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21 mei, 2021

The Temptations - All Directions (1972) - Lp

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Side A
A1. Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On - 2:56
       Composed By – Norman Whitfield-Barrett Strong
A2. Run Charlie Run - 2:59
       Composed By – Jan Forman, C. Maurice King
A3. Papa Was A Rollin' Stone - 11:45
       Composed By – Norman Whitfield-Barrett Strong

Side B
B1. Love Woke Me Up This Morning - 2:38
       Composed By – Nickolas Ashford-Valerie Simpson
B2. I Ain't Got Nothin' - 3:30
       Composed By – Evans King, C. Maurice King
B3. The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face) - 3:59
       Composed By – Ewan MacColl
B4. Mother Nature - 2:54
       Composed By – Dino Fekaris, Nick Zesses
B5. Do Your Thing - 2:52
       Composed By – Isaac Hayes


Companies, etc.

Credits


Notes
Released:  1972
Format:  Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:  Netherlands
Genre:  Funk / Soul
Catalog#  5C 056-93714
Label:  Tamla Motown

29 juni, 2020

Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (1970) - Lp

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A1.  Gasoline Alley”  (Stewart, Ronnie Wood)  – 4:02
A2.  It’s All Over Now”  (Bobby Womack, Shirley Jean Womack)  – 6:22
A3.  Only a Hobo”  (Bob Dylan)  – 4:13
A4.  My Way of Giving”  (Ronnie Lane, Steve Marriott)  – 3:55

B1.  Country Comfort”  (Elton John, Bernie Taupin)  – 4:42
B2.  Cut Across Shorty”  (Wayne P. Walker, Marijohn Wilkin)  – 6:28
B3.  Lady Day”  (Stewart)  – 3:57
B4.  Jo’s Lament”  (Stewart)  – 3:24
B5.  You’re My Girl (I Don’t Want to Discuss It)”  (Dick Cooper, Beth Beatty, Ernie Shelby)  – 4:27

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17 mei, 2019

Jermaine Jackson - Dynamite (1984) - Lp

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Jermaine Jackson (released internationally as Dynamite) is the tenth studio album by United States singer-songwriter Jermaine Jackson, released in 1984. It was his debut album with Arista after leaving Motown. The album features Whitney Houston and his brothers Michael, Tito and Randy.

After nearly eight years as a Motown solo act, his career was punctuated by false starts and major, sporadic hits. Jermaine Jackson, his first album for Arista, is his first since 1982's Let Me Tickle Your Fancy, and has him doing a slickly produced variant of the R&B/pop his brother was making sound effortless.

The biggest hit here, the jaunty "Dynamite," mixes smooth R&B with a hint with a new wave-ish rhythm and synth patterns that has his ingratiating tenor sounding strong and confident. The percolating and infectious "Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)" is a duet with brother Michael Jackson.
The song attains a well-produced L.A. pop/R&B sound, and has the nervous energy, if not paranoia, of other like-minded Jackson family performances. In the reunion vein, "Escape from the Planet of the Ant Men" features the Jacksons.

With its mind-boggling premise and over-production, it all but obscures the fact that it's one of Jackson's strongest vocal performances here. As a devout fan of Marvin Gaye, the artist also has a few romantic moments here, too. The sultry "Do What You Do" boasts a strong arrangement and Jackson's persuasive vocals. "Take Good Care of My Heart," a duet with Whitney Houston, has the two having good chemistry.
The last track, "Oh Mother," is an emotional and spare ode that has Jackson's voice at times resembling Art Garfunkel. While Jermaine Jackson's not a perfect album, despite the ground covered, it is a strong one.


