Thanks Matt. Appreciated the trip down memory lane - never been much of an Ohio Players fan, but good to get a high level review of their stuff. The one 70's band that I am a bit surprised which was not mentioned was 10cc - thought it might be more in your "wheelhouse" with their vocal harmonies, studio productions and interesting album covers.
I liked getting to explore your 70's collection in this series. A lot to learn! When you mentioned the Leo Sayer album on The Simpsons, I had to go look it up and it made me laugh (S4 E18). If you do decide to make a video on disco/hair bands, I would certainly be interested. Take care.
This is an enjoyable and interesting video. Some of those album covers were very creative, and I'm glad that you flipped them open to show us the inside artwork. The Bobby Sherman revolving picture cover reminded me of the cover of Led Zeppelin III (1970). A short-lived group that was pretty good was Off-Broadway, which had only 2 albums: 1 in 1979, and the 2nd in '80.
Some great stuff there Matt. All the classic Steely Dan albums are great. Every couple of years I do a top 20 all-time favorite album list with a friend and I always have a Steely Dan album on it. Every time I do it I pick a different album. None of them have any clunkers. I can't think of any other 70's band more consistent than them and there is no shortage of great 70's bands.
I’m a little older(b. 1959) but your taste coincides with mine at times. I, too am not a Springsteen enthusiast but enjoy a couple of his songs. Love those Ohio Players covers!
Same here re: Springsteen. I never liked his voice and thought the high energy live show routine was just really a gimmick. New Jersey people worship the guy.
Hey Matt , another good one. Thanks for focusing on some of the album art, it’s pretty cool to see. I had one of those rotating cartridge holders, but mine was for cassettes! 😄 This series evokes a lot of memories. Much appreciated!🎶🙏🏼
OMG, Spirograph is a core memory. Love these album romps down memory lane. I'd love to see a video on your memorabilia, like the games and lunchboxes you've displayed in this series. Sweet stuff.
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In 1984 I was a house guest of a college buddy in a very upscale building on Central Park West in NYC. Two blocks north of the Dakota. That’s hint for those who know the upper west side of Manhattan. Becker’s wife was our next store neighbor or X wife. The building was going condo so she was a renter and getting the boot 🥾 . She knocked on our door one day and asked if we wanted anything from her apartment? So we checked it out. The second one walked in the door you could tell her life was a mess. The place was sparsely furnished and a mess. There was a raised platform bed that had a view of Central Park and against the wall there were about 20 or so bass guitars lining the wall . The story was that when she needed money 💰 she would pawn a bass. The place was dark inside and I Looked down and on the floor was the golden album 💿 for Pretzel 🥨 Logic. An album I grew up listening to.. that really gave me the creeps. But I did take an old wooden Chair. Real sad but unbelievable..
Great vid as always, Matt. Good comparison of Steely Dan to The Beatles concerning the consistency of their albums. Just wanted to mention that if you haven't heard "Everything Must Go" which isn't in your collection, it is well worth checking out. It was their last album and has a suitably elegiac feeling to many of the songs, especially the Closing Down Sale reference in the title track, which I think is one of their best songs, also "The Last Mall" and the classic "Things I Miss The Most". The sound of the the album is great but much more straight ahead, without the lush orchestrations of many others, though still containing some beautiful passages and spine - tingling harmonies. It also has the characteristic which you described in The Beatles - no filler! It is an album that repays repeated plays, in spades, and needless to say is one my all-time favourites. Happy listening!
Oh, Matt - I just *knew* you were a Steely Dan man. Even have the FM album on vinyl! If you ever shift into the 70s, I'd love to hear you wax on the Dan. Calling Aja the Abbey Road of the 70s is chef's kiss. Give Glamor Profession another spin - disco with ice in its veins & their sneakiest masterpiece imo
Loved the albums, but my eyes seemed to be locked on Gnip Gnop, which was a childhood favorite. I have it somewhere in storage & haven't visited it in decades. Great memories.
Enjoyed very much Matt looking at your series of your 70's record collection 👌 Those Ohio Player album folds kinda reminds me of those MAD magazine folds 😆 - And on the subject of Ringo, I bought his new album and I got to say Im impressed, I dont really say that about Ringo's albums, there's ususlly a couple of tracks here and there that are okay or pretty good, - But on this new one (Look Up) there isnt a bad song that I would skip, been playing it in my car alot lately when I commute to and from work -To my ears its a fine album 👍👍
Hey Matt ! Great video as usual. Funny I thought I was the only one who had Rex Smith's "Sooner or Later" album. I saw him on one of those after school movies. I had a crush on the girl who had a crush on him in the movie. This was quite a few years ago. I guess I was a young boy who had one of those dreams. I have no idea who the actor was who played her. 🤔 😅
A word or two concerning Gerry Rafferty. The reason that the albums you showed seem like Part I and Part II of the same is, because, in a way, they are. After Stealers Wheel broke up, Gerry Rafferty had three years to kill. During that time, he wrote enough songs for three albums (the third, being, "Snakes and Ladders").
My dad's electronics store had a small music section I was in charge of maintaining when I was a kid. He "paid" me with free music (within reason). I always ensured the Ohio Players albums were at the front of the record bins. My prepubescent mind knew what would sell. I still remember huddling around the stereo speaker with my friends and listening intently for "the scream" in Love Rollercoaster and being totally creeped out. Thankfully, it was just an urban legend, but I still get a little chill whenever I hear that song.
Matt, love this series! Hey, I wish you would do a video on Yacht Rock and give us your take on it. I know there's actually no such genre and no two collectors or critics on the planet will agree on a definition or playlist, but that's what makes it fun. I've found that it's one of the best conversation starters for family and friends who are into music and, like me, lived through the seventies. That recent HBO doc on the topic where they interviewed Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins is a lot of fun, if you haven't seen it. Anyway, I would love to see you do a video on it and give us your definition and suggested playlist. Definitely a seventies phenomenon.
There's a page on AllMusic about it that's hilarious. A bunch of their critics wrote definitions and playlists and none of them agree on anything, just so funny.
Yes, the first LP was recorded with Randy Meisner who left pre-release, his image on the LP painting replaced by the dog….i loved Poco, my early lesson that money, management and marketing trumped the actual music. Most of us loyal Poco fans never “got” why the Eagles were superstars and Poco was perennially second-tier, as Poco’s output was consistently excellent and plentiful. But they signed with bad mgmt and with lame labels (Epic and then MCA) while the Eagles benefited from team Geffen :(
Rex Smith's hit was You take my breath away (and I don't know what to say). He went on to work in a lot of theater projects. His brother Michael Lee is the lead singer of the band Starz.
