Music Gourmets Presents 60 Years of Great Music - 1973

Zeeba Neighba

Zeeba Neighba

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Back and better than ever! Yes indeed, it's the next year in the MG's "60 Years of Great Music" series.

Onward to 1973

Here's the rules:

Each Friday, I'll introduce a new year from 1957 through 2016. Each member selects an album released in that year with a few lines (or more) on why you picked it/enjoy it. Your selection does not have to be the most important release or the most admired release of that year (though it certainly can be), simply an album that grabs you and that you really love.

However, once an album is selected by a member, you must choose a different album.

Together we will compile quite the canon of "Great Music" and, who knows, maybe inspire each other to check out some new artists (or to revisit old forgotten classics).

This week - the albums of 1973
 
Paul McCartney & Wings- Band on the Run



Other than "Bluebird", there isn't one stinker on this album. Five stars all the way. From the title track, t0 the angry guitar riff in "Let Me Roll It", to the cabaret atmosphere of "Drink to Me", this album is gold. Pure gold. And I defy you to find another album cover that sports both Mike Douglas and Christopher Lee together.
 
Nickyboy said:
Paul McCartney & Wings- Band on the Run



Other than "Bluebird", there isn't one stinker on this album. Five stars all the way. And I defy you to find another album cover that sports both Mike Douglas and Christopher Lee together.
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Hey! I love "Bluebird" (I mean...it's not as good as "Blackbird" but still)...that means there's NO stinkers on the album ;)

Plus James Coburn and Freud's grandson!

Did you mean Michael Parkinson? Didn't think Mike Douglas was hiding there
 
Quadrophenia - The Who
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An album I have loved for a very long time!
 
Zeeba Neighba said:
Did you mean Michael Parkinson? Didn't think Mike Douglas was hiding there
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Wiki says I was misguided and possibly you too. Not Douglas, and not Parkinson. I swear that I read that it was Michael Douglas on the cover. Sure looks like him.

Cover artwork
The album cover photograph was taken at Osterley Park, west London, on 28 October 1973 by photographer Clive Arrowsmith.[24] It depicts Paul, Linda and Denny plus six other well-known people dressed as convicts caught in the spotlight of a prison searchlight.[33] They are Michael Parkinson, chat-show host and journalist; Kenny Lynch, actor, comedian and singer; James Coburn, actor; Clement Freud, politician, columnist, gourmet and raconteur; Christopher Lee, actor; and John Conteh, a boxer who later became World Light-Heavyweight champion.[33] Arrowsmith detailed that the eventual cover was one of the four he found acceptable in the 24 attempts he took. The spotlight's low potency meant everyone had to stand still for two seconds for proper exposure, which was made difficult by the photographed reportedly being in a "substance haze" following a party held by Paul, making it harder for them to hold the pose. The golden hue of the picture is due to Arrowsmith using a regular daytime film instead of a Tungsten film, which would be better suited for night-time photographs.[34]
 
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The first 6 Sabbath albums are gold. "A National Acrobat" is my favorite BS song.

HMs: "Houses Of The Holy", "Billion Dollar Babies", "Dark Side Of The Moon", "Tres Hombres" (orig. mix), "Headhunters"/"Sextant", Skynyrd, "Sweetnighter".
 
Keith Jarrett ~ Solo Concerts: Bremen and Lausanne



Not voting for this would be akin to suddenly not liking something that changed my life.

I can't do it. I hope nobody would even ask that of me, or at least would be able to figure out why I am yelling at them for over two hours after even asking that of me.

Edit: The idea of vocalizing for protracted periods of time in the midst of a solo piano improvisation is in fact what KJ can be heard to do when he's particularly swept away. If his vocalizations were constant, it would be appalling. It is only occasional. One still has to accept it, or not.
 
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Roxy Music - Stranded

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Rather than go with some obvious picks for me (Springsteen's first two albums) or even the other Roxy Music from this year (For Your Pleasure) that is often more critically regarded, went with Roxy's first music without Brian Eno. Though certainly less sonic flourishes and containing a less angular sound (though "Amazona" is very herky-jerky), Roxy doesn't miss a beat with a lush sound that fits Ferry's croon nicely. "Street Life" is a great opener akin to "Do The Strand" on FYP or "Love Is the Drug" on Siren. Love the blistering Andy Mackay sax solo on "Song from Europe" and the tempo shift on "Mother of Pearl" from racing rocker to smooth shuffle. Plus the prerequisite sexy, artsy album cover feature Playmate Marilyn Cole. For some reason, I never see this one ranked up there with For Your Pleasure, Siren, Avalon, or even their debut perhaps because it does represent a transition album after Eno left, but for me it's among their best.
 
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