Over The Hill - Ratbite Fever [1974]

 

The band was formed initially in Bristol in 1972, to perform original, and melodic material. To begin with, the group was a trio, comprising John, Roy, and Nick Howell.

These three joined Magic Muscle in January 1973, to perform "heavy" music, as an alternative to making no progress, but left in July 1973 to reform Over The Hill as a four-piece, including Peter Roe. This line up rehearsed until Christmas 1973, and played its first gig in Cambridge during January 1974. Drummer Nick Howell left the band in March, and was replaced by Alan Platt.

The Grateful Dead's Robert Hunter worked with the band in 1974, when creating his "Rum Runners" songs, and is actually singing on "Ratbite Fever" (The title track). In 1974, the band produced a complete LP, but it has taken 16 years for real music-lovers to get the opportunity to hear it. SPM is delighted to present on this CD, the complete studio sessions, plus several live tracks, from the fabulous Over The Hill.

• Roy Sundholm - Bass
• Peter Roe - Guitar, Vocals
• John Perry - Guitar, Vocals
• Alan Platt - Drums

1. Ain't It Strange (Roy Sundholm, Peter Roe, John Perry, Alan Platt) - 3:56
2. Karina (Roy Sundholm) - 3:15
3. Ratbite Fever (Roy Sundholm, Peter Roe, John Perry, Alan Platt) - 3:26
4. Milestones (Roy Sundholm) - 4:10
5. The Budgie Song (Peter Roe, John Perry) - 5:16
6. Helena (Roy Sundholm) - 3:57
7. Lay Down By Me (Peter Roe) - 2:12
8. A Change Will Surely Come (Roy Sundholm, Peter Roe, John Perry, Alan Platt) - 3:09
9. Are You There (Peter Roe) - 4:59
10.Stuck In The Groove (Roy Sundholm, Peter Roe, John Perry, Alan Platt) - 4:15
11.Helena (Roy Sundholm) - 3:53
12.Milestones (Roy Sundholm) - 4:06
13.Bring It On Home - 4:11
14.No More Trains - 4:38
15.Baby Let Me Follow You Down - 4:16
16.The Budgie Song (Peter Roe, John Perry) - 7:33

*Tracks 11-16 Live recordings

The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers And Sisters [40th ann. 4 CD, 2012] [FLAC]

 By the time they released their fifth album BROTHERS AND SISTERS in August 1973, The Allman Brothers Band had experienced dizzying highs and soul-crushing lows. The group had spent its first two years developing its formidable collective chemistry into an unprecedented stylistic fusion that established it as the era's most influential American rock act. But just as the band had achieved a hard-won commercial breakthrough with 1971's At Fillmore East, it suffered a devastating loss with the death of Duane Allman, its founder, leader and musical visionary, in a motorcycle crash on October 29, 1971.

David Bowie – Looking at the Moon! (Live Phoenix Festival 97) [2 CD, 2021/FLAC]

 

Completely unreleased until now, Looking at the Moon! Is the fourth in the Brilliant Live Adventures series of 90s live albums.

Recorded live at The Phoenix Festival, Long Marston, England on 20th July, 1997, Looking at the Moon! features such previously unreleased rarities as a cover of Laurie Anderson’s ‘O Superman’, which the band had also played at their secret show as ‘The Tao Jones Index’ show at the festival the previous day.

VA - Chicago, The Blues, Today! Vol. 1 - 3 [1966]

 

Compiled by Sam Charters, a well known blues historian and fan, recorded in Chicago in 65', these records showcase the cream of the second generation of Chicago electric blues. The highlight of this series must be Junior Wells, but the rest is also brilliant and the quality of the music stays uniform across the three volumes.

These discs are properly the most important releases in the history of the blues scene in Chicago,apart from the Chess catalogue and they still sound awesome 43 years later. Another must for any serious Blues collector.


CD-1 Recorded in 1965

The Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band
01 - Help Me (A Tribute to Sonny Boy Williamson) (4:09)
02 - It Hurts Me Too (When Things Go Wrong) (2:48)
03 - Messin' With The Kid (2:25)
04 - Vietcong Blues (5:01)
05 - All Night Long (3:48)
J. B. Hutto & His Hawks
06 - Going Ahead (2:07)
07 - Please Help (2:56)
08 - Too Much Alcohol (2:33)
09 - Married Woman Blues (3:10)
10 - That's The Truth (2:51)
Otis Spann's South Side Piano 
11 - Marie (2:31)
12 - Burning Fire (3:18)
13 - S.P. Blues (2:55)
14 - Sometime I Wonder (3:31)
15 - Spann's Stomp (2:20)


CD-2 Recorded in 1965

The James Cotton Blues Band
01 - Cotton Crop Blues (2:22)
02 - The Blues Keep Falling (4:05)
03 - Love Me or Leave (3:29)
04 - Rocket 88 (2:06)
05 - West Helena Blues (3:31)
The Otis Rush Blues Band
06 - Everything's Going to Turn Out Alright (3:56)
07 - It's A Mean Old World (2:25)
08 - I Can't Quit You Baby (3:18)
09 - Rock (3:36)
10 - It's My Own Fault (5:59)
Homesick James and His Dusters
11 - Dust My Broom (3:19)
12 - Somebody Been Talkin' (2:18)
13 - Set A Date (2:47)
14 - So Mean to Me (2:49)

CD-3 Recorded in 1965

Johnny Young's South Side Blues Band
01 - One More Time (2:30)
02 - Kid Man Blues (3:03)
03 - My Black Mare (3:45)
04 - Stealin' Back (3:21)
05 - I Got Mine In Time (4:22)
06 - Tighten Up On It (3:13)
The Johnny Shines Blues Band
07 - Dynaflow Blues (2:39)
08 - Black Spider Blues (3:06)
09 - Layin' Down My Shoes And Clothes (2:27)
10 - If I Get Lucky (3:27)
Big Walter Horton's Blues Harp Band
11 - Rockin' My Boogie (3:30)
The Johnny Shines Blues Band
12 - Mr. Boweevil (3:14)
13 - Hey, Hey (2:22)

Dave Matthews Band - Till We Dance Away [11 CD,2009]

Til We Dance Away is an 11 CD collection of rare DMB songs with special guests, added lyrics, extra long jams, etc