Sounds From The Seventies
Sounds From The Seventies is a weekly podcast that explores the music, culture, and lifestyle of the 1970s. Each episode centers on a full album review alongside discussion of the decade's broader context. It connects the songs to the era's social trends and everyday life. The show is aimed at listeners who want a deeper look at classic 1970s releases.
Episodes
Willie Nelson - Shotgun Willie
This episode shows the beginning of the Willie Nelson we have known over the last 50 and counting years. Released in 1973 "Shotgun Willie" is widely regarded as the first outlaw country album and we will review it in today's episode.
Blondie - Parallel Lines
In this episode we review the 1978 breakthrough album "Parallel Lines" by New York new wave band Blondie. The band had a huge hit from the album with the song Heart of Glass but was there anything to back that up?
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
After 7 years of episodes we finally review a Bob Dylan album and the reasons why it took so long are explained in this episode. It did take us awhile but the album we chose "Blood on the Tracks" from 1975 is considered by many one of the greatest albums ever but do we agree with that?
Screaming Lord Sutch - Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends
Today we look at one of the most infamous albums in rock history the 1970 release by Screaming Lord Sutch called "Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends". Can an album featuring Jimmy Page, John Bonham, Nicky Hopkins and Jeff Beck be considered one of the worst ever?
Procol Harum - Broken Barricades
In this episode we review the 1971 album "Broken Barricades" by the English art rock band Procol Harum. This is the album they toured behind when they made their landmark "Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra" album.
Diana Ross - Diana Ross (1976)
This week we review the self titled album released in 1976 by the legendary Motown singer Diana Ross. The album is notable for being the second self titled record released by Miss Ross and we will let you know what we think about it.
Big Star - #1 Record
In this episode we review the debut album of the group Big Star a much heralded and influential band that didn't sell many copies of their albums when they existed, did they deserve to be treated better?
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Today we review the landmark debut album "Tubular Bells" from instrumentalist Mike Oldfield. The album from 1973 was the first album ever on Richard Branson's Virgin record label but how good is it?
Mick Taylor - Mick Taylor (self titled album)
In this episode we talk about the 1979 self titled debut solo album from former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor.We also discuss where we have been since the last episode we uploaded and what to expect in the future.
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc
In this episode we reminisce about our 200 episodes that we have just completed. We also review the second album "Reggatta de Blanc" by legendary new wave band The Police released in 1979.
Flash and the Pan - Flash and the Pan (debut album)
This episode we talk about the self titled debut album from the Australian group Flash and the Pan released in 1979.
King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black
In this episode we take a comprehensive and detailed look at the 1974 album "Starless and Bible Black" by prog rock giants King Crimson and also talk about the Midnight Special episode that they appeared on at around that time.
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
In our first video podcast we review the 1974 album "Autobahn" by German electronic band Kraftwerk and we also talk about another episode from the 1970's concert TV show The Midnight Special.
Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
In this episode we review the 1974 debut album of husband and wife folk/rock duo Richard and Linda Thompson called "I Want To See The Bight Lights Again". We also start our weekly segment of talking about episodes of 1970's TV music show The Midnight Special. (this episode is not on video)
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
In our first episode since coming back from hiatus we talk about what we have been doing for the last year and review the 1974 double album "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" from prog rock giants Genesis. (this episode not on video due to technical problems)
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - The Season for Miracles
It's time for our annual Christmas episode and this year we review the 1970 Christmas album "The Season for Miracles" by the legendary Motown group Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.
Jimmy Buffett - Down to Earth
This week we celebrate the work of the recently passed away singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett as we review his debut album "Down to Earth" released in 1970.
Gary Wright - The Dream Weaver
In this week's episode we pay tribute to musician Gary Wright who passed away in 2023. We talk about Gary's musical accomplishments in various bands and review his 1975 breakthrough album "The Dream Weaver".
Tom Waits - Closing Time
In this the last episode in our theme of debut albums released 50 years ago in 1973 we present the debut album of singer/songwriter Tom Waits called "Closing Time".
10cc - 10cc (debut album)
In this the third of our four episodes that deals with debut albums released 50 years ago in 1973 we spotlight the debut self titled album by English art rock group 10cc.
Elliott Murphy - Aquashow
In our continuing series on debut albums released fifty years ago in 1973 we showcase this week the debut album of cult artist Elliott Murphy called "Aquashow".
Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd)
The first in our series of debut albums released 50 years ago in 1973 features southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd and their debut release (Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd).