Me too 'Jackie Blue', 3 good albums The Ozarks. The indispensable Steely Dan, finally seen in 2009 in England. The Royal Scam from the sweltering 1976 summer.
Great collection Matt, loved it ! Did anyone else notice the similarity between you and the Tod Rundgren cover?? Sitting on the floor with albums behind him...uncanny !!!!! 21.01
In addition to a love of The Beatles, we share a love of old movies (your Christmas film suggestions and your posters for example), and the ottoman with storage behind you. I had that exact tape carrier but for cassettes. I appreciate the breadth of your collection as well as the size of it. Born in 1957 so many of these bring back lots of memories. I very much enjoy what you do. Thanks.
Awesome, Matt! I was born in 1959 so this is a definite wheelhouse! I hear you on the classic rock. I’m just TIRED of so much stuff I used to love and am paring down. However, like you, Steely Dan will always be a must!
Keep a drink handy! It's always fun to see you have a slurp! ❤ Some great albums. I absolutely love seeing you go through your collection and looking at the covers. It's such a shame that collectors have to keep things boxed or in shrink wrap rather than enjoying the item as intended. I understand why though. My favourite albums are ones I discovered used in record store bins that were inexpensive but classics such as Deja vus CSN. I started my collection with the red and blue albums by the Beatles. It was great to see the girl album cover art and very interesting. I wonder if you have many MFP albums or anything by Pickwick or KTel as they were always fun in my childhood. Please more episodes like this!
Hello Matt, The Ohio Players’ first album was “Observations In Time,” from 1969, not “Pain.” They did not write all their own material. My first album of all one artist was when I went for an album including “Love Rollercoaster.” But far from wanting to sneak a peek at a shot like the “Honey” cover, I thought it was gross (I was 11 years old), and I went for the “Gold” album instead, since I considered the cover less gross (now I like them). I did not realize the version of “Love Rollercoaster” on that album was edited. I also bought “Gold” to be played in my 6th grade classroom on music day. I have no brother. I’ve never seen rap filed in r&b; hip hop has its own section in stores I saw and worked at. "Mr. Mean" wasn’t the first time the band Ohio Players was on the cover; “Observations In Time” was. Rest in peace Wayne Osmond. In 1992, I asked Donny Osmond if he’s ever going to be in another movie. He said he has no plans to do so. I said he hasn’t done one since ”Goin’ Coconuts.” He said, “We want to forget about that one.” I would buy the PK’s covering Donny and Marie. “Osmonds” is not the first Osmonds album; it’s the eighth. The first was “Songs We Sang On The Andy Williams Show.” I am a big fan of the Partridge Family’s whole musical career, especially the non-hits. You said the Partridge Family “Shopping Bag” album cover folds into a bag. No it doesn’t; it originally had a shopping bag inside. The “Poco” album was the second album, not first. The first was “Pickin’ Up The Pieces.” “Gerry Rafferty” was not his first solo album. It was his second, after "Can I Have My Money Back?" and it was largely Humblebums material. I loved the “Night Owl” album. I got put off of the Rolling Stones because of their “Black And Blue” billboard. “Tattoo You” was not a compilation album. I liked Diana Ross’ late 70s disco material best. I have all the Seals and Crofts albums and have been reading the great book “Chronicles Of a Summer Breeze“ by Tony Bentivegna. I am a big Bobby Sherman fan. The Rex Smith hit single was the top ten “You Take My Breath Away,” not “Sooner Or Later.” You said he never made it. I have those David Soul albums and I consider no song “sappy.” I have most Steely Dan albums, but not that bootleg. “FM (No Static At All)” is one of my favorite Steely Dan songs, too. I hope you do a disco video, especially if you will praise it. “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” was not the biggest hit of Rod Stewart’s career. It was #1 for four weeks. “Maggie May” was #1 for five weeks. “Tonight’s The Night” was #1 for 8 weeks. So it was his third biggest hit in the US and sixth biggest hit in his own UK. You acted like Styx’s “Paradise Theatre” album did not exist. Supertramp’s “Even In The Quietest Moments” is my favorite album of theirs. I love Village People. They were not all gay; singer Victor Willis was married to Phylicia Allen / Rashad. I have the “To The Good Life” album; it is not Kate Jackson on the cover. The store staff should not have claimed it was without proof. That album includes Ray Conniff; I have more albums by him than anyone you mentioned in this great video. Have a nice day.
@@jonvought700 I meant it was not a collection of previous hits or even of previously released material. But yes and thanks for the additional info. The "Tattoo You" album and its singles certainly performed as well as lots of albums of hit acts' newly recorded material.
I was a child in the 1970s, but what I remember most and miss so much now is the sheer diversity of sound in popular music. There was everything from teeny-bob to singer/songwriters, Prog-Rock, Jazz Fusion-Rock, Classical-Rock, Glam-Rock, Metal, Country-Rock, Blues-Rock, Punk-Rock, R&B, Soul, Funk were often all being played on the same radio stations. Matt's collection certainly reflects the wide range of musical styles that were popular.
Matt, That is the second Poco album. The first came out in '69 when Randy Meisner was the bassist, but he supposedly had a disagreement with Jim Messina (about the mix?) and was wiped off most of the record. Timothy B Schmit replaced Meisner, and then replaced Meisner again when Meisner left the Eagles. I don't recognize the first Rafferty cover, but his first solo album was "Can I have my Monet Back?" in '71. That was to fulfill a contractual obligation for the time that Gerry spent in the Humblebums with Billy Connolly. Billy was a comedian and later an actor ("Mrs. Brown" most famously). Gerry was then in Stealer's Wheel ('Stuck in the Middle with You'). As far as I knew, "City to City" was the second, so I presume your '74 Rafferty album is the Transatlantic compilation from his his first solo album and the Humblebums.
Yes, another great video. Love your appreciation of LP covers. I second much of your likes. I have yet to fall for Steely Dan. Why is that? Everyone considers them great... My ignorance of course. I have so much of their work... Thank you for this overview of an important moment in our Western culture.
This is a fun trip down memory lane! The Osmonds, were in fact, the first band I ever saw, at The Minnesota State Fair in ‘78, “Crazy Horses” still rocks! I’m a big fan of “Laughter In The Rain” too!
