Frank Zappa once said there were only two bands worth buying a ticket to see: The Mothers Of Invention and “an English group called The Sensational Alex Harvey Band.” (more…)

Linda Lewis was a one-off. Not just for her extraordinary five-octave-spanning voice, nor her blissful smile, but just as a black girl with a guitar. (more…)

This might not have been the most obvious of Christmas songs when it came out in December 1973 but it was The Faces at their raucous, rowdy, ramshackle best. (more…)

There were two newcomers in 1973 whose debut songs genuinely sounded like nothing before them. One was Rock On by David Essex and this was the other one by Leo Sayer – the last I’ll be posting from that year. (more…)

When Brian Eno left after their second album, For Your Pleasure, most of Roxy Music’s avant-garde flourishes left with him. (more…)

This one dates back to my short-lived enthusiasm for heavy rock in 1973, a brief period that also introduced me to Nazareth. (more…)

I wasn’t ready for Berlin when it came out in 1973. I don’t think anyone was ready for something like this.
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Once upon a time The Eagles were an acoustic group singing country-folk harmonies. (more…)

Funny to think that when they came along in the summer of 1973, at first glance Queen seemed like the latest Glam group off the production line. I even bought their debut album. These days I never listen to them. (more…)

Bob Marley & The Wailers made their British TV debut when they appeared on the Old Grey Whistle Test in May 1973. (more…)