIR OF THE DOG LIVE
NAZARETH - HAIR OF THE DOG LIVE
1. Big Boy
2. Hair Of The Dog
3. Expect No Mercy
4. Shape Of Things To Come
5. Love Hurts
6. Tush
7. Telegram
8. Razamanaz
9. Do Everything
10. Holiday
11. Hearts Grown Cold
12. Cocaine
13. Let Me Be Your Leader
14. Dressed To Kill
15. Pop The Silo
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LOTUS - The Intersection, Grand Rapids, MI - 02/15/2012
Lotus
2012-02-15
The Intersection, Grand Rapids, MI
Bush Pilot
Middle Road
Bubonic Tonic >
Shimmer and Out >
Ghosts N Stuff >
Shimmer and Out
Sodium Vapor
Lead Pipe >
Greet the Mind
Kesey Seed
It's All Clear to Me Now >
Jump Off
Encore:
Cain & Abel
The Surf
Scrapple
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February 23, 2012
BEGGAR'S OPERA - ACT ONE
Beggar’s Opera - Act One (1970) (@256)
(Review from progarchives.com)
What a mindblowing debut-album this is! The very melodic and harmonic music from this five-piece band is based upon an incredible dynamic and propulsive rhythm-section and splendid, very exciting Hammond organ work, often accompanied by a powerful and fiery electric guitar. The interplay between the musicians is magnificent and the excertions on keyboards and guitar are very compelling, in the spirit of the late Sixties and early Seventies. The vocals are also worth to be mentioned: distinctive with an enthusiastic approach and often a bit cynical undertone but at some moments also warm and plesant. The highlight on this CD is the track “Raymond’s road” featuring awesome guitarsoli (inspired by Hendrix and Page)and exciting work on the Hammond organ in the vein of the best Keith Emerson, including short renditions of known classical pieces from Bach and Grieg. An excellent album that will please every hammond aficionado and fans from the early seventies progrock sound!
Line-up :
- Martin Griffiths / vocals
- Alan Park / organ
- Raymond Wilson / drums
- Ricky Gardiner / lead guitar
- Marshal Erksine / bass guitar
Track List :
01. Poet and Pesant (7:10)
02. Passacaglia (7:04)
03. Memory (3:57)
04. Raymond’s road (11:49)
05. Light Cavalry (11:57)
06. Sarabande (3:32)
07. Think (4:25)
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21st Century Schizoid Band - Live In New York
21st Century Schizoid Band
Pictures of a City - Live in New York
Release Date
Mar 21, 2006
Recording Date
Apr 27, 2004
Label
Iceni
Review by Bruce Eder
This double-disc set is comprised of the best parts of the early and late shows from the 21st Century Schizoid Band's April 27, 2004, appearance at B.B. King's in New York. This is a slightly different configuration of the band from the one that debuted in 2002, Ian Wallace having succeeded Michael Giles on drums — frankly, this reviewer prefers Giles, whose dexterity remains astonishing going into his sixties, but Wallace brings a lot of raw power to the playing, and he and bassist Peter Giles (finally enjoying the international music career he was denied by fate nearly 40 years ago) make a tight rhythm section. As to Ian MacDonald and Mel Collins, the two reed/wind/keyboardmen romp and stomp over the classic material on dual saxes, except where they aim for delicacy as on "Spend Us Three" and "Cadence and Cascade," and lead guitarist/vocalist Jakko Jakszyk proves every bit the perfect successor to Greg Lake, Gordon Haskell, and Boz Burrell on lead vocals. His work, in turn, is enhanced by the presence of several keyboard instruments, far beyond the Mellotron (which is well represented). The sheer range of this band on-stage is sort of a self-fulfilling characteristic, in terms of each member's work being enhanced in these surroundings, and in many ways this set will prove the good-sounding substitute for the historically important but technically lacking Fillmore East recordings by Crimso Mark 1. Some of the tempos are tighter and quicker than the original bands would have played them, especially on "Catfood," but otherwise this is a release that straddles two eras, two audiences, and two purposes, reaching back to the late '60s ("The Court of the Crimson King," "I Talk to the Wind," etc.) and early '70s ("Cirkus," "Formentera Lady," etc.) and bringing the work forward, and adding new material that's also well worth hearing. The band even reaches out to the repertory of the next incarnation of Crimso, performing "Starless" as their finale. The recording is perfectly balanced and so well done that one gets a sense of the ambience. On "Ladies of the Road," for example, the quintet even gets the Beatles-like harmonies on the chorus right, and there's a really cool sax/lead guitar jam, but there's also just enough audience ambience to confirm that there was mostly a guy crowd at B.B. King's that night (no surprise — this reviewer only ever knew one woman who was interested in King Crimson and that was his college art history teacher who was 45-plus [but very hot] and she was mostly intrigued by "The Night Watch" as a song inspired by Rembrandt, but I digress....). "Catley's Ashes," one of the new numbers, starts out as a punchy reed workout with room for the guitar, bass, and drums to get in some impressive, and it's a lot more than filler — it's a good enough showcase for the band that it would've made a great track on Islands (better than some that were on the latter) and, appropriately enough, it leads into what were the last two cuts off side one of that album. And it's on that trio of tracks that Giles and Wallace really start to impress this reviewer as much as everyone else here, Wallace weaving these multi-layered patterns and Giles handling the transition from "Catley's Ashes" to "Formentera Lady" and then the band carrying the latter for eight whole minutes without dragging or lagging, with a beautiful solo sax cadenza and lots of new piano ornamentation along with a recapturing of the studio original's haunting falsetto vocal embellishment; all of it leads to the explosive "Sailor's Tale," taken a little briskly but with lots of guitar and Mellotron pyrotechnics (over an awesome bass and drums foundation) to keep the listener busy, to close the first disc on what amounts to practically a sonic white-out. Disc two doesn't disappoint, opening with the oldest song in the group's repertory, "I Talk to the Wind," and closing with the newest of the classic material, "Starless," which makes for an almost overpowering finale after all that's come before.
