13-052021 FAVTRAX:MiX ~ 33 FAVOURiTE tracks 1979-1984 >>The Police, Embryo, Alvin Lee, Jean-Luc Ponty, Frank Zappa, Robin Trower, Jack Bruce, King Crimson, R.E.M, David Bowie, The Honeydrippers, Julian Cope<<
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British rock trio with an innovative rock/reggae fusion, superb songwriting, and crossover appeal that shot them straight to international stardom.
German band mixed Krautrock with an eclectic world beat over a career spanning decades. One of the most original and innovative Krautrock bands, Embryo fused traditional ethnic music with their own jazzy space rock style. Over an existence spanning decades, during which Christian Burchard became the only consistent member, the group traveled the world, playing with hundreds of different musicians and releasing over 20 records.
British blues-rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist who found success fronting Ten Years After before launching a lengthy solo career.
A wide-ranging violinist who helped popularize the use of electronics among string players, and developed a varied style mixing many jazz genres. It has been a long, fascinating odyssey for Jean-Luc Ponty, who started out as a straight jazz violinist only to become a pioneer of the electric violin in jazz-rock in the '70s and an inspired manipulator of sequencers and synthesizers in the '80s. 
The creator of radical rock during the '60s who later pursued even more adventurous avenues, ranging from jazz-rock to classical composition.
Robin Trower is one of rock's prime guitarists due to his uncanny ability to channel the blues-psych, Fender Strat-fueled playing style of Jimi Hendrix.
Arguably the definitive exponents of British progressive rock, spurred on by Robert Fripp's innovative guitar work.King Crimson 
Briefly active in the mid-'80s, vintage R&B-inspired supergroup featuring Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck.The Honeydrippers 
Enigmatic, prolific singer/songwriter and author known for his genre-defying work and contrary personality.
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1979-1984
Message in a Bottle (Sting)
Reggatta de Blanc (Stewart Copeland / The Police / Sting / Andy Summers)
It's Alright for You (Stewart Copeland / Sting)
from Reggatta de Blanc 1979
By 1979's Reggatta de Blanc (translation: White Reggae), nonstop touring had sharpened the Police's original blend of reggae-rock to perfection, resulting in breakthrough success. .. Whereas their debut got its point across with raw, energetic performances, Reggatta de Blanc was much more polished production-wise and fully developed from a songwriting standpoint... With Reggatta de Blanc, many picked Sting and company to be the superstar band of the '80s, and the Police would prove them correct on the band's next release.
Strasse nach Asien
Kurdistan
Far East
from Embryo's Reise 1979
"Reise" is the German word for "Travel", and that's exactly what the album has to offer here: a genuine musical journey... to the East. After the band's average jazz/rock/world releases during the second half of the 70's (last good album being 1973's "We Keep On"), EMBRYO's leader Christian Burchard decided to save his baby and brought with him the other members for a long trip, from Middle-East to India. During their journey, they met various local musicians, played jam sessions and recorded tracks in their company...
Stealin' (Steve Goulding)
Ridin' Truckin' (Alvin Lee)
No More Lonely Nights (Steve Goulding / Alvin Lee)
from Free Fall 1980
...This band probably should have been called the Lee/Gould band, as former Rare Bird vocalist Steve Gould has at least as much to do with the sound of the band on those first few tracks. About four cuts into Freefall, Lee seems to wake up, and he turns in some really tasty guitar and a nice, energetic vocal on "Stealin'." There are even a few whoops and shrieks thrown in, and that's OK, because the song deserves it. So does "Ridin' Truckin'"...
Demagomania (Jean-Luc Ponty)
Happy Robots (Jean-Luc Ponty)
Shape Up Your Mind (Jean-Luc Ponty)
from Civilized Evil 1980
All of the titles here make some kind of reference to cosmic issues of good and evil on the planet Earth, but the suggestive wordplay doesn't make this music much different from that on Jean-Luc Ponty's previous Atlantic outings. Ponty plays with his accustomed fluid virtuosity; the five-piece group ranges from standard Ponty fusion to mild funk; the rhythm section is sometimes more grandly recorded than before; and occasionally, one can hear some embryonic sequenced structures that would be explored further on in the decade...
Five-Five-Five (Frank Zappa) 2:36
Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar (Frank Zappa) 5:38
Treacherous Cretins (Frank Zappa) 5:34
from Shut Up And Play Yer Guitar 1981
While most of the discussions of Frank Zappa have to do with his satirical and off-color lyrics, the fact remains that he was one of the finest and most underappreciated guitarists around. This collection places the spotlight squarely on Zappa's mastery of the guitar. Recorded for the most part in 1979 and 1980 (with a few tracks dating as far back as 1977), Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar is simply a collection of guitar solos. Even though most of the tracks were just edited out of their original song context, they fare well as stand-alone pieces, as Zappa was an ever-inventive player....
Jack Bruce is best known as the bassist and vocalist for Cream, but also a remarkable talent who bridged free jazz and hard rock via countless collaborations.
Thin Ice (Pete Brown / Jack Bruce) 3.40
Take Good Care of Yourself (Keith Reid / Robin Trower) 4:44
Little Boy Lost (Keith Reid / Robin Trower) 3:32
from Truce 1981
Recorded in two days of intense sessions with Robin Trower (with Reg Isidore on the drums), Jack Bruce revels in the blues across the material on Truce while freely ranging over a musical landscape that encompasses both hard rock and elements of progressive rock (and even funk and soul), without ever losing focus (which has sometimes tended to happen with his solo projects). And in the process, the sheer virtuosity of all concerned was showcased with laser-like precision. Bruce's playing and singing are beautifully showcased, in some of the best stripped-down musical settings he'd had to work with since his days with Cream -- this is just a killer showcase for both of the featured players, and Reg Isidore...
