BROWNSVILLE STATION
SMOKIN' IN THE BOYS ROOM: THE BEST OF BROWNSVILLE STATION
1993-RHINO
Produced By CUB KODA
1. Rock & Roll Holiday
2. Jailhouse Rock
3. Roadrunner
4. Rumble
5. Do The Bosco
6. That's Fine
7. Tell Me All About It
8. Wanted (Dead Or Alive)
9. Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
10. Smokin' In The Boys Room
11. Barefootin'
12. I'm The Leader Of The Gang
13. Kings of The Party
14. Mama Don't Allow No Parkin'
15. I Got It Bad For You
16. They Call Me Rock 'N' Roll (Medley)
17. Lady (Put The Light On Me)
18. The Martian Boogie
Ah, boogie. That thing in the 70's that all the cool rock & roll bands tried to do as hard as they could. Brownsville Station, whose lifespan lasted the exact decade of the 70's, were boogie personified. You're not going to find any ballads here...just BOOGIE! The band was led by Cub Koda, who was not only a musician, but a big time music critic, writer, and audiophile. The band was pretty anonymous until 1973, when "Smokin' In The Boys Room" (later desecrated by Motley Crue) became a huge hit. They were never able to live up to it, and their legacy has come down to that one hit and the occasional Dr. Demento airing of "The Martian Boogie". And, if you can find it, this collection.
The early tracks (before "Smokin'") show the boundless energy the band had in the early 70's, and are the gems of the collection. They later got a little too boogie obsessed, and the medley ("They Call Me Rock 'N' Roll") is pretty horrible. "Lady (Put The Light On Me)" was almost a hit, but the band hung it up in 1979. For that one song, it's worthwhile...and there are a bunch of added little unheard gems from a long forgotten band.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS
MONTEREY INTERNATIONAL POP FESTIVAL
2007-RAZOR & TIE
Produced By LOU ADLER
1. Along Comes Mary (The Association)
2. San Franciscan Nights (Eric Burdon & The Animals)
3. Homeward Bound (Simon & Garfunkel)
4. Sounds Of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel)
5. Down On Me (Big Brother & The Holding Company)
6. Ball And Chain (Big Brother & The Holding Company)
7. Section 43 (Country Joe & The Fish)
8. Born In Chicago (Paul Butterfield Blues Band)
9. Wine (The Electric Flag)
10. Bajabula Bonke (Healing Song)(Hugh Masekela)
11. Chimes Of Freedom (The Byrds)
12. So You Wanna Be A Rock & Roll Star (The Byrds)
1. Somebody To Love (Jefferson Airplane)
2. White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane)
3. Booker-Loo (Booker T & The MG's)
4. Shake (Otis Redding)
5. I've Been Loving You (Too Long)(Otis Redding)
6. Dhun: Fast Teental (Excerpt)(Ravi Shankar)
7. For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield)
8. Summertime Blues (The Who)
9. My Generation (The Who)
10. The Wind Cries Mary (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
11. Like A Rolling Stone (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
12. Straight Shooter (The Mamas & The Papas)
13. San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) (Scott McKenzie)
14. California Dreamin' (The Mamas & The Papas)
Here's a nice little slice of history for ya. Back in 1967, before Woodstock, and before the 60's ended at Altamont, there was the Monterey Pop Festival. And just from looking at the lineup, it was quite the event. Jimi, Janis & Otis were all alive, and they were all there. And even though some of the recordings sound pretty rough (it WAS 1967), this is what rock was at the time. This is what the 60's sounded like, and this is what the big deal was. This package came out 40 years later, and includes previously unreleased tracks by Simon & Garfunkel and Buffalo Springfield.
The highlights are everywhere...The Who, Hendrix, Airplane...but just as important are the tracks by forgotten acts like Electric Flag, The Association, and Country Joe & The Fish. This is a great historical document, and hopefully Monterey will always live on. A real, true classic.
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QUEEN
CLASSIC QUEEN
1992-HOLLYWOOD
VARIOUS PRODUCERS
1. A Kind of Magic
2. Bohemian Rhapsody
3. Under Pressure
4. Hammer To Fall
5. Stone Cold Crazy
6. One Year Of Love
7. Radio Gaga
8. I'm Going Slightly Mad
9. I Want It All
10. Tie Your Mother Down
11. The Miracle
12. These Are The Days Of Our Lives
13. One Vision
14. Keep Yourself Alive
15. Headlong
16. Who Wants To Live Forever
17. The Show Must Go On
When the Queen best of's were compiled in the early 90's, it was maybe the biggest mess any band has had to encounter in this area. The idea was that Greatest Hits was to cover the bands early days, while Classic Queen would take on the latter years. Except that the bands biggest song, "Bohemian Rhapsody", ended up not on Greatest Hits, but on Classic, along with a small number of other early songs. The whole thing is a giant, non-chronological mess.
