Pretenders - Pretenders (1980)

Artist:  Pretenders
Title:  Pretenders
Release:  1980
Format:  LP
Label:  Warner Bros.
Catalog#  WBN 56774

“Pretenders” is the debut studio album by the British-American new wave band The Pretenders, released on 27 December 1979. A combination of rock, punk, and pop music, this album made the band famous.  Nick Lowe produced the Pretenders' first single, "Stop Your Sobbing", but decided not to work with them again as he thought the band "wasn't going anywhere". Chris Thomas took over on the subsequent recording sessions.
Few rock & roll records rock as hard or with as much originality as the Pretenders' eponymous debut album. A sleek, stylish fusion of Stonesy rock & roll, new wave pop, and pure punk aggression, Pretenders is teeming with sharp hooks and a viciously cool attitude. Although Chrissie Hynde establishes herself as a forceful and distinctively feminine songwriter, the record isn't a singer/songwriter's tour de force -- it's a rock & roll album, powered by a unique and aggressive band. Guitarist James Honeyman-Scott never plays conventional riffs or leads, and his phased, treated guitar gives new dimension to the pounding rhythms of "Precious," "Tattooed Love Boys," "Up the Neck," and "The Wait," as well as the more measured pop of "Kid," "Brass in Pocket," and "Mystery Achievement." He provides the perfect backing for Hynde and her tough, sexy swagger. Hynde doesn't fit into any conventional female rock stereotype, and neither do her songs, alternately displaying a steely exterior or a disarming emotional vulnerability. It's a deep, rewarding record, whose primary virtue is its sheer energy. Pretenders moves faster and harder than most rock records, delivering an endless series of melodies, hooks, and infectious rhythms in its 12 songs. Few albums, let alone debuts, are ever this astonishingly addictive.
The album features the singles "Stop Your Sobbing" "Kid" and "Brass in Pocket".


Side one
1.  Precious  (3:36)
2.  The Phone Call  (2:29)
3.  Up the Neck  (4:27)
4.  Tattooed Love Boys  (2:59)
5.  Space Invader  (3:26)
6.  The Wait  (3:35)
7.  Stop Your Sobbing  (2:38)

Side two
1.  Kid  (3:06)
2.  Private Life  (6:25)
3.  Brass in Pocket  (3:04)
4.  Lovers of Today  (5:51)
5.  Mystery Achievement  (5:23)

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New Adventures - New Adventures (1980)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artist:  New Adventures
Title:  New Adventures
Release:  1980
Format:  LP
Label:  Polydor
Catalog#  2925098

 

Bootsman (ex-Hot Time Band en Purcus Education), De Winter (ex-Roxette en Purcus Education) en Torpedo (ex-Upsidedown) zijn toe aan een nieuwe muzikaal avontuur en richten in 1978 New Adventures op. Het trio doet in de nazomer zijn eerste optredens in Oost-Groningen en wordt (met dank aan de tijdgeest en de bandnaam) aanvankelijk in de new wave-hoek geplaatst. De bluesrock van New Adventures doet het goed bij live optredens en de band heeft al gauw een goede reputatie. Bootsman en zijn companen touren in het voorprogramma van The Golden Earring, krijgen een deal met Polydor en gaan in december '79 met George Kooymans de studio in voor de opnamen van hun eerste eerste album.
In februari verschijnt de eerste volledige plaat van New Adventures. Eerder werden wat singles uitgebracht waarvan de Chuck Berry-hit Come On het meest succesvol is. De groep krijgt van Stichting Conamus de Zilveren Harp uitgereikt.

 

Side one
1.  Come On  (3:00)  
2.  Drive Me Wild  (2:52)  
3.  Spacelab Cowboy  (2:49)  
4.  You Can't Do That  (2:45)  
5.  Right To Cry  (2:57)  
6.  Bacchus Beckett  (3:18)  
7.  Money  (2:10) 

 

Side two
1.  Late Late Show  (3:15)  
2.  Phoney  (2:57)  
3.  Backdoor Lovers  (3:26)  
4.  If Your Mamma Don't Like It  (3:43)  
5.  Rock & Roll Woman  (2:40)  
6.  Genie Dance  (3:13)  
7.  New Adventures (All In It Togethers)  (2:30)

 

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The Babys - Head First (1979)

Artist:  The Babys
Title:  Head First
Release:  1979
Format:  LP
Label:  Chrysalis Records
Catalog#  511195

