domingo, 24 de abril de 2011

Changing Faces - The Very Best of 10cc and Godley & Creme



"Changing Faces – The Very Best of 10cc and Godley & Creme" es una recopilación que incluye tanto hits de la banda 10cc como del duo de ex miembros de la misma, Godley & Creme.
También se lanzó en vídeo ésta recopilación con ligeras variantes en su programa.

10CC - THE WALL STREET SHUFFLE

10CC - I´M MANDY,FLY ME 

Inicialmente, 10CC estaba integrado por, digamos que dos duplas de excelentes músicos y compositores: Por un lado Eric Stewart y Graham Gouldman solían componer juntos y por el otro lo hacían Kevin Godley y Lol Creme.
Ésa formación fue la responsable de su gigantesco hit, una balada romántica basada en teclados y para la que se emplearon técnicas de grabación muy innovadoras para la época, así como profuso overdubbing o sobregrabacion de las voces de los músicos.

10CC - I´M NOT IN LOVE
El primer videoclip que realizaron Godlye y Creme fue para un tema propio.En los años siguientes serían responsables de videoclips para muchos artistas reconocidos (Herbie Hancock, Ultravox, The Police, Duran Duran, Peter Gabriel, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Wang Chung, etc.).

GODLEY AND CREME - AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK

GODLEY AND CREME - WEDDING BELLS

El siguiente es un vídeo multipremiado (y "multielogiado"), obviamente también realizado por el duo; el primero en utilizar la técnica denominada ·morphing", en el cual un rostro se transforma en otro rostro subsiguiente.
El productor de la canción,Trevor Horn, aparece como una de las caras hacia el final.

GODLEY AND CREME - CRY

TRACKLIST
01.10cc "Dreadlock Holiday" (Stewart, Gouldman) 1978
02.10cc "The Wall Street Shuffle" (Stewart, Gouldman) 1974
03.Godley & Creme "Under Your Thumb" (Godley, Creme) 1981
04.10cc "Life is a Minestrone" (Creme, Stewart) 1975
05.Godley & Creme "An Englishman in New York" (Godley, Creme) 1979
06.10cc "Art For Art's Sake" (Stewart, Gouldman) 1975
07.10cc "Donna" (Godley, Creme) 1972
08.Godley & Creme "Snack Attack (Remix)" 1987 (Original Version 1981)
09.Godley & Creme "Cry" (Godley, Creme) 1985
10.10cc "The Things We Do for Love" (Stewart, Gouldman) 1976
11.Godley & Creme "Wedding Bells" (Godley, Creme) 1981
12.10cc "I'm Mandy, Fly Me" (Stewart, Gouldman, Godley) 1976
13.10cc "Good Morning Judge" (Stewart, Gouldman) 1977
14.10cc "Rubber Bullets" (Godley, Creme) 1973
15.Godley & Creme "Save a Mountain for Me" (Godley, Creme) 1982
16.10cc "I'm Not in Love" (Stewart, Gouldman) 1975

domingo, 17 de abril de 2011

Jean-Luc Ponty - Cosmic Messenger -1978


"Cosmic Messenger", lanzado en 1978 es para mí uno de los mejores álbumes del violinista y compositor francés, Jean-Luc Ponty.
Éste trabajo navega entre los géneros  jazz fusion y rock progresivo.

ETHEREAL MOOD


COSMIC MESSENGER


THE ART OF HAPPINESS



PROGRAMA
"Cosmic Messenger" – 4:38
"The Art of Happiness" – 4:33
"Don't Let the World Pass You By" – 6:23
"I Only Feel Good With You" – 3:05
"Puppets' Dance" – 3:40
"Fake Paradise" – 5:41
"Ethereal Mood" – 4:03
"Egocentric Molecules" – 5:44

EGOCENTRIC MOLECULES


CRÉDITOS
Jean-Luc Ponty – violín eléctrico de cinco cuerdas, violín eléctrico, órgano, sintetizador líder, orchestron, violín acústico
Ralphe Armstrong – bajo eléctrico, bajo eléctrico fretless (sin trastes)
Joaquin Lievano – guitarra eléctrica, guitarra acústica
Peter Maunu – guitarra eléctrica, guitarra acústica, sintetizador de guitarra
Casey Scheuerell – batería, percusión
Allan Zavod – piano eléctrico, sintetizador polifónico, sintetizador líder, piano de cola, órgano
Allan Holdsworth – Guitarra eléctrica
Ed E. Thacker – ingeniero, mezclado
Claudia Ponty – concepto de carátula
Daved Levitan – coloreado de la carátula
Gary Heery – fotografía de la carátula trasera
Sam Emerson – fotografías interiores

domingo, 10 de abril de 2011

C + C Music Factory - Gonna make you sweat - 1990


Gonna Make You Sweat is the first studio album by production group C+C Music Factory. The album was released in the US on 13 December 1990.

The album was released during the rise of Techno music to commercial acceptance throughout Europe and North America. Following on the success of contemporaries Black Box and Technotronic, Gonna Make You Sweat was a worldwide smash, reaching number two on the Billboard 200.

The album's first single, "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)," took most of the world by storm, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in February 1991 (see 1991 in music). The song also reached number one on Billboard's Top R&B Singles, Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales as well as number three on the Australian ARIA Singles chart and UK Singles Chart. The song's opening line is frequently played during indoor sporting events as a way of maintaining enthusiasm among the spectators.

The album's follow-up singles also performed well, including the second single, "Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)" as well as the album's third release, "Things That Make You Go Hmmm...," both of which became top five entries on the Billboard Hot 100.
(Wikipedia)

JUST A TOUCH OF LOVE


HERE WE GO LET´S ROCK AND ROLL


GONNA MAKE YOU SWEAT (EVERYBODY DANCE NOW)


THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO HMMMM


TRACKLIST
All songs written by Robert Clivillés and Freedom Williams except where indicated.
"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" – 4:06
"Here We Go, Let's Rock & Roll" – 5:42
"Things That Make You Go Hmmm..." – 5:23
"Just a Touch of Love (Everyday)" (Clivillés) – 5:38
"A Groove of Love (What's This Word Called Love?)" – 10:00
"Live Happy" (David Cole) – 7:22
"Oooh Baby" (Cole) – 4:53
"Let's Get Funkee" (Cole) – 4:29
"Givin' It to You" (Cole) – 4:52
"Bang That Beat" (Cole, Williams) – 5:35
"Shade" – 8:17

PERSONAL
Victoria Clamp, Zelma Davis, Craig Derry, Yolanda Lee, Duran Ramos, Martha Wash, Freedom Williams, Norma Jean Wright: Lead & Backing Vocals
Robert Clivilles: Keyboards, Synthesizers, Keyboard & Synth Programming, Drums, Percussion, Drum Programming, Backing Vocal
David Cole: Keyboards, Backing Vocal
Ricky Crespo: Keyboards
Alan Friedman: Keyboards, Synthesizers, Drums, Percussion
Hugh McCracken: Harmonica
Paul Pesco: Guitars
Production
Arranged & Produced By David Cole, Robert Clivilles, Freedom Williams & Larry Yasga
Recorded & Engineered By Rodney Ascue, Alec Head, Acar S. Key & Tony Maserati
Assistant Engineers: Paul Berry, Bruce Calder, John Parthum, Steve Wellner
Mixed By Acar S. Key & Bob Rosa