Blasts From The Past - 50S,60S And 70S Music

[Tippaporn]

It's amazing what you can find on YT these days.  Here's bootlegged Yes from the same tour but dated 10 days after the show I attended and performed in New York.  Also, the San Bernardino, CA show dated 17th March, '72.  The quality was decent enough that it eventually made itself onto disc.

 

A classic band!!

 

 

 

Seems they were bootlegged at quite a few shows in '71 & '72.  Some of the sound quality is very decent.  Check fer yerselves.

Edited July 28, 2017 by Tippaporn

[Andrew Dwyer]

Following the theme:

Steve Howe - (the) Clap

[Tippaporn]

1 hour ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Following the theme:

Steve Howe - (the) Clap
 

B-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l

[Andrew Dwyer]

I have my elder brother to thank for educating me in music, him being 5 years older than me and playing to death a wide variation of "great 70's music ".

 

From Floyd to Zep to Free to Rory Gallagher to Deep Purple and the rest including Can, Roy Harper , Pink Fairies and Camel. ( the list goes on and on )

 

From that era ( 71 to 73 )my 4 favourites ( in no particular order ) are:

Allman Brothers - Brothers and sisters

Deep Purple - Made in Japan

Pink Floyd - DSOTM

and this one

 

 

 

Not a bad track on these albums ( excluding the obligatory drum solo track The Mule of course )

 

[Tippaporn]

33 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

I have my elder brother to thank for educating me in music, him being 5 years older than me and playing to death a wide variation of "great 70's music ".

 

From Floyd to Zep to Free to Rory Gallagher to Deep Purple and the rest including Can, Roy Harper , Pink Fairies and Camel. ( the list goes on and on )

 

From that era ( 71 to 73 )my 4 favourites ( in no particular order ) are:

Allman Brothers - Brothers and sisters

Deep Purple - Made in Japan

Pink Floyd - DSOTM

and this one

 

 

 

 

Not a bad track on these albums ( excluding the obligatory drum solo track The Mule of course )

 

Amen, brother.

[Tippaporn]

The brilliant melding of rock and orchestration created a very unique band . . . The Electric Light Orchestra.

 

One of my favorites off the ELO 2 LP released in Jan/Feb of '73 (depending on which side of the pond you were locatedf).

 

 

[Tippaporn]

And their best album must be submitted in full as it is a wholly beautiful album with most songs blending into each other.  Impossible to find a proper cut-off point between songs.  Which reminds me of why I hated 8-tracks (never owned one).  If it was your inclination to especially blast your music (as was ours) then 8-tracks were horrendous.

 

I might even consider this one of the best all-time albums.  And again, there are a lot of best all-time albums in my humble opinion.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Going back to '69 I'd like to present a somewhat obscure artist, Terry Reid.  When Jimmy Page left the Yardbirds he asked Reid to fill the vocalist spot in his new band, Led Zeppelin.  Reid declined and recommended both Robert Plant of Band of Joy and their drummer, John Bonham.  He was also asked to replace the departed Ron Evans from Deep Purple in '69, which he also declined.  Needless to say he had great vocals.

 

I cannot find individual tracks from his 2nd release, self-tilted Terry Reid, but no matter . . . this is an all-around great album.  My brother had bought this upon it's release.  I listen to it to this day.  May Fly is one of the songs included on my "pretty" songs playlist.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

I'm thinking of another well-known and not-so-well-known artist affiliated with Led Zeppelin, Roy Harper.  The Led Zeppelin III number, "Hats Off To Harper," is a tribute to Roy.  He contributed sleeve photography to the "Physical Graffiti" LP and appeared uncredited in the '76 Zeppelin documentary, "The Song Remains The Same."  Harper also sang lead vocals on "Have A Cigar" from Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" LP.  He's had quite a storied past.

 

I'm featuring his full '66 release, "Sophisticated Beggar," as it's another all-around great album.  Difficult to leave any of those songs out.  "Goldfish" appears on my "pretty" song playlist, which I'll post in it's entirety one day.    I should add "China Girl" as well.

 

 

 

Edited July 29, 2017 by Tippaporn

[Tippaporn]

1 hour ago, Tippaporn said:

Going back to '69 I'd like to present a somewhat obscure artist, Terry Reid.  When Jimmy Page left the Yardbirds he asked Reid to fill the vocalist spot in his new band, Led Zeppelin.  Reid declined and recommended both Robert Plant of Band of Joy and their drummer, John Bonham.  He was also asked to replace the departed Ron Evans from Deep Purple in '69, which he also declined.  Needless to say he had great vocals.

 

I cannot find individual tracks from his 2nd release, self-tilted Terry Reid, but no matter . . . this is an all-around great album.  My brother had bought this upon it's release.  I listen to it to this day.  May Fly is one of the songs included on my "pretty" songs playlist.

FYI, I just noticed that the last two tracks were bonus tracks added to the CD release of the vinyl.  Most bonus tracks are, in my opinion, subpar.

[Tippaporn]

Since I've been posting full albums out of necessity and sometimes choice the Bee Gees popped into my mind.  Their brilliant tour de force, in my humble opinion,  was the 30 March '69 release of their flocked, double-LP entitled "Odessa."  Another oldie which I still listen to in it's entirety these days.

 

To say that the Bee Gees were immensely talented is a huge understatement.  From the Legacy section of their Wiki page:

 

Brian May of Queen said: "Of course I was, and am a huge fan of the Bee Gees' creations in music. Undoubtedly at the pinnacle of song-writing considered over the last—30 years, is it?! My fondest recollections are not of the SNF days, which were really a re-birth in the Bee Gees' popularity, but the early ground-breaking songs ... I remember singing these [songs] with my pal Tim Staffell [of Smile] and Freddie [Mercury] in the real old days." May also praised the song "You Win Again" as one of the greatest songs of the '80s.

