STREET WISE – Rolling Stones & EXILE ON MAIN ST.
Equally Keith’s riotous album recorded in France and Mick’s L.A. studio creation, EXILE ON MAIN ST (1972) from either perspective is a dazzling listen.
RANTS & REFLECTIONS
THE HALF OF IT – English football in the middle of the 1970s:
English Football 1975: The Two Ronnies. Hard truth or fake news? ‘The crowd trouble was held up for 90 minutes when 22 players invaded the pitch.’
TWILIGHT ZONE – Bruce Springsteen & DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (1978): Rather than clone ‘Born to Run’ Springsteen looks at his working class roots to find characters alienated and adrift.
ROSE TO THE TOP – Joni Mitchell & FOR THE ROSES
FOR THE ROSES (1972) finds Mitchell in questioning mood – the songs (and inner sleeve) revealing in more ways than one.
HOME DISCOMFORTS – The Home Internationals of 1975:
The 1975 Home Internationals: The Kennedy annihilation – Stewart concedes five as Scotland are routed at Wembley.
LOCK, STOCK and TAYLOR’S SMOKING BARRELS – The 1975 FA Cup Final:
West Ham v Fulham (3/5/1975): Bobby Moore beside himself to be back at Wembley – walking out along side many with whom he once played.
MOUNTAIN PASS – Joe Walsh & THE SMOKER YOU DRINK, THE PLAYER YOU GET
THE SMOKER YOU DRINK, THE PLAYER YOU GET (1973): With ‘Rocky Mountain Way’ Walsh creates a new found form of mellow-metal.
IT WAS UNUSUAL – The FA Cup Semi-Finals of 1974-75:
Tom Jones is top of the LP charts with the last four of the FA Cup having a curious look – striker John Mitchell sending Division Two Fulham to Wembley.
THE WARREN COMMISSION – Warren Zevon & EXCITABLE BOY
Warren Zevon & EXCITABLE BOY (1978): As ‘Werewolves of London’ became a hit single, ‘Excitable Boy’ rose steadily up the U.S. album charts.
SEMI-ATTACHED – FA Cup Semi-Finals of the 1960s
ROCK ON TOMMY: March 1969 – The Who release ‘Tommy’ and Manchester City centre-back Booth blasts a semi-final winner against Everton.