Janis Joplin "Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits (Japan, CBS/Sony, 32DP-379)"

Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits is a 1973 collection of hit songs by American singer-songwriter Janis Joplin, who died in 1970. It features live versions of Down on Me and Ball and Chain which were included on the album In Concert the previous year.

The cover photo was taken in 1970 in Columbus, Ohio.

Tracklist:

1. "Piece of My Heart" (Bert Berns, Jerry Ragovoy) from Cheap Thrills– 4:14
2. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) from Cheap Thrills– 4:02
3. "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)" (Ragovoy, Chip Taylor) from I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!– 3:57
4. "Cry Baby" (Berns, Ragovoy) from Pearl– 4:00
5. "Me and Bobby McGee" (Fred Foster, Kris Kristofferson) from Pearl– 4:31
6. "Down on Me" (Janis Joplin) from In Concert– 3:09
7. "Get It While You Can" (Ragovoy, Mort Shuman) from Pearl– 3:27
8. "Bye, Bye Baby" (Powell St. John) from Big Brother & the Holding Company– 2:37
9. "Move Over" (Joplin) from Pearl– 3:44
10. "Ball and Chain" (Big Mama Thornton) from In Concert– 7:59

Came in white tray jewel case. 

18 page booklet with lyrics in Japanese and English.

Foghat "Fool For The City"

Fool for the City is the fifth studio album by English rock band Foghat, released on 15 September 1975. Featuring the band's signature song "Slow Ride", along with the title track, it was the band's first album to go platinum. It was also the first album the band recorded after the departure of original bassist Tony Stevens. Producer Nick Jameson played bass and keyboards on the album, and co-wrote the closing track, "Take It or Leave It", with Dave Peverett. Appearing in the photograph on the back cover of the album, Jameson is not known to have toured with Foghat in support of the album. A new bassist, Craig MacGregor, was recruited shortly after the album's release, but Jameson would continue to produce and record intermittently with the band over the next couple of decades.

The LP was released with two different catalog numbers. The original was released as BR 6959. It was reissued as BRK 6980 in 1978. All issues from 1978–1984 used this catalog number.

The album cover shows drummer Roger Earl sitting alone on a soap box fishing down a manhole near 229 East 11th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenue) in the East Village of Manhattan, New York City, near the address of Foghat's American office. The back cover features skeptical bystanders observing Earl's unusual activity and the other members of the band either asking him what he is doing or trying to dissuade him from it. In a 2014 interview, Earl explained how the picture was taken:

It was a Sunday morning and I hadn't slept. [...] It was Nick Jameson's idea [...] since I have this penchant for fishing. Anyway, we lift up the manhole cover and I'm sitting on a box. Almost immediately a couple of New York's Finest come by in their patrol car. They're looking at us and they wind the window down. We're like, "Oh shit." They yell out, "Hey! You got a fishing license?" and then start laughing. So they come over and say, "What the fuck are you doing?" They took some pictures with them handcuffing me. I love New York's Finest.

— Roger Earl

Track listing:

1. "Fool for the City" (Dave Peverett) – 4:33
2. "My Babe" (Bobby Hatfield, Bill Medley) – 4:35
3. "Slow Ride" (Peverett) – 8:14
4. "Terraplane Blues" (Robert Johnson) – 5:44
5. "Save Your Loving (For Me)" (Peverett, Rod Price) – 3:31
6. "Drive Me Home" (Peverett) – 3:54
7. "Take It or Leave It" (Peverett, Nick Jameson) – 4:49

Tony Loew – photography

Tony Outeda – co-ordinator

Nick Jameson – bass guitar, keyboards, guitar, vocals, producer, engineer

Fleetwood Mac "Heroes Are Hard To Find [1990 Reissue, Germany, Reprise Records, 7599-27216-2]"

Heroes Are Hard to Find is the ninth studio album by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 13 September 1974. This is the last album recorded with Bob Welch, who left the band at the end of 1974. It was the first Fleetwood Mac studio album recorded in the United States, in Los Angeles.

The album was recorded during a low point for the group, with Bob Weston's affair with drummer Mick Fleetwood's wife causing a temporary disbandment, which led to subsequent legal problems when manager Clifford Davis organized a completely new lineup using the Fleetwood Mac name to fulfill their remaining tour dates. Welch convinced the band to relocate to America so they could be closer to their record label. Christine McVie was initially hesitant, but agreed to travel with the band to Los Angeles. The band secured an injunction that prevented the fake Fleetwood Mac from performing, although Davis also won an injunction that temporarily barred the lineup of Fleetwood, the McVies, and Welch from touring or releasing any new music. Through the help of concert promoter Bill Graham, the lineup of Fleetwood, the McVies, and Welch managed to convince Warner Brothers that they were the real Fleetwood Mac and negotiated a new contract with the label that allowed them to release and perform music under the name Fleetwood Mac. The legal dispute with Davis was eventually settled out of court in 1978.

The title track was edited and issued as a single but it failed to chart. Cash Box said of the title song that the "tight sweet harmonies back (Christine McVie) up with some excellent instrumentation". Even without a successful single to support the album, it still managed to peak at No. 34 on the Billboard 200 chart, which at the time was the highest Billboard placing for any Fleetwood Mac album. It also reached No. 5 on the Billboard FM Action chart.

