CRIMINAL CLASS – Randy Newman & LITTLE CRIMINALS
LITTLE CRIMINALS (1977): Newman delights in creating characters within his songs – often to lampoon them.
RANTS & REFLECTIONS
(WEST) GERMANY HAULING – The 1974 World Cup….
World Cup 1974: Host nation West Germany become world champions in adding to their European Championship triumph of two years before.
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.
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.