Sounds From The Seventies: Recent Episodes
Sounds From The Seventies
A weekly show that delves not only into the music of the 1970's but the culture and lifestyle of that amazing decade. A full and comprehensive album review is at the center of each episode.
It's time for our annual Christmas episode and this year we review the 1970 Christmas album "The Season for Miracles" by the legendary Motown group Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.
This week we celebrate the work of the recently passed away singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett as we review his debut album "Down to Earth" released in 1970.
In this week's episode we pay tribute to musician Gary Wright who passed away in 2023. We talk about Gary's musical accomplishments in various bands and review his 1975 breakthrough album "The Dream Weaver".
In this the last episode in our theme of debut albums released 50 years ago in 1973 we present the debut album of singer/songwriter Tom Waits called "Closing Time".
In this the third of our four episodes that deals with debut albums released 50 years ago in 1973 we spotlight the debut self titled album by English art rock group 10cc.
In our continuing series on debut albums released fifty years ago in 1973 we showcase this week the debut album of cult artist Elliott Murphy called "Aquashow".
The first in our series of debut albums released 50 years ago in 1973 features southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd and their debut release (Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd).
In this the last episode on our theme of albums produced by Todd Rundgren we spotlight the band Grand Funk Railroad and their 1973 album "We're an American Band".
For the second album in our series on Todd Rundgren produced albums of the 1970's we review the Daryl Hall and John Oates album from 1974 "War Babies" still controversial almost 50 years later.
Our new three part theme is albums produced by the great Todd Rundgren and we start off with his most famous production "Bat Out of Hell" by Meat Loaf released in 1977, one of the greatest selling albums of all time.
This is our tribute episode to Robbie Robertson of The Band who recently passed away from cancer, this whole episode is entirely about The Band and Robbie as we also review The Band's 1975 album "Northern Lights - Southern Cross".
In this last episode on the theme of funk bands in the 1970's we feature The Commodores before there crossover hit single days with their 1976 album "Hot on the Tracks."
In this second installment about funk bands in the 1970's we shine our spotlight on one of the coolest funk bands in a very funky decade which is the band War and their 1975 album "Why Can't We Be Friends?"
We start a three part theme on funk bands with this episode and a great band to begin with is The Ohio Players as we review their 1975 album "Honey".
This week is the last in our in memoriam theme and to finish off we pay tribute to the late great songwriter Burt Bacharach with his "In Concert" album originally released in Japan in 1971 and the rest of the world in 1974.
In this episode we celebrate the life of recently passed away Canadian singer songwriter Gordon Lightfoot and review his 1971 album "Summer Side of Life".
In tribute to the recently passed away legendary singer Tina Turner we look at her life and review her second solo album released in 1975 "Acid Queen".
We conclude our theme of Beatle solo albums from 1973 with an album not from 1973, we already reviewed on an earlier episode Ringo Starr's 1973 album "Ringo" so this week we review his 1970 country album "Beaucoups of Blues" yeah we cheated a little.
In this third installment on what the solo Beatles were doing 50 years ago in 1973 we take a look at George Harrison and his "Living in the Material World" album which went all the way to number 1 in 1973.
This is part two of our look at what the solo Beatles were doing 50 years ago in 1973. Today we review John Lennon's album "Mind Games" released in October 1973.
With his episode we start our four part theme on what the solo members of the Beatles were doing 50 years ago in 1973. We start with Paul McCartney and Wings and their album "Red Rose Speedway", the second album Paul made with Wings.
In this episode we conclude our theme of all women rock bands in the 1970's with a look back at the post punk English group The Slits and review their 1979 debut album "Cut".
We continue our look at all women rock bands in the 1970's by focusing our attention on the first all women band to be signed to a major label album deal and that is the group Fanny and we review their 1972 album "Fanny Hill" recorded at Apple Studios in London.
This week we begin our three part series on all women rock bands of the 1970's. These are women who played and sang and also wrote songs for their albums and this week we feature the Los Angeles band The Runaways as we review their 1976 self titled debut album.
In the last of our series on American commercial folk singer songwriters of the 1970's in the male category (I know it's long leave me alone) we present incredible humanitarian Harry Chapin and his 1972 debut album "Heads & Tales".
In this second episode of three that focuses on American commercial folk singer songwriters in the male category (whew) we put the spotlight on the short musical career of Jim Croce and review his 1972 album "You Don't Mess Around with Jim".
We start the first in our three part series on American commercial folk singer songwriters in the male category (no joke) with James Taylor and his huge selling 1977 album "JT".
