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

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R&B from Clarence Carter circa 1968.

 

 

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One of the greatest soul artists of the 60's, Wilson Pickett, performing his 1966 classic, Land Of A Thousand Dances, live in Africa 1971.

 

Ripped from the comments section, "The Wicked Pickett! Early James Brown and Tina Turner...those folks could raise the dead and make 'em do the happy dance!"  Are those people having fun or what?!?!?

 

 

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Ike & Tina Turner covering Dusty Springfield's 1966 classic, Son Of A Preacher Man.

 

 

And Dusty on the original.

 

 

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Another great performance by Wilson Pickett.

 

 

And the 1966 classic, Mustang Sally (featuring images of . . . classic Mustangs.  What a car that was!  60's car styling was the best, hands down!)

 

 

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The looong version of Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs 1965 hit Wooly Bully.

 

 

Canned Heat's 1970 version . . . 

 

 

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A bit of "Dust My Broom" history (in no particular order).

 

Canned Heat's cover of Robert Johnson's 1936 Dust My Broom performed in 1967.

 

 

Robert Johnson 1936.

 

 

Elmore James' awesome 1959 version.

 

 

Howlin' Wolf from 1964.

 

 

ZZ Topps live version.

 

 

Johnny Winter with the Allman Bros. live in LA from 1972.

 

 

Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac from their 1968 Mr. Wonderful LP.

 

 

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An early ZZ Top foot stomper from 1971.

 

 

 

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John Kay & Steppenwolf with a live version of The Pusher.  Volume higher, please.

 

 

Don't Step On The Grass, Sam.

 

 

The Ostrich . . . loved this song when it came out in 1968.  Always waited for the folks to be out of the house so I could play this at 80 decibels.

 

 

Edited December 6, 2017 by Tippaporn

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One more for today.  Used to crank this one as well.

 

 

Now back to the grindstone . . . 

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A quick break . . . 

 

 

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13 hours ago, bannork said:

Andrew, it's a lonely path posters tread on this thread.

Lately we have been blessed by Tippaporn , a shooting star who arrived  out of the blue with his treasures of the last fifty years or more. A fellow traveller, we can but pray he will not desert his fellow pilgrims on the holy grail of  good music. 

Other visitors drop by for an occasional soiree but who can say when they will visit again?

But never mind, Andrew,. We must soldier on because the music stands by itself. Do the trees exist even if no one can see them? Of course they do. As does the music. Notes, melodies and rhythms, the music of the spheres. 

 

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Well now, that's very gracious and kind of you to say so, bannork.    And if I may return the kindness:  you have given me a trove of new material which had gone unnoticed by me even whilst living through the era myself.  If I mark your offerings as "like" then assuredly I have downloaded the song.

 

No worries, I will not desert . . . after all, I understand that deserters usually get shot!

 

So much more music to explore from that era.  There are many more gems which have certainly been buried by time.  We shall do the good and satisfying work of unearthing them for the world to hear once again.  Nothing stirs the soul more than music.  Music also ensures I get my daily exercise regimen of foot stompin', hip swiveling, finger tapping, imaginary guitar playing, and head nodding.  Works the entire body to promote longer life!

 

Thanks for new material, too, Andrew.    Every bit is precious to me.

 

And now an apropos song for the occasion (and to live by) . . . 

 

 

[Andrew Dwyer]

One of my earliest “ musical “ memories:
This song had taken the country by storm and I arrived at school to find 3 or 4 of my friends sitting on the wall belting out the chorus, I joined in and so did about 20 other kids .
Seems like a bit of a “ Glee “ moment [emoji23] but just one of my happiest childhood memories , I was 10 at the time.

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1 hour ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

One of my earliest “ musical “ memories:
This song had taken the country by storm and I arrived at school to find 3 or 4 of my friends sitting on the wall belting out the chorus, I joined in and so did about 20 other kids .
Seems like a bit of a “ Glee “ moment but just one of my happiest childhood memories , I was 10 at the time.
 

That one never made it to the U.S., I think.  Definitely a new one on me.  The first song that I remember liking was The Ventures' 1960's hit, Pipeline.  But it wasn't until 1964 when the song was already 4 years old.  I was a mere 9 years old.  I still enjoy the song.

 

 

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Christmas is upon us so I'll share some of my favorites from that era.  Any list would most definitely include this absolute classic from 1975 . . . 

 

 

 

Edited December 7, 2017 by Tippaporn

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Another "must" on any Christmas music list.

 

 

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Most of these are very well worn but never tired out.

 

 

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The hilarious 1979 Elmo & patsy classic.

 

 

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The children's classic from 1966, You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch.

 

 

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Bobby Helm's 1957 classic, Jingle Bell Rock.

 

 

Edited December 7, 2017 by Tippaporn

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For those of us who still have little rug rats at home this one is for them . . . 

 

From 1958 . . . 

 

 

[Andrew Dwyer]

I remember first hearing this on Radio Luxembourg when they had a month of “ the heavy stuff “ and called it Rocktober .
I used to tape it on my radio cassette, which incidentally is still alive , at least the radio part is !! , in my old bedroom at my dad’s house ( I left in ‘81 .

Anyway,

Heart - Magic Man

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Brenda Lee from 1960.

 

 

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The Ronettes from the 1963 Phil Spector produced LP.

 

 

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Another from the Ronettes on the same LP.

 

 

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One from Darlene Love.

 

 

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Bobby B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans from 1963.

 

 

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The audio is a bit wanting but still a good listen.

 

 

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Christmas cheer from Tull in 1975.

 

 

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Mike Oldfield from 1975.

 

 

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The Beach Boys celebrating X-Mas in 1964.