Albums most popular in the United States●British Invasion
Check out the latest list of albums that people in the United States are enjoying the most right now. The list is ordered by popularity and the genre of the list is Rock > British Invasion.
1. Vitamin String Quartet Performs The Beatles - Vitamin String Quartet
Tracks: 20 Release date: 2005-11-15 $15.99
2. Having a Rave Up with the Yardbirds (2015 Remaster) - The Yardbirds
Tracks: 10 Release date: 1964-12-31 $9.99
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1. Hard Rock at the Razor's Edge, Circa - This is the second (FOR YOUR LOVE being the first) of two compilation albums assembled by Yardbirds manager Giorgio Gomelsky in to help break the band in the US. Amazingly, some of these tracks weren't even released in their native Britain during the band's lifespan. By the same token, FIVE LIVE YARDBIRDS was never given an official US release during the same period, which is why four tracks from that album fill side two. In any event, this may be the one LP that sums up their appeal, both as a forward thinking singles act and an explosive live band. Side one collects most of their cutting edge hits with Jeff Beck on lead guitar, including "Heart Full of Soul," "I'm a Man," "Evil Hearted You" (UK only) and "Still I'm Sad" (UK hit, B-side to "Man"). Thankfully it also includes their theme song"Train Kept a Rolling" and "Mr. You're a Better Man Than I," which like the studio take of "I'm a Man" were never released in Britain during their brief heyday. All of these tracks are audio dynamite. "Train" was recorded with Sam Phillips (of Sun Records fame) which is why it still explodes from the speakers some years later with Keith Relf yelping his one lunged heart out while huffing and puffing righteously on his harmonica opposite Beck's aggressive heavy riffing. "I'm A Man" has even more sizzling guitar-harmonica interplay before Beck demonstrates his masterclass in chicken scratch soloing. "Mr. You're a Better Man Than I" offers social commentary from Manfred Mann drummer Mike Hugg (and his brother Brian) delivered with sober singing from Relf and yet another ascending fuzz guitar solo from Beck. "Heart Full Of Soul" and "Evil Hearted You" are minor key mood swings courtesy of writer Graham Gouldman (who also penned "For Your Love") delivered with soul by Relf while Beck delivers the kind of sinister Eastern scaled riffing that established him as the most influential pre-Hendrix rock guitarist. "Still I'm Sad" meanwhile broke the band in as songwriters as bassist Paul Samwell Smith and drummer Jim McCarty penned an impressively poetic dirge rocker complete with Gregorian chants. How's that for cutting edge? Side two collects tracks from FIVE LIVE YARDBIRDS, showing off the band's concert chops. Sure it's misleading---Eric Clapton is the uncredited guitarist in the cuts culled from the Marquee show the year before---and redundant---it also includes another version of "I'm A Man"---but since FIVE LIVE hadn't been released in the States I'm guessing Gomelsky wanted to show the live side of the band. "Smokestack Lightning" is a version of the Howlin' Wolf standard that even the Wolf admitted was definitive. "Respectable" turns the Isley Brothers original inside out---love the Humpty Dumpty allusion!---losing the roll in favor of righteous rock. "I'm a Man" plows through the Bo Diddley classic with an instrumental rush led by Relf and Clapton. And then there's "Here Tis", the ultimate in berserk R&B with Samwell Smith and Clapton engaging a a bass-guitar duel for the ages. So that's HAVING A RAVE UP. At $. it's a steal if you're new to the band. But chances are after hearing it you'll probably want to hear more. And More. AND MORE!
2020-10-283. Shapes of Things - A Collection of Classic Yardbirds Recordings 1964-66 (2015 Remaster) - The Yardbirds
Tracks: 22 Release date: 1977-12-31 $9.99
4. Underground '60s British Invasion - Various Artists
Tracks: 69 Release date: 2010-02-01 $15.99
5. The Fab 4th - Laurence Juber
Tracks: 16 Release date: 2020-03-27 $9.99
6. Scott Walker & The Walker Brothers - 1965-1970 - Scott Walker & The Walker Brothers
Tracks: 18 Release date: 2009-01-01 $9.99
7. Come and Get It - Sgt. Pepper's Band
Tracks: 13 Release date: 1996-06-30 $9.99
8. Shapes of Things (2015 Remaster) - The Yardbirds
Tracks: 10 Release date: 1963-12-31 $9.99
9. The Very Best Of The Artwoods - The Artwoods
Tracks: 18 Release date: 2011-04-01 $9.99
11. Five Live Yardbirds (Live at the Marquee Club, London 1964 - 2015 Remaster) - The Yardbirds
Tracks: 10 Release date: 1964-12-31 $9.99
12. For Your Love (2015 Remaster) - The Yardbirds
Tracks: 11 Release date: 1964-12-31 $9.99
13. A Night in Winterland - Sutherland Brothers & Quiver
Tracks: 10 Release date: 2017-10-06 $9.99
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1. Outstand record of a great show - I was fortunate enough to have been at this WInterland concert in the mid s. I think they opened for The Kinks, but that's a hazy memory for multiple reasons. This is a very decent recording of that show and made me an SB&Q fan ever since. Great songs, catchy melodies and listening to Tim Renwick play guitar is a revelation.
