Bandolier

Bandolier

Track Listings

1. Breaking All the House Rules

2. Slipaway

3. Who Do You Want for Your Love?

4. I Can't See My Feelings

5. I Ain't No Mountain

6. Napoleon Bona, Pts. 1 & 2

Tracks:

Breaking All the House Rules
Slipaway
Who Do You Want for Your Love?
I Can't See My Feelings
I Ain't No Mountain
Napoleon Bona Part 1 & 2

Album Description

1990 reissue on Repertoire of their 1975 MCA album on a fullcolor picture disc. Six tracks, including 'Napoleon Bona- Part One', 'Napoleon Bona-Part Two' and 'I Ain't No Mountain'.

Album Details

Wales, England progressive rocker's 1975 offering.

Customer Reviews:

ground breaking some would say. I am one of them........2006-08-16

excellent stuff; from an excellent yet ominously overlooked band. a majority of budgies material is killer and has a uniqueness. They are an ecclectic
group; to say the least. Even though all these tracks on this album are out of this world; only one can show there flair to cover ballads and heavy hitters. Napoleon part one and part 2 is living proof of there uniqueness and abilities. It is a microcosm of the greatness that was there. Yet tragically never came to fruition from this cultish like following having band. They deserved at least what there contemporaries of the time received. Rush Zeppelin and Sabbath. There sound was every bit as strong. Now that I have blown steam on there behalf. Pick this album, cd, tape or 8 track up. Whatever means neccesary listen. U will be impressed. Unless ur deaf of course.

strange music!.......2005-09-07

i have to say: i don't like the lyrics they are too strange! this was only famous because they were funny. well, i think they are not! the riffs are terrible!

one of the best...........2004-10-28

Bandolier by Budgie is one of the best hard rock lp's/cd's during the 70's.This band is one of the founding fathers of NWOBHM baNds and very influential.(ask Metallica)

on 'Bandolier' the production is first-rate and a cut above the earlier releases (In for the kill,Never turn yourn back...)

"Break all the house rules", "Napoleon Bona-Part 1", and the gem of this set "I can't see my feelings" was the pre-cursor of the power metal trio's of the day.Burke Shelley's bass playing and high pitched vocals influened bands afterward who had even more sucess than Budgie.Can you say Geddy Lee and Rush? Tony Bourge's guitar playing is outstanding, and compares to Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath's, but with more of a melodic feel.

This band has had many great releases during their career, and still occasionally play the states, as well as their homeland of Wales and Great Britian.

This is one of the essentials to any hard rock collection....

excellent hard rock.......2004-02-12

FOR LOVERS OF OLD SCHOOL HEAVY ROCK. VERY RECOMMENDED

Budgie's Best Recording.......2004-02-05

Growing up in the Heavy Metal mecca of San Antonio, Texas in the late 70's and early 80's, I had the opportunity to hear Budgie on 99.5 KISS (remember DJ's Joe Anthony and Lou Roney?) in addition to the mainstream bands of the time (Moxy, Rush, Lone Star, UFO, Riot, etc). To this day, Bandolier still remains the best Budgie recording. I recently obtained it on CD and it absolutely blew me away the same way it did when I was a kid. Tony Bourge's guitar playing is as fresh and original today as it was almost 30 years ago. Bourge has been imitated by many but matched by none. The title track "Breaking all the House Rules" simply rocks, especially when it transitions to Burke Shelly's bass line with Bourge's guitar in the background. Slipaway is a melodic masterpiece. Who Do You Want For Love set the standard for the grunge bands style of the early 90's, starting soft and then injecting fast and furious guitar work. I Can't See My Feelings: Try not playing your air guitar to this one! I Ain't No Mountain got tons of airplay in SA, listen and you'll know why. Finally, we come down to Napoleon Bona-Parts 1 and 2. The opening acoustic guitar works spellbinds you, only to be brought back crashing to earth by Bourge's electric guitar as the song transitions to Part 2. Only downside to this fine recording is the playing time, clocking in at a little over 36 minutes. Nevertheless, the quality simply outweighs the quantity. Don't waste your money on any Budgie recordings after 1978's Impeckable. If you purchase only one Budgie title, make it Bandolier. You will not be disappointed.

Average customer rating:

Bandolier : Jack Hardy comes home

Bandolier
Jack Hardy
Manufacturer: Great Divide Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Songs of Jack Hardy, Vol. 1: Of the White Goddess

ASIN: B00007IT8W
Release Date: 2002-11-15

Tracks:

The Moon is Full
Ponderosa
Faded Old Rose
Texas Moon
All the Way to Mexico
Autumn
Andale
Kitty in the Shoeshine Box
Bandolier
Dead Man's Hand
Whom Do You Love
Rodeo
The Roan
Everything's Bigger in Texas
Singer's Lament

Album Description

Jack Hardy's 13th album. Western/Country style and themes. Recorded live in the studio.

Customer Reviews:

Bandolier : Jack Hardy comes home.......2002-12-11

For this impressive new release, legendary songwriter Jack Hardy trades in his Irish poet's hat for a Stetson. He is right at home with the western idiom--it is where he began his career decades ago, writing cowboy ballads. To Hardy, the Old West is a gold mine for imagery. Here are songs full of rifles, poker, drink, danger, horses of one sort or another, sly humor, love, loss, and moving on. It's a man's world, where the women are allied with nature and mostly dancing just out of reach.

