REFUGEE - st LP 74 w BRIAN DAVIDSON'S EVERY WHICH WAY - st LP 70 w JACKSON HEIGHTS - King's Progress CD 70 w Fifth Avenue Bus CD 72 w Ragamuffin Fool CD 72 w Bump 'N' Grind CD 73

Since we are celebrating per last post this week the 20th Anniversary of the Twilight Zone blog this post fell right into place.  Under their daily comments link posting I had found all the Jackson Heights releases then later someone had posted the two vinyl I ripped for this post so was time to kick into gear.  One blog had written from the text file within:  When Keith Emerson disbanded The Nice, Lee Jackson decided to hang up his bass guitar and go back to 'simpler' music. With this in mind he gathered together some musicians he had known for a number of years: Charlie Harcourt, Tommy Sloane and Mario Tapia. The result being the first Jackson Heights album King Progress, on which Jackson sang and played acoustic guitar......A major problem in touring with the album was reproducing the orchestral sound. Jackson approached Patrick Moraz, Swiss keyboard wizard with a view to him touring with the band. He declined but suggested Jackson might consider forming a band with him. Moraz had the record deal and other finances in place. In view of his own 'money problems' Jackson agreed and with Moraz and ex Nice drummer Brian 'Blinkey' Davison formed Refugee.

by Jim Sutherland

R, BDEWW & JH:  https://bestfile.io/en/3WNgEQL2nBx5d9k/file

Related REPOSTS:

THE NICE:  https://bestfile.io/en/Ilnc3jWPr5pkcPO/file

EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER:  https://bestfile.io/en/lqdb2OwQBtiy3OA/file

KEITH EMERSON- INFERNO:  https://bestfile.io/en/p7hBk0r7WwkSUfN/file

For King Crimson since my recent cassette post wasn't all that great and not sure if vinyl ripped earlier post I did has good link, going to recommend last week's post by Kostas over in Greece at his outstanding blogspot on my lower right links--Thank You Kostas!:

https://urbanaspirines.blogspot.com/2026/03/king-crimson-discography-1969-1974.html

  

VA - NOSTALGIC THIRTIES - 8 Records: Johnny Maddox - The Thirties In Ragtime LP 57 w Edward R. Murrow & Fred W. Friendly - I Can Hear It Now....Vol. III 1919-1932 LP 50 w Enoch Light & The Light Brigade - Big Band Hits Of The 30's Vol. 2 LP 75 w The Longines Symphonette, The Singing Choraliers - The Nostagic 30's 2LP w VA - Original Recordings Of The 30's - Those Legendary Leading Men of Stage & Screen LP 73 w VA - PLAZA HOUSE presents The Greatest Hits Of The 30's LP 71 w VA - Sentimental Journey 30's 40's 2LP 72 w VA - THOSE WONDERFUL 30's The Stars Of Hollywood's Golden Era 2LP 74

 Keeping on with the decades theme this week we have some fine records.  The Sentimental Journey actually has the 40's mixed in but as I was keeping a green vinyl boxset from the late 30's documenting the Swing Music phenomenon for St. Patrick's day next week and also since the 30's and 40's tend to get mixed for some I think it should be said at any rate.  Also, since finding the one right above from 1919-1932 of news events just last week at Goodwill, we can call it a draw.  LOL  You get THEE best version of Judy Garland's Somewhere Over The Rainbow as well as the normal version from another record.  Going to quote part of the back cover on the runner up to using the 'Nostalgic 30's' tag on the Winrar file as "Those Wonderful 30's" seemed to match the 'Roaring 20's' I labeled last week:  

     If you were a Hollywood tycoon greeting the New Year at midnight of December 31, 1929, your celebration would surely have been less than totally enthusiastic.  Only two months earlier, the theatrical bible, Variety, had confirmed those frantic phone calls from your stock broker with a now immortal headline:  "WALL STREET LAYS AN EGG."  Somehow, putting it that way in the show biz phrase for a flop brought home with extra vividness the immense financial disaster that had struck America.  In Hollywood, empires were tottering.  And as though that wasn't enough, there were those troublesome "talkies" heralded by Al Jolson's brief but historic audible moments in 'The Jazz Singer."  Movie audiences had been enthralled immediately.  Bowing to the obvious box-office receipts, silent pictures in production were hastily scrapped or quickly revised to accommodate sound.