 

In his 1980 Playboy magazine interview, John Lennon praised the Bee Gees, "Try to tell the kids in the Seventies who were screaming to the Bee Gees that their music was just the Beatles redone. There is nothing wrong with the Bee Gees. They do a damn good job. There was nothing else going on then".

 

Michael Jackson, who was also influenced by the Bee Gees said, "I cried listening to their music. I knew every note, every instrument".

 

Paul McCartney recalled, "It was the 'Mining Disaster' song that Robert Stigwood played me, I said 'sign them, they're great'".

 

Ringo Starr said, "The Bee Gees from our era were quite important, especially the harmonies."

 

My apologies if I keep referencing my "pretty" songs playlist ad nauseam but "First Of May" is on that playlist, too.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Hated disco music.  I hated the disco scene. I hated the dancing.  I hated the putrid, junior executive blue, polyester clothes.  I hated all of disco . . . except I have to give credit to the Bee Gees.  They did it up superbly.  Ahem, O.K., the babes were hot, too.

 

 

 

 

Sorry, that's about all I can bear.

[balo]

Well I am lucky to embrace both rock and pop from the 70's , glam, punk , disco for a short time, new romance , and then we're deep into the 80's and I lost my interest . 

 

So as a teenager in the late 70's I am lucky to have been there and enjoyed it . Ask me of any 90's and noughties band and I will probably fail .  No need when you can just turn up the volume and pick and choose from the best . 

 

David Bowie for me just says it all, what an era it was .  

 

 

 

Edited July 29, 2017 by balo

[Tippaporn]

3 hours ago, balo said:

Well I am lucky to embrace both rock and pop from the 70's , glam, punk , disco for a short time, new romance , and then we're deep into the 80's and I lost my interest . 

 

So as a teenager in the late 70's I am lucky to have been there and enjoyed it . Ask me of any 90's and noughties band and I will probably fail .  No need when you can just turn up the volume and pick and choose from the best . 

 

David Bowie for me just says it all, what an era it was . .

My tastes are extremely varied but there are a few genres that are definitely not my cup of tea.  As much as I disliked disco I dislike rap much more.  I never got into jazz, either.  Well, I can't say never but I am very limited as to the jazz I like.  I am aware that my tastes have broadened over the years, which I consider a good thing.

 

As for jazz, though, this is a fantastic session featuring Lez McCann and Eddie Harris at the Montreux Jazz Festival in '69 performing "Compared To What."  It's got me snappin' my fingers.  Definitely two jazz artists which I can listen to.

 

 

And Eddie Harris at the same fest performing "Cold Duck Time."

 

 

[Tippaporn]

A most excellent version of "The House Of The Rising Sun" by Frigid Pink in '70.  Nothing like blues-based rock for me.

 

 

And from the same self-titled debut . . . 

 

 

[bannork]

The intellectuals weigh in on the debate, wondering what's wrong with Miles Davis.

[bannork]

A stunning voice and guitar player.

[bannork]

Pesky kids, always asking questions. 

[Tippaporn]

The above brings to mind Canned Heat's Woodstock performance of "A Change Is Gonna Come."  The first vid is actual footage but unfortunately never completes and has a very abrupt ending.  But it's worth watching them play.  Are they havin' fun, or what?!?!?!  So I also included the version which does not include footage and has better sound quality but with the footage it does sound almost like an alternate take.  Jeezus, makes me wanna blow my eardrums out!!

 

 

 

Their performance was exceptional so I can't control myself and must post one more . . . 

 

 

 

[Tippaporn]

21 minutes ago, bannork said:

The intellectuals weigh in on the debate, wondering what's wrong with Miles Davis.

55555555555555555!!  I enjoyed that.  Thanks, bannork.

[bannork]

A little Mississippi noise....

[Tippaporn]

21 minutes ago, bannork said:

A stunning voice and guitar player.

Four thumbs up (if I had four thumbs).

[Tippaporn]

12 minutes ago, bannork said:

Pesky kids, always asking questions. 

That's a new one on me.  I take it you're from the other side of the pond, bannork?  I've never experienced the U.K. scene in the '60s but have always imagined that there was great music in the U.K. that never made it over to the U.S.  And probably vice versa.  I was living in a high school boarding school run by Franciscan priests in Germany in '66 & '67 (I was actually too young but they made an exception for me as I had an old enough brother and we had migrated back from America) and we would always listen to the BBC on radio.  When we did get back to the States the music played on the radio there was markedly different.  I'm grateful for those two years in Germany.

[Tippaporn]

A great track from Thailand mid-60's.  Did Thai girls boogie back then?

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Credit where credit is due . . . not bad!

 

 

[Tippaporn]

This one's cute!!!  My eye's are tearing up, 55555555555.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Almost better than the original.  Almost!!

 

 

[onthesoi]

 

Nice wee JA playlist off the back of this one when it ends....

 

Edited July 29, 2017 by onthesoi

[bannork]

7 hours ago, onthesoi said:

 

Nice wee JA playlist off the back of this one when it ends....

 

Superb onthe soi, Marty Balin, what a voice and melody.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

I stumbled across this gem while searching for new music on YT.  From Wiki:

 

Vashti Bunyan (born Jennifer Vashti Bunyan in 1945) is an English singer-songwriter.

Bunyan released her debut album, Just Another Diamond Day, in 1970. The album sold very few copies and Bunyan, discouraged, abandoned her musical career. By 2000, her album had acquired a cult following; it was re-released and Bunyan recorded more songs, initiating the second phase of her musical career after a gap of thirty years. She subsequently released two albums: Lookaftering in 2005, and Heartleap in 2014.

 

Enjoy!

 

 

Also from her debut.