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1974's BAD COMPANY laid the groundwork for much of the mainstream hard rock that would dominate FM radio and album sales in the 1970s and '80s. In contrast to the expansive canvases of psychedelic music and the virtuoso excesses of prog rock, Bad Company's debut stripped the blues-rock model down to its essentials, playing muscular, amped-up power chords over driving 4/4 beats. Though the singing of vocalist Paul Rodgers (who had previously been in the blues-based band Free) has a rather flat affect, it is powerful and distinctive, meshing perfectly with the bluesy riffs of guitarist Mick Ralphs.
The tightly structured songs are cut from similar cloth, but the exuberant "Can't Get Enough," the snarling "Bad Company," and moody, spectral "Ready For Love" provide enough variety to keep things interesting. The gentle "Seagull," though uncharacteristically introspective for the band, is one of Rodgers/Ralphs's finest compositions. Subsequent Bad Company albums would rework the same basic themes, but BAD COMPANY, the group's opening salvo, was their defining work. It remains a classic of straightforward, blues-based rock.
Live Recording
Recording information: Headley Garage, Hampshire, England (11/1973).
Bad Company: Paul Rodgers (vocals, guitar, piano); Mick Ralphs (guitar, keyboards); Boz Burrell (bass instrument); Simon Kirke (drums).
Additional personnel: Mel Collins (saxophone); Sue & Sunny (background vocals).
Q (1/95, pp.265-268) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "Sparse, unadorned and tuneful...alternates between good-natured...and soulful ballads....The title tracks became the blueprint for Bon Jovi's career..." Bad Company Music Review Average Rating: (4.6 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Bad Company - Good Music Company
My brother-in-law insisted on getting this CD as he had lost his 'record' and wanted the CD version. I ordered it, and of course I had to 'test' the CD. Having played in a band during the 70's the music on this CD took me back as most of the songs, even though they were not intricate, brought back fond memories of dances, parties, and gebnerally good times. I Highly recommend this album to catch a slice of time that will make us smile. Get the CD and you'll know what I'm talking about!
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 Great
I used to have it on 8 track---Great !
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Good music from Bad Company
One of the best 70´s rock band with soulful singer Paul Rogers and great riffing guitar player Mick Ralphs. If you should owe 10 cds from the early 70´s buy this one. 9,5 / 10 rating.
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Until I purchased the BAD CO. CD, I was at the mercy of the local Classic Rock station to hear any of these magnificent tunes. Every song has the capacity to propel you into a pleasant frame of mind. A serious attitude adjustment on a single disc.
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Yeap, they are one of the best company from the early 70's. I live in Brazil and although the wide distance from the american market I can say some of the tunes were blockbusters at that time. Play Movin'on and Can't Get Enough at the maximum volume and you will dig what I'm saying!
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By the time of Bad Company's third release, RUN WITH THE PACK, the critics had begun hitting the band with charges concerning its formulaic approach. The assertion bears some validity but completely misses the only point that really counts: Bad Company had a damn good formula. It is impossible to refute the merits of album opener "Live for the Music." With a cutting three-chord riff and a tugging backbeat, Bad Company levels the overblown art rock of the '70s with a simple 4/4 kick to the gut. The album's highlights are numerous. The glorious "Silver, Blue and Gold," is possibly the band's best love song, while the title track travels on a lean path of bedrock. The band also takes a good whack at the Coasters' classic tale of hormonal surges, "Youngblood."
Digitally remastered by George Marino.
Live Recording
Recorded in Grasse, France in September 1975.
Bad Company: Paul Rodgers (vocals, guitar); Mick Ralphs (guitar); Boz Burrell (bass); Simon Kirke (drums).
| | Bad Company Straight Shooter CD (1975) Remastered
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Bad Company's second release, STRAIGHT SHOOTER, stays true to the bare-bones flavor of the band's stunning self-titled debut. While the group was one of rock's first supergroups (with members from Free, King Crimson, and Mott the Hoople), Bad Company was the antithesis of the pretentious excess that is usually associated with such formations. STRAIGHT SHOOTER exemplifies the band's no-frills approach: blues-based rock & roll distilled down the bare framework.
