1028 - PENNYWISE - All Or Nothing (Deluxe Edition) (2012)

PENNYWISE
''ALL OR NOTHING'' DELUXE EDITION
APR 2012
EPITAPH
42:49
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1. All Or Nothing/2:29
2. Waste Another Day/2:22
3. Revolution/3:25
4. Stand Strong/3:10
5. Let Us Hear Your Voice/3:44
6. Seeing Red/2:54
7. Songs Of Sorrow/3:35
8. X Generation/3:15
9. We Have It All/2:59
10. Tomorrow/3:17
11. All Along/3:09
12. United/2:51
13. We Are The Fallen/3:16
14. Locked In/2:23

1027 - ROYAL SOUTHERN BROTHERHOOD (2012)

ROYAL SOUTHERN BROTHERHOOD
''ROYAL SOUTHERN BROTHERHOOD''
MAY 8, 2012
RUF RECORDS
51:48
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1 - New Horizon/Neville, Zito/4:48
2 - Fired Up/Wooton, Neville/5:42
3 - Left My Heart in Memphis/Allman/3:27
4 - Moonlight over the Mississippi/Zito, Neville/3:43
5 - Fire on the Mountain/Hart, Hunter/4:54
6 - Ways About You/Zito, Neville/4:38
7 - Gotta Keep Rockin’/Allman, Neville/4:33
8 - No Where To Hide/Allman/2:43
9 - Hurts My Heart/Zito/4:12
10 - Sweet Jelly Donut/Neville/5:41
11 - All Around The World/Zito/3:11
12 - Brotherhood (Instrumental)/Allman, Neville, Zito, Wooton/3:49

Charlie Wooton/Bass Guitar
Mike Zito/Vocals, Guitar
Cyril Neville/Vocals, Percussion
Devon Allman/Vocals, Guitar
Yonrico Scott/Drums
Jim Gaines/Producer

1026 - KEVIN FENNELL - Shake! (2012)

KEVIN FENNELL
''SHAKE!''
JAN 2012
KEVIN FENNELL
46:47
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1 - Shake/5:16
2 - Toe Hold/4:15
3 - Wagman Blues/5:03
4 - Delta Woman/4:53
5 - Moonshine Mountain/4:36
6 - Rude Boy Run/6:31
7 - Blue Highway/5:27
8 - Boozy Rockbilly Floozy/4:34
9 - Blues Thing/5:31

1025 - JEFF PITCHELL - American Girl (2012)

JEFF PITCHELL
''AMERICAN GIRL''
MAY 1, 2012
VIZZTONE LABEL GROUP
49:43
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1. Every Day/3:19
2. T-Bone Shuffle (feat. Jay Geils)/3:15
3. Saturday Night/3:55
4. Out In the Cold/4:59
5. I Found Me/3:29
6. Homework (feat. Jay Geils)/3:44
7. Hard Drivin' Man (feat. Jay Geils)/2:33
8. Prisoner of Love (feat. Jay Geils)/3:24
9. Step Up/3:07
10. My Jesus/4:21
11. Seriously/3:07
12. American Girl/4:26
13. Beautifully Broken/2:43
14. It Comes to Me Naturally (Bonus Track)/3:21

1024 - CAMEL - God Of Light: 1973-1975 (2000)

CAMEL
''GOD OF LIGHT: 1973-1975''
SEP 2000
PONY CANYON RECORDS
COMPILATION
70:52
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1/God of Light Revisited/Bardens/16:11
2/White Rider/Latimer/8:54
3/Lady Fantasy/Camel/11:35
4/Arubaluba/Bardens/6:52
5/Excerpt from the Snow Goose/Bardens, Latimer/27:20

1023 - HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH Live In Charleston (2006)

HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH
''LIVE IN CHARLESTON''
AUG 2006
AUG 12, 2005
SNEAKY LONG RECORDS
LIVE
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1/Intro By Samuel L. Jackson/0:24
2/State Your Peace/Hootie & The Blowfish/3:26
3/Time/Hootie & The Blowfish/4:45
4/Space/Hootie & The Blowfish/2:06
5/Hannah Jane/Hootie & The Blowfish/3:21
6/Hey Sister Pretty/Brophy, Hootie & The Blowfish/3:08
7/Running from an Angel/Hootie & The Blowfish/3:54
8/One Love/Hootie & The Blowfish, Lammonds/3:57
9/Look Away/Hootie & The Blowfish/2:36
10/Leaving/Hootie & The Blowfish, Sanchez/2:24
11/I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You/Waits/3:02
12/Desert Mountain Showdown/Hootie & The Blowfish/2:24
13/Let Her Cry/Hootie & The Blowfish/5:18
14/I Go Blind/Fifty Four Forty/2:55
15/Old Man and Me/Hootie & The Blowfish/5:06
16/Drowning/Hootie & The Blowfish/5:59
17/Get out of My Mind/Brophy, Hootie & The Blowfish/2:36
18/Hold My Hand/Hootie & The Blowfish/4:52
19/Go and Tell Him (Soup Song)/Hootie & The Blowfish/4:16
20/The Killing Stone/Berg, Hootie & The Blowfish/4:15
21/Only Wanna Be with You/Hootie & The Blowfish/3:44

Mark Bryan/Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals (Background)
Dean Felber/Bass, Vocals (Background)
Gary Greene/Percussion
Peter Holsapple/Keyboards
Darius Rucker/Guitar, Vocals
Jim Sonefeld/Drums, Percussion, Vocals (Background)

1022 - HENRY MCCULLOUGH - Poor Man's Moon (2012)

HENRY MCCULLOUGH
''POOR MAN'S MOON''
2012
SILVERWOLF RECORDS
42:54
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1/The Burial Ground/McCullough/4:42
2/Big Old River/McCullough/2:36
3/I've Got a Secret/McCullough/4:22
4/Too Late to Worry/McCullough/2:18
5/Poor Man's Moon/McCullough/5:27
6/Walk with Me/3:55
7/Belfast Train/McCullough/5:25
8/Skin & Bone/McCullough/3:06
9/Fix Me Up Jesus/McCullough/4:32
10/All Gone Crazy/McCullough/1:37
11/Time to Put the Snakes to Bed/McCullough/3:01
12/Poor Man's Moon (Reprise)/McCullough/1:53

Roe Butcher/Guitar (Bass)
James Delaney/Keyboards
Paddy Goodwin/Guitar (Electric)
Henry McCullough/Guitar, Vocals
Aidey McIlduff/Drums
Peter McKinney/Drums, Sequencing
Declan Murphy/Guitar (Electric)
Percy Robinson/Dobro
Nicky Scott/Double Bass, Bass Guitar
Enda Walsh/Keyboards

1021 - GEORGE HARRISON - Let It Roll: Songs By George Harrison (2009)

GEORGE HARRISON
''LET IT ROLL''
JUN 2009
CAPITOL
COMPILATION
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1/Got My Mind Set on You/Clark/3:52
2/Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)/Harrison/3:35
3/Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)/Harrison/3:48
4/My Sweet Lord/Harrison/4:40
5/While My Guitar Gently Weeps/Harrison/4:46
6/All Things Must Pass/Harrison/3:46
7/Any Road/Harrison/3:52
8/This Is Love/Harrison, Lynne/3:47
9/All Those Years Ago/Harrison/3:46
10/Marwa Blues/Harrison/3:41
11/What Is Life/Harrison/4:24
12/Rising Sun/Harrison/5:27
13/When We Was Fab/Harrison/3:51
14/Something/Harrison/3:10
15/Blow Away/Harrison/3:59
16/Cheer Down/Harrison, Petty/4:06
17/Here Comes the Sun/Harrison/2:54
18/I Don't Want to Do It/Dylan/2:54
19/Isn't It a Pity/Harrison/7:07

