#1974 albums

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1974 COUNTDOWN | THE LIST

Here is the entire 1974 COUNTDOWN, with links to the original posts. Following this are the other 1974 posts including live albums, film soundtracks and jazz. And here is an invitation to add their your own favourite 1974 albums in the Comments… ranked or unranked, two or twenty, curated our plucked out of the ether, whatever tickles your fancy. I’m sure those who have stuck with the 74 FROM ’74…

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carly simon photographed by norman seeff for her album “playing possum”, 1974

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Cher photographed for "Dark Lady", 1974 Stevie Nicks photographed for "Bella donna", 1981 Photographed by Richard Avedon and Herbert Worthington

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One favorite shirt

MMT, I'm The Walrus, 1967

1967

During the White Album sessions, photo by Linda McCartney (at Trident Studios for recording Savoy Truffle, circa October 5, 1968)

Get Back sessions, January 1969

1970, during McCartney album recording sessions, photo by Linda

1974

1975, Heathrow, photo by Dennis Stone

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Today in Hip Hop History:

Big L’s second and final album The Big Picture 1974-1999 was released August 1, 2000

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Sun Ra, The Nubians of Plutonia (ABC Records/Impulse! reissue, 1974).

Cover art: John Lykes

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“They knew they had the magic”

- Mick Rock

👉 Queen Photosession for 'Queen II' album, released in the UK on March 8th, 1974

📸 Photographer © Mick Rock (1948-2021)

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Bryan Ferry photographed by Eric Boman for his album 'Another Time, Another Place', 1974.

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Lou Reed — Rock N Roll Animal. 1974 : RCA.

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Evinha - Eva, ph. Alexandre Souza Lima [1974]

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THE GREAT IMPERSONATOR: THE ONLOOKER'S REVIEW.

Since the album was released, I made a conscious decision to avoid reading reviews or searching for anything about it on social media. Instead, I spent those days immersing myself in the songs, reading the lyrics, and connecting with them on a personal level to form my own interpretation. Now, I’m excited to finally hear what other fans think, and to share my thoughts as well. I hope my perspective on the album resonates with you all!

You can find it on:

(click on the little spiral to open the website). ☺️

@tiredandlonelymuse

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1974 COUNTDOWN | #15 — #11

#15 LOU REED — ROCK ‘N’ ROLL ANIMAL Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner on guitars supercharge this live Lou Reed classic. Drawing heavily on his Velvet Underground period, but in updated arrangements, the song-list is user friendly but never cuddly. The version of “Heroin” is scarifying and “Lady Day” despairing. But at other times the energy fizzes out of the speakers (“White LIght/White Heat”) as…

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New York Dolls - It's Too Late

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Some SUPER lazy sketches of the main cast plus some of my personal head canons for them :)

And if anybody has something to say abt the fact that I made them all lgbtq+ I DON’T CARE I DON’T 🗣️

(ps.. if sonny and Leland look a little uncanny it’s because I VERY rarely draw men 😭)

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Simplisma

It seems that the floodgates to the subject of Wicked Lester have definitely been opened and not properly closed again. And you know how it goes with toothpaste, once it's out you can never get it back in the tube.

So why not continue with it right away and see what else comes out of it. It won't be too much new though, as the one with Paul's '78 solo album might have been an exception. But hey, you can't always hit the bull's eye. So let's make do today with Charisma from Dynasty (1979) and its somewhat simpler predecessor Simple Type (1972). Whose riff is of course 1:1 the one from Charisma, until it just won't budge after the first run through, and a little bit later mutates into something completely different.

If I'm not mistaken, Gene had even used this riff for another song before the Wicked Lester days, I mean, who can remember all that stuff, but obviously for years it just didn't seem significant enough for him to find a use for Kiss between 1974-77, or even his '78 solo album. And in those days neither he nor Paul were stingy with their recycling practices.

And here you can see how little Gene must have had up his sleeve in '79, taking the idea for the lyrics from his manager buddy and spinning them on, and taking the riff from a pre-pre-Kiss predecessor demo that had been omitted until then. But, at least he picked the most interesting, albeit catchiest part for Charisma.

Luckily for me, because I really love this song.

Charisma (1979)

Simple Type (1972)

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Today in Hip Hop History:

Big L’s second and final album The Big Picture 1974-1999 was released August 1, 2000