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John Lennon – Borrowed Time 1984
Media: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve: Very Good Plus (VG+)
The song was inspired during Lennon’s 1980 sailing holiday [2][3] from Newport Rhode Island to Bermuda. During the journey Lennon’s yacht encountered a prolonged severe storm resulting in most of the crew eventually succumbing to profound fatigue and seasickness, Lennon (free of seasickness) was eventually forced to take the yacht’s wheel alone for many hours. Lennon found this terrifying but invigorating with the effect of both renewing his confidence and making him contemplate the fragility of life (Lennon claimed his recovery from heroin addiction some years earlier had rendered him immune to seasickness).[2] Once he arrived in Bermuda, Lennon heard the line ‘living on borrowed time’ from Bunny Wailer‘s “Hallelujah Time” and was inspired by his recent experience to write the lyrics around that theme, Wailer was also the inspiration for the reggae feel of the music.[2]Lennon commented that living on borrowed time was exactly what he was doing but then said, “come to think of it, it’s what we’re all doing, even though most of us don’t like to face it.” (Seaman, 1991,[2] p159).
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borrowed_Time_(John_Lennon_song)]
Beatles VI – Released June 14, 1965
Beatles VI
Beatles VI is the Beatles‘ seventh Capitol Records release in the United States and Canada (including The Beatles’ Story). It was the ninth album released into that market in less than one and a half years (Vee-Jay Records and United Artists Records also released one album each during that period).[4] The LP was released in both mono and stereo versions.
Beatles VI reached number one in Billboard for six weeks, beginning on 10 July 1965.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatles_VI]
Johnny Cash: This is Johnny Cash – 1969
Johnny Cash with Joni Mitchell performing Long Black Veil – 1969
This is Johnny Cash:
Johnny Cash performed the song on the first episode of The Johnny Cash Show in 1969, duetting with Joni Mitchell. The song has also appeared on landmark albums by Johnny Cash and The Band in 1968 (see list below), and charted again in 1999 with the Dave Matthews Band, who performed the song live with Emmylou Harris at a Johnny Cash tribute concert. Early in her career, Joan Baez incorporated the song into her live repertoire, and recorded it twice.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Black_Veil]
The Doors: Strange Days – 1967
Strange Days – 1967
“Strange Days” is a song by The Doors. It was released in 1967 and is the first track on the album of the same name. According to a review at AllMusic by Tom Maginnis, the song seems to find lead singer Jim Morrison “pondering the state of the then emerging hippie youth culture and how they are perceived by mainstream or ‘straight’ society”. A visit to New York City by The Doors inspired Jim Morrison to write “Strange Days” and other songs on the Strange Days album, the band’s second.
Sweet Emma And Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band – 1964
| A1 | Basin Street
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3:20 |
| A2 | Clarinet Marmalade
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4:55 |
| A3 | Chimes Blues
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5:40 |
| A4 | Closer Walk With Thee
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8:40 |
| B1 | Little Liza Jane
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4:36 |
| B2 | I’m Alone Because I Love You
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5:30 |
| B3 | Ice Cream
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6:53 |
| B4 | When The Saints Go Marching In
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6:05 |
Fleetwood Mac – Seven Wonders 1987
Media: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve: Very Good Plus (VG+
Label: Warner Bros. Records – 0-20746 Format: Vinyl, 12″, Maxi-Single, 45 RPM Country: US Released: 1987 Genre: Electronic, Rock, Pop Style: Soft Rock
Marvin Gaye – Every Great Motown Hit Of Marvin Gaye 1983
Marvin Pentz Gaye (born Gay Jr.; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984)[1] was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Gaye helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo artist with a string of hits, including “Ain’t That Peculiar“, “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” and “I Heard It Through the Grapevine“, and duet recordings with Mary Wells, Kim Weston, Diana Ross and Tammi Terrell, later earning the titles “Prince of Motown” and “Prince of Soul”.
During the 1970s, he recorded the albums What’s Going On and Let’s Get It On and became one of the first artists in Motown (joint with Stevie Wonder) to break away from the reins of a production company. His later recordings influenced several contemporary R&B subgenres, such as quiet storm and neo soul.[2] Following a period in Europe as a tax exile in the early 1980s, he released the 1982 Grammy Award-winning hit “Sexual Healing” and its parent album Midnight Love.
On April 1, 1984, Gaye’s father, Marvin Gay Sr., fatally shot him at their house in the West Adams district of Los Angeles.[3][4]Since his death, many institutions have posthumously bestowed Gaye with awards and other honors—including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[5]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Gaye]
John Denver And The Muppets – A Christmas Together – 1979
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued as a collection on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium. Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78-rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP records played at 33 1⁄3 rpm. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The audio cassette was a format used alongside vinyl from the 1970s into the first decade of the 2000s.Media: Very Good Plus (VG+)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album]