REVIEW
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine/ALLMUSIC
George Harrison had two periods of great commercial success, separated by 15 years and two record labels. This extended gap is the chief reason there hasn't been a career-spanning Harrison collection until 2009's Let It Roll: Songs By George Harrison, the first-ever disc to gather songs from George's stints at both Apple and Dark Horse, and only his third-ever hits collection, following 1976's Beatles-heavy The Best of George Harrison and The Best of Dark Horse, released in 1989 in the afterglow of Cloud Nine's comeback success. Let It Roll balances these two periods, swapping any Beatles-era song ("Something," "Here Comes the Sun," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps") for a live version from The Concert for Bangladesh, then mixing it all up chronologically, so the set starts with the pristine bounce of "Got My Mind Set on You" before giving way to "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" If anything jars, it's the sounds of times, as Jeff Lynne's clean, manicured arrangements don't necessarily fit with Phil Spector's lush, magisterial productions, but that's a minor quibble about a useful compilation that consolidates all of Harrison's signature tunes on one very enjoyable disc.

1020 - AL JARDINE - A Postcard From California (2011)

AL JARDINE
''A POSTCARD FROM CALIFORNIA''
MAR 20 2011
WATERFRONT
46:51
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1/A Postcard from California/Jardine/4:59
2/California Feelin'/Wilson/2:03
3/Looking Down the Coast/Jardine/3:45
4/Don't Fight the Sea/Jardine/3:23
5/Tidepool Interlude/1:38
6/Campfire Scene/Jardine/0:44
7/A California Saga/Jardine/2:52
8/Help Me Rhonda/3:47
9/San Simeon/2:48
10/Drivin' /3:12
11/Honkin' Down the Highway/Wilson/2:33
12/California Dreamin'/Phillips, Phillips/2:50
13/And I Always Will/Jardine/4:23
14/Waves of Love/3:51
15/Sloop John B (A Pirate's Tale)/Jardine/4:03

Ella Bacon/Viola
Alec Baldwin/Spoken Word
Flea Balzary/Bass
Gerry Beckley/Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Marandi Bostetter/Violin
Norton Buffalo/Harmonica
Dewey Bunnell/Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Glen Campbell/Vocals
Richie Cannata/Sax (Baritone)
Ed Carter/Bass, Guitar
David Crosby/Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Sally Dworsky/Vocals (Background)
Bobby Figueroa/Drums
Priscilla Fisher/Violin
Probyn Gregory/French Horn
Stevie Heger/Cowbell, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
The Hillbillies/Vocals
Adam Jardine/Vocals (Background)
Al Jardine/Banjo, Bass, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Keyboards, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Drew Jardine/5-string Banjo, Photography
Mary Ann Jardine/Vocals
Matt Jardine/Handclapping, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Bruce Johnston/Vocals (Background)
Dan Knutson/Guitar
Mike Kowalski/Drums
Michael Lent/Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Mandolin, Soloist, Vocals
Paul Logan/Bass, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Mike Love/Vocals (Background)
Gary Mallaber/Drums
David Marks/Guitar, Soloist
Scott Mathews/Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Michael Meros/Hammond B3
Mike Meros/Keyboards
Steve Miller/Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Johnnie Mirani/Harmonica
Papa Al/Guitar (12 String), Guitar (Bass), Harmonica
Luana Pedota/Accordion, Percussion, Vocals (Background)
Jeff Peters/Handclapping
Barry Phillips/Cello, String Arrangements, Strings
Shelley Phillips/Oboe
Emily Poile'/Vocals (Background)
Steve Robertson/Percussion
Scott Slaughter/Bell Tree, Guitar, Hammond B3, Keyboards, Mini Moog, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Sound Effects, String Arrangements,
Strings, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
John Stamos/Bongos
Stephen Stills/Vocals (Background)
The White Album Chamber Ensemble/Strings
Brian Wilson/Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Carl Wilson/Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Neil Young/Vocals, Vocals (Background)

