October 6, 20222 yr Author Right I've sorted the playlist for this week (a bit more prepared this time!) - after last week's covered over 10 years, turnover already starts to increase a lot heading into the 70s and we're only covering just over 3 years this time, taking us up to March 1972. That means it'll be another week until we get to 'The Dark Side Of The Moon'. So these are the relevant #2 albums for potential bonus tracks for this session: 1969 Songs from a Room - Leonard Cohen Elvis (NBC TV Special) - Elvis Presley Tommy - The Who My Way - Frank Sinatra The World of Val Doonican - Val Doonican This Is Tom Jones - Tom Jones Elvis Sings Flaming Star - Elvis Presley At San Quentin - Johnny Cash Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vols 2) - The Rolling Stones To Our Children’s Children’s Children - Yhe Moody Blues 1970 Tom Jones Live in Las Vegas - Tom Jones Easy Rider - OST Paint Your Wagon - OST McCartney - Paul McCartney Five Bridges - The Nice Fire and Wafer - Free On Stage, February 1970 - Elvis Presley 1971 Tumbleweed Connection - Elton John Cry of Love - Jimi Hendrix Motown Chartbusters Volume 6 - Various Artists Hot Hits 8 - Various Artists 1972 Teaser and the Firecat - Cat Stevens A Nod Is As Good as a Wink to a Blind Horse - Faces I had planned to start this week's session with 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' but I'm actually not going to do that now for reasons that will become clear - I'll swap it out for the next most popular White Album song. There is a trio of interesting oddities among the #1 albums of 1971! And we'll be covering a mere 44 albums compared to 61 last week, thanks to a couple of songs that are a lot longer than many of the songs played last week. One in particular is... a lot longer (think of it as this session's equivalent of us listening to that entire Demis Roussos EP) :lol: Though I think there will be at least a couple of people who will be rather happier to hear this one than Demis Roussos. Plenty more classic songs lined up this week anyway, looking forward to it once again ^_^
October 6, 20222 yr Author So I see we've had requests for these as bonus tracks: Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed Frank Sinatra - My Way The Who - Pinball Wizard something from Leonard Cohen ('The Partisan'?) something from Jimi Hendrix ('Angel'?) I don't think there's anything else jumping out at me to suggest above any of those (checked the Elton album and it doesn't contain any songs I know particularly well) so I think we covered this week pretty well already. Cohen seems like a good shout considering he had 2 #2 albums (the second being a lot later) but never got to #1.
October 6, 20222 yr The only other suggestion I’d make is something from Johnny Cash’s live album, as he won’t come up again - Folsom Prison Blues is only 1:29 and is a bit of a classic :)
October 6, 20222 yr Author I wouldn't be so sure that we won't be hearing from Johnny Cash anyway #spoilers
October 6, 20222 yr Interesting that 1959 had only four albums peaking at number two given that one album spent the entire year at the top.
October 6, 20222 yr The only other suggestion I’d make is something from Johnny Cash’s live album, as he won’t come up again - Folsom Prison Blues is only 1:29 and is a bit of a classic :) Although the version of Folsom Prison Blues that is actually a classic is from the At Folsom Prison album (and a bit longer than 1:29) The most streamed track, by considerable distance, from At San Quentin is A Boy Named Sue
October 6, 20222 yr Author There is a certain 1972 album that just came to mind for me that only got to #5... though it was after March (and actually didn't peak until 1973), so I'll keep it in mind for next week if we don't have enough good options from the next batch of #2s.
October 6, 20222 yr Although the version of Folsom Prison Blues that is actually a classic is from the At Folsom Prison album (and a bit longer than 1:29) The most streamed track, by considerable distance, from At San Quentin is A Boy Named Sue A Boy Named Sue is well worth a play
October 6, 20222 yr There is a certain 1972 album that just came to mind for me that only got to #5... though it was after March (and actually didn't peak until 1973), so I'll keep it in mind for next week if we don't have enough good options from the next batch of #2s. I know what you’re referring to and I highly endorse it *.*
October 6, 20222 yr Great effort Brë to capture all this, and Ed for the complete list of #2 albums! Intrigued about the trio of interesting oddities among the #1 albums of 1971 :thinking: also One [song] in particular is... a lot longer (think of it as this session's equivalent of us listening to that entire Demis Roussos EP) :lol: Though I think there will be at least a couple of people who will be rather happier to hear this one than Demis Roussos.I have an idea of what this album will be (originally I was thinking of another #1 album, but that was from 1973...) Of the #2 album tracks for this session, my first choice would be the Leonard Cohen one (which I don't know), but I'm happy with all the others mentioned too. There is a certain 1972 album that just came to mind for me that only got to #5... though it was after March (and actually didn't peak until 1973), so I'll keep it in mind for next week if we don't have enough good options from the next batch of #2s.I also highly endorse this. In fact, said artist had a 1971 album which didn't chart until after this one, and peaked at #3, as did (surely) it's most streamed track - so there's that too! (Although said artist's 'best of' albums may mean that song will come up eventually anyway.)
