Sounds From The Seventies

In our second episode celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival we focus our attention on Country Joe and the Fish and their 1977 album "Reunion" along with other Woodstock related segments.

We start our four part look at the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock festival by reviewing the 1974 Richie Havens' album "Mixed Bag II" along with other Woodstock goodies we have dug up.

In the last of our four part look at soundtracks in the 1970's we present and review the 1979 soundtrack to the Milos Forman movie version of the hit broadway play "Hair".

In the third part of our look at soundtrack albums of the 70's we look at the blaxploitation movie soundtrack with Curtis Mayfield's 1971 album "Superfly". 

For the second part in our look at soundtracks from the 1970's we discuss and review the 1977 soundtrack to the William Friedkin movie classic "Sorcerer" by German band Tangerine Dream.

We start our four part look at soundtracks in the 70's with the 1978 soundtrack to the film "Grease". Lots of wild and varying opinions about this album!

This episode we discuss and review the 1971 album "Freedom Flight" by the late, great Johnny Otis' son Shuggie Otis. We would like to tell you what kind of musical genre this album falls under but we really can't classify it under any.

In this week's episode we talked about and review Roberta Flack's second album 1970's "Chapter Two" and we also have the usual 70's era segments.

This week we take a look at another musician who passed away recently New Orleans legend Dr. John. We discuss his life and career and review his 1973 album "In The Right Place."

We talk about the career and life of the recently departed Leon Redbone in this episode as we review his 1977 album "Double Time".

In part two of our look at bands who carried on when their famous lead singer was no longer part of the group we shine our spotlight on the Billion Dollar Babies and their 1977 album "Battle Axe". The Babies were formally the Alice Cooper Band until Alice departed in 1974.

This week we feature the first part of our two part series on bands who carried on without their famous lead singer and on this episode we have The Doors and their 1971 release "Other Voices" their first release after the death of Jim Morrison.

In part two of our look at British punk rock in the 1970's we talk about and review the first punk rock album that was released in the UK The Damned's "Damned,Damned,Damned" album from 1977, a lot of damn's for one album.

This is part one of our two part look at the British punk rock scene in 1977 and you can't look at punk rock without talking about the Sex Pistols and their 1977 album "Never Mind the Bollocks..." which is exactly what we are doing this week.

One of the greatest session men in the history of rock and roll gets the spotlight this week when we look at pianist Nicky Hopkins 1973 solo album "The Tin Man Was a Dreamer" along with our other segments.

The album spotlight this week is on the 1971 self titled debut album by singer songwriter Judee Sill. We not only talk about her album but also her tragic life and career.

Who else to have on the second part of our two episode look at jazz music in the 1970's than the great one Miles Davis! We examine and review his controversial 1974 album "Dark Magus".

We start our two week look at jazz music in the 1970's with a review of one of the most unique albums not only in jazz history but music history. We discuss and look at the 1971 jazz opera from Carla Bley "Escalator Over The Hill". An album like no other!

The self titled 1977 debut album from soul singer Teddy Pendergrass is featured this week along with our usual 1970's era segments.

In this week's episode we discuss and review quirky singer songwriter Andy Pratt's 1976 album "Resolution" plus we have our other fun segments.

In part two of our look at MOR music in the 70's we discuss and review Helen Reddy's 1972 album "I Am Woman" and discuss other important things in an episode that was painful to get through.

This is the first part of our two part look at MOR music in the 1970's and in this part we look at Captain and Tennille's 1976 album "Song of Joy". A show that has to be heard to be believed.

This is the last of our four episodes on solo Beatle releases of the 1970's and on this episode we focus on the 1970 self titled album by John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. We talk in depth on its creation and influence on the music world.

We present this week the third episode in our look at solo Beatle albums of the 1970's. This episode we review and discuss Ringo Starr's album from 1973 simply called "Ringo". We also have fun facts plus our regular segments.

The second episode in our four part look at solo Beatles albums in the 70's and this week it is Paul McCartney and Wings 1973 album "Band on the Run" and other great 1970's segments.