Gunslinger - Earthquake in E Minor (ex. Hawkwind) (UK 2008) [Deluxe Edition]

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Alan Davey, a.k.a. "Bass Assassin #2 (nickname given to Alan by Lemmy Kilmister) is best known for being one of the keynote, and longtime members of the legendary band Hawkwind, but he began his musical career in 1979 with a band he and his cousin started from the ground up, called Gunslinger. They quickly gained a reputation for playing loud and built a solid following. 

Gunslinger was formed in 1979 by Alan Davey and Nigel Potter and enjoyed a fair bit of popularity in the early 1980s, though for reasons that aren't clear the band split up just as they were about to score a record deal. Things certainly worked out ok for Alan as he went on to join Hawkwind. Though the recordings sat for many years until Alan reworked them recently and released them on the newly formed Earthquake label.

The simple description is that this is Motorhead done up Alan Davey style. "Night Song" opens the album and is trademark Alan bass and vocals, though in a thoroughly ROCKING context. Alan solos on the bass while the guitar and drums blaze away. "Blitzkrieg Baby" is similar, with tasty ripping guitar leads. "Shellshocker" is played at what seems like an impossible pace, with keyboards layering the background, and more fiery guitar solos. 

"Hymn Of The Wild" is a killer hard rock and metal tune. "Cyanide" and "Warhorse" are both songs that would fit neatly on a mid-late 80s Hawkwind album. "Warhorse" is the powerhouse of the two, with mucho spacey synths, and being the longest track of the set at over 7 minutes, the band really stretch out and jam. More killer guitar leads. A seriously potent rocker.

There are also songs like "If The Bombs Don't Get Ya The Bullets Will", "Going In For The Kill" and "Don't Need You" that are more firmly in the Motorhead thrash-metal style, and Gunslinger do it with panache. Finally, "Gunslinger" closes the set and is without question the most blazing song on the album, reaching levels of fury unmatched by… dare I say… Motorhead themselves. 

No shit, this album will blow your face right out. Play it LOUD! Note that Gunslinger have been active playing shows and for the live version of the band Alan has brought on board his Meads of Asphodel mates JD Tait on guitars and Sunil Jolly on drums.

Deluxe 2CD collection of the rare and out of print original album plus a 27-track bonus disc including the entire Unlawful Odds live album, the Lessons In Logic EP and 7 previously unreleased tracks!

♦ Alan Davey - bass, vocals
♦ George Agent - drums
♦ Nigel Potter - guitars, vocals

Disc 1
01. Night Song  03:39  
02. If the Bombs Don't Get Ya, the Bullets Will  02:06  
03. Shellshocked  03:33  
04. Savage Love  03:13  
05. Cyanide  04:50  
06. Blitzkrieg Baby  04:05  
07. Going in for the Kill  02:53  
08. Hymn of the Wild  02:26  
09. Don't Need You  03:42  
10. Warhorse  07:37  
11. Gunslinger  06:08  
12. Speed Dream (Re Mix 2017) 02:41 instrumental
13. Lessons In Logic (Full Length Version) 04:12  
14. You're My Leo (Outtake 2008) 03:49  
15. Living Like a Viking (Demo 2008) 02:36  
16. Gunslinger (Demo 2008) 03:24  
17. Fly into the Night (Demo 1981) 04:10  
18. No One's Got No Faith in Me (Demo 1981) 03:34  
19. Lessons In Logic (Bonzai Caruso Mix) 03:34

