PLEASE NOTE: Our regularly scheduled "Sweet 16" feature was pre-empted yesterday due to the death of Jefferson Airplane founder Paul Kantner ...
We are now running it a day late for your enjoyment.
Forgotten Hits officially declared 2016 as "Sweet 16" ...
So, on the 16th and 29th of every month (because THIS year EVERY month has at least 29 days) we'll be doing some sort of special Sweet 16 Countdown.
Today ...
The 16 Biggest Rolling Stones Hits of the '70's, Part Two of our special January countdown. (Scroll back to January 16th to find The 16 Biggest Rolling Stones Hits of the '60's if you missed it!)
#16 - OUT OF TIME (1975)
#15 - HOT STUFF (1976)
#14 - I DON'T KNOW WHY (1975)
#13 - YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT (1973)
#12 - SHATTERED (1978)
#11 - WILD HORSES (1971)
#10 - AIN'T TOO PROUD TO BEG (1974)
#9 - HAPPY (1972)
#8 - DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO (HEARTBREAKER) 1974
#7 - IT'S ONLY ROCK AND ROLL (1974)
#6 - FOOL TO CRY (1976)
#5 - BEAST OF BURDEN (1978)
#4 - TUMBLING DICE (1972)
#3 - MISS YOU (1978)
#2 - ANGIE (1973)
#1 - BROWN SUGAR (1971)
If nothing else, this list pretty much proves that The Rolling Stones' GREATEST music came out between 1964 and 1978 ... there are some tunes on this '70's list that don't even get (or deserve) airplay anymore. And notice that even a couple of these are actually 1960's retreads ("You Can't Always Get What You Want" was the original B-Side of their 1969 chart-topper "Honky Tonk Women" ... and "Out Of Time" is a FAR inferior remix of their great 1965 album track ... which probably would have been a decent-sized hit at the time, had it been released as a single.)
Sure, they'd come back with a brand new gem every once in awhile ("Start Me Up" and "Waiting On A Friend", 1981), but The Stones didn't even chart 16 times in the '80's ... so you won't be seeing a Sweet 16 '80's countdown any time soon!
Saturday, January 30, 2016
Friday, January 29, 2016
Another Icon Gone
January has been an exceptionally rough month for classic rock and rollers ...
Paul Kantner, founder, vocalist and rhythm guitarist with Jefferson Airplane / Starship and its successor, the KBC Band, died Thursday (January 28) after suffering a heart attack earlier in the week of multiple organ failure and septic shock. The San Francisco native was 74.
The Airplane formed when Paul and Marty Balin met at a San Francisco nightclub and decided to form a folk / rock group. With the addition of guitarist Jorma Kaukonen, drummer Skip Spence (soon replaced by Spencer Dryden) and bass player Jack Casady, they came to the attention of Bill Graham, who managed and promoted the group in his Fillmore club. It was upon the replacement of original lead singer Signe Anderson with Grace Slick that the group took off, charting with "Somebody To Love" (#5 - 1967") and "White Rabbit" (#8 - 1967), both of which Grace had written and performed with her previous group, the Great Society.
Jefferson Airplane's performances at the Monterey Pop Festival, the infamous Altamont Raceway Festival and at Woodstock solidified their reputation as rock superstars. From 1969 to 1975, Paul and Grace were in a relationship, which resulted in the birth of their daughter China (nee "god"). In 1974, the name of their group was changed to Jefferson Starship and hits continued, like "Miracles" (#3 - 1975), "Count On Me" (#8 - 1976) and "Jane" (#14 - 1980).
Paul suffered a cerebral hemorrhage in 1980, but made a full recovery. The group, however, split in 1985, with Grace Slick remaining in the newly-renamed Starship, and Paul, Marty and Jack then forming the KBC Band. KBC had one chart single, "It's Not You, It's Not Me" (#89) in 1986 (while Starship went on to three #1 hits). The Airplane was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
-- Ron Smith
How sad ... Jefferson Starship are appearing at The Arcada Theatre this Saturday Night. We're told that the show will go on as planned and will now feature a special tribute to Paul Kantner. Meanwhile, The Jefferson Airplane were already scheduled to receive the 2016 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in just a couple of weeks. (February 15th) kk
FH Reader Brad Joblin tells us that he is very shaken by the loss of Paul Kantner. In fond memory, he sends us this wonderful photo he took of Paul in 2012 at The Ridgefield Playhouse in Connecticut, where Paul and Jefferson Starship played many times ... and tells us that this is truly one of his favorite photos ever taken. (Also pictured is lead female vocalist ... and Chicagoan ... Cathy Richardson, who has participated with Forgotten Hits from time to time in the past.)
Photo by Brad Joblin (c) 2012.
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I just received the very sad news about Paul Kantner.
I have my own 1978, 2012 and 2014 archive interviews with Paul.
Paul and his interview quotes will appear in my upcoming next book "1967 - The Complete Rock History of the Summer of Love" due in very early 2017.
