Beards & Denim: Heavy Rock 68 to 79

This download is a selection of heavy rock from between 1968 & 1979. It was put together by The Loftmonkey in one of his more ‘rock’ moments and he's even included some notes & comments on each of the songs. There's some real classics on here as well as some lesser known songs so time to grow yourself a beard, get the denim on, stick your thumbs in your belt loops and start to rock.

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01) Everything I Need - Tiger B. Smith (Germany 1972)

Power trio from Frankfurt heavy on riffs & hair but light on subtlety. Taken from their seminal debut produced by the legendary Dieter Dierks.

02) T.N.U.C. - Grand Funk Railroad (USA 1975)

Live offering from Detroit's finest. Unashamed crotch-thrusting, foot-on-the-monitors rock. For more on Grand Funk, consult your school library.

03) Ain't Gonna Take No More - Highway Robbery (USA 1972)

Obscure trio from their sole album. Nice wailing vocals.

04) Searching For A New Dimension - Mariani (USA 1970)

Even-more-obscure Texas power trio. From their 1970 unreleased acetate.

05) Hard Rain Fallin' - Sir Lord Baltimore (USA 1970)

Legendary New York trio rocking out. Taken from their debut album "Kingdom Come" famous for the fact that a 1971 review contained the first documented use of the term "heavy metal" to refer to a style of music.

06) Shot Down In Flames - AC/DC (Australia 1979)

From "Highway To Hell"...

07) Persecution - Third Power (USA 1968)

It seems that Detroit skipped psychedelia & went straight from garage rock to heavy rock (Stooges, MC5, Grand Funk etc.). In 1968 when most bands were folking themselves silly & putting flowers in things, bands like Third Power were turning their Marshalls up to 11 & rocking (as they say) out.

08) I'm A Man - The Yellow Payges (USA 1972)

LA heavy garage rock outfit with some wild psychedelic guitar shenanigans.

09) One Eyed Jacks With Moustaches - Slade (UK 1977)

The Black Country's finest rock out in the year of Punk. Kipper tie, Noddy?

10) Do It - Pink Fairies (UK 1971)

Debut release by freakrock/festival legends formed from the ashes of Mick Farren's Deviants.

11) White Lace & Strange - Thunder & Roses (USA 1968)

Philadelphia power trio from their sole album issued in 1968. This track was covered by Nirvana for a radio session in the late 1980's.

12) Brighton Rock - Queen (UK 1974)

Before they became awful, Queen could occasionally rock with the best of 'em as evidenced on this opening track to "Sheer Heart Attack". [Ernest's Note: This album was the first ever record I really wanted. Shame, as you say, they became shit.]

13) Summertime Blues - Blue Cheer (USA 1968)

The god-like genius of Blue Cheer's debut album "Vincebus Eruptum" should never be underplayed. Named after a brand of acid, the San Francisco trio's take on Eddie Cochrane's standard captures their style perfectly. Guitarist Leigh Stephens claimed in a 1980's interview that he hadn't actually taken acid... he was lying (as evidenced during the middle part of the song... “Snap out of it Leigh, ya trippin' fool!!!”).

14) It Couldn't Be Me - Power Of Zeus (USA 1970)

Back to Detroit again for a slice of heavy pysch from their sole release.

15) Angeline - Genesis [USA] (USA 1969)

One-off single release by US rockers Genesis who had nothing to do with Phil Collins (mercifully).

16) Bad Woman - Speed, Glue & Shinki (Japan 1972)

Thoroughly unhinged power trio from Japan who named themselves after their favourite drugs (apart from guitarist Shinki Chen who named himself after, um... himself). Taken from their self-titled second & final album.

17) Sweet Leaf - Black Sabbath (UK 1971)

How else to finish? All hail Black Sabbath. From their third album "Master Of Reality".

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Sepultura - Best Of

Here's a best of collection from Brazilian rock gods, Sepultura. I hadn't listened to them for ages and then stuck this on and man, it's fucking great. The band was formed in 1994 and while basically being a metal band they're not just a straight-up metal band like Slayer (not that there's anything wrong with Slayer ;). The name is Portuguese for grave apparently... and how metal is that. Anyway this is a really good selection of tracks from them, including some of their more industrial / groove / nu metal tunes so if you like to rock then give this a listen.

