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Tuesday, August 23, 2011



"Blood, Sweat & Tears-No Sweat-1973 US":
Blood, Sweat & Tears (also known as "BS&T") is an American band, originally formed in 1967 in New York City. Since its beginnings in 1967, the band has gone through numerous iterations with varying personnel and has encompassed a multitude of musical styles. What the band is most known for, from its start, is the fusing of rock, blues, pop music, horn arrangements and jazz improvisation into a hybrid that came to be known as "jazz-rock".
"No Sweat" is an album by the band, released in 1973.
By mid-1973, Steve Katz, one of the founding members of BS&T had left the band as the members leaned further towards jazz fusion. "No Sweat" continued in the jazz-fusion vein and featured intricate horn work.

-by dj fanis: here

Wednesday, August 10, 2011



"Morning-S/T-1970 US":

A fine Los Angeles-based group, originally known as The Morning and The Evening. The group was formed after Jay Lewis, also known as Jay Donnellan, had been fired from Love by Arthur Lee. Jim Hobson also appeared on Love's "Out Here".
When the band signed a recording contract with Vault they retained complete control of the writing, engineering, arranging and producing of their first album, which is an underrated folk-influenced gem. It has a crisp, yet often sleepy sound, which is at its best on "And I'm Gone" and "Sleepy Eyes".
The album closes with a ninety second country gem "Dirt Roads" (the only track written by Jim Kehn) which is worthy of comparison with the title track of Quicksilver's "Happy Trails".

-by dj fanis: here

Wednesday, August 3, 2011


"Flash & The Dynamics - The New York Sound -1971 US":
The one and only album from this ultra-hip Latin Soul combo, an outfit that has a sweet swinging sound, soulful lead vocals, and some nicely tripped-out guitar.
The style here is a bit different than some of the other New York groups of the time, as these guys bring the focus more on the guitar than on the piano, or horns and go for a style that's clearly influenced as much by rock and soul of the time as it is by the general changes on the Latin scene.
The groove changes up often over the course of the album, making for a record that's got a really unique feel, and a sound that stays fresh moving way beyond boogaloo and shing-a-ling into some really tripped-out territory.
A great Electric Latin Soul album.

-by dj fanis: here