Tag: Life at 33 1/3
Life at 33 1/3: The aftermath of war
Eagles: One Of These Nights (Asylum)
They had been America’s most promising new act back in ’72 thanks to hit singles “Witchy Woman” and “Take...
Life at 33 1/3: Art before Knighthood
The Boomtown Rats: A Tonic For The Troops (Ensign)
Produced by:
Robert John “Mutt” Lange and The Boomtown Rats
Personnel:
Bob Geldof – vocals, saxophone
Pete Briquette –...
Life at 33 1/3: Four friendly little heads all dizzy
Small Faces: Small Faces (Immediate)
Small Faces thought they had entered paradise as they left Decca for Andrew Loog Oldham’s Immediate Records. And who could...
Life at 33 1/3: The mystery at the Tallahatchie Bridge
Bobbie Gentry: Ode To Billie Joe (Capitol)
Bobbie Gentry had not yet turned 23 when this album was released, and the title-song caught people completely...
Life at 33 1/3: The American way
The Beatles: Rubber Soul (Capitol)
This month the original American Beatles-albums were released on CD in perfect miniature replicas of the original cardboard sleeves. You...
Life at 33 1/3: Before Zeppelin there was … Yardbirds
Yardbirds: Yardbirds(Columbia)
They started out as blues purists, bending the blue notes with such ragged ease that the late great Sonny Boy Williamson hired them...
Life at 33 1/3: The album they didn’t know they made
The Rolling Stones: Flowers (London)
The Beatles were not alone struggling with a headstrong American record label. The Rolling Stones ‘ U.S. catalog between 1964...
Life at 33 1/3: Pointless box of (no) tricks
The Beatles: The U.S. Albums (Capitol/Apple)
Be warned. This piece has been written by a Beatles-nerd.
Europeans did not understand the point of the U.S. Beatles...
Life at 33 1/3: Zappa arrives… with a sneer
Mothers of Invention: Freak Out! (Verve)
The first double-album of rock, was it Dylan’s “Blonde On Blonde” or Zappa’s “Freak Out”? It’s being claimed that...
Life at 33 1/3: Os Mutantes: Os Mutantes (Polydor)
Roll up, roll up for Brazilian psychedelia
Brazilian cult band (often wearing weird hats) whose name is being whispered in awe in the inner circles...