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1970s music draft- Link to google spreadsheet in first post (1 Viewer)

The Dreaded Marco said:
8.xx  Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.  1973 album

Such a great debut.  Blinded by the Light, Spirit in the Night and the excellent It's Hard to be a Saint in the City.  My favorite is the underrated Lost in the Flood, but I love every song on this one. Glad to get it.
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Diggin'

 
Caught up to the thread...so, picking my 8th round selection here tonight.

8.16 - Santana – Abraxas (1970 album)

Saw him at Jazz Fest a few years back and bailed for 15-20 minutes to catch another R&RHoF artist (Public Enemy).  Ask my wife what did I miss...her response:. He is still on the same song as when you left.

But this is a great album.

 
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8.xx  TASHI - Quartet for the End of Time (1976) - Wild Card album

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was a French composer, organist and ornithologist.  He composed and first performed Quatuor pour la fin du temps while imprisoned in a German POW camp in 1941.  He scored the piece around his fellow prisoners' musical talents and available instruments.  The unconventional instrumentation works to advantage vs a typical string or wind ensemble.  The piano provides a rhythmic base for the violin and clarinet to soar over.  while the cello compliments the sound of the clarinet wonderfully.  The end of time in the title refers to Revelations rather than WWII but the music cannot be separated from its origin.  More about Messiaen and this work here.  

TASHI was a group of young classical musicians who formed a quartet in 1973 expressly to play this piece.  Pianist Peter Serkin and clarinetist Richard Stoltzman were well regarded soloists while violinist Ida Kavafian and cellist Fred Sherry were younger players in their early 20s.  They named themselves TASHI and wore caftans and robes while performing because the Seventies.  They released their version of the quartet in 1976 on RCA and it's still regarded as a definitive version four decades later.  Stoltzman is a standout but the group plays together as one.  I've listened to

Teenage Eephus read an article about TASHI in the 70s and stored the story of Messiaen away in his still growing brain.  I found a misfiled copy of the TASHI record 10-15 years later in a dollar crate and fortunately hadn't killed that brain cell in the intervening years.  It made a tremendous impression and sparked my interest in modern and chamber music.

It's pretty accessible; much more melodic than dissonent. I think my fellow music nerds will find a lot to enjoy here.

 
dal_boys_phan said:
Caught up to the thread...so, picking my 8th round selection here tonight.

8.16 - Santana – Abraxas (1970 album)

Saw him at Jazz Fest a few years back and bailed for 15-20 minutes to catch another R&RHoF artist (Public Enemy).  Ask my wife what did I miss...her response:. He is still on the same song as when you left.

But this is a great album.
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Love early Santana.  Nobody has sounded quite like this band before or since (including Santana)

Members of the early 70s group reunited this year and released Santana 4.  It doesn't reach the heights of their prime material but they still can cook pretty good.

 
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Eephus said:
8.xx  TASHI - Quartet for the End of Time (1976) - Wild Card album

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was a French composer, organist and ornithologist.  He composed and first performed Quatuor pour la fin du temps while imprisoned in a German POW camp in 1941.  He scored the piece around his fellow prisoners' musical talents and available instruments.  The unconventional instrumentation works to advantage vs a typical string or wind ensemble.  The piano provides a rhythmic base for the violin and clarinet to soar over.  while the cello compliments the sound of the clarinet wonderfully.  The end of time in the title refers to Revelations rather than WWII but the music cannot be separated from its origin.  More about Messiaen and this work here.  

TASHI was a group of young classical musicians who formed a quartet in 1973 expressly to play this piece.  Pianist Peter Serkin and clarinetist Richard Stoltzman were well regarded soloists while violinist Ida Kavafian and cellist Fred Sherry were younger players in their early 20s.  They named themselves TASHI and wore caftans and robes while performing because the Seventies.  They released their version of the quartet in 1976 on RCA and it's still regarded as a definitive version four decades later.  Stoltzman is a standout but the group plays together as one.  I've listened to

Teenage Eephus read an article about TASHI in the 70s and stored the story of Messiaen away in his still growing brain.  I found a misfiled copy of the TASHI record 10-15 years later in a dollar crate and fortunately hadn't killed that brain cell in the intervening years.  It made a tremendous impression and sparked my interest in modern and chamber music.