Disc 2
01. Boot Hill (Live 2010) 01:04  
02. All the Way (Live 2010) 03:19  
03. If the Bombs Don't Get Ya, the Bullets Will (Live 2010) 02:12  
04. Blitzkrieg Baby (Live 2010) 03:57  
05. Shellshocked (Live 2010) 03:45  
06. Savage Love (Live 2010) 03:15  
07. Don't Need You (Live 2010) 03:49  
08. Warhorse (Live 2010) 08:20  
09. A Shot in the Dark (Live 2010) 02:54  
10. Going In for the Kill (Live 2010) 02:47  
11. Night Song 2 (The 2nd Cumming) (Live 2010) 03:37  
12. Cyanide (Live 2010) 05:08  
13. Hymn of the Wild (Live 2010) 04:49  
14. Gunslinger (Live 2010) 05:15  
15. Night Song (Live 2010) 04:30  
16. Hound Dog (Live) 03:50  
17. Going In for the Kill (Live 2008) 02:50  
18. If the Bombs Don't Get Ya, the Bullets Will (Live 2008) 02:34  
19. Night Song (Live 2008) 03:42

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Fresh Maggots - Selftitled (Psych-Acid-Folk-Prog UK 1971)

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Fresh Maggots were a short-lived folk duo from Nuneaton, Warwickshire in England, consisting of Mick Burgoyne and Leigh Dolphin, who played a variety of instruments including guitars, glockenspiel, tin whistles and strings. They released one album in 1970 before splitting up.

Taking their name from a newspaper advert for a sports shop that proclaimed "fresh maggots always available", the pair were spotted by Mike Berry of the Sparta Florida Music Company in September 1970 while playing only their second concert at Wolvey village hall, and signed a publishing deal with the company. They were signed by RCA Records, who released their only album in 1971 - when they were nineteen years of age. Fresh Maggots was recorded at the Radio Luxembourg studios in London over several months at a cost of 1,500 pounds, and produced by Berry. 

Although its release was preceded by some degree of anticipation, delays in publishing gradually saw interest wane. Upon its release, it was met with favourable reviews, however record sales did not reflect this, and pressing was decommissioned soon after. The duo went on to play two live shows broadcast by BBC Radio 1. They released one single, "Car Song", before splitting up.

The resurgent popularity of folk music over the last decade reawakened interest in the band and the album became a collector's item fetching hundreds of pounds; The duo started to receive airplay in the US, prompting a reissue in 2006 as Fresh Maggots...Hatched on the Sunbeam label in the UK and Amber Soundroom in Germany, with the tracks from the "Car Song" single added. 

The reissued album received a three and a half stars review from Allmusic, and an 8 out of 10 score from PopMatters, with Whitney Strub describing it as "a remarkably assured debut—and finale". Kevin Hainey, reviewing it for Exclaim!, stated the group's "concise and fast-paced songwriting tendencies certainly make this stuff transcend its own age in a strange and wonderful way". John M. James, in the River Cities' Reader described it as a "five-star masterpiece of hypnotic vocals, electric fuzz guitar, trippy tin whistle, and shimmering six- and 12-string guitars".

Although Fresh Maggots' sole album has a greater range of arrangements with a folk-rock base than many U.K. folk-rock albums of the time do, the songs aren't special enough to move this out of the desirable-mostly-for-the-sake-of-its-rarity category. While much of the material is acoustic and folky at the core, it's embellished by a good deal of instrumentation by Mick Burgoyne, who plays tin whistles, violin, and glockenspiel, in addition to some surprisingly burning distorted electric guitar. 

The tunes are pleasant but not brilliant, and kind of repetitive. If "Dole Song" takes an unusual subject as its focus (signing on to "the dole," or welfare, in Britain), other compositions can be simplistic to the point of awkwardness. "And When She Laughs," for instance, sounds a bit like Donovan at his lightest, but even more dainty and lovey-dovey. 

There's some fine acoustic guitar picking and a bit of tasteful orchestration. Yet only "Rosemary Hill" has a bittersweet tune strong enough to merit a place on U.K. '70s folk-rock rarities, should a definitive series of those ever be assembled.

