Focus - Focus 3 (1972) - 2Lp

Focus 3 or Focus III is the third studio album from the Dutch rock band Focus, released as a double album in 1972 on Imperial Records in the Netherlands, Polydor Records in the UK, and Sire Records in the US. Recorded after touring in supporting their previous album, Focus II (1971), the album saw the band write extended pieces.

In July 1972, after touring in supporting their previous album, Focus II (1971), the band retreated to Olympic Studios in Barnes, south west London, to record their next album. Initially a single LP was intended to be recorded but the group had written a considerable amount of new material, so the group opted to release a double album. Mike Vernon reprised his role as the record's producer with George Chkiantz assigned as recording engineer.
Two versions of the album's sleeve design exist; its North American release features each member photographed during a performance on the BBC music television show The Old Grey Whistle Test with a black background.
The second, designed by Hamish Grimes, depicts a close-up of van Leer playing the flute with the title over his face

"Round Goes the Gossip" features five lines from the poem Aeneid by the ancient Roman poet Virgil, sung in Latin by van Leer and its chorus hook, "Round goes the gossip", also sung by Vernon.
The five lines from the poem are printed on the album's sleeve in Latin and English with the 1916 translation by Henry Fairclough. "Love Remembered" is a track written by Akkerman, playing an acoustic guitar with van Leer's flute, which is based on a young couple's morning walk. van Leer wrote "Sylvia" in 1968 when he was a member of his previous theatre group Shaffy Chantat, formed by singer and actor Ramses Shaffy. He was not fond of a composition that singer Sylvia Alberts was given to sing for her solo performance, so he wrote the instrumental with a set of lyrics in English written by Linda van Dyck.
Its original title was a long one: "I Thought I Could Do Everything on My Own, I Was Always Stripping the Town Alone", and concerned an independent young woman who fell apart after she met the love of her life. van Leer kept the music, re-arranging it as an instrumental track when it came to selecting material for the album. He renamed it "Sylvia" after Alberts "to tease [her] a little". The track includes a guitar introduction written by van Leer's brother Frank.
Peet Johnson, one of the group's biographers, highlights several musical references and similarities that van Leer incorporates in "Focus III", including riffs from Bernard Hermann, "Don't Sleep in the Subway" made famous by Petula Clark in 1967, Tchaikovsky, and Schubert. The track's end segues into "Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!", titled by Akkerman, featuring extended flute and guitar solos. Ruiter came up with its basic riff, with Akkerman coming up with the "second part". Akkerman wrote "Elspeth of Nottingham" after driving around England for a holiday in 1967, stopping in a town in the Cotswolds where he first heard Julian Bream play the lute which inspired him to learn the instrument.
Akkerman requested to include birdsong on the recording; Vernon suggested to include sounds of cows mooing and the song's title, the "Elspeth" being an old Scottish variant of the name Elizabeth. "Carnival Fugue" borrows from Johann Sebastian Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier before venturing into cool jazz territory, then culminates in a rock finale with piccolo improvisations and a hint of Calypso rhythms on guitar. "Anonymous II" borrows its theme from "Anonymous" from the band's first album and features a solo spot for all four members, lasting for 26 minutes.

The vinyl pressings of the album includes "House of the King", a track Focus recorded for their first album, Focus Plays Focus (1970), intended to fill up space on side four. The two former members who perform on the recording, bassist Martin Dresden and drummer Hans Cleuver, are not credited on the album sleeve

Side A
A1.  Round Goes The Gossip…  (5:16)
A2.  Love Remembered  (2:49)
A3.  Sylvia  (3:32)
A4.  Carnival Fluge  (6:02)

Side B
B1.  Focus III  (6:07)
B2.  Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!  (14:03)

Side C
C1.  Anonymus II (Part 1)  (19:28)

Side D
D1.  Anonymus II (Conclusion)  (7:30)
D2.  Elspeth Of Nottingham  (3:15)
D3.  House Of The King  (2:23)

Focus

• Thijs van Leer – vocals, Hammond organ, piano, alto flute, piccolo, harpsichord
• Jan Akkerman – guitars, lute
• Bert Ruiter – bass guitar
• Pierre van der Linden – drums

