VA - Rockin' Instrumentals 2CD 98 "Made For TV" release only

 REPOST:  Nuff's enough, gonna nip this thing in bud right now and feature this old repost as main post this week.  Like the 'Spirit of the 60's (also a Made For TV only double CD) I constantly had this in my car playing loudly.  Seems no one remembers any of these classic instrumentals and for good reason because this is way out of print and no other compilation captures the best instrumentals that no one seems to remember.  This is listening 101 class this week, hope you enjoy!  Features:  The Ventures, The Marketts (have posted them), Dave 'Baby' Cortez, The Surfaris, Ray Anthony AHO, The Virtues, King Curtis & The Noble Knights, Sandy Nelson, Santo & Johnny, Lonnie Mack, Jorgen Ingmann & His Guitar, Johnny & The Hurricanes, Al Hirt, The Champs (see Rock' N' Roll post this week below), Ramsey Lewis, Cannonball Adderley (have posted), Link Wray & His Ray Men, The Rebels, The Chantays, B. Bumble & The Stingers, Hugh Masekela, The String-A-Longs, Bill Black Combo (see below post), Young-Holt Unlimited, Bill Justis, The Mar-Keys, Billy Vaughn AHO, Duane Eddy, Lawrence Welk, Mongo Santamaria (search above), Booker T & The MG's, The T-Bones and Walter Murphy (see post below for album)). 

https://bestfile.io/B7ycgxL49vhocd5/file

THE MR. T EXPERIENCE - Everybody's Entitled To Their Own Opinion LP 86 w Night Shift At The Thrill Factory cassette 88

REPOST:  Well I love this band and totally wore out both of these listening to them so much back in the day.  I finally got to see them at the Troubadour that year I lived in L.A. and I remember talking to a local who pow-powed how great all their releases had been up to that year 2003 and I agreed they were a band at a higher level than the rest. I mentioned I was from MN and he said he 'had heard that Dave Pirner's (from Soul Asylum) solo album had tanked and was giving me shit as we talked drunkenly after the show outside...kind of laughed remembering that.  Anyhoo, for this instrumental focus this week that started in the comment section over at Jokonky blogspot I mentioned 'Surfin' Cow' as a favorite instrumental and they informed me that is WAS a good instrumental but link was down so here ya go!

https://bestfile.io/r85shlevTD3aU5C/file

JERRY BUTLER AND EXUMA "Joe" MPST LP 70 -

 This is a great sounding movie soundtrack on vinyl that I just found from EXUMA post below.  Will have to check it out but I think I already have the MP4 that I made from VHS if I can find it as still unlabeled.

https://bestfile.io/YkPzbPrc0pbZltk/file

VA - VIACOMCMD VHS to MP3 MIX w Bonus Phone tape

Going to slip in another one of my old cassette compilations here wherein this one has a side of all VHS songs converted to MP3's that I had recorded off MTV or Night Flyte cable shows and the other side is my own "home taping wunderkind" project as the D.J.'s said in my last VIACOMCMD comp about the Rudy Schwartz Project.  What had happened was I was out of cassettes and taped over a side of SPEARHEAD since I had the CD already (had taped it for my walkman--didn't have CD walkmans back then) with my phone messages and somehow I had used a hand held recorder as some background talking.  At any rate these are my old friends and insurance agent back in 1994 a big year for music.  It is quite hilarious to me what they say and talk of extra show tickets for Mike Watt, Belly, etc.  I had a walkie talkie police scanner back then and so the last part of the crazy tape are clips from a live feed conversation that I can't quite understand but the whole thing has a 'finished' home taping project kind of sound.  Decided to include it anyway even though the names are no long in MN mostly.  Bands featured:  Green Day & Primus great early live songs, Big Head Todd & The Monsters and Feelies on Letterman, Miracle Legion - Snacks And Candy video, Chi Ali - video, Butthole Surfers - Bong Song and Live Video, MC5 - Kick Out The Jams live, Run Westy Run, Ween & Portishead all from CD at end to fill in back then.

https://bestfile.io/lkrMNTfNpR3frxH/file

THE WALTER MURPHY BAND - A FIFTH OF BEETHOVEN LP 76

Keeping with the instrumental's main post this week, turned out I had got this long ago.  Per Discogs:  Real Name:      Walter Anthony Murphy, Jr.

