november 30, 2022

Chaka Khan - Chaka Khan (1982) (LP) - €10,00

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Chaka Khan is the eponymous fourth solo album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1982.


Chaka Khan had delivered a stellar jazz-R&B hybrid in the form of 1981's What'cha Gonna Do. The two key tracks, "I Know You, I Live You" and "And The Melody Lingers On (Nights In Tunisia)" saddled Ms. Lungs with more signature goodness. Then Chaka Khan comes out a year later with guns blazing and an eclectic electronic sound in tow. One track, the innovative classic jazz homage, "Be Bop Medley", won a Grammy (but who really knows that bit of info besides real music nerds and Chaka Khan super fans?). Then two minor hits later...the sound of crickets comes rushing in.

The album is then fully ignored by the time Chaka wraps things up with Rufus in 1983, thanks to "Ain't Nobody", yet another song for Khan's hits canon. Then I Feel For You crops up in 1984 taking the Hot 100 by storm, thus completely erasing this album out of the conversation.

What a big mistake. This album could have been huge.

Once you hear the crackling shrill synth opening of the six minute opus known as the title track, Khan's cover of Prince's "I Feel For You" just seems cute. It's physically the best dance track she has ever done as the trumpets blare, a sax croons, and a middle eight explosion of synths erupts. It may seem too much on first listen, but it truly modernizes Chaka Khan for the rest of the 80's and predates the power pop that Madonna and Shannon would explode on the scene a year later with.

Then you have Rick James joining her for the smoldering "Slow Dancin'", a cooking bass riddled song that Teena Marie probably would've scratched Chaka's eyes out for doing clearly because James should have been making duo magic with Chaka all along. (As much as I love Lady T, her and James' duets are akin to that drunk aunt and uncle at your reunion who won't stop drunk singing---what that only happens to me?).

The funk doesn't stop there. A crackling bullet out of its jacket kicks starts the fabulous "Best In The West",  which is country fried funk that boot scoots about and is highly danceable right on arrival. It's the fiddles that do it. "Be Bop Medley" was deserving of its Grammy win, thanks to long-time Khan producer, Arif Mardin's production of blending modern sounds with snatches of classic jazz numbers by Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker.

Chaka's reading of Michael Jackson's "Got To Be There" scarily bests MJ's original. Once you hear it you'll know the song was meant to be sung by a grown woman, not a pubescent Michael. "Twisted" is another winner as it's a brooding slice of New Wave that effectively melds in some soulful tones. The final two numbers, "So Not To Worry" and the leftover Rufus funk of "Pass It On (A Sure Thing)" may not be as strong as the previous material, but still manage to keep things on a high note with their infectious sing-a-long makeups.

Weird mistakes were truly made when promoting the record. The releasing of "Got To Be There" as the first single was one. Khan can slam a ballad, but she's known for big dance numbers. "Tearin' It Up" or even "Pass It On" would have been much better suited for the first singles. Then her Rick James duet was stupidly never released. Maybe Motown had something to do with it, but it would've made for a hell of single if it had been considered.

Then again, I'm being an annoying advocate for this record. It was a big year for albums back in 1982. I mean, we had Rio, The Lexicon of Love, The Dreaming, 1999...uh, Thriller...I could go on. So where was a R&B siren like Chaka Khan going to fit in at that time? I can only just shrug.

Two singles were released from Chaka Khan: the Michael Jackson cover "Got to Be There" (US Pop #67, US R&B #5) and "Tearin' It Up" (US R&B #48), the latter also as a 12" single including an extended remix (7:21) as well as an instrumental version (8:07), both mixed by Larry Levan and included on Warner Music Japan's 1999 compilation Dance Classics of Chaka Khan. The album track "Slow Dancin'" was a funky ballad duet with Rick James.


Side one
1.  Tearin’ It Up   (6:39)
2.  Slow Dancin’(featuring Rick James)   (5:22)
3.  Best In The West   (4:00)
4.  Got to Be There   (4:00)

Side two
1.  Be Bop Medley: (5:22)
        (a)  Hot House
        (b)  East Of Suez (Come On Sailor)
        (c)  Epistrophy (I Wanna Play)
        (d)  Yardbird Suite / Con Alma
        (e)  Giant Steps
2.  Twisted (4:12)
3.  So Not To Worry (4:55)
4.  Pass It On (A Sure Thing) (Pasa Lo Esta Seguro) (4:32)

