Thursday, September 30, 2010

Various Artists (2006) -Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys



Artist: various
Album: Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys
Released: 2006
Quality: mp3 CBR 320
Size: 344 MB



Connie Francis (2008) -Rock'n'Roll Legends



Artist: Connie Francis
Albums: Rock’n’Roll Legends
Released: 2008
Quality: mp3 CBR 320
Size: 116 MB

From the late 1950s through the early 1960s, Connie Francis, born Constance Franconero, was one of the most popular female singers in America with hits including "Who's Sorry Now?", "Stupid Cupid", and "Everybody's Somebody's Fool". In 1960, she debuted in the youth-oriented film Where the Boys Are, the title song providing her with another hit. She appeared in three similar films through 1965. In 1984 Francis released her autobiography, Who's Sorry Now, wherein she candidly discusses her career ups and downs and reveals the details of her emotional despondence following her brother's murder and her own vicious rape in 1974. Connie Francis continued to perform on concert tours even into the early 1990s. ~ Sandra Brennan, www.answers.com.


.Connie Francis-Lipstick (Entire)

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Baby Grandmothers (1967) -Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out



Artist: Baby Grandmothers
Album: Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
Recorded: 30.09.1967
Released: 2007
Quality: mp3 CBR 320
Size: 75 MB

Baby Grandmothers were a short-lived Swedish band, but one of the most prolific and unique psychedelic, modal, experimental power-trios to emerge out of the Scandinavian psychedelic underground-scene in 1967. Although hailing from Stockholm, Sweden they only released a single in Finland, which has since become one of the most sought after pieces of vinyl from the era. Baby Grandmothers were formed out of the legendary R&B / beat band T-Boones in the summer of 1967. T-Boones are probably best known for their “At the club/King of the Orient” single which is one of the best, and most collectable, out of the Swedish garage beat-era. Guitar-wiz Kenny Håkansson joined the band in 1965 and with the group down to a trio they drifted into the psychedelic sounds of the time and in August 1967 released the single “I Want You”, which definitely was the first hard-rock recording ever made in Sweden. The band was then re-christened Baby Grandmothers by the co-founder of the newly opened psychedelic club Filips, for which he needed a house-band. Filips was the legendary breeding ground for bands such as Hansson & Karlsson, Pärson Sound, as well as orgiastic all night jams with foreign luminaries such as Jimi Hendrix and the Mothers of Invention. Baby Grandmothers also supported Jimi Henrix on his Swedish tour in 1968 and then turned into Mecki Mark Men, who became the first Swedish rock band to tour the US. Founding member Kenny Håkansson went on to form the highly influential Kebnekajse, who created the Swedish electric folk psych sound. This unique collection brings live-recordings made at Filips, their impossibly rare single and a rare live recording made in Finland. Painstakingly collected and researched by Dungen’s guitarist Reine Fiske. ©

All tracks are previously unreleased. Recorded at the Filips café, Stockholm, September 30th, 1967.




Baby Grandmothers (1968) -Baby Grandmothers



Artist: Baby Grandmothers
Album: Baby Grandmothers
Released: 1968
Quality: mp3 CBR 320
Size: 142 MB

Baby Grandmothers were a short-lived Swedish band, but one of the most prolific and unique psychedelic, modal, experimental power-trios to emerge out of the Scandinavian psychedelic underground-scene in 1967. Although hailing from Stockholm, Sweden they only released a single in Finland, which has since become one of the most sought after pieces of vinyl from the era. Baby Grandmothers were formed out of the legendary R&B / beat band T-Boones in the summer of 1967. T-Boones are probably best known for their “At the club/King of the Orient” single which is one of the best, and most collectable, out of the Swedish garage beat-era. Guitar-wiz Kenny Håkansson joined the band in 1965 and with the group down to a trio they drifted into the psychedelic sounds of the time and in August 1967 released the single “I Want You”, which definitely was the first hard-rock recording ever made in Sweden. The band was then re-christened Baby Grandmothers by the co-founder of the newly opened psychedelic club Filips, for which he needed a house-band. Filips was the legendary breeding ground for bands such as Hansson & Karlsson, Pärson Sound, as well as orgiastic all night jams with foreign luminaries such as Jimi Hendrix and the Mothers of Invention. Baby Grandmothers also supported Jimi Henrix on his Swedish tour in 1968 and then turned into Mecki Mark Men, who became the first Swedish rock band to tour the US. Founding member Kenny Håkansson went on to form the highly influential Kebnekajse, who created the Swedish electric folk psych sound. This unique collection brings live-recordings made at Filips, their impossibly rare single and a rare live recording made in Finland. Painstakingly collected and researched by Dungen’s guitarist Reine Fiske. ©

