FOCUS WERE A PROGRESSIVE ROCK BAND FORMED IN 1969 IN THE NETHERLANDS MORE FAMOUS FOR IT'S WINDMILLS, WOODEN CLOGS AND TULIPS RATHER THAN ROCK GROUPS. THEY RELEASED THEIR FIRST ALBUM "IN AND OUT OF FOCUS" IN 1970 UNDER THE POLYDOR LABEL WHICH WAS UNKNOWN OUTSIDE OF THEIR COUNTRY. THE MUSIC IS POP ORIENTED WITH TINGES OF CLASSICAL, JAZZ AND BLUES STYLES. MY FAVE SONG IS "HOUSE OF THE KING".
MEMBERS:JAN AKKERMAN-LEAD GUITAR, HANS CLEUVER-DRUMS AND PERCUSSIONS, MARTIJN BRESDEN-BASS GUITAR, THIJS VAN LEER-ORGAN, FLAUTIST AND VOCALS.
SIDE ONE: 1. FOCUS (instrumental) 2. HOUSE OF THE KING (video) 3. WHY DREAM 3. HAPPY NIGHTMARE (mescaline).
SIDE TWO: 1. ANONYMOUS 2. BLACK BEAUTY 3. SUGAR ISLAND 4. FOCUS (vocal).
RICK WAKEMAN IS AN ENGLISH KEYBOARD PLAYER, COMPOSER, SONGWRITER BUT BETTER KNOWN AS A MEMBER OF YES. HE STARTED OUT AS A SESSION MUSICIAN AND PLAYED WITH THE STRAWBS ON THREE ALBUMS. HE REPLACED TONY KAYE OF YES ON KEYBOARDS AND RECORDED FOUR ALBUMS WITH THEM BEFORE HE WENT SOLO AFTER "THE TALES OF THE TOPOGRAPHIC OCEAN TOURS." THIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM WAS RECORDED IN 1973 UNDER THE A &M LABEL AND SHOWCASED HIS SKILL ON ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS. HE WAS MORE INTO MELODIES BECAUSE HE CAN'T WRITE LYRICS. HE GOT THE IDEA FOR THIS ALBUM AFTER READING THE BOOK "THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII" THE MUSIC IS 16th CENTURY FLAVOR WITH AN ORCHESTRAL FEEL BUILT AROUND WITH HIS MOOG SYNTHESIZER, HAMMOND ORGAN MELLOTRON SOUND. YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO IT FOR A NUMBER OF TIMES TO FEEL THE STORYLINE.
MUSICIANS:
BASS-DAVE WINTER, CHRIS SQUIRE, CHAS CRONK, LES HURDLE.
GUITARS: MIKE EGAN, DAVE LAMBERT, STEVE HOWE.
DRUMS: ALAN WHITE, BILL BRUFORD, BARRY DeSOUZA.
PERCUSSIONS:RAY COOPER, FRANK RICCOTTI.
ELECTRIC BANJO: DAVE COUSINS. KEYBOARDS-RICK WAKEMAN.
VOCALS: LIZA STRIKE, LAURA LEE, BARRY ST JOHN, SYLVIA McNEIL, JUDY POWELL.
SIDE ONE: 1. CATHERINE ARGON 2. ANNE OF CLEVES 3. CATHERINE HOWARD (video).
SIDE TWO: 1. JANE SEYMOUR (video) 2. ANNE BOLEYN "THE DAY THOU GAVEST LORD HATH ENDED" 3. CARTHERINE PARR.
LED ZEPPELIN WERE A BRITISH SUPERGROUP FORMED IN 1968 BY JIMMY PAGE WITH MEMBERS FROM DIFFERENT BANDS.
THE MUSIC ON THIS ALBUM IS HEAVY CONTEMPORARY BLUES, FOLK ROCK WITH LYRICAL THEME, GUITAR RIFFS BASED SOUND AND LOTS OF IMPROVISATIONS.
THEY WERE: 1.RANKED NO:1 IN 100 GREATEST ARTISTE OF HARD ROCK. 2.HEAVIEST BAND OF ALL TIME, 3.THE BIGGEST BAND OF THE 70's.
THIS ALBUM RECORDED IN 1969 UNDER THE ATLANTIC LABEL REACHED NO:1 ON THE U.S. AND U.K. CHARTS. MY FAVE SONGS ARE "WHOLE LOTTA OF LOVE" AND "HEARTBREAKER"
JIMMY PAGE-(ex-THE YARDBIRDS)-GUITAR.
ROBERT PLANT-(ex-BAND OF JOY)-VOCALS.
JOHN PAUL JONES-(ex-JETT BLACKS-ex-SESSIONIST)-BASS, ORGAN.
JOHN BONHAM-(ex-CRAWLING KING SNAKE)-DRUMS.
SIDE ONE: 1. WHOLE LOTTA LOVE (video) 2. WHAT IS AND SHOULD NEVER BE 3. THE LEMON SONG 4. THANK YOU.
SIDE TWO: 1. HEARTBREAKER (video)2.LIVING LOVING MAID (SHE'S JUST A WOMAN) 3. RAMBLE ON 4. MOBY DICK 5. BRING IT ON HOME.