Thanks, Matt. What fun this was. This took me through my Jr high school, high school, and college/early working years. My nickname was Jackie Blue. You may have seen comments to you by Jackyblu. Hello. I'm sure you know where that came from. I was born and raised in Southern California. College students were rounded up to fill out audiences and TV tapings. I saw The Helen Reddy Show with the Pointer Sisters. What a disappointment. We were supposed to be their two hours. Four hours later the audience began walking out. They offered to pay us to stay and they wanted us to move to the front. Like most of us, I had early classes in the morning, so no. But I saw many good shows and performers. I also worked at Disneyland and saw some good clean American acts like the Carpenters and the Osmond Brothers. Matt, I have to admit I have never heard of the Ohio Players. Maybe that is due to geography. I knew mostly the Laurel Canyon (LA) singer/songwriters. I loved this series Matt! My only regret is there wasn't enough time to delve into some of this music. I know this isn't the scope of your channel. Thank you again Matt. Loved it. It's been groovy!
I was a huge Ohio Players fan. They peaked with Skin Tight/Fire/Honey but the other albums have great cuts. Neil Sedaka caught his second wind with the success of his hits Bad Blood, Laughter In The Rain and slower tempo remake of Breaking Up Is Hard To Do. He went on tour opening for the Carpenters in 1975 for rave reviews. His set was uplifting and he was receiving standing ovations. Carpenters management had to hide the reviews from Richard but one night in Vegas, Sedaka committed the opening act sin of announcing that Dick Clark and Tom Jones were in the audience which is an honor reserved for the headlining act. Richard was so incensed that he fired Sedaka that night. The Carpenters were on a downturn and the bad publicity didn't help and back at A&M Records, the company signed the husband and wife team of The Captain & Tennille around this time who's debut album went gold with the help of the Sedaka penned track, Love Will Keep Us Together. Irony! Elton John was instrumental in bringing Neal back to the public's eye by signing him to his Rocket Records label. These piano rockers got to stick together! Check out Neil's performance of Bad Blood on The Midnight Special. Classic!
Perhaps a second channel for 70s/80s music would make sense… just to avoid diluting the 60s theme of the primary channel. I personally tend to prefer the power pop, punk, and new wave bands from the 70s/80s era over the classic rock, but Matt’s videos are always interesting even when it’s artists that aren’t my favorites.
i remember ohio players they were big band they're album covers had a girl on the covers but definitely a way to get people's attention. i got sedaka's back album.
The Westbound records RATTLESNAKE, GREATEST HITS, and CLIMAX were --I believe-- all released _after_ Ohio Players switched to Mercury Records, hence the logo/font change (Westbound was trying to cash in on the Players' Mercury success).
@@popgoesthe60s52 Me too, Matt! THANKS!!! The Players need more love, fantastic musicianship, and the engineering on the Mercury stuff (esp. from HONEY thru ANGEL) is world-class. But we have GOT to beef up your Stevie Wonder collection. You MUST at least add TALKING BOOK and INNERVISIONS!!! Let me know, I'll gift them ~and a lot more~ to you.
@@shiroibasketshoes DOH! Yessir... Thanks for the correction! 👉🤪👈 I've always preferred the 3 albums *prior* to SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE, so TALKING BOOK, INNERVISIONS, and FULFILLINGNESS' FIRST FINALE. But of course SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE is no slouch, right? Neither was HOTTER THAN JULY. (And I really love JOURNEY THROUGH THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS, too... Stevie, with those L-O-O-O-O-NG album titles!!!) Anyway, an INCREDIBLE body of work. ☮💟🌍
Matt, you`re right about Laughter in the Rain by Neil Sedaka. It is a fine song. It is also a rip-off of The Kinks Waterloo Sunset. I have always been amazed that Ray Davies didn`t sue Sedaka. I agree completely about Gaucho being "overslick", although Babylon Sisters is a jewel. As Mark Twain said: " humour is like a frog, you can dissect it, but it tends to die in the process." The music feels overworked and overthought. The Yes cover artist was Roger Dean.
Matt, If you come across a copy, pick up 'Ellis Island' by The Paupers. All over the place and even satire. Their second album, released after they'd broken up on Verve/Forecast a jazz label. Skip Prokof later founded Lighthouse.
1. Yes. Miick Taylor was best version of The Stones 2..If you had a RUSH Moving Pictures tour t-shirt in my high school you were considered cool AF 3..You don't care for Tom Scott with solo Beatles? Paul McCartney great song and sax solo..'Listen To What The Man Said'
Yeah, I love Jackie Blue, and their other hit, If Y'Wanna Get To Heaven... Dolly too. I got to see Timothy B. Schmit in concert a few years ago and damned if it wasn't one of the best concerts I ever attended! So I got the then new Expando CD in the lobby after the show and ended up loving that too. I Love that album Black And Blue. Love Linda! And Linda, Dolly, and Emmylou Harris together are great too. Love Silk Degrees. Haven't heard most of his stuff yet. The Dukes of September were another one of the best concerts I've ever attended. Golden Gate Park, and they closed with Reelin' In The Years and the O'Jays' Love Train. EVERYone was on their feet. You know, it was in the park and everyone was sitting on their blankets, but they got up! They also did Peg and at least one of those hits from Silk Degrees, and some of the Michael McDonald Doobie Brothers hits too, and probably some Donald Fagen songs I just didn't know. They did a lot of interesting covers, Shakedown Street for instance, and talked about the covers they were going to do for us before they did them. Really good. I don't know the albums after Aja but I like what I've heard from Gaucho, and of course that song FM. True Companion is another song I like, from the Heavy Metal soundtrack. Carly Simon's memoir, Boys In The Trees I think it's called, was an interesting and enjoyable read. Innervisions is such a terrific album. Tons of fun as always, Matt! Looking forward to the disco and hair band videos. :)
You have thabsolutely most definitive Ohio Players collection bar none. I'm right with you on Steely Dan - it's good that they've become rediscovered lately. MCA was terrified of putting them on the album covers - thought they were too homely - same way Monument would never picture Roy Orbison on most of his albums, Rupert Holmes not only wrote asongs for Streisand, but in 1971 wrote the song Timothy performed by the Pennsylvania band the Buoys . It rushed into the top 20 then suddenly vanished when DJs realized it was about cannibalism. Glad to see you have Carly Simon's 1971 album, one of the best debut albums ever. It's been very fun diving through your 70s collection.
I didn't know Holmes wrote Timothy! Thanks for that. It was fun sharing the Ohio Players albums. I wanted to dive into some of these artist more deeply but I had to refrain. Back the the 60s with my next video!
