1973 Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

Little Trip To Heaven: Tom Waits’ Closing Time At 50

March 6, 2023 Craig Peters 1 Comment 1973, 50th anniversary, Asylum Records, Blue Oyster Cult, Closing Time, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, The Hollies, Tom Waits

A look back at Tom Waits’ masterful (and uncharacteristic) debut

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Borstal Boys: Faces’ Ooh La La at 50

March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Faces, Ian McLagan, Kenney Jones, Ooh La La, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, Ronnie Lane, Small Faces, The Faces

Looking back on the British greats’ fourth and final studio album

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Generation Landslide: Alice Cooper’s Billion Dollar Babies at 50

March 4, 2023March 4, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Agents of SHIELD, Alice Cooper, Ash vs. Evil Dead, Billion Dollar Babies, Donovan, Family Guy, Harry Nilsson, Keith Moon, Ringo Starr, T.Rex, The Simpsons

What you may not know about the band’s classic sixth LP

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Progressive Rock Rock

Any Colour You Like: The Dark Side of the Moon Turns 50

March 1, 2023March 1, 2023 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1973, 50th anniversary, Capitol Records, David Gilmour, Legacy Recordings, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd’s record-setting album was indeed a true band effort

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Folk Psychedelics Rock

May You Never: John Martyn’s Solid Air Turns 50

February 26, 2023February 26, 2023 Jim Allen 1 Comment 1973, 50th anniversary, Island Records, John Martyn, Skip James, Solid Air

The Scottish troubadour fused funk, jazz and more into his tender, trippy psych-folk stew

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Tragic Magic: Traffic’s Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory at 50

February 22, 2023February 22, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1973, David Hood, Island Records, Jim Capaldi, Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory, Steve Winwood, Traffic

Revisiting the English band’s subdued sixth album

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Heavy Chevy: Grin’s All Out at 50

February 20, 2023February 20, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, All Out, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Grin, Neil Young + Crazy Horse, Nils Lofgren

How the third album from Nils Lofgren’s early band secured its legacy

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Shake Appeal: Iggy and the Stooges’ Raw Power at 50

February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 Todd Manning 1 Comment 1973, 50th anniversary, Columbia Records, David Bowie, Iggy and the Stooges, Iggy Pop, James Williamson, Raw Power, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, The Stooges

Looking back on a half-century of a punk rock landmark

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Funk Rock Southern Rock

Roll Um Easy: Little Feat’s Dixie Chicken at 50

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Alice Cooper, Bill Payne, Captain Beefheart, Dixie Chicken, Frank Zappa, Fred Tackett, Gordon Lightfoot, Jimmy Webb, Little Feat, Lowell George, Paul Barrere, Randy Newman, Ry Cooder

Looking back on the band’s greatest studio album

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Greetings Again From Asbury Park, N.J.

January 5, 2023January 5, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J., New Jersey, The New Dylan

Bruce Springsteen’s debut LP, 50 years later

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jazz Progressive Rock Rock

Celestial Terrestrial Commuters: Mahavishnu Orchestra’s Birds of Fire at 50

January 3, 2023January 3, 2023 Todd Manning 1 Comment 1973, 50th anniversary, Billy Cobham, Birds of Fire, Jan Hammer, Jerry Goodman, John McLaughlin, Kraftwerk, Mahavishnu, Miles Davis, Rick Laird

Looking back on a landmark album that blurred the lines between jazz and prog

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Pop Psychedelics Rock

Sailin’ On: Inside The New Beach Boys Box Set

December 9, 2022December 9, 2022 David Bash 1 Comment 1972, 1973, Al Jardine, Blondie Chaplin, Brian Wilson, Carl and The Passions, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Holland, Ricky Fataar, So Tough, The Beach Boys, The Flames

You’ll get a mess of joy with Sail On Sailor: 1972!

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Comedy Pop Rock

The Sweet Idiocy of Neil Innes

June 14, 2020June 14, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 4 Comments 1973, Grapefruit Records, How Sweet To Be An Idiot, Monty Python, Neil Innes, Reissues, The Bonzo Doo-Dah Dog Band, The Rutles

A new reissue of his classic solo album may help in getting people to rediscover its charms

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Country and/or Western Folk

Sky Blue Sky

March 18, 2019March 18, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1973, Fat Possum Records, Townes Van Zandt

Prepare for a rebel’s revival with the most revealing posthumous Townes Van Zandt title in nearly 20 years

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Pop Progressive Rock

These Foolish Things at 45

October 9, 2018October 10, 2018 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1973, Bob Dylan, Brian Ferry, Roxy Music, The Beach Boys

Remembering Bryan Ferry’s expansive vision of pop

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