Released on Limited Edition Vinyl - SUBLP20 - this is the CD release. Like the Vinyl release it contains all the Baby Grandmothers recordings including the only 12" they released (which was originally released in Finland in 1968) and other live recordings. It also has some good liner notes giving some background to the band as well as photos.
All the tracks were recorded between October 1967 and March 1968.




Monday, September 27, 2010

The Pepper Pots (2009) -Waiting For The Christmas Light [EP]



Artist: The Pepper Pots
Album: Waiting For The Christmas Light [EP]
Released: 2009
Quality: mp3 CBR 320
Size: 22 MB



The Pepper Pots (2009) -Now!



Artist: The Pepper Pots
Album: Now!
Released: 2009
Quality: mp3 CBR 320
Size: 81 MB



The Pepper Pots (2007) -Shake It!



Artist: The Pepper Pots
Album: Shake It!
Released: 2007
Quality: mp3 CBR 320
Size: 101 MB



The Pepper Pots (2005) -Swingin' Sixties



Artist: The Pepper Pots
Album: Swingin’ Sixties
Released: 2005
Quality: mp3 CBR 320
Size: 90 MB

The Pepper Pots made a choice on the “old school” sound and look, with a strong influence from classic Soul and Jamaican music. The band has toured around Europe many times. France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Finland, Austria, Russia, England are some of the countries where they have performed. They even have toured around Japan (Tokyo, Osaka, Okayama, Nagoya, Fukuoka).



Friday, September 24, 2010

Brown Bird (2006) -Tautology



Artist: Brown Bird
Album: Tautology
Released: 2006
Quality: mp3 CBR 192
Size: 48 MB

«David Lamb has been playing music under the name Brown Bird since 2003. Beginning in Seattle as a quiet, introspective songwriter, Lamb has since toured across the country, experiencing life changes and musical revelations, and come to settle, for now, in Rhode Island. The group draws influences from outlaw country, early American folk, blues, roots rock, Eastern European and Gypsy music, creating a sound described as both familiar and stunningly original. Brown Bird writes songs with a tendency towards the dark side, bringing harmonized voices, haunting lyrics and diverse rhythm and instrumentation into surging waves that often swell into high-spirited, foot-stomping madness.» (с)



Thursday, September 23, 2010

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Swami Lateplate (2007) -Doom Jazz



Artist: Swami Lateplate
Album: Doom Jazz
Released: 2007
Quality: mp3 CBR 320
Size: 127 MB

«Although Jamie Saft is best known as a jazz pianist, especially for his work with various Masada projects, he's a rocker at heart who lists ZZ Top among his favorite bands. Swami LatePlate—his duo with drummer Bobby Previte—seeks to a degree to cross the divide. In one sense a piano trio, with Saft doubling on electric bass, the project borrows as much from heavy rock sensibilities. Their debut album and the first on Saft's new label Veal, falls closer to the jazz side, but the title indicates the process that got them there.
Using doom—a slow, foreboding style of heavy metal—as a template, the duo crafts a set of songs that creeps along powerfully. The themes are simple, generally carried by subdued bass lines and ornamented by the piano like salt on a glacier. What jumps out most is Previte's drumming. Every cymbal vibration and snare snap leaps to the foreground and, with rare exception, decays before the next strike, as much a testament to Previte's assured playing as Saft's engineering. The sound throughout is bright and super present.» ~Kurt Gottschalk, All About Jazz




Monday, September 20, 2010

Brown Bird (2009) -The Devil Dancing



Artist: Brown Bird
Album: The Devil Dancing
Released: 2009
Quality: mp3 CBR 320
Size: 100MB

