A Blast from the Past
I thought I'd have a go at posting here. I belong to another WhatsApp group who do music sharing like this and i've simply copied a post I did for them a while ago. They use a website called Discogs for referencing, so I've included that link.
Happy to get comments
So, with summer on the doorstep, I thought I’d take the liberty of inviting you to consider a little 70s Soul. The album is Three Plus Three, by The Isley Brothers.
YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL26tni6JWSPtCUWcHsRW1p89ETYMZhkXT
Discogs : https://www.discogs.com/The-Isley-Brothers-3-3/master/82584
Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/album/27eI33obJuyKebMTxAJJam?si=OrE5s-OeQpOoMpVZMM8pKA
The original Isley Brothers were a family vocal trio from Cincinnati. The addition of two younger brothers and a brother -in-law later gave rise to the album name and the band which lasted for, I think, seven decades in various configurations. Interestingly, in the UK two of their earlier hits achieved recognition through cover performances; “Shout!”, written in 1959 and covered brilliantly by Lulu in 1964 and “Twist and Shout”, which they themselves had covered in 1962, was subsequently covered by the Beatles in 1963, and included on the album “Please Please Me”.
This album also contains one notable cover, being “Summer Breeze”. written by Seals and Crofts in 1972 (see https://youtu.be/BNC91HpDrPI)
I first came across the Isley Brothers whilst listening to pirate radio on my transistor radio on my paper round sometime around 1968. The station was Radio London, aka “Wonderful Radio London”’ or “The Big L” (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderful_Radio_London). The paper round was Fyfield Road and Hillside Gardens in Walthamstow and the song was “This Ol’ Heart of mine” (https://youtu.be/U_9M6kRfJes), which I think was already a couple of years old by the time I heard it broadcast. It was a tantalising mix of pathos and danceability, using a chord sequence that I though was quite sophisticated. I didn’t think you could do that.
My older sister introduced me to this album when I stayed with her and her fella in Brighton for a couple of weeks in 1973. Her chap was an artist - a good one at that - and a guitar player. It was a shared house and very hippy. Lots of patchouli and funny fags. I was also introduced to Bob Marley and Santana that week and I may offer something from either, or both, at some point.
I would defy anyone not to have a bop to “That Lady”, but, anyway, grab your beloved, a tall glass of something cool and have a go at this …
Happy to get comments
So, with summer on the doorstep, I thought I’d take the liberty of inviting you to consider a little 70s Soul. The album is Three Plus Three, by The Isley Brothers.
YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL26tni6JWSPtCUWcHsRW1p89ETYMZhkXT
Discogs : https://www.discogs.com/The-Isley-Brothers-3-3/master/82584
Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/album/27eI33obJuyKebMTxAJJam?si=OrE5s-OeQpOoMpVZMM8pKA
The original Isley Brothers were a family vocal trio from Cincinnati. The addition of two younger brothers and a brother -in-law later gave rise to the album name and the band which lasted for, I think, seven decades in various configurations. Interestingly, in the UK two of their earlier hits achieved recognition through cover performances; “Shout!”, written in 1959 and covered brilliantly by Lulu in 1964 and “Twist and Shout”, which they themselves had covered in 1962, was subsequently covered by the Beatles in 1963, and included on the album “Please Please Me”.
This album also contains one notable cover, being “Summer Breeze”. written by Seals and Crofts in 1972 (see https://youtu.be/BNC91HpDrPI)
I first came across the Isley Brothers whilst listening to pirate radio on my transistor radio on my paper round sometime around 1968. The station was Radio London, aka “Wonderful Radio London”’ or “The Big L” (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderful_Radio_London). The paper round was Fyfield Road and Hillside Gardens in Walthamstow and the song was “This Ol’ Heart of mine” (https://youtu.be/U_9M6kRfJes), which I think was already a couple of years old by the time I heard it broadcast. It was a tantalising mix of pathos and danceability, using a chord sequence that I though was quite sophisticated. I didn’t think you could do that.
My older sister introduced me to this album when I stayed with her and her fella in Brighton for a couple of weeks in 1973. Her chap was an artist - a good one at that - and a guitar player. It was a shared house and very hippy. Lots of patchouli and funny fags. I was also introduced to Bob Marley and Santana that week and I may offer something from either, or both, at some point.
I would defy anyone not to have a bop to “That Lady”, but, anyway, grab your beloved, a tall glass of something cool and have a go at this …
