18 groovin' lounge tracks, many 70s and several 2010s. I'd say mostly rare sans the Yellow Sharks' "Joy Bells" for one. Favs include Ernesto Brancucci's "Dream Island," Broken Lamps' "Halls of Time," Ivan Basilio e i Sergowa's "Rio Indio" and Alex Puddu's "The Rope" with the borrowed/similar bass run/riff off Led Zep's How Many More Times. It works for me. Enjoy!
Mostly 70s, a few 60s and 80s. The majority are a mix of (film) scores, ambience, etc., so don't expect any rockin', hoppin', havin'-a-good-ol'-time, dance tracks. You could either mix it up with other mixes, or play through for an eerie listen. Anyway, the usual names of the genre including Johnny Hawksworth, Syd Dale, Alan Hawkshaw, Brian Bennett, etc. Enjoy!
More gems, more rarities. 20 tracks, mostly 60s & 70s with a few 50s (Tommy Steele's "Cannibal Pot," The Blazers' "Witch Doctor," and The Starlighters' "Creepin'"), one from '88 (Franco Piersanti's "Il Nido del Ragno (Seq. 18)" from the film, The Spider Labyrinth) and a couple 90s (4 Flops' "Trick or Treat" and Robert Walsh's "Ghoul's Dance"). Enjoy!
Pol, over at his blog, "What's the Connection?" mentioned my posts regarding Canadian music (check out his Kim Mitchell/Max Webster mix here - "Webster Pick" ), and wouldn't you just know it, I had to once again dig out some great classic Canadian tracks. Many rare outside the border. Check out Gino Vannelli's "Jack Miraculous." This was before you've heard the bg music to Mario Kart/Mario Party, and elevator music on speed. Yeah, you gotta check it out.
Valdy's "Peter & Lou" - a big favorite. Steel River's "Ten Pound Note" sounds like The Band, or so I thought many years back. The same deal with Ginette Reno's "Beautiful Second Hand Man" - I thought either Marilyn McCoo or Petula Clark.
Toby Swann's "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" - you guessed it, a rockin'/punkified version of the well endeared Wizard of Oz tune. Murray McLauchlan's "The Farmer's Song" - I still listen to it from time to time, for that lump in throat feeling. 18 tracks, all 70s sans a couple of early 80s. Mostly pop rock. Enjoy!
Many deep cuts, 16 in all. Psych, blues rock, hard rock, a bit of heavy acid rock, etc. Bands include US's Whalefeathers, & Corpus, Germany's Baumstam, France's Les Variations, Canada's Wanka, & Emerald City, Netherland's Cosmic Dealer, UK's The Way We Live, and more. Enjoy!
All 70s sans one track (Luis Bacalov's 67's "A ciascuno il suo (rhythm version)"). Alan Moorhouse, Klaus Weiss, Alan Parker, Gianni Ferrio, Piero Umiliani, Luigi Zito, Keith Mansfield, etc. The usual great artists. Enjoy!
20 tracks of rockin' and some groovin' library/lounge tracks, all 70s sans 69's "Relax in Blues" by Giuliano Sorgini, and 1980's "Place Here #3" by Neil Amsterdam. Big favs in Klaus Weiss' "Morning 2," Gert Wilden & Orchestra's "Dirty Boy" and Tony Tape's "Open Road." All good tracks by Franco Micalizzi, Alberto Baldan Bembo, Alan Moorhouse, José Roberto Bertrami, Remigio Ducros, and many others. Enjoy!
I must be desperate with the horny subtitles, lol. 18 smooth and sexy lounge tracks, from '66 to '80. Arawak's "Accadde a tutti noi," The Mystic Moods Orchestra's "Down Easy" and Alessandro Alessandroni's "Vele al vento" are big favs, especially the latter. Luciano Simoncini, Piero Piccioni, Alan Parker, Remigio Ducros, Ennio Morricone, Syd Dale, and others. Enjoy!
