september 29, 2024

Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming (1979) (LP) - €10,00

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Slow Train Coming is the nineteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on August 20, 1979, by Columbia Records
 It was Dylan's first album following his conversion to Christianity, and the songs either express personal faith, or stress the importance of Christian teachings and philosophy. 
The evangelical nature of the record alienated many of Dylan's existing fans; at the same time, many Christians were drawn into his fan base. Slow Train Coming was listed at No. 16 in the 2001 book CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music.
The album was generally well-reviewed by music critics, and the single "Gotta Serve Somebody" became his first hit in three years, winning Dylan the inaugural Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance in 1980. The album peaked at No. 2 on the charts in the UK and went platinum in the US, where it reached No. 3
Dylan first heard Mark Knopfler when assistant and engineer Arthur Rosato played him the Dire Straits single "Sultans of Swing". Later, on March 29, 1979, Dylan caught the final show of a Dire Straits' residency at the Roxy in Los Angeles, California

Dylan approached Knopfler after the show, asking the guitarist to participate on his next album. Knopfler agreed, unaware of the religious nature of the material that awaited him.
Dylan also approached Jerry Wexler to produce the upcoming sessions. "What he wanted", Wexler told interviewer Ted Fox, "was more of a tailored, big funk sound, which he didn't have on his records. He wanted a little more precision, a little more musical input. 
It was something he felt was time." According to Wexler, it was his, not Dylan's, initiative to bring in Knopfler: that was "the innovative part of it...Instead of going with the regular Muscle Shoals section, I changed it a little bit." 
Studio recording had become much more complex during the 1970s, and after his struggles recording the large ensemble performances of Street-Legal, Dylan was resolute in hiring an experienced producer he could trust. 
He was familiar with Wexler's celebrated work with Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Percy Sledge, Dusty Springfield, and other soul artists. "Synonymous with a small studio in Sheffield, Alabama, the sixties Atlantic recordings of Wexler defined the Muscle Shoals Sound," writes Clinton Heylin. Like Knopfler, when Wexler agreed to produce, he was unaware of the nature of the material that awaited him.
"Naturally, I wanted to do the album in Muscle Shoals—as Bob did—but we decided to prep it in L.A., where Bob lived," recalls Wexler. 
"That's when I learned what the songs were about: born-again Christians in the old corral ... I liked the irony of Bob coming to me, the Wandering Jew, to get the Jesus feel ... [But] I had no idea he was on this born-again Christian trip until he started to evangelize me. I said, 'Bob, you're dealing with a sixty-two-year-old confirmed Jewish atheist. I'm hopeless. Let's just make an album.'"
Knopfler voiced his concerns to his manager, Ed Bicknell, remarking that "all these songs are about God," but he was also impressed with Dylan's professionalism. "Bob and I ran down a lot of those songs beforehand," recalls Knopfler.
 "And they might be in a very different form when he's just hittin' the piano, and maybe I'd make suggestions about the tempo or whatever. Or I'd say, 'What about a twelve-string?'"

When sessions were held in Alabama, Dylan retained only two members from his 1978 touring band: Helena Springs and Carolyn Dennis, both background singers. Veteran bassist Tim Drummond was hired, as was Dire Straits' drummer Pick Withers on Knopfler's recommendation. Keyboardist Barry Beckett and the Muscle Shoals Horns, both key elements of the celebrated Muscle Shoals Sound, were also brought in.”

