8156 - GOV'T MULE - DARK SIDE OF THE MULE, DISC ONE (2014)

GOV'T MULE
''DARK SIDE OF THE MULE, DISC ONE''
DECEMBER 8 2014
179:53

DISC ONE (76:27)
1 Brighter Days 07:52
2 Bad Little Doggie 03:44
3 Brand New Angel 07:06
4 Gameface 12:02
5 TraneEternity's BreathSt. Stephen Jam 19:17
6 Monkey Hill 05:34
7 Child Of The Earth 06:18
8 Kind Of Bird 14:27

DISC TWO (67:21)
1 One Of These Days 06:14
2 Fearless 05:37
3 Pigs On The Wing Pt. 2 01:37
4 Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pt. 1 13:57
5 Have A Cigar 06:25
6 Speak To Me 01:00
7 Breathe (In The Air) 02:54
8 On The Run 03:42
9 Time 06:47
10 The Great Gig In The Sky 05:24
11 Money 07:15
12 Comfortably Numb 06:24

DISC THREE (36:05)
1 Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pt. 6 13:59
2 Wish You Were Here 07:38
3 Million Miles From Yesterday 03:44
4 Blind Man In The Dark 10:42


Dark Side of the Mule features 90 minutes of Pink Floyd covers and 3 hours of music and video. Recorded on Halloween 2008 at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston, MA, the newly mixed and mastered live album will be available in a deluxe version (3 CD’s and 1 DVD capturing the full performance) along with a standard version (1-CD of Pink Floyd covers) and Double Vinyl Version as well.
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Back in 2008, Gov’t Mule played an epic three-hour gig at Boston’s Orpheum Theatre on Halloween night. The second set that evening saw the jam band performing a setlist comprised entirely of Pink Floyd covers. Now, as the first entry in a newly launched archival campaign, Gov’t Mule is releasing that memorable concert as a live covers album dubbed Dark Side of the Mule.

The archival series seeks to use various performances from the band’s extensive vault to showcase their evolution over the years. “These new archival live releases just further [the concept of 2013’s Shout!, which sounds like Gov’t Mule but doesn’t sound like anything we had ever done],” guitarist Warren Haynes told Classic Rock, “and allow us to highlight some of our influences as well as how far we’ve come since the first album.”

Dark Side of the Mule will be available December 8th as a single CD and deluxe three-CD/DVD combo. A double-vinyl edition will also be released on January 13th. Watch a trailer for the release below, followed by tracklistings for each version.

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8155 - VARIOUS ARTISTS - RUF RECORDS: 20 YEARS ANNIVERSARY, DISC TWO (2014)

VARIOUS ARTISTS
''RUF RECORDS: 20 YEARS ANNIVERSARY, DISC TWO''
2014
117:51

DISC ONE (49:37)
1 Cassie Taylor, Dani Wilde & Samantha Fish - Bitch (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) 03:37
2 Dana Fuchs - Bliss Avenue (John Diamond, Dana Fuchs) 02:57
3 Joanne Shaw Taylor - Can't Keep Living Like This (Joanne Shaw Taylor) 05:09
4 Samantha Fish - Down In The Swamp (Samantha Fish) 04:11
5 Dani Wilde - Shine (Dani Wilde) 04:42
6 Meena - Try Me (James Brown) 04:58
7 Ana Popovic - Love Fever (Kevin Bowe) 04:24
8 Eliana Cargnelutti - Stranded In Memphis (Eliana Cargnelutti, Thomas Ruf) 03:27
9 Joanna Connor - Never Been Rocked Enough (Delbert McClinton, Troy Seals) 03:26
10 Erja Lyytinen - Skinny Girl (Erja Lyytinen) 03:04
11 Sue Foley - Show Me (Sue Foley) 03:30
12 Candye Kane and Laura Chavez - Toughest Girl Alive (Adam Brauer, Candye Kane) 02:40
13 Sue Foley, Deboarh Coleman & Roxanne Potvin - In The Basement (Billy Davis, Reynard Miner, Carl William Smith) 03:24

DISC TWO (68:14)
1 Thorbjorn Risager - If You Wanna Leave (Thorbjorn Risager) 04:10
2 Royal Southern Brotherhood - Rock And Roll (Cyril Neville) 04:55
3 Walter Trout - Livin' Every Day (Walter Trout) 04:39
4 Oli Brown - Speechless (Oli Brown, Mike Vernon) 04:24
5 Laurence Jones - Temptation (Laurence Jones) 04:12
6 Mike Zito - Voices In Dallas (Mike Zito) 04:29
7 Bart Walker - Waitin On Daylight (Brandon Gower, Gary Nicholson, Bart Walker) 04:32
8 Spin Doctors - Some Other Man Instead (Spin Doctors, Arne Hovda, Erik Norvald Roe) 04:32
9 Lister, Lyytinen, Parker - Blues Caravan (Aynsley Lister, Erja Lyytinen, Ian Parker) 02:43
10 Jeff Healey - I'm Torn Down (Sonny Thompson) 05:03
11 Cyril Neville - Swamp Funk (Mac Rebennack) 04:30
12 Devon Allman - Homesick (Devon Allman) 03:29
13 Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown - Nuthin' Like The Blues (Kim Simmonds) 04:53
14 Albert Castiglia - Bad Avenue (Walter Williams) 06:59
15 Luther Allison - - You Can't Always Get What You Want (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) 04:36

8154 - VARIOUS ARTISTS - RUF RECORDS: 20 YEARS ANNIVERSARY, DISC ONE (2014)

