Canned Heat - Uncanned! - The Best Of Canned Heat (2CD) (1994)

Year: 1967-1972 (CD May 17, 1994)
Label: EMI Records (US), 7243 8 29165 2 9
Style: Blues Rock, Boogie Rock, Rhythm and Blues
Country: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Time: 77:07, 78:57
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 465, 475 Mb

For all but the completists, this anthology should more than suffice as an apt compact-disc retrospective of Canned Heat's releases on Liberty Records. To that end, it's a more or less chronological overview of the combo's LPs, commencing with a trio of tunes from a spring 1967 studio session that predates their self-titled debut (1967). Primary is an extended, seven-plus-minute "On the Road Again," losing the trippy pretensions of the more popular version. Rather, it churns and steadily burns throughout, displaying Canned Heat's primordial boogie-fused R&B delivery. The remainder of disc one focuses on the aforementioned Canned Heat (1967), the follow-up Boogie With Canned Heat (1968), and a half-dozen previously unreleased sides, this time from the fall of 1967 with a slightly different lineup that included Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson (guitar/vocals), Larry "The Mole" Taylor (bass), Henry "Sunflower" Vestine (guitar), and Bob "The Bear" Hite (vocals). Frank Cook (drums), who had contributed to the band's first effort, was replaced by Adolfo "Fido" de la Parra (drums). It is this aggregate that is considered the core of the "classic" incarnation. They are thoroughly solid, especially on John Lee Hooker's "Whiskey and Wimmen" (sic), a title that would resurface several years later when they faced off with Hooker on Hooker 'n' Heat (1971). Another not-to-be-missed rarity is the nearly ten-minute "Gotta Boogie" jam building off of Hooker's familiar rambling "Boogie Chillen" riff, as it explores some of Canned Heat's trademark instrumental interaction. This is most prominent between Wilson and Hite, and predates "Fried Hockey Boogie," although the vibe is undeniably the same. Disc one ends with two vintage radio adverts for Levi Strauss & Company and Boogie With Canned Heat, respectively. Disc two picks up with the singles "Evil Woman" and "Amphetamine Annie," among the other anticipatory tracks. Also included are "Going Up the Country," "Time Was," a take of the seasonal release "Christmas Blues" with Dr. John, as well as a 1968 vocal-less reworking of Robert Johnson's "Terraplane Blues" -- the latter pair being offered here for the first time. The same is true of the Hooker 'n' Heat outtake "It's All Right" and the poignant reading of "Human Condition," featuring Wilson on lead vocals. While those are the only hard-to-find recordings on this disc, there are two radio ads at the tail end. Otherwise, the albums Living the Blues (1968), Hallelujah (1969), Future Blues (1970), Historical Figures & Ancient Heads (1971), as well as The New Age (1973), are given their due, though most casual listeners and/or purists may see these to be filler rather than killer. The accompanying 28-page liner booklet is filled with discographical information and a great historical essay from noted music journalist Greg Russo.
(allmusic.com/album/uncanned%21-the-best-of-canned-heat-mw0000624607)

01. On The Road Again (alt. take) (07:06)

02. Nine Below Zero (04:09)

03. TV Mama (06:22)

04. Rollin' And Tumblin' (03:06)

05. Bullfrog Blues (02:18)

06. Evil Is Going On (02:21)

07. Goin' Down Slow (03:44)

08. Dust My Broom (03:15)

09. Help Me (03:08)

10. The Story Of My Life (03:39)

11. The Hunter (03:39)

12. Whiskey And Wimmen' (04:00)

13. Shake, Rattle And Roll (02:43)

14. Mean Old World (03:27)

15. Fannie Mae (03:07)

16. Gotta Boogie (The World Boogie) (09:57)

17. My Crime (03:58)

18. On The Road Again (05:02)

19. Untitled Commercial 1 (hidden track) (00:59)

20. Untitled Commercial 2 (hidden track) (00:59)

01. Evil Woman (03:00)

02. Amphetamine Annie (03:57)

03. An Owl Song (02:44)

04. Terraplane Blues (03:22)

05. Christmas Blues (alt. take) (07:35)

06. Going Up The Country (02:51)

07. Time Was (03:37)

08. Low Down (And High Up) (02:52)

09. Same All Over (02:50)

10. Big Fat (The Fat Man) (01:59)

11. It's All Right (05:36)

12. Poor Moon (03:25)

13. Sugar Bee (02:37)

14. Shake It And Break It (02:32)

15. Future Blues (02:59)

16. Let's Work Together (Let's Stick Together) (03:12)

17. Wooly Bully (02:31)

18. Human Condition (05:25)

19. Long Way From L.A. (03:05)

20. Hill's Stomp (03:02)

21. Rockin' With The King (03:16)

22. Harley Davidson Blues (02:34)

23. Rock & Roll Music (02:29)

24. It's Music City (hidden track) (00:22)

25. Huh (hidden track) (00:51)

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David Lee Roth (Van Halen) - Crazy From The Heat [EP. Japan] (1985)