Additional musicians

• Martin Dresden – bass guitar on "House of the King" (uncredited)
• Hans Cleuver – drums on "House of the King" (uncredited)

Production

• Mike Vernon – producer, backing vocals on "Round Goes the Gossip"^[4] (uncredited)
• George Chkiantz – recording engineer
• Bill Levy – art direction
• Frank Marcelino – design

Notes
Release: 1972
Recorded at Olympic 'B' Studios, Barnes, UK.
Mastered at Sterling Sound, NY.
Genre: Rock
Style: Prog Rock, Symphonic Rock
Label: Sire Records
Catalog# SAS-3901
Price: € 15,00

Gatefold edition. 
Slightly different label than the other US release with same cat# SAS 3901 
Title and squares on cover are die-cut. 

Vinyl: Goed
Cover: bovenkant iets beschadigd

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Ekseption - Ekseption ((1969) - Lp

Ekseption was een Nederlandse symfonische rockband die vooral actief was in de jaren 60 en 70 van de 20e eeuw.

Ekseption maakte verschillende hits en won in 1970 een Edison. De groep werd vooral bekend vanwege zijn op klassieke werken geënte, vroeg-progressieve rockmuziek met jazzimprovisaties.

Ekseption ontstond in 1967 uit het Haarlemse schoolbandje The Jokers, dat in 1958 was opgericht door Hans Alta (bas), Rob Alta (gitaar), Rein van den Broek (trompet, flugelhorn, saxofoon), Tim Griek (drums) en Huib van Kampen (gitaar/saxofoon). In het eerste jaar speelden ook Ton Heydenrijk (sax) en Hans Timmer (orgel) mee. De groep speelde voornamelijk covers van rhythm & blues-, jazz- en popnummers. In 1965 veranderden The Jokers hun naam in Incrowd, maar door het succes van een andere Nederlandse groep met die naam moesten ze weer iets anders verzinnen. In 1967 werd dat Ekseption. Ton Heydenrijk en Hans Timmer verlieten de groep. Rob Kruisman kwam erbij en nam de muzikale leiding op zich.

In april 1967 kwam toetsenist Rick van der Linden de groep versterken. In 1968 won Ekseption de eerste prijs op het Loosdrechtse Jazz Festival en raakte daarmee in één klap tot ver over de Nederlandse grenzen bekend. Ze kregen bij Phonogram een platencontract, wat het volgende jaar zou resulteren in hun eerste grammofoonplaat, Ekseption. Hiermee begon een succesrijke periode van vijf jaar, waarin de band door heel Europa toerde en onder meer speelde in het Olympia in Parijs, de Philharmonie in Hamburg en het Palladium in Londen.

In 1968 verlieten Hans Alta en Tim Griek de groep en werden vervangen door respectievelijk Cor Dekker (basgitaar) en Peter de Leeuwe (drums), beiden ex-The Hottletts. Rob Alta was al eerder opgestapt. Tim Griek zou later producer worden van onder andere Brainbox en André Hazes.

In 1969 werd Ekseption door de Engelse band The Nice geïnspireerd om klassieke stukken te bewerken en daarmee de muzikale koers te verleggen naar een mix van rock en klassieke muziek. Rick van der Linden had een conservatoriumopleiding klassieke muziek genoten en had ervaring met het spelen in verschillende pop- en jazzgroepen als het Occasional Swingcombo en het Ferdinand Povel Quartet. Met zijn arrangementen van klassieke werken van onder meer Bach, Albinoni, Beethoven, Mozart, Tsjaikovski en Chatsjatoerjan was hij voor een groot deel verantwoordelijk voor het geheel nieuwe, eigen en energieke geluid van de band.

De eerste single, The 5th of The fifth (een arrangement op Beethovens vijfde symfonie) haalde de derde plaats op de hitlijsten. Ook Rhapsody in blue (naar Gershwin) en Air (naar Bach) waren succesvol. Air en The 5th waren arrangementen ontstaan in samenwerking tussen Van den Broek, Van der Linden, De Leeuwe, Van Kampen en Kruisman. Ekseptions eerste album Ekseption werd uitgegeven in 1969. Datzelfde jaar echter verlieten Rob Kruisman en Huib van Kampen al de band, vanwege verschillen van mening over de te volgen muzikale koers. Huib van Kampen ging het (muziek)onderwijs in. Dick Remelink (sax, fluit, ex-Pocomania) verving Rob Kruisman, die zich bij Island aansloot.


