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THE WHO - Live At The Isle of Wight (1970)
2008-06-03 12:56:00 Rock-United Kingdom "Filmmaker Murray Lerner's documentary Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival--The Movie took more than a quarter-century to make it to theater screens. But when it finally did, Lerner's footage of the Who's incendiary performance at that open-air show proved to be a real highlight. Lerner's complete coverage of the group's appearance, generally considered by true More About: Live
JIMI HENDRIX - Blue Wild Angel - Live at the Isle of Wight (1970)
2008-06-02 19:07:00 Rock-USA Blue Wild Angel : Live at the Isle of Wight documents Jimi Hendrix 's performance at the Isle of Wight Festival, on August 30, 1970, previously available only on heavily edited re-issues and on bootlegs. The attendance for this historic concert was 600,000. This two-disc set is the first official MCA release. Here, Hendrix is backed up by the Band of Gypsys' bassist Billy Cox and by the
RICK WAKEMAN - Treasure Chest Volume 4 - Almost Classical (2002)
2008-06-01 12:38:00 Progressive Rock-United Kingdom “Sophie for Joyâ€, a wonderful 11 minute improvised Piano piece opens Almost Classical . The demo for “Merlin†dates back almost 30 years and is of stunning sound quality! What I love about the Swiss Suite, is that listening to it, I can well imagine leaning back on a clear summer day, watching the mountains around the lake where I usually spend the summer. This More About: Rick , Chest , Volume , Treasure
NEKTAR - A Tab in the Ocean (1972)
2008-05-31 17:46:00 Psychedelic/Space Rock-United Kingdom "Tab In The Ocean is one of my all time favourite progressive rock recordings. Psychedelic landscaped atmospheres in a classic progressive rock setting with the highest of crafted songs. "Tab..." is essentially 2 great epic tracks both of which approach the 20 min mark. In my opinion "Tab..." is perhaps the pinnacle NEKTAR album culminating some of their
The Zombies - Begin Here (1965)
2008-05-30 13:25:00 Rock-United Kingdom "Big Beat Records has compiled both the UK and US versions of the Zombies debut album, spiced it up with some singles, and added 4 previously unreleased gems, to end up with a 22 track wonderful introductin to the early recording career of Mr's. Bluntstone, Argent, Atkinson, White, and Grundy. For those who cannot afford the pricier (and much more extensive) 4 disc box "
SOLARIS - Nostradamus Book Of Prophecies (1999)
2008-05-29 13:55:00 Symphonic Prog-Hungary "This is the last studio album of this great band, and for me, their best album, martian chronicles and solaris 1990 are both excellent albums, i own all of them , but in my humble opinnion i found nostradamus like the best album, because the music has its particular sound, the only power and intelligent sound of the Kollar Atilla flute, and all the mix of the instruments, More About: Book , Solaris , Nostradamus
ECHOLYN - Suffocating The Bloom (1992)
2008-05-28 14:49:00 Symphonic Prog-USA "Strongly influenced by GENTLE GIANT, this outstanding american band has enough musicianship to deliver original, powerful, intricate, yet beautiful prog rock. The music is full of details, either in strong passages or in the quietest acoustic moods. The GG like Fender Rhoades piano brings the music to a higher atmosphere on the quiet parts. Fabulous acoustic guitar is present More About: Bloom
CAMEL - Camel (1973)
2008-05-27 15:29:00 Symphonic Prog-United Kingdom "Four to the fore The early 70's really were exciting times for prog weren't they! This, Camel 's first album, showed that they had hit the ground running. From the upbeat opener, "Slow yourself down", symphonic prog of a superior quality with tinges of jazz features through to the last track. Camel were slightly late onto the scene compared with many of the bands
CLANNAD - In Concert (1979)
2008-05-26 15:29:00 Gaelic Folk Music-Ireland Clannad (em Gweedore, irlandês An Clann d'Dobhar - A famÃlia de Dore) é uma banda irlandesa formada em 1970 sendo composta por irmãos e tios de Enya: Máire Nà Bhraonáin (agora conhecida como Moya Brennan), Ciarán O'Braonáin, Pól O'Braonáin - irmãos de Enya - e seus dois tios Noel O'Dugáin e O'Dugáin. Eithne Nà Bhraonáin (Enya Brennan) fez parte do grupo de 1979 a 1982. More About: Concert
RICK WAKEMAN - Treasure Chest Volume 3 - The Missing Half (2002)
2008-05-25 16:48:00 Progressive Rock-United Kingdom "The Missing Half contains the first, band performed, half of the original Journey Live debut. Besides the three wives, there's "A Road To Ruin" in which Rick plays around a couple of well known melodies, much to the delight of the audience and probably the rest of the band aswell, who seem to enjoy the Honky Tonk Piano too (and add bits of percussion here and More About: Chest , Volume
BEE GEES - Saturday Night Fever (1977)
2008-05-24 17:15:00 Disco-United Kingdom Os Bee Gees foram uma banda pop do Reino Unido formada pelo irmão mais velho Barry Gibb, e os gêmeos Robin Gibb e Maurice Gibb. Fazem sucesso desde 1966, sendo um dos quatro artistas que mais venderam discos no mundo. Passaram por altos e baixos na carreira e por diversos ritmos musicais, do rock psicodélico às baladas, passando pelo country e country rock, pelo rock, pela More About: Night , Saturday , Fever , Bee Gees
SIMPLY RED - Stars (1991)
2008-05-23 14:04:00 Pop Soul-United Kingdom Anyone who ever held youWould tell you the way I’m feelingAnyone who ever wanted youWould try to tell you what I feel insideThe only thing I ever wantedWas the feeling that you ain’t fakingThe only one you ever thought aboutWait a minute, can't you see That I…Wanna fall from the starsStraight into your armsI… I feel youI hope you comprehend For the man who tried to hurt More About: Stars , Simply , Simply Red
FLUZÃO, minha Paixão!!!