== Personnel ==
Track 1 “ Tearin’ It Up” Low Voice - Alvin Fields Vocal Ad Libs - Hamish Stuart Electric Piano - Lenny Underwood Moog bass synthesizer, Prophet and Jupiter synthesizers - Robbie Buchanan Handclaps - Steve Ferrone Percussion - Sammy Figueroa Alto Saxophone Solo - Michael Brecker
Track 2 “Slow Dancin’” Vocal - Rick James Keyboards & Synthesizers - Robbie Buchanan
Track 3 “ Best In The West” Keyboards & Synthesizers - Robbie Buchanan Additional OBX Synthesizer - Bob Christianson Percussion - Sammy Figueroa Fiddle - Kenny Kosek Harmonica - Robert Bonfiglio Steel guitar & Jaw Harp - Eric Weissberg
Track 4 “Got To Be There” Keyboards & Synthesizers - Robbie Buchanan
Track 5 “Be Bop Medley” Additional OBX Synthesizer - Bob Christianson Electric piano & Synthesizers – Robbie Buchanan Vocoder & additional synthesizers ("Con Alma") – Bob Christianson Sitar - Eric Weissberg Darbuka ("East Of Suez") - Seyhun Çelik Tenor Saxophone - Joe Henderson
Track 6 “Twisted” Lead Guitar - Ray Gomez Keyboards & Synthesizers - Robbie Buchanan
Track 7 “So Not To Worry” Bass - Anthony Jackson Piano & Synthesizers – Robbie Buchanan Background vocals – Hamish Stuart, Will Lee
Track 8 “Pass It On (A Sure Thing) (Pasa Lo Esta Seguro)” Tube Voice – Mark Stevens Piano & Synthesizers – Robbie Buchanan Alto Saxophone - Dave Tofani


Production
  • Arif Mardin - record producer, musical arranger (rhythm) tracks: 1, 2, 3, musical arranger track: 4, musical arranger & vocal arrangement track: 5
  • Randy Brecker - musical arranger (horns) track: 1
  • Robbie Buchanan - musical arranger (bass part) track: 1, musical arranger (rhythm) tracks: 2, 3, 6, 7, 8. musical arranger tracks: 4, 5
  • Danne Lemelle - musical arranger (horns) track: 2
  • Chaka Khan - vocal arrangement & special lyrics track: 5

Notes
Release:  1982
Format:  LP
Genre:  Soul / Funk
Label:  Warner Bros. Records
Catalog# 923729-1

Vinyl:  Excellent
Covers:  Excellent

Prijs: €10,00

november 28, 2022

Supertramp - ...Famous Last Words... (1982) (LP) - €10,00

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...Famous Last Words... is the seventh studio album by English rock band Supertramp and was released in October 1982. It was the studio follow-up to 1979's Breakfast in America and the last album with vocalist/keyboardist/guitarist Roger Hodgson, who left the group to pursue a solo career. 
Thus, it was the final album to be released by the classic lineup of the band (Hodgson, Davies, Helliwell, Thomson, and Siebenberg).
...Famous Last Words... was the last album that Roger Hodgson made with Supertramp before seeking a solo career, and he made sure that radio would take kindly to his last hurrah with the band. 
Sporting an airy and overly bright pop sheen, ...Famous Last Words... put two singles on the charts, with the poignant "My Kind of Lady" peaking at number 31 and the effervescent smile of "It's Raining Again" going to number 11. 
The album itself went Top Ten both in the U.S. and in the U.K., eventually going gold in America. The songs are purposely tailored for Top 40 radio, delicately textured and built around overly bland and urbane choruses. 
Hodgson's abundance of romantically inclined poetry and love song fluff replaces the lyrical keenness that Supertramp had produced in the past, and the instrumental proficiency that they once mastered has vanished. 
Hodgson's English appeal and fragile vocal manner works well in some places, but the album's glossy sound and breezy feel is too excessive. Hodgson gave his solo album, 1984's In the Eye of the Storm, a mildly progressive feel, quite unlike his last appearance with his former group. 


Side one
1. Crazy - 4:44
2. Put on Your Old Brown Shoes - 4:22
3. It’s Raining Again - 4:24
4. Bonnie - 5:37
5. Know Who You Are - 4:59

Side two
1. My Kind of Lady - 5:15
2. C’est le Bon - 5:32
3. Waiting So Long - 6:35
4. Don’t Leave Me Now - 6:24


Supertramp
  • Rick Davies – lead and backing vocals, organ (tracks 1, 7, 9), piano (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8), electric piano (track 2), synthesizers (track 3), harmonica (tracks 2, 9), melodica (track 3)
  • Roger Hodgson – lead and backing vocals, electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9), 12-string guitar (tracks 2, 5, 7), piano (tracks 1, 3, 9), pump organ (track 1), synthesizers (track 5), glockenspiel (track 3)
  • John Helliwell – saxophones (tracks 1–3, 6, 8, 9), clarinet (tracks 7, 8), synthesizers (tracks 3, 4, 6, 8, 9)
  • Dougie Thomson – bass (tracks 1-4, 6-9)
  • Bob Siebenberg – drums (tracks 1-4, 6-9)
    • This was the first Supertramp album for which Siebenberg was credited under his real name. All previous Supertramp albums on which he had appeared credited him as "Bob C. Benberg".

Additional personnel

  • Claire Diament – backing vocals on "Don't Leave Me Now"
  • Ann Wilson – backing vocals on "Put On Your Old Brown Shoes" and "C'est le bon"
  • Nancy Wilson – backing vocals on "Put On Your Old Brown Shoes" and "C'est le bon"
Production

Notes
Release: 1982
Format:  LP
Genre:  Progressive Rock
Label:  A&M Records
Catalog#  AMLK 63732

Vinyl:  Excellent
Cover:  Excellent

Prijs: €10,00

november 27, 2022

L.T.D. - Love Magic (1981) (LP) - €10,00

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L.T.D. suffered quite a loss when Jeffrey Osborne, a jewel of a lead singer, left to pursue a solo career in 1980. For L.T.D., losing Osborne was like the Commodores losing Lionel Richie or Van Halen losing David Lee Roth -- it was a major blow, although not a fatal one. 
Soon after the band's 1980 album Shine On, Jeffrey and Billy Osborne departed to start solo careers.
Andre Ray and Leslie Wilson (formerly of New Birth) were then chosen as lead vocalists for their next album Love Magic (1981) which produced two more hits, "April Love" and "Kicking Back". 
Many Osborne admirers greeted Love Magic, L.T.D.'s first post-Osborne album, with skepticism, but this 1981 LP is surprisingly successful. 
A few of the tunes, in fact, are excellent, including the sweaty funk hit "Kickin' Back," the sweet ballad "April Love," and the sociopolitical "It Must End" (which finds L.T.D. making an unexpected detour into reggae). And even though most of the other songs fall short of remarkable, they're still decent. 
Love Magic isn't among L.T.D.'s essential albums, but it's an enjoyable effort that proved there could be life after Jeffrey Osborne for the soul/funk band. 


Side one
1.   Kickin’ Back   (6:08)
2.   Burnin Hot   (6:05)
3.   Cuttin’ It Up   (4:13)

Side two
1.   Stay on the One   (4:17)
2.   Love Magic   (4:04)
3.   April Love   (4:25)
4.   It Must End   (4:29)
5.   Now   (3:43)


Companies, etc.
Credits

Notes
Release: 1981
Format:  LP
Genre:  Soul, Funk
Label:  A&M Records
Catalog#  AMLH 64881

Vinyl:  Excellent
Cover:  Excellent

Prijs: €10,00

Atlantic Starr - Yours Forever (1983) (LP) - €10,00

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Yours Forever is the fifth studio album by American band Atlantic Starr. This album features the hit single "Touch a Four Leaf Clover." Yours Forever was the last album to feature Sharon Bryant as a lead vocalist before she departed the group to pursue a solo career. 
This was also the last album to be produced by James Anthony Carmichael, who was responsible for the group's two previous albums. 

Atlantic Starr's fifth album, Yours Forever, was lead singer Sharon Bryant's last album with the East Coast soulsters; it was also the last of three albums that James Carmichael produced for them. While 1981's Radiant and 1982's Brilliance -- the two previous Atlantic Starr LPs that Carmichael had produced -- were superb, this 1983 release is uneven. 
That isn't to say that Yours Forever is a bad album; none of the material is terrible. But this time, there aren't as many five-star gems. The songs that deserve to be exalted as gems range from the haunting smash "Touch a Four Leaf Clover" and the rock-tinged "Tryin" (both of which feature Bryant) to the dreamy title song (which finds David Lewis providing a memorable lead vocal). 
Unfortunately, Yours Forever also has its share of songs that are merely competent. Take "I Want Your Love," for example. 
This Chic-like sophisti-funk/dance number (which shouldn't be confused with the 1978 Chic hit that is also titled "I Want Your Love") is pleasant enough, but it isn't in a class with "Circles," "When Love Calls," "Love Me Down," and other treasures that Carmichael had produced for Atlantic Starr in 1981 or 1982. 
For Atlantic Starr fans, hearing Yours Forever in 1983 was like receiving beer when you had grown accustomed to champagne -- if Radiant and Brilliance were R&B feasts, Yours Forever is merely a snack. 
It isn't a disaster, but it doesn't live up to the consistently high standards that had characterized Atlantic Starr's previous work with Carmichael. Of the three albums that Carmichael produced for Atlantic Starr in the early '80s, Yours Forever is the least essential and the most inconsistent. 


