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The '70s gave us a slew of classic hard rock albums -- the likes of which may never be equaled -- and though it hasn't had the lasting influence of, say, Boston's or Ted Nugent's first albums, Montrose's eponymous debut proved equally influential and important in its day. Released in 1973, the record also introduced a young Sammy Hagar to the world, but the explosive aggression of Ronnie Montrose's biting guitar left no doubt as to why it was his name gracing the cover. A rock-solid rhythm section featuring drummer Denny Carmassi and bassist Bill Church certainly didn't hurt, either, and unstoppable anthems such as "Rock the Nation" and "Good Rockin' Tonight" would lay the ground rules for an entire generation of late-'70s California bands, most notably Van Halen. Admittedly, tracks like "Make It Last" and "I Don't Want It" sound rather dated by today's sonic standards (no thanks to their ultra-silly lyrics), but no amount of time can dim the sheer euphoria of "Bad Motor Scooter," the adolescent nastiness of "Rock Candy," and the simply gargantuan main riff of the phenomenal "Space Station #5." A welcome addition to any respectable '70s hard rock collection. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia
After leaving the Edgar Winter Group in the early 70s, guitarist Ronnie Montrose immediately put together Montrose--a hard-rocking quartet comparable to Led Zeppelin. Over the years, the band's 1974 self-titled album has come to be seen as one of rock's greatest debuts.
But while numerous bands such as Motley Crue, Van Halen etc., praised the album, it never sold in any quantity, instead becoming one of rock's great overlooked cult items. An incredibly consistent album, MONTROSE serves as the recording debut for a young singer by the name of Sammy Hagar, and contains numerous highlights--"Bad Motor Scooter," "Rock Candy," and "Space Station #5" being tops. Purchase Montrose CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Humble Pie Rockin' The Fillmore CD (1971)
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Originally released on LP as a double album.
Recorded live at The Fillmore East, New York.
Personnel: Steve Marriott (vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards); Peter Frampton (vocals, guitar); Jerry Shirley (drums).
Audio Remixer: Eddie Kramer.
Photographers: Joel Brodsky; Randy Alpert; Shepard Sherbell.
Arranger: Humble Pie.
Recorded in 1971, shortly before guitarist Peter Frampton left the band, ROCKIN' presents Humble Pie live at New York City's Fillmore East. The British blues-rock group charges through a sweaty, high-octane set (originally released as a double LP) that includes the blistering stompers "Four Day Creep," "Stone Cold Fever," and "I Don't Need No Doctor." Although the entire ensemble is in top form on this seven-song disc, the record is a showcase for the astoundingly powerful vocals of former Small Faces frontman Steve Marriott (who, in his hard-rock mode, prefigures AC/DC's Bon Scott) and the heavy-blues riffage of Frampton (surprisingly enough, the guy could wield an axe), who would, of course, go on to record his own wildly successful concert album later in the decade.
Recorded while Peter Frampton was still in the band, Performance: Rockin' the Fillmore captures an early performance by Humble Pie where Steve Marriot's lyricism and ideas where balanced by Frampton's searing lead guitar. This is hardly as engaging as As Safe Yesterday Is, which had studiocraft along with songcraft, but as a document of a band at a pivotal point in their existence, this is valuable and at times insightful. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
| | Montrose Paper Money CD (1990)
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When Montrose entered the studio to begin working on their second album, 1974's Paper Money, they involved virtually the same cast of characters responsible for the band's groundbreaking Montrose LP (including producer Ted Templeman and engineer Donn Landee), where powerful rockers like the title track and "I Got the Fire" stand out from the surrounding material. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia
By the time they entered the studio to begin working on their second album, 1974's Paper Money, the wheels were already starting to come off the supercharged Montrose wagon. Though they involved virtually the same cast of characters responsible for the band's groundbreaking Montrose LP (including producer Ted Templeman and engineer Donn Landee), the sessions for Paper Money were often marred by the fast-deteriorating relationship between main man Ronnie Montrose and his very talented lead singer, Sammy Hagar. The resulting creative tug of war made for a schizophrenic, unfocused set, where powerful rockers like the title track and "I Got the Fire" stand out from the mostly lackluster, surrounding material, most of which falls significantly short of matching the first album's incredible energy. "Spaceage Sacrifice" is, of course, little more than a poor cousin to the debut's barnburning monster single, "Space Station No. 5," and the god-awful mush of "We're Going Home" (which Hagar reportedly refused to sing, allowing Ronnie do the honors) is downright embarrassing. In short, it didn't take a psychic to read the signs here: Hagar would soon say his official "adios" and Montrose would never be the same again. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia
Undaunted by the lack of attention paid its exceptional 1974 self-titled debut by the record buying public, California hard rock band Montrose issued a follow up one year later, entitled PAPER MONEY. With a slightly more layered and complex sound than the band's debut, PAPER MONEY proved to be just as strong as its predecessor.
