what are you listening to?

[speakerlabfan]

The Doobie Brothers - Toulouse Street
(1972, Warner Bros) WLP -1A/-1A

A great sunny day record. Gorgeous day here, temps might get up to 80' in some inland locations.

 

[MarkWComer]

Robin Trower - Twice Removed From Yesterday
(1973, Chrysalis) -1A/-1B

Robin Trower! Excellent guitarist, one whom I've compared to Jimi Hendrix more than a few times- especially on the Bridge Of Sighs album.

I admire your taste in music, and you post the most interesting stuff!

 

[BlazeES]

I love me some Trower !

 

[speakerlabfan]

Alice Cooper - School's Out
(1972, Warner Bros) -1B/-1A

This record is all over the map and of course overblown but lots of enjoyable moments

 

[BubbaH]

Alice Cooper - School's Out
(1972, Warner Bros) -1B/-1A

This record is all over the map and of course overblown but lots of enjoyable moments

Awesome album. Was a foretelling of what was to come. Babies followed that and (imo) further expanded on a sound that became recognizable as Alice.

On a side note, Bob Ezrin's influence on Alice, surely is visible on the Kiss song Great Expectations. Similarities to Department Of Youth, maybe?

 

[speakerlabfan]

The Rugbys - Hot Cargo
(1969, Amazon)

an unlikely thrift find last month. a pretty obscure record from a hard rock band from Louisville - compared to a cross between The Litter, Blue Cheer and The Sonics by AllMusic - which is in my wheelhouse. cleaned up to a nice playing VG+

[video=youtube;sU6Bj3XU0R8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU6Bj3XU0R8[/video]

 

[speakerlabfan]

Awesome album. Was a foretelling of what was to come. Babies followed that and (imo) further expanded on a sound that became recognizable as Alice.

On a side note, Bob Ezrin's influence on Alice, surely is visible on the Kiss song Great Expectations. Similarities to Department Of Youth, maybe?

definitely shows a lot of musical talent. Blue Turk on side 1 at times sounds almost like fusion jam by Little Feat or Traffic. I never got into Kiss - too gimmicky and the music never hooked me, or maybe I was too old to appreciate by that time. I also have to admit that I was not into the Alice Cooper theatrics either - never really got the point, just the music. and they lost me after Billion Dollar Babies. I saw the concert when they toured that LP, killer stuff.

 

[speakerlabfan]

Robin Trower! Excellent guitarist, one whom I've compared to Jimi Hendrix more than a few times- especially on the Bridge Of Sighs album.

I admire your taste in music, and you post the most interesting stuff!

Thanks Mark. Trower was quite a sensation in my circles when the first record hit the stores and the FM airwaves - yep, here was a sound like Hendrix. I purchased Bridge and Twice new at the record store - remember when you could get a new release record for $4 ($6 for a UK or German import). I wish I'd seen Trower in concert.

I love me some Trower !

agree. Killer playing and great songs.

 

[laatsch55]

I always dug "Caravan to Midnight"....

 

[BubbaH]

definitely shows a lot of musical talent. Blue Turk on side 1 at times sounds almost like fusion jam by Little Feat or Traffic. I never got into Kiss - too gimmicky and the music never hooked me, or maybe I was too old to appreciate by that time. I also have to admit that I was not into the Alice Cooper theatrics either - never really got the point, just the music. and they lost me after Billion Dollar Babies. I saw the concert when they toured that LP, killer stuff.

Bob Ezrin produced a couple of the Kiss albums.

While you might not be a Kiss fan, you cant deny the influence that seems to come through on both artists when you hear Great Expectations.

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Nightmare is generally recognized as his best work. Not a fan of it?

Im more of an early Alice fan, Nightmare and anything previous, up until the later part of the 80's when he re-emerged with his 80's, metal sound.

 

[speakerlabfan]

Yamashta/Winwood/Shreieve - Go
(1976, Island) -1A/-1B

inspired after seeing the Steve Winwood Finer Things 4 CD boxset at a Goodwill thrift store this afternoon. I'd forgotten how much playing and vocals Winwood contributes to this record. Also forgot how thundering the low frequencies are, wow! w/ Steve Winwood, Michael Shreive, Al Dimeola, Klaus Schulze

 

[laatsch55]

Bob Ezrin produced a couple of the Kiss albums.

While you might not be a Kiss fan, you cant deny the influence that seems to come through on both artists when you hear Great Expectations.

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Nightmare is generally recognized as his best work. Not a fan of it?

Im more of an early Alice fan, Nightmare and anything previous, up until the later part of the 80's when he re-emerged with his 80's, metal sound.

I wore one of those out......Detroit-Rock City......!!!!!! Loved it...

 

[speakerlabfan]

Bob Ezrin produced a couple of the Kiss albums.

While you might not be a Kiss fan, you cant deny the influence that seems to come through on both artists when you hear Great Expectations.

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Nightmare is generally recognized as his best work. Not a fan of it?

Im more of an early Alice fan, Nightmare and anything previous, up until the later part of the 80's when he re-emerged with his 80's, metal sound.

I never pursued Welcome To My Nightmare. I think I have a copy of it now. I was probably a little too serious about what I listened to by 1975, and looks like it got mixed reviews, panned by Rolling Stone -- but they probably panned the earlier stuff too.

I do think the break for me will always be with Billion Dollar Babies because after that record his killer backing band leaves. In fact I recall that they put out a record of their own.

 

[laatsch55]

Ah man....remember...." Black Widow" Now that was a classic....

 

[BubbaH]

Its probably one of their best in my opinion.

Tonight's rundown,

London Quireboys - A Bit Of What You Fancy, CD.

Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death, CD....again.

Manowar - Kings Of Metal, vinyl.

Judas Priest - Painkiller, cassette.

Ufo - Obsession, Vinyl.

Scorpions - Animal Magnetism, vinyl.

Van Halen - 1984, vinyl.

 

[speakerlabfan]

I always dug "Caravan to Midnight"....

I need to spend more time with that title and some of the other later Trower releases. Mostly have only spent time with Bridge Of Sighs and Twice Removed From Yesterday. The Live LP is excellent too.

 

[laatsch55]

I don't believe I've ever seen the live album...

 

[BubbaH]

I never pursued Welcome To My Nightmare. I think I have a copy of it now. I was probably a little too serious about what I listened to by 1975, and looks like it got mixed reviews, panned by Rolling Stone -- but they probably panned the earlier stuff too.

I do think the break for me will always be with Billion Dollar Babies because after that record his killer backing band leaves. In fact I recall that they put out a record of their own.

While I agree, the sound changed when the Alice Cooper Band left, and it became the Alice Cooper show, Nightmare is still an Iconic album.

Didnt someone from Rolling Stone also dismiss Zeppelin?

Ah man....remember...." Black Widow" Now that was a classic....

Black Widow, among many others on that album, as previously mentioned, Department Of Youth, and, Steven, Only Women Bleed, Cold Ethyl, as well as anything else on there, are surely much more worthy than taking anothers word for it.

 

[laatsch55]

I liked the novelty of using ...aw shit...whoo was the guy that narrated on Black Widow..??


Vincent Price?? Yeah, now that I thought was ahead of it's time..

 

[orange]

I really like You And Me, Only Women Bleed and Clones (We're All) and which version do you prefer, the TV special clip...

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