OK here we go! Got some cool stuff this week. Next week how about some acousticy folky stuff. We haven't had a folk music week in a long time!

Can - Cannibalism No. 3

Ok I know it says "Can" on the cover, but this isn't a Can CD. It's a compilation of tracks from solo albums released by Can members Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, and Irmin Schmidt. Nothing here sounds particularly Can-like, but every track is strong, eccentric maybe, but not a weak track on this.

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Deep Purple - The Early Years

Fourteen tracks from Deep Purple Mk I, that is the first three albums, either remastered or previously unreleased versions. Not just another compilation, this thing is actually awesome, especially for a Deep Purple fan!

1. And The Address (2003 Remix)
2. Hush (1968 Monitor Mix)
3. Mandrake Root
4. I'm So Glad (2003 Remix)
5. Hey Joe (2003 Remix)
6. Kentucky Woman (Alternate Take)
7. Listen Learn Read On
8. Shield
9. Wring That Neck (BBC)
10. Anthem
11. Bird Has Flown
12. Blind (2003 Remix)
13. Why Didn't Rosemary
14. Lalena (Instrumental)

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Hampton Grease Band - Music To Eat (1971)

Hampton Grease Band was a group from Atlanta Georgia USA that somehow got signed to Columbia Records and made one of the worst-selling records in the label's history. This will appeal to lovers of weird rock, with it's strange songs, bizarre lyrics that are screamed, whispered and spoken - and outstanding musicianship. These guys were probably way ahead of their time, but had little commercial potential. Will be too strange for most listeners I think, but worth checking out, as this is a seldom seen album.

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Mott The Hoople - Live Fillmore West, San Francisco (1970)

Sounding like a bootleg, this is a legitimate release using mono soundboard tapes provided by Overend Watts. Mostly from their first US tour, with four tracks from their second US tour, and an unreleased studio track recorded during the sessions for "Mad Shadows". The sound quality of these live tracks may be a little lacking but every Mott The Hoople fan will appreciate the performances, including some on-stage patter. What it must have been like to hear these guys then - they were an awesome live act. The booklet has got some great stories in it.

1. Angel Of Eighth Avenue
2. It'll Be Me
3. Walkin' With A Mountain
4. Whiskey Women
5. Darkness Darkness
6. No Wheels To Ride
7. Rock 'n' Roll Queen
8. At The Crossroads
9. Keep-A-Knockin
10. Thunderbuck Ram
11. Laugh At Me
12. You Really Got Me
13. The Wreck Of The Liberty Belle

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Release Music Orchestra - Bremen 1978

Great jazz/rock fusion from this German band, who had a couple tracks on the "Brain Festival Essen" albums that I posted a few months back. The music is very sophisticated, similar maybe to Passport or contemporary Weather Report.

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Peter Frohmader - Musik Aus Dem Schattenreich (1981)

Michael from France sent this to me, and it is just as the title says "Music From Shadow Realm". A couple of the early tracks feature crashing guitar chords, pounding drums, and weird, pulsing, cyclic electronic sounds. The last track features some tasty bass. The balance of the material is strictly electronic, evoking the coldness of deep space, or the moon rising over the pyramids. Or just a bad, bad feeling, a feeling of ominous dread. Hard to describe, I don't think anything I've heard is comparable to this. I have a feeling that if classic Amon Düül II and Magma got together and they all had the same bad trip, this music sounds like something they might come up with. Dark and eerie, I think this probably needs more than one listen to really get it.

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Stoneground - Stoneground (1971)

How about something a little more upbeat? My god that last one was spooky! This great hippie band featured the voice, guitar, and songwriting skills of former Beau Brummel Sal Valentino. But he was only one voice. This band of Bay Area hipsters had four female singers, and no less that six different lead vocalists on the ten tracks on this album. The photo on the back cover shows about a dozen people on stage! Every song is great, whether it is gospel rock, funk, R & B, power ballad, whatever. My favorite track is a Sal Valentino tune, "Colonel Chicken Fry". No wait, it's the cover of Rev. Gary Davis' "Great Change Since I've been Born". Maybe "Looking For You"! Well like I said they're all great. If you like 70's West Coast hippie music, this is a forgotten gem.

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Anyone's Daughter - Adonis (1979)

"I have been a big fan of this act for some time now and still rank them as one of my all time favorite prog acts. Anyone's Daughter mix gentle vocal harmonies with some superb progressive rock elements. Uwe Karpa adds some beautiful and tasty guitar leads which seem to blend to perfection with Harald Bareth's bass and lead vocal. Anyone's Daughter offer both English and German lp's and Adonis happens to be one they elected to sing in English . Although Adonis does certainly contain a rather awesome amount of great progressive moments, the major highlight still remains the title epic track "ADONIS" (27 mins). Musicianship is very high here and Anyone's Daughter are very easy to listen to and get into....the music is sophisticated but remains very much in control and many different moods swings. At times I get a very strong underground German feel to the music which I love. To this day Harald's voice still remains one of my all time favorites and the music of Anyone's Daughter is essential in your collection....Highly required and is very intelligent music..." (Wonderful World Of Progressive Rock)

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Spektakel - Spektakel (1974)

Precursor band to the German group "Schicke, Fuhrs, Frohling", this awesome symphonic rock was recorded in 1974 and wasn't released until just a few years ago. The music is similar to that done by SFF, if you haven't heard them, think maybe a combination of King Crimson/Van Der Graaf Generator. Four l-o-n-g tracks coming in at just over an hour, loads of Mellotron, Hammond organ & Moog, and brilliant guitar solos from Heinz Fröhling. No overly long solos, all the instruments combine to give great jam-oriented, atmospheric soundscapes.

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OK see you later!