DAN HILL - st LP 75 w Hold On LP 76 w Longer Fuse LP 77 w Frozen In The Night LP 78 w If Dreams Had Wings LP 80 w Partial Surrender LP 81

REPOST and ADD ON:  Added the one right above with the classic 'The Nice Price" sticker that I got this year from Goodwill.  This begins a three part series with the two below this post as:  The Big Three Mellow Rock as title.  Actually I was one record short or I would have included Robert John with his 'Sad Eyes' hit that goes right along with some of these on my old K-Tel compilations having 'Shannon' from Henry Gross and On and On by Stephen Bishop below that post.  Stuff in between Dan Fogelberg's all-time classic "Longer" and Doobie Brothers with Michael McDonald singing 'What A Fool Believes" seems to cover the theme.  I will post the three Robert John records next week.

Per Discogs:  Real Name: Daniel Grafton Hill IV

Profile:  Daniel Grafton "Dan" Hill IV (born June 3, 1954 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter

https://bestfile.io/en/zFgXhGe4O5IKWzc/file

HENRY GROSS - st LP 72 w st LP 73 w Plug Me Into Something LP 75 w Release LP 76 w Show Me To The Stage LP 77

REPOST and ADD ON:  Adding the his first three albums which are pretty cool.  Calling this theme:  The Big Three Mellow Rock.  What I wrote before with the Discogs info tacked on the end:  Finally found this one--the original appearance of the 'Shannon' tune (Angstytimelord let me know it is a song about his dog..LOL) from all those K-Tel comp.'s over the years.  Real Name: Henry Mark GrossProfile: American singer / songwriter, born April 1, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

https://bestfile.io/en/CwIhyM453KJNmsQ/file

STEPHEN BISHOP - Careless LP 76 On And On 7 77 w Bish LP 78 w Red Cab To Manhattan LP 80 w Sleeping With Girls CD 85 w Bowling In Paris CD 89 w Blue Guitars CD 94 w Yardwork CD 02 w Be Here Then CD 14 w Blueprint CD 16 w We'll Talk About It Later In The Car CD 19 w THIMK CD 25 w Merry Bishmas CD 02 w Short Sleeves (Demo Album side 1) CD 78 w Live CD 14

REPOST Request and ADD ON:  The first listed pictures were from before so I added a shit ton of the rest of his stuff now that he is retired [not all album pictures shown] per what is listed on the title.  Turned out the second side of the demo album were not Stephen but Alan O'Day which is not included.

Calling this short series:  The Big Three For Mellow Rock which includes the other two artists above.

https://bestfile.io/en/Cvq2qhx6o8gUWXZ/file

Greenflow - Solutions LP 77 -cc

COLLECTOR'S CHOICE:  Now here is one someone had posted at my old collector's meta group that speaks to me.  Per Discogs:  US mid-1970s band formed in by Californian trombone player and singer Art Greene with his sister Eleanora, a vocalist. They played the R&B circuit and also took part in United Services Organizations (USO) tours to perform for US military deployed over the world, e.g. Japan, where they played in 1976 before recording their lone album. On that LP the line-up is Art & Eleonara Greene plus Allan Talbert on sax (he used to be in one of Arthur Lee’s early bands) and Joe Banks on trumpet. The latter two apparently had connections with George Semper, a jazz organ player who was Wattstax musical director and the owner of Inner City and Parlour Records.

https://bestfile.io/en/FbiVuQW1EED9Wuv/file

Graham Collier Music Feat. Harry Beckett - Songs For My Father CD 70 - cc

COLLECTOR'S CHOICE:  Per the cover also features Alan Skidmore, Tony Roberts, Philip Lee, Derek Wadsworth and John Tayor:  Per Discogs:  Real Name:  James Graham Collier

Profile:  English jazz bassist, composer and band leader

Born February 21, 1937, Tynemouth, Northumberland, UK

Died September 9, 2011 in Chania, Greece.

Founder in 1974 of Mosaic Records, mainly dedicated to Collier's own music.

Also from Discogs:  Real Name: Harold Winston Beckett

Profile: Jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player and composer, born 30 May 1935 in St. Michael Parish, Barbados, died 22 July 2010 in London.

