Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest and Other Short Stories [Expanded Edition] (2 CD, 2020/FLAC)

Barclay James Harvest and Other Short Stories  features the original UK stereo mix re-mastered from the original master tapes and also includes a new stereo mix on a second CD. In addition there are 3 rare US album versions of ‘Medicine Man’, ‘Harry’s Song’ and ‘Someone There You Know’, along with 5 BBC Radio session tracks from July 1971 and March 1972, along with 2 rare John Lees demo recordings from 1971 and 3 mono reduction mixes made at Abbey Road studios in July 1971. 

Like the work of Buffalo Springfield or the Moody Blues in the first go ’round, you’ll need to take it on faith that the Baroque touches on Barclay James Harvest and Other Stories were effective for their time. The fuzzed guitars, Mellotron, bongos, heavy orchestration and dreamy arrangements may sound stilted today, but strip them away (or simply acquiesce to enjoy them) and a very good collection of songs reveals itself. There are obvious nods to the Beatles (“Blue John Blues,” “Medicine Man”) and the Moodies (the lovely “Ursula”), but that’s a fait accompli on any Barclay James Harvest album. Although the album doesn’t really tell any stories (an optimistic acceptance of mortality comes into play on a couple of tracks), the band does aspire to bigger things on the aptly titled “The Poet.” The only knock on this album (and it pertains to Barclay James Harvest in general) is that you wish they aspired to more. The classical arrangements are stunning, and when the band musters a big orchestral ending for a song like “Little Lapwing,” you can’t help but wonder how much better it would have been if they’d invoked it sooner. Musically the band is solid; Mel Pritchard’s Ringo-isms on the drums are especially neat, while John Lees gets in some nice distorted guitar parts and Stewart Wooly Wolstenholme steals the show when the Mellotron comes into play. The epic “After the Day” closes things on a high note, ending with an explosion that announces all bets are off. Barclay James Harvest and Other Stories is itself a high note in the band’s early catalog and worth a flyer for anyone interested in the band’s oeuvre. 

Furthur - 2010 Tour (62 shows)

 Additional live rehearsal sessions continued for the first half of January 2010 in Mill Valley. The band then toured the U.S. (primarily East Coast, with a few shows in Miami, Chicago, Broomfield, Colorado, and Portland, Oregon) from February 2 through March 8, 2010, and performed in San Francisco on March 12, 2010 to celebrate Phil Lesh's upcoming 70th birthday. On March 18, 2010, Phil Lesh posted on popular fansite PhilZone.com an announcement that drummer Jay Lane had left Furthur to rejoin his prior group, Primus. Zoe Ellis also left the group at this time to focus on her a cappella ensemble, SoVoSó. Backup vocalist Jeff Pehrson subsequently joined Furthur, debuting May 24, 2010.

In February 2010, official announcements were released that the group would be performing at three music festivals in the summer of 2010, including the Nateva Music & Camping Festival in Oxford, Maine, on July 4, the All Good Music Festival in Masontown, West Virginia, on July 9, and the Gathering of the Vibes festival in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on July 30. Additional stops on the tour, which ran from June 25 until July 30 and included 17 shows, included Rochester, New York, Brooklyn, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, Lowell, Massachusetts, Columbus, Ohio, Mohawk, New York, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania (which replaced a canceled show in Shelburne, Vermont), Ottawa, Lewiston, New York, Philadelphia, and New York. In addition to the three festivals on the East Coast, Furthur resurrected the "Furthur Festival" at Mountain Aire in Angels Camp, California on Memorial Day weekend May 28-30th, 2010, at which they played six of their classic albums live.

Following a performance on August 14, 2010 in Golden Gate Park at the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, Furthur initiated their first West Coast tour, commencing September 16, 2010 in Eugene, Oregon, and ending September 26, 2010 in Morrison, Colorado, at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. A short Midwest/East Coast tour followed, beginning on November 8, 2010 in Minneapolis and ending on November 21, 2010 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Two New Year's shows concluded the year, with Furthur having performed a total of 77 shows and 18 live rehearsal sessions since their September 2009 inception. 