On today's episode we are paying tribute to the recently departed David Crosby as we review the album he made with Graham Nash in 1975 called "Wind on the Water" and also talk about his colourful and controversial life.
This week we pay tribute to the much beloved singer Olivia Newton John who passed away in 2022 as we talk about her life and review her 1978 album "Totally Hot".
In this episode we pay tribute to the recently departed Ian Tyson by featuring an album by the band Great Speckled Bird that was formed by Ian Tyson and his wife Sylvia. The album also called Great Speckled Bird was released at the beginning of 1970 and was the first album produced by a young Todd Rundgren.
We start a new four part theme with this episode and the theme is a tribute to recently departed musicians and singers and we begin with a look at the life of one of the greatest guitar players ever Jeff Beck as we spotlight his 1976 jazz rock album "Wired".
In this the last episode in our theme devoted to jazz guitarists in the 1970's we present the self titled debut album by the Pat Metheny Group obviously led by one of the most celebrated jazz guitarists of the last 40 plus years Pat Metheny.
In the second part of our look at albums by jazz guitarists in the 1970's we focus on jazz virtuoso Al Di Meola and his 1977 sophomore album "Elegant Gypsy".
In this the first part of our series on albums by jazz guitarists in the 1970's we look at the 1978 double live album by George Benson called "Weekend in LA", an album with half jazz instrumentals and half vocal songs.
We end our series of albums released 50 years ago in 1973 with an artist who released two albums in 1973. Bruce Springsteen released "Greetings from Asbury Park NJ" in January 1973 and he released our spotlight album "The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle" in November of '73.
In this episode we take a look at another number celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and this time round we review the album "Dixie Chicken" by the Lowell George led American band Little Feat.
We feature this week another album celebrating its 50th anniversary since its release in 1973 its former Velvet Underground founding member John Cale and his debut album on Columbia records "Paris 1919".
We start the year 2023 by looking back 50 years ago to 1973 and the albums released during that incredible year. The first album we review in this four part series is the self titled debut album by rock band Aerosmith released on January 5 1973.
It's that time of the year! It's our fourth annual Christmas special and we celebrate this year by reviewing John Denver's 1975 album "Rocky Mountain Christmas" and of course there's plenty of eggnog and a crackling fire to warm yourself. Merry Christmas everybody!!!
In the last of our four episode look at glam rock in the 1970's we spotlight the band and man who really kickstarted the whole movement Marc Bolan and his band T.Rex with their 1971 album "Electric Warrior", a fitting end to this theme.
We continue this week with our look at 1970's glam rock with the album "All the Young Dudes" by English band Mott the Hoople released in 1972. The title song is well known as almost a theme song for all the glam kids in the early '70s by how good was the album?
This week we continue with our look at glam rock in the 1970's as we present one of the more commercial bands of the era the English band Sweet and review their late 1974 in the United Kingdom and early 1975 in North America release of their most popular album "Desolation Boulevard".
This week we are beginning our four episode salute to glam rock in the 1970's with one of the most if not the most famous glam rock album of all time David Bowie's star making 1972 album "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars." Couldn't pick a better album to represent what glam rock means than this one.
In the final part of our golden throat's theme, which is actors who released albums in the 1970's, we shine the spotlight on a true one of a kind personality, the star of "Kojak" Telly Savalas and his 1976 album "Who Loves Ya Baby" just one of the five albums he released.
As we continue our look at actors who made albums in the 1970's we turn our attention to one of the stars of the big television hit "Starsky and Hutch" which ran from 1975 to 1979. David Soul who played Hutch started out as a singer and then turned to acting to make ends meet returns to singing on his 1976 self titled debut album. Was it any good? We'll give you our opinion on today's episode.
In our first of a three part series on actors who made albums in the 1970's we feature one of the biggest stars of them all in that decade Burt Reynolds and his first and only album "Ask Me What I Am" from 1973.
In this last installment of our three part look at big Motown artists of the 1960's and what kind of albums they were releasing in the 1970's we take a look at the career of Stevie Wonder and review his album "Talking Book" released in late 1972. With complete creative control over his work what kind of music was he releasing?
In this episode we continue our look at famous Motown artists of the 1960's and the kind of music they were making in the 1970's. This time we shine the spotlight on the legendary Smokey Robinson and review his 1975 album "A Quiet Storm".
This is the first episode in our theme about legendary Motown artists of the 1960's and the music they were releasing in the 1970's. We start with the hit making machine known as The Temptations as we review their 1972 album "All Directions".
