LOVE UNLIMITED (Part 2 of Barry White Post Last Week) - No Limit On Love LP 74 w Together Brothers OMPS LP 74 w The Best Of Our Love 2LP 80 w Grand Gala LP 73 w st LP 72 w In Heat LP 74 w Rhapsody In White LP 74 w Under The Influence Of Love LP 73 w White Gold LP 74 w Music Maestro Please LP 75 w Disco EP 76 w He's All I Got LP 76 w My Sweet Summer Suite LP 76 w My Musical Bouquet LP 78 w Love Is Back LP 79 w Let 'Em Dance LP 81 w Rise LP 83 w The Best Of CD 95

 I ordered these songs per the pictures as how I wanted to listen to them since I had not heard most of them.  Wow, was I surprised by the first two as top picture is rare early vinyl on the NY label Supremacy with a super raw sound that deserves many more listens just like the movie soundtrack, Together Brothers which has Barry on one side and LU on the other with some cool raw tunes from the streets that hit you hard as very identifiable concepts to me.  My first exposure from the early 90's when Cheapo records in Uptown, MN had $0.25 records or 'green X labels' they did with marker to clear out bad stock to go to their end of the chain store in St. Paul, Landfill Records.  This name got me into blogging originally n 2008 as it was my Raison d'Etre to keep these gems OUT of the landfills as vinyl quickly disappeared.  One byproduct of these early quarter records is that I played the hell out of them such that now, they sound excellent.  For example the 1973 'Under' album is a green-X and has thee best sounding version of all of the songs within.  Yes, I played the hell out of it!  I guess it was my first complete deck by Panasonic with super light weight stylus and radio/cassette/record player that I gave to my oldest sister for her bar in their basement.  I got the CD on bottom in Los Angeles when I moved there for a job in 2002/2003 and it has a killer 12 inch version of 'My Sweet Summer Suite" which helped me fit into the L.A. automobile retrofitted, jacked-up shock absorbers so you can 'bounce' along to the beat.  LOL  Two other rips off vinyl also included as someone didn't like the fact I deleted two song duplicates from my recent Van McCoy post.  I try not to waste your time you know.  Oh well.

https://bestfile.io/en/4sBO6txn6h5DSou/file

THE WILL BRADLEY-JOHNNY GUARNIERI BAND - LIVE ECHOES OF THE BEST IN BIG BAND BOOGIE LP 60

 This new big band mini-theme started three weeks ago is really proving to be quite a high quality music genre that still should be in collector's core music.  Per Discogs:  Members:

Bernie Glow, Bob Carter (2), Don Lamond, Hymie Schertzer, Jimmy Maxwell, Joe Wilder, Johnny Guarnieri, Livio Fresk, Lou McGarity, Mundell Lowe, Richard Hixson, Sam Donahue, Walt Levinsky, Will Bradley.

https://bestfile.io/iv1coplDEK9Xba5/file

VA - Eat Your Head [Melbourne, Australia] 2LP 84

 Forgot who requested this but this shreds and in the tradition of the early cassette compilations that the USA had at the time like I have posted:  Meathouse 1, America's Dairyland, Charred Remains (actually the name of a band here...wonder which was first?  Here are the Aussie bands within:  Civil Dissident, Vicious Circle, Murder Murder Suicide, End Result, Scum, Royal Flush, I Spit On Your Gravy, Charred Remains, Bodies, Permanent Damage and Madflowers.  Take a trip down memory lane with me!

https://bestfile.io/blkh3pYDxffdkSz/file

EDMUNDO ROS His Chorus And Orchestra - SING 'N CLAP-ALONG WITH ROS LP

 Cool vinyl sound for this week's Sing-A-Long theme.  Per Discogs:  Edmundo William Ros

Profile:

British orchestra conductor.

Born: December 7, 1910 in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

Died: October 21, 2011 in Alicante, Spain

Edmundo Ros was born in Trinidad in December 1910. The family moved to Caracas, Venezuela. Edmundo's musical career started in the army, then he became the tympanist in the Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela. He moved to London in 1937 to continue classical studies, but popular music was to become his career. He played drums in the Fats Waller recordings, played percussion and sang in Don Marino Barreto's Cuban band and formed his five-piece Rumba Band in 1940, and the rest is history.

