California Roll

Track Listings

1. Back Street to Paradise

2. Leading Edge

3. Soul Foundation

4. Samurai Lover

5. White in Flight

6. Eastern Eyes, Western Skies

7. Aroma

8. Wheels Within Wheels

9. My Magical Ichiban

10. Escape Space

11. Silky Age

California Roll,Osamu Kitajima,Sony,Contemporary Instrumental,Contemporary Jazz,Ethnic Fusion,Jazz,Jazz Music,R&B

California Roll

Tracks:

Puttin' On The Ritz
It Must Be True
Toot, Toot, Tootsie!
The Sheik Of Araby
Let's Get Friendly
Honeymoon Lane
Happy Feet
Oh! What A Night
Roll Along Covered Wagon
Ain't Misbehavin'
She's A Latin From Manhattan
Horatio Nicholls' Californian Serenade
Loving You
Tiger Rag

Pebbles, Vol. 8: Southern California, Pt. 1

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Garage-rocking brilliance from SoCal!
Yet another compilation of undeservedly obscure rock howlers

Pebbles, Vol. 8: Southern California, Pt. 1
Various Artists
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Pebbles, Vol. 12: The World

ASIN: B000000X3M
Release Date: 1996-01-10

Tracks:

S.O.S - Terry Randall
She's My Baby - The Gigolos
I Never Loved Her - The Starfires
She Needs Me - The Grains Of Sand
Knock Knock - The Humane Society
Don't Do It Some More - The Cindermen
Everything's There - The Hysterics
Hold Me Now - The Rumors
All I Want - The Colony
Do You Believe Me - Byron & The Mortals
I Don't Care - The Dirty Shames
Sunglasses - The Cloudwalkers
No Correspondence - The Beckett Quintet
She's Not Just Anybody - The Dovers
One Of These Days - The Roosters
It's Hard To Hide - The Avengers
She Ain't No Good - Sean & The Brandywines
Wanted Dead Or Alive - The Rogues
Sleepy Hollow - The Last Word
Friction - The Green Beans
Who Needs You - The Green Beans
Got Love If You Want It - The Bush
Guaranteed Love - Limey & THe Yanks
Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind - Limey & THe Yanks
X + Y = 13 - The Caretakers Of Deception

Album Description

The first of the Southern California area-related Pebbles CD comps, subtitled Original '60s Punk & Psych Classics. Drawn from various Pebbles High Times... and other compilations. First time on CD for all songs! AIP. 1996.

Customer Reviews:

Garage-rocking brilliance from SoCal!.......2007-06-23

Released after two somewhat dissapointing volumes that focused on the Chicago garage rock scene, the 8th CD installment of the Pebbles series is a welcome return to form. Gone are the mediocre, uninteresting, and occasionally flat-out awful songs that marred the two previous discs-this album is crammed full of fun, exciting, and ultra-obscure mid-60s rockers from Southern California.

Some of these songs are among the best garage rock records ever. The Dovers' "She's Not Just Anybody" should have (and could have) been a chart-topping smash. It is, simply put, a masterpiece, a haunting, emotional burst of chiming guitars and dreamy vocals, bolstered by a relentless river of percussion. The Starfires' tense, throbbing "I Never Loved Her" is almost as good. Same goes for "She Needs Me," a hypnotic fuzz rocker courtesy of the Grains of Sand. The Rumors' "Hold Me Now" is positively anthemic, thanks to its rousing, "Louie Louie"-inspired melody and exuberent vocals. The Cindermen's "Don't Do It Some More" is a relentlessly catchy twist rocker that features a wonderfully off-the-wall guitar solo. Terry Randall's "S.O.S." is a spooky, paranoid protest tune with a subtle, smoldering lead vocal and a churning rhythm. The Gigolos' "She's My Baby" is a storming, double-time punk-rocker with a strong rockabilly influence, and the Humane Society's "Knock Knock" is a fiery, snarling tune with some thorny guitars. The Cloudwalkers' "Sunglasses" is insanely cool, and the Bush provide a fantastic version of "Got Love if You Want It" that features some compact but explosive rave-up sections. The Green Beans' "Who Needs You" is every bit as sneeringly sarcastic as its title suggests, and The Beckett Quintet's "No Correspondence" is a quietly insane bouncer with an anthemic chorus. The Caretakers of Deception close out the album with driving "X+Y=13."