Bob Welch later re-recorded "Angel", "Bermuda Triangle" and "Silver Heels" for His Fleetwood Mac Years & Beyond (2003). A re-write of "Silver Heels", titled "Hustler", with explicit lyrics appeared on Bob Welch Looks at Bop (1999).

The cover art, which features a shirtless Mick Fleetwood with his chest puffed out and his three year-old daughter Amelia standing on his shoes, was taken by photographer Herbie Worthington using a three-way mirror. Worthington also supplied the cover art for Fleetwood Mac and Rumours. The lace underwear worn by Fleetwood was gifted to him by a close friend.

Heroes are Hard to Find received mixed reviews upon its release. Rolling Stone believed that Heroes are Hard to Find "stacked up as a pleasant album", and singled out "Prove Your Love" as "exquisitely pretty" and "Come a Little Bit Closer" as "a gorgeous tune reminiscent of the Beach Boys". Robert Christgau criticized the band for succumbing to pop cliches of the early 1970s, specifically their use of a string synthesizer, pedal steel, and "half-assed horns". He dismissed Welch and McVie for sounding bored and "less than perfect" respectively and labeled Heroes are Hard to Find as their worst album to date. Retrospective reviews were more positive, with Hal Horowitz of AllMusic complimenting the songwriting abilities of Welch and McVie and praising the album for being both cohesive and diverse.

Track listing

1. "Heroes Are Hard to Find" Christine McVie C. McVie 3:35
2. "Coming Home" Bob Welch Welch 3:55
3. "Angel" Welch Welch 3:55
4. "Bermuda Triangle" Welch Welch 4:08
5. "Come a Little Bit Closer" C. McVie C. McVie 4:48
6. "She's Changing Me" Welch Welch 2:58
7. "Bad Loser" C. McVie C. McVie 3:25
8. "Silver Heels" Welch Welch 3:26
9. "Prove Your Love" C. McVie C. McVie 3:57
10. "Born Enchanter" Welch Welch 2:54
11. "Safe Harbour" Welch Welch 2:32

Fleetwood Mac – producers

Bob Hughes – engineer, producer

Doug Graves – engineer, assistant engineer

Lee Herschberg – remastering

Desmond Strobel – design

Fleetwood Mac "Mystery To Me [1990 Reissue, Germany, Reprise Records, 7599-25982-2]"

Mystery to Me is the eighth studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 15 October 1973. This was their last album to feature Bob Weston. Most of the songs were penned by guitarist/singer Bob Welch and keyboardist/singer Christine McVie, who were instrumental in steering the band toward the radio-friendly pop rock that would make them successful a few years later.

Mystery to Me sold moderately well, peaking at number 67 on the US Billboard 200 chart dated 22 December 1973. Despite not being a hit single, the song "Hypnotized" became an American FM radio staple for many years. In the wake of the Buckingham/Nicks-led line-up's success a few years later, the album returned on the US Billboard 200 chart dated 6 September 1975. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on November 9th 1976.

Mystery to Me was Fleetwood Mac's last album recorded in England, the last to have two guitarists in the line-up until Behind the Mask and the last to be co-produced and/or engineered by Martin Birch. As with the preceding Penguin, the group recorded the album at Benifold, their communal house in Hampshire, with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio. Fleetwood commented in 2003 interview that this recording situation proved to be cost-effective and gave the band more flexibility to record when they found it appropriate. Dave Walker was asked to leave during the sessions and did not feature in any capacity on the final release.

The album's name comes from a line in the chorus of "Emerald Eyes". "Hypnotized" was a minor US radio hit. "Forever" is one of only two Fleetwood Mac tracks to feature Bob Weston as a composer and one of only a small handful to feature John McVie in this capacity. "Keep On Going" was written by Bob Welch, but sung by Christine McVie because Welch decided her voice was better suited to the song than his. This was one of very few occasions when a member of Fleetwood Mac composed a song which was sung by another member.

"For Your Love" was originally recorded by The Yardbirds, and Fleetwood Mac's cover version replaced a Bob Welch song, "Good Things (Come to Those Who Wait)", on the album at a very late stage in production. Some albums came with a lyric inner sheet and outer sleeve still showing "Good Things" instead of "For Your Love", the latter of which was also released as a single. Although Fleetwood Mac's version of "Good Things" would not see release until 2020, it was later re-recorded by Welch with different lyrics and released as "Don't Wait Too Long" on his solo album Three Hearts.

Select tunes have been included in subsequent tours. Both "Why" and "Hypnotized" were played on the band's eponymous tour in 1975. "Just Crazy Love" was performed by Christine McVie on her solo tour in 1984. Early shows of the 2018–19 An Evening with Fleetwood Mac tour also featured "Hypnotized".

Bob Welch would rerecord five of his contributions to the album – "Emerald Eyes", "Hypnotized" and "Miles Away" for His Fleetwood Mac Years & Beyond in 2003 and "The City" and "Somebody" for its follow-up volume in 2006 although the latter only featured on the digital edition.