Side A
A1.  Air  
A2.  Little X Plus  
A3.  Feelings  
A4.  Sabre Dance  
A5.  Italian Concerto  

Side B
B1.  The 5th  
B2.  Canvas  
B3.  Rhapsody In Blue  
B4.  Concerto  
B5.  This Here

Notes
Release: 1969
Genre: Symphonic Rock
Style: Prog Rock
Label: Philips Records
Catalog# K120/4
Price: € 10,00

Boek En Plaat Compilation. 

Vinyl: Goed
Cover: Goed

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Neil Diamond - And The Singer Sings His Song (1976) - Lp

Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and musician with a career that began in the 1960s.
Diamond has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists of all time.
He is the second most successful adult contemporary artist ever on the Billboard charts.
His songs have been covered internationally by many performers from various musical genres.


And the Singer Sings His Song is a compilation album by Neil Diamond released by MCA Records in 1976. It peaked at number 102 on the Billboard 200 chart.

A somewhat entertaining collection of Neil Diamond's lesser-known melodies brought forth here under the title And the Singer Sings His Song. Certainly a few positives come to light from this record. The songs are charming, romantic, and easy to dance to. Perfect for a getaway excursion from reality and off to your favorite beached island.
With a record player and the voice of the '70s pop-dance era by one's side, the day would feel just suitable for relaxation, rest, and some recreation.

Opening up with the stirring and catchy "Captain Sunshine" to the sweeping percussion and rhythms of "Free Life" and the la-la's of "Stones," Neil Diamond plays the role of the entertainer to a capital "E." Off in the neighboring background is a pleasant array of orchestral arrangements that fit and mesh evenly with the tunes, weaving into the fabric like classical melodic patterns.

The records back side finds highlights such as "If I Never Knew Your Name" and the ballad "Juliet," which provide spark to any romance sweet and light. Ending the record with a pulse and grand finale is the title song "And the Singer Sings His Song," sung by none other than Neil Diamond.
Though not one of his better achievements, this record merits a must-have in the collection for the die-hard Diamond fan.

Side A
A1.  Captain Sunshine  (3:22)
A2.  Free Life  (3:11)
A3.  Hurtin’ You Don’t Come Easy  (2:32)
A4.  Coldwater Morning  (3:20)
A5.  Walk On Water  (3:04)
A6.  Stones  (3:02)

Side B
B1.  And The Grass Won’t Pay No Mind  (3:33)
B2.  If I Never Knew Your Name  (3:17)
B3.  Merry-Go-Round  (3:14)
B4.  Juliet  (2:51)
B5.  Brooklyn Roads  (3:39)
B6.  And The Singer Sings His Song  (3:37)

Credits

• Producer – Chip Taylor, Chips Moman, Neil Diamond, Tom Catalano, Tommy Cogbill 
• Written-By – Neil Diamond

Notes
Release: 1976
Genre:  Soft Pop
Label:  MCA Records
Catalog#  5C 062-98216
Price: € 10,00

Vinyl:  Goed
Cover:  Goed

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Chickenshit Logjam - Chickenshit Logjam (1990) - Lp

This band Chickenshit Logjam, is a punk punk band that originated from Rapid City, SD. This is an interesting thrash punk rock release for such a local record. The drumming on this album is the most phenomenal performance on here.

The lyrics are quite impressive too and well written to rhyme along with the song.
The guitar work is decent, and most of the solos are the same, but in a different way if you know what I mean.
The bass work as well is good too.
The songlist on RYM is different than what my record says.

The best songs on here for me are "Fool (To Folly)" and "Jam For Jam's Sake".
The rest of the material is great in this genre. I only wished they had changed their style up a little bit in this album.

I'm not exactly sure what genre this fall under. It's punk rock for sure, but it's more of a thrashing/dark and at times hardcore punk. It's a good album though.

