Aerosmith - Rockin' the Joint CD

Rockin' the Joint CD music A truly inventive Aerosmith album, still suffused with a gloriously raspy sense of the blues, but quietly evocative in its timbre and approach. It showed Tyler working out lyrics that were so much more than simple cars and girls fodder, 'Adam's Apple' theorizing that creation could quite possibly have occurred with an alien mothership landing on earth and setting the wheels of the human race in motion. 'Sweet Emotion' throbbed slowly into life, 'Big Ten Inch Record', a salty R&B work-out, while 'You See Me Crying' was heightened and given body by a warm orchestration. A clear steeple of great work amid a skyline of repeating successes. Recorded at the Record Plant, New York, New York. Personnel: Joe Perry (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, percussion, background vocals); Steven Tyler (vocals, harmonica, keyboards, percussion); Joey Kramer (vocals, drums, percussion); Tom Hamilton, Brad Whitford (guitar); Scott Cushnie (piano); Jay Messina (marimba, percussion). Recording information: Record Plant, NY; The Record Plant, NY. Directors: Steve Leber; David Krebs. Illustrator: Ingrid Haenke. Photographers: Bob Belott; Jimmy Lenner, Jr.; Jimmy Ienner, Jr. Arrangers: Jack Douglas; Aerosmith; Michael Mainieri, Jr.; Steven Tyler . Aerosmith: Steven Tyler (vocals, harmonica, keyboards, percussion); Joe Perry (acoustic guitar, slide guitar, percussion, background vocals); Tom Hamilton (guitar, bass); Brad Whitford (guitar); Joey Kramer (drums, percussion). Additional personnel: Scott Cushnie (piano); Jay Messina (bass marimba).

Rockin' the Joint buy CD music One of the reasons why Aerosmith, after a number of creatively lean years, are still given legendary credence and an eager ear with each new release, Rocks encapsulated the very essence of rock 'n' roll. They may have been the target of detractors who still pinned them as nothing more than a poor man's Rolling Stones, but Rocks pioneered a strength and swagger and real depth that remains very nearly unsurpassed. From the slowly escalating 'Back In The Saddle' to the dying strains of 'Home Tonight', this album held the full spirit and soul of Aerosmith in both hands. Recorded at The Warehouse, Waltham, Massachusetts and The Record Plant, New York. Personnel: Joe Perry (vocals, guitar, steel guitar, lap steel guitar, electric bass, 6-string bass, percussion); Steven Tyler (vocals, harmonica, keyboards, electric bass, percussion); Tom Hamilton (guitar, electric bass); Brad Whitford (guitar); Paul Prestopino (banjo); Joey Kramer (drums, percussion, background vocals). Recording information: Record Plant, New York, NY; Wherehouse, Waltham, MA. Directors: Steve Leber; David Krebs. Photographers: Scott Enyart; Fin Costello; Ron Pownall; Tom Hamilton; Brad Whitford. Arrangers: David Hewitt; Jack Douglas; Aerosmith. Aerosmith: Steven Tyler (vocals, keyboards, electric bass); Joe Perry (acoustic & electric guitars, lap steel guitar, six string bass, bass guitar, background vocals); Brad Whitford (acoustic & electric guitars); Tom Hamilton (guitar, bass); Joey Kramer (drums, percussion, background vocals). Additional personnel: Paul Prestopino (banjo).

Rockin' the Joint songs By the time Aerosmith released GET YOUR WINGS they were gaining serious momentum as edgy, sassy hard rock contenders. The band's sophomore effort, WINGS was the first time the five-piece band hooked up with eventual long-time producer Jack Douglas, and the result was an eight-song juggernaut of slashing guitars, pounding rhythms, and in-your-face attitude. The band's trademark dual-guitar raunch and vocalist Steven Tyler's vowel-chewing yelp can be heard loud and clear on slinky rockers like "Same Old Song and Dance" and "Pandora's Box." The band turns in a scathing cover of Tiny Bradshaw's "Train Kept a Rollin'" (originally done by Aerosmith's heroes, the Yardbirds), a track that became a fixture in the band's live set. There are also songs about the prostitutes strolling outside the band's New York City recording studio ("Lord of the Thighs") and the edgy inevitabilities of living on the wrong side of the tracks ("S.O.S. [Too Bad]"). A too-often overlooked song on this record is "Seasons of Wither," a melancholy epic penned by Steven Tyler during a windy winter day in New Hampshire. GET YOUR WINGS defined the muscular, sexy sound that would make Aerosmith one of the best rock acts of the '70s, and is the band's first bona fide classic. Liner Note Author: Charles Walters. Recording information: Record Plant Studios, NY. Photographer: Jimmy Ienner, Jr. Aerosmith: Tom Hamilton (bass instrument); Joe Perry , Joey Kramer, Steven Tyler , Brad Whitford. Personnel: Joe Perry (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, slide guitar, percussion); Steven Tyler (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, piano, keyboards, percussion); Joey Kramer (vocals, drums, percussion); Brad Whitford (electric guitar); Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone); Stan Bronstein (baritone saxophone); Randy Brecker (trumpet); Ray Colcord (keyboards); Tom Hamilton (electric bass). Additional personnel: Jon Pearson (trombone); Roy Colcord (keyboards); Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Stan Bronstein.