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Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Troops Of Doom
02) Beneath The Remains
03) Inner Self
04) Arise
05) Dead Embryonic Cells
06) Desperate Cry
07) Refuse/Resist
08) Territory
09) Slave New World
10) Biotech Is Godzilla
11) Roots Bloody Roots
12) Attitude
13) Ratamahatta

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Here & Now - Fantasy Shift/Been & Gone

Here & Now are an English space rock band formed in early 1974. They have close connections with the band Gong and in 1977/1978 worked with Gong's Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth under the name Planet Gong. The lineup changes at the end of the 70s caused a slight shift in the bands approach to their songs, moving from their more improvisational style to a more structured approach. This show was a farewell performance by the band recorded at Dingwalls in Camden on the 31st January 1986.

Even if this was a farewell show they're still going strong today and you can give them a listen at their myspace page.

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Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Intro (23 Skidoo)
02) Fake It
03) Theatre
04) Another Tense
05) Drifting Away
06) Ways To Be Free
07) Spaces In Between
08) Satellite Kid
09) Jacques Cousteau
10) Last Chance

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[29 DEC 2010] UPDATE: There is a 'mega-post' for the Here & Now band at the excellent knowyourconjurer.blogspot.com site (Big thanks to Dave Sez & pinkpressthreat).

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Here's another album from Here & Now. This was requested after I posted the live show so here's Fantasy Shift which was released in 1980. Here & Now are an English space rock band formed in early 1974. They have close connections with the band Gong & in 1977/1978 worked with Gong's Daevid Allen & Gilli Smyth under the name Planet Gong.


The lineup for this release is...
Keith The Bass - Bass Guitar/Vocals
Gavin DaBlitz - Synthesizers/Vocals
Dino Ferrari - Guitars/Vocals
Rob Peters - Drums/Percussion

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Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Telly Song
02) Ludwig
03) Jacques Cousteau Loves Anchovies
04) Fantasy Shift
05) The Mega Number
06) Glad You're Here
07) Secrets
08) The Man Who Sold The World
09) Ways To Be Free

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[29 DEC 2010] UPDATE: There is a 'mega-post' for the Here & Now band at the excellent knowyourconjurer.blogspot.com site (Big thanks to Dave Sez & pinkpressthreat).

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The Offenders - Died In Custody / We Must Rebel

Here's the first album from The Offenders (the second is listed below). Hailing from Austin, Texas they are one of the most under appreciated hardcore bands from the early 80s. Mikey (R.I.P.) went on to play bass on the first MDC album and after that, Sister Double Happiness. If you're a fan of 80s US hardcore then this is a must have :) There is a full discography for The Offenders on the superb Kill From The Heart site. The files are in 192kbps mp3 format and there is a lyric sheet included with the download.

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Here's the tracklisting for We Must Rebel (192kbps)...
01) Fight Back
02) No Chance
03) Like Father/Like Son
04) Just For Fun
05) We Must Rebel
06) Face Down In The Dirt
07) Never Cared
08) Direct Defiance
09) Wanted by Authority
10) New Militia
11) Youth Riot
12) I Hate Myself
13) Fed Up
14) Inside The Middle
15) Fight Back (Live)

Here is the second release by The Offenders and included on the Died In Custody collection is their long out of print "Endless Struggle" album and 2 song 7" recorded for the now defunkt Rabid Cat label. There's also a 1983 demo that pre dates their "We Must Rebel" LP, several early live tracks from Raul's in 1980, as well as part of an interview conducted by Tim Yohannan for the Maximum Rock n Roll Radio show. There is a full discography for The Offenders on the superb Kill From The Heart site. The files are in 192kbps mp3 format and there is a lyric sheet included with the download.

Here's the tracklisting for Died In Custody (192kbps)...
01) You Got A Right
02) Face Down In The Dirt
03) Victory
04) On The Crooked Edge
05) Impact
06) Endless Struggle
07) Coming Down
08) Get Mad
09) Inside The Middle
10) Trials And Tribulations
11) Do Or Die
12) When Push Comes To Shove
13) Hanging
14) I Hate Myself
15) Bad Times
16) Just For Fun
17) No Chance
18) Wanted By Authority
19) Direct Defiance
20) I Hat Myself
21) Fed Up
22) Fight Back
23) Never Cared
24) Inside The Middle
25) Like Father Like Son
26) We Must Rebel
27) Should Have Been A Boy
28) Pain In The Ass
29) Interview

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