Side A
A1. Dynamite  (6:01)
A2. Sweetest Sweetest  (4:05)
A3. Tell Me I’m Not Dreaming (Too Good To Be True)  (4:22)
A4. Escape From The Planet Of The Ant Men  (5:04)

Side B
B1. Come To Me (One Way Or Another)  (5:17)
B2. Do What You Do  (4:46)
B3. Take Good Care Of My Heart  (4:17)
B4. Some Things Are Private  (4:05)
B5. Oh Mother  (4:48)


Personnel

 Production
  • Producers – Jermaine Jackson (Tracks 1, 2, 4-7 & 9); Michael Omartian (Tracks 3 & 8); Richard Rudolph (Tracks 4 & 6).
  • Executive Producer – Clive Davis
  • Engineers – Bill Bottrell, John Guess, Brian Malouf, Mike Schumann and Keith Seppanen.
  • Mixing – Bill Bottrell
  • Recorded at Soundcastle (Hollywood, CA); Yamaha Studios (Glendale, CA); Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, CA); Lion Share Recording (Los Angeles, CA).
  • Art Direction and Design – Ria Lewerke
  • Photography – Leon Lecash

Notes
Release: 1984
Format: LP
Genre: Soul, Pop
Label: Arista Records
Catalog# 206317
Vinyl:  Goed
Cover:  Goed

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_XpWc1Gf6jcS9g2JJCFpewAwbhzivpJD/view?usp=sharing

01 januari, 2019

The Modern Lovers - Rock 'N' Roll With The Modern Lovers (1977)

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Rock 'n' Roll with the Modern Lovers is an album by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, released by the Beserkley Records label in August 1977. It reached #50 in the UK Album Chart in that month.

Rock 'N' Roll with the Modern Lovers. Richman branches out to Japanese music, a "South American Folk Song," and even "Egyptian Reggae" (the last earning him a UK Top 5 hit), but the real highlight on Rock 'N' Roll with the Modern Lovers is that ode to a totaled car, "Dodge Veg-O-Matic."

With Rock 'N' Roll With the Modern Lovers, Jonathan delivers yet another album filled to the brim with innocent delight (perhaps even more so than its predecessor). At first, I was thrown off by the inclusion of the children's song "The Wheels on the Bus", but good god, it's perhaps the most genius cover of a traditional children's song I've had the pleasure of hearing. Especially the inclusion of the verse with the monster, which he returns to at the end in what is possibly the greatest 15-seconds in music history. And to people that call Jonathan Richman "punk" or "proto-punk" -- eff you. Pure childlike innocence and charming rock n' roll tunes =/= "punk".

"Ice Cream Man", "Egyptian Reggae" and "Roller Coaster by the Sea" are all superb, and if this album doesn't make you happy, you oughta take a long hard look at yourself in the mirror and think about how detached you've become from your fun-loving roots. It's amateurish and uncomplicated, sure, but if you let your allegiance to prog and wanky musicianship influence your view of this, then the only solution is to find the nearest bridge and dive off of it. Jonathan Richman is simplicity at its most affecting.


 Side A
A1. The Sweeping Wind (Kwa Ti Feng) - 1:59
A2. Ice Cream Man - 3:01
A3. Rockin' Rockin' Leprechauns - 2:09
A4. Summer Morning - 3:49
A5. Afternoon - 2:45
A6. Fly Into The Mystery - 3:19

Side B
B1. South American Folk Song - 2:34
B2. Roller Coaster By The Sea - 2:05
B3. Dodge Veg-O-Matic - 3:45
B4. Egyptian Reggae - 2:34
B5. Coomyah - 2:08
B6. The Wheels On The Bus - 2:26
B7. Angels Watching Over Me - 1:50


Companies, etc.


Credits


Notes

 Released: August 1977
Recorded: 1977
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Genre: Rock 'n' roll
Length: 31:24
Label: Beserkley Records
Catalog# JBZ-0053

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13hfRDqdbBmBl6kO4-LBqrbrlxtZJM6Te/view?usp=sharing

14 januari, 2018

Van Halen - 1984 (1984) - Lp

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1984 (stylized as MCMLXXXIV on the album's front cover) is the sixth studio album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released on January 9, 1984. 1984 was the last Van Halen album to feature lead singer David Lee Roth until 2012's A Different Kind of Truth, and the final full-length album with all four original members. Roth left the band in 1985 due to increasing creative differences. This album and their debut are Van Halen's bestselling albums, each having sold more than 10 million copies.