VARIOUS ARTISTS
''RUF RECORDS: 20 YEARS ANNIVERSARY, DISC ONE''
2014
117:51

DISC ONE (49:37)
1 Cassie Taylor, Dani Wilde & Samantha Fish - Bitch (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) 03:37
2 Dana Fuchs - Bliss Avenue (John Diamond, Dana Fuchs) 02:57
3 Joanne Shaw Taylor - Can't Keep Living Like This (Joanne Shaw Taylor) 05:09
4 Samantha Fish - Down In The Swamp (Samantha Fish) 04:11
5 Dani Wilde - Shine (Dani Wilde) 04:42
6 Meena - Try Me (James Brown) 04:58
7 Ana Popovic - Love Fever (Kevin Bowe) 04:24
8 Eliana Cargnelutti - Stranded In Memphis (Eliana Cargnelutti, Thomas Ruf) 03:27
9 Joanna Connor - Never Been Rocked Enough (Delbert McClinton, Troy Seals) 03:26
10 Erja Lyytinen - Skinny Girl (Erja Lyytinen) 03:04
11 Sue Foley - Show Me (Sue Foley) 03:30
12 Candye Kane and Laura Chavez - Toughest Girl Alive (Adam Brauer, Candye Kane) 02:40
13 Sue Foley, Deboarh Coleman & Roxanne Potvin - In The Basement (Billy Davis, Reynard Miner, Carl William Smith) 03:24

DISC TWO (68:14)
1 Thorbjorn Risager - If You Wanna Leave (Thorbjorn Risager) 04:10
2 Royal Southern Brotherhood - Rock And Roll (Cyril Neville) 04:55
3 Walter Trout - Livin' Every Day (Walter Trout) 04:39
4 Oli Brown - Speechless (Oli Brown, Mike Vernon) 04:24
5 Laurence Jones - Temptation (Laurence Jones) 04:12
6 Mike Zito - Voices In Dallas (Mike Zito) 04:29
7 Bart Walker - Waitin On Daylight (Brandon Gower, Gary Nicholson, Bart Walker) 04:32
8 Spin Doctors - Some Other Man Instead (Spin Doctors, Arne Hovda, Erik Norvald Roe) 04:32
9 Lister, Lyytinen, Parker - Blues Caravan (Aynsley Lister, Erja Lyytinen, Ian Parker) 02:43
10 Jeff Healey - I'm Torn Down (Sonny Thompson) 05:03
11 Cyril Neville - Swamp Funk (Mac Rebennack) 04:30
12 Devon Allman - Homesick (Devon Allman) 03:29
13 Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown - Nuthin' Like The Blues (Kim Simmonds) 04:53
14 Albert Castiglia - Bad Avenue (Walter Williams) 06:59
15 Luther Allison - - You Can't Always Get What You Want (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) 04:36

8153 - THE DECEMBERISTS - WHAT A TERRIBLE WORLD, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD (2015)

THE DECEMBERISTS
''WHAT A TERRIBLE WORLD, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD''
JANUARY 20 2015
52:42

1 The Singer Addresses His Audience 04:42
2 Cavalry Captain 03:16
3 Philomena 03:02
4 Make You Better 05:06
5 Lake Song 05:51
6 Till the Water Is All Long Gone 04:58
7 The Wrong Year 03:51
8 Carolina Low 03:24
9 Better Not Wake the Baby 01:44
10 Anti-Summersong 02:11
11 Easy Come, Easy Go 02:20
12 Mistral 03:51
13 12-17-12 03:02
14 A Beginning Song 05:19


BIOGRAPHY
by Linda Seida (AllMusic)
Led by Montana native Colin Meloy, the Decemberists craft theatrical, hyper-literate pop songs that draw heavily from late-'60s British folk acts like Fairport Convention and Pentangle and the early-'80s college rock grandeur of the Waterboys and R.E.M. The band's initial lineup also included drummer Ezra Holbrook, bassist Nate Query, keyboardist/accordionist Jenny Conlee, and multi-instrumentalist Chris Funk. Frontman Meloy had previously devoted some time to an alternative country group before breaking off to pursue his craft as a singer/songwriter in the city of Portland, a move that eventually led to the Decemberists' formation. Drawing influence from his degree in creative writing, he began fashioning a hybrid of literate lyrics and wide-ranging pop music, touching upon everything from Sandy Denny to Morrissey in the process.

Before Hush Records released the band's debut album in 2002, the Decemberists baited their initial fans with a five-track EP. Their full-length debut, Castaways and Cutouts, was re-released that same year on the Kill Rock Stars label, and the band began to accumulate a serious fan base. After adding organist and keyboardist Rachel Blumberg to the group, in 2003 the Decemberists released Her Majesty, another fine collection of theatrical indie pop with pastoral sensibilities that further cemented their growing reputation. One year later, a five-part epic EP entitled The Tain -- based on the eighth century Irish poem of the same name -- appeared, followed by the full-length Picaresque in 2005.

The group, which at this point consisted of Meloy, Conlee, Query, Funk, and drummer John Moen, made the move to the major leagues by signing with Capitol Records in advance of 2006's The Crane Wife, which managed to hit number 35 on the Billboard 200. The album also grabbed the attention of comedian/actor Stephen Colbert, who challenged Funk to a guitar solo competition during a live taping of his show The Colbert Report. For their next project, the Decemberists tackled one of Meloy's most ambitious ideas to date: an honest to God rock opera. The Hazards of Love appeared in 2009, featuring a fantasy-filled story line as well as cameos from My Morning Jacket's Jim James, Lavender Diamond's Becky Stark, and My Brightest Diamond's Shara Worden.

In January 2011, the band unexpectedly topped the charts with The King Is Dead, a concise and rustic country-pop collection that featured guest appearances by Peter Buck and Gillian Welch, and followed it up later that year with the outtakes EP Long Live the King. With touring completed for The King Is Dead, the band went on hiatus, but still released the double live album We All Raise Our Voices to the Air in 2012. Two years later, in early 2014, the Decemberists announced several live dates for the summer and the beginning of work on their seventh studio album.