Line-up - Musicians
★ Mick Burgoyne - guitar, vocals, percussions, violin
★ Leigh Dolphin - acoustic guitar, vocals

01. Dole Song (3:23)
02. Rosemary Hill (3:30)
03. Quickie (1:23)
04. Everyone's Gone To War (3:55)
05. And When She Laughs (2:48)
06. Spring (3:21)
07. Balloon Spring (3:55)
08. Guzz Up (1:45)
09. Who's To Die (3:50)
10. Elizabeth R (2:50)
11. Frustration (6:00)
12. Car Song (3:59) [Bonus]
13. What Would You Do (2:42) [Bonus]

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Colosseum - Messepalast, Austria 1969-11-02 FM (Bootleg)

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One of the most influential of the early British progressive rock bands, Colosseum fused an adventurous approach to rock with strong jazz and blues influences and classical keyboard accents; they earned a loyal and lasting following though they never scored a major breakthrough hit. Colosseum were founded in 1968 by saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith, bassist Tony Reeves, and drummer Jon Hiseman; the three had previously worked with John Mayall, playing on his album Bare Wires, and Heckstall-Smith and Hiseman were formerly members of the Graham Bond Organisation. 

The first lineup was completed with the addition of Dave Greenslade on keyboards, Jim Roche on guitar, and vocalist James Litherland, who took over on guitar when Roche soon departed.

After making their live debut in Scarborough, Colosseum earned a valuable ally in legendary BBC disc jockey John Peel, who featured the band on his Top Gear radio show. Fontana Records signed the band, and their first album, Those Who Are About to Die Salute You, was released in 1969; it fared well in the charts, and the leadoff track, "Walking in the Park," was issued as a single, though it proved to be the only 7" from the group. 

Colosseum's second album, Valentyne Suite, appeared later the same year; it was the debut release from Vertigo Records, the influential progressive and hard rock label. (Vertigo and Fontana were both affiliated with the Dutch recording firm Philips.) 

Released in 1970, Daughter of Time featured a new lineup of the band; James Litherland left to form the band Mogul Thrash and Tony Reeves moved into production full-time, and Colosseum added guitarist Dave Clempson, bassist Mark Clarke, and lead vocalist Chris Farlowe. Another Colosseum album, The Grass Is Greener, appeared in 1970, but it was in fact a revised version of Valentyne Suite, released only in the United States and featuring four of the original selections from the LP and four new songs.

In 1971, Colosseum jumped ship from Vertigo to the newly formed Bronze Records and recorded a handful of shows at Manchester University and the Big Apple club in Brighton; the band broke up before they could complete a studio album for their new label, and 1971's Colosseum Live would prove to be the last release from the group's first era. In 1975, Jon Hiseman launched Colosseum II, a more jazz-oriented combo that also featured Gary Moore on guitar and Don Airey on keyboards; the new group released three albums before parting ways in 1978. 

In 1994, the Daughter of Time lineup of Colosseum reunited for a concert tour, and a live album was drawn from the concerts. The band issued a new studio album in 1997, Breads & Circuses, and Colosseum reconvened for periodic recordings and live shows in subsequent years. 

The group's final album was 2014's Time on Our Side, and the ensemble's last live appearance was made at a farewell concert the following year. Saxophonist Barbara Thompson (who was married to Jon Hiseman) frequently appeared with the reunited version of Colosseum, and became an official member of the group following the death of Dick Heckstall-Smith in 2004. Jon Hiseman died in 2018 at the age of 73.

Colosseum, Messepalast, Vienna, Austria
November 2, 1969, Early Show  

Band members:
♦ James Litherland - Guitar & Lead Vocals
♦ Tony Reeves - Bass
♦ David Clempson - Guitar & Fender Rhodes Piano & Vocals
♦ Dave Greenslade - Hammond Organ & Grand Piano
♦ Jon Hiseman - Drums & Percussion (passed awayy June 12, 2018  at age 73)
♦ Dick Heckstall-Smith - Saxophones (passed away Dec 17, 2004 at age 70)

01. Radio Introduction [01:09]
02. Walking In The Park [08:47]
03. Butty's Blues [14:37]
04. Valentyne Suite, January's Search [07:06]
05. Valentyne Suite, February's Valentyne [11:06]
06. Valentyne Suite, Beware the Ides of March [06:34]
07. Stormy Monday [05:08]

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