@@popgoesthe60s52 Just joking, you had to be there. The first record I ever bought with my own money was the Bay City Rollers!! I soon went on to better things. Although, I have to say, that "Saturday Night" is still a great pop record. We were all very young once
Matt! not ONE Ramones album??? Kinda surprised, I thought you would love The Ramones, and Stooges or New York Dolls? I thought I would see more punk in your 70s collection because those bands were so heavily influenced by the 60s,
“Can’t buy a thrill” was the only album by them I liked, every track is great. On their anthology every track on that record is featured. They must have thought it was pretty good too. Rod Stewart’s “Every Picture” and “Never a dull moment” were great records and everything after that very so-so.
@@grievousangel8655 I was replying to your previous comment you deleted, then I couldn't. Right plus "Everyone's Gone To The Movies" demo and other related tracks; great box.
I have the CD box set of Citizen and absolutely love it! Fagen, of course, selected the tracks and sequencing and everything is stunningly remastered for pristine sound. Anyway, one of my favorite box sets, believe me you can't go wrong with it.
@@popgoesthe60s52 These days it's all on the computer for me. I have more or less shelved my vinyls and CDs. It's all there at the touch of a button. I very much like your channel - keep it going!
I didn't realize the Ohio Players released that MANY albums just between 1972 and 1976 alone! 6:15 - The single from "Honey" was "Sweet Sticky Thing"! ;)
The '70s were musically diverse. I spent the first half in college and the second half starting my career and I either loved or hated the soundtrack of the decade. I had loads of the records you have shown here, but the "kid stuff" was definitely OUT.....Bobby Sherman, Partridge Family, Osmond....sheeeesh. And, all these years later, disco STILL sucks!
24:08 Bobby Sherman with TV disc rotation album cover: Before videocassettes & 'home entertainment' we couldn't preserve & playback TV & films. So graphics were more dynamic to imitate the moving image. 1960s periodicals - - in UK anyway, including Sunday newspaper supplements & modelling photo shoots - - were dynamic. Hence the snapshot photo montage in HARD DAY'S NIGHT, in the film & on the album cover. Days when, to be interactive, you had to own a pair of scissors. Many 1960s UK TV series - - 'The Avengers' & 'Ready Steady Go!' & 'Armchair Theatre' - - had photo montage main titles of still images even within a moving image medium - - because photo montage had a dynamic momentum in '60s culture. It's really an extension of the zoetrope & the flickerbook. If I went out on a limb, it's an analogy of the creation of life out of stillness. Now these techniques have lost their dynamism because we're so used to manipulating moving images in home entertainment & online that no sense of wonder about it is left. There's no limit to the possibilities now, except the possibility of recovering those magical 1st impressions.
You should have a show where you try to sell those 70s records. A flea market or a record show. Make some deals. That Ozark Mt. Daredevils LP is good. No other cut is like the 'Jackie Blue' hit.
I don't think he would like to sell any of his records. He is a real music fan not a reseller. He definitely will keep all his music collection for the rest of his life.
It's interesting, we have one band in Finland from the late 70's which was huge in here, and they were big Beatles fans but also Steely Dan was something they mentioned, especially their composer was a huge fan of them. That band is not known in Finland at all. I have not found them to be my music, I must give another try.
Thanks Matt. Appreciated the trip down memory lane - never been much of an Ohio Players fan, but good to get a high level review of their stuff. The one 70's band that I am a bit surprised which was not mentioned was 10cc - thought it might be more in your "wheelhouse" with their vocal harmonies, studio productions and interesting album covers.
Love your Hee Haw lunchbox! I'm a big Buck and Don Rich fan. Especially pre - Hee Haw stuff. Love their guitar work and the "freight train" drumming.
I liked getting to explore your 70's collection in this series. A lot to learn! When you mentioned the Leo Sayer album on The Simpsons, I had to go look it up and it made me laugh (S4 E18). If you do decide to make a video on disco/hair bands, I would certainly be interested. Take care.
This is an enjoyable and interesting video. Some of those album covers were very creative, and I'm glad that you flipped them open to show us the inside artwork. The Bobby Sherman revolving picture cover reminded me of the cover of Led Zeppelin III (1970). A short-lived group that was pretty good was Off-Broadway, which had only 2 albums: 1 in 1979, and the 2nd in '80.
Some great stuff there Matt. All the classic Steely Dan albums are great. Every couple of years I do a top 20 all-time favorite album list with a friend and I always have a Steely Dan album on it. Every time I do it I pick a different album. None of them have any clunkers. I can't think of any other 70's band more consistent than them and there is no shortage of great 70's bands.
I’m a little older(b. 1959) but your taste coincides with mine at times. I, too am not a Springsteen enthusiast but enjoy a couple of his songs. Love those Ohio Players covers!
Same here re: Springsteen. I never liked his voice and thought the high energy live show routine was just really a gimmick. New Jersey people worship the guy.
Loved the memories of mine that I revisited watching yours. Thanks Matt.
Hey Matt , another good one. Thanks for focusing on some of the album art, it’s pretty cool to see. I had one of those rotating cartridge holders, but mine was for cassettes! 😄 This series evokes a lot of memories. Much appreciated!🎶🙏🏼
Great job.
Aja is a masterpiece, but The Royal Scam is my favorite album. Thanks for sharing.
Fits for today’s world also.
OMG, Spirograph is a core memory. Love these album romps down memory lane. I'd love to see a video on your memorabilia, like the games and lunchboxes you've displayed in this series. Sweet stuff.
In 1984 I was a house guest of a college buddy in a very upscale building on Central Park West in NYC. Two blocks north of the Dakota. That’s hint for those who know the upper west side of Manhattan. Becker’s wife was our next store neighbor or
X wife. The building was going condo so she was a renter and getting the boot 🥾 . She knocked on our door one day and asked if we wanted anything from her apartment? So we checked it out. The second one walked in the door you could tell her life was a mess. The place was sparsely furnished and a mess. There was a raised platform bed that had a view of Central Park and against the wall there were about 20 or so bass guitars lining the wall . The story was that when she needed money 💰 she would pawn a bass. The place was dark inside and I
Looked down and on the floor was the golden album 💿 for Pretzel 🥨 Logic. An album I grew up listening to.. that really gave me the creeps. But I did take an old wooden
Chair. Real sad but unbelievable..
Wow, what a strange opportunity, thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing your 70's collection! I had to have a cigarette after the OHIO PLAYERS segment.....ayyyyyy cheee wa wa!!
Smoke 'em if you got 'em!