Edmundo's Rumba Band with strange rhythms was a smash hit in London, although the Nazi bomb almost hit the club. His first recording for Parlophone was Record of the Month in June 1941 (Harlequin HQ CD 15). The contract with the famed Bagatelle Restaurant opened the doors for Ros to high society. All the leaders of Allied Countries and the Royal Family came there to dine and listen to Edmundo's Rumba Band. In 1951 Edmundo bought the famous Coconut Grove and named it "Edmundo Ros Dinner and Supper Club". Only those mentioned in "Who's Who" were allowed in the club. The Club was world famous and the BBC had regular raio broadcasts there. In the late 1950's Ros got a smart idea of recording Broadway musical melodies arranged to different Latin rhythms: the mambo, cha cha cha, rumba, samba, baion, bolero, valse creole, meringe, guaracha, and the conga. He also made a series of TV shows for the US and European markets. The 1960's was the the peak of Edmundo Ros' popularity and commercial success.

Edmundo retired in 1975 and has lived with his wife Susan in Alicante, Spain since then. In 1994 Edmundo conducted and sang with the BBC Big Band with Strings at The Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. The other conductor was Stanley Black. The concert was broadcast over BBC Radio 2 and it was such a success that a Japanese recording company invited them into a recording studio in London to make yet another Edmundo Ros CD.

https://bestfile.io/JhHknxhyTagbrNH/file

CHARLES, SHERRY & STEVE - CHRIST IS LORD LP

Some great obscuro (not in Discogs) Jesus Music this week with strong songs that sound good too!

 https://bestfile.io/en/uW6elPMrhhV2b9I/file

The Sandpipers - The Wonder Of You LP 69

 Well, per comment below I added a kids music to this new rip but was different band so left up original post and kept this bonus within.  Per Discogs:  Originated in California USA and active 1966-1975 they were an American easy listening trio formed by Mike Piano, Jim Brady and Richard Shoff. The Sandpipers were very popular in 1960s folk rock lists with their vocals and innovative arrangements of international ballads and pop standards. They are best remembered for their cover version of "Guantanamera", which became a transatlantic top 10 hit in 1966, and their top 20 hit "Come Saturday Morning" from the soundtrack of the film The Sterile Cuckoo in 1970.

For the children's artists, please use The Sandpipers.

https://bestfile.io/sfqxXK1PhPTanKt/file

THE MERCURY STORYTELLER - Snow White & Rumpelstiltskin LP

 For the kids music post this week, the Snow White side had some bad damage with lots of skips with missing words...oh well the other side faired better and I tend to collect Rumpelstiltskin vinyl ever since getting a record for Christmas in my youth and liking the high pitched voice of the main character.  To compensate I pulled a solo Sandpipers vinyl this week so I could zip it up with a past kids record they did with 40 songs from CD with no issue right in above post.

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

Walrus - Walrus CD 70 -cc

COLLECTOR'S CHOICE:  Another fine one in this category, per Discogs:  British prog brass rock band active circa 1968 to 1972.

Inspired by the music of American bands such as Blood, Sweat And Tears and Chicago (all of whom incorporated horn sections into their ranks), Walrus hailed from the London Area and were the musical brainchild of bass player Steve Hawthorn. The group was a 8-piece with a horn section of Don Richards (trumpet), Roy Voce (enor sax), Bill Hoad (saxophones, clarinet, flute) alongside Roger Harrison (drums), Barry Parfitt (organ and piano), John Scates (guitar) and Noel Greenaway (vocals). Walrus emerged on to the british live music scene in the early months of 1970 with an musical approach harder edge than many other "brass rock" outfits of the day, such as Heaven. Their sound more oriented rock came the attention of Decca Records, which signed the band in June 1970 under imprint of the subsidiary progressive label Deram. Short afterwards they recorded two tracks that was released as single in August 1970. In the meantime the drummer Roger Harrison departed to be replaced by Nick Gabb. In September Walrus recorded the other tracks that was issue on their debut album in December 1970. In January 1971 Deram selected a track which had been omitted from the album to be the A-side of Walrus next single. But, although the band attained a live following, neither their album nor both singles fared well commercially. Walrus went through further line-up changes, with drummer Ian Mosley replacing Nick Gabb, before splitting in 1972. Of all the members of the band, it was Mosley (who ironically had not played on any recordings by the band), who achieved the most success, firsly joining Darryl Way's Wolf before moving on to be an integral member of Steve Hackett's band and finally joining Marillion. Over the years the Walrus album became one of the harder to find Deram albums for collectors. Steve Hawthorn / bass guitar, 12-string guitar, John Scates / lead & rhythm guitars, Noel Greenaway / vocals, Bill Hoad / soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute, alto flute, clarinet, Roy Voce / tenor saxophone, Don Richards / trumpet, celesta, Barry Parfitt / piano & organ, Roger Harrison / drums, claves, cowbells, tambourine, Nick Gabb / drums

https://bestfile.io/en/iPOCakos9jxEa0m/file

THE VELS - Velocity EP 84 w EPs 84 w House Of Miracles LP 86

REPOST Request:  Per Discogs:  The Vels was an American new wave and synth-pop band formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1980. The band consisted of vocalist Alice Cohen (as Alice Desoto), keyboardist Chris Larkin and bassist Charles Hanson.

https://bestfile.io/en/vw7uUH7Ks6cGVeA/file
 

TELEX - Neurovision LP 79-80 w st LP (Belgium Release) 80-81 w Birds And Bees (U.S.version of st) LP 82 w Temporary Chicken 12 EP 88

REPOST Request:  Per Discogs:  Marc Moulin, Dan Lacksman, Michel Moers.

