STORMING OUT – Joe Walsh & BARNSTORM
On leaving the James Gang, Walsh sought a more refined approach to presenting his music – BARNSTORM (1972) an assured and accomplished album.
RANTS & REFLECTIONS
ALL THINGS MUST PASS – Twenty Great Games of 1968-69……
TWENTY GREAT GAMES of 1968-69: THRIVE AT LEEDS – the title goes to Elland Road in record-breaking style……
BROWNE JEWELS – Jackson Browne & FOR EVERYMAN
‘FOR EVERYMAN’ (1973) is an assured collection that builds steadily toward the momentous title-track that closes the set.
OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE – The Home Internationals of 1974
Oh what Largs – Joe Jordan celebrates Scotland going ahead in the 1974 Home International against England
STONEY END – Rolling Stones & IT’S ONLY ROCK ‘N’ ROLL
IT’S ONLY ROCK’N’ ROLL (1974) – the Stones offer a mixed bag of peaks, troughs, some superlative moments and others when self-parody feels dangerously close.
FINAL CUT – The 1974 FA Cup Final
Liverpool v Newcastle United 4/5/1974: Closely contested FA Cup Finals had become the norm – the previous ten all decided by a one goal margin……….
EASY PICKINGS – EAGLES and their 1972 self-titled debut album
Already the Eagles sound ahead of the country-rock game, not necessarily for having better songs but through superior songcraft…….
HERE, THERE and EVERYWHERE – TWENTY GREAT GAMES of 1966-67
Twenty Great Games of 1966-67: THE THIRD DEGREE – QPR from Division Three win the first Wembley League Cup Final.
THIS NIGHT WILL LAST FOREVER – Rod Stewart & A NIGHT ON THE TOWN
A NIGHT ON THE TOWN (1976): The slow side is a match for anything recorded by anyone in 1976 – and represents the last truly great four song cycle of his career.
GOAL MACDONALD KEPT HIS CALM – The FA Cup Semi-Finals of 1973-74………..
The FA Cup Semi-Finals of 1973-74: Malcolm in the Middle – Supermac fires Newcastle into the Cup Final……..