Great vid as always, Matt. Good comparison of Steely Dan to The Beatles concerning the consistency of their albums. Just wanted to mention that if you haven't heard "Everything Must Go" which isn't in your collection, it is well worth checking out. It was their last album and has a suitably elegiac feeling to many of the songs, especially the Closing Down Sale reference in the title track, which I think is one of their best songs, also "The Last Mall" and the classic "Things I Miss The Most". The sound of the the album is great but much more straight ahead, without the lush orchestrations of many others, though still containing some beautiful passages and spine - tingling harmonies. It also has the characteristic which you described in The Beatles - no filler! It is an album that repays repeated plays, in spades, and needless to say is one my all-time favourites. Happy listening!
Thank you, Daniel!
Oh, Matt - I just *knew* you were a Steely Dan man. Even have the FM album on vinyl!
If you ever shift into the 70s, I'd love to hear you wax on the Dan. Calling Aja the Abbey Road of the 70s is chef's kiss. Give Glamor Profession another spin - disco with ice in its veins & their sneakiest masterpiece imo
I won't be doing too much on the 70s but Steely Dan would be a fun one to do.
Bogey. What a Charm. 🐕
Loved the albums, but my eyes seemed to be locked on Gnip Gnop, which was a childhood favorite. I have it somewhere in storage & haven't visited it in decades. Great memories.
You are the first to mention my Gnip Gnop! Only in the 70s.
Enjoyed very much Matt looking at your series of your 70's record collection 👌 Those Ohio Player album folds kinda reminds me of those MAD magazine folds 😆 - And on the subject of Ringo, I bought his new album and I got to say Im impressed, I dont really say that about Ringo's albums, there's ususlly a couple of tracks here and there that are okay or pretty good, - But on this new one (Look Up) there isnt a bad song that I would skip, been playing it in my car alot lately when I commute to and from work -To my ears its a fine album 👍👍
Hey Ernie! I didn't think about those Mad Mag fold ups!
God bless you!
Waaaaay off topic ... is that framed picture, on the floor, some kind of Brooks Steven's jukebox ? It looks cool.😎
This is the one and only Brooks Stevens Jukebox! Good eye. I am a big fan of his work.
Hey Matt ! Great video as usual.
Funny I thought I was the only one who had Rex Smith's "Sooner or Later" album. I saw him on one of those after school movies. I had a crush on the girl who had a crush on him in the movie. This was quite a few years ago. I guess I was a young boy who had one of those dreams. I have no idea who the actor was who played her. 🤔 😅
A word or two concerning Gerry Rafferty. The reason that the albums you showed seem like Part I and Part II of the same is, because, in a way, they are. After Stealers Wheel broke up, Gerry Rafferty had three years to kill. During that time, he wrote enough songs for three albums (the third, being, "Snakes and Ladders").
I read that the song “ Only a fool would say that” is a reply to Lennon’s “Imagine”
Donald Fagen didn’t like rich man singing philosophy of ideal world. Fagen is a massive depressed NewYorker so money is his world.
My dad's electronics store had a small music section I was in charge of maintaining when I was a kid. He "paid" me with free music (within reason). I always ensured the Ohio Players albums were at the front of the record bins. My prepubescent mind knew what would sell. I still remember huddling around the stereo speaker with my friends and listening intently for "the scream" in Love Rollercoaster and being totally creeped out. Thankfully, it was just an urban legend, but I still get a little chill whenever I hear that song.
That's a great story! Thanks for sharing.
Very interesting, Matt, thx for doing this. ha, that Ozarks album a definite favourite of mine.
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Matt, love this series! Hey, I wish you would do a video on Yacht Rock and give us your take on it. I know there's actually no such genre and no two collectors or critics on the planet will agree on a definition or playlist, but that's what makes it fun. I've found that it's one of the best conversation starters for family and friends who are into music and, like me, lived through the seventies. That recent HBO doc on the topic where they interviewed Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins is a lot of fun, if you haven't seen it. Anyway, I would love to see you do a video on it and give us your definition and suggested playlist. Definitely a seventies phenomenon.
There's a page on AllMusic about it that's hilarious. A bunch of their critics wrote definitions and playlists and none of them agree on anything, just so funny.
I play the grooves off of Breakfast in America. I love that album
Just wow! 😎
That is the 2nd Poco album.
Yes, the first LP was recorded with Randy Meisner who left pre-release, his image on the LP painting replaced by the dog….i loved Poco, my early lesson that money, management and marketing trumped the actual music. Most of us loyal Poco fans never “got” why the Eagles were superstars and Poco was perennially second-tier, as Poco’s output was consistently excellent and plentiful. But they signed with bad mgmt and with lame labels (Epic and then MCA) while the Eagles benefited from team Geffen :(
@@richardhirsh4954 Sad story....loved Poco. Saw them once in 1971.
Cold shower necessary after the first 10 minutes of this video so I could continue with the rest of the presentation. 😉
Awesome! So far, no notifications from RUclips. 😉
Rex Smith's hit was You take my breath away (and I don't know what to say). He went on to work in a lot of theater projects. His brother Michael Lee is the lead singer of the band Starz.
Me too 'Jackie Blue', 3 good albums The Ozarks. The indispensable Steely Dan, finally seen in 2009 in England. The Royal Scam from the sweltering 1976 summer.
Another awesome episode with the Ohio Players Thanks Matt.
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Glad you like it!
Great collection Matt, loved it ! Did anyone else notice the similarity between you and the Tod Rundgren cover?? Sitting on the floor with albums behind him...uncanny !!!!! 21.01
No! but that is a great observation!
Ever seen them together?
In addition to a love of The Beatles, we share a love of old movies (your Christmas film suggestions and your posters for example), and the ottoman with storage behind you. I had that exact tape carrier but for cassettes. I appreciate the breadth of your collection as well as the size of it. Born in 1957 so many of these bring back lots of memories. I very much enjoy what you do. Thanks.
My pleasure, Chris!
Awesome, Matt! I was born in 1959 so this is a definite wheelhouse! I hear you on the classic rock. I’m just TIRED of so much stuff I used to love and am paring down. However, like you, Steely Dan will always be a must!
Thanks for the feedback, Robert! This was a fun series for me to do.
Fun fact, Larry Collins, who cowrote Delta Dawn, was in the teen (or pre-teen) rockabilly group The Collins Kids.
Keep a drink handy! It's always fun to see you have a slurp! ❤ Some great albums. I absolutely love seeing you go through your collection and looking at the covers. It's such a shame that collectors have to keep things boxed or in shrink wrap rather than enjoying the item as intended. I understand why though. My favourite albums are ones I discovered used in record store bins that were inexpensive but classics such as Deja vus CSN. I started my collection with the red and blue albums by the Beatles. It was great to see the girl album cover art and very interesting. I wonder if you have many MFP albums or anything by Pickwick or KTel as they were always fun in my childhood. Please more episodes like this!
