Hidden Treasures - Cool Acoustica

[Scott]

Time for a cool change. Hey! Thats a cool song too, but not for this weeks playlist. Were doing something we havent done in quite awhile, acoustic tunes! When done right they can be magical. And I've got 4 of them that fit that definition perfectly. 

And were staying away from the 80's!  So I thought we'd pull another old trick out of the hidden treasures hat and that we've not done in some time.. Were going with the format of 2 old and 2 new tunes.

Think you got 2 old and 2 new acoustic songs that are better than these?

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	Bad Company Desolation Angels 1979 1 - Crazy Circles It is considered the last strong album by Bad Company, mostly because it contains their last major hit, "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy," written by Paul Rodgers which its inspiration came from a guitar synthesizer riff that Rodgers came up with. "Gone, Gone, Gone", written by bassist Boz Burrell, also received substantial airplay on rock stations. It was the first of only three songs he ever wrote for the band, but is widely revered as one of the band's finest compositions. The album reached #3 on the Billboard album charts in 1979 and went Platinum in 1979 and Double Platinum subsequently.
	Supertramp Crisis? What Crisis? 1975 2 - Sister Moonshine Having achieved commercial success with Crime of the Century, the pressure was on for Supertramp to deliver a followup, and the record company pushed them to begin work as soon as the touring for "Crime" was finished. While touring the west coast of North America, Supertramp unintentionally gained extra time: Hodgson injured his hand, forcing the band to cancel the rest of the tour and leaving them with nothing better to do than work on the album. Despite this, the band still didn't have time to rehearse for the album, and much like Indelibly Stamped, songwriters Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson had no vision for a completed album worked out. Furthermore, the band's busy touring schedule had left no time for writing songs, and so they entered A&M's Los Angeles recording studios with only leftover songs from Crime of the Century (or even earlier) for material. Due to shortage of material, production had to be halted at one point so that Davies and Hodgson could write two new songs, one of which was "Ain't Nobody But Me".
	Porcupine Tree Signify 1996 3 - Waiting Phase One Signify was the first Porcupine Tree album recorded as a full band unit, rather than primarily by frontman Steven Wilson with occasional assistance from other musicians, primarily the ones who would become full-time band members as of this album; Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin, and Chris Maitland. In 1995, the band would alternate between touring in support of their last release, The Sky Moves Sideways, and writing and recording the album, with Wilson describing it as "The album was recorded in quite a piecemeal way with tracks written and recorded in batches of 2 or 3, followed by gaps of up to 3 months." As such, a number of the songs, albeit in early forms, were debuted live before the album's release.
	Anathema Weather Systems 2012 4 - Untouchable, Part 1 Weather Systems is the ninth album by the British rock band Anathema. It was released on 16 April 2012 in Europe via Kscope and 24 April 2012 in the US via The End Records. The band describes the album as "not background music for parties. The music is written to deeply move the listener". The album was recorded in Liverpool, North Wales and Oslo, each place significant to Anathema's past, present and future. The record was produced by band members Vincent Cavanagh and Daniel Cavanagh, as well as Christer-André Cederberg.

[Gordon Williams]

A few acoustic songs of the top of my head:

The Wizard - Uriah Heep

Forever - Kiss

Planet Caravan - Black Sabbath

Temple Of The King - Rainbow

Spread Your Wings - Big Jim Slade

Wanted: Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi

But my favorite of all time??? From a band from Dallas, Texas that does not even exist anymore. "Wash Away" by Hollow. Even the lead guitar is acoustic, and the vocal performance is sensational.

[Scott]

Love Demons and Wizards...  And Ive never heard of your favorite, I must check that out

[RJhog (Admin)]

You had that band Hollow on your music player back at that other place that shall remain nameless.  I remember trying to find some of their stuff because it sounded pretty dang good.  Never could find it thought.