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Category Archives: Singer Songwriter
ALBERT HAMMOND – It Never Rains in Southern California – (CBS) – 1972
Hammond again. Check out my other comments for Hammond detail. I came relatively late to Hammond so there are a few albums to listen too but there is no hesitation because they are a joys, of variable proportions. Hammond is … Continue reading
P.F. SLOAN – Raised on Records – (Mums) – 1972
P.F. Sloan is one of those minor legends in rock music. He is well regarded by his peers, has a devoted small following and he put out some undeniably great (and influential) music during his career. He also was a … Continue reading
MELANIE – Garden in the City – (Buddah) – 1973
This is another record I bought at the great University of Queensland record library sell off in 1988. God bless those student union nerds. The student union was controlled by the political left (very moderate left) but never assume that … Continue reading
ARLO GUTHRIE – Arlo Guthrie – (Reprise) – 1974
Arlo albums are perfect Sunday morning records. They are contemplative and more than a little spiritual (though the spirituality may be secular or not of one religion if that makes any sense). His music, like a Catholic mass (the … Continue reading
JOHN STEWART – Fire in The Wind – (RSO) – 1977
Stewart had a strange career. Perhaps, but I don’t know, for a time he was known as one of the vocalists for the (successful) folk band The Kingston Trio. Nowadays, that isn’t that widely known. Normally people may recall him … Continue reading
MELANIE – Phonogenic – Not Just Another Pretty Face – (Philips) – 1978
I commented on another late Melanie album no so long ago, “Arabesque” (1982).. It was a revelation as I thought she had gone off the boil by the mid-1970s. That album proved me wrong. See my other comment for biographical … Continue reading
JESSE COLIN YOUNG – Love on the Wing – (Warner Brothers) – 1977
Very early in my blogging I commented on another Jesse Colin Young album. You can search that it you wish though here I will flesh out a few of the points I raised there. Wikipedia: “Jesse Colin Young is an … Continue reading
JIM POST – Colorado Exile – (Fantasy) – 1974
I know at least one friend, actually only one, who would salivate over the sleeve of this record. A man, a backpack, and a mountain. I’m sure, on the sleeve alone, he would have plonked down $1, as I did, for … Continue reading
MELANIE – Arabesque – (Blanche Records) – 1982
Fuck I loved Melanie when I was younger. Well actually I loved two albums: “Candles in the Rain” from 1970 and “Gather Me” from 1971 They were the albums that seemed to always be in op-shops in the 80s. … Continue reading