“Head First” is the title of the third album by The Babys.
1978 was a difficult year of transition for The Babys: The group parted ways with founding member Michael Corby during sessions for their new album, and the remaining members finished the album only to have their record company reject it in its initial form. The Babys regrouped, recorded a few new tracks to finish the album, and then headed out on tour with newly recruited members Jonathan Cain and Ricky Philips. “Head First”, the album that resulted from this tumultuous time, is energetic but a bit schizophrenic in terms of style: Lushly orchestrated songs like "White Lightning" continue on in the orchestrated AOR style of “Broken Heart” while songs like "Love Don't Prove I'm Right" return to the stripped-down rock sound that characterized The Babys. As a result, “Head First” feels more like a collection of songs than a true album. The album's sense of inconsistency is further deepened by the presence of some underwritten songs: "California" has an atmospheric sound but drifts on without a solid sense of structure, and "White Lightning" undercuts its powerful sense of dynamics with some rather silly lyrics. Just the same, the album has enough good songs to counterbalance these weaknesses: The title track balances surging bass-driven verses with a piano-laced chorus to create one of The Babys' finest rockers, and "Every Time I Think of You" is a beautifully crafted, heartfelt power ballad that gave the group its second big hit.


Side one
1.   Love Don’t Prove I’m Right   (2:47)
2.   Every Time I Think of You   (4:00)
3.   I Was One   (3:30)
4.   White Lightening   (3:20)
5.   Run To Mexico   (4:35)

Side two
1.   Head First   (3:57)
2.   You Got It   (4:39)
3.   Please Don’t Leave Me   (5:08)
4.   California   (4:00)

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Sweet D´Buster - Gigs (1979)

Artist:  Sweet D´Buster
Title:  Gigs
Release:  1979
Format:  LP
Label:  Ariola Records
Catalog#  200337

Sweet D' Buster was een Nederlandse popgroep die optrad tussen 1975 en 1981, opgericht door saxofonist Bertus Borgers.
Echte muziekliefhebbers zijn het er veelal over eens: één van de beste bands die ons land ooit gekend heeft is Sweet d’Buster. De vijfmansformatie rond zanger/saxofonist Bertus Borgers stond garant voor een (h)eerlijke mix van rock, funk, pop en soul. De weergaloze baspartijen van Herman Deinum, de innovatieve drumpatronen van Hans Lafaille, de geraffineerde toetsen van Robert-Jan Stips en de veelzijdige gitaarklanken van Paul Smeenk zorgden voor een wonderlijke combinatie van uiteenlopende muziekstijlen.  “Gigs” is hun succesvolle derde album, een live-album opgenomen in Zwolle, Arnhem en Tilburg en gemixt in Los Angeles. Het laat de unieke sound van Sweet d’Buster herleven: nostalgisch genieten van tracks als “Manja”, “Still Believe”, “Smash The Mirror” en “Hard Stone Jungle”, wordt ouderwets swingen en grooven !


Side one
1.  Money Song   (3:24)  
2.  Smash The Mirror  (4:03)  
3.  Manja  (4:40)  
4.  Going Nowhere  (5:47) 

Side two
1.  Still Believe  (4:00)  
2.  No More Cricket  (3:32)  
3.  Bread  (5:20)  
4.  Under City Lights  (3:22)

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Manfred Mann´s Earth Band - Watch (1978)

Artist:  Manfred Mann´s Earth Band
Title: Watch
Release: 1978
Format: LP
Label: Bronze Records
Catalog# 25762

Coming off their biggest hit in years with the 1976 album “THE ROARING SILENCE” (and its monster hit single a version of Springsteen's "Blinded By the Light), Manfred Mann decided to continue in the same musical direction with their next release two years later, 1978's “WATCH”. Present again is the synthesizer-laden pop rock with a progressive edge, but noticeably absent was another overhaul of a Springsteen tune. Still, “WATCH” was a big hit in the band's native England, highlighted by the top 10 UK single "Davy's on the Road Again." Also included were such other prog-pop highlights as the album-opening one-two punch of "Circles", "Drowning on Dry Land/Fish Soup", and the newly revamped version of Bob Dylan's "Mighty Quinn."
Along with "THE ROARING SILENCE", "WATCH" remains one of Manfred Mann's strongest releases of the '70s.


