maandag 12 december 2011

Pink Floyd - unreleased tracks


Superb link to a list of unreleased Pink Floyd material. 
 
The list includes info and/or lyrics about the following songs:

Afternoon
Almost Gone
Ballad
Beechwoods
The Beginning
Behold The Temples Of Light
Beset The Creatures Of The Deep
Blues
Blues Improvisation
Brush Your Window
Butterfly
Chooka-Chooka Chug Chug
Corrosion
Country Blues
Country Rain
Daybreak
Drift Away Blues
Doing It
Don't Ask Me Why
Double-O Bo
Down In The Beechwoods
The End Of The Beginning
Experiment
Fast Boogie
Fingals Cave
Games For May
Hollywood
If You Go, Don't Be Slow
I Get Stoned
I'm A Kingbee
In The Beechwood
John Lee Hooker
The Journey
Just Before You Disappear
Keep Smiling People
King Bee
The Labyrinth Of Auximenes
Lucy Leave
Lucy Lee In Blue Tights
The Man
Merry X-mas Song
Millionaire
Moonhead
The Mortality Sequence
Nightmare
One In a Million
Oneone
Opening Tune
Overture
Pink Blues
The Pink Jungle
Poem (Roger Waters)
Rain In the Country
Raving and Drooling
Reaction In G
Rhamadan
Rooftop in A Thunderstorm Row Missing The Point
Rush In a Million
Scream Thy Last Scream
Seabirds
She Was a Millionaire
Singing A Song In The Morning
Slow Boogie
Stanley the Simpleton
Sleeping
Stoned Again
Stoned Alone
Sunshine
Trip On Mars
Untitled Word
Variation
Vegetable Man
The Violent Sequence
What's the New Mary Jane
What A Shame Mary Jane

Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Work
You Gotta Be Crazy
You're the Reason Why

Ritchie Blackmore / Jimmy Page

Names that need no further introduction at a very young age.

Ritchie Blackmore (18 years old)


Jimmy Page (at 14)







zondag 4 december 2011

Tír na nÓg - The Camera & The Song (1975)

Tir na nOg (Leo O'Kelly and Sonny Condel).


In late July 1974, Tír na nÓg broke up, but shortly after going back in Ireland, they were approached by the BBC and asked to compose songs for an episode of a documentary series called The Camera & The Song, produced by John Bird and Tony Broughton. The concept was simple: combine the music of several artists and bands (including Ralph McTell, The Ian Campbell Folk Group, Fivepenny Piece, Grimms, etc...) with the camera of a film director under a particular theme linked to one country most of the time.

The following episode was directed by David Feig. Entitled "The Irish", it presents a global view of Ireland and its elements that make us dream about this land.  
Tir na nOg asked to be introduced as Leo O'Kelly and Sonny Condell as the group had dissolved at the time.

Most of the songs here were specially written for the program by the duo, excepting Two White Horses and Boat Song from their two first LPs that were re-recorded with new orchestral arrangements by Nick Harrison (who had previously participated in their first two albums).

A compilation LP assembled by John Bird was released in 1975, but only contains song versions from their albums, not the ones recorded for the documentary.

More info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Camera_%26_the_Song





part1
01. "The Black Glass" (Sonny Condell)
02. unknown title (Sonny Condell)
03. "Sweet Rosemary O'Neill" (Leo O'Kelly)
04. "I Used To Want To Sleep Forever" (Leo O'Kelly)
05. "Two White Horses" (Sonny Condell)




part2
06. "So Cold" (Leo O'Kelly)
07. "Parade" (Leo O'Kelly)
08. "Warlike" (Sonny Condell)
09. unknown title (Sonny Condell)
10. unknown title (Sonny Condell)
11. "Boat Song" (Leo O'Kelly)

Windy Corner - The House at Windy Corner (1973)

Windy Corner is a Dutch popgroup that used to play Folk Psych music in the seventies. The group made two records. The first is very rare but the second is still available:
  • The House of Windy Corner (1973, Der 977a-61)
  • Lost Garden (produced in 1998, but recorded around 1973)
The recordings have been taken during live performances of Windy Corner in the rehearsal cottage of the band in Amsterdam (photo).









source:  http://wim.vree.org/tbm/windy/index.html

donderdag 1 december 2011

Jon Anderson - 2000's career-recordings-collaborations

updated March 28, 2016

With thanks to all possible sources on the internet I tried to complete all of Jon's work.  