    Bob Weir—rhythm guitar, lead vocals (9/18/2009–1/23/2014)

    Phil Lesh—bass guitar, lead vocals (9/18/2009–1/23/2014)

    John Kadlecik—lead guitar, lead vocals (9/18/2009–1/23/2014)

    Jeff Chimenti—keyboards, backing vocals (9/18/2009–1/23/2014)

    Joe Russo—drums (9/18/2009–1/23/2014)

    Jay Lane—drums, backing vocals (9/18/2009 – 3/12/2010)

    Sunshine Becker—backing vocals (12/27/2009–1/23/2014)

    Zoe Ellis—backing vocals (12/27/2009 – 3/12/2010)

    Jeff Pehrson—backing vocals (5/24/2010–1/23/2014)

 

Supertramp discography (1970-2002)

 

Supertramp are a British art rock band that released a series of top-selling albums in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Their early music included ambitious concept albums, from which were drawn a number of hits including "Goodbye Stranger", "Bloody Well Right", "The Logical Song", "Breakfast in America", "Dreamer", "Give a Little Bit", and "Take the Long Way Home". Supertramp attained superstardom in the United States, Canada, most of Europe, South Africa, Australia and Brazil. The band also enjoyed success in their native UK; 1979 album Breakfast in America was a big hit there, reaching number three on the UK charts and featuring two top 10 singles. Breakfast would become their most popular album, selling more than 18 million copies by 1990.


Supertramp were well known for their prominent use of the Wurlitzer electric piano, which featured on many of their hit songs.

1970- Supertramp

1971- Indelibly Stamped

1974- Crime of the Century

1975- Crisis What Crisis

1977- Even In The Quietest Moments

1979- Breakfast in America

1982- ...Famous Last Words

1985- Brother Where You Bound

1987- Free As A Bird

1997- Some Things Never Change

2002- Slow Motion

The Replacements - Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash (Deluxe Edition, 4 CD, 2021/FLAC)

 

The Replacements were an American rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1979. Initially a punk rock band, they are one of the main pioneers of alternative rock. The band was composed of the guitarist and vocalist Paul Westerberg, guitarist Bob Stinson, bass guitarist Tommy Stinson and drummer Chris Mars for most of its career. Following several acclaimed albums, including Let It Be and Tim, Bob Stinson was kicked out of the band in 1986, and Slim Dunlap joined as lead guitarist. Steve Foley replaced Mars in 1990. Towards the end of the band's career, Westerberg exerted more control over the creative output. The group disbanded in 1991, with the members eventually pursuing various projects. A reunion was announced on October 3, 2012. The band is referred to by their nickname "The 'Mats" by fans, which originated as a truncation of "The Placemats," a mispronunciation of their name.

The Replacements' music was influenced by rock artists such as the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Faces, Big Star, Slade, Badfinger, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Bob Dylan as well as punk rock bands such as the Ramones, the New York Dolls, the Buzzcocks, the Damned, and the Sex Pistols. Unlike many of their underground contemporaries, the Replacements played "heart-on-the-sleeve" rock songs that combined Westerberg's "raw-throated adolescent howl" with self-deprecating lyrics. The Replacements were a notoriously wayward live act, often performing under the influence of alcohol and playing fragments of covers instead of their own material. 

Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash is their first studio album. It was released on August 25, 1981

To celebrate its 40th anniversary, on October 22, 2021, Rhino Entertainment released a deluxe edition of the newly remastered album. Featuring 100 tracks spread across 4CDs and 1LP, it includes unreleased demos, alternative takes/mixes, and a previously unreleased 27-track live concert recorded on January 23, 1981 at 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis.

 

Deep Purple - California Jam 1974 [DVDRIP video]

 

Live from The California Jam Festival, Ontario Speedway, California, April 6th 1974.

Deep Purple's 1974 US tour promoting the Burn album climaxed with this show at the Ontario Motor Speedway in California. The band were well into their stride, they were the highest selling artist in the US in 1973 and were enjoying the rewards and the lifestyle that went with it. Deep Purple's fiery twilight performance was capped with Ritchie Blackmore setting his guitar and amplifier ablaze, raising balls of flame into the night sky.

• David Coverdale - voc
• Ritchie Blackmore - gui
• Glenn Hughes - bass
• Jon Lord - kb
• Ian Paice - dr

1. Burn
2. Might Just Take Your Life
3. Lay Down, Stay down
4. Mistreated
5. Smoke on the Water
6. You Fool No One
7. Space Truckin'