Tag: 1970s
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Sweet Emma and Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band, 1975 on Preservation Hall records.
Sweet Emma and Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band, 1975 on Preservation Hall records. My copy is a 1976 reissue with lacquers cut at Trutone Mastering Labs. Recorded at what was the the relatively new Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis in 1964 “Technical assistance” credit for an Earl Eckman, no relation so far as I know, even…
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Chic, C’est Chic, 1978 on Atlantic.
Chic, C’est Chic, 1978 on Atlantic. @nilerodgers, Bernie Edwards and crew – Le Freak, I Want Your Love. Disco is not dead.
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Emmylou Harris, Blue Kentucky Girl, 1979 on Warner Bros.
Emmylou Harris, Blue Kentucky Girl, 1979 on Warner Bros. Harmony vocals on “Even Cowgirls Get The Blues” by Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt, years before the Trio album. Tanya Tucker on Sister’s Coming Home, Don Everly on Everytime You Leave. Great classic country album
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Paul Simon with Urubamba and The Jesse Dixon Singers – Paul Simon In Concert: Live Rhymin’, 1974 on Columbia.
Paul Simon with Urubamba and The Jesse Dixon Singers – Paul Simon In Concert: Live Rhymin’, 1974 on Columbia. An underappreciated gem in the Paul Simon catalogue – these are my favorite live versions of American Tune, Homeward Bound, America – with support from an Andean folk band and a gospel choir
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Carpenters, Self-titled, 1971 on A&M
Carpenters, Self-titled, 1971 on A&M My copy is a 1974 reissue. Don’t you remember you told me you loved me, baby?
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Nina Simone, Here Comes The Sun, 1971 on RCA Victor.
Nina Simone, Here Comes The Sun, 1971 on RCA Victor. My copy is a 1982 reissue with the “modern black” labels Great versions of the title track, Just Like A Woman, Angel of the Morning, and My Way, which she does, well, her way.
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Curtis Mayfield, Roots, 1971 on Curtom.
Curtis Mayfield, Roots, 1971 on Curtom. Curtom was a label created by Mayfield with Eddie Thomas (Cur + Tom). My copy is a 2010 reissue by Rhino / Scorpio – not the greatest pressing but a nice chance to have this on clean vinyl without breaking the bank.
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Japan, Obscure Alternatives, 1978 on Ariola/ Hansa.
Japan, Obscure Alternatives, 1978 on Ariola/ Hansa. Japan’s second album, concluding with the 7 minute plus piano instrumental This is the US version which had a different track order than the UK and the band name in red on the cover as opposed to blue
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Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield: Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay, Jim Messina, Bruce Palmer, Dewey Martin, 1973 on ATCO
Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield: Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay, Jim Messina, Bruce Palmer, Dewey Martin, 1973 on ATCO Not to be confused with the original debut self-titled from 1966, this is the later compilation, assembled after the group had disbanded. The 9 minute “Bluebird” is killer Out of print now in vinyl and never…
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Bud Powell, The Genius of Bud Powell, 1976 on Verve.
Bud Powell, The Genius of Bud Powell, 1976 on Verve. My copy is a later “Polygram Classics” reissue – runout etchings and Polygram Classics markings suggest 1983 or later. The material itself goes back to “The Genius of Powell” and “Bud Powell’s Moods,” both 1957 Verve releases, of sessions from 1950, 1951, and 1956. Via…
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Marvin Gaye, Marvin Gaye Live, 1974 on Tamla.
Marvin Gaye, Marvin Gaye Live, 1974 on Tamla. My copy is a 1981 reissue on Motown labels, as opposed to the original Tamla – found one of those but it was in poor shape. Great live album Via Discogs
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Marvin Gaye, Let’s Get It On, 1973 on Tamla
Marvin Gaye, Let’s Get It On, 1973 on Tamla My copy is a Back to Black 180g repressing from 2016 which is clean sounding but may be from a digital source. (I’m not an analogue purist but realize some are). Side A kicks off with Let”s Get It On and closes with “Keep Gettin’ It…
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America, Homecoming, 1972 on Warner Brothers.
America, Homecoming, 1972 on Warner Brothers. Their sophomore album, with Ventura Highway, Dont Cross the River, Head and Heart, etc. The band actually formed in the UK, kids of US Airforce personnel stationed in London, though I guess by the time they recorded this album they might have actually seen California.
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McCoy Tyner, Sahara, 1972 on Milestone.
McCoy Tyner, Sahara, 1972 on Milestone. My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please 2020 remaster & reissue which is a fantastic pressing (Quality Record Pressings).
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Various Artists, History of British Blues (Volume One), 1973 on Sire
Various Artists, History of British Blues (Volume One), 1973 on Sire Great compilation I picked up at @mystery_train_records in Gloucester Includes Peter Green and John McVie with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers but also some lesser known folks
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Various Artists, The Old Grey Whistle Test Take Two, 1976 on Super Beeb Records.
Various Artists, The Old Grey Whistle Test Take Two, 1976 on Super Beeb Records. Follow up to the Old Grey Whistle Test sampler I posted a while back. Take Two is divided into a Great Britain record and United States of America record The UK one includes Dave Mason and Genesis but also Widowmaker, Camel,…
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Neil Young, Homegrown, 2020 on Reprise
Neil Young, Homegrown, 2020 on Reprise Neil Young’s 40th studio album. Recorded back in 1974 and 1975, considered for release around the time of Tonight’s the Night. Great set of songs, support from Levon Helm, Emmylou Harris, Robbie Robertson. Vinyl sounds great – my copy is a pressing by Record Industry
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Peter Tosh, Legalize It, 1976 on Columbia
Peter Tosh, Legalize It, 1976 on Columbia It’s 4:20 somewhere, right? This is a later pressing, but hard to date – 80s maybe. I’ve had it at least that long