Untold Stories

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The harmonies of this successful '80s bluegrass outfit--named after the secret ingredient in Martha White's self-rising flour--were simply stunning. Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Tim O'Brien sang with utterly pure high tenor, while Nick Forster and Pete Wernick gave the group a powerful three part vocal punch. O'Brien and Forster's literate compositions are set beside standards by the Carter Family and the Delmore Brothers, and the band's reading of Hazel Dickens's "Won't You Come & Sing for Me" is exquisite. Session workhorse Jerry Douglas sits in on Dobro. --Roy Francis Kasten

Untold Stories,Hot Rize,Sugarhill [Country],Bluegrass,Country,Pop,Progressive Bluegrass,Traditional Bluegrass

Average customer rating: I haven't heard this yet, but... Get this....QUICK!

Untold Rock Stories Quick Manufacturer: Rev-Ola ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Power Pop | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Hollywood Brats (Recorded 1973) Milk 'n' Cookies ASIN: B000093CZM Release Date: 2007-05-14

Tracks:

1. No No Girl
2. Teacher's Pet
3. Hi-Lo
4. Hillary
5. Rag Doll
6. My Purgatory Years
7. It Won't Be Long
8. Heaven on Earth
9. Born Free
10. Don't You Want It
11. Pretty Please
12. Over the Rainbow
13. You Yeah You
14. Take My Life
15. Touch Control
16. You Give Me Heat
17. Jimmy Too Bad
18. Big Chance
19. Poison Polly
20. Angel [*]
21. Blackout [Live][*]
22. Master Race [Live][*]

Album Description

The Quick were one of the pre-eminent bands of the early LA punk scene, featuring ex-& future members of The Three O'clock, Weirdos, Cruzados, & The Rembrandts, they were discovered & produced by the legendary hustler Kim Fowley, who got them a deal with Mercury Records. Beck, Norman Blake, Redd Kross, Alan McGee, Michael Stipe, & Pat Smear were & are among their many fans. This first-ever CD collection consists of the demos produced by Kim Fowley which landed them their deal, & post album recordings produced by Beck's father David Campbell, the real sound of LA punk-pop mutating into the Paisley Underground. Includes songs covered By The Dickies & Redd Kross. Produced by Kim Fowley & David Campbell. Rev-Ola. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

I haven't heard this yet, but..........2006-03-21

...I'm giving it 5 Stars because of my love for the Quick's one released album, MONDO DECO, which I bought back in college in 1977/78! As the other reviewer here points out, they are quite reminiscent of early Sparks, circa their L.A. band...and, in fact, Sparks' original guitar player Earle Mankey produced their Mercury album. I've heard short snippets of the versions recorded on this cd, and I couldn't figure out their origin, as they were definitely NOT the versions on their official album. These, being demos, have a more natural, "present in the room" feel, like a live recording. The Mankey-produced album is much more "produced," and there is no sign of a Cheap Trick similarity on that record: it's Sparks-influenced all the way. What saved it from being a mere copy, a second-rate imitation, were the fine musicianship and TERRIFIC songs the Quick wrote, (I think they were all the product of their guitar-player, whose name I forget at the moment).

I wonder how many fans of the Rembrandts' theme song for FRIENDS would go running from the room if they heard the Quick..."ooh, too weird! ooh, his voice is so high!" I have rarely met a Sparks fan in my time, and I've never met anyone else who had ever heard of the Quick, much less heard them. (I was in Florida when I got their record.)

Anyway, I am delighted this item of forgotten pop history has been released, and I regret that MONDO DECO itself has not itself been rereleased. I'll have to dig out my vinyl copy sometime.

Get this....QUICK!.......2004-03-26

Thankyou Rev-Ola! Thankyou for making available, at long last, these 22 tracks of pure powerpop perfection by one of rock and roll's most criminally neglected groups.

