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This digitally remastered 10-track reissue of Canadian pop band Supertramp's debut release includes "Surely," "It's A Long Road," and "Home Again."
Progressive in texture for the most part, Supertramp's debut album became increasingly disregarded as they blossomed commercially through the '70s. The album was the only one on which drummer Bob Miller and guitarist Richard Palmer appeared, replaced by Kevin Currie and Frank Farrell for the Indelibly Stamped release which surfaced a year later. Quite a bit different than their radio and AOR material, Supertramp is inundated with pretentious instrumental meandering, with greater emphasis and attention granted to the keyboards and guitars than to the writing and to the overall effluence of the music. There are some attractive moments, such as the mixture of ardor and subtlety that arises in "Words Unspoken," "Surely," and "Nothing to Show," and some of the fusion that erupts throughout the 12 minutes of "Try Again" is impressive even though the whole of the track results in one of the most extravagant and overblown pieces the band has ever produced. Hodgson's use of cello, flageolet, and acoustic guitar is endearing in spots, and while both he and Davies had just recently formed their alliance, it was evident that their songwriting was going to be one of the band's strengths. Ultimately dissatisfied with the results of the album, they retorted with Indelibly Stamped, which disappointingly followed suit. It wasn't until 1974's Crime of the Century that things began to improve for Supertramp, when they replaced Farrell and Currie with saxman John Helliwell, bass player Dougie Thompson, and drummer Bob Benberg. ~ Mike DeGagne
Import only remastered pressing of their 1970 debut album. Includes the original 10 tracks. Long out-of-print in the US. Universal. Supertramp Music Review Average Rating: (4.4 out of 5 stars)   Jammin'
This CD is for anyone who likes Supertramp. While later Supertramp albums would evolve into a more commercial sound, this disc at times resembles early Allman Brothers because of the jam-band nature of some of the tracks.
Submitted by Dave (Charleston, SC, USA) 
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 Thanks a million!
This was, in fact, a filled in a real gap in my life. Thanks, the CD is in perfect conditions and It is great! A classical work of Supertramp.
Submitted by heraldtc (Brasília, DF, Brazil)
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Incredible prog rock masterpiece
Not sure this one is truly recommended for Supertramp fans, but it certainly is for anyone who's serious about 70's prog music.
There's just one thing that could prevent me saying it belongs to the top five prog rock albums (along opuses such as Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother, Caravan's If I could do it all over again..., King Crimson's Red or T2's Boomland): you would not believe me!
So your choice is simple: either you stop at the name written on the cover and you miss an incredible masterpiece, or you give it a try.
Submitted by Stephane (Switzerland)
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Supertramp at their finest.
A phenomenal digital remaster makes this one of my favorite CD's with clear, concise vocal and instrumental separation you can almost touch.
Forget the later day, commercial stuff...
Submitted by Iain S (Avon, CT)
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This isn't like later Supertramp albums. The production on this, their debut, from 1970, isn't anywhere as elaborate as say, Crime of the Century. No songs bear resemblance to the big hits they were known for in the mid to late 1970s. The band went for more of a typical prog rock sound here. Several ballads are included like "Aubade", "Words Unspoken", and "Shadow Song", with a couple more "rocking" numbers like "It's a Long Road" and "Nothing to Show". Plus there's the 12 minute plus prog rock epic "Try Again". On this album you still can't mistake Roger Hodgson's high pitched voice, that in itself makes it unmistakably Supertramp. But you can barely notice Rick Davies' voice at all here. The rest of the band at that time consisted of Richard Palmer-James on guitar (he would later join King Crimson as a lyricist during the Larks' Tongues in Aspic period), and drummer Bob Millar. It's too bad that their debut is so underappreciated, as it's not really as bad as the critics and Supertramp fans like to make it out to be. So give it a try.
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Purchase Supertramp CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Supertramp Indelibly Stamped CD (1971) Import; Remastered
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INDELIBLY STAMPED is a 1971 album by the prog-pop band Supertramp.
Indelibly Stamped, Supertramp's second album, was an improvement on their debut, although the group did have a tendency to indulge themselves in long-winded instrumental sections. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Digitally remastered reissue of their 1971 & second album that is out of print in the US. Features the original notorious cover art & all 10 of the original tracks including 'Your Popps Don't Mind', 'Rosie Had Everything Planned' and 'Coming Home To See You'. Universal.
German reissue.
| | Supertramp Crisis! What Crisis? CD (1975) Remastered
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Principally recorded at A&M Studios, Los Angeles, California in 1975.
