ALL MOD NO CONS – The Who & QUADROPHENIA (1973)
QUADROPHENIA (1973): No other songwriter has been able to express teenage angst as well as Pete Townshend – and there is no other album like ‘Quadrophenia.’
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UP THE CREEK Stephen Stills & Manassas – DOWN THE ROAD (1973)
As 1972 drew to a close, it was hard to think of a mainstream rock musician in better creative fettle than Stephen Stills. Of his male contemporaries around the same age, Pete Townshend could still not decide what concept opus…
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ON A CAROUSEL – Twenty Great Games of 1967-68
Twenty Great Games of 1967-68: If 1966 had been the year of Ramsey, ‘Revolver’ and revelry on the Mersey, then 1968 belonged to Busby, Best, Book and Bell.
FIRST IMPRESSIVE – the 1972 debut album of Jackson Browne
JACKSON BROWNE (1972) With barely a word or note that sounds inconsequential, Browne creates high standards for himself and resets the bar for the singer-songwriter album.
UEFA-MISM: English clubs and the UEFA Cup 1971-1979:
English clubs in the UEFA Cup 1971-79. 3 & 6 – Liverpool make it half dozen Fairs/UEFA Cup triumphs in a row for English clubs in 1973.
THAT’S FOOTBALL – BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT
Could England have won the 1970 World Cup? How would things have turned out had George Best left Old Trafford for Chelsea in 1971? Did Scotland really reach the 1974 World Cup Final with Sir Alf Ramsey as manager? In…
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SOUL RESPONSIBILITY: Marvin Gaye & ‘LET’S GET IT ON’ (1973)
Others had made sex the subject matter of songs, but before ‘LET’S GET IT ON’ nobody had addressed the topic in such a sensual or celebratory way.
SOME GLORY NIGHTS/A FEW SUNNY AFTERNOONS – SPURS 1966-1974
SPURS 1966-74: Despite not being unable to sustain a title challenge during the early ’70s, a steady flow of trophies still went the way of White Hart Lane.
FRIENDS UN-UNITED – The Stills/Young Band: LONG MAY YOU RUN (1976)
Co-Producer Tom Dowd later described sessions for the ‘Long May You Run’ album as ‘two superstars that were walking the same golf course but not playing the same game.’
MERCER-FUL REDEMPTION England under Joe Mercer – May/June 1974:
On improving the demeanor of the England team, caretaker boss Mercer was championed by some to have the job on a permanent basis. He laughed off the suggestion, but appeared open to persuasion.