Along with Roger Dean, Hipgnosis was a favourite album cover art designer of mine. They were responsible for remarkable cover art for bands like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, T Rex, 10cc, Styx, Electric Light Orchestra among many others. Their cover art for Dark Side of the Moon is iconic. Hipgnosis …
With one of my favourite album covers, Axe Victim is Be Bop Deluxe’s first album, released in June, 1974. The cover art was done by John Holmes, who did many illustrations for H.P. Lovecraft paperback novels. This came out as the glam rock era had hit its peak and was …
Album cover art was one of the key decision criteria for me in selecting an album to purchase if I was not familiar with an artist or band. There were many great album cover artists out there and the 60’s & 70’s was a great time for album art. Unfortunately, …
I heard that sea shanties had gone viral on TikTok. Let’s throw a spaniard in the works (nod to Mr. Lennon) and get a very different spin on sea shanties going: here’s High Tide’s first album, Sea Shanties, from 1969. This album is loud, real loud, and certainly won’t be …
I was listening to the radio the other day, enjoying the extended version of Frankenstein when I thought a playlist of instrumentals would be fun to create. There are certainly many instrumentals out there from which to choose. I typically like to keep my playlists in the 1 to 2 …
Country Joe and The Fish’s first album Electric Music for the Mind and Body is one of the best psychedelic albums out there. It was released in May, 1967. Like many bands of the time, they had started out playing folk music in local clubs in the early ’60’s before …
Tip o’ the hat to the Music Enthusiast for the inspiration for this playlist. This post of his reminded me of how much I love great harmonica, and here we are. The harmonica is a staple in great blues music as well as great blues rock. It’s a shame it’s …
The Chambers Brothers started out as a gospel & folk group, playing in clubs, coffeeshops and making an appearance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, thanks to Pete Seeger. After that experience & after attending a recording session with the newly electrified Bob Dylan, they decided to move in an …
Back in the ’60’s, it was not uncommon for popular music groups to make appearances on TV shows. I imagine it was a marketing effort to bring younger viewers to the shows, or perhaps a propaganda ploy to confirm older viewers’ biases against popular music and the musicians. Certainly on …
Here is where you stop if you’re looking for some real, fun, unpretentious, bar ready, beer drinkin’ rock & roll. Slade’s second album was released in 1972. They were quite successful in England, less so in America (where Quiet Riot’s covers of “Mama Weer All Crazee Now” & “Cum …