Nestled between the accomplished Crime of the Century album and 1977's Even in the Quietest Moments, Crisis? What Crisis? may not have given the band any chart success, but it did help them capture a fan base that had no concern for Supertramp's commercial sound. With Rick Davies showing off his talent on the keyboards, and Roger Hodgson's vocals soaring on almost every track, they managed to win back their earlier progressive audience while gaining new fans at the same time. Crisis received extensive air play on FM stations, especially in Britain, and the album made it into the Top 20 there and fell just outside the Top 40 in the U.S. "Ain't Nobody But Me," "Easy Does It," and the beautiful "Sister Moonshine" highlight Supertramp's buoyant and brisk instrumental and vocal alliance, while John Helliwell's saxophone gives the album even greater width. The songwriting is sharp, attentive, and passionate, and the lyrics showcase Supertramp's ease at invoking emotion into their music, which would be taken to even greater heights in albums to come. Even simple tracks like "Lady" and "Just a Normal Day" blend in nicely with the album's warm personality and charmingly subtle mood. Although the tracks aren't overly contagious or hook laden, there's still a work-in-process type of appeal spread through the cuts, which do grow on you over time. ~ Mike DeGagne
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Replaces #A&M3296
Additional personnel includes: Richard Hewson (arranger).
Producers: Supertramp, Ken Scott.
Reissue producer: Bill Levenson.
Supertramp includes: Roger Hodgson (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Richard Davies (vocals, keyboards); John Anthony Helliwell (winds, background vocals); Dougie Thomson (bass); Bob C. Benberg (drums, percussion).
| | Supertramp ...Famous Last Words... CD (1982) Remastered
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...Famous Last Words... was the last album that Roger Hodgson made with Supertramp before seeking a solo career, and he made sure that radio would take kindly to his last hurrah with the band. Sporting an airy and overly bright pop sheen, ...Famous Last Words... put two singles on the charts, with the poignant "My Kind of Lady" peaking at number 31 and the effervescent smile of "It's Raining Again" going to number 11. The album itself went Top Ten both in the U.S. and in the U.K., eventually going gold in America. The songs are purposely tailored for Top 40 radio, delicately textured and built around overly bland and urbane choruses. Hodgson's abundance of romantically inclined poetry and love song fluff replaces the lyrical keenness that Supertramp had produced in the past, and the instrumental proficiency that they once mastered has vanished. Hodgson's English appeal and fragile vocal manner works well in some places, but the album's glossy sound and breezy feel is too excessive. Hodgson gave his solo album, 1984's In the Eye of the Storm, a mildly progressive feel, quite unlike his last appearance with his former group. ~ Mike DeGagne
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
This is part of A&M Records "Supertramp Remasters" series.
1982. Replaces #3284 A&M
Recorded at Unicorn, Nevada City, California; The Backyard, Encino, California; Rumbo Recorders, Canoga Park, California; Bill Schnee's Studios, North Hollywood, California.
Supertramp: Roger Hodgson (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Rick Davies (vocals, keyboards); John Helliwell (saxophone, keyboards); Dougie Thomson (bass); Bob Siebenberg (drums).
Additional personnel: Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Claire Diament (background vocals).
| | Supertramp Brother Where You Bound CD (1985) Remastered
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When vocalist-guitarist Roger Hodgson left Supertramp after 1982's ...famous last words..., few could have guessed that the band would continue and solidify its pop-oriented songcraft, let alone re-embrace its progressive-rock roots on 1985's underrated Brother Where You Bound. With vocalist-keyboardist Rick Davies firmly in control -- he wrote all the music and lyrics -- the album examined tensions at the tail end of the Cold War. In a thematic sense, Brother Where You Bound is dated and hasn't aged very well -- Davies' politically oriented lyrics are heavy-handed -- but the music is a pleasure. The crystalline sound of the album, particularly Davies' piano, is breathtaking; kudos to co-producers David Kershenbaum and Supertramp and engineer Norman Hall. The hit single "Cannonball" is a jazz-rock delight, especially in full-length album form. Lyrically, it can be interpreted as Davies' feelings of betrayal at Hodgson's departure, but the piano, percussion and horns are superb. Saxophonist John A. Helliwell, bass guitarist Dougie Thomson, and drummer Bob Siebenberg all contribute vital parts, as does guest trombonist Doug Wintz. "No Inbetween" begins with a lovely, bittersweet percussion (or synthesizer?) and piano melody. "Better Days" is a rather bleak look at the unfulfilled promises of the "good life" in Western society; the dramatic music is highlighted by guest Scott Page's flute solos. The fantastic title track examines Cold War paranoia and clocks in at more than 16 minutes; after the creepy opening narration taken from George Orwell's 1984, the song becomes a composite of several complex prog-rock "movements." Pink Floyd's David Gilmour contributes the searing, distorted guitar solos. Unfortunately, Brother Where You Bound never received the attention it deserved; it isn't a perfect album, but it was a gutsy project for Supertramp to take on. ~ Bret Adams
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
This is part of A&M Records "Supertramp Remasters" series.
| | Electric Light Orchestra Face The Music CD (1975) Bonus Tracks; Remastered; Expanded Edition
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Also available in a 3-pack with A NEW WORLD RECORD and DISCOVERY.
