Clonakilty Cowboys/Blowin' [Remastered] - Noel Redding Band

Advantages: Stunning songs with blistering guitar playing
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...This album came out in 1967. It was reissued with 6 extra tracks on CD. If this album was released today by a new artist , it would still have the same effect. The album is pure magic. Given the state of the art of recording in the late sixties it is incredible how fresh and groundbreaking this album sounds today. From the opening sex rock of "Foxy Lady" , followed by the pop of "Manic Depression" then the blues of "Red House" to the psychedelic guitar extravaganza of "Third Stone From The Sun" and the title track this is a cornucopia of aural experience. How many of todays artists covered this range of styles so effortlessly and convincingly on their debut album. Also remeber that this was only a three piece band, with Noel Redding providing bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums. The Cd includes three singles and their B sides, so you get... Read review

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...This is definately, without doubt, the best Bon Jovi Album ever produced. There is hardly a weak song on the disc, and there are enough songs to keep you rocking all night long. Just look at the set-list. There are classics like Lay your Hands on Me, Bad Medicine, Born to be my Baby, Living in Sin, Wild is the Wind, Ride Cowboy.... The list is endless and this is a great sing along album. It combines contemporary rock with the smooth eighties sound that only the great bands can produce. This was released in the late eightes and follows the amazing success of Slippery when Wet, and the less successful 7800C farenheit. This album shaped the band for the next decade and made them when of the smoothest bands in rock today... Read review

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Advantages: Great music by a guitar maestro
Disadvantages: Jimi left us way too soon

...that no one had ever imagined--by the same token, his licks were constructed in a way that no one had thought of before, which means that he had a style that was truly his own. All guitarists are influenced to some extent by the styles of other guitarists--what separates the great ones from the rest of us is the personal spin that the player puts on his influences. So it was with Jimi Hendrix--his blues and jazz influences were stood on their respective heads and rearranged, creating a playing style that was unique and truly one of a kind. I had the great pleasure of seeing Jimi Hendrix in concert in 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. With sidemen Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell, Hendrix generated as much energy and emotion as I've ever seen in any live performance. His band didn't lose anything in the transition from studio recording to live... Read review

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