Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night (1975) - €10,00

In the middle of 1975, it seemed like the Bay City Rollers were on their way to becoming one of Britain's all-time greatest hit-making bands. 

The level of hysteria they aroused in their fans hadn't been matched since the Beatles, and they had placed seven consecutive top 10 singles on the chart, including two consecutive number ones -- a cover version of the Four Seasons' "Bye Bye Baby (Baby Goodbye)" and "Give a Little Love." 

It would have been hard to predict that by the end of 1977, the Rollermania phenomenon would be over, and they would not return to even the bottom rungs of the American or British charts. 

For awhile, it looked as if they might not make it in America. They were idolized in the United Kingdom, successors to the teenbopper mantle they picked up from the Osmonds and David Cassidy. Signed to Bell Records in Britain, they were on the American company's artist roster when Clive Davis took over the label and changed its name to Arista.

He dropped most of the label's acts but the Bay City Rollers stayed. He tried releasing "Bye Bye Baby" in the United States -- after all, it had been number ne for six weeks in the United Kingdom, but it didn't make a dent in the Billboard Hot 100. All of their other British singles had failed in the States, too, so Davis used his intuition and went with an album track that he thought would be a good American single.

He was aided by top-notch promotion. The Scottish quintet appeared live via satellite on the premiere segment of ABC-TV's appropriately named Saturday Night Live With Howard Cosell. Davis turned out to be right. "Saturday Night" became the first American chart entry for the Bay City Rollers, debuting on the Hot 100 at number 85 on October 11, 1975. Just 12 weeks later, the group started off 1976 with their first and only American chart-topper.

The Bay City Rollers soon had tartan-clad devotees in the States, just like they did back home. They scored another top 10 single, "Money Honey," and made frequent American television appearances on shows like American Bandstand and The Midnight Special. Their chart fortunes dipped after their 1976 cover of Dusty Springfield's "I Only Want to Be With You," but by the summer of 1977 they had a comeback top 10 single with "You Made Me Believe in Magic."

The Bay City Rollers were all born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Brothers Alan and Derek Longmuir were attending Tynecastle School in 1967 when they formed a group called the Saxons and started rehearsing in their parents' tenement apartment. They soon had a manager, Edinburgh band leader Tam Paton. They selected a group name by sticking a pin into a map -- it landed in Bay City, Michigan, and they thought Bay City Rollers sounded like a good moniker. 

They played for three years around Edinburgh, earning up to $55 a night. They were playing at the Caves Club in 1970 when an executive from Bell Records in London missed his flight back to London and caught their performance. They were signed to the label and had their first single, a cover version of the Gentrys' "Keep on Dancing," produced by Jonathan King. It went to number nine in Great Britain in 1971.

Guitarist Eric Faulkner joined the group after the success of "Keep on Dancing." Nobby Clarke and John Devine left in the group at the beginning of 1973, and were replaced by lead singer Les McKeown and guitarist Steve "Woody" Wood.

They were teamed up with writer/producers BIll Martin and Phil Coulter in 1974, paving the way for the beginning of Rollermania. 

Side one

1.  Saturday Night - 2:56

2.  Marlina - 2:58

3.  Remember - 2:28

4.  Once Upon A Star - 2:57

5.  Just A Little Love - 2:55

6.  Shang A Lang - 3:06

Side two

1.  Bye Bye Baby - 2:50

2.  Give A Little Love - 3:20

3.  Love Is - 2:32

4.  Eagles Fly - 3:02

5.  Here Comes That Feeling Again - 3:55

6.  Money Honey - 3:16

Credits

• Compiled By – Luigi T. Calabrese
• Design [Cover] – J. Rene Vandenbosch
• Written-By – Martin - Coulter (tracks: A1, A3, A6), Faulkner (tracks: A2, A4, A5, B3 to B6), McKeown (tracks: A2), Wood (tracks: A2, A4, A5, B3 to B6)

Notes

Release:  1975

Format:  LP

Genre:  Glam Rock

Label:  Bell Records

Catalog#  NK 204

Vinyl:  VG

Cover:  VG

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Argent - Argent (1969) - €2,99

Argent is the debut album by British rock band Argent. Released in 1970 on CBS Records (USA: Epic Records, BN 26525), the album did not chart in either the U.S. or the UK and did not produce any hit singles, although the song "Liar" would become a top-10 Billboard hit the following year through a cover version by Three Dog Night. 