Profile:       American composer, keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer.

Classically-trained pianist and former advertising jingle writer, comes to fame with his Disco single "A Fifth Of Beethoven" , that topped the US Hot 100 in 1976 and was subsequently featured on the best-selling soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever.

In an effort to stimulate sales, his record company credited some releases of the single to Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band or just The Walter Murphy Band.

In a career spanning over five decades, Murphy has written music for numerous films and TV shows, including The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Looney Tunes, and Family Guy

Born: December 19, 1952 in New York City, New York.

https://bestfile.io/MUnfqfcjdoHYnEm/file

BILL BLACK AND HIS COMBO - Saxy Jazz LP 60 w Plays Tunes By Chuck Berry LP 64 w Mr. Beat LP 65 w Black With Sugar LP 69

REPOST and ADD ON:  A mention of this band over at a recent instrumentals post at Jokonky blogspot reminded me I had three more vinyl of his to add to my first Saxy Jazz post and then to main post this week.  What I wrote last time:  You will recognize the first of these instrumental tunes called 'Smokie' as it is one of the classics used for my old made for TV posted CD rip of 'rockin' instrumentals'.  Another no-cover Good Will find.

https://bestfile.io/6YvunPkZJ8RKPGC/file

VA - ROCK 'N ROLL REVIVAL LP

IT'S ONLY ROCK 'N ROLL:  Yet another cool vinyl in this category such that I had to search for other volumes and found a vinyl box set of all three volumes that is on the way!  Features:  Bill Haley & The Comets, The Platters, Wilbert Harrison, Fats Domino, Tommy Roe, Ray Stevens, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Champs and Dusty Springfield.  Enjoy, there's more to come!

https://bestfile.io/q6Y8kU22mkjvxFR/file

BOONE DUNBAR & FRIENDS - LIVE AT THE CHASE tape

 Not on Discogs but works with the Indiana State University Jazz Ensemble on this studio session.

https://bestfile.io/5TcXNI5gqNIsobw/file

HARRY JAMES AHO - Stompin' At The Savoy tape 48 92 w VA - Battle Of The Bands Vol. 1 LP with Harry James & Woody Herman

For the big band selection this week we have a key player for sure with bonus of Woody Herman.  Per Discogs:  Real Name:     Harry Haag James

Profile:  American jazz trumpeter who came to fame mainly through playing with Benny Goodman, then struck out on his own as a band leader at the age of 23. Played his last show just nine days before his death.

Born: March 15, 1916, Albany, Georgia, USA.

Died: July 5, 1983, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

https://bestfile.io/FvfX7naFdi6JayM/file

RAFFI - BABY BELUGA LP 80

For the kids music selection this week I think everyone has heard of Raffi!  Per Discogs:  

Real Name:   Raffi Cavoukian

Profile:  Canadian singer-songwriter, lyricist, musician, and author best known for children's music.

Born July 8, 1948 in Cairo, Egypt

https://bestfile.io/en/JLuwLA2iXzK3Iqs/file

NICO - I'm Not Sayin' 7 65 w Femme Fatale 2LP 82 88 w Chelsea Girl CD 67 w The Marble Index CD 68 w Desertshore CD 70 w The End CD 74 w Drama Of Exile CD 81 w Do Or Die! ROIR Cassette 82 w The Velvet Underground & NICO - Studio Jam NYC late 60's (mp4)

REPOST Request and ADD ON:  Just going to show the double vinyl gem that I originally posted which is some later period vinyl with some Nico from Velvet Underground songs in 1982 in a studio with the New Order producer and the rest of this double is live songs from 88 tour.  Per Discogs:  Real Name:   Christa Päffgen

Profile:

Nico was a German singer, songwriter, musician, model and actress, born in Köln (Cologne) on 18 October 1938. She died in a bicycle accident on Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain, on 18 July 1988. According to her autobiography, her Catholic father Wilhelm Päffgen was an archeologist, stemming from a wealthy Bavarian brew master dynasty. But that can´t be correct: Gisela Päffgen proved that there wasn´t any relative named "Wilhelm Päffgen" - but an employee called "Hermann Willhelm Päffgen". Nico´s father died in WWII in 1942, and her mother Margarete (née Schulze, 1910-70) moved to Berlin-Schöneberg. Due to the heavy bombings, they soon moved again, to Lübbenau in Brandenburg, a small town in the eastern part of Germany.

