Moody Blues - December

December is the Christmas album released by the Moody Blues in 2003. It is their first since The Magnificent Moodies to feature songs not written by members of the band. It is also the first to feature guest flautist Norda Mullen.

Brian Wilson - What I Really Want For Christmas

What I Really Want for Christmas is Brian Wilson's ninth official solo album and his first seasonal release. It was released by Arista in October 2005 and features many traditional Christmas songs, as well some of Wilson's originals, including remakes of the Beach Boys Little Saint Nick and The Man with All the Toys. As a bonus, Wilson elected to include a sampling of seasonal recordings initially available on his website a few years earlier.

Linda Ronstadt - A Merry Little Christmas

A Merry Little Christmas is Linda Ronstadt's Christmas album, released in 2000. It was the final release under Ronstadt's recording contract with Elektra.
It was the biggest-selling Christmas album of the 2000 season. It peaked at #179 on Billboard's main album chart and has continued to sell year in and year out. Among the highlights of this disc are Ronstadt's duet with the late Rosemary Clooney on the perennial track White Christmas and her ultra-somber interpretation of Joni Mitchell's River.

White, Clarence - Tuff & Stringy

In the CD Booklet you can find the following information:
Clarence White needs no introduction.
This is a collection of rare singles, demos and studio outtakes. It's not claiming to make a definitive statement upon his career or to represent his best work. The purpose of this collection is to shed some light on two short years that were a pivotal stage in his development as a guitarist but also as an artist. This is also the story of a group of musicians, producers, family and friends- Kentucky Colonels, Reasons, Byrds, Gary Paxton, Gene Parsons,Gib Guilbeau et al. that surrounded Clarence White.

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Update Kraftwerk - Computerwelt/Computer World

Kraftwerk's 1981 Computer World has been updated. It now includes both the remastered German release Computerwelt and the remastered International release Computer World.

Poco - Cantamos

Poco's 1974 release Cantamos is their 8th and the main album of Poco's Timothy B. Schmit phase. Both Ritchie Furay(1973) and Jim Messina(1971) already had left the band. So some changes took place, but again Poco were able to release a fine country rock album.
Line-up:
Rusty Young(v,g,steel) Paul Cotton(v,g)
Timothy B. Schmit(v,b) George Grantham(d)

McGuinn, Roger Limited Edition

Roger McGuinn is well known as ex-leader of the Byrds and his trademark the electric twelve string guitar.
Limited Edition is a CD rich in Rickenbacker " Jingle Jangle",including five electrified folk and blues songs,seven new songs written by McGuinn and his wife Camilla and a tribute to his inspiration George Harrison, If I Needed Someone.
This CD came out after the compilation of some of his favorite Folk Den songs.
Roger McGuinn has been recording traditional folk songs for his on line project The Folk Den since 1995.(http://folkden.com) The songs are available for free download with lyrics and stories about the songs.
On Limited Edition are the next musicians:Roger McGuinn,Pedro Araujo,Delyn Christian,John Jorgensen,Curt Keidser,Kammy Kolorado,Bill Lee,Stan Lynch.
The album was produced by Roger and Camilla Mcguinn.

The Blues Band - Part III

1983 Bye Bye Blues
1991 Fat City







1993 Homage
1999 Brassed Up

Bye Bye Blues is the live recording released after Brand Loyalty in 1983. I had not posted it in Part II. The other ones are all from the 90's. 1999's Brassed Up is recorded with heavy brass as the name implefies.