Nameste,
Harvey Kubernik
Harvey Kubernik and Paul Kantner
I just received the very sad news about Paul Kantner.
I have my own 1978, 2012 and 2014 archive interviews with Paul.
Paul and his interview quotes will appear in my upcoming next book "1967 - The Complete Rock History of the Summer of Love" due in very early 2017.
Nameste,
Harvey Kubernik
Harvey Kubernik and Paul Kantner
C 2016 and 2010 Harvey
Kubernik
Harvey Kubernik recorded Paul Kantner in the studio and interviewed him over a dozen times for print periodicals and his own books going back to the late ‘70s.
Here are some Kubernik / Kantner archive interviews and quotes from Paul.
Paul Kantner: "Jefferson Airplane had played at the September, 1966, Monterey Jazz Festival. We were invited because we were the new hip band. They were stretching out that year, which was the nature of the times. Thank God, what a great nature. [Jimmy Rushing, Muddy Waters, Willie Mae ‘Big Mama’ Thornton, Paul Butterfield Blues Band]. When we played the Monterey Jazz Festival, [critic] Leonard Feather wrote that we sounded 'like all the delicacy and finesse of a mule knocking down a picket fence.' By the time we did the Monterey International Pop Festival in 1967, we had a record deal with RCA and an album out that we recorded in Hollywood.
"I like bouncing ideas off people who like to work together. There's a little magic in a band when people decide to put their heads and minds to one thing and it works. It becomes more than the people involved.
"With the Airplane we thought we could do it all," he says. "It was a reaction against the corporate structure trying to impose certain limits on you. We revolted against that, which was the other extreme, which is doing it totally ourselves. And it was like putting a five-year-old in an automobile reeling down the street. It may make it down the street but the car may get a few dents along the way.
Paul Kantner: "Jefferson Airplane had the fortune or misfortune of discovering Fender Twin Reverb amps and LSD in the same week while in college. That’s a great step forward. One of the reason I started a band was to meet girls. And to this day it beats giving guitar lessons at a guitar store. I did that, too.
“We went into it our normal selves. That’s why I like to leave ourselves open. Again, getting to the heart of the matter. The point is if you find something that makes you joyful take note of it. Amplify it if you can. Tell other people about it. That’s what San Francisco was about. Both musically, idealistically, and metaphorically and every other way. That’s what we did here.”
Paul Kantner: "We put it out in the universe and see where it lands. Sometimes you keep a little control over where it lands more often than not. I like things going out connecting with other things. I’m very much on collaboration as a writer and a player. I like collaborating. I like the friction that happens and the fire that occurs as a result of that friction that comes out in music in other way that comes from collaborating in other levels. There was a message there but we didn’t blare it out. We just tried to show by example what you could get away with basically. We tried to propose a real alternate quantum. And did.
Harvey Kubernik recorded Paul Kantner in the studio and interviewed him over a dozen times for print periodicals and his own books going back to the late ‘70s.
Here are some Kubernik / Kantner archive interviews and quotes from Paul.
Paul Kantner: "Jefferson Airplane had played at the September, 1966, Monterey Jazz Festival. We were invited because we were the new hip band. They were stretching out that year, which was the nature of the times. Thank God, what a great nature. [Jimmy Rushing, Muddy Waters, Willie Mae ‘Big Mama’ Thornton, Paul Butterfield Blues Band]. When we played the Monterey Jazz Festival, [critic] Leonard Feather wrote that we sounded 'like all the delicacy and finesse of a mule knocking down a picket fence.' By the time we did the Monterey International Pop Festival in 1967, we had a record deal with RCA and an album out that we recorded in Hollywood.
"I like bouncing ideas off people who like to work together. There's a little magic in a band when people decide to put their heads and minds to one thing and it works. It becomes more than the people involved.
"With the Airplane we thought we could do it all," he says. "It was a reaction against the corporate structure trying to impose certain limits on you. We revolted against that, which was the other extreme, which is doing it totally ourselves. And it was like putting a five-year-old in an automobile reeling down the street. It may make it down the street but the car may get a few dents along the way.
Paul Kantner: "Jefferson Airplane had the fortune or misfortune of discovering Fender Twin Reverb amps and LSD in the same week while in college. That’s a great step forward. One of the reason I started a band was to meet girls. And to this day it beats giving guitar lessons at a guitar store. I did that, too.
“We went into it our normal selves. That’s why I like to leave ourselves open. Again, getting to the heart of the matter. The point is if you find something that makes you joyful take note of it. Amplify it if you can. Tell other people about it. That’s what San Francisco was about. Both musically, idealistically, and metaphorically and every other way. That’s what we did here.”
Paul Kantner: "We put it out in the universe and see where it lands. Sometimes you keep a little control over where it lands more often than not. I like things going out connecting with other things. I’m very much on collaboration as a writer and a player. I like collaborating. I like the friction that happens and the fire that occurs as a result of that friction that comes out in music in other way that comes from collaborating in other levels. There was a message there but we didn’t blare it out. We just tried to show by example what you could get away with basically. We tried to propose a real alternate quantum. And did.
