Tag: 1970s
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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.
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John Prine, Common Sense, 1975 on Atlantic.
John Prine, Common Sense, 1975 on Atlantic. Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard, He Was in Heaven Before He Died. So many great songs on this and every album – right up to the end.
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Talking Heads, The CBS Demos, 1975
Talking Heads, The CBS Demos, from 1975. (Unofficial) This is a fantastic bootleg of the pre-Jerry Harrison Talking Heads showing just how great they were out of the gate – alongside “The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads” it is my favorite of theirs. Via Academy Records in NYC
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Faces, A Nod Is As Good As A Wink . . . To a Blind Horse, 1971 on Warner Brothers.
Faces, A Nod Is As Good As. A Wink . . . TO a Blind Horse, 1971 on Warner Brothers. After Steve Marriott left Small Faces (to form Humble Pie) they became Faces. Ian McLagan, Kenney Jones, and Ronnie Lane were joined by Rod Stewart and Ron Wood, who came from The Jeff Beck Group.
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Rush, self-titled debut, 1974.
Rush, self-titled debut, 1974. (Mine’s a 1981 repressing on Mercury). With John Rutsey on drums, before Neil Peart joined.
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David Bowie, “Heroes”, 1977 on RCA Victor
David Bowie, “Heroes”, 1977 on RCA Victor, with the original fan club ad. Can’t go wrong with Bowie.
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Ike & Tina Turner , Workin’ Together, 1970 on Liberty.
Ike & @tinaturner , Workin’ Together, 1970 on Liberty. (Ironic title, given their relationship) Best known for “Proud Mary,” with the “we never, ever do nothin’ nice and easy” intro, the album also has “funkier than a mosquita’s tweeter,” “Get Back,” and “Let it Be” Music from the year of my birth via Academy Records…
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George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Self-Titled, 1977 on Rounder Records
The debut album by George Thorogood and the [Deleware] Destroyers. 1977 on Rounder Records. Great liner notes on the back of this one by John Forward, who introduced the band to the label, about seeing them live the first time at Joe’s Place in Cambridge (which burned down in 1975) My copy from Dyno Records…
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Marvin Gaye, Anthology, 1973 on Motown Records
Marvin Gaye, Anthology, 1973 on Motown – 3 LP collection Via ListenUp Music in Natick MA