Hot Tuna "Yellow Fever"
This mid seventies release by Jefferson Airplane refugees Jorma and Jack along with Bob Steeler is an electric excursion into bluesrock. The album kicks ass.
The Rolling Stones "Their Satanic Majesties Request"
To set the record straight, I want to say that this album has to be the most underrated album of all time. Ignorant reviewers and critics always give this album a bum rap. I can honestly say that this album, which is always compared to Sgt. Pepper's, is light years (no pun intended) ahead of that Beatles album. When I challenge someone who claims to know this album, they can't name more than two tracks from it. Brian Jones was a major force in The Rolling Stones, and he shines on this. Plus the songwriting is top notch. Very creative, colorful, ballsy....what more can I say......it is a masterpiece!
Friday, October 26, 2007
MUSIC DOWNLOADING ADDICTION...Are you hooked?!!!
Are you addicted to the internet with the great availability of music to be downloaded? Just remember there is no cure to this evil addiction. You will want more and more and more!!! And guess what...it is perfectly ok. There are much worse addictions out there with much worse repercussions. So whenever you need a fix of new euphoria, simply let it all hang out and download that sweet drug known as music. I find that my mood is greatly affected by what I am listening to. When I want to remember theold days there is no better way than to put on something from that particular period, and it takes me back to a time when the world moved slower, when people weren't so money hungry and greedy....that was the way to live...for me that time was the sixties and seventies. Everyone has their period in time where they felt less stress and pressure from the outside world.....put on some music from your favorite era and relax your mind. You will surely not regret it! sincerely, your host....DRUMBO
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We just returned from NYC
My wife and I, along with our two beautiful children, took a two day trip to New York City recently. Highlights included seeing the new re-working of GREASE....a huge Broadway smash. I can't put into words the greatness of the show. We also shopped until we literally dropped...all of our money that is! We ate some wonderful food, saw some amazing sights, and then we returned to our nest. The kids always love to go to NYC, and we visit there 3 to 4 times a year. GET OUT TO SEE GREASE! YOU WON'T REGRET IT !
Blue Goose "Blue Goose" 1975 Anchor Records
Back in the mid 70s my friends and myself would always go to the local record store and look for the new "promotional copies" of new releases. Sometimes we would come up with duds, but sometimes we would come up with gems such as this "Blue Goose" album which I have pictured here. This album turned out to be a funky, rockin' affair which I have loved for more than 32 years now. The band was unknown and they only released this one lp. The credits listed thanks to Joey Molland and Steve Marriott so we thought there might be something good there. And indeed there was. The band was short on polish, which was fine by me because I've always appreciated that real, garage band sound rather than an overproduced piece. These guys let it all hang out, and they even have a tender ballad on here. Well crafted and done with the best of intentions, the album bombed totally, landing in the closeout bins almost immediately upon release. That is really unfair because this band had talent to burn, energetic, ballsy, good time rock n roll. If you can find this it will be well worth your time. -drumbo-
Goat's Head Soup
This album, the follow-up to 1972's Exile On Main Street, is the winner in my favorite Rolling Stones album survey....my favorite anyway! I played this album to DEATH when I was younger, and I still listen to it. They still cared how they presented themselves back in 1973. After that it was a long, slow decline. Not in popularity, but in quality. I think they suck these days!
BEST OF CREAM
This old relic from the old days will stay with me forever. When I first heard it back in 1972 I was knocked dead by the unique voice of Jack Bruce. This is what you would call a perfect compilation. There is not a bad song on it. The great power trio known as Cream, which only lasted a few years, set the standard for earth shaking heavy metal blues done with class.
