Saluting the 70's Singer Songwriters - Volume 3

     It's been a long day and I think I've kind of exhausted talking about the wonders of the music of the 1970's anyway.  But I will note that all of the "Sucking in the 1970s" comps have been re-upped along with the two previous "Saluting the 70's Singer Songwriters" comps.  Hope folks like this one as well.

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Biloxi	Jesse Winchester
Defying Gravity	Jesse Winchester
Dedication	Mary Perrin
Commencement	Chuck and Mary Perrin
Running Away (London Version)	Bob Marley
Waiting In Vain (Advert Mix)	Bob Marley
Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying	Labi Siffre
A Little More Line	Labi Siffre
Louisiana 1927	Randy Newman
God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)	Randy Newman
Shadow Of Her Mind	Kris Kristofferson
From The Bottle To The Bottom	Kris Kristofferson
I Miss A Lot Of Trains	Tom T. Hall
I Hope It Rains At My Funeral	Tom T. Hall
Buckets Of Rain	Bob Dylan
Oh Sister	Bob Dylan
The Future's Not What it Used to Be	Mickey Newbury
San Francisco Mabel Joy	Mickey Newbury

Saluting 70's Singer Songwriters Volume 4

   Fall is upon us, even though you wouldn't know it from the weather here in New York.  Nonetheless, I've always thought 70s singer-songwriter comps are the perfect companion for Fall late mornings and afternoons.   So tonight, I give you Volume 4 in the Saluting Singer Songwriters series.  I've also re-upped the previous volumes  as well as the Sucking in the 70s compilations.  Have at 'em!

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I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You	Tom Waits
Shiver Me Timbers	Tom Waits
Ride Me Down Easy	Billy Joe Shaver
I Been To Georgia On A Fast Train	Billy Joe Shaver
If You're Ever In Oklahoma	J.J. Cale
Call Me The Breeze	J.J. Cale
Please Don't Bury Me	John Prine
Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone	John Prine
Farewell To Paradise	Emitt Rhodes
She's Such A Beauty	Emitt Rhodes
Sol e Chuva	Alceu Valenca
Cabelos Longos	Alceu Valenca
Starman	David Bowie
Kooks	David Bowie
Have A Heart	Charlie Rich
Peace On You	Charlie Rich
Call Me	Aretha Franklin
Day Dreaming	Aretha Franklin

Saluting 70's Singer Songwriters - Volume 2

  I know I promised that I wouldn't do any more Sucking in the 70's comps, but I never promised not do another 70s singer songwriter comp.  And it's just too hard to resist the many great singer songwriters from that wild decade.  I've also re-upped the first 70's singer songwriter comp I made
several years back.


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Which Will	Nick Drake
River Man	Nick Drake
I'll Be Your Lover, Too	Van Morrison
Into The Mystic	Van Morrison
Águas De Março	Antonio Carlos Jobim
Children's Games	Antonio Carlos Jobim
Lullaby	Loudon Wainwright III
Dead Skunk	Loudon Wainwright III
Any Old Wind	Jim Ringer
Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go	Jim Ringer
Simply Beautiful	Al Green
Take Me to the River	Al Green
I Still Can't Believe You're Gone	Willie Nelson
You Left A Long, Long Time Ago	Willie Nelson
Don't You Take it Too Bad	Townes Van Zandt
To Live Is To Fly	Townes Van Zandt
Like an Old Fashioned Waltz	Sandy Denny
It'll Take a Long Time	Sandy Denny

Saluting 70's Singer Songwriters Volume 5

I don't think I'll ever lose my fondness for all, well most, things  70's (though I do try to regularly put down my rose-colored glasses so I don't over engorge on nostalgia.)  Therefore, it's yet another 70's singer-songwriter compilation.  I've also re-upped the previous four volumes and the Sucking in the 70's compilations. 

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Here, My Dear	Marvin Gaye
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Marvin Gaye
Oriente	Gilberto Gil
Patuscada De Gandhi	Gilberto Gil
Peace Like A River	Paul Simon
Kodachrome	Paul Simon
Where's the Money?	Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks
I Scare Myself	Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks
The Nights	Lee Hazelwood
Big Red Balloon	Nancy Sinatra And Lee Hazlewood
Coal Miner's Daughter	Loretta Lynn
I Know How	Loretta Lynn
Goodbye Old Missoula	Willis Alan Ramsey
Painted Lady	Willis Alan Ramsey
Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)	Merle Haggard
Tulare Dust	Merle Haggard
Avalanche	Leonard Cohen
A Singer Must Die	Leonard Cohen

  

Saluting 70's Singer-Songwriters - Volume 6

          Other than to say that I continue to be impressed by the breadth and depth of 70's artists, I think I've run out of things to say about the music of the '70s.  So I'll just say that this is likely the last volume of 70's singer-songwriter compilations (at least for a while).  But I have re-upped all the previous volumes along with all the Sucking in the 70s compilations.