Hello Matt, The Ohio Players’ first album was “Observations In Time,” from 1969, not “Pain.” They did not write all their own material. My first album of all one artist was when I went for an album including “Love Rollercoaster.” But far from wanting to sneak a peek at a shot like the “Honey” cover, I thought it was gross (I was 11 years old), and I went for the “Gold” album instead, since I considered the cover less gross (now I like them). I did not realize the version of “Love Rollercoaster” on that album was edited. I also bought “Gold” to be played in my 6th grade classroom on music day. I have no brother. I’ve never seen rap filed in r&b; hip hop has its own section in stores I saw and worked at. "Mr. Mean" wasn’t the first time the band Ohio Players was on the cover; “Observations In Time” was. Rest in peace Wayne Osmond. In 1992, I asked Donny Osmond if he’s ever going to be in another movie. He said he has no plans to do so. I said he hasn’t done one since ”Goin’ Coconuts.” He said, “We want to forget about that one.” I would buy the PK’s covering Donny and Marie. “Osmonds” is not the first Osmonds album; it’s the eighth. The first was “Songs We Sang On The Andy Williams Show.” I am a big fan of the Partridge Family’s whole musical career, especially the non-hits. You said the Partridge Family “Shopping Bag” album cover folds into a bag. No it doesn’t; it originally had a shopping bag inside. The “Poco” album was the second album, not first. The first was “Pickin’ Up The Pieces.” “Gerry Rafferty” was not his first solo album. It was his second, after "Can I Have My Money Back?" and it was largely Humblebums material. I loved the “Night Owl” album. I got put off of the Rolling Stones because of their “Black And Blue” billboard. “Tattoo You” was not a compilation album. I liked Diana Ross’ late 70s disco material best. I have all the Seals and Crofts albums and have been reading the great book “Chronicles Of a Summer Breeze“ by Tony Bentivegna. I am a big Bobby Sherman fan. The Rex Smith hit single was the top ten “You Take My Breath Away,” not “Sooner Or Later.” You said he never made it. I have those David Soul albums and I consider no song “sappy.” I have most Steely Dan albums, but not that bootleg. “FM (No Static At All)” is one of my favorite Steely Dan songs, too. I hope you do a disco video, especially if you will praise it. “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” was not the biggest hit of Rod Stewart’s career. It was #1 for four weeks. “Maggie May” was #1 for five weeks. “Tonight’s The Night” was #1 for 8 weeks. So it was his third biggest hit in the US and sixth biggest hit in his own UK. You acted like Styx’s “Paradise Theatre” album did not exist. Supertramp’s “Even In The Quietest Moments” is my favorite album of theirs. I love Village People. They were not all gay; singer Victor Willis was married to Phylicia Allen / Rashad. I have the “To The Good Life” album; it is not Kate Jackson on the cover. The store staff should not have claimed it was without proof. That album includes Ray Conniff; I have more albums by him than anyone you mentioned in this great video. Have a nice day.
Tattoo You kind of *was* a compilation album, consisting as it did of outtakes from other sessions.
@@jonvought700 I meant it was not a collection of previous hits or even of previously released material. But yes and thanks for the additional info. The "Tattoo You" album and its singles certainly performed as well as lots of albums of hit acts' newly recorded material.
I appreciate the comments - thank you!
@@popgoesthe60s52 You're welcome!
I was a child in the 1970s, but what I remember most and miss so much now is the sheer diversity of sound in popular music. There was everything from teeny-bob to singer/songwriters, Prog-Rock, Jazz Fusion-Rock, Classical-Rock, Glam-Rock, Metal, Country-Rock, Blues-Rock, Punk-Rock, R&B, Soul, Funk were often all being played on the same radio stations. Matt's collection certainly reflects the wide range of musical styles that were popular.
Yeah and all that diversity was on top 40 radio! Amazing how inclusive we were as a listening audience back then. Brought us together.
@@popgoesthe60s52 Absolutely!
Matt, That is the second Poco album. The first came out in '69 when Randy Meisner was the bassist, but he supposedly had a disagreement with Jim Messina (about the mix?) and was wiped off most of the record. Timothy B Schmit replaced Meisner, and then replaced Meisner again when Meisner left the Eagles. I don't recognize the first Rafferty cover, but his first solo album was "Can I have my Monet Back?" in '71. That was to fulfill a contractual obligation for the time that Gerry spent in the Humblebums with Billy Connolly. Billy was a comedian and later an actor ("Mrs. Brown" most famously). Gerry was then in Stealer's Wheel ('Stuck in the Middle with You'). As far as I knew, "City to City" was the second, so I presume your '74 Rafferty album is the Transatlantic compilation from his his first solo album and the Humblebums.
The “We are Family” Pirates are my favorite Baseball team of all time. 1979 was a fun a Baseball season……(The Brewers were good too!)
I remember that year - a great one for baseball!
Hi Matt❤
what .. no Osibisa? *L* thanks for the wander through the 70s Matt :)
That’s funny about Springsteen Matt. I have the exact same opinion of his music also. He is a great musician, but his music has never hit me hard. 🤔
Yes, another great video. Love your appreciation of LP covers. I second much of your likes. I have yet to fall for Steely Dan. Why is that? Everyone considers them great... My ignorance of course. I have so much of their work... Thank you for this overview of an important moment in our Western culture.
My pleasure, Antonio!
Matt’s 70s party’s got pretty wild I bet haha.
This is a fun trip down memory lane! The Osmonds, were in fact, the first band I ever saw, at The Minnesota State Fair in ‘78, “Crazy Horses” still rocks!
I’m a big fan of “Laughter In The Rain” too!
Thanks, Matt. What fun this was. This took me through my Jr high school, high school, and college/early working years. My nickname was Jackie Blue. You may have seen comments to you by Jackyblu. Hello. I'm sure you know where that came from. I was born and raised in Southern California. College students were rounded up to fill out audiences and TV tapings. I saw The Helen Reddy Show with the Pointer Sisters. What a disappointment. We were supposed to be their two hours. Four hours later the audience began walking out. They offered to pay us to stay and they wanted us to move to the front. Like most of us, I had early classes in the morning, so no. But I saw many good shows and performers. I also worked at Disneyland and saw some good clean American acts like the Carpenters and the Osmond Brothers. Matt, I have to admit I have never heard of the Ohio Players. Maybe that is due to geography. I knew mostly the Laurel Canyon (LA) singer/songwriters.