At the time of its release, much of the fuss surrounding 1984 involved Van Halen's adoption of synthesizers on this, their sixth album -- a hoopla that was a bit of a red herring since the band had been layering in synths since their third album, Women and Children First. Those synths were either buried beneath guitars or used as texture, even on instrumentals where they were the main instrument, but here they were pushed to the forefront on "Jump," the album's first single and one of the chief reasons this became a blockbuster, crossing over to pop audiences Van Halen had flirted with before but had never quite won over. Of course, the mere addition of a synth wasn't enough to rope in fair-weather fans -- they needed pop hooks and pop songs, which 1984 had, most gloriously on the exuberant, timeless "Jump."
There, the synths played a circular riff that wouldn't have sounded as overpowering on guitar, but the band didn't dispense with their signature monolithic, pulsating rock. Alex Van Halen and Michael Anthony grounded the song, keeping it from floating to pop, and David Lee Roth simply exploded with boundless energy, making this seem rock & roll no matter how close it got to pop. And "Jump" was about as close as 1984 got to pop, as the other seven songs -- with the exception of "I'll Wait," which rides along on a synth riff as chilly as "Jump" is warm -- are heavy rock, capturing the same fiery band that's been performing with a brutal intensity since Women and Children First.
But where those albums placed an emphasis on the band's attack, this places an emphasis on the songs, and they're uniformly terrific, the best set of original tunes Van Halen ever had. Surely, the anthems "Panama" and "Hot for Teacher" grab center stage -- how could they not, when the former is the band's signature sound elevated to performance art, with the latter being as lean and giddy, their one anthem that could be credibly covered by garage rockers? -- but "Top Jimmy," "Drop Dead Legs," and the dense yet funky closer, "House of Pain," are full-fledged songs, with great riffs and hooks in the guitars and vocals. It's the best showcase of Van Halen's instrumental prowess as a band, the best showcase for Diamond Dave's glorious shtick, the best showcase for their songwriting, just their flat-out best album overall.
It's a shame that Roth left after this album, but maybe it's for the best, since there's no way Van Halen could have bettered this album with Dave around (and they didn't better it once Sammy joined, either).


 Side A
1. 1984 (instrumental)  (1:07)
2. Jump  (4:01)
3. Panama  (3:31)
4. Top Jimmy  (2:59)
5. Drop Dead Legs  (4:14)

Side B
1. Hot for Teacher  (4:42)
2. I'll Wait  (4:40)
     (writers: E. Van Halen, A. Van Halen, Anthony, Roth, Michael McDonald)
3. Girl Gone Bad  (4:35)
4. House of Pain  (3:19)

All tracks written by Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony and David Lee Roth, except where noted.


Van Halen


Production


 Notes

Released: January 9, 1984 
Recorded: 1983 Studio 5150 Studios in Studio City, CA 
Genre: Hard rock, heavy metal
Length: 33:17 
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Catalog#  92-3985-1 