The afformentioned tunes are only a few of the highlights of this spectacular disc, one of the finest entries in the entire Pebbles series. Your garage collection isn't complete without this one.

Yet another compilation of undeservedly obscure rock howlers.......2004-06-06

The PEBBLES series, which doesn't really pick up speed until Vol. 7 (CHICAGO VOL. 2, which Amazon doesn't carry for some reason but is essential listening), continues with SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, gathering together rare 45 singles and acetates of garage bands and high school rock groups from Sacramento to San Diego, with plenty of small towns hit in-between. 2 of the songs, "Knock Knock" by The Humane Society (without a doubt one of the best unheard songs of the 60s) and "Hold Me Now" by The Rumors (which I dare you not to rock out to), are included on the NUGGETS boxed set, but they're surrounded by so many amazing gems here that this volume simply cannot be passed over.

Terry Randall's anti-riot anthem "S.O.S." kicks off the album with a bang; this is one dark little mother of a single, half-sung, half-spoken by an unknown artist. Of the 25 songs, the highlights are: The Starfires' "I Never Loved Her", The Grains of Sand's "She Needs Me", The Cindermen's "Don't Do It Some More", The Colony's "All I Want", The Cloudwalkers' "Sunglasses", The Beckett Quintet's "No Correspondence", The Dovers' "She's Not Just Anybody", Sean and the Brandywines' "She Ain't No Good", The Rogues' "Wanted: Dead or Alive" (the guitar work is very similar to that of "Hey Joe"), The Last Word's "Sleepy Hollow", The Green Beans' "Who Needs You", Limey and the Yanks' "Guaranteed Love" and "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" (a cover of a terrific single by New York City's Bit-A-Sweet, which has never been available reissued) are all singles which should have been national hits, blowing anything by The Dave Clark Five or Herman's Hermits out of the water. Not every song is a bonafide classic, but they're all sterling examples of what makes 60s garage rock a highly sought-after subgenre of classic rock.

HSQ Rides Again
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Fabulous!

HSQ Rides Again

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What If Mozart Wrote "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"

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ASIN: B0001ZIT2A
Release Date: 2004-01-01

Tracks:

Layla, Derek & The Dominoes
Over the Hills and Far Away, Led Zeppelin
Break on Through, The Doors
All My Love, Led Zeppelin
Eleanor Rigby, The Beatles
Evil Ways, Santana
I'm Gonna Crawl, Led Zeppelin
Rock 'n' Roll, Led Zeppelin
Dust in the Wind, Kansas
Going to California, Led Zeppelin
Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You, Led Zeppelin
The Battle of Evermore, Led Zeppelin
White Rabbit, Jefferson Airplane
Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen

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Classic rock arranged and performed as only The Hampton (ROCK) String Quartet can do it. The Grammy nominated and Juilliard trained HSQ is at it again.

Customer Reviews:

Fabulous!.......2004-04-14

Can be listened to over and over again - a real gem!

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More shiny rocks from SoCal!
Not as good as VOL. 1, but still has plenty of rockin' tunes
Awesome Garage Rawk!!!!!

Pebbles, Vol. 9: Southern California 2
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Pebbles, Vol. 4

ASIN: B000000X3N
Release Date: 1997-01-10

Tracks:

I'm A No Count - Ty Wagner
East Side Story - Caretakers
Won't Get Far - Hysterics
Someday You'll Cry - Standells
I'm Gone - Magic Mushrooms
IYE - Fenwyck
Lost Innocence - Buddhas
I'm Not Alone - David
40 Mles - David
Scene Thru The Eyes - Edge
Let Me In - Second Helping
Shattered - Good Feelins
Ain't It Hard - Gypsy Trips
I Dig Your Mind - Nervous Breakdowns
Up & Down - Moms Boys
I'm Not Your Stepping Stone - W.C. Fields
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Won't Come Down - Perpetural Motion Workshop
Mama Baby - Crumpets
Scene Of The Crime - Sounds Unreal
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Cry For Freedom - Starfires

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The second of the Southern California area-related Pebbles CD comps. Drawn from various Pebbles High Times... and other compilations. Subtitled Original '60s Punk & Psych Classics. First time on CD for all songs! AIP. 1996.

