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Blood Sweat & Tears - 1968 - Child Is Father to the Man (The First Album)

Blood, Sweat & Tears (also known as "BS&T") is an American music group, originally formed in 1967 in New York City. Since its beginnings in 1967, the band has gone through numerous iterations with varying personnel and has encompassed a multitude of musical styles. What the band is most known for, from its start, is the fusing of rock, blues, pop music, horn arrangements and jazz improvisation into a hybrid that came to be known as "jazz-rock". Unlike "jazz fusion" bands, which tend toward virtuostic displays of instrumental facility and some experimentation with electric instruments, the songs of Blood, Sweat & Tears merged the stylings of rock, pop and R&B/soul music with big band, while also adding elements of 20th Century Classical and small combo jazz traditions. Al Kooper, Jim Fielder, Fred Lipsius, Randy Brecker, Jerry Weiss, Dick Halligan, Steve Katz, and Bobby Colomby formed the original band. The creation of the group was fueled by the "brass-rock" ideas of The Buckinghams and its producer, James William Guercio, as well as the early 1960s Roulette-era Maynard Ferguson Orchestra (according to Kooper's autobiography). "Blood, Sweat & Tears" was the name chosen by Al Kooper, inspired by both the 1963 album with this title by Johnny Cash and after a late-night gig in which Kooper played with a bloody hand. Child Is Father to the Man is the debut album by Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in February of 1968. Widely regarded as a classic fusion of jazz, rock and roll, psychedelia and classical music, Child Is Father to the Man is one of bandleader Al Kooper's most enduring works. The album introduced the idea of the big band to rock and roll and paved the way for such groups as Chicago. Kooper left the band after this album, changing the nature of the group.

01 - Overture
02 - I Love You More Than You Ever Know
03 - Morning Glory
04 - My Days Are Numbered
05 - Without Her
06 - Just One Smile
07 - I Can't Quit Her
08 - Meagan's Gypsy Eyes
09 - Somethin' Goin' On
10 - House In The Country
11 - The Modern Adventure of Plato
12 - So Much Love - Underture

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Mogul Thrash - 1971 - Mogul Thrash Mogul Thrash was a progressive jazz/rock band from the United Kingdom active in the early 1970s. Mogul Thrash evolved from James Litherland's Brotherhood, which in addition to guitarist Litherland (an alumnus of Colosseum who formed the group in 1969) also featured guitarist/reedist Michael Rosen, drummer Bill Harrison and the so-called "Dundee Horns" -- saxophonists Roger Ball and Malcolm Duncan. With the addition of ex-Splinter singer/bassist John Wetton, the group rechristened itself Mogul Thrash, debuting in 1970 with the single "Sleeping in the Kitchen"; their self-titled RCA album appeared the following year, going largely unnoticed at home but finding favor throughout much of Europe. However, faced with legal problems with their management, Mogul Thrash was forced to disband shortly after the record's release; while Wetton went on to join Family and later King Crimson, Duncan and Ball soon reunited in Average White Band. Mogul Thrash released just one album, the eponymous Mogul Thrash (1971). It was produced by Brian Auger, who also played piano on one of the tracks. 01 - Sleeping in the Kitchen 02 - Dreams of Glass and Sand 03 - Going North, Going West 04 - Something Sad 05 - Elegy 06 - What's This I Hear 07 - St. Peter 08 - Dreams of Glass and Sand (alternate take) 09 - Going North, Going West (alternate take) 10 - Something Sad (Alternate take) 11 - What's This I Hear (alternate take) LINK

Aaron Space - 1972 - Aaron Space Jake Thomas (guitar,vocals), Dave Moulaison (guitar,vocals), Gene Falbo (bass,vocals) and Bob Disalle (Drums,vocals). Aaron Space was a Canadian psychedelic rock band from Toronto, performing Art Rock with a touch of psychedelia and a pinch of 7O's Hard Rock. The songs are energetic, fun, and the guitar is beautiful. Excellent album. "Stoner Hard rock with good whawha and dual guitar-work that has been compared to Landslide on capitol. As many Canadian Major label albums, surprisingly hard to find."[AA] 01 - Keep On Moving 02 - Silly Ceilings 03 - When She Smiles 04 - Man In A Yellow Car 05 - Marsha 06 - North Country Rnr 07 - It Might Be You 08 - The Loser 09 - Fair Child 10 - Rainbow Ride LINK

Beckett - 1974 - Beckett Beckett is a British band formed in Newcastle in 1970 by Arthur Ramm (guitar), Frankie Gibbon (bass), Terry Wilson-Slesser (vocals), Kenny Mountain (guitar), Keith Fisher (drums). The band have a huge following in the South Tyneside area of England. The heavy metal band Iron Maiden covered a song from this album called "A Rainbow's Gold". The song can be found as B-Side in their single Two Minutes To Midnight (1984). Some formers of Beckett would come to form the ex-Free guitarist Paul Kossoff's band Back Street Crawler. They recorded only this album, produced by Robert Chapman (of Family) in 1974. 01 - Once Upon A Time....The End 02 - Rolling Thunder 03 - Rainclouds 04 - Life's Shadow 05 - New Dawn Chorus 06 - A Rainbow's Gold 07 - Don't Tell Me I Wasn't Listening 08 - Green Grass Green 09 - My Lady 10 - True Lite Story LINK

Strider - 1973 - Exposed British heavy blues-rock band created in 1971. Ian Kewley (Vocals, Keyboard), Gary Grainger (Guitar), Lee Hunter (Bass) and Jimmy Hawkins (Drums). They built up a rabid following on the UK club and universities circuit and were regulars at the influential Marquee Club in London. The band played an excellent brand of hard-rock blues. He wrote two good albums before dissolved in 1974.  01 - Flying 02 - Ain't Got No Love 03 - Woman Blue 04 - Higer And Higher 05 - Esther's Place 06 - Straddle 07 - Get Ready LINK

Zipper - 1974 - Zipper

Zipper was a hard rock band formed by singer, guitarist, and songwriter Fred Cole in Portland in 1974. Cole was previously in The Lords, The Weeds, The Lollipop Shoppe, and after Zipper in King Bee, The Rats, Western Front, The Range Rats, Dead Moon and from 2006 in Pierced Arrows. The LP Zipper, sole record of the band, was released in 1975 in his own label Whizeagle.

01 - Bullets
02 - Born Yesterday
03 - The Same Old Song
04 - Face Of Stone
05 - Ballbustin' Woman
06 - Scars
07 - Rollin' And Tumblin'
08 - Worry Kills A Woman
09 - Let It Freeze
10 - Behind The Door
11 - Racing For A Dollar

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