Crack the sky discography torrent download

Somewhere in the back of my head I'm thinking the name comes from a book or poem about the sea Tell me I'm wrong! TTU soon.. Greetings Paul, I've been aware of of "Cut" for awhile but never checked it out.

I never knew where they got their name from either until one day while listening to Well I'll let "him" say it in his own words. Wake up you sleepy head Put on some clothes, shake up your bed Put another log on the fire for me Ive made some breakfast and coffee Look out my window what do I see A crack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me All the nightmares came today And it looks as though they're here to stay "Wake up you sleepy head Put on some clothes, shake up your bed Put another log on the fire for me Ive made some breakfast and coffee Look out my window what do I see A crack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me All the nightmares came today And it looks as though they're here to stay" Oh!

You Pretty Things - Bowie Yep, Palumbo was a big Bowie fan, if you play Hunky Dory back to back with the first two Crack albums you can hear an obvious influence in certain songs,sections. No prizes for my answer! I would never have got that answer. Great question. We'll have to dig up some more music trivia questions. I enjoy all these music connections. Thanks a mill. Hi Paul, Funny, it never dawned on me either till one day listening to Hunky Dory after years of hearing it too.

In the U. Well that was about it. I 'd look foward to when his mom did the laundry because when she hung up the clothes on the clothes line outside I would see ll these great concert T-shirts he had. Yep,I enjoy the trivia too. On my blog page I've added an almanac and beyond section you might enjoy.

Old clippings I saved, almanac excerpts of interest. I'll try to think up another question, but I know you can stump me just as easy :D.

Send me a link to your almanac. For some reason I can't locate it. Rock trivia questions are getting harder and harder. A friend of mine is a Beatles freak. For ten years I've been trying to catch him out with Beatles questions. He's never wrong! That guy knows everything! Here's a question - What CTS song contains part of a musical piece written by a 19th century Italian composer? No googling although I'm sure you know the answer!

I do own a few of the latterday releases. Sooo give me a minor hint at what era this song is from? Hi,Eric :D!! Album is from the late'70's. That's a major hint! It's not a trick question! Hey, if you can think of a good Beatles Q, let me know. Here's another few Q's! Now remember, Eric, canvassing will disqualify! BTW, I'm going through your almanac now TTU soon my friend!

Hey Paul, Lol, Huh let me think Does Jimi ask Joe "Hey didn't we go to different schools together? He want to paint it chartreuse.

I just started my almanac a few days ago, there is lots of Beatles tidbits in there so as it progresses and I run into a good Beatle mention i'll pass it to you.

Might be hard as your friend is well versed in them. Yeah, some posts are now PW protected. I'll drop you a line reg. Correct on all counts. I knew those Q's were too simple! What about that CTS Q?!

Cheers, Eric. I've sent you a mail. Thank you so much, I'm from Maryland originally so had all their vinyl back in the day. Any chance you might have a vinyl rip of John Palumbo's great Innocent Bystander? Unfortunately, that album eludes me. If anybody reads this maybe they can help out? Post a Comment. C recommends Mizar6 Get this crazy baby off my head! Crack The Sky - Rare! The rest are live tracks from , outtakes from Palumbo solo and three demo tracks from "Safety in Numbers".

These 7 tracks are indeed rare, while the rest could be scared up without too much trouble. The "Safety in Numbers" songs are okay, but not up to the par of the original album, and the live version of "Let It Be" pales in comparison to the rollicking version of "I Am the Walrus", which can be found on "Live Sky".

Chalk this up as a disappointing purchase from a pretty talented band. The album also contains live tracks, including two recorded at Hammerjacks nightclub between and as well as previously unreleased outtakes and alternate versions of songs. Most critics slagged off this release as old material repackaged.

It is true that eight of the fifteen tracks were previously released - six from CTS studio albums, and two from John Palumbo solo albums. However, not everybody has heard all these tracks. Some of these albums are not easy to obtain and many CTS fans will not have heard the live tracks and outtakes on the album. Sound quality is ok but could be better. Many compilation CD albums are produced without using available remastered versions of tracks. This often means that some tracks sound better than others.

B: Link 1 of this post contains all the previously released material. The second link of this post contains the live, alt. According to the website at www.

Commercial reward was minimal, however, and after completing Crack the Sky's second LP, 's Animal Notes, Palumbo exited to pursue a solo career. Crack the Sky then disbanded, but in Palumbo, Witkowski, and keyboardist Vince DePaul briefly reformed the group to record the White Music album before again dissolving. Palumbo then formed another new lineup for a series of albums including Photoflamingo, World in Motion I, and Raw before reuniting with Witkowski, D'Amico, and DePaul for a series of live dates at the Baltimore club Hammerjacks and eventually a new studio LP, From the Greenhouse.

Great keyboard flourishes that remind me of late 80s Rush, tribal drums and again that bass. Slap bass in CTS??? That's a first. But wait CTS done went all country on us, complete with pedal steel guitar and prairie dog back up vocals. That's "King of the Rodeo" a song about a cowboy who moves to Japan to get work because his job got eliminated here. Where does Palumbo come up with this stuff?

Was this a story on Fox news? Makes me laugh every time though and twango guitar solo is the icing on the cake. Like I said, not prog These guys must be eating cornbread and collard greens these days. This is some serious soul. Go back and listen to their last record "Machine" and then remind yourself that this is the same band.