Being from the LA area, and as a longtime fan of punk rock, I've always loved the early LA groups like The Plugz, Germs, Dils, Zeros, et al. One thing that many of these bands had in common was the Quick as a musical influence. Along with influencing such bands, The Quick would share the bill with some of them at clubs like the Starwood once the punk thing was in full swing. The Dickies were good friends with, and apparently, roadies for the Quick and eventually recorded an excellent cover of "Pretty Please". I'd read about the group in old Slash and Flipside articles and even heard a few of their tunes on my local 3-Watt college radio station (KUCI) as a kid. Yet, the Quick remained something of an enigma to me until I thankfully stumbled onto this CD.

For years, I tried to obtain a copy of the Quick's extremely obscure Mercury LP "Mondo Deco". For years, I waited patiently for a compilation of demo's, live tracks; anything! Unfortunately, nothing surfaced. Nothing, that is, until now.

Musically, The Quick bear more than a passing resemblance to early Sparks, whom they cite as an initial influence. I'd say, however, that the group sounds most like vintage Cheap Trick. Both bands specialized in quirky, Move-influenced powerpop. Both bands were blessed with humorous, intellegent and inventive songwriter/guitarists. Even Quick vocalist Danny Wilde (now a Rembrandt) could pass for Robin Zander's ever-so-slightly less gifted (vocally, that is) little brother. And, as big of a Cheap Trick fan that I am, I'd say that songs like "No No Girl", "My Purgatory Years", "Hillary" and "Pretty Please" are as good as, if not better than, anything C.T. ever recorded. HERESY! you say. Well, just listen to this CD and decide for yourself.

These Demo recordings faithfully capture what The Quick must have sounded like live. No digital multitracking, Pro Tools plastic surgery here. Just "set up a few mikes and let the tape roll". I've always felt that this is the best way of capturing the raw excitement and immediacy of rock and roll. This collection's two live tracks do, in fact, sound as if they could have come from the demo sessions.

If you love powerpop, punk, glam, 60's groups like The Move, Who, and Small Faces- Hell, if you like great music, period- pick up this CD and do it (ahem) Quick. You will not be dissapointed! Now, if only Rev-Ola would reissue "Mondo Deco" and any other goodies that might still be floating around out there.

Average customer rating: Gone But Not Forgotten . . .

Untold Stories Hot Rize Manufacturer: Sugarhill [Country] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bluegrass | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Take It Home Traditional Ties Hot Rize So Long of a Journey: Live at the Boulder Theater Radio Boogie ASIN: B000000EZU Release Date: 1993-10-18

Tracks:

1. Are You Tired Of Me, My Darlin'
2. Untold Stories
3. Just Like You
4. Country Blues
5. Bluegrass Part Three
6. Won't You Come & Sing For Me
7. Life's Too Short
8. You Don't Have To Move The Mountain
9. Shadows In My Room
10. Don't Make Me Believe
11. Wild Ride
12. Late In The Day

Amazon.com

The harmonies of this successful '80s bluegrass outfit--named after the secret ingredient in Martha White's self-rising flour--were simply stunning. Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Tim O'Brien sang with utterly pure high tenor, while Nick Forster and Pete Wernick gave the group a powerful three part vocal punch. O'Brien and Forster's literate compositions are set beside standards by the Carter Family and the Delmore Brothers, and the band's reading of Hazel Dickens's "Won't You Come & Sing for Me" is exquisite. Session workhorse Jerry Douglas sits in on Dobro. --Roy Francis Kasten

Customer Reviews:

Gone But Not Forgotten . . ........2001-02-26

. . . "Untold Stories" represented the high water mark for one of the most popular bluegrass acts of the 1980's. Led by triple-threat front man Tim O'Brien, Hot Rize appealed to both traditional and progressive audiences, combining wonderful material and vocal harmony with the hot picking of O'Brien, banjo whiz Pete Wernick, and the late Charles Sawtelle, whose deep tone and unique guitar phrasing brought smiles to most everyone who ever heard him. My personal favorites on this effort are the title song (which was a hit for country star Kathy Matea), "Just Like You", and "Here Today and Gone Tommorrow", a jaunty reading of an old Delmore Brothers tune - but this is a strong outing by a terrific band at the height of its powers.

Average customer rating: Better than you think closing a cycle... Worst Bad Company CD ever The worst Bad Company cd THE END OF THE LINE

Stories Told & Untold Bad Company Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Arena Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Pop General | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classic Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Hard Rock & Metal | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Company of Strangers Here Comes Trouble Dangerous Age Holy Water Burnin' Sky ASIN: B000002HNT Release Date: 1996-10-15

Tracks:

1. One On One
2. Oh Atlanta
3. You're Never Alone
4. I Still Belive In You
5. Ready For Love
6. Waiting On Love
7. Can't Get Enough
8. Is That All There Is To Love
9. Love So Strong
10. Silver Blue And Gold
11. Downpour In Cairo
12. Shooting Star
13. Simple Man
14. Weep No More

Customer Reviews:

Better than you think.......2007-05-05

I grew up with the original Bad Company, who were, imho, vastly overrated. With the exception of their first album, which was stocked with songs Mick Ralphs had been writing in the waning days of his membership in Mott The Hoople, their album catalog is very uneven, and consists of much filler. When the band came back in the 80's, with new vocalist Brian Howe, they managed two great arena rock albums - Dangerous Age and Holy Water - that were chokka-block full of great tunes. When the Mk3 version started up, I lost interest totally. This was a mistake on my part - because Robert Hart is a "ringer" for Paul Rodgers - and does a great job on the normally dreaded remakes of early Bad Co tunes. And the new songs aren't bad either. I picked this up used on the cheap (2 bucks), and was pleasantly surprised and pleased. Put your pre-conceived notions about Bad Co w/o Mr. Rodgers aside, and enjoy some decent remakes, and "filler" just as good as anything else the original Bad Co did back in the day. You won't be sorry you spent 2 bucks. And how often is it you get a whole album that is pretty good for 2 bucks? :)

closing a cycle..........2007-04-25

This is the final release by Bad Company Mk3, done before the reunion of the original lineup in 1997, and 1 year after their only other release, Company of Strangers. That record marked the debut of singer Robert Hart, as well as a return to the original bluesy/country rock roots of the band, forsaking the more "commercial" sound of their late 80's and early 90's output with singer Brian Howe at the helm.

I was born in '78, so I never heard the original incarnation of the band. My first introduction to Bad Company came through their 80's music, which I fell in love with, not even knowing that they've had a previous lineup and a totally different musical style! And while this is not my favorite style (meaning their original one), the return to their roots was masterfully done and the results were very good on "Company of Strangers".

This release, however, shows a different side, with mostly acoustic sounding material, where 50% of the songs are new versions of old classics and the other half are brand new songs, probably leftovers. As far as I'm concerned, there are a couple of statements any self respecting artist should really think through before actually making them, and these are (1 being the most delicate): 5)a live album 4)an unplugged record 3)a greatest hits 2)a "covers" album 1)an album of re-recorded, remixed, updated hits.

As I've mentioned in some of my other reviews, such records, more often than not, become an artist's swan song (the examples are WAY too numerous to mention), since they are often the result of a contractual obligation, and many other times, they fortell the impending decline of a band that has little or nothing else to say. This record, containing RE-RECORDED, ACOUSTIC versions of some of their GREATEST HITS tops my list of "what not to do"!!! And sure enough, it became the band's swang song. (at least this lineup's...)

It's never a good idea to start toying around with your catalog, remixing and/or re-recording. And this is a good example of why: half of the new versions are "hits" (Ready for Love and Shooting Star the clearest examples)and the other are "misses" (Can't get enough, Oh Atlanta). Don't get me wrong, I enjoy acoustic music, but not when it's done at the expense of the rocking nature of the originals! Extra keyboards, backup singers, horns, string sections...they're all good, as long as you USE them and not ABUSE them.

And the original songs? they are pretty good, but they seem out of place in this context. In general, the record ends up being a little too soft for my taste, and a little too acoustic, and in the end, a little boring overall: I mean, one or two slower, acoustic songs are fine, but a record filled with them...it's too much for me...oh well...
Bottom Line: if you enjoy(ed) "Company of Strangers" and the band's original output, you'll probably find things to like in here, but if you're a hard rocker, this is probably not the right place to look...