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Here He Comes	Brian Eno
On Some Faraway Beach	Brian Eno
Bless The Weather	John Martyn
Solid Air	John Martyn
You Don't Know Me	Caetano Veloso
Da maior importância	Caetano Veloso
Perfect Day	Lou Reed
Coney Island Baby	Lou Reed
Thank You Master (For My Soul)	Donny Hathaway
Come Little Children	Donny Hathaway
Mary C Brown and the Hollywood Sign	Dory Previn
Atlantis	Dory Previn
Old Man	Neil Young
Long May You Run	Neil Young
Brass Buttons	Gram Parsons
How Much I've Lied	Gram Parsons
My Tennessee Mountain Home	Dolly Parton
It's All Wrong, But It's All Right	Dolly Parton

Saluting 70's Singer Songwriters

The term "singer songwriter" often invokes a certain amount of derision today - especially when you mention the 1970s in the same breath. And while there may be certain groups/artists (who shall remain nameless) in that category that haven't aged well or weren't so great to begin with, there were really a lot of great 70's singer songwriters, even if they weren't necessarily labeled as such. For your listening pleasure, then, here's 9 of my singer songwriter favorites.

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Close My Eyes                   Arthur Russell

Oh Fernanda Why              Arthur Russell

Here Tonight                      Gene Clark

With Tomorrow                 Gene Clark

So Far Away                      Carole King

Brother, Brother                 Carole King

Speed Of Sound                 Chris Bell

Look Up                             Chris Bell

Future Song                       Curtis Mayfield

Keep On Keeping On        Curtis Mayfield

Inner City Blues                 Rodriguez

To Whom It May Concern Rodriguez

Campo De Encino              Harry Nilsson

Gotta Get Up                      Harry Nilsson

Brother                               Jorge Ben

Oba, Lá Vem Ela             Jorge Ben

Half Past France                 John Cale

Big White Cloud                John Cale

Sucking in the '70s - Volume 7

     I typically post at the end of the month, but I completed my newest compilation a few days ago and since a lot of us are stuck in our respective homes now, I figured I'd share it a little early.   I'm pretty sure I said 5-6 years ago that I wouldn't do another 70's music compilation, but I just kept hearing songs that really deserved another volume so there you go.   I've also re-upped all the previous volumes as well as the Saluting the 70's compilations.  Stay safe and be well everybody.

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Stand by Your Man	Tammy Wynette
And It Didn't Even Bring Me Down	Doug Sahm
Ain't Understanding Mellow	Jerry Butler
Love Jones	Brighter Side Of Darkness
Best Of My Love	The Emotions
You're So Vain	Carly Simon
Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation	The Dells
Baby I'm a Want You	Bread
Have You Seen Her?	The Chi-Lites
I Think It's Going To Rain Today	Cass Elliot
Give Me Another Chance	Big Star
Baby Blue	Badfinger
Dancing In The Moonlight	King Harvest
The Star Of My Show	Dusty Springfield
Drowning in the Sea of Love	Joe Simon
I Love You For All Seasons	The Fuzz
Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma	Melanie
The City Of New Orleans	Arlo Guthrie
A Natural Man	Lou Rawls
Me And Mrs. Jones	Billy Paul

Sucking in the '70s - Volume 8

It's time for another "Sucking in the '70s" compilation.  Apart from noting that this one is a little more all over the place than the previous one, I don't have much to say about this new compilation.  I've also re-upped all the previous volumes as well as the Saluting the 70's compilations.

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Salinas	Jackie DeShannon
Easy To Be Hard	Cheryl Barnes
Everybody Plays The Fool	The Main Ingredient
Delta Dawn	Tanya Tucker
Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	Joan Baez
Badlands	Bruce Springsteen
Young Hearts Run Free	Candi Staton
Don't Leave Me This Way	Thelma Houston
SOS	ABBA
Nothing From Nothing	Billy Preston
Inspiration Information	Shuggie Otis
Clean Up Woman	Betty Wright
Ain't Nobody Home	B.B. King
Rip Off	Laura Lee
Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'	Charley Pride
Operator	Jim Croce
If I Were A Carpenter	Johnny Cash
A New Day	The Notations
Finally Got Myself Together (I'm A Changed Man)	The Impressions
Starting All Over Again	Mel & Tim

Sucking in the 70's: Volume 11

     Sorry about the delay between posts - I was on vacation and was rushing around trying to get stuff done before I left.  As for this week's post, I know it may seem like overkill to keep putting out 70's compilation.... and maybe it is.  But before you judge, please listen to the newest volume.  In particular, listen to the Pointer Sisters' take on Steely Dan's Dirty Work.  Don't get me wrong, the original is pretty good, but the Pointer Sisters version is just sublime.  Maybe it's because I first heard it while watching Gaslit, the series about the Watergate break-in (I know the Pointer Sisters' version was released several years after Nixon resigned, but, it works so well), but it's really affecting in a way that the Steely Dan version never was.  Also, all the previous volumes are available as are all the Saluting the 70's compilations.