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8152 - BILL WYMAN'S RHYTHM KINGS - THE BEST OF VOLUME 2 (2012)

BILL WYMAN'S RHYTHM KINGS
''THE BEST OF''
NOVEMBER 12 2012
75:43

1 She's Looking Good 03:26
2 Taxman 04:07
3 Walking On My Own 03:10
4 Booty Ooty 04:41
5 Love's Down The Drain 05:18
6 Stuff (Can't Get Enough) 03:40
7 Hit That Jive Jack 03:31
8 Love Letters 03:32
9 Rhythm Kings 04:49
10 Melody 04:50
11 Tired & Sleepy 03:18
12 Spooky 03:33
13 You Don't Know 02:47
14 Rough Cut Diamond 04:03
15 Lonely Blue Boy 03:24
16 Can't Get My Rest At Night 03:42
17 I'm Mad 03:21
18 Just For A Thrill 03:14
19 That's How Heartaches Are Made 03:13
20 Town Living 03:54

BIOGRAPHY
by Jason Ankeny (AllMusic)
As a member of the Rolling Stones for three decades, Bill Wyman established himself among the greatest bassists in rock & roll history; in tandem with drummer Charlie Watts, he belonged to one of the most stalwart rhythm sections in popular music, perfectly complementing the theatrics of Mick Jagger and the gritty guitar leads of Keith Richards. Born William Perks in London on October 24, 1936, Wyman was playing in a group called the Cliftons when he was asked to join the Stones in mid-1962, replacing bassist (and future Pretty Things member) Dick Taylor. Reportedly asked to join the group simply because he had his own amplifier, he was, at age 25, by several years the oldest member of the group; regardless, his chemistry with the other bandmembers was immediate, and with the subsequent arrival of Watts, the classic Rolling Stones lineup was soon cemented.
The rest, of course, is history, and before too long the Stones were widely recognized as the World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band. In 1974, Wyman became the first from their ranks to record a solo LP, the all-star Monkey Grip; two years later, he repeated the trick with Stone Alone. His next major side project was the 1985 cover band Willie and the Poor Boys, which also included Watts, Jimmy Page, and Paul Rodgers. While rarely the recipient of the kind of media attention given his more notorious bandmates, Wyman found himself at the center of scandal in 1989 when he married model Mandy Smith, whom he'd begun dating when she was just 13 years old; they divorced a year later. Finally, in January 1993, he publicly announced his long-rumored departure from the Stones, announcing plans to publish an autobiography, Stone Alone; in 1997 Wyman formed a new band, the Rhythm Kings, which featured guitarists Peter Frampton and Albert Lee as well former Procol Harum keyboardist Gary Brooker. The group debuted with the LP Struttin' Our Stuff, followed in 1999 by Anyway the Wind Blows. Wyman greeted the new century with a string of albums including Groovin' (2000), Double Bill (2001), Just for a Thrill (2005), and numerous live recordings and compilations.

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8151 - BILL WYMAN'S RHYTHM KINGS - BEST OF (2009)

BILL WYMAN'S RHYTHM KINGS
''BEST OF''
NOVEMBER 10 2009
75:46

1 Down In The Bottom 02:53
2 Streamline Woman 02:50
3 Anyway The Wind Blows 03:23
4 Hot Foot Blues 05:13
5 Disappearing Nightly 03:43
6 Jitterbug Boogie 03:09
7 Mood Swing 04:06
8 Roll´Em Pete 03:30
9 Hole In The Wall 03:07
10 Too Late 02:54
11 Mississippi Flyer 03:36
12 Memphis Woman 03:17
13 Sugar Babe 04:03
14 The Joint Is Jumping 03:00
15 Tell You A Secret 03:00
16 Green River 03:11
17 Turn On Your Lovelight 04:39
18 Tobacco Road 04:30
19 Long Walk To D.C. 04:01
20 Down Home Girl 03:58
21 Gambler´s Lament 03:33

BIOGRAPHY
by Jason Ankeny (AllMusic)
As a member of the Rolling Stones for three decades, Bill Wyman established himself among the greatest bassists in rock & roll history; in tandem with drummer Charlie Watts, he belonged to one of the most stalwart rhythm sections in popular music, perfectly complementing the theatrics of Mick Jagger and the gritty guitar leads of Keith Richards. Born William Perks in London on October 24, 1936, Wyman was playing in a group called the Cliftons when he was asked to join the Stones in mid-1962, replacing bassist (and future Pretty Things member) Dick Taylor. Reportedly asked to join the group simply because he had his own amplifier, he was, at age 25, by several years the oldest member of the group; regardless, his chemistry with the other bandmembers was immediate, and with the subsequent arrival of Watts, the classic Rolling Stones lineup was soon cemented.
The rest, of course, is history, and before too long the Stones were widely recognized as the World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band. In 1974, Wyman became the first from their ranks to record a solo LP, the all-star Monkey Grip; two years later, he repeated the trick with Stone Alone. His next major side project was the 1985 cover band Willie and the Poor Boys, which also included Watts, Jimmy Page, and Paul Rodgers. While rarely the recipient of the kind of media attention given his more notorious bandmates, Wyman found himself at the center of scandal in 1989 when he married model Mandy Smith, whom he'd begun dating when she was just 13 years old; they divorced a year later. Finally, in January 1993, he publicly announced his long-rumored departure from the Stones, announcing plans to publish an autobiography, Stone Alone; in 1997 Wyman formed a new band, the Rhythm Kings, which featured guitarists Peter Frampton and Albert Lee as well former Procol Harum keyboardist Gary Brooker. The group debuted with the LP Struttin' Our Stuff, followed in 1999 by Anyway the Wind Blows. Wyman greeted the new century with a string of albums including Groovin' (2000), Double Bill (2001), Just for a Thrill (2005), and numerous live recordings and compilations.