The album spawned a handful of FM radio staples, starting with "Feel Like Makin' Love," a prototype power ballad that served as a template for a legion of '80s rockers. The wistful "Shooting Star" revealed a softer side to the band's usual hard rock dynamic that was seldom seen but just as effective. The charging "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" was yet a third car radio favorite that further established the band as masters of the art of chugging riffs and firmly ensconced backbeats. The overlooked ballad "Call on Me" closes the album with a gentle vocal by Paul Rodgers, who by this album's release was firmly established as one of the premiere rock vocalists of the '70s.
Recorded on Ronnie Lane's Mobile at Clearwell Castle, Gloucestershire, England in September 1974.
Digitally remastered by George Marino.
Live Recording
Bad Company: Paul Rodgers (vocals, guitar); Mick Ralphs (guitar); Boz Burrell (bass); Simon Kirke (drums).
| | Bad Company Desolation Angels CD (1979)
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DESOLATION ANGELS is arguably the band's best album since its bedrock laden debut. Coming in at the tail end of the '70s, Bad Company finally began to incorporate other elements to its no frills rock approach, making DESOLATION ANGELS the band's most diverse recording. The straight-ahead drive of "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" subtly employs electronic drums that merely accent rather than takeover. The acoustic based "Crazy Circles" reveals that even without pounding rock behind him, Paul Rodgers is a singer nearly without peer.
The western flavored "Evil Wind" brings Rodgers love of outlaw imagery to the fray and the band soon departs to the fully countryfied "Oh Atlanta," and gives Little Feat a run for its money. The presence of the album on FM radios across the country at the end of the decade confirmed what Bad Company laid bare five years prior--in an era where overblown art rock was revered, there was still a thirst for rock in its purest form.
Live Recording
Digitally remastered by Ted Jensen.
Bad Company: Paul Rodgers (vocals, piano, guitar); Mick Ralphs (guitar); Boz Burrell (bass); Simon Kirke (drums).
| | Deep Purple Who Do We Think We Are? CD (1973) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
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After establishing itself as a hard-rock giant, thanks to endless touring and the release of such milestone records as MACHINE HEAD and IN ROCK, Deep Purple was in a state of turmoil when it went into the studio to record 1972's WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE? Despite all the infighting, the band pulled together long enough to record seven tracks that only bolstered the band's reputation.
The best-known song, "Woman From Tokyo," boasted a riff as memorable as the one that defined "Smoke on the Water" and was later admitted by Ritchie Blackmore to have been cribbed from Eric Clapton's "Cat Squirrel." Although Blackmore's always-impressive riffing stands out on such songs as "Mary Long" and "Place in Line," this album also spotlights how far Jon Lord's contributions on organ went toward defining the band's sound. Lord's mastery was such that in addition to the impressive solos on "Place in Line," his sweeping runs are the highlight of the stop-and-go "Rat Bat Blue." On this roller coaster ride of an album, the members of Deep Purple come together best on "Our Lady," a five-minute-plus epic driven by Lord's churning organ and Ian Gillan's Wagnerian vocals.
Digitally remastered reissue featuring 7 bonus tracks, 'Woman From Tokyo' ('99 remix & Alt. Bridge), 'Painted Horse' (Studio Outtake), 'Our Lady' ('99 remix), 'Rat Bat Blue' (Writing session & '99 remix) & 'First Day Jam' (Instrumental). 2002.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Deep Purple: Ian Gillan (vocals); Ritchie Blackmore (guitar); Jon Lord (keyboards); Roger Glover (bass); Ian Paice (drums).
| | AC Highway To Hell CD (1979) Remastered; Deluxe Edition
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This is a Hyper CD, which contains regular audio tracks and also provides a link to the artist's website with the help of a web browser.
It will always be a mystery how a grown man can spend his life wearing a school tie and short pants and receive adulation from the heavy metal fraternity. HM followers do not tolerate a cissy, yet the hugely talented Angus Young has become something of a hero. His riff-laden fills, combined with the tough vocals of the late Bon Scott, made AC/DC one of the genre's all-time leading lights. Bordering on the lighter side of metal, songs such as 'Love Hungry Man', 'Touch Too Much' and the title track will always delight.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Recorded at Roundhouse Studios, London, England in 1979. Originally released as Atlantic (19244). The 2003 edition of HIGHWAY TO HELL includes liner notes by Ernie Welch.
AC/DC: Bon Scott (vocals); Angus Young, Malcom Young (guitar); Cliff Williams (bass); Phil Rudd (drums).
