DBT #329 1975 50th Anniversary Vol 1
I started working on this during 2024 because I so loved how my 1974 50th Anniversary posts took me deep into some of my favorite music of my youth. Those two post of 25 songs are now a go to playlist for many drive around town, so I'm doubling my game I'm going to give you FOUR Volumes of 25. The extra 50 will repeat some records from the first 50 but it will add a few more records. Right some of these records are so good holding them to only one song is a sin. Yes records, there were no CDs back then, though some of these I now have on both formats.
Too funny looking at this picture isn't it amazing that "Born To Run" and "Blood on the Tracks" never received any Grammy recognition (well "Blood on the Tracks" won for liner notes? WTF that category has disappeared). When I picked the first 25 I did not realized that "Still Crazy After These Years" did win the album Grammy, and if you have a Peacock subscription look up SNL's 2nd show. It's crazy because it's 85% music from Paul Simon, Randy Newman, Phoebe Snow, and Art Garfunkel. (Speaking of The Grammys, I won't be including the record of the year "Love Will Keep Us Together" by Captain and Tennile --- yikes before Born to Run?)
Let's start creating the playlist for you all too. (Plus, as I post the next volumes I'll add the links right here and yes I'm planning to add a Discogs link to all the songs so that you can go buy it and add it to your collection too.)
1) Apple Cider Re-Constituted - Al Stewart
Al's "Modern Times" definitely is my all time favorite of his releases.
2) Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - Willie Nelson
"Red Headed Stranger" is still the first record I think of when some talks about a Concept Album, so to do this playlist I needed to import the record to the digital library. To keep it true to the format I kept in two tracks, Side one and two. Of course I sliced out one song which Lori and I would call our song. Dang, I don't know the inspiration behind this clip, but it's wonderful.
3) Door Number Three - Steve Goodman
I didn't own "Jessie Jigs & Other Favorites" until the past few years, but this song was super familiar to me because both Steve and Jimmy Buffett (co-writer) recorded it separately; and of course he tells you that in the video.
4) Common Sense - John Prine
I had to follow Steve with his other friend, just "Common Sense" right?
5) Old Tennessee - Dan Fogelberg
"Captured Angel" was some how bought by me in cassette, 8 track, and vinyl format, it did mean a lot to me.. Yes only the vinyl exists yet in the backroom. I love this fan video.
6) Shelter From The Storm - Bob Dylan
Hard to pick just one song from "Blood on the Tracks" You know that one that Grammy people had little desire for except the notes? Per Wikipedia:
Blood on the Tracks was voted number 7 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's book All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).[9] In 2003, the album was ranked number 16 on Rolling Stone's list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”, rising to number 9 in the 2020 revision of the list. In 2004, it was placed at number 5 on Pitchfork's list of the "Top 100 Albums of the 1970s".[10]
7) Rainy Day People - Gordon Lightfoot
"Cold on the Shoulder" was one that I missed keying into my Discogs until I did this blog post.
8) Texas Lullaby - The Doobie Brothers
"Stampede" again is another top release for me for the Doobies; so many favorite songs to pick from.
9) Ripplin Waters - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Oh my "Dream" is again such a great record; what was it about 1975? Plus another great fan video.
10) Acadian Driftwood - The Band
"Northern Lights-Southern Cross" is officially on my wantlist, but this song I bought digitally because I love it so much.
11) Please Mrs Henry - Bob Dylan with The Band
"The Basement Tapes" was obviously in my mind when Parker and I named the radio show which ended becoming the blog. Yes Dylan and The Band had two releases in 1975.
12) Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
"Born to Run" starts off with the piano and harmonica and the line "The screen door slams, and Mary's dress waves"... oh my the image this song paints. The video poster calls this one of the greatest songs ever and that's hard to argue against.
