Rocket Records

Elton John once claimed that he could remember The One among his latter-day albums because it was the first he recorded without drugs or alcohol. If true – and there's no reason to doubt him – that could be the reason why this has more character than most of his albums since the early '80s, holding together well in its deliberately measured, mature songcraft by Elton and Bernie Taupin…

Farout is a progressive rock band from Lappeenranta, Finland. It was founded in 1977 and was active until 1982 with various setups. Farout was the progressive rock champion in the Finnish Rock music contest in spring 1978. The band recorded their only LP-record so far for Kompass Records at Birdland Studios, Mellunmaki, Helsinki, in 1979. The creditable record engineering was done by Dan Tigersted, the studio guru of those days. He recorded the material on an 8-track recorder during five long working days.The tenor saxophone and flute player, late Pekka Poyry guest starred on the record. Poyry, who died in 1980, became well known for his credits with e.g. Tasavallan Presidentti and Jukka Tolonen Band among numerous other recordings.

Various Artists - You Talk Too Much: The Ric & Ron Story, Volume 1 (2014) {Ace Records CDCHD 1390 rec 1958-1960}
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© 1958-60, 2014 Ace Records | CDCHD 1390
Rhythm & Blues / New Orleans R&B / Early R&B / Rock & Roll

Ric & Ron are legendary New Orleans labels from the late '50s and early '60s, both founded by Joe Ruffino. Naming his twin labels after his sons, Ruffino didn't draw much of a distinction between his imprints, but Ric arrived first, with the recordman issuing a handful of sides he inherited from Ace before moving into local New Orleans artists he recruited with the assistance of Edgar Blanchard, who was hired as head of A&R. Blanchard didn't stick around long and his replacements Harold Battiste and Mac Rebennack –- later better known as Dr. John – helped Ruffino build a N.O. R&B empire that was the stuff of legend.

Mike Carr & The EmCee Five - Bebop From The East Coast 1960/1962 (1996) {Birdland Records MC596}
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© 1961-67, 1996 Birdland Records / Cargo Music | MC596
Jazz / Bop / Hard Bop / Piano / Organ

A great set of Brit jazz from the early 60s with a good set of notes. The EmCee Five were a legendary bop group led by trumpeter Ian Carr, who went onto later fame in the jazz/rock years with Nucleus – but who's playing great here in his earlier stretch, in a lineup of players that includes Mike Carr on piano, Gary Cox on tenor, Spike Heatley on bass, and even a bit of guitar from a young John McLaughlin! The sound here is quite different from Carr's Nucleus years – and even from his years with Don Rendell – much more bop-structured, with that sense of tightness that made the British scene so great at the start of the 60s. Titles include many originals by Mike Carr and Gary Cox – and tunes include "Mike's Dilemma", "John's O Groats", "Groovin At The Downbeat", "The One That Got Away", "Stephenson's Rocket", "Lefty's Tune", and "The Bridge".

Gillian Welch - Boots No.1 - The Official Revival Bootleg (2016) {2CD Acony Records ACNY-1601}
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© 2016 Acony Records | ACNY-1601
Country / Folk / Americana / Neo-Traditional Folk / Alt-Country

When Gillian Welch released her debut album, Revival, in 1996, plenty of listeners and critics were taken aback by her strikingly accomplished re-creation of the sound and mindset of country music of the '20s and '30s, as if she'd miraculously stepped out of Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music into Nashville in the late 20th century. It soon became common knowledge that Welch was born in New York City and had attended the Berklee School of Music, leading many to question the sincerity of the artist and the validity of the work. Twenty years later, Welch has released Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg, a collection of outtakes, demos, and alternate versions committed to tape before or during the making of Revival.

Thirty years ago, Edie Brickell and New Bohemians exploded out of Dallas and became an international sensation with their double-platinum debut album, Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, featuring the Top Ten hit, “What I Am.” Now, the group returns with Rocket, their first new music in a dozen years—and as the title indicates, they remain a propulsive and unclassifiable force, a whirlwind of musical ideas and styles. Rocket is set for release on October 12 via Verve Forecast.

Farout is a progressive/jazz rock band from Lappeenranta, Finland. It was founded in 1977 and was active until 1982 with various setups. Farout was the progressive rock champion in the Finnish Rock music contest in spring 1978. The band recorded their only LP-record so far for Kompass Records at Birdland Studios, Mellunmaki, Helsinki, in 1979. The creditable record engineering was done by Dan Tigersted, the studio guru of those days. He recorded the material on an 8-track recorder during five long working days.
The tenor saxophone and flute player, late Pekka Poyry guest starred on the record. Poyry, who died in 1980, became well known for his credits with e.g. Tasavallan Presidentti and Jukka Tolonen Band among numerous other recordings…