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Reissue Old#3266
Dire Straits: Mark Knopfler (vocals, guitar); David Knopfler (guitar, background vocals); John Illsley (bass); Pick Withers (drums).
Recorded at Basing St. Studios, London, England in February, 1978.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Composer: Mark Knopfler.
Personnel: David Knopfler, Mark Knopfler (vocals, guitar); John Illsley (vocals); Pick Withers (drums).
Audio Remasterer: Gregg Geller.
Recording information: Basing St. Studios, London, England (02/1978); Basing Street Studios, London, England (02/1978).
Dire Straits' minimalist interpretation of pub rock had already crystallized by the time they released their eponymous debut. Driven by Mark Knopfler's spare, tasteful guitar lines and his husky warbling, the album is a set of bluesy rockers. And while the bar band mentality of pub-rock is at the core of Dire Straits -- even the group's breakthrough single, "Sultans of Swing," offered a lament for a neglected pub rock band -- their music is already beyond the simple boogies and shuffles of their forefathers, occasionally dipping into jazz and country. Knopfler also shows an inclination toward Dylanesque imagery, which enhances the smoky, low-key atmosphere of the album. While a few of the songs fall flat, the album is remarkably accomplished for a debut, and Dire Straits had difficulty surpassing it throughout their career. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Led by former music journalist/college professor Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits emerged with their melancholy self-titled debut amidst the clatter of punk and gloss of disco. With a laid-back, raspy style of singing and distinctive finger-picking style of guitar playing, Knopfler came across as a fusion of J.J. Cale, Bob Dylan, and Chet Atkins. Coming out of the pub-rock scene, this tight English quartet cracked both sides of the Atlantic with the insanely catchy "Sultans Of Swing." The group further enhanced their reputation with the ominously atmospheric opener "Down to the Waterline." Knopfler's finger-picking style gave his guitar a smooth, distinct tone that was a jazz-country hybrid ("Setting Me Up"), while utilizing fancy country plucking "Southbound Again."
Dire Straits' minimalistic interpretation of pub-rock had already crystallized by the time they released this album. Driven by Knopfler's spare, tasteful guitar lines and husky warbling, the album is a set of bluesy rockers. And while the bar-band mentality of pub-rock is at the core of Dire Straits--even the aforementioned breakthrough single offers a lament for a neglected pub-rock band--their music is already beyond the simple boogies and shuffles of their forefathers. Knopfler also shows an inclination toward Dylanesque imagery that enhances the smoky, low-key atmosphere of the album.
Q (7/96, p.141) - 3 Stars - Good - "...swam doggedly against the tide of punk, eventually convincing audiences with its direct pop and Knopfler's thrilling guitar..." Dire Straits Music Review Purchase Dire Straits CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Dire Straits Communique CD (1979) Remastered
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Reissue Old#3330
Dire Straits: Mark Knopfler, David Knopfler (vocals, guitar); John Illsley (vocals, bass); Pick Withers (drums).
Recorded at Compass Studios, Nassau, Bahamas in December 1978.
Personnel: Mark Knopfler (vocals, guitar); David Knopfler, John Illsley (vocals); Boby Bear (keyboards); Pick Withers (drums).
Audio Mixer: Gregg Hamm.
Audio Remasterer: Bob Ludwig.
Recording information: Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas (12/1978).
Illustrator: Geoff Halpin.
Rushed out less than nine months after the surprise success of Dire Straits' self-titled debut album, the group's sophomore effort, Communiqué, continues in the same vein. Mark Knopfler and co. had established a sound (derived largely from J.J. Cale) of laid-back shuffles and intricate, bluesy guitar playing, and Communiqué provides more examples of it. "Lady Writer" (a lesser singles chart entry on both ...
| | Dire Straits Making Movies CD (1980) Remastered
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Reissue Old#3480
Dire Straits: Mark Knopfler (vocals, guitar); John Illsley (bass); Pick Withers (drums).
Additional personnel: Roy Bittan (keyboards).
Recorded between July and August 1980.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Without second guitarist David Knopfler, Dire Straits began to move away from its roots rock origins into a jazzier variation of country-rock and singer/songwriter folk-rock. Naturally, this means that Mark Knopfler's ambitions as a songwriter ...
| | Dire Straits Love Over Gold CD (1982) Remastered
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Reissue Old#23728
Dire Straits: Mark Knopfler (vocals, guitar); Hal Lindes (guitar); Alan Clark (keyboards); John Illsley (bass); Pick Withers (drums).
