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  STATETROOPER  Statetrooper  (Ultraprime,1986) - Hard rock       Statetrooper was formed in 1985 as a solo project for vocalist Gary Barden, who had just left  Michael Schenker Group . He recruited former  Wildfire  drummer Bruce Bisland, and eventually three more Wildfire members comprised the lineup that recorded their self-titled album in 1986. Decidedly more in the poppy hard rock world than MSG,  Statetrooper  nonetheless was a minor hit for the band, but while the fans were behind the group, for whatever reason they couldn't take it to the next level, and Barden folded the band in late 1987, citing disillusionment with the music industry.  TRACKLIST : Shape Of Things To Come                    Set Fire To The Night                    Dreams Of The Painful                    Stand Me Up                    Veni Vidi Vinci                    Last Stop To Heaven                    She Got The Look                    Too Late                    Armed & Ready https://www.sends

        Astrud Gilberto was born Astrud Evangelina Weinert – to a Brazilian mother and a German father – in Brazil in March 1940.       She married João Gilberto in 1959 and had a son, João Marcelo Gilberto, who later joined her band. Astrud and João divorced in the mid-1960s. She later began a relationship with American jazz saxophone player Stan Getz and immigrated to the US in 1963.       Astrud sang on two tracks on the 1963 album  Getz/Gilberto . Her “beguiling, whispery voice” played a significant role in popularising  The Girl from Ipanema , earning a Grammy Award for Song of the Year and a nomination for Best Vocal Performance by a female.        From 1965 to 1971, she made eight solo albums, including  The Shadow of Your Smile ,  Look to the Rainbow ,  Beach Samba ,  A Certain Smile, a Certain Sadness ,  Windy,  and  I Haven’t Got Anything Better To Do .        Gilberto did not record again until the 1987 album  Astrud Gilberto Plus James Last Orchestra .        In retirement,

  MARK ASHTON  Mark Ashton  (20th Century,1976) - Rock       The first solo album of  Mark  Ashton, members of the band « Rare Bird » and « Headstone ». Realizing that the music of the above groups have not found their fans on the other side of the ocean, he decided himself to "conquer" the mercy of future fans. In the mid-70s, he went to Los Angeles, where he signed a contract with «20th Century Fox», which quickly agreed to finance the album. There Ashton scored a team of session musicians in collaboration with producer Christopher Bond in 1976 recorded a self-titled album, released edition of just 500 copies. Working with producer Alan Callan allowed Ashton to record another solo album in 1979 - «Solo». Press well received both albums, noting the talent of Ashton and his nice dry voice. Also wrote that Ashton gifted composer, able to produce the material in a variety of musical genres. However, the main problem of all his solo albums, according to critics, was weak session

  DEAN FRIEDMAN  Dean Friedman  (Lifesong,1977) - Pop rock        A good singer/songwriter effort, sparked by the one hit ("Ariel") and a brace of quirkily melodic songs growing out of Friedman's personal background. TRACKLIST : Company                        Ariel                        Solitaire                        Woman Of Mine                        Song For My Mother                        The Letter                        I May Be Young                        Humor Me                        Funny Papers                        Love Is Not Enough https://www.sendspace.com/file/ug1vbz

  GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION  Mirror  (WB,1976) - Funk, Soul       The fourth album of Graham Central Station,   Mirror , was released in 1976 and once again underlined the relevance of these seminal Funkateers. With the addition of Gospel chants, this album took a more religious approach to the music genre.      The song "Love" made it to single status, peaking at No. 14 on the  Billboard  R&B charts. Opening the album with marching drums and high school football cheers, "Entrow" lays down a solid groove and has each band member take turns on funky solos. The song's chorus says: "Let me entertain you" — well, this album definitely delivers on that promise. TRACKLIST : Entrow                        Love (Covers A Multitude Of Sin)                        Mirror                        Do Yah                        Save Me                        I Got A Reason                        Priscilla                        Forever https://www.sendspace.com/file/k

  EARTH, WIND & FIRE  That's The Way Of The World  (Columbia,1975) - Funk,Soul       Although they were still some way off becoming chart stars in the UK, That’s the Way of the World became Earth, Wind & Fire’s best-selling album in the US and marked the start of their commercial dominance in the 70s. Seen as a meditation on the rules of living, the album is nothing less than a spiritual soul masterpiece. TRACKLIST : Shining Star                        That's The Way Of The World                        Happy Feelin'                        All About Love                        Yearnin' Learnin'                        Reasons                        Africano                        See The Light https://www.sendspace.com/file/ngyzht

