Stomu Yamashta's GO - The Complete Go Sessions (2 CD, 2005/FLAC)

 Go was a rock supergroup formed in 1976 by Stomu Yamashta (percussion and keyboards), which included Steve Winwood (vocals and keyboards), Al Di Meola (lead guitar), Klaus Schulze (synthesizers) and Michael Shrieve (drums). Go is the Japanese word for "five".

Go recorded two studio albums, Go (1976) and Go Too (1977). The band also recorded June 12, 1976 concert they performed in France, which was released as the album Go Live From Paris (1976). 

Raven label has combined all three go albums for "The Complete Go Sessions": featuring three complete albums: "Go" (1976), the double LP "Go: Live from Paris" (1976) and "Go Too" (1977) on a double CD set, over 145 minutes of music with superb audio quality. Yamashta recorded these albums with a stellar cast of English, European and American musicians - a true east meets west collaboration of tremendous scope. Features prominent contributions from master musicians Steve Winwood, Al Dimeola, Michael Shrieve, Klaus Schulze, Paul Buckmaster, Pat Thrall, Soul Diva Linda Lewis.

 

Disc 01

01. Go (1976) Part 1 ... 21:19

02. Go (1976) Part 2 ... 20:16

03. Go - Live From Paris (1976) Part 1 ... 15:52

04. Go - Live From Paris (1976) Part 2 ... 14:38

Disc 02

01. Go - Live From Paris (1976) Part 3 ... 14:16

02. Go - Live From Paris (1976) Part 4 ... 18:59

03. Prelude ... 3:02

04. Seen You Before ... 6:15

05. Madness ... 5:59

06. Mysteries Of Love ... 6:42

07. Wheels Of Fortune ... 5:35

08. Beauty ... 5:09

09. You And Me ... 7:00

10. Ecliptic ... 2:27 

VA - Fab Gear: The British Beat Explosion And It’s Aftershocks 1963-1967 (6 CD, 2018/FLAC)

 BRITISH BEAT was the term adopted to describe the exciting new sounds out of Liverpool and other cities in the wake of The Beatles’ explosion onto the world stage in 1963/64.

Named after the slang term forever associated with The Beatles, this mammoth 6-CD box set offers around 180 tracks in chronological order from the mid-1960s, many of which are new to CD and some of which are previously unissued.

FAB GEAR draws heavily from the vaults of Pye Records and sister label Piccadilly, picking up where Castle Music’s Beat Beat Beat series left off many moons ago.

Instead of concentrating on Beat’s initial boom of 1963/64, Fab Gear is focussed instead on the scene’s later gems from 1965/66, which were often musically superior to those earlier works.

Other featured labels include independents such as Ember, President and Oak, as well as a smattering of choices from the majors (Decca, Parlophone, Columbia, Fontana, CBS et al).

FAB GEAR includes many of the era’s biggest names such as The Kinks, The Moody Blues, The Searchers and The Tremeloes and other hit acts such as The Marmalade, The Alan Price Set, The Rockin’ Berries, David & Jonathan, The Ivy League, Twinkle, Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers, Chad & Jeremy, The Tornados, Arthur Brown, Tony Jackson & The Vibrations, The Undertakers, Billie Davis, The Migil 5, The Truth, The Quiet Five and The Sorrows.

The hefty booklet boasts band-by-band histories and details of each recording, including early works by David Bowie, Status Quo, Clifford T. Ward, Manfred Mann’s Mike d’Abo, Lemmy and future members of Yes, The Move, Mott The Hoople, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Deep Purple, Fleetwood Mac, Traffic, Lindisfarne and Man.

The bonus disc 6 contains recordings which weren’t issued at the time, including many tracks which have never been heard before.

