On March 3, 2012, Ronald Douglas Montrose died aged 64. He was musician (guitar), songwriter and music producer, worked with many musicians including Van Morrison, Herbie Hancock, Beaver & Krause, Boz Scaggs, Edgar Winter, Gary Wright, The Beau Brummels, Dan Hartman, Tony Williams, The Neville Brothers, Marc Bonilla and Sammy Hagar. He was founding member and leader of the bands Montrose and Gamma. He released ten solo albums.
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The Beau Brummels: Bradley’s Barn
In October 1968, “Warner Bros” label released “Bradley’s Barn”, the fifth Beau Brummels studio album. It was recorded in 1968, at “Bradley’s Barn”, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, and was produced by Lenny Waronker.
Personnel:
- Sal Valentino – vocals
- Ron Elliott – vocals, guitar
- Jerry Reed– guitar
- David Briggs– keyboards
- Norbert Putnam– bass
- Kenny Buttrey– drums
Track listing:
- Turn Around – Bob Durand, Ron Elliot
- An Added Attraction (Come and See Me) – Sal Valentino
- Deep Water – Ron Elliot, Sal Valentino
- Long Walking Down to Misery – Ron Elliot
- Little Bird – Ron Elliot
- Cherokee Girl – Bob Durand, Ron Elliot
- I’m a Sleeper – Ron Elliot, Sal Valentino
- Loneliest Man in Town – Ron Elliot
- Love Can Fall a Long Way Down – Bob Durand, Ron Elliot
- Jessica – Ron Elliot, Sal Valentino
- Bless You California – Randy Newman
Ulver: Childhood’s End
On May 28, 2012, “Kscope” label released “Childhood’s End”, the ninth Ulver studio album. It was recorded in 2008 and 2011, at “Crystal Canyon Studios” in Oslo, and was produced by Kristoffer Rygg, Tore Ylwizaker, Jørn H. Sværen and Daniel O’Sullivan. Album cover features a photograph by Hoang Van Danh of Phan Thi Kim Phuc fleeing a napalm attack by the South Vietnamese Air Force in 1972. The album is a collection of covers of “60s psychedelic tracks.
Personnel:
- Kristoffer Rygg- vocals, programming
- Tore Ylwizaker – keyboards, programming
- Jørn H. Sværen – miscellaneous
- Daniel O’Sullivan- guitar, bass, keyboards
- Tomas Pettersen, Lars Pedersen – drums
- Alexander Kloster-Jensen – electric guitar
- Lars Christian Folkvord – bass
- Espen Jørgensen, Trond Mjøen – electric and acoustic guitar
- Mats Engen – bass, vocals, backing vocals
- Sisi Sumbundu, Ingvild Langgård – vocals
- Anders Møller – tambourine, shaker, congas
- Ole Alexander Halstensgård – electronic effects
Track listing:
- Bracelets of Fingers (The Pretty Things) – Dick Taylor, Phil May, Wally Walter
- Everybody’s Been Burned (The Byrds) – David Crosby
- The Trap (Bonniwell’s Music Machine) – Sean Bonniwell
- In the Past (We the People) – Wayne Proctor
- Today (Jefferson Airplane) – Marty Balin, Paul Kantner
- Can You Travel in the Dark Alone? (Gandalf) – Peter Sando
- I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) (The Electric Prunes) – Annette Tucker, Nancie Mantz
- Street Song (The 13th Floor Elevators) – Stacy Sutherland
- 66-5-4-3-2-1 (The Troggs) – Reg Presley
- Dark Is the Bark (The Left Banke) – George Cameron, Steve Martin Caro, Tom Finn
- Magic Hollow (The Beau Brummels) – Ron Elliott, Sal Valentino
- Soon There’ll Be Thunder (Common People) – Denny, Jerrald Robinett
- Velvet Sunsets (Music Emporium) – William Cosby, Thom Wade
- Lament of the Astral Cowboy (Curt Boettcher) – Curt Boettcher
- I Can See the Light (The Fleur de Lys) – Bryn Haworth, Gordon Haskell
- Where Is Yesterday (The United States of America) – Dorothy Moskowitz, Ed Bogas, Gordon Marron
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