("Liar" b/w "Schoolgirl" was issued in the US as a 45 on Date, before CBS moved the band to their Epic label.) 

The track "Dance in the Smoke" was made popular in the UK by its inclusion on the best-selling CBS Sampler album Fill Your Head with Rock (1970). 

With hindsight, it seems as if the Zombies didn't so much come to a halt as split off into two different directions. 

Colin Blunstone would take the band's poppiest, sweetest elements; Argent would take the gutsier ones, and appropriate the intricate keyboard arrangements (naturally enough, as keyboardist Rod Argent was the leader of both Argent and the Zombies). 

Neither Blunstone nor Argent would approach the majesty of the Zombies' prime, but they'd offer some pretty fair approximations. 

And that's what you get on Argent's self-titled debut -- a fair approximation of late-period Zombies, with a much heavier hard/progressive rock feel. 

There's nothing that's nearly as arresting as Odessey and Oracle, but it's not bad at all. Includes Russ Ballard's "Liar," the first Argent track to get heavy airplay in the U.S.

Side one

1.  Like Honey - 3:15

2.  Liar - 3:14

3.  Be Free - 3:52

4.  Schoolgirl - 3:22

5.  Dance In The Smoke - 6:19

Side two

1.  Lonely Hard Road - 4:24

2.  The Feeling’s Inside - 3:51

3.  Freefall - 3:21

4.  Stepping Stone - 4:40

5.  Bring You Joy - 4:11

Personnel

• Russ Ballard – guitar, lead (2-4, 6, 9, 10) and backing vocals, piano (6)
• Rod Argent – organ, backing and lead (1, 5, 7, 8) vocals, electric and acoustic pianos
• Jim Rodford – bass, backing vocals
• Robert Henrit – drums, percussion

Technical

• Jerry Boys – engineer
• Tony Lane – artwork, cover design

Notes

Released:  1969

Format:  LP

Genre:  Progressive Rock

Label:  CBS ‎Records

Catalog#  S 63781

Vinyl:  Good

Cover:  Gebruikerssporen

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The Brothers Johnson - Light Up The Night (1980) - €10,00

Light Up the Night is the fourth album by the Los Angeles, California-based duo Brothers Johnson, released in 1980. The album topped the U.S. R&B albums chart and reached number five on the pop albums chart. 

The single "Stomp!" became a dance hit, reaching number one on both the R&B singles and disco charts and top ten on the pop singles chart.

Light Up the Night was the final Brothers Johnson album to be produced by Quincy Jones. 

When Jones left A&M Records, he was contractually barred from having contact with the brothers.

Light Up the Night marked the end of an era for the Brothers Johnson -- it was the last of four albums that Quincy Jones produced for the Los Angeles siblings, and it was the last time a Brothers Johnson album was truly excellent instead of merely decent. 

When Jones was producing the Brothers Johnson's albums from 1976-1980, he gave them something their subsequent albums lacked -- consistency. Even though George and Lewis Johnson recorded some decent material after Light Up the Night, none of their post-Jones albums had the type of consistency that Jones gives this 1980 release. 

The album gets off to an impressive start with the major hit "Stomp!" (a definitive example of the smooth, sleek brand of funk that was termed sophisticated funk in the late '70s and early '80s), and the tracks that follow are equally memorable. 

From the sleek sophisti-funk of "You Make Me Wanna Wiggle," "This Had to Be" (which was co-written by Michael Jackson and employs him as a background vocalist), and the title song to the tender R&B/pop ballads "Treasure" and "All About the Heaven," Light Up the Night is without a dull moment. 