Customer Reviews:

More shiny rocks from SoCal!.......2007-07-12

Even though its not quite as good as its predecessor, the second volume of the Pebbles series to focus on ultra-obscure sixties garage rock from Southern California is still a smokin' collection of tunes, stuffed with mean fuzz guitars and primal vocals, courtesy of a whole buncha bands that just never managed to make it big. A few songs that make this disc a blast o' joy are Ty Wagner's "I'm a No Count," a nasty two-chord outcast anthem that bristles with teenage agression, as well as Thee In Set's stomping caveman frat pounder, "They Say." There's also "Someday You'll Cry," a snotty garage-pop tune from the pre-"Dirty Water" Standells, and the Care Takers' funky soul-shakin' cover of Bob Seger's "East Side Story" (shut up, Bob Seger rules!), not to mention the Velvet Illusions' menacing "Velvet Illusions" (gotta love bands with their own theme songs). The Children of the Mushroom's "August Madamoiselle" is a psychedelic tune that manages to pull of the neat trick of being both dark and whimsical. Great stuff. The David's "I'm Not Alone" is a fuzzy, flailing, organ-propelled fuzz thumper and the Second Helping's "Let Me In" is just plain wonderfully creepy. There are plenty of other highlights (don't even get me started on the W.C. Fields Memorial String Band!), but this set falls a bit short of the five star rating, thanks to the inclusion of a few tunes that are little more than by-the-book garage rock (I'm lookin' at you, "Won't Come Down!"). Still, this is an excellent disc, a really good addition to the Pebbles series, and it deserves to belong in every garage fan's collection.

Not as good as VOL. 1, but still has plenty of rockin' tunes.......2004-06-06

The follow-up to PEBBLES VOL. 8: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA isn't as jam-packed with classic garage soul-smashers as its predecessor, but still has several good songs I'm glad have been released somewhere! Highlights you'll find yourself loving: Ty Wagner's "I'm a No Count", The Caretakers' "East Side Story", The Standells' "Someday You'll Cry", The Magic Mushrooms' "I'm Gone" (yeah, believe it or not, they recorded something else after "It's A-Happening"!), Fenwyck's "IYE", The The Good Feelins' "Shattered", The Gypsy Trips' "Ain't It Hard" (the Electric Prunes' version is better, though), The Nervous Breakdowns' "I Dig Your Mind", The W.C. Fields' Memorial Electric String Band's "I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone" (better than The Monkees' more popular version!), The Velvet Illusions' "Velvet Illusions", Children of the Mushrooms' "August Mademoiselle", The Crumpets' "Mama Baby" (which sounds uncannily like The Chocolate Watchband's "Sweet Young Thing"), The Sounds Unreal's "Scene of the Crime", and The Starfires' "Cry for Freedom" (taken from the only surviving acetate!).

There are too many disposable singles here, unfortunately, but don't hesitate to add this to your garage rock collection. It's often better than previous PEBBLES installments in spots, and despite the inclusion of too much psychedelic pap, it's still essential listening.

Awesome Garage Rawk!!!!!.......2002-05-13

I think this was the first Pebbles volume I found (on vinyl)at a record show. It's still my favorite; I also own #'s 1,3,8 & 13.Great tunes especially "I'm Not Trying To Hurt You","Pretty Girl","Show Me The Way" (no not Frampton!!!), and "The Girl I Threw Away".

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Deep Purple - 'Live At The California Jam' (BMG)
Mixed bag
you re idiots ! deep purple is a good band!
Pay attention, people..this is the BOGUS recording
Blackmore rules!