Side one
1.  Yours Forever - 5:04  
2.  Touch A Four Leaf Clover - 4:38  
3.  More, More, More - 4:42  
4.  I Want Your Love - 4:52  

Side two
1.  Second To None - 4:38  
2.  Island Dream - 4:49  
3.  Who Could Love You Better? - 4:30  
4.  More Time For Me - 3:42  
5.  Tryin’ - 3:28


Atlantic Starr
Additional musicians
Arrangements
  • James Anthony Carmichael 
  • Wayne Lewis 
  • David Lewis 
  • Atlantic Starr 
       Production
  • James Anthony Carmichael – producer
  • Calvin Harris – engineer, mixing
  • Fred Law – additional engineer
  • Bruce Robbins – assistant engineer
  • Ralph Sutton – assistant engineer
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering at A&M Studios (Hollywood, CA).
  • Leslie Jean Bart – back cover photography
  • Diem Jones – inner sleeve photography
  • Richard Fuggetta – front cover design
  • Roderick Taylor – art direction, logo design

Notes
Release: 1983
Format:  LP
Genre:  Soul
Label:  A&M Records
Catalog#  AMLH 64948

Vinyl:  Excellent
Cover:  Excellent

Prijs: €10,00

november 26, 2022

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasure Dome (1984) (2LP) - €20,00

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Welcome to the Pleasuredome is the debut studio album by English synth-pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood, first released on 29 October 1984 by ZTT Records. Originally issued as a vinyl double album, it was assured of a UK chart entry at number one due to reported advance sales of over one million.

While commercially successful, the album also drew criticism for containing new versions of all of the songs from the group’s (already much-remixed) singles from the same year (“Relax” and “Two Tribes“, plus B-side “War“), as well as a surfeit of cover versions in lieu of much new original material. It was later revealed that Trevor Horn‘s production dominated the record so thoroughly that the band’s own instrumental performances were often replaced by session musicians or Horn himself. Frankie’s second album, Liverpool, actively featured the full band.

However, the album’s evergreen ballad “The Power of Love” subsequently provided the group with their third consecutive UK number one single.

Strip away all the hype, controversy, and attendant craziness surrounding Frankie — most of which never reached American shores, though the equally bombastic “Relax” and “Two Tribes” both charted well — and Welcome to the Pleasuredome holds up as an outrageously over-the-top, bizarre, but fun release. Less well known but worthwhile cuts include by-definition-camp “Krisco Kisses” and “The Only Star in Heaven,” while U.K. smash “The Power of Love” is a gloriously insincere but still great hyper-ballad with strings from Anne Dudley.

In truth, the album’s more a testament to Trevor Horn‘s production skills than anything else. To help out, he roped in a slew of Ian Dury‘s backing musicians to provide the music, along with a guest appearance from his fellow Yes veteran Steve Howe on acoustic guitar that probably had prog rock fanatics collapsing in apoplexy. The end result was catchy, consciously modern — almost to a fault — arena-level synth rock of the early ’80s that holds up just fine today, as much an endlessly listenable product of its times as the Chinn/Chapman string of glam rock hits from the early ’70s.

Certainly the endless series of pronouncements from a Ronald Reagan impersonator throughout automatically date the album while lending it a giddy extra layer of appeal. Even the series of covers on the album at once make no sense and plenty of it all at once. While Edwin Starr‘s “War” didn’t need redoing, Bruce Springsteen‘s “Born to Run” becomes a ridiculously over-the-top explosion that even outrocks the Boss. As the only member of the band actually doing anything the whole time (Paul Rutherford pipes up on backing vocals here and there), Holly Johnson needs to make a mark and does so with appropriately leering passion. He didn’t quite turn out to be the new Freddie Mercury, but he makes a much better claim than most, combining a punk sneer with an ear for hyper-dramatic yelps.

 
Side one
  1. Well…  (0:55)
  2. The World Is My Oyster  (1:02)
  3. Snatch of Fury (Stay)  (0:36)
  4. Welcome to the Pleasuredome  (12:58)
Side two
  1. Relax (Come Fighting)  (3:56)
  2. War (…and Hide)  (6:12)
  3. Two Tribes (For the Victims of Ravishment)  (3:23)
  4. The Last Voice  (0:35)
Side three
  1. Ferry (Go)  (1:49)
  2. Born to Run  (3:56)
  3. San Jose (The Way)  (3:09)
  4. Wish (The Lads Were Here)  (2:48)
  5. The Ballad of 32  (4:47) 
Side four
  1. Krisco Kisses  (2:57)
  2. Black Night White Light  (4:05)
  3. The Only Star in Heaven  (4:16)
  4. The Power of Love  (5:28)
  5. Bang  (1:08)

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Additional personnel

Production

  • Produced by Trevor Horn
  • Engineers – Stuart Bruce, Steve Lipson
  • Mastering – Ian Cooper

Technical

Notes
Release:   1984
Format:  2LP 
Genre.  Synth-pop
Label:  ZTT Records
Catalog#  302417

Vinyl:  Excellent
Cover:  Excellent (Gatefold)

Prijs: €20,00

november 25, 2022

The Jacksons - The Jacksons Live! (1981) (2LP) - €20,00

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The Jacksons Live! (a.k.a. Live) is a live album by The Jacksons. It was released on November 11, 1981 by Epic Records. The album was recorded during the band's North American concert tour in fall 1981, known as the Triumph Tour. 

