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Tag Archives: 1968
PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS – Something Happening – (Columbia) – 1968
Anyone who reads this blog knows I love my Paul Revere & The Raiders. Check out the other album comments.. I got them into about fifteen years ago though they were and still are relatively unknown over here in Australia. … Continue reading
TRINI LOPEZ – It’s a Great Life – (Reprise) – 1968
It's a great life. It certainly was (is), for Trini. Okay, I’m sure the life didn’t come without its hardships. Growing up a poor(ish) Mexican American in Texas in the 1950s would have been a challenge. But, he learnt to … Continue reading
CONNIE FRANCIS – Sings Bacharach and David – (MGM) – 1968
Anyone who reads this blog knows I’m partial to vocalists, and, partial to Connie Francis. Connie is perhaps the greatest of the non-writing female singers. And much like her male counterparts, Elvis and Frank Sinatra, she is a wonderful interpreter … Continue reading
BOYCE & HART – I Wonder What She’s Doing Tonite? – (A&M) – 1968
I have commented on Boyce & Hart before check out the earlier entry for biographical detail. This was their second album and the one that paid dividends….well at least with a Top 10 single. Oddly the album failed to chart, … Continue reading
CLEAR LIGHT – Clear Light – (Elektra) – 1967
I’ve said it before and I will say it again I will give anything on the Elektra label from the 60s and early 70s a go. Clear light seem to have some musical credibility (or collectability) despite their small output … Continue reading
CONNIE FRANCIS – Connie & Clyde – Hit Songs of the 30s – (MGM) – 1968
Connie could do anything. She put out albums in (or partially in) Italian, Jewish, Spanish and German. She sang rock, pop, Broadway standards, film songs, country, vocal jazz, R&B, vocal jazz, children's music, spiritual music, schlager music, waltzes, traditionals from … Continue reading
MELANIE – Born to Be – (Buddah)- 1968
… or '"My First Album" (1970). Apparently, "following Melanie's success at the Woodstock Festival in 1969 Buddha repackaged and reissued the album as My First Album". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_to_Be_(album) Most sources seem to date "My First Album" as 1969 though the copyright … Continue reading
JOHNNY RIVERS – Realization – (Imperial) – 1968
I've done Rivers a few times on this blog and I always look forward to his albums. Read the other comments for bio and ravings but, in brief, I can say that it wasn't always like that. I assumed he … 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