                                Jon Anderson's 2000's

Yes, Solo, Tour Of The Universe DVD and Anderson-Wakeman



newsflashes 2016: 
- Anderson--Rabin-Wakeman plans for playing together at several festivals in 2016 followed by a tour in 2017.
- a new album for release by the end of June called "Invention of Knowledge" by Jon and Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings, Transatlantic)

Looking very much forward to it Jon!

 

solo albums: 
- Survival & Other Stories (2010)
- Open (2011) (feat. Orchestration by Stefan Podell) *)

with Yes: 
- Magnification (2001)

As Anderson/Wakeman:
- The Living Tree (2010)

As Anderson Ponty Band:
-Better Late Than Never (2015)

DVD:
-Tour of the Universe (2005)

guest-appearances:
- 2007 contributed vocals to an album Culture of Ascent by American progressive rock group Glass Hammer.
- 2007 appeared as part of a vocal ensemble on the track "Repentance" from the Dream Theatre album Systematic Chaos.
- 2008 saw an ambient album using Anderson's voice and bird song called From Me to You added to The Lost Tapes.
- 2008 Anderson appeared on the song "Sadness of Flowing" which he co-wrote for Peter Machajdjk's album Namah
- 2008 he made similar contributions to a re-mastering of Tommy Zvoncheck's album "ZKG".
http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/41570585
- 2010 A sample of Anderson's vocals from Mike Oldfield's "In High Places" is prominently featured in Kanye West's 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in the opening track "Dark Fantasy."

many collaborations are to be found all over MySpace:
info about this here:  http://www.bondegezou.co.uk/reviews/recorded/andersonmyspace.htm (Originally posted to alt,music.yes Yesfans.com and Progressive Ears.)

-Tom Curiano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_syqAO04jg
http://www.myspace.com/tomcuriano
-Sorin Voinea
http://www.myspace.com/sorinvoinea
- Steve Layton
http://www.myspace.com/stephenlayton
-"the Key" by Messertraum
http://www.myspace.com/messertraummusic
-"Circle of Life" Alan Simon's Excalibur II
http://www.myspace.com/excaliburtrilogy
-the Wychwood Recorder
http://www.myspace.com/thewychwoodrecorder
-Zach Tenorio
http://www.myspace.com/tenoriomiller

====================
The Songs of Zamran (Son of Olias)" that is regarded as a sequel to Olias of Sunhillow, and is expected to come out in the near future.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC9NZCE3lns&feature=player_embedded
http://www.bondegezou.co.uk/wnja.htm#oliasson

====================

*)
Open

On October 25, 2011 Jon released a digital download an epic musical work entitled "OPEN." A return to the long-form composition that Jon Anderson is best known for, ("Close To The Edge", "Gates of Delirium", "Revealing" and "Awaken"), OPEN is a 21-minute exhilarating musical journey; a pioneering effort that weaves intricate melodic and harmonic themes within a classical music framework whilst showcasing Anderson's iconic vocals and timeless melodies throughout. In many ways OPEN is a return to Jon Anderson's musical roots, as YES music continually flows through his veins, making it only natural to revisit now and again. Coupled with wonderful orchestration by his neighbor and good friend Stefan Podell, messages of peace, love, light and freedom are further explored within OPEN, making listening an uplifting and joyous experience!

read more here:

Jon Anderson's OPEN is available as a digital download and can be obtained via iTunes.


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                                                                  Yes - magnification


  
                                                          The Dream Theatre - repentance


                                                                      Son of Olias               




to be continued at my other blog items:
 Jon Anderson - the 60's     career-recordings-collaborations
 Jon Anderson - the 70's     career-recordings-collaborations
 Jon Anderson - the 80's     career-recordings-collaborations
 Jon Anderson - the 90's     career-recordings-collaborations

woensdag 30 november 2011

Jon Anderson - 90's career-recordings-collaborations



With thanks to all possible sources on the internet I tried to complete all of Jon's work.


                                Jon Anderson's 90's
       

Solo-albums, Jon & Vangelis, Yes and many more collaborations.


solo albums: 
- Deseo (1994)
- Change We Must (1994)
- Angels Embrace (1995)
- Lost Tapes of Opio (1996)  (album recorded in 1989/90, first issued in 1996 through Jon
  Anderson's Opio Foundation and re-released on CD as part of The Lost Tapes 20 CD Box-Set)
- Toltec (1996)
- The Promise Ring
- Earth Mother Earth (1997)
- The More You Know (1998)

as Jon and Vangelis:
- Page of Life (1991)
- Chronicles (1994)

with Yes: 
- Union (1991)
- Talk (1994)
- Keys to Ascension (1996) (studio & live double album)
- Keys to Ascension (1997) (studio & live double album)
- Open Your Eyes (1997)
- The Ladder (1999)

guest-appearances:

