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The Sons Of Champlin - The Best Of The Sons Of Champlin (2006)

Posted By: Designol
The Sons Of Champlin - The Best Of The Sons Of Champlin (2006)

The Sons Of Champlin - The Best Of The Sons Of Champlin (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 487 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 210 Mb | Scans included
Psychedelic Rock, R&B, Early Jazz Rock | Label: Acadia | # ACA 8119 | Time: 01:18:07

The Sons of Champlin released three albums on Capitol Records between 1969 and 1971 (Loosen Up Naturally, The Sons, and Follow Your Heart), none of which was a commercial hit for various reasons, but not for lack of musical quality. This 78-minute CD makes a reasonable selection of the highlights from those LPs, demonstrating that at their best, the Sons were a collection of talented musicians who packed their songs full of good solos that grew out of complicated arrangements. Although they were a part of the psychedelic San Francisco scene of the time, their music never quite fit the mold, leaning much more toward jazz and R&B than, say, the Grateful Dead. the Sons played instruments including saxophones and a vibraphone, not otherwise typical of the San Francisco Sound, and they were less interested in songs than in creating platforms for soloing. They might start a tune like "Love of a Woman" as a gentle, romantic ballad with an acoustic guitar, but midway through that would suddenly give way to a jazzy instrumental section in a different time signature, return to the ballad, then again go off into jazz.

The Sons of Champlin - Loosen Up Naturally (1969) + The Sons (1969) + Follow Your Heart (1971) 3 LPs on 2 CDs, Remastered 2014

Posted By: Designol
The Sons of Champlin - Loosen Up Naturally (1969) + The Sons (1969) + Follow Your Heart (1971) 3 LPs on 2 CDs, Remastered 2014

The Sons of Champlin - Loosen Up Naturally (1969) + The Sons (1969) + Follow Your Heart (1971)
3 LPs on 2 CDs, Remastered Reissue 2014

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 922 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 340 Mb | Scans ~ 30 Mb
Psychedelic Rock, R&B, Early Jazz Rock | Label: BSO | # BGOCD1135 | Time: 02:24:32

This 2014 three-fer contains Loosen Up Naturally, The Sons, and Follow Your Heart, the albums the Sons of Champlin recorded between 1969 and 1971. These are also the Sons' first three albums and it's possible to hear them stretch out with each subsequent record, deepening their grooves, highlighting their jazz inflections, and eventually folding in a rather smooth, sun-kissed gloss. Unlike many of their San Franciscan brethren, they weren't particularly hard-edged or Dionysian: they had a stronger sense of soul and rhythm, they reveled in feel over texture. This can mean that all three of these records meander a bit – songwriting wasn't a Sons specialty – but there's an open-hearted attitude to the trinity that remains appealing.

Ambergris - Ambergris (1970) [Reissue 2018] (Re-up)

Posted By: gribovar
Ambergris - Ambergris (1970) [Reissue 2018] (Re-up)

Ambergris - Ambergris (1970) [Reissue 2018]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 278 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 94 MB | Covers - 48 MB
Genre: Jazz Rock, Brass Rock, Psychedelic Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Big Pink Music (Big Pink 589)

Ambergris, as it turned out, was a one-shot album from a band formed by Jerry Weiss, who’d played keyboards with the first version of Blood, Sweat and Tears. Leaving before the group recorded the second album, he formed Ambergris and got Steve Cropper of MG’s fame to produce it. It’s not groundbreaking in the way that the first BST album was or in the way that Chicago’s first two albums were. There are hints of Latin influences in some of the tracks, while some of them sound as if they could easily have been lifted from sessions by BST or Chicago.

Pollution - Pollution II (1972/2022)

Posted By: v3122
Pollution - Pollution II (1972/2022)

Pollution - Pollution II (1972/2022)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Prophesy Records, SD 6057 | RU | ~ 253 or 93 Mb | Artwork -> 7.93 Mb
Rock, Brass Rock, Funk

Funky album with powerful grooves, strutting horns & swaggering guitars, one of the band members is Dobie Gray of "In Crowd" & "Drift Away" fame.

The Second Coming - The Second Coming (1970/2021)

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The Second Coming - The Second Coming (1970/2021)

The Second Coming - The Second Coming (1970/2021)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2021 | Mercury, SR-61299 | RU | ~ 219 or 92 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 11 Mb
Jazz Rock, Brass Rock, Prog Rock

Second Coming are an old school horn rock band originally on Mercury Records (also the label behind the even better horn rock band Aura)…