UNIVERSAL SET TO RELEASE 4CD JOHN MAYALL RETROSPECTIVE

Universal will be releasing a 4CD 75 track John Mayall set covering his Decca and Polydor years including singles, live tracks, mono versions, instrumentals and much more.

Tracklisting:

Disc 1
1. Crawling Up A Hill Version 1
2. Mr. James
3. When I’m Gone
4. R&B Time
5. Runaway
6. What’s The Matter With You
7. Crocodile Walk
8. Blues City Shake Down
9. I’m Your Witchdoctor
10. Telephone Blues
11. Bernard Jenkins (Mono Album Version)
12. On Top Of The World
13. They Call It Stormy Monday Live
14. Have You Ever Loved A Woman Live Version
15. All Your Love Mono
16. Double Crossing Time Mono
17. Steppin’ Out Mono Instrumental
18. What’d I Say Mono
19. Key To Love Mono
20. Parchman Farm Mono
21. Looking Back
22. So Many Roads
23. Long Night
24. Dust My Blues
25. The Stumble

Disc 2
1. You Don’t Love Me
2. It’s Over
3. The Super-Natural
4. Sitting In The Rain
5. Ridin’ On The L And N
6. All My Life
7. Double Trouble
8. Suspicions Part One
9. Oh Pretty Woman
10. Snowy Wood
11. Checkin’ Up On My Baby
12. No More Tears
13. Brand New Start
14. Picture On The Wall
15. Look In The Mirror
16. No Reply
17. Hartley Quits
18. 2401 Single Version
19. Walking On Sunset
20. Medicine Man
21. Miss James
22. Fly Tomorrow

Disc 3
1. The Laws Must Change
2. California
3. Room To Move
4. Sleeping By Her Side
5. Don’t Waste My Time
6. Something New
7. Waiting For The Right Time
8. Counting The Days
9. Off The Road
10. Crying
11. Nature’s Disappearing
12. Accidental Suicide (Album Version)
13. Prisons On The Road (Album Version)
14. Unanswered Questions (Album Version)

Disc 4
1. Television Eye (Album Version)
2. Memories
3. Nobody Cares
4. Good Times Boogie
5. Got To Be This Way
6. Mess Around
7. Country Road
8. Moving On
9. Things Go Wrong
10. High Pressure Living
11. Driving Till The Break Of Day (Album Version)
12. Burning Sun
13. Little Kitten
14. Gasoline Blues

Source: Universal Music

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DEVO FIRST NEW ALBUM IN TWENTY YEARS

“Thirty years ago, people said that we were cynical, that we had a bad attitude,” says Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh. “But now, when you ask people if de-evolution is real, they understand that there was something to what we were saying. It’s not the kind of thing you want to see proven right, but it does make it easier to talk about.”

“The world is in sync with Devo,” says his band-mate and co-writer Gerald Casale. “We’re not the guys who freak people out and scare them – we’re like the house band on the Titanic, entertaining everybody as we go down.”

And so, now is the time. More than three decades after the release of their visionary debut, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo, and a full 20 years since their last studio album, Devo is back with the aptly titled Something for Everybody. The long rumored, wildly anticipated album (which was launched with a memorable performance in Vancouver at the Winter Olympics) features the band’s classic line-up – Mark and Bob Mothersbaugh, Gerald and Bob Casale—joined by drummer Josh Freese (Nine Inch Nails, Guns n’ Roses).

Produced by Greg Kurstin (The Bird & The Bee), the album also includes contributions from John Hill and Santi White (better known as rising hip-hop star Santigold), John King of the Dust Brothers, and the Teddybears.

Though the 12 songs on Something for Everybody are built on Devo’s signature mechanized swing, the recording and presentation of the album saw the band experimenting with an entirely new approach. Greg Scholl was brought in to serve as COO for Devo, Inc., and – working with the advertising agency Mother LA – conducted a series of studies through the www.clubdevo.com site to help the band with its creative decisions, from color selection to song mixes.

“We decided to actively seek comment and criticism from outside people and use that as a tool, rather than shunning or ignoring it,” says Gerald Casale. “Our experiences participating in secondary creativity – things like corporate consensus building, focus groups—make you appreciate the connection that an artist has to society.”

“In the past, Devo was very insular,” says Mark Mothersbaugh. “This time, I became intrigued with the idea of having people who understood Devo actually work on the songs, and to do to our songs what we did to ‘Satisfaction’ on our first record. Don’t put any boundaries on their production style; let them bring what they needed to make Devo be what it should be after waking up from suspended animation for 20 years.”

His revelation came when the Teddybears did a remix of the song “Watch Us Work It,” an idea initiated by the Mother agency. “They took Josh Freese’s drums off and put on a sample from something we did back in, like, 1982. And I thought, ‘That actually is better!’ That was when I first really saw that Devo had something to absorb, as well as something to impart.”

