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No.447: "Tumbleweed Connection" by Elton John (1970)


They got Billy Joel in the USA, we had Elton on this side, which was a pretty fair bargain in the early seventies. Best buddies too in later years with their 'Two Pianos' tours.
Tumbleweed Connection was a rather low key affair without any single releases but some fine songs nevertheless. This one is 'Country Comfort':

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No.446: "Blue" by Joni Mitchell (1971)


The sole album in my list by the unique Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell and thinking about it I should have had a couple more tbh. Furthermore this one should have been placed much higher than this lowly entry having played it again a couple of weeks ago, but I'm not going have another 'Odessa' scenario again. What is done is done.
To make up for this abnormally I've selected three of this marvellous album's tracks:



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No.445: "The Clash" by The Clash (1977)


Debut release from this most ferociously political of British punk bands, whatever the expression 'punk is supposed to mean when pitted against a bassist who wore suits and a lead singer who was the son of a diplomat (!)
Besides all that, they stuck to their anwhen Thatcher wasn't even in power yet! One more Clash album left to come.


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No.444: "Journey Through The Past" (soundtrack) by Neil Young (1972)


The soundtrack to a film which very few people, including myself, have never seen never mind not know even existed. Journey Through The Past was a double album featuring old and new Young songs, some with CS&N. Never available on CD, I found my rare vinyl copy at a car boot sale for 50p a couple of decades ago now. A masterful find.


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Ending proceedings with this one for today...

No.443: "The Court Of The Crimson King" by King Crimson (1969)




Nice to celebrate some great artwork from time to time.
Debut from Robert Fripp and his band, originally featuring Greg Lake on vocals and guitar. Nom could probably say about this band much more than I can, but I'll leave here now with two of the album's tracks, the latter a live recording from Hyde Park in 1969.


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Those were the days when Album covers really caught the eye, and boy this one stood out. A very influential album and a host of class muso`s down the years,. Only Mel Collins and Fripp left from the original band. Greg lake was stiill with them when i saw them.
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Originally Posted by Floydy ->
No.445: "The Clash" by The Clash (1977)


Debut release from this most ferociously political of British punk bands, whatever the expression 'punk is supposed to mean when pitted against a bassist who wore suits and a lead singer who was the son of a diplomat (!)
Besides all that, they stuck to their anwhen Thatcher wasn't even in power yet! One more Clash album left to come.


The album that turned me on to Punk, aged15.........and one of the few that I can still listen to,lol

Would be in my top 10 albums of all time!
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Originally Posted by Nom ->
Those were the days when Album covers really caught the eye, and boy this one stood out. A very influential album and a host of class muso`s down the years,. Only Mel Collins and Fripp left from the original band. Greg lake was stiill with them when i saw them.
Good man, I knew this was right up your street, Nom.
It was very late when I got into King CDrimson, maybe only about 10 years ago, but then I was only four or five when this came out and wouldn't remember it then - in fact that sleeve would definitely have given me nightmares!
Mel Collins played with everybody didn't he? The go to sax man if you like.
Originally Posted by Moscow ->
The album that turned me on to Punk, aged15.........and one of the few that I can still listen to,lol

Would be in my top 10 albums of all time!
Like wishing I'd be a teenager in the sixties, this is when I also wished I'd been a couple of years older in the 1970's. I got into music when the new-wave scene came along and just missed all these great bands appearing in 76-77. Of course, we then travel back in time but it could never be the same as experiencing it first hand can it?
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Okay, let's do it...

No.442: "New Boots And Panties" by Ian Dury (1977)


Debut solo Dury after a few years performing with 'pub rock' band Kilburn & The High Roads, not yet mentioning the Blockheads on the album. Finding his feet on this clever (Trevor?) album, he brought his unique brand of cockney poetry to the masses via the Stiff Records tour. Two songs here, the second isn't on the album but begs to be played...


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No.441: "Gene Clark" 'White Light'by Gene Clark (1971)


Known simply by the author's name but christened 'White Light' as a handy reference, ex-Byrds vocalist Clark had gone solo for a number of albums and continued to do so throughout the 1970's. The best singer without a doubt in The Byrds, he led a rather desperate later life until passing away finally in the 1990's.

 
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