new value
Bit rate: 128 kps
LINK: newvalues
01. Tell me a story
02. New values
03. Girls
04. I'm bored
05. Don't look down
06. The endless sea
07. Five foot one
08. How do ya fix a broken par
09. Angel
10. Curiosity
11. African man
12. Billy is a runaway
13. Chains
14. Pretty flamingo
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naughty little doggy
Bit rate: wma
01. I wanna live
02. Pussy walk
03. Innocent world
04. Knucklehead
05. To belong
06. Keep on believing
07. Outta my head
08. Shoeshine girl
09. Heart is saved
10. Look away
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when a guitar plays the blues
Bit rate: 256 kps
LINK: whenaguitarplaystheblues
01 - When A Guitar Plays The Blues
02 - Chicago Smokeshop
03 - Mrs Pressure
04 - A Nickel And A Nail
05 - Short Fuse
06 - Why Don't You Want Me
07 - Country Boy
08 - Sneaking Godzilla Through The Alley
09 - Hawaiian Punch
Comment:
A fine album by Roy Buchanan, a guitar hero who never quite made the big time. Exquisitely produced by Alligator Records, Roy gets a chance to stretch out and show what he can do with a guitar. On the opening track, he tries to make his guitar sound like a church organ, it seems, and he almost pulls it off ! The one thing about Roy Buchanan is his singing voice : it just doesn't do the trick. Often he just seems to say the lyrics as opposed to sing them. He brings in a couple of guests to sing on a few tracks, and these add further to the unease about Roy's own voice. His guitar playing is tops, though ! Listen to tracks like "Mrs. Pressure" (his former guitar teacher ! What's in a name ?) or "Sneaking Godzilla through the alley" (great title !) and be convinced. This is the first of 3 albums Roy made for Alligator, and they seemed to set him on the track to greater recognition. Sadly, though, all came to an end when he was arrested one night for being drunk in a public place and took his own life in his cell. A sad end to a great guitar-player's life.
Comment:
Roy Buchanan was one of the best axe slingers of all time.Why he never got the reconition he truly deserved is beyond comprehension.I've had this album for a couple of years,and it sounds as fresh today as it did when i first bought it.From the title track (When a guitar plays the blues),to the last song on the album (hawaiian punch).this album is great.Being the first album that ROY produced and mixed himself,he said it felt like it was his first recod.And in his own words,this album is really me.he also thought this was the best album he had ever released.If you like great blues then this is a must own album. .
Live stock
Bit rate 192 kps
LINK: livestock
01. I am a ram
02. Reelin' and rockin'
03. Hot cha
04. Further on the road
05. Roy's bluz
06. Can I change my mind
07. I'm evil
First Comment:
I will never forget the first time I saw Roy Buchanan live. In 1976, at Alex Cooley's Electric Ballroom in Atlanta GA, Roy played 4 nights in a row,Wed. thru Sat. There were 2 sets each night. Roy played his first sets from about 10 until midnight, and the 2d from 2 to 4a.m. Bugs Henderson (!) was the opening act. I was there for every string-bending, chicken-picking, volume-swelling, steel-imitating, tube-frying minute. I was dumbfounded. I have been a serious guitar player for 30 years. Let me tell you, there are very few electric players in his league. As much as I love Eric Clapton, Roy was in a different category. His technique and unbelieveable depth of emotion were astonishing. More comparable players who were influenced by Roy are people like Arlen Roth, Danny Gatton, Eric Johnson and David Grissom. "Live Stock" is a great-sounding record that captures the essence of Roy. Favorite tracks are the sweet-soul "Can I Change My Mind", and instrumental "Hot-Cha". Don't worry about Billy Price's singing, he sounds great. If you like ANY kind of emotional electric guitar playing, you will be in bliss when you hear Roy. Thank me later.
Second Comment:
"Can we have a warm New York welcome please for Mr Roy Buchanan". So begins the best live album from any artist of any musical discipline I've heard. Roy's technical skills are legendary and, on this record, probably displayed to best effect on Roy's Bluz, surely the most searing live blues guitar performance ever committed to vinyl. But the sweet, smooth-as-silk white blues of Can I Change My Mind is probably my favourite. Many of my friends have been turned onto Roy from listening to this album. This album has been part of the soundtrack of my life for the past 24 years. An added bonus is that I live just a few minutes from the butcher shop shown on the front cover! Long live King Roy.
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Robin Trower is one of my preferred with Peter Murphy as well, of course i like Aqualung and Mayall as well. Hope you will like this amazing Roy Buchanan as well.
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