    Overnight a new age had dawned for Hollywood.  Old stars would flicker out--their voices unable to match their public personalities.  A frantic search developed for fresh faces and talents.  Responding to these challenges, Hollywood's comeback--in what would be later recognized as a golden era--owed much to the opulent musicals which burst upon the scene and transformed the industry.  If people could now talk, they could also sing.  Sound systems, originally scratchy and unreliable, were quickly improved and Hollywood was off and running.

     But to create musicals you need great songs.   Hollywood had nowhere to turn to but Tin Pan Alley, the creative heart of America's popular music.  In the years to come, many top composers like Kern, Gershwin, Berlin, Porter and Arlen would heed the siren call of Hollywood and contribute significantly to the golden era.

https://bestfile.io/en/87PXAkUgyvH6gub/file

VA - COUNTY LINE (CROSS OVER TO COUNTRY ORIG. HITS & STARS) LP 79

 Another fine selection for the Country Comp series and it features these artists:  Don Williams, Mel Tillis, Conway Twitty, Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius, John Conlee, Larry Gatlin, Tanya Tucker, The Kendalls, Oak Ridge Boys, Crystal Gayle, Kenny Rogers, Barbara Mandrell, Anne Murray, The Statler Brothers and Eddie Rabbitt.  Enjoy!

https://bestfile.io/4kYR2YMsm4nwPTj/file

THE SOUTHLAN TRIO - Sings About SWEET HEAVEN LP

 Keeping on with the weekly Jesus Music posts we have here a fine and rare release.  They are from Winter Haven, FL. Enjoy!

https://bestfile.io/en/KNvrTqBVVmBI1E3/file

The Roger Wagner Chorale, Vivaldi, Flor Peeters - Gloria bw Entrata Festiva LP 63

 Keeping on with the weekly classical as long as I can and a fine one here.  Per Discogs:  American chorus founded in 1947 by Roger Wagner, originally under the name of the Los Angeles Concert Chorale.  

https://bestfile.io/en/IlUwZN44IzopClR/file

Echoes And A Dream - st CD 73 -cc

COLLECTOR'S CHOICE:  Per Discogs:  Rarest Canadian private press.. only 150 copies known to be made.  Notable for having a Led Zeppelin cover song "Thank You"

Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country

Style: Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock

https://bestfile.io/en/3DbpPF7w6RQJh4F/file

Ebony Rhythm Funk Campaign - st CD 73 -cc

COLLECTOR'S CHOICE:  A very cool release per Discogs:  Originally called the Ebony Rhythm Band, the Ebony Rhythm Funk Campaign formed in 1969 in Indianapolis and recorded locally on LAMP records. In the tradition of Motown’s Funk Brothers, the Ebony Rhythm Band served as the house band for other LAMP artists. In 1971, the group moved to California and became the Ebony Rhythm Funk Campaign, which at that time opened for Curtis Mayfield, New Birth, The Grass Roots, Dobie Gray, The Whispers, the Commodores and Three Dog Night. In 1973, Wayne Henderson of the Jazz Crusaders produced ERFC’s first album called Reach For It with Henderson playing trombone. In the same year, the band returned to Indianapolis and two years later recorded the single “How’s Your Wife (And My Child),” which reached #69 on the Billboard Hot Soul 100 chart. Its flip-side was “Oh Child,” which received airplay on the east coast but did not chart. In 1976, the band released the album Watch You Watchin’ Me on Chi-Sound Records. ERFC continued on until 1980, playing with numerous big names including Al Green, Donny Hathaway, Jackie Wilson, the Stylistics, Patty Labelle, the Ohio Players, the Guess Who, the Mystics, Sha Na Na, Earth Wind & Fire, B.B. King, and Bobby “Blue” Bland. In 2007, the group reunited as the New Ebony Rhythm Funk Campaign, a nine-piece group consisting mainly of original members. (The original group only had five members.) A reunion show was given in June 2007 at Radio Radio in Indy’s Fountain Square.

https://bestfile.io/en/2tHEBSWGW4004wh/file

Merry Clayton - Gimme Shelter CD 70 w st CD 71 w Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow CD 75 w Albums That Shouldn't Exist blogspot comp.

 

Big shout out and THANK YOU to Jonder over at his Jokonky blogspot on lower right links for mentioning/reminding me of Merry Clayton when we were discussing other almost famous female rock singers like Clare Torry, Claudia Lennear & Lesley Duncan for their Chrissie Hynde In The Mix post.

