Hello, Alphabet Soup II reached F, my first stop here was a remarkle band, when they recorded their first album their average age was 17. Two years later they had a worldwide hit , which to date has had 2 million airplays in the UK alone. Alright now indeed. Two years later again and the band recorded their final album, preceded by the Live ! album i present here, and a first break up. Too much , too young perhaps, anyway guitarist Paul Kossoff died of a heroin induced heart attack age 25....Free at last....Second today are The Feelies they released just 4 albums over 11 years , i've posted their brilliant debut a year ago and this here, their last, shows why they have been kept in such high regard over time....Finally a brother and a sister that proove the Carpenters were't a fluke, siblings can rock together. Their music is known to get some mixed responses, reviews ranging from 1 to 9 , which is rather unheard of in the music review scene, an aquired taste let us say...anyway Blueberry Boat is considered something of a multi layered concept album, so take your time to take the 76 min in..it comes in two sizes....
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Free - Live ! (71 ^ 239mb)
Most remarkable about the birth of Free was the young age of the band members who first came together to rehearse at the Nag's Head pub in Battersea, London, on April 19, 1968. Bass player Andy Fraser, was only 15 years old while lead singer Paul Rodgers, lead guitarist Paul Kossoff, and drummer Simon Kirke, were also still teenagers. By November of that year they had recorded their first album Tons Of Sobs for Island Records and, although it was not released until the following year, the album documents their first six months together and contains studio renditions of much of their early live set.
Free are still cited as one of the definitive bands of the British blues boom of the late 1960s with the release of Tons of Sobs in 1969, but this is the only album that can strictly be called blues-rock. The next album, Free, released in 1969, has a marked difference in the musicianship of the band as well as Paul Rodgers's voice. Unlike their previous albums Tons of Sobs and Free, Fire and Water - released in 1970 - was a huge success, largely due to the album containing the hit single "All Right Now", a top 5 hit in the UK and the U.S. On teh back of that the able sold very well too Highway was their fourth studio album, recorded extremely quickly in September of 1970. Though widely considered to be an excellent follow-up to Fire and Water, Highway sold poorly. After a grueling tour which yielded 1971's Free Live, in April 1971, due to differences between singer Paul Rodgers and bassist Andy Fraser, the drug problems of guitarist Paul Kossoff, and inconsistent record sales, the band broke up. Although Free made excellent studio records, Free "Live" is perhaps the best way to experience the band in all its glory. Led by singer-guitarist Paul Rodgers and lead guitarist Paul Kosoff, the band swings through the songs with power, clarity, and a dose of funk. Live ! is one of the great live albums of the 1970s.
Early in 1972 the band set aside their differences and reformed in an effort to save Kossoff from his growing drug addiction, and in June of the same year released Free at Last. But all was not well with the band. Bassist Andy Fraser left the band in mid-1972 due to Paul Kossoff's unreliability in being able to perform at shows or even showing up. The remaining members recruited Japanese bass player Tetsu Yamauchi to record what would be Free's final album, Heartbreaker. Free disbanded in early 1973 with Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke going on to form Bad Company that same year. With Paul Kossoff in better health again in late 1975, he was delighted that now ex-Free colleagues, Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke asked him to join them on stage for two nights. A British tour was set to begin on 25 April 1976, but again his drug addictions contributed to a drastic decline in the guitarist's health. On a flight from Los Angeles to New York on March 19th, 1976, Paul Kossoff died from drug-related heart problems at the age of 25.
Most recently Paul Rodgers has joined the remaining members of Queen (Brian May and Roger Taylor), as vocalist. Rodgers would be "featured with" as Queen + Paul Rodgers, not replacing the late Freddie Mercury.
