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Elliot Randall - Randall's Island (1970) [Vinyl]

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01 - Sour Flower
02 - Life In Boanical Gardens (Oh Yes)
03 - Take Out The Dog And Bark The Cat
04 - Mumblin' To Myself
05 - Brother People
06 - Jolly Green Giant And The Statue Of Liberty
07 - Bustin' My Brains
08 - All I Am's





Remember that great guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Reelin' In The Years"? That was Elliot Randall!

THE MUSICIANS: Elliott Randall (Guitars), Paul Fleisher (Sax and Flute), Phillip Namanworth (Piano), Terry Adams (B-3 Organ), Allen Herman (Drums), Bob Piazza (Fender Bass), Andy Muson (Fender Bass).
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Elliott's comment:
What a strange and interesting crew this was! Paul Fleisher and I played together beginning in the early-mid 60's in NYC niteclubs including Trude Heller's, The Peppermint Lounge, and The Metropole. He and I co-authored the entire record. I'd known Allen Herman & Bob Piazza for quite a while too - before they joined The Island, they were members of Genya Ravan's R&B supergroup Ten Wheel Drive. Phillip Namanworth had been playing with Dave Van Ronk & The Hudson Dusters, and brought with him a boogie-thing that was just too contagious! Terry Adams of NRBQ guested on Hammond B-3. George Andrews handled the string arrangements; he used to lead a big-band in NYC, which was well... quite an education. Through the ranks of this band came Steve Gadd, The Brecker Brothers, David Sanborn, Lou Soloff, Chuck Rainey, and most of the Island crew. (Like I said - an education.) Andy Muson also guested on 2 tracks; killer jazzer, also played with Albert King for a spell before moving on to a hugely successful studio career in LA. Finally, the legendary Eddie Kramer, engineer/producer extraordinaire - for most of the Jimi Hendrix records, as well as Led Zeppelin, Traffic, and a host of others. Respect, Eddie!
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Elliott Randall Biography

Elliott Randall's illustrious career has encompassed a wide and varied cross-section of World Musical forms. These include: record production, composition, electronic research and development, lectures and teaching, and of course, a legendary contribution to popular guitar performance and recording.

His guitar solos on Steely Dan's "Reelin' In The Years" and "Fame" (the motion picture) have entered Rock history annals.

Elliott has recorded and performed with artists as diverse as The Doobie Brothers, Carly Simon, Seatrain, The Blues Brothers, Carl Wilson, Peter Wolf, Peter Frampton, James Galway, Richie Havens, The Rochester Philharmonic and The American Symphony Orchestra, among many others. In addition, he is a favourite of esteemed songwriters Jimmy Webb, George David Weiss, Don Covay and the greatly missed Laura Nyro. Other credits include: music consultant for NBC Saturday Night Live and Oliver Stone, and projects with producers Gary Katz, David Kershenbaum, Steve Lillywhite, Eddie Kramer and Jerry Wexler.

In addition to artistic projects, Elliott has also played, produced and composed myriad advertisements (jingles) for television, radio and cinema, for clients including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Miller Beer, Budweiser, Cadillac, Ford, McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy's, CitiBank, General Mills, Nabisco, Proctor & Gamble, MTV, ESPN, CBS, ABC, BBC-TV and countless others.

Cutting edge technologies: Since the advent of midi in the early 80s, Elliott has worked as independent consultant for a wide range of companies, including Akai, Roland, Korg and Yamaha, in the areas of musical instrument and amplifier development, recording & sampling technology, software design, and education.

Ripped from vinyl from my original promo copy.

320KPBS

http://rapidshare.com/files/271989783/er_risle.rar

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Enjoy! I know you're out there. Give thanks! :angel:

Bliss Band - Dinner With Raoul (1978) [Vinyl]

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1. Rio
2. Over The Hill
3. Slipaway
4. Don't Do Me Any Favours
5. On The Highway
6. Right Place, Right Time
7. Stay A Little Longer
8. Here Goes
9. Whatever Happened
10. Take It If You Need It




I cannot find hardly any information on these guys. Back at the record store we use to ask folks if they liked Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers (Michael McDonald era). We'd play this for them and they were always amazed that this wasn't being played on the radio!

So - If you like Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers and Michael McDonald (not the 40 Year Old Virgin version of him!), then you'll like this - a lot!!

Comments please??

Encoded at 320K from original vinyl promo album. Includes artwork and track listing.

B L I S S B A N D

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PRODUCER: JEFF "SKUNK" BAXTER

Featuring:
FROM STEELY DAN, DOOBIE BROTHERS:
MICHAEL McDONALD, JEFF BAXTER,
KEITH KNUDSEN (The late Doobie Brothers drummer)

FROM THE CRUSADERS:
VICTOR FELDMAN (THE CRUSADERS)

FROM TOWER OF POWER:
STEPHEN KUPKA, EMILIO CASTILLO, GREG ADAMS,
MICHAEL GILLETTE, LEONARD PICKETT

The vocalist & keyboard player Paul Bliss leaded this west coast music group that in late 70´s released two albums. Their debut album "Dinner With Raoul" was released in 1978 and was quickly followed up by the album "Neon Smiles" in 1979. The band did only release two albums. In 1997 Paul Bliss released his solo album "Edge Of Coincidence".
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Paul Bliss both recorded and toured with David Essex. He made stage appearances with him from 1977 to 1983 and he appears on the Stagestruck album.

Paul was born in Birmingham, 2 years before 'little brother' Martin, and went into the music industry in the early Seventies, fronting a band called The Bliss Band. The band released 2 albums on CBS America, Dinner with Raoul in 1978 and Neon Smiles in 1979. Lead guitar with the band was Phil Palmer another ex-member of The David Essex Band.

As well as playing and recording Paul is also a songwriter and he has had songs recorded by Olivia Newton John, The Hollies, Sheena Easton, Justin Hayward and Celine Dion to name but a few. In 1997 Paul released an album of his own material called The Edge of Coincidence. For the past few years Paul has been touring with The Moody Blues as their keyboard player and he is well known by their fans.
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