June 2011 : The Tremeloes, I owed them this one !

Never trust a Tremeloes !

Back in the early 90's, I was introduced to the Tremeloes by this Greatest hits comp on CD, by my friend and record shop retailer Claude (Sgt peppers).

I guess I had to change this CD for another one, because I didn't love anyway this kind of variety pop. (...)

...Years have passed, and I always kept a bad idea of the band... until I felt on a precious blog last week, presenting a 1967 album (south american pressing !) of the band : "Rick, Chip, Alan Dave". Waouh !

The author's praise of the band was so sincere that I downloaded the file, and... what a surprise !
But It was so different with what I had listen to before, and I asked myself if it was the same band.
After some researchs, it appears that yes, it was, and that the band was playing for so many times !
It was also them who were choosen by Decca instead of the Beatles in 1962 ! But it seems that the "Greatest hits" I bought some years ago had compiled their worst rock anthems. Whoup ! their lps were much better should I think.
Since then, I put my hands on another great album, the soundtrack for the italian film "May morning" (1970), another rare and beautiful piece of psych pop. A nice discovery.

So, here is Running out, from "Rick, Chip, Alan Dave" :


and don't forget to listen to May morning, and the rest of the discography of this amazing band.

And... Never trust a (cheap) Tremeloes greatest hits !

May 2011 : Al Kooper Wake me, shake me

Enfin !
Ce magnifique album des Blues project a rejoint ma discothèque vinyle.

Depuis 1988 et la découverte de ce combo grâce à mon ami disquaire Claude Planche de Sergeant peppers records (Roanne, 42), (acheté en k7 audio), je n'ai eu de cesse de vouloir écouter ce must-have sous la seule forme qui lui convient : la galette noire.

Entre temps une superbe compilation regroupant l'essentiel de cet album et des inédits a paru ("Anthology", Chronicles 1997 ), et cela avait fait l'objet d'une note dans ce blog : http://action-time.blogspot.com/2006/08/blues-project-live-at-caf-go-go.html.

Mais en réalité, de nombreuses éditions vinyles sont disponibles sur le marché depuis les années 60, et actuellement on peut assez facilement en obtenir une pour pas cher.
C'est le cas de cette réédition (années 80 ?) achetée pour 13,88 € port compris sur Amazon. Evidemment, ce n'est qu'un vinyle léger, et un code barre orne le verso. Mais bon... c'est l'intérieur qui compte, non !?

At last, I put my hands on a vinyl edition of this classic. (Even if it's a reissue with barre code !) (...)
I already wrote about this lp on a previous note (see link above), but enjoy a track from this. This is so bluesfull :

Violets of dawn (live 1966)

The show of Larry Williams & Johnny (Guitar) Watson

The Larry Williams show
Featuring Johnny Guitar Watson
with the Stormsville Shakers
(Decca LK4691, 1965)

Produced by Mike Vernon
Engineer : Bill Price

Like many R'n'Blues fans, I actually had the chance to put my hands on the CD reissue of this wild live performance back in the mid eightties.
This is without doubt one of the coolest R'n'blues live lp to came out in the sixties.
Two stars with great voice and superb guitar playing !
For a cool retrospective bio of Larry Williams, talking about the origin of this show, see Surfinbird blog at : http://surfinbird.centerblog.net

And here are the original notes : (taken from the CD reissue, Edsel 1984)

Listen to "Slow down"


NB : "The featured vocalist on "Looking back" and "Two hours past mignight" is Johnny Watson; both Larry and Johhny are featured on "Sweet little baby", "trustin me" and "For your love". "Stormville groove" features Johnny and Larry on electric piano.
Cover photo taken at Ricky Tik, Plaza Guildford". (from the notes of the CD)

Pictures of Yan Tregger

As I was listening to some records at home, I passed upon this lp a friend of mine sold me some years ago for some francs.

Yan Tregger is known by afficionados for movie soundtracks, and not Blockbusters, believe me.
Last week I tried to listen to an horror movie soundtrack from this guy : ("Bloodnight", 1982), and I rapidely deleted it after dowloading, because of its lack of interest.

But this one is not made of this shape. Rather an imaginary movie soundtrack than a real one, this is (and after Groovecollector.com) :

"A killer... fuzzy & groovy jerks LP, french killer instrumentation with enormous breaks on this orchestral instrumental pop psycho 70's ." Listen to "Hugger mugger" The original first (and really rare) edition (was) on Neuilly white press. It exists also on other cheap press on crea sound ... so this is the one I share today with you. Enjoy ! Pictures, by Yan Tregger 1970, France, label Crea sound. MC 8004 Tracklisting : 1 The Spaniel 2 Hugger Mugger 3 The Ariadne's Clew 4 The Finch 5 In The Shaft 6 The Enginering 7 The Travel 8 The Steam Cracking 9 Mineral 10 The Heurthey Theme 192 kbs MP3