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| Savoy Brown - A Step Further
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(Decca SKL.5013 UK-7? VG+ 375:-)
An English rhythm and blues band that debuted in '67, Savoy Brown always found more of an audience with the American crowd, who rarely turn down Boogie Rock of any kind. Their swampy blues style peaked in the early '70s, but they've continued their exploration of Electric Blues by releasing a record at least every other year.
A special split LP from Savoy Brown – one side live, and one side studio – both produced to blues rock perfection by Mike Vernon! The live set features one 22 minute long medley, titled "Savoy Brown Boogie".
UK mid-70's pressing on the "boxed" Decca label.
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| Savoy Brown - Boogie Brothers
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(Decca SKL-5186 UK-74 VG+ 300:-)
This incarnation of Savoy Brown is mainly ony blistering romp from start to finish. The line-up features three strong guitarists; mainstay Kim Simmonds, ex-Chicken Shacker Stan Webb and former Keef Hartley-member Miller Anderson.
On this guitar-dominate album, Simmonds stays surprisingly in the background, leaving most of the songwriting and vocal chores to Anderson.
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| Savoy Brown - Looking In
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(Decca SKL-5066 UK-70 VG+ 600:-)
An English rhythm and blues band that debuted in '67, Savoy Brown always found more of an audience with the American crowd, who rarely turn down Boogie Rock of any kind. Their swampy blues style peaked in the early '70s, but they've continued their exploration of Electric Blues by releasing a record at least every other year.
"Looking In" is a very nice piece of British blues and boogie to get you through the weekend. Lonesome Dave strums and tells the tales and the rest of the boys provide the atmosphere. Powerful at times and quiet at others it's a ride down that gravel road that parallels the highway.
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| Scott, Linda - Linda
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(Congress LP-3001 US-62 VG+ 300:-)
Linda Joy Sampson was active in the early to mid 1960s.
Her biggest hit was the 1961 single, "I've Told Every Little Star". She went on to place twelve songs on the charts over the next four years.
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| Shades of MacMurrough - Carrig River
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(Polydor 2908.007 Ire-73 VG+ 1250:-)
Hailing from Ferns in Co. Wexford Shades of MacMurrough formed in 1971. Comprised of Mary and Josephine O'Neill and Paul Kavanagh they specialised in close harmonies and accompanied themselves on 6 & 12 string guitars, spinet, autoharp, tin whistle and bodhran.
Released in 1973 "Carrig River" has been long held as an acid folk holy grail and is a mellifluous blend of sublime vocal harmonies and subtle instrumentation.
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| Shok Paris - Steel and Starlight
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(IRS Records ILP-460452 Hol-87 375:-)
Shok Paris was a blip on the 80s metal radar, managing three albums that were decent but definitely second-tier in the grand scheme of things.
They’re most famous for the over-the-top vocals of frontman, Vic Hix. The man sounded like Blackie Lawless hopped up on discount Super Soldier Formula and 5 Hour Energy while trying to channel Danzig and Messiah Marcolin simultaneously.
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| Simon, Paul - Concert in the Park
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(Warner 7599-26737-1 EU-91 VG+ 500:-)
Paul Frederic Simon rose to fame as one part of Simon & Garfunkel. After splitting up with Art Garfunkel, he went on to have a successful solo career.
"Concert in the Park" was recorded during Simon's worldwide 1991-92 "Born at the Right Time" and provided a survey of his two most recent albums, "Graceland" and "Rhythm of the Saints", and also drew liberally from his earlier songbook including a number of tunes from the Simon and Garfunkel era.
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| Simon, Paul - Negotiations and Love Songs
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(Warner Bros 925789-1 EU-88 SS 500:-)
In his career, Paul Simon has had an impeccable ability to bring together melody and lyric with various global styles, creating some of the smartest pop around. Ever since he left behind the rigid musical borders of Simon & Garfunkel's folk-rock, Simon has built upon that fertile base. And as NEGOTIATIONS AND LOVE SONGS, a Warner Brothers-era greatest hits compilation, clearly shows, Simon expanded his cultural horizons and sent his musical appetite into overdrive to separate his compositions from those of his contemporaries.