"Enjoying our day. And that’s all we tried to put across.
On our first U.S. tour we were in cities where all the kids came in prom gowns and tuxedos. Then we came back to Iowa a year later and they were having nude mud love-ins and everybody had their faces painted."
Paul Kantner: "I wrote just regular songs and then got a little out there like we all did on ‘After Bathing At Baxter’s.’ Still one of my favorite albums just for the stretch that went from ‘Surrealistic Pillow’ to ‘Baxter’s.’ We just went to the inth degree. As such, it is a rather difficult and faulted album. Many faults on it, But the push and the drift and the pail is what I enjoy about that album. There’s all sorts of stuff on it. Mistakes become part of the arrangement. As jazz people used to say. Or as Jorma used to say, ‘when you make a mistake on a guitar repeat it.’ Everybody thinks it’s part of the arrangement.”
Paul Kantner: "In 1966, 67 there was all sorts of music going on. That became that because of what we did in San Francisco and encouraged Bill Graham. He really had all those strange combination of acts on the bill. We didn’t think of them as opening acts. We just thought of them as other acts that are really good. We encouraged Bill to book them.”
Paul Kantner: "As far as San Francisco being suspect of L.A. and Hollywood people, we always tried to get above that if possible as a general rule. People didn’t like the Doors. ‘Cause they were from L.A. (laughs). I rejected the suspicions of L.A. as a general rule. I throughly enjoyed L.A. and New York. I could make myself comfortable in either one of those cities. I liked San Francisco a lot.
“So many things were going on you didn’t take that kind of notice of them. You just assumed that was going on. All right! And go with it. We didn’t analyze it. We didn’t think to wonder about it. It was just another thing that was going on along with the music, the clothes, the book stores, the poets, the artists, there was a plethora of things and you did not have time basically to take it all in. It existed. It’s part of a whole.
“In San Francisco we had no restrictions. We never thought about being in an independent record label for cred. It came to us. All we had to do was roll with it. I liken it to white water rafting. There was so much going on you didn’t worry about what was around the next curve. Or what are you going to do on the third curve. ‘Cause you are right in the river.”
Here's how The San Francisco Chronicle and Rolling Stone Magazine covered the news ...
http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/jefferson-airplane%E2%80%99s-paul-kantner-dies-at-74/ar-BBoPIdg?ocid=ansmsnent11
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jefferson-airplane-guitarist-paul-kantner-dead-at-74-20160128
Thursday, January 28, 2016
31 years ago today the final montage of superstar vocals were added to the back-up recording track of "We Are The World".
Many of the musicians came right to the studio after The American Music Awards were finished. The song, written by Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson, was inspired by the recent Band Aid hit "Do They Know It's Christmas", another fund-raising venture recorded in The UK.
Under the banner "USA For Africa", the record would go on to sell in excess of 20 million copies. For those of us who lived it, that video is forever etched in our minds. It would top the US Chart for four weeks.
Soloists featured on the record included (in order of their appearance) Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Kenny Rogers, James Ingram, Tina Turner, Billy Joel, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Willie Nelson, Al Jarreau, Bruce Springsteen, Kenny Loggins, Steve Perry, Daryl Hall, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper, Kim Carnes, Bob Dylan and Ray Charles. Each was selected for the pure uniqueness of their voice.
Back-up vocalists included Michael Jackson's siblings Randy, Tito, Jackie, LaToya, The Pointer Sisters (Anita, June and Ruth), Lindsay Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac, Bette Midler, John Oates, Smokey Robinson, Sheila E, Harry Belafonte (whose idea it was to record something to raise funds for African Relief in the first place), Bob Geldoff (who organized the Band Aid single several months earlier), Waylon Jennings, Jeffrey Osborne and Dan Aykroyd from Saturday Night Live.
One year after the record's release, organizers announced that proceeds from record sales of the single and other donations had raised 44.5 million dollars ... it would pass their original goal of $50 million by October of the following year.
25 years later a brand new version was recorded by contemporary artists to raise funds for the victims of the huge Haiti earthquake that left over 1.2 million people homeless.
Monday, January 25, 2016
Monday Morning Catch-Up
re: Up-Coming
Shows:
We haven't done a show update in awhile ...
Here are some upcoming concerts you may
find of interest ...
The Box Tops will be at Potowatomi Casino in Milwaukee with
Felix Cavaliere on January 29th
And on February 6th at the Peabody Auditorium in
Daytona Beach with Gary Puckett, The Lovin' Spoonful, Dennis
Tufano and more.
Keep up to date with all their latest appearances via the
official Box Tops website ... http://boxtops.com/bttour.htm
And be sure to catch The New Colony Six at Durty Nellie's Pub
in Palatine, IL, on Saturday, February 27th.
