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1974

Mixes By Year: 1974 Most Recommended Albums

1974- the year of Funk!   Well at the very least ’74 was a year that offshoots of the traditional rock and soul genres dominated the musical landscape.  Every year in the seventies was chock full of amazing songs & albums- ’74 was certainly not one of the 2 or 3 best years of that decade but it is both important and underrated, and was likely the key year in both the outlaw country movement and the most important transition year between Philly soul and Disco as well as southern soul into a much harder edged funk.

If you like Funk as a genre I can think of no better year for you than ’74.  Though there were not necessarily many standout albums, almost all of the following key players/groups in the movement had multiple hit songs-  James Brown, Parliament & Funkadelic, Rufus & Chaka Khan, Ohio Players, the O’Jays, Kool & the Gang, the Commodores, the Meters, Average White Band, the Isley Brothers & Gil Scot-Heron (who some people call the godfather of rap).  Most of the above groups were really just getting started and would define the genre throughout the rest of the genre.  James Brown, who almost indisputably invented Funk, experienced his last truly banner year in ’74 before petering out several years later- unable to reinvent himself during Disco’s dominance.  Isley Brothers & Meters got their start in the early and late 60’s respectively and would continue to create relevant music after ’74.  Other less funky soul legends like Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight & the Pips & Al Green continued to create great soul music in ’74 as well but both Knight & Green were at the tail-end of their musical relevance- Green would go on to create spiritual music throughout the latter part of the decade and Knight would continue to have hits but in a much more adult-contemporary vein.  Stevie Wonder’s brilliance transcended the changing musical climate-his music would not drop in quality until the early 80’s.

By ’74 Disco had not been invented yet as a radio formatted genre but the seeds which created the sound had been planted.  Taking the smooth Philly soul sound at its template artists like Barry White, Gloria Gaylor & the Philly Soul house band MFSB had huge pre-disco hits in ’74 with songs like “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe”, “My First, My Last, My Everything, “Honey Bee”, “Never Can Say Goodbye”, “TSOP” (which later became the Soul Train theme song), and “Love is the Message”.  Along with other pre-disco “hits” like “Rock Your Baby” by George McRae, “Doctor’s Orders” by Carol Douglas, “Lady Marmalade” by Labelle, “The Mexican” by Babe Ruth, these songs would form the basis to the new sound fomenting in gay urban disco’s in cities like San Francisco & New York City.  Three years later the sound would take over the country peaking after the release of  the “Saturday Night Fever” movie and soundtrack.  Though at the time early disco was namely an American phenomenon, the early songs of the ultra-popular Swedish group ABBA fit nicely into the new genre as well.

On the rock end of things the most popular sounds in the early 70’s were the mellow, folky sounds of the baby boomer singer-songwriters and the younger, much more aggressive hard rock and heavy metal groups.  Though commercially ’74 was still a big year for the singer-songwriters with artists like Jim Croce, Gordon Lightfoot & Carly Simon having hugely successful singles on the chart, many of the genres best artists were either hitting artistic roadblocks or branching out into new directions.  James Taylor released his least successful album to date and John Lennon’s “Walls & Bridges” album was largely unsuccesful as well particularly compares to the amazing “Plastic Ono Band” and “Imagine” one-two punch at the beginning of the decade.  Joni Mitchell was headed into a much jazzier direction and released the wonderful “Court and Spark” in ’74 which in retrospect was the last even vaguely commercial release of her career.  Elton John released his weakest album “Caribou” in the middle of his amazing early-mid 70’s 5 or 6 album run.  As relatively weak as “Caribou” is compared to his other albums during that time period like “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”, and “Honky Chateau”, it still contains “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me” and “Bitch is Back”.  Heavier singer-songwriters like Neil Young & Eric Claton had excellent albums in ’74 as well with the bleak but amazing “On the Beach” and “461 Ocean Blvd.”- perhaps the best album of Clapton’s solo career.  Other notable albums by singer-songwriters in ’74 were “Good Old Boys” the third classic album in a row by master-satirist Randy Newman, the debut album “I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight” by husband & wife team Richard & Linda Thompson (Richard late of the brilliant British progressive-folk group Fairport Convention) & the second full length album “The Heart of Saturday Night” by L.A. eccentric Tom Waits, who was moving further away from a traditional singer-songwriter toward the idiosyncratic half beat poet/half carnival barker style he would eventually become his trademark.