First played the cornet in Salvation Army bands. Resident in the UK from 1954, worked with the group led by Leslie "Jiver" Hutchinson. Later a sideman with Graham Collier for forty-six years and a member of the Pierre Dørge & New Jungle Orchestra.

https://bestfile.io/en/oDZcPSmGQ0EQwt2/file

HELEN CORNELIUS - st LP 85

 A nice Goodwill find from long ago with her autograph!  Per Discogs:  Real Name:  Helen Lorene Johnson  Profile:  American country singer/songwriter and actress born December 6, 1941, in Monroe City, Missouri. In 1976, she recorded a duet, "I Don't Want to Have to Marry You" with Jim Ed Brown; it was a major success in America. Further solo singles failed to take off, but her next duet with Brown, "Saying Hello, Saying I Love You, Saying Goodbye", was another smash, and the pair began playing on the TV show Nashville on the Road. Died July 18, 2025.

https://bestfile.io/en/zpNX6TbKOOz6nv5/file

THE LOLLIPOPS - The Complete 1963 - Aug. 31st, 1966 CD w Do You Know...The Lollipops CD 65 w st CD 66 w st CD 74 w Lollipops' City LP 77 w Suzanna LP 89 w bonus trax youtube

 Another one from the FUNKMYROCK list with the first picture shown of the 1977 album.  I went fetch over at youtube to get the rest and picked a handful of the complete covers I included for all their releases...such as Lollipop Lips their first big hit and the interesting song title which you may not see these days called Naked When You Come.  Per Discogs:  Danish 60's pop trio with major success as teenagers in the 60's and moderate success as more adult oriented pop act in their 2nd run in the 70's.

Founded 1960 by brothers Torben and Jørgen Lundgreen with uncle Poul Petersen in 1960, when they were 10, 9 and 12 years old respectively. After winning a teen-talent competition i Denmark they experienced success in gigs at the Swedish folk park concerts in the mid 60's. In Denmark the trio saw teen hysteria normally reserved for the major foreign acts of the era, like The Beatles.

Drummer Poul Petersen left the band in 1966 and was replaced by Henrik Lund. With two guitars and drums only in the band, Lollipops were joined on stage by various bassists, a.o. Stig Kreutzfeldt. After years of extreme success by Danish standards in 1971 the band had lost it's appeal and the band decided to end the first era. The bands major hit in that era was the 1967 Sussy Moore. The song was very alike to and even adapted it's title from the lyrics of Tim Hardin's "Lady Came From Baltimore". Hardins rights holders subpoenaed for copyright violation, and reportedly the case was discretely settled.

The band was revived in 1973 and in the following years sought and found adult MOR success. Lund left in 1977 and the band essentially was a Lundgreen brothers duo accompanied by various on bass and drums. This second run lasted until the mid 80's and included a few failed attempts at winning the Danish section of the European Song Contest.

The band had a short and final 3rd run as a sextet, releasing their final album in 1989. The final line up, sometimes referred to as "The New Lollipops", included the Lundgren brothers and Kim Gutman (guitar), Søren Berlev (drums), Chris Paulsen (bass) and Birdie Hurns (guitar).

Jørgen Lundgreen died in 2004

https://bestfile.io/en/QUvlsrGeuDrtg1M/file

JULIAN BREAM - PLAYS DOWLAND LP 57

 Well this one certainly meets the weekly Classical Music theme per Discogs:  Real Name:  Julian Alexander Bream,  Profile:  British guitarist and lutenist.

Born: 15th July 1933 Battersea, London, England.

Died: 14th August 2020 Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire, England.

Widely recognized as one of the most important classical guitarists of the 20th century. Many contemporary composers have worked with Bream and dedicated pieces to him, and he has also been successful in renewing popular interest in the Renaissance lute.  Appointed as OBE in 1964 and CBE in 1985.