Recorded

The 1981 live show setlist featured songs from the group's 1980 album Triumph, two songs from Destiny (1978), a medley of their Motown hits, and five songs from lead singer Michael's 1979 solo album Off the Wall.

It's easy to forget, in the wake of a decade of bizarre behavior, rumors, and innuendo surrounding Michael Jackson that the Jacksons were once known solely for being a major music franchise. 
This live album, which was pretty obscure in its original double-LP vinyl version, is a reminder of how great an act they were, and captures what was just about the end of Michael Jackson's work with the family group, all of it very much on a high-note. 
Live opens with a pounding, powerful rendition of "Can You Feel It" and, with one exception, never lets up, pushing on through a high-velocity and high-articulation version of "Things I Do for You," and a soaring "Off the Wall." 
There's an unfortunate lag where Michael Jackson slows things down for "Ben" (arguably the nadir of his Motown career), but "This Place Hotel" and the far more effective ballad "She's Out of My Life" make up for that lapse. The last section of the album, commencing with Off the Wall's "Rock With You," is practically a live rendition of that album, and so bracing as to almost exhaust the listener; and the preceding medley of their early Motown hits is just about worth the asking price of the disc by itself. 
On the down side, there are no notes and barely any credits, and the volume is set a bit low, but it pumps up beautifully with virtually no excess noise. 
The album is worth tracking down as an artifact of a simpler, more unabashedly joyous time in music, as well as the family's history. 


Side one
1.  Opening / Can You Feel It - 6:01
2.  Things I Do For You - 3:31
3.  Off The Wall - 3:51
4.  Ben - 3:46

Side two
1.  Heartbreak Hotel - 4:40
2.  She’s Out Of My Life - 4:49
3.  Movie And Rap (Excerpts Of: I Want You Back / Never Can Say Goodbye / Got To Be There - 2:55
4.  Medley: I Want You Back / ABC / The Love You Save - 2:50

Side three
1.  I’ll Be There - 3:04
2.  Rock With You - 3:55
3.  Lovely One - 6:11

Side four
1.  Working Day And Night - 7:04
2.  Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough - 4:22
3.  Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) - 7:23


The Jacksons
Additional musicians
  • David Williams – guitar
  • Bill Wolfer – keyboards
  • Mike McKinney – bass
  • Jonathan Moffett – drums
  • East Coast Horns: Alan "Funt" Prater, Broderick "Mac" McMorris, Cloris Grimes, Wesley Phillips – horns
Technical

Notes
Release:  1981
Format:  2LP
Genre:  Soul, Funk, Live
Label:  Epic Records
Catalog#  EPC 88562

Vinyl:   Excellent
Cover:  Excellent

Prijs: €20,00

november 23, 2022

The Eagles - Eagles Live (1980) (2LP) - €20,00

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Eagles Live is the first live album by the American rock band Eagles, a two-LP set released on November 7, 1980. Although the Eagles were already in the process of breaking up, the band owed Elektra/Asylum Records one more album and fulfilled that contractual obligation with a release of performances from the Hotel California and The Long Run tours.

Eagles Live was mixed by Glenn Frey and Don Henley on opposite coasts in Los Angeles and Miami, respectively, and as producer Bill Szymczyk put it, the record's harmony and instrument fixes were made "courtesy of Federal Express." The 1983 Rolling Stone Record Guide said it is "perhaps the most heavily overdubbed [live album] in history." "Seven Bridges Road," a Steve Young cover, was released as a single and became a top-40 hit.

Five of the tracks were recorded in October 1976, during three performances at The Forum in Inglewood, California. The other ten tracks were recorded in July 1980, from three shows at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium and one at the Long Beach Arena in California. The band had different line-ups in 1976 and 1980; Timothy B. Schmit joined in 1978, replacing original bassist Randy Meisner.[4] Five lead singers are featured in the 14 vocal songs on the album [excluding the brief musical interlude of "Doolin Dalton (Reprise II)"]: Henley, Frey, Joe Walsh, Meisner and Schmit. Songs from each Eagles studio album except one (On the Border) are included, as well as two Walsh solo tracks and one cover song: the acoustic harmony-laden "Seven Bridges Road."

Plagued for years by internal strife, the band had reached a breaking point by July 31, 1980, when The Long Run tour concluded with a concert in Long Beach, California, that served as a fund-raiser for then-Senator Alan Cranston's campaign. 
The version of "Life in the Fast Lane" for Eagles Live was recorded at this show, which was most notable for a dispute between bandmates Frey and Don Felder that culminated backstage, when they nearly came to blows. 
Frey then refused to even speak to the other band members, let alone join them to record overdubs for Eagles Live; therefore, the recording was done piecemeal. Frey was in Los Angeles while the rest of the band was in Miami, with Henley overseeing the post-production sessions. Tapes were sent back and forth between the two locations until the album was completed. Szymczyk said: "I had my assistant in Los Angeles with Glenn, and I had the rest of the band fly to Miami. We were fixing three-part harmonies courtesy of Federal Express." Five different lawyers were thanked in the liner notes.

