Tag Archives: Best albums of 1973
1973 COUNTDOWN: #1
US AND THEM: WHY ‘DARK SIDE OF THE MOON’ IS STILL IMPORTANT First published at Discrepancy Records; updated December 2023. * GENESIS David Gilmour, guitarist and latter day captain of the dreadnought known as Pink Floyd, remembers a gathering at Nick Mason’s home in November 1971. The meeting was memorable as it was when Roger […]
1973 COUNTDOWN: #5 — 2
5 JOHN MARTYN — SOLID AIR In the fist draft of the 73 From ’73 list, Solid Air was somewhere in the 30s. That was based on memory; I hadn’t spun it for a few years. Listening again, I was entranced. Such variety of mood and texture, held together by Martyn’s gravely voice and exceptional […]
1973 COUNTDOWN: #50—41
50 RINGO STARR — RINGO Forget “Now and Then”, this was the last Beatles record. It has songs by John, Paul, George, and of course Ringo. They are all alive, and all play and sing. As do guests including Harry Nilsson, Marc Bolan and members of The Band. Good songs, great atmosphere, and Ringo’s amiable vocals […]
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