1019 - BENNETT BROTHERS BAND - Spy Boogie (1998)

BENNETT BROTHERS BAND
''SPY BOOGIE''
MAY 1998
BENNETT BROTHERS BAND
60:24
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1. Little Porch Dancer/6:26
2. Green Gas Stop/6:01
3. Coming Home/5:03
4. Arkansas Meets By the River/3:12
5. Gusty Winds/5:22
6. Maria/3:38
7. Not I Do But I Did/4:41
8. Carnival/5:24
9. Three River Blues/5:11
10. Jack of All Trades/3:52
11. Spy Boogie/3:15
12. Dog Walking Backwards/4:24
13. Roll On/3:55

1018 - SKYFOOT - Eternal Bend (2012)

SKYFOOT
''ETERNAL BEND''
FEB 2012
SKYFOOT
54:39
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1. The Mountain/5:58
2. Doohickey/5:06
3. Honeybee/4:26
4. Carry Me/7:04
5. Maybe Mississippi/5:30
6. Little Things/5:02
7. Indigo/7:19
8. Goner/3:17
9. Pure Devil Blues/10:57

1017 - JORDAN MINOR - The Cottonwood Tree (2012)

JORDAN MINOR
''THE COTTONWOOD TREE''
MAR 2012
WHEEL GUN RECORDS
53:45
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1. The Ballad of William Bonney/4:04
2. The Cottonwood Tree/3:26
3. When Tomorrow Comes/3:05
4. Honeycomb/3:36
5. Serena/4:18
6. Still Shinin'/4:50
7. Rosalynn Brown/6:42
8. Misery/4:34
9. Lonesome Drifter/3:04
10. On the Rails/5:15
11. Pap's Song/4:17
12. Workin' Man/6:34

1016 - JOHNFISH SPARKLE (2008)

JOHNFISH SPARKLE
''JOHNFISH SPARKLE''
DEC 2008
TRANSUBSTANS
41:04
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1/Freedom at Last/6:12
2/Feelin' Down/4:21
3/Hey Man/4:06
4/We Never Know/4:45
5/Tale of the Lonely Man/5:04
6/How Many Miles?/4:00
7/Down in Mexico/4:57
8/Mr. Window/3:10
9/Dance into the Fire/4:29
All Tracks By Alessandro Serra, Davide Perilli, Roberto De Carlo

1015 - KEVIN COYNE & PARADISE BAND - Everybody's Naked (1989)

KEVIN COYNE & PARADISE BAND
''EVERYBODY'S NAKED''
1988
GOLDEN HIND
42:41
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1/The Millionaires Song/3:43
2/I Couldn't Love You/3:45
3/Not the Way/4:05
4/We Don't Talk Too Much/3:57
5/Here Comes the Morning/3:42
6/City Crazy/3:36
7/Take Me Back in Your Arms/3:26
8/Last Time Blues/3:39
9/The Slave/3:05
10/Old Hippie/2:02
11/Radio/3:25
12/Everybody's Naked/4:16

1014 - THE JESS RODEN BAND - Blowin' (1977)

THE JESS RODEN BAND
''BLOWIN'''
1977
ISLAND
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1/The Ballad of Big Sally/Cartwright, Roberts/5:49
2/In a Circle/Webb-Cartwright/5:51
3/Can't Get Next to You/Whitfield-Strong/9:17
4/Me and Crystal Eye/Roden, Webb/7:03
5/Blowin'/Cartwright, Roden/5:04
6/Jump Mama/Roden/4:36
7/Blowin' (Reprise)/Cartwright, Roden/3:07

John Cartwright/Bass, Guitar
Chris Gower/Percussion, Trombone
Pete Hunt/Drums
Billy Livsey/Drums, Keyboards, Vocals
Bruce Roberts/Guitar, Vocals
Jess Roden/Vocals
Ron Taylor/Percussion, Saxophone
Steve Webb/Guitar, Vocals