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8150 - THE WALKABOUTS - MYSTERY MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES (OFFICIAL BOOTLEG) (1997)

THE WALKABOUTS
''MYSTERY MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES (OFFICIAL BOOTLEG)''
1997
60:23

1 Up In The Graveyard (Brussels-Botanique, 1994) 05:49
2 Night Drive (Brussels-Botanique, 1994) 05:45
3 Long Time Here (Brussels-Botanique, 1994) 04:16
4 Lover's Crime (Salzburg-Arge Nontal, 1994) 03:08
5 Drag This River (Salzburg-Arge Nontal, 1994) 04:06
6 Old Crow (Salzburg-Arge Nontal, 1994) 04:50
7 Inauguration Day (Studio Brussels, 1994) 03:11
8 Winded (Hannover-Bad, 1995) 04:33
9 Blue Head Flame (Two-Meter Session-Holland, 1996) 04:53
10 All for This (Two-Meter Session, Holland, 1996) 04:13
11 Death At Low Water (Two-Meter Session, Holland, 1996) 05:13
12 The Stopping-off Place (Luzern-Schurr, 1996) 03:43
13 Loom Of The Land (Luzern-Schurr, 1996) 06:38

Carla Torgerson: vocals, acoustic & electric guitars
Glenn Slater: piano, organ, noises
Michael Wells: bass
Terri Moeller: drums, percussion
Chris Eckman: vocals, electric and acoustic guitars

BIOGRAPHY
by Jason Ankeny (AllMusic)
Despite their background (punk), geography (Seattle), and label affiliation (Sub Pop), the Walkabouts were anything but a grunge band; dark, haunting, and elegiac, their work instead sprung forth from the storytelling traditions of American roots music and the kinetic excitement of rock & roll. the Walkabouts were formed in 1984 by Chris Eckman and his brothers Curt and Grant, all of whom had previously played together in a number of punk-pop outfits, along with singer Carla Torgerson, a veteran of folk and street singing. The group's lineup proved fluid, although Chris Eckman and Torgerson remained the Walkabouts' driving forces; a later roster including bassist Michael Wells, multi-instrumentalist Glenn Slater, and drummer Terri Moeller did hang together for a number of years.

After issuing a self-titled cassette in 1984, the Walkabouts released the EP 22 Disasters a year later. A full-length LP, Weights and Rivers, was planned for 1987, but the record was never released -- a harbinger of music industry problems to come. Instead, the group offered See Beautiful Rattlesnake Garden in 1988, which not only marked the continued maturity of Eckman and Torgerson's songwriting but also earned the Walkabouts a contract with the fledgling Sub Pop label. The deal resulted in upgraded production values, as evidenced by 1989's Cataract and its follow-up, the next year's six-song EP Rag & Bone, which featured the keyboard work of the newly added Slater.

Released in 1991, Scavenger proved to be the last Walkabouts record issued in their native land for some time; however, while the deal with Sub Pop's American division went sour, the label's European division, Glitterhouse, hung on to the Walkabouts, where the band's following had been steadily growing. Between 1993 and 1995, the group issued a staggering seven full-length records in Europe -- three by the full band, a limited-edition live collection, and three more released by the duo of Chris & Carla. Finally, in 1995 the three aforementioned Walkabouts albums -- the double-LP set New West Motel, the all-covers Satisfied Mind, and the more rock-oriented Setting the Woods on Fire -- all appeared domestically. A year later, the band issued two more albums, the all-new Devil's Road (recorded with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra) and Death Valley Days: Lost Songs and Rarities, 1985-1995, a collection of odds and ends. In November 1996, Wells left the Walkabouts to devote himself to his side project, Pluto Boy; he was replaced by bassist Baker Saunders. Trail of Stars followed in 2000.

BIOGRAPHY (WIKIPEDIA)

8149 - STEEL RIVER - A BETTER ROAD (1971)

STEEL RIVER
''A BETTER ROAD''
1971
35:11

1 Do You Know Where You're Going 04:36
2 Take It Slowly 03:07
3 What You Are 03:16
4 They've Been Waiting 03:44
5 Southbound Train 03:53
6 Don't Tell Me 02:37
7 No One Will Hear You 02:58
8 Take You Away 02:42
9 Joyful Judy 03:09
10 Love Can't Be Made Of Gold 05:06

Backing Vocals, Percussion – Lafe (H.F). Buckner And The Funky Hedgehogs
Bass – Rob Cockell
Drums – Ray Angrove
Keyboards – Robert Forrester
Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – John Dudgeon, Tony Dunning

BIOGRAPHY
by John Bush (AllMusic)
After four years of amateur gigs and high-school dates around Toronto, Steel River began playing professionally in 1969 and signed with Tuesday Records the following year. From their 1970 debut album Weighin' Heavy, "Ten Pound Note" became a hit in Canada. Steel River broke up three years after 1971's A Better Road, but re-formed in 1980 to record the single "Armoured Car."

8148 - STEEL RIVER - WEIGHIN' HEAVY (1970)

STEEL RIVER
''WEIGHIN' HEAVY''
1970
47:08

1 Dream Is Country 05:07
2 Walk By The River 03:32
3 What Have I To Lose 03:36
4 Losing Friends 02:18
5 What It Feels Like (To Sing A Song) 05:14
6 Ten Pound Note 02:57
7 When You're Down, Out, In (She's A Friend) 05:47
8 Seems They're Out To Get You 04:34
9 Song With A Chorus (For Mary) 07:06
10 If You Let Her Know 03:41
11 Momma Pie Blues (Non-LP 45 Single) 03:12

Bass, Percussion – Rob Cockell
Drums – Ray Angrove
Guitar – Tony Dunning
Lead Vocals – John Dudgeon
Organ, Piano – Bob Forrester

BIOGRAPHY
by John Bush (AllMusic)
After four years of amateur gigs and high-school dates around Toronto, Steel River began playing professionally in 1969 and signed with Tuesday Records the following year. From their 1970 debut album Weighin' Heavy, "Ten Pound Note" became a hit in Canada. Steel River broke up three years after 1971's A Better Road, but re-formed in 1980 to record the single "Armoured Car."

