02-02-2020 > FAVTRAX:MiX ~ 33 FAVOURiTE tracks 1971-1966 >>Leonard Cohen, Ten Years After, THE BEATLES, Rare Bird, The Rolling Stones, Grand Funk Railroad, Pink Floyd, The Freeborne, THE BEATLES, John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers, The Kinks<<
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Cerebral yet sensual Canadian poet, novelist, and singer/songwriter who is acknowledged as one of the greatest lyricists of all time. One of the most fascinating and enigmatic -- if not the most successful -- singer/songwriters of the late '60s, Leonard Cohen retained an audience across six decades of music-making, interrupted by various digressions into personal and creative exploration, all of which have only added to the mystique surrounding him. Second only to Bob Dylan (and perhaps Paul Simon), he commanded the attention of critics and younger musicians more firmly than any other musical figure from the '60s who continued to work in the 21st century, which is all the more remarkable an achievement for someone who didn't even aspire to a musical career until he was in his thirties.
Leonard Cohen
Diamonds in the Mine (Leonard Cohen) 3:50
Avalanche (Leonard Cohen)5:02
Dress Rehearsal Rag (Leonard Cohen) 6:06
from Songs of Love and Hate 1971
Songs of Love and Hate is one of Leonard Cohen's most emotionally intense albums -- which, given the nature of Cohen's body of work, is no small statement... If Songs of Love and Hate isn't Cohen's best album, it comes close enough to be essential to anyone interested in his work.
A storming blues and boogie band from the U.K., Ten Years After rocketed from modest success to worldwide fame in the wake of their performance at the Woodstock Rock Festival in 1969, where their nine-minute rendition of "I'm Going Home" showed off the lightning-fast guitar work and howling vocals of Alvin Lee, the unrelenting stomp of bassist Leo Lyons and drummer Ric Lee, and the soulful support of keyboard man Chick Churchill. While the group was also capable of moody pop and acoustic-based material, it was the group's raw blues-based music that remained their trademark, powered by Lee's high-speed guitar figures.
Ten Years After
One of These Days (Alvin Lee) 5:58
Here They Come (Alvin Lee) 4:35
Baby Won't You Let Me Rock 'N' Roll You (Alvin Lee) 2:14
Let the Sky Fall (Alvin Lee) 4:20
from A Space in Time 1971
A Space in Time was Ten Years After's best-selling album... TYA's first album for Columbia, A Space in Time has more of a pop-oriented feel than any of their previous releases had. The individual cuts are shorter, and Alvin Lee displays a broader instrumental palette than before... However, there are still a couple of barn-burning jams. The leadoff track, "One of These Days," is a particularly scorching workout, featuring extended harmonica and guitar solos. After the opener, however, the album settles back into a more relaxed mood than one would have expected from Ten Years After. Many of the cuts make effective use of dynamic shifts, and the guitar solos are generally more understated than on previous outings. The production on A Space in Time is crisp and clean, a sound quite different from the denseness of its predecessors. Though not as consistent as Cricklewood Green, A Space in Time has its share of sparkling moments.
The most popular and influential rock act of all time, a band that blazed several new trails for popular music. So much has been said and written about the Beatles -- and their story is so mythic in its sweep -- that it's difficult to summarize their career without restating clichés that have already been digested by tens of millions of rock fans. To start with the obvious, they were the greatest and most influential act of the rock era, and introduced more innovations into popular music than any other rock band of the 20th century.
The Beatles
Two of Us (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) 3:36
Dig a Pony (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) 3:55
Across the Universe (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) 3:48
I Me Mine (George Harrison) 2:25
from Let It Be 1970
The only Beatles album to occasion negative, even hostile reviews, there are few other rock records as controversial as Let It Be. First off, several facts need to be explained: although released in May 1970, this was not their final album, but largely recorded in early 1969, way before Abbey Road. Phil Spector was enlisted in early 1970 to do some post-production work, but did not work with the band as a unit, as George Martin and Glyn Johns had on the sessions themselves; Spector's work was limited to mixing and some overdubs... As flawed and bumpy as it is, it's an album well worth having, as when the Beatles were in top form here, they were as good as ever.
Rare Bird came together in October 1969 when organist Graham Field, keyboardist Dave Kaffinetti, drummer Mark Ashton, and vocalist Steve Gould envisioned a two-keyboard rock sound without guitars.
