21.8.06

O Crepúsculo, o Conceito

No folhetim eletrônico "O Crepúsculo", histórias reais são mostradas na forma de FOTONOVELAS. Com roteiros assinados por Fabz, estas não são FOTONOVELAS como antigamente, e sim animações em flash, com trilha sonora e efeitos. Uma nova maneira de se expressar e escrever histórias. Aqui os elementos vintage representam símbolos do passado frente a uma modernidade caótica, na qual o próprio projeto está inserido. Este site reflete o estilo de vida hipermoderna, um lugar onde tecnologia, nostalgia e paradigmas “demodês” dialogam e se confrontam.

O endereço do site é o
www.crepusculo.com.br
Various Artists - Skinhead Revolt

1. Skinhead Revolt
2. What Will Your Mama Say
3. If It Don't Work Out - Pat Kelly
4. Champion
5. Little Better - Lloyd Parks
6. Left With a Broken Heart - The Paragons
7. In the Spirit - Lloyd Charmers
8. Reggae Girl - The Tennors
9. Death a Come - Lloyd Charmers
10. Skinhead Speaks His Mind - Hot Rod All Stars
11. Dark End of the Street - Pat Kelly
12. Shu Be Doo - Clancy Eccles
13. Come a Little Closer - Eric Donaldson
14. Barbarus
15. Loving Reggae - The Maytones
16. Ease Me up Officer
17. Got to Get Away - The Paragons
18. To Love Somebody - Busty Brown
19. Place Called Happiness - Rudy Mills
20. Last Call - Silver Stars

Various Artists - Skinhead Revolt

19.8.06

The Prisoners

The Prisoners - Rare and Unissued

This album is a collection of live, promotional, and own-mix recordings which span the band's original seven years together. This being the case the sound quality of the album is often not at its best, but this only enhances the memories of the raw power of a live performance. For this reason, my personal favourite is the live recording of "Come To The Mushroom". As a sad old fan from the early days I have seen this done many a time and, even though during the track all semblance of a tune disappears at one point, you cannot help but appreciate the full-on simultaneous assault of wailing guitar and keyboards.

01. Coming home
02. Revenge of the cybermen
03. He's in love
04. Trophies
05. Far away
06. Ain't no tellin
07. Come to the mushroom
08. Happyness for once
09. Be on your way
10. Buccaneer
11. Deceiving eye
12. Mourn my health
13. Pop star party
14. The more I teach you
15. Mourn my health

The Prisoners - Rare and unissued

17.8.06

The Kinks

The Kinks - Kinda Kinks (1965)

Size: 70,8 mB
Bitrate: 192 kB

01. Look For Me Baby
02. Got My Feet On The Ground
03. Nothin' In The World Can Stop Me Worryin' Bout That Girl
04. Naggin' Woman
05. Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight
06. Tired Of Waiting For You
07. Dancing In The Street
08. Don't Ever Change
09. Come On Now
10. So Long
11. You Shouldn't Be Sad
12. Something Better Beginning
13. Everybody's Gonna Be Happy
14. Who'll Be The Next In Line
15. Set Me Free
16. I Need You
17. See My Friends
18. Never Met A Girl Like You Before
19. Wait Till The Summer Come Along
20. Such A Shame
21. A Well Respected Man
22. Don't You Fret
23. I Go To Sleep (Unreleased Recording)

The Kinks - Kinda Kinks (1965)

12.8.06

Ocean Colour Scene

Ocean Colour Scene - Songs From The Front Row

Don't get me wrong, OCS are a band in a great tradition. A tradition of solid musicianship, solid songwriting, and albums where all the tracks are nicely mixed together.

However, they also suffer from a fanatical devotion to Paul Weller, a few too many samey tunes, and a habit of doing dross ballads like "Beautiful Thing". I think the phrase "erggh" describes it pretty effectively.

Mind you, their tracks from their "Moseley Shoals" period still stand up well, as does the racey "Hundred Mile High City". These make it in fact a worthy purchase should you not own them all anyway.

As for the rest, "Profit In Peace" is possibly the worst attempt at a protest song ever written. "Travellers Tune" and "Better Day", both album-mates of "Hundred Mile.." stand up OK, but are not really staggeringly good songs.

