Hey, all. I’ve been battling the flu this past week but I’m starting to normalize. Let’s jump straight back into the music! Sixties prog-rock behemoths Iron Butterfly reformed themselves around original guitarist Erik Brann and released the Scorching Beauty album … Continue reading →
FOUR TAPES ON GROOVE MERCHANT (1974-76) Striking obscure ’70s jazz-funk gold on a cult label approved by the Beastie Boys. In Beastie Boys Book, Adam Horovitz describes visiting obscure Midwestern book-and-record shops because they “almost always have at least one … Continue reading →
Here’s a splendid ad from 20th Century and Pye Records touting the number one successes in the US and UK for Carl Douglas’ “Fung Fu Fighting” and Barry White’s “You’re The First, The Last, My Everything.” Douglas’ paean to Kung … Continue reading →
Heart’s “Dreamboat Annie” appeared on the band’s debut LP of the same name in the fall of 1975. The single, written by Ann and Nancy Wilson and released in late ’76, floated to #42 on the US Hot 100 and … Continue reading →
Gordon Lightfoot’s greatest hits collection, Gord’s Gold, released in November of 1975 grabbing #34 on the US charts and #8 in his native Canada. The LP contains a number of re-recorded tracks that first released in the 1960s. Apparently Lightfoot … Continue reading →
‘THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW’ (ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK, 1975/1978) For Halloween, thirteen fun facts about the iconic, eclectic, decadent musical’s underappreciated soundtrack It’s the same old story: boy meets girl, boy gets stranded with girl, boy and girl are seduced by … Continue reading →
Donna Summer’s “Love To Love You Baby” hit US airwaves in the fall of 1975. The 16 minute song (released as a five minute single) appeared on Summer’s LP of the same name and thumped and moaned its way to … Continue reading →
OKTOBERFEST: THE KNICKERBOCKERS (1975), BUSCH GARDENS CAST (1979), JAMES LAST (1974) An 8-track survey of the 200-year-old German beer fest somehow includes John Lennon, Uriah Heep, and Charlie the Unicorn. Burp! Ach du lieber – October’s only started and Oktoberfest … Continue reading →
KISS – ‘ALIVE!’ (1975); ‘ALIVE II’ (1977) As Kiss announces its final tour for next year, let’s look back at the two live albums that cemented the hard-rock legend’s fame. In early 1975 Kiss, a rock band posing as comic-book … Continue reading →
Britain’s Dr. Feelgood were the kings of the Pub Rock genre. And from time to time I just need to blast some of their music. The band’s brand of hard-driving boogie does indeed make me feel good. Hopefully you’ll share … Continue reading →