The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion

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Lindisfarne - Nicely Out of Tune (1970)

First listen: British folk - nice sound

 

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Spirit - Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)

Really enjoy Spirit's first four albums, but don't spin them as much as much any more. Nice revisiting this one.

 

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Spirit - Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)

Really enjoy Spirit's first four albums, but don't spin them as much as much any more. Nice revisiting this one.

I would bet I could spin that whole album in my cranium.

I might get the duration of the pedal point at the end of "Soldier" wrong, though.

 

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Family - Anyway (1970)

Roger Chapman's voice is an acquired taste due to his excessive tremolo, but excellent album musically - half live, half studio. Interesting pick of this over Music in a Doll's House but I'll allow it

 

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John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970)

 

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James Brown - Sex Machine (1970)

 

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Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day (1970)

 

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The Stooges - Fun House (1970)

 

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James Taylor - Sweet Baby James (1970)

 

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Emitt Rhodes - Emitt Rhodes (1970)

First listen: never heard of Emitt Rhodes before though this album did hit #29 in the US in 1970 - a multi-instrumentalist pop songster, has a bit of a early Nilsson feel. Recorded all the instruments and vocals himself. Nice light pop tunes actually. Made two more albums in the early 1970s then sued by his record company for not meeting deadlines of an album every 6 months. Various unreleased attempts to record over the years afterward finally releasing an album in 2016 four years before his death at age 70. Its a shame - his music fits the whole McCartney-esque pop of artists like Badfinger and The Raspberries.

 

[axolotl]

Emitt Rhodes - Emitt Rhodes (1970)

First listen: never heard of Emitt Rhodes before though this album did hit #29 in the US in 1970 - a multi-instrumentalist pop songster, has a bit of a early Nilsson feel. Recorded all the instruments and vocals himself. Nice light pop tunes actually. Made two more albums in the early 1970s then sued by his record company for not meeting deadlines of an album every 6 months. Various unreleased attempts to record over the years afterward finally releasing an album in 2016 four years before his death at age 70. Its a shame - his music fits the whole McCartney-esque pop of artists like Badfinger and The Raspberries.

Plot twist: Back in the olden days, there were rumors (we dint have the internet) that these flash-in-the-pan solo album songsters were actually professionally backed or produced by The Beatles, and/or one of them, or were The Beatles, and/or one of them.

As things turned out, I could not readily discern Emitt Rhodes from Gilbert O'Sullivan.

Spoiler

And, that is why, I am...

"Alone Again, Naturally."

 

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Essra Mohawk - Primordial Lovers (1970)

Another first listen for me

 

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Carpenters - Close to You (1970)

Between James Taylor and now the Carpenters, we're getting a taste of early 70s AM sound - not a big JT fan but often a well-regarded album by those who are. I'm actually nostalgic towards many of the Carpenters hits of the 70s but aside from a few good songs, I would hardly call this essential

 

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The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (1970)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Emitt Rhodes - Emitt Rhodes (1970)

First listen: never heard of Emitt Rhodes before though this album did hit #29 in the US in 1970 - a multi-instrumentalist pop songster, has a bit of a early Nilsson feel. Recorded all the instruments and vocals himself. Nice light pop tunes actually. Made two more albums in the early 1970s then sued by his record company for not meeting deadlines of an album every 6 months. Various unreleased attempts to record over the years afterward finally releasing an album in 2016 four years before his death at age 70. Its a shame - his music fits the whole McCartney-esque pop of artists like Badfinger and The Raspberries.

I loved his group, The Merry-Go-Round, and grabbed this one out of the cutout bin at Ralphs Market for 99 cents. Rather than the jangle pop I was expecting, I got a sometimes embarrassingly intimate slice of El Lay songwriter fluff. For me, Macca could pull this stuff off, but not Emitt.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Essra Mohawk - Primordial Lovers (1970)

Another first listen for me

Long ago, I did some legal work for Frazier Mohawk (ne Barry Friedman), the late husband of Essra Mohawk (nee Sandy Hurvitz). His parents, Harry and Burr (nee Berniece), were truly delightful folks and Barry was really nice too. Maybe I'm prejudiced as a result, but I think Primordial Lovers is a lost classic.

 

[axolotl]

Long ago, I did some legal work for Frazier Mohawk (ne Barry Friedman), the late husband of Essra Mohawk (nee Sandy Hurvitz). His parents, Harry and Burr (nee Berniece), were truly delightful folks and Barry was really nice too. Maybe I'm prejudiced as a result, but I think Primordial Lovers is a lost classic.

If it isn't in the Lost Classics thread (administered by our own OjaiSam), it doesn't qualify.

What I meant to say, before my own dissociative identity kicked in, is... based on your insights, I will give this one a listen.

 

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Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band (1970)



This one almost broke me and question why I’m doing this series. Musical interesting actually with John and the same band as Lennon’s companion album. Though many admire this album, I just could not get past Yoko’s wailing and screaming.

But hey! Onward to 1971!

 

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This one almost broke me and question why I’m doing this series.

Why should I be the only one, after all?

 

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Carole King - Tapestry (1971)