Wednesday, October 29, 2008

JAMES TAYLOR

JAMES TAYLOR WAS BORN IN 1948-IS AN AMERICAN SINGER ,GUITARIST AND SONGWRITER.HE WAS ALSO AN EX DRUG ADDICT. IN 1970 HE WENT TO U.K. AND SIGNED UP WITH THE BEATLES APPLE LABEL- A COLLABORATION MUCH HYPED BUT WAS A FLOP. HE RETURNED TO U.S. AND HAVE A HIT WITH "FIRE AND RAIN" FOLLOWED BY "YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND" WHICH WON HIM A GRAMMY AWARD IN 1971.
BOTH THE B's SIDES OF THESE TWO SINGLES ARE VERY NICE SONGS TOO.


SIDE A-YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND(CAROLE KING)-won a Grammy award in 1971.

SIDE B-YOU CAN CLOSE YOUR EYES(JAMES TAYLOR)

SIDE A-FIRE AND RAIN(JAMES TAYLOR)-about his experiences in psychiatric institutions and the suicide of his friend's Suzanne Schnerr.

SIDE B-ANYWHERE LIKE HEAVEN(JAMES TAYLOR)

Sunday, October 12, 2008

THE BEE GEES

THE BEE GEES ARE LED BY THE GIBB BROTHERS COMPRISING OF BARRY, ROBIN AND MAURICE GIBB.AFTER RETURNING TO ENGLAND FROM AUSTRALIA AND UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF ROBERT STIGWOOD, THEY ATTAINED WORLDWIDE SUCCESS. THEY SANG IN THREE PARTS HARMONY IN THE STYLE OF THE EVERLY BROTHERS OF WHICH THEY ARE GREAT FANS. THIS 45 R.P.M. VINYL WAS RECORDED IN 1968 UNDER THE POLYDOR LABEL.THE ONLY SUCCESSFUL SONG FROM IT WAS "I'VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU."
THE MEMBERS ARE:
BARRY GIBB-RHYTHM GUITAR AND VOCALS
ROBIN GIBB-VOCALS.
MAURICE GIBB- BASS GUITAR, VOCALS.
COLIN PETERSEN-DRUMS.
VINCE MELOUNEY-LEAD GUITAR.

SIDE A-1.I'VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU(B,RM GIBB)
2.KITTY CAN(B,R,M GIBB)

SIDE B-1.JUMBO-(B,R,M GIBB).
2.THE SINGER SANG HIS SONG.(B,R,M GIBB)

Thursday, October 9, 2008

THE TREMELOES

THE TREMELOES FORMED IN 1958.STILL ACTIVE UNTIL TODAY WITH A DIFFERENT LINE-UP. THEY ARE STRONG WITH THEIR FOUR PART HARMONIES. THIS 45 R.P.M VINYL IS ON THE CBS LABEL. RECORDED IN 1967 AND TITLED "HERE COMES THE TREMELOES" MY FAVORITE SONGS ARE "HERE COMES MY BABY" AND "SILENCE IS GOLDEN".
"silence is golden, golden but my eyes still see"


THE BAND L-R-RICKY WEST-TRAINED IN CLASSICAL MUSIC-SING FALSETTO-LEAD GUITAR AND VOCAL. LEN HAWKES-FORMER CARPENTER-SEX APPEAL OF THE GROUP-BASSIST AND VOCALS. ALAN BLAKELY-COMEDIAN OF THE GROUP-EVER SMILING-LEADER-RHYTHM GUITAR AND VOCALS. DAVE MUNDEN-SCHOOLBOY BOXER-QUIET-DRUMMER AND VOCALS.

SIDE A-HERE COMES MY BABY(CAT STEVEN)
EVEN THE BAD TIMES ARE GOOD(M.MURRAY/P.COLLANDER)

SIDE B-SILENCE IS GOLDEN-(MIKE SMITH)
SHAKE HANDS(AND COME CRYING)-(D.KERSHAW)

Monday, October 6, 2008

BLIND FAITH

1969-MADE THEIR DEBUT AT HYDE PARK FREE CONCERT-THEN ZOOMED OFF TO THE STATES FOR TOUR-AND BROKE OFF. ONE OF THE TIGHTEST LED ZEPPELIN LIKE LINE-UP. THE BAND MEMBERS ARE:
DRUMS- GINGER BAKER.
GUITAR- ERIC CLAPTON.
BASS-RICK GRECH.
PIANO,ORGAN GUITAR,VOCALS-STEVE WINWOOD.
BOTH THE A&B SIDE SONG ARE GOOD ESPECIALLY CAN'T FIND MY WAY HOME.

SIDE A:WELL ALRIGHT.

SIDE B: CAN'T FIND MY WAY HOME.

Friday, October 3, 2008

EVERLY BROTHERS

THE EVERLY BROTHERS ARE DON AND PHIL EVERLY. THE GREATEST ROCK AND ROLL DUO OF ALL TIMES.THEY ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR GUITAR PLAYING AND HARMONY SINGING.THIS 45 R.P.M VINYL DISC WAS RECORDED IN THE 60's-THE ERA OF DANCE MUSIC -THE TWIST.THE RECORDING ARE VERY SIMPLE AND SPARSE WITH THE DRUM BEAT DOMINATING THE MUSIC. I LIKE THE SONG "WHAT KIND OF GIRL ARE YOU".


SIDE I:
JUST IN CASE(BOUDLEAUX-BRYANT)-TWIST
THAT'S WHAT YOU DO TO ME(SINK-MONTGOMERY)-TWIST.


SIDE 2:
I WANT YOU TO KNOW(DOMINO-BARTHOLOMEW)-TWIST
WHAT KIND OF GIRL ARE YOU(RAY CHARLES)-BLUES


IT IS ON THE WARNER BROS LABEL AND MANUFACTURED IN FRANCE.