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WEDNESDAY



Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull ~ 4:22

If I was forced to choose only one Tull album, it would have to be Aqualung

Later in 1971, they released an E.P. of five songs from the forthcoming Living in the Past double album, which was not released until 1972. So, if you find yourself under time pressure, I'll give you the option of Bob Harris's favourite;

Life is a Long Song - Jethro Tull ~ 3:17


Either (or both) would be good to hear!

:o)

You're right Bryan, what a year for albums.

'Meddle' by Pink Floyd was released so I suggest:

Echoes



Start playing after the Fred Macaulay plug and that's you off for the night

DC

Tiny Dancer - Elton John

Fantastic songs tonight, GIO team. I still wish Duffy would get rid of that horrible vocal affectation. Scott Walker was guilty of it on his track, too. Wobble, wobble. But... all in all, mustn't grumble. Loved hearing one of Spandau Ballet's best (so much better than that mince one we had the other night. Ach, forget it); Amy was wonderful; Sneaker Pimps - great to re-hear. And Portishead - merci!!
After all that prepping - everybody can find something to suggest that is worthy of a play for 1971. If there's some Carole King, Rod Stewart, James Taylor, Bill Withers, Carpenters, etc., etc, that'll do for me.
Oops. Don't want to be too vague. Here's a nod to someone still shakin' his funky stuff....
Tom Jones She's A Lady

Wednesday request:

Coconut - Harry Nilsson from the album 'Nilsson Schmilsson"



either that or The Moonbeam Song



Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzeeee


DC

Going to California - Led Zeppelin (Led Zeppelin IV)

Devil's Answer - Atomic Rooster

Bell Bottom Blues - Eric Clapton

and probably the ones that most immediately set time and place for me:

Will the Circle be Unbroken - Pentangle (Reflection)

Do You See the Lights - Rab Noakes

What is Life - George Harrison

For me there are two (at least) essential albums from 1971. Who's Next and of course Hunky Dory! Bowie arrives after several years of material of varying quality with an album of material which you could just about argue he never equals. changes, life on mars, queen bitch, oh! you pretty things, kooks, the sublime quicksand. This track though is such a great song, last on the album and written about Bowies half brother Terry who suffered from mental ilness all his life. must have been important to Bowie as he named his publishing company after this song for many years

David Bowie - The Bewlay Brothers

Failing that stick Oh! You Pretty Things on!,

In 1971, Aretha Franklin won a Grammy for 'Don't Play That Song'.

Will you love me tomorrow - Carole King
I'm still waiting - Diana Ross
Behind blue eyes - the Who
She's got a way - Billy Joel
A horse with no name - America
Black magic woman – Santana
Witch Queen of New Orleans – Redbone
I hear you knocking – Dave Edmunds


Joe
Linlithgow

I'm in 70s mode these days so licking my chops at this theme

Way over yonder / carole king
ain't nothin but a house party / showstoppers
everythings tuesday / chairmen of the board
strange kind of woman / deep purple
have you ever seen the rain / creedence clearwater revival
you could've been a lady / hot chocolate
didn'y i blow your mind / delfonics
i'm gonna run away from you / tami lynn
if you could reaqd my mind / gordon lightfoot
hey girl dont bother me / tams
move on up / curtis mayfield
for gods sake give more power to the people / chi-lites
reason to believe / rod stewart
isaac hayes / shaft
no matter how i try / gilbert o'sullivan


that everyhit.com is no a bad wee site if ye canny mind if it was 71 or 72.....

There's a Light - Rory Gallagher

Can we really let the night go by without hearing something from Joni Mitchells' BLUE?

River: Joni Mitchell

a 'oop campers..............

don mclean......wit is he like.............

but that lang sang o' his isnae a patch on the original................

even a sample airing of this song will secure a hefty pay rise for the GIO team and the spin off for the blog is it will be viewed with even greater consideration and admiration.......sorted........

'mathematical pi'.....................stephen toner (lord reith would be delighted)

cheers frae the dale

two fir wan..............caption compo...........

