David Carradine - Grasshopper (1975)

In addition to his acting career, Carradine was a musician. He sang and played the piano, the guitar and the flute among other instruments. In 1970, Carradine played one half of a flower power beatnik duo in the season 4 Ironside episode "The Quincunx," performing the songs "I Stepped on a Flower," "Lonesome Stranger," and "Sorrow of the Singing Tree." He recorded an album titled Grasshopper, which was released in 1975. His musical talents were often integrated into his screen performances. He performed several of Woody Guthrie's songs for the movie Bound for Glory. For the Kung Fu series he made flutes out of bamboo that he had planted on the Warner Brothers lot. He later made several flutes for the movie Circle of Iron, one of which he later played in Kill Bill. Carradine wrote and performed the theme songs for at least two movies that he starred in, Americana and Sonny Boy. The first line from the Sonny Boy theme, "Paint", which he wrote while filming Americana in Drury, Kansas, in 1973, is engraved on his headstone. He wrote and performed several songs for American Reel (2003) and wrote the score for You and Me. He and his brother, Robert, also performed with a band, the Cosmic Rescue Team (also known as Soul Dogs). The band performed primarily in small venues and benefits.

It was sad to hear of the death of David Carradine recently. Back in 1975, he had great success with the Kung Fu TV series and released this album of self-composed songs. At the time, to promote the album, he appeared on the UK chat show Russell Harty.

1. Around - 3:18

2. 5 a.m. - 2:48 

3. Feeling That Grows - 2:43  

4. Cosmic Joke - 3:04 

5. Last Chance - 3:43 

6. You And Me - 2:02 

7. Chicken Song - 1:08 

8. Big Mack Truck - 3:57 

9. John Drew - 3:09 

10. Everytime - 2:45 

11. Simple Man - 3:32 

12. Hollow Sounding Drum - 3:34  

13. The Phoenix - 2:39

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The Escalators - Self Titled EP (1980)

The Escalators were a short-lived British rock outfit led by bassist Nigel Lewis and drummer Mark Robertson, who formed the group in 1982 after leaving the Meteors, the influential U.K. psychobilly act fronted by Paul Fenech. Looking for a more diverse musical landscape than the warped rockabilly approach of the Meteors, Lewis and Robertson were joined by guitarist Bart Coles and vocalist Woodie, and adopted a sound that fused elements of rockabilly, garage rock, and psychedelia into a sinister but expressive sonic brew. 

The Escalators is a band that sounds quite unlike anything else. Taking its inspiration from some of the artistic concepts of master film maker David Lynch the band has developed it’s own very unique approach to music making. While not specifically referencing David Lynch, composer Kynan Robinson sought to imply concepts such as an investigation into normality as well as an application of dual narratives involving both the ideas of reality and fantasy into the sometimes beautiful, sometimes unsettling music played by the Escalators.
The band has worked with a visual artists Kiron Robinson and Michelle Robinson to create a set design which includes video, and a live show which tetters on the ege of haunting beauty an Lynchian wierdness.The Escalators consists of a veritable whos who of the Melbourne music scene with all of it’s performers playing in dozens of other significant Melbourne bands.

After putting out a couple of singles, the Escalators released their first album, Moving Staircases, through Big Beat in 1983, but it soon proved to also be the group's last, as the band broke up by the end of the year. Lewis and Robertson continued on, playing hard-edged garage rock with their new group, the Tall Boys, formed shortly after the Escalators called it a day; given Lewis and Robertson's following among fans of off-center British rock, Moving Staircases was given a reissue on CD by Big Beat in late 2006.

1.  Here Come That Girl Again - 3:09

2.  Strange Girl - 4:07

3.  Wooly Bully - 4:01

4.  Double Talk - 5:21

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Tin Angel - Tin Angel (1983)

Tin Angel (formerly Toronto band 'The IUDs'), was an 80's all-female punk-turned-pop band based out of New York city who released a self-titled album in 1983 on Atlantic Records which was produced by Jack Douglas (Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, Double Fantasy Lennon).

This seems like a band that was put together in the wake of the success of the GO GO's,Pat Benetar,Quarterflash, with a Runaways street rocker feel to it.The Songs are very generic with no thought behind any of them. I'm very glad I only paid a buck for this album. 
Only one or two songs are decent enough and that isn't saying much. This came out in 1983 and I can tell why this didn't sell. This type of overproduced girl rock was out of style by the time it was released. Funny enough they only made one album and dropped off the face of the earth. Do yourself a favor and pass this one up.