 

 

Chet Atkins - 8 Classic Albums Vol.2 (4 CD, 2013/FLAC)

 

1959 - Hum & Strum Along With Chet Atkins

1959 - Mister Guitar 

1960 - After the Riot at Newport (with the Nashville All-Stars)

1960 – Teensville 

1960 - The Other Chet Atkins 

1960 - Chet Atkins' Workshop 

1961 - The Most Popular Guitar 

1961 - Christmas with Chet Atkins 

Champion Jack Dupree – Early Cuts From A Singer, Pianist And Songwriter Who Took Blues To The World (4 CD, 2009)

 

The most likely date for Champion Jack's birthday is July 23, 1908 or 1909. His parents (mother Creole, father from the Belgian Congo) ran a New Orleans grocery store. One night a kerosene container exploded, setting fire to the building. His parents died in the fire, he was thrown clear. He ended up at the same Colored Waifs Home which had raised Louis Armstrong. He left the Home aged fourteen, hoping to live with a sister. That failed and he was forced onto the streets, finally shacking up with the family of a friend. With a secure base, he began singing outside the joints on Franklin and Rampart Streets, getting close to the pianists whose playing was a daily contest. He also took up boxing, fighting for $30 or $40 a bout. Towards the end of the 1920s, he set off north. Sometime in 1935 he met Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell. Elements of Carr's style stayed in Jack's repertoire for the rest of his life. Boxing took him to Chicago and New York and he also took work as a musician or a cook. After losing a fight with a Bob Montgomery, he quit the ring. He developed an act, which featured him as a musician, dancer and comedian. He started to get noticed. In a trip to Chicago, while hanging out with Tampa Red, he was signed by Lester Melrose. Billed as Champion Jack Dupree, he made his recording debut on June 13, 1940. Champion Jack's first records reveal an enthusiastic and competent pianist whose lyrics instantly hit the spot, especially those dealing with gambling and the chain gang. His engaging vocal style echoed Leroy Carr. Although never highly paid, Jack established himself as part of the Blues scene in Chicago. He was drafted in 1942, and spent over two years away. During his absence, his wife died, and on return to the US, he settled in New York, where he'd made a handful of recordings while on leave. On April 3, 1945 (before the end of the war) he signed with Beacon Records for whom he recorded eight titles. He was back in the game.

 

 

Golden Earring discography [1965-2012]

 

Golden Earring was a Dutch rock band, founded in 1961 in The Hague as The Golden Earrings (the definite article was dropped in 1967, while the "s" was dropped in 1969). They achieved worldwide fame with their international hit songs "Radar Love" in 1973, which went to number one on the Dutch charts, reached the top ten in the United Kingdom, and went to number thirteen on the United States charts, "Twilight Zone" in 1982, and "When the Lady Smiles" in 1984. During their career they have had nearly 30 top-ten singles on the Dutch charts while releasing 25 studio albums.

The band went through a number of early line-up changes, though the band reached a stable line-up in 1970, consisting of Rinus Gerritsen (bass and keyboards), George Kooymans (vocals and guitar), Barry Hay (vocals, guitar, flute and saxophone), and Cesar Zuiderwijk (drums and percussion), which remained unchanged until the band broke up in February 2021 following the diagnosis of Kooymans with ALS. A number of other musicians also appeared in short stints with the band over its history as well.

 

Golden Earring-(1965)-Just Earrings

Golden Earring-(1967)-Winter Harvest

Golden Earring-(1968)-Miracle Mirror

Golden Earring-(1969)-Eight Miles High

Golden Earring-(1969)-On The Double

Golden Earring-(1970)-Golden Earring

Golden Earring-(1971)-Seven Tears

Golden Earring-(1972)-Together

Golden Earring-(1973)-Moontan

Golden Earring-(1974)-Switch

Golden Earring-(1975)-To The Hilt

Golden Earring-(1976)-Contraband

Golden Earring-(1977)-Live [2 CD]

Golden Earring-(1978)-Grab It For A Second

Golden Earring-(1979)-No Promises, No Debts

Golden Earring-(1980)-Prisoner Of The Night

Golden Earring-(1981)-2nd Live [2 CD]

Golden Earring-(1982)-Cut

Golden Earring-(1984)-N.E.W.S

Golden Earring-(1984)-Something Heavy Going Down

Golden Earring-(1986)-The Hole

Golden Earring-(1989)-Keeper Of The Flame

Golden Earring-(1991)-Bloody Buccaneers

Golden Earring-(1992)-The Naked Truth

Golden Earring-(1994)-Face It

Golden Earring-(1995)-Love Sweat

Golden Earring-(1999)-Paradise In Distress

Golden Earring-(2003)-Millbrook USA

Golden Earring-(2012)-Tits 'n Ass