8147 - MARRIOTT & LANE - MAJIC MIJITS, DISC TWO (2014)

MARRIOTT & LANE
''THE MAJIK MIJITS, DISC TWO''
OCTOBER 21 2014
98:09

DISC ONE (46:17)
1 Lonely No More 02:14
2 Chicken (If The Cap Fits) 03:47
3 Toe Rag 01:05
4 Bombers Moon 03:01
5 Happy Birthday, Birthday Girl 02:48
6 Last Tango In NATO 03:11
7 How Does It Feel? 02:39
8 That's The Way It Goes 02:41
9 You Spent It 03:30
10 Son Of Stanley Lane 02:09
11 Be The One 02:25
12 Ruby Jack 03:34
13 Watcha Gonna Do About It (Live Bridge House)
14 My Girl (Live Bridge House)
15 All Or Nothing (Live Bridge House) 02:12

DISC TWO (51:52)
1 Last Tango In Nato (Take 3) 03:34
2 Toe Rag (Take 2) 01:14
3 That's The Way It Goes (Take 1) 03:12
4 How Does It Feel (Take 2) 03:03
5 You Spent It (Take 2) 04:27
6 Bombers Moon (Take 3) 04:36
7 Happy Birthday, Birthday Girl (Take 2) 04:08
8 Ruby Jack (Take 1) 04:25
9 Lonely No More (Take 1) 03:12
10 Be The One (Take 1) 02:39
11 Beguine (Master) 03:50
12 Chicken (Take 1) 04:03
13 Last Tango In Nato (Take 1) 03:14
14 That's The Way It Goes (Take 2) 03:04
15 Happy Birthday, Birthday Girl (Take 1) 03:03

Steve Marriott – guitar, vocals
Ronnie Lane – bass guitar, vocals
Mick Green – guitar
Mick Weaver – keyboards
Jim Leverton – bass guitar
Dave Hynes – drums
Sam Brown – backing vocals

Mel Collins/Saxophone
Mick Green/Guitar
Dave Hynes/Drums, Vocals (Background)
Ronnie Lane/Vocals
Jim Leverton/Bass, Vocals (Background)
Steve Marriott/Guitar, Harmonica, Keyboards, Vocals
Mick Weaver/Keyboards

BIOGRAPHY (RONNIE LANE)
by Steve Kurutz (AllMusic)
As the former bassist for the Small Faces, and later the Faces, Ronnie Lane left both bands when he felt the spirit of the group had died, gaining him the reputation of an uncompromising artist, and allowing him the opportunity to release some fine solo material in the '70s.

An underrated singer and songwriter, Lane (along with guitarist Steve Marriott) co-founded the British mod group the Small Faces in the mid-'60s, helping to guide them to the top of British charts with his clever songwriting. After Marriott left, Lane jettisoned the group's mod reputation and, adding former Jeff Beck cohorts Ron Wood and Rod Stewart, Lane re-formed the group as the Faces, a loud, boozy rock band that achieved widespread success in the States (something the Small Faces could never do). Although Lane was the unacknowledged leader among the group members, audiences were drawn to singer Rod Stewart, and when Stewart's burgeoning solo career began affecting the quality of the Faces' albums, Lane jumped ship to form his own band in 1973.

Billing themselves as Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance, the bassist organized an ambitious tour dubbed the "Passing Show" that included a traveling circus complete with jugglers, clowns, and animals in 1974. Although the tour was an interesting moment in rock history, it was a financial failure from which Lane would never recover. For income, he continued leasing his mobile recording unit out to bands like Led Zeppelin, who used it to record their double-LP Physical Graffiti.

With Slim Chance, Lane released several albums with a folk-rock flavor in the mid-'70s that spotlighted his minstrel-esque songs and fragile voice. And in 1976, Lane teamed up with Ron Wood, releasing the movie soundtrack album Mahoney's Last Stand. The following year, Lane again collaborated, this time with longtime friend and fellow mod Pete Townshend, on the critically acknowledged classic Rough Mix. Contributing songs such as the acoustic-drenched "Annie" and "April Fool," Lane once again exhibited the depth of feeling in his songwriting that he had displayed so wonderfully with the Small Faces and Faces. Sadly, Lane was diagnosed with the debilitating disease multiple sclerosis in the late '70s, severely curtailing his musical output. He released the solo album See Me in 1980, and in 1983, friends such as Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, and Jimmy Page rallied around him, organizing an ARMS foundation benefit concert and tour, and donating the proceeds to the treatment of MS. In the '80s Lane relocated to Austin, TX, recording songs and occasionally fronting a local group called the Tremors, playing gigs around the city. In 1990, the bassist toured Japan, his last major tour, and later moved to Colorado where the climate was better suited to the treatment of MS.

Always remembered as a kindred spirit and talented musician who was able to write songs that cut to the core of human emotion, in June of 1997, the disease that had curtailed Ronnie Lane's music finally took his life. In 1999, there appeared a compilation featuring a number of rarities and outtakes titled April Fool.

