Crowbar 1971 Larger Than Life (And Live'r Than You've Ever Been)

Genre: Blues-Rock
Rate: 128 kbps CBR / 44100
Time: 01:07:25
Size: 61,74 MB



Review by Keith Pettipas

Larger Than Life (And Live'r Than You've Ever Been), the second album by Crowbar, was originally released on the now defunct Canadian independent label Daffodil Records in 1971 as a two record set and achieved gold record status upon its original release. Repackaged on a single CD by the Unidisc label, this recording represents the best performances by Crowbar taken from a live radio broadcast of a concert held at Massey Hall in Toronto on 23rd September, 1971.

This high energy performance by Kelly (Captain Canada) Jay and company features the band in top form with renditions of some of the band's best known songs from their debut album Bad Manors, some rock and roll and blues cover songs and a rousing ending with the band's biggest hit "Oh What a Feeling".

Along with Crowbar, this recording features support performances by members of Lighthouse, Dr. Music, Everyday People and King Biscuit Boy. One of the best live albums to come out of Canada in the early 70's, Larger Than Life (And Live'r Than You've Ever Been) is a testament to the popularity and prowess of one of Canada's top blues rock bands and an essential addition any rock fans music library despite the recording flaws in the recording.

Tracklist:

01 - Prince Of Peace 03:52

02 - Murder In The First Degreee 03:37

03 - Newspaper Song 03:35

04 - Corrina, Corrina 04:48

05 - Fly Away 06:41

06 - Tits Up On The Pavement 08:11

07 - Mummy & Daddy 02:04

08 - Ask Me No Questions 05:57

09 - Over The Mountain 07:04

10 - Cane On The Brazos 05:33

11 - Medley (Rock Around The Clock, Sh 02:46

12 - In The Dancing Hold 03:49

13 - Oh What A Feeling 09:28





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Crowbar 1971 Bad Manors

Genre: Blues-Rock
Rate: 128 kbps CBR / 44100
Time: 00:39:54
Size: 36,71 MB



Review by Tom Schulte

Canada's Crowbar is the musical apotheosis made by the Full Tilt Boogie Band. The group's theme song, "Oh What a Feeling," resurfaced as a Rush Limbaugh theme song. Here it is in all its glory -- a real '70s studio Frankenstein. And here is Crowbar in all its glory as well, an amazing arsenal of '70s rock, funk, and roots. Bad Manors is an incomparable example of period boogie rock.



Tracklist:

01 - Frenchman's Filler #1 01:12

02 - Too True Mama 02:55

03 - Let The Four Winds Blow 02:25

04 - House Of Blue Lights 02:48

05 - The Frenchman's Cherokee Boogie Incident 00:29

06 - Train Keep Rollin' 02:54

07 - Baby, Let's Play House 03:08

08 - Oh Never Be A Dodo 00:21

09 - Oh What A Feeling 04:27

10 - Frenchman's Filler #2 00:34

11 - Frenchman's Filler #3 00:36

12 - Murder In The First Degree 05:20

13 - In The Dancing Hold 03:56

14 - Mountain Fire 03:50

15 - Prince Of Peace 04:13

16 - Frenchman's Filler #1 [Edit] 00:46





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Crowbar 1973 KE32746

Genre: Rock
Rate: 128 kbps CBR / 44100
Time: 00:38:18
Size: 35,08 MB



From 1969 to 1970, most of the members of the group had been a backup band for Ronnie Hawkins under the name "And Many Others". However, in early 1970, he fired them, saying "You guys are so crazy that you could fuck up a crowbar in three seconds!" They recorded their first album in 1970 (Official Music) as King Biscuit Boy and Crowbar. King Biscuit Boy left the band later in 1970, but continued to appear off-and-on as a guest performer.

Crowbar's rock, blues and boogie mix made it one of Canada's most popular touring bands of the early 1970s. The band toured in the United Kingdom but, otherwise, made little impact outside of Canada, perhaps the result of the strong nationalistic fervour that characterised its performances.

Crowbar disbanded in 1975, but was revived in 1977 (minus Jozef Chirowski, who had joined Alice Cooper's band) for a tour of eastern Canada and again by Kelly Jay and others intermittently during the 1980s for club work in southern Ontario. (http://en.wikipedia.org)



Tracklist:

01 - Million Dollar Weekend 03:10

02 - Something Happened Yesterday 04:25

03 - Trumpet Rose 03:25

04 - All The Living Things 03:19

05 - Go For The Throat 04:59

06 - Kilroy 02:47

07 - Rocky Mountain Tragedy 05:46

08 - The Killing Time Trilogy 06:55

09 - Nothing Lasts Forever 03:32





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Crowbar 1975 Memories Are Made Of This

Genre: Blues-Rock
Rate: 320 kbps CBR / 44100
Time: 00:49:16
Size: 112,73 MB



Review by Roch Parisien

Linked to Ronnie Hawkins backing bands in the late '60s, Crowbar epitomizes the period's backwoods hippie eclecticism, with a sometimes witty twist. Despite somewhat skimpy content (47 minutes of music), no self-respecting music collection should be without the classic Canadian anthem "Oh What a Feeling."



Tracklist:

01 - The Frenchman's Cherokee Boogie Incident 00:27

02 - Let The Four Winds Blow 02:25

03 - Cane On The Brazos 05:47

04 - In The Dancing Hold 03:54

05 - Where Were You 04:03

06 - Lay One Down 04:29

07 - Oh Never Be A Dodo 00:21

08 - Murder In The First Degree 05:17

09 - Trilby 02:50

10 - Dead Head Out Of St. John's 03:52

11 - Tits Up On The Pavement 08:37

12 - Happy People 03:03

13 - Oh What A Feeling 04:11





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King Biscuit Boy With Crowbar 1972 Official Music

Genre: Blues
Rate: 210 kbps VBR / 44100
Time: 00:42:47
Size: 68,11 MB



Review by Keith Pettipas

Born in Hamilton Ontario, Richard Newell's musical career began in the early 60's as a teenager playing the harmonica in teen bands, the Barons in 1961 (later renamed Son Richard and the Chessmen) and then with the blues styled Mid- Knights in the mid 60's. He became noticed while playing with Ronnie Hawkins as one of the Hawks, who nicknamed him King Biscuit Boy. After playing with Hawkins for two years, he left to go it alone but joined Crowbar band made up of ex Hawks) and recorded his debut album entitled Official Music (as King Biscuit Boy & Crowbar) in 1970.

Official Music was released on the Daffodil Records label in Canada and Paramount in the U.S.A. to critical acclaim. Of the eleven songs on the album, eight are standard blues covers of songs by such greats as Willie Dixon, Bill Broonzy, Otis Redding, Sonny Boy Williamson, given a unique treatment by Newells' harmonica playing. There are also original compositions written by Newell and performed in a classic blues style. Official Music charted in both the US and Canada and a single taken from the album, "Corinna Corrina" was a minor hit in Canada for King Biscuit Boy and Crowbar in 1970. After the release of Official Music, King Biscuit Boy and Crowbar parted ways.



Tracklist:

01 - Highway 61 02:56

02 - Don't Go No Further 03:48

03 - Unseen Eye 03:02

04 - I'm Just A Lonely Guy 02:36

05 - Key To The Highway 03:20

06 - Corrina, Corinna 04:39

07 - Biscuit's Boogie 09:39

08 - Hoy Hoy Hoy 05:18

09 - Badly Bent 02:14

10 - Cookin' Little Baby 02:42

11 - Shout Bama Lama 02:33




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