Archive for the ‘CLASSIC ALBUMS’ Category

taken from the Fruits De Mere 7 x 7 45’s Box set due Mid September The Chemistry Set Cover LOVE,

 

A new version of the song originally from the band THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA taken from the 7 x 7 45’s Box set due in mid September featuring other bands and covers of classic American Bands of the 60’s

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firstly the Byrds song “She Don’t Care About Time”  taken from the album TURN TURN TURN,

check out this version from the band KING PENGUIN featured on the new box set 7 x 7 on Fruits De Mer Records A box set of 45’s featuring covers of the great american bands of the 60’s,Woodstock and Montery including the  The Grateful Dead, Moby Grape, Love , Spirit and others,  with new versions by Bevis Frond, The Chemistry Set, Senedelica and King Penguin. the bands all chose their own covers the box set will be available in mid September. http://www.fruitsdemerrecords.com

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The Wytches debut album out on Heavenly Records on the 25th August, titled “ANNABEL DREAM READER”. the band have become one of the bands of the summer the Brighton band have stinging guitars with a  darker side of  psychedelia sound which the band describe as “Surf Doom”.

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French Shoegaze/Psychedelica band inspired by bands like Ride, The Telescopes and Swervedriver the band released their Ep “Heavenly Choir of Jet Engines” and now the debut album “Without Love We Perish” formed in the town of Valen, France

Stevie Nicks performs at Hard Rock Calling 2011 - 26/06/11

 

Stevie Nicks has a new album coming out titled “24Karat Gold” mostly songs from the Vaults written between 1969 and 1987 and two tunes from the mid 1990’s, due out in early October, featuring a collection of unreleased track. The songs are about broken hearts, secrets and the survivors and most of them have appeared on bootlegs and part song found by the singer on You Tube. 18 tracks were laid down with Dave Stewart and Waddy Watchel producing. there is a double album and a deluxe book with lots of photos from Stevie’s own scrapbooks.

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The fourth album from the English rock Band TRAFFIC, regarded as their definative recording, released in 1970 on Island records featured the single “Empty Stages” recorded at Island studios and Olympic studios in London from February to  April 1970 and produced by Chris Blackwell and Guy Stevens, Stevie Winwood who was still only 22 but had already served his apprenticeship in the Spencer Davis Group an then with the supergroup Blind Faith, had entered the studios to record what was to be a solo album titled Mad Shadows he wanted like minded musicians to join him and invited Chris Woods saxes and other wind instruments and Jim Capaldi drumming, therefore becoming a reunited Traffic and particulary a relaunch of the band’s career. With Jazz and Blues a forefront to the bands sound it also included a contempoary version of the English seventeenth century folk song ” John Barleycorn” with similarities to what was happening with bands like Pentangle and Fairport Convention. Reissued in 1999 with five bonus tracks, then in 2011 a deluxe version had the whole of the Live Fillmore East concert plus some demos,

 

 

the third track from the new album “HYPNOTIC EYE” performed on the Jimmy Kimmel show by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Tom Petty now 63, and four years after the release of the more Bluesy “Mojo”  the 13th studio album from the band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers titled “Hypnotic Eye”  the band are back to the swagger and rock sound  with a real rock n roll album with distorted guitars and old amplifiers,

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performed three songs on the Jimmy Kimmel show with a new album “HYPNOTIC EYE” the 13th release from the band,

Ahead of the new release album “HYPNOTIC EYE”  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, issue their 13th album and with a new extensive American tour starting the band played Jimmy Kimmel live  showcasing three songs , the album is a return to the rockier sound of the Heartbreakers. Petty is always an interesting and inventive songwriter adept at tough riffs with strong melodies