2017-10-2714. The Best of Cilla Black (Mono Edition) - Cilla Black
Tracks: 18 Release date: 1990-12-31 $11.99
15. Still On - Wishbone Ash
Tracks: 14 Release date: 2014-08-25 $8.99
16. Midnight Confessions - The Grassroots
Tracks: 14 Release date: 2007-05-14 $9.99
17. The Best of Billy J Kramer - Billy J. Kramer
Tracks: 10 Release date: 1983-12-31 $5.99
18. Live at SpaceFest! - Pure Phase Ensemble 6
Tracks: 8 Release date: 2017-09-29 $7.92
19. The Art of Chris Farlowe (Stereo Version) - Chris Farlowe
Tracks: 14 Release date: 1966-11-15 $9.99
20. The First Recordings (Live - 2015 Remaster) - The Yardbirds
Tracks: 9 Release date: 1984-12-31 $9.99
21. Wild Thing - the Hits Collection - Live and Rare - The Troggs
Tracks: 14 Release date: 2020-05-29 $9.99
22. British Invasion - Them
Tracks: 16 Release date: 2017-12-11 $9.99
23. Wszystkie Potrzebne Kolory - EP - Zimowa
Tracks: 5 Release date: 2020-11-30 $4.95
24. Sonny Boy Williamson with the Yardbirds (Live at the Crawdaddy Club, London, December 1963 - 2015 Remaster) - Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds
Tracks: 11 Release date: 1984-12-31 $9.99
25. 14 Things to Think About - Chris Farlowe
Tracks: 14 Release date: 1966-12-31 $9.99
26. The Last Goodbye - Chris Farlowe
Tracks: 14 Release date: 1969-12-31 $9.99
27. Thunderthrill - Perry Dear & The Deerstalkers
Tracks: 11 Release date: 2016-05-20 $9.99
28. Reaction EP - Idle Talk
Tracks: 4 Release date: 2016-02-26 $4.99
29. Chris Farlowe & the Thunderbirds featuring Albert Lee - Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds
Tracks: 14 Release date: 1966-08-26 $9.99
30. Live at the Champlain Valley Fair, 2019 (Part 1) - Trevor Contois
Tracks: 13 Release date: 2019-10-02 $9.99
31. Christmas on Mars - Christmas On Mars
Tracks: 11 Release date: 2019-06-17 $9.99
32. Afonso Pena Com Abbey Road - Sgt. Pepper's Band
Tracks: 11 Release date: 1997-12-31 $9.99
33. Wide-Eyed & Headless - The Trypt Up
Tracks: 11 Release date: 2017-05-26 $9.99
34. Out Tonight - EP - Thee Rum Coves
Tracks: 4 Release date: 2017-05-26 $2.99
35. Sx225 - The Five Faces
Tracks: 10 Release date: 2017-01-19 $9.90
36. From Belfast to Boston - Henry McCullough
Tracks: 9 Release date: 2014-04-29 $8.91
37. Hell of a Record - Henry McCullough
Tracks: 11 Release date: 1983-12-31 $9.99
38. Teenbeat - Grant Tracy & The Sunsets
Tracks: 18 Release date: 1962-12-31 $6.99
39. Too Soon My Love - Chad & Jeremy
Tracks: 13 Release date: 2007-12-31 $6.99
40. Come On You Brentford (feat. According To You) - EP - Beesotted Bees
Tracks: 4 Release date: 2013-12-13 $3.99
41. Done Me Wrong: Ember Beat Vol. 2 (1965-66) - Various Artists
Tracks: 19 Release date: 2009-09-22 $9.99
42. B. J. K. (The Dave Cash Collection) - Billy J. Kramer
Tracks: 11 Release date: 2011-05-09 $9.99
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