Side one
1. Circles   (4:50)
2. Drowning on Dry Land/Fish Soup   (6:01)
3. Chicago Institute    (5:47)
4. California   (5:32)

Side two
1. Davy's On The Road Again   (5:55)
2. Martha's Madman   (4:52)
3. Mighty Quinn   (6:29)

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Santa Esmeralda II - The House Of The Rising Sun (1978)

Artist:  Santa Esmeralda II
Title: The House Of The Rising Sun
Release: 1978
Format: LP
Label: Philips Records
Catalog# 9120285

Santa Esmeralda is a U.S./French Disco group formed in the 1970s; perhaps best known for their hit disco remakes of the 1960s hits "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" and "House of the Rising Sun". The group featured original lead singer Leroy Gómez in 1977 & 1978, singer Jimmy Goings from 1979 until 1983, and once again original lead singer Leroy Gómez from the 1990s to this day.
After the band's first album, singer Jimmy Goings was brought in to replace Leroy Gomez. In 1977 Santa Esmeralda scored a top 20 disco hit with a dance version of another song made famous by The Animals, "The House of the Rising Sun".


Side one
1. The House Of The Rising Sun + Quasimodo Suite   (16:30) 

Side two
1. Dance You Down Tonight   (7:00)  
2. Nothing Else Matters   (6:30)  
3. Hey! Gyp!   (3:30) 

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Andrew Lloyd Webber (London Cast) - Evita (1976)

Artist:  Andrew Lloyd Webber (London Cast)
Title: Evita
Release: 1976
Format: 2LP
Label: MCA Records
Catalog# 5C 154-98344

“Evita” is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. It concentrates on the life of Argentine political leader Eva Perón, the second wife of Argentine president Juan Perón. The story follows Evita's early life, rise to power, charity work, and eventual death.
The musical began as a rock opera, and the songs were released on a two-album record set which became a smash hit. The album was recorded at Olympic Studios in London from April to September 1976 and released later that year. Some of the songs made it to the top of the charts in Britain,
Elements of the original plotline on this album were removed before the show was staged in London in 1978. Rice had included details about the character of "Che" attempting to market an insecticide, most significantly in the song "The Lady's Got Potential". The track was cut from the score and a new song written to include the key plotline of Eva Perón's rise to power: "The Art of the Possible". The libretto and synopsis record "Part One" as ending after the balcony scene following "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" and "Part Two" beginning with "High Flying, Adored". On both the original LP and subsequent compact disc releases, though, the recording is split such that the balcony scene begins the second half. This split point was retained for the London stage production.


Side one
1.  A Cinema In Bueno Aires, 26 July 1952  (1:18)
2.  Requiem For Evita / Oh What A Circus  (9:12)
3.  On This Night Of A Thousand Stars / Eva And Magaldi / Eva Beware Of The City  (7:10)
4.  Buenos Aires  (3:43)
5.  Goodnight And Thank You  (3:39)

Side two
1.  The Lady’s Got Potential  (4:38)
2.  Charity Concert / I’d Be Surprisingly Good For You  (6:10)
3.  Another Suitcase In Another Hall  (3:58)
4.  Dangerous Jade  (3:39)
5.  A New Argentina  (7:08)

Side three
1.  On The Balcony Of The Casa Rosada / Don’t Cry For Me Argentina  (9:10)
2.  High Flying, Adored  (4:26)
3.  Rainbow High  (2:31)
4.  Rainbow Tour  (5:17)
5.  The Actress Hasn’t Learned The Lines (You’d Like To Hear)  (2:33)
6.  And The Money Kept Rolling In (And Out)  (2:34)

Side four
1.  Santa Evita  (1:55)
2.  Waltz For Eva And Che  (3:42)
3.  She Is A Diamond  (2:57)
4.  Dice Are Rolling / Eva’s Sonnet  (6:10)
5.  Eva’s Final Broadcast  (3:33)
6.  Montage  (3:35)
7.  Lament  (3:58)

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Lancee - The Bridge (1981)

Artist: Lancee
Title: The Bridge
Release: 1981
Format: LP
Label: CBS
Catalog# 84876

Ferdy Lancee begint zijn carrière als sessiegitarist. Hij doet veel studiowerk en speelt in de begeleidingsband Lotusland.
In 1979 richt hij samen met gitarist Frank Klunhaar de groep Lancee op. De muzikanten worden aangevuld met Marcel Lahaye (orgel, piano), Jos van de Dries (drums) en Pieter Korremans (bas).
Op de LP “The Bridge” uit 1981, zijn tekst en muziek beter op elkaar afgestemd. Op de plaat is te horen dat de muzikanten na de vele optredens een hecht collectief zijn geworden. “The Bridge” is echter geen commercieel succes en Lancee gaat uit elkaar.


