Stand 平井大

Grand Stand from Sweden made two albums and then gone into oblivion. Sad, because, those two albums are really excellent, special the second offer from 2002 named "Tricks of Time". Complicated symphonic prog, with nods towards Genesis, Camel, The Flower Kings and alike.
The album opens with "Jurassic Spark" a song about paranoia. Things get off on the right foot with a 1 minute intro of soaring guitar before the drums and keys come in. Next are the vocals that are well done in this uptempo tune. Some scorching guitar after 4 minutes, and the full sound is beautiful…

James Brown - I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me (1968) {Universal Music Japan Mini LP UICY-9290 rel 2003}
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Funk / R'n'B / Soul / Funky Jam

Limited to 5000 copies. Paper sleeve. I CAN'T STAND MYSELF (WHEN YOU TOUCH ME) was originally released in stereo as KING-1030 in early 1968, his second of eight releases that year. It was preceded by COLD SWEAT and followed by I GOT THE FEELIN'. I CAN'T STAND MYSELF was also released in The Netherlands (as GREATEST HITS Vol. 2!), England, Germany (as THIS IS JAMES BROWN) and Spain (as ¡ESTE ES JAMES BROWN!), all with different cover art. The US and Canadian version also featured pictures of various VOX instruments on the rear, an obvious product tie-in.

Stand! is the pinnacle of Sly & the Family Stone's early work, a record that represents a culmination of the group's musical vision and accomplishment. Life hinted at this record's boundless enthusiasm and blurred stylistic boundaries, yet everything simply gels here, resulting in no separation between the astounding funk, effervescent irresistible melodies, psychedelicized guitars, and deep rhythms…

Years of struggle had turned Cold Chisel into one of Australian rock's all-time great bands – many would argue the greatest. But the years had also taken their toll and, by the early '80s, rifts had begun to drag on the band. Drummer Steve Prestwich called it quits in June 1983. Two months later, the band put out a press release saying it was disbanding and in December played its final concerts to sold-out audiences at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. The shows were filmed for the documentary Last Stand: this is the film's soundtrack and the cream of those concerts. Undoubtedly a chunk of Aussie rock history, this album also stands purely on the strength of its content.

When Fran Healy sings "Why did we wait so long" on "Mother," the opening song on Travis' seventh album, he could be addressing his band, which spent nearly five years between 2008's Ode to J. Smith and its 2013 follow-up, Where You Stand. The extra time off has done the band some good. Toward the end of the 2000s, Travis started to sag under their own weight, as the group slowly grew more ponderous, and while it certainly can't be said that Where You Stand is effervescent, it is more nimble than either Ode or The Boy with No Name, and it boasts a greater variety of tempos and textures, as well.

Stand Up! It's not just an album title, it's an order, forcing anyone who hears Whitney Shay's brand of rocket-fueled R&B onto the dancefloor. A flame-haired stick of dynamite in a sparkling dress, this San Diego phenomenon has made a record for dancing, drinking and dreaming, with songs to soundtrack the peaks and punches of life. Stand Up! Is sure to mark the global explosion of a singer-songwriter who's long been threatening to go 'boom'. Coming up the old-fashioned way - with a thousand word-of-mouth shows blazing her reputation across the planet - Shay's first decade has seen four wins at the San Diego Music Awards, a nomination at last year's prestigious Blues Music Awards and the tag of "future blues icon" bestowed by Blues Matters! #magazine.