May 29, 2014

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY 
CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH...Crosby, Stills And Nash

Label – Atlantic
Producer – Crosby, Stills & Nash
Art Direction – Gary Burden
Nationality – US/UK
Running Time – 40:52

Track Listing (standout tracks listed in bold)

1. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
2. Marrakesh Express
3. Guinnevere
4. You Don’t Have To Cry
5. Pre-Road Downs
6. Wooden Ships
7. Lady Of The Island
8. Helplessly Hoping
9. Long Time Gone
10. 49 Bye-Byes

This is the first release by Crosby, Stills & Nash. Already well know in the industry for their contributions to other bands, this release rocketed them to superstardom. It’s also the best record they would ever do. That of course is only a matter of opinion, but they never re-created the magic found on this first release.
Some of their best know works can be found right here. The hit "Marrakesh Express”, "Wooden Ships," “Guinnevere”, Steven Stills' "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," and David Crosby's "Long Time Gone". These five tracks alone – half the songs - make this a must hear record.
Two of those tracks became Top 40 hits, "Marrakesh Express" and "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," which peaked respectively at #28 the week of August 23, 1969, and at #21 the week of October 25, 1969, on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The album itself peaked at #6 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 259 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Just a great listen and it is highly recommended.
(vinyl, CD, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 29
Gary Brooker formerly with Procol Harum is 69; Michael Porcaro of Toto is 59; Melissa Etheridge is 53; Noel Gallagher formerly with Oasis is 47; Chan Kinchla of Blues Traveler is 45; Dave Buckner formerly with Papa Roach is 44;

ON THIS DATE
1971 At a Grateful Dead concert in San Francisco 36 people are given medical treatment after they unknowingly drank LSD-laced cider
1977 Elvis Presely walks off stage in Baltimore because he was upset with his performance
1999 Four years after his disappearance the remains of Philip Taylor Kramer of Iron Butterfly were found at the bottom of Decker Canyon near Malibu, California. His death was ruled a suicide
2004 Josey Scott of Saliva marries Kendra Lynnett Edney at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee
2008 In Stockholm, Sweden Kiss meets U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
2009 A judge in Los Angeles sentenced music producer Phil Spector to 19 years to life in prison for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson
2009 Ozzy Osbourne files a lawsuit against his Black Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi over rights to the group's name
2012  Bob Dylan receives the Medal of Freedom from President Obama in a ceremony at the White House. The Medal of Freedom is America's highest civilian honor