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All songs written by Phil Shulman, Ray Shulman, Derek Shulman and Kerry Minnear.
More influential than successful, the U.K. prog-rock act Gentle Giant was always overshadowed by 1970s contemporaries such as Jethro Tull, King Crimson, and Yes. However, 1974's THREE FRIENDS reveals that, musically, the group, which featured brothers Derek, Phil, and Ray Schulman, was on par with the aforementioned bands, both in establishing mood (see the wonderfully dreamy passages of "Schooldays") and crafting complex, memorable tunes (the jaunty "Working All Day"). While later recordings found Gentle Giant taking a slightly more straight-ahead approach, THREE FRIENDS presents the ensemble at what is perhaps its adventurous best.Record Collector (magazine) (p.87) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Weird harmonies, weirder time signatures....Listening to it again after two decades or so, it's possible to discern an affinity with the Canterbury school....A classic." Gentle Giant Three Friends Songs | 1. | Prologue | $0.99 | |
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| 3. | Working All Day | $0.99 | |
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Purchase Three Friends CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Gentle Giant Acquiring The Taste CD (1971)
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Issued in 1971, Gentle Giant's second album, ACQUIRING THE TASTE, finds the British prog-rock band honing its signature sound under the guidance of producer ...
| | Kansas Leftoverture CD (1976)
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From their inception, Kansas had been working on a combination of American heavy rock and UK prog rock. Their aesthetic and commercial peak in 1976-'77 found them achieving the perfect synthesis of these elements, first on LEFTOVERTURE and then on POINT OF KNOW RETURN. While the latter was somewhat more concise and accessible, LEFTOVERTURE contains what is inarguably the Midwestern band's signature song, "Carry On, My Wayward Son," an irresistible riff-fest that channels everything from Led Zeppelin and Jethro Tull to Lynyrd Skynyrd, and would make Kansas rock-radio denizens for decades to come. On many of the other tracks, the band's proggier elements come to the fore, with elegant piano, elaborate synthesizer, and death-defying shifts in meter ...
| | Gentle Giant Octopus CD (1972)
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| | Kansas Song For America CD (1975) Bonus Track; Remastered
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On its debut album, Kansas leavened its progressive rock complexity, with relatively concise hard-rock tunes. The follow-up, SONG FOR AMERICA, finds both elements still in play, but prog rock definitely dominates. Like its predecessor, SONG FOR AMERICA opens up with a simple, heavy rocker, but then wastes no time leaping into the Yes-influenced breach with the 10-minute epic title track. Aside from the anomalous "The Devil Game," which sounds like a Bad Company outtake, the rest of the album finds Kansas headed straight for art-rock glory, as tricky syncopation, swirling synthesizers, and fiery fiddle dart in and out of willfully dense arrangements, often following classical-inspired structure. The album's final song (followed here by a couple of bonus cuts) is one of Kansas's most accomplished pieces, a strikingly complicated suite endearingly titled "Incomudro - Hymn to the Atman" that sounds pretty European for a bunch of boys from Midwestern farm country.
Probably the most prog of Kansas albums, this one spotlights long, orchestrated songs and unusual time signatures. There is an extended 9/8 instrumental break in the middle of the title track. "Lamplight Symphony" offers long, orchestrated passages. When the energy is there, it is intense energy, such as "Down the Road" and "The Devil Game." The longer songs unfortunately can lose a passive listener but, all in all, this is a good (if not adolescent) recording for ...
| | Kansas CD (1974) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
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Like their contemporaries Styx and (early) Journey, Kansas combined the influence of British prog bands Yes and King Crimson with a more straightforward pop-rock sensibility. Those seemingly disparate elements were never more sharply juxtaposed for Kansas than on their self-titled 1974 debut. The album leads off with two short, punchy rockers ("Can I Tell You," "Bringing It Back") that could have come off a James Gang album. The violin-and-piano-led power ballad ("Lonely Wind") is the transition point, after which Kansas leaps fully into the prog-rock breach. It's hard to imagine more prog-sounding titles than "Journey from Mariabronn" and "Death of Mother Nature Suite," and the tracks live up to their names, with daunting time signatures, dazzling solos, complex counterpoint, and flashy synth, guitar, and violin riffs darting to and fro like the American Midwest's answer ...