1992  'Lady Of Dreams', Dream Of Chant, Agreement, Island Of Life (Kitaro's album 'Dream')
1993 'Along The Amazon" (Charlie Bisharat in the titeltrack)
1994  'It's About Time' (Tadamitsu Saito)
1994 'Estrelada' (Milton Nascimento -"Angelus")
1996  'La Segunda Oracion" and "El Dia' (Cielo y Tierra - Heaven And Earth")
1999 'Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands'. (Steve Howe - Portraits Of Bob Dylan)

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                                                           Jon Anderson - sound and colour


                                                                  Yes - homeworld




                                                            Jon & Kitaro - agreement    




                                               Jon & Milton Nascimento - estrelada



to be continued at my other blog items:
 Jon Anderson - the 60's     career-recordings-collaborations
 Jon Anderson - the 70 's    career-recordings-collaborations
 Jon Anderson - the 80's     career-recordings-collaborations
 Jon Anderson - the 2000's career-recordings-collaborations

    Jon Anderson - 80´s career-recordings-collaborations


    With thanks to all possible sources on the internet I tried to complete all of Jon's work. 

                                          Jon Anderson's 80´s

    ...more solo-albums/singles, albums with Vangelis, leaving and joining Yes again, much more collaborations to Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman Howe.
                                                    





    Solo albums:
    - Song of Seven (1980)
    - Animation (1982)
    - 3 Ships (1985)
    - In The City of Angels (1988)


    As Jon & Vangelis:
    - Short Stories (1980)
    - The Friends of Mr. Cairo (1981)
    - Private Collection (1983)

    with Yes:
    - 90125 (1983)
    -Big Generator  (1987)

    as Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (AWBH):
    - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989)

    hitsingles Jon & Vangelis:
    I hear you now (1980)
    I'll find my way home (1981)
    State of independance (1981)

    guest-appearances:
    1980 'Suffocation' and 'See you Later' (Vangelis - See You later)
    1981 the Hymn' (Rick Wakeman -1984)
    1983 'In High Places' (Mike Oldfield - Crises)
    1983 he appeared on the Béla Fleck and the Flecktones album
    1984 'Cage of Freedom' (Metropolis - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    1985 'Silver Train' and 'Christie' (John Paul Jones - Scream For Help)
    1985 'This Time It Was Really Right' (Soundtrack St. Elmo's Fire)
    1986 'Loved by the Sun' (with Tangerine Dream for Ridley Scott's movie 'Legend' )
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPWalm2Jyas&feature=related 
    1986 'Do You Want To Be A Hero?' (film Biggles: Adventures in Time)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfL6lbMpv38 
    1987 'Moonlight Desires' (Lawrence Gowan (ex Styx) - 'Great Dirty World')
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3ONn1IQQVE 
    1988 'Stop Loving You' (single of the album 'Seventh One' by Toto)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXIplFUzlMQ 
    1988  Whatever you believe - (Part of the 1988 ITV Telethon)
     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW0Rq2w6PcQ
    1989  On 'Within The Lost World' and 'Far Far Cry' (Requiem For The Americas-Songs From The Lost World  Jonathan Elias)   
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuepzkX2a3Q 
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzRQuSC220g 


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                                                                              Yes




                                                           Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe






                                                                             Jon & Vangelis





                                                                        Jon Anderson - Christie




    to be continued at my other blog items:

     Jon Anderson - the 60's  career-recordings-collaborations
     Jon Anderson - the 70's  career-recordings-collaborations
     Jon Anderson - the 90's  career-recordings-collaborations
     Jon Anderson - the 2000's career-recordings-collaborations

    Jon Anderson - 70's career-recordings-collaborations


    With thanks to all possible sources on the internet I tried to complete all of Jon's work. 

