FRANK ZAPPA-OVER-NITE SENSATION

FRANK ZAPPA IS AN AMERICAN MULTI-TALENTED MUSICIAN WITH A MUSICAL CAREER SPANNING 30 YEARS. IT IS HARD TO CATEGORIZE HIS MUSIC-DIFFERENT STYLES I.E-ROCK, JAZZ, BLUES. EXPERIMENTAL...etc ON MORE THAN 60 ALBUMS THAT HE RELEASED AS A SOLO ARTIST AND WITH HIS BAND THE MOTHER OF INVENTION. MOST OF HIS ALBUMS COVERS ARE SELF DESIGNED. HE WROTE ALL THE LYRICS TO ALL HIS SONGS WHICH ARE ABOUT POLITICS, SOCIAL, HUMOR, FUNNY AND ECCENTRIC AND SUNG IN HIS OWN IMITABLE STYLE. THE MELODIES, ARRANGEMENT AND CHORD STRUCTURES OF HIS SONGS ARE WAY AHEAD AND FAR OUT. HIS FIRST AND EARLIEST MUSICAL INFLUENCE WAS AVANTE- GARDE COMPOSER EDGAR VARESE. IN 1997 HE RECEIVED THE GRAMMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. THIS CD WAS RECORDED IN 1973 UNDER HIS OWN LABEL. MY FAVE SONG IS "DINAH MOE HUMM."

THE MUSICIANS.

SONGS:1.CAMARILLO BRILLO 2. I'M THE SLIME 3. DIRTY LOVE 4. FIFTY FIFTY 5. ZOMBY WOOF 6. DINAH MOE HUMM (video) 7. MONTANA.

AZTECA-PYRAMID OF THE MOON.

AZTECA IS A LATIN, JAZZ ROCK FUSION BAND FORMED IN 1972 IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, USA. THE BAND IS LED BY BROTHERS PETE AND COKE ESCOVEDO (ex-SANTANA) AND THEIR MUSIC IS A BIT OF SANTANA AND CHICAGO WITH ORCHESTRA STYLE- BIG SOUNDS WITH HORNS, WOODWINDS, PERCUSSION, GUITAR AND GREAT VOCALS. THIS ALBUM WAS RECORDED IN 1973 UNDER THE CBS/SONY LABEL. MY FAVE SONG IS "MAZATLAN".

MEMBERS: BOB FERREIRA-TENOR SAX,FLUTE AND PICCOLO, PAT O'HARA-TROMBONE, TOM HARRELL-TRUMPET AND FLUEGEL HORN, MEL MARTIN-TENOR, BARITONE AND SOPRANO SAX, FLUTE,-WENDY HAAS, ERROL KNOWLES-VOCALS, PAUL JACKSON-BASS, BILL COURTIAL-GUITAR, GEORGE MURIBUS- FENDER RHODES PIANO, FLIP NUNEZ-ORGAN, GEORGE DiQUATTRO-PIANO, CLAVINET, VICTOR ESCOVEDO-TIMBALES, VICTOR PANTOJA-CONGA, JOHN BRINCK-DRUMS, PETE ESCOVEDO-PERCUSSION AND VOCALS.

SIDE ONE: 1. SOMEDAY WE'LL GET BY 2. MAZATLAN (video) 3. FIND LOVE TODAY 4. WHATCHA GONNA DO.

SIDE TWO: 1. NEW DAY IS ON THE RISE 2. MEXICANA MEXICANA 3. RED ONIONS 4. LOVE IS A STRANGER. 5. A NIGHT IN NAZCA.

IRON BUTTERFLY with PINERA & RHINO-METAMORPHOSIS.

IRON BUTTERFLY IS AN AMERICAN PSYCHEDELIC ROCK GROUP, FORMED IN 1966 IN SAN DIEGO, USA. BEST KNOWN FOR THEIR 1968 HIT "IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA". A LOT OF PERSONNEL CHANGES IN THE BAND IN BETWEEN ALBUMS. THIS ALBUM WAS RECORDED IN 1970 ON THE ATCO LABEL AND REACHED NO:16 ON THE US CHARTS. MY FAVE SONG IS "EASY RIDER"

MEMBERS:LEE DORMAN-BASS, MIKE PINERA-GUITAR, LEAD VOCALS, DOUG INGLE-ORGAN, LEAD VOCALS, AL RHINO-GUITAR, RON BUSHY-DRUMS.

SIDE ONE: 1.FREE FLIGHT 2. NEW DAY 3. SHADY LADY 4. BEST YEARS OF OUR LIFE 5. SLOWER THAN GUNS 6. STONE BELIEVER.

SIDE TWO: 1. SOLDIER IN OUR TOWN 2. EASY RIDER (video) 3. BUTTERFLY BLEU.

BAD COMPANY-BAD CO.

BAD COMPANY IS AN ENGLISH SUPER ROCK GROUP FORMED IN 1973. THE BAND MEMBERS ARE OFFSPRING FROM FREE (PAUL RODGERS AND SIMON KIRKE) MOTT THE HOPPLE (MICK RALPHS) AND KING CRIMSON (BOZ BURRELL). THEY HAVE THE SAME MANAGER (PETER GRANT) AS THE LED ZEPPELIN. THIS ALBUM WAS RECORDED IN 1974 WITH TWO HITS SINGLES "CAN'T GET ENOUGH"AND "MOVIN' ON". THEY ARE FAMOUS FOR THEIR LIVE SHOWS AND PLAYING IN THE LARGEST STADIUM FOR ALMOST A DECADE. MY FAVE SONG IS "CAN'T GET ENOUGH"

BOZ BURRELL-BASS, SIMON KIRKE-DRUMS.