13) My Sweet And Shiny Eyes - Bonnie Raitt
"Home Plate" has this all time favorite Bonnie song of mine. While you should buy the studio version, it's hard to pass up a live video from her and yes in 2016 she still knows it's a fan favorite. (oh my what a flock of red hair yet)
14) Uncle Hiram And The Homemade Beer - Dick Feller
I don't recall what inspired me to get "Some Days Are Diamonds" into my digital library back in 2009, but I'm happy I did. If I run into the vinyl someday, I'll pick it up too. Love this song of home brewing and yes it's in my Beer playlist.
15) Penny's Farm - Happy & Artie Traum
"Hard Times in the Country" is a recent addition to my library. I was always a fan of Happy from back in my early folkie days. I love how this audio video you can hear the needle drop on the record because it is the first song; I usually try to clip that off when I'm importing.
16) Sandy - Harry Chapin
For a very, very, very short time while a junior I dated a girl named Sandy who wasn't from my hometown. This simple love song off of "Portrait Gallery" has always reminded me of her. Yes I found I still had her pictures and three others that I had crushes on. Now I can only remember the names of Sandy and Mary Ellen who I shared an Accounting class and table with. They should never put two sophomores at the same table. It was my only D I ever got in Accounting. (yes later graduated Suma Cum Laude with an Accounting Bachelor's degree.) Sandy is the lower right, and Ellen above her. Anyone know the other two, let me know.
17) Love is a Rose - Linda Ronstadt
"Prisoner in Disguise" is great record that I added later in life; but I think I wore out looking and listening to "Simple Dreams" released in 1977. Dang if I was going to pick the prettiest woman in this 1975 playlist, it would be her.
18) Positively 4th Street - Bill Camplin
On "Cardboard Box" the Wisconsin folkie put an outstanding Dylan cover on his record that I bought locally at the Golden Ring Folklore in Manitowoc. I find out as doing this post that he is part owner of a Cafe Carpe where I have never visited yet.
19) Monday Morning - Fleetwood Mac
Their self titled "Fleetwood Mac" is the first time Stevie Nicks joins the band, so I picked one that the other new member Lindsay Buckingham leads... Ha.
20) Harry - Catherine Howe
I bought "Harry" on whim because she had covered "To Be Alone With You" by Bob Dylan on the record. Yes my digital playlist of Dylan covers currently stands at 113 songs or 8 hours plus of music. Score, we get to see her sing her award winning song, I'm going to hope it's for Harry Chapin.
21) How Can I Keep From Singing? - John McCutcheon
While I don't currently own the record while is titled the same as the song, I do own it on a greatest hits and I'll pick it up some day since it was his first or rookie recording. The song has meant a lot to me, and I laugh every time we sing it in church because they use the wrong words.
22) Rufus Is a Tit Man - Loudon Wainwright III
I currently own just this digital song from "Unrequited" so I put it on my wantlist for next time I'm buying music. I got a live cut, but it is the second song in video but the first song (released in 1992 on "History" is pretty good too .... wow if the song has turned 50 and he was 3, my guess is that Rufus Wainwright is now 53 too; I wonder if he is still bitter about the song.
23) Ballad of Weaverville - Mary McCaslin
I'm a big Mary fan, and I added "Prairie in the Sky" to the vinyl collection in 2022, while I only own three of her records I'll buy the others someday.
24) Gone at Last - Paul Simon
As mentioned earlier "Still Crazy After All These Years" was the Grammy album of the year and with so many great songs, this is my go to with Phoebe Snow. If you don't subscribe to Peacock, here is the episode link on YouTube for Season 1 Episode 2 (you'll have to pay $1.99 to watch it but it's worth it)
25) Billy Gray - Norman Blake
I did have this song years before buying "Old and New" Got to just love Norman, he's the original rural country artist. This video looks like it might be from around 1975, yes that's his wife to his right on the cello.
Yes we made it a quarter way through my celebration of 1975, and yes I was a junior in high school that year. Here's a one click YouTube playlist.
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