Country music was also splitting into many different factions.  Artists like Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson & Kris Kristofferson developed a sound known as “Outlaw Country”- an antidote to the squarer and more cookie-cutter sound that dominated country radio throughout the sixties.  Nelson’s “Phases and Stages” was a landmark outlaw-country album even though at the time it was relatively unheard by the masses.  The harder-edged, more authentic style fit in well with the southern rock sound of bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd and Little Feat.  Skynyrd nearly matched their note perfect debut album with “Second Helping”, another classic which also contains one of the band’s two standard songs in “Sweet Home Alabama”.  The softer countrypolitan L.A. sound of the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt would also prove hugely successful in the mid 70’s- one of the most dominant sounds in music of that part of the decade which would unfortunately be watered down more and more to the point of excruciation as the decade wore on.  Florida born Jimmy Buffett released two stellar albums in ’74 as well.  He would practically invent his own genre and cottage industry with his mix of light country-rock and island music to go along with his sharp, witty writing and party-hearty image.  Gram Parsons, called the godfather of alternative country, would sadly die of an overdose just before the release of his best album “Grievous Angel”, certainly a contender for album of the year in ’74.

By ’74 Glam Rock, a huge British musical trend throughout the early 70’s, was dying out and Punk Rock had not really begun yet as a mass movement despite the release of the pre-punk New York Dolls underrated second album “Too Much Too Soon”.  ’74 was an interim year where many of the seeds of Punk & post-Punk were sewn.  David Bowie’s dark “Diamond Dogs” plays like an epitaph slamming the door shut on the entire Glam movement.   Brian Eno, the wildly creative Roxy Music keyboardist had left Roxy the previous year and recorded his first two solo albums- “Here Come the Warm Jets” and “Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy”.  To date they are his two most song-oriented albums and marked the transition between his glam-rock and his more experimental and/or ambient phases.  Roxy Music stepped it up as well with “Country Life” a return to form after the solid but comparatively lackluster “Stranded”.  Though they didn’t fit nicely into the pre-post-Punk ( 🙂 ) niche, the power-pop trio Big Star released their second classic album in a row with “Radio City”.  It sold even less than the debut and was only heard by the coolest of the cool.  Big Star is likely the first real cult band-  they did not have an avant-garde sound (at least not yet) and were actually trying to get on the radio and be successful but wouldn’t achieve true fame and notoriety until years after their demise.  How “Back of a Car” and “September Gurls” weren’t huge top 40 hits I’ll never know or understand.  In Germany Kraftwerk would come out with a huge worldwide hit in “Autobahn”- at the time thought of in the U.S. as a novelty but in time would be understood as one of the most influential sounds in music.  All of the music was played on computers- no Kraftwerk then no synth-pop, techno or hip-hop and much of R&B.  So many of you can blame Kraftwerk!  Cluster, another progressive Germany group would veer away from the space-rock of their earlier days with “Zuckerzeit” another huge early influence on techno music- particularly in the IDM vein.