  MARCIA BALL  Gathorhythms  (Rounder,1989) - Blues       Marcia Ball explored R&B and honky tonk country on this album, keeping her blues chops in order while expanding her repertoire. She included a pair of tunes by country vocalist  Lee Roy Parnell , "What's a Girl to Do" and "Red Hot," doing both in a feisty, attacking fashion. She was also challenging and upbeat on  Dr. John 's "How You Carry On" and "Find Another Fool." Her third Rounder album, Gatorhythms was one of her most entertaining and dynamic, as Ball became less of an interpreter and more of an individualist. TRACKLIST : How You Carry On                        La Ti Da                        The Power Of Love                        Mobile                        Find Another Fool                        Mama's Cooking                        What's A Girl Can To Do                        Daddy Said                        You'll Come Around                    

  KARLA BONOFF  Karla Bonoff  (Columbia,1977) - Folk rock       Bonoff’s recording career started much later than most of her contemporaries. By 1977, the smooth pop/rock of  Fleetwood Mac  was influential. Gentle folk-rock like ‘Falling Star’ and ‘If He’s Ever Near’ share space with more upbeat arrangements like ‘Isn’t It Always Love’ and ‘I Can’t Hold On’. She’s accompanied by her Bryndle bandmates, LA session pros like Russ Kunkel and Leland Sklar, and former Bread drummer Mike Botts.       It’s a tough call as to whether her debut or her sophomore record is better.  Karla Bonoff  is more consistent, but  Restless Night  has higher peaks. Bonoff already had a substantial stockpile of songs for her debut. ‘Lose Again’, ‘If He’s Ever Near’, and ‘Someone to Lay Down Beside Me’ had already been recorded by Linda Ronstadt the previous year, while Bonnie Raitt would soon cover ‘Home’.        The catchiest song is ‘Isn’t It Always Love’. It’s driven by a slinky electric piano and an infect

        Doom luminaries Candlemass are largely the product of founding member Leif Edling. The bassist and chief songwriter took Black Sabbath’s riffing blueprint and applied it to his gloomy vision. The classic material is steeped heavily in fantasy with the operatic vocals of Messiah Marcolin on top, making Candlemass one of the earliest and most iconic bands in doom metal. It’s all about the riff and Edling is one of the elite riff writers. CANDLEMASS Live Music For Nations,1990 https://www.sendspace.com/file/zja9zb

  SOLUTION  Solution  (Decca,1971) - Progressive rock       Solution's music was a mixture of progressive rock and jazz fusion and it was obviously influenced by the British Canterbury band  Soft Machine  and the Dutch group  Super Sister . However, Solution definitely had a style and sound of their own as you can hear in songs like  Trane Steps  or  Circus Circumstances . On  Phases , the longest track of the album, you can hear vocals but the rest of the material is strictly instrumental.  Koan ,  Trane Steps  and  Circus Circumstances  all contain saxophone, flute, organ and jazzy and funky rhythms. In my opinion  Trane Steps  is the musical highlight of the album as it really is a piece with lots of melodies and much diversity. This is Solution at their best!  TRACKLIST : Koan                        Preview                        Phases                        Trane Steps                        Circus Circumstances https://www.sendspace.com/file/8bo1ax

  GRACIOUS!  This Is...Gracious!  (Philips,1971) - Progressive rock          This time around, the band recorded a bit more song-oriented album, in the hope of selling a few more copies. This album got released on Philips since Vertigo rejected it. The album opens up with the incredible side-length "Super Nova". It's a four movement piece (supposed to be a five movement suite, but one of them had go on side two because it couldn't all fit on the original LP). The Mellotron hype here is totally justified as it's used on each and every cut! You'll find the whole album tends to stick more to music, rather than KING CRIMSON-like experimentations like on their debut. Yes, it's bit different from their debut, and definately more accessible, but I have a real difficult time determining which one is their better album, as their both great and essential classic prog albums, as far as I'm concerned. TRACKLIST : Super Nova                        CBS              

