YELLOW DOG - Yellow Dog (1977 Rock Pop Folk Soul)

BANDA INTERESSANTE E FORMADA POR EX-MEMBROS DA BANDA FOX E QUE CONTAVA AINDA COM "PETER SOLLEY", EX-PALADIN, SNAFU E PROCOL HARUM, MAIS "GERRY CONWAY", EX- FAIRPORT CONVENTION!! SÓ POR CURIOSIDADE, "KENNY YOUNG" É O COMPOSITOR DA FAMOSA E POP MUSICA "UNDER THE BOARDWALK" QUE FÊZ MUITO SUCESSO COM A BANDA THE DRIFTERS E AINDA GANHOU UMA BOA VERSÃO DOS STONES!! NA DISSOLUÇÃO DA FOX A YELLOW DOG FOI FORMADA E GRAVOU ESSE SEU PRIMEIRO ALBUM!! DEPOIS GRAVOU MAIS DOIS MAS MUITO FRACOS!! ESSE É UM BOM DISCO NADA MAIS QUE ISSO, MAS UM DISCO DE AUDIÇÃO AGRADÁVEL, INTERESSANTE, SOANDO MEIO POP, ROCK, FUNK, SOUL E COUNTRY, COM USO DE FLAUTAS, SAX E VIOLINO!! NÃO É ROCK N ROLL NA SUA CONCEPÇÃO, LONGE DISSO, MAS É BOA MÚSICA!! APENAS ISSO!!

Yellow Dog was a British based rock band from the 1970s. Founded by the American songwriter Kenny Young, who had previously been a founder member of Fox. This 70s act revolved around the talents of Kenny Young and Herbie Armstrong. American-born Young was already an established songwriter, having penned ‘Under The Boardwalk’ for the Drifters and ‘Captain Of Your Ship’ for Reparata And The Delrons. The latter proved highly popular in the UK, inspiring the composer to move his base to London where he met his future partner. Guitarist Armstrong was a former member of the Wheels, a Belfast group contemporaneous with Them, before founding a duo with bass player Rod Demick. The duo met up when they both joined Fox and enjoyed a period of UK chart success. On the break-up of Fox in 1977, Yellow Dog was formed and their self-titled album was issued in 1977. However, its brand of sweet pop clashed with the year’s endemic punk explosion. Andy Roberts (guitar, ex-Liverpool Scene and Plainsong), Gary Taylor (bass, ex-Herd) and Gerry Conway (drums, ex-Fairport Convention) augmented the duo on this promising debut, which spawned a UK Top 10 single in ‘Just One More Night’. A second album, in part completed with the assistance of Demick and keyboard player Peter Bardens, proved less successful and the group’s name was dropped soon afterwards.

Kenny Young (guitar, vocals)

Herbie Armstrong (guitar, vocals)

Gerry Conway (drums)

Jim Gannon (guitar)

Andy Roberts (guitar)

Gary Taylor (bass)

01. Stood Up - 3:04

02. Gypsy Soul - 4:06

03. The Green Lizard (Kenny Young) - 4:25

04. Flash Gordon (Kenny Young) - 4:34

05. Yellow Dog - 0:49

06. Indian Summer Rain - 3:21

07. My Lady - 4:02

08. City Bird - 4:57

09. Nobody Got So Much Soul (Kenny Young) - 3:16

10. For Whatever It's Worth (Kenny Young) - 3:23

Bonus:

11. So Alive (single B-side,1977) - 4:03

12. California Here I Don't Come (single B-side,1977) - 3:59

13. Little Gods (single A-side,1978) (Kenny Young) - 3:11

14. Fat Johnny (single B-side,1978) - 3:40

#########

#########

HOWLIN WOLF - The Howlin Wolf Album (1969 Blues Psych)