In this episode we conclude our look at Canadian rock bands in the early 1970's by turning our attention to the hugely popular band Bachman Turner Overdrive and reviewing their second album aptly titled II released in late 1973.
In the second episode of our three part series on Canadian bands in the early 1970's we take a look at Ontario band A Foot in Coldwater and review their self titled debut album from 1972. Is this band more than just its hit single "Make Me Do Anything You Want"?
We start our three part series on Canadian rock bands of the early 1970's with the much loved Guess Who and their 1974 album "Road Food". We also talk about the colourful history of the band from Chad Allen to Randy Bachman to Burton Cummings.
This is the last of our four part series on bands who released their debut album fifty years ago in 1972 and this week we finish with the always interesting and one of a kind American band Steely Dan and their album "Can't Buy a Thrill" released in November 1972.
This is the third part of our four part look into bands who released their debut albums fifty years ago in 1972 and in this third part we talk about the English art rock band Roxy Music and review their self titled debut album released on June 16, 1972.
In this episode we continue our look at bands who released their first album in 1972, 50 years ago this year. This week we talk about legendary band The Eagles and review their self titled debut album released on June 1, 1972.
Our new theme starting with this episode is bands who released their debut albums 50 years ago in 1972. We start off by talking about the enigmatic and one of a kind hard rock band Blue Oyster Cult and review their first album.
In the last episode of our series on musical artists with television variety shows in the 1970's we have The Osmonds and their 1972 album "Phase III". The Osmond family were known for there many appearances on variety shows in the 70's and of course there was the very popular Donny and Marie Show in the late 70's as well as a cartoon series on Saturday mornings.
We continue in this episode our theme of muscial artists who had variety shows in the 1970's and today we spotlight one of the most famous of those acts Sonny and Cher and their 1973 album "Mama Was A Rock and Roll Singer Papa Used To Write All Her Songs" their last studio album as a couple.
We start our new three part theme on muscial artists who also had a TV show or variety show in the 1970's with The Partridge Family and their debut album in 1970 "The Partridge Family Album". Although not really a band David Cassidy would emerge a superstar because of the show and the vocals he supplied to the Partridge Family albums.
We conclude our look at British progressive rock in the 1970's with one of the most distinctive and unusual bands in all of rock music not just prog, Van der Graaf Generator and their 1970 album "H to He, Who Am the Only One".
We present this week a band that seems to always make everybody's list as one of the top 10 bands in progressive rock history but never gets into that top five. I'm talking about the band Gentle Giant and this episode we review their 1972 album "Three Friends".
In our first episode in our look at British progressive rock of the 1970's we feature one of the biggest bands critically and commercially in prog rock Genesis and their 1973 breakout album in North America "Selling England by the Pound".
In the final episode of our theme on blues bands in the 1970's (with or without horns) we actually do have a band with horns The Electric Flag and we review their 1974 one off reunion album "The Band Kept Playing".
In our second episode detailing blues bands in the 1970's (with or without horns) we talk about one of the more obscure bands we have ever had on our show The Allstars from Charlottesville and their one and only album released in 1978 "Tip Your Waitress".
In this episode we start our theme of blues bands in the 1970's with or without horns and I could think of no better blues band leader than Paul Butterfield and his then band Better Days to kick start things with their 1973 album "It All Comes Back".
In the final episode in our series on the Nashville singer songwriter movement of the early 1970's we take a look at the sad, troubled life of Townes Van Zandt and review his 1972 album "The Late Great Townes Van Zandt".
In the second part of our series on the new Nashville singer songwriter movement of the early '70s we take a look at the career of Mickey Newbury and review his 1971 album "Frisco Mabel Joy".
This episode we start our three part series on the new singer songwriter movement in Nashville in the early 1970's and no better place to begin than the man most people think of when the subject is brought up none other than Kris Kristofferson and his 1971 sophomore album "The Silver Tongued Devil and I".
In the last part of our theme on American punk rock in the 1970's we highlight a band that was as close to the Sex Pistols as the American scene would get with the Dead Boys and their 1977 album "Young Loud and Snotty". It was their debut album and only one of two albums they would release before1 they split up.
In the second part of our series on American punk rock in the late 1970's we look at a most extraordinary musician and band in Richard Hell and the Voidoids and their 1977 album "Blank Generation" with Richard Hell we discover that punk rock is not always just three chords and loud guitars.
