Rockbuster

Infobox Album
Name = Rockbuster
Type = Compilation
Artist = Various artists


Released = 1970
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = CBS Records PR 48/49
Producer = Various
Reviews =
Chronology = Series
Last album = "Fill Your Head with Rock
(1970)"
This album = "Rockbuster"
(1970)
Next album =

"Rockbuster" was the second double sampler album from CBS Records released in the UK in 1970. Its tracks are loosely grouped according to style: Side One reflects the jazz-rock idiom, Side Two more folk and singer/songwriter oriented; Side Three is noticeably darker and experimental in tone, while Side Four has its roots in the Blues [Apart, arguably from the New York Rock Ensemble offering] . The compilation is credited to David Howells, then a marketing and A&R executive at CBS; he later became Managing Director of Pete Waterman's PWL label.

Track listing

ide One

#"Don and Dewey" (D. Bowman/D. LaFlamme) - It's a Beautiful Day (from the LP "Marrying Maiden" CBS 64065) (5:10)
#"Something's Coming On" (J. Cocker/C. Stainton) - Blood, Sweat & Tears (from the LP "Blood, Sweat & Tears 3" CBS 64024) (4:33)
#"Excerpt from Out-Bloody-Rageous" (M. Ratledge) - Soft Machine (from the LP "Third" CBS 66246) (5:25)
#"Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" (M. Davis) - Miles Davis (from the LP "Bitches Brew" CBS 66236) (2:49)
#"Uranian Circus" (The Flock) - Flock (from the LP "Dinosaur Swamps" CBS 64055) (7:00)
#"Black Magic Woman" (P. Green) - Santana (from the LP "Santana Abraxas") ("no catalogue number or timing")

ide Two

#"You'd Better Think Twice" (J. Messina) - Poco (from the LP "Poco" CBS 64082) (3:17)
#"Time Machine" (M. Softley) - Mick Softley (from the LP "Sunrise" CBS 64098) (5:00)
#"All Things" (R. McGuinn/J. Levey) - The Byrds (from the LP "(Untitled)") (3;00)
#"Days of 49" (Frank Warner [See [http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/uvwxyz/warner_frank.html] but this was already a traditional song and it appears that Warner had become known for his version of it. On the source album if is credited to (Lomax/Lomax/Warner)] ) - Bob Dylan (from the LP "Self Portrait" CBS 66250) (5:42)
#"Polly On the Shore" (Trad. arr. Trees) - Trees (from the forthcoming LP "On The Shore" CBS 64168) (5:00)
#"In the Mud" (G. Farr) - Gary Farr [For more information, see [http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Villa/9500/farr.htm] ] (from the forthcoming LP "Strange Fruit" CBS 64138 [Richard Thompson played on this album but it is not known whether he contributed to this track] ) (3:35)

ide Three

#"Where Are We Going Wrong" (R. Ballard) - Argent (from the LP "Silver Plated" CBS 64190 [This may have been a US working title for the album released in the UK as "Ring of Hands" nad having the same catalogue number but issued on the Epic label; no verifiable release of the album under this title can be found.] ) (4:00)
#"Primrose Hill" (R. Russell/R. Shepherd) - Rock Workshop (from the LP "Rock Workshop" CBS 64075) (5:20)
#"Mr. Skin" (Spirit) - Spirit (from the LP "Animal Zoo" CBS 64191 [The track actually appeared on "Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus" which was given this catalogue number] ) (4:00)
#"Mary Clarke" (Lichfield/Gannon) - Black Widow (from the LP "Black Widow"CBS 64133) (4:30)
#"The Queen of Bad Intention" (R. James) - Skin Alley [Skin Alley Website [ http://www.progressiveworld.net/skinalley.html] ] (from the LP "To Pagham And Beyond" CBS 64140) (6:55)
#"To Mark Everywhere" (C. Bley) - Robert Wyatt (from the forthcoming LP CBS 64189 [later titled "The End of an Ear"] ) (2:30)

ide Four

#"Crazy Cajun Cakewalk Band" (L. Vegas [Actually Lolly Vasquez] /P. Vegas [Actually Pat Vasquez] /J. Ford) - Redbone (from the LP "Redbone" CBS 64069) (3:06)
#"Guess I'll Go Away" (J. Winter) - Johnny Winter (from the LP Johnny Winter And CBS 64117) (3:36)
#"Bootie Cooler" [An instrumental, but the title appears to be a reference to the mini-skirt which had become popular in the 1960s] (J. Otis/S. Otis) - Shuggie Otis (from the LP "Here Comes Shugggie Otis" CBS 63996) (2:41)
#"Don't Wait Too Long" (M. Kamen) - New York Rock Ensemble (from the LP "Roll Over" CBS 64126) (3:04)
#"An Awful Lot of Woman" (B. Sheils) - Skid Row (from the LP Skid CBS 63965) (2:00)
#"Staggolee" (C. Allen/J. Hill) - Pacific Gas & Electric (from the LP "Are You Ready" CBS 64026) (3:50)
#"Tobacco Road" (J. D. Loudermilk) - Edgar Winter (from the LP "Entrance" CBS 64083) (4:00)
#"Country Road" (J. Taylor) - Al Kooper (from the LP Easy Does It CBS 66252) (4:23)

The Album Cover

In a brightly coloured gatefold format, the sleeve is unusual in that it opens from top to bottom rather than left to right. Also instantly striking is the image of Arnold Schwarzenegger [His name is mis-spelled as Schwarzeneggger] , then known, if only in limited circles, as a bodybuilder. The image is attributed to "Weider (UK) Limited".Sleeve Art & Design is credited to Bloomsbury Group in conjunction with Arthur Bayes Associates.

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