'there was a young guy called mclean
who's mother thought was insane
he put in his thumb
and pulled out a
awwww nawwwwww
not another moms applie pi'


i have been known to collect silver and gold milk tops, you guys....i'll uplift

cheers frae the dale (again, lol)

#13 @ ya daft dale mon

for those of youse not familiar with the delicious 'applie pi'.........ask yer granny

cheers frae the dale

Ah, the embarrassment of riches that was 1971...I witnessed it and between my pals and myself we had quite a few of the year's significant releases which we used to borrow off each other or proudly lug up to the local youth club. I'll leave Bowie, T Rex and the Floyd to greater authorities than myself.

In considering tonight's show I put forward the plea that the team recognise and reflect that by the the early 70's the album was king.If we have nothing but singles tonight that will do no justice to most people's memory of 1971. Moreover, the spirit of the times was such that the best track on the the album was often not the single and there were plenty of bands who simply didn't issue singles at all. In the UK there were no singles form Imagine, for example, and perhaps the best demonstration of the point is that George Harrison managed to issue a chart-topping triple album! (Yes would also manage this a couple of years later).

The singles chart was dominated by mediocre pop, stunning soul music(dance music) and singles to promote albums.The industry had persuaded the public that 'the album' was 'art' or at least, the album cover was. Garrard & Lofthouse (the printers) and graphic design studios like HIpgnosis were on overtime - why have them spent £0.50 on a single when up to £2.50 was achievable.

Quite often the 'cover art' was better than the one great track and eleven fillers - but 1971 was a peach of a year. Here are some fond memories, tracks that were highlights of the year:

Lady With The Braid - Dory Previn from Mythical Kings & Iguanas

Cowgirl In The Sand - Crosby Stills Nash & Young ( from 4 Way Street)

Starship Trooper - Yes ( from the Yes Album, the last 3 minutes?)

In My Own Time - Family ( Go on, Miss B )

Riders On The Storm - the Doors

The ex Beatles had hugely successful releases:

Jealous Guy or Give Me Some Truth - John Lennon from Imagine

Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul and Linda McCartney from Ram

What Is Life - George Harrison from All Things Must Pass

The ex members of Cream put their finest work out

Anyday or Layla - Derek & The Dominoes from Layla and other assorted love songs

The Consul At Sunset - Jack Bruce from Harmony Row

It was Rod Stewart's year: ( huge 2nd for Reason To Believe, above)

Stay With Me or Debris - The Faces from A Nod's As Good As A Wink..

Motown continued relentlessly:

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye from What's Going On?

Stoned Love - The Supremes from Motown Chartbusters vol 5.

other highlights:

Laundromat or Sinner Boy - Rory Gallagher from Rory Gallagher

Meet Me On The Corner - Lindisfarne

Nothing Rhymed - Gilbert O'Sullivan

Nantucket Sleighride - Mountain

Day After Day - Badfinger

I apologise for such a long list, I could go on and on.. the Resurrection Shuffle... Curved Air.. from the list above the track I would really like to hear is Lady With The Braid - Dory Previn which somehow sums up the times - dominated by clever singer songwriters who peaked in 1971 and didn't compete in the singles market - and when heard now are a complete revelation. If it's not in the library, I'll deliver it.

I say this because next year - 1972 - Roxy Music turned up, and that was that.

regardez - youse

henri

Apologies Gaie, didn't notice you'd put up 'What Is Life' - huge 2nd.

regardez vous

henri

The title track from All Things Must Pass is also good song and I've not heard it in years

(I really must get a record player and start listening to all the albums hiding away in the garret!)

Bloody technology! Apologies if this inexplicably replicates itself...

2nd 1,2,6 (Atomic Rooster) & 7. Henri got in first given the 08:45 post went into hyperspace?

I was saying and at great risk.. '71 saw YES release two excellent LP's Yes Album & Fragile both heralding the arrival of new band members... I'll offer no excuse for their pomposity other than technical musicianship ;-)

Yours Is No Disgrace from the Yes Album
Southside Of The Sky from Fragile

Bet'cha neither gets on!

Along with Sticky Fingers my favourite purchase from that year is by Jefferson Airplane (still in its brown paper bag). Grace Slick enjoys herself on this one.

- Jefferson Airplane

Speaking of Sticky Fingers:

The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses

That well known cover version ☺

here's ma list.

first heard in a bar 40 years ago.
last heard in a bar 40 years ago (same bar btw!! imagine that. lol)

'oh, yoko!'.........................john lennon

cheers frae the dale

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Never fear! You can request the original when 1970 is the theme.

