Journey are an American rock band from San Francisco, formed around former Santana members Neal Schon and Gregg Rolie. They explored spacey hard-rock and jazz-fusion instrumentals on their first three Columbia albums, released between 1975 and 1977 before the arrival of Steve Perry. The Perry/Rolie lineup gained radio traction with the 1978–80 albums Infinity, Evolution, […]
John Mayall (1933–2024) was an English guitarist and bandleader who led multiple lineups of the Bluesbreakers. They released four albums between 1966 and 1968 on Decca. The Bluesbreakers served as a launch pad for members of Cream, Fleetwood Mac, Colosseum, and Mark–Almond. Members: John Mayall (vocals, organ, piano, harmonica, guitar), John McVie (bass, 1963-65, 1965-67), […]
Slaughter on 10th Avenue is the first of two back-to-back solo albums by English rock guitarist Mick Ronson, released in 1974 on RCA in a deal secured through his involvement with label superstar David Bowie. Tracklist: A1. “Love Me Tender” (4:50) A2. “Growing Up and I’m Fine” (3:10) A3. “Only After Dark” (3:30) A4. “Music […]
Journey is the debut album by the namesake American jazz-rock/hard-rock band, released in 1975 on Columbia Records. Tracklist: A1. “Of a Lifetime” (6:54) A2. “In the Morning Day” (4:26) A3. “Kohoutek” (6:45) B1. “To Play Some Music” (3:19) B2. “Topaz” (6:11) B3. “In My Lonely Feeling / Conversations” (5:00) B4. “Mystery Mountain” (4:22) Credits: Neal […]
Next is the third album by American jazz-rock/hard-rock band Journey, released in 1977 on Columbia Records. Tracklist: A1. “Spaceman” (4:01) A2. “People” (5:20) A3. “I Would Find You” (5:54) A4. “Here We Are” (4:18) B1. “Hustler” (3:17) B2. “Next” (5:28) B3. “Nickel and Dime” (4:14) B4. “Karma” (5:08) Credits: Gregg Rolie — keyboard, lead vocals, lyrics, […]
The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation was an English blues-rock band that issued a standalone single on Blue Horizon/CBS in 1967, followed by four albums on Liberty between 1968 and 1970. The band morphed into Blue Whale for a final album — sometimes credited to drummer/bandleader Dunbar — on Byg Records in 1971. Dunbar drummed on the […]
