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MUSIC NEWS & NOTES
OCTOBER
2011 RECORD LABEL SPOTLIGHT
POP
& ROCK
ADVENTURE
MUSIC - A mix of rock, jazz, tango and modern classical music,
Luz De La Noche (Light Of The Night) is
a most impressive album from Argentina based singer-songwriter Florencia
Ruiz. Maybe it’s because Argentina and Brazil are so close
geographically that the music of Ms. Ruiz sounds greatly inspired
by Brazilian genius, A.C. Jobim. In fact, among the musicians backing
up Ms. Ruiz is Brazilian cellist Jacques Morelenbaum as well
as Uruguayan pianist Hugo Fattoruso, while the CD was produced,
arranged and directed by Carlos Villavincencio. The Luz
De La Noche album was superbly recorded and even if you don’t
speak her native language, the music is still captivating. Backed
by a solid band of players, including the above mentioned guest artists,
Ms. Ruiz sounds positively beguiling on an album that begs to be heard
by adventurous ears. www.Adventure-Music.com
CHEVALIER D'ANGLETERRE RECORDS - In the spirit of Robin Hitchcock
and David Bowie, Dirk Speksnijder is a do it yourself pop artist
but even as such, he hits a new height for the genre with his 2010
CD The Man With Two Brains. Dirk's comic klatch
video for the album title track is a fab watch on YouTube but audio
geeks will also get a great buzz off the studio version on the CD
pressing. If you make it that far, also on YouTube.com you may want
to catch Dirk’s brilliant video for the 1967 Bowie nugget, “The
London Boys.” Ever the eclectic pop-conscious trendsetter, especially
45 years ago, Bowie would love this CD with Dirk mixing a musical
composite of the essence of early Bowie, mid ‘60s Kinks 
and
Pink Floyd era Syd Barrett. The only thing that’s missing in
this picture is major label money and a push but musically, Dirk nails
the snake on the head on a number of these wild rock solid rave ups.
Syd may have lost it, jeez 42 years ago, but with Two Brains Dirk
channels from beyond, the erstwhile Pink Floyd founder on several
cuts here including the title cut and the lead off cut “What
A Song And Dance!” which also sounds like a long lost Thunderclap
Newman track. Enlisting the aid of drummer Tim Bragg, Dirk
admirably handles all the instruments for the most part and when he
cuts loose, his electric guitar fills, riffs and counterpoints are
most compelling. Echoing the spirits of musical pioneers from a different
decade, and filled with songs that spin round the room, The Man
With Two Brains is Dirk Speksnijder's own self-styled, 21st century
magical mystery tour. www.myspace.com/dirkspeksnijder
EMPTYHEAD RECORDINGS - The American West Coast pop sound is alive
and well on the 2011 CD from English singer-songwriter Mick Terry
called The Grown Ups. Citing Jackson Browne,
Brian Wilson, Jellyfish and Todd Rundgren as big influences, Mick
Terry brings the breezy sounds of the West Coast circa 1972 back to
life on The Growns Ups. Terry calls his sound, ‘pop music
for grown ups’, yet clearly his sound is timeless. The musicianship
and sound is first rate and Terry’s guitar and keyboard sounds
are varied while colorful while harmony vocals and drumming helps
the album further stand out. Assisted by co-producer Mick Wilson,
and bass player and backing vocalist Jim Boggia, The Grown
Ups is all over the power-pop and modern pop map but the tracks
are cool and stay around long enough to win you over. www.MickTerry.co.uk
FIVE SEVEN MUSIC - 35 years after they helped usher in the downtown
NYC music scene, Blondie return with what has to be their defining
moment. Their ‘80s hits, like “Heart Of Glass” helped
define the late '70s, but the eleven 
track
Panic Of Girls is the sound a punk era band come of
age with a mature pop edge. Debby Harry is in rare form throughout,
while her cofounder, Chris Stein still proves to be key to
the Blondie guitar sound. Original Blondie drummer Clem Burke is
still up to the task while the three original members are joined by
some fine players. That said, the songs are really the stars here.
