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The last CD in my collection is a catch-all for various tunes from 1970-72. Even though Nixon won the ’72 election in a landslide, the seeds of Watergate and his resignation (generally considered, BTW, to be the “end” of the ’60s, just as JFK’s assassination in 1963 is considered to be the “start” of them) have been planted; Jimi, Janis, and Jim are all dead within months of each other, and while the music is still great, it only echoes a time now past.
1. Canned Heat – Let’s Work Together
2. The Doors – Ship Of Fools
3. The Doors – Land Ho!
4. Blues Image – Ride, Captain, Ride
5. The Moody Blues – Question
6. The Monkees – The Girl I Knew Somewhere
7. Janis Joplin – Me and Bobby McGee
8. The Doors – L.A. Woman
9. Vanity Faire – Hitchin’ A Ride
10. Bread – Make It With You
11. The Doors – Hyacinth House
12. Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar
13. Alive And Kickin’ – Tighter, Tighter
14. The Doors – Riders On The Storm
15. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
16. Michael Nesmith – Joanne
17. Bee Gees – How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?
18. Rolling Stones – Wild Horses
19. B.J. Thomas – Rock And Roll Lullaby
A couple of quick notes – the last three Doors cuts on this collection are from “L.A. Woman”, their final album with Jim Morrison, and, in my view, their finest. If you’re a Doors fan, you simply HAVE to get the 40th anniversary mix of the album; hearing all those songs remixed is like hearing them for the first time.
As for the inclusion of “Rock And Roll Lullaby”, that’s just a personal choice – I still remember hearing it for the first time one Sunday night and the DJ saying that The Beach Boys sang background on it (actually, they didn’t, just Mike Love singing a part); but I remember this song piquing my interest in the group. Hence, this song sort of served as the appetizer to what would become, two years later, an absolute musical feast I would partake of for the rest of my life. So it’s inclusion here kind of closes the door on one era while opening one to another.
Hope you enjoyed the series!
