...( Info )...


Artist: Various Artists
Album: Jazz Vocalists
Year: 2024
Format: mp3 320 kbps

...( TrackList )...

01. Scarlett Johansson - Summertime
02. Donny Hathaway - Misty
03. Nils Wülker - Season (feat. Max Mutzke)
04. Leona Berlin - Nothing Compares 2 U
05. Per 'Texas' Johansson - My Shining Hour
06. Madeleine Peyroux - Reckless Blues
07. Michael Bublé - My Funny Valentine
08. Viktoria Tolstoy - We'll Be Together Again
09. Tory Noé Trio - Hallelujah
10. Eartha Kitt - Autumn Leaves
11. Bobby Darin - I Didn't Know What Time It Was
12. Sarah Vaughan - You Stepped Out of a Dream (2007 Remaster)
13. Mose Allison - Your Mind Is on Vacation
14. Chris Connor - Love Walked In
15. Aretha Franklin - I Say a Little Prayer
16. Viktoria Tolstoy - Blame It on My Youth
17. Michael Bublé - Haven't Met You Yet
18. Leona Berlin - Feel the Love
19. Tory Noé Trio - Angel on a Snowflake
20. Nils Wülker - Grow (feat. Rob Summerfield)
21. Michael Bublé - All of Me
22. Renee Olstead - When I Fall in Love (feat. Chris Botti)
23. Madeleine Peyroux - Lovesick Blues
24. Leona Berlin - Thinking About You (feat. Replife & Casey Benjamin)

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..::OPIS::..

To wspaniałe wydawnictwo przygotowano dla uczczenia 40. rocznicy powstania zespołu. Pięknie wydany zestaw zawiera 21 CD (zremasterowanych i opakowanych jak LP), 36-stronicową książeczkę z historią zespołu i szczegółowymi opisami każdego albumu oraz 32-stronicową książkę ze wspomnieniami Manfreda, anegdotami i plakatem przedstawiającym aktualny skład zespołu.

Atrakcją jest bez wątpienia album 'Live In Ersingen' zarejestrowany 22 lipca 2011r. z nowym wokalistą Robertem Hartem oraz kompilacja 'Leftovers' zawierająca przebojowe single, nie publikowane wcześniej nagrania oraz rarytasy.
Nakład zestawu jest limitowany!



Definately, at least to me, an improvement over their debut, this was finally the EARTH BAND that found their sound. No more of that New Orleans-type of stuff here, this is definately a more progressive album. Having been familiar with "Solar Fire" for much longer than I had this one, I am amazed how several of the songs on this album reminds me of "Solar Fire". For example, "Meat", which features Chris Slade doing the same kind of drumming as he would later do on "Earth, the Circle Part 2". "Look Around", "Our Friend George" and "I'm Gonna Have You All" all sound like they could fit nicely on "Solar Fire". I really like some of those heavy guitar solo found on "Look Around". The band also did a couple more "down to earth" numbers here. One was "Down Home", with a rather down home feel, almost like The BAND. The other being "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", a Bob DYLAN song which was pretty much what you expect on an EARTH BAND album up until 1975.

Also you get a re-recording of a MANFRED MANN Chapter III song, "One Way Glass" (originally on their 1969 debut), but of course this version has all the horns removed and done in the EARTH BAND fashion (including a Moog solo at the end). I own the American LP which has a black cover with the EARTH BAND logo (this was the first EARTH BAND album to feature that logo), rather than white like you expect on the British version on the Philips label. This is probably my second favorite EARTH BAND album outside of "Solar Fire".

Proghead



..::TRACK-LIST::..

CD 2 - Glorified Magnified (1972):
1. Meat 4:03
2. Look Around 5:10
3. One Way Glass 4:07
4. I'm Gonna Have You All 5:19
5. Down Home 3:17
6. Our Friend George 3:03
7. Ashes To The Wind 2:14
8. Wind 1:58
9. It's All Over Now Baby Blue 4:26
10. Glorified Magnified 4:40



..::OBSADA::..

Manfred Mann - organ, Minimoog synthesiser, vocals
Mick Rogers - guitar, vocals
Colin Pattenden - bass guitar
Chris Slade - drums



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7fdAgFNfnU



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..::OPIS::..

To wspaniałe wydawnictwo przygotowano dla uczczenia 40. rocznicy powstania zespołu. Pięknie wydany zestaw zawiera 21 CD (zremasterowanych i opakowanych jak LP), 36-stronicową książeczkę z historią zespołu i szczegółowymi opisami każdego albumu oraz 32-stronicową książkę ze wspomnieniami Manfreda, anegdotami i plakatem przedstawiającym aktualny skład zespołu.

Atrakcją jest bez wątpienia album 'Live In Ersingen' zarejestrowany 22 lipca 2011r. z nowym wokalistą Robertem Hartem oraz kompilacja 'Leftovers' zawierająca przebojowe single, nie publikowane wcześniej nagrania oraz rarytasy.
Nakład zestawu jest limitowany!



Definately, at least to me, an improvement over their debut, this was finally the EARTH BAND that found their sound. No more of that New Orleans-type of stuff here, this is definately a more progressive album. Having been familiar with "Solar Fire" for much longer than I had this one, I am amazed how several of the songs on this album reminds me of "Solar Fire". For example, "Meat", which features Chris Slade doing the same kind of drumming as he would later do on "Earth, the Circle Part 2". "Look Around", "Our Friend George" and "I'm Gonna Have You All" all sound like they could fit nicely on "Solar Fire". I really like some of those heavy guitar solo found on "Look Around". The band also did a couple more "down to earth" numbers here. One was "Down Home", with a rather down home feel, almost like The BAND. The other being "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", a Bob DYLAN song which was pretty much what you expect on an EARTH BAND album up until 1975.

Also you get a re-recording of a MANFRED MANN Chapter III song, "One Way Glass" (originally on their 1969 debut), but of course this version has all the horns removed and done in the EARTH BAND fashion (including a Moog solo at the end). I own the American LP which has a black cover with the EARTH BAND logo (this was the first EARTH BAND album to feature that logo), rather than white like you expect on the British version on the Philips label. This is probably my second favorite EARTH BAND album outside of "Solar Fire".

Proghead



..::TRACK-LIST::..

CD 2 - Glorified Magnified (1972):
1. Meat 4:03
2. Look Around 5:10
3. One Way Glass 4:07
4. I'm Gonna Have You All 5:19
5. Down Home 3:17
6. Our Friend George 3:03
7. Ashes To The Wind 2:14
8. Wind 1:58
9. It's All Over Now Baby Blue 4:26
10. Glorified Magnified 4:40



..::OBSADA::..

Manfred Mann - organ, Minimoog synthesiser, vocals
Mick Rogers - guitar, vocals
Colin Pattenden - bass guitar
Chris Slade - drums



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7fdAgFNfnU



SEED 15:00-22:00.
POLECAM!!!

...SIŁA I PIĘKNO MUZYKI TKWIĄ W JEJ RÓŻNORODNOŚCI


..::OPIS::..

Sześciopłytowy zestaw zawierający antologię kultowej brytyjskiej grupy. Znalazły się tutaj albumy: "Help Yourself" z 1971, "Strange Affair" i "Beware The Shadow" z 1972, "Return Of Ken Whaley", "Happy Days" i "Help Yourself 5" (wydany dopiero w 2004) z 1973, a także solowy album lidera zespołu Malcolma Morleya "Lost And Found", nagrany w 1976 z towarzyszeniem grupy Plummet Airlines, którego taśmy-matki zaginęły i odnalazły się po latach, a następnie zostały wydane w 2002 roku. Wszystkie nagrania zremasterowano, a całość znajduje się w sztywnym pudełku, z książeczką z niepublikowanymi wcześniej zdjęciami i wywiadami oraz plakatem.


- A NEW 6CD REMASTERED BOXED SET ANTHOLOGY FEATURING THE COMPLETE STUDIO RECORDINGS BY THE UNSUNG HEROES OF BRITISH EARLY ‘70s ROCK, HELP YOURSELF
- FEATURING 66 TRACKS ON 6 CDs INCLUDING THE ALBUMS HELP YOURSELF, STRANGE AFFAIR, BEWARE THE SHADOW, THE RETURN OF KEN WHALEY / HAPPY DAYS, THE ALBUM FIVE & MALCOLM MORLEY’S 1976 ALBUM LOST & FOUND (BOTH UNRELEASED FOR THIRTY YEARS) ALONG WITH A PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED BBC SESSION & DEMO.
- REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL ALBUM MASTER TAPES
- INCLUDES AN ILLUSTRATED BOOK WITH EXTENSIVE ESSAY WITH PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN PHOTOGRAPHS AND INTERVIEWS & A POSTER

Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of PASSING THROUGH – THE COMPLETE STUDIO RECORDINGS, a 6CD boxed set by the unsung heroes of British early ‘70s rock, HELP YOURSELF.

The band was formed in London in 1970, originally as a backing band for singer-songwriter MALCOLM MORLEY and took their influences from American West Coast Country and Acid Rock. After Morley signed to the Famepushers management stable, his manager John Eichler suggested Morley form a new band and HELP YOURSELF was born. Featuring MALCOLM MORLEY (guitars, keyboards, vocals), former Sam Apple Pie member DAVE CHARLES (drums, percussion, vocals), RICHARD TREECE (guitars, vocals, harmonica) and KEN WHALEY (bass), the band signed to United Artists in 1970 and their eponymous debut album was issued in 1971.

Following a tour with label mates Brinsley Schwarz and Ernie Graham (also Famepushers artists), Ken Whaley departed the band. An expanded line-up including Ernie Graham and Jonathan Glemser began work on the album STRANGE AFFAIR in 1972, but Graham and Glemser’s departure half-way through the recording saw roadie Paul Burton join the band to complete the album, (which would include the excellent extended track “The All Electric Fur Trapper”). The band embarked on a tour of Switzerland with Welsh rock legends Man and a bond formed between the two groups. The band’s next album, BEWARE THE SHADOW, was an even stronger effort, featuring the Help’s twelve-minute anthem, “Reaffirmation”, a track that displayed the instrumental excellence of the group. Prior to a tour to promote their most recent album Malcolm Morley fell ill with depression and DEKE LEONARD, recently dismissed from Man, took his place. When Morley recovered, Leonard remained with the band, appearing with them on the CHRISTMAS AT THE PATTI concert in Swansea in December 1972. In early 1973 Deke Leonard departed the band to pursue a solo career and the band began work on the album HAPPY DAYS, a record that also featured THE FLYING ACES (featuring former MAN bassist MARTIN ACE and his wife George) and VIVIAN “SPIV’ MORRIS and spawned a touring musical review featuring all the musicians. Paul Burton’s departure during these sessions saw Ken Whaley return to the band. Work then commenced on another album, THE RETURN OF KEN WHALEY. Both albums were released as a package by United Artists later that year. Although critically acclaimed, commercial success continued to elude the band and Help Yourself were dropped by their record label. A fifth album was recorded at Chipping Norton Studios in Oxfordshire in 1973 but this failed to gain a release for over thirty years. The aborted album led to Help Yourself disbanding, with Malcolm Morley and Ken Whaley joining Man in 1974 for their album Winos, Rhinos and Lunatics. Following his departure from Man, Malcolm Morley recorded a solo album in 1976 that would also remain unreleased for thirty years.

Over four decades on, HELP YOURSELF are now regarded as one of the great, unsung British bands of their era and the songs of Malcolm Morley are recognised as true treasures. PASSING THROUGH – THE COMPLETE STUDIO RECORDINGS is a lovingly compiled boxed set which gathers together the albums HELP YOURSELF, STRANGE AFFAIR, BEWARE THE SHADOW, THE RETURN OF KEN WHALEY / HAPPY DAYS, the unreleased album FIVE , all the band’s non-album singles & Malcolm Morley’s unreleased album LOST & FOUND along with a previously unreleased BBC session & a studio demo.

The set is newly re-mastered from the original master tapes and features an illustrated booklet with rare photographs and a new essay with interviews and a poster and is a tribute to the inspirational music of HELP YOURSELF.

Esoteric



More of the same for Help Yourself on their second album, for the most part. Bassist Ken Whaley had taken his leave, replaced by former band roadie Ernie Graham on guitars and vocals (although Whaley would return a couple years later with the band naming their fourth album in his honor). Graham penned the only non-Malcolm Morley track on the first two albums, the strumming and west coast-flavored “Movie Star”.
Otherwise most of these tracks are quite similar to the debut, at least most of them. The band would put together their first full- length psych jam here with the ten minute rambling “Excerpts from the ‘All Electric Fur Trapper’”, which would only be topped during their career by the even longer and more improvisational “Reaffirmation” on the ‘Beware the Shadow’ release.

The instrumentation is the same: a couple of guitars, piano, bass and drums. Pub band fare for the most part, but Help Yourself had a knack for coming off as just vaguely enough like several ‘A’ list bands to sound like they were a bit more accomplished than what they probably were. The title track for example has a jaunty piano intro and lumbering tempo that bears a striking resemblance to a fair amount of Joe Walsh’s solo stuff; even the theme, something about a classy chick picking up a bum in a bar, sounds like something Walsh would have penned.

“Brown Lady” leans quite heavily into Ambrosia or Firefall territory with its strumming acoustic guitar, almost invisible bass line, and disjointed amorous lyrics. The Graham track “Movie Star” fits quite well in between the Morley tunes, but with harmonizing vocals that recall Buffalo Springfield or even CSN; while “Deanna Call and Scotty” has a Morley vocal track and piano accompaniment that could easily have been inspired by any number of tracks from ‘Abbey Road’, or maybe even some of the early seventies albums from the Beatles Lite (ELO).

The band moves back into pub rock with “Heaven Row”, even to the extent of including female harmonizing vocal backing. And the closing “Many Ways of Meeting” has a real “Let it Be” feel to it but without any kind of heavy lyrical undercurrent of meaning.

But the stand out track is the aforementioned “Excerpts from the ‘All Electric Fur Trapper’”, a lightly psychedelic and slow- developing instrumental that weaves in acoustic picking, electric strumming, fuzz, and some odd keyboard effects with a couple minutes of undisciplined jamming that sounds awfully acid-inspired. The result is one of those space-out songs that is best listened to in early dusk while lying on the hood of your car in a park somewhere. Peaceful, easy stuff, and probably brought the lighters out when it was played live at festivals back then (assuming it was played live at festivals, which I’m sure it was).

The next couple albums would be a bit heavier than this one, which is a bit heavier than the debut. But in reality these guys can be easily lumped with Man, pre-Laurie Wisefield Wishbone Ash, or Home. In other words British pub rock that aspires to be a bit more, and is inexplicably very west coast leaning in its execution. Decent stuff, probably not progressive, but worth a listen unless you are a prog purist. Three stars.

ClemofNazareth



..::TRACK-LIST::..

CD 2 - STRANGE AFFAIR (remastered edition) Released in 1972:
1. Strange Affair
2. Brown Lady
3. Movie Star
4. Deanna Call And Scotty
5. Heaven Row
6. Excerpts From 'The All Electric Fur Trapper' (Soundtrack From The Film Of The Novel)
7. Many Ways Of Meetings

Bonus Track:
8. Heaven Row (A-Side Of Single - Released In 1972)



..::OBSADA::..

