Monday, June 11, 2012

Eric Gale - Negril Sea Sunset


Eric Gale known for his session work with artists like: King Kurtis, Al Kooper, Herbie Man, Roberta Flack, Bob James, Idris Muhammad and countless others teamed up with The Wailers guitar player and reggae legend Peter Tosh in 1975 to make a full album. Not sure if you could call it real reggae as it gots a verry unique sound, a jazzy groovy instrumental reggae album in the likes of the 70's.


Peter Tosh

Monday, January 9, 2012

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Frank Sinatra - That's Life


That's Life from 1966 album by Frank Sinatra, supported by a studio orchestra arranged and conducted by Ernie Freeman.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Otis Redding - Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay



Otis Redding recorded this track in 1967 just a few days before his death. You can hear he whistles over the last few verses. He intended to return to the studio later to add words in place of the whistling but just a few days later he died in an airplane crash.

War - A Day In The Life


War a 70's funk band with Eric Burdon as frontman after he left The Animals (Chas Chandler of The Animals 'discovered' Jimi Hendrix and brought him to the UK. Doing one of the more complex kind of Beatles tunes. Origanally Paul McCartney wanted a 90 man orchestra for the bridges in between but ended up with a 40 man orchestra, so they did 4 tracks of overdubs with the orchestra.