Such rocking highlights as th
| | U F O Force It CD (2008) (Import) Remastered; United Kingdom
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This remastered edition of UFO's 1975 album FORCE IT contains "Let It Roll," "Mother Mary," Shoot Shoot," and more.
If UFO has one addition to rock's pantheon of classic albums, this is it. FORCE IT builds on its predecessor, PHENOMENON, by taking the band further away from their fuzzier, space-rocking early records. Guitarist Michael Schenker's playing has a new toughness and clarity that perfectly frames the more melodic, hook-oriented songwriting he developed in tandem with singer Phil Mogg. With crisp rhythms and riffs that gallop squarely on the beat, FORCE IT provides the perfect snapshot for when post-Zeppelin/glam hard rock morphed into the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. A 2008 reissue includes one previously unreleased studio track--"Million Miles"--and five live versions of album cuts.
Michael Schenker and Phil Mogg really started to find their groove as a songwriting team with their second album together (and fourth UFO release overall), Force It. In fact, the last remaining folk and space rock tendencies that had stolen much of Phenomenon's thunder are summarily abandoned here, as the group launches itself wholeheartedly toward the hard rock direction that would make them stars. The first step is taken by Schenker, of course, who confidently establishes the aggressive, biting guitar tone that would define all the releases of the band's glory years. "Let It Roll" and "Shoot Shoot" kick off the album in rousing fashion, and while holding them under a microscope might reveal them as rather disposable slabs of hard rock, they would remain concert favorites for the band nonetheless. The punchy single "Love Lost ...
| | Montrose Jump On It CD (1976)
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Montrose was the hard rock band lead by Ronnie Montrose. They issued numerous albums in the 70's on Warner Bros. Records. Jump On It from 1976 rose to # 118 on the Billboard charts. Wounded Bird Records. 2002.
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| | Gamma 2 CD (1980)
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Gamma was the group that Ronnie Montrose started after his group Montrose broke up. They released three albums on Elektra Records between 1979 and 1982. Gamma 2 hit the Billboard charts in 1982 and rose to #65. Wounded Bird. 2002.
Gamma: Davey Pattison (vocals); Ronnie Montrose (guitar); Jim Alcivar (synthesizer); Glen Letsch (bass); Denny Carmassi (drums).
Additional personnel: Genya Ravan (vocals).
Originally released on Elektra Records.
Personnel: Davey Pattison, Genya Ravan (vocals); Ronnie Montrose (guitar); Dan Pearce (10-string guitar); Jim Alcivar (synthesizer); Glenn Letsch (bass guitar); Denny Carmassi (drums); Skip Gillette (percussion).
Recording information: Automatt, San Francisco, CA.
Photographers: Jeffrey Scales; Mick Haggerty.
The second LP from Gamma, an unlikely hard rock group on Elektra Records, features future Robin Trower vocalist Davey Pattison doing his best to sound like Bad Company during Paul Rodgers' "Rock & Roll Fantasy" period. With Jim Alcivar on synthesizer and Denny Carmassi on drums, you have a goodly portion of the band Montrose, since the guitarist/producer is the guiding hand behind this project. "Skin and Bone" might as well be Bad Company, while the cover of Thunderclap Newman's "Something in the Air" misses the mark slightly. The revolutionary theme of that great tune from the film The Strawberry Statement gets lost in the translation and doesn't have Pete Townshend's clever production. Though the attempt is interesting enough, memories of the ...
| | Gamma 1 CD (1979)
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Gamma was the group that Ronnie Montrose started after his group Montrose broke up. They released three albums on Elektra records between 1979 and 1982. Gamma 1 hit the Billboard charts in 1979 and rose to #131. Wounded Bird. 2002.
Gamma: Davey Pattison (vocals); Ronnie Montrose (guitar); Jim Alcivar (synthesizer); Alan Fitzgerald (bass); Skip Gillette (percussion).
Originally released on Elektra.
Personnel: Davey Pattison (vocals); Ronnie Montrose (guitar); Jim Alcivar (keyboards, synthesizer); Skip Gillette (percussion).
Recording information: Chateau Records.