The Eagles rejected a $2 million offer from the label to record two new songs for the album. The only previously unreleased song in the album is a version of "Seven Bridges Road". The song was a showcase for the band's close harmony singing, as the verses of the song feature a cappella vocals from all five members. 


Side one
1.  Hotel California   (6:55)
2.  Heartache Tonight   (4:35)
3.  I Can’t Tell You Why   (5:24)

Side two
1.  The Long Run   (5:35)
2.  New Kid in Town   (5:45)
3.  Life’s Been Good   (9:38)

Side three
1.  Seven Bridges Road   (3:05)
2.  Wasted Time   (5:40)
3.  Take It to the Limit   (5:20)
4.  Doolin-Dalton (Reprise II)   (0:44)
5.  Desperado   (4:04)

Side four
1.  Saturday Night   (3:55)
2.  All Night Long   (5:40)
3.  Life in the Fast Lane   (5:10)
4.  Take It Easy   (5:20)


Personnel

Sourced from original album liner notes.

Eagles

  • Don Felder – guitars, harmony and backing vocals
  • Glenn Frey – rhythm guitar, keyboards, vocals
  • Don Henley – drums, percussion, vocals
  • Randy Meisner – bass guitar, vocals (1976 shows; "New Kid in Town," "Wasted Time," "Take It to the Limit," "Doolin'-Dalton (Reprise II)," and "Desperado")
  • Timothy B. Schmit – bass guitar, vocals (1980 shows; all other songs)
  • Joe Walsh – guitars, keyboards, vocals

Additional musicians

  • Jage Jackson – rhythm guitar, percussion
  • Phil Kenzie – alto saxophone on "The Long Run"
  • Vince Melamed – electric piano on "New Kid in Town"
  • The Monstertones – backing vocals on "All Night Long"
  • J. D. Souther – vocals and acoustic guitar on "New Kid in Town"
  • Joe Vitale – piano, organ, drums, percussion

Production


Notes
Release:  1980
Format:  2LP
Genre:   Country Rock [Live]
Label:  Asylum Records
Catalog#  AS 62032

Vinyl:  Excellent
Cover:  Excellent (Gatefold)

Prijs: €20,00

november 22, 2022

Eric Clapton - Backless (1978) (LP) - €10,00

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Backless is the sixth full-length studio album by Eric Clapton. Produced by Glyn Johns, and released by RSO Records, Backless reached No. 8 on the pop charts. 
While the single "Promises" only reached No. 37 in the UK, it was a much bigger success in the US, reaching No. 9 on the Billboard charts. 
The follow-up single, "Watch Out for Lucy", was the B-side of "Promises", but reached No. 40 on the Billboard charts on its own merit. Later in 1980 "Tulsa Time" was US #30 with 1977 song "Cocaine" as B-side. 
It was Clapton's last studio album to feature his longtime bassist Carl Radle who died in 1980. 
Having made his best album since 461 Ocean Boulevard with Slowhand, Eric Clapton followed with Backless, which took the same authoritative, no-nonsense approach. 
If it wasn't quite the masterpiece, or the sales monster, that Slowhand had been, this was probably because of that usual Clapton problem: material. 
Once again, he returned to those Oklahoma hills for another song from J.J. Cale, but "I'll Make Love to You Anytime" wasn't quite up to "Cocaine" or "After Midnight." Bob Dylan contributed two songs, but you could see why he hadn't saved them for his own album, and Clapton's own writing contributions were mediocre. 
Clapton did earn a Top Ten hit with Richard Feldman and Roger Linn's understated pop shuffle "Promises," but it wasn't one of his more memorable recordings. 
Of course, Clapton's blues playing on the lone, obligatory blues cut, "Early in the Morning," was stellar. Backless was his last album to feature the backup group that had been with him since 1974.


Side one
1. Walk Out in the Rain - 4:16
2. Watch Out for Lucy - 3:26
3. I’ll Make Love to You Anytime - 3:23
4. Roll It - 3:42
5. Tell Me That You Love Me - 3:31

Side two
1. If I Don’t Be There by Morning - 4:38
2. Early in the Morning - 7:58
3. Promises - 3:04
4. Golden Ring - 3:32
5. Tulsa Time - 3:28


Singles
  • 1978 – "Promises" (#37 UK; #9 US)
  • 1979 – "Watch Out for Lucy" (#40 US)
  • 1979 – "Walk Out in the Rain"
Personnel
Production
  • Producer and Engineer – Glyn Johns
  • Assistant Engineer – Jon Astley
  • Art Direction and Design – David Stewart and Nello
  • Photography – Nello
  • Additional Photography – Rob Fraboni, Andy Seymour and Laura K. Sims.
Companies, etc.
Notes
Release:  1978
Format:  LP
Genre:  Blues Rock
Label:  RSO Records
Catalog#  2394213

Vinyl:  Excellent
Cover:  Excellent (Gatefold)

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november 21, 2022

Champagne - Champagne (1977) (LP) - €10,00

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Champagne was een Nederlandse popgroep opgericht op 15 oktober 1976.

