Auger,York,Farlowe - Olympic Rock & Blues Circus (1983)

The original album has only 6 tracks, All tracks recorded at Tonstudio Bauer Ludwigsburg, December 22, 1981
on vinyl by ; Jeton Musikverlag – 1003321  + © 1990 Bell Records – BLR 84013 .
And this edition in 1998 with 4 bonus track from Peter Yorks production "String Time In New York" (november 1983)
by Jeton & BellMusik Gmbh.


Musicians:
Brian Auger, piano, organ (1-6)
Chris Farlowe, vocal (1-6)
John Marshall, guitar (1-6)
Steve Richardson, bass (1-6)(7-9)
Charly Eichert, drums (1-6)
Pete York, drums (1-6)(7-9)
Masters of Disaster, brass section (1-6)
Jeff Reynolds, trumpet (1-6)
James Campagnola, tenor saxophone (1-6)
Andrew Pet, trombone (1-6)
Mel Thorpe, flute, saxophone, vocal (7-9)
Roger Munns, keyboards (7-9)
Bill Coleman, bass, vocals (7-9)
Rick Sanders, violin (7-9)

Selections:
1. New Orleans Street March
2. I Never Loved A Girl (The Way That I Love You)
3. Motorboat
4. The Devil Rides the Speed Boat
5. Crocodile or: I Don't Think I Can Keep MY Mouth Open for That Long
6. Everything's wrong
7. Fast and Loose
8. Another Song
9. Wade in the Water

Total playing time, 41:45
Recorded 1981 & 1983 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg,


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First published on 2013 by Val

Eric Burdon & War-The Black Man's Burdon (1970) {2CD}

review by custower:

Here we're offered a clean and more polished Burdon backed up by some of the greatest musicians of the day. The Black-Man's Burdon didn't produce any hits, but it did showcase the raw power of War itself. Although Burdon's rhetoric is held somewhat in check here, it still manages to get in the way of the band at times on this 1970 MGM release. Eric Burdon & War's second offering (a double LP) would also be their last together. Burdon would never sound this poignant in his career again, and Spill The Wine (from Burdon declares "War") would be remembered as the only relevant material Burdon performed in the post-Animals era.

Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - King & Queen (1967)

Otis and Carla grind out some soul classics

They didn't mess around in them days. Recorded over just six days in January 1967, this was Otis Redding's sixth album and his fifth since joining Stax Volt stable in only 1965. Witnessing the success of Motown's pairing of Marvin Gaye with Tammi Terrell and Kim Weston (amongst others) the label decided to combine two of its biggest stars and this was the result.

Carla Thomas had already broken into the mainstream the previous year with B-A-B-Y, but Redding, although a relative stranger to the pop chart was by this time huge on the black charts and had done pretty well making inroads to mainstream success with I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now), Mr Pitiful and Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song).

Ostensibly, King & Queen not only allowed Otis and Carla to get their chops into some absolute classics (Knock On Wood, Bring It On Home To Me) but it also let them recreate a Gaye and Weston moment on It takes Two.

Backed by the house band of Booker T Jones and his ubiquitous MGs as well as the talents of Isaac Hayes and Jim and David Porter at the controls, the Stax family may not have broken the rule book with this one, but they still made a solid gold effort. What's more, the track Tramp broke the pair's mainstream duck; its friendly badinage propelling them into the US charts. Following this Lovey Dovey and Knock On Wood also became hits.

Unfortunately, by December of the same year, the world was cruelly robbed of the chance of hearing how Otis might have capitalised on the breakthrough this album represented.
BBC review by Chris Jones 2008
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Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - King & Queen(1967)[RE-1991]

Tracklisting:
1. Knock On Wood
2. Let Me Be Good To You
3. Tramp
4. Tell It Like It Is
5. When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
6. Lovey Dovey
7. New Year's Resolution
8. It Takes Two
9. Are You Lonely For Me Baby
10. Bring It On Home To Me
11. Ooh Carla, Ooh Otis

Time: 32:53

Line Up:
Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - Vocals
Joe Arnold – alto sax
Steve Cropper – guitar
Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass
Isaac Hayes – keyboards
Al Jackson, Jr. – drums
Wayne Jackson – trumpet
Booker T. Jones – keyboards
Andrew Love – tenor sax

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