October 6, 20222 yr Oh after a little peek I think i've worked at the #5 album riddle, from a truly great artist. I also endorse a play from both that and the #3 album Jim mentions.
October 7, 20222 yr Btw I’m volunteering again this Sunday so won’t be able to make this session - really sorry guys. Maybe the week after…
October 9, 20222 yr Here comes the sun do-do-do-do... I'll join at 4 to listen along, but will then be driving until about 4.45 so will join the chat then. Also looking forward to possibly hearing Gimme The Long And Winding Stairway To A Whole Lotta Wild Horses
October 9, 20222 yr Another great session! 'Melancholy Man' by The Moody Blues is my favourite discovery to date. :wub:
October 9, 20222 yr Another great session! In the interests of making my 4,000th post a meaningful one, Jim, Wardy and I are having a Zoom chat on Wednesday at 8:30pm. This actually came about from a comment I made in the Tombo thread in The Lounge, but if any of you would like to join us you’d be more than welcome. Just let me know and PM me your email address. Would love to speak to more of you in person after spending so much time with you doing this every week! No pressure of course, and I totally get that many of us have anxiety about this sort of thing to a greater or lesser extent. Thinking to make it a semi regular thing if there’s interest, maybe once a month or so, so there should be more opportunities to join in the future if you can’t make it this time or need more time to gear up to the idea! J x
October 10, 20222 yr Author Tracklist from week 2 - note that I messed up and initially somehow overlooked Led Zeppelin IV so I ended up cutting off the last 2 albums which will appear at the start of next week instead, so we actually only got up to February 1972 (and did 43 albums instead of 44). Caught the error before we actually got to it thankfully but must take more care in the future oops! 62 The Seekers - The Best Of // The Seekers - Georgy Girl 63 Diana Ross & The Supremes and The Temptations - Diana Ross & The Supremes Join The Temptations // Diana Ross & The Supremes and The Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me 64 Cream - Goodbye // Cream - Badge 65 The Moody Blues - On The Threshold Of A Dream // The Moody Blues - Lovely To See You 66 Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline // Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash - Girl From The North Country 67 Ray Conniff - His Orchestra, His Chorus, His Singers, His Sound // Ray Conniff - Memories Are Made Of This 68 Jim Reeves - According To My Heart // Jim Reeves - According To My Heart 69 Jethro Tull - Stand Up // Jethro Tull - We Used To Know 70 Elvis Presley - From Elvis In Memphis // Elvis Presley - Any Day Now 71 Blind Faith - Blind Faith // Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home 72 The Beatles - Abbey Road // The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun 73 The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed // The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter 74 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II // Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love 75 Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3 // Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour 76 Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water // Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia 77 The Beatles - Let It Be // The Beatles - Across The Universe 78 Bob Dylan - Self Portrait // Bob Dylan - Wigwam 79 The Moody Blues - A Question Of Balance // The Moody Blues - Melancholy Man 80 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory // Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend 81 The Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! // The Rolling Stones - Midnight Rambler (Live) 82 Black Sabbath - Paranoid // Black Sabbath - Paranoid 83 Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother // Pink Floyd - Summer '68 84 Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 // Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - The Onion Song 85 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III // Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song 86 Bob Dylan - New Morning // Bob Dylan - The Man In Me 87 Andy Williams - Greatest Hits // Andy Williams - Born Free 88 George Harrison - All Things Must Pass // George Harrison - What Is Life 89 Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man (aka Love Story) // Andy Williams - We've Only Just Begun 90 Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 // Edwin Starr - War 91 The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers // The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses 92 Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney - Ram // Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney - Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey (Medley) 93 Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus // Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus 94 Hot Hits 6 // unknown artist - Zoo De Zoo Zong 95 The Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour // The Moody Blues - The Story In Your Eyes 96 Top Of The Pops Vol. 18 // unknown artist - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep 97 The Who - Who's Next // The Who - Baba O'Riley 98 Deep Purple - Fireball // Deep Purple - Demon's Eye 99 Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story // Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story 100 John Lennon - Imagine // John Lennon - Jealous Guy 101 Top Of The Pops Vol. 20 // unknown artist - Mamy Blue 102 Led Zeppelin - untitled (aka Led Zeppelin IV) // Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven 103 T. Rex - Electric Warrior // T. Rex - Cosmic Dancer 104 George Harrison & Friends - The Concert For Bangladesh // George Harrison - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Live) Other songs played: The Beatles - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (opening song, second song from The Beatles) Leonard Cohen - The Partisan (from #2 album Songs From A Room) The Who - Pinball Wizard (from #2 album Tommy) Frank Sinatra - My Way (from #2 album My Way) Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed (from #2 album McCartney) Jimi Hendrix - Angel (from #2 album The Cry Of Love)
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