A look at some of the most notable LPs released this month 50 years ago. Click the links to order from Amazon.
The first internationally releeased by the pop quartet. Their names are helpfully spelled out in parentheses on the front cover.
Songs include the title track (which was released in English, Swedish, German and French as a single, and which hit #6 on the Billboard charts), "Honey Honey" and "My Mama Said."
The LP only hit 183 in the U.S., but it introduced the quartet to the American market where they eventually did very, very well - just everyplace else. A 50th anniversary edition is out April 5.
The King's 20th LP offers solid 1970s Presley fare and did well on the country charts. "I've Got a Thing About You Baby" and "Take Good Care of Her" stand alongside some of his best work.
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Frank's fusion-y sixth solo LP is his all-time top seller in the U.S. and yielded his first Top 10 single, "Yellow Snow." I've always enjoyed Zappa's early Mothers stuff and his instrumental forays best, but if you did the "humor," there's some good stuff here, as on all of his albums.
Speaking of fusion: Weather Report's fourth LP captures them cultivating the sophisticated, yet approachable sound that brought them great commercial success once bassist Jaco Pastorious came on board. The LP earned solid reviews and was rated "Album of the Year" by Downbeat readers.
Mott's last before singer Ian Hunter split to go solo. Great, glammy stuff, including "The Golden Age of Rock and Roll" and one of my faves by the group, "Roll Away the Stone," which I bust out each Easter.
I never liked 'em, but there's no denying their popularity of power as a chart force. This one yielded "Best of My Love," (which I do sorta like, and which hit #1) along with "James Dean" and "Already Gone." I'll listen to it again and see what happens.
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