07 december, 2017

Ph.D. - Ph.D. (1981) - Lp

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PhD were a British group best known for their UK Top 10 hit "I Won't Let You Down" in April 1982, although the song had been a hit the previous year throughout Europe. The band took its name from the initial letters of its three founding members' surnames; Phillips, Hymas and Diamond. The name was written so as to be a visual pun on the letters denoting a degree of the same name.
Singer Jim Diamond formed the group with former Jeff Beck Group members Tony Hymas and Simon Phillips in the early 1980s. Their self-titled début album, originally released in 1981, spawned a hit with their ballad "I Won't Let You Down" which peaked at number three in the UK Singles Chart in 1982.
"Little Suzi's on the Up" had a video that looks like a parody of "Strictly Come Dancing", and was covered in 1986 by hair metal band Tesla (They played it when I saw them at the State Fair last year). Some songs like "War Years" and "Poor City" seem more relevant now than in the early '80s. It's almost as if a real Ph.D. wrote the lyrics!
There's little guitar and no bass. What separates this from most of the synth-pop of the day was the use of real drums instead of a Linn or Fairlight. Here, they're mainly from Simon Phillips, a seasoned veteran session player with hundreds of credits. He was in Jeff Beck's band with Hymas and later in Toto.

Side A
A1. Little Suzi's On The Up  (2:56)
A2. War Years  (3:19)
A3. Oh Maria (2:48)
       Drums – Mark Craney
A4. Oo Sha Sha  (3:29)
A5. I Won't Let You Down  (4:21)

Side B
B1. There's No Answer To It  (3:15)
B2. Poor City (3:33)
        Acoustic Guitar – Phil Palmer
        Drums – Mark Craney 
B3. Up Down  (4:07)
B4. Hollywood Signs  (3:23)
B5. Radio To On (3:32)
        Saxophone [Tenor] – Stan Sulzmann
        Soprano Vocals – Jane Manning 

Companies, etc.
Credits
Notes
Released: 1981
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Length: 34:25
Label - WEA ‎Records

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S43d_CDX8Z4_x1nQBqmfsLGyNLIfVq1h/view?usp=sharing

25 november, 2017

Normaal - Oerend Hard (1977) - Lp

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Normaal was een Nederlandse rockgroep die als de grondlegger van de boerenrock wordt gezien. De groep werd begin 1973 door Bennie Jolink (Buizen Beernd) en Jan Manschot (Brekken Jan Schampschot) opgericht en brak in 1977 door met de hit Oerend Hard. Het zingen in het lokale dialect (het Achterhoeks) werd het handelsmerk van de groep.
Eind 1973 richtten drummer Jan Manschot en zanger-gitarist Bennie Jolink een band op. Gitarist Ferdi Joly, die net als Jan en Bennie ook in Enschede gestudeerd had, en de latere bassist Willem Terhorst werden, na vele wisselingen, de andere leden van de band. De band begon overigens pas begin 1974 te repeteren. Na een brainstormsessie onder de muzikanten werd besloten de groep Normaal te noemen. Eind 1974 hadden ze hun eerste optreden als "Amusementsorkest Normaal".
Het eerste grote optreden was tijdens het Lochem Popfestival (De Popmeeting, 1975), dat traditioneel op Hemelvaartsdag gehouden werd. Het zingen in de Achterhoekse streektaal werd een handelsmerk. Kort daarop volgde de hit Oerend hard (1977). Normaal wordt daarmee wel als grondlegger van de dialectpop beschouwd.
Door middel van stunts, veelal bedacht door manager Joost Carlier, en een geslaagde videoclip van Oerend Hard weet Normaal veel aandacht te genereren. Oerend Hard is in de lente de eerste grote hit van de Achterhoekers. Vele zullen volgen. In augustus hebben de Normaal-muzikanten de beroepsstatus. Kop uit een krantenartikel: 'Normaal is geen groep, maar een levenshouding'. Subkop: 'Wij zijn boerenhufters uit de Achterhoek en geen gladde stoepenboys uit de grote stad'. Het album Oerend Hard, in één keer opgenomen, schopt het bijna tot de album top 10. De nummers "Oerend Hard" en "Alie" worden op single uitgebracht en worden hits.