If you check out their concerts page you'll see that a lot of
the acts they book at Durty Nellies are copy / tribute bands like Hi-Infidelity
and 7th Heaven ... this is a chance to come out and see THE REAL DEAL ... the
very first Chicago band to make their mark on the national charts when "I
Confess" debuted in late 1965.
The New Colony Six (with special guest Ronnie Rice) will also
be part of the two Cornerstones of Rock shows planned for Chicago ... March 19th
at The Arcada Theatre (now sold out!) in St. Charles and May 1st at The North
Shore Center For Performing Arts in Skokie. (Better hurry ... tickets are going
fast for this one, too!) Also on the bill ... The Ides Of March, The Shadows of
Knight, The Cryan' Shames and The Buckinghams (with special guest Dennis
Tufano), Rick Derringer, a tribute to Gary Loizzo and The American Breed, and
more.
In fact, you'll find a LOT of great shows coming
up at The Arcada ... check out the partial list below ... and then be sure to
visit the website for more ticket information ... www.oshows.com.
(Ron Onesti has even booked Dr. Demento for an appearance!!!
I've just GOT to see THAT one!!!)
Jefferson Starship - January 30th
Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night) and Mark Farner (Grand Funk
Railroad) - February 13th
Creedence Clearwater Revisited - February 20th (featuring Stu
Cook and Doug Clifford from the original Creedence Clearwater Revival
band)
March 13th - Tommy Roe and Chris Montez
Blue Oyster Cult - March 25th
April 8th - '80's Night with The Smithereens, The Tubes and The
Motels
April 9th - Steven Wright, one of my favorites
April 14th - Don Williams
April 16th - Randy Bachman
Crystal Gayle - May 6th
The Alan Parsons Live Project - May 7th
Frankie Avalon - May 8th
May 13th - The Orchestra (featuring former members of
ELO)
Paul Anka - May 19th
June 4th - Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone
Debby Boone - July 10th
July 14th - Don Felder
Rita Coolidge - July 17th
Tower Of Power - July 29th
September 16th - Norm McDonald
September 24th - Tommy James and the Shondells
The Stylistics - October 7th
Gallagher - October 21st
October 23rd - Little Anthony and the Imperials (GREAT
show!)
Dr. Demento - October 27th
November 3rd - Charlie Daniels
November 6th - Johnny Rivers
New shows added weekly ... vist the OShows website
often!
Alice Cooper is coming to The Star Plaza Theater on May 5th.
Dennis DeYoung, performing the music of Styx, appears at The Star Plaza on May
7th ... and, if you hurry, you can still get tickets to see the "Salute to the
'60's" show there on January 30th, featuring Herman's Hermits, starring Peter
Noone, The Buckinghams and The Grass Roots.
DeYoung also appears at The Genesee Theatre on February 13th.
Wynonna Judd makes some "Big Noise" on January 30th. Noone and The
Buckinghams have another area show at The Genesee Theatre on February 19th. You
can catch Joel McHale there on February 26th ... "The Price Is Right" live on
March 5th and Jerry Seinfeld on March 19th
re: And New Releases:
Santana will
release their highly anticipated album Santana IV with the return of the band's original
lineup.
Carlos Santana (guitar, vocals), Gregg Rolie (keyboards, lead vocals), Neal Schon (guitar, vocals), Michael Carabello (percussion) and Michael Shrieve (drums) have come back together for the first time in 45 years to record what is, essentially, their follow-up to Santana, Abraxas and Santana III. All three of the original albums went two-times platinum while Abraxas achieved three-times.
Santana IV features 16 all-new tracks written and produced by the band that burst with the same unparalleled energy and musicianship that made Santana a pioneering force in world music and a household name across the globe. Joining the core Santana IV band in the studio are current Santana members Karl Perazzo (percussion) and Benny Rietveld (bass), with the legendary vocalist Ronald Isley guesting on two cuts.
The origins for the reunion go back several years when Schon suggested that he and Carlos Santana record together. Santana liked the idea but went one better, proposing that they recruit Rolie, Shrieve and Carabello for what would be called Santana IV. After initial writing sessions and rehearsals took place in 2013, the group recorded throughout 2014 and 2015, amassing 16 spellbinding tracks that combined all their signature elements – Afro-Latin rhythms, soaring vocals, electrifying blues-psychedelic guitar solos, and irrepressibly jubilant percussion work – with widescreen hooks and melodies that will lodge themselves in the thicket of listeners' senses and stay there.
"It was magical," Santana says. "We didn't have to try to force the vibe – it was immense. From there, we then needed to come up with a balance of songs and jams that people would immediately identify as Santana."
The band's signature sound arrives forcefully on the album opener Yambu, a righteously gritty and soulful stomper teeming with swirling B3 organ hooks and walloping guitar crunch.
The first single, Anywhere You Want to Go, is destined to storm the pantheon of Santana classics. Written by Gregg Rolie, it's a sexy, body-shaking winner and an unmistakable tip of the hat to the inescapable cha-cha/Latin jazz charms of Oye Como Va.