King Crimson straddled the line between progressive rock and hard rock/heavy metal.  Their leader Robert Fripp would also go on to do important work as well with the aforementioned Brian Eno.  Though far brainier and more musically complex than most Metal at the time, Crimson certainly rocked hard enough to be known as a heavy metal band.  ’74 saw the release of both the “Starless and Bible Black” and “Red” albums ending the first and most influential incarnation of the band with a bang.  Though neither had their best years in ’74 British Heavy Metal groups Deep Purple and Black Sabbath both had solid album releases with “Burn” and “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” respectively.  And the newer, also quite progressive and flamboyant band Queen emerged with their second & third albums (Queen II and Sheer Heart Attack).  In America a new group of hard rock bands gained traction.  The heavily Glam-influenced KISS released their self-titled debut (and still best album) along with their follow-up “Hotter than Hell”, Boston’s Aerosmith came out with their second album “Get Your Wings”- the first of their best trio of albums released in their entire career, and Blue Oyster Cult’s “Secret Treaties”- their third album but the first that anyone noticed.

And all of that without any mention of Bob Marley & the Wailers, whose “Natty Dread” is one of Reggae’s defining albums.  They wouldn’t fully break until ’77’s “Exodus” but “Natty Dread” is just as good of an album and an important stepping stone into bringing the Reggae genre to the masses. To my ears “Natty Dread” fights it out with “Grievous Angel” for album of the year 1974.



Bob Marley & the Wailers- Natty Dread

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Brian Eno- Here Come the Warm Jets

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Big Star- Radio City

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Aerosmith- Get Your Wings

*Album not available via iTunes

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King Crimson- Red

*Not available via iTunes

Buy Red 30th Anniversary Edition Remastered




Roxy Music- Country Life

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Genesis- The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

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Stevie Wonder- Fulfillingness’ First Finale

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Shuggie Otis- Inspiration Information

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*This is a reissue with bonus tracks and different front cover art




KISS- KISS

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New York Dolls- in Too Much Too Soon

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Lynyrd Skynyrd- Second Helping

Buy Second Helping (Remastered) – Lynyrd Skynyrd

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Neil Young- On the Beach

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Joni Mitchell- Court and Spark

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Richard & Linda Thompson- I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight

Buy I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (Remastered) – Richard & Linda Thompson

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Gram Parsons- Grievous Angel

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Steely Dan- Pretzel Logic

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Randy Newman- Good Old Boys

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Brian Eno- Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)

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David Bowie- Diamond Dogs

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Mixes By Year: Best of 1974 Volume 1

Best of 1974 Volume 1 (3/23/02)

1.  The Average White Band- Pick Up the Pieces

Buy Pick Up the Pieces – AWB

2. Brian Eno-Third Uncle

3.  David Bowie- Rebel Rebel

Buy Rebel Rebel – Diamond Dogs (30th Anniversary)

4.  The New York Dolls- Babylon

Buy Babylon – Too Much Too Soon

5.  KISS- Strutter

Buy Strutter – Kiss (Remastered)

6.  Labelle- Lady Marmalade

Buy Lady Marmalade – Nightbirds

7.  Stevie Wonder- Boogie On Reggae Woman

Buy Boogie on Reggae Woman – Fulfillingness’ First Finale

8. Pharaoh Sanders- Love Is Everywhere (Edit)

9.  George McRae- Rock Your Baby

Buy Rock Your Baby – Rock Your Baby – the Very Best Of

10.  Barry White- Can’t Get Enough of Your Love Babe

Buy Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe – Barry White: All-Time Greatest Hits

11.  ABBA- Waterloo

Buy Waterloo (English Version) – Gold – Greatest Hits

12. Big Star- September Gurls

Buy September Gurls – #1 Record Radio City (Bonus Track Version)

13.  The Grateful Dead- Scarlet Begonias

Buy Scarlet Begonias – From the Mars Hotel (Expanded) [Remastered]

14.  Eric Clapton- Motherless Children

Buy Motherless Children – 461 Ocean Blvd. (Deluxe Edition)

15.  Neil Young- Walk On

Buy Walk On – On the Beach (Remastered)

16.  Lynyrd Skynyrd- Sweet Home Alabama

Buy Sweet Home Alabama – Second Helping (Remastered)

17.  Randy Newman- Rednecks

Buy Rednecks – Good Old Boys

18.  Joni Mitchell- Help Me

Buy Help Me – Court and Spark

19.  Richard & Linda Thompson- I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight

Buy I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (Remastered)

