1968 The Gentle Soul – The Gentle Soul
The Gentle Soul is the only album released by The Gentle Soul (Pamela Polland and Rick Stanley). It was released in 1968 on Epic.
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1972 Arlo Guthrie – Hobo’s Lullaby
Hobo’s Lullaby is an album by the American folk singer Arlo Guthrie. It was released in 1972 on Reprise Records. It was re-released on Rising Son Records in 1997. The album contains Guthrie’s only Top 40 hit, a cover of Steve Goodman’s “City Of New Orleans”.
1967 The Ceyleib People – Tanyet
The Ceyleib People was a short-lived Raga-Rock band from Los Angeles. Their only album, Tanyet, released in 1967 on Vault Records, features Wrecking Crew session musicians Mike Deasy on guitar, Larry Knechtel on keyboard, Lybuk Hyd (an alias for Deasy) on vocals and guitar, and Joe Osborn on bass, as well as Deasy’s son, Mike […]
1974 Terry Melcher – Terry Melcher
Terry Melcher is the first solo album by Terry Melcher, released in 1974 on Reprise. Terrence Paul Melcher (born Terrence Paul Jorden; February 8, 1942 – November 19, 2004) was an American record producer, singer, and songwriter who was instrumental in shaping the mid-to-late 1960s California Sound and folk rock movements. His best-known contributions were […]
1995 Randy Newman – Randy Newman’s Faust
Randy Newman’s Faust is a 1995 musical by American musician and songwriter Randy Newman, who based the work on the classic story of Faust, borrowing elements from the version by Goethe, as well as Milton’s Paradise Lost, but updating the story to the modern day, and infusing it with humorous cynicism. In this retelling, God […]
1985 Soundtrack – The Color Purple
The Color Purple is a 1985 American epic coming-of-age period drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Menno Meyjes, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker. It was Spielberg’s eighth film as a director, and marked a turning point in his career, as it was a […]
1973 Maria Muldaur – Maria Muldaur
Maria Muldaur is the 1973 debut studio album of musician Maria Muldaur. The album includes “Midnight at the Oasis”, her best-known single, which charted at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and “Three Dollar Bill”, which charted at #7 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts. The album, which peaked at #3 on The Billboard 200, […]
1969 The GTO’s – Permanent Damage
Permanent Damage is the only studio album by The GTOs. The album was released in 1969 on Straight Records. The GTOs (Girls Together Outrageously) were an all-girl group from the Los Angeles area, specifically the Sunset Strip scene. Active for only two and a half years (1968–1970) with a single reunion in 1974,[1] their only […]
1970 Scott McKenzie – Stained Glass Morning
Stained Glass Morning is the second and last album by Scott McKenzie, released in 1970. It is notable for the work of “sterling backup players, including Ry Cooder, Rusty Young (of Poco), and Barry McGuire.” The album did not chart on the Billboard 200. One single was released off the album, “Going Home Again”, but […]
1999 Janice Robinson – The Color Within Me
The Color Within Me is an album by Janice Robinson, released in 1999 Janice Robinson (born 8 December 1967) is an American singer, initially known as a member of 1990s Italian Eurodance group Livin’ Joy before she embarked on a solo career. Tracks 1 Nothing I Would Change (Janice Robinson; Jordan D’Andria; Mark Godwin) 03:34 […]