CORTEZ AND NO FILLER – Neil Young & ZUMA
With the ‘Cortez the Killer’ as its centrepiece ZUMA (November 1975) is an epilogue to the ‘Ditch’ trilogy rather than continuation.
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THROUGH THE PAST DARKLY – Neil Young & TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT
TONIGHT’S the NIGHT (1975) is a deep, disconcerting album, Young describing its themes as ‘The price tag of the 60s.’
INELIGIBLE – Stephen Stills & ILLEGAL STILLS
ILLEGAL STILLS (1976) With Donnie Dacus receiving songwriting credit on five songs and taking lead vocals on three, Stills seems a guest on his own below par LP.
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.’
COMETH THE HOUR – Neil Young & ‘COMES A TIME’ (1978)
Released to positive reviews, ‘COMES A TIME’ reached the US Top Ten and before 1978 was over outsold all six albums Young had made since ‘Harvest’.
OVER THE STILLS – Stephen Stills & ‘STILLS’ (1975)
‘STILLS’ (1975) contains any number of fine songs, but there remains a sense that a good album should have been a great one.
HARVEST FESTIVAL – Neil Young & ‘HARVEST’
In equal measure ‘HARVEST’ is brilliant, becalmed and baffling. Bought by millions it has divided Neil Young fans and the critics for over fifty years.
BLOODY MINDED – Twenty great albums of 1969…….
Twenty Great Albums of 1969: Chaos, copulation, conflict – the Rolling Stones cover it all on ‘LET IT BLEED’.
MAKE THE BEST OF THE SITUATION – Twenty Great Albums of 1970
The Domino effect: Eric Clapton produces a spotless collection with Derek & the Dominoes.
NEED TO KNOW – Poco & ‘A GOOD FEELIN’ TO KNOW’
With ‘Sweet Lovin’ Poco create a rare example of country-prog – sounding more Pink Floyd than Gram Parsons.