2008-05-22 15:20:00 Hoje estou sorrindo fácil!Desculpem-me os amigos do blog, mas o Mago também tem momentos de surtação plena e nada se compara à emoção de ontem à noite, quando perante um publico de 80.000 torcedores apaixonados pelo Clube das Laranjeiras, em pleno Maracaña, tivemos a oportunidade de presenciar uma vitória da garra, da determinação, da perseverança de um time que em momento algum se deu por
RAY LYNCH - Deep Breakfast (1984)
2008-05-21 13:58:00 New Age-USA Ray Lynch (also known as Raymond Lynch) is a classically trained guitarist and lutenist. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1943 to a musical and artistic family. His mother was a classical pianist and watercolor artist. At age 6, Ray began studying the piano until age 12, where he was inspired by the music of Andres Segovia’s classical recordings and decided to pursue a career in More About: Breakfast , Deep
MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA - Apocalypse (1974)
2008-05-20 15:05:00 Jazz Rock/Fusion-Multi-National The Mahavishnu Orchestra was a jazz-rock fusion group, led by John McLaughlin, that debuted in 1971 and dissolved in 1976 and reunited briefly from 1984 to 1987. "The early recordings of John McLaughlin and the MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA remain amongst my favourites in the world of prog fusion. "Apocalypse " featured the re-formed MAHAV's line up with Jean Luc Ponty (
CHERRY FIVE - Cherry Five (1975)
2008-05-19 17:01:00 Symphonic Prog-Italy "If you're in to GOBLIN, then you should check in to CHERRY FIVE. The band consisted of vocalist Tony Tartarini and drummer Carlo Bordini, with three GOBLIN members (including Claudio Simonetti). I know little of Tony Tartarini, although I do have their self-entitled 1973 album from "L'Uovo di Colombo", and it states a certain "T. Tartarini" had written some of the material More About: Cherry
Poções de Aniversário/Happy Birthday - Rick Wakeman
2008-05-18 15:34:00 Hoje - 18 de maio - é aniversário do Ãcone mór do nosso blog, Mr Rick Wakeman !!!!!Longa vida para o mestre dos mestres do teclado e mil felicidades e parabéns também !!! Today is the birthday of our master of masters by the keyboards : Mr. Rick Wakeman !! Long Life for him and millons of congratulations too !!!!!! Estamos colocando, como homenagem, um vÃdeo muito legal - MADRIGAL - com o More About: Happy , Birthday , Happy Birthday
RICK WAKEMAN - Treasure Chest Volume 2 - The Oscar Concert (2002)
2008-05-18 13:26:00 Progressive Rock-United Kingdom "...on to Volume 2: The Oscar Concert It is there due to the fact, that only 86 people turned up at a show during the 2000 UK Solo-Tour, and a small dog, Oscar, stole the show. You can witness the moment when Rick spots the dog in the audience and starts to turn the whole show (including his famous inbetween songs stories) into the Concert for Oscar. This is as More About: Chest
YES - Yesshows (1980)
2008-05-17 16:26:00 Progressive Rock-United Kingdom "Pulled this album out of the collection and had to capture a few words about this tasty double album. 100% YES captured live performing some of their best songs including a simply rivetting version of "The Gates Of Delerium" and "Ritual" (split in 2 pieces). This album is really a mix of songs across various shows with WAKEMAN and MORAZ swapping throughout. The
KITARO - Dream (1992)
2008-05-16 16:43:00 Prog Electronic-Japan For those who are unfamiliar with Kitaro 's music, it is often described as music for meditation. It goes further than that. It's all about music from the heart and soul, and conveying the Earth, nature and the surrounding environment into the music. The music that he produces is really unique.'Dream ' is fascinating for a number of reasons. Traditionally, Kitaro's music has
VAN MORRISON - The Best of (1990)
2008-05-15 17:33:00 World Music-Ireland George Ivan Morrison (Belfast, Irlanda do Norte, 31 de Agosto, 1945 ), também conhecido como "Van", é um cantor, compositor e expoente da chamada celtic soul. Dedicou-se desde muito cedo à música porque o seu pai coleccionava discos de jazz, e a mãe era cantora. Atingiu a notoriedade à frente dos Them, banda formada em 1964, e com a qual obteve uma série de êxitos. Morrison More About: Van Morrison
JETHRO TULL - Stand Up (1969)