I bet these guys would be surprised that someone like me hasn't forgotten about these punks.

Recorded & Mixed at madison studios.

Side A

A1. Overpowered

A2. Separated

A3. Jam 

A4. Fool

Side B

B1. Lil´ Ditti

B2. Media Rage

B3. Everybody

B4. Spiritual Journey

Members

*  Paul Dickinson  (bass) 

*  Mike Weimer  (vocals) 

*  Dave Nesheim  (drums) 

*  John Liebentritt  (guitar) 

*  Matt Thrash  (vocals) 

*  Mike Crabtree  (vocals) 

Notes

Release: 1990

Genre: Hardcore Punk, Punk Rock 

Label: Ironclad Records

Catalog# SD 57709

Price: € 10,00

Album:  Goed

Cover:  Goed

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The Byrds - History Of The Byrds (1973) - 2LP

The Byrds  were an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964.
The band underwent multiple line-up changes throughout its existence, with frontman Roger McGuinn (known as Jim McGuinn until mid-1967) remaining the sole consistent member, until the group disbanded in 1973.
Although they only managed to attain the huge commercial success of contemporaries like the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the Rolling Stones for a short period (1965–66), the Byrds are today considered by critics to be one of the most influential bands of the 1960s.
Initially, they pioneered the musical genre of folk rock, melding the influence of the Beatles and other British Invasion bands with contemporary and traditional folk music.
As the 1960s progressed, the band was also influential in originating psychedelic rock, raga rock, and country rock.

The band's signature blend of clear harmony singing and McGuinn's jangly twelve-string Rickenbacker guitar has continued to be influential on popular music up to the present day.
Among the band's most enduring songs are their cover versions of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" and Pete Seeger's "Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season)", along with the self-penned originals, "Eight Miles High", "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star", "Ballad of Easy Rider" and "Chestnut Mare".

The original five-piece line-up of the Byrds consisted of Jim McGuinn (lead guitar, vocals), Gene Clark (tambourine, vocals), David Crosby (rhythm guitar, vocals), Chris Hillman (bass guitar, vocals), and Michael Clarke (drums). However, this version of the band was relatively short-lived and by early 1966, Clark had left due to problems associated with anxiety and his increasing isolation within the group.

The Byrds continued as a quartet until late 1967, when Crosby and Clarke also departed the band. McGuinn and Hillman decided to recruit new members, including country rock pioneer Gram Parsons, but by late 1968, Hillman and Parsons had also exited the band.
McGuinn, who by this time had changed his name to Roger after a flirtation with the Subud religion, elected to rebuild the band's membership and between 1968 and 1973, he helmed a new incarnation of the Byrds, featuring guitarist Clarence White among others.
McGuinn disbanded the then current line-up in early 1973, to make way for a reunion of the original quintet.The Byrds' final album was released in March 1973, with the reunited group disbanding soon afterwards.

Several former members of the band went on to successful careers of their own, either as solo artists or as members of such groups as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, the Flying Burrito Brothers and the Desert Rose Band.

History of The Byrds is a budget priced, double album compilation by the American rock band The Byrds and was released on May 18, 1973 by CBS Records (see 1973 in music). The compilation was released exclusively in Europe and the UK, peaking at #47 on the UK Albums Chart, but it was also available in the United States as an import. The album provides a chronological survey of the band's career from 1965 to 1971, a period when they were signed to Columbia Records. It begins with The Byrds' debut single on Columbia, "Mr. Tambourine Man", and culminates with their final single release for the label, "America's Great National Pastime". History of The Byrds features the first appearance on an LP of the non-album single "Lady Friend" and the 1965 B-side, "She Don't Care About Time".

