Concrete - Oh Lord [1977]

The Netherlands
1977
Label: EMI Bovema
128 Kbps

01. Oh Lord
02. Stop Wastin' Your Time

"After The Last Encore, Pim Koopman left Kayak, only to return in 1999. Between 1977 and 1999, Pim was involved in many solo projects. Best known are The President (with Okkie Huysdens) and Diesel, with Rob Vunderink. However, before Diesel, Pim and Rob had already worked together. In 1977 they released a single under the name Concrete. The single was titled "Oh Lord" (by Rob Vunderink), and the b-side was "Stop Wastin' Your Time" (by Pim Koopman). I guess Rob sang lead vocals and played guitar, whereas Pim probably did drums, keyboards and backing vocals..."

Courtesy of Doefie of Kayak History.


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The Cross - Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know [1990]

UK
1990
Label: EMI Electrola
192 kbps

01. Top of the World, Ma
02. Liar
03. Closer to You
04. Breakdown
05. Penetration Guru
06. Power to Love
07. Sister Blue
08. Foxy Lady
09. Better Things
10. Passion for Trash
11. Old Men (Lay Down)
12. Final Destination

"The Cross were a side project of Queen's Roger Taylor that existed from 1987 to 1993 and released three albums. Although the drummer in Queen, Taylor fronted The Cross as rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist. The band never enjoyed much commercial success.

Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know was the second album released by The Cross in 1990. Unlike the previous album, they decided to abandon the dance influences and recorded a straight rock album. This was also the first album to which each member of the band contributed. Another unicom was that one of band members (Clayton Moss) sang lead vocals on one of tracks, instead of Taylor. Like Shove It, the album sold poorly and EMI Records decided to drop them so they had no label anymore in the U.K."

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Elf - Elf [1972]

USA
1972
Label: Epic
256 kbps

01. Hoochie Koochie Lady
02. First Avenue
03. Never More
04. I'm Coming Back For You
05. Sit Down Honey (Everything Will Be Alright)
06. Dixie Lee Junction
07. Love Me Like A Woman
08. Gambler, Gambler

"Elf is the first album by Ronnie James Dio's blues rock band called Elf. It was released in 1972. Dio at the time still went by his birth name Ronald Padavona.

After this album, Steve Edwards replaced David Feinstein on guitar, and Craig Gruber replaced Ronnie James Dio on bass. However, Ronnie James Dio continued to sing lead vocals for the band. This future lineup, minus Feinstein, became the first incarnation of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow when Deep Purple axeman Ritchie Blackmore left Deep Purple."

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High Tide Formation - Fluffy [1970]

The Netherlands
1970
Label: Omega
192 Kbps

01. Fluffy
02. White Walls

"Forerunner of Kayak, founded in 1968 as Balderdash and in 1969 renamed to High Tide Formation. Only one single was released before the name changed to Kayak. Lineup: Ton Scherpenzeel on bass, Pim Koopman on guitars (and probably vocals too), Chiel van Praag on keyboards and Ron van de Werf on drums."

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Europe - Europe [1983]

The Netherlands
1983
Label: CBS
192 Kbps

01. Take Me (For What I Am)
02. Good Thing Going
03. Hideaway
04. Runner in the Night
05. Abandon Ship
06. Which Side You're On
07. It Doesn't Hurt Anymore
08. Sarah-Lee
09. Time Is Running Out On Us
10. The Roar of Guns

"Europe is a symphonic rockband, founded by keyboardist/composer Ton Scherpenzeel and guitarist Johan Slager after the departure of Kayak in 1982. John Philipp from Sfinx is the vocalist. Together with producer Gerrit-Jan Leenders the band enters the studio Bandstand in Hilversum. On the first and only, self-titled album they continue where Kayak had left. The Dutch Europe should not be confused with the Swedish hard-rock band with the same name."

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