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Musical
Profile Index
Welcome to our summary page of musical artists that
we profile. This is our high level snapshot. Many of the bands
mentioned on the page we have more detailed profiles, which include
topics ranging from reviews, commentary, discography, cd recommendations,
photos, and related subjects.
We're always adding new recommendations so stop
back frequently.
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Band
overviews
[ Michael Falzarano ] [ Aretha Franklin ]
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Rod Stewart & Faces - The Final Concert |
Best of Rod Stewart and Faces: Legends in Concert |
The
Faces are unquestionably an all star line-up of musicians; Rod
Stewart, Ian McLagan, Ron Wood, Ronnie Lane, and Kenney Jones.
Upon disbanding in 1975 Stewart went on to a solo career
(many of the faces play on his early records) and Wood was
recruited into The Rolling
Stones. While Kenny Jones would go on to fill
the shoes of Keith Moon in The
Who, and McLagan and Lane went
on to solo projects and session work.
Below we
list compilations, and we've highlighted some videos available
too.
Fans
of the Faces will certainly be interested Jeff Beck's two
albums with Stewart and Wood (bass) in the band, Truth
and Beck-Ola
and Rod's early career that is well represented in Gold
and even better, the out of print The
Mercury Anthology.
Profile - Rolling Stones
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Faces Compilations
In
2004, a four disc Faces box-set, Five Guys Walk into a Bar
was released. Its quantity of music is generous where each
disc runs between 74 - 79 minutes. Further, a 64 page
booklet with essays, track details, and photos is included.
The music is not sequenced chronologically and many of the tracks
were previously unreleased.
There
are plenty
of great cover songs included such as: McCartney's "Maybe I'm
Amazed," Lennon's "Jealous Guy," Robert
Johnson's "Love in Vain," performed a la The Rolling
Stones.
One
draw back to the Five Guys Walk into a Bar is that some
of the material is not of the best sonic quality. Also,
if they had a live disc instead of spreading the songs hear
and there it would be more to my liking.
Single
Disc
Casual
fans may prefer the 19 track compilation The Best Of Faces: Good Boys When They're Asleep.
Double
Disc
In 2007, The Definitive Rock Collection was released. This
is the best value. All of this material is on the box set.
This release takes 1999's The Best of the Faces, and
adds to it.
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| Five Guys Walk into a Bar |
The Definitive Rock Collection |
The Best of the Faces: Good Boys... When They're Asleep |
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We Are All One |
Where
I Come From |
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Rhythm guitarist Michael Falzarano has a vast
musical resume including stints in Hot Tuna, over 20 years, and the New Riders of the Purple
Sage, for the past four. His third solo release is entitled We
Are All One. Before spinning the CD I was expecting a heavy blues tone to the recording. While there are a few blues tracks and
patterns it
is much more of a rock album. The mood is very upbeat and
positive.
The
review is continued on our Michael
Falzarano page
New
Riders page - Michael Falzarano plays a key role in the
New Riders superb 2009 studio album Where
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Rumors |
Rumors
2 Discs |
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Mac has several worthwhile cd's to choose from. Their album Rumors
as well as their self-titled
debut would be our top recommendation.
Supplement those with their live album or DVD, The
Dance, to pick up some of their missing key tracks as well as
hear different arrangements of some of their treasures. This release
captures the classic line-up in fine form. CD
or DVD
Their two-disc, The
Very Best of Fleetwood Mac is a good compilation. While its
song selection is excellent as well as it having nice photos,
essays, and in-depth song credits, it has two faults. First, the
songs are not sequenced chronologically and a few songs are the
single rather than album versions.
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the self-titled is our favorite Fleetwood Mac listening
experience.
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| Fleetwood Mac |
The Dance |
The Dance
DVD |
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| Fleetwood
Mac compilation selections |
The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac
2 discs |
Fleetwood Mac: Greatest Hits
1 Disc |
25 Years: The Chain
4 Discs |
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Peter
Green with Fleetwood Mac
Meanwhile back in England as a blues
band. |
The Essential Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
2 discs |
The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
1 Disc |
Live at the BBC
2 Discs |
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Frampton Comes Alive! |
Frampton Comes Alive! (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) |
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The classic album Framptom Comes Alive is
the best listening experience for Peter Framptom in our opinion.
I saw the tour promoting Frampton Comes Alive! He was sandwiched between the Beach Boys
and Gary Wright. Peter Frampton was so well received, but I was
shocked to see the Beach Boys gather even more cheers. The deluxe edition has four more songs and a
different sequence.
According to Wikipedia, Framptom Comes
Alive was recorded in 1975, primarily at Winterland in San Francisco, California and the Long Island Arena in Commack, New York.