                                                       Jon Anderson's 70's

    More Yes, the Olias of Sunhillow album and a list of collaborations. 




    solo album:
    - Olias of Sunhillow (1976)

    with Yes:
    - Time and a Word (1970)
    - The Yes Album (1971)
    - Fragile (1971)
    - Close to the Edge (1972)
    - Tales from Topgraphic Oceans (1973)
    - Relayer (1974)
    - Going for the One (1977)
    - Tormato (1978)

    Guest appearances:

    1970 Prince Rupert Awakes (King Crimson, Lizard)
    1971 on the album of Colin Scott with Friends
    1971 'All the Bring You Morning' Johnny Harris
    1975 he co-wrote the song 'Pearly Gates", which appears on Iron Butterfly'album 'scorching Beauty'.
    1975 'So Long Ago, So Clear' (Vangelis- Heaven and Hell) 
    1976 'Spring Song of innocense' (Alan White - Ramshackled)
    1979 playing harp on 'flamants Roses' ('Opera Sauvage' - Vangelis)

    also in the '70´s:
    -1979 he composed the score for a ballet, ´Ursprung´ which was part of a grouping of three dance works, collectively entitled Underground Rumours, commissioned and performed by The Scottish Ballet.

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                                                                            Yes 1970


    Yes 1977



    Iron Butterfly - pearly gates


    Johnny Harris - all the bring you morning



    Olias of Sunhillow


     

                       to be continued at my other blog items:
                                                                                       Jon Anderson - the 60's  career-recordings-collaborations
                                                                                       Jon Anderson - the 80's  career-recordings-collaborations
                                                                                       Jon Anderson - the 90's  career-recordings-collaborations
                                                                                       Jon Anderson - the 2000's career-recordings-collaborations

    dinsdag 29 november 2011

    Jon Anderson - 60's career-recordings-collaborations


    (updated nov.12, 2012)


    With thanks to all possible sources on the internet I tried to complete all of Jon's work.

                                            Jon Anderson's 60's

    from Little John's Skiffle Group/The Warriors/The Gun/The Open Mind/Mabel Greer's Toyshop to the start of the 'classical' Yes period.

    Jon Anderson was born John Roy Anderson in Accrington, Lancashire, England, to Albert and Kathleen Anderson. His father was from Scotland whilst his mother was of Irish ancestry. Anderson dropped the "h" from his first name in 1970.

    His musical career began at school, The St. John's Infants School in Baxenden, Accrington. There he made a tentative start to a musical career playing the washboard in "Little John's Skiffle Group", which played songs by Lonnie Donegan, among others. Anderson left school at the age of fifteen and went through a series of jobs including farm hand, lorry driver and milkman. Anderson tried to pursue a football career at Accrington Stanley F.C. but five foot five inch Jon was turned down because of his frail constitution. He remains a fan of the club.

    - 1962-1967 The Warriors (also known as The Electric Warriors with his brother Tony)  
    see main article about them on this blog 
    and

    http://www.highlandmotorcyclehols.com/warriors.htm
    - 1967           Jon lived in Tilburg (The Netherlands) for a short period and joined Les Cruches. 
    http://www.regionaalarchieftilburg.nl/wiki/Cruches,_Les 
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afGMhEaPiiY 
    - 1968           He released two solo singles under the pseudonym Hans Christian.
    - 1968           a very short period he sang for the bands The Gun and The Open Mind.
    - 1968           he met bassist Chris Squire and joined him in Mabel Greer's Toyshop, 
                         which had previously included guitarist Peter Banks. 
    - 1969          Anderson, Squire and Banks went on to form Yes with drummer Bill Bruford
                        and keyboardist Tony Kaye. Their debut album was released in 1969.

      Records:

      as The Warriors : 
      - singles "You Came Along" b/w "Don't Make Me Blue" (1964) and "Bolton Club 65" (1965)

      as Hans Christian: 
      - Never My Love/All of the Time' and Autobiography Of A Mississippi Hobo /Sonata Of Love.

      with Yes: 
      - Yes (1969)

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      The Warriors



      Hans Christian




      Mabel Greer's Toyshop




      Yes




      Note: 
      Jon's Yes years are: 1969-1980, 1983-1988, 1989-1991 (under the name Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe) and 1991-2008.

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      to be continued at my other blog items:

       Jon Anderson - the 70's     career-recordings-collaborations
       Jon Anderson - the 80's     career-recordings-collaborations
       Jon Anderson - the 90's     career-recordings-collaborations
       Jon Anderson - the 2000's career-recordings-collaborations

      zaterdag 26 november 2011

      BBC's prog rock Britannia serie

      Documentary about progressive music and the generation of bands that were involved, from the international success stories of Yes, Genesis, ELP, King Crimson and Jethro Tull to the trials and tribulations of lesser-known bands such as Caravan and Egg.