REVIEW
by Ralph Heibutzki/ALLMUSIC
The former gravel-voiced Butts Band shouter sounds riotously confident on this live album, which has no real agenda except documenting a hot night before a British college crowd. Roden's band is slick and proficient, with guitarists Bruce Roberts and Steve Webb being the standouts, though percussionist/saxophonist Ron Taylor gets lots of space, too. Roden and company manage to show themselves as diverse performers and crowd-pullers at the same time -- no mean feat when hits drove the engine of '70s mass-market rock. The preeminent sound is slinky, laid-back pop-funk, as exemplified on story songs like "The Ballad of Big Sally" or "Me and Crystal Eye." Cut from similarly breezy cloth, "In a Circle" is an example of how Lowell George might have sounded if he'd grown up across the pond. The band stretches out on "Can't Get Next to You," which dips into the blues bag, but Roden's husky howl shines brightest on the glistening title track (which also makes clever use of varying internal rhymes). There's also a blistering boogie in "Jump Mama," where Roden pushes his throat in the manner of peers like Frankie Miller and Maggie Bell. The album ends on an unconventional note with a brief, piano-led reprise of "Blowin'." Unlike many live albums of this period, there's no side-long solos to pad out an average evening -- just a proficient band and their frontman throwing down before a packed house. The story would change after Britain went punk, but there's no denying what Roden could offer. This isn't an easy album to find, but worth the hunt if you see it.

1013 - WHITESNAKE - Trouble (1978)

WHITESNAKE
''TROUBLE''
FEB 1978
EMI MUSIC DISTRIBUTION
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1/Take Me with You/Coverdale, Moody/4:46
2/Love to Keep You Warm/Coverdale/3:46
3/Lie Down (A Modern Love Song)/Coverdale, Moody/3:13
4/Day Tripper/Lennon, McCartney/3:47
5/Nighthawk (Vampire Blues)/Coverdale, Marsden/3:37
6/The Time Is Right for Love/Coverdale, Marsden, Moody/3:28
7/Trouble/Coverdale, Marsden/4:46
8/Belgian Tom's Hat Trick/Moody/3:25
9/Free Flight/Coversdale, Marsden/4:02
10/Don't Mess with Me/Whitesnake/3:16

1012 - THE STONE COYOTES - Rise From The Ashes (2003)

THE STONE COYOTES
''RISE FROM THE ASHES''
2003
RED CAT RECORDS
53:11
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1/House of Confusion/4:33
2/While Unseen Angels Hover/4:37
3/Wolves at Your Door/4:32
4/Heart of a Champion/3:38
5/Ain't Nobody Home/3:26
6/The Sailor's Song/4:21
7/Rock Harder Than You/3:30
8/If You See the One/4:19
9/The Phoenix/3:47
10/Bang Bang Bang Bang/2:47
11/Your Hour to Sing/4:42
12/Thunder on the Left/4:15
13/Adriana/4:43