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an American Band
In this the last episode on our theme of albums produced by Todd Rundgren we spotlight the band Grand Funk Railroad and their 1973 album "We're an American Band".
Hall and Oates - War Babies
For the second album in our series on Todd Rundgren produced albums of the 1970's we review the Daryl Hall and John Oates album from 1974 "War Babies" still controversial almost 50 years later.
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
Our new three part theme is albums produced by the great Todd Rundgren and we start off with his most famous production "Bat Out of Hell" by Meat Loaf released in 1977, one of the greatest selling albums of all time.
The Band - Northern Lights - Southern Cross
This is our tribute episode to Robbie Robertson of The Band who recently passed away from cancer, this whole episode is entirely about The Band and Robbie as we also review The Band's 1975 album "Northern Lights - Southern Cross".
The Commodores - Hot on the Tracks
In this last episode on the theme of funk bands in the 1970's we feature The Commodores before there crossover hit single days with their 1976 album "Hot on the Tracks."
War - Why Can't We Be Friends?
In this second installment about funk bands in the 1970's we shine our spotlight on one of the coolest funk bands in a very funky decade which is the band War and their 1975 album "Why Can't We Be Friends?"
Ohio Players - Honey
We start a three part theme on funk bands with this episode and a great band to begin with is The Ohio Players as we review their 1975 album "Honey".
Burt Bacharach - In Concert
This week is the last in our in memoriam theme and to finish off we pay tribute to the late great songwriter Burt Bacharach with his "In Concert" album originally released in Japan in 1971 and the rest of the world in 1974.
Gordon Lightfoot - Summer Side of Life
In this episode we celebrate the life of recently passed away Canadian singer songwriter Gordon Lightfoot and review his 1971 album "Summer Side of Life".
Tina Turner - Acid Queen
In tribute to the recently passed away legendary singer Tina Turner we look at her life and review her second solo album released in 1975 "Acid Queen".
Ringo Starr - Beaucoups of Blues
We conclude our theme of Beatle solo albums from 1973 with an album not from 1973, we already reviewed on an earlier episode Ringo Starr's 1973 album "Ringo" so this week we review his 1970 country album "Beaucoups of Blues" yeah we cheated a little.
George Harrison - Living in the Material World
In this third installment on what the solo Beatles were doing 50 years ago in 1973 we take a look at George Harrison and his "Living in the Material World" album which went all the way to number 1 in 1973.
John Lennon - Mind Games
This is part two of our look at what the solo Beatles were doing 50 years ago in 1973. Today we review John Lennon's album "Mind Games" released in October 1973.
Paul McCartney and Wings - Red Rose Speedway
With his episode we start our four part theme on what the solo members of the Beatles were doing 50 years ago in 1973. We start with Paul McCartney and Wings and their album "Red Rose Speedway", the second album Paul made with Wings.
The Slits - Cut
In this episode we conclude our theme of all women rock bands in the 1970's with a look back at the post punk English group The Slits and review their 1979 debut album "Cut".
Fanny - Fanny Hill
We continue our look at all women rock bands in the 1970's by focusing our attention on the first all women band to be signed to a major label album deal and that is the group Fanny and we review their 1972 album "Fanny Hill" recorded at Apple Studios in London.
The Runaways - The Runaways (debut album)
This week we begin our three part series on all women rock bands of the 1970's. These are women who played and sang and also wrote songs for their albums and this week we feature the Los Angeles band The Runaways as we review their 1976 self titled debut album.
Harry Chapin - Heads & Tales
In the last of our series on American commercial folk singer songwriters of the 1970's in the male category (I know it's long leave me alone) we present incredible humanitarian Harry Chapin and his 1972 debut album "Heads & Tales".
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around with Jim
In this second episode of three that focuses on American commercial folk singer songwriters in the male category (whew) we put the spotlight on the short musical career of Jim Croce and review his 1972 album "You Don't Mess Around with Jim".
James Taylor - JT
We start the first in our three part series on American commercial folk singer songwriters in the male category (no joke) with James Taylor and his huge selling 1977 album "JT".
David Crosby and Graham Nash - Wind on the Water
On today's episode we are paying tribute to the recently departed David Crosby as we review the album he made with Graham Nash in 1975 called "Wind on the Water" and also talk about his colourful and controversial life.
Olivia Newton John - Totally Hot
This week we pay tribute to the much beloved singer Olivia Newton John who passed away in 2022 as we talk about her life and review her 1978 album "Totally Hot".
