Tag: Life at 33 1/3

Them: Them (aka The “Angry” Young THEM!) (Decca) If you say that Van Morrison is a bore, a grumpy bore even, I am not gonna...

The Tubes: The Tubes (A&M) In 1975 The Tubes resembled a high school revue that had dropped out, run off and grown slightly older while...

Dave Clark Five: Catch Us If You Can (Columbia) To me “Catch Us If You Can” was a song and a car.  More than enough...

10cc: 10cc (UK) Oh dear, the British pop scene in 1972-73 was like a carnival.  The 45 had restored some of its old power and...

Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, Steve Stills: Super Session (Columbia/CBS) The term “super group” was popular at the end of the 60’s.  Cream started it back...

Procol Harum: A Salty Dog (Regal Zonophone) - Released: June 1969 An eccentric and puzzling band that never resembled anyone but themselves.  Put a Procol...

Moody Blues: The Magnificant Moodies (Decca) Denny Laine’s voice had an angelic quality, the sound of loneliness and beauty, suitable for heart broken ballads, the...

Pink Floyd: More (Columbia) Pink Floyd went through a trial and error period after Syd Barrett imploded.  Barrett still reverberated ghost-like through “A Saucerful Of...

Soft Machine: Third (Columbia/CBS) Released: June 6, 1970 An album that it was extremely important to own back in 1970. You made sure it was lying...

1. The Beatles, “Please Please Me” (Parlophone) The Beatles entered the EMI studios in Abbey Road on February 11, 1963 to record their first album....