Foghat - Foghat (Rock 'n' Roll) (1973)

Year: March 1973 (CD 2005)
Label: Rhino Records (US), R2 70890
Style: Hard Rock, Blues Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 38:28
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 267 Mb

Foghat is the second album, and the second self-titled album, by the English rock band Foghat, released in March 1973. It is generally known by fans as Rock 'n' Roll, because of its cover picture depicting a rock and bread roll.

Formed in 1971 when Lonesome Dave Peverett & Roger Earl left the British blues-rock band, Savoy Brown, Foghat has earned eight Gold records, one Platinum record and one Double-Platinum record.  And they continue to release new music every few years. They have never stopped touring and recording although there have been several ups and downs and changes over the years.  They sadly lost Lonesome Dave Peverett in 2000 and Rod Price in 2005, but Roger Earl kept banging & kicking to keep Foghat's musical legacy going.

According to a recent review "The '70s called...but there is no way in hell we are giving Foghat back to them. The iconic band from the past is rocking just as hard as they did decades ago, if not more! Foghat's thunderous blend of blues, boogie and butt-kickin' rock 'n' roll are shaking walls and fans everywhere. There is so much talent in this band it is ridiculous.  Lead vocalist/lead guitarist Scott Holt played with Buddy Guy for over 10 years, and lead/slide guitarist Bryan Bassett played with Wild Cherry and Molly Hatchet."  Bass player Craig Macgregor who had been with the band since the '70s, unfortunately became ill in 2015 and was unable to play, and we sadly lost him in February of 2018.  Craig had recommended the very talented & personable Rodney O'Quinn as a 'fill-in' who came to Foghat via the Pat Travers band where he proved he knew how to lay down a solid groove. O'Quinn viewed MacGregor as a mentor and is a great permanent addition to the band.  And on drums, of course, is the man we must thank for keeping Foghat going...founding member Roger Earl, who's positive attitude and solid drumming style and pure joy of playing has been an inspiration to all."

If Foghat had only given us 'Slow Ride', the band's place in rock history would be secure.  But the band is so much more than that. As stated by Roger Earl, "we are still a 'work in progress', writing and recording and plan to be until the day we depart this earth".

**We sadly lost our brother, friend and Foghat member Craig MacGregor, who passed away on February 9th, 2018. RIP Mac. We miss you, brother.**

(foghat.com/band/band-bio/)

01. Ride, Ride, Ride (04:24)

02. Feel So Bad (05:08)

03. Long Way to Go (05:07)

04. It's Too Late (05:43)

05. What a Shame (03:52)

06. Helping Hand (04:41)

07. Road Fever (04:22)

08. She's Gone (03:12)

09. Couldn't Make Her Stay (01:57)

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Grateful Dead - Aoxomoxoa [HDCD 4 bonus tracks] (1969)

♪ Year: June 20, 1969 (CD 2003)
♪ Label: Rhino Records (Germany), 8122-74394-2
♪ Style: Psychedelic Rock, Acid Rock
♪ Country: Palo Alto, California, U.S.
♪ Time: 79:24
♪ Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
♪ Size: 503 Mb

This is a mildly surprising collection of music, essentially because it is so mellowed. The tunes are soft and gentle, the lyrics graciously decipherable, the vocals hesitant and wavering. There is a remarkable lack of harshly inflected rhythms and scalding guitar, for which the Dead have been so justly famed. Instead, Axoxomoxa is a wider application of the ideas we saw in Anthem of The Sun: long, dreamy ballads, occasionally interspersed with rock passages, but more often content to float their own ethereal way. Very different, a bit sadly, from the driving power of the first album. But this third one is a delight. It's filled with surreal (What's Become Of The Baby) and romantic visions (Mountains Of The Moon), rural whimsy and funk, and some great old blues (Dupree's Diamond Blues and Cosmic Charlie).
Somehow, the Grateful Dead have done the impossible. They've kept their standards in the face of white-hot pressures to change. Not only have they remained an intact musical unit, they've improved their skills and sharpened and adjusted their technique, all of which indicates that they have retained their sanity. I find that pretty amazing.
Heavily in debt, much of it from back taxes, seeing their community fall down around them, the Dead have willingly and happily played innumerable benefits and free concerts in the park (Golden Gate), because they love the music. When a human being takes this course of action, when he faces and withstands the demands to mold himself to the social main-current, concentrating only on the realization of his constructive ideas, you call him by one word: artist. The Dead are artists. They've ignored packaging trends, preferring to wrap their albums simply, without folding covers and other little goodies. They've made no media appearances, save for three, which I can remember: a KPIX special on the Haight, some two years ago; an Irving Penn photographic essay, titled "The Incredibles," in Look; and about 10 seconds on a CBS documentary of Bill Graham. The Grateful Dead are considered, very simply, poor commercial material and a sight from which the eyes of America's children must somehow be shielded.
(full version: deadsources.blogspot.com/2024/10/1969-aoxomoxoa-review.html)