APENAS UMA HOMENAGEM DO VENENOS DO ROCK A ESSE GRANDE MESTRE BLUESEIRO!! ESSE LP É UM DOS MAIS MALUCOS DO CARA E MISTUROU BLUES COM ROCK PSICODÉLICO!! A CHESS RECORDS TENTOU INCORPORAR AO VELHO E TRADICIONAL BLUES ALGUNS ARRANJOS MAIS "MALUCOS" E O QUE CAÍA BEM PARA O ANO DE 1969 ERA EXATAMENTE A PSICODELIA QUE ESTAVA NO AUGE, POR ISSO SAIU ESSE BOM DISCO QUE DEU NOVAS E PSICODÉLICAS ROUPAGENS AO BOM BLUES DE HOWLIN WOLF COM GUITARRAS WHA-WHA E TUDO MAIS!! UM ESTILO MAIS HENDRIX NO BLUES DO CARA!! PROJETO SIMILAR FOI FEITO COM MUDDY WATERS EM SEU ALBUM ELECTRIC MUD!! OS MÚSICOS AQUI SÃO OS MESMOS DOS DOIS PROJETOS!! VALE DIZER QUE O VELHO E TRADICIONAL HOWLIN WOLF TORCEU O NARIZ PARA ISSO MAS ACABOU CEDENDO E GRAVANDO O ALBUM, MAS MESMO ASSIM  DEPOIS DA GRAVAÇÃO ELE DETONOU DIZENDO QUE ISSO NÃO ERA BLUES!! ESSE PROTESTO TÁ ESCRITO NA PRÓPRIA CAPA DO LP!!! IMAGINEM UM LP ONDE O PRÓPRIO ARTISTA DIZ NA CAPA NÃO TER GOSTADO!! SÓ PODIA VENDER POUCO MESMO!! EU PARTICULARMENTE ACHEI UMA EXPERIÊNCIA MARAVILHOSA!!! UMA "NOVA" MANEIRA DE ESCUTAR O MESTRE HOWLIN WOLF!! UM VENENO RECOMENDADO!! 

De acordo com o guitarrista Pete Cosey, durante as sessões de gravação, Howlin' Wolf olhou para ele e disse: 'Why don't you take them wah-wahs and all that other shit and go throw it off in the lake — on your way to the barber shop?'

"Eu fui negativo no título, e foi uma grande lição: Você não pode dizer na capa que o artista não gostou do álbum. Realmente não vendeu muito bem. Mas era apenas um tentativa. Eram apenas experiências ". Marshall Chess

A TRIBUTE TO GREAT MASTER BLUESY! MIXED BLUES WITH THIS LP PSYCHEDELIC ROCK! THE CHESS RECORDS TRIED TO INCORPORATE THE OLD TRADITIONAL BLUES AND SOME MORE PSYCHEDELIC ARRANGEMENTS WITH GUITARS WHA-WHA AND EVERYTHING ELSE! HENDRIX STYLE MORE!

Howlin’ Wolf (vocal e harmônica)

Morris Jennings (bateria)

Louis Satterfield (baixo)

Pete Cosey (guitarra), Hubert Sumlin (guitarra)

Phil Upchurch (guitarra)

Roland Faulkner (guitarra)

Donald Myrick (flauta)

Gene Barge (saxofone)

1. Spoonful (Willie Dixon) - 3:52

2. Tail Dragger (Willie Dixon) - 4:33

3. Smokestack Lightning (Chester Burnett)- 3:56

4. Moanin' at Midnight (Chester Burnett, Taub)- 3:15

5. Built for Comfort (Willie Dixon) - 5:11

6. The Red Rooster (Willie Dixon, Chester Burnett) - 3:50

7. Evil (Willie Dixon, Chester Burnett)- 4:06

8. Down in the Bottom (Willie Dixon)- 2:45

9. Three Hundred Pounds of Joy (Willie Dixon)- 2:35

10. Back Door Man (Willie Dixon) - 6:30

#########

#########

BLUESPILZ – Eyes Dont Lie (1979 Blues Prog Psych)

ALTA RARIDADE!! 

HIGH RARITY!!

BOA BANDA ALEMÃ QUE FAZIA UM BLUES ROCK PROGRESSIVO E PSICODÉLICO E QUE TINHA NA GUITARRA "SIEGFRIED SCHWARZ", O MESMO DA BOA DUPLA "BRINSLEY & SCHWARZ" QUE LANÇOU BONS DISCOS NOS ANOS 70!!

GOOD GERMAN BAND BLUES ROCK PROGRESSIVE AND PSYCHEDELIC!! ON GUITAR "SIEGFRIED SCHWARZ" THE GOOD THE SAME DUAL "BRINSLEY & SCHWARZ" TAPED THAT GOOD DISCS IN 70 YEARS!!

