Tag: 1970s
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Simon and Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water, 1970 on Columbia.
Simon and Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water, 1970 on Columbia. Such a beautiful album end to end, from the opening title track through Song For the Asking. Fifth & final original Simon & Garfunkel studio LP
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Neil Young, Carnegie Hall 1970, released 2021 on Shakey Pictures Records.
Neil Young, Carnegie Hall 1970, released 2021 on Shakey Pictures Records. Show from December 4th, 1970 at Carbegie Hall. Neil Young Archives Official Bootleg Series 01. Great show, wonderful recording and pressing, not on Spotify
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Joan Armatrading, Show Some Emotion, 1977 on A&M.
Joan Armatrading, Show Some Emotion, 1977 on A&M. Her fourth full length LP and third on A&M. Produced by Glyn Johns
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Blood, Sweat and Tears; Blood, Sweat and Tears 3, 1970 on Columbia.
Blood, Sweat and Tears; Blood, Sweat and Tears 3, 1970 on Columbia. Lucretia McEvil, Sympathy for the Devil – second album of the David Clayton-Thomas era
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Steely Dan, Aja, 1977 on ABC Records.
Steely Dan, Aja, 1977 on ABC Records. Deacon Blue, Peg, Josie. Love the liner notes on this release: “In retrospect, I should have realized the assignment would not be all sweetness and light; in no way has Steely Dan made its reputation by catering to the rock press. In fact their contempt for pop music…
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Fela Ransome-Kuti & The Africa ’70, Afrodisiac, 1973 on Regal Zonophone.
Fela Ransome-Kuti & The Africa ’70, Afrodisiac, 1973 on Regal Zonophone. My copy is a 2016 reissue by Knitting Factory
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Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits, 1976 on Fantasy.
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits, 1976 on Fantasy. Billed as “Featuring John Fogerty” and with the edited (shorter) version of Grapevine that would become a single. A must have certainly. Though i love original 70s pressings, my copy is 2021 vinyl pressing – a Craft Recordings reissue pressed by GZ Media –…
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David Bowie, Pinups, 1973 on RCA Victor.
David Bowie, Pinups, 1973 on RCA Victor. Bowie covering Them, The Yardbirds, Pink Floyd, The Who, The Merseys, The Easybeats, The Pretty Things. One of my favorite early Bowie LPs and one of the first all-cover albums I had
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Teddy Pendergrass, Life is a Song Worth Singing, 1978 on Philadelphia International Records.
Teddy Pendergrass, Life is a Song Worth Singing, 1978 on Philadelphia International Records. My copy is a 2021 Vinyl Me, Please reissue. His second solo LP after the Blue Notes – soul / disco, with 4 of 7 songs by Gamble & Huff
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Various Artists, Christmas Dreamers: Yuletide Country 1960-1972, 2021 on Numero Group.
Various Artists, Christmas Dreamers: Yuletide Country 1960-1972, 2021 on Numero Group. Great Secretly Society release – collection of old school country songs for the season Best title is “Santa Claus Ain’t a Hippie”
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John Mayall, Empty Rooms, 1970 on Polydor.
John Mayall, Empty Rooms, 1970 on Polydor. With Steve Thompson, Johnny Almond, Jon Mark – follow up to Turning Point
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Oscar Peterson & Harry Edison, Oscar Peterson & Harry Edison, 1975 on Pablo Records.
Oscar Peterson & Harry Edison, Oscar Peterson & Harry Edison, 1975 on Pablo Records. Another excellent mid seventies jazz record on the label Norman Granz founded in 1973. I wasn’t as familiar with Harry Edison, but he played with everyone: Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Ella, Nat King Cole, and many more – he…
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Nilsson, A Little Touch of Schmilsson In the Night, 1973 on RCA Victor.
Nilsson, A Little Touch of Schmilsson In the Night, 1973 on RCA Victor. A collection of standards from Nilsson – done at a tome when collections of standards weren’t really being done by popular commercial singers. Nilsson certainly was not afraid to carve out his own idiosyncratic path
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Experience Unlimited, Free Yourself, 1977 on Black Fire Records.
Experience Unlimited, Free Yourself, 1977 on Black Fire Records. My copy is the 2019 Vinyl Me, Please reissue on Now-Again Records with custom artwork by Allen Jackson and loner notes by Kevin Coombe E.U. were a Washington DC based funk/soul/jazz outfit, unfortunately) most well know for their song “Da Butt” that was in Spike Lee’s…
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The Original Blues Project, Reunion in Central Park, 1973 on MCA / Sounds of the South.
The Original Blues Project, Reunion in Central Park, 1973 on MCA / Sounds of the South. Concert recorded June 1973 with Al Kooper, Steve Katz, Danny Kalb, Roy Blumenfeld, and Andy Kulberg. 13 minute plus “Two Trains Running” and a 7 plus minute “Caress Me Baby.” My copy is a Japanese pressing
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B.B. King, Midnight Believer, 1978 on ABC Records.
B.B. King, Midnight Believer, 1978 on ABC Records. The inimitable B.B. from the later seventies – songs by Will Jennings, Joe Sample and (one track) Stix Hooper. Robert Powell, Joe Sample, Stix Hooper, Roland Bautista, James Gadson, and Wilton Felder in the band.
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The Who, Who’s Next, 1971 on Decca.
The Who, Who’s Next, 1971 on Decca. My copy is an early 80s pressing on MCA labels – probably part of the Super Savers series of repressing of popular titles One of my favorites from the Who – Baba O’Reilly, Behind Blue Eyes, Won’t Get Fooled Again. via Record Exchange, Salem MA
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Crystal Gayle, Classic Crystal, 1979 on United Artists.
Crystal Gayle, Classic Crystal, 1979 on United Artists. Classic LP from Loretta Lynn’s sister – Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue, Why Have You Left The One You Left Me For. Only way this would be better is if it also had “Half the Way” on it (or as my mother used to sing…