In conclusion, if you like Ocean Colour Scene, and own none of their records, buy it, as it contains less filler than any of their atrocious albums. If you own any albums, think carefully.

Oh, and bonus points for not putting any songs from your first album on (strong candidate for worst album ever). Mind you, that would be taking the mickey!



1. Riverboat Song
2. Day We Caught The Train
3. One For The Road
4. Circle
5. You've Got It Bad
6. Hundred Mile High City
7. Better Day
8. Traveller's Tune
9. Get Blown Away
10. It's A Beautiful Thing
11. Profit In Peace
12. So Low
13. July
14. Up On The Downside
15. Mechanical Wonder
16. Huckleberry Grove
17. Robin Hood
18. Crazy Lowdown Ways


Songs From The Front Row Part 01
Songs From The Front Row Part 02

7.8.06

Spencer Davis Group

Spencer Davis Group - Eight Gigs a Week: The Steve Winwood Years (1964-1966)

Reviewer: J. E FELL "boogaloojef" from Amazon.com

This 2 cd anthology contains the complete Stevie Winwood recordings with the Spencer Davis Group. It also adds a couple of unreleased live tracks and some rare non-lp b-sides. The Spencer Davis Group was one of the best R&B groups of the British Invasion. Winwood's tenure in this group is overshadowed by his work in Traffic, Blind Faith and his solo career. But his talent is present even in these early recordings. Most feature his soulful vocals, his impressive organ playing and underrated guitar work. The contains his two biggest hits with the band "Gimme Some Lovin'" and "I'm A Man". The band at this point was tight and played with real energy and feeling. This set contains many cover tunes like "Dimples", "Watch Your Step", and "Every Little Bit Hurts" which are energetic versions. These are contrasted with some burning slow blues and ballads like "I'll Drown In My Own Tears" or "When A Man Loves A Woman". It also contains more jam oriented material like "Stevie's Groove", "Stevie's Blues" and "Blues In F" which highlight the bands instrumental prowess. The latter tracks were sort of precursors to his great work in Traffic. Other notable cuts include singles like "Keep On Running", "Somebody Help Me", and "When I Come Home". This compilation is a welcome addition for fans of Steve Winwood or the British Invasion, and Hammond organ aficionados. Don't let the price deter you from purchasing this anthology, it is well worth the money to have all Winwood's tracks together on one set.formatiom?

Size: 203 mB
Bitrate: 192 kB

Disc 1 tracks:

01. Dimples
02. I Can't Stand It
03. Jump Back
04. Here Right Now
05. Searchin'
06. Midnight Train
07. It's Gonna Work Out Fine
08. My Babe
09. Kansas City
10. Every Little Bit Hurts
11. Sittin' & Thinkin'
12. I'm Blue (Gong Gong Song)
13. She Put The Hurt On Me
14. I'll Drown In My Own Tears
15. I'm Getting Better
16. Goodbye Stevie
17. Strong Love
18. Georgia On My Mind
19. It Hurts Me So
20. Oh! Pretty Woman
21. Look Away
22. This Hammer
23. Please Do Something
24. Keep On Running
25. Let Me Down Easy

Disc 2 tracks:

01. Somebody Help Me
02. Watch Your Step
03. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
04. Midnight Special
05. When I Come Home
06. High Time Babyen
07. Hey Darling
08. I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water
09. You Must Believe Me
10. Trampoline
11. Since I Met You Baby
12. Mean Woman Blues
13. Dust My Blues
14. When A Man Loves A Woman
15. Neighbour Neighbour
16. On The Green Light
17. Stevie's Blues
18. Take This Hurt Off Me
19. Stevie's Groove
20. I Can't Get Enough Of It
21. Waltz For Lumumba
22. Together Till The End Of Time
23. Gimme Some Lovin'
24. Back Into My Life Again
25. I'm A Man
26. Blues In F

Spencer Davis Group - Eight Gigs a Week: The Steve Winwood Years (1964-1966) (Disc 1)
Spencer Davis Group - Eight Gigs a Week: The Steve Winwood Years (1964-1966) (Disc 2)

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5.8.06

The Creation

The Creation - Complete Collection, Vol. 1: Making Time

The first volume of the Creation's two-disc retrospective confirms that producer Shel Talmy's extravagant claims on the band's behalf weren't just hot air.
On singles like "Making Time" and "How Does It Feel" they melted Mod-era r&b in an acid bath of nascent psychedelia that had been heated to a boiling point by the group's scorching instrumental attack. Eddie Phillips' bowed guitar excursions gave their earlier records a distinctive texture, and his barely controlled feedback contributed hugely to their uninhibited vibe, but his replacements kept the fire stoked on later releases. Founding vocalist Pickett spat out his snide, rebellious lyrics with a nasal punky whine, while his successor Garner delivered convincingly soulful turns on the epic "If I Stay Too Long."