The first session was held on April 30; it proved to be very difficult. Much of the day was dedicated to recording "Trouble in Mind," a song that was ultimately left off Slow Train Coming. Wexler criticized Dylan for unnecessarily vocalizing while Dylan refused to wear headphones, adamant that they pursue a more 'live' sound even though overdubs on the 24-track recordings were virtually expected.
"Bob began playing and singing along with the musicians," recalls Wexler.
 "We were in the first stages of building rhythm arrangements; it was too soon for him to sing, but he sang on every take anyway. I finally persuaded him to hold off on the vocals until later, when the arrangements were in shape and the players could place their licks around—not against—Bob."
As the sessions wore on, Wexler's techniques seemed more accommodating. 
Once arrangements were set, Dylan could focus on recording a strong vocal track while subsequent overdubs would fill in the gaps. As Heylin describes it, the basic tracks with "lead vocals intact [were] laid down before Dylan's boredom threshold was reached. 
Adding and redoing bass parts, acoustic and electric guitars, background vocals, horns, organ, electric piano, and percussion would require their own set of sessions, but by then Dylan could be an interested observer." For "Precious Angel", bass, guitar, organ, and horns would all be overdubbed a week after recording the master take. "No Man Righteous (Not No One)" (ultimately left off Slow Train Coming) was constructed in similar fashion.
As Heylin notes, Dylan also broke from his "usual practice of recording songs without running them down for the musicians." 
"Bob might run it down on piano or guitar, just singing and playing the background until we had a rough shape in our minds; then the Muscle Shoals band would start to play it," recalls Wexler. "As soon as it sounded right, Bob and the girls would start to sing." 
Unlike his previous album sessions, Slow Train Coming sessions would run smoothly and efficiently after a slow start. 
The basic tracks for the remaining ten songs were recorded in just six three-hour sessions over a period of three days. The first takes of "I Believe in You" and "Gonna Change My Way of Thinking" would become the basic tracks for the masters.
The final song recorded was "When He Returns". Its role as the album's closer was already decided, but Dylan planned on having Springs or Dennis sing the lead vocal. After recording a guide vocal, backed by Beckett on piano, he reconsidered. 
As Heylin suggested, Beckett's "strident accompaniment made him think again." Dylan practiced singing "When He Returns" overnight before laying down eight vocal takes over Beckett's original piano track. The final take, described by Heylin as "perhaps Dylan's strongest studio vocal since 'Visions of Johanna'," was selected as the master.
Wexler convinced Dylan to overdub new vocals for "Gonna Change My Way of Thinking" and "When You Gonna Wake Up?", but otherwise the overdubbing sessions held the following week focused on instrumental overdubbing. 


Side A
A1.  Gotta Serve Somebody  ( 5:22)
A2.  Precious Angel   (6:27)
A3.  I Believe in You   (5:02)
A4.  Slow Train   (5:55)

Side B
B1.  Gonna Change My Way of Thinking   (5:25)
B2.  Do Right to Me Baby (Do Unto Others)   (3:50)
B3.  When You Gonna Wake Up   (5:25)
B4.  Man Gave Names to All the Animals   (4:23)
B5.  When He Returns   (4:30)

All tracks are written by Bob Dylan


Personnel

Technical personnel
  • Barry Beckett – production
  • Harrison Calloway – arrangement
  • Gregg Hamm – engineering
  • Bobby Hatta – original mastering engineering
  • Wm. Stetz — cover concept/design
  • Jerry Wexler – production
  • Paul Wexler – original mastering supervision
  • David Yates – assistant engineering
  • Catherine Kanner – album cover artist

Notes
Release:  August 20, 1979
Recorded:  April 30 – May 11, 1979
Format:  LP, Vinyl
Genre:  Rock
Label:  CBS Records
Catalog#  86095

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)
Cover:  Goed (VG)

Prijs: €10,00

Jennifer Holliday - Say You Love Me (1985) (LP) - €10,00

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Jennifer Yvette Holliday (born October 19, 1960) is an American singer and actress. 
She started her career on Broadway in musicals such as Dreamgirls (1981–83), Your Arms Too Short to Box with God (1980–1981) and later became a successful recording artist. 
She is best known for her debut single, the Dreamgirls number and rhythm-and-blues/pop hit, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going", for which she won a Grammy in 1983. She also won a 1982 Tony Award for Dreamgirls

Back in 1985, Jennifer Holliday released her sophomore album on Geffen Records entitled "Say You, Love Me." While the album would only boast two singles, the title track "Say You, Love Me" is one of those slow smooth jam instant classics that just warrants a listen or two. 
Say You Love Me is the second studio album by American singer Jennifer Holliday released on vinyl and cassette
It was released by Geffen Records. In 1985, two singles were released from the album. The singles were "Hard Time for Lovers" and "No Frills Love". Michael Jackson co-wrote and produced the album's opener "You're The One." The album charted at #110 on the Billboard 200 and #34 at the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.