Rare promotional vinyl in a single pocket picture sleeve and housed in a custom title printed cloth sleeve which remains stitch sealed around the edges - an unusual promo rarity!
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| Simple Minds - Ghost Dancing
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(Mixeye 198-60128 Bel-86 VG+ 300:-)
From their beginnings as a raw, glammed-up New Wave band in 1977 to their complex Alternative Rock of the present, Simple Minds has maintained a dramatic flair and a deep complexity in their constantly changing sound.
Side A to E: Copenhagen, Tuesday 28th Jan. 1986.
Side F: Sydney, Friday 9th Dec. 1981.
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| Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come
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(Mercury SR-61328 US-70 VG/VG+ 400:-)
Sir Lord Baltimore may have a British-sounding name - but the group are a trio from Brooklyn, and serve up a blistering pre-metal version of hard rock that maybe blows away some of their English contemporaries at the time!
There's a tremendous amount of power going on here - heavy bass from Gary Justin, searing guitars from Louis Dampier, and monstrous drums from John Garner, who somehow manages to also give out these raw, eerie vocals while also completely destroying the drum kit - all with energy that really prefaces a metal generation to come -- but with a stripped-down vibe that's completely free of hoke.
The sleeve of this copy shows some wear and is graded VG; the vinyl is graded VG+.
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| Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
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(NEMS/Immediate IML-1001 UK-75 VG+ 400:-)
One of the best Brit psychedelic rock albums of the late 60s – one that sounds incredible to this day!
On "Ogden's Nut Gone Flake" the Small Faces really found a way to spin a heady, organ rich, drum heavy, and all around big sound into the structure of the 2½ to 4½ minute pop structure – with out sacrificing a bit of the bombast, or burying a genuine groove in superfluous noise cycles. Truly wonderful stuff!
1975 UK re-issue in a die-cut circular sleeve.
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| Smith, Patti - Horses
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(Arista AL-4066 US-75 VG/VG+ 400:-)
Patti Smith's first album and one of greatest rock albums of the 70s! Pure, driving passion powers Patti as profoundly as it ever would here on "Horses". The musicianship is famously top notch, too, making for one of those amazing moments in rock when a great voice – not just a great sounding singer, but uniquely visionary presence ultimately proves to be more forceful than the players. Produced by John Cale, with great guitar from Lenny Kaye!
Transitional pressing, issued in second jacket version with "Horses" printed in black lettering on the cover. First state light blue labels with white Arista logo, no TM next to it, and no warning about Unauthorized duplication.
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| Smiths - Louder than Bombs
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(Rough Trade ROUGH-255 UK-88 VG+ 800:-)
A special collection done for the US market after the first great run of albums by The Smiths – a double-length set that's partly a best-of, and mostly a collection of all the wonderful songs the group issued on their various singles and EP releases in the UK – none of which were originally released in America!
As such, the album's a crucial component to the group's catalog – especially if you weren't buying their singles back in the day – and is filled with as much greatness as all their other albums of the period.
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| Smiths - Meat is Murder
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(Rough Trade/MNW ROUGH-81 Swe-85 VG+ 300:-)
A stone classic from the team of Morrissey and Marr – a record that manages to wear its politics on its sleeve, yet still express things in a highly personal way! The balance is a key part of what made The Smiths go farther than just about all their 80s Brit indie contemporaries – and is what still keeps them going so many years later – not to mention great songwriting, haunting vocals, and some damn catchy guitar!
Swedish pressing released through MNW Records.
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| Smiths - Meat is Murder
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(Rough Trade ROUGH-81 UK-85 VG+ 500:-)
A stone classic from the team of Morrissey and Marr – a record that manages to wear its politics on its sleeve, yet still express things in a highly personal way!
The balance is a key part of what made The Smiths go farther than just about all their 80s Brit indie contemporaries – not to mention great songwriting, haunting vocals, and some damn catchy guitar!
The young soldier on the front cover is Marine Corporal Michael Wynn. He was 20 years old when this image was taken on 21 September 1967 in Da Nang, South Vietnam. The original wording on his helmet reads "Make War Not Love".
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| Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
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(Armageddon ARM-1 UK-80 VG+ 800:-)
Robyn Hitchcock got his start in the Soft Boys in 1976, at the onset of the Punk blowout -- not that they were really a part of it. It was more the aftershocks of Punk that allowed the Soft Boys to make their (then) minor waves.