Ronald Isley (The Isley Brothers) is a special guest on two tracks. His vocals highlight the feverishly impassioned Latin-rock workout Love Makes the World Go Round and the hard-edged and funky Freedom in Your Mind. Guitar fans expecting fireworks from Santana and Schon will cherish Santana IV from front to back. All Aboard is a no-holds-barred guitar jam of the highest order, as is the slinky, soulful metal cruncher Caminando, which explodes with tectonic axe force. And on the unabashedly British blues-tinged Shake It, the two go toe to toe on not one but two extended solo runs that will have lovers of unhinged fretboard work rejoicing.
"Carlos and I feel more connected than ever," says Schon. "We get super-aggressive when we play, but also melodic and poetic. We have an incredible dialog with each other on our guitars."
Santana's recurring themes of love and tolerance are common threads throughout Santana IV, most dramatically on the epic tone poem album closer Forgiveness, a languid and breathtakingly gorgeous atmospheric groover.
Music fans familiar with the "roaring lion" artwork on Santana's 1969 debut album will instantly greet Heather Griffin-Vine's graphic for Santana IV as a gloriously realized update of that iconic image. "I really think the music goes along with the cover, and vice versa," says Santana. "It all fits together beautifully."
Carlos Santana (guitar, vocals), Gregg Rolie (keyboards, lead vocals), Neal Schon (guitar, vocals), Michael Carabello (percussion) and Michael Shrieve (drums) have come back together for the first time in 45 years to record what is, essentially, their follow-up to Santana, Abraxas and Santana III. All three of the original albums went two-times platinum while Abraxas achieved three-times.
Santana IV features 16 all-new tracks written and produced by the band that burst with the same unparalleled energy and musicianship that made Santana a pioneering force in world music and a household name across the globe. Joining the core Santana IV band in the studio are current Santana members Karl Perazzo (percussion) and Benny Rietveld (bass), with the legendary vocalist Ronald Isley guesting on two cuts.
The origins for the reunion go back several years when Schon suggested that he and Carlos Santana record together. Santana liked the idea but went one better, proposing that they recruit Rolie, Shrieve and Carabello for what would be called Santana IV. After initial writing sessions and rehearsals took place in 2013, the group recorded throughout 2014 and 2015, amassing 16 spellbinding tracks that combined all their signature elements – Afro-Latin rhythms, soaring vocals, electrifying blues-psychedelic guitar solos, and irrepressibly jubilant percussion work – with widescreen hooks and melodies that will lodge themselves in the thicket of listeners' senses and stay there.
"It was magical," Santana says. "We didn't have to try to force the vibe – it was immense. From there, we then needed to come up with a balance of songs and jams that people would immediately identify as Santana."
The band's signature sound arrives forcefully on the album opener Yambu, a righteously gritty and soulful stomper teeming with swirling B3 organ hooks and walloping guitar crunch.
The first single, Anywhere You Want to Go, is destined to storm the pantheon of Santana classics. Written by Gregg Rolie, it's a sexy, body-shaking winner and an unmistakable tip of the hat to the inescapable cha-cha/Latin jazz charms of Oye Como Va.
Ronald Isley (The Isley Brothers) is a special guest on two tracks. His vocals highlight the feverishly impassioned Latin-rock workout Love Makes the World Go Round and the hard-edged and funky Freedom in Your Mind. Guitar fans expecting fireworks from Santana and Schon will cherish Santana IV from front to back. All Aboard is a no-holds-barred guitar jam of the highest order, as is the slinky, soulful metal cruncher Caminando, which explodes with tectonic axe force. And on the unabashedly British blues-tinged Shake It, the two go toe to toe on not one but two extended solo runs that will have lovers of unhinged fretboard work rejoicing.
"Carlos and I feel more connected than ever," says Schon. "We get super-aggressive when we play, but also melodic and poetic. We have an incredible dialog with each other on our guitars."
Santana's recurring themes of love and tolerance are common threads throughout Santana IV, most dramatically on the epic tone poem album closer Forgiveness, a languid and breathtakingly gorgeous atmospheric groover.
Music fans familiar with the "roaring lion" artwork on Santana's 1969 debut album will instantly greet Heather Griffin-Vine's graphic for Santana IV as a gloriously realized update of that iconic image. "I really think the music goes along with the cover, and vice versa," says Santana. "It all fits together beautifully."
Few bands can pick up a musical dialog after 45 years
apart, but on Santana IV, each
band member reaches a new level of virtuosity and communal intuition on a
collection of songs that easily stands side-by-side with the group's treasured
early work.
"When you can go back and break new ground with joy and determination – and some whoop-ass energy – it gets you going," says Santana. "I think we achieved something very rare. This music was screaming to come out of us. It wasn't about nostalgia. It was about passion."
Santana IV will be released on April 15, on Santana IV Records and is distributed by Thirty Tigers/RED Distribution. It will be available for pre-order on Amazon in CD, Double 180 Gram Vinyl with Download Card and Digital configurations.
