Post-sixties folk-rock on ATCO heavily indebted to CSN. Only been through side one, but it’s not nearly as weedily soft-rock as I’d feared. There’s a startlingly delicate take on ‘In the Midnight Hour’ which seems to typify Cross Country’s approach: begin with gentle finger picking, add whispy three-part harmony, then gradually build the instrumentation to a […]| Thrifty Vinyl
As refreshing as an ice-cream on a sunny day (with about as much nutritional value), Chicago’s Greatest Hits takes late-period Beatles pop innovation to a warm, post-hippy, soft rock conclusion: wistful “Getting Better” existentialism (“Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?”); “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” ponderousness (“25 or 6 to 4”); blissed-out, blue-eyed soul à la “Got […]| Thrifty Vinyl
STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN! Music Fans Warned to Beware of Bad Traffic-Related Pun Headlines (London) – Popular music aficianados were today advised to avoid all contact with cheap, ill-conceived puns in headlines […]| Thrifty Vinyl