20.  Gram Parsons- In My Hour of Darkness

Buy In My Hour of Darkness (Remastered) – Grievous Angel

Mixes By Year: Best of 1974 Volume 2

Best of 1974 Volume 2 (3/23/02)

1.  The Rolling Stones- It’s Only Rock N’ Roll (But I Like It)

Buy It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It) – It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (Remastered)

2.  KISS- Deuce

Buy Deuce – Kiss (Remastered)

3.  The Ohio Players- Fire

Buy Fire – 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Ohio Players

4.  Rufus & Chaka Khan- Tell Me Something Good

Buy Tell Me Something Good – Rags to Rufus

5.  Roxy Music- Casanova

Buy Casanova – Country Life

6.  Queen- Killer Queen

Buy Killer Queen – Sheer Heart Attack

7.  Parliament- Up for the Down Stroke

Buy Up for the Down Stroke – Up for the Down Stroke (Remastered)

8.  The Hues Corporation- Rock the Boat

Buy Rock the Boat – Carlito’s Way (Music from the Motion Picture)

9.  Elton John- The Bitch is Back

Buy The Bitch Is Back – Caribou

10.  Joni Mitchell- Free Man in Paris

Buy Free Man In Paris – Court and Spark

11.  Steely Dan- Rikki Don’t Lose that Number

Buy Rikki Don’t Lose That Number – Pretzel Logic (Reissue)

12.  Stevie Wonder- You Haven’t Done Nothin’

Buy You Haven’t Done Nothin’ – Fulfillingness’ First Finale

13.  James Brown- Funky President (People it’s Bad)

Buy Funky President (People It’s Bad) [Single Version] – Make It Funky – The Big Payback: 1971-1975

14.  William DeVaughan- Be Thankful for What You Got

Buy Be Thankful for What You Got (Radio Version) – Be Thankful for What You Got

15.  Jimmy Buffett- A Pirate Looks at Forty

Buy A Pirate Looks at Forty – A-1-A

16.  Gram Parsons- Return of the Grievous Angel

Buy Return of the Grievous Angel – Grievous Angel

17.  Big Star- Back of a Car

Buy Back of a Car – #1 Record Radio City (Bonus Track Version)

18.  Neil Young- For the Turnstiles

Buy For the Turnstiles – On the Beach (Remastered)

19.  Tom Waits- The Heart of Saturday Night

Buy The Heart of Saturday Night – The Heart of Saturday Night

20.  Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway- Feel Like Makin’ Love

Buy Feel Like Makin’ Love – The Very Best of Roberta Flack

21.  Richard & Linda Thompson- End of the Rainbow

Buy The End of the Rainbow – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (Remastered)

Mixes By Year: Best of 1974 Volume 3

Best of 1974 Volume 3 (11/19/03)

1.  David Bowie- Diamond Dogs

Buy Diamond Dogs – Diamond Dogs (30th Anniversary)

2. Sweet- Fox On The Run

3.  Roxy Music- The Thrill of it All

Buy The Thrill of It All – Country Life

4.  Lynyrd Skynyrd- The Needle and the Spoon

Buy The Needle and the Spoon – Second Helping (Remastered)

5.  Neil Young- Revolution Blues

Buy Revolution Blues – On the Beach (Remastered)

6.  James Brown- Papa Don’t Take No Mess

Buy Papa Don’t Take No Mess (Part I) – The Singles Vol. 9 (1973-1975)

7.  The Raspberries- Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)

Buy Overnight Sensation – Capitol Collectors Series: The Raspberries

8.  Big Star- O My Soul

Buy O My Soul – #1 Record Radio City (Bonus Track Version)

9.  Gram Parsons- Love Hurts

Buy Love Hurts – Grievous Angel

10.  Waylon Jennings- Amanda

Buy Amanda – The Essential Waylon Jennings

11.  Willie Nelson- Bloody Mary Morning

Buy Bloody Mary Morning – Phases and Stages

12.  Bob Marley & the Wailers- Lively Up Yourself

Buy Lively Up Yourself – Natty Dread (Expanded)

13. Toots & The Maytals- Time Tough

14.  Al Green- Take Me to the River

Buy Take Me to the River – Al Green Explores Your Mind

15.  Gladys Knight & the Pips- The Best Thing that Ever Happened to Me

Buy Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me – Platinum & Gold Collection

16.  Richard & Linda Thompson- When I Get to the Border

Buy When I Get to the Border – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (Remastered)

17.  Steely Dan- Any Major Dude Will Tell You

Buy Any Major Dude Will Tell You – Pretzel Logic (Reissue)

18.  Randy Newman- Marie

Buy Marie – Good Old Boys

Mixes By Year: Best of 1974 Volume 4

Best of 1974 Volume 4 (11/20/03)

1.  Genesis- The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

Buy The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway – Platinum Collection

2.  The New York Dolls- Chatterbox

Buy Chatterbox – Too Much Too Soon

3.  The Commodores- Machine Gun

Buy Machine Gun – The Commodores: Anthology

4.  Kool and the Gang- Higher Plane

Buy Higher Plane – Gold

5.  James Brown- My Thang

Buy My Thang – Star Time

6.  Parliament- Testify

Buy Testify (Original Version) – Tear the Roof Off (1974-1980)

7.  The Meters- Hey Pocky Way

Buy Hey Pocky A-way – Rejuvenation

8.  Waylon Jennings- I’m A Ramblin’ Man

Buy I’m a Ramblin’ Man – The Essential Waylon Jennings

9.  Jimmy Buffett- Come Monday

Buy Come Monday – Living and Dying In 3/4 Time

10.  Little Feat- Oh Atlanta

Buy Oh, Atlanta – Feats Don’t Fail Me Now

11.  Randy Newman- Birmingham

Buy Birmingham – Good Old Boys

12.  Eric Clapton- Mainline Florida

Buy Mainline Florida – 461 Ocean Blvd. (Deluxe Edition)

13.  The Rolling Stones- Time Waits for No One

Buy Time Waits for No One – It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (Remastered)

14.  KISS- Cold Gin

Buy Cold Gin – Kiss (Remastered)

15.  Tom Waits- Drunk on the Moon

Buy Drunk On the Moon – The Heart of Saturday Night

16.  Stevie Wonder- Heaven is a Zillion Light Years Away

Buy Heaven is 10 Zillion Light Years Away – Fulfillingness’ First Finale

17.  John Lennon- #9 Dream

Buy #9 Dream – Walls and Bridges (Remastered)

18.  Bob Marley & the Wailers- Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)

Buy Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) – Natty Dread (Expanded)

19.  Aerosmith- Seasons of Wither

*Not available via iTunes           Buy Get Your Wings Album via Amazon

Mixes By Year: Best of 1974 Volume 5

Best of 1974 Volume 5 (11/11/06)

1.  Brian Eno- Needles in the Camel’s Eye

Buy Needles In the Camel’s Eye – Here Come the Warm Jets

2.  David Bowie- 1984

Buy 1984 – Diamond Dogs (30th Anniversary)

3.  King Crimson- One More Red Nightmare

*Not available via iTunes   Buy Red 30th Anniversary Edition Remastered

4.  Queen- Stone Cold Crazy

Buy Stone Cold Crazy – Sheer Heart Attack

5.  Funkadelic- Red Hot Mama

Buy Red Hot Mama – Finest

6.  The Isley Brothers- Live It Up (Parts 1 & 2)

Buy Live It Up (Part 1 & 2) – The Essential Isley Brothers

7.  KISS- Let Me Go, Rock N’ Roll

Buy Let Me Go, Rock & Roll – Hotter Than Hell (Remastered)

8.  The Who- Long Live Rock

Buy Long Live Rock (Remixed Album Version) – Odds & Sods (Remastered)

9.  Bob Marley & the Wailers- Rebel Music (3 O’Clock Road Block)

Buy Rebel Music (Three O’Clock Roadblock) – Natty Dread (Expanded)

10.  Junior Byles- Curly Locks

Buy Curly Locks (Original Version) – Curly Locks

11.  Lynyrd Skynyrd- The Ballad of Curtis Loew

Buy The Ballad of Curtis Loew – Second Helping (Remastered)

12.  The Doobie Brothers- Black Water

Buy Black Water – What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits

13.  Randy Newman- Louisiana 1927

Buy Louisiana 1927 – Good Old Boys

14.  Dolly Parton- I Will Always Love You

Buy I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton: 16 Biggest Hits

15.  Gram Parsons- Brass Buttons

Buy Brass Buttons – Grievous Angel

16.  Gene Clark- No Other

Buy No Other – No Other

17.  Al Green- Sha-La-La (Makes Me Happy)

Buy Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy) – Al Green Explores Your Mind

18.  The Three Degrees- When Will I See You Again

Buy When Will I See You Again – The Best of The Three Degrees – When Will I See You Again

19.  Gloria Gaynor- Never Can Say Goodbye

Buy Never Can Say Goodbye – 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Gloria Gaynor

20.  George Jones- The Grand Tour

Buy The Grand Tour (Single Version) – 16 Biggest Hits: George Jones

Mixes By Year: Best of 1974 Volume 6

Best of 1974 Volume 6 (11/12/06)

1.  The Rolling Stones- If You Can’t Rock Me

Buy If You Can’t Rock Me – It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (Remastered)

2.  Lynyrd Skynyrd- Workin’ For MCA

Buy Workin’ for MCA – Second Helping (Remastered)

3.  Blue Oyster Cult- Dominance and Submission

Buy Dominance and Submission – Secret Treaties

4.  Aerosmith- Lord of the Thighs

*Not available via iTunes                         Buy Get Your WingsAlbum via Amazon

5.  Brian Eno- Baby’s On Fire

Buy Baby’s On Fire – Here Come the Warm Jets

6.  Roxy Music- Out of the Blue

Buy Out of the Blue – Country Life

7.  Neil Young- See the Sky About to Rain

Buy (See the Sky) About to Rain – On the Beach (Remastered)

8.  Gordon Lightfoot- Sundown

Buy Sundown – Sundown

9.  Jimmy Buffett- Tryin’ to Reason with Hurricane Season

Buy Trying to Reason With Hurricane Season – A-1-A

10.  Waylon Jennings- This Time

Buy This Time – The Essential Waylon Jennings

11.  Gram Parsons- Hearts of Fire

Buy Hearts On Fire – Grievous Angel

12.  Joni Mitchell- Court and Spark

Buy Court and Spark – Court and Spark

13.  Stevie Wonder- Smile Please

Buy Smile Please – Fulfillingness’ First Finale

14.  Big Star- I’m in Love with A Girl

Buy I’m In Love With a Girl – #1 Record Radio City (Bonus Track Version)

15.  T. Rex- Teenage Dream

Buy Teenage Dream – Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow (Deluxe Version)

16.  Funkadelic- Sexy Ways

Buy Sexy Ways – Standing On the Verge of Getting It On

17.  Queen- Now I’m Here

Buy Now I’m Here – Sheer Heart Attack

18.  Patti Smith Group- Piss Factory

Buy P**s Factory – Land (1975-2002) [Remastered] *despite title of album this single was originally release in ’74

19.  KISS- Black Diamond

Buy Black Diamond – Kiss (Remastered)

Mixes By Year: Best of 1974 Volume 7

Best of 1974 Volume 7 (10/23/10)

1.  Rufus & Chaka Khan- Once You Get Started

Buy Once You Get Started – Rufusized

2.  Funkadelic- Standing on the Verge of Getting It On

Buy Standing On the Verge of Getting It On – Standing On the Verge of Getting It On

