Elliot Lurie - Treat Me So Bad 7 74 w Rich Girl 7 76 w st LP 75 w Looking Glass - st CD 72 w Subway Serenade CD 73

Back with a BANG!  New PC system--you can read about my ordeal below in the Spinners post.  Thus getting to old requests.  Thought I had ripped his earlier band but had to get at youtube.  Yeah, I guess the band didn't like how huge the song, 'Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) get when released as it influenced how they had to fit in with their sound.  The solo failed per the discogs so he went on to work as a musical executive at 20th Century Fox.  Elliot is from Brooklyn, New York.  Very good as well as the K-TEL compilation right below from same era.  I also have the Dobie Gray 7 for whoever but didn't get the greatest hits link sent as it expired...could the requestor resend so I can post the 7 rip? Update settings were off on this rip and I will be redoing one per week and reposting from this week only

https://bestfile.io/en/sdpgg2QkhA97v34/file

VA - K-TEL DISCO MANIA LP 75

 I pulled this out nor only to try my new ripping gear on an older release but to accompany the Elliot Lurie post above from around the same era. Includes:  Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony, Blackbyrds, Gwen McCrae, George McCrae, Sugarloaf & Jerry Corbetta, Styx, Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes, Stylistics, Hot Chocolate, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Gloria Gaynor, Carol Douglas, Shirley & Company, Carl Douglas, Kool & The Gang, Billy Preston, Jim Gilstrap, Hues Corporation, Kiss & B.T. Express.  Listen close...incredible!!update I will be redoing all of this weeks rips one at a time 

https://bestfile.io/en/HEt46qqxSAJYdvp/file

Paul Ngozi - Viva Ngozi [Zamrock!]CD 76 -cc

COLLECTOR'S CHOICE:   This is one I had on the back shelf but mentioned to Nathan Nothin on his recent Zamrock post you could search that word over there he is on blogroll under Nothin' Says Somethin' but I had to clear up the pops which I did this weekend.  Just a smokin' Zamrock release!   Here is the Discogs:  Real Name:

Paul Dobson Nyirongo

Profile:  Born: January 10, 1949 (Lusaka, Zambia)

Died: 1989 (Lusaka, Zambia)

Lead guitarist, vocalist, composer and frontman.

Ngozi's first band was The Scorpions in Livingsone with Ngozi on guitar, Chrissy Zebby Tembo on drums and Tommy Mwale on bass.

In 1975 Brian Chengala enticed him into joining The "Mighty" Musi O Tunya Band to replace Rikki Ililonga on lead guitar where he stayed playing and recording for a year.

Back home he linked up with Chrissy and Tommy and revived their musical partnership under a new name the Three Years Before. They recruited Peter Bwalya on rhythm guitar and the band changed name to Ngozi Family. In the early 1980's his output shifted from rock to kalindula along with many of his contemporaries. Paul Ngozi had an active solo career in addition to his work with Ngozi Family, releasing several solo albums and singles. He was active well into the late 80's until he passed away in 1989.

https://bestfile.io/en/mL99nvJ68L4GjxY/file

VA - IT'S YOUR CHOICE-UNRELEASED LIVE 2x10LP 91 w So Much Hate Your Choice Live Series CD

Got this double 10 inch smoker from a discogs seller who made a mistake as I was buying the 'So Much Hate" album from him overseas.  Oh well, this much rarer and I got the So Much Hate Your Choice from youtube and added it in per the comment left under the Scream post below.  Includes also:  Life-But How To Live It?, Verbal Assault, Ripcord, Raped Teenagers, Pullermann, Arm, Kina, Scream, Melvins, Target Of Demand and Nonoyesno.

https://bestfile.io/qi2kWxDdfWhIkf7/file

Update I will be redoing all off this weeks rips like this one as settings were off

SCREAM - Still Screaming LP 82 w This Side Up LP 85 w Banging The Drum LP 87 w Your Choice Live Series LP 91

REPOST and ADD ON:  Celebrating this week my PC number 2 all set for a lifetime of ripping so I added the Your Choice Live Series to previous posts with the new ripware.  Check Discord records for the later albums as not yet caught up on them.  Update I will be redoing all of this weeks R.I.P. s like this live album as settings were off

https://bestfile.io/en/P9b8qpcVdmtKdjr/file
 

KENNY ROBERTS - The Incredible LP 67

 Wanted to make this one the first post this week to celebrate my successful ripping attempt this weekend with the new PC and system but kept digging deeper for more...anyways 'BACK AT YOU" just like Kenny in the picture, Yay!  Per Discogs:  Real Name:   George Kingsbury

Profile:   He was born October 14th, 1926 in Lenoir City, Tennessee. He died April 29th, 2012 in Athol, Massachusetts. Update settings were off on this rip and all this weeks so I will redo one at a time

https://bestfile.io/en/XvUCxo6vpM40iQA/file

The Spinners - Spinning Wheel LP w st LP 73 w Mighty Love LP 74 w The Spinners - It's A Shame LP 76 w Happiness Is Being With The Spinners LP 76 w 8 LP 77 w Dancin' And Lovin' LP 79 w Motown 20th Anniv LP 79 w The Very Best Of CD 94

