My Generation of Sunday 10 July: Roland 1971-72, The Growing Concern, Grapefruit [Ed’s Show 2016-28]

Specials Roland 1971-72, The Growing Concern, Grapefruit ** 
SHOWTIME CET (Brussels) Sundays 12:00 noon  > 16:00 hrs ** Repeated 16:00 > 20:00 hrs, 20:00 hrs > 24:000 hrs midnight and 24:000 hrs midnight > 04:00 hrs Monday Morning.
SHOWTIME GMT (London) Sundays 11 a.m. > 3 p.m. ** Repeated 3 p.m. > 7 p.m., 7 p.m. 11 p.m. and 11 p.m. > 3 a.m. UK Monday morning.

MY GENERATION  & BLUESIDE: THE PLAYLISTS

MY GENERATION (new show)

SPECIALS:  THE GROWING CONCERN  (1968) ** ROLAND  (“A Tune For You”,  1971, re-release by Starman Records   2016 **   AND ALSO: MUNGO JERRY ** THE ROLLING STONES ** THE COUNT FIVE ** THE DAVE CLARK 5 ** BUFFY SAINTE MARIE ** DAVID McWILLIAMS ** THE FOOL ** THE FUGS ** JOHN B. SEBASTIAN **

MY GENERATION BLUESIDE (new show)

SPECIAL: ROLAND One  Step  At A Time re-release, 1972, re-release Starman Records 2016 )**  GRAPEFRUIT: DEEP WATER, 1969 ** AND ALSO:  ALBERT COLLINS ** JOHNNY WINTER (1969)  ** RUTHIE FOSTER ** GEORGIE FAME ** GINGER BAKER’S AIR FORCE ** THE MOVE ** Voices: Crosby & Nash: Occupy Wall Street * Antifascisme France 1973 *

MY GENERATION (repeated)

SPECIAL: 1966 ** MICHEL POLNAREFF ** JACQUES DUTRONC ** THE BYRDS ** THE WHO **  THE KINKS  ** THE CREATION ** HERMAN’s HERMITS ** THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND ** THE SEEKERS ** DUSTY SPRINGFIELD ** ANDRE BRASSEUR ** RAY CHARLES **

MY GENERATION BLUESIDE (repeated)
SPECIAL: 1966 with LEE DORSEY **  WILSON PICKET ** THE ROLLING STONES ** THE CHOCOLATE WATCH BAND ** DON COVAY ** CHICAGO, THE BLUES TODAY, vol. 1, 1966: OTIS SPANN’S SOUTHSIDE PIANO  + JUNIOR WELL’s CHICAGO BLUES BAND  + J.B. HUTTO & THE HAWKS **

MY GENERATION, incl. BLUESIDE: THE SHOW 
MY GENERATION / BLUESIDE is a four-hour show. Each week, a new 60 minute episode followed by the previous show, totalling two hours of all the sounds and the voices that shaped the 60s. Each show includes a special highlighting one artist, release, topic or trend. BLUESIDE: a new 60 minute episode every week, followed by the previous show, totalling two hours of the blues that influenced and inspired the sounds of the sixties – from the originators till the present day. Each show includes a special highlighting one artist, release, topic or trend.

SPECIALS BACKGROUND

SPECIAL: ROLAND 

“Roland Van Campenhout is zonder twijfel één van de meest unieke Belgische artiesten.  Sinds de sixties  heeft Roland een uitgebreide en zeer indrukwekkende en eclectische discografie opgebouwd. Meer dan 20 albums waarop folk, blues, rock, world music… samen feest vieren in een vernieuwende muzikale dimensie eigen aan de absoluut  vrije muzikale geest  die Roland héél zeker is.
Starman Records bracht reeds Roland’s “Snowblind” uit 1981terug uit op vinyl en brengt nu voor de allereerste keer de twee eerste soloalbums van Roland terug op vinyl uit: “A Tune For You” uit 1971 en “One Step At The Time” uit 1972. (…) Wat deze uitgaven nog unieker maakt zijn de in totaal 8 bonus tracks, vanonder het stof gehaald uit de VRT-archieven. Deze songs werden in 1970 live opgenomen, solo en met The Bluesworkshop (inclusief Jean Blaute), en werden op één uitzondering nooit later hernomen in de studio” (Bron: Starman Records, www.starmanrecords.com)

GROWING CONCERN

“(…) However, the band was a different proposition altogether with its emphasis on beautiful vocal harmonies and fantastic guitar and organ work (…) All in all, this is a fine album. The support of vocalists Bonnie MacDonald and  Mary Gartski are an intrinsic part of the band’s distinctive sound, and the songs contributed by organist Dan Passaglia, bassist JohnPedley and guitarist Ralph Toms are more than equal to the offerings from more illustrious contemporaries such as Mike Hugg (“Mister You’re A Better Man Than I”) or Stephen Stills  (“Sit Down I Think I Love You”). The album, which is brilliantly recorded, is of a consistently high musical quality” (Source: http://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/growing-concern-the-the-growing-concern-lp/ASH.3020LP.html)

GRAPEFUIT: DEEP WATER

Remembered for some fine singles combining harmonious pop, clever arrangements and some psych (e.g. “Deep Water”), Grapefruit nevertheless recorded some heavier material and even some fine blues and R&B, though not necessarily in its pure format. We picked three songs from their second LP and maybe it’s no coincidence that these three were not penned by George Alexander who usually provided most of the material…
Check out http://rockasteria.blogspot.com.es/2011/12/grapefruit-deep-water-1969-uk-excellent.html