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Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Live. Previously unreleased live show, recorded at The Fabulous Forum in Los Angeles on the Rumours Tour on August 29, 1977. The concert’s setlist draws almost exclusively from Fleetwood Mac and Rumours, the first two albums recorded by the band’s latest incarnation: Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, and Christine McVie, and the newest members, Stevie Nicks, and Lindsey Buckingham. The lone nod to Fleetwood Mac’s other nine studio albums is a performance of “Oh Well,” a rock-guitar masterpiece originally released in 1969 and written by the band’s founder, guitarist Peter Green.
The Doors were a few months away from stardom in March 1967 when they played five sparsely attended shows at a small club in San Francisco called The Matrix. These uninhibited performances would have been fleeting if not for Peter Abram, who co-owned the pizza parlor-turned-nightclub with Jefferson Airplane founder Marty Balin. An avid recordist, Abram taped concerts at The Matrix regularly and his recordings of The Doors, made between March 7-11, 1967, spawned one of the band’s most storied bootlegs.
Here is the third and final volume of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers "Live In 1967," featuring Peter Green, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood just before they formed Fleetwood Mac. Thanks to dedicated fan Tom Huissen who took his one channel reel-to-reel tape recorder into various London clubs in 1967, these historical performances were captured for all time. Unheard for almost fifty years, John recently obtained these tapes and began restoring them with the technical assistance of Eric Corne of Forty Below Records. Corne adds, "While the source recording was very rough and the final result is certainly not hi-fidelity, it does succeed in allowing us to hear how spectacular these performances are." It's truly an exciting glimpse into music history.
Rain Parade's "Last Rays of a Dying Sun" remains loyal to the hypnotic psychedelic stylings and hook-filled melodies for which the band is well known. Featuring original founding members and songwriters Matt Piucci and Steven Roback, along with long-time producer Jim Hill and guitarist John Thoman, Rain Parade creates a soundscape that takes you on a journey through time and space, with original songs that range from spacey folk to raging psychedelic rock. With guest appearances from the Bangles, Debbie and Vicki Peterson and the Moore Brothers, this album is a must for the psychedelic rock fan and beyond.
Off to the desert, embark on a R 'n' R trip to the orient, to exotic destinations and distant cities: this CD edition from the 'Destination' series on Bear Family Records® is all about rock 'n' roll and sheikhs, harems, oases, King Tut and Ali Baba and faraway places like Baghdad and Istanbul. -Musical companions include Bill Haley and his Comets, Jerry Reed, Art Neville, Dinah Washington, The Fendermen and Preston Love. -The playlist from the 1950s and early '60s provides Caravan, Come With Me To The Casbah, Turkish Doghouse, Ahab The Arab, Sinbad, Ali Ben Ghazi and more musical highlights. -Charmingly written liner notes and info on each performer by music historian Bill Dahl and careful re-mastering round out a delightful project. If you were astride a mighty camel while fearlessly navigating the wind-swept sands of the Sahara, good old-fashioned rock and roll would be just about the last commodity you would expect to encounter. Yet such fantastic scenarios inspired a slew of songs set to exotically rocking rhythms, their unusual narratives constructed around sheiks, harems, oases, King Tut and Ali Baba, and far-off locales like Bagdad and Istanbul. Those happen to be the very subjects dominating Bear Family's 'Destination Desert - 33 Oriental Rock 'n' Roll Treasures.' Some very unexpected names turn up on this anthology that you'd never expect to see searing their feet in such scorching, sun-strewn climes: rockabilly guitar ace Jerry Reed, for example, or sax wailer Preston Love, or New Orleans piano pounder Art Neville. Glamorous R&B chanteuses Dinah Washington and Big Maybelle seem highly unlikely candidates to hop aboard a dromedary, but they're here as well. The Fendermen, The Polk Brothers, and Bobby Christian offer contrasting treatments of Duke Ellington's immortal Caravan.
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Space Is The Place - highlighted by the rousing 21-minute title track - is both an essential album and a great onramp for new listeners to travel the spaceways of Sun Ra's other-worldly blend of avant-garde jazz, experimental rock, and Afrofuturism. The Verve By Request Series features 180-gram vinyl, pressed at Third Man in Detroit.
Two shiny silver discs of newly discovered recordings from the legendary singer-songwriter when she was performing country music under her birth name, Sherry Lee Myers. Recorded by her mother directly from the radio! Includes three non-LP bonus tracks! 1. Y'all Come 2. I'm Crazy Darling 3. Un, Uh, No 4. Why Baby Why 5. It May Have Been Teardrops 6. Taking My Chances 7. Walkin' After Midnight 8. The Sherry Lee Show Promo 9. Waiting 10. You're The Reason I'm In Love 11. My Heart Is Blind 12. I Can't Make My Dreams Understand 13. I'm Counting On You 14. Since I Left You Baby 15. When You Hurt Me I Don't Always Cry 16. Radio Show Announcement 17. I'm Walkin' 18. Anyway You Want Me 19. You Don't Owe Me A Thing 20. Big Hello 21. Money Honey 22. I'm In Love Again 23. Baby Let's Play House 24. Commercial 25. Love, Love, Love 26. Baby Honey 27. We Could 28. Sweet Dreams About You 29. Don't Stop The Music 30. Blue Monday 31. A Satisfied Mind 32. Radio Show Closing 33. Best Years Of Our Lives* (CD Only) 34. Hello Broken Heart* (CD Only) 35. I Never Thought It Could Happen To Me*
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1968's Love Cry mixes Albert Ayler's free jazz with a catchy combination of nursery rhythms and brass band marches, resulting in a peak example of experimental jazz of the period. This was Ayler's last recording with his brother, Donald, who keeps the pace fiery along with the rhythm section of Alan Silva (bass), Milford Graves (drums), and Call Cobbs (harpsichord). The Verve By Request Series features 180-gram vinyl, pressed at Third Man in Detroit.
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