Tag: Life at 33 1/3
Life at 33⅓: School’s out, Alice is here
Alice Cooper: School’s Out (Warner Brothers)
Unfortunately the best thing about this album is its sleeve, although a blatant rip-off of the Hotlegs’ (aka 10CC)...
Life at 33⅓: Frozen breath on a windowpane
Fairport Convention: Rising For The Moon (Island)
Sandy Denny ‘s time with Fairport Convention only lasted a scant four years in total, and yet you...
Life at 33⅓: Ooh la la
Ronnie Lane & the Band “Slim Chance” - Anymore For Anymore (GM)
Ronnie Lane is the only artist in the world that I love unconditionally....
Life at 33⅓: Not quite all right now
Free: Fire And Water (Island)
The album that made Free rock’n’roll stars, and it is solely thanks to the single “All Right Now” which held...
Life at 33⅓: The white boy with the black voice
Spencer Davis Group: Their First LP (Fontana)
It took a while before Spencer Davis Group (file under S) turned into pop stars. They were discovered...
Life at 33⅓: A horn of plenty
The Bee Gees: Bee Gees’ 1st (Polydor)
A lonely, fragile, haunting little ballad “New York Mining Disaster 1941” came floating across the airwaves in April...
Life at 33⅓: What made the Stones start rolling
Bo Diddley: Go Bo Diddley (Checker)
The production is the most obvious difference between The Beatles and The Rolling Stones’ earliest recordings. The Beatles and...
Life at 33⅓: Walking the dark paths of life
Roy Orbison: In Dreams (Monument)
A black-clad enigma, “The Big O”, almost sinister behind his dark sunglasses. But when Roy Orbison started singing, the angels...
Life at 33⅓: Postcards of doom
Al Stewart: Year Of The Cat (RCA)
1975, the year of the cat, the year when the Vietnam War ended.
One’s first encounter with the album...
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