Tag: Life at 33 1/3
Life at 33⅓: From nowhere and back
The Troggs: From Nowhere – The Troggs (Fontana)
Why did it have to be troggs? (Quote from one of the World of Warcraft-dungeons.)
Troggs’ ‘“Wild Thing”...
Life at 33⅓: Hey! Hey! They were good!
The Monkees: Headquarters (Colgems/RCA)
This album meant a lot to The Monkees because for once they had gained artistic control and could enter the studio...
Life at 33⅓: The abdication of the Lizard King
The Doors: Waiting For The Sun (Elektra)
After two brilliant albums in 1967 world domination was next. But Jim Morrison blew it. Got himself into...
Life at 33⅓: Living in the glorious past
Jethro Tull: Living In The Past (Chrysalis)
A better package than this was hard to imagine in 1972. The double album covers all bases. It’s...
Life at 33⅓: Birth of the guitar hero
John Mayall Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (Decca)
Long ago and far away when I was 14, there was a tiny elite at my age...
Life at 33⅓: Madness and a new beginning
Pink Floyd: A Saucerful Of Secrets (Columbia)
It is nothing short of a miracle that Pink Floyd managed to record such a decent album in...
Life at 33⅓: Last stop before the abyss
Bob Dylan: Blonde On Blonde (Columbia)
It is almost impossible to write about this album. Wherever you are in life, wherever you came from, the...
Life at 33⅓: The forgotten classic
Deep Purple: Fireball (Harvest)
An album that ended up in a squeeze between “Deep Purple In Rock” and “Machine Head”. There were no epic celestial...
Life at 33 1/3: Bombshell: “Born To Run” Disappoints
Bruce Springsteen: Born To Run (Columbia)
A street-gang serenade from New Jersey that feeds on Steinbeck, Dylan and West Side Story. There are cars, flick...
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