If your seeking a collection, Peter Frampton - Gold
grabs 32 songs at a reasonable price. This spans 1972 through
2003 and is good career overview of his solo material.
Meanwhile, Anthology: The History of Peter Frampton
grabs a song from The Herd, five from Humble Pie, within its 16
tracks, which fill the disc completely. Only one song from Frampton
Comes Alive so this doesn't duplicate that.
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Anthology: The History of Peter Frampton |
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Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings |
Rare
& Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of
Soul |
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Because Aretha's single and double collections miss several of my very favorite tracks
we highly suggest her box-set, Queen of Soul. It includes
most of her songs through This Girl's In Love With You
as well as a fair sampling of material after that, of which that I am less interested in.
It may cost more, but it is worth it, and used copies on Amazon can
be very reasonably priced. The package includes a book with
detailed credits with musicians, an Atlantic discography, photos,
essays, etc. This is an excellent box-set!
Our
Aretha Franklin page has
a discography of her early material and other
recommendations.
Additional
Aretha Franklin content
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Fire & Water
Deluxe |
Fire & Water
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Fire & Water
Deluxe
Product Description
2008 digitally remastered and expanded two CD edition of the British Blues-Rock quartet's career-defining 1970 outing, now featuring a total of 23 bonus tracks. Fire & Water was the band's third album and features the hit 'All Right Now'. Disc One contains the original album plus seven bonus tracks including alternate versions, mixes and live performances. Disc Two gathers together 16 alternative versions of songs from the album including live and alternate mixes. Island.
Fire and Water
Oh I Wept
Remember
Heavy Load
Mr Big
Don't Say You Love Me
All Right Now
Fire and Water
Mr Big
All Right Now
Remember
Mr Big
Don't Say You Love Me
All Right Now
Fire and Water [Us Album Mix]
Oh I Wept [Alternate Vocal Version]
Remember [New Mix]
Don't Say You Love Me [New Mix]
All Right Now [First Version]
All Right Now [Single Version]
Fire and Water
Fire and Water [Alternate Stereo Mix]
Fire and Water
Don't Say You Love Me
Mr Big
All Right Now
Mr Big [Live #2]
All Right Now [Audio at Video Recording Take #1]
All Right Now [Audio at Video Recording Take #2]
All Right Now [Audio at Video Recording Take #3]
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Live at the BBC |
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| Free compilation selections
The Molten Gold: Anthology has been
around for some time and the other two are more recent. I'm
quite fond of the song "Goin' Down Slow"; both Walking in My Shadow: The Free Collection
and Chronicles
include it. I love
Howlin Wolf's
classic original, and Duane
Allman tears it up on his take on Anthology Volume 1, but
this version is smoking too.
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Walking in My Shadow: The Free Collection
2 Discs |
Chronicles
2 Discs |
Molten Gold: Anthology
2 Discs |
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1. All Right Now (Single Version)
2. Don't Say You Love Me
3. Fire And Water
4. Remember
5. Oh I Wept
6. Songs Of Yesterday
7. Woman
8. I'll Be Creepin (Original Version)
9. Mouthful Of Grass
10. Child
11. Goodbye
12. Little Bit Of Love
13. Sail On
14. Soldier Boy
15. Travelling Man
16. Catch A Train
17. Magic Ship
18. Get Where I Belong
19. Come Together In The Morning
20. Heartbreaker
21. Muddy Water (Original Version)
22. Travellin' In Style
23. Wishing Well
24. Easy On My Soul
25. Be My Friend
26. Bodie
27. Mr Big
28. On My Way
29. Sunny Day
30. Stealer (Single Version)
31. My Brother Jake
32. Ride On A Pony
33. Love You So
34. Soon I Will Be Gone
35. Highway Song
36. Goin' Down Slow
37. I'm A Mover
38. Hunter
39. Walk In My Shadow
40. Wild Indian Woman
41. Worry
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Disc 1
1. Walk In My Shadow
2. Goin' Down Slow
3. I'm A Mover
4. Moonshine
5. Sugar For Mr Morrison
6. I'll Be Creepin'
7. Lying In The Sunshine
8. Woman
9. Songs Of Yesterday
10. Mouthful Of Grass
11. All Right Now
12. Don't Say You Love Me
13. Heavy Load
14. Oh I Wept
15. Fire And Water
16. Mr. Big
17. Be My Friend
Disc 2
1. The Stealer
2. The Highway Song
3. Soon I Will Be Gone
4. Ride On A Pony
5. My Brother Jake
6. Trouble On Double Time
7. Mr Big
8. The Hunter
9. Fire And Water (Live At Croydon)
10. Crossroads
11. Magic Ship
12. Travelling Man
13. Catch A Train
14. Little Bit Of Love
15. Muddy Water
16. Wishing Well
17. Easy On My Soul
18. Heartbreaker
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1. I'm A Mover
2. The Hunter
3. Walk In My Shadow
4. I'll Be Creepin'
5. Songs Of Yesterday
6. Woman
7. Broad Daylight
8. Mouthful Of Grass
9. All Right Now
10. Oh I Wept
11. Heavy Load
12. Don't Say You Love Me
13. The Stealer
14. The Highway Song
15. Be My Friend
16. Soon I Will Be Gone
Disc 2
1. My Brother Jake
2. Fire And Water
3. Ride On Pony
4. Mr. Big
5. Time Away
6. Molten Gold
7. Catch A Train
8. Travelling Man
9. Little Bit Of Love
10. Sail On
11. Wishing Well
12. Come Together In The Morning
13. Travellin' In Style
14. Heartbreaker
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| Free studio
releases and a single compilation, as well as our top Bad
Company recomendation.