As we start our three part series on American punk rock in the 1970's there is no better band than to begin with than The Ramones as we review their 1976 debut album, we also discuss the differences between American punk rock and the punk rock across the pond in Great Britain.
In this last episode in our theme of bands known for instrumental songs but actually do have vocalists we focus on the Scottish soul/R&B group the Average White Band and their 1974 album "AWB".
In part two of our look at bands known for instrumental hits but had a vocalist we switch things around and take a look at a band known for vocal hits but was mostly instrumental and that's the funk/jazz music of The Crusaders as we spotlight their 1976 album "Free as the Wind".
We start our theme of band's known for their instrumental hits but actually had singers with The Meters, a band known for their New Orleans funk, and their 1975 album "Fire on the Bayou".
Fifty years ago in 1972 The Band released their first live album, the double record "Rock of Ages" recorded over 4 nights at the very end of 1971. This week we review that album and also go over the career of The Band up until the release of this seminal live album.
We look back on the albums released 50 years ago in 1972 and this week we spotlight the glam rockers T.Rex and their album "The Slider". We also look at the short but amazing life of band leader Marc Bolan.
We start the year 2022 with a look back 50 years ago at the albums released in 1972 and the first one we profile is by the unclassifiable Todd Rundgren and his two album release in January 1972 "Something/Anything?". The best way we know to start a new year is to look back to another year.
In this our special Christmas episode we not only have the usual fun and hijinks we do with every Christmas special we do but we also find more than enough time to review Elvis Presley's 1971 album "Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas". We wish all of you a Merry Christmas and the best new year possible, we will see you all in January.
What better way can you think of to end our series on great 1950's rockers and the music they made in the 1970's than with the one and only Little Richard? We review his 1971 album "The King of Rock and Roll" and talk about the career of this legendary artist.
In the second part of our three episode look into 1950's rock starts making music in the 1970's we take a look at the self titled debut 1970 solo album from one half of the iconic Everly Brothers, Don Everly. We also discuss the Everly Brothers career in the 70's.
We start our three episode theme of 1950's father's of rock and roll and the albums they released in the 1970's with the guitar and wordsmith genius Chuck Berry and his 1979 album "Rockit".
The last in our series of power pop albums from the late 1970's features the Los Angeles based group 20/20 and their self titled debut album from 1979.
In part 3 of our series on power pop music of the late 1970's we take a look at the English band The Records and their 1979 debut album.
In the second episode in our series dedicated to power pop music of the late 1970's we feature the Illinois band Shoes and their major label debut album from 1979 "Present Tense".
The first band in our four part series on power pop in the late 1970's is Los Angeles based The Knack and we review their 1979 debut album "Get the Knack" and talk about what power pop music is.
In the final episode of our ladies of the canyon theme, the women in Los Angeles who contributed to the music of the 1970's, we review one of the most groundbreaking albums in pop music history "Tapestry" by one of pop's greatest songwriters just starting her career as a performer Carole King.
In this episode we take a look at the career of another lady of the canyon Linda Ronstadt and review her 1977 album "Simple Dreams". Although born in Arizona Linda became famous when she moved to Los Angeles and became part of the Laurel Canyon scene.
We start our three episode look at the women at the center of the Los Angeles/Laurel Canyon music scene of the 1970's by reviewing the album that gave this theme its title, Joni Mitchell's 1970 album "Ladies of the Canyon".
There is no better way to end our four part look into reggae music of the 1970's than with the man who began this series, none other than Bob Marley whose breakthrough 1975 album Live! was the starting point for many in their recognition and love of reggae music. All hail the king!
In this episode we take a look at the career of another reggae legend this week it's Jimmy Cliff and we review his 1974 album "Struggling Man". We also talk more about the rise of reggae music in the 1970's as it grows from Jamaican music to worldwide music.
In part two of our look at reggae music in the 1970's we take a look at the man they call the Malcolm X of reggae compared to Bob Marley's Martin Luther King Jr. I am speaking of course about Peter Tosh as we review his 1976 debut solo album "Legalize It".
On this episode we start our look at reggae music in the 1970's and there is no other place to start when you talk about reggae music than with the legend Bob Marley and we review his 1977 album "Exodus". We also on this episode discuss the origins of this Jamaican music.
In this last episode of our theme of one year in the life of CSNY we take a look at the last of the albums released between March 1970 and early 1971 by the members of Crosby Stills Nash and Young with the debut solo album of Graham Nash called "Songs for Beginners" as we wrap up our lengthiest theme yet.
As we enter episode four of our five episode look at one year in the life of CSNY we shine the spotlight on David Crosby and his debut solo album released in 1971 "If I Could Only Remember My Name". We also talk more about the dramatics inside and out of CSNY in 1970-71.
In the third episode of our series of one year in the life of CSNY we review the debut self titled album by Stephen Stills in 1970. The album would be the second solo album released by a member of CSNY after their breakup in late 1970.
In the second part of our look into a year in the life of CSNY we review the first solo album released after their break up with Neil Young's 1970 release "After The Gold Rush". We also in this episode take a further look into the professional and personal relationships of the band.
In our first episode of a 5 part look at one year in the life of CSNY from early 1970 to early 1971 we start, of course, with the legendary foursome's 1970 best seller "Deja Vu". The year starts off great commercially for them but not so good personally.
In our last episode on the theme of hard rock/heavy metal bands of the early 1970's we turn the spotlight on not only one of the greatest hard rock bands ever but one of the greatest bands ever in music Led Zeppelin and their untitled 1971 album IV, we tell you why an untitled album is called IV in the episode don't worry.
The next album we review in our series on hard rock/heavy metal bands of the early 1970's is Uriah Heep's 1971 release "Look at Yourself". This was the big breakthrough album for the band and we look at this time period in the band's history.
In the first episode of our three part series on hard rock/heavy metal bands of the early 1970's we take a look at one of the biggest bands of them all Deep Purple and their groundbreaking 1970 album "In Rock".
This week's album selection is by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group The Moody Blues and their 1971 release "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour" and we also talk about the long and winding path this band has gone through from an R&B band to prog rock innovators to middle of the road hitmakers.
This week we have another special request from one of our listeners and that request is the 1972 album by soul music legend Donny Hathaway called "Live" because it was recorded live in Los Angeles and New York in front of two very raucous and exuberant crowds at the Troubadour and Bitter End nightclubs.
This week we feature a request made by one of our listeners to review an album by cult artist Paul Siebel who only made two albums and on today's episode we feature his debut album from 1970 "Woodsmoke and Oranges" along with our other regular segments.
This is the first episode in our four part series of just random albums we have chosen to review on the show and today we have chosen The Flamin' Groovies 1971 album "Teenage Head" to review and talk about.
As we take a final look at jazz fusion music in the 1970's we talk about the critically acclaimed band The Mahavishnu Orchestra and their 1973 album "Birds of Fire".
We continue this week with our look at jazz fusion music of the 1970's as we turn the spotlight on Chick Corea's Return to Forever and their 1973 album "Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy" and we also want to pay tribute to the great jazz keyboardist upon his sad passing this week from cancer.
Today's episode is the first in our three part look at jazz fusion groups of the 1970's and we start with the most successful of these groups Weather Report and their 1977 album "Heavy Weather".
In this our third and last episode on Country Crooners of the 70's we present the big selling 1978 album by Kenny Rogers "The Gambler" and we will also recap the whole country crooner theme we just finished.
In the second part of our three part look at Country Crooners of the 70's we take a look at the career of Ray Price and review his 1970 album "For the Good Times."
In the first episode of our series on male country crooners of the 1970's we feature George Jones and his 1974 album "The Grand Tour" and we also welcome in our first episode of the new year.
It's our second annual Christmas episode and this year it's a lot more subdued and quiet celebration because of the times but we still have a lot of fun and we review The Jackson Five's "Christmas Album" from 1970. Happy Holidays to everyone!!
As we end our look at Canadian progressive rock music in the 70's we decide to finish it with the band everybody thinks of when they think of Canadian progressive rock and that's of course Rush and their 1977 album "A Farewell to Kings", a more suitable ending is impossible to find.
As we continue with our series on Canadian progressive rock in the 1970's we shine the spotlight on Ontario band Saga and their second album "Images at Twilight" released in 1979 and we also have our usual regular segments on this episode.
In the first installment in our look at Canadian progressive rock in the '70's we review the debut album by the often overlooked band FM and their album "Black Noise" recorded in 1977 but released in 1978.
This is our special tribute show to the late guitar legend Eddie Van Halen as we review Van Halen's eponymous 1978 debut album plus talk about how the life and talent of Eddie Van Halen has changed so many lives.
This is the last episode in our three part series covering soul/R&B music in the 1970's and we end with a huge one. Considered by many to not only be one of the great soul/R&B albums of all time but also one of the greatest albums ever made in music history and I'm speaking of course about Marvin Gaye's 1971 album "What's Going On" and we tell you if we think that is justified or just wishful thinking.
We continue our look at Soul/R&B music in the 1970's with a review of Gladys Knight and the Pips 1973 album "Neither One of Us" along with having our other regular segments.
In our first episode of a three part theme covering Soul/R&B music in the 1970's we take a look at the man they called the last great southern soul singer in Al Green and his 1973 album "Call Me".
This week we look at a forgotten album by a forgotten artist when we review David Ackles and his 1972 album "American Gothic" and we also talk about the strange but not necessarily sad life of David Ackles.
We pay tribute this week to recently departed guitar genius and founder of Fleetwood Mac Peter Green as he review his 1979 album "In the Skies" and also talk about his life in and out of Fleetwood Mac.
We pay tribute this episode to the recently departed Emitt Rhodes by reviewing his first album from 1970 and talking about his life and career.
On the 50th anniversary of the release of the final Beatles album "Let It Be" and the movie of the same name we present this special episode of Sounds from the Seventies where we talk at length about the album, movie and the final year of the Beatles.
In this last installment on our look at the worst Beatle solo albums of the 1970's by each member we look at the first album by Paul McCartney's newly formed band Wings and their late 1971 album Wild Life and we also give you our opinion of what we think is the worst Beatle solo album of the 70's.
This is the third album in our series on solo Beatle albums in the 70s that our considered the worst by critics and fans by each member of the band, this week the spotlight falls on Ringo Starr and his 1977 album "Ringo the 4th". Is it as bad as they say or a victim of its time?
The second in our series of what critics and fans think are the worst Beatle solo albums by each member in the 70's and this week we talk about George Harrison's 1974 "Dark Horse" album, also on this episode a special tribute to late great Ennio Morricone.
This week we start our four part look at what critics and the public view as the worst solo Beatle album in the 1970's by each member and today's episode features John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1972 double album Sometime in New York City, is it as bad as they say or a sadly neglected album?
Our last episode dealing with the British New Wave movement of the 1970's is focused on The Boomtown Rats and their 1978 album "A Tonic for the Troops". Now they are most certainly Irish and not British but technicalities are not going to stop us from showcasing this great band.
In this our second episode that looks at the British New Wave movement of the late 1970's we review the 1977 debut album of The Stranglers "Rattus Norvegicus" and discuss how punk and new wave were sometimes very hard to seperate.
In the first installment of our three episode look into the British New Wave movement of the late '70s we review the second album by Elvis Costello "This Year's Model" and also discuss the scene in Britain that his music came from.
In the last episode of our four part listeners pick the albums to review series we have The Grateful Dead's 1973 rebirth album "Wake of the Flood" and we also dedicate most of the show to Grateful Dead stories and memories.
This week we have our third album picked by one of our listeners to review and its by British boogie/hard rock band Foghat and their 1975 album "Fool for the City" and also a discussion about what is boogie rock.
In our second listener album pick of our four part series is the request for Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes debut album from 1972 "I Miss You" we also talk about the band's history with and without the great soul singer Teddy Pendergrass.
The first album pick in our listener request series is the follow up album by Terry Melcher to his self titled debut album that we reviewed on an earlier episode and released in 1976 called "Royal Flush". We also talk more about Terry's very colourful life in and out of the record business.
This episode we take a look at the life of the recently departed soul legend Bill Withers as we also discuss his sophomore album "Still Bill" released in 1972. Too many great artists lost in such a short time this year.
We take a look at the life and music of recently departed songwriting legend John Prine by reviewing his self titled 1971 debut album.
A very special episode this week as we remember the recently departed Kenny Rogers with a review of his band's the First Edition's two record concept album from 1972 "The Ballad of Calico". We talk about every track on this almost forgotten 70's artifact.
The last in our series about Country Divas in the 1970's features the 1976 album by country legend Tammy Wynette called "'Till I Can Make It On My Own" plus we talk about the various types of country music that was prevalent in the decade.
In this our second episode of a three part look at Country Diva's in the 1970's we discuss and review Loretta Lynn's 1973 album "Entertainer of the Year" and further discuss country music of the past and present.
The first album in our three part look at Country Divas of the 1970's is Dolly Parton's 1977 album "Here You Come Again". In addition to reviewing the album we take a look at Dolly's life and career up to the release of this album.
The last episode in our three part series about disco music in the 1970's centers around the 1977 album by the Queen of Disco Donna Summer "I Remember Yesterday" plus more thoughts about the decline and death of this once vibrant musical form.
