
Smokin’ In The Boys' Room – Brownsville Station
Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose – Dawn







Flo & Eddie are both impressive singers and very funny comedians, and both aspects of their talent are on display here, from the pop sheen of "Rebecca" to the sidesplitting return of The Sanzini Brothers. Formerly of The Turtles, Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman jumped ship in mid 1970 only to end up with Frank Zappa and The Mothers circa 1971. Howard and Mark (Flo and Eddie) left Zappa and released a self titled album (Flo and Eddie) and made a huge name for themselves as session backup singers for a veritable who's who of rock royalty.
This, their second album was released in 1973, went out of print in vinyl, then re- released on cd for a very short time only to go out of print yet again. Unless you followed these guys from their youth in the Turtles or you were a Mothers/Zappa fan, or spent your 80's New Years' at The Bottom Line in NYC, chances are you've never heard of them.
These guys are killer players and fantastic singers (evoking some harmonies complex enough to rival the Beach Boys) and all this results in their being gifted musical mimics. And you probably don't have to be a contemporary or a musical historian to get the ... jokes.
The record has two studio cuts at the beginning and the end--some are better than others (the title cut is great fun). But the real reason to buy this disc is for the live set that is sandwiched in between. Though there is some of it I can do without (The Tibetan Memory Trick)--but for the occasional meandering silliness, the rest of it is a true riot. It can veer into the X-rated and the four-letter words, but considering all we have in our face these days, this is tame.
If you are a collector who hunts for the unusual, this is a must for you.
Tracks:
01. Illegal, Immoral And Fattening
02. Rebecca
03. Kama Sutra Time
04. The Sanzini Brothers Return
05. Livin in The Jungle
06. Cheap
07. The Kung Fu Killer
08. Eddie Are You Kidding?
09. Let Me Make Love To You
10. There's No Business Like Show Business
11. Come To My Rescue Webelos (bonus b-side)
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Released on August 5, 1967 (about two months after the June 1 UK release of the Beatle's Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band) this excellent debut featured a heady mixture of experimental and avant-garde tendencies, psychedelia, and lengthy instrumental passages that placed Pink Floyd alongside instrumental bands active at the time such as the Soft Machine (debut album 1968).
This album, as many people know, featured the late Syd Barrett, who was the primary driver behind the Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Although quite different than the later material that made the band famous, I actually prefer the rawer, more experimental side of Pink Floyd and find it to be a very satisfying example of the proto-progressive rock style. Like Sgt. Peppers, this album was also extremely influential and along with Saucerful of Secrets (1968) provided the inspiration for a great deal of the German experimental rock scene (listen to Tangerine Dream's 1970 debut for proof). Of course, Piper at the Gates of Dawn also contributed to the events leading up to the emergence of English progressive rock too.
The lineup at this point included Syd Barrett (electric/acoustic guitars, vocals); Roger Waters (bass, vocals); Rick Wright (organ; vocals); and Nick Mason (drums). In addition to the standard rock instruments, Pink Floyd also treated the studio as an instrument and experimentation with sound effects, feedback, and other types of tape manipulation were very much a part of the soundscape. The playing is also much more adventurous.
In fact, I have to admit that Roger turns in some of his finest bass playing on this album. His style is very aggressive, features loads of octave jumps, and he generally uses the fretboard more than he would during the rest of Pink Floyd's career. Of course, the fact that he played a Rickenbacker certainly did not hurt either. Syd's guitar playing is also very intense and he generates all sorts of otherwordly sounds - many of which sound nothing like an electric guitar. Rick's organ work also provides another nice touch. The songs themselves are very interesting too and run the gamut from short (and bizarre) songs with frequently shifting time signatures, to lengthy and wild instrumental "freak outs".
The (approx.) 10 minute Interstellar Overdrive is a great example of this. The subject matter is also fairly interesting too, and the album lies somewhere in a brambly, dark dimension populated by scarecrows and gnomes etc. I would imagine that this album may have frightened a lot of folks when it came out - it is extremely intense and fairly "intellectual" in its approach.
As has been well documented in just about every book written on Pink Floyd (for example, see Nicholas Schaffners' Saucerful of Secrets (1991); Pink Floyd: In the Flesh by Glenn Povey and Ian Russell (1997)), Syd Barrett's drug problem shattered his already fragile emotional state and a series of increasingly bizarre actions led to his replacement by Dave Gilmour. It is worth noting that Syd was allowed to contribute the track Jugband Blues to the Saucerful of Secrets album, although it was to be his last recorded performance with Pink Floyd.
All in all, this is yet another amazing album to come out of the heady, psychedelic rock scene as it existed in 1967. For those prog rock fans that are interested, other exciting albums from 1967 that might prove enjoyable include Days of Future Passed (Moody Blues); After Bathing at Baxter's (Jefferson Airplane); and two from the Beatles including Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Magical Mystery Tour.
To mark the 40th anniversary of the original release of Pink Floyd's first album 'The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn', a special edition was released via EMI Records on Tues 28th August in North America, and Monday September 3rd in Europe. The packaging, designed by Storm Thorgerson, resembles a cloth-covered book, and holds 3 CD discs, along with a 12-page reproduction Syd Barrett notebook. Discs 1 and 2 contain the full 'Piper' album, represented in both stereo and mono versions. Both have been newly remastered by James Guthrie. Disc 3 includes bonus tracks, including the following: all the Pink Floyd singles from 1967, ('Arnold Layne', 'See Emily Play', and 'Apples And Oranges'), plus the B sides 'Candy And A Current Bun' and 'Paintbox'. Other tracks are a version of 'Interstellar Overdrive' - Take 2 of the original recording sessions, previously only available on an EP in France - and the 1967 stereo version of 'Apples And Oranges'.
CD1
01. Astronomy Domine (Mono)
02. Lucifer Sam (Mono)
03. Matilda Mother (Mono)
04. Flaming (Mono)
05. Pow R Toc H (Mono)
06. Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk (Mono)
07. Interstellar Overdrive (Mono)
08. The Gnome (Mono)
09. Chapter 24 (Mono)
10. The Scarecrow (Mono)
11. Bike (Mono)
CD2
01. Astronomy Domine (Stereo)
02. Lucifer Sam (Stereo)
03. Matilda Mother (Stereo)
04. Flaming (Stereo)
05. Pow R Toc H (Stereo)
06. Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk (Stereo)
07. Interstellar Overdrive (Stereo)
08. The Gnome (Stereo)
09. Chapter 24 (Stereo)
10. The Scarecrow (Stereo)
11. Bike (Stereo)
bonus
01. Arnold Layne
02. Candy And A Currant Bun
03. See Emily Play
04. Apples And Oranges
05. Paintbox
06. Interstellar Overdrive (Take 2) (French Edit)
07. Apples And Oranges (Stereo Version)
08. Matilda Mother (Alternative Version)
09. Interstellar Overdrive (Take 6)
File one is CD one and part one of the bonus disc
File two is CD two and part two of the bonus disc
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Many thanx to tuburt!





Marc Bolan remains as iconic today as when his life was cut so tragically short on 16th September 1977, just two weeks before his 30th birthday. Revered by all who discover him Bolan is the quintessential embodiment of the 1970s music scene, whose influence is felt as strongly today as when he first swept onto the British music scene in 1970.


