Malcolm Morley - keyboards, guitar, vocals, composer (excl. 3)
Richard Treece - bass, guitar, vocals
Paul Burton - bass, guitar, vocals
Dave Charles - drums, percussion, vocals

With:
Ernie Graham - guitar, vocals
Jonathan 'Jojo' Glemser - guitar




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ErEZ9_7SK0



SEED 15:00-22:00.
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...SIŁA I PIĘKNO MUZYKI TKWIĄ W JEJ RÓŻNORODNOŚCI


..::OPIS::..

Sześciopłytowy zestaw zawierający antologię kultowej brytyjskiej grupy. Znalazły się tutaj albumy: "Help Yourself" z 1971, "Strange Affair" i "Beware The Shadow" z 1972, "Return Of Ken Whaley", "Happy Days" i "Help Yourself 5" (wydany dopiero w 2004) z 1973, a także solowy album lidera zespołu Malcolma Morleya "Lost And Found", nagrany w 1976 z towarzyszeniem grupy Plummet Airlines, którego taśmy-matki zaginęły i odnalazły się po latach, a następnie zostały wydane w 2002 roku. Wszystkie nagrania zremasterowano, a całość znajduje się w sztywnym pudełku, z książeczką z niepublikowanymi wcześniej zdjęciami i wywiadami oraz plakatem.


- A NEW 6CD REMASTERED BOXED SET ANTHOLOGY FEATURING THE COMPLETE STUDIO RECORDINGS BY THE UNSUNG HEROES OF BRITISH EARLY ‘70s ROCK, HELP YOURSELF
- FEATURING 66 TRACKS ON 6 CDs INCLUDING THE ALBUMS HELP YOURSELF, STRANGE AFFAIR, BEWARE THE SHADOW, THE RETURN OF KEN WHALEY / HAPPY DAYS, THE ALBUM FIVE & MALCOLM MORLEY’S 1976 ALBUM LOST & FOUND (BOTH UNRELEASED FOR THIRTY YEARS) ALONG WITH A PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED BBC SESSION & DEMO.
- REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL ALBUM MASTER TAPES
- INCLUDES AN ILLUSTRATED BOOK WITH EXTENSIVE ESSAY WITH PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN PHOTOGRAPHS AND INTERVIEWS & A POSTER

Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of PASSING THROUGH – THE COMPLETE STUDIO RECORDINGS, a 6CD boxed set by the unsung heroes of British early ‘70s rock, HELP YOURSELF.

The band was formed in London in 1970, originally as a backing band for singer-songwriter MALCOLM MORLEY and took their influences from American West Coast Country and Acid Rock. After Morley signed to the Famepushers management stable, his manager John Eichler suggested Morley form a new band and HELP YOURSELF was born. Featuring MALCOLM MORLEY (guitars, keyboards, vocals), former Sam Apple Pie member DAVE CHARLES (drums, percussion, vocals), RICHARD TREECE (guitars, vocals, harmonica) and KEN WHALEY (bass), the band signed to United Artists in 1970 and their eponymous debut album was issued in 1971.

Following a tour with label mates Brinsley Schwarz and Ernie Graham (also Famepushers artists), Ken Whaley departed the band. An expanded line-up including Ernie Graham and Jonathan Glemser began work on the album STRANGE AFFAIR in 1972, but Graham and Glemser’s departure half-way through the recording saw roadie Paul Burton join the band to complete the album, (which would include the excellent extended track “The All Electric Fur Trapper”). The band embarked on a tour of Switzerland with Welsh rock legends Man and a bond formed between the two groups. The band’s next album, BEWARE THE SHADOW, was an even stronger effort, featuring the Help’s twelve-minute anthem, “Reaffirmation”, a track that displayed the instrumental excellence of the group. Prior to a tour to promote their most recent album Malcolm Morley fell ill with depression and DEKE LEONARD, recently dismissed from Man, took his place. When Morley recovered, Leonard remained with the band, appearing with them on the CHRISTMAS AT THE PATTI concert in Swansea in December 1972. In early 1973 Deke Leonard departed the band to pursue a solo career and the band began work on the album HAPPY DAYS, a record that also featured THE FLYING ACES (featuring former MAN bassist MARTIN ACE and his wife George) and VIVIAN “SPIV’ MORRIS and spawned a touring musical review featuring all the musicians. Paul Burton’s departure during these sessions saw Ken Whaley return to the band. Work then commenced on another album, THE RETURN OF KEN WHALEY. Both albums were released as a package by United Artists later that year. Although critically acclaimed, commercial success continued to elude the band and Help Yourself were dropped by their record label. A fifth album was recorded at Chipping Norton Studios in Oxfordshire in 1973 but this failed to gain a release for over thirty years. The aborted album led to Help Yourself disbanding, with Malcolm Morley and Ken Whaley joining Man in 1974 for their album Winos, Rhinos and Lunatics. Following his departure from Man, Malcolm Morley recorded a solo album in 1976 that would also remain unreleased for thirty years.

Over four decades on, HELP YOURSELF are now regarded as one of the great, unsung British bands of their era and the songs of Malcolm Morley are recognised as true treasures. PASSING THROUGH – THE COMPLETE STUDIO RECORDINGS is a lovingly compiled boxed set which gathers together the albums HELP YOURSELF, STRANGE AFFAIR, BEWARE THE SHADOW, THE RETURN OF KEN WHALEY / HAPPY DAYS, the unreleased album FIVE , all the band’s non-album singles & Malcolm Morley’s unreleased album LOST & FOUND along with a previously unreleased BBC session & a studio demo.

The set is newly re-mastered from the original master tapes and features an illustrated booklet with rare photographs and a new essay with interviews and a poster and is a tribute to the inspirational music of HELP YOURSELF.

Esoteric



More of the same for Help Yourself on their second album, for the most part. Bassist Ken Whaley had taken his leave, replaced by former band roadie Ernie Graham on guitars and vocals (although Whaley would return a couple years later with the band naming their fourth album in his honor). Graham penned the only non-Malcolm Morley track on the first two albums, the strumming and west coast-flavored “Movie Star”.
Otherwise most of these tracks are quite similar to the debut, at least most of them. The band would put together their first full- length psych jam here with the ten minute rambling “Excerpts from the ‘All Electric Fur Trapper’”, which would only be topped during their career by the even longer and more improvisational “Reaffirmation” on the ‘Beware the Shadow’ release.

The instrumentation is the same: a couple of guitars, piano, bass and drums. Pub band fare for the most part, but Help Yourself had a knack for coming off as just vaguely enough like several ‘A’ list bands to sound like they were a bit more accomplished than what they probably were. The title track for example has a jaunty piano intro and lumbering tempo that bears a striking resemblance to a fair amount of Joe Walsh’s solo stuff; even the theme, something about a classy chick picking up a bum in a bar, sounds like something Walsh would have penned.

“Brown Lady” leans quite heavily into Ambrosia or Firefall territory with its strumming acoustic guitar, almost invisible bass line, and disjointed amorous lyrics. The Graham track “Movie Star” fits quite well in between the Morley tunes, but with harmonizing vocals that recall Buffalo Springfield or even CSN; while “Deanna Call and Scotty” has a Morley vocal track and piano accompaniment that could easily have been inspired by any number of tracks from ‘Abbey Road’, or maybe even some of the early seventies albums from the Beatles Lite (ELO).

The band moves back into pub rock with “Heaven Row”, even to the extent of including female harmonizing vocal backing. And the closing “Many Ways of Meeting” has a real “Let it Be” feel to it but without any kind of heavy lyrical undercurrent of meaning.

But the stand out track is the aforementioned “Excerpts from the ‘All Electric Fur Trapper’”, a lightly psychedelic and slow- developing instrumental that weaves in acoustic picking, electric strumming, fuzz, and some odd keyboard effects with a couple minutes of undisciplined jamming that sounds awfully acid-inspired. The result is one of those space-out songs that is best listened to in early dusk while lying on the hood of your car in a park somewhere. Peaceful, easy stuff, and probably brought the lighters out when it was played live at festivals back then (assuming it was played live at festivals, which I’m sure it was).

The next couple albums would be a bit heavier than this one, which is a bit heavier than the debut. But in reality these guys can be easily lumped with Man, pre-Laurie Wisefield Wishbone Ash, or Home. In other words British pub rock that aspires to be a bit more, and is inexplicably very west coast leaning in its execution. Decent stuff, probably not progressive, but worth a listen unless you are a prog purist. Three stars.

ClemofNazareth



..::TRACK-LIST::..

CD 2 - STRANGE AFFAIR (remastered edition) Released in 1972:
1. Strange Affair
2. Brown Lady
3. Movie Star
4. Deanna Call And Scotty
5. Heaven Row
6. Excerpts From 'The All Electric Fur Trapper' (Soundtrack From The Film Of The Novel)
7. Many Ways Of Meetings

Bonus Track:
8. Heaven Row (A-Side Of Single - Released In 1972)



..::OBSADA::..

Malcolm Morley - keyboards, guitar, vocals, composer (excl. 3)
Richard Treece - bass, guitar, vocals
Paul Burton - bass, guitar, vocals
Dave Charles - drums, percussion, vocals

With:
Ernie Graham - guitar, vocals
Jonathan 'Jojo' Glemser - guitar




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ErEZ9_7SK0



SEED 15:00-22:00.
POLECAM!!!

...SIŁA I PIĘKNO MUZYKI TKWIĄ W JEJ RÓŻNORODNOŚCI


..::OPIS::..

417 previously unreleased live performances! 'Very limited'

Sony are to release The 1974 Live Recordings a massive 27-disc box set that features all professionally recorded shows from Bob Dylan and The Band’s 1974 tour.

The box set offers fans 417 previously unreleased live tracks – including 133 recordings newly mixed from 16-track tape, and every single surviving soundboard recording.

In 1974 Dylan toured live for the first time in eight years and reunited with The Band, who since they last performed live together (in 1966) had released six albums and played Woodstock and recorded with Bob (The Basement Tapes, Planet Waves).

Dylan and The Band performed 30 dates in 42 days (often playing two sets per day) and recordings were captured on a stereo soundboard mix, on both quarter-inch tape and cassette. By tour’s end, Asylum Records’ David Geffen had commissioned recordings on multi-track tape, for eventual release on Before the Flood. The 1974 Live Recordings includes it all of these and the shows that were recorded on 16-track tape are newly-mixed for this box set, which comes with with new sleeve notes by Elizabeth Nelson.



..::TRACK-LIST::..

CD 2 - January 4, 1974 - Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL:
1. Hero Blues 4:03
2. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 4:46
3. It Ain't Me, Babe 3:47
4. Tough Mama 4:01
5. Ballad Of A Thin Man 6:19
6. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 3:32
7. Knockin' On Heaven's Door 3:12
8. The Times They Are A-Changin' 3:21
9. Love Minus Zero/No Limit 3:29
10. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll 4:51
11. Nobody 'Cept You 3:15
12. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) 5:34
13. Maggie's Farm 3:42




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N46p_MscEgU



SEED 15:00-22:00.
POLECAM!!!

...SIŁA I PIĘKNO MUZYKI TKWIĄ W JEJ RÓŻNORODNOŚCI


..::OPIS::..

417 previously unreleased live performances! 'Very limited'

Sony are to release The 1974 Live Recordings a massive 27-disc box set that features all professionally recorded shows from Bob Dylan and The Band’s 1974 tour.

The box set offers fans 417 previously unreleased live tracks – including 133 recordings newly mixed from 16-track tape, and every single surviving soundboard recording.

In 1974 Dylan toured live for the first time in eight years and reunited with The Band, who since they last performed live together (in 1966) had released six albums and played Woodstock and recorded with Bob (The Basement Tapes, Planet Waves).

Dylan and The Band performed 30 dates in 42 days (often playing two sets per day) and recordings were captured on a stereo soundboard mix, on both quarter-inch tape and cassette. By tour’s end, Asylum Records’ David Geffen had commissioned recordings on multi-track tape, for eventual release on Before the Flood. The 1974 Live Recordings includes it all of these and the shows that were recorded on 16-track tape are newly-mixed for this box set, which comes with with new sleeve notes by Elizabeth Nelson.



..::TRACK-LIST::..

CD 2 - January 4, 1974 - Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL:
1. Hero Blues 4:03
2. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 4:46
3. It Ain't Me, Babe 3:47
4. Tough Mama 4:01
5. Ballad Of A Thin Man 6:19
6. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 3:32
7. Knockin' On Heaven's Door 3:12
8. The Times They Are A-Changin' 3:21
9. Love Minus Zero/No Limit 3:29
10. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll 4:51
11. Nobody 'Cept You 3:15
12. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) 5:34
13. Maggie's Farm 3:42




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N46p_MscEgU



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POLECAM!!!

..::INFO::..

Caravan Palace to francuski zespół electro swingowy założony w 2008 roku w Paryżu. Członkowie wśród swoich największych inspiracji wymieniają takich wykonawców, jak Django Reinhardt, Vitalic, Cab Calloway, Justice, Lionel Hampton i Daft Punk. Wydali pięć albumów studyjnych i dwie EPki. Wstawka zawiera czwarty album Caravan Palace.

Title: Chronologic

Artist: Caravan Palace

Country: Francja

Year: 2019

Genre: Electroswing

Format / Codec: MP3
Audio bitrate: 320 kbps

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1.Miracle
2.About You (featuring Charles X)
3.Moonshine
4.Melancoli
5.Plume
6.Fargo
7.Waterguns (featuring Tom Bailey)
8.Leena
9.Supersonics
10.Ghosts
11.April

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Debiutancki album włoskiego zespołu skapunkowego.

Artist: Barricata Rossa

Title: E Non Si Arrende!

Country: Włochy

Year: 1997

Genre: Ska-Punk

Format / Codec: MP3
Audio bitrate: 128 kbps

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Intro
Cento Spari Nel Buio
Uno Contro Il Mundo
Corri Corri
Barricata Rossa
Con Un Ago, Con Il Piombo
Cuba Es Libre (Sin Cuba Nada Seria Igual)
30 Giugno 1960
Hiltzaile Demokrazia
Cani
Rabbiadub
Combat
Contessa

...SIŁA I PIĘKNO MUZYKI TKWIĄ W JEJ RÓŻNORODNOŚCI


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Materiał pierwotnie wydany przez THRONE RECORDS, teraz ponownie dostępny jest na CD z bonusami!Numery 1-13 to studyjne i koncertowe utwory z Ratem (VARUKERS) na wokalach, utwory 14-15 pochodzą z "Beginning of the End" 7"EP (Thunk Records). Jako bonus są cztery numery z pierwszego demo z 1978 roku nagrane tuż przed tym jak Cal dołączył do zespołu.Pionierzy dis-beat/crustpunka!!!



