The Year Is... 1970

[Rich]

I was 5 in 1970. My listening habits didn't venture much further than this. 

 

[Oopsdabassist]

13 hours ago, drTStingray said:

 Ten Years After - Watt; The Faces first album. 

 

This track has what I consider one of Alvin Lee’s best guitar solos - from the album Watt - bass is pretty good as well. 

 

https://youtu.be/cwQp9CEGplE

Never heard that before, its fookin AWESOME!!! helluva driving bassline   I was 10 in '70, if it wasn't on radio 1, I had no clue......

[Oopsdabassist]

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Edited December 31, 2021 by Oopsdabassist

[Oopsdabassist]

Gah..stoopid multiple posts

Edited December 31, 2021 by Oopsdabassist

[Bassfinger]

Jethro Tull's album Benefit was released in April, pushing them further away from their blues roots and towards prog.  This sort of middle ground makes for an electic mix and paved the way for Aqualung to follow.

[Mykesbass]

BB King - Completely Well (includes The Thrill Has Gone). 

[Hellzero]

I was only five, but already interested in music. Don't worry, it was the Hit Parade for me, but 1970 was the year of this jazz milestone.

 

Miles Davis : beaches Brew.

 

[Happy Jack]

I was 13 so this was pretty much my last year of preferring singles (we called them '45s') to albums (we called them 'LPs').

 

Arrival - Friends - 01-70
Badfinger - Come And Get It - 01-70
Shirley Bassey - Something - 07-70
The Beach Boys - Cottonfields - 06-70
The Beatles - Let It Be - 03-70
Black Sabbath - Paranoid - 10-70
Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay - 09-70
Blue Mink - Good Morning Freedom - 04-70
Blue Mink - Our World - 09-70   
Bob & Marcia - Young Gifted And Black - 03-70
Bread - Make It With You - 09-70
The Brotherhood Of Man - United We Stand - 02-70
Butterscotch - Don't You Know (She said Hello) - 05-70 
Glen Campbell - Honey Come Back - 05-70
Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe - 12-70
Canned Heat - Let's Work Together - 02-70
The Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You - 10-70
Clarence Carter - Patches - 10-70
The Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time - 09-70
The Chairmen Of The Board - You've Got Me Dangling On A String - 12-70
Chicago - I'm A Man - 02-70
Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 - 08-70
Christie - Yellow River - 05-70
Christie - San Bernadino - 11-70
Jimmy Cliff - Wild World - 09-70
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travelin' Band - 05-70
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend - 07-70
The Cuff Links - When Julie Comes Around - 04-70
Dana - All Kinds Of Everything - 04-70
The Dave Clark Five - Good Old Rock 'n' Roll - 01-70
The Dave Clark Five - Everybody Get Together - 03-70
Deep Purple - Black Night - 09-70
Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want - 09-70
Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie - 11-70
Sacha Distel - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head - 03-70
Joe Dolan - You're Such A Good Looking Woman - 04-70
Clive Dunn - Grandad - 12-70
Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - 01-70
Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking - 11-70
The England World Cup Squad - Back Home - 05-70
Fair Weather - Natural Sinner - 08-70
Horace Faith - Black Pearl - 10-70
Family - Strange Band - 10-70
Don Fardon - Indian Reservation - 11-70
Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown) - 06-70
The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself - 04-70
The Four Tops - It's All In The Game - 06-70
The Four Tops - Still Water (Love) - 10-70
Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song - 09-70
Free - All Right Now - 06-70
Frijid Pink - House Of The Rising Sun - 05-70
Marvin Gaye - Abraham Martin & John - 06-70
Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky - 04-70
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Chile - 11-70
Herman's Hermits - Years May Come, Years May Go - 02-70
Herman's Hermits - Lady Barbara - 12-70
The Hollies - I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top - 05-70
The Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred - 10-70
Mary Hopkin - Temma Harbour - 02-70
Mary Hopkin - Knock Knock Who's There - 03-70
Mary Hopkin - Think About Your Children - 10-70 
Hot Chocolate - Love Is Life - 09-70
Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man - 07-70
The Jackson Five - I Want You Back - 02-70
The Jackson Five - ABC - 06-70
The Jackson Five - The Love You Save - 08-70
The Jackson Five - I'll Be There - 12-70
Jethro Tull - The Witch's Promise / Teacher - 02-70
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Chile - 11-70
Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration - 08-70
Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon - Blame It On The Pony Express - 12-70
Tom Jones - Daughter Of Darkness - 05-70
The Kinks - Lola - 07-70
John Lennon, Yoko Ono & The Plastic Ono Band - Instant Karma - 02-70
Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life - 01-70
Marmalade - Rainbow - 08-70
Lee Marvin - Wand'rin' Star - 02-70
Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock - 10-70
McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead And Gone - 12-70
Melanie - Ruby Tuesday - 11-70
Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi - 08-70
Gerry Monroe - Sally - 06-70
Gerry Monroe - My Prayer - 12-70
The Moody Blues - Question - 05-70
The Move - Brontosaurus - 05-70
Mr. Bloe - Groovin' With Mr. Bloe - 06-70
Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime - 06-70
Gilbert O'Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed - 12-70
Freda Payne - Band Of Gold - 09-70
Peter, Paul & Mary - Leavin' On A Jet Plane - 01-70
Pickettywitch - That Same Old Feeling - 03-70
The Pipkins - Gimme Dat Ding - 04-70
The Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy - 09-70
Elvis Presley - Don't Cry Daddy - 03-70
Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You - 07-70
Elvis Presley - I've Lost You - 11-70
The Rattles - The Witch - 11-70
Cliff Richard - Goodbye Sam Hello Samantha - 06-70
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tears Of A Clown - 08-70
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Something's Burning - 03-70
Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough - 10-70
Diana Ross & The Supremes - Someday We'll Be Together - 01-70
Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound - 04-70
Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever My Love - 08-70
Jimmy Ruffin - It's Wonderful - 11-70
Shocking Blue - Venus - 02-70
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water - 03-70
Edwin Starr - War - 11-70
Status Quo - Down The Dustpipe - 06-70
Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - 03-70
Cat Stevens - Lady D'Arbanville - 07-70
Ray Stevens - Everything Is Beautiful - 06-70
The Supremes - Up The Ladder To The Roof - 05-70
The Temptations - I Can't Get Next To You - 02-70
The Temptations - Ball Of Confusion - 10-70
Ten Years After - Love Like A Man - 07-70
T. Rex - Ride A White Swan - 11-70
Nicky Thomas - Love Of The Common People - 07-70
Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come  - 09-70
The Tremeloes - Me And My Life - 10-70
White Plains - My Baby Loves Lovin' - 02-70
White Plains - Julie, Do Ya Love Me - 11-70
Roger Whittaker - I Don't Believe In If Anymore - 05-70
Andy Williams - Can't Help Falling In Love - 03-70
Andy Williams - It's So Easy - 09-70
Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man - 12-70
Stevie Wonder - Never Had A Dream Come True - 04-70
Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours - 08-70

[EssentialTension]

 

[Linus27]

I wasn't born until June 1970 but if I was then I'd be listening to this,

 

 

[Clarky]

I was 6/7 in 1970 and living in Melbourne, Australia. The only song I actually remember from that year was Tiny Tim singing "Tiptoe through the tulips" on a river boat procession in Melbourne. Confusing

 

[BigRedX]

I didn't start listening to music until 1971, but retrospectively I've come to regard "Parachute" by The Pretty Things as the by far and away the best album released in 1970.

[dmccombe7]

I was 10 in 1970 but didnt start buying singles till around 72/73 with Sweet, T.Rex, Mud and Bowie. Albums came later in 73 with Bowie Pin-ups and Sweet FA.

In 1970 i was probably listening to what my parents liked. Anything from Elvis, Engelbert Humperdink, Tom Jones to Tijuana Sound of Brass and Music from the Greek Islands the latter giving me a lifelong love of Greece.

Dave

 

Edited December 31, 2021 by dmccombe7

[bassace]

Nobody mentions Strawbs anymore.

[fingers211]

Strawbs

 

[Count Bassy]

Family: The Weavers Answer & Strange Band (double A side).

 - My first introduction to real rock music. I was "in town" and my older brother asked me to buy it for him. I listened to it and was hooked - and still am 50 years later!

 

- and in the same year their albums " A Song For Me" and "Anyway" - although I didn't buy those until a few years later.