Year: January 28, 1985 (CD Mar 10, 1989)
Label: Warner Bros. Records (Japan), 17P2-2621
Style: Pop, Rock
Country: Bloomington, Indiana, U.S. (October 10, 1954)
Time: 14:16
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 96 Mb

Charts: US #15, CAN #14, FIN #21, NZ #21, JP #18, UK #91. US: Platinum.

Crazy from the Heat consists of cover versions of songs of a decidedly dissimilar style from Roth's previous work with Van Halen. The song "Easy Street" was originally recorded by The Edgar Winter Group, while "Coconut Grove" was originally recorded by The Lovin' Spoonful.

The medley of "Just a Gigolo" and "I Ain't Got Nobody" is based on Louis Prima's 1956 medley combining two pre-World War II songs. This version peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, supported by a well-received music video. Roth's version of the well-known Beach Boys' hit "California Girls" peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, the same position that the Beach Boys' original rendition reached 20 years prior.

According to the EP's liner notes, the cover picture of Roth was shot in the Seychelle Islands.

Roth used the title of the EP for his 1997 autobiography, Crazy from the Heat, and his future solo song "Goin' Crazy" uses the line "Goin Crazy... from the heat."

(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_from_the_Heat)

01. Easy Street (03:49)

02. Just A Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody (04:43)

03. California Girls (02:50)

04. Coconut Grove (02:53)

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Various - Summer Of Love Gold [2CD, Compilation] (2007)

Year: 2007 (CD 2007)
Label: Hip-O Records (US), B0009367-02
Style: Rock, Psychedelia, Pop
Country: US, UK
Time: 52:01, 44:45
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 316, 260 Mb

The Summer of Love was a social phenomenon that occurred during the summer of 1967, when as many as 100,000 people, mostly young people sporting hippie fashions of dress and behavior, converged in San Francisco's neighborhood of Haight-Ashbury. More broadly, the Summer of Love encompassed the hippie music, hallucinogenic drugs, anti-war, and free-love scene throughout the West Coast of the United States, and as far away as New York City.
Hippies, sometimes called flower children, were an eclectic group. Many were suspicious of the government, rejected consumerist values, and generally opposed the Vietnam War. A few were interested in politics; others were concerned more with art (music, painting, poetry in particular) or spiritual and meditative practices. While the Summer of Love is often regarded as a significant cultural event, its actual significance to ordinary young people of the time, particularly in Britain, has been disputed.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_of_Love)

01. Scott McKenzie - San Francisco (02:57)

02. Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love (02:56)

03. Mamas & Papas - Creeque Alley (03:48)

04. Richie Havens - Just Like A Woman (04:47)

05. Grass Roots - Let's Live For Today (02:48)

06. Country Joe & the Fish - Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine (04:23)

07. Phil Ochs - Changes (Live) (04:43)

08. Janis Ian - Society's Child (03:14)

09. Blues Magoos - We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet (02:17)

10. Spanky & Our Gang - Sunday Will Never Be The Same (03:02)

11. Stevie Wonder - I Was Made To Love Her (02:36)

12. The Turtles - Happy Together (02:54)

13. The Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense And Peppermints (02:49)

14. Tommy James & the Shondells - I Think We're Alone Now (02:10)

15. The Association - Windy (02:54)

16. The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations (03:36)

01. Eric Burdon & The Animals - San Franciscan Nights (03:22)

02. Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl (03:05)

03. The Spencer Davis Group - I'm a Man (02:40)

04. Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels -Sock It to Me Baby (03:11)

05. The Seeds - Pushin' Too Hard (02:36)

06. The Monkees - I'm a Believer (02:46)

07. The Sunshine Company - Happy (01:58)

08. The Music Explosion - Little Bit O' Soul (02:21)

09. Aaron Neville - Tell It Like It Is (02:42)

10. Aretha Franklin - Respect (02:25)

11. The Hombres - Let It Out (Let It Hang Out) (02:09)

12. The Blues Project - Wake Me, Shake Me (05:20)

13. Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hanging On (02:59)

14. The Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night (03:00)

15. Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale (04:04)

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Journey - Evolution (1979)

Year: 20 March 1979 (CD 2006)
Label: Columbia / Legacy (US), 82876 85891 2
Style: AOR, Hard Rock, Soft Rock
Country: San Francisco, California, U.S.
Time: 37:09
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 257 Mb

Charts: US #20, CAN #37, JPN #70, SWE #36, UK # 100. Canada: Gold, US 3x Platinum.
Evolution is the band's first album to feature drummer Steve Smith.
It was the band's most successful album at the time, reaching No. 20 on the US Billboard 200 chart, and has sold three million copies in the US. They retained Roy Thomas Baker (best known for his work with Queen) as producer, but drummer Aynsley Dunbar was replaced with Smith, formerly with Ronnie Montrose's band.
Evolution features their first top 20 hit, "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'", which was inspired by the classic Sam Cooke top 20 hit "Nothin' Can Change This Love" and reached No. 16 in the US.[7] "Just the Same Way" featured original lead vocalist Gregg Rolie along with Steve Perry. Record World called "Just the Same Way" a "hard but slick rocker."[8]
Record World said that the single "Too Late" "takes the rock ballad to new limits with a call & response hookline and Neal Schon's dashing guitar break.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_(Journey_album))

01. Majestic (01:15)

02. Too Late (02:58)

03. Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' (03:54)

04. City Of The Angels (03:11)

05. When You're Alone (It Ain't Easy) (03:10)

06. Sweet And Simple (04:13)

07. Lovin' You Is Easy (03:37)

08. Just The Same Way (03:17)

09. Do You Recall (03:13)

10. Daydream (04:41)

11. Lady Luck (03:34)

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Cesaria Evora - Miss Perfumado (1992)

Year: 1992 (CD 1992)
Label: Lusafrica Records, RCA Records (Germany), 74321188212
Style: Latin, Folk, Morna, Coladeira
Country: Cape Verde (West Africa)
Time: 63:18
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 415 Mb

Cesaria Evora (August 1941 - 17 December 2011) was a Cape Verdean popular singer. Nicknamed the "Barefoot Diva" for performing without shoes, she was also known as the "Queen of Morna".

In the 1960s, she started singing on Portuguese cruise ships stopping at Mindelo as well as on the local radio. It was only in 1985 when at the invitation of Cape Verdean singer Bana she went to perform in Portugal. In Lisbon she was discovered by the producer Jose da Silva and invited to record in Paris.

Evora's international success came only in 1988 with the release of her first commercial album La Diva Aux Pieds Nus, recorded in France. Prior to the release of the La Diva Aux Pieds Nus album, Cesaria recorded her first LP titled "Cesaria" in 1987. This Album was later released on CD in 1995 as Audiophile Legends. Her 1992 album Miss Perfumado sold over 300,000 copies worldwide. It included one of her most celebrated songs, "Sodade".

In 2010, Evora performed a series of concerts, the last of which was in Lisbon on 8 May. Two days later, after a heart attack, she was operated on at a hospital in Paris. On the morning of 11 May 2010 she was taken off artificial pulmonary ventilation, and on 16 May she was discharged from the intensive-care unit and transported to a clinic for further treatment. In late September 2011, Evora's agent announced that she was ending her career due to poor health.

On 17 December 2011, aged 70, Evora died in Sao Vicente, Cape Verde, from respiratory failure and hypertension. A Spanish newspaper reported that 36 hours before her death she was still receiving people - and smoking - in her home in Mindelo, popular for always having its doors open.

01. Sodade (04:53)
02. Bia (04:13)
03. Cumpade Ciznone (03:16)
04. Direito Di Nasce (04:42)
05. Luz Dum Estrela (04:26)
06. Angola (04:30)
07. Miss Perfumado (04:31)
08. Vida Tem Um So Vida (05:38)
09. Morabeza (04:23)
10. Recordai (04:29)
11. Lua Nha Testemunha (06:21)
12. Barbincor (04:01)
13. Tortura (04:01)
14. Angola (remix) (03:48)

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Frank Sinatra With Count Basie And The Orchestra - Sinatra At The Sands [Live] (1966)

Year: July 1966 (CD ????)
Label: Reprise Records (Germany), 7599-27037-2
Style: Jazz, Big Band, Swing
Country: New Jersey, U.S.
Time: 72:15
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 387 Mb

Sinatra at the Sands is a live album by Frank Sinatra accompanied by Count Basie and his orchestra, and conducted and arranged by Quincy Jones, recorded live in the Copa Room of the former Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas in 1966.
It was Sinatra's first live album to be commercially released, and contains many definitive readings of the songs that are most readily associated with Sinatra.
Sinatra and Basie had previously collaborated on 1962's Sinatra-Basie and 1964's It Might As Well Be Swing, with both albums released on Sinatra's Reprise label.
"The Tea Break" section of the album contains comic relief by Sinatra, during which he makes jokes about the drunkenness of Dean Martin and evening parties at his home in Beverly Hills, Sammy Davis Jr.'s autobiography Yes I Can and the hotel hiring him for "four solid weeks" as a cleaner, and jokes about himself being "so skinny my eyes were single file. Between those two and my belly button my old man thought I was a clarinet". He denounces the news that he'd recently turned fifty years of age as a "dirty Communist lie" "direct from Hanoi" and that he was really 28 and would have been 22 if Joe E. Lewis hadn't "wrecked" him from drinking. He concludes the segment with a summation of his early life and work lifting crates and serving as a rivet catcher from a cock-eyed guy who "couldn't hit a bull in a fanny with a bag of rice", and describing Edward Bowes as a "pompous bum with a bulbous nose" who "used to drink Green River".
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinatra_at_the_Sands)

01. Come Fly With Me (03:47)

02. I've Got A Crush On You (02:43)

03. I've Got You Under My Skin (03:46)

04. The Shadow Of Your Smile (02:32)

05. Street Of Dreams (02:18)

06. One For My Baby (04:42)

07. Fly Me To The Moon (02:49)

08. One O'Clock Jump (00:57)

09. Frank Sinatra Monologue (11:50)

10. You Make Me Feel So Young (03:29)

11. All Of Me (02:56)

12. The September Of My Years (02:57)

13. Get Me To The Church On Time (02:25)

14. It Was a Very Good Year (03:57)

15. Don't Worry 'Bout Me (03:43)

16. Makin' Whoopee! (04:19)

17. Where Or When (02:47)

18. Angel Eyes (03:28)

19. My Kind Of Town (03:04)

20. Sinatra Closing Monologue (02:35)

21. My Kind of Town (Reprise) (00:59)

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Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath [Japan Ed.] (1970)

Year: 13 February 1970 (CD Feb 21, 2007)
Label: Strange Days Records (Japan), POCE-1097
Style: Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Country: Birmingham, England
Time: 42:57
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 304 Mb

Charts: UK #8, AUS #8, CAN #29, FIN #13, GER #8, NL #6, US #23. UK & Canada: Gold, US: Platinum.
Listening to Black Sabbath’s self-titled 1970 album is a lesson in heavy metal history. Though bands such as Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple influenced the formation of the genre, Black Sabbath is often considered the first true heavy metal band, perhaps because they were the first to devote their focus to the darker themes that became an often controversial element of metal. Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin also has been quoted as saying he thought Black Sabbath was the first true heavy metal band. Living in an impoverished English town where career choices for most were limited to factory worker or criminal, the boys of Black Sabbath could not relate to the idealistic hippie music that was popular when the band formed in 1968, considering themselves a blues band. Guitarist Tony Iommi, observed the lines that formed at the local movie theater whenever it showed horror films and remarked that if people were so willing to pay to be scared, perhaps they should try playing evil-sounding music. With that in mind, they took their name from a Boris Karloff film.
Full version: (classicrockhistory.com/black-sabbath-album-review/) Review by Mal Benson.

01. Black Sabbath (06:21)

02. The Wizard (04:24)

03. Behind the Wall of Sleep (03:37)

04. N.I.B. (06:07)

05. Evil Woman (03:25)

06. Sleeping Village (03:46)

07. The Warning (10:32)

08. Wicked World (04:43)

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Dire Straits - On Every Street [Japan Ed.] (1991)

Year: 9 September 1991 (CD Sep 9, 1991)
Label: Vertigo Records (Japan), PHCR-1120
Style: Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 60:21
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 365 Mb

