BLUES IMAGE
''RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE: ANTHOLOGY OF CLASSICS''
SEPTEMBER 28 2010
68:41
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01 - Ride Captain Ride 04:19
02 - American Woman 03:58
OB - Born To Be Wild 03:35
04 - Paint It Black 03:25
05 - Spinning Wheel 02:40
06 - Summer Of 69 03:34
07 - I Can See Clearly Now 02:40
08 - Rocket Man 04:32
09 - Magic Carpet Ride 04:28
10 - Incense And Peppermints 02:53
11 - Take A Letter Maria 02:54
12 - Time Has Come Today 04:52
13 - I Got A Line On You 02:36
14 - Free Ride 03:05
15 - Fire 02:55
16 - Hold Your Head Up 06:19
17 - Ride Captain Ride (Psychedelic Space Version) 05:32
18 - Ride Captain Ride (Spanish Version) 04:20
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REVIEW/AMG
Dave Thompson
The Blues Image story is one of the great "if only"s of American rock, with most of those questions centered around the traditional bugbears of promotion and finance. But you can add timing to the brew, too, as Blues Image emerged one of the great psychedelic bands of the late '60s -- but did so about three years too late. Time, then, for frontman Mike Pinera to redress the balance with a tribute not only to the time and place that Blues Image should have dominated, but also to the bands and musicians whose own work either influenced or inspired him. It's a nonstop jukebox, then, that slams some remarkably personal vision into songs that might otherwise seem so familiar that nobody needs to cover them anymore: Spirit's "I Got a Line on You," the Guess Who's "American Woman," Arthur Brown's "Fire," Steppenwolf's "Magic Carpet Ride." Ride Captain Ride is a traveling time machine, spanning the last of the '60s through the first of the '70s, and it's difficult to say what comes out on top -- a seething take on Argent's "Hold Your Head Up"; a dramatic ride through Edgar Winter's "Free Ride"; or no less than three stellar versions of the title track itself, one in English, one in Spanish, and one that will simply blow your head off. A storming brew from start to end.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
William Ruhlmann
Open
The Blues Image was a one-hit wonder Latin-tinged pop/rock band, that one hit being "Ride Captain Ride," which made the Top Ten and sold a million copies in 1970. The group was formed in Tampa, FL, in 1966 by Michael Pinera (b. September 29, 1948, Tampa, FL) (guitar, vocals), Manuel Bertematti (b. 1946, Tampa, FL) (percussion), and Joe Lala (b. Tampa, FL) (drums). Malcolm Jones (b. Cardiff, Wales) (bass) joined in 1966, followed in 1968 by Frank "Skip" Konte (b. Canyon City, OK) (keyboards). The band moved to New York City in 1968 and managed a club called the Image. Then they moved to Los Angeles, where they signed to Atlantic Records' Atco division in February 1969, and released their self-titled debut album. This was followed by Open (1970), which featured "Ride Captain Ride." But the Blues Image never followed their hit. Pinera left, replaced by Kent Henry (guitar) and Dennis Correll (vocals). Then the Blues Image broke up. A third album, Red White & Blues Image, was compiled from outtakes. Skip Konte joined Three Dog Night, while some other band members reformed as Manna. Pinera later was a member of Iron Butterfly, then Ramatam, and, with Bertematti, the New Cactus Band. He also formed a band called Thee Image and worked as a solo artist. Lala became a Los Angeles session player and worked with Joe Walsh and the various manifestations of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, among others.
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''RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE: ANTHOLOGY OF CLASSICS''
SEPTEMBER 28 2010
68:41
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01 - Ride Captain Ride 04:19
02 - American Woman 03:58
OB - Born To Be Wild 03:35
04 - Paint It Black 03:25
05 - Spinning Wheel 02:40
06 - Summer Of 69 03:34
07 - I Can See Clearly Now 02:40
08 - Rocket Man 04:32
09 - Magic Carpet Ride 04:28
10 - Incense And Peppermints 02:53
11 - Take A Letter Maria 02:54
12 - Time Has Come Today 04:52
13 - I Got A Line On You 02:36
14 - Free Ride 03:05
15 - Fire 02:55
16 - Hold Your Head Up 06:19
17 - Ride Captain Ride (Psychedelic Space Version) 05:32
18 - Ride Captain Ride (Spanish Version) 04:20
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REVIEW/AMG
Dave Thompson
The Blues Image story is one of the great "if only"s of American rock, with most of those questions centered around the traditional bugbears of promotion and finance. But you can add timing to the brew, too, as Blues Image emerged one of the great psychedelic bands of the late '60s -- but did so about three years too late. Time, then, for frontman Mike Pinera to redress the balance with a tribute not only to the time and place that Blues Image should have dominated, but also to the bands and musicians whose own work either influenced or inspired him. It's a nonstop jukebox, then, that slams some remarkably personal vision into songs that might otherwise seem so familiar that nobody needs to cover them anymore: Spirit's "I Got a Line on You," the Guess Who's "American Woman," Arthur Brown's "Fire," Steppenwolf's "Magic Carpet Ride." Ride Captain Ride is a traveling time machine, spanning the last of the '60s through the first of the '70s, and it's difficult to say what comes out on top -- a seething take on Argent's "Hold Your Head Up"; a dramatic ride through Edgar Winter's "Free Ride"; or no less than three stellar versions of the title track itself, one in English, one in Spanish, and one that will simply blow your head off. A storming brew from start to end.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
William Ruhlmann
Open
The Blues Image was a one-hit wonder Latin-tinged pop/rock band, that one hit being "Ride Captain Ride," which made the Top Ten and sold a million copies in 1970. The group was formed in Tampa, FL, in 1966 by Michael Pinera (b. September 29, 1948, Tampa, FL) (guitar, vocals), Manuel Bertematti (b. 1946, Tampa, FL) (percussion), and Joe Lala (b. Tampa, FL) (drums). Malcolm Jones (b. Cardiff, Wales) (bass) joined in 1966, followed in 1968 by Frank "Skip" Konte (b. Canyon City, OK) (keyboards). The band moved to New York City in 1968 and managed a club called the Image. Then they moved to Los Angeles, where they signed to Atlantic Records' Atco division in February 1969, and released their self-titled debut album. This was followed by Open (1970), which featured "Ride Captain Ride." But the Blues Image never followed their hit. Pinera left, replaced by Kent Henry (guitar) and Dennis Correll (vocals). Then the Blues Image broke up. A third album, Red White & Blues Image, was compiled from outtakes. Skip Konte joined Three Dog Night, while some other band members reformed as Manna. Pinera later was a member of Iron Butterfly, then Ramatam, and, with Bertematti, the New Cactus Band. He also formed a band called Thee Image and worked as a solo artist. Lala became a Los Angeles session player and worked with Joe Walsh and the various manifestations of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, among others.
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