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01 - All Right Now (6:30)
02 - I'm A Mover (3:40)
03 - Be My Friend (5:52)
04 - Fire And Water (3:57)
05 - Ride On A Pony (4:30)
06 - Mr Big (6:14)
07 - The Hunter (5:18)
08 - Get Where I Belong (4:14)
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The Feelies - Time For A Witness (91 ^269mb)
The Feelies were a rock band from Haledon, New Jersey. They formed in 1976 and disbanded in 1992. The Feelies created shimmering soundscapes with multiple guitar layers that sounded unique compared to the punk/new wave atmosphere of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Their name is based on Aldous Huxley's novel "Brave New World" where in the novel there are theaters where all of your senses are incorporated along with sight, called "the feelies."
Original band members Bill Million, Keith Clayton and Anton Fier released their first single “Fa Ce La” on Rough Trade Records in 1980. The album that followed on Stiff Records, was Crazy Rhythms, Afterwards, Fier and Clayton left the band. With the Feelies in limbo, Mercer and Million collaborated with other local New Jersey musicians, forming a band called the Trypes.
Reformed as a quintet, the Feelies recorded The Good Earth in 1985 with Peter Buck of R.E.M. as producer. They toured in support of the album as an opening band for Lou Reed as well as R.E.M. that year. In 1988 the Feelies signed to a major label and released the album Only Life on A&M Records. The new lineup featuring two guitarists, two drummers, and the bass playing of Brenda Sauter made the album a critical favorite. Their final album, Time for a Witness, was released in 1991, as a conclusion to the band's active days, it makes for a fine coda. Million and Mercer peel out some amazing frazzled solos, and the rhythm section keeps the beat steady and flowing. It's a virtuoso performance from a band that doesn't need to create pointless flash with its abilities, a fine balance all told.
The Feelies are remembered as one of the most underappreciated indie-rock bands of the 1980s and to this day have many fans throughout the world. Although the band never sold many records, they are to date considered to be still influential in the indie rock scene .
01 - Waiting (3:36)
02 - Time For A Witness (3:34)
03 - Sooner Or Later (2:33)
04 - Find A Way (7:01)
05 - Decide (4:51)
06 - Doin' It Again (2:41)
07 - Invitation (3:00)
08 - For Now (4:47)
09 - What She Said (5:38)
10 - Real Cool Time (4:23)
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Fiery Furnaces, The - Blueberry Boat (04 ^ 447mb)
The Fiery Furnaces primary members are brother and sister Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger, after seperate trips abroad upon returning to their Chicago suburb, the siblings decided to make music together. Simple, poppy melodies with a dizzying array of wordplay, sounds, and influences, dashes of folk, blues, and garage rock. In 2000, they moved to Brooklyn, took day jobs, and began playing as the Fiery Furnaces late in the year. They signed with the Rough Trade music label in 2002, and recorded their debut album, Gallowsbird's Bark, the same year. Released in 2003, it was often compared in the press to The White Stripes due to the garage blues elements of the band’s sound .
Matthew is primarily responsible for the band's songwriting and studio instrumentation, while Eleanor handles the majority of the vocal duties. Drummer Andy Knowles and bassist Toshi Yano both joined the band for live performances in time for their 2004 tour. Beginning with a performance at the April 2004 All Tomorrow’s Parties festival in Camber Sands, England, the band's live performances took the form of hour-long, continuous sets of music featuring snippets from most of their recorded songs.
The Fiery Furnaces released their second album, Blueberry Boat, in the summer of 2004. It is also often interpreted as a multi-layered concept album. "Quay Cur," the ten minute lead track on Blueberry Boat, switches from dirty, gurgling organ to slide-guitar-fueled ditties, pulsing electronic beats to abstract lullaby within a few minutes, highlighting the Fiery Furnaces' variety in songwriting. Some critics, however, interpreted this type of material as evidence that the album is unfocused. The epic nature of the majority of the songs made them unsuitable for radio play so the band prepared "Single Again," a take on a traditional folk song as a substitute. This single, along with their previously released ones, was mostly only made available to the UK audience, so in January 2005 the band released a 41-minute compilation disc named EP it was a contrast to the epic and, according to some, inaccessible nature of Blueberry Boat.