Side A
A1.  You’re The One - 4:35  
A2.  What Kind Of Love Is This - 4:25  
A3.  No Frills Love - 3:56  
A4.  Hard Times For Lovers - 5:05  
A5.  Say You Love Me - 5:53  

Side B
B1.  I Rest My Case - 3:58  
B2.  Dreams Never Die - 4:04  
B3.  Just A Matter Of Time - 4:39  
B4.  He’s A Pretender - 4:06  
B5.  Come Sunday - 5:45


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Credits

Notes
Release:  1985
Format:  LP, Vinyl
Genre:  Soul
Label:  Geffen Records
Catalog#  GEF 26564

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)
Cover:  Goed (VG)

Prijs: €10,00

september 28, 2024

10cc - Windows In The Jungle (1983) (LP) - €10,00

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Windows in the Jungle is the ninth studio album by British rock band 10cc, released in 1983.

The album became a return to the roots for 10cc as all the songs on the album were written together by Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman, some of which were extended pieces with complex arrangements ("24 Hours", "Taxi! Taxi!", "The Secret Life of Henry"), reminiscent of the "Une Nuit a Paris" and "Feel the Benefit" from the earlier albums, and based on the unifying concept of love and life in the city.

The album also continued the formula established by the previous 10cc album Ten Out of 10 for which the band consisted of Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman with other musicians taking part as session players, however again featuring long-time 10cc collaborators Rick Fenn and Stuart Tosh along with recent addition of Vic Emerson to the live lineup. However, the album marked the absence of Paul Burgess for the first time since 1977 Deceptive Bends.

Windows in the Jungle was recorded in Strawberry Studios North, the first time 10cc recorded the album entirely there since 1976 How Dare You! as Strawberry Studios South was occupied at the beginning of the recording by The Moody Blues for the recording of The Present.

Eric Stewart recalled that the finished album did not meet his initial expectations:

"Windows started as a concept album and I'm sorry I didn't pursue that goal, the pressure for the hit single always got in the way with 10cc albums.

I longed to be like Pink Floyd and just go for large musical statements like "One Night in Paris" and "Feel the Benefit", but we were locked onto the singles roundabout, the 'quick buck', and it was impossible to break free at the time. The album was not really very successful, 10cc wise, anywhere in the rest of the world really, but in terms of sales today it was a minor hit."

The album turned out to be the last for 10cc for nine years, as well as their final album for Mercury Records and final to be recorded in their own Strawberry Studios. It was also the final studio album to feature musicians from the lineup formed during the making of Bloody Tourists (1978) (except for the brief appearance of Rick Fenn on Mirror Mirror). 



Side A
A1.  24 Hours - 8:05  
A2.  Oomachasaooma (Feel The Love) - 5:08  
A3.  Yes I Am - 6:01  
A4.  Americana Panorama - 3:40  

Side B
B1.  City Lights - 3:35  
B2.  Food For Thought - 3:32  
B3.  Working Girls - 4:25  
B4.  Taxi Taxi - 7:42 

All songs written by Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman


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Notes
Release:  1983
Recorded: October 1982 – May 1983 Studio Strawberry Studios (Stockport, England)
Format:  LP, Vinyl
Genre:  Pop, Art Rock
Label:  Phonogram Records
Catalog#  814007-1

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)
Cover:  Goed (VG)

Prijs: €10,00

september 27, 2024

The League Unlimited Orchestra - Love And Dancing (1982) - €15,00

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Love and Dancing is a remix album by English synth-pop band The Human League, released in July 1982 by Virgin Records
Issued under the band name "The League Unlimited Orchestra" as a nod to Barry White's disco-era Love Unlimited Orchestra, the album was principally the idea and work of producer Martin Rushent and contains dub-style, largely instrumental remixes of songs from the band's multi-platinum selling album Dare (1981), along with a version of the track "Hard Times", which had originally been the B-side of the single "Love Action (I Believe in Love)". 
Rushent was inspired by hip hop turntablist Grandmaster Flash and created Love and Dancing on a mixing board. He created vocal effects by cutting up portions of the Dare tape and manually gluing them together. In total, over 2,600 edits feature on the album.
Upon release, Love and Dancing was able to take advantage of the huge success of Dare and also work as a stopgap while the Human League worked on new material. The album received both mixed and positive reviews from music critics and was a commercial success, reached number three in the UK Albums Chart and later being certified Platinum by the BPI
Today, the album is regarded as among the earliest remix albums ever released and has proven influential. 

