Saturday, April 30, 2011

Paris, France (1976)

 Metro Station Franklin D. Roosevelt


 Place de la Concorde


 Boulevard Saint-Michel


Place Charles de Gaulle-Etoile


Pandora and The Flying Dutchman (1951)



Pandora and the Flying Dutchman is a 1951 British drama film. In 1930, singer Pandora Reynolds, gorgeous, enigmatic, and fascinated by danger and destruction, has the men of a small Spanish town in despair. Just when race driver Stephen Cameron thinks he's won her, a mysterious yacht appears in the bay whose eerie captain may be the legendary Flying Dutchman. Stephen has an apparently more dangerous rival in the form of an arrogant bullfighter; but Pandora's friendship with the Dutchman may lead them both to a rendezvous with Fate.


Directed by: Albert Lewin
Starring: Ava Gardner, James Mason
Distributed by: Romulus Films (UK), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer(US)




Gia Carangi - Cosmopolitan Magazine Cover (1980)


Ned Doheny - Hard Candy (1976)





Ned Doheny is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist from Malibu, California who has recorded five albums as well as performing on many albums by other artists including compatriots Don Henley and Glenn Frey of the Eagles, J.D. Souther, Linda Ronstadt, and Jackson Browne (with whom he was once in a band).


Hard Candy was the second solo album by Ned Doheny released in 1976 for Columbia Records. It features his version of "Love of Your Own" (written with Hamish Stuart) which was also recorded with Stuart's Average White Band the same year. It also includes the original version of “Get It Up for Love” which was covered by Táta Vega in 1979. Her version was a Top 20 dance single.


Guitars : Ned Doheny, Ernie Corello, Steve Cropper
Bass : Dennis Parker, Bryan Garofalo, Colin Cameron, Laszlo Wicky, John Heard
Keyboards : David Foster, Jimmy Calire, David Garland, Craig Doerge
Drums : Gary Mallaber, John Guerin
Horns : Tower Of Power Horn Section, Tom Scott, Jim Horn, Chuck Findley, Don Menza
Vibes: Victor Feldman
Percussion : Steve Forman, Victor Feldman
Background vocals : Ned Doheny, Rosemary Butler, Fleming Williams, Brooks Hunnicutt, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Linda Ronstadt, J.D. Souther, Steve Cropper, Hamish Stuart


Producer: Steve Cropper


Tracklist:


1. Get It Up for Love (Ned Doheny) - 4:44
2. If You Should Fall (Ned Doheny) - 3:36
3. Each Time You Pray (Ned Doheny) - 3:38
4. When Love Hangs in the Balance (Ned Doheny) - 5:12
5. Love of Your Own (Ned Doheny/Hamish Stuart) - 3:46
6. I’ve Got Your Number (Ned Doheny) - 3:14
7. On the Swingshift (Ned Doheny) - 3:03
8. Sing to Me (Ned Doheny) - 3:36
9. Valentine (I Was Wrong About You) (Ned Doheny) - 5:06


Friday, April 29, 2011

Françoise Dorléac - Jours de France Magazine Cover (1964)


Tokyo, Japan (1983)

 Freeway, Ginza Street


 Hibiya Park


 Yoyogi Sidewalk

Edsel cars (1958-1960)

The Edsel was a marque of car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company during the 1958, 1959, and 1960 model years. The Edsel never gained popularity with contemporary American car buyers and sold poorly. Consequently, the Ford Motor Company lost millions of dollars on the Edsel's development, manufacture, and marketing. The name "Edsel" has since become synonymous with failure.


Products:
Full-size: Citation, Corsair, Pacer, Ranger.
Station wagon: Bermuda, Villager, Roundup.





Real Mississippi Highway Patrol 1958 Edsel patrol car shown with Trooper in Port Gibson, Miss. in 1958. 



Thursday, April 28, 2011

John Coltrane - Blue Train (1957)



John Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. 
Blue Train is a hard bop jazz album released for Blue Note Records in 1957. It is considered Coltrane's first solo album, as it is the first he recorded featuring musicians and songs entirely of his choosing.

