Essential, The - Ronnie Ronalde

Advantages: awesome blend of hip-hop electro
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...Calling Captain Rock Captain Rock born Ronald Wayne Greene is one of the great showmen of Hip Hop, and is happy on stage as he is in the studio. Before being Captain Rock he was Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde's live DJ from their period in the Harlem World Crew where he was known as DJ Ronnie Green. Creating his own crew known as "The Cosmic Crew" but The Cosmic Crew didn't exist longer than the time it took to make the record "Cosmic Blast". Since they all went on to lucrative careers of their own, and these were The Aleems, Dr Jeckyll & Mr Hyde, Scratch Al-D and Marley Marl. Captain Rock surely rocked the house with his live performance on UK Fresh 86 where he allegedly stripped down to his thong on stage. Captain Rock's musical character is a boy from out of space from planet Zone who lands on earth to teach us to rock. He... Read review

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Advantages: great
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...1978 is the year: “Long live Rock’n’Roll”, one of the best Hard Rock albums ever, is being released. ‘Rainbow’, always ruled by Ritchie Blackmore’s iron fist, has reached it’s creative climax. When recording this album, Rainbow consisted of Ritchie Blackmore on guitar, Ronnie James Dio on vocals, Cozy Powell on drums, Bob Daisley on bass and David Stone on Keyboards. Sound-wise there is no further connection between Rainbow and the ‘Mother-Group’ – Deep Purple. On the one side, this is sad, because one has to do without the Purple – typical ‘duels’ between Hammond Organ and guitar. On the other side: this is Rainbow, and Rainbow has almost nothing to do with Deep Purple: Blackmore’s range is big enough to really go nuts on guitar. Rainbow can best... Read review

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Advantages: Great tracks by a great artist played by great musicians.
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...Curtis mayfield has to be one of soul's greats. he has a sensitivity that can be felt in his timing and of course his lyrics. The Ronnie Scotts album is a great one for hearing this because of the quality of the musicians Mayfield has gathered and the superb tightness of the band. He plays a nember of Curtis classics (from songs from Superfly, Move on Up etc)but its great to hear the talent of the live musicians taking them to new hights. The purcussion in the track Superfly is nothing short of superb and Lobrian Scott's base playing is an inspiration. Plus, most unusually for a live album, the audience actually manage to clap in time and sing in tune! Testimony to the magical atmosphere that must have been created that night.... Read review

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