Additional personnel: Mike Mainieri (vibraphone, marimba); Ed Walsh (programming).
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Adding a new rhythm guitarist, Dire Straits expands its sounds and ambitions on the sprawling Love Over Gold. In a sense, the album is their prog rock effort, containing only five songs, including the 14-minute opener "Telegraph Road." Since Mark Knopfler is a skilled, tasteful guitarist, he can sustain interest even throughout the languid stretches, but the long, atmospheric, instrumental passages aren't as effective as the group's tight blues-rock, leaving Love Over Gold only ...
| | Miracles Collection CD (2002) (Import) Germany
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UK budget-price compilation for the Motown recording act that scored over 40 hits in the R&B Top 40 charts. 19 tracks including 'City Of Angels', 'Free Press', 'Night Life', 'SMOG', 'Gemini', 'Do It Baby' and more.
The 18-track COLLECTION focuses on the ...
| | England Dan Nights Are Forever CD (1976)
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Nights Are Forever was the breakthrough album for Dan Seals and John Coley after some sincere and excellent work on A&M Records in the early '70s. Two of their biggest hits were the title track and the beautiful "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight." Those songs are a good indication of the fine performances this 1976 album contains. The duo's originals like "Long Way Home" and the Dan Fogelberg-ish "Westward Wind" could have been hits as well displaying superb musicianship and delicate vocals. This album is very much a companion piece to the Parker McGee album recorded around the same time, on the same label, with pretty much the same musicians. Producer Kyle Lehning has the sounds so similar a survey panel would probably not be able to figure out which song came from which album. What Nights Are Forever has that the Parker McGee album does not is "There'll Never Be Another For Me," a song co-written by Parker McGee, England Dan, and John Ford Coley -- it is a rare look at what a perfect synergy these musicians have, and it is an exceptional song. You can feel how cautious and serious the two singers are here. By the time Dowdy Ferry Road ...
| | Iggy And The Stooges Double Danger CDs (2000)
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Iggy & The Stooges: Iggy Pop (vocals); James Williamson (guitar); Ron Asheton (bass); Scott Asheton (drums).
Recorded live at The Latin Casino, Baltimore, Maryland in November, 1973 and The Academy Of Music, New York, New York on December 31, 1973. Includes liner notes by Frank Meyer.
The Stooges occupy a curious niche in rock history, because few decent live recordings have survived to capture the visceral wallop that ignited countless 1970s-era punk bands -- in an era when live taping was an often cumbersome, clumsy exercise. Issued as part of Bomp's Iguana Chronicles series of unreleased live and studio material, Double Danger seeks to impose a sense of coherence on the oft-copied, multiple-generation Stooges concert tapes, which have gone mostly unheard outside collectors' circles. The results are as perversely hit-and-miss as the band itself. Latin Casino is a highly-combustible November 1973 show from Balltimore that is bedeviled by 65 minutes of rickety sound, yet rightly regarded as a crown jewel. Lead guitarist James Williamson flails with trademark abandon on lightning raids of "Search & Destroy," and "Raw Power," while Ron Asheton's insistent, overdriven bass, and younger brother Scott's scrappy drums, never stop pushing the beat. Latin Casino reveals a fiery outfit sharpened by relentless gigging, even if some songs end on their own sprawling, leisurely terms -- such as the nearly nine-minute "Rich Bitch," where vocalist Iggy Pop rambles about what he detests in well-off girlfriends (who often served as his only lifeline between record deals). Just when matters nearly fall apart, however, the band rises to the occasion, whether through Williamson's quicksilver high-end leads, or keyboardist Scott Thurston's ragtag splashes of barroom-style piano on unheard classics like "Heavy Liquid." Taped in New York only one month later, on New Year's Eve 1973, the only similarity between Academy Of Music and Latin Casino lies in the setlists; otherwise, the second half of this affair only merits attention from Stooges completists. While the band is seasoned as ever, Pop's utter lack of vocal coherence trashes standards like "Search & Destroy," leaving both sides sounding utterly distanced from each other. Against such odds, the 45-minute gig still ends on a high note with a thunderous barrage over "Gimme Danger," and "Heavy Liquid." Double Danger is unlikely ...