Even if you missed the ‘70s era, and didn’t really think
MTV was the answer to your musical problems, there’s undeniably,
some great songs here that brings that spirit of ‘77 up into
the now. www.blondie.net
HOLE IN THE RAIN - Weird name for a record company but choosing
the late John Martyn as its subject matter, Hole In The Rain
released a 2011, double CD tribute Martyn’s music entitled Johnny
Boy Would Love This...A Tribute To John Martyn. The
recently departed Martyn was quite an innovator for the acoustic rock/jazz
genre. Other great artists espousing a similar vision during that
late ‘60s early ‘70s era included Mark-Almond and even folk
pioneer Ralph McTell. Interestingly, the 30 track double CD set features
mostly younger, rising bands from the rock and alt-rock work paying
tribute to Martyn’s original music. Artists featured include
Snow Patrol, Morcheeba, Beth Orton, Beck,
Paolo Nutini, Robert Smith and David Gray along
with U.K. heritage artists like Judie Tzuke, Vashti Bunyan
and Phil Collins. Accompanying the double CD set is a 40
page booklet and a DVD featuring interview and performance footage.
www.JohnMartynMusic.com
RAMSEUR RECORDS - Back in the ‘80s Julee Cruise was inventing
a novel form of vocal New Age and likewise, singer Mimi Goese and
jazz fusion pioneer Ben Neill break new ground for the beautiful
electronic jazz realm, 20+ years on with their 2011 CD Songs
For Persephone. Amazingly packaged, the ten track album
features a mix of ethereal jazz combining Mimi’s vocals and Ben’s
trumpet horn blasts, all layered above and below by some pretty scintillating
electronica. Back in the early ‘90s, Ms. Goese was the singer
in Hugo Largo, who were signed by Brian Eno to the Opal label and
jazz fans remember Ben Neill thanks to his fine solo albums on a range
of labels including Verve and Astralwerks. Interesting to hear how
these two artists blend their original music and arrangements alongside
the classical music masters who are cited here in the songwriting
credits. Whatever is in fact going on here, Songs For Persephone
presents some of the most adventurous, sublime and superbly recorded
music thus far in the 21st century. www.MimiGoeseAndBenNeill.com
RED HOUSE RECORDS - Minnesota based Red House continues on among
the great American roots rock labels. Released on Red House during
the summer of 2011, Mercury finds singer-songwriter
Pieta Brown in the company of guitar great Richard Bennett.
Bennett works with U.K. rock guitar great Mark Knopfler and Ms. Brown
toured as well opening for the Dire Straits legend. Bennett has assembled
a top band for Ms. Brown to sing her music. Commenting on the album
she adds, ‘All the songs came fast. Words and melodies arrived
intertwined...some like visions, some as simple memories, some like
urgent messages.’ Brown’s music overall is a pretty hypnotic,
lazy countrified pop blend made all the more textural and interesting
thanks to Bennett’s superb guitar skills and hands on production
work. www.PietaBrown.com
SURFDOG RECORDS - Released through the label of surf-rock guitar
icon Gary Hoey (of Endless Summer II fame), Ghost On
The Canvas is stated to be the final album from country pop
superstar Glen Campbell. As was the case for his 2009 album
on Capitol Records—entitled Meet Glen Campbell—2011's
Ghost On The Canvas provides a veritable sonic smorgasbord
for fans of pop, rock ‘n’ roll and country-rock as well.
Famous for his unique renditions of pop composer Jimmy Webb, Campbell
never got the "cred" from the rock fans but with these last
two albums that is all turned around. Ghost On The Canvas is
no sleepy nod off the charts for the perennial pop favorite. Instead,
Glen teams with a team of cutting edge rockers, all guided by the
steady pop production and co-songwriting of Julian Raymond.