Certainly Devo has had plenty to convey since Gerald Casale founded the group in Akron, Ohio, in 1973. The band was an extension of a multi-media exploration of the concept that mankind’s progress had ceased, and the process of de-evolution had begun. Devo’s early work caught the attention of such icons as Neil Young and David Bowie, and, with such hits as “Whip It” and “Girl U Want,” and the accompanying, revolutionary music videos, the group became one of the defining acts of the 1980s.

Devo’s sound, style, and philosophy have been an influence on artists from Rage Against the Machine to Lady Gaga. Kurt Cobain once said, “Of all the bands who came from the underground and actually made it in the mainstream, Devo is the most challenging and subversive of all.”

In 1990, Devo morphed from a recording and concert act to putting more focus on individual pursuits and various creative enterprises. Mark Mothersbaugh, along with brother Bob, and Bob Casale, began making music for films and television, working on Pee-Wee’s Playhouse and Rugrats and the movies of Wes Anderson. Gerald Casale directed scores of commercials and music videos for the likes of Miller Lite Beer and Mrs. Butterworth’s to Rush, The Foo Fighters, and Soundgarden respectively. (“Everything we’ve done outside of Devo is basically a permutation on the theme we started with,” says Mark Mothersbaugh.) Meanwhile, Devo’s music remained a staple in movies, commercials, and videogames.

After appearing sporadically in concert and working on 2006′s Devo 2.0 project—with kids providing the vocals to Devo songs—the band began the stop-and-start project of making new music. “It was now or never,” says Gerald Casale. “We’re all still alive, and we can all play and sing—probably better than we ever did in the past. These new songs, like ‘Don’t Shoot (I’m a Man)’ or ‘What We Do,’ are as Devo as anything Devo has ever done.”

Especially notable on Something for Everybody is the focus its songs bring to the vapid absurdity of so much contemporary speech (don’t miss the closing wail of “Don’t tase me, bro!” on “Don’t Shoot”). Mark Mothersbaugh points out that, for all the attention usually given to Devo’s funky robot sound, this has always been a central aspect of its work.

“We grew up in a time when we saw hippies become hip capitalists, when the real punks truly destroyed themselves, and we came to the conclusion that rebellion was obsolete,” he says. “We saw subversion as the most successful form of change, so we always had an attraction to loaded phrases that you can reshape and subvert to fit your own needs.”

Gerald Casale adds that Devo really was looking at today’s world when writing the new songs. “The tautology of a line like ‘What we do is what we do’ is taken straight from hip-hop,” he says. “And words like ‘bro’ and ‘dude’—we’re surrounded by it all the time, 20-year-olds don’t even see any irony in it anymore.”

A Devo for our times. A band that evolves, even as the world around them confirms the decay they have long suspected. With Something for Everybody, Devo has gained from experience, honed its attack, and stands ready to sound the alarm for another generation.

“As angry young men who have been validated, we have the possibility to do something that resonates like it did back in the early days,” says Mark Mothersbaugh. “It’s the same car, just now with air bags, power brakes, and steering.”

“We’re inspired by reality,” says Gerald Casale, “because the world is so ridiculous and stupid. DE-EVOLUTION IS REAL.”

Tracklisting will be revealed on 17 April

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JIMMY WEBB RELEASES STAR-STUDDED ALBUM IN JUNE

Just Across The River, the new album from multiple Grammy award-winner Jimmy Webb, one of the most celebrated composers and songwriters in American music history, is set for release June 28 through E1 Music / RSK Entertainment. The album features interpretations of the classic songs that made him a vital cultural icon including By The Time I Get To Phoenix, Wichita Lineman,Galveston, The Highwayman, Oklahoma Nights and more. The album features guest appearances from Webb’s friends, fans and recording partners including Jackson Browne, Glen Campbell, Vince Gill, Billy Joel, Mark Knopfler, Michael McDonald, Willie Nelson, Linda Ronstadt, J.D. Souther and Lucinda Williams.

Just Across The River came together at the behest of producer and longtime Webb collaborator Fred Mollin, who wished to honor Webb’s storied career and his celebrated contributions to the Americana roots tradition (Webb is a native son of Oklahoma). Says Mollin of the album: This record is a homecoming for Jimmy. His songs are true classics and they could provide the soundtrack to your life.

Webb adds: From the very first song, first take, first note this record seemed blessed. I hope everyone else feels what we did as we listened to the first rough mixes. And then as each piece fell into place, a fully realized, conceptual work of art emerged.

