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The Youngbloods: Elephant Mountain
by Doug Collette
The Youngbloods were more than one hit wonders from the '60s. In fact, the band experienced its commercial breakthrough when the flower power anthem “Get Together" became a hit some two years after originally released. Which was, ultimately, an unfortunate coincidence as the belated emergence of the former tune distracted focus from “Darkness, Darkness" the ever-so-haunting song that keynotes Elephant Mountain.
What might've been an ideal follow-up in mainstream terms (and possibly, in a different sequence of events, ...
Continue ReadingThe Byrds: Live at Royal Albert Hall 1971
by Doug Collette
Rescued from a tape that had sat forgotten in Roger McGuinn's climatized garage for decades,The Byrds Live at Royal Albert Hall 1971 contains a complete concert from the fabled London venue including two encores that, as part of this well-recorded 77-plus minute CD, effectively summarize the career of this seminal American rock band. Anyone who becomes familiar with the history of The Byrds will inevitably encounter mention that this seminal American group had its shortcomings as a performing unit, but ...
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