Synth-pop band The Human League's third album Dare (1981), produced by Martin Rushent, reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, and has retrospectively been considered one of the era's defining albums, ranking in critics' lists of the greatest albums of the 1980s and sometimes of all time.
Dare also found success in the United States, partly because of New York-based black radio stations airing music from the album. 
The record's synth bass and Linn Electronics drum machine beats paralleled the electro funk music that had gained popularity on New York stations like Kiss, where according to writer Simon Reynolds, "tracks were undergoing radical remixing and be montaged into seamless segues that lasted half an hour or more."Rushent was already aware of the potential of remixing, having embedded a "dub-like spaciousness" to Human League tracks in parts where the instrumentation drops out.

The producer had been listening to hip hop DJ Grandmaster Flash and played his music to front man Phil Oakey, who also enjoyed it.
After seeing the DJ in New York, Rushent felt he could recreate his scratching style with tape scrubbing. 
With this in mind, he suggested creating a dub remix of the second single from Dare, "Love Action (I Believe in Love)", by chopping the song up and adding effects. 
This would allow Virgin Records to release it on the B-side of the single, as the label was eager to rush-release singles from Dare, leaving the Human League and Rushent without time to record new B-sides.Besides the "Love Action" remix, the producer ultimately created three or four other similar dub remixes to other songs from Dare
Further inspired by the music he would hear in clubs across New York, he ultimately proposed to the Human League that he create an instrumental remix album of Dare, hoping that it would exemplify his production skills and "establish a new benchmark for electronic dance pop."

Nonetheless, both the band and Virgin Records originally relented against the idea of the remix album, not wanting to pay for or release it. 
Rushent had to fight their opposition in order to create the album. Oakey remained unsure about the project and left Rushent to make the release on his own. 
Neil Mason of Louder Than War wrote that "Cruel", an instrumental version of "I Don't Depend on You" (a 1979 single released by The Human League under the alternative name The Men) that was released as that single's B-side, laid the formula that would ultimately lead to Love and Dancing.

Love and Dancing is sometimes viewed as a stopgap in the Human League's discography, released to keep the band in the public profile while the band recorded new material. Band member Jo Callis has disputed this, saying: "I think that was going to happen anyway. 
Soft Cell had done something similar around that time releasing a remixed album. Martin Rushent had this concept about remixing, taking a track apart and putting it back together. 
It was a new idea and concept and it seemed a good idea to everybody to try it out. So the concept of the Love and Dancing would have happened regardless."


Side A
A1.  Hard Times - 5:40
A2.  Love Action (I Believe In You) - 5:12
A3.  Don’t You Want Me - 7:18

Side B
B1.  Things That Dreams Are Made Of - 5:10
B2.  Do Or Die - 4:36
B3.  Seconds - 2:25
B4.  Open Your Heart - 2:35
B5.  The Sound Of The Crowd - 2:55


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Credits

This album contains instrumental versions of previously released songs by The Human League


Notes
Release:  1982
Format:  LP, Vinyl
Genre:  Synth-pop, Electronic
Label:  Virgin Records
Catalog# 204696

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)
Cover:  Goed (VG)

Prijs: €15,00

september 26, 2024

The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979) (LP) - €10,00

Eve is the fourth studio album by British rock band The Alan Parsons Project, released on 27 August 1979 by Arista Records. The album's focus is on the strengths and characteristics of women, and the problems they face in the world of men.
It had originally been intended to focus on "great women in history", but evolved into a wider concept.
It features several songs from a misogynist point of view.

