1970s
The Eagles – BBC In Concert 1973
17th January 2021 · UncategorisedOnce upon a time The Eagles were an acoustic group singing country-folk harmonies. (more…)
Queen – Liar (Queen)
17th January 2021 · UncategorisedFunny 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 – Stir It Up
15th January 2021 · UncategorisedBob Marley & The Wailers made their British TV debut when they appeared on the Old Grey Whistle Test in May 1973. (more…)
Mott The Hoople – Roll Away The Stone
14th January 2021 · UncategorisedAhh, those happy days when a drummer could ‘play’ the drums with a pair of pool cues on Top of the Pops and get away with it. I seem to remember that on another occasion Dale Griffin used baguettes. (more…)
Marie Osmond – Paper Roses
13th January 2021 · UncategorisedJust when we thought we had reached the end of the Osmonds with ‘Little’ Jimmy, along came the ghastly realisation that we had only exhausted the male line. (more…)
Ringo Starr – Photograph
12th January 2021 · UncategorisedThis was the third of Ringo’s run of post-Beatles hits and the last of his I’ll be posting, because the next one (You’re Sixteen) would probably get us both arrested, and the last one (Only You) is rubbish. So here it is. (more…)
Mud – Dyna-Mite
11th January 2021 · UncategorisedThere was always a strong panto element to Glam – the dressing-up, the make-up, the gender-bending – with style overtaking content.
Alvin Stardust – My Coo-Ca Choo
10th January 2021 · UncategorisedAlvin Stardust looked like a superannuated Teddy Boy who got trapped in time during the Elvis 1968 Comeback Special.
Iggy & The Stooges – Search And Destroy (Raw Power)
9th January 2021 · UncategorisedI don’t think I’d ever heard The Stooges before but back In 1973 at school there was a copy of Raw Power floating around. (more…)
David Bowie – The Prettiest Star
8th January 2021 · UncategorisedDavid Bowie wrote this song when he was just 23 as a follow-up to his first hit Space Oddity, with Marc Bolan on guitar. (more…)
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