0403 - NANTUCKET - Still Live After All These Years (1995)

NANTUCKET
"STILL LIVE AFTER ALL THESE YEARS"
2008
1995
DEEP SOUTH DIGITAL
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1/Rugburn/4:08
2/It's Getting Harder/3:47
3/Born In a Honky Tonk/4:44
4/What's the Matter (With Loving You)/5:07
5/On the Radio/3:28
6/Southern Gals/5:59
7/50 More/5:31
8/Time Bomb/3:19
9/Is It Wrong to Rock and Roll/6:06
10/Heartbreaker/8:36
11/Quite Like You/3:45
12/I Can't Stop Loving You/4:52
13/Your Place or Mine/3:44
14/California/4:57
15/Never Gonna Take Your Lies/3:50
16/Real Romance/5:24

Tommy Redd / Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Lead & Background Vocals
Larry Uzzell / Lead & Background Vocals, Trumpet, Percussion
Mike Uzzell / Moog Bass, Various Keyboards & Synthesizers, Lead & Background Vocals
Eddie Blair / Saxophones, Keyboards, Percussion, Background Vocals
Kenny Soule / Drums & Percussion, Background Vocals
Mark Downing / Lead & Rhythm Guitars

05:00 14/3/2012

0402 - NANTUCKET - V (1984)

NANTUCKET
"V"
2008
1984
DEEP SOUTH DIGITAL
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1/Pretty Legs/Redd, Blair, Johnson/3:34
2/Ain't It a Shame/Redd/3:21
3/Made for You/Thornton/4:02
4/Looking You Up/Redd, Downing/3:59
5/Drivin' Me Crazy/Johnson, Uzzell, Redd/3:21
6/Out of Control/Johnson, Gates/1:05
7/Can't Stop Rockin'/Redd/3:00
8/Horizontal Weekend/Redd/3:11
9/Freedom/Thornton/3:49
10/Party'n in the Cars/Redd, Thornton, Johnson, Gates/3:37

Eddie Blair / Keyboards, Saxophone, Vocals (Background)
Rod Dash / Producer
Richard Gates / Drums, Percussion, Synthesizer
David Johnson / Guitar (Bass), Synthesizer, Vocals (Background)
Tommy Redd / Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals (Background)
Alan Thornton / Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)
Larry Uzzell / Harmonica, Percussion, Vocals, Vocals (Background)

04:41 14/3/2012

0378 - NANTUCKET - Long Way To The Top (1980)

NANTUCKET
''LONG WAY TO THE TOP''
1980
WOUNDED BIRD RECORDS
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1/It's a Long Way to the Top/Scott, Young/4:19
2/Living With You/Redd, Watson/2:20
3/Time Bomb/Redd/2:58
4/50 More/Redd/5:21
5/Media Darlin'/Redd/3:28
6/Rugburn/Redd, Soule/3:27
7/Too Much Wrong in the Past (For a Future)/Downing, Redd, Soule, Uzzell/4:05
8/Over and Over Again/Blair, Redd, Soule, Uzzell/2:48
9/Turn the Radio On/Redd/3:02
10/Tell Me/Redd/2:40
11/Rescue/Blair, Downing Uzzell, Redd, Soule, Uzzell/4:45
12/Rock of the 80's/Redd/4:34

Eddie Blair/Keyboards, Saxophone, Vocals
Mark Downing/Guitar
Tommy Redd/Guitar, Vocals
Kenny Soule/Drums
Larry Uzzell/Vocals
Pee Wee Watson/Bass Guitar, Vocals

REVIEW
by Rob Theakston
Opening an album with - let alone naming an album after - a then-contemporary cover song is a rather unconventional move. But then again, Nantucket were never ones to strive for convention or conformity. Leading off with AC/DC's "It's a Long Way to the Top" set the tone appropriately for what followed on the group's third album. While not as hard rocking as 1979's Your Face or Mine, Long Way to the Top adapted Nantucket's sound for the ever-evolving AOR and Top 40 formats, and found them not sounding as much like other classic rock groups as they had previously. Larry Uzzell is in fine form, with the bandmembers in tow writing and sounding as if they were heavily influenced by Tom Petty's classic Damn the Torpedoes record. The record stumbles at times ("50 More" could easily have been left off to make room for something more fitting), but that's a mere distraction and easily forgivable when listening to the rest of the album. Not their strongest effort, but even on their worst days Nantucket rocked harder than most bands on their best.

01:18 13/3/2012

0377 - NANTUCKET - Your Face Or Mine? (1979)

NANTUCKET
''YOUR FACE OR MINE''
1979
WOUNDED BIRD RECORDS
35:44
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1/Gimme Your Love/Redd/4:14
2/I Live for Your Love/Redd/3:06
3/Hey Hey Blondie/Redd/3:39
4/California/Redd/4:11
5/Wide Awake/Redd/3:30
6/Don't Hang Up/Redd/4:13
7/Your Place or Mine/Redd/3:35
8/Just the Devil's Way/Redd/4:10
9/Is It Wrong to Rock and Roll/Redd/5:17

Eddie Blair/Arp Omni, Arranger, Clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Moog Bass, Organ, Piano, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor), String Arrangements, Vocals (Background)
Chip Crawford/Mini Moog
Mark Downing/Guitar, Guitar (12 String), Guitar (Rhythm), Pedal Steel, Slide Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Tommy Redd/Arranger, Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Spoons, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Kenny Soule/Arranger, Drums, Timbales, Tympani [Timpani], Vocals (Background)
Larry Uzzell/Arranger, Guitar, Guitar (Bass), Percussion, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Voices
Mike Uzzell/Arranger, Mini Moog, Moog Bass, Moog Synthesizer, Organ, Organ (Hammond), Piano, Programming, Synthesizer, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Moog Synthesizer, Organ, Piano, Vocals

REVIEW
by Rob Theakston
For years, Your Face or Mine could only be found on the bootleg circuit, available as a vinyl transfer direct to compact disc. With the album out of print for decades and much demand from a loyal cult following of fans, Wounded Bird had the good sense to reissue this unsung masterpiece of '80s arena rock (the band had a lengthy stint on the road supporting such powerhouse acts as AC/DC and Kiss). Featuring one of the most underrated frontmen of all time (Larry Uzzell), Nantucket hit the gas pedal and don't let up until the rock speedometer is begging for mercy. Some of the band's finest moments appear here, including the hard rocker "Just the Devil's Way," "California," and "Your Place or Mine," which sounds hauntingly familiar to the hit single from their first album, "Heartbreaker." And while the album ends on a softer note than expected (the "Bohemian Rhapsody"-esque "Is It Wrong to Rock and Roll" doesn't really bring the rock), it's just a mere oversight to the full-on awesomeness found elsewhere on the disc. In a perfect world, North Carolina's hard rockin' exports would be heading for their place in Cleveland. But for now, just rest easy and enjoy this nine-song excursion like a glass of fine wine or an expensive meal. It was worth the wait.

05:04 12/3/2012