LADY FLASH - Beauties In The Night LP 76

 Like last year, I am creating a new weekly series with 10 or 11 albums to expand on this band's name:  Lady Flash Series.  Most are big dance numbers like this band's big hit 'Street Singin'.  They were for Barry Manilow what The Love Unlimited Orchestra was for Barry White.  Enjoy!!!

https://bestfile.io/giit7HfFSpeOzTL/file

Companion - Mr. Head Live LP 80

 Here's another fine suggestion from Josef (Austria) with limited details on Discogs:  Profile:  Late 70's rural US hard / psych rock band.

Members:  Douglas Kelly, Jim Maguire, Patrick Maguire, Ronnie Miller

https://bestfile.io/en/tOvT2Q0B0vlfXjv/file

TAOS - st LP 70

 Thanks to Josef (Austria) for giving me a nice run on the country rock theme and filling out this blog with all the essential selections I was missing.  Not much on discogs about them except this:  Profile:  Psychedelic Rock band from the 1970's.  Sites: therisingstorm.net   Members: Albie Ciappa, Burt Levine, Jeff Baker, Kit Bedford, Steve Oppenheim.

https://bestfile.io/en/SQBDD2tH8fhrjfo/file

GORDON CALCOTTE SHOW - GALVESTON LP w THE SPINNERS - SPINNING WHEEL LP

Going to start this post with a comment from a youtube post of the "Spinning Wheel' cover song/title track from The Spinners (yes, know I know a different band):

 The guy that's singing on here is the same guy that sang on a couple of other Crown budget exploito LP's. Check out Lee Akers and the Electric Generation "Heavy Heavy" album and also The Underground Electrics "Hey Jude". I quite like the guys voice.

So YES, I am going to re-up my old Spinners post where this band was mixed in and YES, I agree with comment and am going to seek out the other exploito bands that may or may not have the same singer.  I am assuming The Gordon Calcotte Show is the same vocal which I totally enjoy calling it Country Funk back then making up my own history..Ha Ha.  But hey no one figured it out over a decade.  Anyways sooo glad to be figuring this out since I like the Spinning Wheel tune so much (I left in my old rip as last song with quick gap from a cut I had to make after finding the comment and different rip on youtube).  That being said, this Galveston album has been staring me in the face for years in a stack and I never knew it but dang it is a great album (truck drivin' tune too!!) & has the same Crown promo label.

https://bestfile.io/CImyZpPEki7OwDn/file

VA - The World Still Won't Listen-A Tribute To The Smiths CD 96

REPOST Request:  Sorry for the week delay as was so busy last week forgot I had already re-upped the link.  JayIRC was first one to post so many thanks and here are the artists:  (Dare To Defy/Down By Law/Anal Cunt/Subzero/The Meatmen/H2O/Sweet Diesel/Slapshot/Screw 32/Leeway/Youth Brigade/Vision/Edgewise/The Business/59 Times The Pain/Home 33/Walleye/Lament).

https://bestfile.io/en/DnTn5xkWaUJrw7g/file

It's All Meat - st CD 70 -cc

COLLECTOR'S CHOICE:   Per Discogs:  It’s All Meat (aka Its All Meat) were a late 1960s / early 1970s band from Toronto, Canada. Their name was taken from a dog food commercial. Prior to their 1969 debut single, some of the band had been known as (The) Underworld. McKim and MacKay weren’t in Underworld, but produced their much sought after single Go Away [anybody got it?]

https://bestfile.io/en/QQZvchEcv6L9iUQ/file 

and for fun and in case someone needs more examples, I re-upped this compilation (left in place):

VA - All Meat Comp. LP 75:  https://bestfile.io/en/BYhaYG7oXoFMZBo/file

Ithaca - A Game For All Who Know CD 73 04 -cc

 COLLECTOR'S CHOICE:  Here is the Discogs info:  Profile:  English Folk and Psychedelic group, early 1970s.  Members: Brian Hussey, John Ferdinando, Lee Menelaus, Martin Garrett, Peter Howell.

https://bestfile.io/en/qSgyC358aO0GaLl/file

THE MUSIC EXPLOSION - The Very Best Of LP 86 w flexi 68

REPOST:  Reposting this for my own self to keep clear with the music machines below.  What I wrote before (is still true):  Here we go, with A Little Bit Of Soul and Little Black Egg (the Pagans covered this classic!) and the flexi with the Laura label songs are outstanding!  And from Discogs: Mansfield, Ohio-based pop group that experienced meteoric, but short-lived pop success in 1967 with the hit song, Little Bit O' Soul. Members included Jamie Lyons (vocals, percussion), Don "Tudor" Atkins (lead guitar), Richard Nesta (guitar), Burton "Butch" Sahl (bass), and Dave Webster (drums).

https://bestfile.io/en/xrZC4CboToL3u5d/file

THE MUSIC MACHINE - (Turn On) The Music Machine LP 66 w The Bonniwell Music Machine - st LP 67 w st LP 67 14 w Ignition 1967-68 CD 00