Op een tekst en muziek van producer Martin Duiser en Outsider-zanger Wally Tax (door de Champagne-leden Wally Tekst genoemd) werd Rock and Roll Star opgenomen die in de Top 40 en de Nationale Hitparade nummer 2 bereikte. Het nummer werd ook internationaal een flinke hit (o.a. nummer 1 in België en nummer 12 in Duitsland). In februari 1977 werd de tweede single "Oh me oh my goodbye" opgenomen en in dat najaar "Valentino". Alle drie de platen kwamen in de Top 10 terecht. In hetzelfde jaar werd de band bekroond met de Conamus Exportprijs.

Champagne ontstond uit een aantal toevalligheden. Trudy Schell en Bert van der Wiel kenden elkaar al vanuit de schoolbanken, kwamen elkaar tegen in het Rotterdamse muziekwereldje en besloten een duo te vormen. Op ongeveer hetzelfde moment besloten Jan Vredenburg en Paulette Bronkhorst een punt te zetten achter hun werkzaamheden als drummer en zangeres van het orkest waarmee ze iedere dag optraden en hun geluk op een andere manier te beproeven. Zij werden bij elkaar gebracht door producer Martin Duiser. André de Vries was de tourmanager.

Gekleed in Gatsby-kleding en met een professionele bühne-act wist Champagne een breed publiek te boeien. Op 1 april 1981 hield de groep op te bestaan.

Paulette Bronkhorst heeft nog met zangeres Leida Sabee 2 singles uitgebracht onder de naam Chica en Jan Vredenburg heeft in 1981 een single gemaakt met de groep Shampoo. In 1982 besloot Jan Vredenburg Champagne opnieuw leven in te blazen. Dit keer als trio met Rosina Brochard (Lauwaars) bekend van haar deelname aan het Eurovisiesongfestival met de groep Harmony en Jean Cariot tekenden zij opnieuw voor twee singles: Woman I know en A little Bit of Soap . beide nummers haalden de onderste regionen van de hitparades. Op 29 juni 2009 is Bert van der Wiel (de besnorde zanger met bril) na een kort ziekbed op 64-jarige leeftijd overleden.

Paulette Bronkhorst en Trudy Schell hebben zich beiden inmiddels geheel uit de muziekscene teruggetrokken.

Jan Vredenburg toert de laatste jaren met zijn band Ouwe Liefde Roest Niet in het muziektheaterprogramma "De Bonte Dinsdagavond Trein" langs de Nederlandse theaters, is freelance hoofdredacteur, schrijft reisartikelen.

Van deze elpee kwamen 3 singels die allemaal de Top-40 bereikte.
  • 1976 Rock And Roll Star (Top 40: #2/12 weken, NHP: #2/10 weken)
  • 1977 Oh Me, Oh My, Goodbye (Top 40: #3/9 weken, NHP: #2/8 weken)
  • 1977 Valentino (Top 40: #5/8 weken, NHP: #5/8 weken)


Side one
1.  Valentino - 3:20
2.  Rock ’n Roll Star - 2:58
3.  The Air That I Breath - 3:55
4.  No Love At All - 2:28
5.  Kiss Your Baby - 3:03
6.  Ain’t No Fun To Me - 3:18

Side two
1.  Oh Me, Oh My, Goodbye - 3:25
2.  Music Is My LIving - 4:23
3.  It Ain’t No Use - 3:08
4.  The Last Song - 2:56
5.  She’s As Lovely As A Breeze - 3:32
6.  Annabelle - 1:42


Champagne 
 
Trudy Schell 
Bert van der Wiel 
Jan Vredenburg 
Paulette Bronkhorst

Companies, etc.
Credits

Notes
Release:  1977
Format:  LP
Genre:  Pop
Label:  Ariola Records
Catalog#  25555XOT

Vinyl:  Excellent
Cover:  Excellent

Prijs: €10,00

november 20, 2022

Soundtrack - All This And World War II (1976) (2LP) - €10,00

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All This and World War II is a 1976 musical documentary directed by Susan Winslow. It juxtaposes Beatles songs covered by a variety of musicians with World War II newsreel footage and 20th Century Fox films, in a manner meant by the filmmakers to be similar to the 1975 documentary Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? 
The film was severely mauled by critics and lasted just two weeks in cinemas before being pulled.

