Tuesday, July 29, 2008

May 28, 1970

Today is Thursday, May 28, 1970.

I'm listening to Ton-Ton Macoute!, by Johnny Jenkins, released sometime in April 1970, according to the Wikipedia article.

Monday, July 28, 2008

May 27, 1970

Today is Wednesday, May 27, 1970.

I'm listening to Bitches Brew, by Miles Davis, released sometime in April 1970, according to the Wikipedia article.

Also, I Looked Up, by the Incredible String Band, released sometime in April 1970 in the UK, according to Martin Strong's Great Rock Discography, 7th ed.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

May 22, 1970

Today is Friday, May 22, 1970.

I'm listening to Burrito Deluxe, by The Flying Burrito Brothers, released sometime in April 1970, according to the All Music Guide.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

May 21, 1970

Today is Thursday, May 21, 1970.

I still have a lot of albums from my April 1970 backlog that I haven't listened to, and it's heading towards the end of May, so, to pack them all in I guess I'm going to have to suspend the one album per day rule for a few days.

Right now I'm listening to Portrait, by the Fifth Dimension, released sometime in April 1970, according to the All Music Guide.

Also, Cucumber Castle, by the Bee Gees, released sometime in April 1970, according to the All Music Guide.

Also, Getting to This, by Blodwyn Pig, released sometime in April 1970, according to the All Music Guide.

Monday, July 21, 2008

May 20, 1970

Today is Wednesday, May 20, 1970.

I'm listening to Candles in the Rain, by Melanie Safka, released in April 1970, according to the All Music Guide.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

May 16, 1970

Today is Saturday, May 16, 1970.

I'm listening to Live at Leeds, by The Who, released today in the US, according to the Wikipedia article.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

May 15, 1970

Today is Friday, May 15, 1970.

I'm listening to In the Wake of Poseidon, by King Crimson, released today, according to the Wikipedia article.

Also released today was Fleetwood Mac's single "The Green Manalishi (with the Two-Pronged Crown)"/"World in Harmony," according to Wikipedia. I listened to that too.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

May 14, 1970

Today is Thursday, May 14, 1970.

I'm listening to Ladies of the Canyon, by Joni Mitchell, released sometime in April 1970, according to the All Music Guide.

Monday, July 14, 2008

May 13, 1970

Today is Wednesday, May 13, 1970.

I'm listening to Eric Burdon Declares "War," by Eric Burdon and War, released sometime around April or May of 1970. There's an ad for it in an April issue of Rolling Stone.

I've also been listening to Open, by The Blues Image, released sometime in April 1970, according to the All Music Guide.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

May 8, 1970

Today is Friday, May 8, 1970.

I'm listening to Let It Be, released today.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

May 7, 1970

Today is Thursday, May 7, 1970.

I'm listening to Poco, by Poco, released yesterday, May 6, 1970, according to the All Music Guide.

Sunday, July 6, 2008

May 5, 1970

Today is Tuesday, May 5, 1970.

I'm listening to The Isaac Hayes Movement, by Isaac Hayes, released sometime in April, 1970, according to Marting Strong's The Great Rock Discography, 7th ed. I think that must be right because there's a full-page ad for it in an April issue of Rolling Stone.

Friday, July 4, 2008

April 28, 1970

Today is Tuesday, April 28 through Sunday, May 3, 1970. Still hoping to get the day and month in 1970 synchronized with the day and month in 2008.

I've been listening to Funkadelic, by Funkadelic for about the last three weeks but I just realized I never posted about it. It was released in the US in March 1970, according to Martin Strong's The Great Rock Discography, 7th ed.

April 27, 1970

Today is Monday, April 27, 1970.

I'm listening to A Brand New Me, by Dusty Springfield. I'm not sure when it was released -- The All Music Guide says November 1970, but there's an ad for it in a March issue of Rolling Stone, so I'm going to say it was probably released sometime around then.

Thursday, July 3, 2008

April 26, 1970

Today is Sunday, April 26, 1970.

I'm listening to Right On, by the Supremes, released today, according to the Wikipedia article (although, as I've said before on this thing, it seems strange that an album would be released on a Sunday).

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

April 25, 1970

Today is Saturday, April 25, 1970.

I'm listening to Stone the Crows, by Stone the Crows. I can't find any information on a definite release date, but there's an ad for it in a March issue of Rolling Stone.

April 24, 1970

Yesterday was Friday, April 24, 1970.

I watched Satanis, a documentary about Anton LaVey and the Church of Satan which may have been released in March 1970. At least the Wikipedia article says it was. In The Secret Life of a Satanist: the Authorized Biography of Anton LaVey, Blanche Barton says it opened in the US "early in 1970."