Popular Post Ted McMinnime 337 Posted January 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 9, 2022 From reading the previous posts, the memories of 1972 come flooding back. I was 18 when I drunkenly saw the year in and 19 when I drunkenly seen it out again. Having left school by the start of the 70's my love affair with music was taken to new levels by been able to afford my own stereo system. This meant I no longer had to share the family radiogram downstairs but could immerse myself in the luxury of my own tastes rather than the mundane dirges played in the living room. My hi fi was, however, rather quickly augmented by a pair of good high quality head phones after my parents threatened early eviction due the "incessant bloody noise" emanating from my room. My passion was music. The opportunity to hear new bands and LP tracks was severely limited in the early 70's. John Peel (late night) and Alan Freeman (Saturday afternoons) were the only radio shows outwith Chart singles, though the pioneering OGWT was a bonus on BBC2 late Monday evenings. My other outlet was hanging about in Glasgow record shops listening to albums being played while browsing before making my weekly album purchase, cash flow permitting of course . To supplement this, each Thursday was eagerly awaited to purchase the latest edition of Melody Maker. No self respecting long haired, flared denim wearer was seen without it tucked under his arm. Album charts, new releases, and live gigs & tour dates were eagerly consumed not too mention Banner headline exclusives that sometime left me in despair. Chris Welch exclusives - "BRUFORD QUITS YES" "FREE TO SPLIT" "GILLAN LEAVES PURPLE" It was a golden age for music, great bands, fantastic live music at Green's Playhouse and some of the most jaw dropping vinyl music sleeves to boot. I still have all my vinyl from that era with many more supplemented at a later date from charity shops, record fairs etc. My Top 10* from 1972 as follows:- YES - Close to the Edge GENESIS - Foxtrot WISHBONE ASH - Argus DEEP PURPLE - Machine Head AMERICA - Homecoming JONI MITCHELL - For The Roses FOCUS - Moving Waves CARLY SIMON - No Secrets FREE - Free At Last STEELY DAN - Can't Buy A Thrill * Probably a few I've missed due to 50 year memory deterioration! 😁 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 13,354 Posted January 9, 2022 Author Share Posted January 9, 2022 I love Free but Free At Last is their worst album, by quite a distance. Nice summary of your recollections though, Ted. 👍 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
onevision 1,430 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Lou Reed - Transformer. Blackfoot Sue - Standing in the road The Sweet - The Move - California Man..B side - Do Ya. The Raspberries Alice Cooper - Schools out Neu - Neu Mott - All the young dudes 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted McMinnime 337 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 On 09/01/2022 at 21:56, Gonzo79 said: I love Free but Free At Last is their worst album, by quite a distance. Nice summary of your recollections though, Ted. 👍 Cheers Gonzo. On reflection you are correct about Free at Last. Sentimentality has played a big part here. I think it was the last album with the original line up? Andy Fraser left and Kossoff was largely out of it on the next album Heartbreaker (also released in 1972) but it wasn't the same imo. Great that a number of you younger Gersnetter dudes love the music from this era. 50 years on - it still rocks!🤩 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 13,354 Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 32 minutes ago, Ted McMinnime said: I think it was the last album with the original line up? Andy Fraser left and Kossoff was largely out of it on the next album Heartbreaker (also released in 1972) but it wasn't the same imo. Aye, it was. Bit of a messy affair in comparison to the unbelievable tightness demonstrated on their first four studio albums. Heartbreaker was released in January 1973. Kossoff's vibrato will never be beaten! I've attempted to get my son (10) into some good music but he's not showing much interest...yet. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26th of foot 5,778 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) Before starting the Barcelona Bound thread, I made a few pages of notes on events of 1971-72. I did Politics, Music, events, ........... etc. On music, I penned a notation about becoming an avid New Musical Express reader. My local Newsagent had a weekly order for both the NME and the Rangers News. I remember reading a double page piece on Todd Rundgren's then new album, 'Something, Anything' and deciding that as soon as the cash was available, I would purchase the double LP. The article told of Todd's influences, he was immersed in Philly Soul. Hardly surprising, he was Philadelphia born and bred. My local record shop was on Cadzow Street, bottom cross, Hamilton. I achieved a couple of firsts, buying my first double album and ordering an Import. The store owner convinced(hectored) me into ordering 'Runt' by Rundgren too. Apparently, it was necessary to understanding Something, Anything? I had a month to find the dosh for an Import. An album was approx £2.50, an Import was the best part of an extra quid. Thankfully, an intervening Birthday provided the money, I walked in with a fiver on my hip. Store owner told me 'Runt' had arrived with another Import, 'La La means I love You' by the Philly harmony group, 'the Delfonics'. I could have both for five pounds. La La was never an Import but it was wonderful, the epitome of Philly, funk crackling through lush orchestrations. I still have both albums but no means to play the vinyl. I have forgiven the record store owner and regularly access YouTube for the delights of the Delfonics and early Todd. The next year saw Rundgren release his seminal work, 'A Wizard, a True Star'; the number of artists that decided to be influenced by this album is impressive. It has everything, including a medley of Delfonic covers. Todd then went on to form his own band, 'Utopia' - Prawg Rawk pysh, the least said the better. Rundgren went on to Produce some of the best - the Band, Badfinger, Sparks, Hall and Oates, Janis Joplin, and unfortunately, Meatloaf. I believe the NME is confined to an on line presence these days, does anyone still read it? Any Gersnetters prepared to be interested in Philly Soul, start with the O-Jays, the Stylistics and Todd's, 'I saw the Light'. A better entry for some might be Bowie's 'Young Americans' - a rip off or homage, you decide? Edited January 13, 2022 by 26th of foot 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,298 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 I've got over 3,700 albums on my iTunes and only 3 from 1972. Not a great year for my music tastes. On 08/01/2022 at 22:05, Gonzo79 said: David Bowie - The Rise And Fall... On 09/01/2022 at 13:08, CammyF said: Lou Reed – Transformer Roxy Music – Roxy Music 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 13,354 Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 Just stuck on another 1972 classic - Bandstand by Family. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted McMinnime 337 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Gonzo79 said: Just stuck on another 1972 classic - Bandstand by Family. I just knew it. Totally overlooked that one. What a voice Roger Chapman had. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26th of foot 5,778 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 19 minutes ago, Ted McMinnime said: I just knew it. Totally overlooked that one. What a voice Roger Chapman had. I saw Chapman in the summer of '75, he was heading his new band, the Streetwalkers. The gig was an all day(12 hours) at Sellik Park. You saw 6 bands for a fiver, the bill was Widowmaker(Steve Ellis), The Outlaws, The Streetwalkers, Little Feat(Lowell George), the Sensational Alex Harvey Band and, the Who headlined. Myself and three Uni' mates attended, sat and stood on the pitch. I was there to see Little Feat, loved the band, still do. Steve Ellis and Alex Harvey were a bonus. My mates loved the Who. It was a lovely sunny day and one lad's mother worked in Lanarkshire School Dinners. He brought a catering size tin of tangerines which we buried a couple of feet under the pitch. I would love to think it is still in place? The NME used to refer to Chapman as, 'the Electric Goat'. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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