 Dedicating this post to the who requested it...my organic store clerk ROB!!!  Now you can see why I added on to the Tom T. Hall below as I had posted HIS music machine before and trying to get this all organized starting with the Music Explosion right above this post.  You will remember their big hit, "Talk Talk" and the second album with the Bonniwell added to their name is considered a classic psychedelic album per the youtube video included by Acid Archive Diaries.  Described as early 60's protopunk.

https://bestfile.io/en/WdneSai9RvYYE5l/file

TOM T. HALL - I Witness Life LP 70 w The Story Teller LP 72 w For The Last People In The Last Hard Town LP 73 w Songs Of Fox Hollow LP 74 w Music Machine LP 76 w VA - Real, The Tom T. Hall Project CD 98

REPOST and ADD ON:  Added a 1970 album shown on top picture, then re-upped the tribute link where I first posted it and then added the files to this post.  I mentioned before I had remembered his song "I Love" perhaps from the radio and a kids music album is included from original post.  Here is the Discogs info:  American country music songwriter, singer, instrumentalist, novelist, and short-story writer.

Born May 25, 1936, Olive Hill, Kentucky – died August 20, 2021, Franklin, Tennessee.

He was married to Dixie Hall. Brother of Hillman Hall and Jack Hall (7).

As a teenager he formed a band named the Kentucky Travelers and during a stint in the Army he began writing comic songs about his experiences. After leaving the Army he worked as a radio announcer. His songwriting break came in 1963, when country singer Jimmy C. Newman recorded his song, "DJ for a Day". Many of his songs were written about his experiences and the people and places in the eastern Kentucky of his youth.

After his retirement from the road and major label recording, he and his wife, Dixie Hall, were heavily involved in bluegrass songwriting, promotion of newer bluegrass artists, and operating a recording studio for bluegrass artists. In 2004, he and Dixie won a Distinguished Achievement Award from the IBMA. In 2016, they were honored with an exhibit at the International Bluegrass Music Museum. Tom was elected to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1978, the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008, and was honored as a BMI Icon in 2012.

https://bestfile.io/en/1WutS8bxRo4X4PU/file

VA - GOSPEL ALL NIGHT SING LP

 The weekly Jesus music selection is a fine mix of recently posted artists in this series including:  Sego's & Naomi, Dixie Echoes with Hal Kennedy, The Florida Boys, The Crusaders, Clyde Beavers, The Trav'lers Quartet, The Songs Of Song, The McCormick Gospel Singers, The Sunshine Girls and Wally Flower & The Oak Ridge Quartet.

https://bestfile.io/xPykGzwuOt9le7L/file

TwentyOnePilots - VESSEL LP 14

An interesting random find at Goodwill thrift, it's the new style emotive singing like my nephews are into like Zach Bryant, etc.  I liked some of the intricate quick flourishes both vocally and instrumentally.  Per Discogs:   twenty one pilots (official capitalization) is an American duo from Columbus, Ohio. In 2009, lead vocalist and keyboardist Tyler Joseph, Nick Thomas, and Chris Salih formed the band as a trio, but after Thomas and Salih departed in 2011, Joseph and new member, drummer Josh Dun, moved forward as a duo.

https://bestfile.io/HgZBgL0tYzXiU8i/file

ÑICO MEMBIELA - CANTA PARA TI LP

 A nice album to set the mood at your next event.  Per Discogs:  Cuban bolero singer. Born in Zulueta, Provincia De Villa Clara, Cuba on December 3rd, 1913. Died in Miami, Florida on July 13th, 1998. This renowned singer and songwriter from a young age played boleros as a troubadour in his hometown and already in 1942 established himself as a professional singer in Havana. He initially didn't have much success but recorded 6 songs in 1951. Then in 1954 he joined the Orquesta Cheo Belen Puig and recorded two songs that opened up his road to fame. As a teenager he learned to play guitar and went to Cienfuegos with his family. Ñico Membiela's father owned the hardware store La Bomba, in Calzada De Dolores, between the streets Gloria and Industria, a few doors down from the residence of Adolfina Lazo, godmother of trova music in Cienfuegos. Adolfina and Ñico had a great friendship. Ñico used to walk with his guitar on the streets serenading or was received at a home to offer his troubadour performances. The young and very thin Ñico Membiela had poor health since early youth, but had many friends and girls who admired him and they would listen to the songs that he incorporated to his repertoire. Although his career was illustrious, he never had great fame in the long run, only living and performing in the shadows of more popular Bolero singers. In 1963 he performed in Mexico and moved to the United States, where he lived and continued making music until his death at age 85 in 1998. ENJOY!!!

https://bestfile.io/stOLEWq9EpakL7f/file

Musical Memories Of Germany Vol. II Auf zum Oktoberfest LP w OKTOBERFEST- Favorite Grerman Beergarden Songscassette

