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Post by jk on Sept 19, 2023 3:20:45 GMT -5
July 24th 1967 saw "Heroes And Villains"/"You're Welcome" released worldwide together with the US release of Pink Floyd's "See Emily Play": Part of the vocal melody of "Emily" was played on a Minimoog by Rick Wright about 30 seconds from the end of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part IX)" ( here). As commenter Gioma771 puts it, "This piece sounds even more poignant and heartbreaking when you know that it's essentially a lament for the friend who lost his fight with a mental illness." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See_Emily_Play |
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Post by jk on Sept 23, 2023 13:47:26 GMT -5
The Brian and Mike single "Gettin’ Hungry"/"Devoted To You" was released on 28 August 1967 in the company of The Young Rascals' "How Can I Be Sure", a US top five hit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Can_I_Be_Sure |
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Post by jk on Sept 26, 2023 2:19:19 GMT -5
On 18 October 1967, "Wild Honey”/"Wind Chimes”, another fantastic double-sider, was released together with a film with a Beach Boys connection. "At twenty-one, [Van Dyke Parks] was hired by Disney Studios to arrange 'The Bare Necessities', the show-stopper in the animated film of The Jungle Book" ( source): |
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Post by jk on Oct 24, 2023 4:09:10 GMT -5
Time to resume this thread after an intensive period of work and a holiday... The ultra-mellow "Friends"/"Little Bird" saw the light of day on 8 April 1968 in the company, 6000 miles away, of "Non illuderti maia", a #3 hit in Italy that year for Orietta Berti: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non_illuderti_mai |
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Post by jk on Oct 28, 2023 5:41:59 GMT -5
8 July 1968 saw the release of the UK #1 "Do It Again"/"Wake The World" along with with Tammy Wynette's fourth studio album D-I-V-O-R-C-E, of which this is the title track: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-I-V-O-R-C-E_(album) |
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Post by jk on Oct 29, 2023 10:28:51 GMT -5
The release of "Bluebirds Over The Mountain"/"Never Learn Not To Love" on 2 December 1968 coincided with the US release of George Harrison’s album Wonderwall Music. From it, this is "Dream Scene": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderwall_Music |
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Post by jk on Oct 30, 2023 17:30:17 GMT -5
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Post by jk on Oct 31, 2023 16:45:35 GMT -5
Well goodness gracious. The day the gorgeous "Break Away" b/w "Celebrate The News" was released (16 June 1969) also saw the arrival in an unsuspecting pop world of Trout Mask Replica, the third studio album by Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band. If the first two stood out from everything else at the time, Trout Mask Replica signalled a gigantic leap forward into uncharted territory. If that were not enough, the all-important opening track, "Frownland", according to Samuel Andreyev in the following mind-boggling analysis, is "by far the most complex thing on the whole record"! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trout_Mask_Replica |
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Post by jk on Nov 3, 2023 8:06:22 GMT -5
For 23 February 1970, the release date of "Add Some Music To Your Day"/"Susie Cincinnati", we must turn once more to the medium of film for a companion. Anne of the Thousand Days was released that day in the UK, two months after its initial screening in the US: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_the_Thousand_Days |
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Post by jk on Nov 6, 2023 7:28:53 GMT -5
"Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)" came out on the same day (20 April 1970) as "Cinnamon Girl", the album-opening lone single from Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Neil Young's second studio album and his first with Crazy Horse. They make an interesting pair and a comparison between the two reveals similarities as well as differences: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamon_Girl |
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Post by jk on Nov 8, 2023 16:42:27 GMT -5
"Slip On Through" b/w "This Whole World" saw the light of day on 29 June 1970, the day American country artist Jeannie Seely released her sixth studio album, Please Be My New Love, of which this is the title track: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Please_Be_My_New_Love |
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Post by jk on Nov 13, 2023 6:26:11 GMT -5
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Post by jk on Nov 16, 2023 8:13:21 GMT -5
March 1st, 1971 saw the release of "Cool, Cool Water"/"Forever" -- and Music For a Young Generation, an album of easy-listening library music in the KPM (Keith-Prowse-Maurice) 1000 Series. From it, this is "Lazy Evening Blues", written by Alan Parker and Alan Hawkshaw:
By sheer coincidence, I used to work next door to the Keith Prowse company in the year this album was recorded!