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Tour Edition CD
1. War Is Hell
2. State Violence State Control
3. You Deserve Me
4. Never Again
5. The More I See
6. Hype Overload
7. Corpse Of Decadence
8. Mad
9. You Take Part In Creating This System
10. Nightmare Continues (Live)
11. Hell On Earth (Live)
12. Realities Of War (Live)
13. Doomsday (Live)

Beginning Of The End 7"
14. Beginning Of The End
15. The Blood Of The Innocent

Bonus Tracks:
Unreleased 1978 Demo
16. Suburban Dreams
17. Pigs
18. No Future USA
19. Pause

Tracks 1 to 13 taken from the Tour Edition 001 CD.
Tracks 14 to 15 taken from the Beginning Of The End EP.
Tracks 16 to 19 taken from the 1978 Demo.



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Bass - Rainy (tracks: 1 to 15)
Drums - Tezz (tracks: 1 to 15)
Guitar - Bones (tracks: 1 to 15)
Vocals - Rat (tracks: 1 to 15)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0fSjYgltYU



SEED 15:00-22:00.
POLECAM!!!

...SIŁA I PIĘKNO MUZYKI TKWIĄ W JEJ RÓŻNORODNOŚCI


..::OPIS::..

Materiał pierwotnie wydany przez THRONE RECORDS, teraz ponownie dostępny jest na CD z bonusami!Numery 1-13 to studyjne i koncertowe utwory z Ratem (VARUKERS) na wokalach, utwory 14-15 pochodzą z "Beginning of the End" 7"EP (Thunk Records). Jako bonus są cztery numery z pierwszego demo z 1978 roku nagrane tuż przed tym jak Cal dołączył do zespołu.Pionierzy dis-beat/crustpunka!!!



..::TRACK-LIST::..

Tour Edition CD
1. War Is Hell
2. State Violence State Control
3. You Deserve Me
4. Never Again
5. The More I See
6. Hype Overload
7. Corpse Of Decadence
8. Mad
9. You Take Part In Creating This System
10. Nightmare Continues (Live)
11. Hell On Earth (Live)
12. Realities Of War (Live)
13. Doomsday (Live)

Beginning Of The End 7"
14. Beginning Of The End
15. The Blood Of The Innocent

Bonus Tracks:
Unreleased 1978 Demo
16. Suburban Dreams
17. Pigs
18. No Future USA
19. Pause

Tracks 1 to 13 taken from the Tour Edition 001 CD.
Tracks 14 to 15 taken from the Beginning Of The End EP.
Tracks 16 to 19 taken from the 1978 Demo.



..::OBSADA::..

Bass - Rainy (tracks: 1 to 15)
Drums - Tezz (tracks: 1 to 15)
Guitar - Bones (tracks: 1 to 15)
Vocals - Rat (tracks: 1 to 15)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0fSjYgltYU



SEED 15:00-22:00.
POLECAM!!!

...( Info )...

Artist...............: Stadio
Album................: The Platinum Collection [3CD]
Genre................: Pop Rock
Year.................: 2007
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)

...( TrackList )...

 1. Stadio - Sorprendimi                  
 2. Stadio - Ballando Al Buio (1998 Digital Remaster)   
 3. Stadio - Ti Mando Un Bacio               
 4. Stadio - Il Segreto                  
 5. Stadio - Vorrei                    
 6. Stadio - C'è                      
 7. Stadio - Lo Zaino                   
 8. Stadio - Le Mie Poesie Per Te             
 9. Stadio - La Ragazza Col Telefonino           
10. Stadio - Segreteria Telefonica (1998 Digital Remaster) 
11. Stadio - Un Volo D'Amore                
12. Stadio - Chiaro                    
13. Stadio - Mi Vuoi Ancora                
14. Stadio - Muoio Un Po'                 
15. Stadio - Al Tuo Fianco (1998 Digital Remaster)     
16. Stadio - Universi Sommersi               
17. Stadio - Parole Nel Vento               
18. Stadio - Generazione Di Fenomeni            
19. Stadio - Chiedi Chi Erano I Beatles (Versione 2003)  
20. Stadio - Dammi 5 Minuti                
21. Stadio - Puoi Fidarti Di Me              
22. Stadio - Un Altro Grande Figlio Di Puttana (Versione 2003)
23. Stadio - Graffiti                   
24. Stadio - Montagne Russe                
25. Stadio - Ti Perdonerei                 
26. Stadio - In Paradiso Con Te              
27. Stadio - Sei Tutto Quel Che Ho             
28. Stadio - Porno In TV                  
29. Stadio - La Legge Del Dollaro             
30. Stadio - Equilibrio Instabile (Radio Edit)       
31. Stadio - Per La Bandiera                
32. Stadio - Ci Sarà                    
33. Stadio - Banana Republic                
34. Stadio - E Mi Alzo Sui Pedali             
35. Stadio - Guardami (Live)                
36. Stadio - Acqua E Sapone (Live From Teatro Gentile Fabriano, Ancona, Italy/2006)
37. Stadio - Bella Più Che Mai (Live From Teatro Gentile Fabriano, Ancona, Italy/2006)
38. Stadio - Ho Bisogno Di Voi (Live from Teatro Petrella, Longiano, Italy/1993)
39. Stadio - Stabiliamo Un Contatto (Live From Teatro Gentile Fabriano, Ancona, Italy/2006)
40. Stadio - Allo Stadio (Live From Teatro Gentile Fabriano, Ancona, Italy/2006)
41. Stadio - Canzoni Alla Radio (Live from Teatro Petrella, Longiano, Italy/1993)
42. Stadio - Dentro Le Scarpe (Live from Teatro Petrella, Longiano, Italy/1993)
43. Stadio - La Faccia Delle Donne (Live)         
44. Stadio - Swatch (Live From Teatro Gentile Fabriano, Ancona, Italy/2006)
45. Stadio - Un Disperato Bisogno D'Amore (Live From Teatro Gentile Fabriano, Ancona, Italy/2006)
46. Stadio - Buona Sorte (Live From Teatro Gentile Fabriano, Ancona, Italy/2006)
47. Stadio - Fine Di Un Estate (Live From Teatro Gentile Fabriano, Ancona, Italy/2006)
48. Stadio - E Dimmi Che Non Vuoi Morire (Live From Teatro Gentile Fabriano, Ancona, Italy/2006)
49. Stadio - Un Senso (Live From Teatro Gentile Fabriano, Ancona, Italy/2006)
50. Stadio - Prima Di Partire Per Un Lungo Viaggio (Live From Teatro Gentile Fabriano, Ancona, Italy/2006)
51. Stadio - Canzoni Per Parrucchiere (Live From Teatro Gentile Fabriano, Ancona, Italy/2006)

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Artist...............: V.A.
Album................: Il 1960 in 50 album essenziali
Genre................: Jazz Pop Rock Blues Country Folk
Year.................: 2024
Codec................: reference libFLAC 1.4.3

...( TrackList )...

001. Etta James - At Last (Single Version)
002. Elvis Presley - Fever
003. Miriam Makeba - The Click Song
004. Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Gee Whiz It's You (Mono; 1998 Remaster)
005. The Ventures - Night Train (Remastered)
006. Chuck Berry - Let It Rock
007. Nina Simone - Little Liza Jane (Live at Newport Jazz Festival; 2004 Remaster)
008. The Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown (2007 Remaster)
009. Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue Got Married (Remastered)
010. Wanda Jackson - Fujiyama Mama (Remastered)
011. Chubby Checker - The Twist
012. Frank Sinatra - Nice 'n' Easy (Remastered 1999)
013. Bobby Darin - Have You Got Any Castles, Baby (LP Version)
014. Gene Vincent - She She Little Sheila (Remastered)
015. The Rock-A-Teens - Woo-Hoo
016. Muddy Waters - When I Get To Thinking
017. Ella Fitzgerald Feat. The Paul Smith Quartet - The Lady Is A Tramp (Live at the Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, 1960)
018. Brenda Lee - I Want To Be Wanted (Per Tutta La Vita) (Single Version)
019. Roy Orbison - Only the Lonely
020. Billy Fury - My Advice
021. Ray Charles - Georgia on My Mind (Remastered)
022. BO DIDDLEY - Cops And Robbers
023. John Lee Hooker - Canal Steet Blues
024. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters - Finger Poppin' Time
025. B.B. King - Someday Baby
026. James Brown & The Famous Flames - I'll Go Crazy (Single Version)
027. The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow
028. The Flamingos - Mio Amore (My Love)
029. The Coasters - Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You
030. Fats Domino - Walking To New Orleans
031. Joan Baez - House Of The Rising Sun
032. Joao Gilberto - Samba de uma Nota So (remastered)
033. Miles Davis - The Pan Piper
034. John Coltrane - Giant Steps
035. Charles Mingus - Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (MQ Audio Mono 44.1, 96, 192)
036. Wes Montgomery - Airegin (Remastered)
037. Unknown & Duke Ellington - Blues In Orbit (Album Version)
038. Lambert - Moanin' (Remastered)
039. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - It's Only A Paper Moon (Remastered 2005)
040. Ornette Coleman - Free (Remastered)
041. Hank Mobley - If I Should Lose You (Remastered 2013)
042. Bill Evans Trio - Witchcraft
043. Sam Cooke - (What A) Wonderful World (Mono)
044. Nat Adderley Feat. Sam Jones & Wes Montgomery - I've Got A Crush On You
045. Tina Brooks - True Blue
046. Max Roach - Driva'man
047. Rev. Gary Davis - Samson And Delilah (Album Version)
048. Buster Brown - Fannie Mae
049. Johnny Cash - Seasons of My Heart
050. Ricky Nelson - I'm Not Afraid (Remastered 2001)

...( Info )...

Artist...............: V.A.
Album................: Il 1970 in 50 album essenziali
Genre................: Pop Rock Soul Jazz
Year.................: 2024
Codec................: reference libFLAC 1.4.3

...( TrackList )...

001. GEORGE HARRISON - What Is Life (2014 Remaster)
002. Derek & The Dominos - Bell Bottom Blues (40th Anniversary Version - 2010 Remastered)
003. The Kinks - Lola
004. Neil Young - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
005. Simon & Garfunkel - El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
006. The Beatles - Across The Universe (Remastered 2009)
007. The Velvet Underground - Who Loves the Sun (2015 Remaster)
008. VAN MORRISON - Come Running (2013 Remaster)
009. Miles Davis - John McLaughlin
010. Deep Purple - Speed King
011. Jimi Hendrix - Power To Love (Live At Fillmore East, 1970 - 50th Anniversary)
012. Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (Remaster)
013. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travelin' Band
014. Santana - Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen
015. Free - All Right Now (Album Version)
016. JAMES BROWN - Lowdown Popcorn
017. Grateful Dead - Truckin'
018. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
019. The Stooges - Loose
020. Jethro Tull - Sweet Dream (2013 Stereo Mix)
021. John Lennon - Mother (Remastered 2010)
022. Joni Mitchell - Woodstock
023. Cat Stevens - Father And Son
024. Tim Buckley - Song to the Siren (Album Version)
025. Crosby - Teach Your Children
026. JAMES TAYLOR - Sunny Skies
027. David Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World (2015 Remaster)
028. The Doors - You Make Me Real
029. Randy Newman - Mama Told Me Not to Come
030. The Who - Summertime Blues (Live At Leeds-1970-2014 HD Version)
031. Leonard Cohen - Bird on a Wire (Live at Isle Of Wight Festival, UK)
032. The Rolling Stones - Carol (Live)
033. The Byrds - Chestnut Mare
034. The Beach Boys - Add Some Music To Your Day (Remastered 2009)
035. Elton John - Country Comfort
036. Curtis Mayfield - (Don't Worry) If There Is a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go
037. Stevie Wonder - Never Had A Dream Come True
038. Funkadelic - Funky Dollar Bill
039. James Gang - Funk #49
040. Joe Cocker - Feelin' Alright (Live At The Fillmore East - 1970)
041. ROD STEWART - It's All Over Now (Album Version)
042. The Moody Blues - Question (Full Version)
043. Pink Floyd - Summer '68 (2011 Remaster)
044. Traffic - Empty Pages
045. Syd Barrett - Love You
046. Spirit - Animal Zoo (Album Version)
047. Chicago - Make Me Smile (Steven Wilson Remix; 2016)
048. The Band - Stage Fright (Remastered 2000)
049. Bob Dylan - Wigwam
050. Nico - My Only Child

...( Info )...

Artist...............: V.A.
Album................: Il 1980 in 50 album essenziali
Genre................: Pop Rock
Year.................: 2024
Codec................: reference libFLAC 1.4.3

...( TrackList )...

001. AC-DC - Back In Black
002. Queen - Another One Bites The Dust (Remastered 2011)
003. Kate Bush - Babooshka (2018 Remaster)
004. David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes (2017 Remaster)
005. Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
006. John Lennon - Woman (Remastered 2010)
007. Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart
008. The Cure - A Forest (Album Version)
009. The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me (Remastered 2003)
010. The Clash - The Magnificent Seven (Remastered)
011. Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet
012. U2 - I Will Follow (Remastered 2008)
013. Joy Division - Isolation (2007 Remaster) (2007 Re-mastered Album Version)
014. The Pretenders - Brass in Pocket
015. Billy Joel - All For Leyna (Album Version)
016. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Happy House
017. The B-52's - Private Idaho
018. Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers (Remastered 2002)
019. The Feelies - Everybody's Got Something To Hide (Except Me And My Monkey)
020. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Electricity (Hannett-Cargo Studios Version - Remastered 2003)
021. The Jam - Start! (Album Version)
022. Genesis - Turn It on Again (2007 Remaster)
023. Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
024. Rush - The Spirit Of Radio
025. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
026. Black Sabbath - Neon Knights (2009 Remaster)
027. Bauhaus - Telegram Sam
028. Adam & The Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier (Remastered)
029. The Alan Parsons Project & Orchestra of the Munich Chamber Opera Care of Eberhard Schoener - Games People Play
030. The Blues Brothers - Everybody Needs Somebody to Love (LP Version)
031. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Could You Be Loved (Album Version)
032. UB40 - Food For Thought (Remastered)
033. Diana Ross - Upside Down
034. Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Jammin')
035. Prince - Uptown (LP Version)
036. George Benson - Give Me the Night
037. Kool & The Gang - Celebration (Album Version)
038. The Jacksons - Can You Feel It
039. Barbra Streisand - Woman in Love (Album Version)
040. Abba - The Winner Takes It All
041. Emmylou Harris - Wayfaring Stranger (2002 Remaster) (Remastered LP Version)
042. Roxy Music - Over You (Remastered 1999)
043. Blondie - The Tide Is High (Remastered 2001)
044. The Human League - Only After Dark (2003 Remaster)
045. Pete Townshend - Rough Boys
046. REO Speedwagon - Keep on Loving You
047. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down
048. Echo & The Bunnymen - Rescue
049. Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno (2000 Remaster)
050. Iron Maiden - Running Free (2015 Remaster)

...( Info )...

Artist...............: Ornella Vanoni
Album................: Diverse
Genre................: Pop
Year.................: 2024
Codec................: reference libFLAC 1.4.3

...( TrackList )...