01. St. Stephen (04:27)
02. Dupree's Diamond Blues (03:34)
03. Rosemary (02:00)
04. Doin' That Rag (04:44)
05. Mountains of the Moon (04:04)
06. China Cat Sunflower (03:42)
07. What's Become of the Baby (08:13)
08. Cosmic Charlie (05:44)
09. Clementine Jam (10:51)
10. Nobody's Spoonful Jam (10:09)
11. The Eleven Jam (15:05)
12. Cosmic Charlie [Live] (06:47)

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Foghat - Foghat (1972)

Year: July 1972 (CD ????)
Label: Rhino Records (US), R2 70887
Style: Hard Rock, Blues Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 38:10
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 259 Mb

Breaking away from Savoy Brown to form this band, the members of Foghat knew from the start what sort of record they wanted to make. With heavy emphasis on the hard boogie, Foghat got down to work with the help of Dave Edmunds and crafted a hard rock gem. Covering Chuck Berry's "Maybellene," they goosed the beat up until it was almost a precursor of the heavy metal yet to come. Interspersing covers with original material, they immediately found a place for themselves in the rock world.
(allmusic.com/album/foghat-mw0000194603)
The band initially featured Dave Peverett ("Lonesome Dave") on guitar and vocals, Tony Stevens on bass, and Roger Earl on drums, after all three musicians left Savoy Brown in December 1970. Rod Price, on guitar/slide guitar, joined after he left Black Cat Bones. The new line-up was named "Foghat" (a nonsense word from a Scrabble-like game played by Peverett and his brother) in January 1971. There is a cartoon drawing on the back cover of the group's first album of a head wearing a foghat.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foghat)

01. I Just Want To Make Love To You (04:21)
02. Trouble, Trouble (03:20)
03. Leavin' Again (Again!) (03:36)
04. Fool's Hall Of Fame (02:58)
05. Sarah Lee (04:36)
06. Highway (Killing Me) (03:51)
07. Maybelline (03:36)
08. A Hole To Hide In (04:06)
09. Gotta Get To Know You (07:43)

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Utopia - Todd Rundgren's Utopia (1974)

Year: October 4, 1974 (CD ????)
Label: Rhino Records (US), R2 70865
Style: Progressive Rock, Art Rock
Country: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. (June 22, 1948)
Time: 59:17
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 390 Mb

Todd Rundgren's Utopia is the debut album by American rock band Utopia, released on October 4, 1974 by Bearsville Records. The band was formed in 1973 by musician, songwriter, and producer Todd Rundgren who decided to expand his musical style by moving from pop-oriented rock towards progressive rock. He assembled a six-piece group that featured three keyboardists and toured as a live act. Most of the album was recorded in the studio except "Utopia", the opening track, which was recorded live in concert April 25, 1974. The album peaked at number 34 on the Billboard 200 and critical reaction towards it was mixed.
Like Rundgren's solo albums A Wizard, a True Star (1973) and Initiation (1975), the album pushed the limits of vinyl. At almost an hour in length, the sound needed to be compressed in order to fit it onto one record, resulting in a decline in audio quality. The CD version avoids this issue. On the first reissue of the album, released in 1978, the title of "Utopia" was changed to "Utopia Theme" and publishing credits were changed from Earmark Music to Earmark Music and Screen Gems - Columbia Music.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Rundgren%27s_Utopia_(album))

01. Utopia Theme (14:28)
02. Freak Parade (10:18)
03. Freedom Fighters (04:04)
04. The Ikon (30:25)

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Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones) - The Very Best Of Mick Jagger (2007)