In the second part of our three episode look at disco music in the 70's we look at and review the 1977 debut album by Euro disco band Santa Esmeralda and the album "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood." We also continue our look at the rise and fall of disco music in general.
We start our three part look into disco music of the 1970's by reviewing the biggest selling disco album of all time and one of the biggest selling albums in music history the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack from 1977.
The last episode in our series about live double albums in the 70's focuses on Kiss and their 1975 breakthrough smash "Alive!" it's another live album we have picked with a great backstory.
We continue in this episode to shine a spotlight on the double live albums that came out in the 1970's and this week we take a look at the biggest one of them all Peter Frampton's 1976 breakthrough "Frampton Comes Alive" as we review the album and talk about how significant it really was to the culture at the time.
This is the first episode in our three part overview of double live albums in the 70's and this week we look at and review the 1976 album by Canadian power trio Rush "All the World's a Stage".
It's our first anniversary show and our 50th episode and the last in our four part look at albums released in the month of January in the 1970's and this week's album was the debut of Bruce Springsteen in January of 1973 with "Greetings from Asbury Park, New Jersey". So because of all these things this is a very special episode for us.
In our continuing series of albums released in January in the 1970's we shine a spotlight on the 1972 album "Young Gifted and Black" by Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin plus our usual regular segments are presented.
In part two of our look at albums released in January in the 1970's we take a look at a not so happy release from 1971 we review the posthumous album "Pearl" from Janis Joplin. We look at the death and final music made by a true rock and roll legend.
The first in our series of albums that we will review that were released in the month of January in the 1970's. Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" is a good starting point for this series because it was actually one of the first albums released in the decade of the '70s.
We present our first annual Christmas episode and what better way to celebrate Christmas than with The Carpenters 1978 album "Christmas Portrait" plus lots of other yuletide segments to get you in the spirit of the season.
This is episode two in our two part look at American Progressive Rock music in the 1970's and today we look at the 1975 self titled debut album by West Virginia band Crack The Sky and a look at their little known history that is still being written.
We start our two week look at American Progressive Rock in the 70s with a review of the 1977 album by Kansas "Point of No Return" and discuss the various types of Progressive Rock that comes from different countries.
This week we dive into the complicated life of Terry Melcher who was a noted rock producer, target of Charles Manson and his family and son of Doris Day. We examine Melcher's 1974 self titled debut album only one of two he ever released under his own name.
We have a much underrated and obscure Soul/R&B artist this episode. We review the 1973 album "Gag a Maggott" by Swamp Dogg and also take a look at his interesting career.
This week we take a look at the second and last album released in the lifetime of singer songwriter Judee Sill "Heart Food" released in 1973. We also continue our discussion on the sad and troubled life of this great artist.
This episode we pay tribute to the late great frontman of The Cars' Ric Ocasek as we review their 1979 album "Candy O" and take a look at his life and career.
In our tribute to the recently departed singer Eddie Money we look back at his 1977 debut album and also talk about his whole career and what he meant to rock and roll in total.
In the last episode of our tribute to the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival we take a look at Santana and their 1971 album "III" plus we finish our Woodstock special segments.
This is our third episode in our four part series celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival. In this episode we take a look at famous Woodstock performer Arlo Guthrie and his 1976 album "Amigo" plus more Woodstock related segments.
In our second episode celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival we focus our attention on Country Joe and the Fish and their 1977 album "Reunion" along with other Woodstock related segments.
We start our four part look at the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock festival by reviewing the 1974 Richie Havens' album "Mixed Bag II" along with other Woodstock goodies we have dug up.
In the last of our four part look at soundtracks in the 1970's we present and review the 1979 soundtrack to the Milos Forman movie version of the hit broadway play "Hair".
In the third part of our look at soundtrack albums of the 70's we look at the blaxploitation movie soundtrack with Curtis Mayfield's 1971 album "Superfly".
For the second part in our look at soundtracks from the 1970's we discuss and review the 1977 soundtrack to the William Friedkin movie classic "Sorcerer" by German band Tangerine Dream.
We start our four part look at soundtracks in the 70's with the 1978 soundtrack to the film "Grease". Lots of wild and varying opinions about this album!
This episode we discuss and review the 1971 album "Freedom Flight" by the late, great Johnny Otis' son Shuggie Otis. We would like to tell you what kind of musical genre this album falls under but we really can't classify it under any.
