Here’s a playlist filled with some of my favorite songs from the late 60s and early 70s.
“It’s A Lovely Day”
It’s a Lovely Day playlist track album
Tracks 1-3 The Youngbloods and Jesse Colin Young
The playlist opens with two songs from The Youngbloods. First, “It’s a Lovely Day” a song that always puts me in a good mood. While I usually just drift along with the second song “Ride the Wind”.
The Youngbloods disbanded in 1972 following the release of their final studio album, High on a Ridgetop.( which is in my music library and I was actually listening to the other day) After the breakup Jesse released many albums and a good number of them made their way into my library. “Grey Day” is from his 1974 release Light Shine and is another drift along song.
Track 4 – John B Sebastian
Another artist whose career I followed after his original band broke up was John B Sebastian I only included one song on this playlist “ Magical Connection”. And dare I say I’ve always had a magical connection with this song. lol
Tracks 5-7 Aztec-Two Step
I am not sure who Aztec-Two Step opened for when my wife and I saw them at the Main Point in 1974. I believe it was John Prine. Anyway we loved them and I think I bought my copy of their self titled debut album after the show! I have been playing this album ever since. The three songs on this playlist are my three favorites.
The Taylor Brothers Tracks 8-9
The next two songs are from the Taylor brothers James and Livingston. I started as a fan of James and then after the release of his self-titled album I became a fan of Livingston. Through the years I’ve probably listened to ore of Livingston’s music than James.’
I don’t know why I chose “Rainy Day Man” From James. I don’t even own the album Flag it can be found on, but I’ve always liked the song. I do known why I chose “Carolina Day” . It’s one of my favorite songs on one of my favorite albums and as a bonus it mentions all of Liv’s siblings!
Ochs, Spheeris, and Andersen Tracks 10-12
The final three songs come from solo artists and are three of my favorite songs from each artist. The first “Changes” by Phil Ochs. I love Phil mostly for his protest songs, but he also wrote non-protest ala, “Flower Lady” from one of my earlier playlists, “Changes” is one of my all time favorite Ochs’ songs.
Jimmie Spheeris’ album “Isle of View” (say it three time fasts) is like John B says “Magical” for me. I just put it oj and drift away! Here’s a little background on Jimmie from Wikipedia…..
Jimmie Andrew Spheeris (November 5, 1949 – July 4, 1984) was an American singer-songwriter who released four albums in the 1970s on the Columbia Records and Epic Records labels. Spheeris died in 1984, at the age of 34, after a motorcycle accident. Read More
The last track like all o0f the above is from one of my favorite artists. “Is It Really Love at All” is probably Eric’s most commercially successful song and the same can be said of the album it’s on “Blue River” Amazingly, ERic who was a biig part of the Folk Revival in 1960s New York is still producing great albums check out Dance of Love and Death here
Finally, here is the “It’s a Lovely Day” playlist I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Any favorites here?
