Monday, 10 March 2014

Not Another Travelling Tune

Progressive blues? An oxymoron, some would say. Still, these ten tracks all have strong blues roots, yet they are undeniably progressive, with long, complex instrumental passages, at times completely mad. Perhaps a great meeting point for both blues and prog lovers.


Tracks:

  1. Ted Nugent - Stranglehold (Ted Nugent 1975) 8:24
  2. Ten Years After - Hear Me Calling (Stonedhenge 1969) 5:44
  3. Wishbone Ash - Handy (Wishbone Ash 1970) 11:40
  4. Patto - Money Bag (Patto 1970) 10:08
  5. Hannibal - Winter (Hannibal 1970) 8:06
  6. Skid Row - Felicity (Skid Row 1970) 9:07
  7. Bakerloo - Son Of Moonshine (Bakerloo 1969) 14:53
  8. T2 - No More White Horses (It'll All Work Out In Boomland 1970) 8:37
  9. Steamhammer - Another Travelling Tune (Mk II 1969) 16:06
  10. Cargo - Summerfair (Cargo 1972) 15:36
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Saturday, 8 March 2014

Cloudy Day

Another blues collection. Some of the finest white blues artists plus a couple of bands with rare excursions into the genre.


Tracks:

  1. ZZ Top - Just Got Back From Baby's (ZZ Top's First Album 1971) 4:15
  2. Jethro Tull - Beggar's Farm (This Was 1968) 4:21
  3. Fleetwood Mac - A Fool No More (The Original Fleetwood Mac 1971) 4:36
  4. Thin Lizzy - Slow Blues (Vagabonds Of The Western World 1973) 5:13
  5. Savoy Brown - Love Me Please (Lion's Share 1972) 5:45
  6. Free - Moonshine (Tons Of Sobs 1968) 5:50
  7. Rory Gallagher - For The Last Time (Rory Gallagher 1971) 6:35
  8. Santana - As The Years Go Passing By (Mother Earth 1969) 7:39
  9. AC/DC - Ride On (Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap 1976) 5:49
  10. J.J. Cale - Cloudy Day (Shades 1981) 5:24
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Sing Child

A collection of prog rock with female vocals.


Tracks:

  1. Frumpy - Duty (Frumpy 2 1971) 12:14
  2. Heart - Sing Child (Dreamboat Annie 1976) 4:55
  3. Room - No Warmth In My Life (Pre-Flight 1970) 4:35
  4. Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit (Surrealistic Pillow 1967) 2:30
  5. Babe Ruth - We People Darker Than Blue (Babe Ruth 1975) 4:46
  6. Ruphus - New Born Day (New Born Day 1973) 5:44
  7. Fusion Orchestra - Talk To The Man In The Sky (Skeleton In Armour 1973) 11:54
  8. Cos - Populi (Postaeolian Train Robbery 1974) 3:30
  9. Renaissance - The Sea (Renaissance 1969) 3:02
  10. 8 Days In April - I'd Like To Be A Child Again (The Hamburg Scene 1972) 9:34
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Friday, 7 March 2014

Same Old Story

Same Old Story features some classic hard blues or blues rock, or whatever you call it.


Tracks:

  1. Status Quo - Junior's Wailing (Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon 1970) 3:33
  2. Freedom - Pretty Woman (Freedom 1970) 5:39
  3. UFO - Built For Comfort (Phenomenon 1974) 3:08
  4. Free - Walk In My Shadow (Tons Of Sobs 1969) 3:30
  5. Taste - Same Old Story (Taste 1969) 3:33
  6. Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love (Disraeli Gears 1969) 4:12
  7. Led Zeppelin - The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair (BBC Session) 3:03
  8. Humble Pie - The Fixer (Smokin' 1972) 5:00
  9. Savoy Brown - You Need Love (Getting To The Point 1968) 7:39
  10. Ten Years After - I Woke Up This Morning (Ssssh 1969) 5:30
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