January 16, 1970
Christ You Know it : Ainrit :Easy
by ,Charles Peter Eschweiler
The Years Ten beA' Albums
The past year (1969 in case you
missed .1t) hasn't given us any
great wave of music. At first that
may seem like a strong statement,
but think about it, have there
been so many breakthroughs?
'Most of the breakthroughs that
have been were half conceived by
68, and may have even been re
leased in 68 had it not been for
the musicians contracts, time on
the road etc. (The Whos Tommy
could have easily been released
in late 68 had it not been for the
groups previous committments).
The•main trend of '69 has been
a• back to the roots thing, which
has consisted of groups doing bad
hillbilly music (Poco, two num
bers on the Volunteer album.
The Byrds latest albums and parts
of Nashville Skyline come to
mind) saying they really do have
something in common with - hordes
of rednecks, would like to see
how long any of the new hillbilly
rock bands would last if they
were dropped into the middle of
Bullwhip - county Mississippi,
dOn't know, maybe none of them
say Easy Rider.
The second part of that trend is
a back to the fifties. thing, that at
least is understandable, and some
what valid because it has brought
back some great people. The fif
ties revival has seen a rediscov
ery of some decent talent, Lonnie
Mack, Gene Vincent, Wilbur .Har
rison, Fats Domino, Chuck . Berry,
The old Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis,-
Little Richard, and quite a few
others. Unfortunately a lot of
people are being mislead into
thinking everything from the fif
ties was great, thats bull, because
seventy five percent of fifties rock.
stunk.
The minor revolutionary trend
seems to havve pretty much' - died
out (Perhaps Volunteers. by the
Airplane is the last monument to
it, its certainly the best) I based
my listings of-the years -ten best
albums on originality, profession
alism, production, and innovation.
also nothing is listed that
.I didn't
enjoy. You must remember that
this listing reflects only my per
sonal opinions, and if you think
something was left out, or wonder
why - something was listed you can
send me what you think-should be
the ten best albums of the year.
If I get enough listings .from
othe - r .people I'll tabulate them
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and publish the results as soon
as possible.
My listing of the ten best al
bums of 1969:
ABBEY ROAD---'l.ll-1.0 BEATL
.
ES
'lair.: BAND
BLESS ITS POINTED LITTLE
HEAD—JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
CROSBY STILLS AND NASH
LET IT BLEED--ROTaaNG
STONES
MAKE A JOYFUL -NOISE—
MOTHER EARTH
NASHVILLE SKYLINE—BOB
THE SOFT PARADE—THE
DOORS
If you don t like the way people talk to each other,
T_HE.E N.ITTANY.,,C.UB
TOMMY—THE WHO •
THE TURNING POINT—JOHN
MAYALL
This is about the fourth ver
sion of this column the reason
for it is that I had tried to list
the ten best singles in the first
one. I ended up with thirty four
and was still counting, then I
figured up ten, but they weren't
very popular, so I decided to do
it on the basis of popularity .and
ended up with a lot of bubble
gum and pop rock. I am •going to
list ten singles now, they are
REAL SINGLES. That means
that they either do not appear on
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any album yet, or that the single
came first, then the album. I con
sider singles entitys unto them
selves, which is purist thinking,
and will prejudice my choice, the
reason things like Whole ,Lot of
Love, Touch 'Me, and Everyday
People aren't included is because
they are all basicly album tracks,
which are put on singles (Even
in the case of Everyday People and
Touch me, they were out before
either Stand, or Soft Parade, out
when they were released both Sly
and the Doors knew where and
how they would fit into their re
spective projected -albllms). So,
Equ . A). Op . porttipity Emriliiyer
the ten best singles:
_BALLAiD OF JOHN AND YOKO
—THE BEATLES
COLD TUMMY—TIM PLAS-.
TIC ONO BAND
F.MiEFLYBODY'S TALKING
FRIENDSHIP TRAIN--GLA
DYS KNIGHT AND THE ZIPS
:FORTUNATE SON CRED
ENCE CLEARWATE.H, REVIVAL
GET BACK--THE BEATLES
HONKEY TONE WOMEN- 1
THE ROLLING STONES
ONE—THREE DOG NIGHT
SHES COME UNDUN—THE
GU'F'SS WHO
And that's it.
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