In this week's episode we talked about and review Roberta Flack's second album 1970's "Chapter Two" and we also have the usual 70's era segments.
This week we take a look at another musician who passed away recently New Orleans legend Dr. John. We discuss his life and career and review his 1973 album "In The Right Place."
We talk about the career and life of the recently departed Leon Redbone in this episode as we review his 1977 album "Double Time".
In part two of our look at bands who carried on when their famous lead singer was no longer part of the group we shine our spotlight on the Billion Dollar Babies and their 1977 album "Battle Axe". The Babies were formally the Alice Cooper Band until Alice departed in 1974.
This week we feature the first part of our two part series on bands who carried on without their famous lead singer and on this episode we have The Doors and their 1971 release "Other Voices" their first release after the death of Jim Morrison.
In part two of our look at British punk rock in the 1970's we talk about and review the first punk rock album that was released in the UK The Damned's "Damned,Damned,Damned" album from 1977, a lot of damn's for one album.
This is part one of our two part look at the British punk rock scene in 1977 and you can't look at punk rock without talking about the Sex Pistols and their 1977 album "Never Mind the Bollocks..." which is exactly what we are doing this week.
One of the greatest session men in the history of rock and roll gets the spotlight this week when we look at pianist Nicky Hopkins 1973 solo album "The Tin Man Was a Dreamer" along with our other segments.
The album spotlight this week is on the 1971 self titled debut album by singer songwriter Judee Sill. We not only talk about her album but also her tragic life and career.
Who else to have on the second part of our two episode look at jazz music in the 1970's than the great one Miles Davis! We examine and review his controversial 1974 album "Dark Magus".
We start our two week look at jazz music in the 1970's with a review of one of the most unique albums not only in jazz history but music history. We discuss and look at the 1971 jazz opera from Carla Bley "Escalator Over The Hill". An album like no other!
The self titled 1977 debut album from soul singer Teddy Pendergrass is featured this week along with our usual 1970's era segments.
In this week's episode we discuss and review quirky singer songwriter Andy Pratt's 1976 album "Resolution" plus we have our other fun segments.
In part two of our look at MOR music in the 70's we discuss and review Helen Reddy's 1972 album "I Am Woman" and discuss other important things in an episode that was painful to get through.
This is the first part of our two part look at MOR music in the 1970's and in this part we look at Captain and Tennille's 1976 album "Song of Joy". A show that has to be heard to be believed.
This is the last of our four episodes on solo Beatle releases of the 1970's and on this episode we focus on the 1970 self titled album by John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. We talk in depth on its creation and influence on the music world.
We present this week the third episode in our look at solo Beatle albums of the 1970's. This episode we review and discuss Ringo Starr's album from 1973 simply called "Ringo". We also have fun facts plus our regular segments.
The second episode in our four part look at solo Beatles albums in the 70's and this week it is Paul McCartney and Wings 1973 album "Band on the Run" and other great 1970's segments.
The first in our four part series of the Beatles in their solo years during the 1970's. We discuss for each Beatle what the public and critics think is their individual best album of the decade and you'll see if we agree, first up George Harrison and the 1970 triple album "All Things Must Pass".
The last album by the group "Alice Cooper" before the band broke up and the name Alice Cooper belonged to Vincent Furnier and only Vincent Furnier gets reviewed this week and we have a whole bunch of other '70s era goodies to air also.
This week is part two of our look at funk music in the 1970's and we spotlight the 1971 album "Maggot Brain" by the great and outrageous band Funkadelic plus all the usual suspects that make up our podcast.
This is the first part of our two part look at funk music in the 1970's. The album we look at and review this episode is by the man who invented funk music James Brown and his 1974 album "Hell" plus all the other interesting things that make up every episode.
Great new episode about the unsung British band Cockney Rebel and their 1975 album "Best Years of Our Lives" plus more great segments dealing with the 1970's.
The 1973 hard rock classic "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" goes under the microscope this week as we give look at its background, making of and then give our opinion of the final product.
This is part two of our look into blues music of the 70s as we review Muddy Waters 1977 comeback album "Hard Again" along with other 1970's era segments.
This is the first part of a special two part look at blues music in the seventies along with our other special segments.
A review and analysis of the late 70's album by American band Jules and the Polar Bears plus lots of fun segments that deal with the 1970's.
We review in depth The Rolling Stones 1978 album "Some Girls". We also have new segments to listen too.
Our debut episode explains what we will attempt to do on this show every week and review in depth the album "Layla" by Derek and the Dominos plus some other goodies.