It's pretty accessible; much more melodic than dissonent. I think my fellow music nerds will find a lot to enjoy here.
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Wow. What a fascinating pick. 

 
For pick 8.xx I will take Elvis Costello's My Aim is True- 1977 Album

Just a shade below This Year's Model.

I will make a round nine selection later.

 
My ninth round pick will be Sail Away by Randy Newman (1972 album).

Dark, dark humor, perverts, politicians, slave traders, kangaroos, burning rivers and Ry Cooder's guitar.  What more do you need?

 
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Well, since 9th round picks are going on, time to scoop this one up...

9.06 - ZZ Top - Tres Hombres (1973 album)

As catchy as the mid-80's material was to a metal head teen, the older dal_boys_phan reaches for this one a lot.  And as a 3x company party DJ, their recent "I Gotsta Get Paid" as a song selection was a guarantee they would consider other options for the ensuing years.

 
dal_boys_phan said:
Well, since 9th round picks are going on, time to scoop this one up...

9.06 - ZZ Top - Tres Hombres (1973 album)

As catchy as the mid-80's material was to a metal head teen, the older dal_boys_phan reaches for this one a lot.  And as a 3x company party DJ, their recent "I Gotsta Get Paid" as a song selection was a guarantee they would consider other options for the ensuing years.
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Excellent album, excellent pick.

I saw ZZT over a decade ago and walked away impressed. They are one of those bands I always liked but didn't really know the depth of their music. Had a friend ask if I wanted to go and thought it would be a good show but it far outweighed my expectations. Those boys from Texas know how to play.

 
jwb said:
Round 8 - John Barleycorn Must Die, Traffic. 1970 Album

Really like everything about this album. Traffic reunites (well, sorta), and comes up with something very different from their previous sound, leaving the 60's behind.
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I'm keeping the spreadsheet and don't have a 7th round pick for you.

 
Randy Newman run! 

1974 Album- Good Old Boys

A southern theme and filled with some of his greatest songs including "Louisiana 1927", "Kingfish" (about Huey Long), "Rednecks", "Birmingham", and the achingly beautiful "Marie". 

 
Anarchy in the draft....

9.20 1979 album Supertramp - Breakfast in America

 
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9.xx AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976). Hard rock album 

I'm taking advantage of the original release date here because I didn't hear it until '81. Of all the albums I've drafted thus far this is the one I listened to the most at the time. 7th grade me wore this one out. I still have both the vinyl and the cassette. 

 
dal_boys_phan said:
Well, since 9th round picks are going on, time to scoop this one up...

9.06 - ZZ Top - Tres Hombres (1973 album)

As catchy as the mid-80's material was to a metal head teen, the older dal_boys_phan reaches for this one a lot.  And as a 3x company party DJ, their recent "I Gotsta Get Paid" as a song selection was a guarantee they would consider other options for the ensuing years.
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I was oh-so-close to taking this but thought it would last.

 
9.xx - Close to You - Carpenters- soft rock / singer / songwriter album

While not the most prolific songwriters (they had help for most of the hits, anyway), you can't have a 70's draft without these guys appearing in the soft rock category - Karen Carpenter's voice is a definitive sound of the early 70's. I'll go with their breakout album. 

 
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my overdue 8th round pick ...

Tim Buckley - "Starsailor" (soft rock/singer - songwriter album)

though he dabbled in other textured nuances here, moving along in a few different styles (eclectic), it remains my favorite of the genre, and always has a place in my rotation

turned on to this gem by an ex of mine, circa the late '90s ... she adored both Buckleys, and gifted me "Starsailor" for Christmas '99 

she needed an escape from the harrowing existence she was having here in NYC, and bolted for Port Townsend, WA shortly after 2000 was rung in 

when I went to visit, I stayed in Seattle, and had to ferry to and fro every day to see her ...