The third Free album, Fire and Water, is
highlighted above.
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Free |
Highway |
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Over the Green Hills, Pt. 1
Worry
Walk in My Shadow
Wild Indian Woman
Goin' Down Slow
I'm a Mover
The Hunter
Moonshine
Sweet Tooth
Over the Green Hills, Pt. 2
I'm a Mover [BBC Session]
Waitin' on You [BBC Session]
Guy Stevens Blues [Blues Jam]
Moonshine [Alternative Vocal]
Sweet Tooth [Early Take and Alternative Lyrics]
Visions of Hell [Unreleased Master Mix]
Woman by the Sea [Alternative Version]
Over the Green Hills [BBC Session]
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I'll Be Creepin'
Songs of Yesterday
Lying in the Sunshine
Trouble on Double Time
Mouthful of Grass
Woman
Free Me
Broad Daylight
Mourning Sad Morning
Broad Daylight [Single Version]
The Worm [Single Version]
I'll Be Creepin' [Single Version]
Sugar For Mr. Morrison [Single Version]
Broad Daylight [BBC Session]
Songs of Yesterday [BBC Session]
Mouthful of Grass [Solo Version]
Woman [Alternative Version]
Trouble on Double Time [Early Version]
Mourning Sad Morning [Alternative Version]
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The Highway Song
The Stealer
On My Way
Be My Friend
Sunny Day
Ride on a Pony
Love You So
Bodie
Soon I Will Be Gone
My Brother Jake [Single]
Only My Soul [Single 'B' Side]
Ride on a Pony [BBC Session]
Be My Friend [BBC Session]
Rain [Alternative Version]
The Stealer [Single Version]
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The Best of Free: 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection |
Original Bad Company Anthology |
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Wishing Well
Come Together in the Morning
Travellin' In Style
Heartbreaker
Muddy Water
Common Mortal Man
Easy on My Soul
Seven Angels
Wishing Well [US Mix]
Let Me Show You [Single 'B' Side]
Muddy Water [Alternative Vocal]
Hand Me Down/Turn Me Around [Prospective Album Track]
Heartbreaker [Rehearsal Version]
Easy on My Soul [Rehearsal Version]
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1. I'm A Mover
2. Walk In My Shadow
3. I'll Be Creepin'
4. Fire And Water
5. All Right Now
6. Heavy Load
7. The Stealer
8. Mr. Big
9. Catch A Train
10. Wishing Well
11. Come Together In The Morning
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Disc: 1
1. Can't Get Enough
2. Rock Steady
3. Ready for Love
4. Bad Company
5. Movin' On [Single Mix]
6. Seagull
7. Superstar Woman [Original Unused Track]
8. Little Miss Fortune [Single Mix]
9. Good Lovin' Gone Bad
10. Feel Like Makin' Love
11. Shooting Star
12. Deal with the Preacher
13. Wild Fire Woman
14. Easy on My Soul [Single Mix]
15. Whiskey Bottle [Single Mix]
Disc: 2
1. Honey Child
2. Run With the Pack
3. Silver, Blue and Gold
4. Do Right by Your Woman [Previously Unused Mix][#]
5. Burnin' Sky
6. Heartbeat
7. Too Bad
8. Smokin' 45 [Original Unused Track]
9. Rock & Roll Fantasy
10. Evil Wind
11. Oh, Atlanta
12. Rhythm Machine
13. Untie the Knot
14. Downhill Ryder
15. Tracking Down a Runaway [New Song]
16. Ain't It Good [New Song]
17. Hammer of Love [New Song]
18. Hey, Hey [New Song]
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