Just Across The River was recorded primarily live over the course of two days at Sound Emporium in Nashville, TN. Joining Webb live in the studio were John Hobbs (piano, Wurlitzer, organ), Bryan Sutton (acoustic guitars, banjo, mandolin), John Willis (acoustic guitars, electric guitars, banjo), Larry Paxton (bass), Greg Morrow and Eddie Bayers (drums), Stuart Duncan (fiddle, mandolin), Jeff Taylor (accordion), Pat Buchanan (electric guitars) and Paul Franklin (steel guitar, dobro). Mark Knopfler provided lead electric guitar on By The Time I Get To Phoenix, Johnny A. contributed electric guitar on Galveston and Jerry Douglas added dobro on Wichita Lineman.

He has been blessed with the emotions and artistic talent of the great lyricists —Frank Sinatra

When I was starting out as a songwriter, I looked to Jimmy Webb as one of the most innovative and musically proficient songwriters of our generation —Billy Joel

The only artist to ever receive Grammy awards for music, lyrics and orchestration, Jimmy Webb wrote five top ten hits within a 20-month period in the 1960s, which propelled him from humble beginnings in Oklahoma to international fame. Webb is a member of the National Academy of Popular Music Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, the Nashville Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, and, according to BMI, his By The Time I Get To Phoenix, has been the third most performed song in the last 50 years, with Up, Up and Away on the same list in the top thirty. Webb has provided classics for Glen Campbell (By The Time I Get To Phoenix, Wichita Lineman and Galveston), Richard Harris (MacArthur Park), the Fifth Dimension (Up, Up and Away, This Is Your Life), Art Garfunkel (All I Know), Linda Ronstadt (Easy For You To Say) and Joe Cocker (The Moon’s A Harsh Mistress). Webb’s songs continue to grace a multitude of major recording artists’ albums, from Tony Bennett and Rosemary Clooney, to Urge Overkill, Reba McEntire, Celtic Woman and James Taylor.

FULL TRACK LISTING

1. Oklahoma Nights featuring Vince Gill
2. Wichita Lineman featuring Billy Joel
3. If You See Me Getting Smaller featuring Willie Nelson
4. Galveston featuring Lucinda Williams
5. P.F. Sloan featuring Jackson Browne
6. By The Time I Get To Phoenix featuring Glen Campbell
7. Cowboy Hall Of Fame
8. Where Words End featuring Michael McDonald
9. Highwayman featuring Mark Knopfler
10. I Was Too Busy Loving You featuring J.D. Souther
11. It Won’t Bring Her Back
12. Do What You Gotta Do
13. All I Know featuring Linda Ronstadt

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JACKSON FIVE LIVE AT THE FORUM 2CD SET DUE IN JUNE

The Jackson 5: J5 Live @ The Forum is a new 2-CD set released June 22 that uncovers an amazing chapter from the phenomenal career of Michael Jackson and his brothers in the J5: their extraordinary performances from the Los Angeles Forum, recorded in June 1970 and August 1972—the first at the start of their rapid ascent to stardom, the second when they became established icons. These brilliant shows have not been released in any form until now, the 40th anniversary of the 1970 show.

J5 Live @ The Forum features earth-shaking live performances of the group’s best-known hits – “I Want You Back,” “ABC,” “The Love You Save,” “I’ll Be There,” “Never Can Say Goodbye” and more. Single B-sides “I Found That Girl” and “I’m So Happy” and such surprises as album cuts “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and “Zip A Dee Do Dah,” plus songs not released by the J5, including covers of James Brown’s “There Was a Time” and the Isley Brothers’ “It’s Your Thing,” are part of the shows. The 1972 show also features a fantastic, full set of Michael’s solo hits, including “Got To Be There” and “Ben,” his brand new single at the time, as well as a solo spot by Jermaine.

Disc 1 includes the complete Forum show recorded June 20, 1970, when the group broke existing box office records at the venue. The J5 were on their first national tour, and the show is a unique document of the growing “Jacksonmania” gripping the globe. Disc 2 is the complete show from August 26, 1972, just three days before Michael’s 14th birthday. Each disc includes a bonus track: an unreleased full live version of “Mama’s Pearl,” from the concert that became part of the 1971 TV special Goin’ Back To Indiana, closes Disc 1; “I Wanna Be Where You Are,” from the soundtrack album to Save The Children, makes its CD debut at the end of Disc 2.

J5 Live @ The Forum is housed in a collector’s digi-pak with rare photos and insightful liner notes.