REVIEW
by Joe Viglione/ALLMUSIC
"House of Confusion" has a bed of sparse rockabilly guitar under the distinctive voice of Barbara Keith to open 2003's Rise from the Ashes, another good collection of tunes from the Tibbles family of Western Massachusetts. With references to Marc Bolan's "20th Century Boy" one can hear the retro T. Rex riff taking center stage, kind of like Bolan doing battle with Robert Gordon and the Stray Cats. The vocal rap is mellow, oozing over the rugged '50s guitar line and the resulting product is as intriguing as "Rock Harder Than You," another gritty composition that producers Chinn & Chapman would no doubt love to get their hands on. With an off-gold phoenix proudly on the cover and an elegant 16-page booklet of lyrics inside, Keith, with some help from husband/drummer Doug Tibbles, composes all 13 titles, in the style the fans have come to expect from this eclectic trio. It's the ballads on this disc, though, that really stand out, and the authoritative "The Sailor's Song" with its graceful tones proves that point. Keith is a master of melancholy melody and her descriptive words glide along the accompaniment with her trademark ardor. It's a great song topped only by the final track, "Adriana," a tremendous narrative in the vein of "Free the People," though without the gospel. The former vocalist from Boston area band Kangaroo with John Hall could be speaking of herself in "The Phoenix" with its "wings of gold" hook; and where Tracy Chapman will engage the audience by "Telling Stories" with large production, the Stone Coyotes team keep it simple letting Mama Tibbles multi-track her voice on a tune that Linda Ronstadt could easily launch into the stratosphere. On second thought, it's the Eagles who should pick up on "Your Hour to Sing," material very much along their lines though with a bit more edge than that venerable unit has mustered in awhile. They could also pick up on "Ain't Nobody Home," another strong essay from Keith's perpetual fountain of melodies. Rise from the Ashes is a good addition to the Stone Coyotes collection with some key music that entertains and inspires.

1011 - VERDEN ALLEN - 20 Year Holiday (2002)

VERDEN ALLEN
''20 YEAR HOLIDAY''
JUL 2002
ANGEL AIR RECORDS
44:16
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1/Do You Want Me 2?/Allen/3:54
2/Wheels/Allen/4:51
3/When It Comes Easy/Allen/4:05
4/One 2 One/Allen/4:56
5/20 Year Holiday/Allen/4:14
6/Through and Through/Allen/4:10
7/All the Feeling Has Gone/Allen/3:39
8/Flat Out/Allen/7:20
9/Miracle Man/Allen/3:13
10/Colleen/Allen/3:54

1010 - PETER WOLF - Sleepless (2002)