BIOGRAPHY (STEVE MARRIOTT)
by Jason Ankeny (AllMusic)
The frontman for British hitmakers the Small Faces and Humble Pie, singer/guitarist Steve Marriott was born January 30, 1947 in London; a successful child actor, he played the role of the Artful Dodger in the musical Oliver! as a teen, but by the mid-'60s, he was working in a local music shop. There he met bassist Ronnie Lane, agreeing to jam with his band the Pioneers; Marriott soon joined the group full-time and, after adopting a sound influenced by American R&B and a look inspired by Mod fashions, they rechristened themselves the Small Faces. Though best-known in the U.S. for their hit "Itchycoo Park," at home, the Small Faces enjoyed much greater success, reeling off a series of smashes including "All or Nothing," "My Mind's Eye," and "Lazy Sunday" as well as the 1968 classic LP Ogden's Nut Gone Flake. The chart popularity of "Lazy Sunday" rankled Marriott, however -- he'd recorded the song as a joke and it was released despite his objections -- and when the more thoughtful "The Universal" failed to crack the Top 20, his dissatisfaction only increased.

Marriott's tenure with the Small Faces ended after he stalked offstage during a New Year's Day 1969 performance; he soon recruited ex-Herd guitarist Peter Frampton to form the hard rock combo Humble Pie, and after months of woodshedding at Marriott's Essex cottage, the group issued its debut single, "Natural Born Boogie," cracking the U.K. Top Five. The LP As Safe as Yesterday Is followed, but again American success eluded Marriott until the release of the 1971 Humble Pie live album Performance: Rockin' the Fillmore, which went gold. Although Frampton left the band soon after, 1972's Smokin' was a smash, reaching the U.S. Top Ten; subsequent efforts failed to achieve the same heights, however, and Humble Pie disbanded in 1975. After the release of the solo Marriott, in 1976, he joined in a Small Faces reunion, then four years later re-formed Humble Pie with original drummer Jerry Shirley; after two LPs, the group again dissolved. Marriott spent the better part of the decade in seclusion, but was planning to reunite with Frampton when he lost his life in a house fire on April 20, 1991.

8146 - MARRIOTT & LANE - MAJIC MIJITS, DISC ONE (2014)

MARRIOTT & LANE
''THE MAJIK MIJITS, DISC ONE''
OCTOBER 21 2014
98:09

DISC ONE (46:17)
1 Lonely No More 02:14
2 Chicken (If The Cap Fits) 03:47
3 Toe Rag 01:05
4 Bombers Moon 03:01
5 Happy Birthday, Birthday Girl 02:48
6 Last Tango In NATO 03:11
7 How Does It Feel? 02:39
8 That's The Way It Goes 02:41
9 You Spent It 03:30
10 Son Of Stanley Lane 02:09
11 Be The One 02:25
12 Ruby Jack 03:34
13 Watcha Gonna Do About It (Live Bridge House)
14 My Girl (Live Bridge House)
15 All Or Nothing (Live Bridge House) 02:12

DISC TWO (51:52)
1 Last Tango In Nato (Take 3) 03:34
2 Toe Rag (Take 2) 01:14
3 That's The Way It Goes (Take 1) 03:12
4 How Does It Feel (Take 2) 03:03
5 You Spent It (Take 2) 04:27
6 Bombers Moon (Take 3) 04:36
7 Happy Birthday, Birthday Girl (Take 2) 04:08
8 Ruby Jack (Take 1) 04:25
9 Lonely No More (Take 1) 03:12
10 Be The One (Take 1) 02:39
11 Beguine (Master) 03:50
12 Chicken (Take 1) 04:03
13 Last Tango In Nato (Take 1) 03:14
14 That's The Way It Goes (Take 2) 03:04
15 Happy Birthday, Birthday Girl (Take 1) 03:03

Steve Marriott – guitar, vocals
Ronnie Lane – bass guitar, vocals
Mick Green – guitar
Mick Weaver – keyboards
Jim Leverton – bass guitar
Dave Hynes – drums
Sam Brown – backing vocals

Mel Collins/Saxophone
Mick Green/Guitar
Dave Hynes/Drums, Vocals (Background)
Ronnie Lane/Vocals
Jim Leverton/Bass, Vocals (Background)
Steve Marriott/Guitar, Harmonica, Keyboards, Vocals
Mick Weaver/Keyboards

BIOGRAPHY (RONNIE LANE)
by Steve Kurutz (AllMusic)
As the former bassist for the Small Faces, and later the Faces, Ronnie Lane left both bands when he felt the spirit of the group had died, gaining him the reputation of an uncompromising artist, and allowing him the opportunity to release some fine solo material in the '70s.

An underrated singer and songwriter, Lane (along with guitarist Steve Marriott) co-founded the British mod group the Small Faces in the mid-'60s, helping to guide them to the top of British charts with his clever songwriting. After Marriott left, Lane jettisoned the group's mod reputation and, adding former Jeff Beck cohorts Ron Wood and Rod Stewart, Lane re-formed the group as the Faces, a loud, boozy rock band that achieved widespread success in the States (something the Small Faces could never do). Although Lane was the unacknowledged leader among the group members, audiences were drawn to singer Rod Stewart, and when Stewart's burgeoning solo career began affecting the quality of the Faces' albums, Lane jumped ship to form his own band in 1973.

Billing themselves as Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance, the bassist organized an ambitious tour dubbed the "Passing Show" that included a traveling circus complete with jugglers, clowns, and animals in 1974. Although the tour was an interesting moment in rock history, it was a financial failure from which Lane would never recover. For income, he continued leasing his mobile recording unit out to bands like Led Zeppelin, who used it to record their double-LP Physical Graffiti.

With Slim Chance, Lane released several albums with a folk-rock flavor in the mid-'70s that spotlighted his minstrel-esque songs and fragile voice. And in 1976, Lane teamed up with Ron Wood, releasing the movie soundtrack album Mahoney's Last Stand. The following year, Lane again collaborated, this time with longtime friend and fellow mod Pete Townshend, on the critically acknowledged classic Rough Mix. Contributing songs such as the acoustic-drenched "Annie" and "April Fool," Lane once again exhibited the depth of feeling in his songwriting that he had displayed so wonderfully with the Small Faces and Faces. Sadly, Lane was diagnosed with the debilitating disease multiple sclerosis in the late '70s, severely curtailing his musical output. He released the solo album See Me in 1980, and in 1983, friends such as Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, and Jimmy Page rallied around him, organizing an ARMS foundation benefit concert and tour, and donating the proceeds to the treatment of MS. In the '80s Lane relocated to Austin, TX, recording songs and occasionally fronting a local group called the Tremors, playing gigs around the city. In 1990, the bassist toured Japan, his last major tour, and later moved to Colorado where the climate was better suited to the treatment of MS.

