Radio Free Amsterdam keeps a large spectrum of classic blues, jazz, rock, and black music on rotation, good music by the innovators. We wish to begin to share some of the artists we love, and will start with the Jam’s section at the back of the book GUITAR ARMY by John Sinclair 1972.
ROCK AND ROLL
KICK OUT THE JAMS – MC5 (Elektra)
CHEAP THRILLS – Big Brother and Holding Company (Columbia)
ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? – Jimi Hendrix Experience (Reprise)
SMASH HITS – Jimi Hendrix Experience (Reprise)
FREAK OUT – The Mothers of Invention
HIGH TIME – MC5 (Atlantic)
DETROIT – Mitch Ryder (Paramount)
OZONE – Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen (Paramount)
STOOGES – Stooges (Elektra)
FUN HOUSE – Stooges (Elekra)
GRIS-GRIS – Dr. John (Atco)
BABYLON – Dr. John (Atco)
BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME – Bob Dylan (Columbia)
HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED – Bob Dylan (Columbia)
BLONDE ON BLONDE – Bob Dylan (Columbia)
JOHN WESLEY HARDING – Bob Dylan (Columbia)
BEGGARS BANQUET – Rolling Stones (London)
LET IT BLEED – Rolling Stones (London)
STICKY FINGERS – Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones)
REVOLVER – Beatles (Capitol)
SERGENT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND – Beatles (Capitol)
BOOGIE WITH CANNED HEAT – Canned Heat (Liberty)
SUNSHINE SUPERMAN – Donovan (Epic)
MY GENERATION – The Who (Decca)
SAFE AS MILK – Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band (Buddha)
THE FUGS (2nd Album) – Fugs (ESP-Disk’)
WHITE HEAT WHITE LIGHT – Velvet Underground (MGM)
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE TAKES OFF – Jefferson Airplane (RCA)
VOLUNTEERS – Jefferson Airplane (RCA)
THE GRATEFUL DEAD (1st Album) – Grateful Dead (Reprise)
ELECRTIC MUSIC FOR THE MIND AND BODY – Country Joe & the Fish (Vanguard)
LOVE (1st Album) – Love (Elektra)
DA CAPO – Love (Elekra)
THE DOORS (1st Album) – Doors (Elekra)
FRESH CREAM – Cream (Atco)
WHEELS OF FIRE – Cream (Atco)
BLUESBREAKERS – John Mayall (London)
VINCEBUS ERUPTUM – Blue Cheer (Phillips)
SUNSET – The Rationals (Crewe)
TRAVELLERS TALE – SRC (Capitol)
MONGREL – Bob Seger (Capitol)
SURVIVAL – Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol)
E PLURIBUS FUNK – Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol)
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)
BAYOU COUNTRY – Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)
SANDERS’ TRUCK SHOP – Ed Sanders (Warner)
SPIRITS KNOW AND UNKNOWN – Leon Thomas (Flying Dutchman)
EDGAR WINTER’S WHITE TRASH – Edgar Winter (Epic)
LIVE – Johnny Winter and (Columbia)
JOHNNY WINTER (1st Album) – Johnny Winter (Columbia)
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE’S GREATEST HITS – Sly & the Family Stone (Epic)
RHYTHM & BLUES
HISTORY OF RHYTHM & BLUES (Volumes 1-4) – (Atlantic)
PAUL BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND – (1st Album) – Paul Butterfield (Elekra)
THE RESURRECTION OF PIGBOY CRABSHAW – Paul Butterfield (Elekra)
J. GEILS BAND – (Elekra)
ELMORE JAMES – Elmore James (Bell)
CHUCK BERRY’S GOLDEN DECADE – Chuck Berry (Chess)
16 GREATEST HITS – Bo Diddley (Chess)
THE BEST OF MUDDY WATERS – Muddy Waters (Chess)
ELECTRIC MUD – Muddy Waters (Chess)
MOANIN’ IN THE MOONLIGHT – Howlin’ Wolf (Chess)
THE LONDON SESSIONS – Howlin’ Wolf (Chess)
16 GREATEST HITS – B.B King (Crown)
JAMES BROWN LIVE AT THE APOLLO (Vol. 1) – James Brown (King)
BOBBY BLUE BLAND’S GREATEST HITS – Bobby Blue Bland (Duke)
HOUSE OF THE BLUES – John Lee Hooker (Checker)
URBAN BLUES -John Lee Hooker (ABC)
SERVE YOU RIGHT TO SUFFER –John Lee Hooker (Impulse)
I’M JIMMY REED – Jimmy Reed (Veejay)
THE JIMMY REED STORY –Jimmy Reed (Atlantic)
OTIS READING IN EUROPE – Otis Reading (Atlantic)
ARETHA’S GOLD – Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
CHICAGO/THE BLUES/TODAY – (3 vOLUMES) – (Vanguard)
DETROIT BLUES – (BLUES CLASSICS)
GOLDEN GOODIES (Volumes 2,3,6,7,12) – (Roulette)
LIGHTIN’ IN NEW YORK – Lightning Hopkins (Candid/Barnaby)
WEST SIDE SOUL – Magic Sam (Delmark)
HOODOO MAN BLUES – Junior Wells (Delmark)
OTIS SPAN IS THE BLUES – Otis Span (Candid/Barnaby)
THE BEST OF SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON – Sonny Boy Williamson (Chess)
GREATEST HITS – Little Richard (Speciality)
GREAT JUKEBOX HITS – Hank Ballard and the Midnighters (King)
ALL AROUND THE WORLD – Little Willie John (King)
I PUT A SPELL ON YOU – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (Okeh)
THE BEST OF LITTLE WALTER – Little Walter (Chess)
GREATEST HITS FROM THE BEGINNING – The Miracles (Motown)
GREATEST HITS – The Temptations (Motown)
GREATEST HITS – Martha and the Vandellas (Motown)
GREATEST HITS – The Four Tops (Motown)
GREATEST HITS – Elaine Brown (Vault)
SPOKEN
DIG –Eldridge Cleaver
MESSAGE TO THE GRASS ROOTS – Malcolm X (Afro-American Broadcasting Co.)
BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY – Malcolm X (Douglas)
THIS IS MADNESS – The Last Poets (Douglas)
THE SICK HUMOR OF LENNY BRUCE – Lenny Bruce (Fantasy)
WHAT I WAS ARRESTED FOR – Lenny Bruce (Douglas)
I AM NOT A NUT, ELECT ME – Lenny Bruce (Fantasy)
LENNY BRUCE AMERCA – Lenny Bruce (Fantasy)
BERKELEY CONCERT – Lenny Bruce (Straight)
AIN’T NO AMBULANCES FOR NO NIGGUS TONIGHT – Stanley Crouch (Flying Dutchman)
SOUL AND SOLEDAD – Angela Davis (Flying Dutchman)
HOWL & OTHER POEMS –Allen Ginsberg (Fantasy)
A NIGHT IN SANTA RITA – Robert Scheer (Flying Dutchman)
MURDER AT KENT STATE – Pete Hamill (Flying Dutchman)
LORD BUCKLEY’S HITS – Lord Buckley (Wolrd Pacific)
MASSACRE AT MY LAI – Pete Hamill (Flying Dutchman)
NEW BLACK MUSIC
NOTHING IS – Sun Ra (ESP-Disk’)
THE HELIOCENTRIC WORLDS OF SUN RA – Sun Ra (Saturn Research)
THE MAGIC CITY – Sun Ra (Saturn Research)
ATLANTIS – Sun Ra (Saturn Research)
STRANGE STRINGS – Sun Ra (Saturn Research)
A LOVE SUPREME – John Coltrane (Impulse)
LIVE AT BIRDLAND – John Coltrane (Impulse)
MEDITATIONS – John Coltrane (Impulse)
SELFLESSNESS – John Coltrane (Impulse)
KULU SE MAMA – John Coltrane (Impulse)
COSMIC MUSIC – John Coltrane (Impulse)
UNIT STRUCTURES – Cecil Taylor Unit (Blue Note)
INTO THE HOT – Cecil Taylor & Gil Evans (Impulse)
JAZZ COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA – Jazz Composers Orchestra (JCOA)
TAUHID – Pharoah Sanders (Impulse)
KARMA – Pharoah Sanders (Impulse)
THEMBI – Pharoah Sanders (Impulse)
FIRE MUSIC – Archie Shepp (Impulse)
MAMA TOO TIGHT – Archie Shepp (Impulse)
ORNETTE COLEMAN TOWN HALL CONCERT – Jazz Composers Orchestra (ESP-DISK)
THIS IS OUR MUSIC – Ornette Coleman (Atlantic)
ORNETTE ON TENOR – Ornette Coleman (Atlantic)
FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS – Ornette Coleman (Flying Dutchman)
BELLS – Albert Ayler (ESP-Disk)
NEW GRASS – Albert Ayler ((Impulse)
THE LACK SAINT & THE SINNER LADY – Charles Mingus (Impulse)
MINGUS PRESENTS MINGUS – Charles Mingus (Candid/Barnaby)
EVOLUTION – Grachan Moncur (Blue Note)
LET FREEDOM RING – Jackie McLean (Blue Note)
LIFE TIME – Tony Williams (Blue Note)
OUT TO LUNCH – Eric Dolphy (Blue Note)
OUT THERE – Eric Dolphy (Prestiege)
IRON MAN – Eric Dolphy (Douglas)
LIBERATION MUSIC ORCHESTRA – Charlie Haden (Impulse)
THE THIRD WORLD – Gato Barbieri (Flying Dutchman)
THE MARION BROWN QUINTET – Marion Brown (ESP-Disk)
SONG FOR – Joseph Jarman (Delmark)
AS IF IT WERE THE SEASONS – Joseph Jarman (Delmark)
SOUND – Roscoe Mitchell (Delmark)
LEVELS & DEGREES OF LIGHT – Richard Abrams (Delmark)
HUMILITY IN THE LIGHT OF THE CREATOR – Maurice Mcintyre (Delmark)
NUMBERS 1&2 – Lester Bowie (Nessa)
CONGRIPTIOUS – Roscoe Mitchell (Nessa)
COMPLETE COMMUNION – Don Cherry (Blue Note)
SKETCHES OF SPAIN – Miles Davis (Columbia)
KIND OF BLUE – Miles Davis (Columbia)
MILESTONES – Miles Davis (Columbia)
BITCHES BREW – Miles Davis (Columbia)
MILES DAVIS AT THE FILMORE – Miles Davis (Columbia)
“IS” – Chick Corea (Solid State)
PATTI WATERS SINGS – Patti Waters (ESP-Disk’)
BLACK WOMEN – Sonny Sharrock (Embryo)
EVERYWHERE – Roswell Rudd (Impulse)
COMPULSION – Andrew Hill (Blue Note)
FRANK WRIGHT TRIO – Frank Wright (ESP-Disk)
BURTON GREENE QUARTET – Burton Greene (ESP-Disk)
WHY NOT – Marion Brown (ESP-Disk)
THE GIANT IS AWAKENED – Horace Tapscott (Flying Dutchman)
QUARTET – John Carter/Bobby Bradford (Flying Dutchman)
MULTIDIRECTIONAL – Contemporary Jazz Quintet (Blue Note)