Thanks for all the welcomes, I consider myself welcomed back. It wasn’t till I opened the mic that I realised the throat lozenges might be needed again. It’s those little, off-mic coughs that annoy me the most. For heavens sake get yourself sorted out.
There’s a lot of 1971 on the show tonight. This is because the estimable journalist David Hepworth has written a book with that very title, arguing that 1971 was the best year for music, ever. No argument, no dispute, that’s it. There’s an impressive body of evidence, a great list of albums and a terrific read. Plus there’s a playlist at the end of each chapter to get you in the groove. I have discovered tracks I never knew existed: Change Partners by David Crosby, Toussaint L’Ouverture by Santana and Going Down by Freddie King are just three! There’s loads of Slade, Led Zep, Nick Drake, T Rex, Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Bowie too and so by the end of it you’ll downloaded/rediscovered a pile if tracks. So lets do 1971 oldies! Why would we do anything else?
And if you were around then, what were you up to? I was in form 3B2 at Solihull School, where we were all doing up the top button of our jackets like we were Slade-style skinheads. Different times.