As a special offer for fans attending select shows on Santana's upcoming Luminosity tour, a CD copy of Santana IV is included with every pair of tickets.
"When you can go back and break new ground with joy and determination – and some whoop-ass energy – it gets you going," says Santana. "I think we achieved something very rare. This music was screaming to come out of us. It wasn't about nostalgia. It was about passion."
Santana IV will be released on April 15, on Santana IV Records and is distributed by Thirty Tigers/RED Distribution. It will be available for pre-order on Amazon in CD, Double 180 Gram Vinyl with Download Card and Digital configurations.
As a special offer for fans attending select shows on Santana's upcoming Luminosity tour, a CD copy of Santana IV is included with every pair of tickets.
Some GREAT new releases coming from Eric Records / Hit Parade
Records / Complete 60s in the next week or two ...
Check out all the info below ... and use the links to listen to
free samples of all your favorites, many in stereo for the very first time!
(kk)
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Hi Kent.
These upcoming Eric / Hit Parade /
Complete 60s CD releases are worth noting for all the great "new" stereo
mixes.
Santi in Miami
Santi in Miami
Yes ... click on the links and listen to the samples on their
website ... good stuff! (kk)
BURT
BACHARACH ~ A LIFE
IN SONG
AN
INCREDIBLE NIGHT OF MUSIC CELEBRATING THE LEGACY OF AN ICON
FILMED AT
LONDON’S ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL IN 2015
RELEASED
ON FEBRUARY 26, 2016, BY EAGLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT IN
DVD,
BLU-RAY AND DIGITAL FORMATS
New York, NY
(January 21, 2016) -- “Walk On By”; ”What The World Needs Now”; “Do You Know The
Way To San Jose?”; “The Look Of Love”; “I Say A Little Prayer”; “A House Is Not
A Home”. What would the world be without these
songs?
Composer /
producer / pianist / singer Burt Bacharach defined the art of
songwriting, crafting timeless music that captivated, inspired, and cemented his
legacy into history’s songbook.
On February
26, 2016, Eagle Rock Entertainment will release A
Life In Song - a concert film celebrating the life and
career of Burt Bacharach, featuring performances by Joss Stone, Justin
Hayward, Alfie Boe, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Shaun
Escoffery, Rebecca Ferguson, Michael Kiwanuka, and Laura
Mvula. This recording, which will be released on DVD, Blu-ray, and Digital
Formats, was produced and recorded by BBC Events
Production.
Filmed at
London’s Royal Festival Hall in 2015, A Life In Song presents
on-stage conversations between Burt Bacharach and Michael Grade
traversing different aspects of his years in music, interspersed with
performances of many of his best loved songs by a diverse cast of artists. The
evening culminates in a medley of some of Bacharach’s most famous film
songs performed by the man himself and his band, and a performance of “That’s
What Friends Are For” featuring the entire evening’s
cast.
Originally
broadcast on BBC4 in November 2015, the DVD presents three additional bonus
tracks not seen in the original program: “Be Aware” – Josie James,
“Waiting For Charlie” – Donna Taylor and “God Give Me Strength” – John
Pagano.
A Life In Song is not only a fascinating tribute and
testament to Burt Bacharach’s talent but also an enormously entertaining
show in its own right.
Click here
to preview “I Say A Little Prayer”, performed by Rebecca Ferguson
- http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k6AA58iuct0wuYeWsR8
Vanilla Fudge drummer Carmine Appice boldly declares Spirit Of
‘67 to be “the best album we’ve done since our very first album. Great vocal
arrangements and instrumental performances from everyone in the band!” Founding
member and lead vocalist and keyboardist Mark Stein agrees saying, “Spirit Of
’67 is a record that I’m proud of. The success of Vanilla Fudge has always been
based on our interpretations of songs by great artists. Our style of classic and
symphonic rock lives large on this effort, and the performances and arrangements
I would hope will be enjoyed by both old and new fans alike.”
To
hear what these guys are raving about, check out the band’s piano heavy take on
The Box Tops’ “The Letter” as well as the heaving, guitar fuzz version of
Spencer Davis Group’s “Gimme Some Lovin’.” As founding guitarist Vinny Martell
puts it, “Spirit Of ’67 is the continuation of the journey we began in the
Summer of Love -- psychedelic, rhythmically powerful arrangements and
performances of happening tunes of that era colored by the insight and vision of
who we are today.” Likewise, Sprit Of ’67 itself is both an album about a
specific time period yet demonstrates the timelessness of truly great
songs.
TO
PURCHASE THE VANILLA FUDGE Spirit of '67 album, please visit: http://flyt.it/vanillafudgespiritof67
Vanilla Fudge official website: http://www.vanillafudge.com/
Take Flight With Hard Rock Heroes UFO In A Super Deluxe Box
Set Of Vintage Live Performances From The Early
‘80s!
