Tag: 1970s
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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
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B.B. King In London, 1971 on Probe
B.B. King In London, 1971 on Probe Records (a subsidiary of ABC/Dunhill). Look at that list of players! Alexis Korner, Bill Perkins, Klaus Voorman, Ringo Starr, Steve Marriott Via Flashback Records in London
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Neil Young, After the Gold Rush, 1970 on Reprise
1970’s After the Gold Rush, from one of my all time idols Neil Young, with Nils Lofgren, Ralph Molina, Danny Whitten, Greg Reeves. Guest backing vocals on “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” by Stephen Stills.
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Eddy Grant, Walking On Sunshine, 1978.
Eddy Grant, Walking On Sunshine, 1978. Yes, that Eddy Grany (Electric Avenue); no, not that Walking on Sunshine (that was Katrina and the Waves).
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If You’re Not Part of the Solution . . . Soul, Politics, and Spirituality in Jazz 1967 to 1975, 2019 on BGP Records
Another find from Honest John’s in London – a collection called “If You’re Not Part of the Solution . . . Soul, Politics, and Spirituality in Jazz 1967 to 1975” 2 LP set of mostly instrumental jazz/soul on BGP Records. Tasty and woke. Good for “cyber monday” soul-sucking consumerism.
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Various Artists, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975.
Maybe my favorite movie soundtrack (it’s either this or Stop Making Sense). 1975 Rocky Horror Picture Show Still showing at The Uptown Theatre in Minneapolis the last Saturday of the month featuring Transvestite Soup cast
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Leon Russell, Carney, 1972.
Find from Vintage Vinyl in STL during WordCamp US. Tight Rope, Masquerade, Manhattan Island Serenade – his third solo album, went gold in the US
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Beautiful soul album pairing Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway in 1972 – picked up at @millno5 during their “Hole Thing” donuts and vinyl event earlier this month.
Beautiful soul album pairing Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway in 1972 – picked up at @millno5 during their “Hole Thing” donuts and vinyl event earlier this month.
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Bob Dylan, Hard Rain, 1976 on Columbia
Bob Dylan looking like I feel. Hard Rain was captured on the second leg of the Rolling Thunder Revue, so T Bone Burnett, Gary Burke, Scarlet Rivera, Steven Soles, Rob Srober and Mick Ronson (from Bowie’s Spiders From Mars) on Maggie’s Farm. There was a TV special on youtube from Fort Collins with a different…
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Townes Van Zandt, Live at The Old Quarter, Houston Texas, 1977 on Tomato / 2016 on Fat Possum
Great @fatpossum reissue of a 1977 Townes Van Zandt release (of a 1973 gig). via Record Exchange, Salem MA