Ian & Sylvia - Great Speckled Bird
In this episode we pay tribute to the recently departed Ian Tyson by featuring an album by the band Great Speckled Bird that was formed by Ian Tyson and his wife Sylvia. The album also called Great Speckled Bird was released at the beginning of 1970 and was the first album produced by a young Todd Rundgren.
Jeff Beck - Wired
We start a new four part theme with this episode and the theme is a tribute to recently departed musicians and singers and we begin with a look at the life of one of the greatest guitar players ever Jeff Beck as we spotlight his 1976 jazz rock album "Wired".
Pat Metheny Group - Pat Metheny Group (debut album)
In this the last episode in our theme devoted to jazz guitarists in the 1970's we present the self titled debut album by the Pat Metheny Group obviously led by one of the most celebrated jazz guitarists of the last 40 plus years Pat Metheny.
Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy
In the second part of our look at albums by jazz guitarists in the 1970's we focus on jazz virtuoso Al Di Meola and his 1977 sophomore album "Elegant Gypsy".
George Benson - Weekend in LA
In this the first part of our series on albums by jazz guitarists in the 1970's we look at the 1978 double live album by George Benson called "Weekend in LA", an album with half jazz instrumentals and half vocal songs.
Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle
We end our series of albums released 50 years ago in 1973 with an artist who released two albums in 1973. Bruce Springsteen released "Greetings from Asbury Park NJ" in January 1973 and he released our spotlight album "The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle" in November of '73.
Little Feat - Dixie Chicken
In this episode we take a look at another number celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and this time round we review the album "Dixie Chicken" by the Lowell George led American band Little Feat.
John Cale - Paris 1919
We feature this week another album celebrating its 50th anniversary since its release in 1973 its former Velvet Underground founding member John Cale and his debut album on Columbia records "Paris 1919".
Aerosmith - Aerosmith (debut album)
We start the year 2023 by looking back 50 years ago to 1973 and the albums released during that incredible year. The first album we review in this four part series is the self titled debut album by rock band Aerosmith released on January 5 1973.
John Denver - Rocky Mountain Christmas
It's that time of the year! It's our fourth annual Christmas special and we celebrate this year by reviewing John Denver's 1975 album "Rocky Mountain Christmas" and of course there's plenty of eggnog and a crackling fire to warm yourself. Merry Christmas everybody!!!
T.Rex - Electric Warrior
In the last of our four episode look at glam rock in the 1970's we spotlight the band and man who really kickstarted the whole movement Marc Bolan and his band T.Rex with their 1971 album "Electric Warrior", a fitting end to this theme.
Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes
We continue this week with our look at 1970's glam rock with the album "All the Young Dudes" by English band Mott the Hoople released in 1972. The title song is well known as almost a theme song for all the glam kids in the early '70s by how good was the album?
Sweet - Desolation Boulevard
This week we continue with our look at glam rock in the 1970's as we present one of the more commercial bands of the era the English band Sweet and review their late 1974 in the United Kingdom and early 1975 in North America release of their most popular album "Desolation Boulevard".
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
This week we are beginning our four episode salute to glam rock in the 1970's with one of the most if not the most famous glam rock album of all time David Bowie's star making 1972 album "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars." Couldn't pick a better album to represent what glam rock means than this one.
Telly Savalas - Who Loves Ya Baby
In the final part of our golden throat's theme, which is actors who released albums in the 1970's, we shine the spotlight on a true one of a kind personality, the star of "Kojak" Telly Savalas and his 1976 album "Who Loves Ya Baby" just one of the five albums he released.
David Soul - David Soul (debut album)
As we continue our look at actors who made albums in the 1970's we turn our attention to one of the stars of the big television hit "Starsky and Hutch" which ran from 1975 to 1979. David Soul who played Hutch started out as a singer and then turned to acting to make ends meet returns to singing on his 1976 self titled debut album. Was it any good? We'll give you our opinion on today's episode.
Burt Reynolds - Ask Me What I Am
In our first of a three part series on actors who made albums in the 1970's we feature one of the biggest stars of them all in that decade Burt Reynolds and his first and only album "Ask Me What I Am" from 1973.
Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
In this last installment of our three part look at big Motown artists of the 1960's and what kind of albums they were releasing in the 1970's we take a look at the career of Stevie Wonder and review his album "Talking Book" released in late 1972. With complete creative control over his work what kind of music was he releasing?