Worst Bad Company CD ever.......2006-05-10

Worst Bad Company CD ever. It was actually painful to here what they did to the classic Bad Company songs on this.

Even more dissappointing because the previous album Company of Strangers was their best non-Paul Rodgers album.

Save your money. Buy the original Bad Company or Free albums.

The worst Bad Company cd.......2006-02-23

By far the worst of the Bad Company cd's. None of the tracks were worthwhile. May even have a different lead singer than Paul Rodgers. Do not buy

THE END OF THE LINE.......2003-02-09

New Vocalist Hart proved that he could fill the Bad company vocal shoes with his debut cd, "Company of Strangers", which was one of their best cds ever, now Hart and Company is back with another great cd. They have some new songs, and re-recorded some old classics. "Ready for LOve", "Shooting Star","Can't Get Enough", never sounded better. "Weep No More" is awesome ballad, as is "Is That All There Is To Love". Shame this would this line-ups last cd, and a bigger shame no one really paid them much attention.

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Untold Stories Dave Allen Manufacturer: Fresh Sound New Talent ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0009QKVJ0 Release Date: 2005-06-14

Average customer rating: Stop The Gunfight: ft. TRAPP * 2 PAC * NOTORIOUS B.I.G.

Stop The Gunfight: Untold Stories [PA] Manufacturer: Intersound ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002MPTQG

Customer Reviews:

Stop The Gunfight: ft. TRAPP * 2 PAC * NOTORIOUS B.I.G........2005-06-21

Track Listing:

1. Stop The Gunfight
2. Can I Get Your Number
3. Standtall
4. 5th Ward
5. Don't Drink & Drive
6. History
7. Be The Realist
8. Brick House
9. Monkey See, Monkey Do
10. Swing That Axx
11. When I Come Down
12. Stop The Gunfight (R&B Version)
13. Recognize [Bonus Track]
14. Stone Jam [Bonus Track]

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Untold Stories Elements Manufacturer: Wavetone Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000020QU Release Date: 1996-10-29

Tracks:

1. Untold Stories
2. Valley Hymn
3. Eastern Window (Saturday Night)
4. Heart Lake
5. 1000 Words
6. Starward
7. Beyond Words

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Untold Stories ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000FG66F2 Release Date: 2006-04-25

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Untold Stories Franke Woeste Trio Manufacturer: Challenge ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000NJVX7C Release Date: 2007-08-07

Tracks:

1. Mother Adrenaline
2. Midnight Citizen
3. Naked Moon
4. Rare Day
5. Silent Conversation
6. Another Perspective
7. Simply Said
8. In the Wee Small Hours Of the Morning
9. The Clock Slave
10. Once For the Road

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Untold Stories...Game 4 Sale Mr. Million Manufacturer: Unkut Media ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005RFL5 Release Date: 2001-12-04

Tracks:

1. Game 4 Sale
2. Big Boyz
3. Life Styles of the Rich and Famous
4. Roll Wit Me
5. Goin' Off
6. Unkutt Superstars
7. In the City
8. Unkutt Survival
9. Make Money
10. Watcha Go Do
11. Austin Undercovers
12. All Chromed Out
13. Texas to NYC
14. Party Don't Stop

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Divine Accidents and Untold Stories Michael Penfield Manufacturer: Freakydoodle Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000FA5EV0 Release Date: 2006-04-01

Tracks:

1. Long Time
2. Steps Out from Her Body
3. Journey
4. I Am a River
5. Never Said He's Sorry
6. Say What You're Looking for
7. Can't Remember Why
8. Riding Into Trouble
9. Let's Get It Right
10. You Don't Know Her Name
11. I Believe in You

Product Description

"...acoustic driven, alternative adult meant to be enjoyed with a glass of wine, or shot of tequila. If you like Amos Lee, Don Henley, Kenny Loggins, John Mayer, you need to hear this..."

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