Live at the California Jam
Deep Purple
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Made in Europe
Live in Europe
Stormbringer (UK)

ASIN: B000005EHR
Release Date: 1996-03-26

Tracks:

Burn
Might Just Take Your Life
Mistreated
Smoke On The Water
You Fool No One/The Mule
Spacetruckin'

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Deep Purple - 'Live At The California Jam' (BMG).......2007-05-31

Recorded on April 6, 1974. When I first got this CD like a month ago, I wasn't aware that ace guitarist Ritchie Blackmore was still in the band. This was apparently the 'MK 3' Deep Purple line-up. Was amazed at just how well new vocalist David Coverdale had filled in Ian Gillan's shoes. Tracks that have me keeping this disc in my current rotation stack for awhile were the powerful opener "Burn", the catchy "Might Just Take Your Life", the total *ss-kicking "Smoke On The Water" (sounds different with Coverdale on vocals, but still good) and the 18-minute "You Fool No More" (great keyboard and guitar solos). Also like the extended 24-minute wailing "The Mule / Space Trucking". Okay, I admit it, every cut on this CD rips. Line-up: David Coverdale-vocals, Ritchie Blackmore-guitar, Glenn Hughes-bass, Jon Lord-keyboards and Ian Pace-drums. Comes with nifty twelve-page booklet. Essential listening.

Mixed bag.......2005-06-09

There are some very good songs here (That from the Burn album) but those from Mark II (Smoke on the water and the endless Space Truckin') are badly played, which prevents this recording from getting more than 3 stars, alongside the poor quality sound. Then I'm talking about the video version - the only one I have found.

-Burn. Awesome and harder version than the studio cut. Glenn Hughes (as elsewhere on this video) sings far better than the hoarse David Coverdale. The first bits of Blackmore' solo can be seen but soon this obnoxious lad comes forward, keeping his guitar from view. Jon Lord plays a gorgeous solo.

-Might just take your life. Whoever being dumb enough to claim Deep Purple were a heavy rock band should pay attention to this song to realize their error. Lord's intro may be one of his finest. David's vocals are again too lazy but Glenn Hughes saves the day...again. Jon Lord's solo is short but incredible.

-Mistreated. No bitching about Coverdale's voice here. The band turns on one of their best performances here. Ritchie shows how comfortable he feels playing blues. His intro is stunning.

-Smoke on the water. After a very short blues by Blackmore, their biggest classic is somehow trashed by the last vocal part. Glenn Hughes really screws up with his improvisations. They should have left the song alone, with its entire lyric and organ solo by Lord but unfortunately they seem to feel like f****** it up. Sadly they succeed.

-You fool no one. The first part is Jon Lord's solo, with bits of Lazy. Needless to say he rocks one more time. After this the whole band kicks in with You fool no one, only to stop to let Ritchie Blackmore do his part. Incredible playing, very fast and hard in the beginning, to return to blues one more time. Goes to show how much he loves it. The group goes back to You Fool No One and then Ian Paice does an incredible drum solo, as only he can. The song ends with The Mule melody.

-Space Truckin'. Dull as dust. Overlong, with weak vocals and the dumbest thing I've ever seen Ritchie do. Why the smashing and burning thing? Does he believe he is Pete Townshend or Jimi Hendrix? No, he ain't, so he should have retained his own style, with which these samples of behaviour are definitely at odds. A big embarrasment, to say the least. When I play this video I skip both Smoke on the Water and Space Truckin'.

In a nutshell: when it's good it's very good but when it's not, it sucks.

3/5.

you re idiots ! deep purple is a good band!.......2004-11-13

I found this live version on DVD format Deep Purple - California jam 1974. you will see how good the band was !!!! you will see how Blackmore smashed his stratocaster neck to the ABC Camera....and then he burned the cables on stage with fire.

buy the DVD format dudes! buy it!!

Pay attention, people..this is the BOGUS recording.......2004-01-26

The infamous Deep Purple California Jam appearance in 1974 has
been sought after ever since it was recorded. In recent years,
three different sources of the concert audio have been released and this is the worst of the trio. It was recorded from the ABC-TV "In Concert" video, and sounds hollow and flat; as if it were copied with a Radio Shack tape recorder and a hand held plastic mike. I don't know what everyone else reviewing this miserable disc is thinking, but the only decent source for this show has been released as "Just Might Take Your Life ". It's the original 16 track remote truck recording, which has been well recorded and properly mixed, mastered. Yes, this is a damned fine performance..but ignore all the ignorant kudos here; it's the worst sound quality of three different releases. Get "JMTYL" !

