Rock Evolution – The History of Rock & Roll - 1985 - (page 203)

BTH said:
Good write-up and I commend you on your album choices, given the stiff competition, although Altamont came in December 1969.
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Yes Altamony was in 69 but I use it to kind of show how that era started to fall apart. It's probably not overly clear from me though but happy to have it highlighted.

You're right as well about the strength of the year - the ones left out could very easily all go in!
 
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I remember Paul Gambaccini recalling that 1970 was a transitional year in the history of popular music. As he said, the first year of a new decade saw the world's biggest selling group, the Beatles, the biggest selling trio in Diana Ross and The Supremes and the biggest selling duo, Simon & Garfunkel, all breaking up and moving on to other things.
 
Another fine write-up.

Great start to the playlist.

I have dozens of songs that I could suggest, including more from Purple, Sabbath and Zep.

Another heavy album that I could add several songs from is by David Bowie, whose Man Who Sold the World was the first of a quartet of totally superb but quite varied albums.

MWSTW is a darkly atmospheric album with some fantastic guitar work from Mick Ronson. The opening Width of a Circle is my next playlist suggestion.
 
OB1 said:
Another fine write-up.

Great start to the playlist.

I have dozens of songs that I could suggest, including more from Purple, Sabbath and Zep.

Another heavy album that I could add several songs from is by David Bowie, whose Man Who Sold the World was the first of a quartet of totally superb but quite varied albums.

MWSTW is a darkly atmospheric album with some fantastic guitar work from Mick Ronson. The opening Width of a Circle is my next playlist suggestion.
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great track. Released in 70 in USA and 71 in UK.
 
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OB1 said:
Another fine write-up.

Great start to the playlist.

I have dozens of songs that I could suggest, including more from Purple, Sabbath and Zep.

Another heavy album that I could add several songs from is by David Bowie, whose Man Who Sold the World was the first of a quartet of totally superb but quite varied albums.

MWSTW is a darkly atmospheric album with some fantastic guitar work from Mick Ronson. The opening Width of a Circle is my next playlist suggestion.
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MWSTW is a brilliant album ,such an array of great tracks ,saviour machine is awesome as is Width of a circle

From a record collectors perspective ,the initial pressings of this great album had Bowie in a dress, it was quickly withdrawn from sale ,with it being thought too risque,and the origina ukl pressing quickly became known as " The Dress Sleeve ' .in the mid 80s the asking price at record fairs touched a grand ! A more respectable pic sleeve was quickly rushed out..

Meanwhile in the USA the same album was released with what was known as "The Cartoon sleeve" , with a strange almost irrelevant sleeve, this quickly became rare too,but both UK and USA releases were subject to illegal reprints or bootlegs ....
 
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dennishasdoneit said:
MWSTW is a brilliant album ,such an array of great tracks ,saviour machine is awesome as is Width of a circle

From a record collectors perspective ,the initial pressings of this great album had Bowie in a dress, it was quickly withdrawn from sale ,with it being thought too risque,and the origina ukl pressing quickly became known as " The Dress Sleeve ' .in the mid 80s the asking price at record fairs touched a grand ! A more respectable pic sleeve was quickly rushed out..

Meanwhile in the USA the same album was released with what was known as "The Cartoon sleeve" , with a strange almost irrelevant sleeve, this quickly became rare too,but both UK and USA releases were subject to illegal reprints or bootlegs ....
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I had the dress sleeve. Sadly long gone.
 
dennishasdoneit said:
MWSTW is a brilliant album ,such an array of great tracks ,saviour machine is awesome as is Width of a circle

From a record collectors perspective ,the initial pressings of this great album had Bowie in a dress, it was quickly withdrawn from sale ,with it being thought too risque,and the origina ukl pressing quickly became known as " The Dress Sleeve ' .in the mid 80s the asking price at record fairs touched a grand ! A more respectable pic sleeve was quickly rushed out..

Meanwhile in the USA the same album was released with what was known as "The Cartoon sleeve" , with a strange almost irrelevant sleeve, this quickly became rare too,but both UK and USA releases were subject to illegal reprints or bootlegs ....
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MWSTW... Working at Global Records in town back in 1973(ish), I packaged 20 or more copies of the 'dress album' for delivery to various buyers around the UK.
I remember it very well because, as you may imagine, a few of us were looking at nicking a copy or three. Unfortunately, the otherwise incompetent warehouse manageress was fully aware of the value. I think they went for about £30 each.
 
Lavinda Past said:
MWSTW... Working at Global Records in town back in 1973(ish), I packaged 20 or more copies of the 'dress album' for delivery to various buyers around the UK.
I remember it very well because, as you may imagine, a few of us were looking at nicking a copy or three. Unfortunately, the otherwise incompetent warehouse manageress was fully aware of the value. I think they went for about £30 each.
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I was just glad to touch a copy ,lol
Another extremely rare disc from the era was Come into the garden Desdemona (?)
By Johns Children ...iirc Marc Bolan and his band .. ridiculously high priced 7" demo single iirc
Retailing at £250 a copy by the mid 80s.
 
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As other have done it, and to keep it easier for the playlist maker, I'm going to start dropping my suggestions in a single post.

"My Sweet Lord" - George Harrison - I think this thread is showing that Harrison's songwriting abilities were right up there with Lennon and McCartney.
"Peace Frog" - The Doors - Another track with a great, bouncy organ sound.
"Run Through the Jungle" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
 
RobMCFC said:
As other have done it, and to keep it easier for the playlist maker, I'm going to start dropping my suggestions in a single post.

"My Sweet Lord" - George Harrison - I think this thread is showing that Harrison's songwriting abilities were right up there with Lennon and McCartney.
"Peace Frog" - The Doors - Another track with a great, bouncy organ sound.
"Run Through the Jungle" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
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Nice picks!

I slept on mine last night as I simply ran out of time, but George Harrison's 1970 double album All Things Must Pass was a stunning masterpiece with hints of songs from the Get Back sessions, and it was one I was going to lead off with, just not that song. ;-)

I'm going to instead highlight a non-single track from another of my favourite albums of all time, and a highly underrated one in a vast catalog. Released in the US in October 1970 and in the UK in January 1971, I'm going to make this one count. Lots of other songs off of this I could have Burned Down, but we'll go with a non-obvious gem.

Wiki perfectly explains the backstory for this album, so I'll let them here:
Co-writer Bernie Taupin said of the album, "Everybody thinks that I was influenced by Americana and by seeing America first hand, but we wrote and recorded the album before we'd even been to the States. It was totally influenced by The Band's album Music From Big Pink and Robbie Robertson's songs. I've always loved Americana, and I loved American Westerns. I've always said that 'El Paso' was the song that made me want to write songs, it was the perfect meshing of melody and storyline, and I thought that here was something that married rhythms and the written word completely." John has remarked, "Lyrically and melodically, that's probably one of our most perfect albums. I don't think there's any song on there that doesn't melodically fit the lyric."

"Where To Now St. Peter?" - Elton John
 
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