After the war, mother and daughter moved to Berlin where Nico, aged 15 and already 175 cm (5'9") tall, was discovered by photographer Herbert Tobias while she worked as a sales person at the KaDeWe department store. He supposedly gave her the nickname Nico after his lover, the Greek movie maker Nikos Papatakis. At first, she called herself both Christa Nico and Nico Otzak, but settled for Nico. The modelling career soon set off for the statuesque brunette-turned-blonde, which allowed her to work in Berlin, Paris, London and Rome. Already in the late 1950s she had an unprecedented modelling career for a German (with a contract with the Eileen Ford Agency), which enabled her to buy a house for her mother (already suffering from Parkinson's) on Ibiza in 1962. And it was in Rome where she had her first movie appearance as 'Nico' in Federico Fellini's 'La dolce vita'. In 1959 she moved to Paris where she had an affair with Alain Delon and in 1962 gave birth to her only son, the troubled Ari Boulogne whose father never acknowledged him.

In London she met Brian Jones and recorded her first single Nico (3) - I'm Not Sayin / The Last Mile, produced by Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham. While modeling in New York, Bob Dylan introduced her to Andy Warhol and The Velvet Underground. She sang three songs on the Velvet Underground's debut LP and played roles in several Warhol films. Following the release of her debut album, Nico - Chelsea Girl, her friend Jim Morrison encouraged her to write her own material.

She toured extensively in Europe, United States, Australia and Japan in the 1980s. After a concert in Berlin in June 1988, she went on holiday in Ibiza to rest. There she fell dead off a bicycle while taking a ride. At the time it happened, the story was that she was already dead from a stroke (brain hemmorhage) falling off the bike, whereas the narrative nowadays has been changed to "an accident" after which she died. Her ashes are buried at Friedhof Grunewald-Forst in Berlin at a place historically known as "Cemetery of the Unknown" or "The Suicide Cemetery".

MP3's and pic's:  https://bestfile.io/en/MKI9wB5J2oslU9G/file

MP4 rip I got in NYC:  https://bestfile.io/en/2tI2KgNUb12S9Pn/file

Bonus!!! MP4 of The Call & Ultravox (posted for a friend's blog in their comment section):  https://bestfile.io/en/nfuYFigUPimUkGZ/file

MICK RONSON - Slaughter On 10th Avenue LP 74 w Play Don't Worry LP 75 w Just Like This 2CD 76 99 w Heaven & Hull CD 84 11

REPOST Request;  Thanks to the blogs that posted the later two that I did not rip.  Per Discogs:  Real Name:Michael Ronson   Profile:  British multi-instrumentalist (but best known for the guitar), composer, arranger, and producer.

As a child he learnt to play the piano, recorder, violin, harmonium, before moving on to the guitar. In November 1963, he joined his first band called The Mariners, aged 17. They were followed by The Crestas, whom he left in 1965 and moved to London. There he joined The Voice, but this proved untimely as they were disbanded a short time later. Next was a soul band called The Wanted, but this was also short-lived and he moved back to Hull.

In 1966, he joined The Rats who changed their name to Treacle in 1968. Then in 1970 he was asked to join the David Bowie backing band The Hype, and on 5th February 1970 he made his debut for Bowie playing on his Peel Sessions, recorded for the BBC's Radio 1. The backing band began to record their own music and would go on to release in their own right. Ronson also started to work with Bowie on the arrangements, as well as arranging and producing for other artists. He ceased working with David Bowie in 1973, and began concentrating on his solo work and producing. He was for a short time a member of Mott The Hoople and had a band called The Hunter Ronson Band with Ian Hunter.