Edited January 1, 2022 by Count Bassy

[lemonstar]

Well I would have been 8 for most of 1970 and I do have faint recollections of music on the radio and TV before I got interested enough to want to know who it was or even to buy records but it's much later on when I started to discover and like the music that I'd missed by 5-10 years - it's only then and long after that I came to really appreciate what I'd missed. 1967-1977 was an incredible time - I could have picked any of those years - especially the first 5 years of the 70's - I was reading Carly Simon's biography Boys In The Trees which I found ages ago in a 2nd hand book shop - I only wanted to know why she and James Taylor divorced - I haven't quite worked that out yet based on what I've read so far - it wasn't just the affairs, drink or drugs apparently - they both still live in Martha's Vinyard and she clearly is so positively open hearted and has no problem saying she still loves him in many ways but he can't bring himself to even talk to her - this is worse that Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham - at least they have worked together! Anyway - that's why I was listening to James Taylor and thinking about that time - they were married between 1972 and 1983. 

 

Because I only had narrow interests then which have only got wider - I wondered what I had missed. 

Edited January 1, 2022 by lemonstar

[drTStingray]

On 31/12/2021 at 09:32, Happy Jack said:

I was 13 so this was pretty much my last year of preferring singles (we called them '45s') to albums (we called them 'LPs').

 

Arrival - Friends - 01-70
Badfinger - Come And Get It - 01-70
Shirley Bassey - Something - 07-70
The Beach Boys - Cottonfields - 06-70
The Beatles - Let It Be - 03-70
Black Sabbath - Paranoid - 10-70
Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay - 09-70
Blue Mink - Good Morning Freedom - 04-70
Blue Mink - Our World - 09-70   
Bob & Marcia - Young Gifted And Black - 03-70
Bread - Make It With You - 09-70
The Brotherhood Of Man - United We Stand - 02-70
Butterscotch - Don't You Know (She said Hello) - 05-70 
Glen Campbell - Honey Come Back - 05-70
Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe - 12-70
Canned Heat - Let's Work Together - 02-70
The Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You - 10-70
Clarence Carter - Patches - 10-70
The Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time - 09-70
The Chairmen Of The Board - You've Got Me Dangling On A String - 12-70
Chicago - I'm A Man - 02-70
Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 - 08-70
Christie - Yellow River - 05-70
Christie - San Bernadino - 11-70
Jimmy Cliff - Wild World - 09-70
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travelin' Band - 05-70
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend - 07-70
The Cuff Links - When Julie Comes Around - 04-70
Dana - All Kinds Of Everything - 04-70
The Dave Clark Five - Good Old Rock 'n' Roll - 01-70
The Dave Clark Five - Everybody Get Together - 03-70
Deep Purple - Black Night - 09-70
Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want - 09-70
Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie - 11-70
Sacha Distel - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head - 03-70
Joe Dolan - You're Such A Good Looking Woman - 04-70
Clive Dunn - Grandad - 12-70
Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - 01-70
Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking - 11-70
The England World Cup Squad - Back Home - 05-70
Fair Weather - Natural Sinner - 08-70
Horace Faith - Black Pearl - 10-70
Family - Strange Band - 10-70
Don Fardon - Indian Reservation - 11-70
Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown) - 06-70
The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself - 04-70
The Four Tops - It's All In The Game - 06-70
The Four Tops - Still Water (Love) - 10-70
Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song - 09-70
Free - All Right Now - 06-70
Frijid Pink - House Of The Rising Sun - 05-70
Marvin Gaye - Abraham Martin & John - 06-70
Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky - 04-70
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Chile - 11-70
Herman's Hermits - Years May Come, Years May Go - 02-70
Herman's Hermits - Lady Barbara - 12-70
The Hollies - I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top - 05-70
The Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred - 10-70
Mary Hopkin - Temma Harbour - 02-70
Mary Hopkin - Knock Knock Who's There - 03-70
Mary Hopkin - Think About Your Children - 10-70 
Hot Chocolate - Love Is Life - 09-70
Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man - 07-70
The Jackson Five - I Want You Back - 02-70
The Jackson Five - ABC - 06-70
The Jackson Five - The Love You Save - 08-70
The Jackson Five - I'll Be There - 12-70
Jethro Tull - The Witch's Promise / Teacher - 02-70
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Chile - 11-70
Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration - 08-70
Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon - Blame It On The Pony Express - 12-70
Tom Jones - Daughter Of Darkness - 05-70
The Kinks - Lola - 07-70
John Lennon, Yoko Ono & The Plastic Ono Band - Instant Karma - 02-70
Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life - 01-70
Marmalade - Rainbow - 08-70
Lee Marvin - Wand'rin' Star - 02-70
Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock - 10-70
McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead And Gone - 12-70
Melanie - Ruby Tuesday - 11-70
Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi - 08-70
Gerry Monroe - Sally - 06-70
Gerry Monroe - My Prayer - 12-70
The Moody Blues - Question - 05-70
The Move - Brontosaurus - 05-70
Mr. Bloe - Groovin' With Mr. Bloe - 06-70
Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime - 06-70
Gilbert O'Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed - 12-70
Freda Payne - Band Of Gold - 09-70
Peter, Paul & Mary - Leavin' On A Jet Plane - 01-70
Pickettywitch - That Same Old Feeling - 03-70
The Pipkins - Gimme Dat Ding - 04-70
The Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy - 09-70
Elvis Presley - Don't Cry Daddy - 03-70
Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You - 07-70
Elvis Presley - I've Lost You - 11-70
The Rattles - The Witch - 11-70
Cliff Richard - Goodbye Sam Hello Samantha - 06-70
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tears Of A Clown - 08-70
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Something's Burning - 03-70
Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough - 10-70
Diana Ross & The Supremes - Someday We'll Be Together - 01-70
Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound - 04-70
Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever My Love - 08-70
Jimmy Ruffin - It's Wonderful - 11-70
Shocking Blue - Venus - 02-70
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water - 03-70
Edwin Starr - War - 11-70
Status Quo - Down The Dustpipe - 06-70
Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - 03-70
Cat Stevens - Lady D'Arbanville - 07-70
Ray Stevens - Everything Is Beautiful - 06-70
The Supremes - Up The Ladder To The Roof - 05-70
The Temptations - I Can't Get Next To You - 02-70
The Temptations - Ball Of Confusion - 10-70
Ten Years After - Love Like A Man - 07-70
T. Rex - Ride A White Swan - 11-70
Nicky Thomas - Love Of The Common People - 07-70
Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come  - 09-70
The Tremeloes - Me And My Life - 10-70
White Plains - My Baby Loves Lovin' - 02-70
White Plains - Julie, Do Ya Love Me - 11-70
Roger Whittaker - I Don't Believe In If Anymore - 05-70
Andy Williams - Can't Help Falling In Love - 03-70
Andy Williams - It's So Easy - 09-70
Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man - 12-70
Stevie Wonder - Never Had A Dream Come True - 04-70
Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours - 08-70