Side one

1.  Stomp! - 6:24  

2.  Light Up The Night - 3:46  

3.  You Make Me Wanna Wiggle - 3:36  

4.  Treasure - 4:09  

Side two

1.  This Had To Be - 5:13  

2.  All About The Heaven - 3:59  

3.  Smilin’ On Ya - 3:46  

4.  Closer To The One That You Love - 3:11  

5.  Celebrations - 4:30 

Personnel

• George Johnson - Rhythm and lead guitar, lead and backing vocals
• Louis Johnson - Bass, guitar, piano, synthesizer, lead and backing vocals
• Greg Phillinganes - Electric piano, piano, synthesizer
• Steve Porcaro - Synthesizer
• Rod Temperton - Electric piano
• Paulinho DaCosta - Percussion
• John Robinson - Drums
• Jerry Hey - Trumpet
• Gary Grant - Flugelhorn, trumpet
• Kim Hutchcroft - Flute, Saxophone (Baritone, Soprano, Tenor)
• Larry Williams - Flute, Saxophone (Alto, Tenor), Synthesizer
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. - Euphonium, Strings (Conductor), Trombone, Trumpet (Slide)
• Augie Johnson, Jim Gilstrap, Josie James, Merry Clayton, Michael Jackson, Scherrie Payne, Susaye Greene-Brown, Valerie Johnson, Quincy Jones - Backing Vocals
• Alex Weir - Backing Vocals and Lead Vocals on "You Make Me Wanna Wiggle"
• Richard Heath - Backing Vocals and Lead Vocals on "Treasure

Notes

Release:  1980

Format:  LP (Gatefold)

Genre:  Soul / Funk

Label:  A&M Records

Catalog#  AMLK 63716

Vinyl:  VG

Cover:   VG

Prijs: €10,00

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Pearl Harbor And The Explosions - Pearl Harbor And The Explosions (1980) - €10,00

Pearl Harbor and the Explosions was a musical act from San Francisco, California, United States. 

Forming in 1979, the new wave band had limited success in the late 1970s and early 1980s, with their debut single, "Drivin'", reaching the lower end of the American Billboard chart in 1980. 

In the same year they released a self-titled LP which included the song "Shut Up and Dance", which received considerable airplay, particularly in the Bay Area. 

The vocalist, Pearl E. Gates (also known as Pearl Harbor and later Pearl Harbour (British and Canadian spelling), was married to Clash bassist Paul Simonon. 

Gates had been a part of the Leila and the Snakes live shows, then formed the band. 

After Gates left the band, the remaining members, Peter Bilt and the Stench brothers (stage names for John and Hilary Hanes) performed as Peter Bilt and the Expressions.

Soon after their final show at Winterland, the Sex Pistols' implosive ghost polarized local San Francisco bands as much as or more than the labels who shunned them. 

Outfits like the Avengers, the Dils, or the Nuns risked being isolated and marginalized for sticking to their hard-and-fast guns, while anyone with a skinny tie and an ear for bouncy pop tunes had at least one or two shots at mainstream success. 

Judging by the record they made, Harbor and bandmates had no qualms about cruising the new wave highway to heavy rotation. (To be fair, so did numerous other bands.) 

The slick, gauzy sound is seemingly tailor-made for courting Top 40 listeners, but a dearth of memorable tunes doesn't support the premise. 

The best tracks play up the band's rootsier side: "Drivin'" scored as an indie single and prompted Warner to sign the band, while "You Got It (Release It)" should have been the second hit: its coy sexual innuendoes would naturally have fit next to the Knack's like-minded fare. "Shut up and Dance"'s rockabilly bluster is also good rakish fun (and has served as a metaphor of sorts for Harbor's solo career). 

Elsewhere, the pickings get slimmer. Peter Bilt's jazzy, dissonant guitar flourishes are the most left-field touch, but there's not much else happening musically -- once you get past his bandmates' outlandish pseudonyms. 

Had the band taken more chances, this album would have risen above standard-issue new wave fodder. The masses didn't care, either; by spring 1980, the band imploded, leaving Harbor to start over in London with a different cast of characters. 

Side one

1. Drivin’ - 4:34

2. You Got It (Release It) - 2:29

3. Don’t Come Back - 3:30

4. Keep Going - 3:2

5. Shut Up And Dance - 4:00

Side two

1. The Big One - 4:06

2. So Much For Love - 3:01

3. Get A Grip On Yourself - 3:30

4. Up And Over - 5:51

Personnel

• Pearl E. Gates - vocals, percussion
• Peter Bilt - guitar, vocals
• Hilary Stench - bass, vocals
• John Stench - drums, percussion

Production

• Produced by: David Kahne
• Engineered by: Jim Gaines
• Assistant Engineers: Ken Kessie & Wayne Lewis
• Recorded at: The Automat
• Mastered by: John Golden (Kendun Recorders)
• Management: Larry Robbins (One 8 Management)
• Photography by: Michael Jang
• Cover Designed by: Basil Pao

Notes

Released: 1980

Format:  LP

Genre:  Rock, New Wave

Label:  Warner Bros. Records ‎

Catalog#  W 56769

Vinyl:  VG

Cover:  VG

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Journey - Departure (1980) - €10,00

Departure is the sixth studio album by American rock band Journey. It was released on February 29, 1980, by Columbia Records.