Well different bassist and maybe that's where all this funk comes from although he is not listed as a songwriter. And some Revolver-era Beatles from the guitars. My son likes this song the best and said it reminds him of Green Day. Maybe in terms of it being very up-tempo and almost punky. I get another whiff of Rush on this one but I can't quite put my finger on it. Well, if Rush were from Oakland. This is CTS's "Kashmir" Yeah, this is going to be all about introspection and self-discovery.

It's about a blow up doll. Classic Crack from the guy who brought you cannibalism in "Sea Epic". Love it! Ostrich closes with a very touching ballad - "Ali's Song". My wife and I dance to this in our parlor and my son leaves the room but I don't care, I think it's sweet. There's some nice mandolin and accordion on this one and the band sounds very relaxed and confident. I'd bet my porch swing that they recorded this live in one take.

At least that's what I want to believe. If you tell me otherwise I'll bury my head in the sand. I listen to this and can't believe that all or most of these guys must be in their 60s by now. Compare this to new offerings by any of prog's elder statesmen an there's no comparison. They can play circles around just about anyone out there and yet they take the high road and groove like a well-tuned muscle car.

And yet the arrangements have so much ear candy I was expecting to see George Martin's name in the credits. The production is flawless and totally state of the art.

I'm a big fan of Joey Macri and was surprised he had left the band again. Dave DeMarco fits this band like a glove - driving, authoritative lines reminiscent of the first 3 albums but with the added funk upgrade. Kudos to Palumbo and Co for giving the new guy so much air time. Bass kicks off 3 or 4 songs on Ostrich including the lead off track. Welcome aboard DD! There's not a dud to be found on this platter.

If they release a live DVD from this tour, I'll be all over it! Buy this record and enjoy the ride. This is a concept record for the rest of us! Review by stefro Prog Reviewer. Copyright Prog Archives, All rights reserved.

Please consider supporting us by giving monthly PayPal donations and help keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever. They broke first in Pittsburgh, and eventually "emigrated" to and were "adopted" by the Baltimore, MD area. They recorded albums and played live shows with various personnel changes from the mid '70's until the late '80's.

They played an original mix of quirky rock and roll with many time changes and switch-ups mixed in with a few Beatles-esque touches. They were quasi-adopted by the Baltimore radio station, WIYY 98 Rock ; this station above all others continued to play the classic hits from the band, and ended up sponsoring their reunion shows at Hammerjacks nightclub in Unfortunately, it never got promoted very well, and failed to catch on with the public.

This was followed by their second in , "Animal Notes", which contained such songs as Rangers At Midnight and Maybe I Can Fool Everybody Tonight , was more quirky and less accessible than the first album, but good, nonetheless. Unfortunately it fared as well or worse than thier first album.

John's leaving was "due clearly to a divergence in artistic direction. I can't count the number of people I've talked to who saw Crack The Sky open for some band or other, and said that Crack basically blew the other band off the stage - that the headliner was a let-down after Crack played! After Live Sky the band put out a greatest hits collection in titled Classic Crack. After leaving the band, John P. After "Live Sky" the band broke up, but soon came back together in in their third incarnation of John Palumbo, Rick Witkowski and Vince DePaul to create the album "White Music", rumored to be a contractual obligation album.

Unfortunately, soon after the album was released, the band broke up again, ostensibly for good. After that, in , John once again re-formed the band in its fourth incarnation, with Vince DePaul keyboards , Carey Ziegler bass , Michael Taylor guitar and John Tracey drums , and put out the album "Photoflamingo". This album received less-than-rave reviews from the critics and public, and today is one of the bands least well- known albums.

The next offering from the band came in with "World In Motion I", yet another disappointment for the band. It never got much airplay other than Mr DJ, and the album itself was very hard to find in stores, eventually virtually totally disappearing from the record bins. The lack of acceptance of this album probably contributed to John again calling an end to the band, and the same year put out "The End", the bands supposed swan song. The album contained a collection of live songs from some previous albums as well as a couple of new or previously unreleased offerings.

There were no previous band members on this album; the only other artist listed in the credits is Jamie LaRitz guitar. While they didn't play anything from "Raw" at these shows, there were two songs from the "Blowing Up Detroit" album, as well as most of the bands classic songs.

They came back again in the Christmas Week in with a few more shows, this time incorporating the title track from "Raw" into the show. Possibly spurred on by the overwhelming reception the band received at the Hammerjacks shows, he continued to work with the other band members, and eventually did other live shows at Hammerjacks as well as another local Baltimore club, Painters Mill before it burned down in and Carey did play with the band when they played more Hammerjacks shows after the release of Greenhouse.

This album featured the title track, as well as a critique of the American "yuppie" lifestyle in Lost In America. The band played more shows at Hammerjacks in support of this album. The next year, , saw the release of the last to date studio album from the band, titled "Dog City", which didn't receive very much airplay, even from the local Baltimore radio stations. After this album, John once again dissolved the band to pursue his own projects. This appears to have been a one-shot deal; I cannot find any curent information on this band.

Finally, in late a new disc was released, titled "Rare! This disc includes two songs recorded at two of the Hammerjacks shows. They played two shows, with the opening band being the Patty Reese Band, whom John Tracey also played with.