Music that makes you horny? If that's the case, then you'll need to see a psychiatrist, lol. 20 tracks, all library/lounge grooves sans, Georgia Gibbs' 1952's "Kiss of Fire" (pop & tango), and Curt Boettcher's late 60s sunshine-y "Christina, In My Dreams."
My favorite (a big favorite) is Armando Trovaioli's "Angola adeus." Also a few covers including The 18th Century Corporation's "This Guy's in Love with You" and Baker Street Philharmonic's great (yes, I love it) take on "Here, There and Everywhere." Syd Dale, Luciano Simoncini, Franco Micalizzi, Helmuth Brandenburg, etc. Lots of good stuff. Enjoy!
NOTE: I used a wrong text font for back cover (incorrect display of symbols, ampersands, diacritics, accents, etc) that's included in the file. The correct cover is in this post. If desired, just delete the back cover and right-click>save the back cover in post.
18 tracks, mostly 60s & 70s with a couple of 50s (Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers' "Hot Banana (instrumental)" and Bill Haley & His Comets' "Hot Dog Buddy Buddy"), three 80s (Robbie Dupree's "Hot Rod Hearts," Triumph's "Hot Time (In This City Tonight)" and Loverboy's "Hot Girls in Love"), and one 00s (Glam Sam and His Combo's "Hot!"). Nothing cold here, all hot including The Rimshots' "A Hot Day in Harlem," Little Richard's "Hot Nuts," etc. Enjoy!
Hey folks! Long time, no see! I've been busy, really busy. Anyway, got a cool Christmas mix with lots of groove, soul, funky-jazz and the like. Well, except one track - a rockabilly, early rocker. I just couldn't find the time (aka too lazy) to replace it, but it's all good.
16 unsung and/or rare tracks. The highlight would be Skafish's 10-minute plus "We Three Kings Fusion." Other favs in The Poets' "Merry Christmas Baby," Binky Griptite's "Stone Soul Christmas," Sparkplug's "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and The Ramsey Lewis Trio's "The Sound of Christmas." They're all good. Merry Christmas!
Gotta get back to seventies funk. A mix of vocals and instrumentals. Big favs O'Donel Levy's "Bad, Bad, Simba," The Nite-Liters' "Cowboy," Jack McDuff's "Moon Rappin'," Niagara's "Kikiriti," Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul's "Give Me Back My Freedom" and Charles Kynard's "Greeze." They're all good. Enjoy!
Originally not intended for the series, but I had several tracks drawing data dust still awaiting for eons and noticed many with female vocals. I wouldn't necessarily call the tunes the cream of the crop, but most are deeper album cuts. A bit of folk, soft rock, soft prog, pop and funky soul. Standouts include the alternate version of "Hold a Candle to This" by The Pretenders, Melissa Manchester's "Pretty Girls," Fanny's "Soul Child" and Gloria Jones' "Baby Don'tcha Know (I'm Bleeding for You)." Also, Frumpy's "Keep on Going," Mother Superior's "Mood Merchant" and one of the best versions of the Fab Four's, albeit aptly titled, "I Saw Him Standing There" by Maggie Bell. Enjoy!
The fifth volume in the series. As usual, a mix of heavy, regular and unleaded psych, prog, hard but not too hard, etc. 16 unsung tracks and all great; Stark Naked's "Iceberg," Haystacks Balboa's "Spoiler," Charlies' "Tuesday Song" and Life's "Headhunter Blues" to name a few. Enjoy!
A mix of heavy, regular and unleaded psych, prog, hard but not too hard, etc. 16 unsung tracks and all great; Socrates Drank the Conium's "Something in the Air," Rockressio's "She Looks Like a Good Girl," Xarhanga's "Smashing Life (In a City)," Kris Kringle's "Sarabande" and Tangerine's percussion-epic "My Main Woman" to name just a few. Enjoy!
