Jerome Wrote:An open letter to the Music Discussion Forum

Dear forum members,

Could you please advise as to whether one of your esteemed members, the honourable Music Head, has possibly ever listened to a phonographic recording made by the artist known as J.J Cale. I would be very interested to hear his views on this subject.

Yours sincerely
Jerome Disney

CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:

HERMAN'S HERMITS "the very best of" cd,2005.

double cd containing every "a side" and "b side" of their single releases from the mid sixties through to their demise in 1970/71....
interesting to note that these guys were more popular outside of the UK than in it...
having more US top 10 hits in the 1960s than any other British Invasion group except for The Beatles, also interesting to note that vocalist Peter Noone was only 19 when he scored his irst week at #1 in the US...making him the youngest ever UK vocalist to reach the peak out there!, also, the first band from Manchester to score a #1 hit in the US...took until Oasis did it in 1996 with "wonderwall" for another Manc' band to achieve it!
also, in the linear notes for this i was surprised to find that Jimmy Page and John Paul jones(both better known later for Led Zepplin) played on most of their earlier singles!
strange that songs like "mrs.brown youve got a lovely daughter","leaning on the lamp post", "dandy" and "henery the eighth i am" were never issued as singles in the UK, would have thought that theyd be right up the british music buying public's alley???strange indeed????
so, what we have here is a two cd set containing fifty six tracks, the running order is in chronological ordr also, with the b-side of the singles following directly after the a-sides, good stuff to see the progression of these guys, i wasnt aware until the other day neither that Peter Noone still plays the Vegas club circuit to this day, obviously living off his former glory days not unlike Wayne Newton LMAO!
anyway,
fifty six tracks equates to:

3s=14
2s=30
1s=12

for an overall score of 2.1, which is a bloody good effort for so many tracks IMO, im pretty sure had this collection have just consisted of their "a-sides" then it surely would have got a love rating, nonetheless, still a great career spanning set and well worth the money in purchasing IMO!

from the album:

dandy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEvvaQJlfzU live
im henery the 8th i am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4OS17lqHiE live
no milk today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdw4Ed2sR9c live
leaning on the lamp post
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-E2DmzvmPM audio
my sentimental friend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hXQpi2Cxy8 live
mrs brown youve got a lovely daughter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv8k0VI9tBc live

BAD COMPANY - LIVE AT WEMBLEY, LONDON (2011) ...GREAT LIVE ROCK N' ROLL !


[SIZE=2]Paul Rodgers has to be one of the best rock vocalists of our generation ! His vocals and a great rock band make this live set a must ! There are 16 tracks on here...all their hits and an appreciative London crowd !

Some of the highlights:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQfTe6ta36I - Feel Like Makin" Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZQKILDM_dY - Ready for Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmJrisOBzJ8 - Can't Get Enough

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qtPphSgMgM - Simple Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ12y7cGQkg - Seagull

Music Head Wrote:sorry Jerome
forgot this

actually I'm more of a John Cale (Paris 1919) than a J.J. Cale fan
5 is the only one I have
haven't heard it in years so I can't give a good evaluation
can't say I can even recall any of the tracks on it
so I must not have been impressed

Jerome Wrote:I am not a great fan of Neil Diamond but his HAG album is my favourite intro to a live concert. Just amazing. Superb arrangement. I have listened to this a thousand times - never tire of it.
http://youtu.be/C3sEauiatoM