Eve is The Alan Parsons Project's first album with singer Chris Rainbow
The album's opening instrumental "Lucifer" was a major hit in Europe, and "Damned If I Do" reached the US Top 40, peaking at No. 27. "Lucifer" also is used as title track for the German political TV show Monitor.
For the most part, 1979's Eve is somewhat overlooked as being one of the Alan Parsons Project's finest work, when in fact it involves some of this group's most intricate songs.
The album's concept deals with the female's overpowering effect on man. Each song touches on her ability to dissect the male ego, especially through sexual means, originating with Eve's tempting Adam in the beginning of time.
Not only does this idea gain strength as the album progresses, but a musical battle of the sexes begins to arise through each song. 
The gorgeous "You Won't Be There" spotlights man's insecurity. Sung by Dave Townsend, its melodramatic feel sets a perfect tone.
The classically enhanced "Winding Me Up" follows suit, based on a woman's ability to dominate her mate and opening up with sound of a wind-up doll being cranked.

Other gems include the bitter but forceful "Damned If I Do" sung by Lenny Zakatek, and the dominating fury of "Lucifer," a powerful instrumental. Even the loutish "You Lie Down with Dogs" bears wit with its gender inclined mud-slinging.
The female vocalists, Lesley Duncan and Clare Torry do a splendid job of representing the females point of view throughout the album.
Not only does Eve solidify its main idea, but the songs are highly entertaining with catchy rhythms and intelligent lyrics. Musically, the tempo appealingly switches back and forth from slow to quick, as does the temperament of the album.
Somehow, Eve is dismissed as one of this band's greatest efforts, when in fact it's one of their finest marriages of both concept and music.


Side A
A1.  Lucifer  (instrumental)  (5:06)
A2.  You Lie Down with Dogs  (lead vocal: Lenny Zakatek)  (3:47)
A3.  I’d Rather Be a Man  (lead vocal: David Paton)  (3:53)
A4.  You Won’t Be There  (lead vocal: Dave Townsend)  (3:34)
A5.  Winding Me Up  (lead vocal: Chris Rainbow)  (4:04)

Side B
B1.  Damned If I Do  (lead vocal: Lenny Zakatek)  (4:48)
B2.  Don’t Hold Back  (lead vocal: Clare Torry)  (3:37)
B3.  Secret Garden  (instrumental)  (4:41)
B4.  If I Could Change Your Mind  (lead vocal: Lesley Duncan)  (5:43)


Personnel

Two of the lead singers on the album, Clare Torry and Lesley Duncan, previously performed on Alan Parsons' signature engineering work, Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon


Cover Art

The cover art for Eve by Hipgnosis features three women wearing veils, with their faces partially in shadow. The cover is a gatefold. On the shaded part of each woman's face, the shadows and veils partially conceal disfiguring scars and sores (the lesions were not real, however). 


Notes
Release:  1979
Format:  LP, Vinyl  
Genre:  Progressive Pop
Label:  Arista Records
Catalog#  1A 062-63063

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)
Cover:  Goed (VG) (Gatefold)
 
Prijs: €10,00

oktober 16, 2023

Dennis Weaver - McCloud Country (1975) (LP) - €10,00

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Dennis Weaver (born June 4, 1924, Joplin, Missouri, USA – died February 24, 2006, Ridgway, Colorado, USA) was an American actor, perhaps best known for his roles on the television series Gunsmoke (1955-1975) and McCloud (1970-1977). 
Launched his own record label "Just Good Records" in the 1970's. 
Most well known artist on the label was Recording artist / actor Randy Boone.

Weaver was also a recording artist, with most of his tracks being spoken-word recordings with musical accompaniment. 
He released several singles and albums between 1959 and 1984, most notable of which was his eponymous Im'press Records LP in 1972, the cover of which featured a portrait of Weaver in character as McCloud; it was the first of seven albums he recorded.
Though he wasn't any great shakes vocally, he managed a half dozen country albums, but no chart-toppers. 
Here, ably backed by some Nashville stalwarts (including Mac Davis on harmonica) with album liner notes by Mae Axton (Hoyt's mother and writer of "Heartbreak Hotel"), he turns in another journeyman effort. Highlights are "Flat Bed Truck" and the tear-jerker "Uncle Lem." It's not bad, but you won't need more than one.