And, because the material on Classic Queen is mostly later, it's by far the weaker of the two sets. Hearing "Stone Cold Crazy" next to "One Year Of Love", and "Keep Yourself Alive" alongside the wretched "Headlong" shows just how far the band sank in its later years. It's good to have many of these songs, but you're better off with the individual albums than this mess. Especially for the early songs. Queen deserved better.
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THE ROLLING STONES
SINGLES COLLECTION: THE LONDON YEARS
1989-ABKCO
VARIOUS PRODUCERS
1. Come On
2. I Want To Be Loved
3. I Wanna Be Your Man
4. Stoned
5. Not Fade Away
6. Little By Little
7. It's All Over Now
8. Good Times, Bad Times
9. Tell Me
10. I Just Want To Make Love To You
11. Time Is On My Side
12. Congratulations
13. Little Red Rooster
14. Off The Hook
15. Heart Of Stone
16. What A Shame
17. The Last Time
18. Play With Fire
19. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
20. The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man
21. The Spider And The Fly
22. Get Off Of My Cloud
23. I'm Free
24. The Singer Not The Song
25. As Tears Go By
1. Gotta Get Away
2. 19th Nervous Breakdown
3. Sad Day
4. Paint It, Black
5. Stupid Girl
6. Long, Long While
7. Mother's Little Helper
8. Lady Jane
9. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?
10. Who's Driving Your Plane?
11. Let's Spend The Night Together
12. Ruby Tuesday
13. We Love You
14. Dandelion
15. She's A Rainbow
16. 2000 Light Years From Home
17. In Another Land
18. The Lantern
19. Jumpin' Jack Flash
20. Child Of The Moon (rmk)
1. Street Fighting Man
2. No Expectations
3. Surprise, Surprise
4. Honky Tonk Women
5. You Can't Always Get What You Want
6. Memo From Turner
7. Brown Sugar
8. Wild Horses
9. I Don't Know Why aka Don't Know Why I Love You
10. Try A Little Harder
11. Out Of Time
12. Jiving Sister Fanny
13. Sympathy For The Devil
Just wow. Given what the Stones have been for the last 30 years, and how good their most memorable period was after the death of Brian Jones with Mick Taylor on board, it's easy to forget just how great this band was in its earliest days. Singles Collection takes care of that. Released without the consent of the band (they have no rights to these songs), it's actually the best Rolling Stones compilation you'll find. Covering the period from 1963 through 1971, it includes not only the hits, but also all of the B sides to the singles. You get the Lennon-McCartney penned "I Wanna Be Your Man", Bill Wyman's song "In Another Land", and all of the really trippy hippie stuff they recorded during the late 60's.
It's doubtful that any Stones compilation will ever top this. It's truly classic, one of the best box sets you can buy. Don't have the big bucks? Look for the jewel case version...the same musical content without the big and apparently very expensive box. This is simply great stuff.
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Funny, how they actually released their best stuff on singles. Even 2000 Lightyears, which sounds like a typical album track. Really great. You are totally right (as you nearly always are). _________________ When the stewardess is near do not show any fear.
Just wow. Given what the Stones have been for the last 30 years, and how good their most memorable period was after the death of Brian Jones with Mick Taylor on board, it's easy to forget just how great this band was in its earliest days. Singles Collection takes care of that. Released without the consent of the band (they have no rights to these songs), it's actually the best Rolling Stones compilation you'll find. Covering the period from 1963 through 1971, it includes not only the hits, but also all of the B sides to the singles. You get the Lennon-McCartney penned "I Wanna Be Your Man", Bill Wyman's song "In Another Land", and all of the really trippy hippie stuff they recorded during the late 60's.
It's doubtful that any Stones compilation will ever top this. It's truly classic, one of the best box sets you can buy. Don't have the big bucks? Look for the jewel case version...the same musical content without the big and apparently very expensive box. This is simply great stuff.
THE UPPER CRUST
LET THEM EAT ROCK
1995-UPSTART
Produced By SEAN SLADE, PAUL KOLDERIE, CARL PLASSER & TIM O'HEIR
1. Let Them Eat Rock
2. Little Lord Fauntleroy
3. Rock 'N' Roll Butler
4. Minuet
5. Who's Who Of Love
6. I've Got My Ascot 'N' My Dickie
7. Old Money
8. Friend Of A Friend Of The Working Class
9. RSVP
10. Little Rickshaw Boy
11. Opera Glass
This album cover does not lie. The Upper Crust, a band from Boston, really does dress in powdered wigs and 18th century costumes. They sing songs about being rich and aristocratic, and they also sing songs about servants and snobbery. And with Let Them Eat Rock, they created (with all due respect to Weird Al Yankovic) what is very likely the funniest damn rock & roll album ever. The band members on the front cover are (from left to right): The Duc d'Istortion, Jackie Kickassis, Lord Rockingham, Lord Bendover, and The Marquis de Roque. Seriously. I could not have made this up.
