Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen were equally adept at
stripped-down basic rock & roll, R&B, and gritty country-rock.
Commander Cody's country-rock rocked harder than the Eagles or Poco --
essentially, the group was a bar band. Much like English pub rock bands
like Brinsley Schwarz and Ducks Deluxe, Commander Cody resisted the
overblown and bombastic trends of early-'70s rock, preferring a basic
no-frills approach. Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen never had
the impact of the British pub rockers, yet their straightforward energy
gave their records a distinguishing drive; they could play country,
Western swing, rockabilly, and R&B, and it all sounded convincing.
Cat Stevens - In Search Of The Centre Of The Universe (4 CD, 2001) [FLAC]
4 CD box with the best of singer / songwriter Cat Stevens. In addition to a large number of well-known songs, this box also contains a number of songs that have not been released before, including some demo and live recordings.
Burton Cummings 1976-2008 [FLAC]
Burton Lorne Cummings OC OM (born December 31, 1947) is a Canadian musician. He is best known for leading The Guess Who during that band's most successful period from 1965 to 1975, and for a lengthy solo career.
Cummings has been inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and has been cited as one of the most influential performers in Canadian rock music. He has also been named as an officer of the Order of Canada and Order of Manitoba. The Burton Cummings Theatre and Burton Cummings Community Centre in Winnipeg are named in his honour.
1976. Burton Cummings - Burton Cummings
1977. Burton Cummings - My Own Way To Rock
1978. Burton Cummings - Dream Of A Child
1980. Burton Cummings - The Best Of
1980. Burton Cummings - Woman Love
1990. Burton Cummings - Plus Signs
1994. Burton Cummings - The Burton Cummings Collection
1996. Burton Cummings - Up Close And Alone
2006. Bachman Cummings - Bachman Cummings Songbook
2007. Bachman Cummings - Jukebox
2008. Burton Cummings - Above The Ground
Little Feat - Hotcakes and Outtakes (4 CD, 2000) [FLAC]
"Thirty years of sophisticated music is often more than any modern rock band is expected to accomplish, but Little Feat
has spent the bulk of the last three decades offering the unexpected.
This "box set" dovetails nicely with the band's last retrospective, "Hoy
Hoy", that came out two years after the band's founder, Lowell George,
died (1979). Since then, the band has gone their separate ways,
reformed, re-tooled, and have rejuvinated a sound as authentic to our
culture as buffalo nickles and velvet art work. "Hotcakes and Outtakes"
provides a common ground for old and new fans to observe the rich,
musical talents of a band that bravely never quite fit into any
programmable radio format. The first three cd's offer a rich menu of the
band's talents, humor, and innovative sound. Replete with an 80 page
history of the band, the Little Feat story makes both sense and nonsense
out of the band constantly in conflict, but totally dependent on the
emotional traction each player brought to the table. However, it is the
fourth cd that the die hard Little Feat fan will find the most
gratifying. Here, demos and outtakes rule the day. It is a poignant
reminder of a time when an entire band shunned sleek studio wizardry and
produced simple nuts and bolts rock and roll.
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