Side A
A1. Oerend Hard  (4:03)
A2. Doar Baal Ik Van  (4:19)
A3. Oh Dearne (Written-By – C. Berry)  (2:36)
A4. Ik Zag Niks Want ...  (2:47)
A5. Hie Hef Geliek  (3:21)
A6. Noar 'T Café (Written-By – W. Terhorst)  (3:14)

Side B
B1. Alie  (2:46)
B2. Ik Bun Een Rocker  (3:09)
B3. A-a-auw  (2:59)
B4. Deerntjen  (4:23)
B5. Wat Mot 'N Mens Dan Anders Doen  (3:12)
B6. Zieuwentse Karmis  (3:15)

Credits
Notes
Released:  1977  
Genre: Nederrock 
Tijdsduur: 40:04
Label:  Killroy ‎Records 

15 november, 2017

Journey - Escape (1981)

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Escape (stylized as E5C4P3 on the album cover) is the seventh studio album by American rock band Journey, released in 1981. It topped the American Billboard 200 chart and features four hit Billboard Hot 100 singles – "Don't Stop Believin'" (#9), "Who's Crying Now" (#4), "Still They Ride" (#19) and "Open Arms" (#2) – plus rock radio staple "Stone in Love."
Escape was the band's first album with keyboardist Jonathan Cain who replaced founding keyboardist Gregg Rolie after he left the band at the end of 1980. The album was co-produced by former Lynyrd Skynyrd sound technician Kevin Elson and one-time Queen engineer Mike Stone, who also engineered the album.
Escape flung Journey steadfastly into the AOR arena, combining Neal Schon's grand yet palatable guitar playing with Jonathan Cain's blatant keyboards. All this was topped off by the passionate, wide-ranged vocals of Steve Perry, who is the true lifeblood of this album, and this band.
The songs on Escape are more rock-flavored, with more hooks and a harder cadence compared to their former sound. "Who's Crying Now" spotlights the sweeping fervor of Perry's voice, whose theme about the ups and downs of a relationship was plentiful in Journey's repertoire. With "Don't Stop Believing," the whisper of Perry's ardor is crept up to with Schon's searing electric guitar work, making for a perfect rock song. One of rock's most beautiful ballads, "Open Arms," gleams with an honesty and feel only Steve Perry could muster.
Outside of the singles, there is a certain electricity that circulates through the rest of the album. The songs are timeless, and as a whole, they have a way of rekindling the innocence of youthful romance and the rebelliousness of growing up, built from heartfelt songwriting and sturdy musicianship.

Side A
A1. Don't Stop Believin'  (4:09)
A2. Stone In Love  (4:24)
A3. Who's Crying Now  (5:00)
A4. Keep On Runnin'  (3:39)
A5. Still They Ride  (3:46)

Side B
B1. Escape  (5:15)
B2. Lay It Down  (4:12)
B3. Dead Or Alive  (3:20)
B4. Mother, Father  (5:27)
B5. Open Arms  (3:17)

Companies, etc.
Credits
Notes
Released: July 31, 1981
Recorded: April–June 1981
Produced for Mike Stone Enterprises, Ltd./Elson Music Vision.
Recorded and mixed at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California.
Mastered at Masterdisk, Inc., New York.
Genre: Rock
Length: 42:46
Label - CBS ‎460185 1

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29 oktober, 2017

Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same (1976) - 2Lp

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Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. The band's heavy, guitar-driven sound has led them to be cited as one of the progenitors of heavy metal, though their unique style drew from a wide variety of influences, including blues, psychedelia, and folk music.
After changing their name from the New Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin signed a deal with Atlantic Records that afforded them considerable artistic freedom. Although the group was initially unpopular with critics, they achieved significant commercial success with albums such as Led Zeppelin (1969), Led Zeppelin II (1969), Led Zeppelin III (1970), Led Zeppelin IV (1971), Houses of the Holy (1973), and Physical Graffiti (1975). Their fourth album, which features the song "Stairway to Heaven", is among the most popular and influential works in rock music, and it helped to secure the group's popularity.

 The Song Remains the Same is the live soundtrack album of the concert film of the same name by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. The album was originally released in October 1976.

