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Category Archives: Singer Songwriter
CROSBY & NASH – Graham Nash / David Crosby – (Atlantic) – 1972
This style of music has aged well and is perfectly relevant to today. It combines singer-songwriter ruminations, melodic catchiness, rural and country flavours, observation and social (albeit mild) criticism. Everything that an alt-country troubadour or indie kid going acoustic aspires … Continue reading
JIM CROCE – You Don’t Mess Around With Jim – (ABC) – 1972
Jim was musically schizophrenic – he had two personas. The wounded folkie and the bragging street wise thumper. They aren’t at odds with each other, they are just flipsides of the same person. No one is one is ever note. … Continue reading
ALBERT HAMMOND – Albert Hammond – (Mums) – 1973
This is Hammonds third solo album. I'm looking forward to this … albeit some 45 years after the event. Hammond is a mixed bag. He has done a lot of stuff which is pure MOR but he does have the … 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
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
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
CLAIRE HAMILL – Stage Door Jonnies – (Konk) – 1974
This is exciting for me. And, not because of Claire (no disrespect intended), but because it was produced by Ray Davies of the Kinks, who I love. In 1973 Ray decided to get into production utilising his new studio … Continue reading
DANNY O’KEEFE – O’Keefe – (Signpost) – 1972
Okay, this isn’t actually a new find as I have had it awhile and had already graduated to the “keep” side of the ledger but I’m an O’Keefe kick … and, this is a cleaner copy than the one I … Continue reading
CHIP TAYLOR – Chip Taylor’s Last Chance – (Warner Brothers) – 1973
Check out my other comments for background on Chip. He has his roots, schizophrenic style, in both 60s Brill building pop and country music. You could assume that a native New Yorker from Yonkers could understandably be a Brill building … Continue reading