| | Kent Vapen & Ammunition CD (2002) (Import) Germany
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| | Audra McDonald Happy Songs CD (2002)
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3rd CD By 3-Time Tony Winning Actress/Singer. Pop Standards
Personnel includes: Audra McDonald, Leo Daignault, Steven Freeman, David Engel (vocals); Kevin Kuhn (guitar, banjo); Suzanne Ornstein, Cecelia Hobbs, Laura Oatts, Andrew Stein (violin); Michael Nicholas, Debra Shufely (viola); Adam Grabois, Clay Ruede (cello); Grace Paradise (harp); Paul Sundfor (flute, piccolo, clarinet, alto & tenor saxophones); Rick Heckman (flute, clarinet, oboe, tenor saxophone, English horn); Mark Thrasher (clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, baritone saxophone); Walter Weiskopf (clarinet); Craig Johnson, Larry Lunetta, Brian O'Flaherty (trumpet); Chris Komer (French horn); Michael Boschen (trombone); Lee Musiker, Ted Sperling (piano, celeste); Peter Donovan (bass); William Hayes, David Ratajczak (drums, percussion).
Recorded at The Hit Factory, Sound On Sound Studios, New York, New York between August 2001 & May 2002.
Personnel: David Engel, Steve Freeman, Leo Daignault (vocals); Kevin Kuhn (guitar, banjo); Grace Paradise (harp); Laura Oatts, Xin Zhao, Cecilia Hobbs, Suzanne Ornstein, Belinda Whitney (violin); Debra Shufelt, Michael Nicholas (viola); Adam Grabois, Clay Ruede (cello); Paul Sundfor (flute, piccolo, clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Richard Heckman (flute, clarinet, oboe, English horn, tenor saxophone); Lawrence Feldman (flute, clarinet, alto saxophone); Mark Thrasher (clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, baritone saxophone); Walt Weiskopf (clarinet); Brian O'Flaherty, Larry Lunetta (trumpet); Chris Komer (French horn); Michael Boschen, Jack Schatz, Mark Patterson (trombone); Ted Sperling, Lee Musiker (piano, celesta); Dave Ratajczak, Willie Hayes (drums, percussion).
Audio Mixer: Tom Lazarus.
Recording information: Sound on Sound Studios, New York, NY (08/2001-05/2002); The Hit Factory, New York, NY (08/2001-05/2002).
Editor: Jan Folkson.
Photographers: Pamela Springsteen; John Vachon.
Translator: John Ryle.
Arrangers: Ted Sperling; Eadie Griffith; Rack Godwin; Kevin Kuhn; Lee Musiker; Peter Donovan.
Audra McDonald's third album may be called Happy Songs, but the cover -- on which she is depicted in sepia tone, inserted into a photograph from the 1940s, dolled up in period getup, and looking like she's waiting for a train -- suggests that the title is intended ironically, a suggestion further documented by a perusal of the songs on the back cover, which include Irving Berlin's anti-lynching ballad "Supper Time" and Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler's "Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good)." The former song is associated ...
| | Hawkwind Space Ritual Sundown CD (2005) Deluxe Edition
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Hawkwind: Dave Brock (vocals, guitar); Nik Turner (vocals, flute, saxophone); Lemmy (vocals, bass); Bob Calvert (vocals); Del Dettman, Dik Mik (synthesizer); Simon King (drums).
Compilation producers: Dave Anderson, Dave Brock, Peter Chalcraft.
Hawkwind: Bob Calvert (vocals); Dave Brock (guitar, background vocals);
Nik Turner (flute, saxophone, background vocals); Del Dettmar (synthesizer); Lemmy (bass, background vocals); Simon King (drums); Dik Mik (tapes).
Producer: Hawkwind.
Compilation producers: Dave Brock, Dave Anderson.
Recorded live at Brixton Sundown, London, England on December 30, 1972. Includes liner notes by Dave Thompson.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Hawkwind: Lemmy Kilmister (vocals, bass guitar); Robert Calvert (vocals); Dikmik (sound effects); Nik Turner (background vocals); Dave Brock, Del Dettmar, Simon King, Andy Dunkley.
Personnel: Dave Brock (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar); Nik Turner (vocals, guitar, flute, saxophone, alto saxophone); Lemmy (vocals, acoustic 12-string guitar); Del Dettmar (keyboards, synthesizer); Simon King (drums); Dikmik (electronics); Andy Dunkley (turntables).
Liner Note Author: Dave Thompson .
Recording information: Brixton Sundown, London, England (12/30/1972).
Photographer: Jorgen Angel.