01- Making Time
02- Try And Stop Me
03- How Does It Feel to Feel
04- Tom Tom
05- Nightmares
06- If I Stay Too Long
07- How Does It Feel to Feel
08- For All That I Am
09- Uncle Bart
10- Cool Jerk
11- Bony Moronie
12- Ostrich Man
13- I Am The Walker
14- For All That I Am
15- Nightmares
16- How Does It Feel To Feel
17- Instrumental #1
18- I'm A Man
19- That's How Strong My Love Is
20- Making Time

The Creation - Complete Collection, Vol. 2: Biff Bang Pow

The second volume of the Creation's Complete Collection is a less consistent listen than the first. It includes a handful of competent covers of overly familiar songs like "Hey Joe" and "Like A Rolling Stone," and several tunes appear two or three times with different mixes.

01- Biff Bang Pow
02- Painter Man
03- Life Is Just Beginning
04- Through My Eyes
05- Midway Down
06- The Girls Are Naked
07- Can I Join Your Band
08- Sweet Helen
09- Hey Joe
10- Like A Rolling Stone
11- Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
12- Sylvette
13- Biff Bang Pow
14- Painter Man
15- Can I Join Your Band
16- Midway Down
17- Life Is Just Beginning
18- Life Is Just Beginning
19- Painter Man
20- Try and Stop Me

The Creation - Making Time

The Creation - Biff Bang Pow

3.8.06

This post is dedicated to the country and people of UK, who may not know it, but they are beautifull and so is their country.

1.8.06

The Move

The Move - The BBC Sessions [LIVE] (1967-1968)

Reviewer: Henry R. Kujawa from Amazon.com

As a MOVE fan starved for any "new" material, the release of this-- an entire album of previously-unreleased recordings-- was a JOY! It was the habit of the BBC to have bands record exclusive versions of songs just for airplay (the equivalent of appearing live on Letterman, I guess). While some BBC records show the limitations of their studio-- THIS isn't one of them! Starting with "You Better Believe Me" (perhaps the only song from their formative "R&B" phase, before the onset of the psychedelic era a few months later) the songs are a mix of Move tunes & covers of other bands' songs. Many of these are a revelation, as songs like "Night Of Fear" and "I Can Hear The Grass Grow", stripped of the overdubbed studio strings, are MORE powerful than the "regular" versions! It's one highlight after another here: "Walk On The Water", "Morning Dew" (also covered, perhaps better, by Episode Six), "It'll Be Me" (giving Jerry Lee Lewis a run for his money), "Kentucky Woman", "Higher And Higher", "Long Black Veil" (referenced in the lyrics of "Do Ya"), "Piece Of My Heart", "Going Back", "California Girls", and "The Christian Life". TREMENDOUS! (I have an earlier version of this CD titled BLACK COUNTRY ROCK with one extra song, "Sounds Of Silence"; I suspect it was left off here for its poor sound quality-- not that it ever bothered ME!)

Size: 124 mB
Bitrate: 256 kB

1. You'd Better Believe Me
2. Night of Fear
3. Stop, Get a Hold of Myself
4. Kilroy Was Here
5. Walk Upon the Water
6. I Can Hear the Grass Grow
7. Morning Dew
8. Flowers in the Rain
9. So You Want to Be a Rock & Roll Star
10. Stephanie Knows Who
11. Cherry Blossom Clinic
12. Hey Grandma
13. Fire Brigade
14. Weekend
15. It'll Be Me
16. Useless Information
17. Kentucky Woman
18. Higher and Higher
19. Long Black Veil
20. Wild Tiger Woman
21. Piece of My Heart
22. Blackberry Way [Outtake]
23. Going Back
24. California Girls
25. Christian Life

The Move - The BBC Sessions [LIVE] (1967-1968).part1