https://bestfile.io/en/WfGXs7mPAE2eEG9/file

PIECES OF A DREAM - Joyride LP 85

 Since we had some interest in newer R & B lately with Kool Skool and L'Trimm, this cheapo Goodwill find fit right in and rocks steady the whole way through.  Per Discogs:  Founded in 1975 by James K. Lloyd (keyboards), Cedric Napoleon (bass) and Curtis Harmon (drums), they performed all over Philadelphia as 'Classic Touch', 'A Touch of Class', and 'Galaxy'. The group changed their name to 'Pieces Of A Dream' in 1979, a nod to “Pieces of Dreams,” a Stanley Turrentine tune that the group performed. They were discovered by Grover Washington, Jr. whilst performing as the house band on TV show "City Lights". Grover went on to produce their first three albums Pieces of a Dream, We Are One and Imagine This. Soon after completing Joyride, their last effort for Elektra, they moved to EMI/Blue Note and went on to record seven more albums. During this period, the group amicably parted ways with long time friend Cedric Napoleon. Signed with Heads Up International in 2001 and have so far released four albums: Acquainted with the Night, Love's Silhouette, No Assembly Required and Pillow Talk.  Personnel currently consist of Lloyd, Harmon, Eddie Baccus Jr.(saxophone), Todd Parsnow (guitar) and Tracy Hamlin (vocals).  Were (and still are) managed by the drummer’s father and uncle, Danny and Bill Harmon, respectively.

https://bestfile.io/7z6ggml9DBydM8E/file

GEORGE BEVERLY SHEA - ROCK OF AGES tape 97

 This meets the weekly Jesus music theme and cassette a week theme and he also holds the Guinness World record for singing in person to the most people--220 Million people total.  Per Discogs:  Profile: Canadian-born, American bass-baritone singer and composer of gospel music,  Born: February 1, 1909 in Winchester, Ontario, Canada  Died: April 16, 2013 in Montreat, North Carolina, USA

A Grammy winner, Shea has recorded approximately 500 vocal solos, with orchestral accompaniment, arranged and conducted by well known musical directors, such as Hugo Winterhalter, Ralph Carmichael, Bill Walker, Nathan Scott, Norman Leyden, Jimmy Owens, Kurt Kaiser, Danny Davis, Charles Grean, and Radio City Music Hall Organist, Ray Bohr.

https://bestfile.io/en/h6zxAuTzU5eCwMI/file

Collective Conscious Society [C.C.S.] - st CD 70 w st LP 72-cc w 7's 71-74 w The Best Band In The Land CD 73 13

Well, announcing I am starting a one album per week series for the month of August and this is one extra from that (had the other stuff listed), so posting now and letting you all know.  I had seen a youtube reel with ten bands who were maybe novelty psychedelic missing the link currently but had the other five posted in the past.  The second album was listed and their cover song 'Black Dog' by Led Zeppelin--the first group I got all their vinyl from the RCA record club in junior high.  They have a few covers within so maybe I could group then into the Nightair band I just posted for the holiday as it had many very cool cover songs.  Here is the Discogs:  

Real Name:  Collective Consciousness Society

Profile:  CCS, were a British group formed by bluesman Alexis Korner and Danish vocalist Peter Thorup. The band itself also consisted of different studio casts who would be around, but also included Tony Carr (drums), Herbie Flowers (bass), Harold Beckett (trumpet), Harold McNair (woodwind), and Henry Lowther (trumpet), among others. This wasn’t all, as they were going for a unique sound to rival the top Rock acts of the day. So they would grab the creme de la creme of jazz studio musicians of the time which also included Kenny Wheeler, Les Condon and trombonist Don Lusher, mixed in with Ronnie Ross on baritone, Danny Moss on tenor, and Ray Warleigh on flute. The entire line up would always be subject to change throughout the band’s history, depending on personnel availability at recordings.

LINK REPOSTED 7-15-26 (first album rip on youtube too high levels so replaced with 2013 mainly remixes from youtube with three song from original different rips that sounded better than 2013:

https://bestfile.io/ufN6Yq3HV7OQzlk/file

Gotham City - The Unknown CD 84 -cc

COLLECTOR'S CHOICE:  Good to hear some metal now and again and these guys from Sweden like the last post this week AVSKUM right below.  Per Discogs:  Gotham City were a 1980's Swedish heavy metal band. They debuted in 1982 with a self-titled, self-financed 7-inch. The following year they released the Black Writs 12" EP. Early 1984 saw the release of their sole LP, The Unknown, pressed by the local label Fingerprint Records. Due to a lack of support, they split up in 1987. Enjoy!

https://bestfile.io/en/iCcWdC88d8uHgjx/file