001. Ornella Vanoni, ELODIE & Ditonellapiaga - Ti voglio (con Elodie e Ditonellapiaga)
002. Ornella Vanoni - Perduto (D-Verse)
003. Ornella Vanoni - Io so che ti amerò (D-Verse)
004. Ornella Vanoni - Arcobaleno (D-Verse)
005. Ornella Vanoni - Musica musica (D-Verse)
006. Ornella Vanoni - Occhi negli occhi (D-Verse)
007. Ornella Vanoni - Io che amo solo te (D-Verse)
008. Ornella Vanoni - Per un'amica (D-Verse)
009. Ornella Vanoni - Ricetta di donna (D-Verse)
010. Ornella Vanoni - Una bellissima ragazza (D-Verse)
011. Ornella Vanoni - Vai, Valentina (D-Verse)
012. Ornella Vanoni - Dettagli (D-Verse)

...( Info )...

Artist...............: Abba
Album................: Abba Gold (Anniversary Edition) [3CD]
Year.................: 1992
Genre................: Pop
Format: Flac

...( TrackList )...

001. Dancing Queen
002. Knowing Me, Knowing You
003. Take A Chance On Me
004. Mamma Mia
005. Lay All Your Love On Me
006. Super Trouper
007. I Have A Dream
008. The Winner Takes It All
009. Money, Money, Money
010. SOS (Album Version)
011. Chiquitita
012. Fernando
013. Voulez-Vous
014. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
015. Does Your Mother Know
016. One Of Us
017. The Name Of The Game
018. Thank You For The Music
019. Waterloo (English Version)
020. Summer Night City
021. Angeleyes
022. The Day Before You Came
023. Eagle (Short Version)
024. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
025. So Long
026. Honey, Honey
027. The Visitors
028. Our Last Summer
029. On And On And On
030. Ring Ring (English Version)
031. I Wonder (Departure)
032. Lovelight (Original Version)
033. Head Over Heels
034. When I Kissed The Teacher
035. I Am The City
036. Cassandra
037. Under Attack
038. When All Is Said And Done
039. The Way Old Friends Do (Live At Wembley Arena, London, England - 1979)
040. She's My Kind Of Girl
041. I Am Just A Girl
042. Gonna Sing You My Love Song
043. King Kong Song
044. I've Been Waiting For You
045. Rock Me
046. Man In The Middle
047. Intermezzo No. 1
048. That's Me
049. Crazy World
050. Happy Hawaii
051. I'm A Marionette
052. Medley Pick A Bale Of Cotton
053. Kisses Of Fire
054. The King Has Lost His Crown
055. Elaine
056. The Piper
057. Andante, Andante
058. Should I Laugh Or Cry
059. Soldiers

...SIŁA I PIĘKNO MUZYKI TKWIĄ W JEJ RÓŻNORODNOŚCI


..::OPIS::..

Trochę się już obawiałem, że seria archiwalnych koncertówek Can nie będzie kontynuowana. Na szczęście, pomimo zeszłorocznej przerwy, właśnie ukazała się czwarta jej odsłona. Tym razem sięgnięto jeszcze głębiej do szuflady, wybierając najstarszy jak dotąd materiał. "Live in Paris 1973" to zapis występu z 23 lutego '73 w słynnej paryskiej sali koncertowej L'Olympia. Był to jeden z ostatnich koncertów w tym najbardziej klasycznym kwintecie, z wokalistą Damo Suzukim.

Premiera wydawnictwa zbiegła się zresztą w czasie z wieścią o śmierci tego muzyka. Z Can Suzuki nagrał trzy najsłynniejsze, najbardziej cenione albumy: "Tago Mago", "Ege Bamyasi" i "Future Days", po czym na wiele lat wycofał się z grania w związku ze wstąpieniem do Świadków Jehowy. W ostatnich latach, mimo walki z toczącą go od dekady chorobą nowotworową, był znów aktywny, koncertując z młodszymi grupami, jak black midi czy Spiritczualic Enhancement Center.

Trochę się już obawiałem, że seria archiwalnych koncertówek Can nie będzie kontynuowana. Na szczęście, pomimo zeszłorocznej przerwy, właśnie ukazała się czwarta jej odsłona. Tym razem sięgnięto jeszcze głębiej do szuflady, wybierając najstarszy jak dotąd materiał. "Live in Paris 1973" to zapis występu z 23 lutego '73 w słynnej paryskiej sali koncertowej L'Olympia. Był to jeden z ostatnich koncertów w tym najbardziej klasycznym kwintecie, z wokalistą Damo Suzukim.

Premiera wydawnictwa zbiegła się zresztą w czasie z wieścią o śmierci tego muzyka. Z Can Suzuki nagrał trzy najsłynniejsze, najbardziej cenione albumy: "Tago Mago", "Ege Bamyasi" i "Future Days", po czym na wiele lat wycofał się z grania w związku ze wstąpieniem do Świadków Jehowy. W ostatnich latach, mimo walki z toczącą go od dekady chorobą nowotworową, był znów aktywny, koncertując z młodszymi grupami, jak black midi czy Spiritczualic Enhancement Center.

Podobnie jak w przypadku poprzednich odsłon serii, poszczególne utwory nie mają tytułów, a jedynie kolejne liczebniki w języku niemieckim. Godna podziwu konsekwencja, jednak bootlegi zawierają normalną tracklistę i chyba jednak lepiej byłoby ją po prostu przepisać, dla ułatwienia rozpoznania poszczególnych kompozycji, które często mocno się różnią od studyjnych pierwowzorów. Dominuje tu materiał z wciąż najnowszego wówczas "Ege Bamyasi" - "Future Days" ukazał się blisko pół roku po tym występie, prawdopodobnie nie był jeszcze nagrany ani nawet skomponowany.

Niemal nie do poznania zmienił się "One More Night", w którym mocno uwypuklono funkowy groove, co w połączeniu z psychodeliczną gitarą, fusionowymi klawiszami i swobodniejszą, jamową formą zbliża go nieco do muzyki z ówczesnych koncertów Milesa Davisa, ale z dodatkiem szalonych wokali Damo zamiast dęciaków. Piosenka "Spoon", zagrana zdecydowanie szybciej i ostrzej od studyjnego pierwowzoru, staje się z kolei pretekstem do porywających improwizacji, granych z rockowym czadem, fantastyczną interakcją muzyków i niesamowitą wyobraźnią. Świetnie rozimprowiziwany jest też "Vitamin C", zachowujący jednak tę niewiarygodną precyzję sekcji rytmicznej, zwłaszcza w partiach Liebezeita. Szkoda tylko, że nie zarejestrowało się całe wykonanie.

W repertuarze znalazły się także dwa całkowicie unikalne utwory, z których sam "Whole People Queueing" - to tytuł z bootlega, więc niekoniecznie oficjalny - trwa dobrze ponad pół godziny. To coś w rodzaju hindustańskiej ragi odpowiednio przefiltrowanej przez krautrockowy styl Can. Zaczyna się całkiem subtelnie i melodyjnie, a potem rozwija w nieco bardziej pokręcone rejony. Ponownie zachwyca znakomita interakcja oraz wyobraźnia kwintetu. Każdy instrument pełni tu równoważną rolę, ale w momentach z wokalem Damo to on skupia na sobie najwięcej uwagi. "Stars and Lines" - kolejny tytuł, który pojawił się wyłącznie na bootlegach - trwa już tylko kwadrans. Zaczyna się piosenkowo, ale to jedynie pretekst do kolejnej świetnej improwizacji, która staje się coraz bardziej odjechana, bliska drugiej płyty "Tago Mago".

"Live in Paris 1973" to niewątpliwie najlepsza z dotychczasowych odsłon tej serii. Pod względem brzmienia czy wykonania instrumentalnego na pewno nie ustępuje poprzednim częściom, choć też raczej ich nie przewyższa. Ogromnym atutem jest jednak obecność Damo Suzukiego, dzięki czemu w końcu otrzymaliśmy oficjalny materiał koncertowy, który pokazuje pełny obraz Can z najlepszego okresu, z całym tym szaleństwem, które wnosił wokalista. Nie wiem, czy w archiwach uda się znaleźć jeszcze coś równie ekscytującego, ale niech ta seria dalej się rozrasta.

Paweł Pałasz


Mute and Spoon Records present the next installment of the curated CAN live concert series, LIVE IN PARIS 1973 - the first in the series to feature Damo Suzuki vocals. Out now on double vinyl and 2 disc CD, with exclusive sleeve notes by journalist Wyndham Wallace.

The series was overseen by founding member Irmin Schmidt and producer/engineer René Tinner, who delicately worked on restoring the archival recordings to the best quality for current modern technology. This record captures the band’s 1973 performance in Paris, and features Irmin Schmidt on keyboard & synths, Jaki Liebezeit on drums, Michael Karoli on guitar, Holger Czukay on bass, and Damo Suzuki on vocals for one of his final shows with the band.



..::TRACK-LIST::..

CD 1:
1. Paris 73 Eins 36:27
2. Paris 73 Zwei 09:20

CD 2:
1. Paris 73 Drei 16:34
2. Paris 73 Vier 15:08
3. Paris 73 Fünf 13:45



..::OBSADA::..

Vocals - Damo Suzuki
Drums - Jaki Liebezeit
Guitar [Guitars] - Michael Karoli
Keyboards [Keyboard], Synth [Synths] - Irmin Schmidt
Bass - Holger Czukay




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH8li17IlS0



SEED 15:00-22:00.
POLECAM!!!

...SIŁA I PIĘKNO MUZYKI TKWIĄ W JEJ RÓŻNORODNOŚCI


..::OPIS::..

Trochę się już obawiałem, że seria archiwalnych koncertówek Can nie będzie kontynuowana. Na szczęście, pomimo zeszłorocznej przerwy, właśnie ukazała się czwarta jej odsłona. Tym razem sięgnięto jeszcze głębiej do szuflady, wybierając najstarszy jak dotąd materiał. "Live in Paris 1973" to zapis występu z 23 lutego '73 w słynnej paryskiej sali koncertowej L'Olympia. Był to jeden z ostatnich koncertów w tym najbardziej klasycznym kwintecie, z wokalistą Damo Suzukim.

Premiera wydawnictwa zbiegła się zresztą w czasie z wieścią o śmierci tego muzyka. Z Can Suzuki nagrał trzy najsłynniejsze, najbardziej cenione albumy: "Tago Mago", "Ege Bamyasi" i "Future Days", po czym na wiele lat wycofał się z grania w związku ze wstąpieniem do Świadków Jehowy. W ostatnich latach, mimo walki z toczącą go od dekady chorobą nowotworową, był znów aktywny, koncertując z młodszymi grupami, jak black midi czy Spiritczualic Enhancement Center.

Trochę się już obawiałem, że seria archiwalnych koncertówek Can nie będzie kontynuowana. Na szczęście, pomimo zeszłorocznej przerwy, właśnie ukazała się czwarta jej odsłona. Tym razem sięgnięto jeszcze głębiej do szuflady, wybierając najstarszy jak dotąd materiał. "Live in Paris 1973" to zapis występu z 23 lutego '73 w słynnej paryskiej sali koncertowej L'Olympia. Był to jeden z ostatnich koncertów w tym najbardziej klasycznym kwintecie, z wokalistą Damo Suzukim.

Premiera wydawnictwa zbiegła się zresztą w czasie z wieścią o śmierci tego muzyka. Z Can Suzuki nagrał trzy najsłynniejsze, najbardziej cenione albumy: "Tago Mago", "Ege Bamyasi" i "Future Days", po czym na wiele lat wycofał się z grania w związku ze wstąpieniem do Świadków Jehowy. W ostatnich latach, mimo walki z toczącą go od dekady chorobą nowotworową, był znów aktywny, koncertując z młodszymi grupami, jak black midi czy Spiritczualic Enhancement Center.

Podobnie jak w przypadku poprzednich odsłon serii, poszczególne utwory nie mają tytułów, a jedynie kolejne liczebniki w języku niemieckim. Godna podziwu konsekwencja, jednak bootlegi zawierają normalną tracklistę i chyba jednak lepiej byłoby ją po prostu przepisać, dla ułatwienia rozpoznania poszczególnych kompozycji, które często mocno się różnią od studyjnych pierwowzorów. Dominuje tu materiał z wciąż najnowszego wówczas "Ege Bamyasi" - "Future Days" ukazał się blisko pół roku po tym występie, prawdopodobnie nie był jeszcze nagrany ani nawet skomponowany.

Niemal nie do poznania zmienił się "One More Night", w którym mocno uwypuklono funkowy groove, co w połączeniu z psychodeliczną gitarą, fusionowymi klawiszami i swobodniejszą, jamową formą zbliża go nieco do muzyki z ówczesnych koncertów Milesa Davisa, ale z dodatkiem szalonych wokali Damo zamiast dęciaków. Piosenka "Spoon", zagrana zdecydowanie szybciej i ostrzej od studyjnego pierwowzoru, staje się z kolei pretekstem do porywających improwizacji, granych z rockowym czadem, fantastyczną interakcją muzyków i niesamowitą wyobraźnią. Świetnie rozimprowiziwany jest też "Vitamin C", zachowujący jednak tę niewiarygodną precyzję sekcji rytmicznej, zwłaszcza w partiach Liebezeita. Szkoda tylko, że nie zarejestrowało się całe wykonanie.

W repertuarze znalazły się także dwa całkowicie unikalne utwory, z których sam "Whole People Queueing" - to tytuł z bootlega, więc niekoniecznie oficjalny - trwa dobrze ponad pół godziny. To coś w rodzaju hindustańskiej ragi odpowiednio przefiltrowanej przez krautrockowy styl Can. Zaczyna się całkiem subtelnie i melodyjnie, a potem rozwija w nieco bardziej pokręcone rejony. Ponownie zachwyca znakomita interakcja oraz wyobraźnia kwintetu. Każdy instrument pełni tu równoważną rolę, ale w momentach z wokalem Damo to on skupia na sobie najwięcej uwagi. "Stars and Lines" - kolejny tytuł, który pojawił się wyłącznie na bootlegach - trwa już tylko kwadrans. Zaczyna się piosenkowo, ale to jedynie pretekst do kolejnej świetnej improwizacji, która staje się coraz bardziej odjechana, bliska drugiej płyty "Tago Mago".

"Live in Paris 1973" to niewątpliwie najlepsza z dotychczasowych odsłon tej serii. Pod względem brzmienia czy wykonania instrumentalnego na pewno nie ustępuje poprzednim częściom, choć też raczej ich nie przewyższa. Ogromnym atutem jest jednak obecność Damo Suzukiego, dzięki czemu w końcu otrzymaliśmy oficjalny materiał koncertowy, który pokazuje pełny obraz Can z najlepszego okresu, z całym tym szaleństwem, które wnosił wokalista. Nie wiem, czy w archiwach uda się znaleźć jeszcze coś równie ekscytującego, ale niech ta seria dalej się rozrasta.

Paweł Pałasz


Mute and Spoon Records present the next installment of the curated CAN live concert series, LIVE IN PARIS 1973 - the first in the series to feature Damo Suzuki vocals. Out now on double vinyl and 2 disc CD, with exclusive sleeve notes by journalist Wyndham Wallace.

The series was overseen by founding member Irmin Schmidt and producer/engineer René Tinner, who delicately worked on restoring the archival recordings to the best quality for current modern technology. This record captures the band’s 1973 performance in Paris, and features Irmin Schmidt on keyboard & synths, Jaki Liebezeit on drums, Michael Karoli on guitar, Holger Czukay on bass, and Damo Suzuki on vocals for one of his final shows with the band.