AC/DC: Malcolm Young, Angus Young, Bon Scott, Cliff Williams, Phil Rudd.
Recording information: 1979.
| | Knickerbockers Lies: Very Best Of CD (1998)
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Includes liner notes by Mark Marymont.
The Knickerbockers includes: Jimmy Walker (vocals, drums); Bill "Buddy" Randall (vocals); Beau Charles (guitar); Johnny Charles (bass).
| | Nick Luscombe's Flo Motion CD (2007)
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This 2003 collection of dance tracks includes performances from Jaga Jazzist and Jimpster, among others.
Nick Luscombe's influential Flo-Motion radio show has been broadcast live on London's 104.9 XFM every Sunday evening since 2000. A modern blend of deep club music with elements of broken-beat, techno, jazz and dub as well as sounds from the more experimental side of electronic music.
| | Wynton Kelly Kelly Blue (1959) Super Audio CD
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This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
Recorded in New York, New York on February 19, 1959. Originally released on Riverside (1142).
Jazz is ultimately based on the blues, or "blue notes." Consequently, KELLY BLUE couldn't be a more fitting play on words to describe pianist Wynton Kelly, an extremely bluesy jazz musician. His originals "Old Clothes" and "Kelly Blue" are both straight-up blues tunes. These tracks are carefree and bouncy, and Kelly plays exciting, colorful solos on both. Like any good jazz pianist, Kelly uses accents to create the needed syncopation in the music. But his punchy, almost percussive approach gives his solos even more dimension, power, and forward momentum.
"Green Dolphin Street" is another excellent track, where Kelly swings effortlessly, due in part to the fabulous rhythm section of Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb. Kelly's solo here has a superb ebb and flow. His snaky runs up and down the keyboard make this one of the album's true highlights. The horn players all keep pace with Kelly too. Tenor saxophonist Benny Golson is especially adroit, and plays some terrific solos on the title track and "Keep it Moving."
Personnel: Wynton Kelly (piano); Bobby Jaspar (flute); Benny Golson (tenor saxophone); Nat Adderley (cornet); Paul Chambers (bass); Jimmy Cobb (drums).
| | Daniel Melero Coleccion Rock Nacional CD (2004) (Import) Argentina
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Track Listing of songs: Sagrado Corazon; No Dejes que Llueva; Para Quebrarte; Nazca; Melodias Romanticas; Deleite Fatal; Piso 24; Habitantes; Todo Sera; Musica Lenta; Canciones de Moda; Latitud; Entre Muros;
| | Eloy Colours CD (2005) (Import) Import; United Kingdom
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Remastered reissue of the Prog band's 1980 album includes 2 bonus tracks 'Wings Of Vision' & 'Silhouette' (single edit). EMI. 2005.
| | Erin Lee Kelly & Marci Appelbau Someone's Gotta Wanna Play CD (2004)
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2005 CHILDREN'S MUSIC WEB AWARD WINNERBest Recording for Younger Children (ages 5-8)Editorial ReviewsThe School Library Journal:“Parents and children will laugh out loud at the silly lyrics.” KidsVT Magazine:“Someone's Gotta Wanna Play is one of those rare CDs that's also enjoyable for adults!”Erin Lee & Marci's debut CD features 12 original songs and poems about the everyday events in children's lives. Each song has as its narrator a strong, self-assured child who offers an honest and often comical appraisal of the world around them - a world full of school, loose teeth, rainy days, haircuts, baseball, illness, non-traditional families, dinnertimes and sometimes even loneliness.Erin Lee & Marci are joined by guest artist Jennifer Barnhart, who is best known for her role as Cleo Lion on the PBS children's show "Between the Lions". Ms. Barnhart can now be seen in the Tony-winning Broadway Musical "Avenue Q".
| | White Sport Songs The Postman Can Whistle CD (Import) Import
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Their long lost debut album; a highly collectable & sought after collection of hard-firing post punk tracks, featuring members of Babyshambles and Add N To X.
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This 2009 Special Edition of the Spanish singer songwriter's album ‘A Place Dreamed’ has two CDs of songs recorded live at Teatro Gran Rex in Buenos Aires plus a bonus track: ‘A Flash of Happiness’ the theme from the soundtrack of the movie ‘The Man Who Ran After the Wind’. 26 tracks.
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