All but lost to the footnotes of pop culture history largely due to its unavailability on home video, 1976's All This and World War II was, to put it mildly, an odd film. Cobbled together almost entirely from newsreel footage of World War II, all taken from the vaults of Movietone News, the film wasn't a documentary or an exercise in nostalgia, it was constructed as an anti-war film thanks to the presence of Beatles music which functioned as commentary on the events as they unfolded. Beatles music it may have been, but it wasn't performed by the Beatles: the Fab Four's classic tunes were covered by an all-star cast of pop and rock stars, assembled under the direction of record exec Russ Regan and produced by Lou Reizner. 
These artists were teamed up with a bunch of studio pros, highlighted by pianist Nicky Hopkins, along with the London Symphony Orchestra, who gave this music the bombastic pomp a project like this deserved. If the film itself was quite odd -- most notoriously, it featured Nazi soldiers being run in reverse as "Get Back" played on the soundtrack -- the soundtrack itself isn't particularly strange or compelling. Far from being as fascinatingly grotesque as the disco-fied soundtrack to 1978's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, this is nevertheless similar to that fiasco in how it epitomizes the sound of its era. 
Only two years separated Sgt. Pepper's and All This and World War II, but where the former was a gaudy tacky embodiment of disco-rock and burned-out arena rock, the latter is a self-important, humorless encapsulation of pre-punk album-oriented rock.

This is a Brit-centric soundtrack -- it was a British production after all -- so it shouldn't be a surprise that it's heavy on British prog rockers and pop songwriters with an arty bent: Peter Gabriel, Bryan Ferry, Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne, Elton John, David Essex and Leo Sayer are all here, as are Ambrosia who may not be British but fit in well with that contingent. 
Then, there are mainstream superstars and middle-of-the-road artists like the Bee Gees, Rod Stewart, Helen Reddy, Frankie Laine, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons (separately, mind you), the forgotten Lynsey de Paul, Henry Gross, with the Brothers Johnson and Tina Turner added for some diversity. But the fact of it is, it doesn't really matter who is singing here: it all sounds roughly the same thanks to the London Symphony Orchestra, who gives every song here altogether too much pomp and circumstance. That means that anybody enticed by the prospect of Peter Gabriel reinventing "Strawberry Fields Forever" or Roy Wood running wild on "Lovely Rita" will be disappointed by the perfectly fine versions here because they are, at the core, Reizner and the London Symphony Orchestra's interpretations of these songs; Gabriel and Wood are merely invited guests.

That's the case throughout All This and World War II: with the exception of Elton John's "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," which existed prior to this soundtrack, and Rod Stewart's "Get Back," the only cut here that features electric guitars playing loudly. 
The rest all mushes together in a hazy murk of pompous strings and blaring brass. As a reinterpretation of the Beatles, it's a bit muddy: it's as if all involved decided that since this was for an important film -- a film that really is trying to say something -- the music should be treated in a stodgy fashion, as if it were middlebrow classical music. 
But as a curio, it certainly evokes its time; and almost too well, as a matter of fact, since once it's done it's hard not to see exactly why punk rock happened. 
All songs by Lennon–McCartney. 

Single releases

Side one
1.  Ambrosia - Magical Mystery Tour - 3:52
2.  Elton John - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - 6:11
3.  Bee Gees - Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight - 3:12
4.  Leo Sayer - I Am The Walrus - 3:49
5.  Bryan Ferry - She’s Leaving Home - 3:07
6.  Roy Wood - Lovely Rita - 1:13
7.  Keith Moon - When I’m Sixty-Four - 2:36

Side two
1.  Rod Stewart - Get Back - 4:24
2.  Leo Sayer - Let It Be - 3:43
3.  David Essex - Yesterday - 2:44
4.  Jeff Lynne - With A Little Help From My Friends / Nowhere Man - 6:56
5.  Lynsey De Paul - Because - 3:24
6.  Bee Gees - She Came In Through The Bathroom Window - 1:54
7.  Richard Cocciante - Michelle - 4:00

Side three
1.  The Four Seasons - We Can Work It Out - 2:39
2.  Helen Reddy - The Fool On The Hill - 3:37
3.  Frankie Laine - Maxwell’s Silver Hammer - 3:27
4.  Brothers Johnson - Hey Jude  (Vocals – The Watts Line) - 4:58
5.  Roy Wood - Polythene Pam - 1:30
6.  Bee Gees - Sun King - 2:03
7.  Status Quo - Getting Better - 2:19

Side four
1.  Leo Sayer - The Long And Winding Road - 4:45
2.  Henry Gross - Help   3:07
3.  Peter Gabriel - Strawberry Fields Forever   2:30
4.  Frankie Valli - A Day In The Life   4:04
5.  Tina Turner - Come Together   4:08
6.  Wil Malone & Lou Reizner - You Never Give Me Your Money   3:04
7.  The London Symphony Orchestra - The End   2:26


Personnel
Companies, etc.
Credits

Notes
Released:  1976
Format:  2LP
Genre:  Rock, Pop
Label:  Warner Bros. Records ‎
Catalog#  WB 66 049

Vinyl:   VG+
Cover:   VG+ (Gatefold)

Prijs: €10,00