The album was issued to coincide with the reunion of the original members of The Byrds and the release of a reunion album, titled Byrds, in March 1973. However, none of the tracks from the 1973 reunion album were included on History of The Byrds, due to that album having appeared on Asylum Records rather than on Columbia. At the time of its release, History of The Byrds was the most comprehensive overview of the band's recorded output available. Every variation of The Byrds' ever changing line-up is represented within the album's song selection and as such, it provides a survey of the band's musical journey from their days as folk rock and psychedelic rock pioneers through to their later exploration of country rock. Many of the band's biggest selling singles are included, along with a number of their best known album tracks. Consequently, the album includes musical contributions from all of the key players in The Byrds' convoluted history, including Gene Clark, David Crosby, Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons, Clarence White, and the group's only consistent member, Roger McGuinn.
The album's front cover made use of a David Gahr photograph featuring the last line-up of The Byrds to be represented on the album: Roger McGuinn, Skip Battin, Gene Parsons, and Clarence White. The same photograph had already been used for the cover of the U.S. compilation album The Best of The Byrds: Greatest Hits, Volume II just six months earlier. The back cover included liner notes by Kim Fowley and the inside gatefold sleeve of the double vinyl LP featured Pete Frame's "Byrds Family Tree". This intricately detailed flowchart traced the group's roots and complicated membership history over the years.


Side A
A1.  Mr. Tambourine Man  (2:20)
A2. Turn! Turn! Turn!  (3:49)
A3.  She Don’t Care About Time  (2:28)
A4.  Wild Mountain Thyme  (2:29)
A5.  Eight Miles High  (3:35)
A6.  Mr. Spaceman  (2:08)
A7.  5D (Fifth Dimension)  (2:32)

Side B
B1.  So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star  (2:03)
B2.  Time Between  (1:56)
B3.  My Back Pages  (3:05)
B4.  Lady Friend  (2:30)
B5.  Goin’ Back  (3:26)
B6.  Old John Robertson  (1:51)
B7.  Wasn’t Born to Follow  (2:02)

Side C
C1.  You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere  (2:33)
C2.  Hickory Wind  (3:30)
C3.  Nashville West  (2:30)
C4.  Drug Store Truck Drivin’ Man  (3:52)
C5.  Gunga Din  (3:01)
C6.  Jesus Is Just Alright  (2:09)
C7.  Ballad of Easy Rider  (2:01)

Side D
D1.  Chestnut Mare  (5:10)
D2.  Yesterday’s Train  (3:32)
D3.  Just a Season  (3:52)
D4.  Citizen Kane  (2:35)
D5.  Jamaica (Say You Will) (3:25)
D6.  Tiffany Queen  (2:40)
D7.  America’s Great National Pastime  (2:56)

Notes
Release: 1973
Genre:  Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Country Rock
Label:  CBS Records
Catalog#  S 682242
Price:  € 15,00

Album:  Goed
Cover:  Goed

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Air Supply - Greatest Hits (1983) - Lp

Air Supply is an Australian soft rock duo, consisting of British-born singer-songwriter and guitarist Graham Russell and lead vocalist Russell Hitchcock.
They had a succession of hits worldwide, including eight Top Ten hits in the United States, in the early 1980s.
They formed in Australia in 1975 and have included various accompanying musicians and singers.

Chrissie Hammond, Russell Hitchcock, and Graham Russell met in May 1975 while performing in the Australian production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical, Jesus Christ Superstar. With Hammond and Hitchcock on vocals and Russell on guitar, they formed a harmony vocal group in Melbourne, while the show was still playing. Hammond left the vocal group to form Cheetah and was replaced by Jeremy Paul (ex-Soffrok and later Divinyls) on bass guitar and vocals in 1976. Together, Hitchcock, Russell and Paul formed Air Supply. The group's first single, "Love and Other Bruises", was released in November 1976 and peaked at No. 6 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart in January 1977. It was followed by Air Supply, their debut album, in December, which reached No. 17 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart and achieved gold in Australia. The album was produced by Peter Dawkins (Spectrum, Ross Ryan) with Air Supply line-up as Hitchcock, Paul, Russell and drummer Jeff Browne, guitarist Mark McEntee and keyboardist, arranger Adrian Scott. Other singles were "If You Knew Me", "Empty Pages" and "Feel the Breeze" but none reached the Top 40. A national tour followed with Hitchcock, Paul, Russell and Scott joined by Nigel Macara (ex-Tamam Shud, Ariel) on drums and Brenton White (Skintight) on guitar. Brenton White rehearsed but did not perform with Air Supply

Their second album, The Whole Thing's Started, also produced by Dawkins, was released in July 1977 with White replaced on lead guitar by Alan Kendall. The album spawned the singles "Do What You Do" (June), "That's How the Whole Thing Started" (October) and "Do It Again" (February 1978) but neither album nor singles charted into the Top 40. From late 1977, the group supported Rod Stewart during his tour of Australia—he invited them to continue to the United States and Canada.