Rare Bird
What You Want to Know (Mark Ashton / Rare Bird / Graham Field / Steve Gould / Dave Kaffinett) 5:59
Hammerhead (Mark Ashton / Rare Bird / Graham Field / Steve Gould / Dave Kaffinetti) 3:31
Flight: I. As Your Mind Flies By/II. Vacuum/III. New Yorker/IV. Central (Rare Bird) 19:38
from As Your Mind Flies By 1970
The legendary Charisma label's first signing was a Rare Bird indeed, a prog rock band without a guitarist in sight. The quartet's 1970 debut eponymous album launched the label, while "Sympathy" gave it its first hit. As Your Mind Flies By soared into the shops later that year, sadly the original lineup's swan song. Boasting the rhythm section of lead singer/bassist Steve Gould and drummer Mark Ashton, and keyboardists Dave Kaffinetti and Graham Field on electric piano and organ, the group was far removed from the showboating likes of Yes and ELP... it was the epic, side-length "Flight" that really sent Rare Bird soaring. Here the band showcased its distinctiveness, as the almost-20-minute song courses along Gould and Ashton's driving rhythm. Divided into four sections, the piece takes to the sky on a series of stunning arpeggios, quickens, then darkens. Organs burst out of the shadows, a church choir sails in, a phenomenal dual takes place between the surf guitar-ing electric piano and the psych-mad organ, before the Bird flitters into experimental avant-garde territory, then brings it all home with a flourish of vocals and organ...
The premier British rock band for over half a century, creators of the sound and style imitated by countless groups.
The Rolling Stones
Gimme Shelter (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards) 4:30
Love in Vain (Robert Johnson) 4:19
Country Honk (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards) 3:07
from Let It Bleed 1969
Mostly recorded without Brian Jones -- who died several months before its release (although he does play on two tracks) and was replaced by Mick Taylor (who also plays on just two songs) -- this extends the rock and blues feel of Beggars Banquet into slightly harder-rocking, more demonically sexual territory... were as close to the roots of acoustic down-home blues as the Stones ever got.
One of the 1970s' most successful hard rock bands in spite of critical pans and somewhat reluctant radio airplay (at first), Grand Funk Railroad built a devoted fan base with constant touring, a loud, simple take on the blues-rock power trio sound, and strong working-class appeal.
Grand Funk Railroad
Are You Ready (Mark Farner) 3:28
Time Machine (Mark Farner) 3:45
from On Time 1969
Grand Funk Railroad's 1969 debut is a wildly uneven affair. Although the exuberant energy and power-trio theatrics that would fuel their 1970s hits are in place, the group's songwriting and arranging abilities are very much in their infancy... Both of these sturdy tunes appropriately became mainstays of Grand Funk Railroad's live show for many years to come. "Time Machine" is another highlight, a bluesy shuffle built on Mark Farner's wailing vocals and a catchy, stuttered guitar riff. All in all, On Time is way too patchy of an album to please the casual listener but provides a few hints of and contains enough worthwhile moments to please the group's fans.
One of the most predominant and celebrated rock bands of all time, prog- and space-rock legends, known for superlative musicianship.
Pink Floyd
Let There Be More Light (Roger Waters) 5:36
Remember a Day (Richard Wright) 4:32
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (Roger Waters) 5:27
from A Saucerful Of Secrets 1968
"Gathered together in a cave without a flashlight so to speak." (Tony Meador)
This obscure late-'60s band was typical of many young Boston groups of the era in their eclectic blend of psychedelic influences, with a sound heavy on electric keyboards and wailing guitar... The Freeborne's lead guitarist, Bob Margolin, went on to make a bigger mark in blues and rock playing with Muddy Waters and Johnny Winter.
The most popular and influential rock act of all time, a band that blazed several new trails for popular music. So much has been said and written about the Beatles -- and their story is so mythic in its sweep -- that it's difficult to summarize their career without restating clichés that have already been digested by tens of millions of rock fans. To start with the obvious, they were the greatest and most influential act of the rock era, and introduced more innovations into popular music than any other rock band of the 20th century.
Major British blues bandleader who, starting in London in 1963, featured some of the most successful rock musicians of the '60s and '70s. / Throughout the '60s, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers acted as a finishing school for the leading British blues-rock musicians of the era. Guitarists Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and Mick Taylor joined his band in a remarkable succession in the mid-'60s, honing their chops with Mayall before going on to join Cream, Fleetwood Mac, and the Rolling Stones, respectively. John McVie and Mick Fleetwood, Jack Bruce, Aynsley Dunbar, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Andy Fraser (of Free), John Almond, and Jon Mark also played and recorded with the band for varying lengths of times in the '60s.