REPOST and ADD ON:  Since this weekly cassette rip had two songs on each side with some warp in them, I decided to add for repost another similar Oktoberfest album that had a playable postcard that came with it shown in the middle picture.  Time for lunchbreak!

https://bestfile.io/DlECHz8x2rhxKYu/file

RICHARD "DICKEY" BETTS [R.I.P.] - Highway Call LP 74 w Night CD 81 w The Dickey Betts Band - Pattern Disruptive CD 88 w Betts, Hall, Leavel & Trucks - Geneva, NY CD 83 w ADDED DICKEY BETTS & GREAT SOUTHERN - st CD 77 24 w Atlanta's Burning Down CD 78 24 w The Collectors #1 CD 07 w Dickey Bett's Band - Let's Get Together CD 07

REPOST and ADD ON:  My first Diekey post was April 2024 when he passed away [R.I.P.].  Recently, Josef (Austria) suggested his Great Southern first album so I added three from that band as well as found another I was missing:  Let's Get Together by the Dickey Betts Band.  Here's the Discogs:  Real Name: Richard Forrest Betts

Profile: American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer, born December 12, 1943, West Palm Beach, Florida - died April 18, 2024, Osprey, Florida.

He was a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, and along with the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. He also won with the band a best rock performance Grammy Award for his instrumental "Jessica" in 1996.

Dickey Betts was ranked #58 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time list in 2003, and #61 on the list published in 2011.  He was married to Dale Betts.

https://bestfile.io/en/vuCiXKnrjhium11/file

ITZHAK PERLMAN - Paganini - 24 Caprices, Op. 1 LP 72

 For the classical weekly theme!  Per Discogs:  Itzhak Perlman is an Israeli-American violinist, conductor, and pedagogue.  Born August 31, 1945 in Tel Aviv, Israel

Real Name:  Niccolò Paganini  Profile:  Italian violist, violinist, guitarist and composer of the Romantic period, * 27 October 1782 in Genoa, Republic of Genoa, today Italy, † 27 May 1840 in Nice, Kingdom of Sardinia, today France

https://bestfile.io/mTGgCPrypstDIcC/file

GARY LEWIS AND THE PLAYBOYS - The Diamond Ring 7 64 w Everybody Loves A Clown LP 65 w Hits Again LP 66 w (You Don't Have To) Paint Me A Picture LP 67 w Golden Greats LP 71 w NOW! LP 68

REPOST and ADD ON:  I missed the NOW! album on my recent repost for GL&P and so am adding it to the end of the song list.  Per Discogs:  Pop Allan Ramsey (bass, born, July 27, 1943 – died, November 27, 1985),

David Costell (guitar), and

John West (electronic accordion).

rock group discovered performing at Disneyland in 1964 by Snuff Garrett who, with arrangements provided by Leon Russell, produced a string of Top 10 hits throughout the mid 1960's. Members included

Gary Lewis (drummer, lead vocals and the son of actor/comedian Jerry Lewis (3)),

David Walker (guitar),

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

FYI I just reupped the 'Spirit of the 60's original double CD and New Studio 3CD 96 when they redid the classics and Gary Lewis & The Playboys are on it:  https://bestfile.io/en/IioVZrlyvNKjX5Y/file

Since LEON RUSSELL wrote their big clowns hit, here is reup:  https://bestfile.io/en/GRMPbtHk5vq6cDE/file

Cosmic Psychos - Lead Me Astray 7 w Down On The Farm EP 85 w st tape 89 w Back At School EP 92 w Live At dBs 05 w Self Totaled w Slave To The Crave LP 89 w st LP 87 w Blokes You Can Trust LP 91

REPOST Request:  For Fogo!  What I wrote last time:  Thanks to JayIRC for most of these and I added in a couple tapes.  I first heard them on the Amphetamine Reptile (AMREP) VHS tape I posted long ago.  Per Discogs:  Australian punk trio from Melbourne, Victoria, formed in the mid 1980s. Originally Bill Walsh and Peter Jones were in Spring Plains, which broke up in 1985. Before that they invited Ross Knight to join the group, and soon after that Cosmic Psychos was born. Robbie Watts replaced Peter Jones after the recording of the live "Slave To The Crave" album in 1990. At the end of 2005, after a long hiatus, the Psychos went to the studio to record the album "Off Ya Cruet!" with new drummer Dean Muller (ex Voodoo Lust) replacing Bill Walsh.

After the shock of the tragic loss of Robbie Watts (from a heart attack), it was an option to drop the brand "Cosmic Psychos". But Ross was overwhelmed by the grief and support of the fans, so he decided, with full support of Robbie's kids, that "There's more beer to be drunk!". John (McKeering) Onya (from the Onyas) had already been friend of the band for quite some time, and in 2006 was chosen to play guitar with them.

A documentary film about the band, 'Blokes You Can Trust', was released in 2013.

https://bestfile.io/en/SkutWGHIViv2q9H/file