Rock and Roll Reminiscing - FFFF

Tour2ma · February 2003

Rock and Roll Reminiscing

16 February 2003 --- Letter Of The Week is F

For what this is about and some guidelines please click on the following link:

http://clubpolk.polkaudio.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7234

Yes, its a long post, but please read, if you participate.

This week we are only discussing artists whose last name, and groups whose name begin with the letter F.

Note: The word The doesnt count, so for example The Allman Brothers Band belongs in the "A's" discussion and not in the Ts (guideline #5).

When possible, please supply complete title, format, company, year and catalog number when posting recordings.

And so our 26-week odyssey continues

Hope you come along for the ride

HBombToo · February 2003

Thanks Tour2... I think I'm following now.

I'll keep 1 of my favorites of all time.

Fleetwood Mac

After my first marriage ended abruptly I figured no more eating at home. Who wants the mess I thought to myself. Well being a boater I had quite a few friends that always hung at this little Italian restuarant about 10 miles southeast of downtown Pittsburgh so I figured I'd give it a shot. Great food, good people and a quiet little bar that was very confortable to belly up to. After some time had past most regulars became familiar with the HBomb and I became part of the crew. Well 1 evening I had just finished up dinner and grabbed a beer, through some money in the jukebox and played Fleetwood Mac, "Rhiannon" amongst many others and all was good. Well a young lady that I had never met was singing to Rhiannon so loud I was annoyed so I asked her if she is a big fan of Fleetwood Mac and her reply was "YES" with a big glowing SMILE. Well!!! I had my inn and my response was... ME TOO SO LET THEM PERFORM IT! as you could imagine she was not very happy with me and did everything she could to annoy me even more. I thought to myself... "Hmmm... this gal is pretty COOL as she hammered me with insults". Wouldn't ya know an apology from me and a cocktail to start fresh turned me and Brooke into the best of FRIENDS. I really got a kick out of all that and thats another reason Mac will always be one of my favorites.

Heres to Fleetwood Mac, Bennito's and my buddy Brooke.

Regards
HBomb

Tour2ma · February 2003

Hbomb,
Looking for more than a list. Looking for great music experiences within the alphabet framework, be they CD's, old vinyl, concerts you attended, whatever.
We post a new letter every Sunday, ask that weekdays folks limit themselves to two artists a day and then dump all on the weekend.

If you look at one of the past weeks threads youll get the flavor and yes, Grand Funk will be up next week.

Good to have you aboard.

HBombToo · February 2003

Bump

I'm just tellen ya. I have Fleetwood Mac playing on my little h/k speakers really low cuz the little 1 is crashed.

HBomb

heavyismymetal · February 2003

I think I am right on the subject matter.....
Foghat "Foghat-Live" 1977 Bearsville Records (under Warner Bro's) 6 Songs on the entire album......gotta love every one.
An album that in my very young youth, my older brother turned me onto and I loved it......He would continue throughout our upbringing to "turn me onto" different sounds (mainly 60's and 70's rock albums, and I liked everyone of 'em). Back then, I entered and won several contests for Barry Manilow and Electric Light Orchestra records...Even got my name posted in a "16" magazine article for winning a Barry Manilow record.
Foreigner "Head Games" 1979 Atlantic Records... At the time, thought the girl on the cover was extremely provacative.......To this day, still crank it up on "Dirty White Boy" and " Head Games".
Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" 1977 Warner Bros. Records. An album my mom made sure I heard enough of......Wasn't until waaaaaay later that I began to actually like Fleetwood Mac, and as a guitar player, you gotta love "Never Going Back Again". Sometimes I play that one twice.....Louder the second time.
Flock of Seagulls "I Ran"..... a very guilty pleasure that I take every couple of years with myself.....This was a song that permiated the airwaves when I was in my prime and one like David Letterman,(you either hated...or loved). I am VERY much into metal ....but every couple of years or so, when the wife and kids and the buddies aren't around.....I will sneak this song into the CD player once or twice. What can I say? It brings me back to the great days of the time! And man, I loved those days!

Tour2ma · February 2003

U B in da groove now HBomb... nice story... was anticipating that she was going to turn out to be Mrs. Hbomb there for a bit...
U2 heavyismyseagulls???

I love guilty pleasure stories... have plenty of my own...
Do try to hold it to two artists on the weekdays. We had a bumper crop in the A's thru C's, but since then it's gotten kind of lean.

BTW feel free to add to any of the prior weeks' lists at any time.

