Friday, September 29, 2017

Family - Fearless (1971) (Vinyl)

Year: 29 October 1971 (LP ????)
Label: Teldec Import Service Records (Germany), TIS 8103
Style: Rock, Progressive rock
Country: Leicester, England
Time: 37:59
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 226 Mb

After completing their second US tour in mid 1971, John Weider left the band and was replaced by John Wetton on bass and vocals . The band's direction was notably changed with Wetton bringing along his trademark propulsive performance style, as evidenced on the album opener "Between Blue and Me". After only a year and one more album, Wetton left to join the latest line-up of King Crimson and was replaced by Jim Cregan. Fearless was the first Family album to chart in the United States, reaching #177 on the Billboard 200 in March 1972, and staying on the charts for 7 weeks.

Highest chart position (UK) - #14
Highest chart position (USA) - #177 (Billboard)
(This was Family's first appearance on the Billboard charts in the U.S.)

Roger Chapman (born 8 April 1942) – lead vocals, guitars, percussion
Charlie Whitney (born 24 June 1944) – guitars, mandolin, percussion
John "Poli" Palmer (born 26 May 1943) – keyboards, backing vocals, vibes, flute, percussion
John Wetton (12 June 1949 – 31 January 2017) – bass, backing vocals, guitars, contracts, keyboards
Rob Townsend (born 7 July 1947) – drums, paiste cymbals, percussion

01. A1 Between Blue And Me (05:00)
02. A2 Sat'd'y Barfly (03:57)
03. A3 Larf And Sing (02:46)
04. A4 Spanish Tide (04:00)
05. A5 Save Some For Thee (03:40)
06. B1 Take Your Partners (06:23)
07. B2 Children (02:19)
08. B3 Crinkly Grin (01:05)
09. B4 Blind (04:03)
10. B5 Burning Bridges (04:43)

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Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Vanilla Fudge - Near The Beginning (1969) (Vinyl)

Year: February 1969 (LP 1981)
Label: ATCO Records (UK), K 40075
Style: Rock
Country: Long Island, New York
Time: 43:45
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 255 Mb

"Near the Beginning" is the fourth album by the American psychedelic rock band Vanilla Fudge. It was released early 1969 and featured a cover of the Jr. Walker & the All Stars song "Shotgun".
The album peaked at #16 on the Billboard album charts in March 1969.

Carmine Appice (born December 15, 1946) - drums, vocals
Tim Bogert (born August 27, 1944) - bass guitar, vocals
Vince Martell (born November 11, 1945) - guitar, vocals
Mark Stein (born March 11, 1947) - lead vocals, keyboards
Producer – Vanilla Fudge

01. A1 Shotgun (06:08)
02. A2 Some Velvet Morning (07:31)
03. A3 Where Is Happiness (06:52)
04. B1 Break Song (23:12)

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Thursday, September 21, 2017

Robert Palmer - Heavy Nova (1988) (Vinyl)

Year: 22 June 1988 (LP 19??)
Label: HMV Records (India ???), EMD 1007
Style: Pop
Country: Batley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Time: 38:39
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 255 Mb

Heavy Nova is the ninth solo studio album by Robert Palmer, released in 1988. His first album for EMI Records after a 15-year association with Island Records (both with Vinegar Joe and as a solo artist), it followed Palmer's very popular album Riptide.
Heavy Nova continued Palmer's popularity with the single "Simply Irresistible", which spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the US. The name Heavy Nova derives from Palmer's love of both heavy metal and bossa nova rhythms.
The album was recorded at Logic Studios, Milan, Italy and Compass Point Studios Bahamas.
The album peaked at No. 13 in the US, No. 17 in the UK and No. 15 in The Netherlands. The album was certified US Platinum by RIAA in November 1988 and UK Gold by BPI in November 1988. It remains Palmer's second most successful album worldwide, behind his 1985 album Riptide.
(Wikipedia)

01. A1 Simply Irresistible (04:15)
02. A2 More Than Ever (03:28)
03. A3 Change His Ways (02:59)
04. A4 Disturbing Behaviour (03:47)
05. A5 Early in the Morning (04:41)
06. B1 It Could Happen to You (02:32)
07. B2 She Makes My Day (04:23)
08. B3 Between Us (04:49)
09. B4 Casting a Spell (03:54)
10. B5 Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming (03:46)

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Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Leo Sayer - Leo Sayer Sings (1979) (Russian Vinyl)

Year: 1979 (LP 1980)
Label: Melodia Records (Russia), C 60-13007-08
Style: Pop
Country: 21 May 1948, Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, U.K.
Time: 45:25
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 263 Mb

Leo Sayer (born Gerard Hugh Sayer, 21 May 1948) is a British-born singer-songwriter musician and entertainer whose singing career has spanned four decades. He is now an Australian citizen and resident.
Sayer launched his career in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s, and became a top singles and album act on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1970s. His first seven hit singles in the United Kingdom all reached the Top 10 – a feat first registered by his first manager, Adam Faith. His songs have been sung by other notable artists, including Cliff Richard ("Dreaming").
(Wikipedia)

01. A1 When I Need You (04:06)
02. A2 You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (03:39)
03. A3 Raining In My Heart (03:11)
04. A4 How Much Love (03:31)
05. A5 Dancing The Night (04:17)
06. A6 Thunder In My Heart (03:33)
07. A7 I Can't Stop Loving You (03:24)
08. B1 Hold On To My Love (03:04)
09. B2 Easy To Love (03:42)
10. B3 Train (03:47)
11. B4 Let It Be (03:36)
12. B5 Long Tall Glasses (03:01)
13. B6 There Isn't Anything (02:29)

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Saturday, September 16, 2017

Justin Hayward - Classic Blue (1989) (Russian Vinyl)

Year: October 4, 1989 (LP 1992)
Label: SNC Records (Russia), C90 32481
Style: Symphonic Rock
Country: Swindon, Wiltshire, South West England
Time: 41:39
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 231 Mb

Classic Blue is the fourth solo studio album by The Moody Blues member Justin Hayward. Classic Blue was released in 1989 by Trax Records (later re-released on Castle Music Records in 1994), and features Mike Batt, who also produced the album, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. The album includes cover versions of many hit songs, such as The Beatles' "Blackbird", and Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven." It also includes a re-recorded version of "Forever Autumn," a song from Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, in which Hayward originally sang lead vocals.
(Wikipedia)

01. A1 The Tracks Of My Tears (Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin, Warren Moore) (03:17)
02. A2 Blackbird (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) (02:32)
03. A3 God Only Knows (Brian Wilson, Tony Asher) (03:30)
04. A4 Bright Eyes (Mike Batt) (03:53)
05. A5 A Whiter Shade Of Pale (Keith Reid, Gary Brooker) (04:27)
06. A6 Railway Hotel (Mike Batt) (03:19)
07. B1 Scarborough Fair (Traditional; arranged by Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel) (04:15)
08. B2 Man Of The World (Peter Green) (03:28)
09. B3 Forever Autumn (Paul Vigrass, Gary Osborne, Jeff Wayne) (05:14)
10. B4 Stairway To Heaven (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) (07:40)

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