Blackmore rules!.......2003-09-01

Blackmore smashed his Stratocaster to the head of ABC camera. The camera man was knocked out and went away after the show. He retired today! Blackmore then exploded two giant Boxes and loud speakers on the huge Ontario speedway stage. Blackmore throwed away his guitar finally to the audience. All these furious scenes can be seen clearly in the video version of this live album: DP California JAMMING 1974.

Ritchie Blackmore is a nice guitar man, but that night he was becoming a bad tempered guitar player. Ritchie Blackmore is our guitar hero besides Jimmy Page (ZEP), Mick Box (HEEP) or Tommy Iommi (SABBATH). But once again, Blackmore became the hugest rock n roll scandal in 1974, the day he cracked his guitars after the long set Space Truckin. Coverdale and Hughes /replacements of Gillan and Glover back in 1973 were a very good combination in DP MK III line up. Need I say more? a Must for all DP fans around the world! Please buy this cd and watch the video footage "DP AT THE CALIFORNIA JAMMING 1974"! available at www.amazon.ukcom

Pebbles, Vol. 11: Northern California
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An excellent addition to the Pebbles series.

Pebbles, Vol. 11: Northern California
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Archive Int'l / Aip
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ASIN: B000OCXMI6
Release Date: 2007-04-24

Tracks:

PETER WHEAT & THE BREADMEN - ALL THE TIME
THE TROLLS - WALKING SHOES
BARRY CARLOS & THE NIGHT CAPS - DON'T YOU KNOW
BOYS BLUES - LIVING CHILD
ROCK SHOP - IS THAT YOUR HALO
SOUND 70 - ON TOO MANY MORNINGS
BETHLAHEM EXIT - BLUES CONCERNING MY GIRL
DRUIDS - SORRY'S NOT ENOUGH
CRYSTAL GARDEN - PEACH FUZZ FOREST
SOULTONS - RAIN DOWN SOUL
FAMILY TREE - PRINCE OF DREAMS
FOURTH STREET EXIT - STRANGE ONE
BIG TIMERS - HANGIN' HIGH
CAVE DWELLERS - MEDITATION
BEDPOST ORACLE - LOVE ISN'T DEAD
JUST SIX - YOU
OTHER SIDE - STREETCAR
UNCLE BEN & WILD RICE - SINNER
GERRY & LESLIE - ME LOVE AM GONE
STEPPING STONES - PILLS

Customer Reviews:

An excellent addition to the Pebbles series........2007-05-24

Although this disc is billed as the eleventh disc in the Pebbles lineup, this is actually came out after Volume 12, making it the most recent addition to AIP Records' long-running series of garage rock compilations. It also appears to be out of print (I was lucky enough to find a used copy in a local music shop), which, considering the generally high quality of the music found herin, is a real shame. See, those Northern Californians really knew how to bring out the good stuff. The songs here aren't as hard-rockin' as those on some of the other Pebbles volumes- the music tends to be (relatively) poppier, with tinges of Byrdsian folk, Beatle-manic melodicism, and Jefferson Airplaney psychedlia (not surprising, considering the strength of the Hippie movement in places like San Francisco). In this case, that's a pretty good thing: the songs are catchy, fun, exciting, and with enough teenage energy and youthful gusto to justify their inclusion on a Pebbles disc. Highlights include the Boys Blues' ultra-groovy folk-rocker "Living Child," which boasts some juicy harmonies and a squirming fuzz-guitar, as well as Peter Wheat & the Breadmen's "All the Time," which is a soaring slice of power pop, and the Druids' shimmering, Brit-influenced "Sorry's Not Enough." There's also the Crystal Garden's "Peach Fuzz Forest," an absolutely awesome slab of acid-psych that boasts a freaky guitar attack, a propulsive rhythm, and a bizarro main melody. On top of that, we have the Soultons "Rain Down Soul," which, as the group name/song title implies, is a soul-tinged ballad. What the title and group name don't readily reveal is the fact that the song is an ethereal, dreamy bit of atmosphere, with some pining vocals and a drizzling organ. The Trolls' "Walkin' Shoes" is an unspeakably cool nightclub strutter, and "Is That Your Halo" (by Rock Shop) is quintessential garage punk, complete with a snarling vocal and some primal rhythms. The Sound 70 provide a neat cover of Bob Dylan's "One Too Many Mornings," throwing in a cool organ line and making the chorus sound totally anthemic. Barry Carlos & The Night Caps' "Don't You Know" is a superb R&B inflected frat-rock sing along, and the Big Tymers' "Hangin' High" is a wonderfully shambling surf-rockin' instrumental. "Meditation" by the Cave Dwellers is a neat little psychedelic trip, with a raving double-time instrumental midsection, and the Bethlahem Exit's "Blues Concerning My Girl" is a rambling rocker with some neat harmonicas and a drummer who is obviously having quite a bit of fun. "Love Isn't Dead" by the Bedpost Oracle is a really cool "give-peace-a-chance" amthem with some great instrumental breaks. And I wouldn't want to leave out "Prince of Dreams," a lovely folk-rocker by the Family Tree. All in all, the most recent addition to the Pebbles family is a welcome one, wth enough gems to consider it among the series' very finest volumes. If you're a fan of the series (or of sixties garage rock in general), you'd do well to seek out a moderatly-priced copy of this little bugger.