PETER WOLF
''SLEEPLESS''
SEP 2002
ARTEMIS RECORDS
40:36
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1/Growin' Pain/Petraglia, Wolf/3:12
.Shawn Pelton/Drums
.Tony Gamier/Acoustic Bass
.Larry Campbell/Guitar, Fiddle, Mandolin, Backing Vocals
.Duke Levine/Guitar, Solo
.Kenny White/Organ, Backing Vocals
.Angelo Petraglia/Acoustic Guitar
.Kevin Shurtleff/Additional Drums
.Rob Eaton/Backing Vocals
2/Nothing But the Wheel/Sherrill, Wolf/4:34
.Mick Jagger/Vocals, Harmonica
.Shawn Pelton/Drums
.Tony Garnier/Acoustic Bass
.Larry Campbell/Guitars, Fiddle, Pedal Steel
.Duke Levine/Guitar, Mandolin
.Kenny White/Acoustic Guitar, Piano
.Teresa Williams/Backing Vocals
3/A Lot of Good Ones Gone/Jennings, Wolf/3:33
.Charlie Drayton/Drums
.Warren McRae/Electric Bass
.Duke Levine/Guitars
.Kenny White/Organs
.Arno Hecht/Tenor Sax
.Crispin Ciao/Alto Sax
.Ada Dyer/Backing Vocals
.Catherine Russell/Backing Vocals
.Kevin Shurtleff/Percussion
.Cire Jones/Backing Vocals
4/Never Like This Before/Hayes, Jones, Porter, Wolf/3:21
.Shawn Pelton/Drums
.Tony Garnier/Acoustic Bass
.Larry Campbell/Guitar, Resophonic Guitar
.Duke Levine/Guitar
.Kenny White/Organ
.Cornell Dupree/Electric Guitar, Solo
.Crispin Ciao/Alto And Baritone Sax
.Arno Hecht/Tenor Sax
.Laurence Etkin/Trumpet
.Robert Funk/Tenor Trombone
.Ada Dyer/Backing Vocals
.Catherine Russell/Backing Vocals
.Kenny White/Backing Vocals
.Stu Kimball/Electric Guitar
.Angelo Petraglia/Acoustic Guitar
5/Run Silent, Run Deep/Mayer, Wolf/4:13
.Shawn Pelton/Drums
.Tony Gamier/Acoustic Bass
.Larry Campbell/Acoustic Guitar, Fiddle, Pedal Steel
.Duke Levine/Electric Guitar
.Kenny White/Piano Wurlitzer
.Cornell Dupree/Electric Guitar
.Ada Dyer/Backing Vocals
.Catherine Russell/Backing Vocals
.Kenny White/Backing Vocals
6/Homework/Clark, Perkins, Rush/2:39
.Shawn Pelton/Drums
.Tony Gamier/Acoustic Bass
.Larry Campbell/Resophonic Guitar, Fiddle
.Duke Levine/Guitar, Mandolin
.Kenny White/Organ
.Ada Dyer/Backing Vocals
.Catherine Russell/Backing Vocals
7/Five O'Clock Angel/Jennings, Wolf/3:00
.Charlie Drayton/Drums
.Warren McRae/Electric Bass
.Duke Levine/Electric Guitar
.Kenny White/Piano, Organ
.Ada Dyer/Backing Vocals
.Catherine Russell/Backing Vocals
8/Hey Jordan/Jennings, Wolf/3:03
.Shawn Pelton/Drums
.John Conte/Electric Bass
.Duke Levine/Guitar
.Kenny White/Wurlitzer
.Ada Dyer/Backing Vocals
.Catherine Russell/Backing Vocals
9/Too Close Together/Williamson, Wolf/2:24
.Keith Richards/Electric Guitar, Vocals
.Magic Dick/Harmonica
.Shawn Pelton/Drums
.Paul Ossola/Acoustic Bass
.Kenny White/Piano
10/Some Things You Don't Want toKnow/Jennings, Wolf/2:31
.Steve Earle/Vocal
.Shawn Pelton/Drums
.Tony Gamier/Acoustic Bass
.Larry Campbell/Fiddle, Mandolin
.Duke Levine/Electric Guitar
.Kenny White/Wurlitzer, Acoustic Guitar
.Tom West/Organ
.Stu Kimball/Electric Guitar
.Angelo Petraglia/Acoustic Guitar
.Teresa Williams/Backing Vocals
11/Oh Marianne/Jennings, Wolf/4:19
.Shawn Pelton/Drums
.Dan Reiser/Drums
.John Conte/Electric Bass
.Duke Levine/Guitars
.Kenny White/Piano, Organ
.Brian Mitchell/Accordion
.Ada Dyer/Backing Vocals
.Catherine Russell/Backing Vocals
.Cire Jones/Backing Vocals
.Fred Griffith/Backing Vocals
.Milt Grayson/Bass Vocal
12/Sleepless/Jennings, Wolf/4:05
.Shawn Pelton/Drums, Loop
.Tony Garnier/Acoustic Bass
.Larry Campbell/Acoustic Guitar, Pedal Steel
.Duke Levine/Electric Guitar, Baritone Guitar
.Kenny White/Piano, Organ, Acoustic Guitar
.Cornell Dupree/Guitar
.Crispin Ciao/Alto And Baritone Sax
.Arno Hecht/Tenor Sax
.Laurence Etkin/Trumpet
.Robert Funk/Tenor Trombone
.Sammy Merendino/Additional Percussion
.Ada Dyer/Backing Vocals
.Catherine Russell/Backing Vocals