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Post by jk on Nov 22, 2023 8:22:03 GMT -5
The release of "Long Promised Road"/"Deirdre" on 24 May 1971 coincided with that of "The Right Combination", the first of two singles from Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton’s album The Right Combination: Burning the Midnight Oil, their seventh together: |
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Post by jk on Nov 28, 2023 15:25:43 GMT -5
"Long Promised Road" made a second appearance in 1971 with a new B-side, "'Til I Die". That same day, 11 October, saw the release in the US of one of the greatest of all pop anthems, John Lennon's "Imagine". Its UK release would follow 13 days later: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagine_(John_Lennon_song) |
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Post by jk on Dec 2, 2023 4:50:18 GMT -5
On 29 November 1971, the title track of Surf's Up was released as a 45. It had the album's opener on the flip. On that same day, Pink Floyd released their own recent album opener as the A-side of a single. Both tracks were pretty ear-opening in their day, although in my view "Surf's Up" has stood the test of time better.  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_of_These_Days_(instrumental) |
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Post by jk on Dec 6, 2023 10:42:21 GMT -5
"You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone"/"Cuddle Up" was released on 15 May 1972, the same day (according to Wikipedia and seconded here) as David Bromberg's "The Holdup" (co-written with George Harrison) b/w "Suffer To Sing The Blues" (Columbia catalogue no. 4-45612), both taken from his self-titled debut album: |
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Post by jk on Dec 10, 2023 6:19:11 GMT -5
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Post by jk on Dec 16, 2023 8:55:56 GMT -5
"Sail On, Sailor" b/w "Only With You" first saw the light of day together with the Faces 45, "Cindy Incidentally": 11. Skewiff (Mend The Fuse) – the non-album instrumental B-side to "Cindy Incidentally" – released 5 February 1973 in the USA on Warner Brothers WB 7681 and 9 February 1973 in the UK on Warner Brothers K 16247 [ Source] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_Incidentally |
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Post by jk on Dec 21, 2023 15:05:58 GMT -5
It took a while to find anything else released on 16 April 1973 along with "California Saga (On My Way To Sunny Californ-i-a)"/"Funky Pretty" but I got there in the end. Crystal Silence features two virtuosos (virtuosi?) on their instruments, Chick Corea (piano) and Gary Burton (vibraphone). From it, this is the opening track, "Senor Mouse": music.apple.com/th/album/crystal-silence/1440844967 |
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Post by jk on Dec 22, 2023 17:27:42 GMT -5
"Child Of Winter (Christmas Song)"/"Susie Cincinnati" makes a stark contrast with its release-date mate on 23 December 1974, namely The Jackson 5's "I Am Love", in the 7" single edit of what began life as the seven-and-a-half-minute opening track of Dancing Machine: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Love_(The_Jackson_5_song) |
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Post by jk on Dec 30, 2023 6:40:32 GMT -5
A few rereleases later, we got "Rock And Roll Music"/"TM Song" on 24 May 1976, in tandem with yet another country record, George Jones & Tammy Wynette's "Golden Ring": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Ring_(song) |
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Post by jk on Dec 31, 2023 9:01:53 GMT -5
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Post by jk on Jan 3, 2024 5:06:06 GMT -5
Seeing as it's Alan Smith's birthday today (have a great day, cobber), how about pairing an Aussie 45 with the release on 8 November 1976 of "Everyone's In Love With You"/"Susie Cincinnati"? Here are the wonderfully named Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons with Otis Redding's "Security", which regrettably only reached #98 in their country's pre- ARIA charts: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Jo_Zep_and_the_Falcons |
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Post by jk on Jan 4, 2024 8:32:07 GMT -5
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