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John Macey – Eclipse (1981)
As I mentioned in a previous blog, I had this album given to me when I was about 15 (1985) or so. I listened to it quite often back then and always enjoyed the quirky, funky instrumentals on here. A friend of mine recently converted my vinyl to digital format and I am putting it up on here for your listening pleasure.
This album came out in 1981 and sounds very mid-70s. Macey is a very competent player as are all of the 
members in the band. It was released on 51 West Records which was a sub of CBS. There’s some good funky, jazz/fusion, 70s shred in parts of this that some of it sounds like it should be background music in a 70s car chase movie. Until today, I don’t think I have listened to this album in about 20 years and it still sounds great to my ears.
Tracks:
- Eclipse
- Skyblue Dream
- Peter Pan
- Bent Metal
- F Hole Fantasy
- Star Piece
Thin Lizzy – Are You Ready? DVD – Live 1981
I’ve had the bootleg version of this 1981 Rockpalast show for many years and am glad to see that it’s finally coming out 
officially. It’s a great show. It always made me giggle that the bootleg had Angel of Death listed as “Desaster”. It made me giggle even more to see that the official version kept the title the same.
If you like Thin Lizzy, this is a must have. Snowy White on guitars with Gorham. Lots of cool tracks on here too like Memory Pain(!!!), Got To Give It Up, Hollywood, Desaster and Chinatown. Can’t wait to get the official version in my hands. Release date in the USA is November 10, 2009.
1. Are You Ready?
2. Genocide (The Killing Of The Buffalo)
3. Waiting For An Alibi
4. Jailbreak
5. Trouble Boys
6. Don’t Believe A Word
7. Memory Pain
8. Got To Give It Up
9. Chinatown
10. Hollywood (Down On Your Luck)
11. The Cowboy Song
12. The Boys Are Back In Town
13. Suicide
14. Black Rose (Roisin Dubh A Rock Legend)
15. Sugar Blues
16. Baby Drives Me Crazy
17. Rosalie
18. Desaster
19. Emerald
Buy it from your local indie record store or online at DeepDiscount.com. Great prices and always free shipping.
I’m just waiting on a friend…
It’s no secret that my older brother, Robert, was a big influence on my musical development, especially between 1975 
and about 1981/82. One of the bands that he introduced me to is The Rolling Stones. To date they are still my 2nd favorite band of all time behind Iron Maiden. He loved the Stones and subsequently so did I. He played them a lot and they became ingrained into my musical repertoire. After Wyman left I was done with them, but I love just about every album they did with him save one or 2 in the 80s.
I can remember coming home from school and listening to Tattoo You on vinyl. Typically mom and dad were at work and who knows where my brothers were. I seemed to have time to spin records before they all came home. Very influential and time well spent. Homework? Pfffft!
This album was always special to me though. It’s one of those albums that brings me back to a certain time in my life, actually to 2 different times in my life. I guess I have a lot of those types of albums and I am glad for it. Without music I don’t know how I would have ended up.
Tattoo You wasn’t a perfect album for the Stones although it had one of their biggest gits on it…Start Me Up. Sure it’s a fun tune but not one of their finest moments in my opinion. I really loved their slower tunes and this one has some great ones on it, pretty much all of side 2. Worried About You, Tops, Heaven, No Use In Crying and Waiting On A Friend. Such a smooth album side.
Side one’s highlight for me is Little T&A. When I was 19 I briefly dated a girl that this song seemed to fit so well. Typically when we went out I would play it sometime during the evening. Hang Fire is pretty good too. Pretty cool cover art as well. But all in all, side 2 rules this album.
There are many other Stones album that I like better, but this one does have that special place.
“Ain’t no use…”
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