My F to kick off the week.
Peter Frampton
I loved his work with Humble Pie (more on them in a couple weeks). Then he went solo and did a four decent to more than decent albums. Hes a good guitar slinger, but not great, with an adequate voice, but nothing special, and a decent writer/ composer. So nothing prepared him, or the music public for what came next

Frampton Comes Alive! Dbl Vinyl/ CD (1976/1987 A&M D235180)
I believe this is still the top selling live album of all time (I know it once was). Somehow it all just came together for this release. If you look at the locations the various tracks were recorded (four in all: two in CA and two in NY), this was not exactly the triumphant tour of all time. Most were grade B venues at best, colleges, etc. Only the Winterland in CA stands out as recognizable.

Maybe it was his use of the talk box. It was a relatively new thing at the time and he certainly did a lot to popularize it (Rick Derringer is another early user that springs to mind). But the live feel of an audience being entertained permeates both discs and it is an indispensable addition to any RnR collection. Do You Feel Like We Do is the most heavily played classic here with All I Want To Be (Is By Your Side) and Baby, I love Your Way a ways behind, but still getting regular play.

The success of FCA almost destroyed Peter, drugs depression, etc., cause he could never live up to the expectations that followed its success. But hes recovering still and has come to terms with his success in recent years.

Other releases include:
Wind of Change C90 (info n/a)
Framptons Camel C90 (info n/a)
Somethins Happening Vinyl (1974 A&M SP-3619)
Frampton Vinyl (1975 A&M SP-4512)
All these preceded FCA, and all contributed tracks to the its success. Anything that followed FCA paled in comparison.

F1nut · February 2003

Alright, I'll add to the Fleetwood Mac list with some early stuff before they became a pop band.

FLEETWOOD MAC - KILN HOUSE
1970 Reprise 6408-2 CD

FLEETWOOD MAC - BARE TREES
1972 Reprise 2278-2 CD

FLEETWOOD MAC - MYSTERY TO ME
1973 Reprise 9 25982-2 CD

These 3 have more of the original blues roots from founding member, Peter Green's days in the band. After Buckingham/Nicks joined I lost interest in their music, just a tad contrived IMHO.
Back in the early '90's Mick Fleetwood opened a very classy blues based nightclub/restaurant in Old Town Alexandria, VA. on the Potomac River. He would sit in with whatever band was playing from time to time, quite a treat. I had the good fortune to have a conversation with him one evening, he's a very amicable lad.

Tour2ma · February 2003

Don't know "Kiln House", but was a fan of "Bare Trees"... "Mystery to me" had one of the stranger album covers....

F1nut · February 2003

Well, I was going to post a pic of the cd, but my printer/scanner has decided to go on a unscheduled vacation, POS!

dcarlson · February 2003

Faith No More - The Real Thing

I used to hang with my brother every now and then back in the early 90s. He had '79 Chevette, AM radio that sounded as awful if not worse then a clock radio. Used hear Faith No More a lot back then. Songs: Epic, Falling to Pieces, Sabbath cover of War Pigs. I have the CD and the recording sucks, very bright. Too bad, I'd probably listen to it if it was recorded better.

Faith No More - Angel Dust
Songs: Midlife Crisis, Small Victory

shack · February 2003

FACES - (formerly known as the Small Faces) - A Nod Is As Good As A Wink ...To A Blind Horse - 1973 - This group had a couple of members that went on to bigger and better things: Rod Stewart and Ron Wood. This was back when Rod Stewart knew how to Rock n Roll...before he became a disco, glam, crooner. This album was the 3rd they made. "Miss Judy's Farm" and "Stay With Me" with Rod as the front man are excellent R&R numbers. "You're So Rude" is another good cut with Ronnie Lane singing lead.

Glenn Frey - Soul Searchin' - 1988 - One of the original Eagles made 4 albums during the eightys. This one is my favorite although it was pretty much panned by the critics. This album had some sappy themes but I liked the latin/bluesy sound with extensive use of horns and saxes. "Two Hearts" and "True Love" (see...I said the titles were sappy) are two of the better cuts. "I Can't Put Out This Fire", "Some Kind Of Blue" and "Soul Searchin' " are worth a listen too.

The Allnighter - (2nd album) - 1984 - has two of my favorite Glenn Frey cuts. "Smugglers Blues" and "Better In The USA". I'm not sure which came first but there was a Miami Vice episode made around "Smuggler's Blues" with Frey as a guest star. "Better In The USA" extolls the benefits of living in the USA.