Their third album, Love & Other Bruises, included re-recordings of some earlier tracks, was made mid-tour in Los Angeles in July–August and released later that year in the US on Columbia Records with Jimmy Horowitz producing. During the tour, Paul left the band with a new line-up of Hitchcock, Macara, and Russell, plus Rex Goh on guitar, Joey Carbone on keyboards, Robin LeMesurier on lead guitar and Howard Sukimoto on bass guitar. Paul, in 1980, recruited fellow former Air Supply bandmate McEntee in the line-up of Divinyls, fronted by Chrissie Amphlett. Air Supply performed in London supporting Chicago and Boz Scaggs.

Although their music had some commercial success, Russell claimed, on a 1995 DVD, that he and Hitchcock were so poor that they checked the backs of hotel sofas for change so that they could buy bread to make toast. By early 1978, the line-up was Hitchcock, Russell, and Macara with George Terry and Joey Murcia on guitar, George Bitzer on keyboards and Harold Cowart on bass guitar. However, by mid-1978, only Hitchcock and Russell remained in the line-up, backed by Ralph Cooper (Windchase) on drums and former Sailor members Brian Hamilton on bass guitar and vocals and David Moyse on guitar.

In April 1979, the band released Life Support, a concept album which included a picture disc on its first printing. The album was recorded at Trafalgar Studios in Sydney. The album had a five-and-a-half-minute version of "Lost in Love", written by Graham Russell in 15 minutes; it was released as a single and peaked at No. 13 in Australia and No. 13 in New Zealand. The track caught the attention of Arista Records boss Clive Davis, who remixed the song and released it as a single in the US early the next year. In late November 1979 Russell was embroiled in a bitter court case with Samuel Nay over accusations of assault at a backstage meet and greet in Oklahoma.
Nay would later pass away during the court case and all charges were dropped. The line-up for the album kept Hitchcock, Russell, Cooper, and Moyse, and added Criston Barker (bass) and Frank Esler-Smith (keyboards/orchestra arrangements) with help from other session musicians.

A re-recorded and remixed version of "Lost in Love" was released internationally as a single in January 1980 on Arista Records. The associated album, Lost in Love, appeared in March and contained three US Top 5 singles, including the title track. The other US Top 5 singles were "Every Woman in the World" and "All Out of Love". Both singles were Top 10 in Australia with "All Out of Love" reaching No. 17 in the Netherlands.

In 1981, Air Supply released The One That You Love, produced by Russell, David Foster and Harry Maslin with the title track issued as a single which went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[6] It also featured two other Top 5 hits, "Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)" and "Sweet Dreams". A fourth single, "Keeping the Love Alive" was released in Japan and achieved Top 10 status. By the recording for this album, Barker left and was replaced by David Green. Also, previous Air Supply guitarist Rex Goh returned for the album, co-writing "I Want to Give It All" with Russell.
Russell and Hitchcock also from time to time were relief hosts on the music program Solid Gold. It is believed that they initially filled in when Andy Gibb was a no show for an episode that they performed on. However, Gibb's "no shows" soon became more frequent, which resulted in his termination. Even though this was not their usual job, the duo made an impression on producers and the audience who enjoyed their accents, and they were asked to host every so often until the show was cancelled.

Their next album Now and Forever, released in 1982 with the same seven-piece line-up (Hitchcock, Russell, Moyse, Goh, Esler-Smith, Green and Cooper), continued the group's popularity with the Top 5 hit "Even the Nights Are Better" and two Top 40 singles, "Young Love" and "Two Less Lonely People in the World".

In 1983, they released their Greatest Hits album. The Jim Steinman produced track "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" was released as a single and became Air Supply's last top 10 hit in the United States, at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Album sold 7 million copies in the United States.