Though he died in London, he was buried in Eastern Cemetery in his hometown.

Born: 26th May 1946, in Kingston Upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Died: 29th April 1993, In Kensington & Chelsea, London, England.

https://bestfile.io/en/OVeUkPEEAtKTuM2/file

The Rezillos & The Revillos - Rev Up CD 80 w 7 80 w Motorbike Beat CD 95 w Teen Beat CD 83 02 w Attack! CD 82 w 7 83 84 94 96 w Live Wireless Recordings [U.K.] CD 98 w Live & on Fire In Japan CD 95 w Can't Stand The Rezillos CD 78 93 w Radio Session EP w Zero CD 15 w The (Almost) Complete Rezillos CD 93 w Paisley, Scotland 10-26-77 CD w Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh 12-23-11 CD w Mission Accomplished...But The Beat Goes On CD 79 w Peel Sessions

REPOST Request:  Not all the covers shown but you get the idea for these great bands.  Per Discogs: Scottish band active between 1976-1979 (though they split in December 1978), and sporadically since 2001 to the present. See also The Revillos, a follow-up band, established in 1979 by Eugene Reynolds and Fay Fife.

The Rezillos was formed in Edinburgh, in March 1976 by Alan Forbes (later Eugene Reynolds) with him taking responsibility for drums and vocals, Dave Smythe (later Dr. D.K. Smythe) playing the bass, Jo Callis (later Luke Warm) on lead guitar and vocals, and Mark Harris (later 'Hi-Fi' Harris) on rhythm guitar and vocals. They rehearsed for months before adopting their image and aliases as well as several other members, so that by August 1976 they were an eight-piece with the line-up now including Fay Fife (Sheilagh Hynde) and Gail Warning (Gail Jamieson) on backing vocals, Angel Paterson (Alistair Patterson) on drums, and William Mysterious (Alastair Donaldson) on saxophone. After several more months of rehearsals, they eventually performed their first gig on Friday, 5th November 1976 at Teviot Row Student Union, in Edinburgh.

Reformed in the early 2000's The Rezillos have had several releases since and now tour regularly with the current line up of originals, Eugene Reynolds, Fay Fife and Angel Paterson with Chris Agnew on bass and Jim Brady on guitar.

https://bestfile.io/en/VXDMQl0KncDYk3I/file

THE MIKE CURB CONGREGATION - Sweet Gingerbread Man LP 70 w Come Together LP 70 w Put Your Hand In The Hand LP 71 w Burning Bridges And Other Great Motion Picture Themes LP 71

REPOST Request:  Sorry for long delay on this but sometimes I totally forget to look at my email box for the blog.   I think Discogs says it best about the band:  Musical Group The Mike Curb Congregation, organized by Mike Curb, is made up of fourteen vibrant performers. Because of the broad scope of musical backgrounds within the group, their repertoire includes everything from rock to easy listening to gospel and country and all types of music in between.  I would add that most of these cover songs from my youth are fabulous and the obscuro motion pictures are definitely worth looking into!                        https://bestfile.io/en/83EG6k8ZJIdmenQ/file     

EXUMA - st CD 70 w st II CD 70 w Do Wah Nanny CD 71 w Reincarnation CD 72 w Snake CD 72

 A big thanks to Jon for helping me gather these files at my request after hearing of him for the first time a few weeks ago with the Soul! compilation post.  All see above motion picture soundtrack post for 'Joe' with Jerry Butler.  Per Discogs:  Real Name:  Macfarlane Gregory Anthony Mackey

Profile:Bahamian artist, also known as Tony McKay (the Obeah Man). Born in Cat Island 18 February 1942, died 25 January 1997. He grew up on Canaan Lane, off Shirley Street, Nassau, Bahamas.