01. Pictures of a City Fripp, Sinfield 8:33
02. Catfood Fripp, McDonald, Sinfield 4:24
03. Let There Be Light McDonald, Sinfield 3:38
04. Cirkus Fripp, Sinfield 8:16
05. Spend Us Three Collins 1:43
06. Cadence and Cascade Fripp, Sinfield 3:46
07. The Court of the Crimson King McDonald, Sinfield 8:45
08. Ladies of the Road Fripp, Sinfield 8:17
09. Catelys Ashes Jakszyk 8:52
10. Formentara Lady Fripp, Sinfield 9:49
11. Sailors Tale Fripp 6:02
12. I Talk to the Wind McDonald, Sinfield 6:59
13. Epitaph Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald ... 10:00
14. 21st Century Schizoid Man Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald ... 11:57
15. Starless Bruford, Cross, Fripp, James ... 11:29
Mark "Clem" Clements Live Mixing
Paul Crockford Management
Ben Darlow Mastering
Jim Farber Liner Notes
Michael Fisher Liner Notes
Peter Giles Bass, Vocals (bckgr), Liner Notes
Jakko M. Jakszyk Editing
Ian McDonald Alto, Flute, Keyboards, Sax (Alto), Vocals, Liner Notes, Soloist
Phil Smee Package Design
Ian Wallace Percussion, Drums, Vocals, Liner Notes
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21st Century Schizoid Band - Live In Italy (2003)
21st Century Schizoid Band - Live In Italy (2003)
Live in Italy is the third installment of the "Official Bootleg" series from the 21st Century Schizoid Band. It is the first album to feature new drummer Ian Wallace, who replaced Michael Giles earlier that year.
Mel Collins: Baritone, Tenor and Alto Sax, Flute, Keys and Backing Vocals
Peter Giles: Bass Guitar and Backing Vocals
Jakko M Jakszyk: Guitar, Vocals, Flute and Mellotron
Ian McDonald: Keyboards. Flute, Alto Sax and Vocals
Ian Wallace: Drums, Percussion and Vocal
01 - Schizoid Intro
02 - A Man, A City
03 - Let There Be Light
04 - Court Of The Crimson King
05 - Ladies Of The Road
06 - Improv / Sailor's Tale
07 - Birdman
08 - Epitaph
09 - Catley's Ashes (Studio Version)
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YO-YO MA,Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile – The Goat Rodeo Sessions (2011)
Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile – The Goat Rodeo Sessions (2011)
In the tradition of Appalachian Journey and Obrigado Brazil, Yo-Yo Ma once again embraces styles and traditions that go beyond classical music by bringing together four American string virtuosos and creating a new kind of chamber ensemble. The Goat Rodeo Sessions is a landmark album project which uniquely showcases cellist Yo-Yo Ma, fiddler Stuart Duncan, bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolinist Chris Thile, with special guest vocalist, Aoife O’Donovan (Crooked Still) on two tracks. While each musician is a renowned superstar in his own music sphere, they have come together as a unified ensemble in this most remarkable and organic cross-genre project stemming from their friendship…
…and the title concept.
A “goat rodeo,” according the Urbandictionary.com, “is about the most polite term used by aviation people (and others in higher risk situations) to describe a scenario that requires about 100 things to go right at once if you intend to walk away from it.” Meyer first heard the term used in reference to “a very chaotic situation where a lot of agendas are kind of confused, and it’s hard to tell up from down.” Relating it to The Goat Rodeo Sessions participants, all four lead extremely demanding, if not chaotic lives, making their meeting here on this record, a goat rodeo miracle.
But the term proved a perfect catch-all, too, in describing the otherwise hard-to-define nature of the quartet’s music. Much of the group’s improvisational “co-authorship” was created on the spot. “There’s quite a bit of interplay between the musicians in bringing each piece to life, from composing to figuring out our parts,” says Meyer. Ma offers final clarification, “In the end, what we’re trying to do is simply make music that transcends whatever roots or catagories of backgrounds that it starts from – that just exists as something that we’re trying to express, through our community of values, as a moment in time creating very special music.”
1. Attaboy [05:42]
2. Quarter Chicken Dark [04:47]
3. Helping Hand [04:32]
4. Where’s My Bow? [05:30]
5. Here and Heaven [03:53]
6. Franz and the Eagle [06:53]
7. Less Is Moi [07:27]
8. Hill Justice [04:29]
9. No One But You [03:54]
10. 13:8 [05:54]
11. Goat Rodeo [04:18]
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