Photographer: Aaron Rapoport.
For Gamma's debut on Elektra, the band picked Mickey Newbury's "Wish I Was" and Hollies/Linda Ronstadt songwriter Clint Ballard Jr.'s "I'm Alive," when maybe Newbury's "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" would have been more appropriate. As far as Ballard's contribution goes, the more familiar "You're No Good" might've worked better than "I'm Alive," creativity not being Gamma's strong suit. With such a cool name as Gamma, the rays that turned Bruce Banner into the Hulk, one might expect Ronnie Montrose to come up with a nice mutated blend of hard-edged Pink Floyd meets Hawkwind. No such luck. The opening track, "Thunder and Lightning," has all the pedestrian elements of a marriage ...
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| | John Mclaughlin Devotion CD (1970) Reissued
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Personnel: John McLaughlin (guitar); Larry Young (Fender Rhodes piano, Hammond B3 organ); Billy Rich (bass); Buddy Miles (drums, percussion).
Includes liner notes by Greg Marriner.
This album is from a pivotal moment in McLaughlin's history. This was just after he left Miles' group, but before Mahavishnu Orchestra started, and the music captures this moment perfectly. McLaughlin's technique had not progressed to "Mahavishnu" perfection yet, but the music has the in-your-face rock drive of the Mahavishnu Orchestra. This recording date grew out of sessions Alan Douglas put together, featuring McLaughlin and Larry Young jamming with Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Miles (Billy Rich was the bass player). McLaughlin sounded timid next to Hendrix (none of the material with Hendrix has been officially released), but really comes to life on Devotion. This is arguably one of the finest acid rock albums of all time. McLaughlin is on fire, using fuzzboxes and phasers, over Larry Young's swirling Hammond B-3, with Billy Rich and Buddy Miles as the rock-solid rhythm section. If you think that McLaughlin's solo at the end of "Right Off" (from A Tribute to Jack Johnson) is one of the high points of his career, then this is the album for you. Soon after this album was recorded, McLaughlin holed up, practiced like crazy, and re-emerged as "Mahavishnu" John McLaughlin, with both a new sound and a new band. Documenting the period just before that transition, Devotion is a complete anomaly in his catalog, as well as one of ...
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| | Gregg Allman 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection CD (2002)
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Personnel includes: Gregg Allman (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, organ); Tommy Talton (acoustic & electric guitars, dobro, tambourine); Buzzy Feiten, Jimmy Nalls, John Hug (electric guitar); Dickey Betts (slide guitar); Randall Bramblett (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, c-melody saxophone); David Brown (tenor saxophone); Harold Williams (baritone saxophone); Todd Logan, Peter Eklund (trumpet); Chuck Leavell (piano, electric piano, vibraphone); Paul Hornsby (Clavinet, organ); Charlie Hayward, Johnny Sandlin, David Brown (bass); Johnny Lee Johnson (drums, percussion); Bill Stewart (drums); Helene Miles, Hilda Harris (background vocals).
Producers include: Tom Dowd, Johnny Sandlin, Gregg Allman, Russ Titelman, Lenny Waronker.
Compilation producer: Bill Levenson.
Recorded betwween 1972 and 1976. Includes liner notes by Dave Thompson.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
This is part of Mercury Records "20th Century Masters" series.
Personnel: Gregg Allman (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, organ); Dickey Betts (guitar, slide guitar); Tommy Talton (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, dobro, tambourine); Ricky Hirsch (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar); Scott Boyer (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar, electric piano); John Leslie Hug, Jim Nalls, Steve Beckmeier, Howard "Buzz" Feiten (electric guitar); David "Fathead" Newman (saxophone); Randall Bramblett (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, C-melody saxophone); David Brown (tenor saxophone); Harold Williams (baritone saxophone); Peter Eklund, Todd Logan (trumpet); Neil Larsen (piano, electric piano, Fender Rhodes piano, synthesizer); Chuck Leavell (piano, electric piano, vibraphone); Paul Hornsby (Clavinet, organ); Kenny Tibbetts, Willie Weeks (electric bass); Jaimoe Johnson (drums, congas, percussion); Johnny Lee "Jaimoe" Johnson, Butch Trucks (drums, percussion); Linda November, Albertine Robinson, Erin Dickins, Helene Miles, June McGruder, Annie Sutton, Emily Houston, Lynn Rubin, Maretha Stewart, Hilda Harris, Eileen Gilbert, Carl Hall (background vocals).
Liner Note Author: Dave Thompson .