..::TRACK-LIST::..

CD 1:
1. Paris 73 Eins 36:27
2. Paris 73 Zwei 09:20

CD 2:
1. Paris 73 Drei 16:34
2. Paris 73 Vier 15:08
3. Paris 73 Fünf 13:45



..::OBSADA::..

Vocals - Damo Suzuki
Drums - Jaki Liebezeit
Guitar [Guitars] - Michael Karoli
Keyboards [Keyboard], Synth [Synths] - Irmin Schmidt
Bass - Holger Czukay




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH8li17IlS0



SEED 15:00-22:00.
POLECAM!!!

...SIŁA I PIĘKNO MUZYKI TKWIĄ W JEJ RÓŻNORODNOŚCI



Krążek bardziej wyrafinowany, funky, powiedziałbym 'obliczony', pozbawiony prawdziwego serca poprzednich wspaniałych albumów.



..::TRACK-LIST::..

1. Romance Dance 4:04
2. All That You Dream 3:52
3. Long Distance Love 2:43
4. Day Or Night 6:24
5. One Love Stand 4:28
6. Down Below The Borderline 3:41
7. Somebody's Leavin' 5:07
8. Mercenary Territory 4:27



..::OBSADA::..

Paul Barrère - guitar, vocals
Sam Clayton - congas
Lowell George - vocals, guitar
Kenny Gradney - bass
Richard Hayward - drums, vocals
Bill Payne - keyboards, synthesizer, vocals

Additional musicians:
John Hall - guitar (All That You Dream)
Linda Ronstadt - backing vocals (All That You Dream)
Valerie Carter - backing vocals (Long Distance Love and One Love Stand)
Fran Tate - backing vocals (Long Distance Love and One Love Stand)




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na6_y6Hm0bk



SEED 15:00-22:00.
POLECAM!!!

...SIŁA I PIĘKNO MUZYKI TKWIĄ W JEJ RÓŻNORODNOŚCI



Krążek bardziej wyrafinowany, funky, powiedziałbym 'obliczony', pozbawiony prawdziwego serca poprzednich wspaniałych albumów.



..::TRACK-LIST::..

1. Romance Dance 4:04
2. All That You Dream 3:52
3. Long Distance Love 2:43
4. Day Or Night 6:24
5. One Love Stand 4:28
6. Down Below The Borderline 3:41
7. Somebody's Leavin' 5:07
8. Mercenary Territory 4:27



..::OBSADA::..

Paul Barrère - guitar, vocals
Sam Clayton - congas
Lowell George - vocals, guitar
Kenny Gradney - bass
Richard Hayward - drums, vocals
Bill Payne - keyboards, synthesizer, vocals

Additional musicians:
John Hall - guitar (All That You Dream)
Linda Ronstadt - backing vocals (All That You Dream)
Valerie Carter - backing vocals (Long Distance Love and One Love Stand)
Fran Tate - backing vocals (Long Distance Love and One Love Stand)




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na6_y6Hm0bk



SEED 15:00-22:00.
POLECAM!!!

...SIŁA I PIĘKNO MUZYKI TKWIĄ W JEJ RÓŻNORODNOŚCI


..::OPIS::..

Mocarny thrash/crust/punk/metal z Kanady. Druga duża płyta.
Dla fanów SLAYER, MUNICIPAL WASTE, POISON IDEA, BATTALION OF SAINTS.

Daj się upodlić płytą szaleńców z Golers!!!



..::TRACK-LIST::..

1. Foot, foot 02:16
2. New Age Fern Sniffers 02:21
3. Gateway to Mars 03:24
4. Born to Huff Glue 00:54
5. Lord Blader 00:55
6. Astro Bastards 01:58
7. Attraction Deforms Involvement 03:06
8. French Kiss the Dairy Cow 02:43
9. Sideways Falling Down 02:45
10. Stand Aside 02:28
11. Barnyard Bonedown 01:04
12. Donna Cum Home 01:11
13. Side 66.6 02:31
14. 5 in Line 01:54
15. Goler Rock 04:23



..::OBSADA::..

Henry - Guitars, Vocals (backing)
Cecil - Bass, Vocals (backing)
Charlie - Vocals (lead), Guitars
Cranswick - Drums




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAbEvIWT7hQ



SEED 15:00-22:00.
POLECAM!!!

...SIŁA I PIĘKNO MUZYKI TKWIĄ W JEJ RÓŻNORODNOŚCI


..::OPIS::..

Mocarny thrash/crust/punk/metal z Kanady. Druga duża płyta.
Dla fanów SLAYER, MUNICIPAL WASTE, POISON IDEA, BATTALION OF SAINTS.

Daj się upodlić płytą szaleńców z Golers!!!



..::TRACK-LIST::..

1. Foot, foot 02:16
2. New Age Fern Sniffers 02:21
3. Gateway to Mars 03:24
4. Born to Huff Glue 00:54
5. Lord Blader 00:55
6. Astro Bastards 01:58
7. Attraction Deforms Involvement 03:06
8. French Kiss the Dairy Cow 02:43
9. Sideways Falling Down 02:45
10. Stand Aside 02:28
11. Barnyard Bonedown 01:04
12. Donna Cum Home 01:11
13. Side 66.6 02:31
14. 5 in Line 01:54
15. Goler Rock 04:23



..::OBSADA::..

Henry - Guitars, Vocals (backing)
Cecil - Bass, Vocals (backing)
Charlie - Vocals (lead), Guitars
Cranswick - Drums




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAbEvIWT7hQ



SEED 15:00-22:00.
POLECAM!!!

...SIŁA I PIĘKNO MUZYKI TKWIĄ W JEJ RÓŻNORODNOŚCI


..::OPIS::..

Po lekkim wakacyjnym wydawniczym marazmie sezon przedświąteczny prezentuje się całkiem bogato. Wśród wielu zapowiedzianych pozycji, o których będę sukcesywnie pisał, szczególnie interesująco wygląda imponujący box, jakże uwielbianej przeze mnie grupy Camel. Wydawnictwo „Air Born: The MCA & Decca Years 1973-1984” przygotowano z okazji 50-lecia ukazania się pierwszego longplaya formacji. Będzie ono zawierać aż 27 płyt CD (!!!) oraz 5 Blu-Ray’ów.

Zestaw wypełnią zremasterowane wersje wszystkich albumów studyjnych, koncertowych oraz singli zrealizowanych przez Camel dla wytwórni MCA i Decca. Do tego dojdą trzy recitale dla BBC: BBC Radio One „In Concert” – 6 czerwiec 1974, BBC Radio One „In Concert” – 22 kwiecień 1975 oraz BBC „In Concert” – Golders Green Hippodrome – 29 wrzesień 1977. Kolejne trzy koncerty to na nowo zmiksowane występy: „Live at Marquee Club, London” – 20 czerwiec 1974, „Live at Hammersmith Odeon” – 14 kwiecień 1976 oraz „Live at Hammersmith Odeon” – 1 październik 1977. Wszystkie te zapisy były co prawda już publikowane jako bonusy na poprzednich edycjach albumów zespołu, ale w nieco chaotyczny i nieuporządkowany sposób. Teraz będzie można ich wysłuchać w całości. Nader ciekawie i obiecująco przestawiają się studyjne (w większości niepublikowane) bonusy, pochodzące z sesji do poszczególnych albumów. Nie ma ich dużo, ale na pewno przysporzą sporo radości fanom formacji. Odrzutem z pierwszego albumu jest utwór „Sarah”. Aż pięć nagrań, które trafiły na płytę „Mirage”, otrzymamy dodatkowo także we wczesnych wersjach demo z 15 czerwca 1973r. Dwa mniej znane nagrania „Autumn” i „Riverman”, zespół zrealizował gdzieś pomiędzy longplayami „Mirage” i „The Snow Goose”. Krążek „Moonmadness” uzupełnią m.in. trzy studyjne dema. I wreszcie utwór „Captured” z płyty „Nude” usłyszymy we wczesnej, nieznanej dotąd wersji.

Jakby tego było mało, albumy „Camel”, „Mirage”, „The Snow Goose”, „Moonmadness” i „Nude” otrzymujemy także w zupełnie nowych miksach stereo oraz 5.1. Ogromna szkoda, że w podobny sposób nie opracowano pozostałych płyt. Być może nie udało się odnaleźć taśm z zapisami wielośladowymi?

Jeśli chodzi o materiały wideo, to poza paroma klipami i fragmentami występów z TV znajdą się tam koncerty: BBC TV „The Old Grey Whistle Test” – 21 czerwiec 1975, Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 1 październik 1977 oraz film „Pressure Points”. Pudełko uzupełni oczywiście gruba książka oraz plakat.

Paweł Nawara



The box features 27 CDs & five blu-rays and includes newly remastered versions of every Camel album and single issued between 1973 and 1984, but also includes new stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound versions of five albums, as well as new mixes of three concerts; The Marquee Club, London 1974, Hammersmith Odeon 1976 and Hammersmith Odeon 1977.

The package also features previously unreleased outtakes from album recording sessions and BBC Radio ‘In Concert’ appearances from 1974, 1975, 1977 and 1981.




Emerging just in time to honour the 50th anniversary of their debut album, Air Born is a sprawling boxed set which, as the title implies, celebrates their years spent with MCA and Decca. This was not always a happy time in terms of the band's relationship with Decca; in particular, after Andy Ward suffered a mental health crisis and attempted suicide, Andrew Latimer wanted to put the band on hiatus for a while to give Ward a chance to recuperate, but heartlessly Decca demanded that Camel put out a new studio album anyway - and pressured them to make it commercially friendly on top of that - which is what led to the critical stumble of The Single Factor.
Still, musically speaking this covers the music which Camel built their legacy on and more besides. Full remasters (and, for some select albums, additional stereo remixes) of all the Camel studio releases from their debut to Stationary Traveller are, naturally, included, along with a range of supplementary material ranging from unreleased studio tracks through to full live performances.

Much of this stuff has emerged in one form or another as bonus tracks over time, but there are a few significant bits of material which are new to this release. The major scoop of the collection is the full demo tape the band recorded in between their debut album and Mirage, which finds early versions of almost all the Mirage tracks present - only Freefall from that album is missing, and instead we get The Traveller, a Uriah Heep-ish piece which seems to have been abandoned as being more in keeping with their debut album's sound than Mirage's. In terms of sound quality, the demo is top notch, and captures the band's musical growth since they recorded their self-titled album marvellously, forming a hitherto-missing link between that and Mirage.

As for the live material, this is largely a mixture of BBC sessions and material released elsewhere, though there are enhancements and additions here and there. Early live performances include the take on God of Light Revisited originally recorded for the Greasy Truckers - Live At Dingwalls Dance Hall release, a funky, Santana-influenced piece. Again, this has been fairly widely repackaged as a bonus track on some issue or other over the years.

BBC sessions here include a June 1974 recording showcasing the band fresh from the release of Mirage, a more expansive 1975 offering giving extensive extracts from The Snow Goose (with the band on excellent form and proving they didn't need the orchestra to evoken the album's magic live), their excellent appearance on The Old Grey Whistle Test, and a 1977 Sight and Sound In Concert appearance from the Rain Dances lineup primarily focused on that album but also including great takes on Snow Goose material, Never Let Go from the debut, and an absolutely stellar take on Lunar Sea from Moonmadness. Much of this material has shown up as bonus tracks or on bootlegs over the years, but it's nice to get it in fairly definitive versions here.

Rather than presenting A Live Record in either its original or expanded configurations, the box instead offers the complete original live recordings from the different shows which made up that release. This includes a full set from the Marquee Club in October 1974, in which the band both burn through excellent renditions of Mirage-era material and road test compositions which would later make it onto The Snow Goose. The sound quality on this is remarkably good - perhaps the best of any of the pre-Goose live offerings here - and it's interesting how the Snow Goose compositions differ to account for the lack of an orchestra in tow.

Naturally, there's also the Royal Albert Hall full performance of The Snow Goose with orchestra from 1975, which would form the basis of the second disc of A Live Record; this is enhanced by an encore performance of Lady Fantasy, skillfully adapted to account for the orchestra.

We also get a full concert set from the Hammersmith Odeon in 1976; previously only smatterings of this had been borrowed for the extended CD version of A Live Record or on some reissues of Moonmadness, but having the full show to hand in its original running order is excellent. There's a few technical issues audible - notably some faint buzzing on a few tracks which could be down to the original tapes having an issue or might be indicative of some of the band's equipment having a bit of a moment, but this is a mild blemish easily overlooked, especially since some care seems to have been taken here to tidy up the lives tapes as best as possible.

This live set is especially valuable since it provides a final showcase for the original lineup of Camel - some would say the classic lineup - prior to personnel shifts and their Rain Dances-era drift into a Canterbury-influenced direction. You get Latimer, Ward, Ferguson, and Bardens at the absolute top of their game, with a setlist drawn from some of the greatest albums not just in the Camel discography but in the progressive rock pantheon as a whole, with the setlist finally presented on disc more or less as it was conceived to be delivered onstage; when you think about it, that's absolutely fantastic.

The band return to the Odeon in 1977 for a barnstorming set which, along with some stray tracks from other venues rounding off the Live Record material. The 1977 Odeon show is the fullest document of the Rain Dances lineup live on this set, and it's absolutely superb. Between that and the tracks from Bristol and Leeds, the Rain Dances period ends up being the era of the band that's perhaps best-represented by live material here (with The Snow Goose period a close second).

Other live material in the collection includes a tightened-up reissue of the BBC session previously released as On the Road 1981 (including two tracks - Summer Lightning and Ice - not included on previous releases of the BBC session) and, lastly, a remaster of Pressure Points.

Most prog fans will have at least some of the material here - though the new mixes of Camel, Mirage, The Snow Goose, Moonmadness, and Nude are good enough to be worth dipping into (and the previous mixes are also presented so you can judge which you prefer) - but even Camel fanatics probably won't have all of it. If you've got significant gaps to fill in your Camel collection - or if the prospect of all those live goodies have you salivating - it's highly worthwhile, offering the lion's share of their output in one package.

Warthur



..::TRACK-LIST::..

CD 24 - Camel (New Stereo Mix)
1. Slow Yourself Down
2. Mystic Queen
3. Six Ate
4. Seperation
5. Never Let Go
6. Curiosity
7. Arubaluba

Mirage (New Stereo Mix)
8. Freefall
9. Supertwister
10. Nimrodel-The Procession-The White Rider
11. Earthrise
12. Lady Fantasy



..::OBSADA::..

Andy Latimer - guitar, flute, vocals
- see Camel 1973-1984 line-ups



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzSkAR-0W7U



SEED 15:00-22:00.
POLECAM!!!

...SIŁA I PIĘKNO MUZYKI TKWIĄ W JEJ RÓŻNORODNOŚCI


..::OPIS::..

