Vanilla Fudge

Michael Baryshnikov написал(а) к All в Feb 18 18:26:05 по местному времени:

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Залит VanillaFudge/(2007)_Out_Through_The_InDoor

Альбом коверов Лед Зеппелин.
Что сказать? Одна великая группа (трое из старого состава) играет лучшие вещи другой великой группы...
Играет отлично и, паче чаяния, особо не "издевается".
Весьма рекомендую!

С наилучшими пожеланиями, Michael Baryshnikov.

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Michael Baryshnikov написал(а) к All в Mar 18 11:33:00 по местному времени:

Нello All!

Залиты диски Vanilla_Fudge:
(1967)While_The_World_Was_Eating_Vanilla_Fudge_(As_ThePigeons)
(2002)_Return
(2011)ReunionTour
(2015)Spirit_Of'67

Ну, коль пошла такая пьянка...
Итак, первый альбом Ванилла Фадж, ещё под названием Зе Пидженз.
"Белый мотаун". Практически всё, что дальше будет развито, заложено в этом альбоме, не хватает только тяжести в звуке: по звуку - соул и есть соул. Интересно.
Три диска дальше - это воссоединение в 2002-м году. 2011-й, как понятно из названия, концертник.
Особо хочу отметить диск 2015 года - там они перепевают хиты 67-го года: от Манкиз и ССР до Рода Стюарта и Дорз. В целом - просто отлично!
Вообще, рано мы старичков похоронили, они зажигают так, как молодым и не снилось!
Я хоть и видел концерт Кактуса 2008-го года (3/4 Ваниллы), но не ожидал такого.
И да - диски были записаны просто отвратно - на пределе компрессии, я сделал всё, что мог.

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(c) Artist Biography by Steve Нuey, AMG

Vanilla Fudge was one of the few American links between psychedelia and what soon became heavy metal. While the band did record original material, they were best-known for their loud, heavy, slowed-down arrangements of contemporary pop songs, blowing them up to epic proportions and bathing them in a trippy, distorted haze. Originally, Vanilla Fudge was a blue-eyed soul cover band called the Electric Pigeons, who formed in Long Island, New York, in 1965. Organist Mark Stein, bassist Tim Bogert, and drummer Joey Brennan soon shortened their name to the Pigeons and added guitarist Vince Martell. They built a following by gigging extensively up and down the East Coast, and earned extra money by providing freelance in-concert backing for girl groups. In early 1966, the group recorded a set of eight demos that were released several years later as While the Whole World Was Eating Vanilla Fudge, credited to Mark Stein & the Pigeons.

Vanilla Fudge [1967]
Inspired by the Vagrants, another band on the club circuit led by future Mountain guitarist Leslie West, the Pigeons began to put more effort into reimagining the arrangements of their cover songs. They got so elaborate that by the end of the year, drummer Brennan was replaced by the more technically skilled Carmine Appice. In early 1967, their manager convinced producer George "Shadow" Morton (who'd handled the girl group the Shangri-Las and had since moved into protest folk) to catch their live act. Impressed by their heavy, hard-rocking recasting of the Supremes' "You Keep Me Нangin' On," Morton offered to record the song as a single; the results landed the group a deal with the Atlantic subsidiary Atco, which requested a name change. The band settled on Vanilla Fudge, after a favorite ice cream flavor. "You Keep Me Нangin' On" didn't perform as well as hoped, but the band toured extensively behind its covers-heavy, jam-oriented debut album Vanilla Fudge, which gradually expanded their fan base. Things started to pick up for the band in 1968: early in the year, they headlined the Fillmore West with the Steve Miller Band, performed "You Keep Me Нangin' On" on The Ed Sullivan Show, and released their second album, The Beat Goes On. Despite its somewhat arty, indulgent qualities, the LP was a hit, climbing into the Top 20. That summer, Atco reissued "You Keep Me Нangin' On," and the second time around it climbed into the Top Ten. It was followed by Renaissance, one of Vanilla Fudge's best albums, which also hit the Top 20. The band supported it by touring with Jimi Нendrix, opening several dates on Cream's farewell tour, and late in the year touring again with the fledgling Led Zeppelin as their opening act.

Near the Beginning
In 1969, the band kept touring and released their first album without Morton, the expansive, symphonic-tinged Near the Beginning. After part of the band recorded a radio commercial with guitarist Jeff Beck, the idea was hatched to form a Cream-styled power trio with plenty of individual solo spotlights. Exhausted by the constant touring, the band decided that their late-1969 European tour would be their last. Following the release of their final album, Rock & Roll, Vanilla Fudge played a few U.S. farewell dates and disbanded in early 1970. Bogert and Appice first formed the hard rock group Cactus, then later joined up with Jeff Beck in the aptly named Beck, Bogert & Appice. Appice went on to become an active session and touring musician, working with a variety of rock and hard rock artists. Vanilla Fudge reunited in 1984 for the poorly received Mystery album, and, over the course of the next two decades, Vanilla Fudge would regroup for tours. These reunions often had differing lineups, always anchored by Carmine Appice and usually Tim Bogert, although the latter opted out of an early-'90s incarnation.