TRACK LIST
All tracks previously unreleased except noted *
Disc 1 – June 20, 1970
1. Introduction
2. I Want You Back
3. Feelin’ Alright
4. Who’s Lovin’ You
5. Walk On
6. Don’t Know Why I Love You
7. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
8. ABC
9. It’s Your Thing
10. I Found That Girl
11. There Was A Time
12. Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin
13. The Love You Save

Bonus Track
14. Mama’s Pearl Live in Indiana

Disc 2 – Back @ the Forum August 26, 1972
1. Brand New Thing
2. Medley: I Want You Back/ABC/Mama’s Pearl
3. Sugar Daddy
4. I’ll Be There
5. Introduction by Michael
6. Goin’ Back to Indiana/Brand New Thing/Goin’ Back to Indiana
7. Bridge Over Troubled Water
8. I Found That Girl
9. I’m So Happy
10. Lookin’ Through The Windows
11. Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing
12. Introduction by Jackie
13. Ben
14. Rockin’ Robin
15. Got To Be There
16. You’ve Got A Friend
17. Ain’t No Sunshine
18. I Wanna Be Where You Are
19. Introduction by Jermaine
20. That’s How Love Goes
21. Never Can Say Goodbye
22. Walk On
23. The Love You Save

Bonus Track
24. I Wanna Be Where You Are from “Save The Children” *

SOURCE Universal Music Enterprises

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‘REVOLUTIONS – THE VERY BEST OF STEVE WINWOOD’

Island Records will release the definitive career retrospective of one of the all-time greats of the UK music scene on 7th June 2010. Entitled “Revolutions – The Very Best Of Steve Winwood” it is a portrait of one of the most influential British musicians in rock history, a singer-songwriter, peerless vocalist, guitarist and keyboard player.

With tracklistings personally selected by Steve Winwood from his five decade career, “Revolutions: The Very Best Of Steve Winwood” will be available in two high quality formats: a single CD for the casual fan and a four CD deluxe box set including 60 page book for the connoisseur, with sleevenotes by writer Dylan Jones.

A child prodigy, Winwood first performed live on stage at the tender age of 8 in his father’s trad jazz band, and joined the Spencer Davis Group at 14. His stunning vocal style was compared to Ray Charles. He left Spencer Davis to form Traffic then later teamed up with Eric Clapton in Blind Faith at the tail-end of the Sixties. Arguably his biggest successes came with his solo work from the Seventies on.

In his teens Winwood played in pick-up bands for touring blues legends including Muddy Waters, BB King, Chuck Berry, Howlin’ Wolf, John Lee Hooker and Bo Diddley.

In a career lasting nearly 50 years he has sold over 50 million albums and several of his songs have become standards, notably ‘Gimme Some Lovin’ (memorably covered in The Blues Brothers film), ‘Keep On Running’, ‘Valerie’, ‘The Low Spark Of The High Heeled Boys’ and ‘Higher Love’.

He has been awarded multiple Grammy awards – for ‘Gimme Some Lovin’ and ‘Higher Love’ (a US no 1 in ’86)

In 2008 Rolling Stone ranked him no 33 in the 100 Best Singers Of All Time.

Throughout his career, Steve Winwood has remained an in-demand session player, and has contributed to landmark albums by a huge array of artists including Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Joe Cocker, Lou Reed, George Harrison, Toots & The Maytals, Marianne Faithfull, John Martyn, David Gilmour, Tina Turner, Billy Joel, James Brown, Etta James, Talk Talk, Paul Weller, and Christina Aguilera among many others.

Steve Winwood is currently preparing for a World Tour with Eric Clapton. UK shows will be: Birmingham NEC (May 18th), and two Wembley Arena shows (May 20, 21).

Disc 1

01. Keep On Running – 2010 Remaster
02. Somebody Help Me – 2010 Remaster
03. Gimme Some Lovin’ – 2010 Remaster
04. I’m A Man – 2010 Remaster
05. Paper Sun – 2010 Remaster
06. Coloured Rain – 2010 Remaster
07. No Face, No Name, No Number – 2010 Remaster
08. Heaven Is In Your Mind – 2010 Remaster
09. Smiling Phases – 2010 Remaster
10. Dear Mr. Fantasy – 2010 Remaster
11. Pearly Queen – 2010 Remaster
12. Forty Thousand Headmen – 2010 Remaster
13. No Time To Live – 2010 Remaster
14. Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring – 2010 Remaster
15. Shanghai Noodle Factory – 2010 Remaster
16. Medicated Goo – 2010 Remaster
17. Withering Tree – 2010 Remaster
18. Well Alright – 2010 Remaster
19. Can’t Find My Way Home – 2010 Remaster
20. Presence Of The Lord – 2010 Remaster

Disc 2

01. Stranger To Himself – 2010 Remaster
02. John Barleycorn (Must Die) – 2010 Remaster
03. Glad – 2010 Remaster
04. Freedom Rider – 2010 Remaster
05. Empty Pages – 2010 Remaster
06. The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys – 2010 Remaster
07. Rainmaker – 2010 Remaster
08. Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory – 2010 Remaster
09. Something New – 2010 Remaster
10. Walking In The Wind – 2010 Remaster
11. When The Eagle Flies – 2010 Remaster
12. Mozambique – 2010 Remaster