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#22 refers to #20

That was a year that was, spoilt for choice

Every Picture Tells A Story / Rod Stewart

I am, I said / Neil Diamond
Carey / Joni Mitchell
Another Day / Paul McCartney

Joy to the World / Three Dog Night

My Brother Jake / Free

Back Street Luv / Curved Air

Awrabest
Al.

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Caution!

It might be slightly out of tune.

Wow, what a year for great rock music.I turned 21 in 1971 and got Carole King's "Tapestry "from my twin brother when I wanted Laura Nyro's "Gonna Take a Miracle".!The Holy Trinity of female singer songwriters in 1971 would have been Carole,Joni and Laura.Good as she was ,I think Carole King was nowhere near as inventive as Joni or Laura.Curiously enough, right at her artistic peak Laura Nyro abruptly changed musical direction and released probably the first "covers"album, "Gonna Take a Miracle"preceding Bowie's "Pinups" by a year or so.A loving homage to the music of her youth "Miracle"was her last great album and she retired from the music business for a long time after and kinda lost her muse in the process.To remind us how great she was it would be cool to hear her cover of "Spanish Harlem"or "You Really Got a hold on Me",Cheers ,Willie Bartke

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Not an accusation that has ever been levelled at Sir Michael Philip Jagger...

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*sigh*

#25 refers to #22

#27 refers to #25

#10

If its album tracks, why have you just put out a "Now Thats What I Call 1971" singles list?

If you're getting some of them then I'm going for:

"Coz I Luv You" - Slade

(I hear they've just re-released "Sladest")

Van Morrison - Wild Night (from Tupelo Honey)

Caravan - Love to Love You (And Tonight Pigs Will Fly) (from In the Land of Grey and Pink)

This was not a single in the UK:

Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey

The Who - Lets See Action

Henri / Juliefromedinburgh do either of you have the original 1971 non album single:

David Bowie - Holy Holy

I have only ever heard the 1973 re-record

B side of maggie may please..... find a reason to believe ..or If by Bread or my sweet lord or ,or ,oh any thing for 1971 would be most fab..a..lus..what a year !!! .. fab.a.lus memories...riders of the storm...doors....!! sure i have every one of these in my mum's loft ....infact i know i do.!! ...gonna be dancing round the house tonight just me and the radio ....no one to say to say "is that not a bit loud for the neighbours"

#33

Are you sure you not getting mixed up with

Soley Soley - Middle of The Road:-)) - ? from the same year..

(Production Team: -this is not a request)

regardez - youse

henri

For "selection like that" read "playlist". I for one can't be ersed trying to guess what's on the playlist.

Okay, given I'm the right side of the pond and Prog's taboo as BB was still in short trousers how's about Lynn Anderson's Rose Garden y'all?


Keepin' it country whilst in Tennessee ;-)

Aretha Franklin's fantastic "Live at The Filmore West"came out in 1971 where she blew the flowerchildren's mind with songs like"Spirit in the Dark".I loved Dory Previn's "Lady with the Braid"too so big 2nd for that ,Henri.Time to dig out my loonpants and tanktop!Cheers,Willie Bartke

#33 Not unless it's the B-Side of 'The Laughing Gnome' which, as you very well know Mr MacLean, is the only Bowie vinyl I own! :o)

#35 never tempt fate....

Well, have the darkside been blessed with Atomic Rooster as yet?








This blog is slow!

Proud Mary?

River Deep Mountain High 1966

yep, agreed faither - Indiana Wants Me is 1970.

I Think I Love You was also a 1970 release.

We've been swindled

1970 was a better year for music

#47

I fail to see the point in running a theme like this (and 1971 was flagged up by our hero for its great albums) and then proceeding to play at least three singles for other years - one from 1966!

regardez youse

henri

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Yes. I could have requested

For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Me from the album Benefit

No doubt with the same result...

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Not again!?!

#49 refers to #47

#43, #45, #48


I Think I Love You may have been released in 1970, but it was in the UK charts in 1971.

The version of River Deep Mountain High they should have played is that performed by The Supremes & The Four Tops.

Dunno why I'm defending them. Aqualung was a 1971 release. No dispute there, BTW.