Sounds From The Seventies

In the first episode of our series on male country crooners of the 1970's we feature George Jones and his 1974 album "The Grand Tour" and we also welcome in our first episode of the new year.

It's our second annual Christmas episode and this year it's a lot more subdued and quiet celebration because of the times but we still have a lot of fun and we review The Jackson Five's "Christmas Album" from 1970. Happy Holidays to everyone!!

As we end our look at Canadian progressive rock music in the 70's we decide to finish it with the band everybody thinks of when they think of Canadian progressive rock and that's of course Rush and their 1977 album "A Farewell to Kings", a more suitable ending is impossible to find.

As we continue with our series on Canadian progressive rock in the 1970's we shine the spotlight on Ontario band Saga and their second album "Images at Twilight" released in 1979 and we also have our usual regular segments on this episode.

In the first installment in our look at Canadian progressive rock in the '70's we review the debut album by the often overlooked band FM and their album "Black Noise" recorded in 1977 but released in 1978.

This is our special tribute show to the late guitar legend Eddie Van Halen as we review Van Halen's eponymous 1978 debut album plus talk about how the life and talent of Eddie Van Halen has changed so many lives.

This is the last episode in our three part series covering soul/R&B music in the 1970's and we end with a huge one. Considered by many to not only be one of the great soul/R&B albums of all time but also one of the greatest albums ever made in music history and I'm speaking of course about Marvin Gaye's 1971 album "What's Going On" and we tell you if we think that is justified or just wish...

We continue our look at Soul/R&B music in the 1970's with a review of Gladys Knight and the Pips 1973 album "Neither One of Us" along with having our other regular segments.

In our first episode of a three part theme covering Soul/R&B music in the 1970's we take a look at the man they called the last great southern soul singer in Al Green and his 1973 album "Call Me".

This week we look at a forgotten album by a forgotten artist when we review David Ackles and his 1972 album "American Gothic" and we also talk about the strange but not necessarily sad life of David Ackles.

We pay tribute this week to recently departed guitar genius and founder of Fleetwood Mac Peter Green as he review his 1979 album "In the Skies" and also talk about his life in and out of Fleetwood Mac.

We pay tribute this episode to the recently departed Emitt Rhodes by reviewing his first album from 1970 and talking about his life and career.

On the 50th anniversary of the release of the final Beatles album "Let It Be" and the movie of the same name we present this special episode of Sounds from the Seventies where we talk at length about the album, movie and the final year of the Beatles.

In this last installment on our look at the worst Beatle solo albums of the 1970's by each member we look at the first album by Paul McCartney's newly formed band Wings and their late 1971 album Wild Life and we also give you our opinion of what we think is the worst Beatle solo album of the 70's. 

This is the third album in our series on solo Beatle albums in the 70s that our considered the worst by critics and fans by each member of the band, this week the spotlight falls on Ringo Starr and his 1977 album "Ringo the 4th". Is it as bad as they say or a victim of its time?

The second in our series of what critics and fans think are the worst Beatle solo albums by each member in the 70's and this week we talk about George Harrison's 1974 "Dark Horse" album, also on this episode a special tribute to late great Ennio Morricone.

This week we start our four part look at what critics and the public view as the worst solo Beatle album in the 1970's by each member and today's episode features John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1972 double album Sometime in New York City, is it as bad as they say or a sadly neglected album?

Our last episode dealing with the British New Wave movement of the 1970's is focused on The Boomtown Rats and their 1978 album "A Tonic for the Troops". Now they are most certainly Irish and not British but technicalities are not going to stop us from showcasing this great band.

In this our second episode that looks at the British New Wave movement of the late 1970's we review the 1977 debut album of The Stranglers "Rattus Norvegicus" and discuss how punk and new wave were sometimes very hard to seperate.

In the first installment of our three episode look into the British New Wave movement of the late '70s we review the second album by Elvis Costello "This Year's Model" and also discuss the scene in Britain that his music came from.

In the last episode of our four part listeners pick the albums to review series we have The Grateful Dead's 1973 rebirth album "Wake of the Flood" and we also dedicate most of the show to Grateful Dead stories and memories.

This week we have our third album picked by one of our listeners to review and its by British boogie/hard rock band Foghat and their 1975 album "Fool for the City" and also a discussion about what is boogie rock.

In our second listener album pick of our four part series is the request for Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes debut album from 1972 "I Miss You" we also talk about the band's history with and without the great soul singer Teddy Pendergrass.

The first album pick in our listener request series is the follow up album by Terry Melcher to his self titled debut album that we reviewed on an earlier episode and released in 1976 called "Royal Flush". We also talk more about Terry's very colourful life in and out of the record business.

This episode we take a look at the life of the recently departed soul legend Bill Withers as we also discuss his sophomore album  "Still Bill" released in 1972. Too many great artists lost in such a short time this year.