- Jörg "Balloo" Funke (vocals, harpsichord, flute) 

- Siegfried "Siggi" Schwarz (guitar) 

- Peter "Pit" Zaepernick (bass) 

- Dieter Funke (drums, percussion) 

- Romi Schickle (keyboards) 

- Harry Berger (alto saxophone) 

01 - Eyes Dont Lie 8:00 

02 - Crying Blues 4:26 

03 - Stoned 5:42 

04 - Mexico City Blues 3:46 

05 - Woman 5:26 
http://youtu.be/QP9jEXJKk1k

06 - Death Rumor 10:47 

#########

#########

#########

#########

PLATTERMEN - Old Devil Wine (1972 Ireland Rock Psych Folk Blues Funky)

VENENO SUPER RARÍSSIMO!!

SUPER RARE ALBUM!!

BANDA FORMADA EM 1964 MAS QUE LANÇOU UM ALBUM SOMENTE EM 1972!! NA VERDADE TRATA-SE DE UMA COLETÂNEA DE SEUS SINGLES GRAVADOS COM UMA NOVA ROUPAGEM MAIS SETENTISTA!! ESSE ALBUM SE TORNOU UM DOS MAIS RAROS E CAROS ENTRE COLECIONADORES IRLANDESES E AO REDOR DO MUNDO PORQUE NUNCA FOI REEDITADO!! VENENO RARÍSSIMO E EXCLUSIVO DO BLOG VENENOS DO ROCK!!

MOST LP'S ON THIS LABEL ARE FOLK ORIENTATED BUT THIS IS DEFINETLY ROCK - IT EVEN SAYS ON BACK SLEEVE 'FILE UNDER ROCK'. MANY VARIOUS STYLES HERE FROM PSYCH, BLUES , COUNTRY & HEAVY ROCK!!

In 1960 four brass players from Omagh – Ray Moore, Leo Doran, Billy McGinty, and Pat Chesters – started The Platters Paramount Showband. Recruiting country & western crooner Brian Coll, and changing their name because of the American doo-wop group of the same name, by the mid ’60s The Plattermen were a major draw on the showband ballroom circuit. From 1965 on they released a string of country and pop ballads including I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen, and in 1966 - in an adaptation of Roger Miller’s England Swings - they paid tribute to the scene by singing that “Ireland swings like nowhere else can, swings to the sound of the big showband. Pixies and Freshmen, the Capitol too, maybe the Plattermen’s the band for you.”  

Times were changing however, and their music began to lose its appeal. In 1967 bass player Rob Strong and guitarist Alan McCartney joined, and the following year Brian Coll left to be replaced by singer Simon Scott. The Plattermen began experimenting with a more contemporary sound; while Scott would continue to sing pop and ballad material, Strong became the driving force in the group by singing heavier soul / R’n'B tracks. By 1970 they were being hailed for this new direction with the release of the Strong-fronted single Smiling Faces (a cover of the Traffic song). The band themselves declared in a magazine announcement, “In ’71 We’re Goin’ Kinda Heavy”, and when they released an album in 1972 it bore the legend “File under Rock” - the band clearly keen to prove they had turned a corner.

That album – actually their first, notwithstanding a 1970 greatest hits collection of their singles with Coll – was Old Devil Wine, recorded in Dublin and released through the local Dolphin Records label. It was in marked contrast to their earlier material, with mostly original songs owing a debt to the brass-led soul blues rock sound of Blood Sweat & Tears more than anyone else. The track African Wah Wah was credited to The Plattermen’s John Trotter, although it’s clearly a straight cover of Santana’s Soul Sacrifice (albeit spiced with the addition of Trotter’s violin), but this aside, the album has come to be very highly regarded among collectors of both Irish music and rock music in general. The fact that it has never been re-issued has caused it to become among the most expensive Irish rock records.  

 

01. Old Devil Wine

02. Play To-Day, Play To-Day

03. Julie

04. African Wah Wah

05. Love Song

06. Gimme That Wine

07. Blue

08. Cat’s Eye

http://youtu.be/tnvgt-8I6L0

09. Country Boy Blues

10. That’s It

11. You Don’t Love Me

12. Help Me Doctor Jesus

13. I’m Goin’ Home

14. Tawny Wine    

https://mega.nz/file/xtch1QJZ#3t2ayF2LSuB2TD9kxyiZNsEEkeyo3U37NFceVSbPa0E

COOL HAMBONE - Single 7" (1972 Sweden Blues Rock)

RAREST!! RARÍSSIMO!!

