Tag: Life at 33 1/3
Life at 33 1/3: Doomsday and beauty
Aphrodite’s Child: 666 (Vertigo)
Heavily bearded fatsos create a Greek prog rock classic based on the Apocalypse and bag a contract with the coolest label...
Life at 33 1/3: The mystery album
The Doors: The Soft Parade (Elektra)
The album that made both fans and critics wonder: Was this the end of the journey? Two eventful years,...
Life at 33 1/3: The album classics of 1969
The Beatles, Abbey Road (Apple) - Released: September 26, 1969
Is the famous medley on side 2 actually nothing more than spectacular styling of half...
Life at 33 1/3: Elton’s last classic
Elton John: Caribou (DJM)
One of my favorite Elton-albums, released during his flamboyant glamorous phase when he still made music that matched (and fit) his...
Life at 33 1/3: Brian’s back… err… now and then
The Beach Boys: 15 Big Ones (Brother/Reprise)
In the good old days (around 1965) people had a very short memory span. For that reason the...
Life at 33 1/3: A paragon of virtue
Elvis Presley: Loving You (soundtrack) (RCA Victor)
The raw, authentic nerve of the SUN singles and the first two RCA albums meets Hollywood. I’d call...
Life at 33 1/3: The album classics of 1970
Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin III (Atlantic) - Released: October 5, 1970.
In October 1970 a crestfallen 18 year old was wondering if he had bought...
Life at 33 1/3: The Inventors of Power Pop
Flamin’ Groovies: Shake Some Action (Sire)
14 tracks, a total playing time of 36 minutes, must be an album from 1965, right? Nope, not at...
Life at 33 1/3: Sunny slices of Americana
Grateful Dead: Workinman’s Dead (Warner Brothers)
Suddenly this album arrived, just as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young were the biggest thing around and singer-songwriters went...
Life at 33 1/3: The sound inside Dylan’s head
Bob Dylan: The Original Mono Recordings (Columbia)
Originally released in 2010 and still available (even on CD), this box contains Bob Dylan’s first eight albums...