Released in USA as "One More Road"



Side A
A1.  Calhoun - 3:42
A2.  Cowboys And Daddies - 3:08
A3.  Prairie Dog Blues - 2:08
A4.  Having Each Other Around - 3:12
A5.  L. A. County Line - 3:11

Side B
B1.  Hubbardville Store - 3:29
B2.  Hollywood Freeway - 2:37
B3.  I Love Them With You - 2:38
B4.  Save A Little Sunshine - 2:42
B5.  Take Some And Give Some - 2:16



Personnel

- Dennis Weaver - vocals
- Larry London - drums
- Tony Migliore - piano
- Joe Allen - bass
- Bobby Thompson - rhythm guitar, banjo
- Dave Kirby - lead guitar
- Mack Davis - harmonica
- Lea Jane Singers - backing vocals
- Ray Pennington - producer
- Mae Boren Axton - liner notes


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Credits

Notes
Release:  1975
Format:  LP, Vinyl
Pressed:  UK
Label:  DJM Records
Catalog#  DJF 20479

Label:  Goed (VG)
Cover:  Goed (VG)

Prijs: €10,00

oktober 13, 2023

Horslips - Aliens (LP) (1977) - €10,00

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Horslips are an Irish Celtic rock band that compose, arrange and perform songs frequently inspired by traditional Irish airs, jigs and reels
The group are regarded as 'founding fathers of Celtic rock' for their fusion of traditional Irish music with rock music and went on to inspire many local and international acts. 
They formed in 1970 and 'retired' in 1980 for an extended period. The name originated from a spoonerism on The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse which became "The Four Poxmen of The Horslypse".

8th album by the great Irish Prog group Horslips, great precursors of Celtic Rock in general and Celtic Prog in particular. 
Firmly based in Irish Folk music and the Celtic tradition, the band incorporated these themes with Prog, creating exciting and outstanding music, which withstands the tides of time beautifully. 
The band included guitarist John Fean, multi—instrumentalist Charles O`Connor, keyboardist Jim Lockhart, bassist Barry Devlin and drummer Eamon Carr. 
All five musicians contributed their musical ideas as composers and four of them (except the drummer) shared the vocal duties. This release is Rockier and less Celtic in comparison to their earlier albums, but still an excellent album overall.

Aliens is their transitional album bridging the gap between the Celtic myth and legend woven into their earlier work and the pop/rock of their latter days. 
It tells the story of the early Irish immigrants voyages to settle in America, their reception upon arrival and the sorrow at leaving their homeland only to find the promised land was not what they were led to believe.

Horslips were a sadly underrated band who, on the evidence of this one album, deserved far better than they actually received. 
There is some phenomenal guitar playing by James Fean particularly on "The Wrath Of The Rain", "Speed The Plough" and the instrumental "Exiles". 
Jim Lockhart's flute and Charles O'Connor's mandolin and fiddle provide the perfect accompaniment and ensure the band never lose sight of their Celtic origins.
Opening with the sounds of a harbor suggesting a voyage across the Atlantic, the band tell tales of hope and hardship, using a considerable range of styles and shifts of mood. Pop-rock hooks abound, but there are also hard rock riffs, jazz syncopation, and an instrumental (the beautiful "Exiles"). 
The songs are often moored to traditional irish melodies that sometimes bubble up in brief interludes between numbers. The band are watchwork tight throughout, with Johnny Fean's guitar and Jim Lockhart's keyboards standing out.



Side one
1.  Before The Storm - 0:40
2.  The Wrath Of The Rain - 2:55
3.  Speed The Plough - 3:30
4.  Sure The Boy Was Green - 4:35
5.  Come Summer - 3:25
6.  Stowaway - 3:27

Side two
1 . New York Wakes - 4:02
2.  Exiles - 3:12
3.  Second Avenue - 3:59
4.  Ghosts - 3:34
5.  A Lifetime To Pay - 4:08


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Notes
Release:  1977
Format: LP, Vinyl
Pressed:  Italy
Genre:  Prog Rock
Label:  DJM Records
Catalog#  DJF 29519

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)
Cover:  Goed (VG)

Prijs: €10,00

september 28, 2023

Change - Sharing Your Love (LP) (1982) - €7,00

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Change is an Italian-American post-disco group formed in Bologna, Italy, in 1979 by businessman and executive producer Jacques Fred Petrus (1948–1987) and Mauro Malavasi (born 1957). They were heavily influenced by the disco band Chic.