Po lekkim wakacyjnym wydawniczym marazmie sezon przedświąteczny prezentuje się całkiem bogato. Wśród wielu zapowiedzianych pozycji, o których będę sukcesywnie pisał, szczególnie interesująco wygląda imponujący box, jakże uwielbianej przeze mnie grupy Camel. Wydawnictwo „Air Born: The MCA & Decca Years 1973-1984” przygotowano z okazji 50-lecia ukazania się pierwszego longplaya formacji. Będzie ono zawierać aż 27 płyt CD (!!!) oraz 5 Blu-Ray’ów.

Zestaw wypełnią zremasterowane wersje wszystkich albumów studyjnych, koncertowych oraz singli zrealizowanych przez Camel dla wytwórni MCA i Decca. Do tego dojdą trzy recitale dla BBC: BBC Radio One „In Concert” – 6 czerwiec 1974, BBC Radio One „In Concert” – 22 kwiecień 1975 oraz BBC „In Concert” – Golders Green Hippodrome – 29 wrzesień 1977. Kolejne trzy koncerty to na nowo zmiksowane występy: „Live at Marquee Club, London” – 20 czerwiec 1974, „Live at Hammersmith Odeon” – 14 kwiecień 1976 oraz „Live at Hammersmith Odeon” – 1 październik 1977. Wszystkie te zapisy były co prawda już publikowane jako bonusy na poprzednich edycjach albumów zespołu, ale w nieco chaotyczny i nieuporządkowany sposób. Teraz będzie można ich wysłuchać w całości. Nader ciekawie i obiecująco przestawiają się studyjne (w większości niepublikowane) bonusy, pochodzące z sesji do poszczególnych albumów. Nie ma ich dużo, ale na pewno przysporzą sporo radości fanom formacji. Odrzutem z pierwszego albumu jest utwór „Sarah”. Aż pięć nagrań, które trafiły na płytę „Mirage”, otrzymamy dodatkowo także we wczesnych wersjach demo z 15 czerwca 1973r. Dwa mniej znane nagrania „Autumn” i „Riverman”, zespół zrealizował gdzieś pomiędzy longplayami „Mirage” i „The Snow Goose”. Krążek „Moonmadness” uzupełnią m.in. trzy studyjne dema. I wreszcie utwór „Captured” z płyty „Nude” usłyszymy we wczesnej, nieznanej dotąd wersji.

Jakby tego było mało, albumy „Camel”, „Mirage”, „The Snow Goose”, „Moonmadness” i „Nude” otrzymujemy także w zupełnie nowych miksach stereo oraz 5.1. Ogromna szkoda, że w podobny sposób nie opracowano pozostałych płyt. Być może nie udało się odnaleźć taśm z zapisami wielośladowymi?

Jeśli chodzi o materiały wideo, to poza paroma klipami i fragmentami występów z TV znajdą się tam koncerty: BBC TV „The Old Grey Whistle Test” – 21 czerwiec 1975, Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 1 październik 1977 oraz film „Pressure Points”. Pudełko uzupełni oczywiście gruba książka oraz plakat.

Paweł Nawara



The box features 27 CDs & five blu-rays and includes newly remastered versions of every Camel album and single issued between 1973 and 1984, but also includes new stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound versions of five albums, as well as new mixes of three concerts; The Marquee Club, London 1974, Hammersmith Odeon 1976 and Hammersmith Odeon 1977.

The package also features previously unreleased outtakes from album recording sessions and BBC Radio ‘In Concert’ appearances from 1974, 1975, 1977 and 1981.




Emerging just in time to honour the 50th anniversary of their debut album, Air Born is a sprawling boxed set which, as the title implies, celebrates their years spent with MCA and Decca. This was not always a happy time in terms of the band's relationship with Decca; in particular, after Andy Ward suffered a mental health crisis and attempted suicide, Andrew Latimer wanted to put the band on hiatus for a while to give Ward a chance to recuperate, but heartlessly Decca demanded that Camel put out a new studio album anyway - and pressured them to make it commercially friendly on top of that - which is what led to the critical stumble of The Single Factor.
Still, musically speaking this covers the music which Camel built their legacy on and more besides. Full remasters (and, for some select albums, additional stereo remixes) of all the Camel studio releases from their debut to Stationary Traveller are, naturally, included, along with a range of supplementary material ranging from unreleased studio tracks through to full live performances.

Much of this stuff has emerged in one form or another as bonus tracks over time, but there are a few significant bits of material which are new to this release. The major scoop of the collection is the full demo tape the band recorded in between their debut album and Mirage, which finds early versions of almost all the Mirage tracks present - only Freefall from that album is missing, and instead we get The Traveller, a Uriah Heep-ish piece which seems to have been abandoned as being more in keeping with their debut album's sound than Mirage's. In terms of sound quality, the demo is top notch, and captures the band's musical growth since they recorded their self-titled album marvellously, forming a hitherto-missing link between that and Mirage.

As for the live material, this is largely a mixture of BBC sessions and material released elsewhere, though there are enhancements and additions here and there. Early live performances include the take on God of Light Revisited originally recorded for the Greasy Truckers - Live At Dingwalls Dance Hall release, a funky, Santana-influenced piece. Again, this has been fairly widely repackaged as a bonus track on some issue or other over the years.

BBC sessions here include a June 1974 recording showcasing the band fresh from the release of Mirage, a more expansive 1975 offering giving extensive extracts from The Snow Goose (with the band on excellent form and proving they didn't need the orchestra to evoken the album's magic live), their excellent appearance on The Old Grey Whistle Test, and a 1977 Sight and Sound In Concert appearance from the Rain Dances lineup primarily focused on that album but also including great takes on Snow Goose material, Never Let Go from the debut, and an absolutely stellar take on Lunar Sea from Moonmadness. Much of this material has shown up as bonus tracks or on bootlegs over the years, but it's nice to get it in fairly definitive versions here.

Rather than presenting A Live Record in either its original or expanded configurations, the box instead offers the complete original live recordings from the different shows which made up that release. This includes a full set from the Marquee Club in October 1974, in which the band both burn through excellent renditions of Mirage-era material and road test compositions which would later make it onto The Snow Goose. The sound quality on this is remarkably good - perhaps the best of any of the pre-Goose live offerings here - and it's interesting how the Snow Goose compositions differ to account for the lack of an orchestra in tow.

Naturally, there's also the Royal Albert Hall full performance of The Snow Goose with orchestra from 1975, which would form the basis of the second disc of A Live Record; this is enhanced by an encore performance of Lady Fantasy, skillfully adapted to account for the orchestra.

We also get a full concert set from the Hammersmith Odeon in 1976; previously only smatterings of this had been borrowed for the extended CD version of A Live Record or on some reissues of Moonmadness, but having the full show to hand in its original running order is excellent. There's a few technical issues audible - notably some faint buzzing on a few tracks which could be down to the original tapes having an issue or might be indicative of some of the band's equipment having a bit of a moment, but this is a mild blemish easily overlooked, especially since some care seems to have been taken here to tidy up the lives tapes as best as possible.

This live set is especially valuable since it provides a final showcase for the original lineup of Camel - some would say the classic lineup - prior to personnel shifts and their Rain Dances-era drift into a Canterbury-influenced direction. You get Latimer, Ward, Ferguson, and Bardens at the absolute top of their game, with a setlist drawn from some of the greatest albums not just in the Camel discography but in the progressive rock pantheon as a whole, with the setlist finally presented on disc more or less as it was conceived to be delivered onstage; when you think about it, that's absolutely fantastic.

The band return to the Odeon in 1977 for a barnstorming set which, along with some stray tracks from other venues rounding off the Live Record material. The 1977 Odeon show is the fullest document of the Rain Dances lineup live on this set, and it's absolutely superb. Between that and the tracks from Bristol and Leeds, the Rain Dances period ends up being the era of the band that's perhaps best-represented by live material here (with The Snow Goose period a close second).

Other live material in the collection includes a tightened-up reissue of the BBC session previously released as On the Road 1981 (including two tracks - Summer Lightning and Ice - not included on previous releases of the BBC session) and, lastly, a remaster of Pressure Points.

Most prog fans will have at least some of the material here - though the new mixes of Camel, Mirage, The Snow Goose, Moonmadness, and Nude are good enough to be worth dipping into (and the previous mixes are also presented so you can judge which you prefer) - but even Camel fanatics probably won't have all of it. If you've got significant gaps to fill in your Camel collection - or if the prospect of all those live goodies have you salivating - it's highly worthwhile, offering the lion's share of their output in one package.

Warthur



..::TRACK-LIST::..

CD 24 - Camel (New Stereo Mix)
1. Slow Yourself Down
2. Mystic Queen
3. Six Ate
4. Seperation
5. Never Let Go
6. Curiosity
7. Arubaluba

Mirage (New Stereo Mix)
8. Freefall
9. Supertwister
10. Nimrodel-The Procession-The White Rider
11. Earthrise
12. Lady Fantasy



..::OBSADA::..

Andy Latimer - guitar, flute, vocals
- see Camel 1973-1984 line-ups



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzSkAR-0W7U



SEED 15:00-22:00.
POLECAM!!!

...SIŁA I PIĘKNO MUZYKI TKWIĄ W JEJ RÓŻNORODNOŚCI


..::OPIS::..

Po lekkim wakacyjnym wydawniczym marazmie sezon przedświąteczny prezentuje się całkiem bogato. Wśród wielu zapowiedzianych pozycji, o których będę sukcesywnie pisał, szczególnie interesująco wygląda imponujący box, jakże uwielbianej przeze mnie grupy Camel. Wydawnictwo „Air Born: The MCA & Decca Years 1973-1984” przygotowano z okazji 50-lecia ukazania się pierwszego longplaya formacji. Będzie ono zawierać aż 27 płyt CD (!!!) oraz 5 Blu-Ray’ów.

Zestaw wypełnią zremasterowane wersje wszystkich albumów studyjnych, koncertowych oraz singli zrealizowanych przez Camel dla wytwórni MCA i Decca. Do tego dojdą trzy recitale dla BBC: BBC Radio One „In Concert” – 6 czerwiec 1974, BBC Radio One „In Concert” – 22 kwiecień 1975 oraz BBC „In Concert” – Golders Green Hippodrome – 29 wrzesień 1977. Kolejne trzy koncerty to na nowo zmiksowane występy: „Live at Marquee Club, London” – 20 czerwiec 1974, „Live at Hammersmith Odeon” – 14 kwiecień 1976 oraz „Live at Hammersmith Odeon” – 1 październik 1977. Wszystkie te zapisy były co prawda już publikowane jako bonusy na poprzednich edycjach albumów zespołu, ale w nieco chaotyczny i nieuporządkowany sposób. Teraz będzie można ich wysłuchać w całości. Nader ciekawie i obiecująco przestawiają się studyjne (w większości niepublikowane) bonusy, pochodzące z sesji do poszczególnych albumów. Nie ma ich dużo, ale na pewno przysporzą sporo radości fanom formacji. Odrzutem z pierwszego albumu jest utwór „Sarah”. Aż pięć nagrań, które trafiły na płytę „Mirage”, otrzymamy dodatkowo także we wczesnych wersjach demo z 15 czerwca 1973r. Dwa mniej znane nagrania „Autumn” i „Riverman”, zespół zrealizował gdzieś pomiędzy longplayami „Mirage” i „The Snow Goose”. Krążek „Moonmadness” uzupełnią m.in. trzy studyjne dema. I wreszcie utwór „Captured” z płyty „Nude” usłyszymy we wczesnej, nieznanej dotąd wersji.

Jakby tego było mało, albumy „Camel”, „Mirage”, „The Snow Goose”, „Moonmadness” i „Nude” otrzymujemy także w zupełnie nowych miksach stereo oraz 5.1. Ogromna szkoda, że w podobny sposób nie opracowano pozostałych płyt. Być może nie udało się odnaleźć taśm z zapisami wielośladowymi?

Jeśli chodzi o materiały wideo, to poza paroma klipami i fragmentami występów z TV znajdą się tam koncerty: BBC TV „The Old Grey Whistle Test” – 21 czerwiec 1975, Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 1 październik 1977 oraz film „Pressure Points”. Pudełko uzupełni oczywiście gruba książka oraz plakat.

Paweł Nawara



The box features 27 CDs & five blu-rays and includes newly remastered versions of every Camel album and single issued between 1973 and 1984, but also includes new stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound versions of five albums, as well as new mixes of three concerts; The Marquee Club, London 1974, Hammersmith Odeon 1976 and Hammersmith Odeon 1977.

The package also features previously unreleased outtakes from album recording sessions and BBC Radio ‘In Concert’ appearances from 1974, 1975, 1977 and 1981.




Emerging just in time to honour the 50th anniversary of their debut album, Air Born is a sprawling boxed set which, as the title implies, celebrates their years spent with MCA and Decca. This was not always a happy time in terms of the band's relationship with Decca; in particular, after Andy Ward suffered a mental health crisis and attempted suicide, Andrew Latimer wanted to put the band on hiatus for a while to give Ward a chance to recuperate, but heartlessly Decca demanded that Camel put out a new studio album anyway - and pressured them to make it commercially friendly on top of that - which is what led to the critical stumble of The Single Factor.
Still, musically speaking this covers the music which Camel built their legacy on and more besides. Full remasters (and, for some select albums, additional stereo remixes) of all the Camel studio releases from their debut to Stationary Traveller are, naturally, included, along with a range of supplementary material ranging from unreleased studio tracks through to full live performances.

Much of this stuff has emerged in one form or another as bonus tracks over time, but there are a few significant bits of material which are new to this release. The major scoop of the collection is the full demo tape the band recorded in between their debut album and Mirage, which finds early versions of almost all the Mirage tracks present - only Freefall from that album is missing, and instead we get The Traveller, a Uriah Heep-ish piece which seems to have been abandoned as being more in keeping with their debut album's sound than Mirage's. In terms of sound quality, the demo is top notch, and captures the band's musical growth since they recorded their self-titled album marvellously, forming a hitherto-missing link between that and Mirage.

As for the live material, this is largely a mixture of BBC sessions and material released elsewhere, though there are enhancements and additions here and there. Early live performances include the take on God of Light Revisited originally recorded for the Greasy Truckers - Live At Dingwalls Dance Hall release, a funky, Santana-influenced piece. Again, this has been fairly widely repackaged as a bonus track on some issue or other over the years.

BBC sessions here include a June 1974 recording showcasing the band fresh from the release of Mirage, a more expansive 1975 offering giving extensive extracts from The Snow Goose (with the band on excellent form and proving they didn't need the orchestra to evoken the album's magic live), their excellent appearance on The Old Grey Whistle Test, and a 1977 Sight and Sound In Concert appearance from the Rain Dances lineup primarily focused on that album but also including great takes on Snow Goose material, Never Let Go from the debut, and an absolutely stellar take on Lunar Sea from Moonmadness. Much of this material has shown up as bonus tracks or on bootlegs over the years, but it's nice to get it in fairly definitive versions here.

Rather than presenting A Live Record in either its original or expanded configurations, the box instead offers the complete original live recordings from the different shows which made up that release. This includes a full set from the Marquee Club in October 1974, in which the band both burn through excellent renditions of Mirage-era material and road test compositions which would later make it onto The Snow Goose. The sound quality on this is remarkably good - perhaps the best of any of the pre-Goose live offerings here - and it's interesting how the Snow Goose compositions differ to account for the lack of an orchestra in tow.