Always remembered as a kindred spirit and talented musician who was able to write songs that cut to the core of human emotion, in June of 1997, the disease that had curtailed Ronnie Lane's music finally took his life. In 1999, there appeared a compilation featuring a number of rarities and outtakes titled April Fool.

BIOGRAPHY (STEVE MARRIOTT)
by Jason Ankeny (AllMusic)
The frontman for British hitmakers the Small Faces and Humble Pie, singer/guitarist Steve Marriott was born January 30, 1947 in London; a successful child actor, he played the role of the Artful Dodger in the musical Oliver! as a teen, but by the mid-'60s, he was working in a local music shop. There he met bassist Ronnie Lane, agreeing to jam with his band the Pioneers; Marriott soon joined the group full-time and, after adopting a sound influenced by American R&B and a look inspired by Mod fashions, they rechristened themselves the Small Faces. Though best-known in the U.S. for their hit "Itchycoo Park," at home, the Small Faces enjoyed much greater success, reeling off a series of smashes including "All or Nothing," "My Mind's Eye," and "Lazy Sunday" as well as the 1968 classic LP Ogden's Nut Gone Flake. The chart popularity of "Lazy Sunday" rankled Marriott, however -- he'd recorded the song as a joke and it was released despite his objections -- and when the more thoughtful "The Universal" failed to crack the Top 20, his dissatisfaction only increased.

Marriott's tenure with the Small Faces ended after he stalked offstage during a New Year's Day 1969 performance; he soon recruited ex-Herd guitarist Peter Frampton to form the hard rock combo Humble Pie, and after months of woodshedding at Marriott's Essex cottage, the group issued its debut single, "Natural Born Boogie," cracking the U.K. Top Five. The LP As Safe as Yesterday Is followed, but again American success eluded Marriott until the release of the 1971 Humble Pie live album Performance: Rockin' the Fillmore, which went gold. Although Frampton left the band soon after, 1972's Smokin' was a smash, reaching the U.S. Top Ten; subsequent efforts failed to achieve the same heights, however, and Humble Pie disbanded in 1975. After the release of the solo Marriott, in 1976, he joined in a Small Faces reunion, then four years later re-formed Humble Pie with original drummer Jerry Shirley; after two LPs, the group again dissolved. Marriott spent the better part of the decade in seclusion, but was planning to reunite with Frampton when he lost his life in a house fire on April 20, 1991.

8145 - RONNIE LANE - SEE ME (1979)

RONNIE LANE
''SEE ME''
1979
40:51

1 One Step (Alun Davies, Ronnie Lane) 03:30
2 Good Ol' Boys Boogie 03:28
3 Lad's Got Money 04:55
4 She's Leaving (Alun Davies, Ronnie Lane) 03:37
5 Barcelona (Eric Clapton, Ronnie Lane) 05:10
6 Kuschty Rye 04:06
7 Don't Tell Me Now 02:49
8 You're So Right 02:19
9 Only You 03:58
10 Winning With Women 04:07
11 Way Up Yonder 02:46
Tracks By Lane, Except 1, 4, 5

Cal Batchelor/Guitar
Brian Belshaw/Bass
Eric Clapton/Guitar
Alun Davies/Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)
Carol Grimes/Vocals (Background)
Charlie Hart/Accordion, Bass, Fiddle, Piano, Strings
Ronnie Lane/Bass, Drums, Guitar, Vocals
Billy Livsey/Organ, Piano
Henry McCullough/Guitar, Piano
Bruce Rowland/Drums
Steve Simpson/Fiddle, Mandolin, Strings
Chrissy Stewart/Bass

BIOGRAPHY
by Steve Kurutz (AllMusic)
As the former bassist for the Small Faces, and later the Faces, Ronnie Lane left both bands when he felt the spirit of the group had died, gaining him the reputation of an uncompromising artist, and allowing him the opportunity to release some fine solo material in the '70s.

An underrated singer and songwriter, Lane (along with guitarist Steve Marriott) co-founded the British mod group the Small Faces in the mid-'60s, helping to guide them to the top of British charts with his clever songwriting. After Marriott left, Lane jettisoned the group's mod reputation and, adding former Jeff Beck cohorts Ron Wood and Rod Stewart, Lane re-formed the group as the Faces, a loud, boozy rock band that achieved widespread success in the States (something the Small Faces could never do). Although Lane was the unacknowledged leader among the group members, audiences were drawn to singer Rod Stewart, and when Stewart's burgeoning solo career began affecting the quality of the Faces' albums, Lane jumped ship to form his own band in 1973.

Billing themselves as Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance, the bassist organized an ambitious tour dubbed the "Passing Show" that included a traveling circus complete with jugglers, clowns, and animals in 1974. Although the tour was an interesting moment in rock history, it was a financial failure from which Lane would never recover. For income, he continued leasing his mobile recording unit out to bands like Led Zeppelin, who used it to record their double-LP Physical Graffiti.

