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Conference napalm::heavy_metal

Title:	HEAVY_METAL - Talent Round-Up DayDay
Notice:	Rules-2.,Directory-7.,Roster-3.,Garbage-99.
Moderator:	BUSY::SLABB

Created:	Thu May 05 1988
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1238
Total number of notes:	65616

604.0. "Black Oak Arkansas" by SHAPES::COURTNEYM (And this bird you cannot change) Thu Jul 13 1989 01:34

    Was buzzin round the locale Record fayre in Sunny Blazingjoke
    when came across two Black Oak Arkansas "Raunch and Roll Live"
    
    Being a bit of a southern boogie fan, Skynyrd, Hatchet, Blackfoot,
    Satelites, I had heard the earlier albums were pretty good.
    
    The only album that I have (from Reckless Records, Soho - round
    the corner form Shades) is "Balls of Fire" which just didn't compare
    with the way some of the reviews rave about them.
    
    Have been trying to find the album for *years*...and I find *two*, 
    one of which is a DJ pre-release 'demo' with artwork included.
    Since I collect records to listen to mainly, I've no interest
    in having two that sound the same and so if anyone's interested,
    mail me, otherwise I'll flog the demo to Timebeat in Basingstoke.
    The live album is rare as rocking horse excrement in the UK, the
    demo presumably rarer still.

    Any other Arkansas fans out there? Still alive?
    I'll post the discography (UK version) in a later reply
    I gather they re-formed a couple of years ago - any info on this?
    
    Speedking  (whose still tracking down that Foghat Live )
    
    
    PS - I bet half a crown Cat is the first to spot/reply to this topic...

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604.1	Another BOA fan ...	RAVEN1::JERRYWHITE	Hindsight is always 20/20 !	`Thu Jul 13 1989 09:04`	7
	"When Electricity Came To Arkansas" off Raunch And Roll is a killer tune. I've been trying to find that one in the "oldies" bins but no luck. That album brings back some good memories .... 8^) Scary
604.2	I'm still alive!!	MRMFG1::C_DENOPOULOS	Who is this guy?!?!?!	`Thu Jul 13 1989 13:00`	8
	I saw them open once for Grand Funk Railroad. They S**KED. It sounded like every guitar was tuned differently. You couldn't make any sense of the music. Their studio albums were great. I saw them a year later on tv taped at a live show (California jam) and they sounded great. The only tune I can remember off the top of my head is "Jim Dandy to the rescue". Chris D.
604.3	New Black Oak	CSC32::G_HOUSE	Be excellent to everyone!	`Thu Jul 13 1989 19:57`	6
	They recently got back together, within the last year or so, and put out a new record which (I believe) is all instrumental. It was praised pretty highly in some of the guitar magazines. I've never heard it and don't know what it's called. gh
604.4		WONDER::REILLY	Sean Reilly CSG/AVS DTN:293-5983	`Mon Jun 06 1994 13:37`	12
	Re. "When Electricity Came to Arkansas" On the collection I have (Hot & Nasty), there is a portion of "chanting" before the song starts. It also happens to be the same exact chanting found before the Woodstock version of "Soul Sacrifice" by Santana. I always wondered what the connection was. Anybody know - don't have the dates, so don't know which was first. Or is this just some coincidence? - Sean
604.5	the Devil made them do it	FRETZ::HEISER	ugadanodawonumadja	`Mon Jun 06 1994 15:10`	1