On this Day in Music – 23rd March

1960’s
Previous Album Of The Day
No.1643 23/03/2021 – The 1967 debut Country Joe and the Fish album Electric Music for the Mind and Body was one of the earliest psychedelic albums to come out of San Francisco. The tracks Section 43, Grace, and Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine were popular radio played songs at the time.

Previous Albums Of The Day

No.1296 23/03/2020

The 1968 Etta James album Tell Mama was produced by Rick Hall at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Includes the singles Security and the title track Tell Mama. Love her version of I’d Rather Go Blind. Etta at her most soulful.

No.929 23/03/2019

The 2nd Van Halen album, Van Halen II, is 40 years old today! Rolling Stone said “various Vanilla Fudge bumps and grinds, an Aerosmith-derived pseudobravado, a bit of Bad Company basement funk.” Includes the singles Dance the Night Away and Beautiful Girls. Classic VH!

No.564 23/03/2018

The 2nd album by Daniel Lanois, For The Beauty of Wynona, is 25 years old today! Lanois is best known for his work with U2 and Peter Gabriel, but his own work should not be overlooked. A dark haunting collection of songs, immaculately produced.

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