Side one
1. Chopper Jack  (4:58)  
2. You Don't Belong Here  (3:38)  
3. I''l Always Love You  (3:49)  
4. Standing In The Middle  (2:54)  
5. Rock Love  (3:49) 

Side two
1. Tonight You're On The Radio  (5:40)  
2. Rescue Me  (4:06)  
3. The Kids Are Comin'  (6:30)  
4. Paradise  (4:38)

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Status Quo - Blue For You (1976)

Artist:  Status Quo
Title:  Blue For You
Release: 1976
Format: LP
Label: Vertigo
Catalog#  6360128

“Blue For You” is the ninth studio album by English Rock band Status Quo, released in March 1976 and is both the last album to feature the 'Frantic Four' lineup (due to Andy Bown officially joining the band as keyboardist following its release), and the last one they produced themselves, which resulted in subsequent albums having a noticeably lighter, more pop oriented sound.
"Is There a Better Way," the sleazy barroom vibe of the title track, and the six-minute closer, "Mystery Song", “Blue for You” married vintage Quo with a progressive eye that boded well for at least another few albums' worth of quality quo-tations. Elsewhere, however, "Rolling Home," "That's a Fact," and "Rain" suggested a paint-by-numbers approach that hadn't simply isolated all the ingredients that brought the band its mass appeal, it then boiled them down to the lowest common denominator as well.


Side one
1.  Is There A Better Way   (3:30)  
2.  Mad About The Boy  (3:32)  
3.  Ring Of A Change   (4:21)  
4.  Blue For You   (4:15)  
5.  Rain   (4:20) 

Side two
1.  Rolling Home  (3:05)  
2.  That's A Fact   (4:22)  
3.  Ease Your Mind  (3:30)  
4.  Mystery Song   (6:44)

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Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail (1976)

Artist:  Genesis

Title:  A Trick Of The Tail
Release: 1976
Format: LP
Label: Charisma
Catalog#  6369974

“A Trick Of The Tail” is the seventh studio album by British progressive rock band Genesis and the first to feature drummer Phil Collins as full-time lead vocalist following the departure of original vocalist Peter Gabriel. It was released in February 1976.

After Peter Gabriel departed for a solo career, Genesis embarked on a long journey to find a replacement, only to wind back around to their drummer, Phil Collins, as a replacement. With Collins as their new frontman, the band decided not to pursue the stylish, jagged postmodernism of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway a move that Gabriel would do in his solo career and instead returned to the English eccentricity of Selling England by the Pound for its next effort, A Trick of the Tail. In almost every respect, this feels like a truer sequel to Selling England by the Pound than Lamb; after all, that double album was obsessed with modernity and nightmare, whereas this album returns the group to the fanciful fairy tale nature of its earlier records. Also, Genesis were moving away from the barbed pop of the first LP and returning to elastic numbers that showcased their instrumental prowess, and they sounded more forceful and unified as a band than they had since Foxtrot. Not that this album is quite as memorable as Foxtrot or Selling England, largely because its songs aren't as immediate or memorable: apart from "Dance on a Volcano," this is about the sound of the band playing, not individual songs, and it succeeds on that level quite wildly to the extent that it proved to longtime fans that Genesis could possibly thrive without its former leader in tow.

Side one

1.  Dance On A Volcano   (5:54)
2.  Entangled   (6:26) 
3.  Squonk  (6:29) 
4.  Mad Man Moon  (7:35)

Side two

1.  Robbery, Assault And Battery   (6:16)    
2.  Ripples  (8:06)  
3.  A Trick Of The Tail  (4:34)   
4.  Los Endos    (5:46)

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Supertramp - Crime Of The Century (1974)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artist:  Supertramp

Title:  Crime Of The Century
Release: 1974
Format: LP
Label: A&M Records
Catalog#  88122 IT

“Crime of the Century” is the third album by English rock band Supertramp, released in 1974, and was their commercial breakthrough on both sides of the Atlantic, aided by the UK hit "Dreamer" and the U.S. hit "Bloody Well Right".

