Monday, August 31, 2026

TERMINAL WHITE - Death & Love EP 86 w Hamtramck EP 87 w The Color Line LP 91 w Worker CD 88 w Ate 8 Eight LP 94 w Tjuana Donkey Show CD 97


REPOST and ADD ON:  O.K. I love this band and when a repost was suggested, I went fetch for the bottom two releases getting the last ones--so good timely request by Mac!!!!  David Pistrui, John Burns and Phil Rainey make this post punk band fabulous!  Enjoy!!!!


https://bestfile.io/en/qErSME66MqbvYoA/file


THE MISSION - Let's Get Together LP 69


 This was an anonymous request a couple of weeks ago and is a quite good Jesus Music recording but they also do some great folk covers like Turn, Turn, Turn and Let's Get Together by Al Green. You will enjoy it!

https://bestfile.io/m4YjeKoAZj1U4n7/file

LOS BRAVOS - Black Is Black LP 66


NOSTALGIC PSYCHEDELIC:  Well, this is the last week or this August theme and so going out with a bang! with below post that was also in the youtube reel (that I can't find) that started it all.  I made it a Big Three this week with Chubby Checker's psychedelic album and the Oh You Kids right below.  Might as well add the Tuesday's Children offshoot band Springwater and I'm sure there are more posts this week from those glory days of psychedelic that was such a change in the musical landscape back then.  The title track is a great one from this Spanish rock band.

https://bestfile.io/etSucFAii4oHndf/file


THE OH YOU KIDS - Winchester Cathedral LP 63 w Thoroughly Modern Millie LP 67

NOSTALGIC PSYCHEDELIC:  Well this would be the last post in the series with above as I went fetch for these two NM media condition after finding the first one and posting with bad quality (sorry 'bout that!).  Had to have them both even though the second was purely instrumental since I grew up with this type ragtime music at local pizza parlours.  I have posted most of these songs before by other ragtime artists but they are all classic songs from my youth.  I added other versions of the first album title track from Baja Marimba Band and The New Vaudeville Band like before.  I mentioned before I love the band name because my grandmother used to say to us 8 siblings in exasperation:  "Oh you kids!!! Honestly!!!"  ha ha.

https://bestfile.io/AjTtL88yTk1UOc0/file

TOSHIRO MAYUZUMI - THE BIBLE...IN THE BEGINNING OMPST LP 66

Thought I should give you some reading on this post that I found at Goodwill.  It meets the weekly classical music theme but also Jesus Music since it talks about the Firmament (super ionic solid state of water covering our flat land mass) but since limited talking, I ripped another classic that was due from a request for the Jesus Music post this week.  

JOHN SHINE - Songs For A Rainy Day LP 75


REPOST Request:  What I wrote last time:  Another cool request from E.W. that I went and got at Discogs (most of his obscuro stuff is $5 or less with $5 postage so no big deal on the cost).  The old days of rainy days inside.

https://bestfile.io/u584bniymHzO9Pu/file


I will also mention:

REPOST of Game Theory for AJ (2 more CD added):  https://bestfile.io/en/TVVJVQjZ4665aOO/file

Also, GOTHAM CITY link is still good:  https://downunderground.blogspot.com/2026/07/gotham-city-unknown-cd-84-cc.html

Here is comment about them: They just had all their vintage recordings re-released in expanded deluxe versions & have reunited, releasing a brand new EP last year.

Korky

Jack Lee (added back up track Sex after complaint):  https://bestfile.io/fHcfZGafsArj9X6/file

LIFESCAPES - Music Inspired By Natural Wonders - Scottish Moors tape 96


 A pretty cool tape of the week post this week...use your imagination.

https://bestfile.io/VdVMVS2Yd4FpmQd/file

PETER McCANN - st LP 77 w One On One CD 79

Well as you may have noticed, I've been choralling all these old K-Tel Mellow Rock artists from my past and this guy (after seeing a top 10 youtube music reel) was the one who did the 'Right Time Of The Night" which I had almost forgot but also the opener track, Do You Wanna Make Love.  Next week I will end the series on the Wildfire song.  Here is the Discogs info:  Real Name: Peter James McCann

Profile: American singer and songwriter. Born March 6, 1948 Bridgeport, Connecticut. Died January 26, 2023, Nashville, Tennessee.

He has 15 top 100 charted songs in the U.S. His top charting song was "Do You Wanna Make Love", which hit #5 in the U.S. in 1977. His top written song was "Right Time of the Night" by Jennifer Warnes which hit #6 in the U.S. charts and #1 on the U.S. Adult Contempary charts in 1977. His composition "Nobody Falls Like a Fool", sung by Earl Thomas Conley, hit #1 on the U.S. Country charts in 1985 while "She's Single Again" by Janie Fricke, co-written with Charlie Craig (2), hit #2 on the U.S. Country charts in 1985.