  MUSEO ROSENBACH  Zarathustra  (BMG,1973) - Progressive rock       Most of the Italian progressive is fine and beautiful, but this album is the highest point. A conceptual album about the polemic Nietzsche's book "Zarathustra". Lots of keyboards driven heavy (but melodic) music, there's no any weak second all over the stuff. A party for Mellotron and vintage sounds lovers. Beyond Italian scene, "Zarathustra" is one of the best albums ever made. TRACKLIST : Zarathustra                        - L'Ultimo Uomo                        - Il Re Di Leri                        - Ai Di La Del Bene E Del Male                        - Superuomo                        - Il Tempio Delle Clessidre                        Degli Uomini                        Della Natura                        Dell' Eterno Ritorno https://www.sendspace.com/file/fqxt0f

  EELA CRAIG  One Niter  (Vertigo,1976) - Prog/Symphonic rock       The album "One Niter" is the peak of Bognemayr and K.'s artistic quest. Hubert's philharmonic ambitions found a way out in the use of a gigantic keyboard arsenal. Majestic Mellotron fanfares, chorales and a string of harpsichord arpeggios greet the listener at the threshold of the 14-minute "Circles" suite. Cosmic synth landscapes shimmer in a radiant flute scale. And then the bravura leitmotif is either played out in a full-fledged rock key with an incredibly rhythmic funk addition, or hidden behind a light fairy-tale pastoral, saturated with the leader’s touching vocals. Needless to say, the imagination of the band members literally flows here, sometimes taking on rather bizarre silhouettes. According to similar canons, an ecstatic hymn is melted into a powerful fusion structure (“Loner’s Rhyme”): hard rock marries with jazz; Encouraged by  Raoul Barnett's  congas,  "Hammond"

  OSANNA Paleopoli  (Fonit Cetra,1973) - Progressive rock       "Palepoli" is an album difficult to define. It is a concept album about Naples. It is a kind of musical conceived to be played in theatres with actors and dancers. Most of all, it is a melting-pot where different sounds and influences are blended together along with engaged lyrics (lyrics here are in Italian with some parts in the dialect from Naples) . In this album is evident the aim to experience new ways to "cross the styles". TRACKLIST : Oro Caldo                    Stanza Citta                    Animale Senza Respiro https://www.sendspace.com/file/fuh3z3

  JUNIPHER GREENE  Friendship  (Sonet,1971) - Progressive rock          On Friendship Junipher Greene play in a proto-progressive rock style in which the prog genre's roots in psychedelia and the counter-culture are still decidedly evident. From the opening Try to Understand to the end, regular detours into more psychedelic territory occur both instrumentally and lyrically (with the themes of songs ranging from CSNY-style homages to the underground scene and freedom and us all being one to comedic yarns about magic in the form of Witches Daughter). Tending to be rather light-hearted and optimistic, the album earns its prog credentials mainly through the epic final track (Friendship), and through the Ian Anderson-esque flute work of Bent Aserud. TRACKLIST : Try To Understand                        Witches' Daughter                        Music For Our Children                        A Spectre Is Haunting The Peninsula                        Sunrise/Sunset                        

        Neither bluesman, entertainer nor country boy, Charles Edward Anderson Berry fused all three personas into a rip-snorting style that formed the very language of rock guitar as we know it today. It’d be easy to see Chuck Berry simply as a flamboyant character from the early rock ’n’ roll days – the duck walk, the chunky boogie rhythm and those signature doublestop introductions.        But there was much more to it. We often view players from that era in terms of being a ‘beginning’. Without Chuck Berry or Duane Eddy, there could never have been a Jimi Hendrix or Eddie Van Halen, and so on. As it turned out, Chuck was particular about his gear too. Of all the guitars he used in his lifetime, two are predominant: the Gibson ES-350T and ES-335.        In 1955, coinciding with the release of Chuck’s first single, Maybellene, a thinline version of the 350 – the ES-350T – was born into the new age of rock ’n’ roll (although it’s alleged that the actual guitar used for the recording s

  KC & The SUNSHINE BAND  Do It Good  (TK,1974) - Funk       KC & the Sunshine Band was never about trying to save the world -- this promising debut made it clear that their forte was pure, unapologetic, escapist party music. Do It Good isn't quite as essential as subsequent efforts like 1975's  KC & the Sunshine Band  or 1976's  Part 3 , but the record is exciting more often than not and is easily recommended to disco and funk enthusiasts. TRACKLIST : Do It Good                        Sound Your Funky Horn                        Baby I Want Your Lovin'                        Queen Of Clubs                        Blow Your Whistle                        I'm A Pushover                        You Don't Know                        I Need A Little Lovin'                        All My Love https://www.sendspace.com/file/7yp9eq