With Slim Chance, Lane released several albums with a folk-rock flavor in the mid-'70s that spotlighted his minstrel-esque songs and fragile voice. And in 1976, Lane teamed up with Ron Wood, releasing the movie soundtrack album Mahoney's Last Stand. The following year, Lane again collaborated, this time with longtime friend and fellow mod Pete Townshend, on the critically acknowledged classic Rough Mix. Contributing songs such as the acoustic-drenched "Annie" and "April Fool," Lane once again exhibited the depth of feeling in his songwriting that he had displayed so wonderfully with the Small Faces and Faces. Sadly, Lane was diagnosed with the debilitating disease multiple sclerosis in the late '70s, severely curtailing his musical output. He released the solo album See Me in 1980, and in 1983, friends such as Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, and Jimmy Page rallied around him, organizing an ARMS foundation benefit concert and tour, and donating the proceeds to the treatment of MS. In the '80s Lane relocated to Austin, TX, recording songs and occasionally fronting a local group called the Tremors, playing gigs around the city. In 1990, the bassist toured Japan, his last major tour, and later moved to Colorado where the climate was better suited to the treatment of MS.

Always remembered as a kindred spirit and talented musician who was able to write songs that cut to the core of human emotion, in June of 1997, the disease that had curtailed Ronnie Lane's music finally took his life. In 1999, there appeared a compilation featuring a number of rarities and outtakes titled April Fool.

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8144 - RIK EMMETT - IPSO FACTO (1992)

RIK EMMETT
''IPSO FACTO''
1992
73:39

1 Straight Up 05:13
2 Bang On 03:48
3 Let Love Conquer All 04:07
4 Heaven In Your Heart 04:48
5 Dig A Little Deeper 05:07
6 Lickity Bit 02:17
7 Rainbow Man 06:12
8 Out Of The Blue 05:41
9 Meet You There 04:49
10 Can't Lie To Myself 04:23
11 Do Me Good 04:31
12 Calling St. Cecilia 03:52
13 Transition 02:06
14 Woke Up This Morning (Blues In My Fingers) 02:58
15 Saved By Love Live 05:17
16 Big Lie (Live) 08:22
All Tracks By Emmett

Colleen Allen/Sax (Soprano), Vocals (Background)
Dick Armin/Cello
Peter Cardinali/Bass
Randy Cooke/Drums
Greg Critchley/Drums
Rik Emmett/Arranger, Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Debbie Fleming/Vocals (Background)
Rebecca Jenkins/Vocals (Background)
Brian Leonard/Percussion, Shaker, Tambourine
Tom Lewis/Bass
Ross Munro/Sequencers, Tambourine

REVIEW
by Roch Parisien (AllMusic)
Rik Emmett would very much like to be recognized for more than the guitar-hero pyrotechnics of his years with Canadian power trio Triumph, but doesn't mind being sucked back into the mold from time to time. In fact, Ipso Facto opens with "Straight Up," a headbanger of the first order. The quality branching out begins, however, with a pair of fingerpicking instrumentals -- "Lickity Bit" and "Transition" -- and the swinging jazz-blues of "Woke Up This Morning." Of less interest is synthetic pap like "Dig a Little Deeper" and the ballady, gushily optimistic "Let Love Conquer All" and "Heaven In Your Heart."

BIOGRAPHY
by Greg Prato (AllMusic)
Best known as the guitarist (and often singer) of hard-edged prog rockers Triumph, Rik Emmett went on to launch his own solo career after leaving the group in the late '80s. Born in Toronto, Canada, in 1953, Emmett picked up the guitar just before his teenage years, and eventually studied a wide variety of styles -- classical, pop, jazz, and rock. After dropping out of college during the early '70s, Emmett pursued music full time, and he was a member of such obscure Canadian outfits as the glam-based Justin Paige and the more progressive Act III. By the middle of the decade, Emmett had joined forces with drummer/singer Gil Moore and bassist Mike Levine, which led to the formation of Triumph.

Following in the footsteps of another Canadian trio, Rush, Emmett and company specialized in a prog rock meets heavy metal style, but Triumph also incorporated elements of arena rock (i.e., singalong anthems) into its sound. Several albums followed in the late '70s (1976's self-titled debut, 1977's Rock & Roll Machine, and 1979's Just a Game), while the group's over the top live show (heavy on intricate lighting/lasers) proved popular among headbangers in Canada and the United States. Triumph peaked commercially with such releases as 1980's Progressions of Power, 1981's Allied Forces, 1982's Never Surrender, and 1984's Thunder Seven, during which time Emmett's instrumental talents were often recognized, as his mug graced the cover of quite a few guitar publications. It was around this time that Emmett began writing his own monthly column in Guitar Player magazine (as well as the humorous "Rocktoons" for Hit Parader), and began a long association with the Yamaha guitar company.

But a cool reception welcomed a pair of Triumph releases in 1985, Stages and The Sport of Kings. With interest in the group waning, Emmett departed Triumph in 1988, as he had become increasingly frustrated with the group's musical direction. Emmett was supposedly offered gigs in both Asia and Damn Yankees soon after, but opted instead to launch a solo career. Throughout the '90s, Emmett issued a wide variety of solo releases and toured regularly, including such titles as 1990's Absolutely, 1992's Ipso Facto, 1996's Spiral Notebook, 1997's Ten Invitations from the Mistress of Mr. E. and Swing Shift, plus 1999's Raw Quartet and The Spirit of Christmas (the latter a collaboration with keyboardist Sam Reid). Also during the late '90s, an archival live Triumph release featuring Emmett (from 1981) was issued, 1996's King Biscuit Flower Hour (In Concert).

The early 21st century saw Emmett keep up his steady pace of issuing recordings and playing live shows, as such further releases as 2000's Live at Berklee, 2002's Handiwork and 2003's Good Faith were released, as was his very own edition of the 20th Century Masters - Millennium Collection series, The Best of Rik Emmett. Strung out Troubadours: Live at Hugh's Room with Dave Dunlop arrived in 2007. Additionally, the guitarist currently serves on the board of directors for the Songwriters Association of Canada, teaches a music career development course at Toronto's Humber College, and also oversees his own website, www.rikemmett.com.

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