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Gal Costa – Gal (1969) (Mono mix)

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Gal Costa – Gal
1969 Philips R 765.098 L

The great Gal Costa released two classic Tropicália records in 1969, and this one is widely known as the mind-bendingly psychedelic monster of the two.  The version presented here is the original mono mix and not the stereo mix that appeared on the Gal Total boxset and later in a Polysom reissue.  Gal has always surrounded herself with musical heavyweights but she was keeping particularly heady company at this time: this record has substantial involvement from Gil, Caetano and Jards Macalé (who would serve as her musical director not long after this).  No less than two compositions from Jorge Ben are featured here, including the rather deep cut “Tuareg” in a particularly funky arrangement. Continue reading

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Help Yourself – Help Yourself (1971) (2017 Music On Vinyl)

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Help Yourself – Help Yourself
Vinyl rip in 24 bit 196 khz | Art at 600 and 300 dpi |
24-bit 192 khz 1.37 GB |24-bit 96 khz – 714 MB |16-bit 44.1 khz – 271 MB
Original Release 1971 Liberty | 2017 Music On Vinyl MOVLP 2044 |   Psychedelic Rock / Folk-rock |

Dr. Vibes’ 12 Days of Christmas – Day 8 – As a teenager in the US, I discovered Help Yourself in a second-hand record shop in the late 1980s, and thought that “Strange Affair” was their first album for the next twenty years. At the time Al Gore hadn’t invented the internet yet, and if you could find any mention of the band in  music encylopedia / anthology-type books, it was as a footnote to the more famous Man band from Wales, which Help Yourself frontman Malcolm Morley joined for a while. But they had their own sound, and their own cult following in the UK.  This debut album is inferior to the ones that followed it, but rare as hen’s teeth as an original pressing, so I was pretty excited when I saw that reissue label Music On Vinyl had chosen to release it. Continue reading

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Abel – Please World (1971) (Fantasy / America Records 30 AM 6040)

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Abel – Please World
1971 America Records 30 AM 6040
French Pressing
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Funk / Soul
Style: Psychedelic Rock

A1 Lost Control 4:30
A2 Searching For The Light 3:29
A3 Being Lonely 3:46
A4 Music Maker 5:30
B1 Please World 3:39
B2 Let Me Be 3:29
B3 I’d Still Be With Her 2:55
B4 Questions And Answers 2:55
B5 Candy 5:00

Printed By – Imprimerie Polychrome
Distributed By – Musidisc-Europe

Credits

Bass – Charles Bolds
Drums – Tom Catalano
Guitar, Lead Vocals – Abel Sanchez
Saxophone, Vocals – David Spediacci
Trumpet, Vocals – Larry Chiesa

Written and produced by Abel Sanchez
Engineer – Russ Gary
Design, Photography By – Tony Lane

 

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