Sharing Your Love is the third studio album by the Italian/U.S. ensemble Change. It was released in 1982 and reached number sixty-six on the US Billboard Album Chart and fourteen on the US Billboard Black Albums chart. 
Sharing Your Love includes the singles "The Very Best in You", "Oh What a Night", "Sharing Your Love", "Hard Times (It's Gonna Be Alright)" and "Keep On It" (in Italy only).

The third release from Change. The difference here is that the overall musical style is different from the 2 previous releases. Recorded entirely in New York at the Media Sound Studios, this 10-track album didn't have the same impact or success sales-wise as the other ones, but still the overall quality and the vocals are just marvelous. 
The first single was _The Very Best In You_ which did a decent run on the dance and r&b charts in April 1982. Followed by the more hardhitting club track _Hard Times (It's Gonna Be Alright_. 
Another 2 singles were released; _Oh What A Night_ (originally done by The Four Seasons) and _You're My Girl_. 
A slightly different approach was taken with this album. Less disco but more r&b would best describe it really. Nonetheless, there is not one bad track on this LP. 
A stellar cast of wellknown session musicians and singers make this a true gem. One of the reasons this album had trouble achieving the same success as _Miracles_ lies in the fact that the group's producer had taken on other projects at the same time and the creative juices had probably gone into them instead. 
Those projects were _B.B.&.Q Band_, _Ritchie Family_ and _High Fashion_.

The band recorded the songs for album at Mediasound Studios, New York City. The sessions were then mastered at Sterling Sound Studios. Receiving mixed to positive reviews the album was originally released as an LP in April 1982. The artwork was designed by Greg Porto.



Side one
1.  The Very Best In You - 5:41
2.  Hard Times (It's Gonna Be Alright) - 5:23
3.  Oh What A Night - 5:23
4.  Promise Your Love - 4:27
5.  Everything And More - 4:23

Side two
1.  Sharing Your Love - 6:03
2.  Take You To Heaven - 5:26
3.  Keep On It - 5:36
4.  You're My Number 1 - 4:21
5.  You're My Girl - 4:08


Personnel
  • Jacques Fred Petrus - Producer
  • Mauro Malavasi - Producer
  • Jack Skinner - Engineering

Recorded at Mediasound Studios, NY. Mastered at Sterling Sound, NY.

Change
  • James "Crab" Robinson - lead vocals
  • Deborah Cooper - lead vocals
  • Timmy Allen - bass
  • Mike Campbell - guitar
  • Vincent Henry - guitar, saxophone
  • Jeff Bova - keyboards
  • Rick Galwey - percussion
Notes
Release:  1982
Label:  Polydor Records
Format:  LP, Vinyl
Pressed:  France
Genre: Soul, Post-disco
Catalog#  2393 316

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)
Cover:  Goed (VG)

Prijs: €7,00

september 22, 2023

Linda Lewis - Woman Overboard (LP) (1977) - €10,00

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Linda Ann Fredericks (27 September 1950 – 3 May 2023), better known as Linda Lewis, was an English singer, songwriter and musician. 
She is best known for the singles "Rock-a-Doodle-Doo" (1973) and her version of Betty Everett's "The Shoop Shoop Song" (1975).

She was the eldest of six children, three of whom also had singing careers. Lewis was a self-taught guitarist and keyboard player, influenced by Harry Nilsson, Billie Holiday and Smokey Robinson, also drawing inspiration from others such as Joni Mitchell. Her music blended folk, funk and soul.

Woman Overboard is an album by English singer Linda Lewis, released in 1977.

Although Linda Lewis' April 1977 album Woman Overboard never managed to muscle its way into the U.K. charts, it nevertheless further cemented the singer's place in British pop history with 11 tracks that effortlessly showcased her unique and dynamic vocal range. 
Powering through a handful of goodies that includes a veritable cornucopia of breathtaking moments, Lewis is sensational on the gorgeous "Moon and I" and "My Love Is Here to Stay," while matching notes a little later across Cat Stevens' "Bonfire," a song that was a highlight of his simultaneously released Izitso album. 
Elsewhere, she takes a nice twist on the Allen Toussaint classic "Dreamer of Dreams," while "My Friend the Sun" and "No. 1 Heartbreaker" still crackle from Lewis' own energized delivery. 
Another winner, "Light Years Away" would find new life when it was re-recorded for her 1997 Whatever... album. 
It's a shame that Woman Overboard has become lost in the shuffle of the myriad Lewis albums out there, all the more so since so many of these songs have been left off the various greatest-hits packages. While it is by no means the equal of its predecessors (or the later A Tear and a Smile), it remains a powerful, and powerfully affecting, offering. 