The album featured an edgier sound, thanks partly to the "live in studio" way the songs were recorded. The band went into The Automatt studio with 19 tracks, eventually trimming down to 12.

Departure would mark the last full-time studio album appearance of founding member Gregg Rolie, and his penultimate recording with the band: his final contributions would appear on Dream, After Dream, a soundtrack album to the Japanese film of the same name, which would also be released in 1980. Rolie had become tired of life on the road and decided to leave the band after assisting in the selection of his replacement, Jonathan Cain, then of The Babys. Rolie sang lead vocals on only one song on Departure, the ballad "Someday Soon". 

The third and final album of what could be called Journey's cocoon phase (Escape would give birth to a fully formed butterfly and put the band through the stratosphere). Produced by Geoff Workman and Kevin Elson (essentially both engineers turned producers), the album continued to build on the band's previous two recordings, but offered an added edge, arrangement-wise. 

Catapulted all the way up to number eight on the Billboard Top 200, Departure was the band's highest charting album to date and got off to an explosive start with the driving riffs and chorused vocals of "Anyway You Want It" (another radio smash that would chart Top 25). 

Never sounding tighter, the quintet then launched into "Walks Like a Lady" (another future FM staple, climbing to number 32) and a string of outstanding rockers, including future concert opener "Where Were You" and the stop-go-stop-go energy of "Line of Fire." 

On the other hand, elegant power ballads like "Good Morning" and "Stay Awhile" would foreshadow the band's future commercial triumphs on Escape. 

And even though it packs the occasional filler like "Someday Soon" and "Homemade Love" (a weak attempt to boogie that falls absolutely flat), Departure is a solid record all around. Soon, Rolie would be replaced by the greater pop-savvy songwriting muscle of former Babys keyboard man Jonathan Caine, and Journey would go from huge cult act to monster superstars. 

Side one

1.  Any Way You Want It - 3:22

2.  Walks Like a Lady - 3:17

3.  Someday Soon - 3:32

4.  People and Places - 5:05

5.  Precious Time - 4:49

Side two

1.  Where Were You - 3:01

2.  I’m Cryin' - 3:43 

3.  Line of Fire - 3:06

4.  Departure - 0:38

5.  Good Morning Girl - 1:44

6.  Stay Awhile - 2:48

7.  Homemade Love - 2:54

Journey

• Steve Perry – lead vocals
• Neal Schon – guitars, co-lead vocals on "People and Places", backing vocals
• Gregg Rolie – keyboards, harmonica, co-lead vocals on "Someday Soon", backing vocals
• Ross Valory – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Steve Smith – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Production

• Geoff Workman – producer, engineer, mixing
• Kevin Elson – producer, live sound
• Ken Kessie – engineer
• Jim Welch – art direction

Notes

Release:  1980

Format:  LP

Genre:  Hardrock

Label:  CBS Records

Catalog#  84101

Vinyl:  VG

Cover:  VG

Prijs: €10,00

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Sylvester - All I Need (1982) - €10,00

Sylvester James Jr. (September 6, 1947 – December 16, 1988), known mononymously as Sylvester, was an American singer-songwriter. Primarily active in the genres of disco, rhythm and blues, and soul, he was known for his flamboyant and androgynous appearance, falsetto singing voice, and hit disco singles in the late 1970s and 1980s. 

All I Need is the sixth studio album by the American recording artist Sylvester. 

Sylvester was on the downside of his career in the mid-'80s. 

He still had the glorious tones and booming voice, but was now floundering, with his high-energy brand of disco out of fashion. Sylvester tried to fashion a comeback by mixing in lightweight pop arrangements and production while singing his old fashion. 

The results were not encouraging, but that wasn't because the songs lacked style; they were just the wrong things for the time.

Obviously after Too Hot to Sleep it was time to sharpen Sylvester's music career, and what appeared was both more commercial and... better. "Do Ya Wanna Funk" and "Don't Stop" were both sizable hits, actually the first such hits since the disco classic "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)." I like both tracks, even though the album version of the latter is a little overlengthy. 