Disc 3

01. Vacant Chair – 2010 Remaster
02. While You See A Chance – 2010 Remaster
03. Arc Of A Diver – 2010 Remaster
04. Spanish Dancer – 2010 Version
05. Night Train – 2010 Remaster
06. Valerie – 2010 Remaster
07. Higher Love – 2010 Remaster
08. Freedom Overspill – 2010 Remaster
09. Back In The High Life Again – 2010 Remaster
10. Don’t You Know What The Night Can Do? – 2010 Remaster
11. Spy In The House Of Love – 2010 Remaster
12. Different Light – 2010 Remaster
13. Dirty City – 2010 Remaster

Disc 4

01. This Hammer – 2010 Remaster
02. Waltz For Lumumba – 2010 Remaster
03. When I Come Home – 2010 Remaster
04. Love – 2010 Remaster
05. In The Light Of Day – 2010 Remaster
06. There’s A River – 2010 Remaster
07. Hold On – 2010 Remaster
08. The Morning Side – 2010 Remaster
09. Far From Home – 2010 Remaster
10. Holy Ground – 2010 Remaster
11. State Of Grace – 2010 Remaster
12. Why Can’t We Live Together – 2010 Remaster
13. Domingo Morning – 2010 Remaster

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ROBERT PLANT NEW ALBUM DUE

Robert Plant has finished his new album called ‘Band Of Joy’ featuring a diverse group of musicians – Patty Griffin, vocals, Darrell Scott, multi instrumentalist/vocals, Byron House, Bass/Vocals, Marco Giovino, drums and percussion/vocals, including co-producer Buddy Miller, guitar/vocals. The album is set for release on Rounder, late summer/early fall.

Tracklisting:

Angel Dance
House of Cards
Central Two-O-Nine
Silver Rider
You Can’t Buy my Love
I’m Falling In Love Again
The Only Sound That Matters
Monkey
Cindy, I’ll Marry You One Day
Harms Swift Way
Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Even This Shall Pass Away

BACHMAN TURNER SET TO RELEASE BRAND NEW ALBUM IN SEPTEMBER

Randy Bachman and Fred Turner have once more joined forces and they are now to release a new album Bachman & Turner on 6 September 2010. The album is to be released through Cadiz Music and will be preceded by a single, Slave To The Rhythm to be released on 19 July. Bachman & Turner will make their UK live debut at an intimate show at The Garage in London, on 7 June [tickets from www.seetickets.com or 08700 603 777] and will also perform at the High Voltage show on 25 July [24 hour ticketline 0871 230 5582]. Further UK live dates for October / November are shortly to be announced.

Bachman & Turner were, of course, the creative driving force of Bachman Turner Overdrive, an act that enjoyed massive international success throughout the 1970s. After many years of gentle prodding by music fans and industry aficionados, Randy Bachman and Fred Turner, two giants of rock n’ roll, are finally back together after being apart for over 20 years.

The new album features 12 new tracks and is a true tour de force. A delighted Randy Bachman said: It’s like the lost BTO greatest hits album. Fred Turner added: If it was just going out and redoing the old Bachman-Turner Overdrive thing rehashing the old songs just to put some bucks in my pocket I’m not interested, emphasizes Fred, If I had a chance to go out and play new things and grow, then I’ll be offering people something.

Bachman Turner Overdrive sold in excess of million albums worldwide and added several true classics to the rock canon. You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet will be familiar to anyone who has ever switched on a radio and Takin’ Care Of Business and Roll On Down The Highway are tracks that cemented the band’s place in music’s roll of honour.

Bachman & Turner is more than just a great rock album, it’s the sound of a pair of musicians who are truly back in phase, back together and back where they belong.

RHINO HANDMADE SET TO RELEASE ‘BOX OF FUDGE’ FROM VANILLA FUDGE

Four-Disc Boxed Set Spotlights Vanilla Fudge Live And In The Studio With An Extensive Collection Of Album Tracks And Rare Singles, Along With An Unreleased 1969 Concert Recorded At The Fillmore West And Unissued Studio Jams

For a brief moment in 1967, Vanilla Fudge stood at the swirling center of the pop-music universe, satisfying fans searching for transformative musical experiences with its symphonic psychedelic rock. Sweetened by intricate vocal harmonies and classical flourishes, The Fudge’s innovative mix of rhythm and blues shone brightly as a new era of heavy music was dawning at the start of the 1970s.

Organist Mark Stein, bassist Tim Bogert, lead guitarist Vince Martell, and drummer Carmine Appice recorded five albums in two years. They toured relentlessly, winning converts with radical reworkings of hits like The Supremes’ “You Keep Me Hanging On” while “raising” the bar for after-show escapades. Rhino Handmade devotes equal time to The Fudge’s influential studio and live legacies with a four-disc boxed set that combines album tracks and rare singles with unreleased recordings. Presented in an elaborately designed, foil wrapped package, the set also comes with an 11×17 replica Family Dog poster from one of the band’s shows.

