1971 was 50 years ago...

July 23— The Bruce Springsteen Band is playing at Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park, in New York City.

 

don't know how i missed this. last wplj show sponsored by singer sewing machines.

"bonnie the singer says i don't have a sewing machine". priceless.

where has america gone? ( rhetorical - i think we know ).

"when this battle is over - who will wear the crown" ( rhetorical - i think i know).

@notesfrom what a wonderful discovery this recording is. 'tis a good thing, you do.

 

July 24— America’s Top 20 singles:

 

July 24— America’s Top 20 albums:

 

July 24— Yes are playing at the Yale Bowl, New Haven, Connecticut.

Jon Anderson: vocals
Bill Bruford: drums
Steve Howe: guitar
Tony Kaye: keyboards
Chris Squire: bass

 

Latest vinyl purchase:

The Rolling Stones ‎– Sticky Fingers
Label:
Rolling Stones Records ‎– COC 59100
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Zipper cover, Monarch
Country:
US
Released:
1972
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Blues Rock, Classic Rock

 

July 25— T.Rex are at #1 on the UK singles chart with 'Get It On', the group's second UK #1. In the US it is retitled 'Bang A Gong, (Get It On)', where it will reach #10.

 

i've been playing lindsay's "arizona" a lot lately.

just well, because.

 

What did you think of Once Upon A Time In Hollywood?

 

was that the fairly recent tarantino film with very loosely based interpretations "of the time"?

never saw it. for the same reason(s) i would never watch that ridiculous andy slater "laurel canyon" fictionalized nonsense.

i learned my "lesson" seeing oliver stones "the doors" with manzerek and rothchild and holzman at a screening.

if you had "been there"? you cannot help but be disappointed by those that weren't - and their fictionalized "accounts" decades later.

 

It wasn't bad. Worth a view for sure, since you were there. And the soundtrack is very good.
It was meant to be entertaining and a bit mythological, and features quite a few Raiders songs.
Might give you a flashback.

 

i'm sure it could. as i have posted ad nauseum here given i spent time at terry's house he shared with lindsay when i was a kid. to see historical representations that from necessity need to be fast and loose can be painful, so i mostly refrain. but he does give good soundtrack.

it's also why i don't read "laurel canyon music" books. unless i'm told i made it into 'em lol

so i'm not going to say i wasn't interested in seeing it when it was hyped released as i have liked a few of tarantino's films. but i've had a few drinks with him also.

pass.

 

The whole point of the film is catharsis. But, your mind, your choice.

 

Like we used to say about the 60's (I'm gonna add in the early 70's as well), "If you remember the 60's, you weren't there!"
(I ain't reading 40+ pages of the same ol', same ol').

 

well, i have only seen the trailers, so. who knows. i'm sure it has entertainment value and i'd probably enjoy it.

if only for margo whatzername.

 

I bought the 45 back then, great song!

 

August 1971 saw a great line-up at the Weeley outdoor festival in Essex, UK...

 

July 26— Apollo 15 lifts off, at 9:34 am from the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, on its way to the Moon.

 

July 26— Walter Cronkite and John Hart anchor the CBS Evening News on July 26, 1971.
The top story is the launch of Apollo 15.

 

July 26— Muhammad Ali vs. Jimmy Ellis at the Astrodome, Houston, Texas.

 

July album release:

Deep Purple's Fireball, their fifth studio album, and second with the Mk.II ‘Smoke On The Water’ lineup with Ian Gillan on vocals. It will hit #1 in the UK… #32 in the US. Despite its success, most of the band members are not overly fond of the album, feeling it was made too quickly.

 

July album release:

Joan Baez's double album, Blessed Are… is her last for Vanguard Records, her label of the last eleven years. Recorded in Nashville, an array of different songwriters are featured as well as Baez originals. It will reach #11 in the US.

 

Charles Lloyd/ The Flowering of the Original Charles Lloyd Quartet Recorded in Concert

Recorded on tour in France and Norway in 1966, released in July 1971. One of my favorite documents of the classic Charles Lloyd Quartet with Keith Jarrett, Cecil McBee, and Jack DeJohnette.


"Gypsy '66"

 

A Szabo tune. I first became aware of Lloyd through Chico Hamilton records. Eric Dolphy, Gabor Szabo, Lloyd, Larry Coryell, passed thru his bands.

 

July 27— Weather Report are playing in Ossiach, Austria.

01 - Firefish 02 - Early Minor 03 - Morning Lake 04 - Waterfall 05 - Umbrellas 06 - Eurydice/The Morrs 07 - Seventh Arrow 08 - Orange Lady