Year: 1 October 2007 (CD Oct 1, 2007)
Label: Rhino Records (Germany), 8122-74640-2
Style: Rock, Classic Rock, Pop Rock
Country: Dartford, Kent, England (26 July 1943)
Time: 72:12
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 533 Mb

The collection includes singles, album tracks, and collaborations with John Lennon, David Bowie, Bono, Lenny Kravitz, Peter Tosh, Ry Cooder, David A. Stewart and Jeff Beck among others. It includes three previously unreleased songs:
"Too Many Cooks", produced by John Lennon and recorded by Jagger in 1973 in Los Angeles. The track features guitarists Danny Kortchmar and Jesse Ed Davis, keyboardist Al Kooper, bassist Jack Bruce, drummer Jim Keltner and, on backing vocals, singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson. Neither Lennon nor Bill Wyman, who was present at the session, appear on the track.
"Checking Up on My Baby", recorded in 1992 with L.A. blues band, The Red Devils.
"Charmed Life", recorded while Jagger was working on Wandering Spirit with producer Rick Rubin. Jagger had sketched it out (with his daughter Karis Jagger on backing vocals), but then decided the track didn't fit with the rest of the album. The version on Very Best is remixed by producer Ashley Beadle. The song was also released as a promo single with various remixes, and reached the Top 20 on Billboard's Hot Dance Singles chart in early 2008.
Jagger has promoted the album through interviews including a special for Rolling Stone, a comprehensive Q&A with fans on the BBC web site and TV appearances. He also re-launched his web site with audio, video, photos and more information about this compilation and his solo work in general.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Very_Best_of_Mick_Jagger?ysclid=mg9rvch9u8268865162)

01. God Gave Me Everything (03:32)
02. Put Me In The Trash (03:34)
03. Just Anothe Night (05:15)
04. Don't Tear Me Up (04:12)
05. Charmed Life (03:35)
06. Sweet Thing (04:18)
07. Old Habits Die Hard (with Dave Stewart) (04:24)
08. Dancing In The Street (with David Bowie) (03:18)
09. Too Many Cooks (Spoil The Soup) (04:04)
10. Memo From Turner (04:03)
11. Lucky In Love (05:02)
12. Let's Work (04:44)
13. Joy (04:40)
14. Don't Call Me Up (05:13)
15. Checkin' Up On My Baby (with The Red Devils) (03:21)
16. (You Got To Walk And) Don't Look Back (Peter Tosh with Mick Jagger) (05:17)
17. Evening Gown (03:32)

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The Electric Prunes - Mass In F Minor (1968)

Year: January 1968 (CD 2000)
Label: Rhino Records (Europe), R2 7519, CCM-134-2
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock
Country: San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Time: 32:24
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 205 Mb

Album consists of a musical setting of the mass sung in Latin and Greek and arranged in the psychedelic style of the band, and was written and arranged by David Axelrod.
Following the limited commercial success of the Electric Prunes' previous album, Underground, the band's manager Lenny Poncher and their producer Dave Hassinger, whose company owned the rights to the band name, agreed with Reprise Records that their third album would be written and arranged by David Axelrod, a classically trained musician. The album was planned to combine religious and classical elements with psychedelic rock, in a religious-based rock-opera concept album.[2] Axelrod was given carte blanche by Hassinger to do what he wanted with the Electric Prunes.
When the existing band – singer James Lowe, guitarists Ken Williams and Mike Gannon, bassist Mark Tulin, and drummer Michael "Quint" Weakley – came to record the album, it became apparent that the complex arrangements largely outstripped the band's ability to perform them to the standards expected by Axelrod, or within the time set aside for recording. Although Lowe, Tulin (the only band member who could read music) and Weakley appeared on all the tracks, and Williams and Gannon also appeared on the first three tracks ("Kyrie Eleison", "Gloria" and "Credo"), the album was finished by studio musicians working with engineer Richie Podolor on guitar, and a Canadian group, the Collectors.[2] The choral-style vocals were by Lowe, double-tracked.[5] Hassinger was credited with producing the album.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_in_F_Minor)

01. Kyrie Eleison (03:21)
02. Gloria (05:45)
03. Credo (05:02)
04. Sanctus (02:57)
05. Benedictus (04:52)
06. Agnus Dei (04:29)
07. Hey Mr President (bonus) (02:49)
08. Flowing Smoothly (bonus) (03:06)

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