The first two discs flow mostly in chronological order, beginning with Vanilla Fudge’s earliest recordings, including the band’s first single with Atco, “Take Me For A Little While.” It continues with selections from the group’s self-titled debut, The Beat Goes On (1968), Renaissance (1968), Near The Beginning (1969) and Rock And Roll (1969), plus two songs from Mystery, the band’s brief 1984 reunion. Along with gathering a number of singles, the collection also marks the debut of the previously unreleased “Heartache Jam,” originally recorded in 1969.

The final two discs spotlight Vanilla Fudge on stage in its prime with an unreleased recording of the band welcoming the arrival of 1969 with a New Year’s concert at the Fillmore West. Recorded shortly before the quartet’s fourth album was released, the show draws on The Fudge’s early days for “People Get Ready” and “Ticket To Ride” as well as its forthcoming album Near The Beginning with “Shotgun” and an epic version – more than 20 minutes – of “Break Song.”

The collection concludes with “Love Jam,” “Movin’On” and “VF Studio Jam,” a trio of previously unreleased tracks recorded in New York at Atlantic Recording Studio just months before the original quartet splintered.

BOX OF FUDGE

Disc 1
1. “All In Your Mind”
2. “Take Me For A Little While”
3. “Ticket To Ride”
4. “People Get Ready”
5. “She’s Not There”
6. “You Keep Me Hanging On”
7. “Where Is My Mind”
8. “The Look Of Love”
9. “Sketch”
10. “The Beat Goes On”
11. “Come By Day, Come By Night”
12. “The Sky Cried – When I Was A Boy”
13. “That’s What Makes A Man”
14. “Faceless People”
15. “Season Of The Witch”

Disc 2
1. “Shotgun”
2. “Some Velvet Morning”
3. “You Can’t Do That”
4. “People”
5. “Good Good Livin’ (Long Version)”
6. “Heartache Jam”*
7. “Need Love”
8. “Lord In The Country”
9. “Street Walking Woman”
10. “The Windmills Of Your Mind”
11. “Jealousy”
12. “My World Is Empty”

Disc 3
1. “She’s Not There” (Live)*
2. “Shotgun” (Live)*
3. “People Get Ready” (Live)*
4. “You Keep Me Hanging On” (Live)*
5. “Season Of The Witch” (Live)*
6. “Break Song” (Live)*

Disc 4
1. “Good Good Livin’” (Live)*
2. “Ticket To Ride” (Live)*
3. Medley (Live)*
a) “Moonlight Sonata”
b) “Fur Elise”
c) “Eleanor Rigby”
4. “Take Me For A Little While” (Live)*
5. “Like A Rolling Stone” (Live)*
6. “Love Jam”*
7. “Movin’ On”*
8. “VF Jam”*

GINGER BAKER OFFICIAL BOOTLEG SERIES DUE VIA VOICEPRINT

Ginger Baker’s Airforce
Live in Offenbach, Germany 1970

Disc 1
1. 12 Gates In The City 1. I Got The Answer 2. What A Day 2. Free Kings 3. Aiko Biae 3. Don’t Care 4. Early In The Morning 5. Sunshine of Your Life 6. Toady 7. Let Me Ride

Disc 2
1. 12 Gates of the City 2. What A Day It’s Been 3. Aiko Biaye 4. Do What You Like

Ginger Baker is probably best known as the drummer with British rock band Cream and also Blind Faith. Despite being hailed as The Greatest Rock Drummer he actually dislikes the title preferring to proclaim himself a “jazz drummer”.

Following his tenure with a number of jazz bands in the late fifties and early sixties his career really began when he joined the Graham Bond Organisation. From here he formed Cream along with fellow Bond Organisation bassist Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton guitarist with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers. Cream were an instant hit particularly in America were they sealed their reputation with extensive touring and the release of the albums Fresh Cream, Disraeli Gears and Wheels of Fire. Following the split with Cream Ginger formed Blind Faith along with Eric Clapton Steve Winwood and Ric Grech. Once again the band enjoyed massive success in America and played one massively attended open air gig in London’s Hyde Park in June 1969. Following this gig the band released their only studio album the self titled Blind Faith.

Ginger’s next musical stop was his own band Ginger Baker’s Airforce who released two albums of part studio part live recordings. This short-lived band broke up in late 1970 and Ginger then went to briefly live in Africa where in Nigeria he established his own recording studios in Lagos whilst also forming the band Salt a band which managed to fuse jazz with African rhythms. A return to the UK in the mid seventies saw Ginger join forces with the Gurvitz brothers late of Three Man Army and Gun in the Baker Gurvitz Army. Releasing a number of albums with this band Ginger re established his rock career.