I loved this series Matt! My only regret is there wasn't enough time to delve into some of this music. I know this isn't the scope of your channel.
Thank you again Matt. Loved it. It's been groovy!
Hey Jacky! What a great nickname to have. I was tempted to dive into some of these artists but at least this was a nice transition into 2025 for me.
Hey, I had Gnip-Gnop!
I was a huge Ohio Players fan. They peaked with Skin Tight/Fire/Honey but the other albums have great cuts.
Neil Sedaka caught his second wind with the success of his hits Bad Blood, Laughter In The Rain and slower tempo remake of Breaking Up Is Hard To Do.
He went on tour opening for the Carpenters in 1975 for rave reviews. His set was uplifting and he was receiving standing ovations. Carpenters management had to hide the reviews from Richard but one night in Vegas, Sedaka committed the opening act sin of announcing that Dick Clark and Tom Jones were in the audience which is an honor reserved for the headlining act.
Richard was so incensed that he fired Sedaka that night.
The Carpenters were on a downturn and the bad publicity didn't help and back at A&M Records, the company signed the husband and wife team of The Captain & Tennille around this time who's debut album went gold with the help of the Sedaka penned track, Love Will Keep Us Together. Irony! Elton John was instrumental in bringing Neal back to the public's eye by signing him to his Rocket Records label. These piano rockers got to stick together! Check out Neil's performance of Bad Blood on The Midnight Special. Classic!
I hadn't heard that about the Carpenters shows. Thanks for that info, Clarence!
I think you should go into 70's and 80's. Lots of dtama. Styxs and Kiss are good examples. Michael Jackson and Poco too would be intetesting.
Perhaps a second channel for 70s/80s music would make sense… just to avoid diluting the 60s theme of the primary channel. I personally tend to prefer the power pop, punk, and new wave bands from the 70s/80s era over the classic rock, but Matt’s videos are always interesting even when it’s artists that aren’t my favorites.
@mjanovec Sex Pristols would be interesting and the Cars.
Where are the Some Girls album by the Stones?
i remember ohio players they were big band they're album covers had a girl on the covers but definitely a way to get people's attention. i got sedaka's back album.
Thank you Matt!
The Westbound records RATTLESNAKE, GREATEST HITS, and CLIMAX were --I believe-- all released _after_ Ohio Players switched to Mercury Records, hence the logo/font change (Westbound was trying to cash in on the Players' Mercury success).
Gotcha. Yeah there seemed to be a battle between labels right at that time. So glad I got to share my Ohio Players lps!
@@popgoesthe60s52 Me too, Matt! THANKS!!! The Players need more love, fantastic musicianship, and the engineering on the Mercury stuff (esp. from HONEY thru ANGEL) is world-class. But we have GOT to beef up your Stevie Wonder collection. You MUST at least add TALKING BOOK and INNERVISIONS!!! Let me know, I'll gift them ~and a lot more~ to you.
@@o.b.v.i.u.s That is very kind of you! Thank you. You can contact me via my Pop Goes the 60s Facebook page. I DO need to build up my Stevie Wonder!
@@o.b.v.i.u.s He has "Innervisions"; he showed it! Maybe you meant "Fulfillingness' First Finale" or "Songs In The Key Of Life"?
@@shiroibasketshoes DOH! Yessir... Thanks for the correction! 👉🤪👈 I've always preferred the 3 albums *prior* to SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE, so TALKING BOOK, INNERVISIONS, and FULFILLINGNESS' FIRST FINALE. But of course SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE is no slouch, right? Neither was HOTTER THAN JULY. (And I really love JOURNEY THROUGH THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS, too... Stevie, with those L-O-O-O-O-NG album titles!!!) Anyway, an INCREDIBLE body of work. ☮💟🌍
Matt, you`re right about Laughter in the Rain by Neil Sedaka. It is a fine song. It is also a rip-off of The Kinks Waterloo Sunset. I have always been amazed that Ray Davies didn`t sue Sedaka.
I agree completely about Gaucho being "overslick", although Babylon Sisters is a jewel. As Mark Twain said: " humour is like a frog, you can dissect it, but it tends to die in the process." The music feels overworked and overthought.
The Yes cover artist was Roger Dean.
Matt, If you come across a copy, pick up 'Ellis Island' by The Paupers. All over the place and even satire. Their second album, released after they'd broken up on Verve/Forecast a jazz label. Skip Prokof later founded Lighthouse.
I do have and Edsel comp and Magic People. Still need Ellis Island.
@@popgoesthe60s52You can hear it on RUclips if you like.
1. Yes. Miick Taylor was best version of The Stones
2..If you had a RUSH Moving Pictures tour t-shirt in my high school you were considered cool AF
3..You don't care for Tom Scott with solo Beatles? Paul McCartney great song and sax solo..'Listen To What The Man Said'
Yes, the McCartney productions are solid. The other three, not so much.
Not even one Zappa? Ohio Players covers are history through changes in pop culture from politics to sexuality to disco success.
My Zappa is all 60s
Thanks Matt!
Yeah, I love Jackie Blue, and their other hit, If Y'Wanna Get To Heaven... Dolly too. I got to see Timothy B. Schmit in concert a few years ago and damned if it wasn't one of the best concerts I ever attended! So I got the then new Expando CD in the lobby after the show and ended up loving that too. I Love that album Black And Blue. Love Linda! And Linda, Dolly, and Emmylou Harris together are great too. Love Silk Degrees. Haven't heard most of his stuff yet. The Dukes of September were another one of the best concerts I've ever attended. Golden Gate Park, and they closed with Reelin' In The Years and the O'Jays' Love Train. EVERYone was on their feet. You know, it was in the park and everyone was sitting on their blankets, but they got up! They also did Peg and at least one of those hits from Silk Degrees, and some of the Michael McDonald Doobie Brothers hits too, and probably some Donald Fagen songs I just didn't know. They did a lot of interesting covers, Shakedown Street for instance, and talked about the covers they were going to do for us before they did them. Really good. I don't know the albums after Aja but I like what I've heard from Gaucho, and of course that song FM. True Companion is another song I like, from the Heavy Metal soundtrack. Carly Simon's memoir, Boys In The Trees I think it's called, was an interesting and enjoyable read. Innervisions is such a terrific album. Tons of fun as always, Matt! Looking forward to the disco and hair band videos. :)
Thank you, Jon!