Rockin' the Joint album for sale Since returning from an extended hiatus that began in the late 1990s, Rush have become quite the concert tour documentarians. Previously, the band spaced out their live offerings, making each significantly era-defining. SNAKES & ARROWS LIVE marks a new trend with the Canadian progressive rockers, who have now released three multi-disc live sets in just five years. Also worth notable mention is the trio's most recent full-length (2007's SNAKES & ARROWS), getting the lion's share of focus and comprising a full third of the set list. Clearly this is a testament to the group's confidence in and enthusiasm for their newest material. As for the other tracks included, Rush dusts off "Circumstances" (from 1978's HEMISPHERES), while curiously excluding any songs from POWER WINDOWS (1985) or PRESTO (1989) on this outing. Principally staying faithful to original arrangements, the band presents flawless performances, much to the delight of the Dutch crowd in attendance for the two shows represented on LIVE. Forty years after their inception, Rush show no sign of slowing down or resting on their laurels.

Rockin' the Joint CD music This reissue includes new deluxe packaging with original release liner notes, photos, and artwork. Aerosmith's fifth album was released at a time when the band was at the height of its '70s fame (hence the Al Hirschfeld-penned caricature on the album cover) and caught in an exhausting album-tour-album cycle made worse by intense personal problems within the band. Despite this chaos, the boys from Beantown rebounded with a record that contained songs thick in the usual sexual innuendo ("Get It Up"), a resurrected blues cover from the pre-Aerosmith days (Kokomo Arnold's "Milk Cow Blues"), and some of Joe Perry's finest slide guitar playing ("Draw the Line"). Another Perry highlight is "Bright Light Fright," a jagged number penned and sung by the guitarist that was inspired by the reckless energy of the Sex Pistols. The bulk of DRAW THE LINE finds Aerosmith maintaining its trademark hard-rock swagger on powerful numbers like the incendiary shuffle "Sight for Sore Eyes," the sweeping "Kings and Queens," and "Critical Mass," a harp-driven nugget overflowing with backwards-masked guitar. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Recorded at The Cenacle, Aromnk, New York and The Record Plant, New York. Aerosmith: Steven Tyler (vocals, piano); Joe Perry (guitar, background vocals); Brad Whitford (guitar); Tom Hamilton (bass); Joey Kramer (drums). Additional personnel: Paul Prestopino (banjo); Stan Bronstein (saxophone); Scott Cushnie (piano); Karen Lawrence (background vocals).

Rockin' the Joint buy CD music The 1998 release Classics Live!: Complete pulls together the 16 tracks released on the 1986 album Classics Live! and its 1987 sequel Classics Live!, Vol. 2 onto one disc. Both albums contain performances cut at the Orpheum Theater in Boston in 1984 -- the first dates from February, the second from December -- which may not be the peak of Aerosmith's popularity, but they're on the verge of the late-'80s comeback and are starting to sound revitalized. For fans, they're worth hearing and this is the best way to hear them, as it contains both albums on one disc. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Import only CD that compiles all the tracks from the American Hard Rockers' 1986 collection Classics Live and it's second volume released the following year. 16 fiery live tracks including 'Train Kept a Rollin'', 'Sweet Emotion', 'Back In The Saddle', 'Walk This Way', 'Same Old Song And Dance' and many more. Sony/BMG. 2007 Audio Mixer: James A. Ball. Recording information: Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA (1977-1983); The California Jam, Ontario Motor Speedway, Ontario, Ca (1977-1983); Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA (1977-1983). Photographer: Jimmy Ienner, Jr.