2008-05-14 13:56:00 Prog Folk-United Kingdom "His excellent album was released in 1969 and shows Jethro Tull starting to head in the direction of prog rock that would come to full fruition on albums like Thick as a Brick (1972) and A Passion Play (1973). Specifically, elements of jazz, folk, and classical are merged with blues rock on Stand Up .The lineup at this point included Ian Anderson (lead vocals, flute, More About: Stand-Up
HAWKWIND - In Search Of Space (1971)
2008-05-13 14:41:00 Psychedelic/Space Rock-United Kingdom Hawkwind é uma banda britânica de rock, um dos primeiros grupos de space rock. As letras envolvem temas urbanos e de ficção cientÃfica - este último tema, inclusive, ocasionalmente teve colaboração com o escritor Michael Moorcock. "In Search of Space strengthened Hawkwind's science fiction-type brand of progressive rock, gaining bass player Dave Anderson and
CÃLIX - Canções de Beurin (2000)
2008-05-12 19:21:00 Prog Folk-Brazil Cálix é um banda brasileira de rock progressivo, que surgiu em Minas Gerais em 1996. Começaram a apresentar-se em bares e em calouradas, tocando clássicos dos Beatles, Jethro Tull, The Who e Pink Floyd.No final de 1998, lançaram um single, que teve mil cópias vendidas de mão em mão. Fato que tornou-se impulso para a gravação do primeiro CD. Em abril 2000, lançaram Canções de
RICK WAKEMAN - Treasure Chest Volume 1 - The Real Lisztomania (2002)
2008-05-11 14:57:00 Progressive Rock-United Kingdom "As a huge fan, I really looked forward to this disc, and as far as the music goes, it is excellent, and if you remotely like the original soundtrack, you'll love this one. The keyboard work is truly characteristic of '70's Rick . However, the disappointing thing is that the narrations here bring to mind the perversion of the original movie, which takes away from More About: Chest , Real , Volume , Treasure
THE ROLLING STONES - 12 X 5 (1964)
2007-12-10 18:35:00 Rock-United Kingdom Os Rolling Stones são uma banda de rock inglesa formada em 25 de Maio de 1962, e que estão entre as bandas mais antigas ainda em atividade. Ao lado dos Beatles, foram a banda mais importante da chamada Invasão Britânica ocorrida nos anos 60, que adicionou diversos artistas ingleses nas paradas norte-americanas.Formado por Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman e More About: The Rolling Stones
RICK WAKEMAN - Rick Wakeman In Concert (1995)
2007-12-09 11:50:00 Progressive Rock-United Kingdom "The most incredible this in this album is Ashely Holt, is emotional voice is just AMAZING!!!!. The trumpet and trombone in "Lancelot..." takes the song into a whole new level. If you were gonna compare this to Yes, this would be the "Yessongs" of Rick .by Reniet Ramirez on 03/11/2002" "Rick has rearranged the "journey"-parts very nicely. The whole album is More About: Concert , Cert
BILLY PAUL - Greatest Hits (1993)
2007-12-09 01:14:00 Soul Music-USA Billy Paul (born Paul Williams, 1 December 1934, Philadelphia is a Grammy Award winning American soul singer, most known for his 1972 number-one single, "Me and Mrs. Jones". Born and raised in Philadelphia, Billy Paul began his singing career when he was twelve, appearing on local radio shows. Listening at home to his family's collection of 78s, Paul began developing a vocal More About: Greatest Hits , Hits , Greatest
JOURNEY - The Best Of (by Merlinus) (2007)
2007-12-08 02:31:00 Rock-USA "Journey is an American rock band formed in 1973 in San Francisco, California.The band has gone through several phases since its inception by former members of Santana. The band's greatest commercial success came in the late 1970s through the early 1980s with a series of power ballads and songs such as "Don't Stop Believing", "Any Way You Want It", "Faithfully", "Open Arms", "Separate More About: Merlin
BALADAS DE ROCK - The Best Of (by Merlinus) (2007)
More articles from this author:2007-12-07 02:25:00 Multi National-Rock "Como todos já cansaram de nos ouvir falar, somos geração anos 70 e como bons anos 70, curtimos as baladinhas pops e as músicas lentas que embalavam nossos bailinhos. Mas como bons proggers e rockers também curtimos prá caramba, baladas rockeiras !!!! Portanto, segue um best of do Merlin us, com algumas baladas que fizeram e ainda fazem a cabeça de muita gente. E cá muito entre 1, 2, 3 |
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