REVIEW
by Robert L. Doerschuk/ALLMUSIC
With each step he takes past his years as frontman to the J. Geils Band, Peter Wolf builds on his legacy as a solo artist of remarkable distinction. Bits of the jive caricature of his early years surface on Sleepless, especially when reunited with his old running buddies Keith Richards and Magic Dick on "Too Close Together," but most of the album documents much more skillful and sensitive approaches to interpretation. In fact, in his ability to slide from singing to a spoken word or two and back again, Wolf affirms his mastery of the Bob Dylan method for bringing a lyric to life. The musical settings throughout Sleepless vary dramatically, from roadhouse country on the highway epic "Nothing but the Wheel" through Mexican romanticism on "Oh Marianne" and to raw blues with a Tom Waits edge on "Homework." In each of these, Wolf's voice, recorded bone dry and boosted high in the mix, flawlessly nails the feel; on one track, the Stax-flavored ballad "A Lot of Good Ones Gone," his performance -- reflective, understated, delicately phrased, and soulful -- compares favorably to some of Van Morrison's best work. It is, in other words, about as good as a performance can be in this genre.

1009 - MOTT THE HOOPLE - Mott (1973)

MOTT THE HOOPLE
''MOTT''
1973
SONY MUSIC DISTRIBUTION
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1/All The Way From Memphis/Hunter/5:02
2/Whizz Kid/Hunter/3:25
3/Hymn For The Dudes/Hunter, Allen/5:24
4/Honaloochie Boogie/Hunter/2:43
5/Violence/Hunter, Ralphs/4:48
6/Drivin' Sister/Hunter, Ralphs/3:53
7/Ballad Of Mott The Hoople (26th March 1972 Zurich)/Hunter, Griffin, P Watts, Ralphs, Allen/5:24
8/I'm A Cadillac/El Camino Dolo Roso/Ralphs/7:51
9/I Wish I Was Your Mother/Hunter/4:52
BONUS TRACKS
10/Rose/Hunter, Ralphs, Watts, Buffin/3:56
11/Honaloochie Boogie (Demo Version)/Hunter/3:07
12/Nightmare (Demo)/Allen/3:36
13/Drivin' Sister (Live, Hammersmith Odeon)/Hunter, Ralphs/4:30

MICK RALPHS/GUITAR, LEAD VOCALS
IAN HUNTER/LEAD VOCALS, GUITAR, PIANO
OVEREND WATTS/BASS GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS
DALE GRIFFIN/DRUMS, PERCUSSION, BACKING VOCALS, AUDIOMORPHING ON TRACK 5
MORGAN FISHER/PIANO, SYNTHESIZER, AND BACKING VOCALS ON TRACK 13
WITH
PAUL BUCKMASTER/ELECTRIC CELLO
''THUNDERTHIGHS''/THREE-PIECE FEMALE VOCAL GROUP, BACKING VOCALS
ANDY MCKAY/SAXOPHONE
GRAHAM PRESKETT/VIOLIN
RAY STAFF/AUDIOMORPHING ON TRACK 5

REVIEW
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine/ALLMUSIC
All the Young Dudes actually brought Mott the Hoople success, but you wouldn't know that from its sequel, Mott. Ian Hunter's songs are a set of road tales fraught with exhaustion, disillusionment, and dashed dreams, all told with a wry sense of humor so evident on Mott's earlier work. This is no ordinary road album where a band whines about the perils of traveling -- it's more of a wry commentary on rock & roll itself, which, as Hunter notes, is a "loser's game." Mott doesn't sound that way, though -- it's as winning and infectious as rock & roll gets. Even with the undercurrents of ironic despair and restrained hostility, this is a fun record (partially because of that despair and hostility, of course). This sounds better, looser, than All the Young Dudes, as the band jives through "All the Way from Memphis" and "Honaloochie Boogie," beats the living hell outta "Violence," swaggers on "Whizz Kid," and simply drives it home on "Drivin' Sister." Apart from the New York Dolls (who, after all, were in a league of their own), glam never sounds as rock as it does here. To top it all off, Hunter writes the best lament for rock ever with "Ballad of Mott the Hoople," a song that conveys just how heartbreaking rock & roll is for the average band. If that wasn't enough, he trumps that song with the closer "I Wish I Was Your Mother," a peerless breakup song that still surprises, even after it's familiar. It's a graceful, unexpected way to close a record that stands as one of the best of its era.