Tag: 1970s
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Paul Simon, Self-Titled, 1972 on Columbia.
Paul Simon, Self-Titled, 1972 on Columbia. Second solo album, released after the split with Garfunkel. (His first solo recording was The Paul Simon Songbook, which came out in the UK in 1965) Such a great album in a long career of great albums.
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Mike Bloomfield, John Paul Hammond, Dr. John; Triumvirate; 1973 on Columbia.
Mike Bloomfield, John Paul Hammond, Dr. John; Triumvirate; 1973 on Columbia. My copy is a UK pressing but it was out in the US at the same time. Great funky blues bayou combo – kind of an alternate universe supergroup in the model of Cream or Blind Faith. At their best on a standard like…
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U.K. Squeeze, self-titled debut, 1978, A&M.
U.K. Squeeze, self-titled debut, 1978, A&M. U.K. Squeeze were known in the UK as Squeeze. My copy is on red translucent vinyl with promo labels. Yes, they made colored vinyl back in the 70s as well, it is not just a new hipster thing. Take Me I’m Yours and Strong In Reason are my favorites…
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Bob Dylan, New Morning, 1970 on Columbia
Bob Dylan, New Morning, 1970 on Columbia Via Academy Records in NYC
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Aerosmith, self-titled, 1973 on Columbia.
Aerosmith, self-titled, 1973 on Columbia. Required vinyl in the Boston rock canon. Original red Columbia labels, likely a Pittman pressing
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Bonnie Raitt, self-titled, 1971 on Warner Brothers.
Bonnie Raitt, self-titled, 1971 on Warner Brothers. Raitt’s debut album, recorded at an old summer camp on Enchanted Island in Lake Minnetonka Mine’s a later repressing based on the labels – 1973 to 1978 sometime. Fantastic beginning to a career still going strong Via Dyno Records in Newburyport, MA
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Fleetwood Mac, self-titled, 1975 on Reprise.
Fleetwood Mac, self-titled, 1975 on Reprise. Mine’s a 1977 pressing – sound is great. This is their second self-titled, and the first with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks (making a strong debut with Rhiannon and Landslide). Via Listen Up Music in Natick, MA.
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Blondie, Parallel Lines, 1978 on Chrysalis.
Blondie, Parallel Lines, 1978 on Chrysalis. Their third full length, with: Hanging On the Telephone, One Way Or Another, Heart of Glass. Via Academy Records
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Preservation Hall Jazz Band, New Orleans Volume 1, 1977 on Columbia Masterworks / CBS
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, New Orleans Volume 1, 1977 on Columbia Masterworks / CBS Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Preservation Hall Initiative have set up a way to get matching to donations from spotify covid-19 music relief initiative: https://preshallfoundation.org/spotify-music-relief/
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Small Faces, self-titled, compilation, 1972 on New World.
Small Faces, self-titled, compilation, 1972 on New World. No self-respecting Mod would be without at least one Small Faces record. Track A6, which is supposed to be “What’s the Matter Baby?” Is actually not even Small Faces, but Adam, Mike and Tim’s “Little Pictures,” a Decca single from 1965. Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones,…
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Days of Wine and Vinyl, 1972 on Warner Brothers
Days of Wine and Vinyl, 1972 on Warner Brothers Label sampler, with 5 page booklet on the artists included. Tir Na Nog, Arlo Guthrie, Tim Buckley, Jesse Winchester, Arthur Conley, Captain Beefheart, The Section, James Taylor, America, Mickey Hart, Dion, The Incredible String Band, Bonnie Raitt, Alexis Korner & Snape, Steeleye Span, Jethro Tull, Dick…
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Crosby, Stills & Nash, CSN, 1977 on Atlantic.
Crosby, Stills & Nash, CSN, 1977 on Atlantic. This is the cover with the “serious” photo (first pressing) not the later photo with them laughing and smiling Dark Star, Shadow Captain, See The Changes, Just A Song Before I Go Not sure when or where I picked this up – must have been early eighties…
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The Whole Burbank Catalog, 1972 on Warner Brothers.
The Whole Burbank Catalog, 1972 on Warner Brothers. Great sampler including Jerry Garcia, Allen Toussaint, Faces, Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull, T. Rex, Captain Beefheart, America, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt, Arlo Guthrie – early 70s time capsule.
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No Wave, 1978 compilation on A&M.
No Wave, 1978 compilation on A&M. Translucent blue vinyl was a thing even in the seventies Squeeze, The Police, The Dickies, The Stranglers, Joe Jackson – great collection
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Fleetwood Mac, Kiln House, 1970 on Reprise
Fleetwood Mac, Kiln House, 1970 on Reprise Gatefold, with artwork by Christine McVie First release after the departure of Peter Green, with McVie providing keys and backing vocals but not yet credited as a full band member More music from the year I was born – lots of things turning 50 this year 🙂
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Jackson Browne, self-titled, 1972 on Asylum.
Jackson Browne, self-titled, 1972 on Asylum. Often mistakenly called “saturate before using,” Browne’s debut includes “Jamaica Say You Will,” “Doctor My Eyes,” and ” Rock Me On The Water.” Love his unmistakable voice – and look forward to his new album due out in Oct 2020, ~48 years after this debut.
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Fleetwood Mac, Tusk, 1979 on Warner Brothers.
Fleetwood Mac, Tusk, 1979 on Warner Brothers. My copy is a Columbia Record club edition A definite must-have for any vinyl collection
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Paul and Linda McCartney, Ram, 1971 on Apple Records.
Paul and Linda McCartney, Ram, 1971 on Apple Records. Heart of the Country, Uncle Albert, Too Many People, Eat At Home. Great early post-Beatles Paul – not well reviewed back in ’71 but better recognized now.