Missionaria Protectiva

        The Alabama-born musician and songwriter,  Oldham played keyboards on such seminal soul songs as “When a Man Loves a Woman” by Percy Sledge, “Mustang Sally” by Wilson Pickett, “You Better Move On” by Arthur Alexander and “I Never Loved a Man (The Way That I Love You)” Aretha Franklin’s historic first recording for Atlantic Records. He was a co-founder of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section.       As a songwriter, Spooner Oldham teamed with Dan Penn to write such hits as “Cry Like a Baby” (The Box Tops), “I’m Your Puppet” (James and Bobby Purify), “Wish You Didn’t Have to Go” King Kurtis, “A Woman Left Lonely” (Janis Joplin) and “It Tears Me Up” (Percy Sledge).      M ove to Los Angeles found Oldham recording with a variety of artists across the stylistic spectrum, including Arlo Guthrie, Jim Croce, Gram Parsons, The Everly Brothers, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Gene Clark, Ry Cooder, Rita Coolidge, The Flying Burrito Brother...

  PETER GREEN  The End Of The Game  (Reprise,1970) - Instrumental rock       The style of this album is a radical departure from his work with Fleetwood Mac, consisting of edited pieces of a long studio jam. The jam was experimental and free-form, and the six tracks taken from it have very loose or non-existent musical structure, with all the tracks being instrumentals. TRACKLIST : Bottoms Up                        Timeless Time                        Descending Scale                        Burnt Foot                        Hidden depth                        The End Of The Game https://www.sendspace.com/file/6la7n6             ...

  PROCOL HARUM  Home  (Regal Zonophone,1970) - Progressive rock       The overall feeling of this album is melancholic and solemn, with some bluesy rockers giving a little balance to it. I think that the atmosphere of these songs make this album as a true masterpiece! This is just very different kind of music than their first hits, so I guess many people don't hear that kind of music that they would expect from this album. All tracks from the "Whiskey Train" to the "Whaling stories" are marvelous, and I think that they form a nice compact continuum of music. The final song is maybe the dullest of these all, but it's short and an easy one to skip. TRACKLIST : Whisky Train                        The Dead Man's Dream                        Still There'll Be More                       ...

  STEVE MILLER BAND  Rock Love  (Capitol,1971) - Rock       This is generally regarded as the black sheep in the SMB ’s discography. Although it features new material, the first half is recorded live and the whole thing appears to have been rush released. There are no formal production credits, no engineer (or remix engineer) cited, no explanation of overdubs. Despite all that,  Rock Love  isn’t as bad as critics have historically made it out to be. As a singer and guitarist, Miller is still as solid as a rock, and the quality of the material isn’t so far removed from the albums before and after. TRACKLIST : The Gangster Is Back                        Blues With Out Blame                        Love Shock                        Let Me Serve You       ...

  STYX  Styx  (Wooden Nickel, 1972) - Prog/Hard rock       The debut album by  Styx  is a mix of toil and toll: half an album of original music and half an album of covers selected by the band’s label, Wooden Nickel.  Styx  (later referred to as  Styx I ) is best remembered for its ambitious 13-minute opening track and the hard-rocking  Best Thing . TRACKLIST : Movement For The Common Man                        Right Away                        What Has Come Between Us                        Best Thing                        Quick Is The Beat Of My Heart                        After You Leave Me https://www.sendspace.com/file/35f8eb

  ATHLANTA RHYTHM SECTION  Third Annual Pipe Dream  (Polydor,1974) - Southern rock       ARS debuted in 1972 with a self-titled album that bubbled under the Top 200  Billboard  chart. Their second album,  Back Up Against The Wall , missed the survey, before a change of labels, from Decca to Polydor, brought better luck. Their official debut on that countdown came on September 14, 1974, when  Third Annual Pipe Dream,  produced as usual by Buie, entered at No.166.       Third Annual Pipe Dream  was launched by live dates that included a week-long engagement close to home for ARS, at the New Electric Ballroom in Atlanta in July, followed by further dates in the south.  Billboard ’s review of one night in the Atlanta run remarked that the album, “an excellent bright-boogie work with just the right soft touches,” was selling furiously in Atlanta and getting heavy AM airplay the week of the Ballroom engagement. TR...