Smokey Robinson - A Quiet Storm
In this episode we continue our look at famous Motown artists of the 1960's and the kind of music they were making in the 1970's. This time we shine the spotlight on the legendary Smokey Robinson and review his 1975 album "A Quiet Storm".
The Temptations - All Directions
This is the first episode in our theme about legendary Motown artists of the 1960's and the music they were releasing in the 1970's. We start with the hit making machine known as The Temptations as we review their 1972 album "All Directions".
Bachman Turner Overdrive - II
In this episode we conclude our look at Canadian rock bands in the early 1970's by turning our attention to the hugely popular band Bachman Turner Overdrive and reviewing their second album aptly titled II released in late 1973.
A Foot in Coldwater - A Foot in Coldwater (debut album)
In the second episode of our three part series on Canadian bands in the early 1970's we take a look at Ontario band A Foot in Coldwater and review their self titled debut album from 1972. Is this band more than just its hit single "Make Me Do Anything You Want"?
The Guess Who - Road Food
We start our three part series on Canadian rock bands of the early 1970's with the much loved Guess Who and their 1974 album "Road Food". We also talk about the colourful history of the band from Chad Allen to Randy Bachman to Burton Cummings.
Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill
This is the last of our four part series on bands who released their debut album fifty years ago in 1972 and this week we finish with the always interesting and one of a kind American band Steely Dan and their album "Can't Buy a Thrill" released in November 1972.
Roxy Music - Roxy Music (debut album)
This is the third part of our four part look into bands who released their debut albums fifty years ago in 1972 and in this third part we talk about the English art rock band Roxy Music and review their self titled debut album released on June 16, 1972.
The Eagles - The Eagles (debut album)
In this episode we continue our look at bands who released their first album in 1972, 50 years ago this year. This week we talk about legendary band The Eagles and review their self titled debut album released on June 1, 1972.
Blue Oyster Cult - Blue Oyster Cult (debut album)
Our new theme starting with this episode is bands who released their debut albums 50 years ago in 1972. We start off by talking about the enigmatic and one of a kind hard rock band Blue Oyster Cult and review their first album.
The Osmonds - Phase III
In the last episode of our series on musical artists with television variety shows in the 1970's we have The Osmonds and their 1972 album "Phase III". The Osmond family were known for there many appearances on variety shows in the 70's and of course there was the very popular Donny and Marie Show in the late 70's as well as a cartoon series on Saturday mornings.
Sonny and Cher - Mama Was A Rock And Roll Singer Papa Used To Write All Her Songs
We continue in this episode our theme of muscial artists who had variety shows in the 1970's and today we spotlight one of the most famous of those acts Sonny and Cher and their 1973 album "Mama Was A Rock and Roll Singer Papa Used To Write All Her Songs" their last studio album as a couple.
The Partridge Family - The Partridge Family Album
We start our new three part theme on muscial artists who also had a TV show or variety show in the 1970's with The Partridge Family and their debut album in 1970 "The Partridge Family Album". Although not really a band David Cassidy would emerge a superstar because of the show and the vocals he supplied to the Partridge Family albums.
Van der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am The Only One
We conclude our look at British progressive rock in the 1970's with one of the most distinctive and unusual bands in all of rock music not just prog, Van der Graaf Generator and their 1970 album "H to He, Who Am the Only One".
Gentle Giant - Three Friends
We present this week a band that seems to always make everybody's list as one of the top 10 bands in progressive rock history but never gets into that top five. I'm talking about the band Gentle Giant and this episode we review their 1972 album "Three Friends".
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
In our first episode in our look at British progressive rock of the 1970's we feature one of the biggest bands critically and commercially in prog rock Genesis and their 1973 breakout album in North America "Selling England by the Pound".
The Electric Flag - The Band Kept Playing
In the final episode of our theme on blues bands in the 1970's (with or without horns) we actually do have a band with horns The Electric Flag and we review their 1974 one off reunion album "The Band Kept Playing".
The Allstars from Charlottesville - Tip Your Waitress
In our second episode detailing blues bands in the 1970's (with or without horns) we talk about one of the more obscure bands we have ever had on our show The Allstars from Charlottesville and their one and only album released in 1978 "Tip Your Waitress".
Paul Butterfield's Better Days - It All Comes Back
In this episode we start our theme of blues bands in the 1970's with or without horns and I could think of no better blues band leader than Paul Butterfield and his then band Better Days to kick start things with their 1973 album "It All Comes Back".
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