Naturally, there's also the Royal Albert Hall full performance of The Snow Goose with orchestra from 1975, which would form the basis of the second disc of A Live Record; this is enhanced by an encore performance of Lady Fantasy, skillfully adapted to account for the orchestra.

We also get a full concert set from the Hammersmith Odeon in 1976; previously only smatterings of this had been borrowed for the extended CD version of A Live Record or on some reissues of Moonmadness, but having the full show to hand in its original running order is excellent. There's a few technical issues audible - notably some faint buzzing on a few tracks which could be down to the original tapes having an issue or might be indicative of some of the band's equipment having a bit of a moment, but this is a mild blemish easily overlooked, especially since some care seems to have been taken here to tidy up the lives tapes as best as possible.

This live set is especially valuable since it provides a final showcase for the original lineup of Camel - some would say the classic lineup - prior to personnel shifts and their Rain Dances-era drift into a Canterbury-influenced direction. You get Latimer, Ward, Ferguson, and Bardens at the absolute top of their game, with a setlist drawn from some of the greatest albums not just in the Camel discography but in the progressive rock pantheon as a whole, with the setlist finally presented on disc more or less as it was conceived to be delivered onstage; when you think about it, that's absolutely fantastic.

The band return to the Odeon in 1977 for a barnstorming set which, along with some stray tracks from other venues rounding off the Live Record material. The 1977 Odeon show is the fullest document of the Rain Dances lineup live on this set, and it's absolutely superb. Between that and the tracks from Bristol and Leeds, the Rain Dances period ends up being the era of the band that's perhaps best-represented by live material here (with The Snow Goose period a close second).

Other live material in the collection includes a tightened-up reissue of the BBC session previously released as On the Road 1981 (including two tracks - Summer Lightning and Ice - not included on previous releases of the BBC session) and, lastly, a remaster of Pressure Points.

Most prog fans will have at least some of the material here - though the new mixes of Camel, Mirage, The Snow Goose, Moonmadness, and Nude are good enough to be worth dipping into (and the previous mixes are also presented so you can judge which you prefer) - but even Camel fanatics probably won't have all of it. If you've got significant gaps to fill in your Camel collection - or if the prospect of all those live goodies have you salivating - it's highly worthwhile, offering the lion's share of their output in one package.

Warthur



..::TRACK-LIST::..

CD 23 - Pressure Points: Live in Concert:
1. Sasquatch
2. Wait
3. Cloak And Dagger Man
4. Long Goodbyes
5. Rhayader
6. Rhayader Goes To Town
7. Lady Fantasy



..::OBSADA::..

Andy Latimer - guitar, flute, vocals
- see Camel 1973-1984 line-ups




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRLs134euSw



SEED 15:00-22:00.
POLECAM!!!

...SIŁA I PIĘKNO MUZYKI TKWIĄ W JEJ RÓŻNORODNOŚCI


..::OPIS::..

Po lekkim wakacyjnym wydawniczym marazmie sezon przedświąteczny prezentuje się całkiem bogato. Wśród wielu zapowiedzianych pozycji, o których będę sukcesywnie pisał, szczególnie interesująco wygląda imponujący box, jakże uwielbianej przeze mnie grupy Camel. Wydawnictwo „Air Born: The MCA & Decca Years 1973-1984” przygotowano z okazji 50-lecia ukazania się pierwszego longplaya formacji. Będzie ono zawierać aż 27 płyt CD (!!!) oraz 5 Blu-Ray’ów.

Zestaw wypełnią zremasterowane wersje wszystkich albumów studyjnych, koncertowych oraz singli zrealizowanych przez Camel dla wytwórni MCA i Decca. Do tego dojdą trzy recitale dla BBC: BBC Radio One „In Concert” – 6 czerwiec 1974, BBC Radio One „In Concert” – 22 kwiecień 1975 oraz BBC „In Concert” – Golders Green Hippodrome – 29 wrzesień 1977. Kolejne trzy koncerty to na nowo zmiksowane występy: „Live at Marquee Club, London” – 20 czerwiec 1974, „Live at Hammersmith Odeon” – 14 kwiecień 1976 oraz „Live at Hammersmith Odeon” – 1 październik 1977. Wszystkie te zapisy były co prawda już publikowane jako bonusy na poprzednich edycjach albumów zespołu, ale w nieco chaotyczny i nieuporządkowany sposób. Teraz będzie można ich wysłuchać w całości. Nader ciekawie i obiecująco przestawiają się studyjne (w większości niepublikowane) bonusy, pochodzące z sesji do poszczególnych albumów. Nie ma ich dużo, ale na pewno przysporzą sporo radości fanom formacji. Odrzutem z pierwszego albumu jest utwór „Sarah”. Aż pięć nagrań, które trafiły na płytę „Mirage”, otrzymamy dodatkowo także we wczesnych wersjach demo z 15 czerwca 1973r. Dwa mniej znane nagrania „Autumn” i „Riverman”, zespół zrealizował gdzieś pomiędzy longplayami „Mirage” i „The Snow Goose”. Krążek „Moonmadness” uzupełnią m.in. trzy studyjne dema. I wreszcie utwór „Captured” z płyty „Nude” usłyszymy we wczesnej, nieznanej dotąd wersji.

Jakby tego było mało, albumy „Camel”, „Mirage”, „The Snow Goose”, „Moonmadness” i „Nude” otrzymujemy także w zupełnie nowych miksach stereo oraz 5.1. Ogromna szkoda, że w podobny sposób nie opracowano pozostałych płyt. Być może nie udało się odnaleźć taśm z zapisami wielośladowymi?

Jeśli chodzi o materiały wideo, to poza paroma klipami i fragmentami występów z TV znajdą się tam koncerty: BBC TV „The Old Grey Whistle Test” – 21 czerwiec 1975, Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 1 październik 1977 oraz film „Pressure Points”. Pudełko uzupełni oczywiście gruba książka oraz plakat.

Paweł Nawara



The box features 27 CDs & five blu-rays and includes newly remastered versions of every Camel album and single issued between 1973 and 1984, but also includes new stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound versions of five albums, as well as new mixes of three concerts; The Marquee Club, London 1974, Hammersmith Odeon 1976 and Hammersmith Odeon 1977.

The package also features previously unreleased outtakes from album recording sessions and BBC Radio ‘In Concert’ appearances from 1974, 1975, 1977 and 1981.




Emerging just in time to honour the 50th anniversary of their debut album, Air Born is a sprawling boxed set which, as the title implies, celebrates their years spent with MCA and Decca. This was not always a happy time in terms of the band's relationship with Decca; in particular, after Andy Ward suffered a mental health crisis and attempted suicide, Andrew Latimer wanted to put the band on hiatus for a while to give Ward a chance to recuperate, but heartlessly Decca demanded that Camel put out a new studio album anyway - and pressured them to make it commercially friendly on top of that - which is what led to the critical stumble of The Single Factor.
Still, musically speaking this covers the music which Camel built their legacy on and more besides. Full remasters (and, for some select albums, additional stereo remixes) of all the Camel studio releases from their debut to Stationary Traveller are, naturally, included, along with a range of supplementary material ranging from unreleased studio tracks through to full live performances.

Much of this stuff has emerged in one form or another as bonus tracks over time, but there are a few significant bits of material which are new to this release. The major scoop of the collection is the full demo tape the band recorded in between their debut album and Mirage, which finds early versions of almost all the Mirage tracks present - only Freefall from that album is missing, and instead we get The Traveller, a Uriah Heep-ish piece which seems to have been abandoned as being more in keeping with their debut album's sound than Mirage's. In terms of sound quality, the demo is top notch, and captures the band's musical growth since they recorded their self-titled album marvellously, forming a hitherto-missing link between that and Mirage.

As for the live material, this is largely a mixture of BBC sessions and material released elsewhere, though there are enhancements and additions here and there. Early live performances include the take on God of Light Revisited originally recorded for the Greasy Truckers - Live At Dingwalls Dance Hall release, a funky, Santana-influenced piece. Again, this has been fairly widely repackaged as a bonus track on some issue or other over the years.

BBC sessions here include a June 1974 recording showcasing the band fresh from the release of Mirage, a more expansive 1975 offering giving extensive extracts from The Snow Goose (with the band on excellent form and proving they didn't need the orchestra to evoken the album's magic live), their excellent appearance on The Old Grey Whistle Test, and a 1977 Sight and Sound In Concert appearance from the Rain Dances lineup primarily focused on that album but also including great takes on Snow Goose material, Never Let Go from the debut, and an absolutely stellar take on Lunar Sea from Moonmadness. Much of this material has shown up as bonus tracks or on bootlegs over the years, but it's nice to get it in fairly definitive versions here.

Rather than presenting A Live Record in either its original or expanded configurations, the box instead offers the complete original live recordings from the different shows which made up that release. This includes a full set from the Marquee Club in October 1974, in which the band both burn through excellent renditions of Mirage-era material and road test compositions which would later make it onto The Snow Goose. The sound quality on this is remarkably good - perhaps the best of any of the pre-Goose live offerings here - and it's interesting how the Snow Goose compositions differ to account for the lack of an orchestra in tow.

Naturally, there's also the Royal Albert Hall full performance of The Snow Goose with orchestra from 1975, which would form the basis of the second disc of A Live Record; this is enhanced by an encore performance of Lady Fantasy, skillfully adapted to account for the orchestra.

We also get a full concert set from the Hammersmith Odeon in 1976; previously only smatterings of this had been borrowed for the extended CD version of A Live Record or on some reissues of Moonmadness, but having the full show to hand in its original running order is excellent. There's a few technical issues audible - notably some faint buzzing on a few tracks which could be down to the original tapes having an issue or might be indicative of some of the band's equipment having a bit of a moment, but this is a mild blemish easily overlooked, especially since some care seems to have been taken here to tidy up the lives tapes as best as possible.

This live set is especially valuable since it provides a final showcase for the original lineup of Camel - some would say the classic lineup - prior to personnel shifts and their Rain Dances-era drift into a Canterbury-influenced direction. You get Latimer, Ward, Ferguson, and Bardens at the absolute top of their game, with a setlist drawn from some of the greatest albums not just in the Camel discography but in the progressive rock pantheon as a whole, with the setlist finally presented on disc more or less as it was conceived to be delivered onstage; when you think about it, that's absolutely fantastic.

The band return to the Odeon in 1977 for a barnstorming set which, along with some stray tracks from other venues rounding off the Live Record material. The 1977 Odeon show is the fullest document of the Rain Dances lineup live on this set, and it's absolutely superb. Between that and the tracks from Bristol and Leeds, the Rain Dances period ends up being the era of the band that's perhaps best-represented by live material here (with The Snow Goose period a close second).

Other live material in the collection includes a tightened-up reissue of the BBC session previously released as On the Road 1981 (including two tracks - Summer Lightning and Ice - not included on previous releases of the BBC session) and, lastly, a remaster of Pressure Points.

Most prog fans will have at least some of the material here - though the new mixes of Camel, Mirage, The Snow Goose, Moonmadness, and Nude are good enough to be worth dipping into (and the previous mixes are also presented so you can judge which you prefer) - but even Camel fanatics probably won't have all of it. If you've got significant gaps to fill in your Camel collection - or if the prospect of all those live goodies have you salivating - it's highly worthwhile, offering the lion's share of their output in one package.

Warthur



..::TRACK-LIST::..

CD 23 - Pressure Points: Live in Concert:
1. Sasquatch
2. Wait
3. Cloak And Dagger Man
4. Long Goodbyes
5. Rhayader
6. Rhayader Goes To Town
7. Lady Fantasy



..::OBSADA::..

Andy Latimer - guitar, flute, vocals
- see Camel 1973-1984 line-ups




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRLs134euSw



SEED 15:00-22:00.
POLECAM!!!

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..::OPIS::..

Po lekkim wakacyjnym wydawniczym marazmie sezon przedświąteczny prezentuje się całkiem bogato. Wśród wielu zapowiedzianych pozycji, o których będę sukcesywnie pisał, szczególnie interesująco wygląda imponujący box, jakże uwielbianej przeze mnie grupy Camel. Wydawnictwo „Air Born: The MCA & Decca Years 1973-1984” przygotowano z okazji 50-lecia ukazania się pierwszego longplaya formacji. Będzie ono zawierać aż 27 płyt CD (!!!) oraz 5 Blu-Ray’ów.

Zestaw wypełnią zremasterowane wersje wszystkich albumów studyjnych, koncertowych oraz singli zrealizowanych przez Camel dla wytwórni MCA i Decca. Do tego dojdą trzy recitale dla BBC: BBC Radio One „In Concert” – 6 czerwiec 1974, BBC Radio One „In Concert” – 22 kwiecień 1975 oraz BBC „In Concert” – Golders Green Hippodrome – 29 wrzesień 1977. Kolejne trzy koncerty to na nowo zmiksowane występy: „Live at Marquee Club, London” – 20 czerwiec 1974, „Live at Hammersmith Odeon” – 14 kwiecień 1976 oraz „Live at Hammersmith Odeon” – 1 październik 1977. Wszystkie te zapisy były co prawda już publikowane jako bonusy na poprzednich edycjach albumów zespołu, ale w nieco chaotyczny i nieuporządkowany sposób. Teraz będzie można ich wysłuchać w całości. Nader ciekawie i obiecująco przestawiają się studyjne (w większości niepublikowane) bonusy, pochodzące z sesji do poszczególnych albumów. Nie ma ich dużo, ale na pewno przysporzą sporo radości fanom formacji. Odrzutem z pierwszego albumu jest utwór „Sarah”. Aż pięć nagrań, które trafiły na płytę „Mirage”, otrzymamy dodatkowo także we wczesnych wersjach demo z 15 czerwca 1973r. Dwa mniej znane nagrania „Autumn” i „Riverman”, zespół zrealizował gdzieś pomiędzy longplayami „Mirage” i „The Snow Goose”. Krążek „Moonmadness” uzupełnią m.in. trzy studyjne dema. I wreszcie utwór „Captured” z płyty „Nude” usłyszymy we wczesnej, nieznanej dotąd wersji.

Jakby tego było mało, albumy „Camel”, „Mirage”, „The Snow Goose”, „Moonmadness” i „Nude” otrzymujemy także w zupełnie nowych miksach stereo oraz 5.1. Ogromna szkoda, że w podobny sposób nie opracowano pozostałych płyt. Być może nie udało się odnaleźć taśm z zapisami wielośladowymi?

Jeśli chodzi o materiały wideo, to poza paroma klipami i fragmentami występów z TV znajdą się tam koncerty: BBC TV „The Old Grey Whistle Test” – 21 czerwiec 1975, Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 1 październik 1977 oraz film „Pressure Points”. Pudełko uzupełni oczywiście gruba książka oraz plakat.

Paweł Nawara



The box features 27 CDs & five blu-rays and includes newly remastered versions of every Camel album and single issued between 1973 and 1984, but also includes new stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound versions of five albums, as well as new mixes of three concerts; The Marquee Club, London 1974, Hammersmith Odeon 1976 and Hammersmith Odeon 1977.

The package also features previously unreleased outtakes from album recording sessions and BBC Radio ‘In Concert’ appearances from 1974, 1975, 1977 and 1981.