Belgian all-electronic disco pop band formed in 1978 by radio DJ / jazz musician Marc Moulin, programmer / sound engineer Dan Lacksman and vocalist Michel Moers. The group's first three singles (Twist A Saint Tropez, Moskow Diskow and Rock Around The Clock) became hits in Europe and a number of Telex 12"s were popular in dance clubs, especially in the USA.

Telex made five albums between 1979 and 1988 - Looking For Saint Tropez, Neurovision, Sex, Wonderful World, and Looney Tunes. During a nearly 20-year hiatus came a series of remix albums and compilations, culminating in the 2006 release of the album How Do You Dance? which brought together newly recorded and previously unreleased material.

During the hiatus, Marc Moulin produced many pop albums, was one of the head programmers on French-speaking Belgian national radio and was an author and playwright. He died of cancer on 26 September 2008. Dan Lacksman runs Synsound Studios, a studio complex in Brussels. Michel Moers lives in the Provence, France, and is a video director and photographer.

https://bestfile.io/en/fzkMvLpQ57FsP2I/file

Super Mama Djombo – Na Cambança. Cobiana CD 78 -cc

COLLECTOR'S CHOICE:  Just got this one someone had posted last week in my collector's group and some really rich sounds are found within.  Very enjoyable!

https://bestfile.io/en/mIuvuo3imQVLqqj/file

ROGER HODGSON - In The Eye Of The Storm LP 84 w Hai Hai LP 87

REPOST Request:  What I wrote before:  Always dug hearing his voice on the AOR radio hits and these solo's with the addition of the 87 album are great to hear.  What I wrote before:  Of course you will remember the first song from AOR radio 'Had A Dream (Sleeping With The Enemy)' though you may have thought it from his main band SUPERTRAMP.

https://bestfile.io/en/C0MuWx8g5BuJVgA/file

PENETRATION - Don't Dictate 7 77 w Moving Targets LP 78 w Peel Sessions 3-07-79 w Coming Up For Air LP 79 w Race Against Time LP 79 w Live At The Assembly, Leamington Spa 3-09-10

REPOST Request:  Friends with Pauline Murray on facebook over the years and keeping up with her ongoing activities.  Per Discogs:  British punk rock band from Ferryhill, County Durham formed in 1976. They re-formed in 2001 with several new members. 

https://bestfile.io/en/DVzSvINw8bKypqq/file

Kill Whitey - The Heart And The Hand CD 91

Here is a rock band from Lawrence, KS that someone had requested so I got it on youtube and separated the songs.  Thought he was asking for an old favorite band of mine the Nip Drivers as that is name of their first EP...of course their full length album is the real gem.  Just sayin'.  This female singer kicks butt she could go head to head with Barbara Pennington anyday!! 

https://bestfile.io/en/kMa5OOU1fBcItwg/file

IDLE TEARS - st LP 86

REPOST Request:  Not a word about them on Discogs but they play rock n' roll!

https://bestfile.io/en/gz4bzZ0yhZ6Yf52/file

Elton John - Regimental Sgt. Zippo CD 68 w 7 68 -cc

COLLECTOR'S CHOICE:  Someone had posted the 7 inch say these two releases were kind of his take on psychedelic music and not a copy of Sgt. Pepper's but influenced by Procol Harem he said.  First listen for me and quite good.       https://bestfile.io/en/7UKkd0HtKIgJs6Q/file           

IAN DURY AND THE BLOCKHEADS - New Boots And Panties! LP 77 w 7 78 w 12 EP 79 w Do It Yourself LP 79 w Laughter LP 80 w 7 80 w Juke Box Dury LP 81 w (and the Seven Seas Players) EP 81 w (and the Music Students) - 4000 Weeks' Holiday LP 84

REPOST Request:  Here are my old rips but you can find more over at Urban Aspirines blogspot on below right links.  R.I.P. to this great entertainer!

https://bestfile.io/en/H0CHQ8sujnfzQUm/file

Please note I am a week behind on comments due to the hurricanes.  I will get to them soon.