 REPOST and ADD ON:  Hallelujah!! Back with a BANG!!!  Overcame great difficulty and now celebrating this week a new ripping set up at home after my 9000-rip PC for this blog finally cashed it in with a hard crash.  Here were my steps:  (1) Ebay PC buy for $120 that was one digit off from my Gateway part number--returned for half money as sound line in not what I had with RCA 3.5 mm blue port but had some funky optical sound port.  (2) Ebay PC buy for $140 with 3.5 mm port but only had partial Windows XP install BUT had license for Windows 7 like I was using for my special software so had local PC shop do complete install of Windows 7.  (3) Last Magix 2004 I used was a bootleg allowing only one install and would not allow recording or WAV file creation like it did on my last Windows 7 PC.  Turns out most PC repair will not work on below Windows 10/11 like Geek Squad at Best Buy.  (4) Found very first official Audio Cleaning Lab Magix 3.0 ($30) software like I used at the very beginning but had lost the CD back in 2010 on ebay UNOPENED and LAST COPY.  4.  Installed last Friday and still wouldn't record.  5.  Had downloaded back up plan to use Audacity as they have free downloads of all Windows versions (good thing I touted it when it came out as Guitar Center back when stores sold pre-amps and cleaning gear told me about it as free download when it came out...now it is well supported).  6.  Final solution as I never want to see another Audacity "free" tutorial on Youtube ever again!!!!! is to record one album at at time (I tried my old 5 albums at a time and crashed my new Magix twice after doing and redoing all the cuts!!!) in Audacity as a WAV file export uncut, then I import to my new/old Magix 3.0 and do my rapidfire cuts to uncanny precision and you get to hear it!  New PC's were out of the question as they all have USB ports instead which is not analog.

So that being said, this was a repost I did last month for Supporter who asked for it back in first week of February or before when the crash occurred and the album which is very good IMO called 'Dancin' And Lovin' was due to be ripped--so now it is the first rip I have done with the new system.  Since my procedure is changed, I no longer use 'Software Boost" at level of 0.8 which was minimal as I am now recording in Audacity which sounds louder actually.  I had a comment that someone said my old rips were good and checked for loud speaker playing and passed so I thought the boost was O.K.  I think you will prefer the new sound as just as loud with no distortions that sometimes  update I will be redoing all of this weeks rips due to settings were off occurred with boost.  Let the Bells Ring Again!!!

https://bestfile.io/en/XuOhMOzX8F8riO5/file

Broselmaschine - st CD 71 99 -cc

COLLECTOR'S CHOICE:  Per Discogs:  German folk band from Duisburg, founded by Peter Bursch and Willi Kissmer in 1969.

https://bestfile.io/en/yJ6VpsnXfJ6rJF5/file

 

Bubu - Anabelas CD 78 -cc

COLLECTOR'S CHOICE:  Per Discogs:  Argentinian Eclectic Prog Rock Band from Buenos Aires 

https://bestfile.io/en/ApEMfl86l7gMnEL/file

Holy Rollers - As Is LP 90

REPOST Request:  Great Discord label D.C. punk scene from 1989-1995 kickin' it on first album here!

https://bestfile.io/en/FPz8imM9LABHkyx/file
 

ROBERT DERBY - I'm Normal LP 80

REPOST Request:  What I wrote before:  Recorded this new wave leaning album on his own home equipment like Ian North and Thomas Leer did back then before it was more common.

https://bestfile.io/en/GXf0X9ijyZJjFzW/file

VA - Rock Around The Rotor Platz LP 86

IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL:  A good and raw rawker!  Thanks to EricC for reminding me when I brought this in last week, I had discovered it was actually a compilation.  Here are the bands he pulled out for me: Autograph, EVM, Creators, Sofia Rotaru, Alla Pugachova, Forum, Bravo & Time Machine.

https://bestfile.io/a2pTdvZXyouBEyH/file

PAGANS - Buried Alive LP 86 w The Godlike Power Of The Pagans Live LP 87 w (Us &) All Of Our Friends Are So Messed Up 7 88 w The Pink Album Plus! CD 01w Family Fare CD 90 w Pirate's Cove 9-24-79 CD w Hollywood High CD 14

REPOST Request And ADD-ON:  A big thanks to Josef from Austria for prompting me about this legendary band (R.I.P. Mike Hudson) that I saw twice in one day!  My old record store clerk put out the Buried Alive album which revived the band in the late 80's.  Saw them one college afternoon after classes play in the old Northern Lights record store for a short set then later that night at First Avenue in the slam pit for me!  Missing the song Shunyata if anyone gots please leave link in comments.  

https://bestfile.io/en/FWrPzNCiWCr9mAE/file

Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions with related compilations

 A big thanks to Funk My Soul blog where you will want to go for a full write up on the releases or if you want his rip vs. the "LP" rips I did and left in (I labeled his as CD).  Here is what I included:  Curtis Mayfield - Curtis CD 70 00 w Live! 2LP w Roots CD 71 w Super Fly OMST CD 72 95 w Back To The World LP 73 w Got To Find A Way CD 74 w Sweet Exorcist LP 74 w There's No Place Like America Today LP 75 and then for the Impressions - The Best Of Curtis Mayfield With The Impressions LP 73 w The Complete A & B Sides 1961-68 2CD 09 (thanks to Twilight Zone blogspot) w Check Your Mind CD 70 and then for all the related compilations:  Aretha Franklin - Sparkle CD 76 w Linda Clifford & Curtis Mayfield - The Right Combination CD 80 w The Staple Singers - Let's Do It Again CD w VA - The First Annual Benefit Concert For The Congressional Black Caucus LP 75.Back in the Days of Soul!

https://bestfile.io/en/Domsl9R7LQQ0BxH/file