Throughout his career McCann has been active for the rights of songwriters and publishers, lecturing for NSAI, SESAC, ASCAP, BMI.

https://bestfile.io/PXCnmSpxA3JaHjP/file

SPRINGWATER - I Will Return - st LP 72


 This was an add on I made to meet a minimum shipping quantity at Discogs and is a quite nifty instrumental album that sounds top notch on vinyl!  Here is the (quite a surprise today!!) Discogs skinny: Born 17. July 1947 in London, died 31. March 2007 (British musician and composer) who in 1966 formed Tuesday's Children'. Members Phil Cordell, Mick Ware and Del Gough had been in the North London band 'Steve Douglas and the Challengers' who later changed their name to 'The Prophets'. The Prophets did some recording with producer Joe Meek, but nothing was ever issued. When Steve Douglas and Freddie Fields left, the others reformed the band as Tuesdays Children. 

https://bestfile.io/nZ5KW9XdOvXD1Tb/file

RAY ANTHONY - Worried Mind (The Soul Of C&W Blues LP 62


 Per Discogs:  Real Name: Raymond Antonini

Profile: American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor.

born 20 January 1922, Bentleyville, Pennsylvania, USA.

Married to sex symbol actress Mamie Van Doren (1955-1961, divorced).

From 1940-1941 he played in Glenn Miller And His Orchestra and from 1953 to 1954 Anthony was the musical director on the television series TV's Top Tunes, and also appeared as himself in the 1955 film Daddy Long Legs. Anthony was considered one of the most modern of the big band leaders and was a regular of the Las Vegas circuit.

He continues to run his own label, Aero Space Records, which reissues his recordings as well as those of Glenn Miller and Billy May.

https://bestfile.io/O572EqXKkbi4KgG/file

BIG KENNY - The Quiet Times Of A Rock & Roll Farm Boy LP 09


 Well sometimes the old Goodwill stores turn up newer vinyl like this--you know the type that doesn't have a look up number on the viny label.  Anyways this newer vinyl I actually was quite digging on the many tracks (opening up with Native American chants) and thick book in gatefold side.  Per Wiki:  William Kenneth Alphin (born November 1, 1963), best known by his stage name Big Kenny, is an American country music singer. He and John Rich comprise the duo Big & Rich, who recorded six studio albums and charted three singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

Before Big & Rich, Big Kenny recorded a solo album Live a Little for Hollywood Records in 1999 (although it was not released until 2005) and fronted a band called luvjOi. He has also written or co-written several of Big & Rich's songs with Rich, as well as singles for Gretchen Wilson, Jason Aldean, McBride & the Ride, and Tim McGraw. His first solo single, "Long After I'm Gone," was released to country radio on August 3, 2009, from the album The Quiet Times of a Rock and Roll Farm Boy. In 2010, his third solo album, Big Kenny's Love Everybody Traveling Musical Medicine Show Mix Tape, Vol. 1, was released but did not produce any singles.

https://bestfile.io/QSTxwu01XgT61hv/file

Chubby Checker - For Twisters Only LP 60 w Limbo Party LP 62 w Folk Album CD 64 w Reggae My Way 12 comp. 71 w Chequered! CD 71 w Toward The Light CD 00


REPOST and ADD ON:  Just going to show what I added and not the twist stuff I had posted recently.  A big thanks to our man upstairs: Luis Miguel Sousa de Jesus who requested the 2000 CD which did not appear at Discogs so I found it at ebay.  Also, since I am ending the Nostalgic Psychedelic August 2026 weekly theme, I grabbed his lone psychedelic album, Chequered! and the Reggae song--blog link in post.  Really good stuff so enjoy!

https://bestfile.io/ZVmWGAM3erSP97T/file

Homestread & Wolfe - Our Times CD 75 07 -cc


COLLECTOR'S CHOICE:  More folk rock & psychedelic rock which is a main theme this week as that August theme ends.

https://bestfile.io/en/CqrBFCO1FeaWdj6/file

Hoi' Polloi - st CD 72 -cc added One St. Stephen - st LP 75 w Charlie Bleak - Let Me In LP 76




COLLECTOR'S CHOICE:  Not much about this band but it is folk rock as described and features Charles Bleak-who was also in the group One St. Stephen so I added the two albums.

