Rockbuster

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Rockbuster
Rockbuster cover
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released 1970
Genre Rock
Label CBS Records PR 48/49
Producer Various
Series chronology
Fill Your Head With Rock (1970) Rockbuster

Rockbuster was the second double sampler album from CBS Records released in the UK in 1970. Its tracks are loosely grouped according to style: Side One reflects the jazz-rock idiom, Side Two more folk and singer/songwriter oriented; Side Three is noticeably darker and experimental in tone, while Side Four has its roots in the Blues[1]. The compilation is credited to David Howells, then a marketing and A&R executive at CBS; he later became Managing Director of Pete Waterman's PWL label.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side One

  1. "Don and Dewey" (D. Bowman/D. LaFlamme) - It's a Beautiful Day (from the LP Marrying Maiden CBS 64065) (5:10)
  2. "Something's Coming On" (J. Cocker/C. Stainton) - Blood, Sweat & Tears (from the LP Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 CBS 64024) (4:33)
  3. "Excerpt from Out-Bloody-Rageous" (M. Ratledge) - Soft Machine (from the LP Third CBS 66246) (5:25)
  4. "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" (M. Davis) - Miles Davis (from the LP Bitches Brew CBS 66236) (2:49)
  5. "Uranian Circus" (The Flock) - Flock (from the LP Dinosaur Swamps CBS 64055) (7:00)
  6. "Black Magic Woman" (P. Green) - Santana (from the LP Santana Abraxas) (no catalogue number or timing)

[edit] Side Two

  1. "You'd Better Think Twice" (J. Messina) - Poco (from the LP Poco CBS 64082) (3:17)
  2. "Time Machine" (M. Softley) - Mick Softley (from the LP Sunrise CBS 64098) (5:00)
  3. "All Things" (R. McGuinn/J. Levey) - The Byrds (from the LP (Untitled)) (3;00)
  4. "Days of 49" (Frank Warner[2]) - Bob Dylan (from the LP Self Portrait CBS 66250) (5:42)
  5. "Polly On the Shore" (Trad. arr. Trees) - Trees (from the forthcoming LP On The Shore CBS 64168) (5:00)
  6. "In the Mud" (G. Farr) - Gary Farr[3] (from the forthcoming LP Strange Fruit CBS 64138[4]) (3:35)

[edit] Side Three

  1. "Where Are We Going Wrong" (R. Ballard) - Argent (from the LP Silver Plated CBS 64190[5]) (4:00)
  2. "Primrose Hill" (R. Russell/R. Shepherd) - Rock Workshop (from the LP Rock Workshop CBS 64075) (5:20)
  3. "Mr. Skin" (Spirit) - Spirit (from the LP Animal Zoo CBS 64191[6]) (4:00)
  4. "Mary Clarke" (Lichfield/Gannon) - Black Widow (from the LP Black WidowCBS 64133) (4:30)
  5. "The Queen of Bad Intention" (R. James) - Skin Alley[7] (from the LP To Pagham And Beyond CBS 64140) (6:55)
  6. "To Mark Everywhere" (C. Bley) - Robert Wyatt (from the forthcoming LP CBS 64189[8]) (2:30)

[edit] Side Four

  1. "Crazy Cajun Cakewalk Band" (L. Vegas[9]/P. Vegas[10]/J. Ford) - Redbone (from the LP Redbone CBS 64069) (3:06)
  2. "Guess I'll Go Away" (J. Winter) - Johnny Winter (from the LP Johnny Winter And CBS 64117) (3:36)
  3. "Bootie Cooler"[11] (J. Otis/S. Otis) - Shuggie Otis (from the LP Here Comes Shugggie Otis CBS 63996) (2:41)
  4. "Don't Wait Too Long" (M. Kamen) - New York Rock Ensemble (from the LP Roll Over CBS 64126) (3:04)
  5. "An Awful Lot of Woman" (B. Sheils) - Skid Row (from the LP Skid CBS 63965) (2:00)
  6. "Staggolee" (C. Allen/J. Hill) - Pacific Gas & Electric (from the LP Are You Ready CBS 64026) (3:50)
  7. "Tobacco Road" (J. D. Loudermilk) - Edgar Winter (from the LP Entrance CBS 64083) (4:00)
  8. "Country Road" (J. Taylor) - Al Kooper (from the LP Easy Does It CBS 66252) (4:23)

[edit] The Album Cover

In a brightly coloured gatefold format, the sleeve is unusual in that it opens from top to bottom rather than left to right. Also instantly striking is the image of Arnold Schwarzenegger[12], then known, if only in limited circles, as a bodybuilder. The image is attributed to Weider (UK) Limited. Sleeve Art & Design is credited to Bloomsbury Group in conjunction with Arthur Bayes Associates.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Apart, arguably from the New York Rock Ensemble offering
  2. ^ See [1] but this was already a traditional song and it appears that Warner had become known for his version of it. On the source album if is credited to (Lomax/Lomax/Warner)
  3. ^ For more information, see [2]
  4. ^ Richard Thompson played on this album but it is not known whether he contributed to this track
  5. ^ This may have been a US working title for the album released in the UK as Ring of Hands nad having the same catalogue number but issued on the Epic label; no verifiable release of the album under this title can be found.
  6. ^ The track actually appeared on Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus which was given this catalogue number
  7. ^ Skin Alley Website [ http://www.progressiveworld.net/skinalley.html]
  8. ^ later titled The End of an Ear
  9. ^ Actually Lolly Vasquez
  10. ^ Actually Pat Vasquez
  11. ^ An instrumental, but the title appears to be a reference to the mini-skirt which had become popular in the 1960s
  12. ^ His name is mis-spelled as Schwarzeneggger