1.  Keep Love Burning - 3:10

2.  Imagination - 3:31

3.  Rearrange - 3:50

4.  Ain't Worth a Dime - 3:23

5.  The Waiting Room - 5:11

6.  Round Round - 3:46

7.  Way of Life (9 to 5) - 3:04

8.  Can't Get Close Enough - 3:17

9.  Tap a Line - 3:10
10.  Itchin' to Win - 3:03

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Bruce Cockburn - Night Vision (1973)

Night Vision is the fourth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn released domestically on True North Records. The album's artwork is an adaptation of a painting by Alex Colville entitled "Horse and Train".

Night Vision is Bruce Cockburn's fourth album - released in 1973, it's mostly pretty good. It has Cockburn turning away from the brighter, more optimistic songs that filled his first three albums, and more towards the seriousness of his later works. "You Don't Have to Play the Horses" and the shorter piece "The Blues Got the World..." point this up effectively, along with one of his very best instrumental tracks, the minor-key "Islands in a Black Sky."
Some of the earlier sprightliness remains - the short opening instrumental "Foxglove" plays like a hornpipe, and is certain to set any listener's toes to tapping. Some of the material doesn't work quite as well - "When the Sun Goes Nova" sounds a little silly for a concept (the eventual death of the sun as a red giant) that's sort of dark and serious - but as long Cockburn continues to remind us that there is life to be lived ("Mama Just Wants to Barrelhouse All Night Long" is a good indication of that), a decent balance is kept with this album.
Overall, Night Vision is a good album; Cockburn was still finding his voice at this point, but for an artist who's had a career as long as his (43 years at this point, if one counts the fact that his 1970 eponymous debut album was recorded in the late fall of 1969), that's allowed. He hasn't made a bad album yet, even if they weren't all perfectly memorable. Night Vision is definitely one of the better ones nonetheless.

A little darker this time out (hence the title), Bruce Cockburn's fourth album find even greater rewards. Backed by a complete band, many of the songs hold up better through time. Sure, there's still the light-hearted folksy bits like "The Blues Got the World...," but there's also a gutsier sound exemplified in "You Don't Have to Play the Horses" and even a trick out of the Tom Waits song-style on "Mama Just Wants to Barrelhouse All Night Long." No matter what type of music you're looking for, there's something here that will tickle your fancy.

1.   Foxglove - 1:29

2 .  You Don't Have to Play the Horses - 3:49

3 .  The Blues Got the World... - 1:52

4.    Mama Just Wants to Barrelhouse All Night Long - 4:14

5.   Islands in a Black Sky - 7:40

6.   Clocks Don't Bring Tomorrow - Knives Don't Bring Good News - 6:49

7.   When the Sun Goes Nova - 2:42

8.   Déjà Vu - 5:36

9.   Light Storm - 2:33

10.   God Bless the Children - 4:17

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C.W. McCall - Rubber Duck (1976)

Rubber Duck is an album by country musician C. W. McCall, released on Polydor Records in 1976. It is his fourth album, released the same year as Wilderness, but concentrating on the themes the McCall character was popular for – trucking, as opposed to the various depictions of nature that could be found in Wilderness. Among others, the album contains the song "'Round the World with the Rubber Duck", a sequel to McCall's earlier wildly popular hit "Convoy", with many humorous and absurd elements added. "Audubon" is a quasi-autobiographical song, while "Ratchetjaw" is a take on trucker slang, with a multitude of CB-related terminology included in the lyrics.

1.  "'Round the World with the Rubber Duck" (Bill Fries, Chip Davis) – 4:08

2.  "Audubon" (Fries, Davis) – 3:41

3.  "Super Slab Showdown" (Fries, Davis)

4.  "Windshield Wipers in the Rain" (Fries, Davis) – 3:41

5.  "Sing Silent Night" (Fries, Davis)

6.  "Ratchetjaw" (Fries, Davis) – 2:38

7.  "Nishnabotna" (Fries, Davis)

8.  "Two-Way Lovin'" (Fries, Davis)

9.  "Camp Bird Mine" (Fries, Davis) – 3:36

10.  "Niobrara" (Fries, Davis)

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Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today (1975)

There's No Place Like America Today is a 1975 studio album by Curtis Mayfield. It peaked at number 120 on the Billboard 200 chart, as well as number 13 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

The title is intended in an ironic way, as illustrated not only by the cover -- a grim parody of late-'40s/early-'50s advertising imagery depicting white versus black social reality -- but the grim yet utterly catchy and haunting opening number, "Billy Jack." A song about gun violence that was years ahead of its time, it's scored to an incisive horn arrangement by Richard Tufo. "When Seasons Change" is a beautifully wrought account of the miseries of urban life that contains elements of both gospel and contemporary soul. The album's one big song, "So in Love," which made number 67 on the pop charts but was a Top Ten soul hit, is only the prettiest of a string of exquisite tracks on the album, including "Blue Monday People" and "Jesus" and the soaring finale, "Love to the People," broken up by the harder-edged "Hard Times." The album doesn't really have as clearly delineated a body of songs as Mayfield's earlier topical releases, but it's in the same league with his other work of the period and represents him near his prime as a composer.

