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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
BREWER & SHIPLEY – Tarkio – (Kama Sutra) – 1970
I like Brewer & Shipley. They are largely forgotten apart from one song, the notorious “One Toke over the Line”, which is on this album. This was their third album. Their first album, the patchy though endearing “Down in L.A.” … Continue reading
DANNY O’KEEFE – Danny O’Keefe – (Cotillion Records) – 1970
Check out other posts on this blog for detail on, the great, Danny O’Keefe. This is Danny O’Keefe’s first solo album, or, at least first proper solo album. In the mid-60s O’Keefe tread the solo folk rock path created by … Continue reading
LITTLE VILLAGE – Little Village – (Reprise) – 1992
A one-off by a group of musicians with similar interests. Allmusic say this in their review of this album: “In 1987, guitarist Ry Cooder, bassist Nick Lowe, and drummer Jim Keltner backed up singer and songwriter John Hiatt on his … Continue reading
PAUL SIEBEL – Jack-Knife Gypsy – (Elektra) – 1971
Check out my other comment on Paul Siebel for background detail. I fully expect (as I’m writing) this comment to be concise, errr short. Siebel only put out two studio albums, this, and his debut album “Woodsmoke and Oranges” (1970). … Continue reading
EDWIN STARR – Clean – (20th Century Fox Records) – 1978
I’m not a big soul fan but there are individual soul songs I find magnificent. “War” (1970) by Edwin Starr in one of them. Starr’s career had its highs and lows. The soul ground had changed in the 70s as … Continue reading
VOLUNTEERS – Volunteers – (Arista) – 1976
I don’t have much information on “Volunteers”, the band, but it seems they are one of those bands where a couple of guys around town keep bumping into each other and decide to form a band. And if that fails, … Continue reading
ROD McKUEN – Other Kinds of Songs – (RCA) – 1966
We probably need a Rod McKuen now more than we ever did. In what seems to be an increasingly polarised world (at least in the middle class secular west) we need him to show that all men aren’t pricks and … Continue reading
RACHEL SWEET – Protect the Innocent – (Stiff) – 1980
Wow, if you read this blog you know I like Rachel Sweet. She wasn’t high on my radar in the early 80s but then again I wasn’t listen to much contemporary music. But, I have since discovered her. I like … Continue reading