Drawing on the traditional Bahamian folk songs, the infectious beat of Junkanoo, ring play, myths and linguistic idioms, Exuma, through his musical recordings, performances and paintings, has promoted Bahamian heritage and extended Bahamian music throughout the world more so than any other contemporary Bahamian recording artist.

https://bestfile.io/en/HknGkviAhnIA7Cg/file

Angel Pavement - Maybe Tomorrow CD 69 03 -cc

COLLECTOR'S CHOICE:  Per Discogs:  Angel Pavement were a late 60's sunshine pop outfit from York, England.

There sound was equal parts psychedelia and pop/rock in the best Hollies/Zombies/Beatles manner. The band, which took its name from a 1930 novel by J.B. Priestley , himself a Yorkshireman, was assembled by guitarist/songwriter Alfie Shepherd out of the remnants of a soul-based outfit, Wesley Hardin's Shotgun Package, with Paul Smith (lead vocals), Dave Smith (guitar), Graham Harris (bass), and Alan Reeve (drums) (later replaced by Mike "Candy" Candler).

They quickly developed an effective pop-oriented psychedelic sound, similar to what the Hollies were doing on Evolution and Butterfly, and the Zombies generated on Odessey & Oracle, with lush harmonies. They managed to build a large following in their native York and this gave them a thirst to try cracking the competitive London Club Scene.

The group's attempt to crack the London club scene coincided with their starting work on a debut album at Morgan Studios. In early 1969 just as the band set to work on there debut album they received an offer to play a series of gigs ,for a few days, in Mexico City. The boys took up the offer and flew to Mexico where there "few days stay" turned into five months!

The band did finally return to London and were able to pick up work on the album, a process interrupted by Dave Smith's departure (and his replacement by John Cartwright, who played guitar and trumpet). Finally a pair of singles, "Baby You've Gotta Stay" and "Tell Me What I've Got to Do," were released through Fontana Records, but failed to elicit any serious chart action. A third single and the announcement of their forthcoming LP all ended up "Missing In Action", mainly due to disputes between guitarist Alfie Shepherd and the studio's publishing arm. The studio producer eventually put the final nail in the coffin, and the band broke up at the end of 1970.

Candler went on to join Decameron and the John Coppin and his band, and Shepherd wrote songs and attempted to do a musical adaptation of The Wind in the Willows, while the others exited the business altogether.

In 2005, Wooden Hill Records issued Maybe Tomorrow, the first-ever release of nearly two-dozen songs from those long-ago Morgan sessions by Angel Pavement.

The 1969 Wind in the Willows project was finally released on CD in 2009, digitally remastered with extra demo songs, on the Wooden Hill label.

https://bestfile.io/en/pKNZqDliArr4SsM/file

Andwellas Dream - Love And Poetry CD 69 -cc

COLLECTOR'S CHOICE:  Per Discogs:  Band from Northern Ireland who later became Andwella. They were formed in 1968, originally as The Method, but changed their name to Andwellas Dream (sometimes spelled Andwella's Dream) after moving to London in 1968. Their debut album Love And Poetry (on CBS) was a highly-rated psychedelic album. The highlight of this album is surely the opening track The Days Grew Longer For Love, which like most tracks is slow and melodic but with 'killer' guitar leads. Three singles were released from that album. After the first LP the line-up was changed and the new incarnation shortened its name. Both incarnations of the band were centered around David Lewis, who was a multi-instrumentalist and an acclaimed songwriter. He also recorded a privately-pressed album in 1970 and made further solo albums.

David Lewis - guitar, piano, organ, vocals

Nigel Smith - bass, vocals

Gordon Barton - drums.

https://bestfile.io/en/61TjE5g785APpqA/file

LARRY RASPBERRY AND THE HIGHSTEPPERS - High Steppin' And Fancy Dancin' LP 74 w In The Pink LP 75 w No Accident LP 79

REPOST Request:  What I wrote before:  Well, I knew this band must have a 60's connection and sure enough per the comment he is former singer for the Gentrys of 'Keep On Dancin' fame.  Now  we just need the later live album, "We Have Not Yet Begun To Sweat".   UPDATE:  I found on youtube and will do repost in this spot so hold off downloading if you want that added in a few days.

https://bestfile.io/en/yQQtYPLzjzVl4Ia/file