      All 9 parts on Youtube.

      vrijdag 25 november 2011

      Leonard Cohen - Suzanne


      Wonderful song


      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cohen

      Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
      You can hear the boats go by
      You can spend the night beside her
      And you know that she's half crazy
      But that's why you want to be there
      And she feeds you tea and oranges
      That come all the way from China
      And just when you mean to tell her
      That you have no love to give her
      Then she gets you on her wavelength
      And she lets the river answer
      That you've always been her lover
      And you want to travel with her
      And you want to travel blind
      And you know that she will trust you
      For you've touched her perfect body with your mind.
      And Jesus was a sailor
      When he walked upon the water
      And he spent a long time watching
      From his lonely wooden tower
      And when he knew for certain
      Only drowning men could see him
      He said "All men will be sailors then
      Until the sea shall free them"
      But he himself was broken
      Long before the sky would open
      Forsaken, almost human
      He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
      And you want to travel with him
      And you want to travel blind
      And you think maybe you'll trust him
      For he's touched your perfect body with his mind.

      Now Suzanne takes your hand
      And she leads you to the river
      She is wearing rags and feathers
      From Salvation Army counters
      And the sun pours down like honey
      On our lady of the harbour
      And she shows you where to look
      Among the garbage and the flowers
      There are heroes in the seaweed
      There are children in the morning
      They are leaning out for love
      And they will lean that way forever
      While Suzanne holds the mirror
      And you want to travel with her
      And you want to travel blind
      And you know that you can trust her
      For she's touched your perfect body with her mind.

      dinsdag 22 november 2011

      Waterloo - first battle (1970)

      Very, very good prog rock from Belgium. They only released one album, this one in 1970.



      Line-up:
      Dirk Bogaert - lead vocals, flute
      Gus Roan - guitar
      Marc Malyster - organ
      Jacky Mauer - drums
      Jean-Paul Janssens - bass



      http://www.alexgitlin.com/npp/waterloo.htm

      Lyn Christopher / Kiss

      In 1972, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley (Kiss) helped record the backup vocals for three songs ("Celebrate I", "Celebrate II" & "Weddin") on this album by Lyn Christopher.
      This album was never released on CD and is next to impossible to find on vinyl.
      (info from Youtube).

      Fairy Tale



      Psychedelic rock from The Hague, formed: 1969 disbanded: 1971
      This band rose from the ashes of nederbeat band "The Nicols".

      Fairy Tale released one album in 1969 and two singles (in 1970 & 1971):
      - 1969 LP Once upon a time - (Blossom 17001)
      - 1970 A reason to stay/Oh boy - (Philips 6075101)
      - 1971 Story with no end/Streetnoise - (Philips 6075123)
      - 1980 Hilversumse kliek/Oh what a day (on LP Groeven uit Heerenveen)

      Members:
      * Ed Koetsier (bass, vocals),
      * Ellen Zonruiter (vocals),
      * Harry Koetsier (drums),
      * Herman Ansink (guitar),
      * Peter Seilberger (organ, piano).










      maandag 14 november 2011

      (een avondje) Armand

      Spreuk van de week op zijn website:

      Een mens moet scheppend leven anders leeft ie niet

      http://www.armand.nl/spreuk.htm
      ~~~~

      Daar kan ik het wel mee eens zijn :))

      zaterdag 12 november 2011

      The Rolling Stones (Zuiderpark The Hague 1976)


      Weer eens een klein muzikaal stukje uit mijn jeugd.
      In 1976 speelden The Rolling Stones in het Zuiderpark in Den Haag en dat was niet zo ver van waar wij woonden. De wind stond de goede richting uit, luisterend op het kleine balkonnetje van ons huis naar vlagen Stones-muziek. dat was toch wat!
      Met dank aan de uploader nu met wat beeld erbij. 


          



       



      plus foto's op beeldbank nationaal archief 

       
                                  

      donderdag 10 november 2011

      In Gowan Ring

      Some beautiful music of In Gowan Ring. 



       

       

       Jon Michael better known as B'eirth or B'ee (born March 25, 1973), is the vocalist and conductor/composer in the experimental psych folk band In Giowan Ring. 
      Rarely mentioned in articles and reviews without an adjective, B'eirth has been called "mysterious," "reclusive," "nomadic," "effusive," and "singular." Much of this attention is due to his cultivated image as a modern-day troubadour, often performing music (and presumably living) in old-fashioned clothes or costumes, and preferring instruments with Renaissance roots.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Gowan_Ring

      Miniatures 'A Sequence Of Fifty-One Tiny Masterpieces'


      In 1979 keyboardist Morgan Fisher (a.o. Mott The Hoople) sent out invitations to about a hundred of his favorite musicians to supply him with a miniature of their work. The only restriction was that the piece couldn't be over a minute long. What resulted is this album.