Hidden 60’s and 70’s Gems

[stax on the mull]

Although all of the material on this "Lost Album" is available on other Dion compilations, Norton Records reissued this collection of Dion recordings as an LP that should have been in 1965, but for Dion's health issues. Apart from his heroin addiction, the former teen idol was also losing his hair and rumour has it that he took to wearing a toupee.

There are bluesy rockers, Dylan songs and heart-wrenching mid tempo ballads. I particularly like his cover of Tom Paxton's "I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound" but it may be too melancholic for most and I suppose that's because some sentiments and ways of expressing them, for better and worse are specific to a bygone world. Popular, now unpopular 60's music but it's really good stuff, no bum notes vocally or instrumentally.

 

[stax on the mull]

Sacrilege probably, but I sometimes prefer what these guys did at the turn of the 60's/70's with the country/blues/rock mix more than Creedence and the Stones.

 

[rocker_oz33]

Must say the cars debut album was very good.
Prob before it's time... IMO.

 

[stax on the mull]

Love the name of the band, the album cover, the music and the message. Funkified gospel from 1977.

 

[Bostonian]

Slightly underrated Brit Explosion band. Had a few good songs. This one being my fave.

 

[rocker_oz33]

Really like this from LA Woman ...would of been interesting how their music would of been.

 

[stax on the mull]

Very enjoyable summery samba soul from 1977. Only one ballad which is hardly a bummer track, the rest is all light and bouncy brazillian grooves.

 

[Rusty Brookes]

 

[stax on the mull]

There's a few versions of "Hard Times".

This earlier version from fellow Chicago soul legend Gene Chandler goes by the title: "In My Body's House"

 

[stax on the mull]

Very cool clip of 3 Hur-el performing "Sevenler Ağlarmış" ("Lovers Cry") on Turkish Television 1974 with a mix of traditional folk and psychedelic in the 2nd half of the song.



"Üç Hürel was a Turkish rock band, formed in 1970 by siblings Onur, Haldun and Feridun Hürel. Considered as among Turkey's most popular Anatolian rock bands (Anadolu-Pop) the band performed folk-driven pop and rock music and occasionally also paraphrased classic folk songs with considerable ingenuity. Their lyrics generally featured themes such as peace and freedom, written by Feridun Hürel. Turkish psychedelic folk-rock tunes with 18 strings "double stemmed" saz-guitar by Feridun Hürel, heavy drum-bash by Haldun Hürel and bass guitar by Onur Hürel."

Excellent album too, released in 1974, which I think is actually a compilation of singles from '70 to '74. I've always liked this track with the hand drum percussion intro "Döner Dünya" ("World of Rotation"), though the other tracks have more guitars if that's your bent.