Master Sound releases are 24-karat gold CDs remastered from first-generation masters. This process utilizes 20-bit technology and Sony's revolutionary "Super Bit Mapping" system.
ELO was big enough by 1974 that some people actually suggested that ELDORADO featured Satanic backward-masking. Of course, the idea was ludicrous; but the band playfully responded by adding a backward message to "Fire on High," the opening instrumental on 1975's FACE THE MUSIC.
Besides "Fire on High," which was used as background music for countless television programs in the '70s, this album's eight lengthy tracks include two enormous hits, "Evil Woman" and the McCartneyesque ballad "Strange Magic." Decades later, these two tracks are still in constant rotation on classic-rock radio around the world. Those three songs defined the new sound of ELO. Gone were the elaborate, classically styled overtures, in favor of concise, ultra-melodic pop songs given lush, romantic orchestral arrangements with endlessly overdubbed harmony vocals. The next three ELO albums refine this aesthetic to commercial perfection, but this is where it starts. FACE THE MUSIC is the album that put ELO over the top.
Additional Tracks
Electric Light Orchestra: Jeff Lynne (vocals, guitar); Kelly Groucutt (vocals, bass); Richard Tandy (guitar, piano, Clavinet, Moog synthesizer); Mik Kaminsky (violin); Hugh McDowall, Melvyn Gale (cello); Bev Bevan (drums, percussion).
Electric Light Orchestra: Jeff Lynne (vocals, guitar); Kelly Groucutt (vocals, bass guitar); Richard Tandy (guitar, piano, Clavinet, Moog synthesizer); Mik Kaminski (violin); Hugh McDowell, Melvyn Gale (cello); Bev Bevan (drums, percussion, background vocals).
| | More Hollywood Rock 'N' Roll CD (1994) (Import) United Kingdom
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Gene Autry's Challenge label didn't have a lot of big hits, but it sure released a hell of a lot of rock & roll records of all kinds in the late '50s and early '60s. Twenty-eight of them are here, including rockabilly, instrumentals, vocal groups, and a little more. None of them were significant hits, and they didn't necessarily deserve to be. It's average early rock, appealing more to the collector who wants to hear almost everything than to the learned student looking for genuinely overlooked important music. There are some interesting odds and ends sprinkled amidst the Jerry Lee Lewis and Gene Vincent imitations. Big Al Downing pounds some mighty fierce piano on "Down on the Farm," Patsy Cline (the only well-known singer on the disc) checks in with one of her infrequent rockabilly attempts ("Gotta Lotta Rhythm in My Soul"), and the Rip Tides' "Machine Gun" is a tough Bo Diddleyish instrumental. Kip Tyler's "Jungle Hop" has early appearances by saxophonist Steve Douglas and pianist Larry Knechtel, both of whom would be among the most celebrated L.A. session musicians of the 1960s. Weirdest of all is a rock & roll novelty by actor Scatman Crothers, "Rock Roma Rock It." ~ Richie Unterberger
28 tracks of tough late 50's rock'n'roll from the vaults of Gene Autry's Challenge label, w. Big Al Downing, The Kuf-Linx, The Four Teens, Patsy Cline+
Contains 28 tracks.
Performers include: Wynn Stewart, Big Al Downing, Johnny & Jonie, Huelyn Duvall, Kip Tyler, Patsy Cline, Dean Beard, The Four Teens, Bobby Milano, George Weston.
Personnel: Bobby Poe (vocals); Vernon Sandusky (guitar); Joe Brawley (drums).
| | Knitting On The Roof CD (1999)
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KNITTING ON THE ROOF is a reinterpretation of the music from FIDDLER ON THE ROOF.
The hit Broadway play--and movie--FIDDLER ON THE ROOF was a musical comedy about Russian Jews in Russia at the end of the 19th century. It affirmed and celebrated the Jewish and "old country" (Europe, Russia) roots of many Americans, on dramatic, comedic, and musical levels. For some, it was a milestone, embracing Jewishness where, in times past, the need or desire to assimilate had obscured any sense of cultural identity.
