OH NO NO – Faces & ‘OOH LA LA’
Faces: ‘OOH LA LA’ (1973). On release Rod called it ‘a disgrace’ but over time would put his name to far lesser recordings.
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TAYLORED TO FIT: James Taylor – ‘MUD SLIDE SLIM and the BLUE HORIZON’
‘Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon’ (1971) provided refuge against the world rather than a reaction to it.
COMPLETE CONTROL – Twenty great games of 1976-77……………
TWENTY GREAT GAMES of 1976-77 – Liverpool win the league, European Cup and like The Clash exert ‘Complete Control’
HULL OF FAME – Alan Hull & ‘PIPEDREAM’
Brimming with wit, wisdom, purpose and poignancy, ‘PIPEDREAM’ (1973) is the great ‘lost’ masterpiece of 70s British rock.
BREEZE ROCK: Crosby & Nash – ‘WIND ON THE WATER’
‘WIND ON THE WATER’ (1975): Hailed as a ‘creative renaissance’ the LP received more acclaim than the Stills-Young effort of 12 months later.
UP WHERE WE BELONG – Promotion to Division One, 70s style……..
CHARLTON MAGNETIC – Jack leads Middlesbrough to the 1973-74 Second Division title with a decade high number of wins and points………..
EARLY CAREER MASTERPIECE: Jackson Browne – ‘LATE FOR THE SKY’
LATE FOR THE SKY (1974): Inducting Browne into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Bruce Springsteen called ‘Late for the Sky’ a ‘masterpiece.’
EASY COME EASY GO, LITTLE HIGH LITTLE LOW – Twenty Great Games of 1975-76…….
TWENTY GREAT GAMES of 1975-76: Keeping the overheads down – Dennis Tueart wins the League Cup for Manchester City………..
THE LIGHT SIDE OF THE MOON – Van Morrison & ‘MOONDANCE’
‘MOONDANCE’: The magnificent title-track succeeds on many levels not least in introducing jazz to the rock generation.
REVOLUTION-CONVOLUTION-EVOLUTION: Twenty Great Albums of 1968
Twenty Great Albums of 1968: Small Faces – OGDEN’S NUT GONE FLAKE: A fast moving feast of rock, layered pop, surrealism and Cockney revelry.