Neal and Jack and Me (Adrian Belew / Bill Bruford / King Crimson / Robert Fripp / Tony Levin) 4:22
Two Hands (Adrian Belew / Margaret Belew / Bill Bruford / King Crimson / Robert Fripp / Tony Levin) 4:12
Heartbeat (Adrian Belew / Bill Bruford / King Crimson / Robert Fripp / Tony Levin) 3:54
from Beat 1982
...The '80s version of King Crimson (Robert Fripp, guitar; Adrian Belew, vocals/guitar; Tony Levin, bass; and Bill Bruford, drums) retains the then-modern new wave sound introduced on Discipline. The band's performances are still inspired... With lots of different guitar textures, bass explorations, and uncommon drum rhythms present, King Crimson's Beat will automatically appeal to other musicians. But since they're fantastic songwriters as well, you don't have to be a virtuoso to feel the passion of their music.
R.E.M.
Trail-blazing college rock band from Athens, Georgia who were instrumental in bringing alternative rock into the mainstream in the '80s and '90s.
Radio Free Europe (Bill Berry / Peter Buck / Mike Mills / Michael Stipe) 4:05
Pilgrimage (Bill Berry / Peter Buck / Mike Mills / Michael Stipe)
Laughing (Bill Berry / Peter Buck / Mike Mills / Michael Stipe) 3:58
from Murmur 1983
Leaving behind the garagey jangle pop of their first recordings, R.E.M. developed a strangely subdued variation of their trademark sound for their full-length debut album, Murmur. Heightening the enigmatic tendencies of Chronic Town by de-emphasizing the backbeat and accentuating the ambience of the ringing guitar, R.E.M. created a distinctive sound for the album -- one that sounds eerily timeless. Even though it is firmly in the tradition of American folk-rock, post-punk, and garage rock, Murmur sounds as if it appeared out of nowhere, without any ties to the past, present, or future...
The mercurial music icon widely considered the original pop chameleon and figurehead for countless musical movements.David Bowie
Modern Love (David Bowie) 4:48
Let's Dance (David Bowie) 7:37
Cat People (Putting out Fire) (David Bowie / Giorgio Moroder) 5:09
from Let’s Dance 1983
After summing up his maverick tendencies on Scary Monsters, David Bowie aimed for the mainstream with Let's Dance. Hiring Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers as a co-producer, Bowie created a stylish, synthesized post-disco dance music that was equally informed by classic soul and the emerging new romantic subgenre of new wave, which was ironically heavily inspired by Bowie himself.
Young Boy Blues (Doc Pomus / Phil Spector) 3:32
Rockin' at Midnight 5:59
Sea of Love (George Khoury) 3:03
from The Honeydrippers, Vol. 1 1984
...Plant always harbored deep, abiding love for early rock & roll, a fact that was often obscured by his restlessness, too, a side that he indulged on his first two post-Zep solo albums -- glistening, modern albums with a heavier debt to Robert Fripp than Little Richard. Two albums in, he switched tactics for the EP detour The Honeydrippers, Vol. 1, an unabashedly retro-rock project that hauled out five golden oldies from the pre-Beatles era and served them up authentically, or at least as authentic nostalgia... Some may find this kind of pastiche a bit distancing, even campy, but there's a genuine warmth in Plant's performance, and his ad-hoc group of Honeydrippers -- including Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page in uncredited cameos -- have a great time running through these handful of oldies, particularly "Rockin' at Midnight."...
...Plant always harbored deep, abiding love for early rock & roll, a fact that was often obscured by his restlessness, too, a side that he indulged on his first two post-Zep solo albums -- glistening, modern albums with a heavier debt to Robert Fripp than Little Richard. Two albums in, he switched tactics for the EP detour The Honeydrippers, Vol. 1, an unabashedly retro-rock project that hauled out five golden oldies from the pre-Beatles era and served them up authentically, or at least as authentic nostalgia... Some may find this kind of pastiche a bit distancing, even campy, but there's a genuine warmth in Plant's performance, and his ad-hoc group of Honeydrippers -- including Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page in uncredited cameos -- have a great time running through these handful of oldies, particularly "Rockin' at Midnight."...
Reynard the Fox (Julian Cope) 6:16
Laughing Boy (Julian Cope) 5:47
O King of Chaos (Julian Cope) 2:36
from Fried 1984
In contrast to the crisp, clean sound of World, Fried often sounds rougher, a bit more shut in. Combine that with Cope's generally successful attempts to project an image of barely stable sanity, helped in large part by the notorious wearing-nothing-but-a-turtle-shell cover photos, and the idea of Fried as his album of crazed musical collapse understandably is a strong one. However, World producer Steve Lovell once again handles things here, along with playing guitar, while even more importantly, key Cope collaborator Donald Ross Skinner, a young musician from Cope's hometown, makes his debut. Kate St. John again contributes cor anglais throughout, adding a haunting atmosphere on many cuts. If anything, the album shows that Cope may be completely musical tripping out as he chooses but he knows exactly what he's doing throughout...
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