Emerging just in time to honour the 50th anniversary of their debut album, Air Born is a sprawling boxed set which, as the title implies, celebrates their years spent with MCA and Decca. This was not always a happy time in terms of the band's relationship with Decca; in particular, after Andy Ward suffered a mental health crisis and attempted suicide, Andrew Latimer wanted to put the band on hiatus for a while to give Ward a chance to recuperate, but heartlessly Decca demanded that Camel put out a new studio album anyway - and pressured them to make it commercially friendly on top of that - which is what led to the critical stumble of The Single Factor.
Still, musically speaking this covers the music which Camel built their legacy on and more besides. Full remasters (and, for some select albums, additional stereo remixes) of all the Camel studio releases from their debut to Stationary Traveller are, naturally, included, along with a range of supplementary material ranging from unreleased studio tracks through to full live performances.

Much of this stuff has emerged in one form or another as bonus tracks over time, but there are a few significant bits of material which are new to this release. The major scoop of the collection is the full demo tape the band recorded in between their debut album and Mirage, which finds early versions of almost all the Mirage tracks present - only Freefall from that album is missing, and instead we get The Traveller, a Uriah Heep-ish piece which seems to have been abandoned as being more in keeping with their debut album's sound than Mirage's. In terms of sound quality, the demo is top notch, and captures the band's musical growth since they recorded their self-titled album marvellously, forming a hitherto-missing link between that and Mirage.

As for the live material, this is largely a mixture of BBC sessions and material released elsewhere, though there are enhancements and additions here and there. Early live performances include the take on God of Light Revisited originally recorded for the Greasy Truckers - Live At Dingwalls Dance Hall release, a funky, Santana-influenced piece. Again, this has been fairly widely repackaged as a bonus track on some issue or other over the years.

BBC sessions here include a June 1974 recording showcasing the band fresh from the release of Mirage, a more expansive 1975 offering giving extensive extracts from The Snow Goose (with the band on excellent form and proving they didn't need the orchestra to evoken the album's magic live), their excellent appearance on The Old Grey Whistle Test, and a 1977 Sight and Sound In Concert appearance from the Rain Dances lineup primarily focused on that album but also including great takes on Snow Goose material, Never Let Go from the debut, and an absolutely stellar take on Lunar Sea from Moonmadness. Much of this material has shown up as bonus tracks or on bootlegs over the years, but it's nice to get it in fairly definitive versions here.

Rather than presenting A Live Record in either its original or expanded configurations, the box instead offers the complete original live recordings from the different shows which made up that release. This includes a full set from the Marquee Club in October 1974, in which the band both burn through excellent renditions of Mirage-era material and road test compositions which would later make it onto The Snow Goose. The sound quality on this is remarkably good - perhaps the best of any of the pre-Goose live offerings here - and it's interesting how the Snow Goose compositions differ to account for the lack of an orchestra in tow.

Naturally, there's also the Royal Albert Hall full performance of The Snow Goose with orchestra from 1975, which would form the basis of the second disc of A Live Record; this is enhanced by an encore performance of Lady Fantasy, skillfully adapted to account for the orchestra.

We also get a full concert set from the Hammersmith Odeon in 1976; previously only smatterings of this had been borrowed for the extended CD version of A Live Record or on some reissues of Moonmadness, but having the full show to hand in its original running order is excellent. There's a few technical issues audible - notably some faint buzzing on a few tracks which could be down to the original tapes having an issue or might be indicative of some of the band's equipment having a bit of a moment, but this is a mild blemish easily overlooked, especially since some care seems to have been taken here to tidy up the lives tapes as best as possible.

This live set is especially valuable since it provides a final showcase for the original lineup of Camel - some would say the classic lineup - prior to personnel shifts and their Rain Dances-era drift into a Canterbury-influenced direction. You get Latimer, Ward, Ferguson, and Bardens at the absolute top of their game, with a setlist drawn from some of the greatest albums not just in the Camel discography but in the progressive rock pantheon as a whole, with the setlist finally presented on disc more or less as it was conceived to be delivered onstage; when you think about it, that's absolutely fantastic.

The band return to the Odeon in 1977 for a barnstorming set which, along with some stray tracks from other venues rounding off the Live Record material. The 1977 Odeon show is the fullest document of the Rain Dances lineup live on this set, and it's absolutely superb. Between that and the tracks from Bristol and Leeds, the Rain Dances period ends up being the era of the band that's perhaps best-represented by live material here (with The Snow Goose period a close second).

Other live material in the collection includes a tightened-up reissue of the BBC session previously released as On the Road 1981 (including two tracks - Summer Lightning and Ice - not included on previous releases of the BBC session) and, lastly, a remaster of Pressure Points.

Most prog fans will have at least some of the material here - though the new mixes of Camel, Mirage, The Snow Goose, Moonmadness, and Nude are good enough to be worth dipping into (and the previous mixes are also presented so you can judge which you prefer) - but even Camel fanatics probably won't have all of it. If you've got significant gaps to fill in your Camel collection - or if the prospect of all those live goodies have you salivating - it's highly worthwhile, offering the lion's share of their output in one package.

Warthur



..::TRACK-LIST::..

CD 22 - Pressure Points: Live in Concert:
1. Pressure Points
2. Drafted
3. Captured
4. Lies
5. Refugee
6. Vopos
7. Stationary Traveller
8. West Berlin
9. Fingertips



..::OBSADA::..

Andy Latimer - guitar, flute, vocals
- see Camel 1973-1984 line-ups




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HjRFrKGBc0



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..::OPIS::..

Po lekkim wakacyjnym wydawniczym marazmie sezon przedświąteczny prezentuje się całkiem bogato. Wśród wielu zapowiedzianych pozycji, o których będę sukcesywnie pisał, szczególnie interesująco wygląda imponujący box, jakże uwielbianej przeze mnie grupy Camel. Wydawnictwo „Air Born: The MCA & Decca Years 1973-1984” przygotowano z okazji 50-lecia ukazania się pierwszego longplaya formacji. Będzie ono zawierać aż 27 płyt CD (!!!) oraz 5 Blu-Ray’ów.

Zestaw wypełnią zremasterowane wersje wszystkich albumów studyjnych, koncertowych oraz singli zrealizowanych przez Camel dla wytwórni MCA i Decca. Do tego dojdą trzy recitale dla BBC: BBC Radio One „In Concert” – 6 czerwiec 1974, BBC Radio One „In Concert” – 22 kwiecień 1975 oraz BBC „In Concert” – Golders Green Hippodrome – 29 wrzesień 1977. Kolejne trzy koncerty to na nowo zmiksowane występy: „Live at Marquee Club, London” – 20 czerwiec 1974, „Live at Hammersmith Odeon” – 14 kwiecień 1976 oraz „Live at Hammersmith Odeon” – 1 październik 1977. Wszystkie te zapisy były co prawda już publikowane jako bonusy na poprzednich edycjach albumów zespołu, ale w nieco chaotyczny i nieuporządkowany sposób. Teraz będzie można ich wysłuchać w całości. Nader ciekawie i obiecująco przestawiają się studyjne (w większości niepublikowane) bonusy, pochodzące z sesji do poszczególnych albumów. Nie ma ich dużo, ale na pewno przysporzą sporo radości fanom formacji. Odrzutem z pierwszego albumu jest utwór „Sarah”. Aż pięć nagrań, które trafiły na płytę „Mirage”, otrzymamy dodatkowo także we wczesnych wersjach demo z 15 czerwca 1973r. Dwa mniej znane nagrania „Autumn” i „Riverman”, zespół zrealizował gdzieś pomiędzy longplayami „Mirage” i „The Snow Goose”. Krążek „Moonmadness” uzupełnią m.in. trzy studyjne dema. I wreszcie utwór „Captured” z płyty „Nude” usłyszymy we wczesnej, nieznanej dotąd wersji.

Jakby tego było mało, albumy „Camel”, „Mirage”, „The Snow Goose”, „Moonmadness” i „Nude” otrzymujemy także w zupełnie nowych miksach stereo oraz 5.1. Ogromna szkoda, że w podobny sposób nie opracowano pozostałych płyt. Być może nie udało się odnaleźć taśm z zapisami wielośladowymi?

Jeśli chodzi o materiały wideo, to poza paroma klipami i fragmentami występów z TV znajdą się tam koncerty: BBC TV „The Old Grey Whistle Test” – 21 czerwiec 1975, Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 1 październik 1977 oraz film „Pressure Points”. Pudełko uzupełni oczywiście gruba książka oraz plakat.

Paweł Nawara



The box features 27 CDs & five blu-rays and includes newly remastered versions of every Camel album and single issued between 1973 and 1984, but also includes new stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound versions of five albums, as well as new mixes of three concerts; The Marquee Club, London 1974, Hammersmith Odeon 1976 and Hammersmith Odeon 1977.

The package also features previously unreleased outtakes from album recording sessions and BBC Radio ‘In Concert’ appearances from 1974, 1975, 1977 and 1981.




Emerging just in time to honour the 50th anniversary of their debut album, Air Born is a sprawling boxed set which, as the title implies, celebrates their years spent with MCA and Decca. This was not always a happy time in terms of the band's relationship with Decca; in particular, after Andy Ward suffered a mental health crisis and attempted suicide, Andrew Latimer wanted to put the band on hiatus for a while to give Ward a chance to recuperate, but heartlessly Decca demanded that Camel put out a new studio album anyway - and pressured them to make it commercially friendly on top of that - which is what led to the critical stumble of The Single Factor.
Still, musically speaking this covers the music which Camel built their legacy on and more besides. Full remasters (and, for some select albums, additional stereo remixes) of all the Camel studio releases from their debut to Stationary Traveller are, naturally, included, along with a range of supplementary material ranging from unreleased studio tracks through to full live performances.

Much of this stuff has emerged in one form or another as bonus tracks over time, but there are a few significant bits of material which are new to this release. The major scoop of the collection is the full demo tape the band recorded in between their debut album and Mirage, which finds early versions of almost all the Mirage tracks present - only Freefall from that album is missing, and instead we get The Traveller, a Uriah Heep-ish piece which seems to have been abandoned as being more in keeping with their debut album's sound than Mirage's. In terms of sound quality, the demo is top notch, and captures the band's musical growth since they recorded their self-titled album marvellously, forming a hitherto-missing link between that and Mirage.

As for the live material, this is largely a mixture of BBC sessions and material released elsewhere, though there are enhancements and additions here and there. Early live performances include the take on God of Light Revisited originally recorded for the Greasy Truckers - Live At Dingwalls Dance Hall release, a funky, Santana-influenced piece. Again, this has been fairly widely repackaged as a bonus track on some issue or other over the years.

BBC sessions here include a June 1974 recording showcasing the band fresh from the release of Mirage, a more expansive 1975 offering giving extensive extracts from The Snow Goose (with the band on excellent form and proving they didn't need the orchestra to evoken the album's magic live), their excellent appearance on The Old Grey Whistle Test, and a 1977 Sight and Sound In Concert appearance from the Rain Dances lineup primarily focused on that album but also including great takes on Snow Goose material, Never Let Go from the debut, and an absolutely stellar take on Lunar Sea from Moonmadness. Much of this material has shown up as bonus tracks or on bootlegs over the years, but it's nice to get it in fairly definitive versions here.

Rather than presenting A Live Record in either its original or expanded configurations, the box instead offers the complete original live recordings from the different shows which made up that release. This includes a full set from the Marquee Club in October 1974, in which the band both burn through excellent renditions of Mirage-era material and road test compositions which would later make it onto The Snow Goose. The sound quality on this is remarkably good - perhaps the best of any of the pre-Goose live offerings here - and it's interesting how the Snow Goose compositions differ to account for the lack of an orchestra in tow.

Naturally, there's also the Royal Albert Hall full performance of The Snow Goose with orchestra from 1975, which would form the basis of the second disc of A Live Record; this is enhanced by an encore performance of Lady Fantasy, skillfully adapted to account for the orchestra.

We also get a full concert set from the Hammersmith Odeon in 1976; previously only smatterings of this had been borrowed for the extended CD version of A Live Record or on some reissues of Moonmadness, but having the full show to hand in its original running order is excellent. There's a few technical issues audible - notably some faint buzzing on a few tracks which could be down to the original tapes having an issue or might be indicative of some of the band's equipment having a bit of a moment, but this is a mild blemish easily overlooked, especially since some care seems to have been taken here to tidy up the lives tapes as best as possible.

This live set is especially valuable since it provides a final showcase for the original lineup of Camel - some would say the classic lineup - prior to personnel shifts and their Rain Dances-era drift into a Canterbury-influenced direction. You get Latimer, Ward, Ferguson, and Bardens at the absolute top of their game, with a setlist drawn from some of the greatest albums not just in the Camel discography but in the progressive rock pantheon as a whole, with the setlist finally presented on disc more or less as it was conceived to be delivered onstage; when you think about it, that's absolutely fantastic.

The band return to the Odeon in 1977 for a barnstorming set which, along with some stray tracks from other venues rounding off the Live Record material. The 1977 Odeon show is the fullest document of the Rain Dances lineup live on this set, and it's absolutely superb. Between that and the tracks from Bristol and Leeds, the Rain Dances period ends up being the era of the band that's perhaps best-represented by live material here (with The Snow Goose period a close second).

Other live material in the collection includes a tightened-up reissue of the BBC session previously released as On the Road 1981 (including two tracks - Summer Lightning and Ice - not included on previous releases of the BBC session) and, lastly, a remaster of Pressure Points.

Most prog fans will have at least some of the material here - though the new mixes of Camel, Mirage, The Snow Goose, Moonmadness, and Nude are good enough to be worth dipping into (and the previous mixes are also presented so you can judge which you prefer) - but even Camel fanatics probably won't have all of it. If you've got significant gaps to fill in your Camel collection - or if the prospect of all those live goodies have you salivating - it's highly worthwhile, offering the lion's share of their output in one package.

Warthur



..::TRACK-LIST::..

CD 22 - Pressure Points: Live in Concert:
1. Pressure Points
2. Drafted
3. Captured
4. Lies
5. Refugee
6. Vopos
7. Stationary Traveller
8. West Berlin
9. Fingertips



..::OBSADA::..

Andy Latimer - guitar, flute, vocals
- see Camel 1973-1984 line-ups




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HjRFrKGBc0



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..::TRACK-LIST::..

1. Albion (Intro)
2. Palm Trees, Helicopters and Gasoline
3. Seagull
4. Jelly Roll
5. Black Lung Heartache
6. Around the Bend
7. Jockey Full Of Bourbon
8. From the Valley
9. Athens to Athens
10. Slow Train
11. Last Kiss
12. Dustbowl
13. Midnight Blues
14. Who's Been Talking
15. Happier Times
16. Driving Towards The Daylight
17. The Ballad of John Henry
18. Django
19. Mountain Time
20. Sloe Gin
21. Just Got Paid
22. World's End (Credits)

Bonus Features:
1. No Man's Land: An Exclusive Look Behind The Scenes - Part Four
2. The Making Of Tour De Force - Part Four
3. All Access Pass: The Borderline - Live In London Photo Collection




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn98vQZFF_Y



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