The first album No Fun Aloud - 1982 - sounded a lot like the Eagles, especially cuts like "I Found Somebody" and "The One You Love"...but then it was his first effort away form the group. My favorite is a little rocker called "Partytown" where it is rumored that he invited some of his buddys like John McEnroe, Don Johnson and others to sing backup. They don't show up on the credits but the background singers have names like Hugh Gotteny, Floyd Tempchin and Buckley Wideface. Just an interesting sidenote.

shack · February 2003

Ok..since the "rules" say that I can only list 2 per day I have waited till after midnight to list my next "F".

Foghat - Fool For The City - 1975 - Their 5th and best album in my mind. This is a "must have" for any serious classic rock collection. Cuts like "Fool for the City", "My Babe" and "Terraplane Blues" are excellent examples of 70's blues/rock. And then there is the 8+ min. version of "Slow Ride". This song may have gotten as much airplay over the years on classic rock stations any other song except for "Free Bird" and "Stairway To Heaven". I have this one on vinyl and CD. It is still a good listen.

mhw58 · February 2003

John Fogerty: I LOVE CCR and John. His Centerfield
and Blue Moon Swamp cd's are excellent and his
Premonition dvd is a must own.
Donald Fagen: I love Steely Dan and Fagen's first solo
cd is great, I think it is called Nightfly.
Mike

PS to F1nut: I hope you survived this weekends storm
and were able to listen to some great music. I just
got the 2 cd Best of Bowie cd and it cooks. Awesome
sound on the SDA's.

joe6pak · February 2003

The Fabulous Thunderbirds.

This rock/texasblues band, founded by Jimmie Vaughn in the early 70s is one hot band. They have changed personel a lot during the years but still were able to be tight. This group was the hot band in Austin during their early years. I recomend their cd titled "The Essential Fabulous Thunderbirds." This is a 20 track cd comprised of examples from their first four albums. The cds "Roll of the Dice" and "Walk That Walk, Talk That Talk" are both very good.

Foreigner was mentioned by heavyismymetal and deserves a 2nd posting. "Hot Blooded" That song really rocks. "Cold as Ice," "Head Games," "Urgent." Damn, these guys were good.

mhw58 has already mentioned my all time favorte guy. John Fogerty. "Blue Moon Swamp" and "Premonition" rule at my house. The Premonition dvd is fantastic. I remember when CCR first hit the scene. Everybody was playing that music. I wore out a few 8 tracks by that group. Fogerty was CCR.

joe

Tour2ma · February 2003

Shack, cant join you in Foghat land. Just never forgave them for what they did to I Just Want to Make Love to You sorry, but
Was wondering if anyone was going to nab the Faces short lived stopover between the Small Faces and Rod Stewart and Faces. Nice snag Shack, well done. In fact Id like to say its Fabulous which brings me to:

The Fabulous Thunderbirds
I know Joe6 just hit them, but Ive been sick, so
If you happened to get on-board their bandwagon with Tough Enough, that was me that stopped in front of you and accidentally bumped your shoulder as I turned around to get back off (BTW, excuse me). In their early years they were one of the best blues-rock bands I ever heard. Then they had a whiff of success and tried to become even more so, and well it just wasnt the same.
For the really great stuff, mines all on Vinyl here, you have to go back to:
The Fabulous Thunderbirds (1979 Chrysalis PV41250)
This was a very strong debut. A mixture of originals, covers and written-fors
Whats the Word (1980 Chrysalis PV 41287)
Butt Rockin (1981 Chrysalis PV 41319)
T-Bird Rhythym (1982 Chrysalis CH 1395)
These are the four albums that the hits collection Joe mentions covers. They are great. Never saw them all together live, but did see Jimmie Ray and Kim Wilson at a benefit concert in the mid-80s (along with Bonnie Raitt, Delbert McClinton, Townes Van Zandt, Shake Russell and others). Good stuff
Then there was:
Tuff Enuff (1986 CBS Associated Stereo BFZ 40304):rolleyes:

I mentioned guilty pleasures, and had a little fun with heavyismys, in my Frampton post. One of my fabulous ones is:
The Fabulous Poodles
Think Pink Vinyl (1979 Epic JE 36256)
This was a cutout bin find. One of those albums that you dont know, but somehow catches your eye, and you end up plunking down a buck or two to buy it. You take it home and throw on the TT with no expectations. Most of the time you decide within a track or two that youve wasted that buck or two, but every once in a while
This one just clicked for me. Its irreverent, fun stuff from a fairly obscure 70s British punk band.