| | Kansas Masque CD (1975)
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Kansas' third album, Masque, is a lyrically dark effort courtesy of guitarist/keyboardist Kerry Livgren's brooding songwriting. Musically, Masque foreshadows the tight melodies and instrumental interplay on the next two albums, Leftoverture and Point of Know Return, which together serve as the peak of Kansas' vision. The band deserves more respect than it gets for incorporating British hard rock and progressive rock to become the only U.S. progressive rock band of note during the genre's 1970s heyday. Robbie Steinhardt's violin work certainly helped give Kansas a distinctive sound. The liner notes indicate Masque is a "concept album" thanks to the title's definition: "A disguise of reality created through a theatrical or musical performance." Vocalist/keyboardist Steve Walsh's "It Takes a Woman's Love (To Make a Man)" is the leadoff track, and it's atypical of the rest of the album. The song is a fairly basic yet groovy pop/rock tune about musicians' loneliness on the road, but it is spiced up with some saxophone lines. "Two Cents Worth" addresses guilt, misery, and spiritual longing -- pretty heavy stuff for six guys who were only in their mid-twenties. In "Icarus--Borne on Wings of Steel," Kansas' prog rock ambitions show through the mythology-based lyrics and the densely arranged guitars and keyboards. Walsh and Steinhardt's "All the World" is largely a bleak examination of loneliness and death, although ...
| | As Time Goes By: The Best Of Jimmy Durante CD (1993)
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It is said that a truly great comedian can draw not only laughter, but also tears from their audience. This is certainly true of Charlie Chaplin, and is no less true of Jimmy Durante, a man whose face, voice, and demeanor were at once comic and tragic. AS TIME GOES BY: THE BEST OF JIMMY DURANTE bears witness to the magical ...
| | Masters Of Zen (Koto Shakuhachi) CD (1995) (Import) France
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| | Elton John Songs From The West Coast CD (2008) (Import) Import
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| | Joe Ferraro Band Skinny Village CD (2003)
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Joe Ferraro has been playin' and singin' the blues since the summer of love. A cofounder of The High Desert Blues Society and leader of The Fat City Blues Band, Joe has been performing in Southern California clubs his entire adult life. Notable venues include The Anahiem Convention Center, Buffalo Bill's Casino, BB King's Blues Club, Lake Alice Trading Co., The Crossroads, and Whiskey Creek. The trio has performed for The Tustin Tiller Days Festival, The Route 66 Rendezvous (2 consective years) and for Henderson, Nv parks. Perfomances have included opening shows for The Fabulous Thunderbirds and Rod Piazza and The Mighty Flyers. Recently completed and released, the band's first cd; "Skinny ...
| | Byrds Notorious Byrd Brothers CD (1968)
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Building on the maturity of their previous effort YOUNGER THAN YESTERDAY, the Byrds delivered a suite of songs that naturally flow into one another with uncanny ease. It is one of the few vinyl releases where both sides would always be played, and 30 years later it begs to be heard ...
| | Spin Doctors Just Go Ahead Now: A Retrospective CD (2000)
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Digitally remastered by Joseph M. Pamaccio (Sony Music Studios, New York, New York)
Although the Spin Doctors are in danger of being remembered as the Knack of the '90s, this well-chosen greatest hits album demonstrates that they had more to offer than the open ended jams that made their initial reputation. When they felt like it, they could turn out concise pop gems, like "You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast" and "Two Princes," that deserved their hit status.
Those two, plus the ubiquitous "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong," are here, of course, along with superior japes like "Big Fat Funky Booty" and "You've Got to Believe in Something" (in which they sound like a New York City band of a much earlier vintage, specifically the Lovin' Spoonful). The previously unreleased "Miss America," from 1995, which sounds very much ...
| | Glorytellers CD (2008)
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| | O Z Versus CDs (2009) (Import) Import
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