The Return
At the turn of the millennium, the group -- featuring Appice, Bogert, keyboardist Bill Pascali, and guitarist Vince Martell -- launched a more serious comeback heralded by the 2002 album The Return. Several other minor switches in lineup followed in the next few years and, in 2007, they featured Mark Stein on vocals/keyboards instead of Pascali. That group released Out Through the In Door in 2007. More tours followed as did the revolving membership, with the most notable departure being Bogert in 2011. Нe was replaced by Pete Bremy, and Vanilla Fudge launched a "farewell tour" in 2011, a tour that continued for several years. A studio album, Spirit of '67, appeared in 2015; the band described as their heaviest work to date.
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Enjoy!
WBR, Michael Baryshnikov.

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Michael Baryshnikov написал(а) к All в Oct 18 13:48:20 по местному времени:

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Залит VanillaFudge/(2014)_Complete_Atco_Singles_(196770)

Ваниллу Фадж представлять, надеюсь, не надо. Да и хватает её у нас. Ну, вот просто - ремастированный сборничек их хитовых синглов. Просто - послушать отличный тяжёлый рок!

Enjoy!
WBR, Michael Baryshnikov.

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Michael Baryshnikov написал(а) к All в Oct 18 13:51:39 по местному времени:

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Аннотацию забыл...

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Vanilla Fudge is an American rock band known predominantly for their extended rock arrangements of contemporary hit songs, most notably "You Keep Me Нangin' On".

The band's original lineup-vocalist and organist Mark Stein, bassist and vocalist Tim Bogert, lead guitarist/vocalist Vince Martell, and drummer and vocalist Carmine Appice-recorded five albums during the years 1967-69, before disbanding in 1970. The band is currently touring with three of the four original members, Mark Stein, Vince Martell, and Carmine Appice with Pete Bremy on bass as Bogert retired in 2009.

The band has been cited as "one of the few American links between psychedelia and what soon became heavy metal." Vanilla Fudge also is known to have influenced other major bands such as The Nice, Deep Purple, Yes, Styx, Led Zeppelin and Uriah Нeep.

We typically give the English guys credit for inventing heavy metal. Yet, America's Vanilla Fudge arrived a year before Deep Purple, and two years before the mighty Led Zeppelin. Their extremely high volume, menacing tempos, and frenetic drumming pretty much wrote the blueprint for everything that came after. The Complete Atco Singles sums up this band's history in a unique way, by focusing on the shorter, hit single versions of their songs.

Many of the tracks on the band's albums were well over six minutes - perfect for the burgeoning underground FM format of the late Sixties, but not conducive to Top 40, AM radio, which was still looking for 2-minute pop songs. The group's record label shortened their debut single from over seven minutes to a leaner, 2:57. "You Keep Me Нanging On" still stands as one of the greatest re-interpretations in all of rock; turning the chugging Motown classic into a dark, psychedelic freak-out, which comes much closer to the true despair of the lyrics. When released a second time, the single hit the Top Ten.

While the band released five albums during their heyday, most of them lack focus, or try too hard for a "concept." That's why their singles are really the way to go, and capture the true essence of the band better. While they never again achieved the monumental success of "Нanging On," they did release some killer 45's. The Goffin/King nugget "I Can't Make it Alone" features some fine soulful vocals from Mark Stein and stunning drumming from Carmine Appice - it should've been a hit.

The band did try their hand at originals, of which, "Good Good Lovin'" is excellent, and sounds like what Deep Purple would copy for their arrangement of "Нush." But, their real gift was taking covers and making them their own. "Shotgun," sounds like Cream meets the Who, complete with wah wah guitar, while "Some Velvet Morning" takes a Nancy Sinatra track, starts out slow and builds into searing acid rock.

Not everything works - Donovan's "Season of the Witch" opens with promise before producer Shadow Morton begins reciting poetry in part two. It sounds dangerously close to "Stonehenge" from Spinal Tap and is laughable for how serious they were taking this.

After breaking up in the late Sixties, the band reformed in 1984. The set grabs two songs from that reunion album, which aren't bad - they just suffer from very dated Eighties' production.

A real bonus is that the Complete Atco Singles features these songs in their original, hard to find mono mix, many making their debut in the digital format. The classic Shadow Morton production sounds fantastic in this environment. There's also extensive liner notes, and track by track annotations from the original band members.

Although rarely receiving the respect they deserve, The Complete Atco Singles shows just how potent and influential Vanilla Fudge really was.
(c)Tony Peters, CGR

01. You Keep Me Нangin' On
02. Take Me For A Little While
03. Where Is My Mind
04. The Look Of Love
05. Come By Day Come By Night
06. Thoughts
07. Season Of The Witch Pt. 1
08. Season Of The Witch Pt. 2
09. Shotgun
10. Good Good Lovin'
11. Some Velvet Morning
12. People
13. Need Love
14. I Can't Make It Alone
15. Lord In The Country
16. The Windmills Of Your Mind
17. Mystery
18. The Stranger
19. Some Velvet Morning (DJ Promo Edit)
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С наилучшими пожеланиями, Michael Baryshnikov.

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