After the failure of their first two albums and an unsuccessful tour, the band broke up, and Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson recruited new members, drummer Bob C. Benberg, woodwinds player John Helliwell, and bassist Dougie Thomson. This new line-up were sent by their record label, A&M, to a seventeenth-century farm in Somerset in order to rehearse together and prepare the album.
The album was recorded at a number of studios including Ramport Studios (owned by The Who) and Trident Studios with co-producer Ken Scott. While recording the album, Davies and Hodgson recorded approximately 42 demo songs, from which only 8 were chosen to appear on the album. Several other tracks appeared on later albums (“Crisis? What Crisis?”, “Famous Last Words”).
The album was named after the final song, "Crime of the Century", which the band members felt was the strongest song on the album. Hodgson and Davies both stated that communication within the group was at a peak during the recording of this album, while drummer Siebenberg stated that he thought it was this album on which the band hit its "artistic peak".
Crime of the Century deals loosely with themes of loneliness and mental stability, but is not a concept album. Davies consciously linked the opening track "School" to "Bloody Well Right" with the line "So you think your schooling is phoney", and according to Hodgson, any unifying thread beyond that was left to the listener's imagination. The sound of the train in "Rudy" was recorded at Paddington station, while the crowd noises in the song were taken from Leicester Square.

Side one

1. School (5:35)
2. Bloody Well Right (4:32)
3. Hide in Your Shell (6:49)
4. Asylum 6:45

Side two

1. Dreamer (3:31)
2. Rudy (7:17)
3. If Everyone Was Listening (4:04)
4. Crime of the Century (5:32)

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Simon & Garfunkel - The Concert In Central Park (1982)

Artist:   Simon & Garfunkel
Title:   The Concert In Central Park
Release:   1983
Format:   2 LP
Label:   Geffen Records
Catalog#   GEF 88575

“The Concert In Central Park” is a live album by Simon & Garfunkel. On September 19, 1981 the folk-rock duo reunited for a free concert on the Great Lawn of New York’s Central Park, attended by more than 500,000 people. They released a live album from the concert the following March 1982. It was arranged by Paul Simon and Dave Grusin, and produced by Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Phil Ramone and Roy Halee.
 The concert was also shot on videotape, televised by HBO in 1982, and subsequently released on various home video formats. The VHS and DVD contain two songs that were omitted from the live album: “The Late Great Johnny Ace” and “Late in the Evening (Reprise)”. “Johnny Ace” was disrupted by a fan rushing the stage and coming close to Simon and saying, “I need to talk to you”. Coincidentally, the song is an elegy upon the murder of John Lennon nine months earlier. “The Late Great Johnny Ace” is not listed in the track listing, appearing between “A Heart in New York” and “Kodachrome”. In addition to hit songs they had recorded as a duo, they performed duet versions of several of Simon’s 1970s solo hits, including “Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard”, “American Tune”, “Late In the Evening”, “Slip Sliding Away”, and “Kodachrome”, as well as Garfunkel’s solo version of “A Heart in New York”.


Side one
1.  Mrs. Robinson   (3:52)
2.  Homeward Bound   (4:22)
3.  America   (4:47)
4.  Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard   (3:22)
5.  Scarborough Fair   (3:52)

Side two
1.  April Come She Will   (2:37)
2.  Wake Up Little Susie   (2:19)
3.  Still Crazy After All These Years   (4:04)
4.  American Tune   (4:33)
5.  Late in the Evening   (4:09)

Side three
1.  Slip Slidin’ Away   (4:54)
2.  A Heart in New York   (2:49)
3.  Kodachrome/Maybellene   (5:51)
4.  Bridge over Troubled Water   (4:48)

Side four
1.  50 Ways to Leave Your Lover   (4:23)
2.  The Boxer   (6:02)
3.  Old Friends / Bookends Theme   (2:57)
4.  The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)   (2:01)
5.  The Sounds of Silence   (4:13)

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Narada Michael Walden - The Nature Of Things (1985)

Artist:  Narada Michael Walden
Title:  The Nature Of Things
Release:  1985
Format:  LP
Label:  Warner Bros. Records
Genre:  Soul
Catalog#  925176-1   (D/L)

For “The Nature of Things”, Narada Michael Walden went back to his musical roots when he lent a strong Motown vibe to “Gimme Gimme Gimme,”  his rousing duet with Patti Austin which recalls the romantic upbeat hits of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell.
 On “The Nature Of Things” Narada uses a similar musical approch but there are heavy elements of his own jazzier musical elan added into the mix. Many of these songs are message oriented and have a highly mystical bent. The brooding dance song “That’s The Way It Is” was one of the finer uptempo message songs of the period. One of the songs that I and everyone really enjoys on this album is the majestic dance tune “High Above The Clouds”, it’s an easy candidate for the best song here. “Live It Up” and “Suspicion” are both veddy mid 80's dance-funk tunes with enough of Narada’s nimble musicianship to make them work. The title track a hip-hop dance track with a lot of scratch breaks and the melody of a matrical! Narada rocks out on “Dancin’ On Main Street”,singing in a deep,gruff voice not normally associated with him. The album ends with the sing-a-long Caribbean number.