Illuminating Campbell’s legendary vocals songs and guitar sounds
are contributions from well known rockers including Brian Setzer
(a Surfdog artist), Paul Westerberg, Chris Isaak, Rick
Nielsen, Jakob Dylan and more, as well as seasoned guitar
hands such as Dick Dale, Jason Falkner and Steve
Hunter. Campbell is in fact 75 this year but, gearing up for his
fall tour, he’s going out with a bang with this soon to be all
time classic album. www.surfdog.com
TAPETE
RECORDS - A lot of Beatles’ history starts in Germany so
it’s quite fitting that a new CD from a German based label features
a young NYC band performing songs that made the Beatles into the expert
musicians they became by 1962. The 12 track, self-titled CD from the
group Bambi Kino features an impressive revival of a number
of songs that the Fab Four performed on the stages of the Star Club
in Hamburg, including covers of favorites originally penned by Leiber
& Stoller, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Phil Spector and more. Fittingly
recorded in Hamburg and Brooklyn in 2010, the Bambi Kino CD sounds
quite authentic and goes to great lengths to recreate the excitement
of these historic songs the Beatles made even more famous very early
in their career. In addition to early Fab Four favorites like “Some
Other Guy,” “Besame Mucho” and “A Shot Of Rhythm
‘N Blues”, the Bambi Kino CD includes additional covers
of the Duane Eddy / Al Casey classic “Ramrod” and the Johnny
Kidd and Pirates’ classic “Shakin’ All Over”—a
track really put on the map big time on the 1971 release of the Who
Lp classic Live At Leeds. Recorded in mono (were you expecting
something else?), the Bambi Kino CD is an apropos tribute to the Beatles
and, in general, to the frantic energy of early rock ‘n’
roll. www.TapeteRecords.com
/ www.Bambi-Kino.com
VIBRO-PHONIC
- The release of each new album from L.A. pop favorites The
Jigsaw Seen is turning into an event of its own. The band’s
2010 Bananas Foster album now gives way to an even more accomplished
pop effort called Winterland. Even if the weather
outside says heat wave or hurricane, listening to Winterland is
just a state of mind. All original kaleidoscopic images of winter
times put into song is a pretty cool idea but these guys are pop legends
and are up to the task. Sounding more like an album classic from 1969,
Winterland features long time JS member Dennis Davison (vocals),
along with Jonathan Lea (guitars), Tom Curier (bass)
and Teddy Fresse. Not only is Winterland as interesting
musically as Bananas Foster, but the prominent packaging is
just as amazing. CD collectors take note; this is clearly the way
to present a CD as a concept piece. Also taking part are a number
of engineers including David Nolte, while the lone cover here—”Circle
Of Steel” by Gordon Lightfoot—features harmony vocals from
rock icon Dave Davies. Trust me, you won’t believe this
timeless pop is about Christmas while the Winterland CD packaging
also includes complimentary snow flakes just in case you forget. www.Vibro-Phonic.com
INSTRUMENTAL
ALCHEMY - New England-based guitarist Jon Durant returns
in 2011 with his his most impressive recording to date, entitled
Dance Of The Shadow Planets. Commenting on the title
of the CD Durant adds, ‘Dance Of The Shadow Planets is
a line borrowed from Shalimar The Clown, Salman Rushdie’s
epic novel set in Kashmir. The shadow planets represent love and hate,
and the dance is their interplay within us all, and their influence
over our actions on a daily basis. These themes are woven throughout
the nine 
tracks
of this recording, exploring passion, tension, chaos and magic.’