NEW YORK DOLLS
This is the first New York Dolls album. I bought this when it was released in 1973. Once again, this is another one of those great master works which has stayed with me for just about 35 years now. The album was groundbreaking, causing plenty of controversy with the band made up like cheap whores on the front cover. The music inside this treasure was packed with energy, tunefulness and balls. The band was not particularly well received and they struggled for notoriety. In my opinion they should have been much, much more popular than they were. Over the years several of these original members have died. Nothing compared to the brash attack The Dolls gave each of their creative compositions. If you haven't heard this you must do yourself a favor and get it. The era which it was released is long gone, but I feel that you must still make the effort to see what it is all about. These guys came from a different New York City than what we know today. New York was a much more dangerous place in the early 70s with crime there at an all time high. The New York Dolls were right in the midst of that wonderful/dangerous city, and the music on this album has the scars to prove it. -drumbo-
A prime example of a "bootleg" 8-track tape from the golden age of rock.
These were available at small variety stores and shops back in the early 70s. They cost much less than legitimate tapes and there were some cool compilations which were not available in regular releases. This one is titled "An Hour With Alice Cooper". It had a nice selection of their early material. Great stuff. Better days my friend, better days indeed!!!
bootleg 8-track of The Rolling Stones "Goat's Head Soup"
This is a nice example of how the artist customized the artwork to fit the title of the bootleg tape. Interesting!
Pupsi Cola
ahh, the beloved 70s again....you can't ignore that it was a great time!
Wacky Packages sticker from the early '70s
"BAND-ACHE" great artwork
This famous Grateful Dead logo is known as "White Lightening Man"
This logo goes back as far as the late 60s. It was originally designed with just the circle and lightening bolt, in red and blue, to stencil on the band's equipment so that their gear wouldn't get mixed up with other band's gear as they played many large festivals back in the late 60s and early 70s. It was turned into a skeleton in about 1970. It is still widely used today
PLASTERED PEANUTS
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Looks like you must have got spammed!
A great site for finding live shows from bands who allow taping and trading is the Live Music Archives found at http://www.archive.org/details/etree
The site has thousands of bands represented and tens of thousands of mp3 tracks as well as a lot of lossless formats such as FLAC.
You can preview all the music and even stream the shows if you don't want to download.
Some of the stuff is pretty bad - audience recordings at bars are usually the worst - too much background noise - or just plain bad music, but a lot of it is very good.
There is even tons of stuff from well known bands such as String Cheese Incident, Moe, various Grateful dead solo artists, and a huge Grateful Dead Catalog, although it seems recently they have stopped allowing downloads - streaming only.
Another good site is http://www.emusic.com
For $20 a month you can download 100 titles per month.
These are mp3 files of albums on Indy labels. They have a very large catalog of badns and genres.
Thanks for the great links bluebear! sincerely...drumbo
You are most welcome!
BB2
Hey! It looks like your music site is coming along nicely!
I'd like to say to anyone reading this, I've known Drumbo all my life. We were in a band together. And no one I've ever met has as much rock music knowledge as Drumbo!
Seriously...
Drumbo, I like www.allmusic.com to look up music-related things. Ever go there?
My manager bumped into Graham Nash on the square in Wilkes-Barre, when Crosby-Nash just played there. And he talked to him for a bit about some of his songs, and he said Nash spoke with him and answered his questions and was a really nice guy. Pretty cool, huh?
...and seriously again...we DID call Drumbo the "King of Rock"! That's another one of his nicknames, as well as Drumbo.
well, I am flattered being labeled The King Of Rock. I was really absorbed with the stuff as a kid and it never left my mind....the vivid memories I have of being a young, good looking kid....causing trouble, listening to so much music that my mind is like an overflowing bathtub....music just keeps pouring out while more keeps going in...I love it all!!!!
drumbo,
remember the fall/winter day when we were out going to music stores etc and you were wearing a long trench coast and big dan and i were acting as your body guard? we were protecting you in your "king of rock" personae. btw, who was trying to hurt/kill you back then? i just started laughing thinking about that.
sherlockchurch
Yes sherlock, thanks for that memory!!! That was one of the many funny things we did....bodyguards? was that crazy or what?!!! I mean I was about 20 and I had no enemies!!!! DRUMBO
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