During the band's 1973 American tour, they appeared on the Midnight Special, but during the venture, it became clear that Bob Weston was having an affair with Mick Fleetwood's wife Jenny. Although Fleetwood tried to carry on playing with Weston, regardless of the extramarital issues, it soon became clear that something had to give and after a gig in Lincoln, Nebraska, Fleetwood told the McVies and Welch that he could no longer play with Weston in the line-up. John Courage, the band's road manager, fired Weston and put him on a plane back to the UK. With the tour cut short, the band also went back to England to break the news to their manager Clifford Davis, who was so angry that he sent another group of musicians on the road as Fleetwood Mac, claiming that he owned the name.

Track listing

1. "Emerald Eyes" Bob Welch Welch 3:37
2. "Believe Me" Christine McVie C. McVie 4:12
3. "Just Crazy Love" C. McVie C. McVie 3:22
4. "Hypnotized" Welch Welch 4:48
5. "Forever" Bob Weston/John McVie/Welch  Welch 4:04
6. "Keep On Going" Welch C. McVie 4:05
7. "The City" Welch Welch 3:35
8. "Miles Away" Welch Welch 3:47
9. "Somebody" Welch Welch 5:00
10. "The Way I Feel" C. McVie C. McVie 2:43
11. "For Your Love" Graham Gouldman Welch 3:44
12. "Why" C. McVie C. McVie 4:55

Fleetwood Mac – production

Martin Birch – production, engineer

Desmond Majekodunmi – assistant engineer

Paul Hardiman – assistant engineer

Clive Arrowsmith – photography

Thomas Eccles - Liverpool Art Student – cover design, unpaid

Mixed at Advision Studios, London

Fleetwood Mac "Penguin [1990 Reissue, USA, Reprise Records, 2138-2]"

Penguin is the seventh studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released in March 1973. It was the first Fleetwood Mac album after the departure of Danny Kirwan, the first to feature Bob Weston and the only one to feature Dave Walker.

The penguin is the band mascot favoured by John McVie. His fascination with the birds originated when he lived near London Zoo during the early days of his marriage to Christine McVie. He was a member of the Zoological Society and would spend hours at the zoo studying and watching the penguins.

After Kirwan was fired following an altercation with the other band members during the Bare Trees tour, the band added guitarist Bob Weston and vocalist Dave Walker (formerly of Savoy Brown and The Idle Race) in September 1972. Weston was well known for playing slide guitar and had known the band from his touring period with Long John Baldry. Fleetwood Mac also hired Savoy Brown's road manager, John Courage. Rather than record Penguin in a London studio, they hired the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio and brought it to Hampshire in order to record their next album within the domestic atmosphere of Benifold, their communal house. The album was subsequently mixed at AIR Studios in London.

The album's artwork was painted by Chris Moore and the gatefold photo was shot on location at Ludshott Common and Waggoners Wells in Hampshire, according to Dave Walker in an online Q&A interview. For the first time on a Fleetwood Mac album, Mick Fleetwood was credited in the album's liner notes with playing both drums and percussion, even though he did both on previous albums, although uncredited.

The subsequent tour seemed to go well, and Penguin was the highest charting Fleetwood Mac album in the US at the time, clawing its way into the Top 50. However, during the recording of their next album, Mystery to Me, it was mutually agreed upon that Walker's vocal style and attitude "did not fit in" with Fleetwood Mac and by June 1973 he had left. If anything was ever recorded by Walker for Mystery to Me it was not used.

Walker was featured on only two tracks on Penguin in the end, namely his own composition "The Derelict" and a cover of Junior Walker's hit "(I'm a) Road Runner" on which he also played harmonica solos.

Track listing

1. "Remember Me" Christine McVie C. McVie 2:41
2. "Bright Fire" Bob Welch Welch 4:32
3. "Dissatisfied" C. McVie C. McVie 3:43
4. "(I'm a) Road Runner" Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Edward Holland, Jr.  Dave Walker 4:52
5. "The Derelict" Walker Walker 2:43
6. "Revelation" Welch Welch 4:55
7. "Did You Ever Love Me" C. McVie/Welch    C. McVie (with Bob Weston) 3:39
8. "Night Watch" Welch Welch 6:17
9. "Caught in the Rain" Weston instrumental 2:35

"Remember Me" was performed live by Christine McVie at Bob Welch's Roxy concert in 1981. This version appeared on the 2004 CD Live from the Roxy.

"Revelation" was re-recorded by Bob Welch for His Fleetwood Mac Years & Beyond in 2003.

"Did You Ever Love Me" was released as a single but did not chart.

"Night Watch" features a brief guitar contribution from Fleetwood Mac's founder Peter Green at the end, as well as organ by Steve Nye.

"Caught in the Rain", an instrumental, was the only track on a Fleetwood Mac record where Bob Weston received the sole writing credit.

Producer: Fleetwood Mac and Martin Birch

Engineer: Martin Birch

Sleeve design: Modula / John Watkins (front cover) / Chris Moore

Inside photo by Barry Wentzell

Recorded in Hampshire on Rolling Stones Mobile Studio

Mixed at AIR Studios, London