Durant is a true guitar master of what some aficianados call the futuristic,
sonic edge of instrumental New Age jazz-rock. Back in 2004, Durant
released his fifth solo album entitled Things Behind The Sun—a
stellar trio album with King Crimson’s Tony Levin and drummer
Vinny Sabatino. That album was followed up in 2007 with the CD release
of Flood—again featuring Levin and Sabatino. For his seventh
solo album, Durant enlists the aid of top players including Colin
Edwin (fretless bass), Caryn Link (violin) and Jerry
Leake (percussion). In the spirit of genius Euro guitar heroes
such as Robert Fripp and Terje Rypdal, Durant creates intense, gigantic
sounding, invisible sonic glaciers that simply tower overhead. Like
Fripp and Rypdal at their instrumental best, Durant’s daring
instrumental music will leave you stunned and speechless. Mixing together
a staggering array of sequential sonancies, Durant approaches his
music much like a scientist looking for the best possible outcomes.
And while Durant had not yet played with this particular group of
musicians, he adds, ‘The whole point of this was to play it live.
It needed to be a real group dynamic, and it needed to be spontaneous.’
Rock fans who thrilled to the instrumental side and sound of progressive
bands like King Crimson and Pink Floyd back in the ‘60s—as
well as jazz-fusion fans looking to set sail on uncharted musical
waters—are both strongly advised to give a listen to Jon Durant's
sonically majestic sounds on Dance Of The Shadow Planets. www.AlchemyRecords.com
MAD GUITAR RECORDS -
Based in Finland, Mad Guitar Records has another winner on
their hands with the 2011 CD release of Around The World by
Guitarsnake. Guitarsnake guitarist Nicolas Notarianni has
written a series of dynamic guitar instrumentals 
for
an album that sometimes sounds, whether consciously or perhaps handed
to his generation by musical osmosis, like a cross between late period
Joe Satriani and some of the '90s fusion soundtrack works of Jan Hammer.
A rising French freboard ace, Notarianni is really eclectic both as
guitarist and composer. Throughout this often majestic, yet always
noteworthy CD, Nicolas gets solid support from both Dave Rimmer
(bass) and powerhouse drummer Laurent Reinlin. In addition
to also playing drums on the CD, Notarianni also handles the synth
keyboard sounds which adds another level of symphonic rock perfectionism
to the mix. The CD features a video of the title track plus a pair
of bonus tracks featuring an intense guitar jam with several players
including Mad Guitar Records founder Roo Chapus. www.guitarsnake.fr
/ www.MadGuitarRecords.com
MA RA CASH RECORDS - Okay, the “Marrekesh” label name
aside, The RedZen come out on top with the 2011 CD release
of Void. Instrumental rockers will like this
wide ranging 54 minute album as it’s primarily based in the real
of instrumental progressive fusion music enhanced with several vocal
tracks as well. Started up in 2009, the Italian quartet features some
excellent guitar sounds from Ettore Salati. On the majority
of the tracks, the band sound is sort of similar in scope to founding
YES drummer Bill Bruford’s late ‘70s group with guitar icon
Alan Holdsworth, yet despite the past legacies they follow, RedZen
bring that prog fusion sound into the brave new world without missing
a beat. Plus the cover art is very Pink Floyd inspired and the packaging
and CD sound is first rate. A couple vocal cuts added to the mix harken
back to the heyday of Italy’s fabled mid to late ‘70s Eurock
years of Italian prog. Either way, mainstream prog or instrumental
jazz-rock, I’d like to see them come up with a sequel. www.theredzen.com
NORDIC
NOTES - With their impressive CD releases, Germany’s Nordic
Notes label offers music fans a chance to hear some of the most inventive,
cutting edge music currently coming out of the continent. Nordic Notes
is doing great things bringing Finland’s latest art-rock heroes,
Jeavestone to a wider audience, and likewise, another great band from
Finland, (the hard to pronounce) Taipuva Luotisuora will amaze
instrumental rock fans with their most recent album from early 2009
called IV. As far away from surf-rock as you
can get, Taipuva Luotisuora sounds more influenced by the progressive
instrumental rock of their fellow Finnish art-rock hero Pekka Pohjola,
although clearly, with the long history of great Finnish instrumental
music, there’s a number of musical signposts you could cite.