The recording of the album and the film took place during three nights of concerts at New York's Madison Square Garden, during the band's 1973 North American tour. All songs were recorded by Eddie Kramer using the Wally Heider Mobile Studio truck, and later mixed at Electric Lady Studios in New York and Trident Studios in London.
The album was released on 22 October 1976, by Swan Song Records. The sleeve design depicted a dilapidated movie house located on Old Street film studios in London, which was used by the group for rehearsals prior to their 1973 tour.
Until both the album and the film were remastered and re-released in 2007, there were significant differences between the two in terms of the songs included on each. These differences were as follows:
In addition, of the songs that both the album and the film had in common, some of the recordings featured on the album were of different performances from those in the film. Other tracks which were recorded at Madison Square Garden, but omitted from both the film and the soundtrack album, included "Over The Hills and Far Away", "The Ocean" and "Misty Mountain Hop".

Side A

A1. "Rock and Roll" - 4:03
        Written-By-John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
A2. "Celebration Day" - 3:49
        Written-By-Jones, Page, Plant
A3. "The Song Remains the Same" - 6:00
        Written-By-Page, Plant
A4. "The Rain Song" - 8:25
        Written-By-Page ·  Plant

Side B
B1. "Dazed and Confused" - 26:53
        Written-By-Page 

Side C
C1. "No Quarter" 12:30
        Written-Jones, Page, Plant
C2. "Stairway to Heaven" - 10:58
        Written-Page, Plant

Side D
1. "Moby Dick" - 12:47
      Written-Bonham, Jones, Page
2. "Whole Lotta Love" - 14.25
      Written-Bonham, Willie Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant

Companies, etc.
Credits
Notes
Recorded live at Madison Square Garden. 
Mixed at Electric Ladyland Studios, New York.
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York.
Released: 22 October 1976 
Recorded: 27–29 July 1973, Venue, Madison Square Garden, New York City 
Genre: Hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock, folk rock
Length: 99:45 
Label - Swan Song ‎– SS 89 402

16 oktober, 2017

Jean-Michel Jarre - Zoolook (1984) - Lp

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Zoolook is the seventh studio album by French electronic musician and composer Jean Michel Jarre, released on the Disques Dreyfus label in 1984.
It makes extensive use of digital recording techniques and sampling. Much of the music is built up from singing and speech in 25 different languages, along with synthesizers (such as the Fairlight CMI), as well as more traditional instruments.
Parts of the album, like the tracks "Blah Blah Café" and the second half of the track "Diva", were reworkings of material that had already appeared as sections of the album Music for Supermarkets, released the previous year.
The track "Moon Machine" was recorded for inclusion on Zoolook but did not appear on the final release; it later appeared, first on a flexidisc included with Keyboard Magazine (March 1986 issue), the 12-inch single of the Special Remix of "Fourth Rendez-Vous" (1986), and the much later Images compilation album (1991).
The voices heard on this album were based on recordings of speech and singing in numerous languages: Aboriginal, Afghan, Arabic, Balinese, Buhndi, Chinese, Dutch (Ethnicolor II - 3:15), English, Eskimo, French, German, Hungarian, Indian, Japanese, Malagasy, Malayan, Pygmy, Polish, Quechua, Russian, Sioux, Spanish, Swedish, Tibetan and Turkish.
The album spawned two singles: the title track and "Zoolookologie".

Side A
A1. Ethnicolor - 11:41
A2. Diva  (Vocals – Laurie Anderson) - 7:33

Side B
B1. Zoolook  (Mixed By – Rene Ameline) - 3:50
B2. Wooloomooloo - 3:20
B3. Zoolookologie - 4:20
B4. Blah-Blah Cafe - 3:22
B5. Ethnicolor II - 3:52

Companies, etc..
Credits
Equipment
Notes
Released: November 1984 
Recorded: 1982–1984 
Genre: Electronica, ambient
Length: 37:58 
Label - Polydor Records ‎823 763-1

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