Tenor Saxophone: John Coltrane
Double Bass: Paul Chambers
Piano: Kenny Drew
Trombone: Curtis Fuller
Drums: Philly Joe Jones
Trumpet: Lee Morgan

Producer: Alfred Lion
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder

Recorded on September 15, 1957, at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Tracklist: 

All songs written by John Coltrane, except where noted:

1. Blue Train – 10:43
2. Moment's Notice – 9:10
3. Locomotion – 7:14
4. I'm Old Fashioned (Jerome Kern/ Johnny Mercer) – 7:58
5. Lazy Bird – 7:00




The Fairchild Channel F (1976-1979)

The Fairchild Channel F is a second generation game console released by Fairchild Semiconductor in August 1976. It has the distinction of being the first programmable ROM cartridge-based video game console. It was launched as the Video Entertainment System, or VES, but when Atari released their VCS the next year, Fairchild renamed its machine.





To Sir With Love (1967)


To Sir, with Love is a 1967 British drama film starring Sidney Poitier that deals with social and racial issues in an inner city school.

Directed by: James Clavell
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Judy Geeson, Lulu
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures



Monday, April 25, 2011

Duran Duran - Rio (1982)



Duran Duran are an English New Wave band, formed in Birmingham in 1978. Rio is the second studio album originally released worldwide on 10 May 1982 for EMI. It reached #2 in the UK and #1 in Australia.

All songs written and arranged by Duran Duran.

Band members:
Simon Le Bon - vocals
Nick Rhodes - keyboards
John Taylor - bass guitar
Roger Taylor - drums
Andy Taylor - guitar

Credits:
Andy Hamilton - Tenor Saxophone on "Rio" 
Colin Thurston - producer and engineer
Renate - Technician
Patrick Nagel - illustration

Recorded in January–February 1982 at AIR Studios in London.
("My Own Way" recorded at Townhouse Studios, London, October 1981)

Tracklist:

1. Rio - 5:28
2. My Own Way - 4:36
3. Lonely In Your Nightmare - 4:52
4. Hungry Like The Wolf - 5:14
5. Hold Back The Rain - 6:32
6. New Religion - 5:31
7. Last Chance On The Stairway - 4:18
8. Save A Prayer - 5:33
9. The Chauffeur - 5:12







Shari Shattuck - Playboy Magazine Cover (1980)


New York City, NY (1970s)

 Broadway (1972)

 Great white way (1973)

Spanish Harlem (1973)


Elvis Presley - "16" Magazine Cover (1957)


The Wild Angels (1966)


The Wild Angels is a 1966 Roger Corman film. 'Heavenly Blues' is the name of the leader of Hell's Angels chapter from Venice, California and 'Loser' is his best pal. When 'Heavenly Blues' and 'Loser' both botch their attempt to retrieve Loser's stolen bike, Loser ends up in the hospital. When the Angels bust him out, he dies, and they bury him. The plot is basically a buildup to the last half-hour of the film in which Loser's funeral becomes another wild party.

Directed by: Roger Corman
Starring: Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd
Distributed by: American International Pictures




Thursday, April 14, 2011

Monterey Pop Festival (1967)


The Monterey International Pop Music Festival was a three-day concert event held June 16 to June 18, 1967 at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California. 
It was notable as hosting the first major American appearances by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Who, and Eric Burdon & the New Animals as well as the first major public performances of Big Brother & the Holding Company (with Janis Joplin). It was also the first major performance by Otis Redding in front of a predominantly white audience.
The Monterey Pop Festival embodied the themes of California as a focal point for the counterculture and is generally regarded as one of the beginnings of the "Summer of Love" in 1967.






Bill Labounty - Bill Labounty (1982)





Bill LaBounty is an American musician. He was initially a singer-songwriter in the soft rock genre, first as a member of the band Fat Chance, and later as a solo artist. As a solo artist, LaBounty recorded six studio albums, including four on Curb Records/Warner Bros. This album is the fourth one and was released in 1982.


Vocals: Bill Labounty
Keyboards: Bill LaBounty, Clarence McDonald, Greg Phillinganes, Nyle Steiner, Ian Underwood
Guitar: Steve Lukather, Dean Parks
Bass: Chuck Rainey, Willie Weeks
Drums: Steve Gadd, Andy Newmark, Jeff Pocaro
Percussion: Lenny Castro

Background Vocals: Patti Austin, Stephen Bishop, Gwen Dickey, Bill LaBounty, Leslie Smith, James Taylor, Jennifer Warnes

Sax: David Sanborn

Claves: Russ Titleman

Tambourine: Russ Titleman
Producer: Russ Titleman
Horn Section: Jerry Hey, Kim Hutchcroft, Chuck Findley, David Sanborn

String Arrangements: Nick DeCaro, Johnny Mandel
Horn Arrangements: Jerry Hey


Recorded at Warner Bros. Recording Studio, North Hollywood, California and A&R Recording Studio, New York, New York.