On this tribute to FIDDLER, many performers (Jewish and otherwise) present their takes--affectionate or satirical or both--on this phenomenon. The New Orleans Klezmer Allstars and Naftule's Dream accent the rich folk/dance tradition with their selections, but with full-bodied and good-natured jazz/funk undertones. Jill Sobule's shimmering "Sunrise Sunset" is stark, sweet and sad (and somewhat faithful to the original), while Negativland's sonic manipulations twist "Tevye's Dream" into a (curiously funny) nightmare. Avant-jazz saxophone titan David S. Ware presents a thoughtful re-investigation of "Far From the Home I Love" and the album closes with a lyrical nod to tradition Jewish (also Balkan and Middle Eastern) melody with the Paradox Trio's lovely, pensive "Anatevka."
DJ Spooky,Jill Sobule,Negativ- Land,Klezmatics,Residents,Uri
Personnel: Eugene Chadbourne (vocals, guitar, banjo); Jonathan Freilich (vocals, guitar); David Rebeck (vocals, violin); Glenn Hartman (vocals, accordion); Rob Wagner (vocals, clarinet, tenor saxophone); David Sobel (vocals, drums); Andrew Wolf, Lorin Sklamberg (vocals); Pete Fitzpatrick (electric guitar); Michael McLaughlin (accordion); Glenn Dickson (clarinet); David Harris (trombone); James Gray (tuba); Uri Caine (piano); Eric Rosenthal (drums); Rodrigo (percussion); L.M."Hank" Gonzalez (turntables).
| | Corrina Repp I Take On Your Days CD (2001)
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A fragile and uncompromising mix of questioningly pained sentiments over solitary electric guitar lines and lonely piano notes, Corrina Repp's sophomore release is awash with starkly tuneful indie folk. The former State Flowers' guitarist channels the austere beauty of artists like Cat Power with the somber moroseness of the Velvet Underground, creating a statement of plaintively rhetorical songwriting. With softly cascading guitar or synth drones adding background texture, the songs communicate a certain heartbroken resolve, yet balance a determined defiance with a vague sentimentality. Positively crawling through the ten tasteful installments found here, the album is deceptively short at only 27 minutes, although the songs do well to fill up the time allotted and don't feel truncated in any way. Overall, Repp emerges as a deft communicator, effortlessly creating moods and casting textures in crafting a resoundingly cohesive personal expression. ~ Matt Fink
Recording information: Type Foundry, Portland, OR (08/2000-10/2000).
Personnel includes: Corrina Repp, Adam Selzer.
Personnel: Corrina Repp (vocals, strings, keyboards); Adam Selzer (cello); Brian Bagdonas (upright bass).
| | Trust Foundation Pindrop CD (2000)
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Track Listing of songs: Old Man Maple; Watership; Picture Book; The Exhibition; Chalice; Outro;
| | Red Room Le Paradis CD (2001)
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$12.59
Audio Mixer: Clive Goddard.
Audio Remixers: Clifford Gilberto Rhythm Combination; Amon Tobin.
Recording information: 15-30 Studios.
Red Room: Maxime Lebidois, Jean Francois Blanco, Camile Vizzavona.
Personnel: Maxim (vocals, guitar, computer); DJ F (vocals, turntables); Tiger Lily (vocals).
| | Natsuko Godai Zenkyokushuu CD (2004)
$44.25 | | Oscar Peterson Swiss Radio Days, Vol. 16 CD (2007) Import
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This previously unreleased concert set is from the same evening as Swiss Radio Days, Vol. 15: JATP Lausanne 1953, though this portion of the program is a fully instrumental set. Pianist Oscar Peterson leads a four-piece rhythm section including guitarist Barney Kessel, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Gene Krupa, with tenor saxophonist Lester Young, alto saxophonist Willie Smith, and trumpeter Charlie Shavers in the front line. The Jazz at the Philharmonic All-Stars shine in the extended workout of Duke Ellington's "C Jam Blues," with Lester Young's gritty, swinging solo standing out from the pack, though Kessel's bluesy effort gives him a run for the money. A brief trio of ballads played in medley form showcases Young before and after Smith, while Shavers' feature is "Dark Eyes." The final two numbers are a bit unusual, as Peterson and Krupa provide the sole support for Smith (the only horn soloist), with the pianist sounding a good bit like Teddy Wilson. Highly recommended. ~ Ken Dryden
Liner Note Author: Kurt Weill.
Recording information: Theatre de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland (03/14/1953).
Personnel: Oscar Peterson (piano); Oscar Peterson; Willie "The Lion" Smith (alto saxophone); Ray Brown (bass guitar); Barney Kessel (guitar); Lester Young (tenor saxophone); Charlie Shavers (trumpet); Gene Krupa, J.C. Heard (drums).
Audio Remasterer: Blaise Favre.
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