Side One Vertical 
1.  You Came - 3:06
2.  Shining - 3:56
3.  Bonfire - 3:40
4.  Come Back And Finish What You Started - 2:39
5.  No.1 Heartbreaker - 3:58
6.  Dreamer Of Dreams - 4:05

Side Two Horizontal 
1.  Moon And I - 3:59
2.  Light Years Away - 4:04
3.  My Love Is Here To Stay - 3:42
4.  My Friend The Sun - 4:40
5.  So Many Mysteries To Find - 4:07


Personnel
Production
  • Allen Toussaint produced tracks 1, 2, 5 and 6 on Side 1
  • Jim Cregan produced tracks 1–4 on Side 2 and the first two bonus tracks
  • Bert DeCoteaux produced track 5 on Side 2
  • Tony Macaulay produced the third bonus track

Notes
Release:  1977
Format:  LP, Vinyl
Pressed:  U.K.
Label:  Arista Records
Catalog#  SPARTY 1003

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)
Cover : Goed (VG)

Prijs: €10,00

september 19, 2023

The Icicle Works - If You Want To Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song (LP) (1987) - €10,00

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The Icicle Works (also known as Icicle Works in the United States) are an English alternative rock band and were named after the 1960 short story "The Day the Icicle Works Closed" by science fiction author Frederik Pohl. They had a top 20 UK hit with "Love Is a Wonderful Colour" (1983). In the US and Canada, they had one top 40 hit, the 1984 single "Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)".

If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song is the third album by The Icicle Works. The album was released in 1987. 

The Ian Broudie-produced Defeat Your Enemy brought out the band's varying influences in different ways, resulting in a varied record touching on everything from funk to folk. But as successful as earlier works? Yes and no. 
Unquestionably, the band's knack for big, uplifting but not hollow performances was still in fine flower, as the smash single "Understanding Jane" showed. A quick, fierce rocker with an instantly catchy pop vibe and a brilliant chorus, it's a '50s tearjerker filtered through the Ramones with fantastic results. Another winner is the opening cut, "Evangeline," with a lovely chorus consisting of overdubbed vocals from the band and guest singer Alison Limerick and a quick, Motown-touched rhythm supporting McNabb's powerful singing. 
Then there's "Up Here in the North of England," a slow, string-touched waltz winningly sung while bitterly ripping into the political state of the nation line for line. McNabb's vocals throughout the album are deeper than before, but still with the same general sense of control and projection; if anything, he was doing a better David Bowie croon than Bowie himself could do at the time. 
However, elsewhere the elements are in place but the performance isn't quite there. Part of this can be laid at Broudie's feet as well as the various mixers on the record, who bring things to a too commercially ready punch and sheen. Consider the arena-level pound of Sharrock's drums on "Hope Springs Eternal," where earlier his performances wouldn't need such overamping to make their impact. It's not just a technical question, though; McNabb's guitar here aims for a classic rock style that the band doesn't really need.
Other songs like "When You Were Mine" bury a good song and performance with technically accomplished but cold results. In the end, Defeat Your Enemy half defeats itself, but not without some blazingly brilliant results on the way. 



Side one
1. Hope Springs Eternal - 4:06
2. Travelling Chest - 4:40
3. Sweet Thursday - 4:17
4. Up Here In The North Of England - 5:12
5. Who Do You Want For Your Love? - 3:54

Side two
1. When You Were Mine - 4:37
2. Evangeline - 4:05
3. Truck Driver's Lament - 5:18
4. Understanding Jane - 3:21
5. Walking With A Mountain - 4:44


Companies, etc.
Credits

Notes
Release:  1987
Format:  LP, Vinyl
Pressed:  France
Label:  Disc´Az
Catalog#  507

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)
Cover:  Goed (VG)

Prijs: €10,00