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  • The Who, Who’s Next, 1971 on Decca.

    The Who, Who’s Next, 1971 on Decca.

    The Who, Who’s Next, 1971 on Decca. My copy is an early 80s pressing on MCA labels – probably part of the Super Savers series of repressing of popular titles One of my favorites from the Who – Baba O’Reilly, Behind Blue Eyes, Won’t Get Fooled Again. via Record Exchange, Salem MA

  • King Curtis, Live at Fillmore West, 1971 on ATCO.

    King Curtis, Live at Fillmore West, 1971 on ATCO.

    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) supported Aretha Franklin’s 1971 tour  as an opener and also her backing band. This LP is drawn from their opening set – great early 70s soul/jazz in…

  • John Mayall, Back To The Roots, 1971 on Polydor.

    John Mayall, Back To The Roots, 1971 on Polydor.

    John Mayall, Back To The Roots, 1971 on Polydor. 2xLP collection – I think this was the first record I heard from John Mayall – hooked from the beginning of Prisons on the Road (good sone for commuting in traffic). Includes on some tracks Larry Taylor, Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor, Sugarcane Harris, Johnny Almond. All…

  • John Prine, John Prine, 1971 on Atlantic.

    John Prine, John Prine, 1971 on Atlantic.

    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 debut record

  • Janis Joplin, Pearl, 1971 on Columbia.

    Janis Joplin, Pearl, 1971 on Columbia.

    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 via Anntiques in Ipswich MA

  • Nilsson, The Point!, 1971 on RCA Victor.

    Nilsson, The Point!, 1971 on RCA Victor.

    Nilsson, The Point!, 1971 on RCA Victor. My cover has seen better days (some water damage) but the vinyl, like the music, is as good as ever. On my record shelf, Nilsson sites between Nickel Creek and Nitzer Ebb. In the words of the rock man: “you see what you wanna see, and you hear…

  • Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 4 Way Street, 1971 on Atlantic

    Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 4 Way Street, 1971 on Atlantic

    Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 4 Way Street, 1971 on Atlantic Picked up this copy recently – its a 2019 reissue that came out on Record Store Day. Its a three LP version of the 1992 CD release – sides 5 and 6 containing the additional tracks not part of the original 2 LP release…

  • Kris Kristofferson, Me and Bobby McGee, 1971 on Monument.

    Kris Kristofferson, Me and Bobby McGee, 1971 on Monument.

    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 Janis Joplin’s version of the title song. Has “The Law Is For The Protection of the People, ” “Sunday Morning Comin’ Down,” and “Me and Bobby McGee.”…

  • Carpenters, Self-titled, 1971 on A&M

    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?

  • Nina Simone, Here Comes The Sun, 1971 on RCA Victor.

    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.

  • Curtis Mayfield, Roots, 1971 on Curtom.

    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.

  • Earl Hines, My Tribute To Louis, 1971 on Audiophile.

    Earl Hines, My Tribute To Louis, 1971 on Audiophile.

    Earl Hines, My Tribute To Louis, 1971 on Audiophile. This copy is the 2019 remastered reissue by Org Music which I got via VNYL curation back in May – probably my favorite month of curated offerings from them. Great record and wonderful pressing Hines played with Armstrong starting in the 20s as part of the…

  • Bonnie Raitt, self-titled, 1971 on Warner Brothers.

    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

  • Paul and Linda McCartney, Ram, 1971 on Apple Records.

    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.

  • 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.

    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.

  • B.B. King In London, 1971 on Probe

    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