If this was your budget for singles at age 13 in 1970, I’m starting to wonder whether you had ‘independent’ means @Happy Jack 😂😂

 

You've reminded of several long forgotten singles here - I probably have about 5% of these still in 45 rpm form. I reckon my vinyl album collection also is heavily skewed to 1969-71 or so. 

[Happy Jack]

11 minutes ago, drTStingray said:

If this was your budget for singles at age 13 in 1970, I’m starting to wonder whether you had ‘independent’ means @Happy Jack 😂😂

 

You've reminded of several long forgotten singles here - I probably have about 5% of these still in 45 rpm form. I reckon my vinyl album collection also is heavily skewed to 1969-71 or so. 

That was actually a list of the 100 best-selling singles (in the UK) for that year. 😉

 

But you piqued my interest as to which of them I chose to buy at the time, and the answer turned out to be just nine of them. Some interesting choices too ... I bought When I'm Dead And Gone but not Lola, for example.

[drTStingray]

Interesting - I have 14 of them including Let It Be, Instant Karma, Black Knight, Sweet Dream, Love Like a Man, Let’s Work Together, both Chicago. The accent is very much towards the ‘progressive’ music as it was called then. I’m afraid the reggae and soul was very much the preserve (for white youths) of the skinheads and their nearer relatives (latter day mods). There was some total dross in the list, as you can see. 
 

1970 was my first rock concert - Canned Heat supported by The Groundhogs - Birmingham Town Hall - the Groundhogs were excruciatingly loud - I don’t think I’ve encountered a louder gig since!!