So musically? They sound at times like Bon Scott era AC/DC (particularly the title track, which could have come right off of Highway To Hell). They rock. "Rock 'N' Roll Butler" is easily the best song ever written about servants. The album rocks consistently, and it's also consistently funny as hell. This is a classic that not a lot of people ever knew about. If you can find it, it's well worth having.
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THE UPPER CRUST
LET THEM EAT ROCK
1995-UPSTART
Produced By SEAN SLADE, PAUL KOLDERIE, CARL PLASSER & TIM O'HEIR
This album cover does not lie. The Upper Crust, a band from Boston, really does dress in powdered wigs and 18th century costumes. They sing songs about being rich and aristocratic, and they also sing songs about servants and snobbery. And with Let Them Eat Rock, they created (with all due respect to Weird Al Yankovic) what is very likely the funniest damn rock & roll album ever. The band members on the front cover are (from left to right): The Duc d'Istortion, Jackie Kickassis, Lord Rockingham, Lord Bendover, and The Marquis de Roque. Seriously. I could not have made this up.
So musically? They sound at times like Bon Scott era AC/DC (particularly the title track, which could have come right off of Highway To Hell). They rock. "Rock 'N' Roll Butler" is easily the best song ever written about servants. The album rocks consistently, and it's also consistently funny as hell. This is a classic that not a lot of people ever knew about. If you can find it, it's well worth having.
Completely & totally agree!!! What's going on here?! 🤣
KIRSTY MACCOLL
TROPICAL BRAINSTORM
2000 - V2
Produced By KIRSTY MACCOLL, PETE GLENISTER & DAVE RUFFY
1. Mambo De La Luna
2. In These Shoes?
3. Treachery
4. Here Comes That Man Again
5. Autumngirlsoup
6. Celestine
7. England 2 Colombia 0
8. Não Esperando
9. Alegria
10. Us Amazonians
11. Wrong Again
12. Designer Life
13. Head
14. Golden Heart
15. Things Happen
16. Good For Me
Kirsty MacColl was the daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl, but the music she made over her career is difficult to pin down and define. She was discovered singing backup in a punk band in the late 70's, and over the years sang many different types of music. She also wrote the Tracey Ullman hit "They Don't Know" (and sang the high notes for Ullman). Her recording career was sparse...a pair of albums in the 80's and a pair in the 90's before Tropical Brainstorm, her final album in 2000. MacColl had taken a break, and decided that she would not record again until she felt happy. This album is different from her other work, as it's primarily a world music album, containing songs with Latin flavors and vocals in Spanish and Portuguese.
"Mambo De La Luna" is the highlight here. Tropical Brainstorm finds MacColl sounding refreshed and ready to take on a new musical chapter. But unfortunately, we'll never know where this would have led her. Just a few months after this was released, she was killed when a powerboat entered a swimming area in Mexico and struck her. But this is a fine and very listenable work. A nice farewell from a voice who probably should have been heard more than she was.
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SMASHING PUMPKINS
MELLON COLLIE & THE INFINITE SADNESS
1995-VIRGIN
Produced By FLOOD, ALAN MOULDER & BILLY CORGAN
DAWN TO DUSK
1. Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
2. Tonight, Tonight
3. Jellybelly
4. Zero
5. Here Is No Why
6. Bullet With Butterfly Wings
7. To Forgive
8. An Ode To No One
9. Love
10. Cupid De Locke
11. Galapogos
12. Muzzle
13. Porcelina Of The Vast Oceans
14. Take Me Down
TWILIGHT TO STARLIGHT
1. Where Boys Fear To Tread
2. Bodies
3. Thirty-Three
4. In The Arms Of Sleep
5. 1979
6. Tales Of A Scorched Earth
7. Thru The Eyes Of Ruby
8. Stumbleine
9. X.Y.U.
10. We Only Come Out At Night
11. Beautiful
12. Lily (My One And Only)
13. By Starlight
14. Farewell And Goodnight
Billy Corgan was on the verge of being the king of rock in 1995, but it all slipped away from him. Poised for true hugeness after the death of Kurt Cobain and the anticipated follow up to Siamese Dream, the Pumpkins unleashed Mellon Collie before falling out of the picture altogether five years later. The problem with Mellon Collie (which was a massive hit) is that a single disc would have been a much more manageable and listenable statement: a double album left too much room for Corgan's meandering and his penchant for self pity. The good songs here are absolutely GREAT songs: "1979", "Tonight Tonight", "Love", "X.Y.U." and many more...but just as many that could have been left to the side.
This makes Mellon Collie both irritating and essential. If you're a fan, you must have it. Or even better, you must have a friend who has it who can burn you a single disc of just the great songs. As a whole, it will wear you out. But listen to the right tracks and you'll be mighty pleased. The best selling double album of all time, by the way.
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