«David Lamb has been playing music under the name Brown Bird since 2003. Beginning in Seattle as a quiet, introspective songwriter, Lamb has since toured across the country, experiencing life changes and musical revelations, and come to settle, for now, in Rhode Island. The group draws influences from outlaw country, early American folk, blues, roots rock, Eastern European and Gypsy music, creating a sound described as both familiar and stunningly original. Brown Bird writes songs with a tendency towards the dark side, bringing harmonized voices, haunting lyrics and diverse rhythm and instrumentation into surging waves that often swell into high-spirited, foot-stomping madness.» (с)



Sunday, September 19, 2010

Luther The Devil (2008) -Nothin' Worth Doin'



Artist: Luther The Devil
Album: Nothin’ Worth Doin’
Released: 2008
Quality: mp3 CBR 192
Size: 42 MB

Minneapolis based Luther the Devil is rooted in the Mississippi Hill Country and Delta blues traditions, but, also mixes in elements of punk and rockabilly to create their own unique sound. Since 2006, LTD has been bringing their music to the masses, playing everywhere from cramped corner bars to festivals. Defined by their riff-based grooves, LTDs smoky licks and pulsing rhythms are helping characterize the genre of punk-blues. (с)



Kaizers Orchestra (2006) -Live at Vega



Artist: Kaizers Orchestra
Album: Live at Vega
Released: 2006
Quality: mp3 CBR 320
Size: 254 MB

Live at Vega is a two-disc live album released by Norwegian alternative rock group Kaizers Orchestra, on March 6, 2006. It features their recorded concert performance at Vega, a concert hall in Copenhagen, Denmark, on October 6, 2005. It was originally meant to be released alongside the DVD recording of the same concert, Viva La Vega, but the release of the DVD was delayed until later that year. The inside information reads:

Who would have thought that a rattling, rampaging, Norwegian singing orchestra would have the crowds go crazy at Vega in Copenhagen one October evening in 2005? Probably the same people who would bet their whole record collection that thousands of Germans, Swiss and Spanish would one day holler along to songs in a language they did not understand, dance the "Ompa", and shout "Hallelujah" to six saviours in Swedish suits playing gypsy music from Norway.
Live at Vega is proof that anything is possible; that a spastic, foreign-sounding orchestra from tiny Norway can become one of the world’s greatest live bands. The band that lives up to it’s own slogan: "Kontroll på Kontinentet", Rule the Continent, That band is Kaizers Orchestra.
The grand "Maestro Tour 05" saw Kaizers Orchestra playing 65 concerts throughout ten countries over a period of three months. These CDs gives you the entire 30th concert, from one of the best concert venues in Europe. (с)



Friday, September 17, 2010

The Troggs (1966) -From Nowhere... The Troggs [2003 re-release]



Artist: The Troggs
Album: From Nowhere… The Troggs
Released: 2003 (original release 1966)
Quality: mp3 CBR 320
Size: 112 MB

The Troggs are widely seen as a highly influential band whose sound was one inspiration for garage rock and punk rock. For example, the Troggs influenced artists such as Iggy Pop, and the early version of British pop-punk pioneers Buzzcocks featured I Can't Control Myself in their live repertoire. The Ramones are also amongst punk bands who cited the Troggs as an influence. The MC5 covered "I Want You" at their live shows and recorded the song for the album Kick Out the Jams, although they renamed it "I Want You Right Now".
The Jimi Hendrix Experience famously covered "Wild Thing" during their appearance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, introducing it as the British/American joint "national anthem", and climaxing with Hendrix burning his guitar. (с)



Thursday, September 16, 2010

Imelda May (2010) -Mayhem



Artist: Imelda May
Album: Mayhem
Released: 2010
Quality: mp3 CBR 320
Size: 115 MB




Imelda May (2008) -Love Tattoo



Artist: Imelda May
Album: Love Tattoo
Released: 2008
Quality: mp3 CBR 320
Size: 94 MB

Love Tattoo, her sophomore album, is particularly strong. It’s full of catchy, rockabilly songs that mesh her sultry voice with, in particular, a throbbing (upright) bassline. The two singles have names sound retro from the 1950s: “Johnny Got a Boom Boom” and “Big, Bad Handsome Man”. The former is more upbeat while the latter is drawn out and quite seductive.