Side A
A1. Lost In Love  (3:51)  
A2. Even The Nights Are Better  (3:57)  
A3. The One That You Love  (4:17)  
A4. Every Woman In The World  (3:29)  
A5.  Chances  (3:32)

Side B
B1. Making Love Out Of Nothing At All  (5:15)  
B2. All Out Of Love  (4:01)  
B3. Here I Am  (3:46)  
B4. Sweet Dreams  (5:19)

Notes
Release: August 1983
Label: Arista Records
Genre: Soft Rock
Catalog# AL 88024
price: € 10,00

Vinyl: In Goede Staat
Cover: Licht Beschadigd

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The Move - Masters Of Rock (1975) - Lp

The Move, from Birmingham, England, were one of the leading British rock bands of the 1960s. They scored nine Top 20 UK singles in five years, but were among the most popular British bands not to find any real success in the United States.
Although bassist-vocalist Chris "Ace" Kefford was the original leader, for most of their career the Move was led by guitarist, singer and songwriter Roy Wood.
He wrote all the group's UK singles and, from 1968, also sang lead vocals on many songs, although Carl Wayne was the main lead singer up to 1970.
Initially, the band had 4 main vocalists (Wayne, Wood, Trevor Burton and Kefford) who split the lead vocals on a number of their earlier songs.
The Move evolved from several mid-1960s Birmingham based groups, including Carl Wayne & the Vikings, the Nightriders and the Mayfair Set. Their name referred to the move various members of these bands made to form the group. Besides Wood, the Move's original five-piece roster in 1965 was drummer Bev Bevan, bassist Kefford, vocalist Carl Wayne and guitarist Trevor Burton.
The final line-up of 1972 was the trio of Wood, Bevan and Jeff Lynne; together, they rode the group's transition into the Electric Light Orchestra.

In 1972, after the release of the first Electric Light Orchestra album, the Move released what turned out to be a farewell disc, a maxi single consisting of "California Man", "Ella James" (from Message, but a track originally planned by EMI to be their first single on the Harvest label) and "Do Ya". "California Man", a No. 7 UK hit  featuring baritone saxophones, a double bass, and a riff borrowed from George Gershwin — was an affectionate tribute to Jerry Lee Lewis (the double bass had Lewis's nickname, "Killer", written on it), with Lynne and Wood trading verses and lines. Meanwhile, Lynne's "Do Ya" became the Move's best-known song in the US; it was the only Move song to reach the US Billboard Hot 100 chart at #93. However, the Electric Light Orchestra's re-make of "Do Ya", recorded after Wood's departure, was a significant US hit in 1977.
With the release of the album The Electric Light Orchestra, the Move completed its metamorphosis into ELO within weeks of the last single being released, and they actually appeared on television promoting both the Move's last single and ELO's debut at the same time. Wood released a solo album in 1973, Boulders, and went on to front the glam rock band Wizzard, while Lynne and Bevan kept touring and finally achieved success with ELO.

This album compilation originally called "California Man" and was released in 1974. In the Netherlands they released the album in 1975 under the title "Masters Of Rock".

Side A
A1.  California Man  
A2.  Ella James  
A3.  No Time  
A4.  Tonight  
A5.  Down On The Bay  
A6.  The Minister

Side B
B1.  Do Ya  
B2.  The Words Of Aaron  
B3.  Until Your Moma’s Gone  
B4.  Chinatown  
B5.  Message From The Country

Notes
Release: 1975
Genre: Rock
Label: Harvest Records
Catalog# 5C 054-05696
Price: € 8.00

Vinyl: Goed
Cover: Lichte Gebruikerssporen

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Sissies - Wir Sind Ja Heut' So Glücklich (1975) - Lp

De Sissies zijn een duo gevormd in de jaren 70 door de Nederlandse zussen Gerrie (geb. 22 februari 1945) en Dorine (geb. 1940) Van Der Klei.

Gerrie behoort in Nederland tot een van de prominenste jazz zangeressen.

Met hun album "Wir Sind Ja Heut' So Glücklich" maken ze vooral furore in Duitsland.