No matter how you slice it, Taipuva Luotisuora IV is an instrumental
progressive art-rock masterpiece. The six piece band features some
mighty impressive, electrifying guitar work from both Jani Puistovaara
and Ville Eriksson, while on IV the band cooks and
sizzles its way to instro-prog nirvana. Oh and the packaging of the
CD and the overall sound is first rate too. www.Luotisuora.net
RETSO
RECORDS - There’s something so elegant, so funereal, so stately
about the sound of the trumpet and its sister, the flugelhorn. Certain
progressive rock groups including Mark Isham’s band Group 87
and the late, great Finnish master composer Pekka Pohjola each used
the trumpet to great effect and then don’t forget Jon Hassell
and his otherworldly trumpet work with Brian Eno. So now in 2011 along
comes master trumpeter Jeff Oster and his amazing album entitled
Surrender. Released on Oster’s own Retso
Records label, the CD is not only superbly recorded and performed
but the packaging is really amazing with phenomenal design and insert.
Backing up Oster’s trumpet, flugelhorn, synths, loops and occasional
vocals is the like minded Bryan Carrigan, who is credited here
with sound design, synths, and drum programming and the occasional
wordless, yet highly effective backing vocals of Diane Arkenstone.
Whereas a master trumpeter such as Chris Botti is content to go commercial,
credit his producer mastermind Bobby Colomby, Oster is very experimental
in his approach—here reminiscent of Miles Davis produced by Eno.
The majority of music here is completely instrumental, making Surrender
the perfect choice for trumpet fans, New Age classical fans and
ambient / electronic listeners who are looking for some fantastic
sonic thrill. New Age and neoclassic art-rock fans, miss this at your
own risk. www.JeffOster.com
/ www.BryanCarrigan.com
/ www.DianeArkenstone.com
SPIRIT
MUSIC - Back in the 1990’s the advent of musical therapy
CDs came to the fore thanks in part to, then essential magazines including
New Age Retailer. One artist who made enormous breakthroughs in the
1990s, and who continues on today with his groundbreaking work in
the area of healing musical therapy area is Colorado-based Jonathan
Goldman. One look at Goldman’s prolific catalog of music
releases on CD is quite impressive. On the 2011 CD release of Chakra
/ Brainwave Harmonizer, Jonathan joins forces with
his partner Andi Goldman and the result is a musical experience
that sounds great and is also good for your health. Goldman’s
musical secrets are unique in creating musical ways for the listener
enhance meditation as well as for energy healing. As mentioned in
the liner notes, ‘The Harmonizer incorporates the most
advanced knowledge and techniques on sound currently available. Sacred
sounds were combined with psycho-acoustic frequencies in order to
create a safe, yet very effective recording for balancing and attuning
one’s self.’ Goldman’s catalog of New Age based CD
is like a primer on self-healing sounds and, also on tap from Goldman’s
Healing Sounds From Spirit Music label are another pair
of intriguing CD releases entitled 2013: Ecstatic Sonics and
2012: Ascension Harmonics. Both 2012 and
2013 combine overtone chanting, Tibetan bowls and bells within
a mix of sacred sounds that are filled with multidimensional harmonic
sounds perfect for deep states of meditation and other New Age rituals.
If you thought the era of New Age musical therapy was a thing of the
past—meaning the 1990s—think again and check out Goldman’s
sonic New Age healing music on CD. Just remember—while perfect
for overall chilling out, this music was made to be listened to in
order to promote meditation so do not drive or operate heavy machinery
while listening to this recording. www.HealingSounds.com
/ www.SoundHealersAssociation.org
WHALING
CITY SOUND - Headed up by music impresario Neal Weiss,
Whaling City Sound is one of the finest independent American jazz
labels. For musicians and music fans who've followed WCS for years,
it’s clear the Whaling City Sound label is a 
great
source for instrumental modern and mainstream jazz. One of the label’s
most inventive guitarists, John Stein returns in 2011 with
the CD release of Hi Fly. On the “fly”
usually refers to something that happens off the cuff or kind of unpremeditated,
yet Stein’s Hi Fly is a solid, and well thought out set
of jazzy, groove-based guitar instrumentals. What’s readily apparent
on the ten track, 57 minute Hi Fly is just how well Stein interacts
with his band—Jake Sherman (piano, organ), John Lockwood
(acoustic bass) and Zé Eduardo Nazario (drums).
