Part Four: The 1970s
50 Where Did the Sixties Go?
Further Reading
Bangs, Lester. “Dead Lie the Velvet Underground.” Creem (May 1971): 44-49, 64-67.
Chester, Andrew. “Second Thoughts on a Rock Aesthetic: The Band.” New Left Review 62 (1970): 75-82. Reprinted in On Record: Rock, Pop, and the Written Word, edited by Simon Frith and Andrew Goodwin, 315-19. New York: Pantheon, 1990.
Gendron, Bernard. “Punk before Punk.” In Between Montmartre and the Mudd Club, 227-47. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002.
Discography
Albert Ayler Trio. Spiritual Unity. Esp Disk Ltd., 1964.
Captain Beefheart. Trout Mask Replica. Captain Beefheart, Reprise/Ada, 1969.
Jefferson Airplane. After Bathing at Baxter’s. RCA, 2003.
Question Mark & The Mysterians. Feel It! The Very Best of Question Mark & The Mysterians. Varese Sarabande, 2001.
The Stooges. The Stooges. Elektra/WEA, 2005.
_______. Fun House. Elektra/WEA, 2005.
Velvet Underground. The Velvet Underground & Nico. Polydor/Umgd, 1967.
_______. White Light/White Heat. Polydor/Umgd, 1967.
_______. Peel Slowly and See. Polydor/UMGD, 1995.
The Who. Thirty Years of Maximum R&B. MCA, 1994.
The Yardbirds. Greatest Hits, Vol. 1: 1964-1966. Rhino/WEA, 1986.
51. The Sound of Autobiography: Singer-Songwriters, Carole King,
Further Reading
Emerson, Ken. Always Magic in the Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era. New York: Viking, 2005.
Hoskyns, Barney. Hotel California: The True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eages, and Their Many Friends. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2006.
Discography
Browne, Jackson. For Everyman. Asylum, 1973.
King, Carole. Tapestry. Ode, 1971.
Simon, Carly. Reflections: Carly Simon’s Greatest Hits. Arista, 2004.
Simon and Garfunkel. The Best of Simon & Garfunkel. Sony, 1999.
Taylor, James. Sweet Baby James. Warner Brothers, 1970.
52. Joni Mitchell Journeys Within
Further Reading
Luftig, Stacey, ed. The Joni Mitchell Companion: Four Decades of Commentary. New York: Schirmer Books, 2000.
O’Brien, Karen. Joni Mitchell: Shadows and Light. London: Virgin, 2001.
“Rock’n’Roll’s Leading Lady.” Time, December 16, 1974: 63-66.
Whitesell, Lloyd. The Music of Joni Mitchell. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.
Discography
Mitchell, Joni. Song to a Seagull. Warner Bros./WEA, 1968.
_______. Blue. Warner Bros./WEA, 1971.
_______. Court and Spark. Elektra/WEA, 1974.
_______. Don Juan’s Restless Daughter. Elektra/WEA, 1977.
_______. Hits. Warner Bros./WEA, 1996.
_______. Both Sides Now. Warner Bros./WEA, 2000.
The Very Best of Singers and Songwriters. Time Life Records, 2003.
53. Sly Stone: “The Myth of Staggerlee”
Further Reading
Marcus, Greil. Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock’n’Roll Music, 3rd rev. ed. New York: Plume, 1990.
_______. “Muzak with Its Finger on the Trigger: The New Music of Sly Stone.” Creem 3 (April 1972).
Selvin, Joel and Dave Marsh, eds. Sly and the Family Stone: An Oral History. New York: Avon, 1998.
Vincent, Rickey. Funk: The Music, the People, and the Rhythm of the One. New York: St. Martin, 1996.
Discography
Mayfield, Curtis. Superfly. Custom, 1972.
Sly & the Family Stone. Anthology. Sony, 1990.
_______. Stand! Sony, 2007.
_______. There’s a Riot Goin’ On. Sony, 2007.
_______. Dance to the Music. Sony, 2007.
Soul Hits of the 70s: Didn’t It Blow Your Mind!, Vol. 10. Rhino/WEA, 1991.
54. Not-so-“Little” Stevie Wonder
Further Reading
Rockwell, John. “Stevie Wonder.” In Calling Out Around the World: A Motown Reader, ed. Kingsley Abbott, 131-134. London: Helter Skelter, 2000.
Selvin, Joel. “Stevie Wonder.” Mojo 113 (Apr. 2003).
Slater, Jack Slater. “A Sense of Wonder.” New York Times Magazine, February 23, 1975: 18, 21-23, 26-32.
Werner, Craig. Higher Ground: Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, and
the Rise and Fall of American Soul. New York: Crown, 2004.
Discography
Gaye, Marvin. What’s Going On. Motown, 2003.
Wonder, Stevie. Music of My Mind. Motown, 1972.
_______. Talking Book. Motown, 1972
_______. Innervisions. Motown, 1973.
_______. Songs in the Key of Life. Motown, 1976.
_______. The Definitive Collection. Motown, 2002.
55. Parliament Drops the Bomb
Further Reading
Vincent, Rickey. Funk: The Music, the People, and the Rhythm of the One. New York: St. Martin, 1996.
Ward, Ed. “The Mothership Sails at Dawn! Roots It Ain’t.” Creem 8 (1977).
Willhardt, Mark and Joel Stein. “Dr. Funkenstein’s supergroovalisticprosifunkstication:
George Clinton Signifies.” In Reading Rock and Roll: Authenticity,
Appropriation, Aesthetics, ed. Kevin J.H. Dettmar and William Richey, 145-172. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999.
Discography
Funkadelic. Maggot Brain. Westbound Records US, 2005.
________. Motor City Madness: The Ultimate Funkadelic Westbound Compilation. Westbound Records US, 2006.
Parliament. Mothership Connection. Island/Mercury, 2003.
_______. 20th Century Masters—The Millenium Collection: The Best of Parliament. Island/Mercury, 2000.
_______. Motor Booty Affair. Island/Mercury, 1978.
_______. Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome. Island/Mercury, 1977.
Pure Funk. UTV Records, 1998.
56. Heavy Metal Meets the Counterculture
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