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Are You Ready?	Pacific Gas & Electric
Funky Business	Cherokee
The Time for Peace is Now	Fantastic Shadows
Smiling Faces Sometimes	The Undisputed Truth
Chairman Of The Board	Chairmen of the Board
Free Ride	Edgar Winter Group
Westbound #9	The Flaming Ember
If I Can't Have You	Yvonne Elliman
Pick Up The Pieces	Average White Band
(Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again	L.T.D.
Nightbird	Labelle
Dirty Work	The Pointer Sisters
Why Can't We Live Together	Timmy Thomas
Turn Back The Hands Of Time	Tyrone Davis
Goin' Down	Allen Toussaint
Baby Let Me Kiss You	King Floyd
Love Land	Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
Love And Happiness	Al Green
Bound	The Ponderosa Twins Plus One
Maybe	The Three Degrees

Sucking in the 70's: Volume 12

 I don’t think I’ve completely exhausted the entire corpus of 70s music, but this will likely be my last volume for a while.  There’s a lot of well-known cuts, but folks also enjoy some of the lesser known songs.  Also, all the previous volumes are available as are all the Saluting the 70's compilations.

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Daylight	Bobby Womack
Lowdown	Boz Scaggs
Hang on in There Baby	Johnny Bristol
Safecracker	Hoodoo Rhythm Devils
Slow Motion (Part 1)	Johnny Williams
Express	B.T. Express
Long Train Runnin'	The Doobie Brothers
When the Game Is Played on You	Bettye Swann
You're My Best Friend	Queen
Sing with the Children	Claudia Lennear
(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right	Luther Ingram
Freddie's Dead	Curtis Mayfield
Ecstasy	Ohio Players
Picture Us	Bunny Sigler
Les Fleur	Minnie Riperton
Needle and Thread	Jennifer Warnes
Right on the Tip of My Tongue	Brenda and the Tabulations
Heaven Says	The New Birth
I'm For You, You For Me	The Temprees
Stranger In A Strange Land	Leon Russell

 

 

Sucking in the '70s - Volume 9

I've made a point of not repeating any artists in the Sucking in the '70s series, but this latest volume does include Valerie Carter's version of Ooh Child despite my inclusion of The Five Stairsteps much more well-known version of the song in Volume 5.  In my defense, I actually prefer Carter's version.  I know it's fairly heretical, given the popularity of The Five Stairsteps version (and I do like their version, too), but Carter really nails it and, well, it really is the sort of song an adult should be singing. :)  Anyway, I hope folks like it and I've also re-upped all the  previous volumes as well as the Saluting the 70's compilations.

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Just my imagination	The Temptations
She's Gone	Hall and Oates
Do Your Thing	Isaac Hayes
Soul Makossa	Manu Dibango
If You Want Me To Stay	Sly & The Family Stone
It's Hard to Live in This Old World	Rev Harvey Gates
Struggling Man	Jimmy Cliff
Who'll Stop The Rain	Creedence Clearwater Revival
Don't Let It Throw You	Jim Sullivan
Cannock Chase	Labi Siffre
(I'm) Just Being Myself	Dionne Warwick
Oh Happy Day	Edwin Hawkins Singers
Let 'Em In	Paul McCartney And Wings
Here I Am (Come and Take Me)	Marcia Griffiths
Float On	The Floaters
Want Ads	Honey Cone
Groovy Situation	Gene Chandler
You're The Reason Why	The Ebonys
Oh Me Oh My	Lulu
Ooh Child	Valerie Carter

Sucking in the 70's: Volume 10

       Every time I listen to "Let's Do It Again", I'm always a little surprised that the Staples Singers decided to record it.  Maybe because it is just such a great song.  And it's still probably a little less weird than the father-daughter country duo The Kendalls recording "Heaven's Just a Sin Away", a song pretty much praising cheating.  Anyway, I hope others out there share my continued fondness for 70s music.  Also, all other previous volumes are available as are the Saluting the 70's compilations.

Download Trouble	Cat Stevens
The Bells	The Originals
Like a Ship	T.L. Barrett & Youth For Christ Choir
Breathe	Pink Floyd
Sunshine After Every Rain	Mighty Revelaires
Precious, Precious	Jackie Moore
Tell Me Something Good	Rufus
She's Not Just Another Woman	The 8th Day
7 K-Jee	MFSB
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get	The Dramatics
Love Ain't For Keeping	The Who
To Make You Happy	Tommy McGee
I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby	Barry White
Cool Aid	Paul Humphrey & The Cool Aid Chemists
Hearsay	The Soul Children
Let's Do It Again	The Staple Singers
Merry-Go-Round	David Lasley
Sideshow	Blue Magic
Tell Me Why	Leo Nocentelli
Let's Stay Together	Margie Joseph