genre: prog, country
state: uk
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time: 41:30 size: 267 mb
wikipedia: Wally, led by the singer-songwriter Roy Webber, was an English progressive rock band, which originated in Harrogate, Yorkshire, in the early 1970s.
Their debut album, Wally, released in 1974 was co-produced by Harris, along with Rick Wakeman who had seen one of the band's warm up gigs before the Roundhouse final.
After its release the band, now managed by Brian Lane, best known as the manager of Yes, embarked on a series of tours taking in most of Britain, Japan and the United States. They supported Yes at a headline London concert at the Alexandra Palace and also made an appearance on The Old Grey Whistle Test. On their second album, Valley Gardens, Nick Glennie-Smith replaced Paul Gerrett on keyboards. However by that time continual touring had taken its toll, and the band eventually split after Atlantic decided to cut their losses and pulled the plug.
In 1975, the band performed in Japan, as the backing band of French singer Michel Polnareff.
01. Rory Blanchford 9:27
02. Grand Piano 2:14
03. Silver Arms 9:39
04. The Marvelleous Child 6:14
05. Song of Wire 7:51
06. The Cosmic Couriers Meet South Philly Willy 7:22
All music & lyrics by Jürgen Dollase.
Jürgen Dollase – Grand Piano, Mellotron, Synthesizer, Vibraphone, lead vocals, producer
Bill Barone – guitar
Dieter Meier – bass
Harald Großkopf – drums, percussion
Joachim Reiser – violin
+ Rolf Dollase – flute
Torpid Little Hamlet Choir – choir
genre: art pop
state: us
quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, covers)
time: 37:23 size: 212 mb
wikipedia:
The third solo album by singer songwriter Scott Walker.
Upon release in 1969, it met with slower sales than his previous albums, as pop audiences struggled to keep pace with Walker's increasingly experimental approach. The dense lush string arrangements by Wally Stott seemed to evoke a Vegas-style lounge crooner atmosphere, but one tinted with surreal drones and touches of dissonance.
Since its release, it has been regarded by many of Walker's fans as a favourite.
01. Wailers House Party 2:25
02. Dirty Robber 2:35
03. San-Ho-Zay 2:15
04. Rosalie 2:14
05. Since You Been Gone 2:53
06. Shivers 2:27
07. Sac O' Woe 2:33
08. Tall Cool One 2:18
09. You've Had Your Chance 2:38
10. Limbo Twist 2:04
11. All I Could Do Was Cry 3:10
12. I Idolize You 2:51
13. Zig Zag 2:34
14. Soul-Long 1:38
15. Mary Ann 2:00
16. Louie Louie 2:45
Tapestry of Delights:
A London-based US-born artist, who was backed by The Rain, a pretty typical beat-cum-psych late sixties outfit. More interesting than the above 45s is the album, Gary Walker And The Rain Album, No 1, which was only released in Japan. It includes some of the better 45 cuts but also contains a few psychedelic gems, particularly If You Don't Come Back, which is very psychedelic and has some great guitar work and an instrumental, Thoughts Of An Old Man. Two other cuts, Magazine Woman and Market Tavern are sort of mod/pop/psych, the latter with lots of phasing too. Recommended.
Gary Walker, incidentally, was one of The Walker Brothers, until he was ousted in 1967. As Gary Leeds he'd been in the early Standells. Then in 1966 frustrated at his limited role in the band he began a solo career. His first two efforts were minor hits and then he formed Rain with former Cryin' Shames' guitarist Paul Crane and ex-Masterminds' guitarist Joey Molland.
They kicked off with a cover of Spooky, which had been a big US hit for The Classics IV. They followed this with a cover of The Easybeats' Come In You'll Get Pneumonia, which was backed by the self-penned Francis, a superb slice of pop-psych. Gary Walker sometimes went under the name Gary Leeds and his 45s are often credited as such. The Gary Walker And The Rain, No. 1 album has been bootlegged on vinyl, and has also been reissued officially on CD with three bonus tracks - Francis, I Can't Stand To Lose You and Come In You'll Get Pheumonia.
Joey Molland was later in Badfinger. Lawson (ex-Universals) went on to play in Lace.
allmusic:
That have never officially seen release before: Another story of a band who had the potential, played with all the right people, and aroused label interest (Shelter tried to sign it), but ultimately got lost somewhere down the fuzzy memory hole of the era. Moving its center of operations back and forth between its Colorado home and Washington state, Wakefield never quite took that last step beyond its bar band origins despite performing throughout the west (including a showcase at L.A.'s Whiskey a Go-Go) and Midwest with such top-list acts as Eric Burdon and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, but The Lost Warthog Tapes certainly suggests that it wasn't due to lack of talent. While there is some of the typical early-'70s excess to be heard on this archival find -- pondering where the band was going for heavy, silly mystical lyrics, a tendency to mistake an interesting riff for a song and length for mood, jamming several minutes past the point of redundancy -- there are also some tremendously imaginative stretches on the album and even entire songs that are worth the time it takes to listen, not often the case with "lost" recordings from completely obscure and unknown entities. The band's sound existed somewhere between psychedelia (numerous outstanding guitar and organ solos), acid rock, hard rock, and soul-rock, best-exemplified on the pair of opening tracks, "Bring It On," with its impressive Chicago-style horn arrangements, jazzy saxophone solo, and Latin percussive touches, and the edgy "Something Is Coming," an explosion of harmony. Even if Wakefield rarely managed to shape its ideas into actual songs on the rest of the album, The Lost Warthog Tapes has enough excellent moments to recommend it.
genre: fusion, rio, avant
state: france
quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, covers)
time: 50:19 + 51:50 size: 193 mb
Scented Gardens of Mind:
This group from Lyon was a quintet when they made a private release in 1975. This is understandably very difficult to find nowadays (but in a similar style to their second album). Les Cycles de Thanatos (1979) is a magnificent instrumental album related to the works of Hatfield & The North and National Health, but also Zappa's ensemble music, Art Zoyd and Magma. Its three long tracks express a well developed taste for refined melodies (stated by keyboards and woodwinds), beautiful chord progressions, playful rhythms and multiple percussive textures. The title track is marvellous! You won't find many better albums within this genre than this gem!
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