Welcome to another edition of On That Note. OTN is a weekly music post hosted alternately by @cyclones500, @CycloneRulzzz and yours truly.
This week we launch our annual albums-by-decade series.
For part 1, post your favorite LPs released in 1963 and/or 1973. (Those years only, NOT the entire decade.)
Include 3 or 4 sound clips. In addition to the tracks, we encourage you to expound on why the album is meaningful, including personal history of your relationship with the record and its music.
Choices should focus on studio albums. Avoid greatest hits/live LPs/compilations. We’ll allow it, but it should be a definitive element of an artist’s body of work that isn’t otherwise generally available from studio output.
If someone posts an album on your list before you get to it, you still may reference it, but use different song clips.
(There are dozens of best/favorite album lists, by year released, online.)
And, If you’re more singles-oriented, you may substitute top singles from either of those years.
(In subsequent weeks, we’ll do 83/93 and 03/13)
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Since I neglected to give a heads-up about this topic I'll start by posting some of my favorite singles from 1963. For many years I thought 1963 was a horrible year for music. There were some clunkers that were big hits, but over the years I've discovered some real gems, many of which were ignored at the time.
My first 5 from 1963:
To this point, the Temptations had yet to have a hit. And this one didn't quite make it either, though it did get some attention regionally. A great early Motown side written by Smokey Robinson
Out of Davenport's Fredlo recording studio this rocker came in 1963.
This is the ORIGINAL version of this song. Later covered by Irma Thomas - whose version the Rolling Stones covered. I love this one, too.
Another sorta obscure soul thing.
Something a bit more mainstream. Bobby Bare
This week we launch our annual albums-by-decade series.
For part 1, post your favorite LPs released in 1963 and/or 1973. (Those years only, NOT the entire decade.)
Include 3 or 4 sound clips. In addition to the tracks, we encourage you to expound on why the album is meaningful, including personal history of your relationship with the record and its music.
Choices should focus on studio albums. Avoid greatest hits/live LPs/compilations. We’ll allow it, but it should be a definitive element of an artist’s body of work that isn’t otherwise generally available from studio output.
If someone posts an album on your list before you get to it, you still may reference it, but use different song clips.
(There are dozens of best/favorite album lists, by year released, online.)
And, If you’re more singles-oriented, you may substitute top singles from either of those years.
(In subsequent weeks, we’ll do 83/93 and 03/13)
- Last week’s OTN: Was Party in the USA. It can be found here:
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Since I neglected to give a heads-up about this topic I'll start by posting some of my favorite singles from 1963. For many years I thought 1963 was a horrible year for music. There were some clunkers that were big hits, but over the years I've discovered some real gems, many of which were ignored at the time.
My first 5 from 1963:
To this point, the Temptations had yet to have a hit. And this one didn't quite make it either, though it did get some attention regionally. A great early Motown side written by Smokey Robinson
Out of Davenport's Fredlo recording studio this rocker came in 1963.
This is the ORIGINAL version of this song. Later covered by Irma Thomas - whose version the Rolling Stones covered. I love this one, too.
Another sorta obscure soul thing.
Something a bit more mainstream. Bobby Bare