LINK REPOSTED 9-1-26 (2 albums added):  https://bestfile.io/BU4EVveF9XW8kVe/file

WILLIE HUTCH - Soul Portrait CD 69 w Season For Love CD 70 w The Mack CD 73 w Fully Exposed CD 73 w Foxy Brown CD 74 w The Mark Of The Beast CD 74 w Ode To My Lady CD 75 w Color Her Sunshine CD 76 w Concert In Blues CD 76 w Havin' A House Party LP 77 w In Tune CD 78 w Midnight Dancer CD 79 w Making A Game Out Of Love CD 85 w The Mack Is Back [partial] CD 96




REPOST and ADD ON:  Probably my top SUPER BAD song with his classic "Brother's Gonna Work It Out" and I made sure to include the CD top sounding version from a Super Bad compilation I had posted long ago.  What prompted this repost was Rick Saunders post in the Twilight Zone posting two days of links.  Per Discogs:  Real Name:  William McKinley Hutchison

Profile:  American vocalist, guitarist and songwriter. Born December 6, 1944, in Los Angeles, died September 19, 2005, in Dallas. Best remembered for “The Mack” soundtrack, he also worked with many Motown artists, including The Jackson 5 for whom he co-wrote the hit “I’ll Be There”.

LINK REPOSTED 9-1-26 [fetched other albums from youtube]: https://bestfile.io/BMYQTWqdbgJ0BNF/file

Doc Holliday - Song For The Outlaw, Live CD 88


Another great suggestion from Josef(Austria) that I had missed in the Southern Rock genre so as penance, I put a top 100 list for the Best Southern Rock from another blog to check out.  Here is the Discogs:  Since 1971 in Macon, Georgia’s vibrant music scene, Doc Holliday has been a cornerstone of Southern Rock, renowned for electrifying performances and enduring hits. Frontman Bruce Brookshire, the band’s voice and guitarist, has pioneered genre-blending for over five decades, crafting a sound that fuses rock, blues, and country. His soulful lyrics and riffs have resonated with fans across generations, cementing his legacy as a musical innovator. Celebrate this milestone in Brookshire’s remarkable career as he continues to captivate audiences and push creative boundaries. Grand Union Records, Doc Holliday’s longtime partner, is committed to preserving influential artists’ legacies through state-of-the-art recording and production, ensuring their music inspires future generations.

https://bestfile.io/en/vrZ1ctjdvfGWroq/file


 

Tiffany - st CD 87


 The youngest female artist to achieve a number 1 (for 2 weeks) album and this one is synth pop for extra appeal.  Here is the Discogs:  The album received mixed-to-negative reviews, criticized for its calculated and unoriginal production. It spawned five singles, including the international hits "I Think We're Alone Now", "Could've Been", and "I Saw Him Standing There". To promote the album, Tiffany embarked on a nationwide shopping mall tour to give 60 free performances, helping her gain a fan base. The mall tour concept proved influential; it was later adapted by Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson and 98 Degrees.

https://bestfile.io/en/Wnk83x39XSPM0mE/file

Da Capo - st CD 72 16


 Another fine recommendation from Josef(Austria) with this band with first song brought me in immediately with a great jam sound.  Per Discogs:  German psychedelic band from Fürth (Fuerth), early 1970s, inspired by the late 1960s US west coast scene.

They named themselves after an LP by the US psych band Love, which greatly influenced their music. The band's founding members were as follows : Peter Treiber (guitar/vocals), Peter Wiesner (bass/vocals) and Gerhard Lorenz (drums). Some times later Peter Stanek (guitar/vocals) joined the group. On drums was then Jens Deichmann who in the beginning of 1971 was replaced by Alfred Urban. Da Capo's very first gig was in 1970, on the sixth of January. In late December of 1971 they recorded their sole album at CPM-Studio, Erlangen, Germany. The recordings lasted just two days and were made in the most simple 2-track procedure. Thus their sound was true underground. The LP was issued in the beginning of 1972 and pressed in 500 copies. According to their style, late 60s West Coast, they chose California as label name. The group was deeply disappointed of the record's sound and pressing. About the half of the copies were sold on gigs, or given to friends. The remaining copies was sold to a flea market in Nuremberg. The other half of the copies were instead thrown away. In the spring of 1972 Alfred Urban left the band. In the following years he was replaced by various drummers. In 1973 Da Capo even had a keyboarder, Rainer Gallitzendörfer on Hammond organ. In 1973 or 1974 the band ceased to exist. Now the album is became a very much sought-after collectors item.

https://bestfile.io/en/FnA8h4RsUVKVWZf/file

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