Someone you know says "I like jazz" and whips out a copy of Kind of Blue or Take Five but you figure out they have nothing else. Then there is Giant Steps (1960).
I’m not afraid of the low-hanging fruit
Sorry, this album dropped March 1, 1973. Not quite 1970.
Holy smokes that's a good story! I too remember the news reports that night, and it was actually hard for us college students to fathom people losing their lives at a concert.I was around 12 or 13 at the time, and my family lived in Ohio, roughly 90 minutes north of Cincy. At the time, my Dad was living and working in Des Moines while we were trying to sell our house to relocate. My younger brothers had already gone to bed. Mom and I were watching ... MASH? Logan's Run? Nevertheless, I remember the show being interrupted for a special news bulletin. I think my Mom was so horrified that my "old enough for concerts" age was extended another 5 years!
Q:How long ago was 1970?
A:Chicago was only on their second album.
Make Me Smile
Colour My World
25 or 6 to 4
What blows me away about 1970 personally is how many "second favorite" albums it includes.
1. White Album
2. Let It Be
1. Black Sabbath / Vol. 4
2. Paranoid
1. Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
2. After the Gold Rush
1. The Velvet Underground & Nico
2. Loaded
1. Raw Power
2. Fun House
1. LA Woman
2. Morrison Hotel / The Doors
And if we're counting studio albums for The Dead BOTH American Beauty & Workingman's Dead came out in '70 with Workingman's being my personal favorite.
It's just bananas.
No, in fact I was remembering Paranoid as coming out in '69 and After The Gold Rush as '71. I wasn't sure about Loaded either...Intriguing-- had you realized so many of your #2 choices were from '70, prior to this?
I like a lot of Chicago song but they aren't in the top echelon of my favorite bands. I do, however, respect the hell out of them as musicians.Somehow didn't realize the album with those songs came in '70 -- I would have guessed '72-ish. Good reference.