Donate
Would you like to keep this blog alive? Any donation, no matter how small, is appreciated.
Meta
Author Archives: Franko
JESSE COLIN YOUNG – Together – (Warner Brothers) – 1972
It's hard to put on a finger on why Jesse Colin Young never had a more successful solo career. He had all the right attributes to be a successful singer songwriter in the 70s… He was an ex folkie who … Continue reading
TOMMY JAMES – Midnight Rider – (Fantasy) – 1976
What makes Tommy run? Or rather What makes Tommy sing? James had his moment in the sun in one of the premier US pop rock acts of the mid to late 1960s, Tommy James and The Shondells. A singles band … Continue reading
MICKEY NEWBURY – Harlequin Melodies – (RCA) – 1968
Mickey Newbury was born in 1940 in Houston, Texas. wikipedia fills in the biographical details well: "As a teenager, Newbury sang tenor in a moderately successful vocal group called The Embers. The group opened for several famous performers, such as … Continue reading
ROD McKUEN – Odyssey- (Stanyan) – 1974
I start by quoting myself from other comments I have done on McKuen: "Rod McKuen is an acquired taste. His detractors would say he is pretentiously poetic, maudlinly romantic, ponderously repetitious, slightly narcissistic, boringly middle aged, full of middlebrow banality … Continue reading
JOE SOUTH – A Look Inside – (Capitol) – 1972
South should be regarded as a legend. Popular music is filled with has beens, also rans, marginals and others who couldn't juggle music, fame and business. South, had his hits (he won a Grammy) but then burnt out as quickly … Continue reading
Posted in Blue Eyed Soul, Rock & Pop, Singer Songwriter, Southern and Boogie Rock
Tagged 1972
Leave a comment
MELANIE – As I See it Now – (Neighborhood Records) – 1975
Another Melanie album? Actually there hasn't been one for a while. Where is the rock n roll I can hear some one say. Where is the garage? Where is the in your face music? Fuck it, at the very least … Continue reading
THE J. GEILS BAND – Love Stinks – (EMI) – 1980
And so does this album. Boom Boom ! That's a cheap shot. In a very early posting (#4 from 2009 in fact …. don't read it as those early postings are part of an email group, The Quads, and were … Continue reading
JOHN HARTFORD – Annual Waltz – (Dot) – 1987
I'm frequently criticised for all the "old" records I comment on. I point out that this blog is a vinyl music blog and vinyl died in the early to mid 90s in Australia. Accordingly, vinyl product after that is hard … Continue reading
JIM KWESKIN – Jump For Joy – (Vanguard) – 1967
In commenting of Kweskin’s “America” LP from 1971 I said this: The beauty of Kweskin and his band though is they were not traditionalists. There was a good dose of humour and more than a passing lip service to the … Continue reading