The CD cover art and packaging is quite colorful too and in depth
liner notes—written by Wayne Everett Goins—testifies
to Stein’s overall satisfaction at the way the Hi Fly CD
turned out. Commenting on the CD, Stein adds, ‘The main thing,
is the collaborative spirit in this record. The guys contributed a
lot of musical ideas. Their instrumental virtuosity was challenging
and I really stretched to keep up.’ Recorded in 2011, the Hi
Fly CD was superbly engineered by Peter Kontrimas, sealing
the deal on Stein’s finest guitar statement yet. www.WhalingCitySound.com
REISSUES & RETROSPECTIVES
ANGEL
AIR RECORDS - Over in the U.K. Angel Air Records just continues
to boggle the mind with their prodigious CD release schedule of new
and archival recordings. Angel Air started out as a reissue CD label
for the vast output of classic rock, pop and instrumental music coming
out of the U.K. but thanks to the release of several key instrumental
artists, including U.K. bass great Mo Foster, the label has dabbled
with excellent results in the instrumental rock and neo-fusion genres.
Case in point is a welcome new album from U.K. keyboardist Dave
Greenslade called Routes / Roots. Greenslade
was the force behind the mid ‘70s instrumental fusion band Greenslade
and his new album on Angel Air is one of the most adventurous
albums the Angel Air label has yet released. Greenslade may still
be the keyboardist in the current day Coliseum and the Greenslade
group, but with his solo CD Routes / Roots he’s carved
out an impressive instro art-rock fusion niche of his own. Amazingly,
Greenslade composed, arranged and played all the music on the Routes
/ Roots album while the booklet—with July 2011 liner notes
by the artist—is filled with pictures of Greenslade with U.K.
jazz icons including Jon Hiseman and Barbara Thompson. Routes /
Roots is the sound of a mature and modern Greenslade, evoking
a sound that owes as much to his ‘70s fusion sound as it does
to his swing jazz icon / idols like Brubeck. Speaking of his group,
Greenslade has a 2011 archival remaster CD on Angel Air entitled Greenslade
Live 1973 - 1975. Without a guitarist in the group,
the music centered around the artful fusion sound of Greenslade’s
keyboard sound backed up by key players including vocalist Dave
Lawson (add’l keyboards), Andrew McCulloch (drums)
and Tony Reeves (bass). Angel Air packs their Greenslade live
archival album with ample liner notes. Angel Air released an archival
album from U.K. rockers Rococo in 2010 and they follow up with
their second album The Firestorm And Other Love Songs.
Rococo featured a gifted line up of rockers with the music mostly
composed by the group’s keyboardist Roy Shipton and his
song writing partner Geoff Ward. Angel Air’s second Rococo
CD features eleven cuts recorded in the mid ‘70s while the CD
booklet is packed with vital stats and history from this underrated
band. Another oddity from the vaults is Life’s Too Short
- The Singles Anthology 1971 - 75 —a CD from a U.K. band
called Rescue Co. No. 1. Having released a number of singles
on a variety of record labels, Rescue Co. No. 1 remain somewhat of
a curio yet Angel Air’s 20 track CD is a great way to catch up
on their unique blend of pop and rock. Also
on Angel Air in 2011 is a new album, the first album in ten years,
from U.K. guitar great Luther Grosvenor called If You
Dare. Also known in U.K. rock circles as Ariel Bender,
Grosvenor was a founding member of Spooky Tooth and was with them
during their fabled Spooky Two era in the late ‘60s /
early ‘70s. Grosvenor also was a key member of Mott The Hoople.
