From the Inside is the third studio album by the American country rock band Poco. The band was reportedly unhappy with it following its release. This album was the first to include new member Paul Cotton as lead guitarist, who replaced Jim Messina. Messina would go on to form his partnership with Kenny Loggins. Tracks […]
I Wrote A Simple Song is the sixth studio album by American soul musician Billy Preston. Released in November 1971, it was his first album for A&M Records and marked the start of a run of commercial success in the United States that lasted through to the late 1970s. The album includes the hit single […]
“Outa-Space” is an instrumental recorded by Billy Preston that originally appeared on his 1971 A&M Records-debut album, I Wrote a Simple Song. Preston created the sound of “Outa-Space” by running the sound from a clavinet through a wah wah pedal and then improvising a groove while calling out chord changes to the backing band. He […]
“I Wrote a Simple Song” is a song by American soul musician Billy Preston that was first released as the title track to his album of the same name in November 1971. It was written by Preston and his regular collaborator, Joe Greene. The song was also Preston’s first single on A&M Records, following the […]
Merry Clayton is the third studio album by soul singer Merry Clayton, released in 1971 on the Ode Records label. Tracks 1 Southern Man (Neil Young) 03:18 2 After All This Time (Carole King) 03:11 3 Walk On In (Carole King) 02:46 4 Love Me Or Let Me Be Lonely (Anita Poree; Jerry Peters; Skip […]
Klatu Berrada Niktu is the only album by The Dependables, released in 1971 on United Artists Records. Tracks 1 Loving You More (Joey Stec; Ralph Scala) 02:54 2 Who Could You Get (to Love You) (Joey Stec; Ralph Scala) 02:40 3 Give Me Love (David Ponci) 03:07 4 Standing Here Alone (Joey Stec; Ralph Scala) […]
Home Grown is an album by singer/songwriter Johnny Rivers, released in 1971. Tracks 1 Moving To The Country (Charles Harris; Ron Milo Duquette) 04:00 2 My New Life (Frank Kinsel) 03:13 3 Our Lady Of The Well (Jackson Browne; Robby Krieger) 03:14 4 Look At The Sun (Frank Kinsel; Johnny Rivers) 02:03 5 Rock Me […]
Salt Song is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine recorded for the CTI Note label featuring performances by Turrentine with an orchestra arranged by Eumir Deodato. The CD rerelease added another track Tracks 1 Gibraltar (Freddie Hubbard) 10:17 2 I Told Jesus (Traditional) 07:37 3 Salt Song (Milton Nascimento) 07:14 4 I Haven’t Got […]
Since There Were Circles is an album by Bob Lind, released in 1971 on Capitol Records. Bob Lind (born Robert Neale Lind, November 25, 1942) is an American folk music singer-lyricist, who helped define the 1960s folk rock movement in the U.S. and U.K. Lind is well known for his transatlantic hit record, “Elusive Butterfly”, […]
Gandharva is an album by Beaver & Krause, released in 1971. Beaver & Krause were an American musical duo comprising Paul Beaver and Bernie Krause. Their 1967 album The Nonesuch Guide to Electronic Music was a pioneering work in the electronic music genre.[citation needed] The pair were Robert Moog’s sales representatives on the U.S. West […]