PAUL RODGERS-VOCALS, MICK RALPHS-LEAD GUITAR.

SIDE ONE: 1,CAN'T GET ENOUGH (video) 2. ROCK STEADY 3. READY FOR LOVE 4.DON'T LET ME DOWN.

SIDE TWO: 1.BAD COMPANY 2. THE WAY I CHOOSE 3. MOVIN' ON 4. SEAGULL.

CHASE

CHASE IS A NINE-PIECE JAZZ ROCK GROUP, WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF MUSICIANSHIP. THEIR MUSIC IS FULL OF EXCITEMENT, NICE MELODIES, HOOKS, SWINGING RIFFS AND FULL OF HARMONIC TEXTURES. LEADER BILL CHASE HAVE PLAYED AND RECORDED WITH MAYNARD FERGUSON, STAN KENTON AND WOODY HERMAN TOO. THIS ALBUM WAS RECORDED IN 1971,UNDER THE CBS LABEL. IT ALSO EARNED A NOMINATION FOR "BEST NEW ARTIST" FOR THE GRAMMY AWARD.BILL CHASE IS RECOGNISED AS ONE OF THE PREMIER EXPONENTS OF JAZZ-ROCK FUSION AND MODERN LEAD TRUMPET STYLE. MY FAVE SONG IS "GET IT ON"

MEMBERS:BILL CHASE-TRUMPET, TED PIERCEFIELD-TRUMPET, VOCALS, ALAN WARE-TRUMPET, JERRY VAN BLAIR-TRUMPET,VOCALS, PHIL PORTER-KEYBOARDS, DENNIS JOHNSON-BASS,VOCALS, ANGEL SOUTH-GUITAR,VOCALS, JAY BURRID-PERCUSSION, TERRY RICHARDS-LEAD VOCALS.

SIDE ONE:1.OPEN UP WIDE 2. LIVIN' IN HEAT 3. HELLO GROCERIES 4. HANDBAGS AND GLADRAGS 5. GET IT ON(video).

SIDE TWO: 1. BOYS AND GIRLS TOGETHER 2. INVITATION TO A RIVER a. TWO MINDS MEET b. STAY c. PAINT IT SAD d. REFLECTIONS e. RIVER.

SPOOKY TOOTH-WITNESS

SPOOKY TOOTH IS AN ENGLISH PROGRESSIVE ROCK, FORMED IN 1967 WITH LOTS OF PERSONNEL CHANGES IN THE BAND ON EVERY ALBUM. THE PLUS POINT IS THAT THEY WRITE THEIR OWN SONGS.THIS ALBUM WAS RECORDED IN 1973 UNDER THE ISLAND LABEL.

MICK JONES-ELECTRIC AND ACOUSTIC GUITAR,VOCALS, CHRIS STEWART-BASS, MIKE KELLIE-DRUMS AND PERCUSSIONS, MIKE HARRISON-VOCALS AND PERCUSSIONS, GARY WRIGHT-KEYBOARDS, SYNTHESISER AND VOCALS.

SIDE ONE: 1.OCEAN OF POWER (video) 2. WINGS ON MY HEART 3.AS LONG AS THE WORLD KEEPS TURNING 4. DON'T EVER STAY AWAY 5. THINGS CHANGE.

SIDE TWO: 1. ALL SEWN UP 2. DREAM ME A MOUNTAIN 3.SUNLIGHT OF MY MIND 4. PYRAMIDS.

PETE BROWN AND HIS BATTERED ORNAMENTS- A MEAL YOU CAN SHAKE HANDS WITH IN THE DARK.

PETE BROWN IS AN ENGLISH PERFORMANCE POET, LYRICIST AND MUSICAL PRODUCER. BEST KNOWN FOR HIS COLLABORATIONS WITH JACK BRUCE OF THE CREAM-I FEEL FREE, WHITE ROOM, SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE, SONGS FOR A TAILOR...ETC THIS ALBUM WAS RECORDED IN 1969 UNDER THE HARVEST-EMI LABEL WITH THE BATTERED ORNAMENTS.

PETE BROWN-LEAD VOCAL AND TRMPET, NISAR AHMED-ALTO AND TENOR SAX, CHRIS SPEDDING-LEAD AND SLIDE GUITAR, CHARLIE HART-ORGAN AND MOUTH ORGAN, PETE BAILEY-CONGAS, AFRICAN DRUMS AND ASSORTED PERCUSSIONS, BUTCH POTTER-BASS GUITAR AND BANJO, ROB TAIT-DRUMS, DICK HECKSTALL-SMITH-TENOR SAX.

SIDE ONE 1.DARK LADY 2.THE OLD MAN 3. STATION SONG 4. THE POLITICIAN.

SIDE TWO 1. RAINY TAXI GIRL 2. MORNING CALL 3. SANDCASTLE(video) 4. TRAVELLING BLUES or THE NEW USED JEW'S DUES BLUES.