Saturday, 21 February 2015

The sound track from the play "Dayuma"; the story of Five missionary's speared to death in 1956 by members of the Auca tribe of Ecuador.
Dayuma was a young Auca girl who had run away from the tribe, feeling threatened by others in her tribe.  She came across a sister of one of the murdered missionary's; thus beginning a friendship which reconciliation over the murders, as well as Dayumas safe return to the tribe.  I picked up this album as it mentions on the cover "music and authentic tribal sounds"; thinking it would be interesting music, but more of a "western" sound track really.  Here is a clip of more authentic sounds:




Staying on theme...
The second and last studio album by the punk rock band Dead Boys, we have come for your children, was released in 1978.  Though not as raw as their first release, if you are a punk fan at all this would be a great addition to your collection. This is one of the early pressings with Down To Kill (the original choice for the title) as the album title on the label and we have come for your children on the album cover.
Here is Ain't It Fun:


Friday, 20 February 2015

One of the Capitol 6000 series records, from 1966, is The Hits of The Dave Clark Five.  Pressed from 1960 till 1987, the 6000 series from Capitol of Canada, released many Canadian Artists, as well as European and US artists, with many of the British Invasion bands in the catalogue.
This record contains their two biggest hits, Glad All Over and Bits and Pieces:







Recording for this record started in 1962, and continued on and off over the next year plus, and was finally released in 1964. Quiet Nights is not one of the better Miles Davis records (and there are may great ones to choose from), I understand that Davis himself was not happy with the release of what he felt was an incomplete recording. The album totals only 27 minutes, and that is with a 6 minute outtake of a song recorded for another album thrown in!   Here is Corcovado:


One of two albums released from recordings of a live concert at the Lincoln Centre in New York in February 1964. Released in 1966, Four & More contains the uptempo songs from this concert, while the ballads are recorded on My Funny Valentine.  This album contains fast paced and rather exciting versions of some Miles Davis "Standards".  With Miles Davis on trumpet, Herbie Hancock on piano, George Coleman on tenor sax, Ron Carter on bass and Tony Williams on drums. Highly recommended!  Listen to the sax playing on Four: