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![Graham Bond ✪ Holy Magick [full album]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/G0Exbl-Svkk/mqdefault.jpg "Graham Bond ✪ Holy Magick [full album]
One of the founding fathers of the British blues movement, Graham Bond released two spectacular albums in 1965 as the Graham Bond Organization. The Sound of 65 and Theres a Bond Between Us (also re-released on BGO Records) are essential jazz/blues albums for any music fan. When Bond broke up the Organization, he moved to the United States where he recorded two solo albums in 1965. In 1966, he returned to England where he became a member of Ginger Bakers Air Force for a time then left and formed the band Magick with his wife Diane Stewart. Holy Magick, the bands debut album, was originally released on the progressive Vertigo label in 1970 . The album was based on Bonds interest in white magic and Druid and Celtic mysticism. Holy Magick consists of two parts containing 18 songs based around mantras, rituals, and improvisational pieces. The band, a flexible unit, featured some of the top musicians Britain had to offer in 1970 including Rick Gretch (Blind Faith), Victor Bronx, Alex Dmochowski, Jon Moreshead from the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, and a host of session performers. While barely accessible to a rock audience, this album has been both dismissed and praised by critics and fans, depending on ones musical taste. The music was very much jazz oriented. When it was originally released it did not sell well and became a collectors item.
Tracklistings
1. Meditation Aumgu
2. The Qabalistic Cross
3. The Word Of The Aeon
4. Invocation To The Light
5. The Pentagram Ritual
6. Qabalistic Cross
7. Hymn Of Praise
8. 12 Gates To The City
9. The Holy Words Iao Sabao
10. Aquarius Mantra
11. Enochiam (Atlantean) Call
12. Abrahadabra The Word Of The Aeon
13. Praise City Of Light
14. The Qabalistic Cross Aumgu
15. Return Of Arthur
16. The Magician
17. The Judgement
18. My Archangel Mikael")
![March of the Mods - The Roots of Northern Soul [part 3]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/G8XMsrV-vMw/mqdefault.jpg "March of the Mods - The Roots of Northern Soul [part 3]
Tracklistings
1. (Do The) Mashed Potatoes, Pt. 1 - Nat Kendrick & The Swans
2. I Just Want To Make Love To You - Etta James
3. Peppermint Twist - Joey Dee & The Starliters
4. Stay - Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs
5. Twist & Shout - The Top Notes
6. You Cant Sit Down, Pt. 1 Phil Upchurch
7. My Boy Lollipop - Barbie Gaye 8. Stand By Me Ben E. King
9. Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison
10. Dont You Just Know It - Huey ‘Piano’ Smith & The Clowns
11. I Like It Like That, Pt. 1 - Chris Kenner
12. Mama Said - The Shirelles
13. Last Night - The Mar-Keys
14. Satisfied With My Lovin’ - Marty Lewis
15. Searchin’ - The Coasters
16. Stick Shift - The Duals
17. The Mountain’s High - Dick And Dee Dee
18. Tossin’ And Turning - Bobby Lewis
19. Daddy Rollin’ Stone - Otis Blackwell
20. Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide - Marvin Gaye")
![Mod Anthems 🎼 Volume 2 [part 2]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/G_lmOktDe3c/mqdefault.jpg "Mod Anthems 🎼 Volume 2 [part 2]
1. Tin Soldier - The Small Faces
2. Theres a Ghost in My House - R. Dean Taylor
3. Breakout - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
4. Philly Dog - The Mar-Keys
5. Soul Finger - The Bar-Kays
6. Train to Skaville - The Ethiopians
7. Knock On Wood - Eddie Floyd
8. Respect - Aretha Franklin
9. Tramp - Otis Redding & Carla Thomas
10. Baby What I Mean - The Drifters
11. Man With The Golden Touch - Charles Thomas
12. In The Pocket - King Curtis
13. Something Good Is Going To Happen To You - Carla Thomas
14. Baby Help Me - Percy Sledge
15. Somebody Somewhere Needs You - Darrell Banks
16. Keep On Talking - Arthur Conley
17. Me and My Baby - Mary Wells
18. Thank You John (2007 Remastered Version) - Willie Tee
19. I Remember The Feeling - Barbara Lewis
20. Go For Yourself - Larry Laster
21. Satisfied - Ben Aiken
22. Im Getting Weaker - The Soul Shakers
23. The Reason Why - The Dolls
24. Listen Here (Edit Version) - Eddie Harris
25. Never Like This Before - William Bell
26. Fireman - Vala Reegan & The Valarons
27. Sho Nuff - JJ Jackson
28. Youve Got That Something Wonderful - Percy Sledge")
![Bond & Brown / Two Heads Are Better Than One [expanded & remastered]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/J4LkeMlna24/mqdefault.jpg "Bond & Brown / Two Heads Are Better Than One [expanded & remastered]
Graham Bond’s troubled life came to a tragic end on the 8th May 1974 under the wheels of a train in North London. He left a huge legacy that justifiably places him up among the pioneers of the mid-60s movement that successfully fused R&B with jazz, blues, and rock.