Los Angeles, CA - They shot across the ‘70s night sky, all
flashing lights and roaring engines, streaking through Japan and Germany (where
they abducted 18-year old Scorpion guitarist Michael Schenker) before descending
on the UK and eventually American shores with a series of brilliant hard rock
singles including “Lights Out,” “Too Hot To Handle,” “Doctor Doctor,” “Only You
Can Rock Me” and many more now ubiquitous radio staples. Though Schenker would
depart in 1978, the rest of the band including founding members vocalist Phil
Mogg, bassist Pete Way, and drummer Andy Parker alongside lead guitarist Paul
Chapman retooled their spaceship and carried on into the early ‘80s dropping
such influential classics as No Place To Run, The Wild, The Willing
& The Innocent, and Mechanix.
Now, comes Live Sightings, a magnificent 4CD box set
featuring vintage live performances from the early ‘80s that finds Mogg &
Co. blasting through highlights from those 3 crucial records such as “No Place
To Run,” “Lonely Heart,” and “We Belong To The Night,” and seamlessly blending
them in with the group’s more well-known spawn. Boasting 4CDs each in its own
mini jacket with printed inner sleeve, this extraordinary box set also features
a lavish 12”x12” 16-page booklet with full color photos and extensive liner
notes plus two carefully duplicated printings of vintage tour programs. There’s
even a special bonus live LP from 1972 of the only known recordings of guitarist
Larry Wallis (Pink Fairies / Motörhead)! Fans of UFO and early hard rock will
not want to miss this incredible piece of music history. Launch date is February
5 courtesy of Cleopatra Records!
Track List:
DISC 1: Chicago 1980
1. Lettin' Go
2. Young Blood
3. No Place to Run
4. Cherry
5. Only You Can Rock Me
6. Love to Love
7. Mystery Train
8. Doctor Doctor
9. Too Hot to Handle
10. Lights Out
11. Rock Bottom
12. Shoot Shoot
DISC 2: Chicago 1981
1. The Wild, The Willing & The Innocent
2. Only You Can Rock Me
3. Long Gone
4. Lonely Heart
5. Cherry
6. No Place to Run
7. Love to Love
8. Making Moves
9. Mystery Train
10. Too Hot to Handle
11. Lights Out
12. Rock Bottom
13. Doctor Doctor
DISC 3: St Louis 1982
1. We Belong to the Night
2. Let It Rain
3. Long Gone
4. No Place to Run
5. The Wild, The Willing & The
Innocent
6. Only You Can Rock Me
7. Terri
8. Making Moves
9. Doing It All For You
10. Too Hot To Handle
11. Lights Out
12. Mystery Train
DISC 4: Cleveland 1982
1. We Belong To The Night
2. Let It Rain
3. Long Gone
4. The Wild, The Willing And The
Innocent
5. Only You Can Rock Me
6. Terri
7. Doing It All For You
8. Too Hot to Handle
9. Lights Out
LP 1: Early Flight - 1972
SIDE A
1. Silver Bird
2. Galactic Love
3. C’mon Everybody
4. Boogie For George
SIDE B
1. Back In The USA
2. Mean Woman Blues
3. Stop Breakin' Down Blues
4. Johnny B. Goode
Buy the box set: http://flyt.it/UFOBoxCD
Download on iTunes: http://flyt.it/UFOBoxDig
CLEOPATRA RECORDS, Inc.
11041 Santa Monica Blvd #703
Los Angeles CA 90025
“HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME”
SINGER MEL CARTER RELEASES NEW 12
SONG ALBUM
Mel Carter, who topped the
charts in 1965 with the ultimate version of “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me,” is
kicking off the New Year with the CD release of “Mel Carter Continues
...”
The 12 song CD, recorded in
Los Angeles,
is a collection of ballads, rhythm & blues, and big band songs. One of the
highlights from the new disc is a duet Carter sings with his long-time friend,
Lenny “Since I Fell For You”
Welch.
The tune they perform
together, “The Legends of Rock and Roll,” was written by Carter. The two
vocalists have sung the ditty during engagements in Vegas and have now made it
available as a recording.
The CD is available at www.Mel-Carter.com.
Every CD will be
autographed by Mel. Each buyer will also be sent a link to two exclusive full
length interviews with Mel. One of the video interviews also includes Lenny
Welch.
The disc includes Mel’s unique
take on covers he’s always wanted to record, some originals penned by Carter,
and Mel’s memorable take on the traditional “He’s Got the Whole World in His
Hands.”
Carter has received critical
praise in recent years for his two performances on PBS-TV’s music fund raising
drives.
re: The Wrecking
Crew:
Hi Kent,
I don't think I've asked this question here so maybe this will
help me.
The tribute band I'm in is going to do a tribute to The
Wrecking Crew in April.
Wondering if anyone knows of a good place to find a list of
songs the members of The Crew played on either the hits, or maybe pieces done
for movies and tv?
I'm sure we can come up with a list, but wondering if one
exists that would maybe show some things that we'd have overlooked.
If anyone would know I figure The Forgotten Hits folks
would.
