Tuesday, 23 December 2014


After a successful debut release with Daltry, Roger Daltry's second solo album Ride A Rock Horse leaves a little bit to be desired.  Without Leo Sayer writing for him anymore he had to rely on his producer Russ Ballard and singer/songwriter Paul Korda for most of the material on this album.  Each member of the Who put out at lease one solo album, but in my opinion they were far better as a group that any of their solo efforts; this album included!  When I think of the Who I think of hard rock and roll and smashing instruments; but it is hard to reconcile that image with this rather mundane album. Here is Heart's Right:



DDDBMT or Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, were a chart topping British Pop/Rock group from the 60's.  Between 1965 & 1969 the group spent more time in the UK Singles Chart that the Beatles!
This Greatest Hits album from 1967 on Fontana Label, is a US & Canada release only.  If you watched Death Proof then this song Hold Tight will be familiar; right before the big crash scene.  Followed by Bend It, another of my picks from this album:




The second album Fearless by Tim Curry; famous for his role as Dr. Frank-n-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, was mainly written by him and produced a minor hit with I Do The Rock. Outside of that song, there isn't an awful lot to this album. It's OK, but, I feel kind of boring and a bit lame. Sorry Tim!
A lot of clubs were playing this in 1979 though:





His third and final album Simplicity, released in 1981, was a combination of original songs and covers. I feel this is a little better that his previous album, perhaps because of the covers; like his version of the John Sebastian song Summer in the City, Marvin Gaye's Dancing in the Streets, the much covered I Put a Spell on You (Screamin' Jay Hawkins) or my pick the Zombies She's Not There:




My final album under "C" is by King Curtis (Curtis Ousley), R&B, soul, funk and jazz sax player. This is a compilation album released in 1972 the year after he was killed at the age of 37.  This in on the Pickwick Label, a budget label usually of poor quality and often has pressings of "sound alike" artists.  Normally I stay away from this label, but for $.50 or $1.00 like this was, I'm not too worried.  Here is one of his own compositions Bill Bailey: