As a young teenager in the early Seventies my Birthday and Christmas was always a time when I was given LP records.
So I always associate the season with albums and more precisely the albums I got back in the early Seventies.
They are as much a part of my Christmasses back then as space toys and monsters had been in the mid to late Sixties.
I'm enjoying listening to some of fave tracks at the mo as its my birthday, courtesy of You Tube. They're all from amazing albums, which I still have on my original vinyls.
The person I have to thank for all this superb music, all new at the time, is my late great Mum. Armed with my list she would traipse to Brady's Record Shop in Preston and ask the salesperson for the LP's on the list. She once told me she got one wrong and instead of asking for Squawk by Budgie she asked for Budgie by Squawk! ha ha. My dear old Mum. Gone far too long so this and all of these sweet tracks are dedicated to her.
Join me if you have an hour spare over the holidays and rock the mince from your pies:
1. Young is a World by Budgie from the LP Squawk
2. Anthem by Rush from the LP Fly By Night
3. Throw Down the Sword by Wishbone Ash from the LP Argus
4. Wake Up, Set Your Sights by Uriah Heep from the LP Very Eavy Very Umble
5. Last Rose of Summer by Judas Priest from the LP Sin after Sin
6. Intro - Sweet Jane by Lou Reed from the LP Rock'n'Roll Animal
7. Lay Down Stay Down by Deep Purple from the LP Burn
8. Yours is No Disgrace by Yes from the LP The Yes Album
I am almost exactly your age Woodsy and from a similar background.
ReplyDeleteSo looking at these choices I have to say they sound more like the choices of an older brother, or brothers, as they seem to be from our late childhood/very early teens to me.
Were you influenced by older siblings ?
Mish.
Nope. All my own listening and choices Mish in the early to mid Seventies. By 76 I was a full-on rocker. I had a bunch of mates who were all into heavy rock. My older brothers were into soul.
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