Thanks.
Bill
I don't
know if there's any one source that truly lists them all ... but a good place to
start is the soundtrack cd released to coincide with the film. There were
literally THOUSANDS of sessions that featured at least two or three key members
of The Wrecking Crew ... it'd be virtually impossible to list them all ... but
you're right ... in addition to the hundreds of records they recorded that raced
up the charts, they also did a TON of soundtrack session work, both for movies
and television.
Here's a
starting point for you ... might as well stick with the music your audience will
most recognize! (kk)
http://www.amazon.com/Wrecking-Crew/dp/B011TK2G4C/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1453573731&sr=1-2&keywords=the+wrecking+crew
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrecking_Crew_(music)
Keep in
mind that these are VERY edited lists ... odds are when they did a session for a
particular recording artist, they recorded tracks for the whole LP ... and not
just an isolated hit single here and there. If you don't already have a copy of
the DVD, pick one up ... you'll be glad that you did. Plus you'll get several
other ideas just be listening to the music in the background. (kk) http://www.amazon.com/Wrecking-Crew-Beach-Boys/dp/B00UHJ7F4S/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1453573958&sr=1-1&keywords=the+wrecking+crew
And, of
course, one of the most FAMOUS members of The Wrecking Crew was Glen Campbell
... who we featured on the site the other day performing a Beach Boys medley ...
Hey Kent,
Thanks so much for including the video of Glen Campbell's Beach Boys medley. The first time I saw The Beach Boys was when Glen was touring with the band. Midway through the concert, Mike Love introduced Campbell to the audience. Then, the guys played Glen's rendition of Roger Miller's, "Dang Me". Since the concert was in December, Glen decided to change one of the lyric lines to, "Roses are red, violets are bluish. If it wasn't for Christmas, we'd all be Jewish!" Can you imagine the flack he'd have to take, if he sang that today? Of course, he didn't mean anything by it, but I still think it's funny.
- John LaPuzza
re: This And That:
A billion dollars couldn't bring them back together ... but a well-cooked meal did the trick.
All four members of ABBA reunited to celebrate the opening of Bjorn's brand new Mamma Mia Restaurant in Stockholm ...
Vintage Vinyl News files this story ...
The four members of ABBA, Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Fältskog and Bjorn Ulvaeus, were together again on Wednesday for the opening of Bjorn’s new business venture.
Bjorn has opened a theater-restaurant in Stockholm based on and named after Mamma Mia.
Visitors to the venue get to role-play the Mamma Mia story, staff are dressed as Mamma Mia characters and the night also features a new adaptation of the story by Ulvaeus. Ulvaeus said earlier that he had invited the three other members of ABBA to the opening but did not know until the night if they would come. The four ABBA members then mixed with the 130 specials guests and occasional fans who managed to score an invitation.
The last time all four members of ABBA were photographed together was in London in 2008 for the premiere of the movie Mamma Mia. Bjorn, Benny and Anni-Frid (Frida) were together for the opening of the ABBA Museum in Stockholm in 2013 but Agnetha was out of the country
promoting her latest album.
Kent ...
Look what I just bought.
Frank B.
OK, now THAT's pretty cool!!! (kk)
Thanks so much for including the video of Glen Campbell's Beach Boys medley. The first time I saw The Beach Boys was when Glen was touring with the band. Midway through the concert, Mike Love introduced Campbell to the audience. Then, the guys played Glen's rendition of Roger Miller's, "Dang Me". Since the concert was in December, Glen decided to change one of the lyric lines to, "Roses are red, violets are bluish. If it wasn't for Christmas, we'd all be Jewish!" Can you imagine the flack he'd have to take, if he sang that today? Of course, he didn't mean anything by it, but I still think it's funny.
- John LaPuzza
re: This And That:
A billion dollars couldn't bring them back together ... but a well-cooked meal did the trick.
All four members of ABBA reunited to celebrate the opening of Bjorn's brand new Mamma Mia Restaurant in Stockholm ...
Vintage Vinyl News files this story ...
The four members of ABBA, Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Fältskog and Bjorn Ulvaeus, were together again on Wednesday for the opening of Bjorn’s new business venture.
Bjorn has opened a theater-restaurant in Stockholm based on and named after Mamma Mia.
Visitors to the venue get to role-play the Mamma Mia story, staff are dressed as Mamma Mia characters and the night also features a new adaptation of the story by Ulvaeus. Ulvaeus said earlier that he had invited the three other members of ABBA to the opening but did not know until the night if they would come. The four ABBA members then mixed with the 130 specials guests and occasional fans who managed to score an invitation.
The last time all four members of ABBA were photographed together was in London in 2008 for the premiere of the movie Mamma Mia. Bjorn, Benny and Anni-Frid (Frida) were together for the opening of the ABBA Museum in Stockholm in 2013 but Agnetha was out of the country
promoting her latest album.
Kent ...
Look what I just bought.
OK, now THAT's pretty cool!!! (kk)
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