An early highlight of the British Invasion that artfully chronicled British life past and present, fueled by the songwriting genius of Ray Davies.
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1971-1966
Leonard Cohen
Diamonds in the Mine (Leonard Cohen) 3:50
Avalanche (Leonard Cohen)5:02
Dress Rehearsal Rag (Leonard Cohen) 6:06
from Songs of Love and Hate 1971
Songs of Love and Hate is one of Leonard Cohen's most emotionally intense albums -- which, given the nature of Cohen's body of work, is no small statement... If Songs of Love and Hate isn't Cohen's best album, it comes close enough to be essential to anyone interested in his work.
Ten Years After
One of These Days (Alvin Lee) 5:58
Here They Come (Alvin Lee) 4:35
Baby Won't You Let Me Rock 'N' Roll You (Alvin Lee) 2:14
Let the Sky Fall (Alvin Lee) 4:20
from A Space in Time 1971
A Space in Time was Ten Years After's best-selling album... TYA's first album for Columbia, A Space in Time has more of a pop-oriented feel than any of their previous releases had. The individual cuts are shorter, and Alvin Lee displays a broader instrumental palette than before... However, there are still a couple of barn-burning jams. The leadoff track, "One of These Days," is a particularly scorching workout, featuring extended harmonica and guitar solos. After the opener, however, the album settles back into a more relaxed mood than one would have expected from Ten Years After. Many of the cuts make effective use of dynamic shifts, and the guitar solos are generally more understated than on previous outings. The production on A Space in Time is crisp and clean, a sound quite different from the denseness of its predecessors. Though not as consistent as Cricklewood Green, A Space in Time has its share of sparkling moments.
The Beatles
Two of Us (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) 3:36
Dig a Pony (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) 3:55
Across the Universe (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) 3:48
I Me Mine (George Harrison) 2:25
from Let It Be 1970
The only Beatles album to occasion negative, even hostile reviews, there are few other rock records as controversial as Let It Be. First off, several facts need to be explained: although released in May 1970, this was not their final album, but largely recorded in early 1969, way before Abbey Road. Phil Spector was enlisted in early 1970 to do some post-production work, but did not work with the band as a unit, as George Martin and Glyn Johns had on the sessions themselves; Spector's work was limited to mixing and some overdubs... As flawed and bumpy as it is, it's an album well worth having, as when the Beatles were in top form here, they were as good as ever.
Rare Bird
What You Want to Know (Mark Ashton / Rare Bird / Graham Field / Steve Gould / Dave Kaffinett) 5:59
Hammerhead (Mark Ashton / Rare Bird / Graham Field / Steve Gould / Dave Kaffinetti) 3:31
Flight: I. As Your Mind Flies By/II. Vacuum/III. New Yorker/IV. Central (Rare Bird) 19:38
from As Your Mind Flies By 1970
The legendary Charisma label's first signing was a Rare Bird indeed, a prog rock band without a guitarist in sight. The quartet's 1970 debut eponymous album launched the label, while "Sympathy" gave it its first hit. As Your Mind Flies By soared into the shops later that year, sadly the original lineup's swan song. Boasting the rhythm section of lead singer/bassist Steve Gould and drummer Mark Ashton, and keyboardists Dave Kaffinetti and Graham Field on electric piano and organ, the group was far removed from the showboating likes of Yes and ELP... it was the epic, side-length "Flight" that really sent Rare Bird soaring. Here the band showcased its distinctiveness, as the almost-20-minute song courses along Gould and Ashton's driving rhythm. Divided into four sections, the piece takes to the sky on a series of stunning arpeggios, quickens, then darkens. Organs burst out of the shadows, a church choir sails in, a phenomenal dual takes place between the surf guitar-ing electric piano and the psych-mad organ, before the Bird flitters into experimental avant-garde territory, then brings it all home with a flourish of vocals and organ...
The Rolling Stones
Gimme Shelter (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards) 4:30
Love in Vain (Robert Johnson) 4:19
Country Honk (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards) 3:07
from Let It Bleed 1969
Mostly recorded without Brian Jones -- who died several months before its release (although he does play on two tracks) and was replaced by Mick Taylor (who also plays on just two songs) -- this extends the rock and blues feel of Beggars Banquet into slightly harder-rocking, more demonically sexual territory... were as close to the roots of acoustic down-home blues as the Stones ever got.
