Missionaria Protectiva

  WINGS  Wild Life  (Apple,1971) - Rock       Wild Life is a world apart from Paul’s previous band. In a fantastically rebellious move, he defied expectations by making Wings’ debut a raw, brilliantly sloppy and human album that sounds a lot like freedom. The sequencing is unapologetic, starting with the wild one-two of Mumbo and Bip Bop. You quickly realise the key to appreciating Wild Life is being on board with its feel and attitude from the off. Here’s a man lauded for his melodic suss communicating by way of grunts, groove, silly voices and feedback rather than exquisitely crafted hooks and arrangements. And it’s an absolute blast. TRACKLIST : Mumbo                           Bip Bop                           Love Is Strange                           Wild Life ...

  STEVE GIBBONS BAND  Street Parade  (Polydor,1980) - Rock       Craftsmanlike 50's rock and roll. Everything is highly listenable and some cuts are a ball. Better than anything another ex-Move, rock 'n roll admirer--Roy Woods--put out in this style. Funny that all these Birmingham boys could never shake their love for Chuck Berry and Gene Vincent. TRACKLIST : A To Z                     Human Race                     Graffiti Man                     Sonny Day And The Tropics                     Blue Lagoon                     I'm A Man                     British Rock'n'Roll                     New Romance   ...

  PETE TOWNSHEND & RONNIE LANE  Rough Mix  (Polydor,1977) - Rock       Rough Mix  is a sort of double solo album by Pete Townshend and former Face Ronnie Lane. Except on two cuts, where Lane and Townshend sing together, the LP shifts between Townshend’s high, almost preteen vocal sound, and Lane’s rougher, grainier singing: innocence and experience. The combination doesn’t quite come off, but the music’s utterly idiosyncratic insistence on its own validity has its charms. There are no commercial ambitions here; rather, Townshend and Lane seem to be trying to find their places in the scheme of things, casually fooling with rock and roll to make room for themselves. TRACKLIST : My Baby Gives It Away                           Nowhere To Run                           Rough Mix              ...

        Easily the most challenging album of Alice's "solo" era, DaDa features some serious art rock vibes just below the surface, and plenty to unpack over the long haul, even if the emphasis is on 'long'. TRACKLIST : DaDa                        Enough's Enough                        Former Lee Warmer                        No Man's Land                        Dyslexia                        Scarlet And Sheba                        I Love America                        Fresh Blood                     ...

        This musically gifted ballad singer, songwriter and violinist from Los Angeles was considered to be the female face of Motown when Mary Wells left the label in 1964. Holloway’s stay instead mixed equal elements of success and frustration into a brief Motown career, which included hits produced both in her hometown and in Detroit. Signed by Berry Gordy as a teenager, Holloway grew up fast at Hitsville, but with so many of her tracks left on the shelf, she departed after one fine album and a flurry of excellent singles that also made her a cult figure on the U.K.’s discerning Mod and Northern Soul circuits.       As a songwriter Holloway is best known for “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy,” a worldwide hit for Blood, Sweat & Tears that she originated at Motown in 1967. The Very Best Of... Tamla/Motown, 1999 https://www.sendspace.com/file/d34fco

  BOB DYLAN  Infidels  (Columbiaq,1983) - Rock       An album heralded as a return from  Bob Dylan's  born-again proselytizing, the  Mark Knopfler -produced  Infidels  began  Bob Dylan's  journey back toward mainstream music making — and it may have been even better except for some last-minute tinkering.       Luckily, the final track listing included the stand-out song "Jokerman," which found Dylan using themes both Biblical and secular to tear down political charlatans. Or was it a dark reflection on Judaism? A rumination on false messiahs? A cutting indictment of his own career missteps?       Such are the enduring mysteries of classic Dylan, the singer-songwriter’s wild card. In a way, that makes  Infidels ,  the earliest indication of the long-hoped-for bounce-back moment that would finally coalesce into the '90s. TRACKLIST : Jokerman       ...