The ten track If You Dare features several musicians backing
up Grosvenor’s patented guitar work and vocals yet, overall the
CD is primarily a collaboration that also features guitarist / keyboardist
/ vocalist / producer Mike Triggs, who met Luther back in 2004
with the resulting chemistry ending up in this pleasing bluesy rock
album. Also
on Angel Air in 2011 is a two albums on one CD release entitled The
Vital Spark / Sings Stephen Foster from American singer-songwriter
Randy Van Warmer. Although he passed away in January 2004,
Van Warmer was already well established in the rock community and
his album The Vital Spark, recorded in Woodstock, N.Y. in 1995
featured key contributions from a fine band including guitar hero
Mick Ronson. An accomplished songwriter based in Nashville
in the years before he passed on, Van Warmer was able to complete
his self-produced tribute to American song writing legend Stephen
Foster. Ironically, Van Warmer died exactly 140 years to the day that
Foster died in NYC. Randy’s take on Foster’s music is truly
something to behold. Everyone knows these songs and Van Warmer’s
modern take gives the songs a modern sonic sheen that truly does them
justice. Overall, the 21 track, 2 on 1 CD release of The Vital
Spark / Sings Stephen Foster is a fitting introduction to Vam
Warmer’s song writing skills and wide-screen musical imagination.
www.AngelAir.co.uk
FORCED EXPOSURE - Back in the mid to late ‘70s and
early 1980’s, pop innocence was still a viable art form. Even
amid the art-rock and new wave onslaught of the late ‘70s, Canadian
singer-songwriter Craig Ruhnke was releasing some impressive
pop music that owes as much to singers like Gilbert O’Sullivan
and early Elton as it does to late ‘60s Beach Boys and early
‘70s America. Case in point is a CD reissue of the 1979 album
The Craig Ruhnke Band CD reissued on the Korean Riverman
Music label. Featuring Ruhnke with a full band, the CD features three
bonus cuts. Ruhnke recorded for A&M and several other labels,
but overall The Craig Ruhnke Band is good choice for fans of
well recorded pop. Also available by Craig Ruhnke on Riverman in 2011
are CD remasters of a pair of Ruhnke album from the early 1980’s—Just
Like The Old Times (originally release in 1982) and Keep
The Flame (1984). Good packaging, good remastering and booklets
with track information in English offer good reasons to give a listen
to this vintage classic pop. www.ForcedExposure.com
MVD VISUAL - MVD also proudly distributes the U.K. based Sexy
Intellectual DVD line and among the new SI releases MVD is handling
Stateside is Brian Eno - 1971 - 1977: The Man Who Fell
To Earth. Over two and a half hours, the DVD features
key events between Eno’s involvement in Roxy Music leading to
his works with David Bowie during that period. The DVD features a
wide range of interviews and discussions by musicians and noted writers
as well as an abundance of archival footage. Another 2011 MVD title
causing interest among Led Zeppelin fans is a Sexy Intellectual DVD
documentary on singer Robert Plant entitled Robert Plant’s
Blue Note. For music fans wondering about Plant’s
early musical fascination with the blues, this is the place to start.
There's a whole lotta interviews, including clips of a 2010 interview
with Plant, along with his close musical confidants and noted players
including members of The Yardbirds and McGuiness Flint, who rub elbows
with noted commentator Nigel Williamson further discussing
the evolution of the golden era of U.K. blues and hard rock . The
DVD also provides insight into Plant’s attraction to the World
Beat groove of Arabic and northern African music as well as his love
of ‘60s West Coast folk-rock and psychedelia. Robert Plant’s
Blue Note is a must for fans of this U.K. rock icon. www.MVDb2b.com
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