The original version of SPACE RITUAL is the definitive live document of U.K. space-rock heroes Hawkwind. VOL. 2 features tracks drawn from the same 1972 performances, but they're presented here in their original, unedited form. (Apparently the first volume involved a fair amount of post-production). The swirling electronics, space-cadet lyrics, and psychedelic guitars that made the band famous can be heard at their finest here. Motorhead fans, take note: this is where it all started for Lemmy, whose bass and vocals add plenty of drive to the proceedings.
One more poorly packaged hybrid collection combining highlights of two of the most ubiquitous collections in the entire Hawkwind catalog. We begin with the barely mixed and rudely distorted 1972 Brixton Sundown performance that was first broached on Space Ritual, Vol. 2, continue on through the BBC radio ...
| | Steps Ahead Holding Together CDs (2005)
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| | Happy Mondays Platinum Collection/Dirty Old Town: Platinum Collection CD (1989) (Import) United Kingdom
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Limited Edition UK-only double CD set from the Warner Platinum series featuring two of their bestselling compilation titles packaged together. This set features Happy Mondays and The Pogues, two bands who started out in the late '80s but achieved their greatest fame in the '90s before they imploded before the turn of the century. Happy Mondays' Platinum Collection features 15 Madchester classics including 'Step On', '24 Hour Party People', 'bob's Yer Uncle' and 'W.F.L.'. The Pogues' Dirty Old Town contains 17 tracks of their Irish-influenced mix of Folk and Punk including 'Streams Of Whiskey', 'Metropolis', 'Rainy Night In Soho' and 'A Pair Of Brown Eyes'. Warner. 2006.
Personnel includes: Horseman (banjo); Steve Hopkins (piano); Dave Hassell (percussion).
Recorded at The Slaughterhouse, Great Driffield, East Yorkshire, England in August 1988.
Only a year after the intermittently thrilling Squirrel and G-Man, Happy Mondays snapped into focus on its sophomore album, 1988's Bummed. "Focus" is an odd word for the persistently addled, violently hedonistic Mondays, yet Bummed has its own peculiar drug logic, loping into view with the two-stepping "Country Song," a cut so twisted it goes far beyond irony, then settling into the dense groove of "Moving In With," its hook buzzing and circling, causing a cacophony. Such vivid, concrete textures are a hallmark of producer Martin Hannett, the Mancunian legend who has been brought on board to give the Happy Mondays direction by doing the opposite of what he did with Joy Division. His production for Unknown Pleasures was stark, austere, but Bummed is all smeared colors and harsh edges, a fistful of razors and menace cutting viciously into the subconscious. This is nasty, nightmarish music delivered with a lascivious leer by Shaun Ryder, a hallucinatory accidental poet portrayed on the album's garish cover as some kind of harlot put out to pasture. Decadence has rarely sounded as dangerous as it did in the hands of the Mondays and this is where they reveled in that debauchery, pumping out stiff psychedelic funk as Ryder spat out rhymes ...
| | M C A T Feat Manabu Oshio Beastie Life (2007) (Import)
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| | I'm Not A Gun Mirror CD (2008)
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| | Bob Kilpatrick Lord Be Glorified The Worship Songs Of Bob Kilpatr CD (2008)
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Bob Kilpatrick is a busy man! He continues his national radio program on the K-Love radio network, speaks at national conferences, produces recordings with artists like Phil Keaggy and Randy Stonehill, and is writing his first book. But just as fulfilling has been the return to his preaching roots. “I’m laying my guitar down and speaking! And I’m loving it,” says Bob. He is, after all, an ordained minister. Still, most people were introduced to the ministry of Bob Kilpatrick through his worship songs. At least two of Bob Kilpatrick’s songs are consistently listed in the “Clas¬sic” worship song category- “Lord Be Glorified” and “Here Am I (Send Me To The Nations)”. Though these songs keep popping up on the “Greatest Hits” lists, there are many other tunes for which Bob is known- “Won By One,” “Sold Out And Radical” and “I Will Not Be Ashamed” among them. His song “Bring Them Home” was sung at Mother Teresa’s funeral service in Calcutta, India (Hillary Clinton mentioned to the singer how touched she was by the song!) Bob has been in full time ministry since 1970. Over the years he has co-labored with a veritable ministry “Who’s Who”, including Dr. Jack Hayford, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, Corrie ten Boom, Michael W. Smith, dcTalk, Anne Graham Lotz, Keith Green, Phil Keaggy, Randy Stonehill and Andrae Crouch. He produces other artists ...
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