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California Jam 1974
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ASIN: B000024LX9
Release Date: 2006-12-12

Tracks:

Burn
Might Just Take Your Life
Mistreated
Smoke On The Water
You Fool No One/The Mule
Space Truckin'

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The Raleigh Ringers

The Raleigh Ringers

Manufacturer: Raleigh Ringers
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Meredith Sonos Handbell Ensemble
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Christmas Bells

ASIN: B000067V0H
Release Date: 1995-11-01

Tracks:

Canticle
Hungarian Dance
Fantasy on King's Weston
Cascades
Linus & Lucy
Psalm of Peace
Blessed Assurance
Passacaglia
Fantasy #1 in F Minor
Prelude on Herzliebster Jesu
Comedian's Gallop
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Bohemian Rhapsody
Dream On
Hotel California
Stairway to Heaven

Album Description

This is the first CD produced by The Raleigh Ringers. It highlights their diverse repertoire and includes transcriptions of classical and popular pieces (such as Hungarian Dance and Linus and Lucy), original compositions written for handbells, and arrangements of classic rock and roll. This is one of the best selling handbell CDs in the world and is over 74 minutes of music.

Customer Reviews:

The Raleigh Ringers.......2006-11-03

I've got lots of upbeat classical stuff, but the sounds and tingling on this CD are fantastic. A great mix of traditional and contemporary pieces. This CD is a real ringer!

Days May Come and Days May Go: The 1975 California Rehearsals

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Mono recording - but better than half of DPs official releases
the most relevent of discoveries
don't be fool!
oh I love Tommy Bolin really!
A Must Have for Bolin Fans

Days May Come and Days May Go: The 1975 California Rehearsals
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ASIN: B000023ZEA
Release Date: 2005-03-21

Tracks:

Owed To "G"
If You Love Me Woman
The Orange Juice Song
I Got Nothing For You
Statesboro Blues
Dance To The Rock & Roll
Drifter (Rehearsal Sequence)
Drifter (Version 1)
The Last Of The Long Jams

Album Description

Subtitled 'California Rehearsals', features unreleased studio rehearsals, versions of album tracks & long jams. Includes 20 page booklet with rare pictures. 9 tracks including 'Owed To 'G'' (Instrumental), 'If You Love Me Woman' (Jam) & 'The Orange Juice Song'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Album Details

Out Now! Previously Unreleased 1975 California Studio Rehearsals, from Tommy Bolin's First Weeks with the Band. Includes Early Versions of Songs Later to Appear on 'Come Taste the Band', as Well as Long Jams. Includes 16-Page Book with Rare Pix.