Further collaborations with Hawkwind, The Masters of Reality and a reunion with former Cream band mate Jack Bruce in Baker Bruce and Moore were to keep Ginger’s name in the forefront of rock before Cream reunited in May 2005 for a successful string of dates in London at the Royal Albert Hall and New York at Madison Square Garden. Ginger has also recorded a number of well received jazz albums with his own jazz trio.

Apart from the two official Airforce releases live recordings of Ginger Baker’s Airforce are extremely rare and this recording is no different. This is an audience recording of Airforce in Offenbach Germany on December the 18th 1970. This performance captures the second incarnation of Airforce following the departure of Steve Winwood and Chris Wood who had returned to Traffic by this time. It is however a lively performance and is actually one of the final Airforce performances before the band split and as such is highly collectable and historic. The performance features amongst others the Cream track Sunshine Of Your Love and Ginger’s contribution to the Blind Faith album Do What You Like alongside tracks from the second Airforce album including We Free Kings, Let Me Ride, Toady and 12 Gates Of The City.

Baker Gurvitz Army
Live in Milan 76

Disc 1
1. Hearts on Fire 2. People 3. Night People 4. White Room 5. Mystery 6. Thirsty For The Blues 7. Neon Lights 8. Inside of Me 9. Memory Lane 10. Drum Solo 11. Sunshine Of Your Love 12. Time 13. Smokestack Lightning 14. Hearts on Fire (reprise)

The Baker Gurvitz Army came into existence when former Gun and Three man Army members Paul and Adrian Gurvitz joined forces with legendary drummer Ginger Baker in 1974. The Baker Gurvitz Army was the first real musical project for Ginger Baker since the short-lived band Salt in 1972 and Ginger Baker’s Airforce some two years prior to that. The band released their first album the self titled Baker Gurvitz Army in late 1974 and the album sold well enough to break in to the American charts. The band went on to record two further studio albums including Elysian Encounter in 1975 and Hearts On Fire in 1976.The band also featured vocalist Snips who had previously been with British band Sharks and keyboardist Peter Lemer formerly of Barbara Thompson’s Paraphernalia and Seventh Wave

This live recording which forms part of the Official Ginger Baker Bootleg Series was recorded in Milan on the 23rd of March 1976 during the tour to promote what would turn out to be the bands final studio album Hearts On Fire. The set list at this time reflecting the desire to promote the album included four tracks from the album including Hearts On Fire, Night People, Thirsty For The Blues and neon Lights. There are also two tracks from Elysian Encounter (People and Time) and two from the bands self titled debut (Inside Of me and Memory Lane) Interestingly enough at this point in the bands career they elected to include two Cream songs in the set and both Sunshine Of Your Love and White Room are also included here.

Ginger Baker and Salt
Live in Munich, Germany 1972

Disc 1
1. Improvisation No. 1 2. Improvisation No. 2

Following his tenure with a number of jazz bands in the late fifties and early sixties his career really began when he joined the Graham Bond Organisation. From here he formed Cream along with fellow Bond Organisation bassist Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton guitarist with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers. Cream were an instant hit particularly in America were they sealed their reputation with extensive touring and the release of the albums Fresh Cream, Disraeli Gears and Wheels of Fire. Following the split with Cream Ginger formed Blind Faith along with Eric Clapton Steve Winwood and Ric Grech. Once again the band enjoyed massive success in America and played one massively attended open air gig in London’s Hyde Park in June 1969. Following this gig the band released their only studio album the self titled Blind Faith.

Ginger’s next musical stop was his own band Ginger Baker’s Airforce who released two albums of part studio part live recordings. This short-lived band broke up in late 1970 and Ginger then went to briefly live in Africa where in Nigeria he established his own recording studios in Lagos whilst also forming the band Salt a band which managed to fuse jazz with African rhythms. A return to the UK in the mid seventies saw Ginger join forces with the Gurvitz brothers late of Three Man Army and Gun in the Baker Gurvitz Army. Releasing a number of albums with this band Ginger re established his rock career.

Further collaborations with Hawkwind, The Masters of Reality and a reunion with former Cream band mate Jack Bruce in Baker Bruce and Moore were to keep Ginger’s name in the forefront of rock before Cream reunited in May 2005 for a successful string of dates in London at the Royal Albert Hall and New York at Madison Square Garden. Ginger has also recorded a number of well received jazz albums with his own jazz trio.

