Jul 30, 2015

RhoDeo 1530 Goldy Rhox 220

Hello, today the 220th post of Goldy Rhox, classic pop rock. In the darklight an English singer (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a co-founder of the band the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music. With Paul McCartney, he formed a celebrated songwriting partnership. Born and raised in Liverpool, as a teenager he became involved in the skiffle craze; his first band, the Quarrymen, evolved into the Beatles in 1960. When the group disbanded in 1970, our mystery man embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums with the Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance" and "Working Class Hero". Our man disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to raise his infant son Sean, but re-emerged with Ono in 1980 with the new album Double Fantasy. He was murdered three weeks after its release.

As of 2012, our mystery man's solo album sales in the United States exceeded 14 million and, as writer, co-writer, or performer, he is responsible for 25 number-one singles on the US Hot 100 chart. In 2002, a BBC poll on the 100 Greatest Britons voted him eighth and, in 2008, Rolling Stone ranked him the fifth-greatest singer of all time. He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice; as a member of the Beatles in 1988 and as a solo artist in 1994.

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Most of the albums i 'll post made many millions for the music industry and a lot of what i intend to post still gets repackaged and remastered decades later, squeezing the last drop of profit out of bands that for the most part have ceased to exist long ago, although sometimes they get lured out of the mothballs to do a big bucks gig or tour. Now i'm not as naive to post this kinda music for all to see and have deleted, these will be a black box posts, i'm sorry for those on limited bandwidth but for most of you a gamble will get you a quality rip don't like it, deleting is just 2 clicks...That said i will try to accommodate somewhat and produce some cryptic info on the artist and or album.



Today's mystery album is the is the sixth studio album by today's mystery artist. Released in 1975, it is an album of late 1950s and early 1960s songs as covered by today's mystery artist. Recording the album was problematic and spanned an entire year: Phil Spector produced sessions in October 1973 at A&M Studios, and the mystery artist produced sessions in October 1974 at Record Plant Studios (East). At the time he was being sued by Morris Levy over copyright infringement of one line in his song "Come Together". As part of an agreement, he had to include three Levy-owned songs on Rock 'n' Roll. Spector ran away with the session recordings, later being involved in a motor accident, which left the album's tracks unrecoverable until the beginning of the Walls and Bridges sessions. With Walls and Bridges coming out first, featuring one Levy-owned song, Levy sued our mystery artist expecting to see his mystery album.

The album was released in February 1975, reaching number 6 in both the United Kingdom and the United States, later being certified gold in both countries. It was supported by the single "Stand by Me", which peaked at number 20 in the US, and 30 in the UK. The cover was taken by Jürgen Vollmer during the Beatles' stay in Hamburg. It was his last album until 1980: With no recording contract obligation, he took a hiatus from recording to raise his son Sean.  Here today the 2004 expanded and remixed/remastered version... N'Joy


Goldy Rhox 220   (flac 362mb)

Goldy Rhox 220    (ogg 129mb)


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