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Strawbs - The Complete Strawbs: Live at Chiswick House (1998) Music

Posted by uff at April 12, 2013

On August 29, 1998, the Strawbs gave an unusual concert at Chiswick House in West London that featured several different lineups of the band, though Dave Cousins was the constant on-stage presence as the principal singer. Much of the show was issued on CD in 2000 under the title The Complete Strawbs, 2000 (Chiswick '98 Live). This 90-minute DVD includes performance footage of all 14 of those tracks, as well as a couple of songs ("Stormy Down" and "Blue Angel") that didn't make it onto that disc. Considering that the video was assembled from footage from a couple of cameramen with mini DV camcorders augmented with some additional home video footage, the audiovisual quality is very good, though the camera angles are basic.

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The Count Bishops - Speedball +11 (1975) {Chiswick--Ace Records ‎CDWIKM161 rel 1995} Music

Posted by ruskaval at Sept. 10, 2020

The Count Bishops - Speedball +11 (1975) {Chiswick–Ace Records ‎CDWIKM161 rel 1995}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 290 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 98 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 52 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1975, 1995 Chiswick Records / Ace Records | CDWIKM 161
Rock / Rock & Roll / Garage Rock / Indie Rock / Pub Rock

In the year or so before punk finally emerged on the London scene, the Count Bishops were the kind of band you wished everyone would sound like, without ever guessing that very soon, they would. A mere handful of other groups shared the Bishops' eye for tanked-up, dressed-down, dirty-ass R&B – Eddie & the Hot Rods, Little Bob Story, Dr. Feelgood, and the Hammersmith Gorillas were the closest, and it was a sign of those prime movers' versatility that each of them brought something fresh to the party. In the Bishops' case, it was a laconic sneer, a greaseball grind, and one of the hottest guitarists of the age, Zenon DeFleur. As both writer and performer, he nails even the trickiest riff down flat for the rest of the band to steamroller.

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The Count Bishops - The Count Bishops (1977) {2005 Chiswick Records--Ace Records CDWIKM 254, Remastered Reissue} Music

Posted by ruskaval at Aug. 5, 2019

The Count Bishops - The Count Bishops (1977) {2005 Chiswick Records–Ace Records CDWIKM 254, Remastered Reissue}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 229 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 80 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 12 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1977, 2005 Chiswick Records / Ace Records | CDWIKM 254
Rock / Rock & Roll / Garage Rock / Indie Rock / Pub Rock

Kicking off with a great cover of the Kinks' "I Need You," this solid, unpretentious debut album belongs in the home of every fan of English R&B from the Yardbirds to the Pretty Things to Dr. Feelgood. Guitarists Johnny Guitar and Zenon de Fleur keep it tight and simple, never wasting a note, and vocalist Dave Tice is so macho, it's enough to make you laugh. The originals are OK if somewhat predictable blues-based rave-ups, but the energy and good cheer more than make up for the album's derivative nature. Not a deep album by any stretch of the imagination, just good dirty fun.

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