You have thabsolutely most definitive Ohio Players collection bar none. I'm right with you on Steely Dan - it's good that they've become rediscovered lately. MCA was terrified of putting them on the album covers - thought they were too homely - same way Monument would never picture Roy Orbison on most of his albums, Rupert Holmes not only wrote asongs for Streisand, but in 1971 wrote the song Timothy performed by the Pennsylvania band the Buoys . It rushed into the top 20 then suddenly vanished when DJs realized it was about cannibalism. Glad to see you have Carly Simon's 1971 album, one of the best debut albums ever. It's been very fun diving through your 70s collection.
I didn't know Holmes wrote Timothy! Thanks for that. It was fun sharing the Ohio Players albums. I wanted to dive into some of these artist more deeply but I had to refrain. Back the the 60s with my next video!
I think you have more Bobby Sherman than Steely Dan!!!! Yikes ;)
Bite your tongue David! I have every Dan lp and Only 5 Bobby albums! Well, I guess that is a lot.
@@popgoesthe60s52 Just joking, you had to be there. The first record I ever bought with my own money was the Bay City Rollers!! I soon went on to better things. Although, I have to say, that "Saturday Night" is still a great pop record. We were all very young once
No Queen? wtf.
I'm slowly ridding myself of the "classic rock."
Love me some Bogie !! ,, oh your'e not so bad on the eye either Matt .. cheeky I know.
Very sweet of you, Cherry. Thank you :)
I saw REX SMITH in concert
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GET TO HEAVEN by APOLOGETIX a great OZARK MOUNTAIN parody
Listening to it now - thanks Gordon. Excellent.
TRYTAN a great Christian 3 piece rock band that sounds like RUSH, GENESIS by TRYTAN a great song for everyone to look up
I don't know Trytan. I will check them out.
Matt! not ONE Ramones album??? Kinda surprised, I thought you would love The Ramones, and Stooges or New York Dolls? I thought I would see more punk in your 70s collection because those bands were so heavily influenced by the 60s,
I got rid of my Ramones on lp. Sorry... I'm thinning out my collection.
No Who albums from the 70's?
I do have some Who 70s but I think they are in the 60s section. I do plan a video on the Who so stay tuned!
“Can’t buy a thrill” was the only album by them I liked, every track is great. On their anthology every track on that record is featured. They must have thought it was pretty good too.
Rod Stewart’s “Every Picture” and “Never a dull moment” were great records and everything after that very so-so.
Steely Dan had many anthologies. I liked some later Rod Stewart, too.
Ha, This lets you know how much I know about Steely Dan, the Anthology Citizen Steely Dan is of their first 7 records and complete tracks.
@@grievousangel8655 I was replying to your previous comment you deleted, then I couldn't. Right plus "Everyone's Gone To The Movies" demo and other related tracks; great box.
I have the CD box set of Citizen and absolutely love it! Fagen, of course, selected the tracks and sequencing and everything is stunningly remastered for pristine sound. Anyway, one of my favorite box sets, believe me you can't go wrong with it.
"Every Picture Tells a Story!" It's a shame that no one remembers the pre-doyathinkI'msexy Rod Stewart.
Sorry Matt, but I love it’s only rock ‘n’ roll. It has great songs like if you can’t rock me the title track and winter and the Temptations cover
8:13 - They ARE nice to look at! ;)
Only 2 Todd albums from the 70's? A bit surprising.
Well, as I said, I am thinning out my "Classic Rock" stuff. I have more of his stuff (including Utopia) on my computer.
@@popgoesthe60s52 These days it's all on the computer for me. I have more or less shelved my vinyls and CDs. It's all there at the touch of a button. I very much like your channel - keep it going!
@@lonedrone Thank you. I've been working on my 2025 calendar and I have a very aggressive schedule so I hope I can live up to it! Stay tuned.
More great fun stuff…..thanks for sharing Matt!
Thanks Bill. This was a nice diversion for me.
I didn't realize the Ohio Players released that MANY albums just between 1972 and 1976 alone!
6:15 - The single from "Honey" was "Sweet Sticky Thing"! ;)
Not "the" single; one of them. "Love Rollercoaster" was its biggest hit.
Bogie
I must admit, I think I've only owned that Stevie Wonder album myself. 😅 Innervisions. What an album. What a groove and depth.
No Queen, huh? Great collection otherwise… ;-)
Got rid of my Queen. I only had 2 albums.
The '70s were musically diverse. I spent the first half in college and the second half starting my career and I either loved or hated the soundtrack of the decade. I had loads of the records you have shown here, but the "kid stuff" was definitely OUT.....Bobby Sherman, Partridge Family, Osmond....sheeeesh. And, all these years later, disco STILL sucks!
I love all the musical acts you mentioned and I love disco as well as rock.
24:08 Bobby Sherman with TV disc rotation album cover:
Before videocassettes & 'home entertainment' we couldn't preserve & playback TV & films. So graphics were more dynamic to imitate the moving image. 1960s periodicals - - in UK anyway, including Sunday newspaper supplements & modelling photo shoots - - were dynamic. Hence the snapshot photo montage in HARD DAY'S NIGHT, in the film & on the album cover. Days when, to be interactive, you had to own a pair of scissors.
Many 1960s UK TV series - - 'The Avengers' & 'Ready Steady Go!' & 'Armchair Theatre' - - had photo montage main titles of still images even within a moving image medium - - because photo montage had a dynamic momentum in '60s culture.
It's really an extension of the zoetrope & the flickerbook. If I went out on a limb, it's an analogy of the creation of life out of stillness.
Now these techniques have lost their dynamism because we're so used to manipulating moving images in home entertainment & online that no sense of wonder about it is left. There's no limit to the possibilities now, except the possibility of recovering those magical 1st impressions.
Thanks 4-D! It's amazing how easy it is to see and hear anything these days. It's really too easy.
You should have a show where you try to sell those 70s records. A flea market or a record show. Make some deals. That Ozark Mt. Daredevils LP is good. No other cut is like the 'Jackie Blue' hit.
I don't think he would like to sell any of his records. He is a real music fan not a reseller. He definitely will keep all his music collection for the rest of his life.
Those Ohio Players were the best thing Ohio tourism ever had going for it. Who needs bears when you've got bare? Cheers.
Well said!
I've often thought of Steely Dan as the American Beatles.
It's interesting, we have one band in Finland from the late 70's which was huge in here, and they were big Beatles fans but also Steely Dan was something they mentioned, especially their composer was a huge fan of them. That band is not known in Finland at all. I have not found them to be my music, I must give another try.
You did not want to drop those pins from the Spirograph on the floor. Very small and could get lost in the carpet easily. 🥨