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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Stoneground - Family Album (1971 us, great west coast psych, live and studio recordings)



Stoneground was formed 1970 in San Francisco. What originally started as a trio soon expanded to a 10 piece band. Stoneground were know for their outstanding live performances and they toured America and Europe as part of Warner Brothers' Medicine Ball Caravan. In Europe they developed some kind of cult status through this. Nevertheless 1973 marked a big break in the band's history as differences in oppinion within the band caused them to split. Some of the band members: Cory Lerios, Steve Price and David Jenkins formed Pablo Cruise in 1973, a band that turned out to be a commercial success. Only Annie Sampson and Tim Barnes were remaining to form later versions of Stoneground with new band members.

Prior to their first album Stoneground had already recorded one album for Warner Brothers which the label didn't release. Later sessions resulted in the release of Stoneground's first album in 1971. The second album, a live double album, followed in the same year and 1972 saw the release of their third album. After their new formation Stoneground recorded four more albums between 1976 and 1982 - most of the songs being rock'n'roll. Somehow this formula didn't work out in times of disco tunes and new wave and eventually Stoneground disintegrated completely in the early eighties.


Tracks
Disc 1  Live
1. Get Rhythm
2. Passion Flower
3. Corina
4. Big River
5. Won't Be Long
6. Super Clown
7. Richland Woman
8. Queen Sweet Dreams
9. Precious Lord
10.It Takes A Lot To Laugh
11.I Can't Help It
12.No Doreen
13.It's Not Easy
14.If You Gotta Go
15.Total Destruction To Your Mind


Disc 2   Studio
1. You Must Be One Of Us
2. All My Life
3. Where Will I Find Love
4. Gonna Have A Good Time
5. Jam It

Stoneground
*Sal Valentino - Guitar, Vocals, Percussion
*Tim Barnes - Guitar, Vocals
*Cory Lerios - Keyboards
*Stephen Price - Drums
*Brian Godula - Bass
*John Blakely - Guitar, Bass
*Lynne Hughes - Vocals
*Dierdre LaPorte - Vocals
*Annie Sampson - Vocals
*Lydia Morero - Vocals
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6 comments:

  1. GarColgaApril 29, 2011 at 7:39 AM

    I am the original uploader, from about 2 and a half years ago! It does my heart good to know that my uploads are still making the rounds!!

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  2. HotroderMay 14, 2011 at 7:02 AM

    Hey Gargolga,how ya going.
    Loved ya blog then you went private on me,were is my invite ?.
    Anyway stay cool and thank you Marios for u/load.

    All the best people !.

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  3. GarColgaJuly 17, 2011 at 1:17 AM

    Hey Hotroder! I didn't just go private I stopped posting, the blog has been dead all this time. Some a@@hole had about a year's worth of posts deleted so I gave it up. I just recently opened it up again because there are still about 50 gigs worth of the old mp3 files still available.

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  4. CositroniJuly 27, 2011 at 9:31 PM

    Many thnakx for this double Stoneground cd. All the best.

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  5. ProfessorCalculusFebruary 14, 2014 at 12:37 AM

    thanks a lot Marios.

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  6. MilesJanuary 22, 2018 at 3:05 AM

    Sal Valentino - what a voice! Thanks for sharing!

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