In the vividly drawn title song, history wears a human face above an ammunition belt and a dirty serape. In another number, 4 brothers contend for a woman. Nobody wins exactly, but it makes one heck of a story. With his fine, weathered voice, Hardy travels the highs and lows of a rugged inward terrain. Set to a breezy melody, some wordplay about the full moon turns into a metaphor for emotional abandonment. Images of the frontier in winter suggest a spare and lonely life, into which comes redemptive love. The rodeo signifies a lifetime's worth of amorous pursuit. The antics of a tiny, fierce kitten rescue a heart that's in free fall. Two exuberant songs about the Kerrville Folk Festival capture all the joy of making music with friends (and also the schmoozing, the silliness, and the falling in love that happens). Though it has some melancholy moments, this is a happy recording.

Hardy and his sidepersons do some delicious guitar work, upright bass, fiddle, mandolin and dobro for the twang. Singer Lucinda Williams once said, "Jack Hardy has written some of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard." From this recording, add to the list: Ponderosa, Texas Moon, Andale. Other tunes are just deep-down satisfying, like Kitty in the Shoeshine Box (try to listen to it and keep still--I bet you can't.)

Tracks:

Breaking All The House Rules
Slipaway
Who Do You Want For Your Love
I Can't See My Feelings
I Ain't No Mountain
Napoleon Bona - Part One
Napoleon Bona - Part Two
Breaking All The House Rules (Bonus Track)
Napoleon Bona Part 1&2 (Bonus Track)
Who Do You Want For Your Love (Video 1975)

Album Description

2004 remastered reissue of 1975 album includes three bonus tracks, 'Breaking All The House Rules', 'Napoleon Bona Part 1&2,' & 'Who Do You Want For Your Love' (1975 video). Noteworthy.

Album Details

Remastered Fifth Album with Two Bonus Tracks.

Customer Reviews:

Honey, but from different hives.......2007-06-08

This is Budgie's fifth album and is part of the recently remastered Noteworthy edition. As of 6/10/07, this edition includes all the original albums through 'If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules' (1971-1976). It was remastered by the same guys who did the first, and excellent, Uriah Heep remasters, Robert M. Corich and Mike Brown. The redesign and artwork are by the guy who did the first, and somewhat problematic, Black Sabbath remasters, Hugh Gilmour. (Actually, his work was excellent; it was the music remastering that had problems.) The bonus tracks were remastered by Martin Giles and Robert M. Corich. This edition has been done with the cooperation of the band and its management.

The packaging is fine, though I really wish Noteworthy had gone to the trouble of hiring a proofreader: the liner notes have errors galore. The credits seem thorough, which is nice, and the interview quotes provide some meaningful information. The bonus tracks are acceptably annotated as well.

This edition sounds better than the first Repertoire CD edition--sharper, clearer, broader, deeper--but not better enough for me to want to invest in a whole new edition.

What make the Noteworthys noteworthy are the bonus tracks. But even there I'm not sure they're worth the investment. Some of the bonus tracks do seem very enticing, especially the ones with Tony Bourge.

Such as "Honey"! Although not listed in the amazon description, it is the first bonus track on 'Bandolier.' "Honey" is mentioned in the Repertoire discography accompanying some of their Budgie CDs, but unfortunately Repertoire didn't include it in their otherwise great 2CD Budgie compilation, 'An Ecstasy of Fumbling.' To give potential customers an idea of the value of the Noteworthy edition and one of its problems, here's the note to this track:

"First released as the B-side to the 'I Ain't No Mountain' A rare and much sought after Budgie acoustic number. Great track and it's a joy to have it added to the remaster."

Inept copyediting aside, it really is "a joy" to finally have this track available.

But the bonus tracks on the Noteworthy edition of the Budgie albums present another, more significant problem for me. I don't like the rationale behind their inclusion. Many are rerecordings by the current version of the band, with Simon Lees on guitar. Some were recently rerecorded with the involvement of Tony Bourge. Some are previously unreleased live recordings from the John Thomas version of the band.

For example, the band on 'Bandolier' is Burke Shelley, Tony Bourge, and Steve Williams. The album was released in 1975. Two of the bonus tracks are from 1975, but the other two are not. "Breaking All The House Rules" and "Napoleon Bona-Part 1 and 2" (this title is written three different ways in this edition) were recorded live at Chatham Town Hall in 1980 by the John Thomas version of the band. The note to "Napoleon . . . " points out "how very different he was from his predecessor Tony Bourge."

So why attach these two songs to 'Bandolier'? Especially when the first bonus track, "Honey," and the last bonus track, "Who Do You Want For Love" (sic), are both contemporary? ("Who . . . " was recorded live in 1975 for The Old Grey Whistle Test.)

Moreover, the John Thomas bonus tracks are of bootleg quality, in mono and with significant distortion. They sound good, as bootlegs go, and I certainly understand the value of any Budgie archival material, given how very little there has been. But the difference in sound quality, along with the difference in sound, detracts from the unity that was the original 'Bandolier.'

"Who Do You Want For Love" (actually, "Who Do You Want for Your Love"--another proofreading error) also suffers sound problems, such as tics and then a skip from what I suspect was a BBC transcription disc, but at least it's a 1975 recording by the Budgie that recorded 'Bandolier.'

I wish that the non-contemporary bonus tracks had been compiled separately as an album. I don't think they would have held together as an album any better than they hold together on the individual albums; still, the original albums would have retained their unity, and Budgie collectors would have more to listen to, in a convenient package, from this band.