It is not alone in that sense on this album, but still, the overall impression is notably positive. No bad tracks. Suddenly, Sylvester was going strong.

Side one

1.  All I Need  4:27  

2.  Be With You  6:38  

3.  Do You Wanna Funk 3:31  

4.  Hard Up  4:39  

Side two

1.  Don’t Stop  6:51  

2.  Tell Me  4:49  

3.  Won’t You Let Me Love You  6:46 

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Megatone Records
• Copyright © – Megatone Records
• Mixed At – The Automatt
• Recorded At – Independent Sound
• Recorded At – Starlight Sound
• Published By – Dance Records
• Licensed From – Megatone Records
• Printed By – SIB-Tryck AB

Credits

• Artwork [Litography] – David Willers
• Backing Vocals – The Fabulashes
• Design – Tony Chiumento
• Engineer – Bill Banyai, Mary Buffett, Peter Brown (12), Peter Buffett
• Executive Producer – Marty Bleckman
• Guitar, Synthesizer – James Wirrick
• Illustration [Cover] – Mark America
• Lead Vocals – Sylvester
• Management – Tim McKenna
• Mixed By – Ken Kessie
• Percussion [Additional] – David Frazier
• Producer – James Wirrick (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1 to B3)
• Producer [Associate Producer] – John Hedges

Notes

Release:  1982

Format:  LP

Genre:  Disco, Funk

Label:  Ariola Records

Catalog#  205233

Vinyl:  VG

Cover:  VG

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Ted Nugent - Intensities In 10 Cities (1981) - €10,00

Intensities in 10 Cities is the second live album by the American guitarist Ted Nugent, released in 1981 and consisting of ten songs recorded during the last ten dates of Nugent's 1980 tour. 

Nugent played 2 or 3 new songs every night on the tour, and told audiences he was recording them for possible inclusion in a new live album featuring all previously unreleased songs.

None of the songs had appeared on any previous Ted Nugent album. 

Nugent explained at the time that about twenty previously unreleased songs were played at the beginning of the tour, and at the end the best ten were recorded live rather than in the studio later, because they were well-honed from months of performances and had the extra spark of a live setting. 

It was Ted Nugent's final album for Epic Records and the last album to feature drummer Cliff Davies.

Despite a string of disappointing studio albums, Ted Nugent fulfills his recording obligation for Epic Records with this excellent live collection. Intensities in 10 Cities features all original material and proves once and for all that when it came to live performances, few could touch the Nuge's over-the-top charisma. 

"Spontaneous Combustion," "Jailbait," and the self-explanatory "My Love Is Like a Tire Iron" are slabs of prime gonzo, the likes of which hadn't been heard since Cat Scratch Fever. 

The silence between songs and rather boring amped-up blues romps such as "Heads Will Roll" and "I Am a Predator" knock a few points off the total score, but a furiously giddy cover of "Land of a Thousand Dances" will leave the listener grinning maniacally nonetheless.

The album was ranked at number 9 on Guitar World's list of the "Top 10 Live Albums.

Side one

1.  Put Up Or Shut Up - 3:23  

2.  Spontaneous Combustion - 3:55  

3.  My Love Is Like A Tire Iron - 5:50  

4.  Jailbait - 5:18  

5.  I Am A Predator - 3:18  

Side two

1.  Heads Will Roll - 4:07  

2.  The Flying Lip Lock - 4:08  

3.  Land Of A Thousand Dances - 4:39  

4.  The TNT Overture - 4:32  

5.  I Take No Prisoners - 3:32 

Band members

• Ted Nugent – lead vocals, lead guitar
• Charlie Huhn – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
• Dave Kiswiney – bass, backing vocals
• Cliff Davies – drums, percussion, backing vocals, producer

Production

• Ric Browde – producer
• Lew Futterman – executive producer
• David McCullough – assistant producer, live sound engineer
• Al Hurschman, Dee Hurschman, Greg Klinginsmith, Tim Geelan, Mason Harlow – engineers
• Ray Janos – mastering

Notes

Release: 1981

Format: LP

Genre: Hardrock

Label: Epic Records

Catalog# EPC 84917

Vinyl: VG

Cover: VG

Prijs: €10,00

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