Tracklist:


1. Livin' It Up (Bill Labounty/Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil) - 4:20
2. Didn't Want To Say Goodbye (Roy Freeland/Bill Labounty) - 3:49
3. Dream On (Stephen Geyer/Bill Labounty) - 4:23
4. Slow Fade (Roy Freeland/Bill Labounty) - 4:18
5. Comin' Back (Roy Freeland/Bill Labounty) - 3:46
6. Look Who's Lonely Now (Roy Freeland/Bill Labounty) - 3:57
7. Never Gonna Look Back (Bill Labounty/Kathy Wakefield/Cynthia Weil) - 3:16
8. It Used To Be Me (Roy Freeland/Bill Labounty) - 4:14
9. Nobody's Fool (Bill Labounty/Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil) - 3:31
10. Secrets (Roy Freeland/Bill Labounty) - 3:51





Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps - Bluejean Bop! (1956)




Gene Vincent was an American musician who pioneered the styles of rock and roll and rockabilly. Bluejean Bop! was his first album with his Blue Caps. It was released in 1956 for Capitol Records.

Drums: Be-Bop Harrell
Bass: Jumpin' Jack Neal
Guitar: Gene Vincent, Galloping Cliff Gallup, Wee Willie Williams
Lead Vocal: Gene Vincent

Tracklist:

1. Bluejean Bop (Gene Vincent, Hal Levy)
2. Jezebel (Wayne Shanklin)
3. Who Slapped John (Gene Vincent, Sheriff Tex Davis)
4. Ain't She Sweet (Jack Yellen, Milton Ager)
5. I Flipped (Bobbie Carrol)
6. Waltz Of The Wind (Fred Rose)
7. Jump Back, Honey, Jump Back (Hadda Brooks)
8. That Old Gang Of Mine (Fain, Kahal, Raskin)
9. Jumps, Giggles And Shouts (Gene Vincent, Sheriff Tex Davis)
10. Up A Lazy River (Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin)
11. Bop Street (Cliff Gallup, Sheriff Tex Davis)
12. Peg O' My Heart (Alfred Bryan, Fred Fisher)



  

Chevrolet Camaro 1st Generation (1966-1969)

The Chevrolet Camaro is an automobile manufactured by General Motors and Chevrolet under the Chevrolet brand, classified as a pony car and some versions also as a muscle car. It went on sale on September 29, 1966 for the 1967 model year and was designed as a competing model to the Ford Mustang. The production of the first-generation Camaro ended in 1969.












Colecovision (1982- 1984)

The ColecoVision is Coleco Industries' second generation home video game console which was released in August 1982.  The ColecoVision offered arcade-qualiry graphics and gaming style, and the means to expand the system's basic hardware.





Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Zabriskie Point (1970)



Zabriskie Point is a 1970 film which gives the portrayal of two young Americans: anthropology student Daria (who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert) and dropout Mark (who's wanted by the authorities for allegedly killing a policeman during a student riot).


Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni
Starring: Mark Frechette, Daria Halprin
Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer








Monday, April 11, 2011

Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974)





Herbie Hancock is an American jazz pianist, bandleader and composer. Thrust is a jazz funk album released in 1974 on Columbia Records. It's his 13th album.

Rhodes piano, Clavinet, ARP synths (Odyssey, Pro Soloist, String Ensemble, 2600): Herbie Hancock
Bass: Paul Jackson
Drums: Mike Clark
Percussion: Bill Summers
Saxophones, Bass Clarinet, Alto Flute: Bennie Maupin

Producers: David Rubinson, Herbie Hancock
Engineer: Fred Catero

Recorded at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco.

Tracklist:

1. Palm Grease (Hancock) - 10:38
2. Actual Proof (Hancock) - 9:42
3. Butterfly (Hancock) - 11:17
4. Spank-A-Lee (Hancock, Clark, Jackson) - 7:12

Original ad from Billboard (1974)




Beauty Parade Magazine Cover (1953)