Customer Reviews:

Mono recording - but better than half of DPs official releases.......2007-02-01

This album was really a pleasant surprise, and has far exceeded any expectations I'd had. It had all the hallmarks of a 'scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel' release, but rest-assured this CD is a safe buy that will be played many times by most fans of quality rock. Deep Purple Mk II fans can be assured that there is no ear-grating screaming or yelling of juvenile rock cliches, which ruin so many DP III and IV live performances, this being recorded live in studio. On the other hand, people wanting to get an idea of Tommy Bolin's genius can get a better idea of this than on, dare I say, even his own two solo albums, good as they are. The sound quality is amazingly good too, considering the recording technology and circumstances of the tape's survival. What this CD reveals is that being forced to play DP songs live destroyed the band. They sounded best jamming on their own compositions, not covering earlier incarnations of the band, which stifled Bolin's playing. It would have been a much better idea to have given up the name Deep Purple for a possible later date and given the band a completely different name. Then they could have played they own material, and would have been guaranteed a lot of record and concert ticket sales anyway, as most rock fans would have known who they were. Or perhaps that should have been done after Ian Gillan left? Whatever, Deep Purple Mk IV was a great band which I don't really think of as Deep Purple but appreciate as a good rock band, and better than Mark III, that unlikely compromise between classical and funk. This album might just be the finest legacy of the ill-fated band. Not listed on the CD cover but track 10 on the CD is a light-hearted version of 'I Got You Babe', which breaks down after a verse when the CD ends. I have been tempted to buy the CD '1420 Beachwood Drive', which has another 30mins or so of these sessions, but at over $22 the album's minute/dollar ratio remains unfavourable.

the most relevent of discoveries.......2005-11-14

This is MK IV as they should have been represented years ago: Bolin playing beautifully, and the rest of the band digging it. It is not a state of the art recording, a fact that works in its favour because it gives the listening experience a unique atmosphere. Sweaty, smokey and UP without the polish (that kinda atmosphere).

It's a shame that there isn't more of it, like much more of it. We will never hear the band jamming to a newly written 'Gettin' Tighter' or 'You Keep On Moving'; but what we have here is both a fantastic insight and an incredible recording.

Personally I always consider the MK IV line up as the Deep Purple incarnation with the potential to be the most musically significant today. The fusion of rock with funk is very common now, and the widespread love of herbal lifestyles should make the colours that Tommy Bolin brought to Deep Purple very appealing. Bolin played with an energy that would have been perfectly fused with this band were it not for his escalating drug problems. Although Purple lossed Blackmore's love of exotic scales when he quit the band, Bolin raises the pentatonic stakes drastically (his blues playing is awesome -- taking in scales from the Mississippi Delta right through to Texas).

The band hit astonishing peaks during these improvisations. Coverdale Ad-Libs the line "If you feel like you're drifting on air, don't let your friends stop you thinking you're there." The overall standard of the jams is on a par live recordings of The Who, Zeppelin and the Stones during the golden.

Basically, if you like to hear an exceptionally talented band jam like crazy for an hour or so, you will love this album. Some trip, believe me.

don't be fool!.......2003-11-12

don't be foolish to switch this cd to another!

this one is a rare MK IV with Bolin on guitar at that time. After Blackmore left the band, everything has changed but the band still played brilliantly! And The whole set are certainly a good songset not a jamset!

oh I love Tommy Bolin really!.......2002-11-06

Folks!
I'd grown up with the music, deep purple has composed in the middle of 70's. This rehearsal recordings was taped in june 1975 by the engineer Robert Simon. At that time DP was searcing for the new guitar man, after the legendary Ritchie Blackmore left in that same year. The search on Tommy Bolin's name was on. The materials of Deep purple MK IV rehearsal on that day were absolutely rarities, because they have never sung the numbers such as statesborough blues, Last of the long jam, drifter on stage. Tommy Bolin was ahero in this album, his guitar playing is absolutely grander than grander.
Finally in 2000, Robert Simon gave the original tape to the DPAS chief Simon Robinson in the UK.
PS: A must for all deep purple fans & lovers.

A Must Have for Bolin Fans.......2001-09-18

This is a must-have CD for Bolin fans. He plays with the authority we love him for. The performances are a blast to hear, with some real surprises. I can listen to this all day while working as a web designer, just put the player on repeat and I notice new stuff each time. Don't pass this up.