VA - The Knebworth 1990 (2 CD/FLAC)

 

The Knebworth Festival is a recurring open-air rock and pop concert held on the grounds of the Knebworth House in Knebworth, England. The festival first occurred in July 1974 when The Allman Brothers Band, The Doobie Brothers and other artists attracted 60,000 people. The last festival to date occurred in July 2014.

Since then the venue has hosted numerous outdoor concerts, featuring artists including The Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Frank Zappa, Led Zeppelin, The Beach Boys, Deep Purple, Queen (their 1986 concert at the venue their last with Freddie Mercury), Status Quo, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Phil Collins, Robert Plant, Dire Straits, Mike Oldfield, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Robbie Williams, and Oasis. 

 

CD 1:

1 Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants To Rule The World 4:49

2 Tears For Fears – Badman's Song 11:24

3 Status Quo – Dirty Water 4:17

4 Status Quo – Whatever You Want 4:16

5 Status Quo – Rockin' All Over The World 4:07

6 Cliff Richard & Shadows, The – On The Beach 2:29

7 Cliff Richard & Shadows, The – Do You Wanna Dance 2:47

8 Robert Plant – Hurting Kind 5:05

9 Robert Plant – Liars Dance 3:53

10 Robert Plant – Tall Cool One 5:20

11 Robert Plant – Wearing And Tearing (with Jimmy Page on Guitar) 6:16

12 Genesis – Mama 7:20

13 Genesis – Medley Consisting Of... Turn It On Again; Somebody To Love; (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction; Twist And Shout; Reach Out I'll Be There; You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling; Pinball Wizard; In The Midnight Hour; Turn It On Again 11:11

CD 2:

1 Phil Collins – Sussudio 7:19

2 Eric Clapton – Sunshine Of Your Love 11:48

3 Dire Straits – Think I Love You Too Much 6:05

4 Elton John – Sad Songs (Say So Much) 5:31

5 Elton John – Saturday Night's All Right (For Fighting) 4:56

6 Paul McCartney – Coming Up 4:56

7 Paul McCartney – Hey Jude 7:05

8 Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb 8:57

9 Pink Floyd – Run Like Hell 7:01 

VA - All The Young Droogs - 60 Juvenile Delinquent Wrecks (3 CD, 2019/FLAC)

 From the makers of the Junkshop Glam genre defining Velvet Tinmine, Glitterbest and Boobs compilations... comes this bookending box set. 60 tracks of the finest slices of JSG in it's various guises, as established by collectors around the world over the past decade. Including tracks from the USA, New Zealand, Netherlands, Sweden, Iceland, Australia as well as homegrown UK. Some previously unreleased, many first time on CD. Themed by arch JSG collector and musician Phil King into three groups; Rock Off! For the heads down boogie sounds; Tubthumpers & Hellraisers for the footstomping hand clapping pop pounders; Elegance & Decadence for the mascara masquerading gender bending weird and wonderful. The box set sweeps up a colourful array of musical renegades and nomads as they moved and shook the scene, such as: first Juicy Lucy vocalist Ray Moon, ex-New York Dolls Rick Rivets band The Brats, Baby Grande the forerunners of The Church, TV Smith pre-Adverts in Sleaze, Jimmy Edwards a cohort of Jimmy Pursey in Sham 69 in earlier solo mode and, as in house producer of Steve Elgin at Dawn, ex- Spider From Mars Woody Woodmansey, 60's northern soul chanteuse Glo Macari backed by Slowload who get their own track as produced by Vic Maile, actor Richard Strange as Kid Strange in Doctors of Madness, Angel produced by Mick and Andy from The Sweet. Plus stalwart pop auteurs Jonathan King and Mike Berry. Some further context comes from inclusion of relevant cuts by Mott The Hoople, Hello, Iggy & The Stooges, Be Bop Deluxe, Third World War. Three discs in individual wallets, housed in a clam shell box, which also includes a 36 page booklet. The booklet contains a fascinating and highly-informative 2000 word essay from an authority on the genre - Tony Barber - the bassist with the Buzzcocks. 

 

 

Slim Harpo - Buzzin' The Blues: The Complete Slim Harpo (5 CD, 2015/FLAC)

 

Slim Harpo made his impressive entrance into the world of blues recordings in 1957. Here was a man with an unforgettable name, a strong song – I'm A King Bee - and a finely-crafted minimalist style, at once familiar and novel. In 1961 Slim Harpo made a crossover entry into the American Rhythm 'n' Blues and Popular Music charts when Rainin' In My Heart became one of those barely-categorisable hits that just couldn't be ignored. Then came Baby, Scratch My Back, a soulful rhythmic number that led to tours with the rock elite.

The story of Slim Harpo and his music is among the most fascinating in all blues and Rhythm 'n' Blues. Harpo's music had timeless and mellow qualities that made his sound both authentic and accessible. By many benchmarks he was a success, and for periods in his life he was in the spotlight, yet little, really, is known of him beyond his fading circle of musicians, friends, and family in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Born in 1924, he was among the last of the original down-home bluesmen, but also one of the first to register hits in the popular music charts.

 

 

Frankie Miller discography [1972-2016]

 Blue-eyed soul singer Frankie Miller made his name on the English pub rock circuit of the early '70s, and spent around a decade-and-a-half cutting albums of traditional R&B, rock & roll, and country-rock. In addition to his recorded legacy as an avatar of American roots music, his original material was covered by artists from the worlds of rock, blues, and country, from Bob Seger and Bonnie Tyler to Lou Ann Barton and the Bellamy Brothers. And Miller himself scored a surprise U.K. Top Ten smash in 1978 with "Darlin'," giving his likable, soulful style the popular airing many fans felt it deserved all along.

 

Allan Holdsworth - The Man Who Changed Guitar Forever ! [12 CD, 2017/FLAC-HD/320]

 

The Man Who Changed Guitar Forever! The Allan Holdsworth Album Collection is a box set by the English jazz fusion guitarist Allan Holdsworth. It was released by Manifesto Records on 7 April 2017.

The 12-CD collection contains remastered versions of 11 studio albums and a live album, along with a 40-page booklet by Christopher Hoard. In one of his last interviews, Holdsworth spoke to DownBeat magazine and explained that the title of the collection was not his idea, but also added that he was very pleased with the quality of the remastered tracks by Manifesto Records.

Holdsworth was able to promote these albums briefly, as he died only a week later from high blood pressure. According to The Guardian, he played his final gig in San Diego on 10 April 2017.

• I.O.U. (1982)
• Road Games (1983)
• Metal Fatigue (1985)
• Atavachron (1986)
• Sand (1987)
• Secrets (1989)
• Wardenclyffe Tower (1992)
• Hard Hat Area (1993)
• None Too Soon (1996)
• The Sixteen Men Of Tain (2000)
• Flat Tire (2001)
• Then! (Live) (2003)