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Joe Walsh - The Smoker You Drink The Player You Get (1973) [2006, Japan UICY-6445] Music

Posted by jclane at Aug. 20, 2012

The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get is the second album by Joe Walsh and his band Barnstorm, released in 1973, although the album's front cover (right) credits only Walsh. It proved to be his commercial breakthrough, largely on the strength of the Top 40 hit single, "Rocky Mountain Way", which helped propel the album into the Top 10.

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Joe Walsh - "But Seriously, Folks…" (1978) [2012, Audio Fidelity AFZ 079] Repost Music

Posted by v3122 at July 2, 2018

Joe Walsh - "But Seriously, Folks…" (1978)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Audio Fidelity AFZ 079 | ~ 202 or 86 Mb | Scans(jpg) -> 101 Mb
Classic Rock

As far as studio albums go, But Seriously Folks is Joe Walsh's most insightful and melodic. But Seriously Folks, released in 1978, was the album the Eagles should have made rather than the mediocre The Long Run. It captures a reflective song cycle along the same thematic lines of Pet Sounds, only for the '70s…

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Joe Walsh – So What (1974) Music

Posted by janwal46 at Oct. 8, 2009

Joe Walsh – So What (1974)

Before his aquilisation, Joe Walsh recorded an outstanding sequence of four albums in the first half of the 70s: 'Barnstorm', 'The Smoker You Get …', 'So What' and the live 'You Can't Argue With a Sick Mind'. Any or all of these albums should be on the shelves of the discerning CD collector. And nearly all of them contain a different version of 'Turn to Stone'!
With 'So What', Joe recorded a wonderful variety of songs, some of which give advance notice of his Eagle-eyed intent: Don Henley, Randy Meisner, JD Souther and Glenn Frey all put in appearances. Death is also stamped across the LP: 'Song For Emma' features maudlin lyrics such as 'You were with us for a while, then he took you, and it made your mama cry'. 'Pavanne' is taken from Ravel – not his Pavanne for a Dead Child, but the Pavanne for the Belle of the Sleeping Wood. It took me ages to find a full orchestral version of the Mother Goose Suite from which this comes, and I have to say I still prefer Joe's version, despite the uncredited string section at the start of the track. Only 'All Night Laundry Mat Blues' is a filler, but great fun.
For me, the stand-out tracks are 'Welcome to the Club', 'County Fair' and 'Turn To Stone', which get closest to the tight band sound he had on the previous album, 'The Smoker You Get …', which is his masterpiece; (whatever happened to Rocke Grace, the pianist who contributed so much to that album?) Kenny Passarelli, on his way to becoming a member of Elton John's band, was a great bassist, and Joe Vitale a superb drummer. Vitale was also a fantastic songwriter, as evidenced on the superb 'Roller Coaster Weekend' which has never been released on CD.

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Joe Walsh (Barnstorm) - Barnstorm (1972) [Japan LTD mini LP SHM-CD 2011] Music

Posted by Andi_Deris at May 14, 2014

Barnstorm is the first album by Joe Walsh following his departure from the James Gang, released in October 1972. The core band on this album – Walsh, bassist Kenny Passarelli and drummer/multi-instrumentalist Joe Vitale – was also named Barnstorm. It was the first album to be recorded at Caribou Ranch in Colorado.

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Joe Walsh - Ordinary Average Guy (1991) Music

Posted by popsakov at Sept. 13, 2022

Ordinary Average Guy is the ninth solo studio album by the American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joe Walsh. The album was released in mid 1991. It was Walsh's first album of entirely new music since Got Any Gum? in 1987, and his first solo album to be issued internationally by Epic following a four-year alliance with Warner Bros. Records in the United States and Canada. The album features Ringo Starr, Survivor's lead vocalist Jimi Jamison, and the drummer Joe Vitale from Walsh's former band Barnstorm. Vitale also sings the lead vocals on the final track of the album, "School Days".

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Joe Walsh - Barnstorm (1972) MFSL Music

Posted by siam001 at Nov. 17, 2006

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Joe Walsh - There Goes The Neighborhood (1981) Music

Posted by uff at Dec. 1, 2014

Joe Walsh - There Goes The Neighborhood (1981)
Rock | 1cd | EAC Rip | Flac + Cue + Log | covers
Elektra 7559-60572-2 | rel: 1991 | 270Mb

Joe Walsh's long and varied career has had its ups and downs, to say the least. Here, you see Walsh in good old rock form. The opening track, "Things," pretty much defines it all: drum beat intro, a simple riff kicks in, a few synths, and then Walsh's lead – it's this simple formula that gives the album its charm. This is early '80s rock in its most entertaining and fun form. Walsh's lead guitar is, as always, breathtaking. The rock legend's trademark sound is prominently featured throughout the album, and undoubtedly here he performs some of his finest solos.

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Joe Walsh - The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get (1973) [Japan Press, 2006] Repost Music

Posted by Andi_Deris at April 16, 2016

"The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get" is the second studio album by the American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joe Walsh. The album was released in 1973, on the label ABC-Dunhill in the United States, and United Kingdom, and it was also released on Probe Records in Germany. It proved to be his commercial breakthrough, largely on the strength of the Top 40 hit single, "Rocky Mountain Way", which helped propel the album into the Top 10.

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Joe Walsh - So What (1974) (SHM-CD) Music

Posted by uff at Nov. 10, 2014

Joe Walsh - So What (1974) (SHM-CD)
Rock | 1cd | EAC Rip | Ape + Cue + Log | covers
Universal UICY-94064, 24bit remaster 2004 | rel: 2009 | 260Mb

Joe Walsh's catalog by this point was two albums strong and of a consistently high quality. Despite a change of lineup for So What - a wide range of musicians is used, including the Eagles' Don Henley - the sound is very similar to previous releases. A number of classic Walsh tracks are featured, including a more polished version of "Turn to Stone," originally featured on his debut album, Barnstorm, in a somewhat more riotous style.

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Joe Walsh - The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get (1973, CD Reissue 1990) [RE-UP] Music

Posted by luckburz at June 21, 2014

…The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get features some of the most remembered Joe Walsh tracks, but it's not just these that make the album a success. Each of the nine tracks is a song to be proud of. This is a superb album by anyone's standards.

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