Side one
1.  That’s the Way It Is   (5:40)
2.  High Above the Clouds   (6:08)
3.  Gimme, Gimme, Gimme   (4:41)
4.  Live It Up   (4:14)

Side two
1.  The Nature of Things   (5:04)
2.  Suspicion   (4:53)
3.  Dancin’ on Main Street   (5:12)
4.  Wear Your Love   (5:54)

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Creedence Clearwater Revival - Pendulum (1970)

Artist:  Creedence Clearwater Revival
Title:  Pendulum
Release:  1970
Format:  LP
Label:  Liberty Records
Genre:  Country Rock
Catalog#  5C 062-92153

“Pendulum” is the sixth studio album by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released by Fantasy Records on December 15, 1970.
“Pendulum” was the only studio album by the group that did not contain any cover songs; all tracks were written by John Fogerty. It was the last album the band did with Tom Fogerty, who would leave the band to start a solo career. It was also the last album to feature John Fogerty as the record’s solo producer. “Pendulum” finds a first-class songwriter and craftsman pushing himself and his band to try new sounds, styles, and textures. His ambition results in a stumble “Rude Awakening 2? portentously teeters on the verge of prog-rock, something CCR just can’t pull off but the rest of the record is excellent, with such great numbers as the bluesy groove “Pagan Baby,” the soulful vamp “Chameleon,” the moody “It’s Just a Thought”, the raver “Molina”, “Have You Ever Seen The Rain” and “Hey Tonight.
 Most bands would kill for this to be their best stuff, and the fact that it’s tucked away on an album that even some fans forget illustrates what a tremendous band Creedence Clearwater Revival was.


Side one
1.  Pagan Baby  (6:25)
2.  Sailor’s Lament  (3:47)
3.  Chameleon  (3:05)
4.  Have You Ever Seen the Rain?  (2:39)
5.  (Wish I Could) Hideaway  (3:53)

Side two
1.  Born to Move  (5:39)
2.  Hey Tonight  (2:43)
3.  It’s Just a Thought  (3:45)
4.  Molina  (2:41)
5.  Rude Awakening #2  (6:19)

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Brainbox - To You (1972)

Artist:  Brainbox
Title:  To You
Release:  1972
Format:  2 LP
Label:  Imperial Records
Genre:  Blues, Rock
Catalog#  5C 180-24568

Brainbox is a Dutch rock group from the late 1960s/early 1970s. The band was founded in Amsterdam by guitarist Jan Akkerman , drummer Pierre van der Linden and singer Kazimir Lux (Kaz). Their debut single was “Down Man”, which established their progressive blues sound. They had several hit singles in the Netherlands, including “Dark Rose, “Between Alpha and Omega”, “Doomsday Train”, Reason to Believe, “The Smile” and “Summertime”. Soon after they released their first album, Jan Akkerman and Pierre van der Linden left the group to join Focus.
 After Kaz Lux left the group in 1971, their popularity waned and they split up in 1972.


Side one
1.  Virgin (3:40)
2.  Amsterdam, The First Days  (3:30)
3.  Sinner’s Prayer  (2:19)
4.  Dark Rose  (5:24)
5.  Cruel Train  (2:21)

Side two
1.  Down Man  (2:44)
2.  Woman’s Gone  (3:57)
3.  To You  (3:16)
4.  Summertime  (4:02)
5.  Doomsday Train  (3:00)

Side three
1.  Between Alpha And Omega  (2:19)
2.  Baby, What You Want Me To Do  (2:22)
3.  Scarborough Fair  (5:55)
4.  The Flight  (3:13)
5.  So Helpless  (2:28)

Side four
1.  Smile  (2:55)
2.  Reason To Believe  (2:13)
3.  Sea Of Delight  (2:51)
4.  Mobilae  (5:55)
5.  Good Morning, Day  (2:40)

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