Get It On (The Kent Records Sessions) - Pacific Gas & Electric

Advantages: Many
Disadvantages: None

...The return of two legendary names from the past: Track Records, the label which gave us Jimi Hendrix and The Who, not to mention fine Detroit soul sides by The Parliaments and Al Kent, and Ann Peebles, the diminutive dynamo of a diva who scored hit after hit on Memphis-based Hi Records in the Seventies. At first glance this looks as if it could be one of those faded-star-does-her-hits-live sets, as Peebles faves like I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down, You Keep Me Hanging On and I Can't Stand The Rain feature amongst the 16 tracks. But, though much of it was recorded in front of a live studio audience, this is no cheap cash-in, and there's nothing the least bit faded about Miss Peebles - or Mrs. Bryant, as she has been for many years. Hubby Don, no mean recording artist himself, has a guest spot on the gospel tune Spread and shows... Read review

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Advantages: Intermate performance by John Martyn
Disadvantages: Too much audience 'murmur' in the background

...This recording is of a solo set John Martyn did at the Medway Folk Centre in Kent, England. The proprietor of the folk club recorded the show on a reel to reel tape machine. Being this was the source of this recording the quality is acceptable although a bit echoy with rather too much audience murmur in the background. What you do get is the feel of an intimate folk club. The interpretation of the songs is also intimate, with several gentle love songs, as well as a touch of jazz and blues with full use of the echoplex unit. PLEASE NOTE. The original publicity about the album from HUX records said that the album would contain 9 tracks from the Medway Recodings, and 4 other tracks from radio recordings. This is what most sellers are advertising. The album however is in fact only 9 tracks long and DOES NOT contain the tracks Flying... Read review

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Advantages: Innovative
Disadvantages: none

...began a tour of part acoustic part electric concerts with his backing band 'The Hawks' (later to become the legendary 'The Band'). Many of his traditional fans were horrified and shouted at him to turn the volume down and the band where even booed off stage on some nights. Others fans saw this change for what it was the birth a brand new genre of music that would revolutionise the rock scene and elevate popular music in to a serious art form. Folk-Rock was born and Dylan never looked back. Early in 1966 Dylan and most of the Hawks Robbie Robertson, and Rick Danko entered the studio in New York to record some song s that Dylan had been working on while touring. Dylan was also joined by Paul Griffin on piano and Al Kooper playing organ and thus the recording of 'Blonde On Blonde' began. THE ALBUM A few weeks in to recording the sessions... Read review

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