Duck Dunn - the Blues Brothers...

The Blues Brothers - with Duck Dunn.  This is the back cover photo.  Duck Dunn was just mentioned in the book I am reading,  It's called The Wrecking Crew, the Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best Kept Secret, by Kent Hartman.  The hot session players in Memphis were legendary.  They played on Stax, Volt, Hi and Royal, American Sound, and Sun record labels.  These first-call guys played with Elvis, Wilson, Otis, Booker, Isaac, and the Staples Singers.   Duck, Steve Cropper, and James Burton are my favs.   This record is call Briefcase Full of Blues, the first album by The Blues Brothers, released on November 28, 1978 by Atlantic Records. The album reached #1 on the Billboard 200 and went double platinum. Two singles were released, "Rubber Biscuit", which reached number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 and "Soul Man," which reached number 14.

Robin Trower - Caravan to Midnight

Robin Trower - Caravan to Midnight...for all the records I have by this guy - I really don't know anything about him.  I did just look this up though:  Robin Trower (born Robin Leonard Trower, on 9 March 1945) is an English rock guitarist and vocalist who achieved success with Procol Harum during the 1960s, and then again as the bandleader of his own power trio.  And this one is called Caravan to Midnight, the sixth studio album by Robin Trower. The album cover art is by our old friends, Hipgnosis.   Rusty Allen plays bass on it, and the great Paulinho da Costa – is on Percussion.  My pal and neighbor Wendy is a pretty big fan of Robin Trower.  I will let her know this post is up.

The Ides of March - with songwriting credits to Jim or Jimmie Peterik, on various 45 PRM labels

Jim Peterik, with The Ides of March, on 45 RPM records.   One of the reasons I still buy 45's is that they are so portable.  I keep a little stash of them in a travel pouch - all or most by the Ides of March, Survivor, or .38 Special in case I run into Jim Peterik somewhere - which does tend to happen a few times a year.  He happily autographs them for me.  He is always so gracious with his time.  I also like presenting gems from long ago, or rare, out of print lp's for him to sign - often times to his amazement.  Above we has Parrot Records, You Wouldn't Listen, and Hole in my Soul, (b-side of Girls Don't Grow on Trees), and lower left is a not-for-sale copy of Mother America on the yellow RCA label, from the World Woven lp.  And of course, lower right is Vehicle, on the Warner Brothers (pre-7 Arts, I think) olive drab colored WB label.  All penned by Jim.  45's; they're a good thing.

Hamilton Joe Frank and Dennison and or Reynolds, don't pull your love out...

Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds was a 1970s AM soft rock trio from LA.  The original members were Dan Hamilton (guitar/lead vocal), "Joe Frank" Carollo (bass/vocal), and Tommy Reynolds (multi-instrumentalist/vocal) - all of whom had previously played in The T-Bones, a 1960s band noted for the instrumental hit "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)."  Hamilton Joe Frank and Dennison and or Reynolds.  On the right is Falling in Love.  On the left is the one I have with Alan Dennison.  Click this post's title and you will get a nice clip from MusicMike2 of Winners & Losers over on YouTube.  You surely know the title track too:  Fallin' in Love.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqYPXxWFj9E&feature=related

Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees

Robin Gibb.  The first track on this record is You Should be Dancing.  Whoa - a one Mister Stephen Stills is credited for contributing on percussion for that song.  Who knew?  This is Children of the World, the Bee Gees' 14th (12th internationally), released in September 1976. The first single, "You Should Be Dancing," went to number one in the US and Canada, and was a top ten hit in numerous other territories.  The album has sold over 2.5 million copies.  Because their manager Robert Stigwood had ended his U.S. distribution arrangement with Atlantic Records, Atlantic producer Arif Mardin, who had produced the Bee Gees' prior two albums, was no longer permitted to work with the group.  In an effort to retain the same sound, the Bee Gees recorded at the same studios (Criteria Studios in Miami), used the same engineer (Karl Richardson) and co-produced the album themselves with Richardson and his friend, session musician Albhy Galuten.  The effort succeeded, as the new album produced three hit singles, including a #1 in the U.S., just like its predecessor Main Course - which is my favorite Bee Gees album.  It also featured the hit singles "Love So Right" and "Boogie Child" which peaked at #3 and #12 respectively in the U.S. Another song, "Love Me" was made a hit by Yvonne Elliman.  She would be heard from again in the Saturday Night Fever album also.  The unreleased songs "Boogie Summer" and "Tomorrow Night" recorded on 2 and 8 in April in Quebec were originally included on the album but replaced by the songs "Can't Keep A Good Man Down" and "Boogie Child" recorded on 6 May.

Tesla - The Great Radio Controversy

Tesla may have created the unplugged phenomena.  This one is The Great Radio Controversy is the second album by American rock band Tesla, released in 1989. The songs combine 1980s metal with some blues-influenced elements, as well as the occasional love ballad.  The record features many two-part counterpoints provided by guitarists Frank Hannon and Tommy Skeoch, on both electric and acoustic guitars.  The hit singles "Love Song", "Heaven's Trail (No Way Out)", "The Way It Is" received considerable MTV airplay and rocketed the band to stardom.  Many tracks on this album later received acoustic versions on their follow-up album, Five Man Acoustical Jam, a precursor of the Unplugged trend.  The album is titled after the controversy about the identity of the inventor of radio. It is posed that Serbian engineer Nikola Tesla (whom the band is named after) is the true inventor of radio, while the Italian Guglielmo Marconi took the credit and is widely regarded as having the title. The album's inner sleeve recounts this story.  RIAA certified the album 2x platinum on July 23, 1998.