Their following album, Rehearsing My Choir (released in October 2005), saw the band return to an experimental sound once again. A concept album featuring the Friedbergers' grandmother, Olga Sarantos, narrating stories about her life, Rehearsing My Choir was met with widely differing opinions from both the press and the band's fans, being branded "difficult" . Jason Loewenstein of Sebadoh and Bob D'Amico took over band duties for the supporting tour, replacing Toshi Yano and Andy Knowles. The band released their fifth LP, entitled Bitter Tea, in April 2006. In interviews they stated the album to be influenced by the sound of synthpop group Devo and to consist of far more conventional and accessible songs .
Matthew Friedberger released Winter Women and Holy Ghost Language School in August 2006, two separate albums which were packaged as a double album. According to a press release, Winter Women is "intended to be a summer record, full of memorable, catchy, and un-ironic pop songs," while Holy Ghost Language School is like "Faust, the Residents, or the most 'out' moments of Brian Eno's solo records." Eleanor appeared on neither. In June 2007, it was announced that the band had signed with Chicago label Thrill Jockey and their album Widow City was later released on October 9, 2007. Unlike their two previous efforts, this album lacks a central concept and has a 70s album rock feel. The band toured in support of the album throughout the later months of 2007 and early 2008. A live compilation album, Remember, is scheduled to be released on August 16, 2008.
01 - Quay Cur (10:25)
02 - Straight Street (5:00)
03 - Blueberry Boat (9:09)
04 - Chris Michaels (7:53)
05 - Paw Paw Tree (4:39)
06 - My Dog Was Lost But Now He's Found (3:29)
07 - Mason City (8:14)
08 - Chief Inspector Blancheflower (8:58)
09 - Spaniolated (3:21)
10 - 1917 (4:52)
11 - Birdie Brain (3:05)
12 - Turning Round (2:13)
13 - Wolf Notes (4:51)
extra lite
Fiery Furnaces, The - Blueberry Boat (04 * 99mb)
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All downloads are in * ogg-7 (224k) or ^ ogg-9(320k), artwork is included , if in need get the nifty ogg encoder/decoder here !
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Free - Live ! (71 ^ 239mb)
Most remarkable about the birth of Free was the young age of the band members who first came together to rehearse at the Nag's Head pub in Battersea, London, on April 19, 1968. Bass player Andy Fraser, was only 15 years old while lead singer Paul Rodgers, lead guitarist Paul Kossoff, and drummer Simon Kirke, were also still teenagers. By November of that year they had recorded their first album Tons Of Sobs for Island Records and, although it was not released until the following year, the album documents their first six months together and contains studio renditions of much of their early live set.
Free are still cited as one of the definitive bands of the British blues boom of the late 1960s with the release of Tons of Sobs in 1969, but this is the only album that can strictly be called blues-rock. The next album, Free, released in 1969, has a marked difference in the musicianship of the band as well as Paul Rodgers's voice. Unlike their previous albums Tons of Sobs and Free, Fire and Water - released in 1970 - was a huge success, largely due to the album containing the hit single "All Right Now", a top 5 hit in the UK and the U.S. On teh back of that the able sold very well too Highway was their fourth studio album, recorded extremely quickly in September of 1970. Though widely considered to be an excellent follow-up to Fire and Water, Highway sold poorly. After a grueling tour which yielded 1971's Free Live, in April 1971, due to differences between singer Paul Rodgers and bassist Andy Fraser, the drug problems of guitarist Paul Kossoff, and inconsistent record sales, the band broke up. Although Free made excellent studio records, Free "Live" is perhaps the best way to experience the band in all its glory. Led by singer-guitarist Paul Rodgers and lead guitarist Paul Kosoff, the band swings through the songs with power, clarity, and a dose of funk. Live ! is one of the great live albums of the 1970s.
Early in 1972 the band set aside their differences and reformed in an effort to save Kossoff from his growing drug addiction, and in June of the same year released Free at Last. But all was not well with the band. Bassist Andy Fraser left the band in mid-1972 due to Paul Kossoff's unreliability in being able to perform at shows or even showing up. The remaining members recruited Japanese bass player Tetsu Yamauchi to record what would be Free's final album, Heartbreaker. Free disbanded in early 1973 with Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke going on to form Bad Company that same year. With Paul Kossoff in better health again in late 1975, he was delighted that now ex-Free colleagues, Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke asked him to join them on stage for two nights. A British tour was set to begin on 25 April 1976, but again his drug addictions contributed to a drastic decline in the guitarist's health. On a flight from Los Angeles to New York on March 19th, 1976, Paul Kossoff died from drug-related heart problems at the age of 25.
Most recently Paul Rodgers has joined the remaining members of Queen (Brian May and Roger Taylor), as vocalist. Rodgers would be "featured with" as Queen + Paul Rodgers, not replacing the late Freddie Mercury.
26
01 - All Right Now (6:30)
02 - I'm A Mover (3:40)
03 - Be My Friend (5:52)
04 - Fire And Water (3:57)
05 - Ride On A Pony (4:30)
06 - Mr Big (6:14)
07 - The Hunter (5:18)
08 - Get Where I Belong (4:14)
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The Feelies - Time For A Witness (91 ^269mb)
The Feelies were a rock band from Haledon, New Jersey. They formed in 1976 and disbanded in 1992. The Feelies created shimmering soundscapes with multiple guitar layers that sounded unique compared to the punk/new wave atmosphere of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Their name is based on Aldous Huxley's novel "Brave New World" where in the novel there are theaters where all of your senses are incorporated along with sight, called "the feelies."
Original band members Bill Million, Keith Clayton and Anton Fier released their first single “Fa Ce La” on Rough Trade Records in 1980. The album that followed on Stiff Records, was Crazy Rhythms, Afterwards, Fier and Clayton left the band. With the Feelies in limbo, Mercer and Million collaborated with other local New Jersey musicians, forming a band called the Trypes.
Reformed as a quintet, the Feelies recorded The Good Earth in 1985 with Peter Buck of R.E.M. as producer. They toured in support of the album as an opening band for Lou Reed as well as R.E.M. that year. In 1988 the Feelies signed to a major label and released the album Only Life on A&M Records. The new lineup featuring two guitarists, two drummers, and the bass playing of Brenda Sauter made the album a critical favorite. Their final album, Time for a Witness, was released in 1991, as a conclusion to the band's active days, it makes for a fine coda. Million and Mercer peel out some amazing frazzled solos, and the rhythm section keeps the beat steady and flowing. It's a virtuoso performance from a band that doesn't need to create pointless flash with its abilities, a fine balance all told.
The Feelies are remembered as one of the most underappreciated indie-rock bands of the 1980s and to this day have many fans throughout the world. Although the band never sold many records, they are to date considered to be still influential in the indie rock scene .
01 - Waiting (3:36)
02 - Time For A Witness (3:34)
03 - Sooner Or Later (2:33)
04 - Find A Way (7:01)
05 - Decide (4:51)
06 - Doin' It Again (2:41)
07 - Invitation (3:00)
08 - For Now (4:47)
09 - What She Said (5:38)
10 - Real Cool Time (4:23)
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Fiery Furnaces, The - Blueberry Boat (04 ^ 447mb)
The Fiery Furnaces primary members are brother and sister Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger, after seperate trips abroad upon returning to their Chicago suburb, the siblings decided to make music together. Simple, poppy melodies with a dizzying array of wordplay, sounds, and influences, dashes of folk, blues, and garage rock. In 2000, they moved to Brooklyn, took day jobs, and began playing as the Fiery Furnaces late in the year. They signed with the Rough Trade music label in 2002, and recorded their debut album, Gallowsbird's Bark, the same year. Released in 2003, it was often compared in the press to The White Stripes due to the garage blues elements of the band’s sound .
Matthew is primarily responsible for the band's songwriting and studio instrumentation, while Eleanor handles the majority of the vocal duties. Drummer Andy Knowles and bassist Toshi Yano both joined the band for live performances in time for their 2004 tour. Beginning with a performance at the April 2004 All Tomorrow’s Parties festival in Camber Sands, England, the band's live performances took the form of hour-long, continuous sets of music featuring snippets from most of their recorded songs.
The Fiery Furnaces released their second album, Blueberry Boat, in the summer of 2004. It is also often interpreted as a multi-layered concept album. "Quay Cur," the ten minute lead track on Blueberry Boat, switches from dirty, gurgling organ to slide-guitar-fueled ditties, pulsing electronic beats to abstract lullaby within a few minutes, highlighting the Fiery Furnaces' variety in songwriting. Some critics, however, interpreted this type of material as evidence that the album is unfocused. The epic nature of the majority of the songs made them unsuitable for radio play so the band prepared "Single Again," a take on a traditional folk song as a substitute. This single, along with their previously released ones, was mostly only made available to the UK audience, so in January 2005 the band released a 41-minute compilation disc named EP it was a contrast to the epic and, according to some, inaccessible nature of Blueberry Boat.
Their following album, Rehearsing My Choir (released in October 2005), saw the band return to an experimental sound once again. A concept album featuring the Friedbergers' grandmother, Olga Sarantos, narrating stories about her life, Rehearsing My Choir was met with widely differing opinions from both the press and the band's fans, being branded "difficult" . Jason Loewenstein of Sebadoh and Bob D'Amico took over band duties for the supporting tour, replacing Toshi Yano and Andy Knowles. The band released their fifth LP, entitled Bitter Tea, in April 2006. In interviews they stated the album to be influenced by the sound of synthpop group Devo and to consist of far more conventional and accessible songs .
Matthew Friedberger released Winter Women and Holy Ghost Language School in August 2006, two separate albums which were packaged as a double album. According to a press release, Winter Women is "intended to be a summer record, full of memorable, catchy, and un-ironic pop songs," while Holy Ghost Language School is like "Faust, the Residents, or the most 'out' moments of Brian Eno's solo records." Eleanor appeared on neither. In June 2007, it was announced that the band had signed with Chicago label Thrill Jockey and their album Widow City was later released on October 9, 2007. Unlike their two previous efforts, this album lacks a central concept and has a 70s album rock feel. The band toured in support of the album throughout the later months of 2007 and early 2008. A live compilation album, Remember, is scheduled to be released on August 16, 2008.
01 - Quay Cur (10:25)
02 - Straight Street (5:00)
03 - Blueberry Boat (9:09)
04 - Chris Michaels (7:53)
05 - Paw Paw Tree (4:39)
06 - My Dog Was Lost But Now He's Found (3:29)
07 - Mason City (8:14)
08 - Chief Inspector Blancheflower (8:58)
09 - Spaniolated (3:21)
10 - 1917 (4:52)
11 - Birdie Brain (3:05)
12 - Turning Round (2:13)
13 - Wolf Notes (4:51)
extra lite
Fiery Furnaces, The - Blueberry Boat (04 * 99mb)
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All downloads are in * ogg-7 (224k) or ^ ogg-9(320k), artwork is included , if in need get the nifty ogg encoder/decoder here !
2 comments:
Thanx rho for the feelies-saw them in 1989-excellent show!
Dear Rho, I love your blog, the followed since 2007 and I have a large part of the collection, but I would like to improve it with files in FLAC.
I lost the trail in 2011, I thought it had disappeared, but I met it again.
I would be infinitely grateful if you would upload the files that have already expired. Could you please re-upload the Feelies's albums?? Is a brilliant band..
Thanks in advance and congratulations for your great blog ..
Hugs, José
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