Side A
A1. Das gibt’s nur einmal  (3:18)
A2. Nur nicht aus Liebbe weinen  (3:54)
A3. Ich bin ja heut so glücklich  (2:41)
A4. Oh Donna Clara  (3:23)
A5. Frühlingsstimmenwalzer  (4:24)
A6. Sag mir nicht adieu  (4:!0)

Side B
B1. Es geht die Lou Lila  (2:45)
B2. Von der Puzsta will ich träumen  (3:35)
B3. Bel Ami  (3:01)
B4. Ich tanze mit dir in den Himmel hinein  (3:18)
B5. Kann denn Liebe Sünde sein  (3:00)
B6. Ds Lied ist aus  (3:20)

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – United Artists Records GmbH
• Recorded At – Arco Studios
• Manufactured By – Dureco
• Distributed By – Dureco

Credits

• Arranged By, Leader [Musical Leader] – Rudi Bauer
• Art Direction, Design – Ulli Eichberger
• Engineer – Harald Faltermeier
• Ensemble, Vocals – Sissies 
• Producer, Sleeve Notes – Fred Weyrich

Notes

Ⓟ 75 A produktion of United Artists Records GmbH, West Germany.
Recorded at Arco-Studio München on 24-28 February 1975.

Release: 1975

Style: Neo-Romantic, Schlager 

Label: United Artists Records

Catalog# UAS 29767 I

Album:  Goed

Cover:  Goed

€ 10,00

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George Baker Selection - A Song For You (1975) - Lp

De George Baker Selection was een Nederlandse popgroep die in 1967 in de Zaanstreek werd opgericht met George Baker als frontman. Aanvankelijk heette de band Soul Invention; nadat succes uitbleef besloten ze hun naam amper een jaar later te veranderen in de George Baker Selection.

De groep bestond uit Hans Bouwens ("George Baker", gitaar en leadzang), George Thé (gitaar), Jan Hop (drums), Jacques Greuter (orgel), Henk Kramer (saxofoon) en Martin Schoen (basgitaar). Van circa 1969 tot 1972 speelde ook Cor Veerman mee. In 1974 werd de groep uitgebreid met zangeres Lida Bond.

Bassist Martin Schoen (The Virginian Creeper, Rob Hoeke) vervangt Cor Veerman. Met de komst van zangeres Lida Bond verandert de sound van de groep in de karakteristieke mix van 'Nederlandse hoempa, country & western en onverslijtbare melodieën' met als hoogtepunt Una Paloma Blanca.
De voorganger en opvolger van Paloma Blanca behalen ook de eerste plaats van de Nederlandse Hitparade: Sing A Song Of Love en Morning Sky.

De bezetting is: Hans Bouwens (zang/gitaar), George Thé, Jan Hop, Jacques Greuter, Martin Schoen (bas) en Lida Bond (zang). Bond maakte in 1961 al een eerste single. Zij zong tussen 1966 en 1969 in de Volendamse Q-Tips, waarin ook Jan Keijzer van BZN en Piet Keijzer van de Cats speelden.

Als opvolger van het succesvolle album "Paloma Blanca", verschijnt eind 1975 "A Song For You", het negende album van George Baker Selection.
Van dit album komt alleen het nummer "Morning Sky" op single uit en bereikt No.1 in de Top-40 eind 1975.

Side A

A1.  Open Up Your Heart   (3:49)   

A2.  Send Me The Pillow   (4:06)   

A3.  Don’t Forget Me   (3:37)   

A4.  Morning Sky  (3:17)   

A5.  Take Me Home   (4:13)   

A6.  Israël   (3:57)  

Side B

B1.  Superstar   (4:59)   

B2.  A Song For You   (2:45)   

B3.  As Long As The Sun Will Shine   (3:56)   

B4.  The Fisherman   (4:10)   

B5.  Seagull   (3:12)   

B6.  African Dream   (3:06) 

Credits

• Arranged By – Dick Bakker
• Photography By – Chris Van De Vooren
• Producer – Hans Bouwens
• Written-By – H. Locklin (tracks: A2), J. Bouwens (tracks: A1, A3 to A6, B1 to B6) 

Notes

Release: 1975

Genre: Pop

Label: Negram Records

Catalog# NK 210

Vinyl:  Good

Cover:  Good

€ 10,00

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