F1nut · February 2003

mhw58,

I survived, but my computer crashed. I'm at the mercy of friends until repairs are done. I'll send you a email when I can.

OK, sorry to everyone for getting off track.

F1

George Grand · February 2003

Fever Tree - from the late 60's, an okay band witha good song called "San Francisco Girls".

A big yes to the ORIGINAL Fleetwood Mac. The 70's Mac was a pop money machine. The original Mac was a damn good blues band. I stopped buying after "Heroes are Hard to Find".

Maynard Ferguson's "MF Horn 2"
The Fifth Dimension's Greatest Hits
Roberta Flack's "Mister Magic"
ANYTHING by Aretha Franklin
Flo and Eddie (you missed it, and that's that!)
The Four Season's Greatest Hits

George Grand (of the Jersey Grand's)

shack · February 2003

The Four Seasons - Frankie Valli - It's been a long time since Ive heard anything form this group - "Working My Way Back to You", " Let's Hang On", "Big Girls Don't Cry", "Walk Like a Man", "Sherry", "Rag Doll ", "Dawn (Go Away)", "Stay"....etc... and my personal favorite "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)". Looks like I'm going to have to find a good "best of" disc since a lot of their albums may not be in print anymore.

George Grand · February 2003

I have a real good three disc set from Rhino. It would be difficult to put all their hits on only one or two discs. It contains "Dec 63", and most of Frankie Valli's solo efforts as well (Grease, My Eyes Adored Ya).

I remember that some of the first 45 rpm records I had were "Sherry", "Big Girls Don't Cry", and Pat Boone's "Speedy Gonzalez".

George Grand (of the Jersey Grand's)

jgido759 · February 2003

George,

Good call on the Rhino 3 disc set. I believe that it is OOP. Contained one of the strangest Bob Dylan covers,"Don't Think Twice (It's Alright)" by the "Wonder Who".

avelanchefan · February 2003

I have to add a qwick band to the "F's".

Gotta go with the Foo Fighters.

Dave Grohl was the most talented of the three in Nirvana IMO. Can play guitar, drums, and has a pretty good voice too. My personal favorite album is the Colour and the Shape, songs that stick out are My Hero, and Everlong. Also liked the album "Foo Fighters" with songs like Big Me and "I'll Stick Around"

dcarlson · February 2003

Man, Foo Fighters. :cool:

They're SNL tonight with Christopher Walken.

Foo Fighters' latest album is amazing.

Paul Connor · February 2003

I'll second Dave Grohl Avelanche. Even Colbain recognized his great ability.

Tour2ma · February 2003

Free
Live Vinyl (1971 A&M SP 4306)
Highway Vinyl (1971 A&M SP 4287)
Paul Rogers and Andy Fraser were the force behind this early British rock group. While they were the writing talent and co-wrote most of their material, including their big stateside hit, Alright Now, the other members, Paul Kossoff (lead guitar) and Simon Kirke (drums) were the stronger musicians in the group.
Live is generally considered the groups high water mark. It came out of a grueling world tour that followed the success of their 3rd album, Fire and Water. The tour contributed much to the friction between Fraser and the others, Rogers in particular, which spilled into their follow up, Highway. While Highway was hurt by the friction, it did yield The Stealer and the prophetic, Soon I Will Be Gone. The group split up after this release.
In 1972 the group reformed and released Free at Last. This reincarnation lasted for only one album and Fraser left for good. The remaining three members released an album in 73, Heartbreaker, that was in many ways a tribute to Kossoff, who had fallen prey to heroin addiction to the point where he was able to contribute little to the effort.
Rogers and Kirke moved on to Bad Co. in 73. Considering that Free was only together for five years, their release of eight albums is noteworthy.

Jay Ferguson
Thunder Island Vinyl (1977 Asylum 7E-1115)
Another cutout bin find. When I bought this album 20 years ago or so, I wasnt even sure why I did. Just one of those, I know this name from somewhere buys. Well it turned out that I knew it from two places, Spirit and Jo Jo Gunne, two groups that will be mentioned in weeks to come.
This is not a great album, but its close enough. The title track was a hit and guest players on the album include Joe Walsh (wha-ka-wha) and Bob Webb of James Gang fame.
One thing an AMG read added that I did not know was that Jay moved on to composing for films after his solo career floundered. Among his credits... the soundtrack for The Terminator thank you for that, too, Jay.

Tour2ma · February 2003

And since its now Saturday, dump day
Fanny Fanny Hill 1972
One of the first of the all-girl rock groups, they lasted for a few albums in the early 70s. There is some very listenable stuff on this edition including, Aint That Peculiar, Hey Bulldog, and Blind Alley.