Recording information: Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ (1971-1976); Capricorn Studios, Macon, GA (1971-1976); Carnegie Hall, New York, NY (1971-1976); Criteria, Studios, Miami, FL (1971-1976); Record Plant, New York, NY (1971-1976); Warner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood, CA (1971-1976).
This midline-priced best-of surveys Gregg Allman's stop-and-start solo career of the 1970s, which he conducted during hiatuses in the career of the Allman Brothers Band that, at the time, were thought of either as temporary or permanent. The first track, "Melissa," actually is an Allmans recording from the 1972 Eat a Peach album that was a minor singles chart entry and that serves as a good introduction to the set, since it is a Gregg Allman-written and -sung ballad. Following the success of 1973's Brothers and Sisters, Allman cut a solo album, the aptly titled Laid Back, from which five tracks have been excerpted, among them his remake of the Allman Brothers song "Midnight Rider," which became a Top 20 hit. On his own, Allman is a much more mellow performer, contrasting the rock & roll drive of the band with a ballad style ...
| | Unsacred Hearts CD (2005)
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Praise for the UNSACRED HEARTS and their s/t EP"It's a raw, dark, sexy and dangerous celebration of rock'n'roll."-Punk Planet"FOUR STARS...New York City garage-punks deeply in love with their late 70s forbearers. Unsacred Hearts' debut has more character, range and potential than most. A strong first effort if there ever was one. The #3 EP of 2004"-PunkNews.org"FOUR STARS...recommended without reservations."-All Music Guide"The Unsacreds excel at punchy rhythms and jittery riffage."-The Village Voice"This seven-song, self-titled CD has some sharp claws. It's a great rock album in the spirit of old NYC."-Coolfer.com"I can honestly say that listening to the Unsacred Hearts EP makes me shiver a little bit...loud, catchy, good rock music you don't have to be pretentious about."-Combustication.net"Soulfully piledriving blues punk seen through the eyes of some drugged out southern cowboy."-Smother.net"Really rockin, feel-good dance-punk."-Read Mag"The Unsacred Hearts play gritty, noisy rock nuggets."-Time Out New York"The Unsacred Hearts transcend the hipster movement by replacing posturing with passion...Stellar songwriting."-The Houston Music Review"That album rocked hard enough to put balls on my grandmother."-Oliver Anderson, Music Director 89.3 KUGS FM, Bellingham,WA"Sounds that you could danceably have seizures to, lyrics that are straight forward and honest and a rhythm guitar that makes you blow your load instantaneously."-Do It Fierce"Gritty energy [and] heavenly bruised melodies"-Indieville.com"When it comes to rock and roll, the Unsacred Hearts have an excellent understanding of what its all about."-FeelThePunk"Highly danceable (and compact) rock and roll songs about rock and roll."-RockingTheScene"Your new favorite band."-Concert Hype"Across seven tracks they proved themselves star students of their 70s forbearers, channeling Richard Hell, the Heartbreakers and others in a collection of tightly wound garage songs about nothing more or less than the subject of rock and roll itself."-Punk NewsWhat do you get when you combine the early-frenzied guitar attack of Sonic Youth and mix in Dinosaur Jr's (or more appropriately Deep Wound's) indulgent attitude? You get New York based Unsacred Hearts. These punk rockers know how to write amazing lyrics and combine them with harsh guitar licks that leave you wanting more. Songs like "1978" and "Plug Me In" prove this band could have easily survived the scene 25 years ago as well as today. You can definitely feel the streets of New York coming through on this album, as if Lou Reed were turning tricks in your living room! All in all, this self-titled debut EP is a estimate of great things to come. Underground punk played to its roughest edge, Unsacred Hearts will soon be breaking bottles over your head in a town near you! You have to take a listen for yourself at Unsacred Hearts or Serious Business Records.-Counter Culture"Having worked in radio for most of my adult life, I hear a lot of new music. Very seldom anymore does a disc hit my player for more than the first minute of each song. The disc from Unsacred Hearts was the first one in a while that made it from start to finish during my 30 minute commute. I was abslutely blown away by the disc. It's music in it's truest form."-Monk, Independents Only...and THE UNSACRED HEARTS / MAN IN GRAY Split 7""Delicious. Two songs each from two seriously wicked bands â€" what more is there to life? This 7" sees them playing more of their deliciously edgy garage rock, heavy on memorable riffs and solid melodies."-Indieville"The subversively clever Unsacred Hearts' stream-of-consciousness vocal delivery fits perfectly ...
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