Grand Funk Railroad
Are You Ready (Mark Farner) 3:28
Time Machine (Mark Farner) 3:45
from On Time 1969
Grand Funk Railroad's 1969 debut is a wildly uneven affair. Although the exuberant energy and power-trio theatrics that would fuel their 1970s hits are in place, the group's songwriting and arranging abilities are very much in their infancy... Both of these sturdy tunes appropriately became mainstays of Grand Funk Railroad's live show for many years to come. "Time Machine" is another highlight, a bluesy shuffle built on Mark Farner's wailing vocals and a catchy, stuttered guitar riff. All in all, On Time is way too patchy of an album to please the casual listener but provides a few hints of and contains enough worthwhile moments to please the group's fans.
Pink Floyd
Let There Be More Light (Roger Waters) 5:36
Remember a Day (Richard Wright) 4:32
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (Roger Waters) 5:27
from A Saucerful Of Secrets 1968
"Gathered together in a cave without a flashlight so to speak." (Tony Meador)
A transitional album on which the band moved from Syd Barrett's relatively concise and vivid songs to spacy, ethereal material with lengthy instrumental passages. Barrett's influence is still felt, and much of the material retains a gentle, fairy-tale ambience. ..on "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun," "Let There Be More Light," and the lengthy instrumental title track, the band begin to map out the dark and repetitive pulses that would characterize their next few records.
Images (Nick Carstoiu / Spiros) 3:37
Peak Impressions & Thoughts (Nick Carstoiu / Dave Codd) 6:42
from Peak Impressions 1968
The Freeborne's sole album is, in common with the mildly better-known '60s Boston psychedelic bands who comprised the Bosstown Sound, something of a goulash of then-trendy underground rock crosscurrents. It's not quite a ghoulish goulash, but it's not too tasty either, though they come up with some nice minor-key vocal harmonies. The record sounds like it was steeped in many listening sessions to the most popular psychedelic records of 1967, particularly the Doors' first album, Jefferson Airplane's Surrealistic Pillow, and the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper. Also at work are some jazz, classical, and raga influences, albeit of the sort by young musicians just getting to grips with those forms... It's embroidered by novel use of recorder, cello, harpsichord, and trumpet from time to time, though electric organ in the mold of the Doors or Country Joe & the Fish is more prominent, as is California psychedelia-influenced guitar.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) 2:02
With a Little Help from My Friends (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) 2:44
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) 3:28
from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967
With Revolver, the Beatles made the Great Leap Forward, reaching a previously unheard-of level of sophistication and fearless experimentation. Sgt. Pepper, in many ways, refines that breakthrough, as the Beatles consciously synthesized such disparate influences as psychedelia, art-song, classical music, rock & roll, and music hall, often in the course of one song... After Sgt. Pepper, there were no rules to follow -- rock and pop bands could try anything, for better or worse. Ironically, few tried to achieve the sweeping, all-encompassing embrace of music as the Beatles did here.
A Hard Road (John Mayall) 3:09
You Don't Love Me (Willie Cobbs) 2:48
The Supernatural (Peter Green) 2:57
from A Hard Road 1967
Eric Clapton is usually thought of as John Mayall's most important right-hand man, but the case could also be made for his successor, Peter Green. The future Fleetwood Mac founder leaves a strong stamp on his only album with the Bluesbreakers, singing a few tracks and writing a couple, including the devastating instrumental "Supernatural." Green's use of thick sustain on this track clearly pointed the way to his use of guitar riffs with elongated, slithery tones on Fleetwood Mac's "Albatross" and "Black Magic Woman," as well as anticipating some aspects of Carlos Santana's style...
Party Line (Dave Davies / Ray Davies) 2:31
Rosie Won't You Please Come Home (Ray Davies) 2:28
Dandy (Ray Davies) 2:07
from Face to Face 1966
The Kink Kontroversy was a considerable leap forward in terms of quality, but it pales next to Face to Face, one of the finest collections of pop songs released during the '60s. Conceived as a loose concept album, Face to Face sees Ray Davies' fascination with English class and social structures flourish, as he creates a number of vivid character portraits. Davies' growth as a lyricist coincided with the Kinks' musical growth... making the record one of the most distinctive and accomplished albums of its time.
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