3. Cymande- Brothers On The Slide

4.  Shuggie Otis- Inspiration Information

*Not available via iTunes                             Buy Inspiration InformationAlbum via Amazon

5.  Gil Scot-Heron & Brian Jackson- The Bottle

Buy The Bottle – Winter In America

6.  King Crimson- The Great Deceiver

*Not available via iTunes    Buy Starless and Bible Black – 30th Anniversary Edition Remastered

7.  Steely Dan- Pretzel Logic

Buy Pretzel Logic – Pretzel Logic (Reissue)

8.  Mike Oldfield- Tubular Bells (U.S. Single Version)

Buy Tubular Bells (From the “Exorcist”) – Tubular Bells (Deluxe Version)

9.  Brian Eno- Here Come the Warm Jets

Buy Here Come the Warm Jets – Here Come the Warm Jets

10.  Kraftwerk- Autobahn

Buy Autobahn – Autobahn (Remastered)

11.  Roxy Music- Prairie Rose

Buy Prairie Rose – Country Life

12.  Joni Mitchell- Raised on Robbery

Buy Raised On Robbery – Court and Spark

13.  Aerosmith- Same Old Song and Dance

*Not available via iTunes                       Buy Get Your WingsAmazon

14. Ronettes- I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine
(originally recorded 1966; 1974 first official release)

Mixes By Year: Best of 1974 Volume 8

Best of 1974 Volume 8 (10/23/10)

1.  Lynyrd Skynyrd- Call Me the Breeze

Buy Call Me the Breeze – Second Helping (Remastered)

2.  Deep Purple- Burn

Buy Burn – Burn (Remastered)

3.  KISS- Hotter than Hell

Buy Hotter Than Hell – Hotter Than Hell (Remastered)

4.  Aerosmith- S.O.S. (Too Bad)

*Not available via iTunes                              Buy Get Your Wings Amazon

5.  Big Star- You Get What You Deserve

Buy You Get What You Deserve – #1 Record Radio City (Bonus Track Version)

6.  Neil Young- Ambulance Blues

Buy Ambulance Blues – On the Beach (Remastered)

7.  Willie Nelson- Pretend I Never Happened

Buy Pretend I Never Happened – Phases and Stages

8.  Gram Parsons- Ooh Las Vegas

Buy Ooh Las Vegas – Grievous Angel

9.  Redbone- Come and Get Your Love

Buy Come and Get Your Love – Super Hits of the ’70s Vol. 3

10.  Sparks- This Town Ain’t Big Enough for the Both of Us

Buy This Town Ain’t Big Enough for the Both of Us – Kimono My House

11.  Brian Eno- Burning Airlines Give You So Much More

Buy Burning Airlines Give You So Much More – Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy

12.  Cluster- Fotschi Tong

*Not available via iTunes                        Buy Zuckerzeit Album via Amazon

13.  Leonard Cohen- Chelsea Hotel, No. 2

Buy Chelsea Hotel No. 2 – The Best of Leonard Cohen

14.  Richard & Linda Thompson- We Sing Hallelujah

Buy We Sing Hallelujah – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (Remastered)

15.  Shuggie Otis- Aht Uh Mi Head

Buy Aht Uh Mi Hed – Twenty First Century Twenty First Year

16.  Bob Marley & the Wailers- Natty Dread

Buy Natty Dread (LP Version) – Natty Dread (Expanded)

17.  Ken Boothe- Everything I Own

Buy Everything I Own – Everything I Own : The Best of Ken Boothe

18.  Billy Preston- Nothing from Nothing

Buy Nothing from Nothing – Ultimate Collection: Billy Preston

19.  New York Dolls- Human Being

Buy Human Being – Too Much Too Soon

20.  Joe Cocker- You Are So Beautiful

Buy You Are So Beautiful – Joe Cocker: The Anthology