ALBUM SINGLE COM APENAS DUAS CANÇÕES, AMBAS DIRECIONADAS AO ESTILO BLUES!! A PRIMEIRA FAIXA É UM RYTHM BLUES MAIS AO ESTILO STONES E A SEGUNDA UM BLUES MAIS PURO COM GUITARRA SLIDER E TUDO MAIS DO BLUES MAIS TRADICIONAL!! VENENO RARÍSSIMO E DE COLECIONADOR!!

SINGLE ALBUM WITH TWO SONGS DIRECTED TO STYLE BLUES! THE FIRST IS A RYTHM BLUES MORE TO STYLE STONES AND THE SECOND ONE MORE PURE BLUES GUITAR WITH SLIDER AND MORE ALL THE MORE TRADITIONAL BLUES! 

RARE POISON AND COLLECTOR!

Roffe Wikström - vocals & guitar

Per "Slim" Notini - piano

Thomas Jutterström - organ

Göran Malmberg - bass

Pelle Ekman - drums (1)

Ola Brunkert - drums (2)

01. I'm So Tired Of It

02. Supervisor Blues

########

########

RODAN - Rodan (1974 US Jazz Prog Hard Funky)

VENENO RARÍSSIMO!!

HIGH RARITY!!

ALBUM COM UMA PRENSAGEM PRIVADA DE APENAS 200 CÓPIAS!! A SONORIDADE PASSEIA ENTRE JAZZ FUSION, FUNK, BLUES, PROGRESSIVE E OUTRO GÊNEROS, EM CANÇÕES CURTAS E COM USO DE FLAUTAS EM ALGUMAS DELAS!! VENENO RARÍSSIMO, INTERESSANTE E QUE VALE A PENA DAR UM TÉKINHO!!

Hey were influenced by jazz fusion, funk, and other genres, including progressive rock!! Private prees 200 copies!! Super horn rock album, that absolutely kills on most of the 12 short tracks. There are a couple of bluesy moves and at least one James Brown styled funker, but mostly this just rips from start to finish. The kind of album you wish all horn rockers were. Smoking guitar and great brass charts. The rhythm section never stops. California based group was actually known as MAX, and toured extensively with groups like Malo and Tower of Power. Album sports a fantastic drawing on the cover.

01. Soldier of Fortune  

02. Today's the Day  

03. Aub De Baub  

04. Rainbows  

05. Juicy Lucy  

06. Music Man  

07. Frizzle Frazzle Gal  

08. You Are the One  

09. Pandoras Theme  

10. Pay 4 the Muzak  

11. Salty Lady  

12. Watch Tower Seller  

########

########

########

########

FIRE - Could You Understand Me (1973 Yugoslavian Hardrock Psych)

A EXTINTA IUGUSLÁVIA TAMBÉM TINHA SEUS BONS VENENOS!! ÓTIMA BANDA QUE GRAVOU UM ÚNICO ÁLBUM E SUMIU DO PLANETA!! É UM HARD ROCK PSICODÉLICO COM GUITARRAS DISTORCIDAS, UM SOM "SUJO", PESADO E BEM LEGAL E QUE NOS MOMENTOS EM QUE ENTRAM MAIS NO BLUES O SOM FICA MAIS LÍMPIDO!! ESSE É UM ÁLBUM QUE JÁ FOI POSTADO EM VÁRIOS BLOGS, MAS ACHEI QUE MERECIA ESTAR ENTRE OS VENENOS E POR ISSO REPAREI ESSE ERRO AGORA!! VENENO DO BOM E RECOMENDADO!!

Fire - Could You Understand Me CD reissue of savage 1973 heavy psychedelic hard rock with brutal distorted caveman guitars all over the place.These guys were probably big fans of Led Zeppelin, Steppenwolf and Black Sabbath!

Jura Havidic (guitar, vocals)

Miljenko Balic (bass)

Emil Vugrinec (drums, vocals)

01. Could You Understand Me 03:35 

02. Dedicated To Love 03:04 

03. Memory Of You 05:07 

04. Jeden Divan Dan (A Wonderfull Day) 07:35 

05. Hey You 06:35 

06. Where Are You 03:22 

07. Flames 09:00 

########

########