DBT #339 1975 50th Anniversary Vol 4
100 songs from 65 different albums that I own; and you know I'm just scratching the surface; but officially I will put a close to my 50th Anniversary nod to 1975. Yes way on the bottom of this post you will find I've already selected 50 songs from 2000 to celebrate it's 25th Anniversary. While my wife might be right that I spend way more time writing about these playlist, I'm so happy to share them and I hope I inspire you to find new music or perhaps do your own playlist. (If you do, share it with me.) Yes I know my tastes are more folky / Americana than Hard Rock or even Country; my eclectic mx does hit almost every genre. Now I can tell you where to find each volume of 25 songs. Volume One is Edition No. 329, Volume Two is Edition 330, and Volume Three is #335. Here's all the covers by volume:
So let's see what gems we'll find in Volume Four, and remember as was done in the other three volumes each song will have a link to Discogs for you to add it to your wantlist for YOUR Collection.
1) Eggs And Sausage (In A Cadillac With Susan Michelson) [Live] - Tom Waits
You got to start your morning and your blog right... or even at "Nighthawks at the Diner"
2) Mexico - The Souther-Hillman-Furay Band
Before Mexico became a swear word to politicians, it was a beautiful place to be and find love. Of course you know I love JD Souther's voice and songwriting, and was the reason I keep going back to this "Trouble in Paradise" album.
3) Blue Bonnett Nation - Seals & Crofts
Keeping it near the border we'll have a couple of guys from Texas "Play for You"
4) Sitting Here in Limbo - Peter Yarrow
Yes Peter died shortly before I started posting these posts. This "Hard Times" record is really a tasteful piece of music.
5) My Little Town - Paul Simon w/Art Garfunkel
Ok the Grammy winner "Still Crazy After All These Years" did include one song by the duo, and that song was also put on Art's record "Breakaway" in 1975 but alas I don't have that album in my library.
6) The Railroad Days - Norman Blake
"Old and New" definitely had a tip the hat to the railroad vs semi trailers. I'm going to say the evolved to work pretty well with each other 50 years later.
7) (All I have to Do is) Dream - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
"Dream" is a great record and this is one of the best musically tight cover, but of course later I heard Jill and Matthew Barber's version with just two voices and a guitar.
8) Ghost Riders - Mary McCaslin
Fitting "Prairie in the Sky" has ghost riders and her voice is such a throw back and clear when she's singing "Yippee Ky Aye"
9) Hey Mister That's Me Up on the Jukebox - Linda Ronstadt
I love that "Prisoner In Disguise" had a James Taylor song that I wasn't that familiar with. Oh my it's so fun to see her giggle at the beginning of this video.
10) Sam's Song - Happy & Artie Traum
"Hard Times in the Country" is a recent purchase of these two Greenwich Village legends.
11) Bend In The Water - Gordon Lightfoot
The opening track on "Cold on the Shoulder" and sets such a great acoustic guitar tone. I really should slow down and play the whole album from the start to the finish but I'll never f
12) Rainy Day Crossroad Blues - The Doobie Brothers
I say follow the rainy day guy with some great acoustic blues off of "Stampede" and that's no less than Ry Cooder on the bottleneck acoustic. (classic future legends working together)
13) Some Days Are Diamonds - Dick Feller
The title track of this cross over country gem.
14) When The Sparrow Flies - Catherine Howe
I funny thing happened to me a couple weeks back; I had my volume one playing in the car and Catherine's "Harry" song was just finishing as we headed into Stardust Records and Collectables About 15 minutes later my wife came up to me with a handful of records she found that I might be interested in; and too funny one was the Catherine Howe record. I told her I have that and it was just playing in the car... to which she replied "oh that's why I thought it seemed familiar". I'm really starting to absorb the record more, so here's another tune from it. She really has such a Judy Collins sound to her.
15) Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan
Well I had rules only two songs from an album, or we could have stacked a bunch from "Blood on the Tracks"
16) Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
As I said in Volume One, it's unthinkable that either "Blood on the Tracks" or "Born To Run" weren't at least nominated for Best Album. Yes there are live videos, but let's just marvel at the studio sound.
17) Happy Yodel - Bill Staines
There's no really besting Bruce with another rock song, so let's swing the folk door down to your local rural Texas rodeo. "Miles" for Bill was only his fourth album and he just hitting his folk stride that would put him in a legendary status. Here's a live version of the song he released a few later.
18) Run Like a Thief - Bonnie Raitt
Another head whip as we head back to a more electric cover of a JD Souther song on Bonnie's "Home Plate" Ok I was suckered into this live cut thinking there would be a video, but the sound quality is excellent. Boy I wish I was in the audience.
19) Lo and Behold - Bob Dylan with the Band
"Basement Tapes" is obviously the influence for the name of this blog, so it needs be proclaimed LO and BEHOLD
20) What's Going On - Al Stewart
Since I started the 50th Anniversary post with "Modern Times" I was tempted to put it at the end, well it's pretty close. Another album that I could have shared about half the album for how much I love this one. I love the guitar interplay with the lonely harp and congas. Any reference to Greta Garbo and Yogi Bear to me is priceless. Yep I'm pretty sure I bought the music book for this record, that really shows how much I loved it.
21) He Was In Heaven Before He Died - John Prine
It's only "Common Sense" that if you can add another John Prine, you do it. The fancy guitar work in the background is from Steve Goodman; and John's dad inspired this song.
22) Dreams Go By - Harry Chapin
All these legends from my youth, it's like a "Portrait Gallery" of my influences.
23) Between The Lines - Janis Ian
The title track to the album most would think of "Seventeen" is really a great song too. The video is so close to the studio thus I choose wisely.
24) Say You Love Me - Fleetwood Mac
So I picked a Lindsey Buckingham song on volume one, how about Christine McVie she really put her heart and soul into the band, and the Fleetwood Mac record that introduced Stevie Nicks to the masses.
25) Next Time - Dan Fogelberg
You know if you were a "Captured Angel" in my blog, I'd say until next time I'll try a little harder with a little piano in the background.
Wow... in a way it's hard to imagine I posted 100 songs to document 1975 from my library. If anyone else does this, please send me a link; though if it's a Spotify one I'll likely won't listen to it. Here's a one click YouTube playlist, and I currently am not planning to put all 100 into a single list.
Now as promised very early in this post, guess what I'm working on? Yes a 25th Anniversary to music released in 2000. Here's a tease for now, and I'll be posting links when it get released.
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- Stop over to the Review page to my other most spinned and loved albums.
- Browse the rest of the blogs by stopping at this "Theme Page."
- Enjoy Tune Tuesday which brings you one song from a past blog post.
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- Find out who in the world thinks he has the authority to write this blog in the About.
- Let me answer why you won't find the playlists on Spotify here.
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