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Артист: Loggins and Messina Альбом: Various, 1972 Жанр: Country/Folk Rock Формат файла: EAC-Cue-Flac-Scans Нахождение: eDonkey/Kademlia

Biography
Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina were the most successful pop/rock duo of the first half of the '70s. Loggins was a staff songwriter who had recently enjoyed success with a group of songs recorded by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band when he came to the attention of Messina, a record producer and former member of Buffalo Springfield and Poco. Messina agreed to produce Loggins' first album, but somewhere along the way it became a duo effort that was released in 1972 under the title Kenny Loggins with Jim Messina Sittin' In. The album was a gold-seller that stayed in the charts more than two years.

In the next four years, Loggins & Messina released a series of gold or platinum albums, most of which hit the Top Ten. They were all played in a buoyant country-rock style with an accomplished band. Loggins & Messina (1972) featured the retro-rock hit "Your Mama Don't Dance." Full Sail (1973), On Stage (a double live album, 1974), and Mother Lode (1974) all hit the Top Ten. So Fine was an album of '50s cover songs. The pair's last new studio album, Native Sons, came out at the start of 1976.

Loggins & Messina split for two solo careers by the end of that year, their early catalog completed by a greatest-hits album, Best of Friends, and a live record, Finale. The duo reunited in 2005 and hit the road for a summer tour while the compilation The Best: Sittin' in Again was arriving in stores. The tour itself was documented on Live: Sittin' in Again at Santa Barbara Bowl, which appeared late in the year.

Artist: Loggins & Messina
Album: Sittin' In
Rating:
Release Date: Jan 1972
Label: Columbia

This debut album was credited to Kenny Loggins with Jim Messina because the project had begun as a solo record by Loggins being produced by Messina. By the time it was finished, however, Messina had written or co-written six of the 11 songs, contributed "first guitar," and shared lead vocals on many tracks. Messina's "Nobody but You" and "Vahevala," co-written by Loggins' second cousin, Dave Loggins, were the singles chart entries, but today everybody remembers the album for Loggins' "House at Pooh Corner," which had earned Loggins his record contract, and "Danny's Song," which Anne Murray took into the Top Ten the following year. The only thing wrong with this record is that it was too perfect - with their infectious blend of country, folk, rock and Caribbean music, L&M started out at the top of their game, and although they were able to match some of the material and performances on later records, the team never got any better than this.


1 Nobody but You Messina 3:00
2 Danny's Song Loggins 4:16
3 Vahevala Loggins, Lottermoser 4:47
4 Trilogy: Lovin' Me/To Make a Woman Feel Wanted/Peace of Mind Loggins, MacLeod, Messina 11:13
5 Back to Georgia Loggins 3:19
6 House at Pooh Corner Loggins 4:25
7 Listen to a Country Song Garth, Messina 2:49
8 Same Old Wine Messina 8:17
9 Rock & Roll Mood Loggins, Omartian 3:04

4Q2-01-Sittin'_In.rar 25 clicks



Artist: Loggins & Messina
Album: Loggins & Messina
Rating:
Release Date: Oct 1972
Label: Columbia

The first full-fledged L&M album found the duo in good form as songwriters, with Messina turning in the sparkling "Thinking Of You," and the two collaborating on the hit single "Your Mama Don't Dance" and "Angry Eyes." Their backup band was anchored by multi-instrumentalist Al Garth, and also featured keyboardist Michael Omartian and Poco steel guitarist Rusty Young.

1 Good Friend Messina 4:04
2 Whiskey Loggins 1:58
3 Your Mama Don't Dance Loggins, Messina 2:48
4 Long Tail Cat Loggins 3:47
5 Golden Ribbons Messina 6:08
6 Thinking of You Messina 2:19
7 Just Before the News Messina 1:09
8 Till the Ends Meet Loggins 3:10
9 Holiday Hotel Garth, Messina 2:02
10 Lady of My Heart Loggins 1:44
11 Angry Eyes Loggins, Messina 7:40

4Q2-01-Loggins_&_Messina.rar 14 clicks



Artist: Loggins & Messina
Album: Full Sail
Rating:
Release Date: Oct 1973
Label: Columbia

This is every inch a follow-up to Loggins & Messina, including a '50s rock & roll pastiche in the style of "Your Mama Don't Dance" called "My Music" that hit number 16 as a single. Other notable material included Jim Messina's island-rock anthem "Lahaina" and one of Kenny Loggins' sensitive but generic ballads, typically called "A Love Song." But then, the charm of L&M was that they could get away with something this sappy. Balance is the key to L&M albums, and it's the chief talent (among many) that producer Messina brings to them. Here, as on L&M's first two albums, he achieves a musical flow that's exhilarating, and the record is only denied a "finest" rating because the quality of the songwriting doesn't quite match those LPs.

1 Lahaina Messina 2:32
2 Travelin' Blues Messina 3:44
3 My Music Loggins, Messina 3:04
4 A Love Song George, Loggins 3:11
5 You Need a Man/Coming to You Messina 9:13
6 Watching the River Run Loggins, Messina 3:27
7 Pathway to Glory Messina 8:37
8 Didn't I Know You When Loggins, Omartian 2:40
9 Sailin' the Wind Loggins, Lottermoser 6:09

4Q2-03-Full_Sail.rar 8 clicks



Mother Lode
Loggins & Messina

Audio CD (December 19, 1989)
Original Release Date: October 1974
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Columbia

From its brown-toned cover to its contents, Loggins & Messina's fourth studio album is a sober, low-key, reflective affair. The band's music, with its single flute, violin, and horn lines, directed by Messina's intricate guitar and mandolin playing, serves a series of mid-tempo tunes expressing a lot of quiet dissatisfaction signalled by titles like "Be Free," "Changes," and "Move On." As usual in a Jim Messina production, all of this is elegantly, tastefully accomplished, but one could hardly come away from the record feeling that all was well in the L&M camp.

1. Growin'
2. Be Free
3. Changes
4. Brighter Days
5. Time To Space
6. Lately My Love
7. Move On
8. Get A Hold
9. Keep Me In Mind
10. Fever Dream

4Q2-04-Mother_Lode.rar 7 clicks

This post has been edited by KillerRips on 12-10-2006, 15:09

CD2 up.

3 & 4 up.