The album cover was based on a 1937 monochrome photograph by Margaret Bourke-White, titled At the Time of the Louisville Flood, on which the advertising slogan was "There's No Way Like the American Way". The original photograph was published in the February 15, 1937 edition of Life magazine.

1. Billy Jack - 6:10

2. When Seasons Change - 5:28

3. So in Love - 5:15

4. Jesus - 6:13

5. Blue Monday People - 4:50

6. Hard Times - 3:45

7. Love to the People - 4:07

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Prince - Piano & A Microphone 1983 (2018)

In de eerste week van november 2015 gonsde het van de geruchten over een op handen zijnde Europese tour van Prince.

Een datum in Parijs leek bevestigd en andere Europese steden zouden snel volgen. Het zou niet zomaar een tour worden,

want tijdens de Piano & A Microphone Tour zou Prince niet met een band optreden, maar het doen met een vleugel en een

microfoon.

Obscuur pareltje van Prince uit de overvolle kluizen van de Paisley Park Studios.

Sinds de trieste dood van Prince wordt er volop gespeculeerd over al het moois dat uit de kluizen van de Paisley Park Studios moet gaan komen. Vooralsnog valt de oogst helaas erg tegen, maar de eerste worp uit de archieven is een bijzondere. Prince zit achter de piano en is gewoon lekker aan het spelen. Af en toe komt er een flard van een hit voorbij, maar het genie uit Minneapolis neemt ook de tijd voor lange improvisaties.

Het is er wat mij betreft een voor de echte fans en die zullen blij zijn met deze release.

Een mooi en bijzonder inkijkje in het muzikale leven van een van de grootheden uit de

geschiedenis van de popmuziek.

1.  17 Days (6:22)

2.  Purple Rain (1:26)

3.  A Case of You (1:40)

4.  Mary Don't You Weep (4:42)

5.  Strange Relationship (2:38)

6.  International Lover (3:48)

7.  Wednesday (1:59)

8.  Cold Coffee & Cocaine (5:13)

9.  Why the Butterflies (6:26)

10.  Father's Song [Bonus] (5:30)

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Suzi Quatro - Unreleased Emotion (1998)

Tracklist

1.  Pardon Me - 3:29
2.  There She Goes - 2:49
3.  Can I Be Your Girl - 4:12
4.  I`M a Rocker - 3:55
5.  Strange Encounters - 3:08
6.  Comes The Night - 3:54
7.  Starry Night - 3:44
8.  Good Girl (Looking For A Bad Time) - 3:33
9.  Everything I Ever Wanted - 3:17
10.  Secret Hidaway - 3:42
11.  Just Like Momma - 3:35
12. Suzi Q (Susie Q) - 1:20

Label:  Connoisseur Collection
Released:  1998
Genre : Rock, Pop

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Mud - Live In Holland (2015)

Tracklist

1. Oh Boy
2. The Secrets That You Keep
3. Shaking All Over
4. One Night With You
5. Medley: Jailhouse Rock - All Shook Up
6. Medley: Tulips From Amsterdam - Good Rockin'Tonight
7. Blue Suede Shoes
8. The Cat Crept In
9. Dyna-Mite
10. Lonely This Christmas
11. Tiger Feet

Label: SAM SAM MUSIC
Genre: Glamrock
Original Release Date: 16 Nov. 2015

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George McCrae - Love (2016)

Tracklist

1.  Love  (3:36)
2.  We Got Love  (3:05)
3.  Longing for You  (2:47)
4.  Love Me  (4:05)
5.  Call Me  (3:25)
6.  Count on Me  (3:52)
7.  Rosanna  (4:04)
8.  Brand New Man  (2:50)
9.  Sexy Woman  (3:12)
10.  Beautiful  (3:20)
11.  Ooh Baby Baby  (3:15)
12.  Girl of My Dreams  (3:11)
13.  A Taste of Heaven  (3:13)
14.  Living Out a Dream  (3:57)
15. A Taste of Heaven (Reprise)  (1:26)

Label:  PopMi Music ‎– PMILP1601
Released:  2016
Genre:  Funk / Soul

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