Richie Havens, The Great Blind Degree, 1971 on Stormy Forest. Covers of Fire & Rain, Tommy, Teach Your Children – Havens just coming off Woodstock celebrity
Loretta Lynn, Coal Miner’s Daughter, 1971 on Decca. My copy is a 2019 reissue by Vinyl Me, Please Songs by Lynn (the title track, which she would also…
Ava Luna, Histoire De Melody Nelson, 2018 on Turntable Kitchen A full album cover of Serge Gainsbourg’s 1971 album with Jane Birkin Recorded at Gravesend in Brooklyn
Gems, Imagine, 2018 on Turntable Kitchen Brilliant full LP cover of John Lennon’s Imagine album (1971) by Gems It’s all solid but I especially enjoy “Oh My Love”…
King Curtis, Live at Fillmore West, 1971 on ATCO. My copy is the 2021 reissue via Vinyl Me, Please King Curtis and the Kingpins (and the Memphis Horns)…
John Prine, John Prine, 1971 on Atlantic. My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please reissue from January. Artwork by Joshua Petker So many wonderful originals on this his…
Janis Joplin, Pearl, 1971 on Columbia. Posthumous release with Me & Bobby McGee, Cry Cry Baby, Get It While You Can, and Mercedes Benz. Full tilt boogie band…
Kris Kristofferson, Me and Bobby McGee, 1971 on Monument. Originally released as Kristofferson in 1970, re-released and retitled the following year to take advantage of the popularity of…
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…
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…