gts207 “aftermash7”
Still mashing after alls.
01-01 Anthony Gomes – Peace, Love & Loud Guitars 01 – Come Down (2018)
— now based in Missouri, orginally from Toronto, first album in 1998, and he has one out in 2026.
01-02 BB King & Dr. John – Deuces Wild 08 – There Must Be A Better World Somewhere (1997)
— a great album of King doing duets with everyone from David Gilmour (of Pink Floyd) to the Rolling Stones (of England, UK). As you might expect, this was recorded in New Orleans.
01-03 Goblin – Suspiria (Musiche Dalla Colonna Sonora Originale Del Film) 101 – Suspiria (1977)
— don’t need to read Italian to suss out that this was music made for the iconic spooky film.
01-04 Bob Marley – Exodus 101 – Natural Mystic (1977)
— after a handful of albums, this is the one which made him a global star. Recorded just after the assassination attempt.
02-01 Van Der Graaf Generator – Time Vaults 101 – The Liquidator (1981)
— originally only on cassette tape, four years later made it to vinyl LP, but this is “vault” material recorded between 1971 and 1975. Not part of the original recording, the vocals on this song were a later overdub.
02-02 Fragile – Fragile 5 01 – Vacuum Bottle (2000)
— as you would suspect, the fifth album from this Japanese band formed in 1992 and a 20-year career with a dozen albums.
02-03 Eela Craig – Hats Of Glass 102 – Hats Of Glass (1978)
— Austrian band with half a dozen albums from 1972 to 1988, early gigs were with symphony orchestras, early tours played opera houses.
03-01 Gryphon – Raindance 102 – Raindance (1975)
— UK band’s heyday was five albums in the mid-70’s, described as “hardcore medieval”.
03-02 Egg – The Polite Force 103 – Boilk (Incl: Bach: ‘Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt’) (1969)
— released in 1971, most tunes on the album are from 1970, except this one, noted as from 1969. Indeed, writing credits go to Johann Sebastian Bach. Haunters of the “Canterbury Scene” of inventive music, with bands Soft Machine and Gong, although Egg only lasted a few years.
03-03 Polytoxicomane Philharmonie – Go Ape 401 – Etude # 27 (2009)
— only a few albums from this band out of Frakfurt Germany, but they are doozies. This one, their last, is a double-LP and this oddity launces side four. Vocals by Commander I.M. Crab, guitar by Howling Mad Fishli, keys and bass by Onkel, and drumming by The Emir Of Quaver.
04-01 Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World 102 – Cabaret (1968)
— most of this cannonical late Armstrong platter recorded in 1968, but this one is from 1967, not certain but believe it was laid down in Las Vegas.
04-02 Shaw Davis & The Black Ties – 01 – Take My Hand (2018)
— the Black Ties are Bobby Van Stone (drums) and Patrick Stevenson (bass).
04-03 Clark Hutchinson – Retribution 202 – Best Suit (1970)
— a flurry of three albums in 2 years (this the second), then the UK band was done. Not an artist’s name, they were Andy Clark on keys/vocals, Mick Hutchinson did guitar, and they had along a bass player: Amazing Stephen Amazing.
05-01 Agusa – En Annan Värld 02 – Uppenbarelser (2021)
— a two-track CD (first one is even longer!). Swedish band named for the small town where they met at a friends house. The album title is “Another World”; this track title in English refers to Heliga Birgittas Uppenbarelser (Saint Bridget’s Revelations), whose “visions” began when she was 10 years old in 1314; later sainted in 1391 by Pope Boniface IX after constant badgering by Queen Margaret Of Scandinavia.
06-01 Architectural Metaphor – Other Music 07 – Kairos (2004)
— formed in Boston in 1984, this recorded live at Verbfest 2001-09-08. Drummer for this gig was Murph of the band Dinosaur Jr (formerly of The Lemonheads!)
06-02 Hawkwind – X In Search Of Space 102 – You Know You’re Only Dreaming (1971)
— second album from a UK prog giant, at this time they were doing free gigs with a nude go-go dancer, and this album has one of the most bizarre packaging solutions in music history.
…and a bonus track…
07-01 Ally Venable Band – Train Wreck Blues 01 – Train Wreck Blues (2015)
— exploding out of Kilgore, Texas in 2015, this is her first track off the first album. Fire!