Per Discogs:  Soul - gospel - rhythm 'n' blues disco singer - actress

Born on 25.12.1948 in Gert Town, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Wife of the late jazz artist Curtis Amy

Sister of Little Feat's percussionist Sam Clayton.

Debuted at 14 years old in 1962 with the duet with Bobby Darin, "Who Can I Count On? (When I Can't Count On You)".

She recorded first "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" but it was Betty Everett's version that became a hit the same year.

She was one of the original Raelets, the backing vocalists of Ray Charles.

She did back vocals on Neil Young's debut in 1968.

She is best known for her duet with Mick Jagger on "Gimme Shelter", an intense performance that was revisited decades later in the documentary "20 Feet from Stardom", which won both an Oscar and a Grammy.

She is heard at the background of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama".

She went on singing back vocals for Tom Jones, Joe Cocker and Carole King.

Her biggest hit is the uptempo "Yes" out of the 1987 soundtrack "Dirty Dancing"

She released five solo albums through the 70's and one in 1994.

https://bestfile.io/en/xPFydkZ9q3bm5X9/file

Psychotic Turnbuckles - 7's 85 w Destroy Dull-City EP 86 w Go Go Gorilla 12 EP 86 w Beyond The Flipout CD 87 w 7 88 w Pharoahs Of The Far Out CD 89 w Singles CD 20

REPOST and ADD ON:  Another Brian Guy (Seattle later on) post like the other two right below as part of a three part repost for Nick From Greece.  I will say I had a lot of fun listening to this band last weekend on my rides to the beach.  Here is what Brian wrote before:  From Sydney, NSW the Psychotic Turnbuckles. Being an old pro-wrestling fan, I have always thought this bands name is absolutely hysterical. What you get here is just good old fashion punk rock. Released in 1985 on the Vi-nil label.  Link Restored 1-17-

This release is from 1988 released on Rattlesnake Records. As I said in the last post I enjoyed pro-wrestling in the past, this little 7" has a tribute to one of my favourite wrestlers of all time, Abdullah the Butcher, real name Larry Shreeve, who I think finally retired last year. He also had a song about him done by AntiSeen called Dear Abby, but I digress. Enjoy!  Link Restored 1-17-

https://bestfile.io/en/wlIrv9kKJnZJfMR/file

Jeff Clayton and the Slimegoats 7 88

REPOST Request:  Part of a three part request early this year from Nick The Greek.  What Brian Guy [original poster] wrote last time:  Jeff Clayton of Antiseen fame from a 1988 solo recording (actually it was done while Antiseen was taking a break).This is pretty much what you'd expect. They do a GG Allin cover "Cock on the Loose" plus five other songs.All in all I really enjoyed this and I hope you do to.

Released on Death Train Music out of New London, NC. I believe that this was Jeff Clayton's home address at the time but I could be wrong.Cheers,Brian Guy

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

ANTI-SEEN - Blood Of Freaks 7 88 w Raw Shit LP 88 w Two Headed Dog 7 90 w My God Can Beat Up Your God 7 90 w Southern Hospitality LP 91 w From The Vault Of EP 92 w Eat More Possum LP 93 w Seducer split 7 95 w Mean Woman Blues 7 98 w Nothing But Puke spit 7 98 w 15 Minutes Of Fame LP 99 w Screamin' Bloody Live CD 02 w Texas Teri split 7 03 w Hell CD 05 w Blowfly split 7 08 w The Best Of CD 08 w New Blood LP 12 w The Tribute w Two Heads split 7 13 w Live Possums Cd 13

REPOST Request:  Sorry for the long delay on this and above requests from Nick The Greek.  Added a few more splits since last repost of JayIRC's original posts.  Per Discogs:  Antiseen are a Charlotte, NC based punk rock band founded 1983 by Jeff Clayton (2) and Joe Young.

Current Line-up:

Jeff Clayton - Vocals

Walt Wheat - Guitar

Sir Barry Hannibal - Drums

Malcolm Tent - Bass

Past Members:.