"Song to the Siren" was on constant loop, and accompanied me every last second of those sojourns.  it's a magnificient arrangement here .

the whole album really put the hooks in me, and I love it because it immediately evokes bittersweet memories of a time/place/person that really affected me -

 
Confession: I whiled away all day yesterday in the "2 Year Old Captured by Alligator at Disney" thread :bag:   Coulda stopped in here, but I didn't.

...

Okay, looks like I owe four picks-- rounds 6-9:
 

6.12: Bridge of Sighs, Robin Trower (1974 Album)
  (Former Procol Harum guitarist Trower with blue-eyed soul vocalist/bassist James Dewar)
   "Too Rolling Stoned"
   "In This Place"
   "Bridge of Sighs"

7.10: The Dream Weaver, Gary Wright (1975 Album)
  (former Spooky Tooth keyboardist Wright on keys and vox. Experimental minimalist album sans guitar on all but one track)
   "Dream Weaver"
   "Love Is Alive"
   "Made To Love You"

8.12: Mad Dogs & Englishmen, Joe Cocker (1970 Album)
  (Cocker's live magnum opus, chronicles his 1970 U.S. tour with Leon Russell, Rita Coolidge, plus an all-star roster of side players)
   "She Came in Through The Bathroom Window"
   "Feelin' Alright"
   "The Letter"

9.10: Midnight Express: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Giorgio Moroder (1978 Album)
  (Groundbreaking electronic soundtrack won two Oscars. Apologies for the two vocal tracks, though :D  )
   "Chase"
   "Cacophoney"
   "The Wheel"

 
Eephus said:
If it's any consolation, you sniped me on the Robin Trower LP.  It's Trower's best collection of songs and an underrated classic rock gem.
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:hifive:

One of my litmus tests for the quality of a classic rock radio station is whether or not they play tracks from this album. Too many stations settle for the same 200 or so tracks in heavy rotation, ignoring tons of worthwhile cuts.

 
Doug B said:
:hifive:

One of my litmus tests for the quality of a classic rock radio station is whether or not they play tracks from this album. Too many stations settle for the same 200 or so tracks in heavy rotation, ignoring tons of worthwhile cuts.
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Classic rock radio is awful in general. So much good stuff they ignore. 

 
jwb said:
Classic rock radio is awful in general. So much good stuff they ignore. 
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If that terrible Jon Bon Jovi commercial was true and I really had "hey, the power to turn back time", I'm curious whether 70s progressive rock (not prog) radio stations were as good as I remembered them.   Teenage Eephus didn't have many albums so he listened to a lot of WZMF (Milwaukee) through a pair of ugly brown Koss headphones.  It was my first exposure to a lot of the stuff drafted so far and absolutely had some influence on what I became.

 
9.18 - The Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F. - (WIldcard album)

Sebowski got me into this and I'll likely not soon forget it. Richard Hell, Johnny Thunders, Dee Dee Ramone form a junkie supergroup, manage to cut an album. "Pirate Love" alone is worth the price of admission. I've been picking a lot of Thunders in drafts, and see no reason to stop now. Spent last summer listening to it because I missed it the first time around. One of my favorites.

 
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jwb said:
Classic rock radio is awful in general. So much good stuff they ignore. 
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what do you use for Pandora or other apps?  You're probably right, I remember growing up listening to 94.7 in Detroit, lots of good 70s stuff there but mostly late 70s with a few of the big time early 70s thrown in. 

 
rockaction said:
9.18 - The Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F. - (1977 album)

Sebowski got me into this and I'll likely not soon forget it. Richard Hell, Johnny Thunders, Dee Dee Ramone form a junkie supergroup, manage to cut an album. "Pirate Love" alone is worth the price of admission. I've been picking a lot of Thunders in drafts, and see no reason to stop now. Spent last summer listening to it because I missed it the first time around. One of my favorites.
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SNIPED!

guess I'm born to lose ...

Thunders rocked like none other, and this is as good a snapshot of that NY scene as 'The Ramones'

btw, saw an interesting interview with Johnny Ramone, where he said the Heartbreakers were the only band he thought was as good as his - "but I didn't worry too much cuz they were junkies and it was just a matter of time ..."

 
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