Rose - Worlds Apart
I dont know a lot about this French based symphonic art rock jazz band except that this album is just excellent and features the violin work of David Rose. David Rose is not a household name but if you like Jean-Luc Ponty or Eddie Jobson then this will be right down your alley!. David Rose was featured on Annie Haslam's debut album and has recorded with other bands as well but his work here is stellar.
Musically Rose blend fusion and synth into a quazi-progressive rock sound that really reminds me of Canada's FM aka Ben Mink and Nash The Slash.
The track "Go Away" is pretty awesome as is the whole album to be honest but this tune is the watermark for me!
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Wings - Wings Over America (1976)
"Wings Over America" was just one of those live albums that you listened to over and over.....just like Frampton Comes Alive !
The thirty songs on this triple 180g Vinyl set were taken from the 1976 Wings World tour (seen by over two million people) from the following gigs : 1975 - British Tour, 1975 - Australian Tour , 1976 - European Tour (Denmark, Germany, Holland and France), 1976 - American Tour, 1976 - European Tour (Austria, Yugoslavia, Italy and Germany) and the 1976 - London show .
Wings over America was the first Wings live album and what a way to kick it off! The line up on these tours dates were Paul, and Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, Jimmy McCulloch (guitars) and Joe English (drums) with the brass section of Tony Dorsey - Trombone,Howie Casey - Saxophone,
Steve Howard - Trumpet and flugelhorn, and Thaddeus Richard - Saxophone, clarinet and flute.
Like so many of the great albums of my life the album sleeve was designed by Storm T at Hipgnosis. What also makes this live set just so special was the inclusion of some Beatles songs which Paul had refused to play on previous tours. The Wings albums "Band On The Run", "Venus and Mars" and "At The Speed Of Sound" are well represented here.
This live set has been lovingly remastered and pressed to solid 180g vinyl with great results! The audio remaster was accomplished by the team of Guy Massey, Steve Rooke and Simon Gibson at Abbey Road Studios London in 2012. The sound of this treasured live album has never sounded so good! The 3 LP set comes in a solid heavy cardboard sleeve package with replica poster, art work and
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Baris Manco - "Mozart" | Gokben - "Eninde Sonunda" | Tracklisting: Afet Serenay-Yarim Gitti Cesmeye, Kerem Guney-Aglayi Aglayi, Gokben-Eninde Sonunda, Baris Manco-Estergon Kalesi, Gulcan Opel-Bari Bari, Sevil and Ayla-Irgat, Kamuran Akkor-Kim Ne Derse Desin, Afet Serenay-Maden Dagi, Edip Akbayram-Mehmet Emmi, Baris Manco- | Mozart, Cem Karaca/Mogollar-Obur Dunya, Ozel Turkbas-Ozel's Dance Routine, Perihan-Nerden Nereye, Sakir Oner Gunham-Ben Bu Yaralara Nerden Dus Oldum, Sirin-Sevgili Golgem, Gulcan Opel-Tamammi, Kenan-Viens Dans Ma Vie. |
Keats (1984)
Keats was an Alan Parsons offshoot band that added the prog rock talents of Camel's Pete Bardens in addition to Colin Blunstone (ex: Zombies) - Vocals, Ian Bairnson (ex: Pilot) - Guitars, David Paton (ex: Pilot) - Bass and Stuart Elliot (ex: Cockney Rebel) - Drums, Percussion. The album was produced by Alan Parsons and in many ways feels like one of his albums!
There are a few stunning tracks on this album like "Avalanche" and "night full of voices" which are stand out songs with fantastic vocals and instrumentation.
Colin Blunstone's vocals are caressing and sensitive and fits perfectly with the lush orchestral
Friday, June 7, 2013
Dave Mason - It's Like You Never Left (1973)
Dave Mason left The band TRAFFIC in the late 60's and pursued a solo career releasing a number of excellent albums with "it's like you never left" ranking as one of my personal favourite ones from his discography.
There is something just a but deeper on this album than on some of his other albums and songs like "Maybe" , "Every Woman" and "Silent Partner" touch your soul. Mason also brings along a few friends as well with guest appearances from both Graham Nash and Stevie Wonder.
Like most Dave Mason albums the songs are varied and all excellent with a strong emphasis on guitar, bass and drum and vocals and harmonies.
The S&P Records LP is 180g format and was remastered exclusively for vinyl release by none other than Steve Hoffman. As you wouldn expect the sound quality is high and very warm and natural sounding.
I would highly recommend this albm to all lovers of 70's pop and rock
Monday, June 3, 2013
Hudson and Ford - Free Spirit (1974)
Free Spirit was the second album released by the duo ex-Strawbs members Richard Hudson and John Ford. Athough not especially progressive rock in nature, Free Spirit is a drop dead fantastic adult-oriented pop album with Gentle prog and folk leanings throughout. The symphonic song "Mother Mild" sounds like mid period Moody Blues with full orchestration and acoustic guitar with deep harmonies. The 9 minute semi epic "Silent Star" is a harmonic prog-pop masterpiece with fantastic tempo variations and superb songwriting. Not a bad track on this album!
Hard to peg this album down really but imagine a mix of Be Bop Deluxe and City Boy!
Hudson-Ford's "Nickelodeon" (debut album) was a big album for me and I am a big fan of this sophmore release too. It is really a shame that Hudson-Ford didnt become huge as their albums deserve but for those who have listened to these albums will know what I mean.
If you are looking for sme great 70's Pop with a whole lot of clever bits and fantastic song writing then pick this album up !
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Japan - Oil On Canvass (1983)
When i first bought my first CD player I snagged a few expensive CD's at the time and Japan's Oil On Canvass was one of them ! And what a dissapointment it was. The original CD version was very blah and muted sounding and I found that over time I didnt enjoy listening to this album! I traded the CD in a long long time ago and only recently picked up the original 2 LP set which is waaaaaaaaay better! ....in fact so much so that you would think it was the same album!
Oil On Canvass is taken from their world tour back in 1983 and I think was also the ending of Japan so it kind of a key album as a swan song. Now that I can finally really hear this treasure I have discovered that not all the songs are live with both "Gentlemen Take Polaroids" and "Nightporter" being studio remixes. So I guess 13 out of the 15 tracks are live and two are not. "Methods of dance" live sounds amazing on the vinyl mix and now I know what I missed with the CD all these years.
On this live album Japan were David Sylvian (vocals, keyboards), Mick Karn (bass, clarinet, alto saxophone, vocals), Steve Jansen (drums, marimba), Porcupine Tree's Richard Barbieri (keyboards) and Masami Tsuchiya (guitars).
Most of the music is lifted off the Quiet life, gentlemen take polaroids and tin drum albums. Japan were always an acquired taste I suppose but they were a band I love right from the early days. David sylvian live sounds just excellent and no question they were a special band.
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