Billy Nicholls - Forever's No Time At All - The Anthology 1967-2004 (FLAC)

The collected works of Billy Nicholls may well prove essential listening, not just for fans of the 1960 cult favorite -- whose entire Would You Believe album, complete with outtakes, is present on the first half of the first disc -- but also for admirers of Pete Townshend, who produced and recorded Nicholls during the 1970s. That work is also here, and if it isn't quite as ornate and flowery as Nicholls' '60s work, it also compares favorably with the music that the Who was putting out circa 1974. That's all augmented by tracks off of the previously released compilation Penumbra Moon, which is gorgeous in its own right as singer/songwriter-style material. The latest tracks here, dating from the 21st century, are not quite as pretty as some of what's come before, but the music is still valid, enjoyable rock in a somewhat heavier (or, more heavily produced) vein, more self-conscious in its approach but not without interest. He still writes great lyrics and melodies that if they're not wholly dazzling, dress up nicely. Anyone who owns Would You Believe
will find a lot here to keep himself busy and happy.

 Imho Billy Nicholls was one of the greatest Songwriters for pop/rock, british psychedelia/sunshine pop songs of the sixties in Great Britain after the fab four. He is for sure a little bit underrated from the audience but the musicians who worked with Nicholls always estimated him as great artist.
The collection is in FLAC and there are 43 tracks on two discs. Enjoy

Frank



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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017!!!

Happy New Year 2017, Folks! I wish all of you a wonderful new year with health, success, a lot of love or all the things that means happiness and contendment to you.
I hope some things will take a better way in the new year than in 2016, for me personally and for the
world as well.

I want to start the new year with ''The Association - The Complete Warner Bros. & Valiant Singles Collection (2012)''

While there are plenty of amazing moments on the Association's albums that never came anywhere near a single, the group was first and foremost a singles-oriented act, just as L.A. sunshine pop contemporaries like the Beach Boys (Pet Sounds notwithstanding) and the Mamas & the Papas were. That's part of what makes this anthology such an effective encapsulation of the group's gestalt. The last major Association anthology, Rhino's 2002 double-disc release Just the Right Sound, took a more expansive approach to organizing its retrospective. But by presenting the A- and B-sides of each Association single from 1965's Bob Dylan cover "One Too Many Mornings" to 1971's "That's Racin'" in chronological order, the Now Sounds collection allows listeners to experience the group's evolution in exactly the same way a fan of 45s would have done during the Association's heyday. And while assembled A-sides like "Along Comes Mary," "Cherish," "Windy," and "Never My Love" lend this two-CD offering a definitive greatest-hits aspect, the B-sides are often non-LP cuts, adding some serious heft to the archival side of the project.

Stylistically speaking, it's fascinating to hear the growth the Association experienced over the course of just a few years. While the succulent vocal harmonies remained a signature throughout the group's career, the arrangements and songwriting underwent some major changes. The band began in a folk-rock mode with tracks like the aforementioned Dylan tune before settling into a lush, heavenly pop paradise all their own on circa 1968 masterpieces like "Everything That Touches You." At the same time, the fuzzed-out guitar lines of another 1968 single, "Six Man Band," showed the Association to be entirely comfortable with psychedelia. By 1969, the hits pretty much stopped coming, but the group didn't hit the pause button on its evolutionary process. 1970 B-sides "I Am Up for Europe" and "Look at Me, Look at You" show that the Association was capable of convincingly shifting toward heavy, blues-based rock and country-rock, respectively, while it's easy to envision "It's Gotta Be Real" hitting the early-‘70s R&B charts if only it had come from an act with a bit less of a squeaky-clean straight pop image. If you let it, The Complete Warner Bros. & Valiant Singles can simultaneously underline the Association's commercial peak and deepen your understanding of the group's true musical personality.

This anthology is a fine thing and i hope you will have fun with the songs.
Here we come, 2017!
Cheers
            Frank

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