Grand Funk Railroad is an American rock band that was highly popular during the 1970s. Grand Funk Railroad sold more than 25 million records, toured constantly, packed arenas worldwide, and received four RIAA gold albums during 1970, the most for any American group that year. The current Grand Funk Railroad lineup uses the nickname "The American Band", a reference to the 1973 hit "We're an American Band". A popular take on the band during its heyday was that, although the critics hated them, audiences loved them. The band's name is a play on words of the Grand Trunk Railroad, a railroad line that ran through the band's home town of Flint, Michigan. Grand Funk is Grand Funk Railroad's second studio album, and was released in December 1969 by Capitol Records. It was produced by Terry Knight and engineered by Ken Hamann. This release (aka "The Red Album") was certified by RIAA with a gold record award, the first for the group. 01 - Got This Thing On The Move 02 - Please Don1t Worry 03 - High Falootin` Woman 04 - Mr.Limousine Woman 05 - In Need 06 - Winter And My Soul 07 - Paranoid 08 - Inside Looking Out LINK
Goodbye (also called Goodbye Cream) is the final original album of Cream. Released in 1969, it consisted of three studio recordings and three live performances. Anyone for Tennis was originally released as a non-album single. The song was subsequently included on later pressings of Goodbye by Polydor. It was the band's only album to reach number 1 in the UK Album Chart. It reached number 2 in the US Album Chart. The album was released after Cream disbanded in November 1968. 01 - I'm So Glad [Live] 02 - Politician [Live] 03 - Sitting On Top Of The World [Live] 04 - Badge 05 - Doing That Scrapyard Thing 06 - What A Bringdown 07 - Anyone For Tennis [Single] LINK
Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California, in 1965. A pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement, Jefferson Airplane was the first band from the San Francisco scene to achieve mainstream commercial and critical success. The band performed at all three of the most famous American rock festivals of the 1960s — Monterey (1967), Woodstock (1969) and Altamont (1969), as well as headlining the first Isle of Wight festival. Reflecting a sense of humor that not all the Haight-Ashbury bands could share or even afford, The Worst of Jefferson Airplane remains one of the most amusing titles of a '60s rock album. The disc smartly collapses two big singles ("White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love," of course) and other well-selected tracks into a chronological mix that moves from flat-out hard rock ("It's No Secret") to the solo acoustic showcase ("Embryonic Journey") and the gospel/blues blessing "Good Shepherd." It peaked at #12 on the Billboard 200 and has since gone platinum. 01 - It's No Secret 02 - Blues From An Airplane 03 - Somebody To Love 04 - Today 05 - White Rabbit 06 - Embryonic Journey 07 - Martha 08 - The Ballad Of You & Me & Pooneil 09 - Crown Of Creation 10 - Chushingura 11 - Lather 12 - Plastic Fantastic Lover 13 - Good Shepherd 14 - We Can Be Together 15 - Volunteers LINK
The Dave Clark Five were an English pop rock group. They were the second group of the British Invasion, after The Beatles, to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show when the single "Glad All Over" knocked "I Want to Hold Your Hand" off the top of the British charts, then in February 1964 went to #6 in the United States. By early 1964, it was the DC5 (and not the Rolling Stones) who were the Beatles' chief rivals. It was promoted as a competition pitting the Merseybeat sound of Liverpool against the Tottenham sound of the London area. And while the Beatles ultimately prevailed, the Dave Clark Five notched 17 top 40 hits in the US (12 in Britain) between 1964 and 1967. The run that began with "Glad All Over” ended with "Please Tell Me Why” in 1966. In between came the hard-driving "Bits and Pieces,” "Can’t You See That She’s Mine,” "Any Way You Want It,” "Catch Us If You Can” and "Over and Over.” Even after the Top Forty string was broken, when "Satisfied With You” stalled at #50, the DC5 continued to make the charts through 1967, hitting the Top Ten once again with "You Got What It Takes.” By the time it was all over, the Dave Clark Five had sold 50 million records. This US album of 1966, was not released in UK. 01 - Satisfied With You 02 - Go On 03 - Do You Still Love Me 04 - I Meant You 05 - Look Before You Leep 06 - Please Tell Me Why 07 - You Never Listen 08 - I Still Need You 09 - It'll Only Hurt For A Little While 10 - Good Lovin' LINK
This, the group's third album release, was actually an odds-and-sods type compilation of leftover tracks and singles that formed a respectable 10-song 30-minute plus LP. As a sign of just how strong the band was, it still represented a step forward from their second album, and is one of the great unknown albums of 1968.(Bruce Eder) 01 - Mournin' Blues 02 - Collegiana 03 - Willie The Weeper 04 - Cornbread 'Lasses (And Sassafrass Tea) 05 - These Days 06 - Sadie Green (The Vamp Of New Orleans) 07 - Dr Heckle And Mr Jibe 08 - End Of Your Line 09 - Reason To Believe 10 - Hesitation Blues (Oh! Baby Must I Hesitate) 11 - A Number And A Name Thanks to Ronnie Wade LINK
"Texas In My Soul" was originally released on RCA Records in 1968. Willie would probably call this a "theme" album rather than a "concept" album since there is no story or narration throughout the songs, but rather a cohesive theme linking the songs. (E.C.Powell) 01 - Dallas 02 - San Antonio 03 - Streets Of Laredo 04 - Who Put All My Ex's In Texas 05 - The Hill Country Theme 06 - Waltz Across Texas 07 - Travis Letter 08 - Remember The Alamo 09 - Texas In My Soul 10 - There's A Little Bit Of Everything in Texas 11 - Beautiful Texas LINK