Five years ago, Dire Straits was threatening to become the biggest band in the world - and/or an extended arena-rock cliche - when Mark Knopfler whipped off his headband, put down his guitar and hopped off the "money for nothing, chicks for free" treadmill. After an extended hiatus, Knopfler has made an album that falls somewhere between a radical reinvention of Dire Straits and the next step on a continuum from the mega-platinum Brothers in Arms, released in 1985. While "Heavy Fuel," sardonic but fairly witless, will likely emerge as a raised-fist, frat-boy anthem in the "Money for Nothing" mold, most of the rest forsakes heavy-riffing guitar-hero histrionics for more mature brands of mood music.
In the manner of last year's Notting Hillbillies and Knopfler's other side projects, On Every Street explores Knopfler's affinity with Nashville in particular and with an idealized version of the musical South in general, with session steel player Paul Franklin emerging as his major musical foil. The album opens in Memphis with "Calling Elvis," which offers a playful ride on the "Mystery Train" into a brave new world of sampling and rhythm loops. From there the songcraft of "When It Comes to You," "The Bug" and "How Long" practically demands the country-cover treatment, while Franklin additionally makes key contributions to the cocktail-jazz cool of "Fade to Black" and the "Spanish Harlem"-tinged "Ticket to Heaven."
(rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/on-every-street-100888/) Review by Don McLeese. October 17, 1991

01. Calling Elvis (06:27)

02. On Every Street (05:04)

03. When It Comes to You (05:01)

04. Fade to Black (03:50)

05. The Bug (04:16)

06. You and Your Friend (05:59)

07. Heavy Fuel (04:56)

08. Iron Hand (03:09)

09. Ticket to Heaven (04:25)

10. My Parties (05:32)

11. Planet of New Orleans (07:48)

12. How Long (03:49)

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Bad Company - Bad Company [24K Gold] (1974)

Year: June 26, 1974 (CD 2006)
Label: Audio Fidelity (US), AFZ 024
Style: Hard Rock, Blues Rock
Country: Surrey, England
Time: 35:09
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 215 Mb

Charts: UK #3, AUS #6, CAN #1, GER #45, NOR #17, NZ #27, US #1. UK: Gold, US: 5x Platinum.
The album was  the first album released on Led Zeppelin's Swan Song Records label.
Among the songs recorded during the album sessions were two covers of tracks originally by members' previous bands - specifically, Mott the Hoople's "Ready for Love" (recorded while Mick Ralphs was with the band and released on their 1972 album All the Young Dudes) and "Easy on My Soul" (recorded by Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke with Free and released on Heartbreaker in 1973). The latter did not make the final album, but was released as the B-side to second single "Movin' On".
Kerrang! magazine listed the album at No. 40 among the "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time". The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. In 2000 it was voted number 323 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.
The singles "Can't Get Enough" and "Movin' On" peaked at No. 5 and No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. "Rock Steady", "Bad Company" and "Ready for Love" are also classic rock radio staples.
Ultimate Classic Rock critic Matt Wardlaw named four songs from Bad Company – "Bad Company", "Can't Get Enough", "Ready for Love" and "Seagull" – to be among Bad Company's 10 greatest songs.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Company_(album))

01. Can't Get Enough (04:16)

02. Rock Steady (03:50)

03. Ready For Love (05:01)

04. Don't Let Me Down (04:23)

05. Bad Company (04:48)

06. The Way I Choose (05:15)

07. Movin' On (03:27)

08. Seagull (04:05)

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Def Leppard - On Through The Night (1980)

Year: 14 March 1980 (CD 1987)
Label: Mercury Records (West Germany), 822 533-2M-1
Style: Hard Rock
Country: Sheffield, England
Time: 44:08
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 277 Mb

Charts: UK #15, AUS #98, US #51. Canada & US: Platinum.
The album features re-recorded versions of "Rocks Off" and "Overture", tracks from the band's original independently released EP, The Def Leppard E.P.. Other tracks are re-recorded versions of early demos, some of which later appeared on the 2020 box set The Early Years 79–81. The album was certified gold by the RIAA on 18 November 1983 and platinum on 9 May 1989.
"Wasted", "Hello America" and "Rock Brigade" were released as singles. However, the version of "Wasted" that appears on the single is a different recording from that of the LP, as is its B-side, "Hello America".
The spoken word intro to "When the Walls Came Tumbling Down" was performed by Dave Cousins of Strawbs. Joe Elliott had done the spoken portion in earlier live performances and demo recordings that showed up on some early bootlegs. In his biography, Cousins claims that he did his best Laurence Olivier impersonation for the song's intro.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Through_the_Night)

01. Rock Brigade (03:09)

02. Hello America (03:28)

03. Sorrow Is A Woman (03:55)

04. It Could Be You (02:33)

05. Satellite (04:28)

06. When The Walls Came Tumbling Down (04:44)

07. Wasted (03:45)

08. Rocks Off (03:44)

09. It Don't Matter (03:21)

10. Answer To The Master (03:13)

11. Overture (07:44)

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