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Posts tagged: 111-120
#116 - At Last! (Etta James)
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="1961"][/caption] After a one month hiatus from posting on this blog, I am happy (oh so happy) to return to this project with Etta James as the first album to listen to. At Last! is Jamesetta Hawkins', aka Etta James', debut solo studio...
#117 - Sweetheart of the Rodeo (The Byrds)
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="August 30, 1968 - Sweetheart of the Rodeo"][/caption] As the sixth studio album from The Byrds, Sweetheart of the Rodeo has beautiful sound with a clear country (or should I say, Rodeo?) sound to it. In fact, I think the reason its on this list is mainly...
#118- Stand! (Sly and the Family Stone)
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="349" caption="May 3, 1969 (Stand!)"][/caption] Okay, we all know at least a few songs by Sly and the Family Stone, even if we don't really realize it. Like "Everyday People", as an example. Now, this album was a big deal when it was released. It was the fourth...
#119 - The Harder They Come (Original Soundtrack)
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="299" caption="Original Soundtrack Recording of The Harder They Come (July 7, 1972)"][/caption] Jamaican Reggae singer Jimmy Cliff starred in a crime movie called "The Harder They Come". He also recorded the title track on the...
#120 - Raising Hell (Run-D.M.C.)
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="Raising Hell, released on July 18, 1986"][/caption] I've been avoiding this album. I don't know why. I guess I just don't what to write about it. Run-D.M.C. changed the hip hop world (or so I'm reading), but I...