In 1972 he teamed up with Cream’s lyricist Pete Brown and together they formed a musical alliance which was to produce Graham’s last recorded work. Mentally and physically he was clearly in decline. The same could not be said, however, of his music, and this last album, Two Heads Are Better Than One, remains a fitting epitaph.
Pete Brown was responsible for many of the lyrics that had helped make Cream the legend that they were. These include Sunshine Of Your Love and White Room among others. After Cream he formed the band Piblokto, and when this folded he teamed up with Bond, who was on the verge of being sacked from the Jack Bruce Band, to create the short-lived Bond + Brown partnership.
Their shared passions of rhythm and blues, jazz, blues, and rock also extended into a joint fascination with African music. They drafted drummer Ed Spevock from Piblokto, bass player deLisle Harper from Gass, guitarist Derek Foley from Paladin, and Graham’s wife Diane Stewart on vocals.
Two Heads Are Better Than One was partly recorded at Richard Branson’s Manor Studios and was engineered by Tom Newman who had also worked with Mike Oldfield on Tubular Bells, and would later release his own album The Faerie Symphony.
At the time, Graham was teetering on the very edge of mental breakdown brought on by drugs, alcohol, and the forthcoming collapse of his marriage. Stories of his increasingly bizarre behaviour have long since become the stuff of legend. Despite all of this his last record proved to be not only coherent, but well written, superbly played, and contains flashes of the undeniable brilliance he is remembered for.
Tracklist
1 Lost Tribe 3:51
2 Ig The Pig 4:36
3 Oobati 3:43
4 Amazing Grass 5:06
5 Scunthorpe Crabmeat Train Sideways Boogie Shuffle Stomp 4:02
6 C.F.D.T. (Colonel Frights Dancing Terrapins)
Guitar – Mick Hutchinson 5:50
7 Mass Debate 3:24
8 Looking For Time 2:03
Additional Tracks
9 Macumbe 3:37
10 Milk Is Turning Sour In My Shoes 7:36
Maltamour Soundtrack
11 Beginning
12 Aeroplane Drinking Song
13 Italian Song
14 I Spend My Nights In Armour
15 Fury Of War
16 Magpie Man
17 Drum Roll
18 Swing Song
19 Sailors Song
20 The Ending
Credits
• Backing Vocals – Erica Bond, Sue Woolley
• Backing Vocals, Percussion – Mick Walker (3)
• Bass, Vocals, Congas – Lisle Harper*
• Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Ed Spevock
• Guitar [Lead] – Derek Foley
• Piano, Electric Piano, Saxophone [Alto], Vocals, Organ – Graham Bond
• Trumpet, Talking Drum, Vocals – Pete Brown (5)
• Vocals, Congas, Percussion – Diane Bond
• Written-By – Harper* (tracks: 3), D. Bond* (tracks: 4), Spevock* (tracks: 7), Bond* (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 8 to 20), Brown* (tracks: 1, 5 to 20)")