This recording dates from a concert performance in Munich in 1972 and was the first musical outing in Europe for Ginger alongside Salt since Ginger Baker’s Airforce some two years previously. The show was billed as Ginger Baker and Salt “Africa Now” Invites Drum Battle. The show was filmed for German television and broadcast shortly after and repeated a year later in 1973. The line up for this performance was Ginger Baker : drums, Steve Gregory: tenor sax, flute, Bud Beadle: saxes, Tunde Koboje: bass, Berkley Jones: guitar, Laolu Akins: african drums, Kehinde Lijadu: vocals, Taiwo Lijadu: vocals, and special guest: Art Blakey: drums.

The recordings featured in the Official Ginger Baker Bootleg Series are sure to become collector’s items and are all sanctioned by Ginger Baker.

OASIS ‘TIME FLIES’ COMPLETE SINGLES COLLECTION DUE IN JUNE

‘Time Flies’ is the complete singles collection celebrating the work of Oasis from start to finish. Released on 14th June through Big Brother Recordings, the songs that comprise this album span fifteen glorious years walked tall alongside a staggering seven consecutive number one albums. 1994’s ‘Definitely Maybe’, 1995’s ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’, 1997’s ‘Be Here Now’, 2000’s ‘Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants’, 2002’s ‘Heathen Chemistry’, 2005’s ‘Don’t Believe The Truth’ and their last from 2008, ‘Dig Out Your Soul’. Starting with their irresistible debut, ‘Supersonic’ and finishing with their very last release, ‘Falling Down’, the album features all 26 singles – 23 Top Tens including 8 No.1′s. A deluxe version of ‘Time Flies’ features all 36 videos ever made (all previously unreleased) including versions made for the UK and America, as well as the last ever recorded Oasis live show from The Roundhouse in London on the 21st July 2009.

April 1994 it begins. Effortlessly, the classic singles, ‘Supersonic’ and ‘Shakermaker’ provided a tangible feeling that something was happening; then came ‘Live Forever’, where we saw a young Liam Gallagher nailed to a chair in that bizarre video and somehow the notion that one of ours could again excite, incite and not to mention, sell millions of records was very real. They virtually reignited an ailing industry and revitalised the global music scene. They did this by becoming “the most complete pop group on the planet”. They knew it too; as Noel Gallagher, the band’s principal songwriter, simply explained, “We’re not arrogant, we just believe we’re the greatest band in the World.” His younger brother who went on to become one of the ‘greatest frontmen of all time’, once remarked, “There’s Elvis and me. I couldn’t say which of the two is best.” Oasis owned attitude, and noise and confusion often followed. Early on, Noel said, “All I know is that the gigs are selling out and we’re probably gonna get in loads more trouble on this tour…”

It was this kind of self belief and ambition that flung the world open to Oasis. From their landmark ‘arrival’ performance at T in the Park in 1994 to the now legendary gigs at Maine Road, a weekend of history-making at Knebworth, world famous venues that included sell out shows at Madison Square Gardens and the Hollywood Bowl, and stadiums from Wembley to River Plate, Argentina and beyond, as well as just about every single festival here and abroad, Oasis rapidly grew but never lost their high cool. How many bands manage that – and why? Undoubtedly, millions identified, aspired, shared the dream of the boys from Burnage making very, very good. Their outspokenness and the very real relationship of Noel and Liam kept us enthralled and amused. At times, it provided real drama, but nevertheless the humanity shone through more often than not.

So what is there left to say about the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band of our time? These could be the best days of our lives. And they were. And they still are. Oasis entertained on every level. At every concert tens of thousands united to sing along to, be moved by, be energised by and reminisce with this incredible set list – a definitive chronicle of a generation, national anthems, a series of musical lunar landings. Remember whose eyes you were looking into when you first heard ‘Wonderwall’? Who had their arm around you during ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’? Who did you steal a glance from during ‘Stop Crying Your Heart Out’? Mosh with to ‘Lyla’? Who did you want to ‘Live Forever’ with? And why did it all work so well, for so long, all around the world, for so many people? For a time, they did change the way we walked, we talked, the way we dressed. For Oasis it was always so simple. Liam Gallagher comments, “I’m totally proud of everything we’ve done… I liked the crazy times and the not so crazy, I liked it all, man.” And Noel Gallagher sums it up by saying, “The fact that we kept it together for so long is testament to our love of the music. It’s from the heart.”

TIMES FLIES… 1994 – 2009

Supersonic
Roll With It
Live Forever
Wonderwall
Stop Crying Your Heart Out
Cigarettes & Alcohol
Songbird
Don’t Look Back In Anger
The Hindu Times
Stand By Me
Lord Don’t Slow Me Down
Shakermaker
All Around The World
Some Might Say
The Importance of Being Idle
D’You Know What I Mean?
Lyla
Let There Be Love
Go Let It Out
Who Feels Love?
Little By Little
The Shock Of The Lightning
She Is Love
Whatever
I’m Outta Time
Falling Down

Source: oasisnet

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