IF WAS A PROGRESSIVE SEVEN PIECE BRITISH JAZZ ROCK BAND FORMED IN 1969 BY DICK MORRISSEY AND TERRY SMITH. THEY WERE FASHIONED AFTER BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS AND CHICAGO. THEY DO NOT HAVE A TRUMPET PLAYER BUT INSTEAD HAVE TWO SAXOPHONISTS. THEY TOURED EXTENSIVELY IN EUROPE AND THE USA IN THE 70s. THIS THIRD ALBUM WAS RECORDED IN 1971 UNDER THE UA LABEL. MY FAVE SONGS ARE "CHILD OF STORM" AND "FIBONACCI'S NUMBER"
HERBIE MANN WAS A WIDEN KNOWN AMERICAN FLAUTIST AND WAS INTO JAZZ, ROCK AND WORLD MUSIC WAY BACK IN THE 1960's.
HE DEVELOPED HIS MUSICAL EXPERIENCE DURING MILITARY SERVICE.
MOST OF THE MUSICIANS THAT PLAYED ON HIS ALBUMS ARE THE BEST KNOWN SESSION PLAYER IN THE MUSIC WORLD LIKE BILL EVANS, DUANE ALLMAN, CHICK COREA.....etc.
THE MUSIC ON THIS ALBUM IS FUNKY WITH A SELECTIONS OF R&B HITS WITH LOW KEY FLUTE WORKS.
THIS 74th ALBUM OF HIS, WAS RECORDED IN 1973 UNDER THE ATLANTIC LABEL. MY FAVE SONG IS "TURTLE BAY"
MUSICIANS: HERBIE MANN-FLUTE, ALTO FLUTE-PAT REBILLOT-PIANO, ELECTRIC PIANO, ORGAN-DAVID SPINOZZA, JERRY FRIEDMAN, HUGH McCRACKEN, BOB MANN-GUITAR-TONY LEVIN-BASS- JERRY JEMMOTT, WILLIE WEEKS-FENDER BASS- REGGIE FERGUSON, CHARLES COLLINS-DRUMS- RALPH MacDONALD, ARMEN HALBURIAN, RAY BARETTO, RAY MANTILLA-PERCUSSIONS.
SIDE ONE: 1. FAMILY AFFAIR 2. NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE 3. RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA 4. (JUST AN OLD) BALALAIKA LOVE SONG 5. REVEREND LEE.
SIDE TWO: 1. TURTLE BAY 2. IN MEMORY OF ELIZABETH REED 3. A THEME FROM "CRIES AND WHISPERS" 4. DO IT AGAIN 5. NOW I'VE FOUND A LADY 6. HAPPIER THAN THE MORNING SUN.
JETHRO TULL WAS A BRITISH ROCK GROUP FORMED IN 1967 AND FRONTED BY THE SHOWY "ONE LEGGED" IAN ANDERSON ON VOCALS, FLUTE AND ACOUSTIC GUITAR.
THE NAME JETHRO TULL WAS NAMED AFTER THE 18th CENTURY AGRICULTURIST.
THE MUSIC ON THIS FIRST ALBUM OF THEIRS, ON THE REPRISE LABEL AND RECORDED IN 1968 IS PROGRESSIVE BLUES WITH A BIT OF JAZZ. IAN ANDERSON LEARNED TO PLAY THE FLUTE , HALF A YEAR BEFORE RECORDING THIS ALBUM.
MY FAVE SONG ARE "A SONG FOR JEFFREY" AND "SERENADE TO A CUCKOO"
ERIC CLAPTON IS ONE OF GREATEST BLUES ROCK GUITARIST IN THE WORLD. HIS BIGGEST INFLUENCE IN MUSIC WAS ROBERT JOHNSON. ERIC CLAPTON WAS BORN IN UK IN 1945. HE STARTED PLAYING WITH: 1.THE ROOSTERS AND CASEY JONES AND THEN 2.REPLACED ANTHONY "TOP" TOPHAM IN THE YARDBIRDS, 3.JOHN MAYALL AND THE BLUESBREAKERS, HE LEFT AND WAS REPLACED BY PETER GREEN. 4.THE CREAM-GAINED COMMERCIAL SUCCESS AND WORLD WIDE RECOGNITION, 5. BLIND FAITH-ILL FATED BROKE OFF AFTER A US TOUR, 6.GUEST PLAYER WITH DELANEY AND BONNIE, 7. DEREK AND THE DOMINOES-(EX DELANEY AND BONNIE MUSICIANS).
AT THIS STAGE HE WAS ADDICTED TO HEROIN WAS CURED USING THE CHINESE ELECTRO-ACUPUNTURE TREATMENT METHODS RECOMMENDED BY PETE TOWNSHEND OF THE WHO.
HE CONTINUED HIS CAREER AS A SOLO ARTIST WITH BACKING MUSICIANS. THIS ALBUM WAS RECORDED UNDER THE RSO RECORDS IN 1978. MY FAVE SONG ARE "EARLY IN THE MORNING" AND "I'LL MAKE LOVE TO YOU ANYTIME"
MEMBERS:JAN AKKERMAN-LEAD GUITAR, HANS CLEUVER-DRUMS AND PERCUSSIONS, MARTIJN BRESDEN-BASS GUITAR, THIJS VAN LEER-ORGAN, FLAUTIST AND VOCALS.
SIDE ONE: 1. FOCUS (instrumental) 2. HOUSE OF THE KING (video) 3. WHY DREAM 3. HAPPY NIGHTMARE (mescaline).
SIDE TWO: 1. ANONYMOUS 2. BLACK BEAUTY 3. SUGAR ISLAND 4. FOCUS (vocal).