Russ Ward - Guitar

The Gooch - drums

Joe Young - guitar

Jon Bowman- bass

Phil Keller- drums

Doug Canipe - bass

Greg Clayton - drums

Dale Duncan - bass

Marlon Cherry - bass

Doug Throgmorton - drums

Thomas O'Keefe - bass

Tripp McNeill - bass

Sir Barry Hannibal - drums

Byron "Spitbubble" McDonald - drums

Lee "Flea" Howard - bass

Steve Sadler - drums

Brad Keeter - drums

Bill Cates - bass

Mitch Cooper - drums

Joe Williams - bass, keyboards

Dana "Ace" Davis - guitar

https://bestfile.io/en/qFewPp4td9k4r0B/file

Apoteosi - st CD 74

 Some fine Italian prog rock to start out this short four album series for this week of suggestions from our friend Josef (Austria).  Interesting write-up from Discogs:  Italian prog rock band formed in 1974 by Federico Idà (bass, flaute), Franco Vinci (guitar, voice), Marcello Surace (drums), Massimo Idà (keyboards, voice), Silvana Idà (voice). In 1975 they published the prog rock album with the same name of the band, considered by all critics and fans of the genre around the world, one of the musical works of the period among the highest in terms of expression and of character of the composition.

https://bestfile.io/en/NZJt9uKWW2XYpkH/file

Belles Will Ring - Mood Patterns CD 07

 Group of four great suggestions this week from Josef (Austria) that I am finally getting to.  Per Discogs:  Real Name:  Liam Judson, Joe Driver, Aidan Roberts, Lauren Crew, Matthew Sigley

Profile:  Belles Will Ring was created through a collective love of New Wave, 60's folk rock, and New York punk. Originating in the eerily serene setting of the Blue Mountains in 2006 the band has evolved to its current incarnation with founding members Liam Judson & Aidan Roberts along with long term members Joe Driver, Lauren Crew & Matthew Sigley.

Belles Will Ring are:  Liam Judson - vocals, guitars, organ, synthesizer, percussion.

Joe Driver- percussion.;  Aidan Roberts - guitars, vocals, harmonica, keyboards.

Lauren Crew - solina string ensemble, guitar, percussion, vocals.

Matthew Sigley- Bass Guitar.

https://bestfile.io/en/AjEqPXrMqfzz0YY/file

Don Nix - In God We Trust CD 71

 Another fine suggestion from Josef (Austria) for this particular album as he has many per Discogs:  Real Name:  William Donald Nix

Profile: US musician, producer and songwriter, born September 27, 1941, in Memphis, Tennessee. Died December 31, 2024.  166 work titles registered on BMI publishing.

https://bestfile.io/en/ib6Q346xRdcmuZy/file

Pan - st CDr 70

 WoW what a cool suggestion from our friend Josef (Austria) [be sure to thank him now and then...I don't need it as this is my personal rolodex (just prevented me from a double buy at Goodwill last night on way home from work)].  Per Discogs: Pan is a psychedelic/progressive/blues rock band from Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark, that was formed in 1969.

The band was consisting of musicians Robert Lelievre, Thomas Puggaard-Müller, Henning Verner, Arne Würgler, Michael Puggaard-Müller, and in the group's 2nd incarnation: Jens Elbøl, Torben Enghoff, and Nils Tuxen. Several of these musicians are still playing regular live shows in various different bands, such as Troels Jensen & Kenn Lending Blues Band, Somanden Og Stjernerne, and Survivors.

https://bestfile.io/gj9ol7qVZZin0RD/file

Kayak - See See The Sun CD 73 w st CD 74 w Royal Bed Bouncer CD 75 w The Last Encore CD 76 w Starlight Dancer CD 77 w Phantom Of The Night CD 78 w Periscope Life CD 80 w Merlin CD 81 w Eyewitness CD 81 w Close To Fire CD 00 w Night Vision CD 01 w Merlin: Bard Of The Unseen 2CD 03 w Nostradamus The Fate Of Man CD 05 w Kayacoustic Live CD 07 w Coming Up For Air CD 08 w Letters From Utopia CD 09 w Anywhere But Here CD 11 w Cleopatra: The Crown Of Isis CD 14

Not sure who requested this band which luckily some Russian blog had just posted above, but I want to thank you since it came in handy when I was thanking my Dutch friend RYP over at Twilight Zone blogspot as they celebrated their 20th Blog Birthday Celebration!!!!  Back in MN one of the engineers I was working with was heavily into what he called European Symphonic Rock which is exactly how the Discog describes the band per:    Dutch symphonic rock band, founded in 1972 (previously known as High Tide Formation). Commercially most successful with their 1978 album "Phantom Of The Night", which included the (international) hit single "Ruthless Queen".  Here's to another 20 years!!!

https://bestfile.io/en/9ci8ljX4HtxAW7z/file