Hitchcock's absurd, Syd Barrett-esque images, folk strumming, and revved-up Power Pop still seemed an anomaly during the time of gob-smacking and pogo-ing, but "Underwater Moonlight" very much influenced a new wave of nonsense-slinging guitar psychedelia from R.E.M to Pavement.
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| Springsteen, Bruce - Rendesvouz
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([unofficial] Ger-86 VG+ 500:-)
No rock performer has spoken with more authority on the human fallout of the American Dream than Bruce Springsteen. His songs deals with star-crossed lovers and noble souls hag-ridden by fate into crime, depression, and worst of all, ordinariness. But lest we forget, the original denim rocker has also written some of the most uplifting songs in AOR.
This 2LP set on GREEN MARBLE VINYL contains outtakes from The Record Plant / Atlantic studios between 1975 and 1979.
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| Springsteen, Bruce - Son, You may Kiss the Bride
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(Basil Records WED-AL-13585 UK-85 VG+ 500:-)
No rock performer has spoken with more authority on the human fallout of the American Dream than Bruce Springsteen. His songs deals with star-crossed lovers and noble souls hag-ridden by fate into crime, depression, and worst of all, ordinariness.
This release contains outtakes recorded between 1977 and 1981.
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| Springsteen, Bruce - Streets on Fire
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([unofficial] VG+ 500:-)
This 2LP set was actually recorded during the second leg of the "Born to Run Tour" at the Civic Center in Springfield, MA, on August 22, 1976.
This would be the final performance of of eight by the Miami Horns Quartet, who had to re-join Southside Johnny on tour. The Jukes had been off the road while Johnny recovered from a throat infection.
"Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" includes Roy Bittan playing a minute of Bach's "Prelude No. 1 In C Major" from "The Well-Tempered Clavier" in the band introductions and a snippet of "Theme From Shaft" in the midsection.
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| Stewart, Rod - Storyteller
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(Warner Bros 925987-1 EU-89 800:-)
Rod Stewart once sat at the right hand of nearly every critic, enjoying the fulsome praise due a rock 'n' roll wunderkind. After an incredibly productive stint from 1960 to 1975, in which Stewart matched Faces releases with solo albums, he left the band to explore new currents in the mainstream.
This 7-LP box set covers all phases of this rooster-coiffed rocker in appropriate style, with a 24-page booklet/discography and all the hits.
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| Stiff Little Fingers - Go for It
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(Chrysalis CHR-1339 UK-81 VG+ 350:-)
This was the last SLF album from from the band's classic, and best line-up. Their music was broadeneing in terms of its lyrical concerns and musical styles. Henry Cluney was featuring more as a songwriter. Given the strength of their previous album, the live 'Hanx', and their thunderous, exciting sound, SLF looked to have a big future. Yet 'Go For It' became the last hurrah of their short golden era.
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| Stranglers - Black and White
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(United Artists UAK-30222 UK-78 VG+ 375:-)
After two albums and some extraordinary singles, The Stranglers were one of the most successful punk-era bands, hitting the top 10 regularly and being controversial (even for 1977) with their sexist lyrics and macho attitude.
The Stranglers turned everything round on their third album, the extraordinary "Black and White". With an aptly stark cover and a division into "black" and "white" sides, the album was immediately notable for its tougher sound and attitude, and a merciful lack of songs about how awful women were.
The first 75000 copies of this album included the 7" "Walk On By/Mean To Me/Tits" on white vinyl in a black paper sleeve also containing a card with the credits. Over time a few of these have suffered a colour stability issue, changing colour to pink/beige.
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| Suicide - Suicide
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(Bronze/Red Star BRON-508 UK-78 VG+ 1000:-)
Suicide were a key bridge between earlier prog underground sounds and the art-rock punk styles that were coming out of NYC in the late 70s - and one that was in a space that was completely their own - and still is!
With this one landmark album, Alan Vega and Martin Rev completely dismantled the cold German prog synth of groups like Kraftwerk, La Dusseldorf, and Tangerine Dream - and created a wild sound of spare anguish that brought a whole new dimension to punk rock. The album has got to be one of the top 50 "must have" rock records of all time!
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