Brian Ferry - Bete Noire 1987
I love Roxy Music, but did not really follow Brian into his solo career. He did a lot of weird stuff, covers of You are My Sunshine and such. This is my one exception. It is very accessible, original, lush stuff and produced a minor hit, The Right Stuff. I think it is just that

Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly 1973
Dont need much more than the title track. Beautiful song Great album jacket, too with the fold open piano

The Flying Burrito Brothers Last of the Red Hot Burritos 1972
A pioneering Country Rock band formed by Gram Parsons of Chris Hillman of the Byrds fame. This band came with a virtual revolving door; musicians came and went throughout its long history. Last of was a live performance of very near the original incarnation. Not great, but worth a listen.

Dan Fogelburg Captured Angel 1975
This was his 2nd in a string of 7 platinum albums. The Last Nail is the standout track here. Much of the rest is forgettable, but Dan isnt. Very much influenced by Jackson Browne he played with Jackson and Van Morison among others.

The Richie Furray Band/ Richie Furray Ive Got a Reason 1976 and Dance a Little Light 1978
Richie popped up when I added Buffalo Springfield to the Bs the other night. As I mentioned then he went onto other groups including Poco and the Souther-Hillman-Furay Band. These two releases are from his solo period. Both were cutout bin finds and both are at least listenable with Ive Got a Reason going well beyond that and approaching Recommendation level. Interesting listens from the standpoint of getting a glimpse of what he contributed to the other groups he was in with bigger names. Turns out it was more than a little.

And last, and maybe least, Funkadelic Maggot Brain 1971
One of the early George Clinton funk releases before he became completely outrageous. The title track was getting a lot of airplay on my FM rock station and I took the dive. It is a haunting, non-funky instrumental track. TBH I dont remember much of the rest, but may give it a spin soon. AMG lists it as one of the two 5-star releases by this group.

Dump complete see you later in the Gs

shack · February 2003

How could I have forgotten Free considering I really have liked "Alright Now" over the years and Bad Company was another group I liked quite a bit.

That got me thinking about another group Paul Rogers was in. I'll admit that I don't own any of their work but I remember that when this group was formed it seemed to have promise but never took off.

The Firm - The Firm - 1985 - Paul Rogers joined another big name muscian...Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin. I remember a couple of cuts from the album with "Radioactive" getting some airplay. They made one more album and then went away.

I like Fogelburg quite a bit and Furray's best work was with Poco...but that is for another day.

I had also forgotten about the Flying Burrito Brothers. My first listen to the was their self titled 3rd album Flying Burrito Brothers. A friend had this on Reel to Reel and I thought is was a decent album.

gidrah · February 2003

Funkadelic - Maggot Brain - 1971

The title track is amazing. Unfortunately there is alot of tape hiss in the recording. "Funkadelic Collection" has a live version on it that sounds much cleaner but lacks the umph of the studio recording

stevew14 · February 2003

Robert Fripp- Founder and cornerstone of many different King Crimson projekts. Also some great collaborations with others such as David Sylvian, Peter Gabriel and The California Guitar Trio to name a few. Definately in a class all his own!!

Strong Bad · February 2003

The Firm - The Firm - 1985 - Paul Rogers joined another big name muscian...Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin. I remember a couple of cuts from the album with "Radioactive" getting some airplay. They made one more album and then went away.

You beat me to this one Shack. The track that stands out for me on this album is "Satisfaction Guaranteed".

John

Tour2ma · February 2003

I know this is not RnR, but doubt there will ever be a comedy thread, and somehow, maybe through drugs, there seems to be a connection here:
Fireside Theater
Stoner humor long before Cheech and Chong, sketch comedy long before SNL, there was this collection of misfits. I never owned any, but a good friend form my early working days had everything they did (funny thing is he was as straight as you can get)
Were All Bozos on this Bus, Waiting for an Electrician, or Someone Like Him, Dont Hand Me those Pliers, Toss Me that Dwarf all come effortlessly to mind and there were more.
Funny for the most part, hilarious at times, the production values in these comedy albums are at a level that many rock bands would kill to achieve.
Ive got to get some of this.

stevew14 · February 2003

Funny Tour. Maybe it was the drugs as you suggest, but I always thought it was "Don't crush that dwarf, hand me the pliers". Oh well, memory fades, who knows. It doesn't really matter, it was all pretty funny stuff anyway.

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