Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 is a time capsule to that testament. So it’s no surprise that, nearly 45 years earlier, Cohen was already making waves.
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Three-hour jaunts, full of costume changes and back-up singers. Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970Īlthough he’s nearly 80 years young, Leonard Cohen’s live performances are still hailed as some of the greatest events to be seen in music. Wonder also added a lovely layer of funk to The Beatles’ “We Can Work It Out.” - Robert HamĢ2. And just listen to it: it starts off so unassumingly before settling into that effortless-sounding groove and before Wonder and his backup singers burst onto the scene to deliver a message of steadfast love and happiness. Quite an achievement for any singer let alone one who had just turned 20. And that little measure of trust paid off big time, as what came out first was “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours,” a smash hit that stayed at the top of the R&B charts for six weeks.
Stevie Wonder: Signed, Sealed & Deliveredįor the first time, Motown agreed to let their boy wonder Stevie produce one of his own records. Band of Gypsys was the last album Hendrix released, and in just six songs, it shows off how his guitar skills were and still are unmatched. When the album was originally released on March 25, 1970, it peaked at #5 during a 61-week run on the Billboard album chart and after Hendrix’s death in September 1970, it was his bestselling U.S. Without his original band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Band Of Gypsys is made up of three very talented musicians coming together to create live album magic: the funky, R&B sounds of bassist Billy Cox, an old friend from Hendrix’s early days, and the fusion of rock ’n’ roll drumming from Buddy Miles and the slaying away on the electric guitar by Hendrix. Hendrix’s iconic live record is a collection of two historic performances at New York’s Fillmore East on New Year’s Day 1970. Paste contributor Brian Chideste called The Beach Boys’ efforts on the album “in many respects, their Abbey Road-a lush production that signaled an end to the 1960s, the decade that gave them creative flight.” There are points when Sunflower is too decadent for its own good-”Tears in the Morning” oozes schmaltz, including a literal accordion solo when Bruce Johnston laments that his wife has left him for Europe-but the album also contains the the undeniably cool shoegazing precursor “All I Wanna Do” and the aching “Forever,” Dennis Wilson’s finest lead vocal contribution apart from his solo work on Pacific Ocean Blue. In contrast, 1970’s Sunflower takes the group’s penchant for sun-soaked melody and applies it more gently on an album that exudes warmth through skilled, elegant production. The Beach Boys: SunflowerĪsk anybody who’s had to suffer through Beach Boys’ renditions of “Barbara Ann” or “Be True to Your School” on oldie’s radio and they can confirm that the early work of the group could easily cross the threshold from sugary into sickly sweet. Happy 50th anniversary to these 25 classic LPs from 1970. For a year when Elvis Presley’s “The Wonder of You” and Mungo Jerry’s “In the Summertime” were the two biggest hits, the album format was alive and well. The Grateful Dead released two of their best albums in 1970, and Van Morrison, Neil Young and Miles Davis all released masterpieces.
Meanwhile, acts like Black Sabbath, James Taylor and Crosby, Stills & Nash had just were just gaining momentum. The beginning of the 1970s was a time of transition with The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and Simon & Garfunkel all releasing their final albums. Looking back at the best albums of 1970, it quickly becomes clear that some fantastic albums are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year.
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