Friday, July 18, 2008

Stone Poneys Discography

The Stone Poneys were a, California folk trio consisting of Bob Kimmel on rhythm guitar, Ken Edwards on lead guitar, and Linda Ronstadt (vocals). Most of the songs on their three albums were written by Kimmel and Edwards.
The first selftitled album, was released in January 1967. The album is notable for having solo vocal performances by Ronstadt on only three of the songs, plus one verse in a fourth song, with harmony vocals otherwise.

The Stone Poneys are best known for a song on their second album, Evergreen, Vol. 2 (released June 1967) that they did not write:Mike Nesmith's Differtent Drum. Ronstadt was surprised when it was a hit because she was unsatisfied with its arrangements.



Their third album was titled Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys and Friends, Vol. III (released April 1968), and only her picture was on the cover. It included another Nesmith song, Some of Shelly's Blues, and ended with the Laura Nyro song, Stoney End, which turned out to have been aptly named. By then, Linda Ronstadt had become at least as well known as the band following the success of Different Drum, and she was off on her solo career.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

AlbumExtractorX (MacOS)

This application lets you split AlbumWrap MP3 files, those files whose name contains the ALBW strings and which contain multiple tracks. By just dragging your ALBW files onto AlbumExtractorX's icon you can extract their contents.

Download:http://alex.primafila.net/albumextractorx/AlbumExtractorX-1.0.dmg

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Desert Rose Band - True Love

The Desert Rose Band had major personnel turnover in 1991; Jay Dee Maness was replaced by steel guitarist Tom Brunley, John Jorgenson by guitarist Jeff Ross, and Steve Duncan by drummer Tim Grogan. This lineup recorded 1991's True Love, but failed to duplicate the success of the band's first incarnation.

Desert Rose Band - Pages Of Life

Their third album Pages of Life featured a remake of Desert Rose as well as a remake of Herb's beautiful folk song about his daughter Our Baby's Gone which was originally recorded on his 1976 album Southwest. Missing You is a notable song for the bluegrass feel and Herb's soaring vocal harmony.
Jay Dee Maness left the band in 1990 and was replaced on pedal steel guitar by Tom Brumley whom Jay Dee replaced in the Buckaroos. Jay Dee Maness would again play with Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen on their post Desert Rose Band albums Bakersfield Bound and Way Out West.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Birthday Sampler - Across The States

Hi out there,

the Turntable is 1 year old. So we present our birthday sampler Across The States, which is a trip through the whole United States. We stop in every state for a break, plus we return in 13 states once more, which is 63 times! All in excellent quality.

The music includes a full set of styles, Blues, Country, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Classic Rock, Southern Rock,
Hard-Rock and Heavy-Metal.
There's also some rare music included. This is fun.
Running time 3:34:14
Get it here, recommended.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

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Monday, June 30, 2008

Eroc Discography










Eroc (Joachim Heinz Ehrig) started his solo career in 1975 while he was currently the drummer of Grobschnitt. His self titled album can be considered as a cross between Grobschnitt’s typical symphonic amazing music and electronic/ synthscapes dominated by numerous original sound manipulations. Despite that he was originally recognised as a drummer, here Eroc is the man behind the machines,controlling solid essays in synth experimentations and electronic collages. His first album is an absolute must have in Kraut- electronic genre, very abstract, emotional and a mix of different moods. His following album Zwei continues to process by a combination between rock and electronic but focused on short, efficient sketches.









Humour and derision are clearly exposed in the lyrics and recitations.
Zwei is a reminiscence of Grobschnitt’s theatrical universe with lot of gags, but the atmosphere is much more introspective, sometimes delivering deliciously melancholic melodies. After this two first very recommended efforts, Eroc pursues his solo career notably providing a kind of reunion, family album Eroc 3 with others Grobschnitt members.









In parallel he also started a professional career as music producer, recently published albums of Jane, Grobschnitt among others.
1975 Eroc - Eroc
1976 Eroc - Zwei
1979 Eroc - Eroc 3
1982 Eroc - Eroc 4
1987 Eroc - Changing Skies
1997 Eroc & Hans Reichel - The Return Of Onkel Boskopp
1998 Eroc - Eroc's Wolkenreisen

Monday, June 23, 2008

Linda Ronstadt - Silk Purse

Silk Purse is Linda Ronstadt's second solo album, released in March 1970. It was recorded at Woodland Recording Studios in Nashville. The album featured songs in a heavier, more traditional country setting than Ronstadt's previous album or her work with the Stone Poneys. Linda were backed up by the pioneering band Swampwater featuring Gib Guilbeau (vocals & fiddle), John Beland (vocals, guitars, dobro), Thad Maxwell(bass), Eric White (bass) and Stan Pratt (drums). Gib & John later played also in the Flying Burrito Brothers and scored 9 hits for Curb in the 80’s. The cover shows Linda with Paul McCartney in front.